I Just Have to Giggle: Jason Segel on Parade

This week has been busy, hectic and sickly.  Despite the inconveniences, I am happy to be staying at my parents' house while on sick leave, bumming about while trying to keep my head above, say, nasal excretions, and being excruciatingly phlegmatic (because I watched a lot of features on cable in a semi-groggy state: RED, Avatar and Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths).

And so Friday came and Friday it is.  I am still out of commission.  I watched cartoons with my four year-old nephew (I actually enjoyed The Princess and the Frog).  I asked my dad to bring me two slices of pizza for dinner.  And then I saw How I Met Your Mother, the "Broath" episode.

I was actually delighted to see the reason behind Jason Segel's interesting Twitter/Twitpic post where he wears a Peter Pan costume.  So.  Growth spurt, huh.

But anyway --- pardon the side talk --- I happened on a Jason Segel interview on Parade, thanks to... Kim Kardashian.  Oh you know, you click on the link on MSN that says Kim K was doused in flour because you want to see her powdered in the wrong places, and then you end up seeing an article on the same webpage why on earth Jason Segel is still single.

And I just had to read it.  I have to say --- and I am not saying this because I want to "marry" Jason Segel --- I really agree with what he said about The One.  It actually made me giggle.

Here's what Jason Segel said in the interview.  Read it in full in the Parade website.

"...I think relationships are an effort and it’s about timing, an actual decision, and two people deciding they will be the best person for one another. And what happens if you miss the one or they die? Now you are doomed to a life of loneliness? We know that’s not true. I think you want your partner to be your best friend. Even attraction will change. But what everyone’s looking for is a partner in crime.”

See, I thought River Phoenix was The One.  And then he died.  So why the hell would I settle for the idea of The One?  Why be doomed?

Oh well.  Happy to see that Jason Segel is so darn sensible.  No wonder he hasn't taken a risk.  Why be doomed?  Why be risky?  When it comes, it comes.

I wonder, though, if deep inside he is thinking, "What's taking you so long?"