Reality Bites.

Fifteen years after the film was released, I am still in love with the male lead Troy Dyer. It's a pathetic situation to be in really, because Troy is but 23 (if that!) but I guess I haven't really grown up much in the past 15 years. Bwahahahaaa.

I don't really understand my affinity for the guy. In fact, most guys I know don't like Reality Bites because they feel bad for Michael (Ben Stiller's character) who doesn't do anything wrong but ends up losing the girl. But oh well. Perhaps it's the smart, snarkky cynicism. Or perhaps it's the fact that he loves the girl for who she is. Hm. Being cute helps too, naturally. Haha. In the words of PW, Troy was the coolest motherfucker around. Yeah.

Fifteen years on, and I still love the film, still love the boys and girls in it. And yes, I still sit back with a smile when I hear Lisa Loeb's Stay. So... here it is.


You say, I only hear what I want to

And you say, I talk so all the time, so

And I thought what I felt was simple
And I thought that I don't belong
And now that I am leavin'
Now I know that I did somethin' wrong
'Cause I missed you
Yeah yeah, I missed you

And you say, I only hear what I want to
I don't listen hard, don't pay attention
To the distance that you're running
To anyone, anywhere
I don't understand if you really care
I'm only hearing negative, no no no, bad

So I, I turned the radio on, I turned the radio up
And this woman was singin' my song
Lover's in love and the other's run away
Lover is cryin', 'cause the other won't stay

Some of us hover when we weepin' for the other
Who was dying since the day they were born, well
Well, this is not that I think that I'm throwing
But I'm thrown

And I thought I'd live forever
But now I'm not so sure
You try to tell me that I'm clever
But that won't take me anyhow
Or anywhere with you

And you said that I was naive
And I thought that I was stronger
I thought, hey I can leave, I can leave
Oh but now I know that I was wrong
'Cause I missed you
Yeah, I missed you

You said, "You caught me
'Cause you want me"
One day you'll let me go
You try to give away a keeper
Or keep me 'cause you know
You're just so scared to lose

And you say, "Stay"

And you say, I only hear what I want to

God bless.