everyone has different goals in life-

different ambitions, different ideals, different hopes, aspirations-

but still, we take comfort in the company of people whose paths may stray from ours,

whose futures may be divergent from ours?

And still, we befriend those whose behaviours sometimes irk us beyond comprehension.

More still, we fall in love with people who are starkly contrasting against ourselves...

why?...

because humans are lonely creatures.

because it's a cold, hard world.

and it's not possible to find someone 99.99999% like you.

so you make do with what/who you find,

and you seek solace in their company.

that to me,

is perhaps what 'love' and 'life' is about.

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watched Norwegian wood. Don't know what to think of/about it, actually, because it's so different from how i imagined. And i hadn't read the book, so i have nothing to compare it with/against. It felt just a bit alienating-

watching the movie, i felt like a stranger, a voyeur, an outsider.

the (supposed) feelings of love, loss, anguish, hurt, desolation-

i couldn't relate to them, or rather, i couldn't really feel them there. It just felt too surface, too abstract, too acted-out. Despite the moving soundtrack, unique storyline; despite the stellar cast, despite the beautiful cinematography, i felt unmoved.

maybe i should try reading the book? Perhaps that would change my perspective...

don't know what to think/how i should think about it, really.