I have just seen Sex and the City 2, the movie, for the nth time. No, no. I'm not ODing on it, it just keeps playing every other night on TV and we invariably land up on the channel that plays it. We crib every time about reruns and how we can't figure out why a country with such a huge entertainment industry needs to play re-runs 6 days a week...but we always watch the movie.
The first time we saw this movie, it brightened up my day. We were in Edinburgh, it was still winter, we were mostly alone and going out for a light movie was our ultimate idea of fun. Anyone who has ever lived in Europe in the winter will totally understand where I am coming from. Anyway, we saw the movie and my husband of course left the movie in the hall the minute he exited from the theatre but I carried it with me.
I got to thinking about how similar the lives of us girls are, wherever we are in the world. I missed my friends terribly that evening. And I miss them every single day even now, since now I'm even further away from home. But every time I see the film, my heart warms with everything my friends and I have ever bitched about, laughed about and cried about. And I look forward to many more times like those in the future. And many more reruns of Sex and the City (Part 1, 2, 3...whatever!)
love it:)) keep 'em coming!
ReplyDeleteMy dear Anjum,
ReplyDeleteSince I'm not a girl and not one of your friends of your age, I cannot be with you on this post.
But I do recall when I was your age and we, boys (or men) did our thing. This was in the 1960s and 1970s, when the protest movements against the Vietnam War were at their height.
Yes, Anjum, "how similar the lives of us girls (and boys) are, wherever we are in the world".
Like you, I miss my friends terribly every time I think of those times (though we were young in different times).
For you, it is the film (I have not seen it; do you think I should? Will it make sense to me?); for me, it is the protest songs and the marches of those days. I have written about it in "When I was 27 -- a report to Gunjan").
I like your brief style and pointed sentences. Omit needless words. Be as spare and lean in your prose as you are plump in your body.
Peace and love,
- Joe.
Thank you Sir, I'm glad to know that the same sentiments bind us all, no matter the times and ages we live in:)
ReplyDeleteAs for Sex and the City, personally, I love the show and the movies...I'm not sure you will enjoy them...They might be a bit too frivilous for you:)
Thanx Seher:) I'm sure you know exactly what I mean:)
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