Oh internet, I’m in love.
With a movie.
Called “One Week“.
Those of you who aren’t Canadian (or who don’t love Joshua Jackson with all of your soul unlike this girl) may not have heard of it. It basically is a movie about a man is confronted with death and goes on a roadtrip to figure out exactly what he wants in life. That sounds cliche, doesn’t? But I assure you, this movie is unlike any I’ve ever watched. Plus, it’s fun to see how they cram Canada into every possible scene- through showcasing the beauty of the country, a Canadian Tire reference and lots of Tim Hortons product placement. Oh and the soundtrack? I’m in love with it. So much so that I want to open mouth kiss it. And grab its ass.
The end of the movie has a lovely moment when the viewer gets asked, if you had only had one week to live, what would you do? What wish would you want fulfilled? Who would be the one person you would declare love to? What city would you jet off to, just for a cup of coffee? What would make you smile, what would make you feel grateful? What would be exactly what you wanted?
So of course dear readers, I now have to ask you, what would you do with one week?
I would go to the Bahamas!
Oh wait, the passport people refuse to give me my passport within a decent time period.
But seriously, I probably would go to the Bahamas. I’ve never been out of the country before.
I’d go to South America, Asia and Antarctica. Because I WILL step on every single continent before I die.
I would gather the most important people in my life, bring them all to the horse track, and we’d spend the week together, watching and betting on horse races. It’s not so much that I care about horse racing, it’s just that it’s a fun hobby right now, and were I to die in a week, I’d like to have spent that week with the people I love and who love me, having a good time, and eventually dying with a smile on my face.
I WANT TO SEE THIS MOVIE SO BAD!
I missed it when it was here for Film Fest, but now that it’s in theatres, you can guarantee I’m going to shell out my hard-earned cash to see it.
Number one, I’d spend every cent I have, and some that I don’t.
I’d buy an outrageously expensive pair of shoes and dress to match and wear it everywhere.
I’d had dessert after breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Mimosas and wine come standard. I’d sing karaoke, badly, and not care. I’d write everyone I loved a letter, and actually give it to them. I’d say exactly what I was thinking, all the time. I’d have a lot of sex. In a lot of places. With only one person.
I’d get married. I’d get a tatoo, dye my hair purple, and sleep as little as possible. I’d kidnap my friends, take them somewhere warm, with a beach, and make sure we had enough chocolate to last. I’d entrust The Boy with all my passwords, and make sure I was erased from the interweb.
I’d watch ever sunset. Hear every bird. And taste every. single. breath.
So this movie is still in theaters? Not on Netflix? Darn it!
I think I would take my family and friends to Napa or Lake Powell and just drink wine and watch the sunset and take walks all day. It sounds more relaxing than trying to fly all over the world, which could also be pretty cool.
I always think I know the answer to this, but I really doubt it. I’m far too fickle and I don’t see that changing with imminent death. But, anyway, I think it’d include everyone I love, most people I like, islands and a really big boat. I don’t have a lot of money but I know people that do and they’d better cough it up for my last hurrah.
Go to France and Italy and spend lots of time kissing (and doing lots more with) Hubby!!!
And Tim Hortons is LOVE here in the US too! Can you say ADDICTIVE?
- tell people how I truly feel about them, no longer holding back because I don’t want to look stupid, get rejected, make things awkward.
- give away all my money. Not sure to whom. But I want some good to come out of it after I’m gone.
- takes walks, sing, play, all the things I love to do but never have the time.
- propose.
oh josh my josh. i need this movie to come to the us pronto. and funny you blogged about it, i definitely mentioned it in my post today, haha.
and if i had one week i would find josh and tell him how much i loved the mighty ducks movies and dawsons creek. and then i’d hop on over to italy and have fun.
I would spend time with the people who mean the most in the world to me in some tropical location drinking fun cocktails with little umbrellas in them. I would tell everyone who meant something to me what it was that they meant to me. I wouldn’t worry about the future or what I hadn’t accomplished. I would just be.
I’d go look at blogs to search for misplaced apostrophes. (You’ve got one, lady!)
Also beer.
Saw Joshua Jackson on The Hour (had to watch it online, living in the US is not all that great) and was excited to see this movie …. and then realized they are not releasing it in the US.
Oh do I love Joshua Jackson…..must check out this movie immediately. Is it only in Canada or in the US also?? I haven’t even HEARD of it. Ok, so anyway – what would I do? Hmmm….that’s hard. I guess I would say everything that needed to be said – I think that’s important. I would want to do what so many other people said, go away – to a little moutain house or cottage somewhere with my closest family and friends and just enjoy my last days – good company, good food, good drinks. What more could a girl ask for?
tell everyone what i honestly feel about them (in the good sense), sing kareoke, blog one last post, get married, travel, eat all my favorite foods, do a photoshoot, plant a tree, give away all my posessions, have a dinner with all my closest friends, have some drinks, get a pedicure and my nails done, etc.
