Separatist Theorem vs. Moral Majority

Happy Birthday Adam! In just a few hours you will officially be 27 years old. My father was 27 when he met my mother, and they have been married over 30 years. I can only dream of that kind of assurance. I mean, me? I still argue with my own opinions constantly. I long for a future that's more concrete, something I can run my hand down and feel as real and dependable.

Thoughts regarding Good Will Hunting:

Movie was on Encore last night, the only premium movie channel that I get here on Mediacom. I ended up watching almost the entire movie, starting in at the point when Will meets Skylar in the bar, defending his friend Assfleck from the menacing pony-tail intellectual. For all the tired hype that eminates from Miramax's apparently oscarworthy starmaker, there is a good movie beneath, probably facilitated by what I consider Robin William's most likely greatest and most likable role.

Even though you may not relate directly to Will's knowledge trauma, and may find it difficult to imagine that all the characters in the movie are supposed to be in their very very early twenties, feelings that the movie coddles within you are probably universal. the age old story of a longing love both chased and pushed away at some point must have creeped into your mind. Perhaps the most likey theme of the movie is not to squander your talents, and to chase after the flickering lights and not sit on your ass. Anyway, I enoyed in last nite, or at least was in the right frame of mind to enjoy it. I guess the hit that resonated was at the end when will gets a car and it sort of becomes apparent that he is only 21. Here I am now - six years his character's senior. In the same personal struggle - unsure of what I 'want'

As all the other years of my twenties have passed by in majority, I look at 27 with a new clarity. There is more of a clashing between my inert separatism and moral compass. Age is slowly becoming a more prevalent psychological barb, and I can feel it's sting settling deeper in my soul. I think with a little push, this year will prove itself a stepping stone in accepting 'sir', and the responsibilities of the title. Well, out of time.