I am back!
Yes, I feel like hutch though he has probably blogged more recent then me. I have not been blogging or even reading them for a while. I feel like I am so busy with everything. I have three more classes until I am done till the new year. At that point Final Fantasy 12 comes out tomorrow. I know Keri is thrilled with the thought of me playing the game all the time.
My decision to return was based on Halloween. I decided to finally watch the movie Saw. I have been putting it off for a while because in my older age I have started to get more afraid. Not just of movies but life in general. I finding myself taking less risks then I did years ago. I think about the future more. I am see it as a sign of maturity but there are times where I also see it as a sign of fear. Its strange how you really need to balance life between being safe and taking risks. I guess the older you get the less risks you take. I spent a good amount of my early life taking lots of risks. Stupid ones mostly but still risks. As I sit in my apartment with no one around I find my self debating turning off Saw because my mind tends to play games with myself. I used to love horror movies. Though I will admit I used to watch them mainly with Lynn. Her and I would get a whole bunch of wine and have horror movie marathons. It was fun and its definetly not as scary when you have someone else watching with you.
Are you supposed to stop taking risks as you get older? Is taking risks what make us feel alive?
My decision to return was based on Halloween. I decided to finally watch the movie Saw. I have been putting it off for a while because in my older age I have started to get more afraid. Not just of movies but life in general. I finding myself taking less risks then I did years ago. I think about the future more. I am see it as a sign of maturity but there are times where I also see it as a sign of fear. Its strange how you really need to balance life between being safe and taking risks. I guess the older you get the less risks you take. I spent a good amount of my early life taking lots of risks. Stupid ones mostly but still risks. As I sit in my apartment with no one around I find my self debating turning off Saw because my mind tends to play games with myself. I used to love horror movies. Though I will admit I used to watch them mainly with Lynn. Her and I would get a whole bunch of wine and have horror movie marathons. It was fun and its definetly not as scary when you have someone else watching with you.
Are you supposed to stop taking risks as you get older? Is taking risks what make us feel alive?
posted by Captain Word Sleuth at 8:12 PM
6 Comments:
I love horror movies, but in moderation. I was around for one of your marathons with Lynn (we watched the HORRIBLE Halloween with the puppets? or masks or something?).. And I was going to tell you about FFXII, not too surprised you know.
But yeah, we're getting older. And a lot of the risks we took when we were younger were just stupid, I think. But doing it helped us to grow up.
But we're not done taking risks. They're different now, more calculated, but the stakes are just as high. Getting married. Having kids. Switching jobs (don't read into that - it's just an 'adult' risk).
People always talk about how kids think they're invicible. I don't think I ever thought I was invincbile, I just never worried about the consequences of what I did. That's different now, and I think that might make the difference between being a kid and being an adult.
You should blog more often. I have a feeling this one will get as many responses as your last. And I want to see a review of FFXII. I just got Bully - will let you know how it is.
Welcome back Dave! A post about horror movies and you don't mention the scariest movie of all time!?
I've never been a huge fan of horror movies... ever since my parents took me to see Poltergeist in the movie theater when I was five... (don't ask me what they were thinking!) But I do get a kick out of them every now and then. I can't even remember that last one I saw in the theater... the horror/wine movie marathon sounds like it could be fun! If you ever want to bring it back from the dead - I'm game! :)
As for your questions. I don't think one should ever stop taking risks. Heck - don't "they" say that you should do something you are afraid of every day? I think that we learn a lot from risks we take - even if they end up being mistakes. They challenge us and our very identity. As Fitz mentioned, I too think we are now more aware of what the consequences are and their effect on our future - and I guess that's what makes them harder to do as life goes on. I always felt that when I (we) were younger we lived much more in the moment... and I think that lends to taking more risks.
I think risks can make us feel more alive, if not for just that moment but what we learn from it as well. But they are definitely not the only things that make us feel alive.
Again - I think the answer to your first question is very dependant on the person. You might know somebody that didn't take any risks when they were younger and so something that seems trivial to you or me might be a risk to them - they would see themselves as taking more risks the older they get. Then there are those who took many risks at a young age - I bet they continue taking risks but perhaps don't feel that they are comparable to those they took when they were young.
That being said, I'd say that stuff like going back to school, skydiving, skiing in the alps, having me as a housemate are all pretty scary/risky! ;)
Horror movies are always enjoyable this time of year what with the now pagan ritual of Halloween.
The only semi-positive definition of risk came in investment terms: "Higher risk means a greater opportunity for higher returns...and a higher potential for loss." The other eleven or so definitions outlined the factor of injury, harm, death, and the potnetial gum diseas known as gingivitis. If risk is the chance to incur harm, now that we are older we value our lives a bit more and are less prone to do something stupid. There's nothing wrong with that. That's encouraging. Rather than needing to identify with danger we can focus on healthier things. What those may be are different for all of us.
Sometimes the biggest risk we can take is sitting still in silence for thirty minutes. Yes, doing nothing but listening. What might we hear? I'm sure it's a risk that will yield a greater return especially if practiced regularly. Call it a hunch...
There is a difference between a horror movie (Poltergeist, Omen (70s version)) and a gore movie (Saw, House of 1000 Corpses). Horror movies freak you out and make you think that creak in the house is something that is going to mess you up. Gore movies just want to gross you out and put disturbing images into your head.
Risks are a part of life, I have not taken many in mine...unless I've bit sippin' the sauce. I'd give examples, but don't want the parents to find out. They would lose it.
Isn't that how JK got pregnant??
I don't do horror movies (or gory ones for that matter). I have an incredibly active over imagination & will have nightmares (& even talk in my sleep sometimes).
Jason & I were just talking about risk taking the other day. I think now we think through the consequences more, not only in terms of the later effects on us, but on our kids as well.
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