Life is a battle, a dance and a song

Last night I finished my 100th new movie for the year. I have seen some pretty amazing movies and some really really stupid ones as well.

My absolute number 1 favorite movie of all of them was Mr. Brooks. What an excellent movie.

After Mr. Brooks here are my favorites:

Rise of the Footsoldier
Pathology
The Million Dollar Baby
Cinderella Man
Identity
Gran Torino
The Jacket
Star Trek
Death at a Funeral
Milk
Coraline

and here is the whole 100 movies.
( The whole list )

"If Love alone could have saved you,
You never would have died"

Yesterday morning I received a call that my Great Aunt Evelyn had been in the hospital since Saturday night and they would be taking her off life support. I was able to make a trip up to see her and visit with the family before it happened.

Sometime around 11:30pm Evelyn Shy passed away. She will be greatly missed.

What a fucking morning. I can only hope that the day gets better.

We finally decided on names for the hamsters. Faith and Fray.

Last year I grew my hair out from May to October when I cut it so I'd look good for my wedding. I got a few comments from different people that I should grow it out again. I wasn't sure myself but I did anyway.
This time I've been growing my hair out since I cut it in October. It's really getting long now.



This photo was taken yesterday afternoon.

If all the animals were gone, man would die from a great loneliness of spirit.

Carl and I adopted a couple of girls this week. We haven't figured out names for them yet. Hell we can't even figure out how to tell them apart yet lol.
They're very active and they're very scared of us still so it's extremely difficult to get good pictures of them. I'm hoping that as they get used to us we'll be better able to post good pictures of them. but for now here's the pictures I have.

( (pictures) Most adorable kids ever )

Am i not speaking english? I thought i was but i'm not so sure anymore cuz nobody understands what i'm saying

If there is one person or more on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.

Lol quote of the day... He was gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide. :-)

Just finished watching the premier of star trek. That it one incredible freaking awesome movie. I am so blown away. Loved it for sure.

My legs hurt today. It's amazing how much of a work it is dancing on a piano.

Yesterday we went and celebrated Holi, the Hindu festival of colors at the Hindu temple in Spanish Fork. It was a lot of fun. One of the biggest Holi traditions is throwing colored powder at each other to celebrate the coming of spring. There are lots of people throwing lots of different colors. It gets a little messy to be sure.

The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Enchantment - Orson Scott Card
American Gods - Neil Gaimon
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Odd Thomas - Dean Koontz

Via Zenlari

If you would like me to give you five words, comment below - then elaborate in your own LJ.



FAMILY: I'm very close to mine. I wasn't so much when I was younger. It wasn't until I moved out of my house that I really really began to appreciate my family. The more I learn about other people's families the more I love and appreciate mine for accepting me and loving me no matter what.
Now I've got a family of my own, my kids aren't my biological kids, but I love them. My husband is an incredible person. I intend to one day adopt a child or have one through a surrogate mother. At that point I believe I will have yet another view change and a whole bunch of new experiences as to what the word family really means and what it brings with it.

MOOSE: Moose is one of the few nicknames that have been given to me that I actually like (The other is the Goblin King). I earned the nickname Moose in highschool when for a talent show I was going to do a spur of the moment talent with grass whistles. The noise it made had a few of my choirmates calling me Moose. Though soon after they forgot why they gave me that nickname and began thinking they gave it to me because I am in fact a pretty tall person.
I think the Moose as an animal is really quite lovely. I've seen them in the wild a few times and even been within about 20 feet of a Mother Moose. Very cool animal. One of these days I'm going to get a tattoo and a Moose will be the main theme of it.

FAITH: A difficult word. I have a hard time deciding exactly where my faith is. I still believe in God or a higher power but my faith has changed in me. It used to be so strong. Not anymore. Sometimes I wish that my faith was as strong as it used to be, I miss the conviction that it gave me. But at the same time, if I had held on to my faith the way I used to my life would not be the same. My beliefs have been shaken and I am constantly trying to figure out how to solidify them, how to find out what I can believe in as firmly as I used to believe in my religion.
I'm not sure that I have explained it clearly or even correctly, I'm not sure that I know how. Like I said, Faith is a difficult word.

COURAGE: "Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience." -James Freeman Clarke
I myself wish I had more courage. I think courage is one thing the world as a whole needs more of. There are too many cowards who don't have the guts to try and stand up for what they believe in. It is my belief that the media needs more courage as well. Courage to stop making news hour a depressing hour of worldwide horrors. Courage to report on the good things that are happening, to try and inspire positive thinking in their viewers.
We all need more courage to be who we are and not to let others bully us into being like them.
Life itself requires a certain amount of courage just to live it everyday. Some have a lot more courage and you can see it in who they are. It's a good thing.

PINK: I've never really liked the color pink. Except in the sunrise. When the sun is barely coming up in the morning and there are a few clouds in the sky that are pink from it. It causes a very calm, mellow feeling in my. It feels good.
Some raspberry flavored items come in pink. I love raspberry. Mmmmm.
Beyond those things pink is just does not appeal to me. It doesn't really reflect any emotion in particular, it's not a passionate color, it's not really a relaxing color, it isn't deep and beautiful or dark and haunting, it's not bright and mesmerizing, it doesn't dazzle you with its brilliance or even catch your attention at all really.
It's a very washed out lackluster version of red.
This is obviously my opinion. If you have a different opinion I'm ok with that. For me color should be in large part about evoking emotions, and pink just does not do it for me.

*shudder* having trouble sitting in the dark after that last movie. Quarantine

........with this video that someone posted in the average homos community.

The holidays.
he last couple years the holidays have been a high stress point for me. This year was getting there for sure. But luckily I got through it. Christmas day itself was not as stressful as it could have been and was actually quite fun for the most part.
Driving home that night was interesting to say the least, considering the blizzard that was going on outside. It was insane.
New Years Eve was a lot of fun. Had a party, got drunk, played 7 deadly sins, sort of, and enjoyed myself quite thoroughly.
Now it's back to life again.
Work seems to be going alright. Hopefully it will continue to be better. I'm still hoping my boss moves out of state within the year though. He keeps saying he will but I just don't know what to believe. The guy is the most inconsistent person I've ever met.

Life is good.

I just ran into someone i used to work with. Haven't seen her in a few years. Cool lady for sure

I've got 12 movies under my belt as of last night. So here's the list so far
1. The Good Sheperd
2. Rise of the Footsoldier
3. Pineapple Express
4. Katt Williams stand up comedy
5. Hearts in Atlantis
6. Meet the Robinsons
7. Hoax
8. Step Brothers
9. A Scanner Darkly
10.Get Shorty
11.The Traitor
12.A Mighty Heart