Dabbles in photography now and then. Likes searching for movie trivias and scripts and jotting down her fave ones. Is in a happy, steady relationship with a physicist who doesn't know tumblr works. Has an on-going project to catalogue all her books by title, date bought, genre, author, even the fracking color of the covers (rain check on that). Likes making and reading lists. Can't tell a good joke when forced.
This quote got stuck in my head long after I saw Bridesmaids (2011) last Friday. It was a surprisingly funny movie.
(Source: mercedesmclean)
Andrew Largeman: Fuck, this hurts so much.
Sam: I know it hurts. That’s life. If nothing else, It’s life. It’s real, and sometimes it fuckin’ hurts, but it’s sort of all we have.
~Garden State (2004)
I have to believe in a world outside my own mind. I have to believe that my actions still have meaning, even if I can’t remember them. I have to believe that when my eyes are closed, the world’s still there. Do I believe the worlds still there? Is it still out there?…Yeah. We all need mirrors to remind ourselves who we are. I’m no different.
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-Leonard Shelby, Memento
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?
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- H: Heck, I've got a question.
- Tessa: Not now.
- Heck: What's the question, H?
- H: What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?
- Heck: [thinks for a few seconds, then replies] I haven't got a bastard clue, I'm afraid.
- Tessa: There you are, you see. Now we can let him get married in peace.
- [She starts to lead H to the church to find a seat for the wedding]
- Luce: [Catches H before Tessa can take her away completely] It never happens. If there's a thing that can't be stopped, it's not possible for there to be something else which can't be moved, and vice versa. They can't both exist. You see, it's a trick question is the answer.
- H: [as Tessa leads her to the church] Can she sit with me?
It’s human to lie. Most of the time we can’t even be honest with ourselves.
—Commoner, from the movie Rashomon (1950)
”All of them, all those who can’t adapt – you and I, for instance – will die cursing the power which they helped bring about with often enormous sacrifices. Revolution is impersonal, so it will take their lives and even use their memory as an example or as an instrument to control the young people coming after them…you will die with your fist clenched and your jaw tense, the perfect manifestation of hatred and struggle, because you aren’t a symbol (some inanimate example), you are an authentic member of the society to be destroyed; the spirit of the beehive speaks through your mouth and moves through your actions. You are as useful as I am, but you don’t realize how useful your contribution is to the society that sacrifices you.”
Ernesto “Che” Guevara, The Motorcycle Diaries
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If there’s one thing that I’ve always wanted to do, it’s to go on a road trip. This movie just made me want to go on one as soon as possible.
This sense of wanderlust has been growing particularly strong these past few months, with my job slowly gnawing away at my self-confidence and humanity. Good thing, last month, I was able to get away from the world-weary faces I see everyday on my way home from work and go to Sagada for the weekend.
*Sigh*. If only traveling the country is a luxury that I can afford to do every month…
“Soap Opera Woman: Excuse me.
Wiley: Excuse me.
Soap Opera Woman: Hey. Could we do that again? I know we haven’t met, but I don’t want to be an ant. You know? I mean, it’s like we go through life with our antennas bouncing off one another, continously on ant autopilot, with nothing really human required of us. Stop. Go. Walk here. Drive there. All action basically for survival. All communication simply to keep this ant colony buzzing along in an efficient, polite manner. “Here’s your change.” “Paper or plastic?’ “Credit or debit?” “You want ketchup with that?” I don’t want a straw. I want real human moments. I want to see you. I want you to see me. I don’t want to give that up. I don’t want to be ant, you know?”
- Richard Linklater’s Waking Life, 2001.
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One of those rare movies with a script that you could almost quote line-by-line.
