"I just don't think I can handle that kind of rejection."

The date Monday, October 25, 2010, marked 25 years to the day since Marty McFly traveled back in time in a DeLorean.

I am grateful that AMC Theaters chose to commemorate this occasion by re-releasing the film on the big screen. I totally went. And it was so cool. I've seen this movie a kajillion times and my sister actually shushed me (which is usually the other way around) when I kept quoting the lines. One of my favorites is one that both Marty and his dad say: "I just don't think I can handle that kind of rejection." Marty says it when told he should send in his cassette tape (yes, cassette tape) to the record company, and when George (his dad) is told he should share his science fiction stories.

Looking back on my first post, I realized I feel the same way. I say to myself, "Well, I might be good at this, but if I'm not or if someone's better...I just don't think I can handle that kind of rejection."

I worry a lot, and this is where that all stems from. We aim to please, to impress, to make our mark. I mean, Marty went back to the past and changed his present, for crying out loud, even though Huey Lewis told him that he was "just too darn loud" in his band audition to play at the school dance. So what am I going to do?

Anyway, here's a list of my favorite things about Back to the Future (Part One):

1. Christopher Lloyd
2. The Huey Lewis and the News songs
3. All the advertisements, especially the ones for things that don't exist anymore
4. When Marty blows the giant amplifier out and goes flying into the shelf
5. When Doc dances around in the street on one leg after Marty goes back to the future/present
6. When George laughs 
7. When George dramatically slams his hand on the counter in the soda shop and says "Lou, give me a milk - chocolate."
8. The blowdryer on Marty's belt when he's dressed in the radiation suit to convince George that Darth Vader wants him to date Lorraine 
9. "If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles an hour, you're going to see some serious --"
10. When Doc shouts "One point 21 jigowatts!"

I should probably stop worrying about rejection, huh? God provided me with gifts and talents and perspectives; if I'm not using them, what good are they?

Good as, well, as if I never had them.