#wordishness

  - tagged by Cloudya

1. Atticus Finch - To Kill a Mockingbird - My father figure. Not even joking

2. Santa Claus

3. Kilgore Trout - Breakfast of Champions - "Make me young, make me young, make me young!”

4. Roy Batty - Blade Runner - "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."

5. Anton Chigurh - No Country For Old Men - "You know what date is on this coin? 1958. It's been traveling twenty-two years to get here. And now it's here. And it's either heads or tails. And you have to say. Call it."

6. Shelley "The Machine" Levene - Glengarry Glen Ross  - Tragic, but proud. I would take WAY too long to describe why I love him, specifically Jack Lemmon's portrayal.

7. Johnny Cade - The Ousiders - After what Johnny goes through and still sees the good in people? A lot of my optimism comes from him.

8. Han Solo - Star Wars - Any guy worth his salt wishes he was Han Solo.

9. Elly Kedward - The Blair Witch Project - Say what you want about the movie now that it's been years, but never has a character never seen ever terrified me into actually, as an ADULT, check closets or under the bed at night.

Do your loved ones a favour and have this conversation with them.  A real, specific, nitty-gritty conversation.

My Mom was quadriplegic and suffered from a serious and deteriorating medical condition.  She knew the day would come, and so did I, and we knew in all likelihood it'd be me seeing her through it.  So we talked about the days leading up to that day, in detail.  

When the days came, I never once wavered or questioned what I understood to be my mother's wishes about every practical thing, because she and I had talked about it.  I may have struggled heavily with other things, with other people, but I was *crystal* clear on what she'd say, what she'd think, what she'd want.

Hi Grandpa! ^__^