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aa7 20090717 fri. i am trying to find my way on the major bike paths in burnaby. i'm ready to put my map away & an old chap dressed like rodney dangerfield offers me directions. straight out of the blue! he has mostly grey hair and dresses very casually in shorts and a golf shirt. Normal appearance but with the addition of some gangsta like chain/gold chain jewelry. In his mediterranean residual accent he confirms my directions. Gratefully I thank him. I don't know what else to say. I am somewhat speechless. I'm just not used to people being friendly and helpful. Certainly I don't expect it in a big urban setting. I love the west coast.
I'm trying to remember the moral or the point of the story in the Toby Maguire movie Pleasantville. It takes place in a city called Pleasantville where everything is perfect. Strange, we all strive to find perfection in our lives, yet the movie seems to say that a perfect life is perfectly boring or "hell-ish". Tell me if i am right; Tell me if I am wrong.