Staying awake

[equustel]

Had a lovely extended weekend. It started out a bit rough - I was really down on myself for reasons that weren't initially clear, but that God and good people made transparent to me by the end. Very thankful for the way I woke up this morning - feeling fresh, energized, and hopeful again

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[six_demon_bag]

Welcome to the club -- I think we all have times like that. Glad you came out of it and all is well once again.

Two of my best friends have been watching Veronica Mars on DVD and raving about it for a couple of years now. I REALLY need to get into that one of these days. Speaking of DVD, I finally joined Netflix (no need until now, working at the video store part-time up until this past weekend and all) and their library has me very excited. I'm also a fan the site's setup in general. Anyway, beware of a crap load of movie/show reviews that are sure to come your way courtesy of moi.

Yes, fiction definitely messes with us. Makes me think of something said on a documentary-like segment of a CD I own. A man states that people become bored with real life and actually living because television is full of people who are better looking, wittier and more interesting than our friends. It made me think. You also brought to mind a little mini article I read earlier this year with a countdown of reasons to hate Valentine's Day. One of the reasons given is all of the craptacular romantic comedies being aired on seemingly every channel and your girlfriend ends up resenting you for not being John Cusack. I could relate, even though it's not John Cusack, 'cause my ex-girlfriend hit me and picked a fight with me for much the same reason after we saw My Big Fat Greek Wedding in the theater. =)

[equustel]

Veronica Mars is such an excellent, smart show - your friends have taste! By this point, I've seen all of S2, and there were so many different plot threads to follow I hardly feel like I digested half of it. It's a noir-ish detective show masquerading as a high school drama, really. Each season is one big "whodunnit". Great social deconstruction of the lifestyle of the rich and famous, among other things.

Yeah, it's important to remember that characters are not meant to be real people, they're always an idealized form of different aspects of oursleves - or else generalizations of certain personality types we encounter in day-to-day life. They may be instantly recognizable and relatable, but they're still larger than life in that they serve a specific dramatic purpose. (And God only knows what dramatic purpose I'm supposed to serve! Haha.)

I love the mechanics of fiction and think storytelling is such an important way of exploring the human condition, but I confess, I get carried away with it as a form of escapism more often than not - and obviously, a lot of other people do, too. Heh. And oh dear heaven don't get me started on romcoms. They either make you feel all warm and fuzzy about life, or else convince you that you should go slit your wrists right now. No middle ground! ;P

[six_demon_bag]

You had me at "noir-ish detective show masquerading as a high school drama". I was planning on getting around to it eventually anyway, but your description definitely pushed it up on my priority list.

I'm with you on the escapism, totally, and I'm ashamed to say how long I stared at the word, "romcoms", completely baffled, before I figured out what it meant. Haha I was about to Google it!