I’m going to have to keep an eye our for that one. Must be playing here somewhere…
The week — pack up the fam. and go up to Gros Morne.
It’s bad, but the first thing that popped into my head was from “Office Space”; Lawrence replying to Peter’s lottery question with “I’d do two chicks at the same time, man.”
Sad that the first thought is a movie quote, isn’t it?
Help, I’ve been informed and I can’t become irgonant.
I cannot wait to see this movie!! Wooooooo Canada! :)
I’m going to look for the best beach destinations and go there, with my loved ones with me.
i’d use all my available credit, cash, etc to take as many of my family members possible traveling. We’d go to as many places possible in that week, I want nothing more than to see all that the world has to offer.
ahhhhh i want to see that movie so bad. i would take all my family and friends on a serious vacation and just have fun.
I’d explore Africa. And somehow make an awesome photo story of the trip to commemorate the experience.
If I had one week, I’d sell as much of my stuff as I could to pay off as many of my bills as I could so my family wouldn’t inherit as much of my debt as I am currently carrying.
And I’d erase all my emails and online stuff and wipe my computer clean.
Wow! I LOVE Joshua Jackson!! I am going to have to look into this.
And.. if I had one week.. I think I would try to spend as much time with everyone as I could, go back to Europe.. most importantly London and Paris. Then, I’d have to maybe be all sentimental and write a letter to people that meant a lot to me? Figure out some sort of will.. and then decide what my real answer to “What do you think about cremation?” is.
THEN I’d erase all my emails and wipe my computer clean. I love it Green!!
I’m a lil drunky..but if I had one week I would take a tropical vacation and have lots of sex and drink lots of drinks and have lots of fun!
i am DYING to see this movie!! oh joshua jackson…the things i would do to that man.. i’d either spend the week in mexico or italy – with all my friends and family and distant relatives and whatnot. laughing and drinking and reminiscing. that would be great.
One week isn’t very much time; it would pass by so dismally fast. I wouldn’t want to waste any time sleeping let alone travelling. I would probably just stay right where I am and spend the time with my guy. Maybe we would finally go to city hall and get married. I would eat at all the restaurants I’ve never been able to afford, say all the things I’ve never been able to say, and admit to all of the emotions I’ve never let myself feel. And get really drunk on a $400 bottle of cognac.
Hmm, I think I’d seek a 2nd opinion! It would probably take more than a week for my appoitment to come through as well! hehe. x
You know the idea of being free to move about my life without expectation by the very fact of only having one week to live sounds kind of nice right now. And that fact alone justifies my therapy.
That being said, I think I’d visit with people and then make one big huge mistake. Just for the sake of doing so.
You can’t fool me Brandy. Even though I have never been to Canada, I know it doesn’t look like that picture.
I was in Canada last month visiting my semi-boyfriend (haha, it’s always so complicated) and saw the preview to that movie at the theater. OMG, amazing looking! It’s an awesome concept… I wonder if it’d be released here in the States.
If I had a week left, though, I’d most likely be on that beach also.
I may look for the movie, purely to see Tim Horton’s everywhere! I fell in love with TH when I was in London, ON a few years ago and my life hasn’t been the same since. They really need one in DC. Maybe I should suggest it to the Embassy?
I don’t know – if I knew I only had one week left to live, I would probably worry my way through the 7 days. “Will it hurt? How will it happen? Will it be quick or slow?”
I’d couple that worry with a few choice narcotics — drugs I’d always been too scared and/or too goody-goody to try.
One week?
No question in my mind. I’d gather up everyone I love, and head to my beloved Puerto Viejo in Costa Rica for one last grand shitshow.
Also, I would have a pet monkey for that week. Just cause.
I’ve never really understood these types of stories and movies when people only have a certain amount of time to live and they go off jetting to some other part of the world to spend all their money. Because really if you only had one week to live, wouldn’t everybody just spend every minute they could with their family and friends at home or the place that means the most to you? And tell everyone everything you’ve always meant so say but never got around to. because when you die, who cares if you’ve seen some island or not? that just sounds really lonely to me… even if everyone you care about is there with you, its not as good as being somewhere that makes you feel like you’re at home. I couldn’t imagine not spending my last nights in my own bed! Especially if I was married! I know that wouldn’t make for a good book or movie though, so I won’t blame hollywood for their stories =)
@ Andrea, I”m with you about wanting to spend my last few nights in my own bed.
I would make a video for my daughter to tell her everything I wouldn’t be able to tell her over her life. I would throw an enormous party and invite everyone I know to give me a roast, or a wake, or whatever so I could go out so filled with love that I’d be floating. I would eat sushi and chocolate and steamed artichokes and all of my favorite foods. I’d make love several times a day. The last day I’d spend cuddling with my love and my daughter.
