| Why do so many people live a lie?
Because to embrace the Truth is to die.
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| One of these days we're gonna have a nice chat on HOPE. We'll see how it turns out.
On another note - PROJECT 86 in 2 weeks!!!!! AHHH!!!!! 
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| I was flipping through the channels tonight and happened upon an old movie that came out in 1952. I kept watching it as it captivated me further. I really wonder what happened to cinema. The story wasn't exactly relevant to the world, nor was it making a statement, yet it gave off an aura of great storytelling and wonderful acting, even wonderful camera shots and directing. The actors truly had to pull themselves higher than just a person in front of a camera.....this really required more than acting ability or a good-looking lead. Perhaps what got me more was the romantic component to it. There was respect on just about every level - which blew my mind. The male love interest was a shoddy jerk, but he was a shoddy jerk that always figured out a way to put food on the table and take care of who he cared about. The father of the girl was uniquely protective, yet he had taught his daughter to respect his decisions as well as see the red-flags how he saw them. If she decided to proceed beyond those red-flags, he gave it a chance. The father did his best to support her and strengthen this relationship, even when it was difficult, regardless of whether he thought she could do better. The fathers focus was on her happiness. At one point she almost married another wealthy man but as always the shoddy jerk comes back. The wealthy man was respectable, honorable, and by all classifications a gentleman. With all honesty.....she should have ended up with him. It messes with my head to the point that this man.....knowing full well the consequences, brought the shoddy jerk TO her, then even gave the ring the jerk dropped earlier in the picture back......then walked away dignified. WTF. Keeping in mind this girl also listened to her father, did not argue with him, but took his decisions and made the best of them....understanding his meaning. Good luck finding that nowadays. The age of respectability is 96.7% dead. I guess the point of the film was "Love does what it takes.", but in our society......love takes what it can. I don't know. Perhaps I just can't get past seeing that fully respectable, honorable man realize in his wisdom the right choice and actually do the right thing when he had every opportunity to prevent it from happening. There's a part of me that belongs in the 50's I guess, because I've done something similar. Funny.....because that guy disappeared and faded into the credits without such a blink as to what happened to him. Makes sense - he wasn't a main character. As I looked up the actor though......he was in more movies than anyone else in the cast. Hilarious. Such a success playing a respectable failure and nobody even remembers him. Life is short. We fade fast. We are but a vapor. I like to think that man walked out of that room, breathed a sigh of relief, then went back to his business as before. No ill damage done. A rock. How things have changed.
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| My job dictates that I do a little bit of everything. This week i have been painting an office and trying to keep it somewhat respectable during the process. Throughout this event I've been trying not to bother the receptionist/secretary/(I-don't-know-what-her-official-title-is) too much, but well... I love conversation.  It's kind of nice getting to know people better, especially when you only get to see them a few minutes every few weeks. What's even crazier is you never know what you're going to learn from them.
As it turns out, this lady used to donate money and help out with the radio station I used to listen to when I was younger. Z-FM. It had such an impact on me and it was interesting to come face to face with someone who faithfully contributed time and money but never really had the opportunity to see what became of it all. That really means there are so many people out there that did so much towards shaping me into who I am that I've never met... it's astounding. It changed almost my entire course in life, yet I'll never get to thank them all one by one. I guess I'll just have to feel blessed that I found one. Small world. I don't know.....just the chances.........she actually helped me not grow up to be an immature punk (well, most days) and never even knew it. Funny.
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| I suffered a head wound today! Developing...
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