Have any of you ever seen the movie, 'Fight Club?' I've mentioned it way too many times, along with one of the characters of the story, Tyler Durden. There is this unnamed narrator who works as a product recall specialist... he is to determine if any potential market recall of an automobile meets the criteria established by cost-benefit analysis...
Early in the movie, this narrator (Edward Norton) develops insomnia... he discovers that he is defined by his job and the possessions that control his life. His condo mysteriously explodes... he finds himself homeless... and this is when he meets Tyler Durden, a charismatic extremist...
It seems that from this point forward, that Tyler Durden is the polar opposite of the narrator... Tyler Durden is "out there"... the narrator is safe.. predictable... even nice...
Near the end of the movie, the narrator makes the uneasy discovery that he IS Tyler Durden... this other personality that has been smoldering beneath the layer of the narrator's skin... and it seems a battle ensues for the possession/control of the narrator's soul...
Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and unnamed Narrator (Ed Norton)
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I've thought long and hard about my posting pattern... How else can I explain how on consecutive posts, I write about things like Monument Valley , or beautiful Sunsets , or The Grand Canyon... and how spiritual I find these places to be... how I am trying to get connected/reconnected...
And then I turn around and post about X-Rated Telephone Calls... This kind of posting exists all throughout my blog... almost ever since I started it...
I think I have finally figured it out... it started to make sense to me the other night as I sat and watched 'Fight Club' on TV for the gazillionth time...
I have figured out that there is a 'Good' Shoes... and there is a 'Dark Side' Shoes... Well, not really a Dark Side... but one that seems to be the polar opposite of the spiritual-seeking Shoes as opposed to the pig-fucking Shoes...
I think I have a Tyler Durdenesque character that is wrestling for control of my blog... Does this 'Dark Side' Shoes have an identity? Does he have a name?? I'm not sure yet... but I know what he looks like...
Black Shoes...
Now you will know...
~shoes~
Love it.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen Fight Club, but I have noticed how your posts go one way or the other. Either very spiritual or, as you said, very X-rated. I found it interesting. I just didn't have a name for it. I thought of it more as you looking for an outlet in laughter. We all find different things funny. I am not sure I would call it black shoes, more like Rainbow shoes because it is all over the place.
ReplyDeleteoh yeah. i DEFINITELY agree with the whole duality thing. no two ways about it - there are two sides to all of us.
ReplyDeleteIs he bad too? ;) I think we all have an extreme person living within. When the right buttons are pushed, that hidden trait resurfaces. Just my opinion, I'm sure you are quite normal!!
ReplyDeleteBugger good shoes. Bring on the darkness....
ReplyDeleteYeah Brad pit is my husband ...in my mind
ReplyDelete@ Jessica... hey you!! Welcome HOME!! I can't wait to see more photos of your trip!!!
ReplyDelete@ Robin... I can't explain it... someone recently told me that my swings aren't as severe as I make them sound... that all of this is part of who I am... ;o)
@ Magnolia, I agree!!! :oD
@ Spring Flower... I am SO pleased that you think me quite normal... now when you asked 'is he bad too?... were you asking about Black Shoes? LOLOL
@ Mike, Hi there Mike... how are things down under?? I agree about the darkside!!!
I noticed going back through some recent posts that I even posted once about wearing black shoes in a more rebellious moment!!!
~shoes~
Fight Club is awesome. And not just because Ed Norton is FuckHot.
ReplyDeleteI like some darkness. People that are too nice all the time scare the shite out of me.
@ Darn Girl... Do you have room for Brad Pitt in your Life?? ;o)
ReplyDelete@ Tulpen... I know!! I have to do SOMETHING to offset that 'good guy' image... no? ;o)
~shoes~
Darth Converse
ReplyDeleteSwitchback shoes
Kaos Kicks
Mephistophle-shoes
I don't know...But I am glad you expose (vent) your polar opposites here instead of someplace where they could confine you for it! ;)
*giggle*
ReplyDeleteso.... you have a doppelganger...
i like that about you.
xoxoxo
gobbles
(I really gotta see that movie.)
You know, black shoes go with every outfit. Just saying! Love you Shoesies!
ReplyDeleteI have an "alter-ego" of sorts myself, but the "Heff" side of me USUALLY wins out, lol !
ReplyDeleteBTW - I've been told MANY times by MANY people that I would LOVE Fight Club, and yet, I've NEVER seen it.
Fight Club is a wickedly good show. It showcases our inner struggle with our own identities. I concur that each of us has two sides with one being darker than the other. I don't believe that they are at odds , but can in fact compliment each other.
ReplyDeleteEither way, both are equally enjoyable to read.
One of Brad Pitt's best performances. Right behind 12 Monkeys.
ReplyDelete@ Linnnn... LMAO... I am glad I can NOT be confined for my polar opposite rants and raves. I like your proposed names!!!
ReplyDelete@ Gobbles and Heff... yes you DO need to see this movie... you both need to see it!!!
@ Just Another Girl... it took me a while to learn that Black shoes go with about anything... :oD
@ Heff... I can CERTAINLY see you with an alter ego!!!!
@ Amethyst Anne... you know... you are right! They are complements!!! and not conflicting...
@ Kurt... I also liked Brad Pitt in 'Benjamin Button' and also in 'Se7en'...
~shoes~
i love both sides of shoes... but your naughty side is particularly appealing ;)
ReplyDeleteHow boring would life be if you always played by the rules? Great post!
ReplyDeleteNow if only the good shoes wore white we'd have a spy vs spy thing going on.
ReplyDeleteEven though I just hated "Fight Club", I know we all have some Tyler in us.
ReplyDeleteYou're gettin' all punk, old school, Ramones, with us by wearin' the black Chuck's. I like it!
How b a d is black shoes? Cause I sooo like BAD!
ReplyDelete: ) Love this movie btw.
Dagnabit not I gotta go see that movie!
ReplyDeleteI <3 Fight Club!!!! And honestly, I think there's a little Tyler Durden in all of us... Some of us just let him show more than others.... I like to refer to it as my "Slim Shady" side..
ReplyDelete@ Jaime... I sure seem to have a great deal of fun with my naughty side... ;o) Hahahaha...
ReplyDelete@ Marnie... I do tend to color outside the lines and run with scissors and all of that crap... :oD It is fun!
@ Bathwater.. I LOVE the old 'Spy Vs Spy' thing!! Mad Magazine was the shiznits!!!
@ Nitebyrd... Yeah, I can be punk when I wanna be... need to be... 'Santa brought my daughter a pair of those Ramones Chucks last year for Christmas.. Hell, I wanna pair!!!!
@ Kittycat... BlackShoes can be pretty Bad/Good... ;o) It's funny how we "like/do NOT like" movies... People are fun... :o)
@ Tee... LMAO @ 'Dagnabit'... I like the movie... it's definitely film noire, but I just love it...
@ Tara... LOL @ "Slim Shady"... Where do I know that phrase from??? Yeah, I think I need to let my 'Tyler Durden/Slim Shady' side out a little bit more!!
~shoes~