in which popular media make me even sadder
i was just not into halloween. it's never been my favorite holiday anyway. there's enough scary stuff in the world; i don't need more scary stuff to be created for my entertainment. plus, justin was at work and i didn't want to greet eight teenagers at my door alone. so i went to see the new movie "prime" with uma thurman and meryl streep.
***SPOILER ALERT! DO NOT READ THE NEXT PARAGRAPH IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MOVIE "PRIME" OR DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU!***
the premise of the movie is an older woman dating a younger man and talking about him extensively to her therapist who is the younger man's mother. i thought i couldn't go wrong: therapy, older woman/younger man couplings, dysfunctional family hi-jinks. the movie did have all those things. but the couple split up at the end, because she wanted a baby, and he wasn't ready, but he was willing to "give" her what she wanted because he loved her so much, and because she loved him, she wouldn't let him. the last scene showed them running into each other a year later; she was not with someone else, not pregnant, and she had lost a perfectly good if rather neurotic therapist. it just sucked.
***SPOILER NOW OVER; FEEL FREE TO RESUME READING.***
when we got home, "the year of magical thinking" by joan didion had arrived. i read the first four chapters before i went to sleep. she's writing about the year after her husband died, but what she experienced is much like what i experienced after i lost hans, and reading about it brought back things about which i haven't thought in a while.
it's a good thing i have my first appointment with (i hope) my new therapist today. please let it work out.
***SPOILER ALERT! DO NOT READ THE NEXT PARAGRAPH IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MOVIE "PRIME" OR DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU!***
the premise of the movie is an older woman dating a younger man and talking about him extensively to her therapist who is the younger man's mother. i thought i couldn't go wrong: therapy, older woman/younger man couplings, dysfunctional family hi-jinks. the movie did have all those things. but the couple split up at the end, because she wanted a baby, and he wasn't ready, but he was willing to "give" her what she wanted because he loved her so much, and because she loved him, she wouldn't let him. the last scene showed them running into each other a year later; she was not with someone else, not pregnant, and she had lost a perfectly good if rather neurotic therapist. it just sucked.
***SPOILER NOW OVER; FEEL FREE TO RESUME READING.***
when we got home, "the year of magical thinking" by joan didion had arrived. i read the first four chapters before i went to sleep. she's writing about the year after her husband died, but what she experienced is much like what i experienced after i lost hans, and reading about it brought back things about which i haven't thought in a while.
it's a good thing i have my first appointment with (i hope) my new therapist today. please let it work out.
posted by laura at 8:25 AM
5 Comments:
Good luck today at the therapist. I hope it works out for you and you find that you and the therapist jive. *crosses fingers*
I look forward to your review of the book as I've been considering purchasing a copy for myself.
Good luck with the therapist.
Good luck with the therapist today. I hope she measures up:)
I love Joan Didion. I think Play It as It Lays is about a women who had a miscarriage, isn't it? Or did I just read that into there.
I'm glad you enjoyed her, and I hope your therapist is the therapist that you deserve. My invitation to L.A. is still open!
Fucking Uma needs to learn a difficult lesson every once in a while.
Thinking about you. Hope the therapy works the way you need it to.
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