I want to be Jason Bourne. I want a sniper rifle and the ability to dropkick a bad guy in less than fifteen seconds and to kill them with no more than a ballpoint pen. A ballpoint pen! Imagine the possibilities this leaves open for life at the office. The supply cupboard takes on a whole new meaning. I want to be the good guy (which in reality, I truly am) – and I want to be able to exact my revenge (oooh I used the R word), on anyone who should screw with me because I’m tired of being subordinate to the system, to politics, to workplace b.s., to societal nonsense. I’m just tired. Tired, tired, tired and bored. As Evan Dando would say, Baby, I’m bored.
I want to be in that opening scene in which Jason Bourne climbs his way to the top rung of the building and have my little orange sack filled with thousands of Euro, watch as it drops to the snow. I want to cleverly (and without bodily harm) drop down and hitch a ride in a Mini (or in my case, get into my own British Racing Green Mini (which I love and adore) that would sit there idling patiently waiting for me and my money to drop so that we can speed off into the dawn or the sunset or whatever and never look back, leaving Treadstone in our dust.
Oh sure, it means a life on the run, but isn’t everybody’s life a life on the run? Aren’t we all running from something? Our past, the present, work, general politics, family obligations, the ickiness of life as I’ll call it because there is always something or someone pursuing us and while most of these threats are benign, there are those which are not – the very real threat of rape, of murders and home invasions, or terrorism, volcanoes ready to blow, as a friend upliftingly informed me just today.
I want to take every nasty, underhanded person whose path I have sadly crossed and I want to bring them to their knees (okay, perhaps I wouldn’t do this but the feeling is normal and is there) and I want to make them eat their words and shame them until they know what it feels like to have been me To have felt used and to have suffered their melodrama and more.
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Article comments
1 - DJRadiohead
Good stuff.
I am also reminded of the movie "Schindler's List." Remember when Schindler is trying to impress upon Goetz that power is more powerful when not used?
I think for me, I would love to have the peace of mind to know that if I "had" to, I could kick the shit out of my tormentor but would choose not to.
Of course, that only works if your tormentor is an external foe. What do you do if you are your own Treadstone? I guess that's where The Dalai Lama comes in.
Am I totally babbling at this point? I am. Anyway... good post.
2 - Temple Stark
MY early TV hero (on reapeats) was Kung Fu's Kwai Chang Caine.
That was all grace, humility and power - in self-defense and to protect the other guy. Never violence for violence's sake - just enough to get the job done and then the hands came together.
3 - sadi
funny you should mention the Dalai Lama... i've been reading his book (coauthored) On Forgiveness, which is amazing (*hey, we all have someone we need to forgive who has wronged us in some way, right?)
I'm gladyou liked this post... it's a vent and a rant but it got a lot of stuff out and it was fun to write and i figure a lot of people can relate...
I always like Caine too (or is it Kaine?) ~ wasn't it Grasshopper....? Is that the same guy? It was so long ago i can't even remember the name of the show.... argh. now i'm dating myself.
and babbling..... thanks for reading... it's fun to see the comments and how people react and overall, it seems happily able to identify....
cool cool
rock on.
sade
4 - Rachel Ray
Cool!
Good stuff
I used to dream of having Matt Damon(of course who I really dream about should be Jason Bourne)by my side, protecting me from all the dangers.
But that's just a movie...
I can also do the kick-boxing and my boyfriend is a black belt, I am quite familiar with Kongfu since in China, we always have friends who are the professional athletes. What's in Jason Bourne that really appeals to me is his witness and the speed he learns things. That's really amazing!
Although the movie changed a lot from the original book, I like it and expect the end of this trilogy.
5 - sadi ranson-polizzotti
I agree,the speeed with at which Damon learns things for his roles is simply astounding and this is what sets him apart from so many actors today and makes him a real talent, i think....
Have you ever seen the original with Richard Chamberlain and Jacklyn Smith? ugh, there's something you ain't missing.... but it WAS the original... and it's not bad really and was filmed on location as well... so all in all, not so bad, just funny by today's standards....
be well,
s.r.p.
6 - Ishaan
Yow, u have everything i want to do to. SICK, i wanna move slick like Matt and Bourne too. They're sick and ccoool. Think I might go in to the Military or CIA. I really wanna do this.