so i just finished watching ¨stranger than fiction¨, a film about will ferrel´s character whose life is literally a book unfolding by an author who is famous for tragedies in which all of her heros die. naturally, this ¨tragic hero¨ becomes paranoid and determined to change his death by urging the author to rewrite the ending, since it´s not ¨good timing¨ as for the first time he´s actually living life, persuing his dreams, well his only dream of playing the guitar, and is in love with a someone so unlike him, someone who lives life in her unconventional ways, changing the world one cookie at a time; someone who used to hate him, but somehow has begun to fall in love with him. (here opposites do attract.)
the question of who determines our fate really started to gnaw at me...as in, do i passively wait for life to happen or do i actively persue my dreams and live?! do i merely wish good things or do i start the momentum and ¨pay it forward¨, yes another movie reference, and get the momentum started by a 1st act.
these are big questions to ponder, especially when i think about the fact that this came from a film in which the main character is warmly remembered for lines from his many snl personalities like: "we need more cowbell" or "me thinks we were eating goat meat in the fall"...thanks mr. ferrel, for making me take a more active concern about how i live my life! kinda ironic that your first name is ¨will¨!!! ironic, me-thinks...
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