The Big J-bowski

So last night, after settling down from an evening of driving home from the ski hill, I thought I'd see if there were any good movies on before hitting the hay. Well, I managed to catch the last hour one of my favorite movies - The Big Labowski.

I love the movie on many levels. On one level, I kinda I wish I was The Dude. I have no idea what his job is, but he seems to have a pretty relaxed time of things... for the most part. I mean, other than the part of his life that is the movie seems pretty easy going: wake up, have a drink, smoke a joint, go bowling, have a drink, go home, have a joint, have a bath, have a drink, go to bed. It'd be a nice vacation, anyway.
On another level, however, I see the futility of trying to avoid life. The whole premise of the movie seems to be that, even though The Dude does his best to stay out of everything - wishing the whole world would just pass him by - he gets into trouble. We cannot escape Life - It will find us.

Everyone just wants to have their cut - that's all the movie is about. We live our lives, trying to get ahead of The Man, trying to better our lives. But, it does all seem to be a chasing after the wind, doesn't it? Maybe The Dude is on to something....