I've been told I'm sensitive.
But I cry every time I see that scene-
the one with Angela and Rayanne (My So-Called Life) when Rayanne has just betrayed Angela by sleeping with Jordan Catalano and realized she has just thrown away the best friend she's ever had and Rayanne has just been cast as Emily in Our Town and Angela has to read the last scene of the play with her.
And Rayanne (as Emily) says, as Angela (as Mrs. Webb or some shit like that) listens,
"So all that was going on and we never noticed!...Oh earth, you're too wonderful for anyone to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life when they live it?-every, every minute?"
And the girl (Abysinnia, as if I didn't remember her name...but I digress) playing the stage manager replies,
"No. Saints and poets, maybe. They do some."
So that's the thing. Not to be corny, (but let's face it, I'm a Cancer and we get weepy at Hallmark movies and Humane Society commercials), but I want to realize life as we live it. Every, every minute.
So here this is. Let's see how it works out.
And yes, I love Our Town, but was introduced to its existence via The Wonder Years and My So-Called Life, resptecively. What can I say?
I had a TV in my room from the time I was 7.
Stay tuned.
