Finding Forrester

Two posts in a day, say what? HAHA.
After finishing the previous post, I thought I was gonna head to the books & study for tomorrow's test. Turns out, I had to help my mum with the cooking. Nothing unusual, just something that comes naturally when you're living at home & not in a hostel or a rented house,or anything similar to it. I didn't really cook though, I just helped taste the food (since my mom's fasting) & fried the chicken.

Watched TV while having my breakfast, and ended up glued to the couch for the next 3 hours watching this really interesting film called 'Finding Forrester'. Basically, it's about this African-American kid who's an aspiring writer, befriends this old man who's pretty much a loner who secludes himself from the outside world. He turns out to be a one time pullitzer prize winner. The whole film goes on about how the kid was received into a totally different society, different world. A cross-over from the Bronx to an upper highclass school, during the times when people who didn't know,or couldn't accept something totally different, still exists. The time when it was unusual & suprising when an African-American knows so much about writing, and everything about it.



Ahh well, when you watch it you'll know what I mean. I had this really random thought, about people not being able to accept something that's beyond what they believe. Coz a lot of movies I've seen are about things that are believed to be 'the impossible' proven to be possible. Confused much? LOL.

What I mean is, what if everything we know, what's impossible and what's not, is all based on JUST beliefs? Like in the movie Finding Forrester, the kid's teacher couldn't accept that he was talented in writing & that he knew a lot about the histories of literature, etc. I assume that he based all that on his belief that literature was started by whoever, and didn't involve Africans? So, instead of accepting the kid's talent, he finds other reasons like, cheating.

This may sound dumb & all, but it's just a thought. A lot of people say that being gay or sexual intercourse between similar sexes is against human nature. The question is, what is human nature? Why, because only sexual intercourse between the opposite sex can produce humans? Thus, the conclusion that similar intercourse is not allowed? Am I making any sense? Well, it's JUST A THOUGHT.

MOVING ON.

I got a message on youtube today, which totally made my day =D



The simplest things can actually make a difference for some people =)
It's not always that I get something like that. I'm happy someone actually thinks that.

I also forgot to mention, I finally went to watch Kami The Movie with Wanie last week. Sadly,Abu died & I cried =P

Okay now, that's it for today. I shall end it with some quotes from Finding Forrester. Enjoy =)

Forrester: Bolt the door, if you're coming in.

Jamal: Women will sleep
with you if you write a book?
Forrester: Women will sleep with you if you
write a bad book.

Forrester: What you write in this apartment stays in
this apartment.

Forrester: The key to a woman's heart is an unexpected
gift at an unexpected time.

Forrester: You're the man now, dog!

Forrester: Punch the keys, for God's sake!

Jamal: I came back to
see, if you could help me out with my writing.
Forrester: How about 5,000
words on why you should stay the fuck out of my house!

Forrester: In
some cultures it's good luck to be wearing something inside-out.
Jamal: And
you believe that?
Forrester: No, but it's like praying: what do you risk?

Jamal: Don't forget to write.

Forrester: No thinking - that
comes later. You must write your first draft with your heart. You rewrite with
your head. The first key to writing is... to write, not to think!

Jamal:
"The rest of those who have gone before us cannot steady the unrest of those to
follow." You wrote that in your book.