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My roomate, Erin and I had a wonderfully lazy weekend of watching movies. She bought 4 new movies, so I got to watch Closer and the Village for the first time.
But more importantly I got to watch Prozac Nation and it woke me up. Christina Ricci's character is a much more drastic/extreme version of me. Some of the things she says, how she has to write, some of the irrational things she does and feels is exactly what I do or at least feel. She makes it so clear. Makes me feel insane a bit relating to this extremely troubled girl, but a bit more sane knowing I've never been that bad and that there are others that feel like I do. Because the movie is based on a book written of the true experiences of this character. It's incredible. I want to tell my friends thank you for putting up with my insanity(and those that can't that I finally understand, at least thanks for trying) and my lucky stars that I am not as bad as she was. At least I don't think I am. But see I'm already in the Prozac Nation, "the United States of Depression," and just like her character "it's not a cure all but it gives me some breathing room." I want to watch this movie every day and read the novel every night before I go to bed. It's a beautiful disaster that I can't keep my eyes off of. Ugh I'm so moved. I need to run out and buy the movie right now. Or at least beg my other roomate to burn it for me. Cause as much as I love it, it doesn't change the fact I'm poor and as much as I want to support the arts I can't afford to.
So moral of the story, if you have never seen Prozac Nation, watch it, it's the story of my life except I'm not quite as cute as Christina Ricci and not quite as crazy either.
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But more importantly I got to watch Prozac Nation and it woke me up. Christina Ricci's character is a much more drastic/extreme version of me. Some of the things she says, how she has to write, some of the irrational things she does and feels is exactly what I do or at least feel. She makes it so clear. Makes me feel insane a bit relating to this extremely troubled girl, but a bit more sane knowing I've never been that bad and that there are others that feel like I do. Because the movie is based on a book written of the true experiences of this character. It's incredible. I want to tell my friends thank you for putting up with my insanity(and those that can't that I finally understand, at least thanks for trying) and my lucky stars that I am not as bad as she was. At least I don't think I am. But see I'm already in the Prozac Nation, "the United States of Depression," and just like her character "it's not a cure all but it gives me some breathing room." I want to watch this movie every day and read the novel every night before I go to bed. It's a beautiful disaster that I can't keep my eyes off of. Ugh I'm so moved. I need to run out and buy the movie right now. Or at least beg my other roomate to burn it for me. Cause as much as I love it, it doesn't change the fact I'm poor and as much as I want to support the arts I can't afford to.
So moral of the story, if you have never seen Prozac Nation, watch it, it's the story of my life except I'm not quite as cute as Christina Ricci and not quite as crazy either.
love