Sonata of a(n) (almost) good woman

I think it's really tragic for one to want to help, but can't. I think I've been a fairly good person in my 19 years of life. I've opened doors for other people, picked up pens when someone drops it, and just generally try to help people when they're in need. And yet, somehow, I find myself unable to give blood because my iron content/blood count is too low! I even checked a second time and somehow, it was even lower the second time. It's unheard of! (though apparently 10% of people get deferred because of the same reason) So, I'm a little down today. Goddamn that iron. Anyways...

I must recommend the film The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen), a German film about a member of the secret police and how his assignment to monitor the life of a director changed his life completely. I think the great thing about this movie is the main character and how he decides to fight the repression and the corruption and risk his life because he was doing what he knew was right. The fact that he was so ordinary, deprived of love, and repressed made it even more amazing that he would do something so courageous as to fight for what he believes in. I love the end of the movie where he gets his own sonata, the sonata of a good man.