With Honors

I saw the movie again. As expected, it moved me again…

Simon Wilder: You asked the question, sir, now let me answer it. The beauty of the Constitution is that it can always be changed. The beauty of the Constitution is that it makes no set law other than faith in the wisdom of ordinary people to govern themselves.
Professor Pitkannan: Faith in the wisdom of the people is exactly what makes the Constitution incomplete and crude.
Simon Wilder: Crude? No, sir. Our “founding parents” were pompous, white, middle-aged farmers, but they were also great men. Because they knew one thing that all great men should know: that they didn’t know everything. Sure, they’d make mistakes, but they made sure to leave a way to correct them. The president is not an “elected king,” no matter how many bombs he can drop. Because the “crude” Constitution doesn’t trust him. He’s just a bum, okay Mr. Pitkannan? He’s just a bum.

 

Monty: Why did you say that I was a loser?
Simon Wilder: Winners forget they’re in a race, they just love to run. You try too hard. 

Monty: Simon wrote his own obituary, and he asked me to read it. “Simon B. Wilder bit it on Wednesday.”
[they laugh]
Monty: “He saw the world out of the porthole of a leaky freighter, was a collector of memories, and interrupted a lecture at Harvard. In 50 years on earth he did only one thing he regretted. He is survived by his family: Jeff Hawks, who always remembers to flush; Everett Calloway, who knows how to use words; Courtney Blumenthal, who is strong, and also knows how to love; and by Montgomery Kessler, who will graduate life with honor, and without regret.”

I hope I can be like Monty… I hope I will stop trying TOO hard, LOVE the race and eventually… Graduate Life with honors and definitely, without regrets.

Not that..

I have a lot to write about. I have so many things to tell. I do not have time to do it. Finals week is forthcoming. My Final lap (i hope. crossing my fingers.) Five years and so this is long awaited. I will tell about my dudes’ winning a band competition. I would like to post latest pictures of my nephew. I would like to tell about “heaven indeed”. I would like to reminisce about “The”. I would like to tell about how five years was. I would like to give my own version of how to say “he’s just not  that into you.” Hehehe.

Before finals week starts, I kicked it off with a movie, hopefully my last as I read through backlogs and really work my ass off Civil Law Review I. The Movie? He’s just not that into you. Hehehe! My sister has the book, she lent me years back. I’ve not read it. Zeena borrowed and read it. Earl has seen the movie. Mish wrote about it in her blog. Me, I downloaded it yesterday and watched it last night. Just something you may feel good about. Nothing too deep about the movie. And here, i quoted the last part… Something which just made me nod my head in agreement, nothing too heavy:

Girls are taught a lot of growing up stuff. If a guy punches you, he likes you. Never try to trim your own bangs and someday you will meet a wonderful guy and get your very own happy ending. Every movie we see, every story we’re told implores us to wait for it, the third act twist, the unexpected declaration of love, the exception to the rule. But sometimes, we’re so focused on finding our happy ending we don’t learn how to read the signs, how to tell from the ones who want us and the ones who don’t, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave. And maybe the happy ending does not include a guy, maybe… it is you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself up for something better in the future. Maybe the happy ending is… just… moving on. Or maybe the happy ending is this, knowing after all the unreturned phone calls, brokenhearts, through the blunders and misread signals, through all the pain and embarrassment, you never gave up hope. 

Eversince, I never bother read signals. Self-preservation. When I get hurt, it just happens. I guess it is not about misreading signals. I don’t know. One thing for sure, I look for my happy ending. Hehehe!