"It's all just a... a random lottery of meaningless tragedy and a series of near escapes. So I take pleasure in the details. You know... a Quarter-Pounder with cheese, those are good, the sky about ten minutes before it starts to rain, the moment where your laughter become a cackle... and I, I sit back and I smoke my Camel Straights and I ride my own melt."
Troy (Ethan Hawke) from the 1994 film #RealityBites
I think Ethan Hawke is a pretty mediocre actor, but he has some of the best, most quotable lines in film. Anyone seen #BeforeSunrise? (I'm also a huge Julie Delpy fan- see #2DaysInParis.) Anyways, this quote is pretty apt, I think. It's not meant to be depressing or anything. And I don't smoke, so insert some other vice there- drinking coffee, maybe. Instead, I think it's kind of relieving. We shouldn't always be so worried about what the point is all the time, like who we're supposed to be, or who we're going to end up with, or where we're going to live, but maybe it's more important to just sit back and enjoy the things we can while we're still alive.
For instance, I also happen to love the sky before it rains. I also love the windows open on a summer's night. I love my dog, especially when she's sleeping at my feet, like right now. I love reading books- like actual books, just holding them in my hands or even just looking at them all in the bookstore. Hopefully iPads and Nooks don't totally destroy this one for me. What do you love?
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| Stormy skies (and the tobacco fields) |
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| The city lights |
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Little kids
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| Puppies (even when they're not really puppies) |
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| My brother reading to his daughter (she's 4 now) |
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| Sunflowers |
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| Sunsets |
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