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I Worry About People Who Aren't Real.

10/26/2012

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I get way too involved in the lives of fictional characters.  I'll watch a show and my heart will start pounding, my stomach in knots, legitimately concerned for the welfare of someone that doesn't actually exist in the real world.  I'm aware that this is not normal behavior, but when have I ever claimed to be a normal human being? 

The show that is currently causing me to yell expletives at the TV (and may be the cause of me dying of an early heart attack) is Homeland.  Holy.  Crap.   Seriously, this show will be the death of me.  I don't think a single episode has passed where I haven't muttered "ohgodohgodohgodohgodohgodOHGOD!!!" while clutching my chest.  It knows what it's doing.

Based on the Israeli series, Hatufim, it follows the lives of CIA officer Carrie Mathison and Sergeant Nicholas Brody.  After being captured by al-Qaeda as a prisoner of war in 2003, Brody is presumed dead.  He is found, rescued and brought back to the US and attempts to become re-acclimated to his old life.  Before Carrie came to Langley, VA, she was a field operative in Iraq warned by an asset that an American POW had been turned.  Carrie becomes obsessed with the idea that this POW is Brody. To quote the Showtime website, "The delicate dance these two complex characters perform, built on lies, suspicion, and desire, is at the heart of this gripping, emotional thriller in which nothing short of the fate of our nation is at stake."
 
Not enough to sell you?  How about these words:
Claire Danes.
Damian Lewis.
Mandy Patinkin.
6 Emmys.

Need I say more? 

Watch this show and freak out with me every Sunday night at 9pm on Showtime.  I promise the high blood pressure it will give you is worth it.

BONUS!!  CLAIRE DANES' CRYFACE SUPERCUT!!!! 


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Back on Track? 

10/11/2012

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Why is it so hard to get back on track? 

The end of August and the beginning of September exploded into a giant blur of Busy.  From moving, to filming, to day job, to getting settled, to new and old friends, it became insanely overwhelming.  Eventually things calmed down and yet I still found myself putting off all the tasks that had become routine only a couple months prior. 

I tried to take time out.  Write out checklists of everything I needed to accomplish.  "This week," I would tell myself, "I'm finally getting back into the swing of things."  So far I have three of those checklists either partially or completely unchecked. 

I've gotten to the point in life where I thankfully don't beat myself as harshly for mistakes as I would have in the past.  It's completely pointless.  It won't accomplish anything good.  This is why it was easy to forgive and allow myself a bit of a break for a couple weeks.  But now that those weeks are over and I've finally got time on my hands, why oh why am I still putting things off?  I LIKE how I feel when I'm getting things done.  I LIKE accomplishing things.  I LIKE how I feel about MYSELF when this is all happening.  So why do I not just DO them? 

I know I'm not alone in feeling this way.  We all do it whether it's going to the gym or yoga or eating healthy or keeping things organized or whatever it is that is your "I AM AWESOME AND ACCOMPLISHING EVERYTHING AND MY LIFE RULES AND I AM GOING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD" type routine. 

It reminds me of this amazingly perfect entry from Hyperbole and a Half: This is Why I'll Never be an Adult.

The good news is, just writing this is a step in the right direction.  I'm slowly but surely heading in the right direction.  I know I WILL get back on track.  I'm just still curious as to why we do this to ourselves.  Constantly.  Anyone have any scientific studies they care to point out?  Anecdotes? Care to Commiserate?  Share in the comments!

Perhaps tomorrow I will CLEAN ALL THE THINGS!!!! But...I still don't think I'll ever truly be an adult. 

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