Got Me a Movie, I Want You to Know
There’s a line in the film Hi-Fidelity about compatibility and the chemistry between people. John Cusack’s character, in one of his pieces to camera, says about the laws of attraction: it’s not about what you’re like, but what you like. In other words the stuff you’re into IS who you are. I’d go along with this to no small extent.
How many times have you thought you didn’t like someone until you discover that they are a fan of something similar? Then if they like that, they probably like something similar, which led to the discover of something else you which turned you on to this, which they don’t know but they would love to discover. We consume our needs because we like to feeds our very nature and nourishes our soul, and that nature always comes through in our interests.
I watched some tv last weekend and here’s the sum total of what I tuned in to:
The West Wing
Everton v Southampton football match (we won and Chelsea lost and Man United drew, so we are still third)
An E! biography of Kevin Spacey
Later with Jools Holland (very impressed with Estelle) (US readers, this is a live music show which features a handful of live band across a wide range of musical styles)
Reading this back I realise how these programmes sum up my character. From just a few telly shows you can glean more information than I could write in an afternoon of adjectives. I could go into it, but I’d be wasting my breath - you know the shows better than you know me, so once you know the shows, you know me. Crazy when you think about it, but if you get what I dig, you’ll dig, dig?