and we're gonna get married on South Maluaka beach in Maui. there are some photos of the beach here. It's set! we've also chosen our officiant. He sounds great--we got to read some of the vows he does and william and I quickly came to an easy agreement! hooray for that! so there ya go...some more decisions done.
last weekend we attended the solstice film festival in our own downtown. it was woefully underattended, because the movies were so fantastic. i've still been thinking about the two we chose to see--and how they are still affecting me now.
i wanted to talk about one, because it really inspired me. (to be woefully undercreative in my description). the movie is called darius goes west, and you can find out information about it here. briefly, darius is a high schooler who has duchenne muscular dystrophy, which is a fatal disease and nearly if not the number one killer of children in america. (somthing like 1 in 3,000 kids has it). in any case, like a half dozen young guys (college) come to know darius through various means, and they decide to take him on a road trip, partly to see how handicapped accessible the U.S. is, and to get MTV to pimp his wheelchair. but they also want darius to see the world before it's too late for him, and to raise awareness about the disease so that someday we might find a cure. i laughed, i cried, and seriously, it restored some of my faith in humanity.
it also made me wonder: what am i doing that could restore some faith in humanity? what is my great passion? what should i be doing with my life? the answer is... the answer is..... i don't know. (sweetness to anyone knowing this movie reference). i hope that i find something that motivates me to go beyond myself, to lose myself in something i find THAT important. there was just so much goodness about this movie. please go see it or support it if you can.
ok then. those are my thoughts for now.
3 comments:
That sounds like an amazing movie.
And saving for a wedding is hard!
I totally know where you're coming from. I feel like I should be doing something more with my life but what?
And yes - saving for a wedding is VERY hard. Esp when everything triples in price when the word "wedding" is attached to it. Its so frustrating.
it is ABSOLUTELY hard to save for a wedding. especially when the magazines and websites showcase such fabulous stuff that you just fall in love with. those nickels and dimes add up, man! but you can do it. yay for getting some stuff pinned down!
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