Man, under-destruction?

 They say every child begins the journey of growing up, not when they are born, but when they discover a tragic truth. I don't know if that's something I once heard in a movie, was told by a friend or read on a fortune cookie. If I had read that on a fortune cookie, then I guess I must have been in the mood for some monumentally depressing Chinese take-out.  But, bad comedy aside, it lends credence to the idea that, like everything else in life, like every other experience we have, people can be defined by their individual discoveries. That a person is, up to a point, a physical manifestation of the truth that they discover, that they are the outcome today of the revelation they had long before.  The tragic truth I discovered is surprisingly one that I constantly find myself re-learning over and over again. One that I seem to rebel against, not due to some stubbornness inherent through the passage of my genetic line, but because of something as potentially foolish as idealism.

 How many of you have seen the Matrix? If there's one single person who has not seen the original movie or its following sequels or the various prequels and side-stories, both live-action and animated, I will be quite surprised. Seriously, anyone who hasn't seen 'em has either been comatose or indifferent. Now, this is not to promote the franchise, but rather to emphasize just how far-reaching it has been. Now, I'm sure to those of you who have seen it, you could list various factoids and tidbits about it and all associated matters. But here's one I'm sure the majority of you probably don't know.  The writers/directors of the movie were Larry & Andy Wachowski, who had a few other credits to their name before embarking on this. This much is known. What isn't known is that Larry now goes by the name Lana. For those of you not keeping track, Larry Wachowski is now a woman. In fact, when promoting their latest movie, Cloud Atlas, they referred to thems