With the passing of my birthday (let’s not dwell on this), I thought I would check in and see how I was doing with my 50 Things I Hope To Do or Start in 2009. Not so good. Not so bad.
Sometimes…
July 1, 2009Sometimes I want to be in a loving, romantic relationship…to have someone to talk to all the time…to wake up next to…to remind me of the 100 Things I Love About Being In A Relationship…to think about marrying and having children with…watching those children be cute and grow up…to play the “But why?” game with…
And sometimes, I’m happy to have all that free time from NOT having a loving relationship to clear out all the TV shows stored on my DVR.
It comes in waves.
A Great Essay About MJ
June 30, 2009This is a tribute that Phonte of Little Brother wrote on his MySpace blog. I agree with everything except the title because it was really the parents’ fault.
My Hero Ain’t Molest Them Bitch Ass Kids: Phonte’s teary-eyed tribute to The King
I haven’t been compelled to blog in a long time.
In an era where everybody is twittering and text-messaging their lives away, a well-thought out essay that extends past 140 characters is quickly becoming a thing of the past.
But when our universe lost its brightest star on June 25, 2009, I felt a deep, overwhelming sadness that I haven’t experienced in many years and I felt moved to say….something.
My hero, Michael Joseph Jackson, is dead.
Movie of the Week II: Up
June 26, 2009
A year after declaring that Wall*E might my favorite Pixar movie ever comes maybe my favorite Pixar movie.
I think at the end of the day, Up was a better movie from start to finish than Wall*E but Wall*E was my favorite Pixar character (although Doug, the talking dog, is a VERY close second). We’ll see how I feel when I own it on Blu-Ray.
The opening sequence showing the relationship between Carl and Ellie through the highs and the lows — no dialougue just Michael Giacchino’s score) was one of the most heartwrenching/touching things I’ve ever seen in a film – animated of otherwise. If that had just been a short, it might have been my favorite film in 15 years. The movie continued to be awesome and hilarious but those opening minutes stayed with me.
