Posted by TX100 at srobins.plus.com on November 27, 2003 at 13:55:14:
In Reply to: some noble truths......... posted by pilky9o on November 27, 2003 at 11:59:25:
: I've come to realise that I, Pilky, have missed the bus.
: Sometimes inlife, you come to the realisation that you are too young for something, yet too old for others.
: Like when I was a young boy. Around 11 years old or so. I came to the realisation that I was too old for G.I.Joe action figures and transformers, yet, still too young for girls. I found myself in dispair. You see, my mother, unbeknownst to me, as I was away at camp, decided that I was right when I said "ma, these toys all suck now" so she threw em all out. Every last one of them. Gone!
: This forced me to move on.
... and you will also find out that there is more to life than idolising Kevin Smith. Sure, his dialog is really funny and his movies are very entertaining, but the man is just that: a man.
Be a fan.. I am. Appreciate his work and respect him for it. But also realise that you don't owe him shit, just like he dosen't owe you shit.
Don't feel bad because you are not the #1 fan and you don't get all the inside jokes, or you haven't been a fan for the longest or whatever. Just watch, appreciate and (if you think it's good enough) buy his work. If you see him somewhere, let him know you like what he has created.
And thats all there is to it dude..