Rachel McAdams Should've Married The Quantum Leap Guy

So last night amidst a haze of alcohol and back pain medication (totally mixed, totally not supposed to do that and it totally worked, so whatever), I found myself stretched out on the bed, watching The Time Traveler's Wife.  I can't recall everything about the movie, but I have a feeling I would've enjoyed it sufficiently less if I'd been sober and clear-headed and that is saying something because I didn't really enjoy it at all.  I never read the book, but I'd read enough about the book and the movie to get the basic idea of what the story was about - dude is a time-traveler and he gets married and that causes some issues.  Go figure.  The set up in the movie was a little confusing and I never really understood where he was in time or what exactly made him travel or why Eric Bana is such a bad actor.  But with all that said, I did watch it to the very end and it really made me think about time travel.  (Okay - the Flexeril, prescription strength motrin and bourbon might've contributed to my interest in time travel as well.)

But I kept wondering - would I want to time travel?  Would I want to be like this guy in the movie or that guy in Quantum Leap?  (Quantum Leap - AWESOME show.)  I think my answer is yes.  Maybe.

I'm pretty sure I'd have no trouble going back in time - fix some mistakes, do some things exactly the same way, pick up some lottery numbers, that kind of thing.  (BTW - that was the biggest problem I had in the movie.  He does use his time travel to win the lottery - once - and it was only when it was worth five million.  What a waste.  Never play the lottery unless its up to 8 figures.)  But I'm not sure I'd wanna jump ahead in time and see where I was going and what was gonna happen.  I'm not sure I wanna look ten years into the future and see what's waiting for me because it might scare the crap out of me.

How about you?  You wanna jump ten years ahead and see what's in store for you?

Jeff

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Tristan Prettyman. She's from San Diego. She surfs. She's hot. She probably dreams about me because I am obviously her perfect match.

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Comments

[Patti Abbott]

Ten years ahead-I'm afraid I already know.

[AlisonGaylin]

Oh, ten years ahead terrifies me. But I'd love to go back and fix a whole bunch of things. FOR INSTANCE: When I was just out of college, a friend of mine was working for a production company which shared offices with a new TV show. She showed one of the producers (not the main guy, but a bigwig nonetheless) a play I'd written in college, and the bigwig apparently really liked it and asked me to write a spec script. Well I never did. Not a word. I was too busy crying over boyfriend issues apparently, and being an idiot. The show? THE SIMPSONS. You may have heard of it.

[Lori Armstrong]

Back in time 10 years - rather than ahead 10 years definitely.

I think I'd have to be drunk too, to watch that movie.

Loved Quantum Leap!!

My favorite series about time traveling? Sandra Hill writes an awesomely funny series in romance about time traveling...Vikings.

[Becky Hutchison]

If I went back 10 years, then I'd have to redo a few years I'd rather forget. Definitely forward.

(BTW, I hope your back pain goes away soon.)

[David Terrenoire]

The secret to back pain is strong abdominals. When you get better, do those crunches.

As for going forward 10 years, I'm afraid I'd be in a box.

[Brenda B. Hill]

I would love to go back in time but like 47 yrs ago..LOL and not marry the guy I did, in fact maybe not marry at all. Or what if I had married my first real boy friend? would it have worked? My marriage in 63 lasted almost 23 yrs but I wore myself out trying to keep it going. It was not worth it, I should have given up yrs before, but I had married for keeps and did not believe in divorce. Now I have been single for so long can't see myself being controlled by anyone. I have been avid reader for over 55 yrs so this is how I keep my sanity. LOL