A Broken Record

Have you ever felt that history is repeating itself? You go through the same problem with the same lame people, or you even witness a situation that you have been through once, but this time it's someone else who is entrapped. It could be your best friend, a colleague, or just an acquaintance.

Suddenly you feel as if you are watching a boring movie that you have watched 50 times before.

Think of it this way. The first time you watch that movie, you are overwhelmed. You are mesmerized and eager to know the end. By time, the movie loses its edge. It becomes very mundane. Sometimes it feels like you are watching a very common thing, like watching people in streets. You don't feel anything.

You don't feel the rush that you used to have when it was the first time. However, you know all the events and all the details that makes a movie worth watching. Sometimes, you fast forward some parts just to see the end that you already know.

Whenever this movie airs on TV, you watch it. Why? You have no idea. You just do. No matter how idiotic the movie gets in your opinion, you can't miss watching it.

At the beginning, when you watched it for the first time, you decided to watch it, you wanted to see what's new for you. You wanted to feel the thrill and the excitement. But after watching it for 50 times or more, what is it that makes you watch it again?

Maybe it's all because every time you watch it, you discover a new thing that you never noticed before. You feel that you are solving a puzzle. A missing clue is found every time, and you are the winner. You add to your knowledge and to your imagination, as well. You can even become more shrewd than the director himself. Maybe, that's why you watch it every time. Yes, because you feel that you are imaginative. Or maybe because you discover new things not only about the movie, but about yourself as well.

Whatever your reason is, you cannot miss a real fact. You scream at the end, saying "What an idiot! What a dumb stupid ending!" No matter how hard you scream, you can't change a thing. It's always the lame boring movie directed by an uncreative copycat. And you are just part of the audience.