Musings of a Medical Misfit

->Oh, not a Cusack post, you say.

But hey, I can’t help it. I am inlove. Even after I found this . If that isn’t true love, I don’t know what true love is.

He’s a brilliant actor, and he talks sense. I’m spending most of my time googling him and watching his films than, say, studying, sure, but at least I think I’m getting something out of it.

Here’s a few lessons/warnings/whatever I got from obsessing over He Who Can Do No Wrong:

Cusack-ism #1: how does an average guy like me become the number one lover-man in his particular postal district? He’s grumpy, he’s broke, he hangs out with the musical moron twins…

From my favorite JC movie, High Fidelity.

I’ve seen it happen so many times: I’m sorry Mr. Sensitive/Gentleman/Scholar, but in life, the average-bordering-on-loser guy gets the girls.

I guess women just love basketcases.

Cusack-ism #2: What the hell’s wrong with being stupid once in awhile?

From The Sure Thing.

Like getting three holes on each ear because you wanted to wear three pairs of silver earrings. Or dyeing your hair crimson in honor of Angela Chase. Or wearing Doc Martens to the prom eventhough you knew you were going up the stage to transfer the stupid key of responsibility (or was it book of knowledge? can’t remember anymore) to the lower batch. Or drinking until you’re so pissed you’re puking on your way home.

Or, you know, going to med school just for the hell of it.

Sometimes, it’s when you’re being completely, utterly stupid that you get to have the very best time.

Cusack-ism #3: A lot of people are not meant to be together.

Brad and Jen. Sharon and Gabby. Aimee and B. Me and Biggest Obsession. No matter how long you’ve been with each other, or how hard you work at it, I guess some people are not meant to be together.

Cusack-ism #4: Usually I play people who just keep babbling on and on and on.

This is admittedly one of my bad habits. What can I say, I’m stupid. I get amused when people ramble that I play along just for them to keep doing such. Sounds pointless, yes, but hey, who says everything you do should make sense?

Cusack-ism #5: Sometimes you meet people and you feel like you’ve known them for a long time.

Believe it or not, it’s from an interview. Not from Serendipity.

This has happened to me a few times. It goes like this - I meet someone, either in real life or online, I talk to them, I feel like I’ve known them forever. We keep talking, my wall melts, I get attached, and just when I start to believe I struck gold, they vanish. I mean, sure, some stay. But some just….

Cusack-ism #6: Some people, yeah, they’ll just go.

It’s true. They will just go. Most of the times without an explanation. They just disappear from your life. I mean, you think you’re very good friends with someone, you laugh, you share secrets, you call each other up, write rambling letters, make plans, and then just like that, he/she would disappear into thin air.

When they come back - if they ever do come back - things are simply not the same.

People pull this kind of shit all the time. They come into your life, they mess with your mind, then they go.

What the f*ck, life goes on.

Cusack-ism #7: Well, I’ve been listening to my gut since I was 14 years old, and frankly speaking, I’ve come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains.

UST Biology -> UPD Philosophy -> UST Biology -> UST Medicine -> UERM Medicine -> Nursing.

Enough said.

Cusack-ism #8:  They all have husbands and wives and children and houses and dogs, and, you know, they’ve all made themselves a part of something and they can talk about what they do. What am I gonna say? "I killed the president of Paraguay with a fork. How’ve you been?"

Or, in my case, "I’m 28 years old, I’m about to finish my third degree, and well, hey mom, where’s my allowance?"

The line’s from Grosse Point Blank by the way.

I could go on and on - and there are a lot remaining - but I guess the point of this rambling post can be summed up in a single sentence.

Almost everything I really needed to know about myself at this point in my life I learned from John Cusack.

Thank you, JC. I love you.

ps

"Loosen up, have some fun! Yes, sleep when you feel like it, not when you think you should. Eat food that is bad for you - at least once in a while. Have conversations with people whose clothes are not color coordinated. Make love in a hammock! Life is the ultimate experience, and you have to live it to write about it."

- Professor Taub, The Sure Thing

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