Tuesday, October 14, 2008

In Love with Eli Stone

Julie GonzaloLast year, I fell in love with Eli Stone. And I don't mean Jonny Lee Miller, the man who plays Eli Stone. I am talking about the television show. Okay, I like www.ibdb.com. It makes me sound so much more with-it when talking about pop culture. The premier of Eli Stone is Tuesday, October 14, on prime time.

I guess I like the story because it is about redemption. You have some lawyer who may have not made the best decisions in his life. Then, he has an epiphany. Or a brain aneurism. Or something.

I like stories about redemption, perhaps because I want very much so to be redeemed. And willpower is a bit more courageous than keeping a dime between one's knees. Don’t believe me – give it a try.

I sometimes feel that God is communicating to all of us – perhaps not through cataclysmic visions (one of Stone's visions was of an earthquake). That would be too easy. I think we are all trying to find our way in the world, and I think it would be sort of humorous if God was guiding us through, but most of us were not in tune to hear what He was telling us.

Reminds me of an Abba song: Cassandra. Okay, the song is actually a re-telling of the Greek tale. Here is the "Leesa version" of the story. Cassandra hooked up with Apollo. Apollo is the god of light and sun. From the statues I remember when I was in high school, he had a little penis but a large scrotum. I figure he really knew how to use his junk, though, because he had lots of lovers. Cassandra must have been a good lay because Apollo gave her the gift of seeing (or hearing, depending on the story) the future. Well, Cassandra did not return Apollo's love, so then Apollo placed a curse on her so that no one would ever believe her predictions.

Things went downhill after that. She predicted the Trojan War; no one believed her. Her parents locked her up because apparently she was a raving lunatic. She was raped (by "Locrian" Ajax) and taken as a concubine (by King Agamemnon of Mycenae). Moral of the story: don't screw around with the gods.

So I have gone from a television show, to my religious views, to the Greek stories. No answers. Just God trying to talk to us and most of us (me included) having ear buds blocking our ears. Sorry, God.

5 comments:

QUASAR9 said...

Amazing really,
in ancient greeks when storty tellers told stories (myths) to fill in the time - some people actually believed they were true accounts.
Now we make hollywood movies and tv shows, and - some people still forget it is 'make believe'

QUASAR9 said...

PS Leesa -
"don't srew around with the gods"
very good advice indeed.
Mind you don't screw around with gods demigids or mortals might be even better advice.

Anonymous said...

I have often wondered if psychic powers are just like a physical gift just not exercised. There seems to be no short supply of real psychics who can't explain how they got a gift, but use it and exercise it. I would love to try and develop my psychic skills.

Knot

Leesa said...

quasar9: But if a Greek god wanted to plant his staff inside of me, I am not sure I would say "no" for fear of reprecussion. But then how do you say "Nice, but I have had enough."

knot: I think you can develop psychic skills - if it is all not a bunch of crap.

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