Say Anything
I am John Cusack. Lloyd Dobler anyway.
Tonight started with so much promise too. My medic class was really interesting for once. We were doing a lot of pharmacology stuff, and I learned a lot. I still don't understand most of it, but I can talk all about the different classes of dysrhythmics now.
Unfortunately, I get home, and I start thinking, and that's a bad thing.
The news started off good, as SweetCheeks is hooking me up with a little plastic card that will facilitate my socializing tomorrow night. He's a good guy, and is about to take off for a week of skiing and fun in Salt Lake City. Can't say I'm not a little jealous.
Anyway, the night continued with a nice chat with Puddinhead. He's just about head over heels for a girl, and cute as it is, in my ego-centric mind it's just reinforcing my severe lack of affection these days. It's not even affection I'm lacking, it's a depository for my affections. I'm just strange.
Continuing the trend of bad ideas, I started talking to TheRoommate about things, and since he's about as bad off as I am since his girlfriend is in Singapore, that didn't help much at all.
The culmination came when he told me that Say Anything was on TV, and I of course had no choice but to tune in.
Honestly, if you think Lloyd Dobler is a good guy, we can be friends. I was born 3 short years before Cameron Crowe's masterpiece, (yeah, I'm a baby) but he obviously heard about my birth and started writing out a story to mirror my life. I fall hard, I fall fast, I fall for the wrong girl... consistently. It's really funny the more you think about it. At least that's what I'm trying to convince myself.
I've had better moments than standing outside a window with a boombox too. I'm not trying to take anything away from Lloyd, or Peter Gabriel (what a great song...) but I think I've had some quality moments that can top that. We'll save that story for another day though.
There's a line in the movie- Diane's dad asks Lloyd what he wants to do with his life.
Lloyd- "What I really want to do with my life- What I want to do for a living- Is I want to be with your daughter. I'm good at it."
THAT ladies and gentlemen, is what we're all supposed to be looking for. When you find that person that makes you want to be a better person, hang on. You've found it all.
Cameron Crowe knew that. He knew it when he made this movie. He knew it when he made Jerry Maguire, and Almost Famous too. He figured out the key to the great American bildungsroman. (Thanks for making me look smart Mr. Everett. Freshman year english at Green Hope bitches. All you other ignorant folks can dictionary.com that)
What makes people identify with a movie isn't the story. It's not the actors, and it's not the set, or the costumes, or anything else. It's simply the universality of the situation you put the protagonist in. We've all been Lloyd before. We've all loved so deeply that we couldn't imagine life without someone else. We've all found someone who seemed to touch a part of us that nobody else did.
And then we've all been left wondering what we did wrong, and why things didn't work out the way we wanted them to. We've all stood out in the rain (literally, or figuratively) mumbling our troubles to someone who just couldn't seem to grasp the pain. We've all wanted to stand outside someone's window with a boombox, and a great song, and make them love us again.
Unfortunately, all similarities aside, I am not Lloyd Dobler. My life is not a Hollywood picture, and neither is yours. Standing outside someone's window with loud music more than likely won't result in the return of their love, and will probably just end up with an arrest on your record. Diane came back, but she's the exception that makes the rule.
There is some good news though.
The good news is, there's always tomorrow, and a chance for someone to start things all over again. Remember that feeling you get when you first fall for someone, and you're all floaty, (yeah, it's an adjective.) and they're all you can think about? That's what you've got to look forward to. I'll count it as a good thing.
Tonight started with so much promise too. My medic class was really interesting for once. We were doing a lot of pharmacology stuff, and I learned a lot. I still don't understand most of it, but I can talk all about the different classes of dysrhythmics now.
Unfortunately, I get home, and I start thinking, and that's a bad thing.
The news started off good, as SweetCheeks is hooking me up with a little plastic card that will facilitate my socializing tomorrow night. He's a good guy, and is about to take off for a week of skiing and fun in Salt Lake City. Can't say I'm not a little jealous.
Anyway, the night continued with a nice chat with Puddinhead. He's just about head over heels for a girl, and cute as it is, in my ego-centric mind it's just reinforcing my severe lack of affection these days. It's not even affection I'm lacking, it's a depository for my affections. I'm just strange.
Continuing the trend of bad ideas, I started talking to TheRoommate about things, and since he's about as bad off as I am since his girlfriend is in Singapore, that didn't help much at all.
The culmination came when he told me that Say Anything was on TV, and I of course had no choice but to tune in.
Honestly, if you think Lloyd Dobler is a good guy, we can be friends. I was born 3 short years before Cameron Crowe's masterpiece, (yeah, I'm a baby) but he obviously heard about my birth and started writing out a story to mirror my life. I fall hard, I fall fast, I fall for the wrong girl... consistently. It's really funny the more you think about it. At least that's what I'm trying to convince myself.
I've had better moments than standing outside a window with a boombox too. I'm not trying to take anything away from Lloyd, or Peter Gabriel (what a great song...) but I think I've had some quality moments that can top that. We'll save that story for another day though.
There's a line in the movie- Diane's dad asks Lloyd what he wants to do with his life.
Lloyd- "What I really want to do with my life- What I want to do for a living- Is I want to be with your daughter. I'm good at it."
THAT ladies and gentlemen, is what we're all supposed to be looking for. When you find that person that makes you want to be a better person, hang on. You've found it all.
Cameron Crowe knew that. He knew it when he made this movie. He knew it when he made Jerry Maguire, and Almost Famous too. He figured out the key to the great American bildungsroman. (Thanks for making me look smart Mr. Everett. Freshman year english at Green Hope bitches. All you other ignorant folks can dictionary.com that)
What makes people identify with a movie isn't the story. It's not the actors, and it's not the set, or the costumes, or anything else. It's simply the universality of the situation you put the protagonist in. We've all been Lloyd before. We've all loved so deeply that we couldn't imagine life without someone else. We've all found someone who seemed to touch a part of us that nobody else did.
And then we've all been left wondering what we did wrong, and why things didn't work out the way we wanted them to. We've all stood out in the rain (literally, or figuratively) mumbling our troubles to someone who just couldn't seem to grasp the pain. We've all wanted to stand outside someone's window with a boombox, and a great song, and make them love us again.
Unfortunately, all similarities aside, I am not Lloyd Dobler. My life is not a Hollywood picture, and neither is yours. Standing outside someone's window with loud music more than likely won't result in the return of their love, and will probably just end up with an arrest on your record. Diane came back, but she's the exception that makes the rule.
There is some good news though.
The good news is, there's always tomorrow, and a chance for someone to start things all over again. Remember that feeling you get when you first fall for someone, and you're all floaty, (yeah, it's an adjective.) and they're all you can think about? That's what you've got to look forward to. I'll count it as a good thing.
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