Sunny 9 for 2005 January 28 (entry 0)

(2) Fri Jan 28 2005 18:46: I forgot to mention that on Tues, Lily laughed for the first time. She giggled three times. I was playing 'This Little Piggy' with her and she was grinning and laughed. It was the cutest thing in the world.

I just finished watching 'Whale Rider'. It was very good, and I recommend it. Also, with our Netflix subscription, Aaron and I rented Baz Lurhmann's Romeo and Juliet b/c we hadn't seen it for awhile. I recognized his style more after seeing Moulin Rouge and then Romeo and Juliet again. Has anyone beside me ever been watching a movie, and you know the ending, yet you hope for something to change while you are watching it again. The thought that it can't change comes to you, but you don't want to accept it, so in your mind you just say "It's ok, I will pretend that everything works out and it all ends happily. I won't let myself believe that the story really ends sad or unfair." Or is it just me that likes to create alternate realities to escape grief?

Comments:

Posted by Alyson at Sun Jan 30 2005 19:52

I can relate to your hope. I always have to remind myself, "this is only a movie--these aren't real people." But when it is a true story, obviously that mantra doesn't help.

Posted by John at Sun Jan 30 2005 22:55

I was telling Susie that I sometimes pick a character in a book or movie and pretend I am them. Sometimes I moderate what happens to them to fit my particular imaginative tastes better. She seemed to think that was odd; I guess I always assumed everyone used their imaginations this way.

It's good to know you change the endings; it makes me feel more human I suppose.

You'll have to convince Aaron to take you to dinner again so we can babysit your cute daughter again.