The Definition of Sorrow

www.dictionary.com defines "sorrow" as:

"mental suffering or pain caused by injury, loss, or despair."
or
"an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement"

i define it as ...

"a moment to remember"

look at the movie poster! they're freaking crying on the poster!

a moment to remember is a korean movie which (apparently, for those of you who know), says it all. it is singularly, the most saddest movie i have ever seen. ever.

a random dlu fact: i have never, ever cried in a movie (excluding the passion of the christ, which i don't count). and i think i've watched a plethora of sad movies in my life time (dancer in the dark anyone?)

for goodness sakes, i even admit to liking a walk to remember. remember that movie? remember at the end, how mandy moore dies of cancer leaving her once-bad-boy-now-reformed husband to navigate the lonely roads of life all by himself?! that one was a tear-jerker. but not for me.

because i've never cried whilst watching a movie.

until now.

for goodness sakes, i've seen puppies being hawked on the street in boxes, children begging for money, _________________ (insert other very sad things) that would have any decent human feeling sorrowful and would even move you to tears.

but i've never cried at these things (granted, many of you have seen me cry, but, again, talking about ea/jeru is somewhat different ... somehow).

how the heck did some korean movie make a 22 year old man cry?

...

the simple answer to the aforementioned question: by being the single most tragic movie ever produced.

there should be a warning label on the movie:

by choosing to view this film, you shall experience "mental suffering ... caused by ... despair," as well as "emotion of great sadness associated with loss..."

of course, there very well could be said warning label. but since i don't read/speak korean, it'd help me nada.

a moment to remember, you are sorrow. sigh.

DLu.

PS: a certain miss kijers reminded me to give credit where credit is due. therefore, i would just like to tell you all that both kelley and kijers trained us boys on the use of the heel pat in an extrememly transferrable way.

step 1: you rest the heel of your palm on the crying girl's shoulder. (this is the step from which this act of comfort has derived its name).
step 2: gently, but firmly, bring front of hand (otherwise known as 'fingers') down in a swift manner, twice.
step 3: remove hand.

this allows for, in their words: adequate physical contact, while not crossing the threshold of awkwardness.

if you ask me, you could turn the heel pat into something very awkward, depending on what the rest of your body, as well as your face is doing.

next time i pull out the heel pat, i'll try to remember to take a picture.

PPS: ok, after this post, i'm going to leave comments as "unmoderated." i was just testing the waters of comment moderation. i don't like it so much.