Alternate universes

In movies, they always have these moments - the big moments, the revelation, the climax, the resolution. Moments that are emphasized by music or mood or color choice, so that you know that this is important. It's too bad real life doesn't work that way. I'm not saying that real life doesn't have moments. It most certainly does, if I may paraphrase Beverly D'Onofrio, "Life is just a collection of one or two big moments." It's just that you have no idea, in life, which are the moments. And that sucks.
I wish there were some way to know that a certain phrase, a certain response, a certain look might have significance later on. If you go down path A, your life would be completely different than path B. To think that all the little choices you made or didn't make might have resulted in a totally different version of events...that's heady stuff. It just makes me wonder. Though, you could go crazy contemplating all the things you would have done differently. Like, what if I hadn't gotten angry? What if I hadn't hung up? What if I'd returned the library book late? What if I'd shut up when he wanted to burn me a CD? What if I'd swallowed my pride and called? What if I'd taken French instead of Japanese?
If there really is an alternate version(s) of myself out there, I'm sure she has her regrets too, just like I have mine, just like everyone has theirs. She might have things (gained through decisions I made or didn't make) that make her extremely happy, but she might also have things (gained through decisions I made or didn't make) that make her infinitely sad. 
All of this is making my head ache. :shock:

Final thought: Even fiction has twists. A lá, Triangle, The X-Files
Mulder: Scully...I love you.
Scully: Oh, brother. :P