We are social creatures. We most of the time enjoy the company of others, and when not enjoying others' company we still remain social, in engaging with ourselves.
I understand the argument is kind of circular and as such the phrase a tautology, but I believe it to be true based on my experience, so to me it's closer to an axiom.
So what happens when we are forced to walk against our nature? It's time for a farewell.
It could be to a family member, a dear friend, a favorite team, an unrequited love or even crush, a person we exchanged lots of smiles in a small amount of time, a perfect stranger at the airport with whom we shared one too many gazes, or ourselves when it's time to leave our-world. The farewell is almost always bitter-sweet, and sometimes addictive.
The recent trip to Paris lent itself to most kinds of farewell to me.
In my search for a video clip able to convey the complicated parting emotions, I settled with an amalgamation of scenes from Jean Grey's Phoenix Saga (X-Men Animated Series). In the video, one can find two spoken farewells, as well as an implied one, which I will leave as an exercise to the astute viewer to discover. If a picture is worth a 1,000 words, then the following video should be worth close to 12,905,000 words.
Farewell!
Parting is all we know of heaven, and all we need of hell. [Emily Dickinson]
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Saturday, June 02, 2007
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Phoenix forever...
- Saturday night club-crawl.
- Jean Grey - Phoenix.
How can you possibly tie the two together?
EZ...
Last club we visited on Saturday was displaying on its TVs, yes you guessed it...
X-Men Animated Series - The Phoenix Saga!!!
Can't wait for X3, out in May 26.
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Phoenix ... Such a perfect surprise
So here you are, catching up with Alias, starring Jennifer Garner (Sydney).
You've watched season 1, 2 and 3. And yesterday, yesterday you were hardly prepared for what was about to happen. "Could you ever believe such a perfect surprise"?
You watch the first episode of the 4th season.
Not bad. Fine plot and something more:
Sydney, in one of her aliases bares an uncanny resemblance to Famke Jansen.
None other than the actor who played Dr Jean Grey in X-Men 1, 2 and (soon to be released) 3.
Kind of cool, but not really. After all, resemblance is very subjective. Even more so since what someone wants to be true, generally believes to be true.
But then, the second episode. Oh the second.
"Authorized Personnel Only - Part 2".
Something is revealed...
Sydney's new codename is: Yup, you guessed right: Phoenix!!!
None other than Jean Grey's codename.
Can you really believe it?
Two of your favorite ficticious characters, end up being connected in such an unexpected kind of way!
But is that it?
Not quite, there's more:
Jack's (Sydney's father) codename is Raptor.
And at some point we hear: "OK, Phoenix Raptor, it's up to you now!"
The Phoenix Raptor would be the firebird that appears as the manifestation of Jean Grey's powers. There are several occasions in the X-Men Mythology (just love that word), where all hope is lost, and it's up to Phoenix to save the universe. When that's the case, a very huge Phoenix Raptor will most certainly appear.
Cool or what?
You've watched season 1, 2 and 3. And yesterday, yesterday you were hardly prepared for what was about to happen. "Could you ever believe such a perfect surprise"?
You watch the first episode of the 4th season.
Not bad. Fine plot and something more:
Sydney, in one of her aliases bares an uncanny resemblance to Famke Jansen.
None other than the actor who played Dr Jean Grey in X-Men 1, 2 and (soon to be released) 3.
Kind of cool, but not really. After all, resemblance is very subjective. Even more so since what someone wants to be true, generally believes to be true.
But then, the second episode. Oh the second.
"Authorized Personnel Only - Part 2".
Something is revealed...
Sydney's new codename is: Yup, you guessed right: Phoenix!!!
None other than Jean Grey's codename.
Can you really believe it?
Two of your favorite ficticious characters, end up being connected in such an unexpected kind of way!
But is that it?
Not quite, there's more:
Jack's (Sydney's father) codename is Raptor.
And at some point we hear: "OK, Phoenix Raptor, it's up to you now!"
The Phoenix Raptor would be the firebird that appears as the manifestation of Jean Grey's powers. There are several occasions in the X-Men Mythology (just love that word), where all hope is lost, and it's up to Phoenix to save the universe. When that's the case, a very huge Phoenix Raptor will most certainly appear.
Cool or what?
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