I just watched a little portion of American Gangster, and I think it's one of the better movies I've seen. It kinda shows the complications in the world, how everything is fluid and everchanging, how things might not appear as they seem, betrayal and stuff. Deception and lies versus your personal values and honesty. Yet, at the same time, how simple things like family and love still manage to fit in pretty nicely.
For what I've seen so far, it's about a Afro-American man named Frankie back in the late 1960s who was a druglord. He is not your typical druglord though; he has his own values. Like, being filial to his parents, sharing his money with his family and those who need it when he can, being humble etc. He's someone you look up to, although he does all the cold-blooded killing when he needs to.
On the other end is this outcast cop, who is pretty much the same. He is a good and honest person, but his environment is a harsh one; with the cops stealing money from the evidence department and so on. Dark things. So now, this honest outcast cop is pitted against the druglord, who isn't that bad a person either. What happens? Pretty cool huh.
And so... Are all the so called 'bad' people in our world today really the bad guys? Similarly, are the nice guys always the nice guys? I don't know. I kind of learnt this whole thing the hard way this year, and I came up with the conclusion that, in this cruel world, there is no one you can really trust, but yourself, and your family. Well, as ugly as it may sound, this isn't such a bad principle to follow. It just means being more independent at times. And perhaps a little more unfeeling and indifferent. Which leads me to wonder; why can't people be more transparent sometimes?
Just like how Jason Mraz put on his album: "In the world I'm building, everybody shouts hello to everybody else from their car windows. People have speakers attached to their chests that pour out music so you can tell from a distance what mood they're in, and they won't be too chicken to get naked when the rain comes." Why can't people just be more... frank (haha sorry for the pun)? The world would be a much better place that way.
The past few days have been pretty boring without training. But I'm thinking of training up for skating haha. That means gearing up too, so yeah i got some new stuff, like a backpouch for a bottle to increase my mileage.
For now, life kinda sucks. Monkey i guess this is what you call solitude again haha (and i'm sorry i didn't read your blog i feel really guilty now T.T) Oh wells! I guess, I will have to find something to do...
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