Obituary

Taken and adapted from a film that I never really enjoyed, well except for the obituary part of course.


A Friends fanatic and an eternal optimist, Michelle died last night from realizing that she did not, and probably would never, get the role in a movie that she desperately wanted to be a part of. Loud spoken, impatient, ill tempered, and perhaps irritatingly indecisive, she never thought she would want to play the part of a hopeless romantic. But then again, few of us do. Sadly the inevitable rejection, the one that she always knew she would get but had to give it a shot anyway, came in the form of a rude awakening. In this very much unwelcomed epiphany, she finally realized that her efforts had been in vain. Because no matter how much she wanted that role, how much she deserved that role, it was going to be given to someone who neither wanted it nor deserved it. Life is never fair, but it damn sure is ironic. Still, in the final days of her life, she surprised even herself. Even in certain defeat, she courageously clung to her optimistic side, surely there was a role out there destined for her. Ultimately she concluded that if people were to live in harmony with the universe, they must learn to accept and even come to appreciate what they are given. Most importantly, they must all possess a powerful faith, faith that we are all being lead by a greater force: what the ancients used to call fatum; what we currently refer to as destiny.