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The Life of David Gale

"Fantasies have to be unrealistic, because the moment, the second you get what you seek, you don’t, you can’t want it anymore. In order to continue to exist, desire must have its objects perpetually absent. It’s not the “it” that you want; it’s the fantasy of “it”. So, desire supports crazy fantasy. This is what Pascal means when he says that we’re only truly happy when daydreaming about future happiness. Or, why we say “The hunt is sweeter than the kill”, or “Be careful what you wish for”. Not because you’ll get it, because you are doomed not to want it once you do. So the lesson of Lecaan is living by your wants will never make you happy. What it means to be fully human is to strive to live by ideas and ideals and not to measure your life by what you’ve attained in terms of your desires but those small moments of integrity, compassion, rationality, even self-sacrifice; because in the end, the only way that we could measure the significance of our own lives is by valuing the lives of others."

Don't get me wrong, I didn't write the above. At least, I wish I could. Kevin Spacey (who I think is one of the greatest living Hollywood actors) uttered those lines in the movie; it rings true and I just feel inspired to put it in my blog. After all, this is just a testing post. Aha! Just kidding.

After years (a bit of exaggeration, but really...) of putting off updating this blog, I decided to actually write something. So, my dear readers, wherever you are, "aloha!" and thank you for reading this far...I hope it's not a 1.5 min waste of your time.