Real Life Fiction.

Wow! Last time I blogged was a month and a half ago. I remember I was just about to start my twitter 'abstinence' program so I can prepare for my finals. Well the good news is it actually paid off Yay! I actually excelled and got a scholarship but that’s far from the point here. Anyway, I had a very, very, to say the least, eventful holiday after that. Traveled, friends came over, family came over, the shopping and the weather, best holiday I’ve had in a while and the reason I didn’t blog this whole time.

Over the summer, I also had the chance to catch up on some of my favorite series and even watch some that I had always wanted to watch. Let’s not forget about my Odeon addiction that had me watching all sorts of movies whenever I had the chance. These movies and series got me thinking though…When we watch these series and movies we can’t help but judge these characters. Imagining what we would do If we were in their shoes, it seems so simple just watching these people make messes of their lives and thinking we would do it different. And yet more often than not we do the same exact things they do. The confused adolescent ‘experimenting’ with her sexual orientation, the emotionally damaged girl that thinks she has the whole friends with benefits thing locked down, the overwhelmed beautiful lady that simply can’t make a choice between these two guys simply because she can’t stand hurting any of them. The sexy 23 year old that cheats on the man she loves and is about to marry with her ex simply because she rushed through this next relationship and had left over feelings, these people are all around us and we sometimes find ourselves in these shoes.

So why can’t we use that same criticism that we apply while we watch these series and movies? Fiction? Yes, but fiction based on reality otherwise we wouldn’t even be watching these things. We simply would not be able to relate and lose interest. So I find myself today in a situation I like to call ‘movie worthy’ situation. I try to live a carefree life with very few complications but they just looove to follow me around. Well I won’t give you all the details but all you have to know is that it’s one of those that you look at in the movie and say, ‘Damn that’s a hard one! But who lets themselves get into that kind of situation?’ followed by the cliché shaking of the head.