DO YOU UNDERSTAND LIFE??

[caithream]

Firstly - does anyone have Rocky Raccoon and/or You Know My Name by, duh, the Beatles? I have no idea why I don't have them, and I need them in my life. Or, ooh, any good covers of Rocky Raccoon?

Tonight I went to a local, very small winery that I've kind of fallen in love with. A friend of ours plays the acoustic guitar and sang everything from Simon and Garfunkel to They Might Be Giants to Johnny Cash. They have a reeeaally good wine slushie that probably has WAY too much sugar in it but was still so good, and was pretty much exactly what I needed after dealing whiny moron clients all week.

AND THEN we went over to said friend's house and watched The Room and my God, have I ever talked about The Room here? This is not a movie that you watch. This is a movie that you experience. Read the very first review here and maybe, maybe one can understand why this movie is so amazing and so awful. But probably not. If you haven't seen it, seriously, get on that.

Also. Someone linked this blog regarding Misha's Random Acts, in which the author criticizes how this charity is basically being run. The interesting part, however, is that Misha replied back to her. And reading her article I can... sort of maybe understand where she's coming from, or at least just acknowledge some parts of the argument. What I don't understand is how being philanthropic to the people around you could be deemed irresponsible and not worth any time or effort because a) it's Misha's gotdam charity, he could raise money to have sweaters knitted for the whole state of Rhode Island if that's what he wanted to do, and b) just because your next door neighbor is not dying of starvation or lost everything in a flood, that doesn't mean he or she is unworthy of "saving," as it were. The proposed random acts of kindness don't have to be monumental; it can be subtle enough to make someone's shitty day just a little better.

If I WERE to argue anything about this charity, it would be to maybe change the percentages slightly of where the money would be going. But hey, the way I see it is that Random Acts was Misha's initial idea to begin with, and due to the increasing need in Pakistan and Haiti, funds also opened up for those areas too.

And lol, when the author said, We’re not talking about C-list actors that I happen to find attractive, Misha rebuttled with: ...so much energy and so many resources [are put] into fandom. I think all of that energy is great, but my thinking was, perhaps, if we could harness a fraction of those resources (both creative and fiscal), we could put some of this c-list idolatry to good use.

C-LIST IDOLATRY. It's sad because it's true. The idolatry part, not the C-list part. You're at least a B+ lister to me, Misha.

Comments

[skygazing.livejournal.com]

I think what I love most about Misha's charity is that it does exactly what it says - harnesses the resources of fandom. The blogger had some valid points, but the way I see it...this might be prompting people who otherwise would not be getting involved to donate money and think about helping others. Every charity has it's different angle - some people feel very strongly about animal rights and donate a ton to PETA. I have different persuasions and so my money goes elsewhere. Not having very much money at this point, I don't know if I can financially support The Random Act at this point, but I absolutely support its goal of having people help people, even in small ways.

And my gosh! the man is well spoken. It makes my heart fluttery lol. :)

[caithream.livejournal.com]

Ahh Ali you hit the nail on the head! :D I think that was exactly Misha's point, that, if you're going to spend so much time/money/effort on something for a show on the CW, why not use that energy to help others as well? And yes I was thinking the exact same thing about funding other charities. Charity is charity, to me, at least, and to criticize someone's efforts on trying to make the world a better place? Come on now.

And yeesss he is! He would be that kind of guy in a lit class that would seem like an annoying know-it-all, but that I would end up being SO drawn into his intelligence I'd be all, DATE. YOU. ME.