I think that my life could be made into a movie. I’m not saying this because I’m cooler than most of you or anything. I think it would make a great John Cusack bromance romantic comedy medical drama with a little thriller here and there. I’m pretty sure Mr. Cusack’s films that have featured many of these similar kind of storylines would lend themselves to my story. In fact, I don’t think anyone could play me with as much finesse as John Cusack.
What music would my movie contain? Well, I’m glad you asked. Because I’m going to tell you. Whether you like it or not. So there. 
The opening credits would be set to The Call’s “Let the Day Begin”.
This would be set against a flyover/street drive of Denver with interspersed scenes of John Cusack going through my daily life but looking so much cooler doing it.
Then it would of course show me going to work at the hospital as a supervisor guy. It would of course be far more hilarious and witty than my normal day and BTO’s “Taking Care of Business” would play over the montage of action and inaction throughout the work night.
Eventually the work day would come to an end and I would close out the shift. To drive the point of the loneliness of a second shift job and what it means I’d have Bob Segar’s “Night Moves” playing over the scenes of me saying goodnight and gazing yearningly (it’s a word…shutup) at the crush that I eventually will win the heart of at the end of the movie. I mean John Cusack will win her heart. I’ll just smile at the casting choice of Julia Stiles as the love interest.
Obviously Night Moves is an odd choice to highlight aloneness, but I think it’d work. Plus, John Cusack can pull off anything. This would of course then require Mr. Cusack as a matter of plot go out and try the dating scene. This is where Gene Pitney’s “Town Without Pity” would come in and lay it on thick as my character would be rebuffed, returned and routed.
Of course it’d be played for some laughs and heartstrings which is what Cusack excels at. At this point the movie would have my character run into someone at work or at a bus stop. Then the sparks would fly. She’d be perfect but yet a shrew to my advances. It’d be like climbing K2 but with John Cusack levels of hilarity.
Trace Atkins “Swing” would probably be played over scenes of Cusack and his wing man (probably a Jack Black character of some kind) as several days/weeks is shown where my character is trying to get to the heart of the woman and failing miserably. It’d be hilarious.
Somehow we’d end up at a romantic scene and this would require the song from Lady and the Tramp “Bella Notte” to play over the scene.
There’d probably be a karaoke scene where I sing “Natural Woman” by Aretha Franklin thereby sealing her lover for me in that moment. Or something.
What would happen next? That’s for next weeks Wednesday NABLOWRIMO post. Don’t hold your breath too long or nothin’.
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