Your story. My story. Our stories.
I’ve always thought it would be fantastic for cameras to follow me around and film my life, and maybe make it into a documentary or something. Then I realized it would probably have horrible ratings and go straight to VHS. That is how terrible it would be. Not because I’m a terrible person or anything, but because my life is boring.
When I look back at my life, I want to be able to say I’ve done things that are relevant and important and meant something to someone. I want to say that I have truely lived, not just mucked around and made it by. I want to go skydiving and base jumping and eat exotic things and save lives and travel the world and run a theatre and fall in love again and tons of other things. I want experiences that are tangible and true.
Because, when you think about it, every good story has a character that wants something and overcomes conflict to get it. No one wants to watch a movie about the average life of any one person.
Ex: “Joe lives in a house with his wife and son. Joe went to college, got a degree and got a decent job. Joe leaves his house for work at 8 every morning, and comes home at exactly 6 o’clock. Joe loves his wife, his son, and his job. Joe has never gone rock climbing, been to Peru, or made an illegal U turn. Joe is a very boring shmuck.”
If I was Joe, I would have shot myself in the face.
Now, don’t get me wrong. If thats the kind of life you want to live, go for it. Theres nothing wrong with it.
I guess I’m just too flighty and can’t commit to anything. I want to move around and see things.
No one will ever make a movie out of Joe’s life because Joe is Average.
And maybe no one will ever make a movie out of my life, but if they did it would be a damn good one. Or it will be by the time I’m done living it. It will be a story worth telling.
