WASTED TIME; BLOG #2205; FRI SEP 13, 2019

THE COMEBACK:

"I’M THE MAN OF THE HOUR”

“CHECK YOUR WATCH DUDE. THAT HOUR HAS PASSED!"

THE MESSAGE:

We are led to believe that some people have a ‘bucket list’. WTF! Is this someone’s idea of reality? Are human beings that simple? Am I missing something? I always believed that it was part of our reality to accept and adjust to the turns of fate to which we were presented. It was the mark of character that distinguished the true person from the also ran. Is life filled with a progression of ‘wasted time’?

THE BLURB:

Rob Reiner made a movie with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman called 'THE BUCKET LIST’. It is a 2007 comedy-drama film which follows two terminally ill men on an adventure with a 'wish list' of things to do before they die from cancer.

One character, Freeman, is presented as a faithful auto repair guy with a brilliant mind and soul that are complicated and rather difficult for the viewer to interpret. Could he truly be a simple auto repairman? The other, Nicholson, is a man who is more conflicted than his serene exterior suggests. He is revealed  as  a  billionaire fun seeker with a somewhat self indulgent nature.

They are exact opposites; however, they both have unfinished business back home, and eventually  their journeys are interrupted by a severe quarrel and real-life demands. 

The movie is somewhat redeemed by Nicholson’s character delivering the following eulogy for his ‘list buddy’:

"The simplest thing is I loved him and I miss him. We saw the world together, which is amazing when you think that only three months ago we were complete strangers. I hope that it doesn't sound selfish of me, but the last months of his life were the best months of mine. He saved my life, and he knew it before I did. I'm deeply proud that this man found it worth his while to know me. In the end, I think it's safe to say that we brought some joy to one another's lives, so one day, when I go to some final resting place, if I happen to wake up next to a certain wall with a gate, I hope that he's there to vouch for me and show me the ropes on the other side."

THE QUESTION: 

"Should everyone have a plan to rid themselves of the unpleasantness of fate?"

THE LEMON:

Awarded to the Teflon PM’s aptly named advisor Gerald Butts.

THE QUOTE:

THE CLIP: