Livin it One Day at A Time

Once again I sit amongst clothes, and a lesser number of boxes. I even managed to hook up my photos computer.

It won’t turn on. Nothing, Nothing is easy, is it? Thus to reward the few of you who come around, I thought I just post some of my old snaps. The ones that I like.

I was watching people the other day. You know just watching people in Vegas. There seems to be two moods there. Pissed off or extremely happy.

I looked at all those people, plopping down quarters, heck, I was hissed at by an old lady once.

Other than that, I’ve just been trying to keep my life in order.

Hanging out with my friends, the Moore Clan (as an adopted member). I’m trying to put the unpleasantness of last week behind us.

Soon to come. More snaps, more story, less of me up at 1 am.

Some may call me a slacker.

That may be true.

Some may call me player.

Don’t hate the player, just hate the casinos.

Some may wonder if I have stopped my bloggin. Don’t worry Internet, you still get my love.

I was a photo geek last week. I took some awesome snaps, unfortunately, I am surrounded by boxes and clothes.

Boxes because, well, I have lots and lots of crap. Clothes because, well, my washer and dryer are so small, and a 6 foot 4 guy tends to generate large batches of laundry.

So, photos will have to wait a few more nights, until I can get the storage computer up and running (I never realized my computer center was this loud, sheesh).

In the meantime, I’ve been busy getting domesticated. I even went and bought myself a Popcorn maker! (Brian and Crystal, when you read this, head over to my apartment, NOW! Chris needs his Carmel Popcorn! He’s addicted! This can be.. a.. uh.. housewarming party).

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First off, this post is a lot of introspection/reflection. If you

1) Are Family, realize that I know who I am and my worth. I don’t need to have my ego reinforced in the comments.

2) Are a friend/random Internet stranger/stalker, then you may just want to skip this entry. It’s bound to wander, to have more than average grammatical mistakes, and not make whole lot of sense.

You have been warned.

This story starts out seven months ago, when I started dating my ex-girlfriend, Star. We then had the break-up. I worked through all the associated baggage, I went through all the stages of grief, the cravings for NCMO, and I then went and put it all behind me.

Then I proceeded to go on this training trip. This trip has turned into a trip of a lot of introspection. A lot of memories came back as I drove into Saint George to pick up some gas. I drove up to the Chevron, and found that I noticed the hotel right near it. It was the Ambassador. This was where Brendon and Leigh had the family/friends stay as they were getting ready to be married at the temple in Vegas.

I then proceeded to drive through Arizona and Nevada, taking photos as time would permit, and listened to the Pistons loose to the Spurs in overtime.

Let me explain one of my failings as well, I’m a sentimental Romantic.

I know. It’s a shock. I mean, you wouldn’t be able to tell by what I put up on this online journal, would you? It sucks some of the time. Drives me bonkers as well.

You see, Las Vegas is only an hour or so away from the boundaries of my Mission (the California San-Bernardino Mission). I started having flashbacks of my feelings of accomplishment and thinking about the people I had taught. It may not seem like it here, but I feel that the mission helped me grow into the person I am now. At my gooey inner core, I’m a responsible person, and the mission helped out in that regard.

I had also been pondering some of the Article on A Single Thought. I had some serious disagreements in that article. Specifically the fact that the authors made it sound as if Singles are the only people out there with baggage. I understand that some guys lack the social skills (Me most of the time) with girls, as well as some have some serious issues. I believe that those issues transpose themselves into married life for those friends of mine that are married. Some of my friends could be classified under “Mr. Sports”, “Mr. Xbox”, “Mr. Computer”, “Mr. Work-a-holic” and last off “Mr. Church”. A few of these friends have found themselves single again because they were “Mr. I must get married” when they were younger. Lest you all believe that I have a thing against marriage, I think it’s a wonderful institution, one that I hope to join sooner rather than later. I don’t feel that it will correct/fix all the problems in my life. Having a spouse can help keep me balanced. The problem I have with the Single Thought Article is that it seems to equate youth with a willingness to change. Horse pucky. The person has to be willing to change. No amount of youth will truly change a person. The only true change comes internally.

