My girlfriend has an unofficial housemate named Daniel (don-yell). Almost every time I walk into her apartment, I find him and a few of the other housemates sitting in the living room shouting insults at gameshows or in a heated game of Mario Kart. If I was to attribute a catch-phrase to Daniel it would be "Live yo' life!" – he says it every time a contestant on Family Feud gives an incorrect response and starts beating themselves up. You know what? It's good advice.
To quote Quentin Tarrantino, I recently "had what alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity." I haven't been living my life. At least not the past few weeks anyhow. Outside of classes I'm not leaving my apartment. Outside of classes I'm not working on my craft. Outside of all that I haven't done much of anything beyond surf the internet and watch tv & movies.
Film is a wonderful medium, and I could live enthralled by other's stories for the rest of my life. But to contribute anything myself, I've got to take Daniel's unintentionally profound arm-chair advice and live my life.
That said: I'm going internet sober for the next two weeks while I prepare for my agent interview and my upcoming film role in "Manual of a Weed Killer". No internet outside of email, work-related tasks, and the semi-productive blog post. Wish me luck!
1 comment:
great blog, great post. you might enjoy reading tennessee williams' essay "the catastrophe of success" if you have not done so already. keep up the great work!
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