up on the up series

friends,
one of the things that i don’t do is tell you what to do. i don’t tell you that your breath is too garlicky on certain days (it is) or that you have no business wearing capri pants (no matter your gender), or that most apples (even candy apples) are not really as delicious as you think. 

i don’t tell you these things so that on the rare instance that i do tell you something, you will take me seriously. and now is one of those times. watch (if you have not already done so) the up series. a wikinopsis:

The Up Series is a series of 7 documentary films that have followed the lives of fourteen British children since 1964, when they were seven years old. Every seven years, the director, Michael Apted, films new material from as many of the fourteen as he can get to participate.

it might not be all happy, it might not follow a hollywood script, it may even be boring in parts, but it is the drama of human life—presented in a way that no other work of art can. and trust me, this is a work of art.

for maximum effect, watch the whole series in marathon fashion over the course of a weekend. rent it from netflix, buy it from amazon, violate its copyright, or borrow it from me. watch it with a loved one. it will be worth it.