Where was I?

Oh yes, I was pondering this as I drove into Las Vegas.

As I went looking for an In-N-Out (another source of memories, both from my punk friend that lives in Texas, who shall remain nameless at this point and the mission).

I continued to reminisce as I grabbed the double-double and went out to go looking for a shopping center that was opened late at night. Who was I kidding! This is Vegas! I had to pick up some Plain Yogurt (nastiest stuff on the planet) to take care of some problems I was having (I had Pneumonia a few years ago, and ever since, whenever I whack out my sugar diet, my body lets me know). I walked amongst the scary parts of humanity, past the streetwalkers, and then took off as fast as I could.

It was then that I realized that my Ex was most likely married by now. That hit me like a ton of bricks.

As I was drove back towards my dwelling, my mp3 car player played the following songs

Two – Headboard (This is a awesome band that broke up. One of my Favorites)
Rainbow Connection – Kermit
Making Out – No Doubt

Now the these three songs had something in common, they are about dynamics of having someone else in your life. “Two” talks about the viewpoint of the girl in a relationship that may be falling apart. “Rainbow Connection” talks about a frog looking for something (I’ve got it on good authority, it was Miss Piggy). “Making out” deals with Gwen Stafani pining away for her man while he is gone for a long time.

Just as I getting close to my hotel, I passed by some of the wedding chapels. I was very aware of all the couples holding hands, and frankly a lot of the advertisements on the strip are geared towards you thinking about, how should we say, girls.

So here I was, on the strip, on Fathers Day, thinking about the fact my Ex was married. A part of me is actually glad that she started the break up process. I believe we were different enough that it would have been extra work in the long run. I was enjoying with her while we were together, and I think part of me was excited by the prospect that it could have been more.

It was at that point, on Fathers Day, that I realized that part of me is really looking forward to being a dad. Part of me can’t wait until this holiday has a real world application to me. I can stop investing time in my little cousin, and work on my own.

I have epiphanies at the strangest of places.

I told ya’ll this post wouldn’t make much sense, I just had to get it off my chest. I’ve stopped blogging until I could get this post out.

I’m just glad I can now post about this week, the backpacks and watching people drink all the free booze they can.

I may be posting, I may not. It all depends if I am anywhere near a high speed Internet connection.

Oh, and I bought some stuff for my Kitchen.

Cutting board, Root-Beer Mugs.

I am so bacheloring it right now. Rock.

In what can only be described as a precursor for the impending end of the world, Tom Cruise has proposed to Katie Holmes. Any bets on how long this will last? (June 29th?)

Links to the sappy, Eiffel Tower/Paris proposal.

Here
Here
Here
And of course Here

That makes two horseman so far
Pestilence: Britney Pregnant
War: TomKat
Famine: (I’m thinking this will have something to do with Lindsey Lohan)
Conquest: ????

Oh, and while I’m busy being blown away by the fact that she’s 26 and he’s 42, I just found out that 1) Michelle Branch is pregnant as well. She’s 21 and her Hubby is 40.

Both these guys are old enough to be their fiances/wives DADS!

Brain … Hurts… Must.. Go… Take… Nap…

I consider myself a fair man.

A Kind Man.

A Just Man.

But when one besmirches the name of the Detroit Pistons.

I cannot let it pass.

My friend Brendon left a comment here, talking up the Spurs. I decided, I’d be the bigger man. I’d let him have his day. The series would show who the best team was.

Then I go and read their Blog and what do I see? He mocked the good boys of Detroit (or as I have started callin them, the Angels of Detroit).

We shall see how this turns out, since last night they, shall we say, wiped the floor with the Spurs.

Disclaimer: I spent a good portion of my life in Detroit. I have some loyalty to them.

Family & Friends check out my Comment back, and feel free to let the Brendo know which team is *the best* team in the NBA.

Brendo: Some things can be forgiven. You are treading on some thin ice buddy. Can’t wait till you make it up here in a few weeks so I can openly mock you when Detroit wins, yet again.

