illness, illness, why do you dismay me so?
i forgot just how horrendous being completely sick was.
i mean, i'm used to the kind-of sick state that is perpetually me, but this sick sick is a real drag.
at least it gave me a chance to watch some fantastic movies.
i began with annie hall, which convinced me even more so that i really like vests.i'm going to have to start wearing those, they're pretty neat.
and then, i moved on to crash. which was abosolutely amazing. partly because it gave so much depth to an issue that i think a lot of people (me) considered to be so one-sided. i am so unaware of racism. and it's not because there's no racism around or because i am completely innocent of it. it's because i'm ignorant. i'm still ignorant of it. i don't know what racism is. is it a mere off-hand comment? or does it have to be deeper than that? i don't know, crash doesn't know. but it gives some perspective. WATCH IT.
and then i hotel rwanda. geez louise. it was so incredibly powerful. but near the beginning, my mom turned to me and asked, "doesn't this make you glad you're an american?" but, it doesn't. it doesn't make me glad of anything. on the commentary, don cheadle (my hero) said that he didn't want to make the movie so gory that people would be afraid to see it. but they did, and it's not their fault. it's our fault. it's out fault that we don't go running to see movies that are this "hard" to watch as soon as they open. it's our fault that we'd rather be ignorant than be challenged. SEE THIS MOVIE.
and i've decided to stop using the word hate. i don't know what it means.
as a side note, the earth is going into self-destruct mode. we're killing it, and it's dying. the glaciers are melting. co2 is eating away at the atmosphere. and it's only a matter of time until the bird flu hits.
my cynicism only gets worse with illness.
i mean, i'm used to the kind-of sick state that is perpetually me, but this sick sick is a real drag.
at least it gave me a chance to watch some fantastic movies.
i began with annie hall, which convinced me even more so that i really like vests.i'm going to have to start wearing those, they're pretty neat.
and then, i moved on to crash. which was abosolutely amazing. partly because it gave so much depth to an issue that i think a lot of people (me) considered to be so one-sided. i am so unaware of racism. and it's not because there's no racism around or because i am completely innocent of it. it's because i'm ignorant. i'm still ignorant of it. i don't know what racism is. is it a mere off-hand comment? or does it have to be deeper than that? i don't know, crash doesn't know. but it gives some perspective. WATCH IT.
and then i hotel rwanda. geez louise. it was so incredibly powerful. but near the beginning, my mom turned to me and asked, "doesn't this make you glad you're an american?" but, it doesn't. it doesn't make me glad of anything. on the commentary, don cheadle (my hero) said that he didn't want to make the movie so gory that people would be afraid to see it. but they did, and it's not their fault. it's our fault. it's out fault that we don't go running to see movies that are this "hard" to watch as soon as they open. it's our fault that we'd rather be ignorant than be challenged. SEE THIS MOVIE.
and i've decided to stop using the word hate. i don't know what it means.
as a side note, the earth is going into self-destruct mode. we're killing it, and it's dying. the glaciers are melting. co2 is eating away at the atmosphere. and it's only a matter of time until the bird flu hits.
my cynicism only gets worse with illness.