Whaddup, kid.

[raybear]

It's funny how very small matters can make one feel like King Solomon, not because it's a life or death situation but just because....some parables are parables for a reason and hold true in the big and the small. Even if they are ridiculous and archaic.

Unrelated to this statement, during phone training today, I was able to re-enact a scene from one of my favorite movies, Defending Your Life. (This might not be the exact language, since I'm too lazy to search on Google for the screenplay or whatever.)

Lee Grant: "Your honor, at this time I'd like to show a clip dated in the afterlife. This happened to Mr. Miller last night."
Rip Torn: "Showing clips from the afterlife? I was told we weren't doing that anymore."
Judge: "No one told you we weren't doing that anymore."

Obviously the stuff about the afterlife was left out, but I swear my co-worker pulled her panicked lie routine and said the second line exactly, and I found myself saying the judge's line without even thinking. I was about to feel bad for being snippy, until my other co-worker said "yeah, no one told you that."

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[raybear.livejournal.com]

I've experienced this phenomenon as well. I've sort of stopped trying to convert people. Maybe because Albert Brooks has a strange sense of humor -- I personally think his movies get funnier the more you watch them and some are better than others.

Rip Torn = excellent! I love him as his attorney.

It's funny 'cause it's true!

[vfc.livejournal.com]

Mother has been on cable a lot recently and I keep catching snippets of it but I find it difficult to watch because I know that that's me and my mom in 10-20 years—if not already. Brooks really pegs people the way they are. And I love Defending Your Life.