No, not those ways. I am part of the group that loves fictional stories and tries to make them real in my life. Yes. So here I am admitting I have a problem. First step is admitting.
As a child I loved to play make believe. I would use my imagination and come up with different lives for me to live. Well, it wouldn't be all my imagination truly... it would all start with whatever movie I saw. That's the life I wanted and that's the life I would pretend to have. Well, until the next movie came out and I moved onto the next thing.
When I was like 5 years old I ruined the Batman VHS because I watched it so many times. I would tie a blanket around my neck and run around the house pretending to be Batman. I also would make my little sister tie a blanket around her neck at be Robin.
After Mighty Ducks I wanted to be a hockey player, which is laughable to anyone that has seen me ice skate... I would play in the kitchen just with socks or outside with roller skates.
I used to watch The Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. I then wanted to be a detective. Again, making my sister come along I would ask my parents for cases for me to solve. My favorite was when I asked my dad if he lost anything that I could help him find. He responded with "his brain." I went to my mom all sad because he wasn't playing along with me. My mom then told me to get a frozen pea out of the freezer and give it to him saying "I found your brain." My dad thought it was pretty funny luckily. :)
I made a family newspaper after I watched a movie about a reporter... I can't remember the movie now. I thought it would be so cool to be a professional skater after seeing Brink. I would run around outside or inside pretending I was doing skateboard tricks (my dad would never let me have a skateboard... see nickname post for a good explanation on why).
So there are some examples from my childhood. But that's what kids do. So I don't really think it is a problem. But it didn't stop in childhood for me...
After the Da Vinci Code I wanted to learn more about symbols. I would look for symbols and patterns in everything.
It was after seeing the Beatles movie, Yellow Submarine, that I became a huge Beatles fan.
In college I was trying to decide if I should switch my major to archeology. My dad jokingly asked if it was because I just saw the new Indian Jones movie. I said no... but truthfully it was around the same time. I have always been interested in archeology but I am not so sure if the movie didn't have a little influence on wanting to switch.
There are some examples of how Hollywood influences me... ridiculous? Maybe. Thankfully, I don't really let movies make my decisions. I haven't seen any movies about recreational therapy and I certainly didn't move to St. Louis because of Meet Me In St. Louis. But occasionally a movie will spark something in me.
So what sparked this post? Fast Five. Yep. Something in me thinks it would be so fun to drive my car like they do in that movie... Just once. (Because I would be dead after that one time) I do have control, so don't worry. I won't be speeding around corners or jumping ramps any time soon.
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