4 Days | Days & Nights
lines are blurred as one slips into the other
Groundhog Day
Is my favorite Bill Murray movie. I’m not his biggest fan overall, there are far superior comedic actors of his era (Steve Martin, Martin Short, Eddie Murphy to name a few), but in Groundhog Day, I couldn’t imagine anyone else playing the lead role of the eternally narcissistic weatherman, Phil Connors. For those unfamiliar, the movie centers around Murray as he finds himself stuck in a time loop on Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, PA. He is sent on location to report on the local community and their wholesome adoration for their nationally recognized whimsical holiday in which a groundhog and his shadow determines the farcical fate of the seasons changing. The plot twist is revealed early on, when a clearly annoyed and “holier than thou” Murray, turns in for the night after wrapping up his on site newscast, only to find himself re-living the same exact day as he just had before.
Things go off the wheels from there. Murray initially finds pleasure in knowing exactly when things will throughout the course of the day. His accurate predictions of who will say what and when, make it seem like he’s been sent from the future to his unsuspecting co-workers who are immune to the perpetual time loop. As the days continue to repeat, Murray’s sense of reality and concept of time begins to slip. He starts to up the ante as he attempts to get himself out of his recurring hellscape. It has a 72 on IMDb’s Metascore.
This is a very strong rating and something I would watch if it was recommended to me. BUT only after I consulted my all time favorite app, IMDb, and the highly trusted, aggregate score of all the Movie Critics, who’ve seen it themselves, and affirmed it’s worthiness of my viewing pleasure.
Timeloops
Are stuff of cinema. They do not exist in real life. But I’ll tell you what, I am starting to question that fact, as my days and nights become one and the same. Every day, I go outside and try and raise awareness for Rate Game. And every night, I provide my feedback on the App itself, in an attempt to improve the product so that when Naum’s team wakes up, they have iterations to make and bugs to fix. I have not slept in the same bed as my Fianće for over almost two months now. I refuse to. I’ve confined myself to our couch in the living room, where I can see our shared desk, so as not to lose sight of the task at hand. I’ve coined this joint space the “Factory Floor” in an attempt to convince myself that I am Elon Musking this thing to the finish line; I refuse to fail.
In between
these two routines I try and thoughtfully engage with folks on X/Twitter and meet with Bracketologists or people in the CBB community at large (Shoutout @pregameempire
for your time today, great conversation and overall human being, no surprise there!). This is what keeps me sane and reminds me that I’m no Phil Connors. I’m not stuck. In fact, I’m the most unstuck I’ve ever been. If Rate Game is the Groundhog, then we’re about to yank him out of his little hole in the ground and hoist him up high in 4 days time. Whether he sees his shadow or not, is irrelevant; the Games will be played, and the Rates will begin.
Until tomorrow!
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