it was the last day of school in 1976

One of my favourite movies ever is Dazed and Confused. I've seen in twice in the last one year and I sometimes wish I could watch it every single week, or every time I have a bad day but I don't want to take away the special-ness of the movie, y'know? Once I'm done watching it, I'm filled with this inexplicable happiness and a great desire to just... do something, like climb on top of a water tower or get stoned out of my mind or just go on a roadtrip after a night out with people I genuinely like and love. Every little detail is so incredibly put together and it's just one happy, stoned moment of your life. The last time I watched it, I couldn't go to sleep for ages just because I was waiting for something to happen, waiting for places to go.

And besides, it fills your head with the most important advice. Case point:

"Man, it's the same bullshit they tried to pull in my day. If it ain't that piece of paper, there's some other choice they're gonna try and make for you. You gotta do what Randall Pink Floyd wants to do, man. Let me tell you this, the older you do get the more rules they're gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin' man, L-I-V-I-N."

See? Important stuff.

And and and:

"Well, all I'm saying is that I want to look back and say that I did I the best I could while I was stuck in this place. Had as much fun as I could while I was stuck in this place. Played as hard as I could while I was stuck in this place... Dogged as many girls as I could while I was stuck in this place."

You guys! This is what you should remember. Write it down. Carry it around with you while you're trying to survive the hellhole that is school/college/crappy job/crappy relationship/whatever.

Also, I have issues with confrontation and issues with people getting humiliated. And you know what? There're a couple of scenes in Dazed and Confused while girls are getting TORTURED and guess what? i can sit through them. I can sit through them without closing my eyes/ears or cringing. And I manage to LAUGH. This movie has helped me get through my fear of watching people humiliate themselves.

Also, Pink is a total dish. Really. Dreamboat. He's such an incredibly... cool guy. And Jodi. Don't even get me started on Jodi. Per-fect. Both of them should just be together and have kind babies. And you know one thing that is guaranteed to make you feel better? Mitch Kramer's face. Really. He's got the weirdest expressions throughout the movie that just... make you feel better.

So the verdict is that if you're sad or unhappy or whatever or you're just in A MOOD, watch Dazed and Confused because it's the best movie. Ever.