FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2008
Bad Luck stopped by for a few hours...
I arrived back at my mother's house around 4pm. The wedding started at 5pm. I called a locksmith they said they would be at my house in 10 minutes. So in a matter of maybe 2 minutes he was able to open my door. I gave him a tip even though he probably didn't deserve it. I quickly stumbled inside and called Chuck to get directions to the wedding. I quickly got dressed like I was Superman in a phone booth. I jumped in the car and hit the road. Well guess what? I forgot the directions at home. So I headed back home that cost me another 10 minutes. So finally I got back in my car and started towards my destination. Well I just happened to glance at my dashboard. What do ya know I was on empty, so I had to go get some gas. So finally I was back on the road again. I started to think about the day and my frustrations. I couldn't help but bust out laughing. If you think about it all it was kind of funny. After that I popped in a U2 mix-tape and tried to enjoy myself. Traffic was good for while and then I hit a snag at I-270. Finally things picked up again on I-25. Just when I thought my bad luck was gone. I managed to get pulled over by a police officer right before my exit. But something happened, back luck decided to leave me. The cop gave me a warning. See not just good looking Blondes get off easy. Annoying sarcastic punks get off too.
I arrived at Jen and Travis's wedding around 6:15. Of coarse I missed the ceremony. But I did manage to make it before the reception started. The night ended up being a lot of fun. Sure the day got off to a rough start. But as I always try to make the most of things. And ended up having a great day. I never let bad things ruin my day. Sometimes you can't control things that happen to you. But you can always control how you react to them. And that right there is half the battle my friends.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Happiness is for the taking...
Pursuit
Of Happyness:
Movie Trailer
One of the best things about the movie is just watching the interplay
between Will and his real life son
Jaden. Who also plays his son in the movie.
Jaden's acting really impressed
me. For him to come alive in a role that is about as far as he could get
from the real life he lives. If your looking for something that will move
your soul then you should check this one out. This movie really moved me.
It made me stop and think about how blessed I am. I have such an easy life
compared to so many through out this world. It kind of makes me feel
guilty. This movie may have it's flaws. But that's alright with me. I
still loved it. I'm all for anything that inspires me and this movie
inspired me.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Here are a few Inspiration Quotes
"A free society is a place where it is safe to be unpopular." - Adelai Stevenson
"Before you can know your soulmate, you must know your soul." - Alan Cohen
"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence."
- Helen Keller
"Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest
abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream
which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and
greater strength of the nation."
- John F. Kennedy
"No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy - unless you
let him." -
Napolean Hill
"If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about
other people."
- Virginia Woolf
"Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought."-
Henri L. Bergson
"Being broke is a temporary situation. Being poor is a mental state."
- Mike Todd
"If you don't set goals for yourself, you are doomed to work to
achieve the goals of someone else."
- Brian Tracy
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
If I Was a Superhero, I Would Be Cool
G.I. Joe is Back!!!
If you haven't already heard Paramount
Pictures is in the process of shooting G.I. Joe. I grew up watching
the cartoon, oh how I loved it. I used to collect all of the figurines,
and play with them in the front yard with my friends. I even remember
losing
Destro in a nearby creek . I searched that creek for hours looking
for him. I never did find him.
The movie will be a modern telling of the "G.I.
Joe vs. Cobra" storyline and its compelling characters that Hasbro
created 25 years ago. The back drop of the fantasy is the story of the
G.I. Joe team, led by
Duke with their slogan
"fight for freedom wherever there is trouble" against the evil
Cobra
Commander and his Cobra force. The film is an origin story and
Sommers
says he plans to explain various strange aspects, from
Destro?s metal mask to
Snake
Eyes? lack of speech.
Snake Eyes
Here's the official plot for the movie. From the Egyptian desert to deep
below the polar ice caps, the elite co - ed G.I. JOE team, based from it's
headquarters The Pit, deploys the latest in next gen spy and military
equipment to fight crooked arms dealer
Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious COBRA organization
from plunging the world into chaos.
I'm most excited to see Snake Eyes in
action. He was always my favorite character. He is being played by
Ray Park, known for his performances as the acrobatic
Darth
Maul
"Star Wars: Episode I" and
Toad
in the first
"X - Men." I guess he must be
best suited for roles where he has to perform physically and beneath a
costume. I guess their is a good reason for that. He holds a second
degree black belt in Wushu and came in second place at the 1995 world
championships.
The cast includes Dennis
Quaid ( General Hawk ), Channing Tatum ( Duke Hauser ), Arnold Vosloo (
Zartan ), Chris Eccleston ( Destro ), Karol� Isela Kurkovᠨ Cover Girl ),
Sienna Miller ( The Baroness ), Ray Park ( Snake Eyes ), Rachel Nichols (
Scarlett ), Adewale Akinnuoye - Agbaje ( Heavy Duty ), Said Taghmaoui (
Breaker ), Marlon Wayans ( Ripcord ), Joseph Gordon - Levitt ( Rex ) and
Byung - hun Lee ( Storm Shadow ).
This live action G.I. Joe film is being directed by Stephen Sommers ( Deep
Rising, The Mummy, Van Helsing ) and is set to be
released 7th August
2009. I can't wait to travel back down memory lane. I hope I don't
get let down with these high expectations of mine.
Saturday, APRIL 27, 2008
Lassie Foundation (Album Review)
- Most of us thought The Lassie Foundation had released it's last album with El Dorado. So when I heard a few months back that they had decided to head into the studio and record another album, I about lost it. For those of you are unaware of the Lassie Foundation, you should be ashamed of yourselves. They are by far one of the best pop/shoegaze bands you will ever lay your ears on.
Lassie Foundation-
Face
Your Fun
Read Full
Review >
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.'
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