Done with fish

Susan Orlean: I guess I'd just like to know how you can detach yourself from something that you've invested so much of your soul in. I mean, didn't you ever miss turtles? The only thing that made your 10-year-old life worth living?
John Laroche: Look, I'll tell you a story, all right? I once fell deeply, you know, profoundly in love with tropical fish. Had 60 fish tanks in my house. I skin dived to find just the right ones. Anisotremus virginicus, Holdacanthus ciliaris, Chaetodon capistratus. You name it. Then one day I say, "f--- fish". I renounce fish. I vow never to set foot in that ocean again. That's how much "f--- fish"...That was 17 years ago. And I have never since stuck so much as a toe in that ocean. And I love the ocean.

Susan Orlean: But why?

John Laroche: Done with fish.

Susan Orlean (VO): If you really loved something. Wouldn't a little bit of it linger? Evidently, Laroche's finishes were downright and absolute. He just moved on. I sometimes wished I could do the same.

Done with fish!

Falling in love with you all over again

I even be fantasizing about walking out on a green light just dying to get hit by a car just so I could lose my memory, get transported to some 3rd world country just to get treated, and then somehow meet up again with you so I could fall in love with you in a different language and see if it still feels the same.
-Shihan

Pardon My French

It's only taken me two years, but I've finally got it. The original title (Like Me - A Commentary) was always a working title. It was shortened to Commentary, but it never felt right. I was doing some valuable wikipedia research on Paris and France and French people and things and came across the phrase Pardon My French.

Perfect.

Remember when Costanza said that he tried to get a girl by telling her that he coined that phrase?

Now I'm back in it. I've got the story and the characters and everything in my head. I can't get it out. Thank you.

I'm listening to a free podcast by Hollywood Saloon titled Art of Commentary.

The End of History

I only heard about this guy because I'm cheap. I always take advantage of the free downloads on iTunes, because songs are expensive. And I don't know what I like. So this is how I came across Fionn Regan.

Now I can't get enough. He is the product of one of my favorite album covers.

He also has one of the best YouTube music videos ever made.

Congratulations, FR.

My biggest fear

Boring people.

This can be taken either way. I'm afraid of being stuck in a boring conversation and I'm afraid of boring other people.

I'm reminded of that dude from Almost Famous, who talks about himself as a musician.

I get people off! And I find the one guy who isn't getting off, and I MAKE him get off. Actually, THAT you can print!

p.s. I did enjoy this part from the movie:

I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans;
I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.
-William Blake

All I know is
If you don't figure out the something
you'll just stay ordinary
And it doesn't matter if it's a work of art or a taco or a pair of socks
Just create something new
and there it is
and it's you
out in the world
outside of you
and you can look at it or hear it or read it or feel it
and you know a little bit more about
you
a little bit more than anyone else does

Stole this from a movie. But you'll have to click on this link to find out which one. (It was even a little too chick flickish for me...but I still liked it).

This one goes out to all the teachers who told me I'd never amount to nuthin'

Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis
When I was dead broke, man I couldn't picture this
50-inch screen, money green leather sofa
Got two rides, a limousine with a chauffeur
Phone bill about two G's flat
No need to worry, my accountant handles that
And my whole crew is loungin'
Celebratin' every day, no more public housin'
Thinkin' back on my one-room shack
Now my mom pimps an Ac' with minks on her back
And she loves to show me off, of course
Smiles every time my face is up in The Source
We used to fuss when the landlord dissed us
No heat, wonder why Christmas missed us
Birthdays was the worst days
Now we sip champagne when we thirsty
Uh, damn right I like the life I live
'Cause I went from negative to positive
And it's all good
...and if you don't know, now you know
-Notorious B.I.G. "Juicy"