I first wrote this entry the night before my Elec midterm last semester. Elec was my hardest class, a prerequisite for three courses next year and not offered again until next fall… and I was sitting here watching I Love You Man.
Most chick flicks begin with someone who (no matter how stupid they are) magically already has close friends they can confide in and be awesome with. Then the movie is about their adventures trying to woo the love interest.
<i>I Love You Man</i> is like a reverse chick flick – the main character already has the Love Interest, but doesn’t have the Supportive Wonderful Crazy Friends. It’s backwards, like analyzing circuits using electron flow instead of conventional current (<a href=”http://www.mi.mun.ca/users/cchaulk/eltk1100/ivse/ivse.htm”>explanation, for non-technical people</a>).
The main character, Peter Klaven, thinks he has everything in his life under control until he overhears his fiancée and her friends discussing how he doesn’t seem to have any close friends. He then decides he needs to go out and make a friend.
Peter Klaven isn’t stupid, he’s just even more unobservant than I am. And I’m not sure if words can adequately describe how unobservant I am.
He struggles against the assumption that friendship is general knowledge (<a href=”http://have-you-met-ted.com/2007/season-3-episode-9-slapsgiving-discussion/”>general knowledge</a>!)
Like trying to do elec problems using electron-flow current, his dilemma ends up being more challenging than conventional movies’ characters. Even though the principles involved are the same, it’s unconventional and most people are going the other way, leading to confusion and misread intentions.
I’m afraid of misread intentions. But it’s time to put myself out there, and expect to get something out of my actions – a linear combination of: becoming closer to my friends, and people thinking I’m weird because they misunderstood something I said. Anything but annoying, really.
I first wrote this entry the night before my Elec midterm last semester. Elec was my hardest class, a prerequisite for three courses next year and not offered again until next fall… and I was sitting here watching I Love You Man.
Image from http://allmoviephoto.com/. He just FARTED in my open house!
Most chick flicks begin with someone who (no matter how stupid they are) magically already has close friends they can confide in and be awesome with. Then the movie is about their adventures trying to woo the love interest.
I Love You Man is like a reverse chick flick – the main character already has the Love Interest, but doesn’t have the Supportive Wonderful Crazy Friends. It’s backwards, like analyzing circuits using electron flow instead of conventional current.
The main character, Peter Klaven, thinks he has everything in his life under control until he overhears his fiancée and her friends discussing how he doesn’t seem to have any close friends. He then decides he needs to go out and make a friend.
Peter Klaven isn’t stupid, he’s just even more unobservant than I am. And I’m not sure if words can adequately describe how unobservant I am.
He struggles against the assumption that friendship is general knowledge (general knowledge!)
Like trying to do elec problems using electron-flow current, his dilemma ends up being more challenging than conventional movies’ characters. Even though the principles involved are the same, it’s unconventional and most people are going the other way, leading to confusion and misread intentions.
I’m afraid of misread intentions. But it’s time to put myself out there, and expect to get something out of my actions – a linear combination of: becoming closer to my friends, and people thinking I’m weird because they misunderstood something I said. Anything but annoying, really.