the sign of times
i quote benjamin button - life is defined by opportunities, even the ones that we missed. when i first heard it…just…smack! i thought it sums everything up succintly, and perfectly. it got me really thinking. i loved it. whether we took it or not is another matter. but it defines us nevertheless. what if we chose this instead of that? what if we decide not to pursue that path? what if we do? if one went us by would another comes by? what happen if we had taken up an option, ending up missing a better one? how would u know which one is better than the other?…questions, questions..
point is, whichever way we go, is definitive of what our life is. which ones we chose to follow, or neglect. it shapes us to be what we are today. oh well..i didnt mean to be philosophical, but it just gets me. really gets me. life summed up, just like that!
just went to see transformers few days back. not that im really keen on it, just some guys wanted to and i just said ok..i mean, i didnt even watch the 1st one! even as a child i never really followed it, or thundercats..or star wars, even. return of the jedi is the only one ive watched to date. i dont know, i was never really into it. as i suspected, i didnt really enjoy it. really funny, i must say, but the CGI is a bit too much for my liking. at some point i remember thinking, might as well make it to be an animated feature. i like it real..like real effects..well..sign of the times, i guess. just like some oldie would say star wars is the best ever made, despite the tech being so out to date now. gosh i feel old.
sign of times indeed. when people around u noticeably starts to age. watched jumanji today, and i thought robin looks very young. then i recalled..it was 1994, 15 years ago. funny how 15 years added can make someone looks so, so much older when it doesnt sound so. before u know it, soon enough the guy will be gone. ill be missing him then. the guys so ridiculously witty and funny, never fails to crack me up.
ive watched football ever since i was in school, and i remember all my heroes were older than me..born in 70’s. before you know it, they’re retiring. and you find yourself looking up to kids..born in the 90’s..messi…etc.
and then there’s blur..gosh albarn looks so old and fat. though coxon still is, as ever the great guitarist as he had always been. soon enough, listening to blur, nirvana, system, deftones or whomever it is shall be giggled on..deemed to be old school..just like i did to whomever listening to deep purple, scorpions, queens, def leppard, iron maiden, or metallica even…
damn…25 years of age and im feeling so goddamn old!
