YOU AND ME AND FIVE BUCKS

THIS TRAIN OF THOUGHT ALL BEGAN BY WATCHING REALITY BITES A FEW NIGHTS AGO AFTER NOT HAVING SEEN IT FOR YEARS

THIS STUDY OF GENERATION X SEES LELAINA, VALEDICTORIAN OF HER COLLEGE CLASS, RECORD A MOCKUMENTARY OF HER POST EDUCATION LIFE. HER FRIENDS, HER FAMILY AND BEING REAL.

REALITY DOES BITE. WHICH IS PERHAPS WHY AS PART OF GEN Y, WE RUN FROM IT

INSTEAD MANY OF US 'LIVE' BEHIND SQUARE PHOTOS, ONE LINERS ABOUT OUR DAY AND CRAVING THE INTOXICATING HIGH THAT COMES WITH A NOTIFICATION THAT SOMEONE (BE IT ANYONE) HAS APPROVED THE VERSION OF YOURSELF THAT YOU HAVE UPLOADED ONTO THE INTERWEB.

LELAINA ISN'T UNIQUE TO THE NINTIES, IN FACT I CAN COUNT MANY PEOPLE I KNOW IN THEIR TEENS, TWENTIES AND THIRTIES
WHO ARE ALL LIVING OUT THEIR 'SATURN RETURNS' LIFE SHUFFLES.

I KNOW BECAUSE I'M ONE OF THEM

THE TRUTH IS, A LOT OF THE TIME REALITY DOES BITE...

LOVE HURTS (FAR MORE THAN ANYONE CAN PREPARE YOU FOR), LIVING IS EXPENSIVE 
(AND IT'S NOT UNTIL YOU'VE DONE IT, THAT YOU REALISE HOW FAR $2 CAN TAKE YOU) 
RESPONSIBILITIES AREN'T NEARLY AS SHINY AS THEY LOOKED WHEN YOU DIDN'T HAVE THEM

AND TIME TICKS PAST WITHOUT EVEN BLINKING

BUT THEN.... SOMETIMES

YOU MEET SOMEONE, AND IT'S SO CLEAR THAT THE TWO OF YOU, ON SOME LEVEL, BELONG TOGETHER.
BE IT AS LOVERS, OR AS FRIENDS, OR AS FAMILY, OR AS SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ALTOGETHER.
YOU JUST WORK. AND IT'S REAL.

WHETHER YOU UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER, YOU'RE IN LOVE, OR YOU'RE PARTNERS IN CRIME. YOU MEET THESE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE, OUT OF NOWHERE, UNDER THE STRANGEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES, 

AND THEY MAKE YOU FEEL ALIVE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT MAKES ME BELIEVE IN COINCIDENCE
OR FATE, OR SHEER BLIND LUCK,

BUT IT DEFINITELY MAKES ME BELIEVE IN SOMETHING.

xx