confronted with the status of my priorities. My roommate and I have been talking about watching the movie Paradise Now for months now. Neither of us have had the time, or at least had time at the same time. Wednesday night though, we were both sitting on the couch trying not to do homework with it in front of us.
I was working on Arabic, one of my four classes on Tuesday/Thursday. Paradise Now follows the events of two Palestinians after they decide to become suicide bombers, claimed martyrs, in Tel-Aviv, Israel. In line with the precedent I had set recently, I voted for the movie over hw. Nathan seconded that motion.
It was a heavy movie, not one that is conducive to interruptions…which is exactly what we had through the whole thing. Another roommate and friends were filming a short movie and our house was the main location. Inevitably, they were coming through the living room clanging equipment or discussing the last scene they shot as Nathan and I strained to hear the bomber’s taped confession of faith.
We realized that to finish our movie, they had to finish filming theirs. So, when they asked us to help, we were more than happy to oblige.
It was a cool scene and they did well. We got to finish our movie, and I am excited to see the final product of the one we helped finish.
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