Garden State of Mind

So all last week I was in a movie watching mood.

Those of you who know me very well, are probably thinking, So what's new about that?

Nothing. Except it was kind of like having a "movie itch" and none of the movies I watched was scratching it. So, the other day, having still failed to satisfy this mood, I really wanted to watch a movie... something I've seen before.

I didn't want to go rent a movie, I wanted to watch something I own. But looking through them, I just wasn't convinced. So I looked through them again...

...and again...





and again...



And once more. And then I settled, or at least, I thought I settled.

On Garden State.*

And I continued to feel like I was just settling on it, all the way up to the point I pressed "play".


WHAM!

At that moment, there was no other movie on the planet I would rather have been watching. I was so glad to be watching it. It was the movie I'd been wanting to watch all week, and didn't realize it.

Has that ever happened to you? You just sort of put a movie on... almost for the heck of it, but immediately realize that you're so excited to be watching it? Or sometimes it happens with a friend; they bring over or suggest a movie they want to watch and you're just kind of humoring them, but as soon as it get's going...

...shazzam.


--

Forgive any flakiness, but do you think maybe sometimes that's how God has to work/talk with us? I don't mean with Garden state, but as a parallel**, let's say that for some reason God did want me to watch that or some movie. But I just interpret it as an urge to watch a movie. So I spend days seeing everything I want to watch and then everything I'm just willing to watch... but still the urge won't go away.

So then I'm sitting there, having exhausted my own impulses and desires and "interpretations" of what I thought would satisfy this need.

And it's at that point, when I'm looking at everything I have access to, and almost at random, I pick a movie that seems like it might be the best option of what's left...
and as soon as I push play I realize it was the movie I wanted/needed to watch the whole time.


Just a thought.




*Garden State is very committed to it's R-ratedness. This entry is not intended as an endorsement or a recommendation of this movie to any family readers out there.

**Seriously, by "parallel" I mean "comparison"... I do not mean God is saying to watch this movie.

Worth Writing... Not Necessarily Worth Reading

I know it’s been a while.

I think when you lose your momentum, you get caught up in trying to define what is worthy of writing about or not… or at least what is worth posting on a public site. And maybe a fear of writing a blog and realizing: I’ve waited so long to blog… for this? Bummer.

So, what to write about…

I love reading sci-fi. Especially old short stories, like Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov. The possibilities they thought up for the future of mankind fascinate me.

Einstein said, “Imagination is a preview of life’s coming attractions.”

I don’t know about you guys, but I get caught up in some pretty strange tangents in my mind.

It starts as a very logical thought process. Like I’m driving somewhere and I end up behind a slow car, but instead of getting mad, I think, What if I was suddenly the only person on the road. How fast would I get somewhere, would any of the laws be applicable?

So then I think, What kind of scenario puts me as the only person on the road. I can think of some bad ones… apocalypse, WWIII, plague, etc… I don’t want to think about those. Ooh, how about alternate dimensions…

Yeah what if, instead of in top secret government labs, or down in a crackpot genius’ basement, it’s the Department of Public Safety that develops inter-dimensional travel…?

Just as a way to more efficiently utilize our highway and road systems.

OR maybe it was for the Public Transportation System.

There you go, it was originally developed for busses and emergency vehicles, they just hop into a few pre-approved dimensions where there is no traffic on the roads (but there are roads, so maybe one of the aforementioned disasters happened in some of these dimensions) and get people where they need to be in a fraction of the time… and at a nominal fee.

Maybe some of the wealthier are able to get a license for the DOV (Dimensional Occupancy Vehicle) lane.

BUT, oh no! Outlaws have gotten a hold of the technology and are using it to break laws and escape and stuff!!

A new breed of Highway Patrol is born. The Trans-Dimensional Detectives are on the case!

Okay, I know this is a lame entry. I just had to post something, so I would start posting anything... again.