I’m a Canadian girl so I’m with you on the soundtrack – love wintersleep. Weighty Ghost is such a great song! And for my last week? Spent at the lake where I grew up and spend it with my boy and my family.
I saw this movie last weekend and it was AWESOME… I even reviewed it on my blog! and the music?? AMAZING!. Holy, that’s a lot of capslock – sorry. I’d spend my last week with my family and my 3 closest friends…
….not so much. write a few letters. blog…maybe even try videoblogging for some posterity. probably not work, but the stress surrounding everything going on, plus security line at airports, plus delayed flights and all that stuff- if I tried to do too much I’d probably end up dying at a lay-over stop in Detroit. so, relax, reflect, eat fatty foods and converse with family/friends/loved ones and maybe read “are you there god, its me margret” in case I change my mind about religion (not).
I would not work. I’d paint like crazy all the pictures that are running around in my head. I’d spend lots of time with my kids doing stuff they like to do and that I don’t, like playing ball and watching them play video games. Oh, and I would eat whatever I wanted.
It sounds like a great movie. I’ll have to see if I can rent it from Netflix!
Ouf! This is a tough one. I actually have no idea.
It sounds like such a sad movie though. Yet reminds me once again that I do need to visit Canada.
WOW, great question. Sounds like a great movie! If I onlyhad a week, I would just do whatever I felt like doing, whenever I felt like doing it ,with whomever I felt like doing it with! *(*
I’d go to Santa Cruz and spend my last days on the beach. I’d eat as much seafood as I could. I’d not tell anyone I was going or why. I’d write a bunch of letters that I’d send the last day… everyone would know what was on my mind and not get to ask why. I know that sounds a little mean, but I wouldn’t want anyone to have to watch me die but there are people I have unfinished business with. Why spend your last days arguing, though?
When I was working for the lawyer I worked for, I read a will where it was specified by the guy, who had no “estate” (ie, had no money, real property, etc.) that NO ONE was liable for his debt and anyone who he owed money to was shit outta luck and since he was single and had nothing to his name, it was completely legal (vexing to the credit card companies, but, oh well). I’d make sure my will was written with that same addendum.
Since you closed comments to today’s post, I’m going to comment here. I think one of my biggest lessons learned in my 20′s was to learn not only to speak my mind, but how to do it. By that, I mean, there are a lot of people we want to tell off. And really, when we come across so negatively, it accomplishes very little. But, if we learn to be sensitive to where the other is coming from, make is a discussion and not a lecture, and remain open to the fact we might be partially at fault, the conversation tends to go much more smoothly. Anyway, my two cents. I still don’t know what I’d do if I only had one week – likely spend it with loved ones.
With one week, wow, that’s a huge question and very little time. I’d definitely rent a house at the beach- a huge one with floor to ceiling windows right on the water. I’d throw a tremendous dinner party and invite every precious person I love to join me. I’d dance. I’d sing. I’d write letters or make videos for prosperity.
(In reference to your post with closed comments- I already say what I think all the time to people and sometimes it is great and sometimes it backfires but…I don’t have any regrets in that department. I highly recommend it!)
I’d spend it giving lasting memories to those I love dearly so they’d always have something to hang onto.
One week is such a short period of time to do everything one failed at do their whole life. Perhaps, life should be lived so that if you have one week left you can relax. I have yet to accomplish this in anyway though.
one week would so not be enough time. it’s quite the wake up call to realize just how much we put on hold….for what? check out my NEW BLOG. ahhhh!
for which the URL that didn’t link is closetsareforclothes.wordpress.com
Well up until last Summer I would have said Macchu Pichu, but now that it’s been checked off my list, I’d say…
Have a giant party with my closest friends, then take my parents and check off the last three continents on my list: Asia, Australia, and Antarctica. They’re close enough together, that could totally be pulled off in a week, right? :)
Wow…I’m just blown away by some of these answers.
I have a small notebook filled with things I’d like to do before I die. I think I’d spend a week crossing things off my list. For example, sky dive, ballroom dance, visit Italy, etc.
I’d probably spend it with my mom. Part of me would love to run off to santorini and spend it on the beach, but I don’t think I’d be able to leave home if I knew it was the end.
I’d respond to the person who gave me multiple awards on her blog.
:-)
wait. you are telling me there is a Josh Jackson movie I don’t know about and own!?!?!?!??!
Because if I had one week to live I would find him and kiss him. :)
I really live for Tuesday nights and Fringe just to see him —because really, I have no idea what is going on during the show usually!
I would like to petition to bring back Dawsons Creek. Or at least like Pacey’s Creek where it would feature just him & Joey (and no Tom Cruise anywhere!) in the future.
Thanks for the tip! Have to go find it NOW
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The thought of only having a week left before I’m gone is a little too scary for me to think about. But I love comment #5. The idea of doing whatever the hell you like and not giving a damn about what others might think is brilliant. And Shaba has described what sounds to me like a pretty fantastic week :)