Peace Out.

Directed by …Christopher Nolan
Christian Bale …. Bruce Wayne/Batman
Michael Caine …. Alfred
Liam Neeson …. Ducard
Katie Holmes …. Rachel Dawes
Gary Oldman …. Jim Gordon
Cillian Murphy …. Dr. Jonathan Crane
Tom Wilkinson …. Carmine Falcone
Rutger Hauer …. Earle
Ken Watanabe …. Ra’s Al Ghul
Mark Boone Junior …. Flass
Linus Roache …. Thomas Wayne
Morgan Freeman …. Lucius Fox

Grade: A (Prime Cut)

Quite simply, I believe this is the best movie of the year so far. Everything that I had expected the Revenge of the Sith to be, this movie delivered. It delivered on spot.

Warner Brothers has been watching Fox go to town with the Marvel (X-men, Fantastic Four, Daredevil) franchise and making some bank. They are tired of this, and it shows. The WB threw some heavy names into this film, in hopes that it would return some on the investment. It does.

Gone are the campy 70’s Batman and Robin, gone are the cartoony and quickly forgettable villains of the first four films. Don’t get me wrong, I really liked the first Batman. Tim Burton had a vision, and he pulled it off. The Joker was a riveting and evil Villain. The other films lost their way though, embracing the camp, while not realizing the true source of which the story came, the Dark Knight.

The filmed is helmed by Christopher Nolan, who made Memento. Writing is done by Nolan and David S. Goyer (Dark City, Blade). Nolan appears to understand the ability of music and the physical sets to set mood. Christian Bale (Equilibrium) is Batman. He plays all the nuances of the Dark Knight almost perfectly.

We begin the movie with the back story of Bruce Wayne. In the present day, Bruce is trapped in an Asian Prison, fighting to survive. In flashbacks interspersed through the film, we find out why Bruce fears bats, and why he holds himself responsible for the death of his parents. As he looks for justice for his parents, he tries to understand how the criminal mind works.

There is a sense of a yearning for justice, not vengeance, that Bruce is looking for. Part of this is in thanks to Rachel Dawes, an old playmate. Katie Holmes plays this part, and is probably the weakest part of the film (Maybe due to the fact she’s dating Tom Cruise?).

Bruce is approached by Ducard(Neason), leader of the “League of Shadows” He is shown how to face his fear, and how to inspire fear in others. That is the crux of this film. Fear.

The League decides that it needs to clean out Gotham, since the city has become so corrupt. Bruce doesn’t see the world in such absolutes, nor does he find that he must be the executioner, so he has a parting of ways (not all that well mind you) with the League. He then goes on to set up a one man shop in Gotham.

It’s from there that we see how Batman became Batman. Why he chose what he did, how he got his gear. We also watch as he balances his life as Playboy, Bruce Wayne, and Batman. Christian Bale is able to deliver on all three points. As Bruce, he works to be his fathers son, as a playboy he works to fulfill his role in society, as Batman, he snarls out his lines. This is the first Batman in which you don’t see Bruce Wayne behind this mask. When Bruce puts on that mask, he becomes someone else.

Morgan Freeman shows up as Lucius Fox, a kind of Q (007 fame) character who works for Wayne Enterprises (and was once on the board) and prototypes a lot of cool gadgets. Gary Oldman(Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Fifth Element) is Sgt Gordon, a straight cop and Cillian Murphy is the villain Scarecrow/Dr. Crane.

Through a masterful weaving of back story, and the balancing for the need for revenge versus the need for Justice we learn what makes up the thought process of the Dark Knight, and we get the explosions and destruction that are the prerequisites of a Summer Blockbuster. I expect to see this film once again very soon.

The end of the film also leads into the potential for the next film. What could make this any better you ask? Mark Hamill is being rumored to be in the lead for the Joker. I do believe that would rock.

I give this film 5 out of 5 neon-skittled colored neon dancing muses.

Go see it. Go see it now.