“Space may be the final frontier, but it’s made in a Hollywood basement.”
When Californication came up on shuffle yesterday, I was just so sure Anthony Kiedis was right — that a lot of things we believe really just have a production quality high enough to convince us they’re real.
And maybe he’s right. I’ve never been to space. I really only have seen it reproduced on screen. And I guess almost 40 years ago that even Stevie once thought something really similar — that when you believe in things you don’t understand, then you suffer.; that we have to be careful about to whom (and what) we pledge steadfast allegiance.
But sometimes we should believe carelessly in things we don’t understand. Not recklessly; not irresponsibly.¹ But without concern for whether it fits someone else’s idea of mature or good for you or well-grounded…
So, here are nine things — some as farfetched as space is wide — I have “no right” to believe but believe anyway.²
I believe something was — existed, happened… — before the big bang, but no one has captured it or written about it accurately yet.
I believe I could win a songwriter Grammy.
I believe that passion is like salt: it makes everything better.
I believe that there is more than one person (romantically) for everyone, but that the trick may be meeting only one of these people in your lifetime.
I believe that laughter conquers all.
I believe that yesterday makes us yearn for a better tomorrow, that the fear of tomorrow makes us retreat to the comfort of yesterday and that today is too often lost in the shuffle.
I believe that Queer Eye for the Straight Guy was an insult to my able-to-dress-self-like-big-boy intelligence.
I believe that Casablanca is wildly overrated.
I believe that there are sexual relationships and there is the law and that — absent abuse or the serious potential for it — never the two should meet.
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¹If all the evidence and your gut say “No,” ignoring it all is dangerous.
²If you’ve got any space on your blog, I’d love to hear yours.
I need you to write me a song about popsicles.
Also, laughter does. Passion is. Casablanca was.
And, I believe that “Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels.”
Ooh I love the first beliefs on your list. I like it! I also believe were not the only creatures in space, until now. Although no real knowledge and info on that.
Passion really makes everything better.
Aliens! How could I forget about aliens? I think they’re probably out there, too; judging us.
I believe I’ll have another drink.
Sorry. Old joke. I’ll go now.
Come back! I told an old joke the other day with the “slowly I turn” bit. Old jokes are safe here.
Oooh I like this! And totally ditto these… especially the first one. All those hours of watching “The Universe” on the History Channel still don’t have me convinced.
Right? I don’t know what happened. And the mysterious truth seems to be that there’s no way any of us ever could.
I
hopebelieve that I will fit into my “thin” jeans by the time I leave for Costa Rica.You can do it!
passion does make everything better.
Fact.
Aw, I love Casablanca, but then I’m a Bogey fan.
Very suave. I have absolutely nothing bad to say about him.
Your fourth statement? So true.
Thanks. That’s awesome. I was so worried it would be controversial in a way I didn’t want it to be. I really just meant that, for example, Harry probably wouldn’t have met Sally if he was in Cleveland; or that Tom Hanks might’ve been a little less sleepless in Atlanta; but that my feeling that love is so much about context and not just the person is not a depressing idea.
“I believe that yesterday makes us yearn for a better tomorrow, that the fear of tomorrow makes us retreat to the comfort of yesterday and that today is too often lost in the shuffle.”
So.Freaking.True.
Every time I visit your blog or read your comment here, I realize how much we think alike.
I actually think Casablanca is underrated (in our generation.)
Really? Okay. I guess I should admit I don’t remember it being horrible. I just remember not being floored at the end like I thought I was supposed to be.
I like this a lot. And may steal it for later in the week – if that’s kosher.
Totally. Steal away.
i believe that passion is perfectly able to be present in relationships despite the absence of passionate fighting.
i believe that a disney movie and a glass of wine can cure 90% of what ails me.
I really like that (re: passion). Fighting is not a necessity.
And the second thing… well, that’s my life’s motto.
Oops. Stupid same IP address… I am the second “Jo”!
You’re an impersonator.
I feel about lemon and salt the way you feel about passion!
I will have to copy you on my next post. I really liked it!
Lemon is pretty tasty. I could go for some lemon meringue pie right about now.
And thanks!
I believe that as destructive as it is to me sometimes, passion makes the world go ’round.