The Hollywood Moment.....

Its been a long time since i posted...i'm back....

Anyway, there's a cultural phenomena called the "The Hollywood Moment". What is it? Its that perfect story, the ultra dramatic. The underdog coming back and winning on a last second buzzer beater. The heroic protaganist that foils the evil villain. Each one of us has some beleif in it at times or at least the very notion of it.

So the question is what makes one actually "go for it". When is it worth it? When is it not? Will you regret going for it or regret not going for it?

This weekend I was presented with two such situations.

Situation 1: One hand of texas hold em. I am down on the chips...the underdog. the bet was raised. i have a chance to match the large raise and if i did so would nearly double my chip count making a huge comeback. i have a chance to hit a straight....but only one chance left. That last chance would be on "the river". i can almost hear the sound effects of a casino in the background in a tv show. I have the urge to rub my hands on the cards and concentrate so they change into the cards I want them to be....all god of gamblers style.

Situation 2: I'm out at a lounge attending a celebration of someone's birthday I barely know. Actually I was just bored and decided to go out and crash my friend's friend's b-day night out. It was a fun night. Over the course of the night, amongst a host of pretty people I meet a friend of a friend whom I find to be absolutely adorable and unbelievably attractive, standing well above the rest even. She seems nice and like a fun person to be around to boot. And even though I can't hear half the words she says I can picture us getting along (ok, thats a stretch on my part, lol). So the catch is that she is leaving the country to go across the world to work for at least a year and she is leaving Thursday that week(7/7). You can obviously see the possible hollywood style story or that magical week spent together both will never forget being formed in my mind. So I buy her a drink and we start talking a little bit more...

So...can you guess which situation I went for the Hollywood moment and which I didn't. I'll give you a hint. I regretted a little bit going for it on one occasion and more so for not going for it on the other.

So, here I am advocating for everyone going to go out and try for their "Hollywood Moment". They only present themselves every so often...