Some Kind of Wonderful
It came out in 1987 and it was written by John Hughes (Breakfast Club, Home Alone, Sixteen Candles, Pretty In Pink). It has a classic kind of love story plot. Watts and Keith are best friends, Keith loves popular girl Amanda, Watts helps Keith planning and executing the perfect date for Amanda, Watts has a secret that she is in love with Keith. Watts is literally the coolest girl in any film I have ever seen. She says "Skill beyond skill. Technique." And I thought it was coolest thing ever. Keith is obviously oblivious to Watts' crush on him. But damn does he try hard for the popular girl Amanda, he paints her a damn PORTRAIT. And its GOOD. Goals. Anyways, the end is my favorite part. I won't say what happens but its like the best acting I have ever seen. Two characters are able to say something on their minds, but just from the looks on their faces. And you're just like YES. This movie is so underated and I have never met someone who has heard of it. 10/10 all around movie.
“Here with us, not for us”
I don't think there is a person to credit for this. But anyways, its about animal liberation. Like many others, I believe that animals are here on this planet (regardless of what you think put them there) to enjoy life with us, and without us. I believe that their existence here is just as random as humans existence. But for some reason, so many believe that aniamals are here to provide for us, that we need things from them. That we need to use them. I say we don't.
How About a Bread Story?
Group projects for writing classes are stupid. You're telling me this class is going to teach me ways to be a better writer but I have to write something with a stranger? I have to downplay these elaborate plots in my head about grocery stores, to find a topic I want to write about with a stranger? This is stupid. Start having peoples pitches shot down pretty early huh? I'm supposed to be in a creative hole, typing away on whatever I wish, letting the scene unfold as it flows, no breaks, no pauses, no rests. I'm supposed to think about my plot and my characters and their lives, hearts, and brains. Just me, solo-mothering the life into a story. Only now it's like joint babysitting a strangers kid with another stranger. This is when I am supposed to be my most selfish, and love every minute of it. To write about the journey people go on to end up buying this bread or that bread. But now I have to write about some character with some problem, discovering some solution, and making some friends at the end. The story can't be my story anymore. It's not even their story. It's a shared story, and nothing sounds more stupid. Art professors don't assign shared painting assignments. You paint for five minutes and I'll paint the next five? No. Any mention of group work for writing immediately means you won't get to write what you want. So then What. Is. The. Point. If you're not writing what you want, then you're not wanting what you write, which is The. Point. If I ever became a teacher, I would encourage feedback, criticism, suggestions, whatever. But not encourage writers to shove down the idea they had, and hold up one more likely to be accepted by another. Because waiting for someone elses praise will ruin everything. Because it is stupid.