And if I’m forced to find another I hope she looks like you, and she's nicer too!
Would you light my candle?
I just watched Rent, I have been waiting to see it for so long. I am so glad I watched. Yeah, I am a homo so I think I am required to love it. The obvious message from the movie is let go of regret and live for today. As they say in the movie "No day but today". But really I think this movie gives perspective. Angel who seemed to be the worst off and the closet to death had more love and life than anyone. It wasn't about tomorrow and what might happen, it was about the love for today. I know this is completely cheesy, but sometimes we should listen to the cheesy stuff.
When I first started watching I got the message right away, but I wasn't sure if I believed it. How can one live for today without thinking about what was and what might be? After watching I don't think that means to not prepare yourself for tomorrow, but it means to focus on now. All we have control over is now, not tomorrow and not the past. By not living for now we are wasting opportunity.
I am looking for someone to "light my candle", but I am so afraid of being burned. The problem is I am clearly not letting go of things in the past and am allowing it to dictate my future. I wrote something awhile back about having issues, and the real test of a relationship is to see if each others issues can fit together. As Roger and Mimi put it "I'm looking for baggage that goes with mine". Their baggage fits so well, but Roger was worried about tomorrow and almost missed something great. I really hope some day I am able to have love like that. The love that Angel and Collins had was enough for her to live for, that is what I want.
I started thinking about each character and what part of them fit me. I think we all are made up by different parts of each of them. I guess the trick is being able to find a balance between each part. There is one thing I didn't like about the movie and that was that Mark didn't find his love. He really was some what naive but also I think he was their guide. He was also the odd man out, yet they all cared about him just as much as each other. I want the nice guy to win, because damn it we deserve to! Rent is the original "Friends', but with more drugs, singing,drag queens, and death.
So anyway, this is my cheesy Rent post. I am going to watch it again and we will see what the second viewing has to offer.
When I first started watching I got the message right away, but I wasn't sure if I believed it. How can one live for today without thinking about what was and what might be? After watching I don't think that means to not prepare yourself for tomorrow, but it means to focus on now. All we have control over is now, not tomorrow and not the past. By not living for now we are wasting opportunity.
I am looking for someone to "light my candle", but I am so afraid of being burned. The problem is I am clearly not letting go of things in the past and am allowing it to dictate my future. I wrote something awhile back about having issues, and the real test of a relationship is to see if each others issues can fit together. As Roger and Mimi put it "I'm looking for baggage that goes with mine". Their baggage fits so well, but Roger was worried about tomorrow and almost missed something great. I really hope some day I am able to have love like that. The love that Angel and Collins had was enough for her to live for, that is what I want.
I started thinking about each character and what part of them fit me. I think we all are made up by different parts of each of them. I guess the trick is being able to find a balance between each part. There is one thing I didn't like about the movie and that was that Mark didn't find his love. He really was some what naive but also I think he was their guide. He was also the odd man out, yet they all cared about him just as much as each other. I want the nice guy to win, because damn it we deserve to! Rent is the original "Friends', but with more drugs, singing,drag queens, and death.
So anyway, this is my cheesy Rent post. I am going to watch it again and we will see what the second viewing has to offer.
posted by Matthieu @ 1:14 AM
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i totally know what you mean. i feel the same why about Rent.
If we don't live each day to the fullest, we will miss out on all the good things life and our friends have to offer.
Life isn't about sitting on the sidelines watching the world go by. It's about participating and getting in there--even if it means we get hurt.
And we will. And it'll suck.
But life goes.
"Forget regret, or life is yours to miss."
Love you! See you on the 18th-if not sooner.
"Ow!" "Oh, the wax - it's" "Dripping! I like it - between my..." "...fingers, I figured."
Anyway, I was talking to my friend Silus about Rent and its message, and he said that he saw "no day but today" as the characters' fatal flaw. I don't agree, and here's why: Angel is the key to understanding that "no day but today" is about not being afraid to love and express right now because if you or some of your friends disappear, you may regret not having said or done things. Angel taught them how to live. And how to die.
Did I mention I love Rent?
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