Thursday, September 30, 2010
PRAISE GOD FOR MORNING DEVOTIONS
This morning my family and I got up early and did our morning devotions over coffee! Oh it was a tremendous boost to my spirit, and it got the day off to the right start. It's amazing that getting up half an hour before you normally do, and spending that time in God's Word can make such a difference, but it does! I feel like I'm on top of my day, I have a song in my heart and I am eager to see what this day will bring. We had a time of fellowship and prayer and though we had 5 minutes to get ready and get out the door, they made it to work with 10 minutes to spare...THAT IS MY GOD! "Seek ye first the Kingdom of Heaven, and His Righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you." It's like my Dad used to preach. I thank God for my Dad. As faulted as he was, in all things that mattered he was a great man. Glory to God.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
PASS, RELEASE AND VIEWING
I passed my clerical test for employment, and when the store manager calls me with my final interview with the district manager, my employment will be finalized. The test was a lot harder than I anticipated, and being that it was timed, I found myself well out of practice taking tests. I barely made it, it required a 70% in order to pass, and I had exactly 70% by the grace of God. I had a lot of questions that I didn't get to because of the time constraint, but I excelled at the spelling, grammar and problem solving, so it balanced out my lack of speed on my math questions. Praise God Almighty for the light at the end of the unemployment tunnel.
IRON MAN 2 is released today. Despite my normal aversion to sequels, I am eager to see this release simply because the way they did the first one with the suit and the flight/fight scenes, leads me to believe that this release will definetly be worth seeing.
I viewed DONNIE DARKO this weekend. Now let me preface this entry with a few points. First, the statements on the back of this movie do NOT do it justice, as it makes it sound like just another twisted movie. Secondly, as noted in my previous post, I have not been a Jake Gyllenhaal fan, so I would not have seen this just based on his casting in it. Third, the title alone make it sound like a dark movie, and with the cover art that it has, you are led to believe exactly this. Now that I've made those points, I would like to say I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this movie. When you first watch this movie, you are so confused and struggle just to make sense of what you are watching, that you find yourself getting frustrated with it. I viewed the Directors Cut which has an extra 20 minutes of footage and is apparently much easier to understand than it's counterpart, the theatrical release. I can't even imagine watching the theatrical version, as when the directors cut was through, I sat there in a state of WTF?!?! and something that resembled pain. My mind was literally hurting from trying to figure out this film and it's characters, plot, and over all meaning. I WAS ENTHRALLED! It was like a puzzle that I had managed to get the edge pieces set up for and my mind was racing with all the data that I observed in the movie that I was not consciously processing while viewing it. I have not been so mentally stimulated by a movie in all my days. I was fascinated with the concept of the film, as each element had been carefully placed and played out as to not give away the ending, and much like a suspense/mystery movie, each character had a purpose, each scene played a vital part to the plot. While I sat there in a stupefied silence trying to ascertain what I had just spent 2 hours and 20 minutes watching, I was excitedly realizing that I had every intention of watching it again...IMMEDIATELY. Watching it a second time cleared up a lot of the confusion, but I am excited to say that I still do not have a full understanding of the film, and that THRILLS me! Most of the stuff that comes out of Hollywood is for the most part just mental candy that you view, and then move on from. FOR 2 DAYS my mind has been chewing on this movie and every person that I talk to about it I find that I become more intrigued by it. I will warn you, you will be frustrated, confused and even ready to shut it off, but do yourself a favor...DON'T! Watch it through to the end, and give yourself a moment to process what you just watched, and see if your mind isn't reeling from it. Seeing Donnie Darko reminded me of how I felt when I walked out of the theater after seeing Matrix. It was like the world had been turned upside down. I stood outside the theater with a good friend of mine who suggested seeing it, and for an hour we just imagined what the implications of the film were.
IRON MAN 2 is released today. Despite my normal aversion to sequels, I am eager to see this release simply because the way they did the first one with the suit and the flight/fight scenes, leads me to believe that this release will definetly be worth seeing.
I viewed DONNIE DARKO this weekend. Now let me preface this entry with a few points. First, the statements on the back of this movie do NOT do it justice, as it makes it sound like just another twisted movie. Secondly, as noted in my previous post, I have not been a Jake Gyllenhaal fan, so I would not have seen this just based on his casting in it. Third, the title alone make it sound like a dark movie, and with the cover art that it has, you are led to believe exactly this. Now that I've made those points, I would like to say I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this movie. When you first watch this movie, you are so confused and struggle just to make sense of what you are watching, that you find yourself getting frustrated with it. I viewed the Directors Cut which has an extra 20 minutes of footage and is apparently much easier to understand than it's counterpart, the theatrical release. I can't even imagine watching the theatrical version, as when the directors cut was through, I sat there in a state of WTF?!?! and something that resembled pain. My mind was literally hurting from trying to figure out this film and it's characters, plot, and over all meaning. I WAS ENTHRALLED! It was like a puzzle that I had managed to get the edge pieces set up for and my mind was racing with all the data that I observed in the movie that I was not consciously processing while viewing it. I have not been so mentally stimulated by a movie in all my days. I was fascinated with the concept of the film, as each element had been carefully placed and played out as to not give away the ending, and much like a suspense/mystery movie, each character had a purpose, each scene played a vital part to the plot. While I sat there in a stupefied silence trying to ascertain what I had just spent 2 hours and 20 minutes watching, I was excitedly realizing that I had every intention of watching it again...IMMEDIATELY. Watching it a second time cleared up a lot of the confusion, but I am excited to say that I still do not have a full understanding of the film, and that THRILLS me! Most of the stuff that comes out of Hollywood is for the most part just mental candy that you view, and then move on from. FOR 2 DAYS my mind has been chewing on this movie and every person that I talk to about it I find that I become more intrigued by it. I will warn you, you will be frustrated, confused and even ready to shut it off, but do yourself a favor...DON'T! Watch it through to the end, and give yourself a moment to process what you just watched, and see if your mind isn't reeling from it. Seeing Donnie Darko reminded me of how I felt when I walked out of the theater after seeing Matrix. It was like the world had been turned upside down. I stood outside the theater with a good friend of mine who suggested seeing it, and for an hour we just imagined what the implications of the film were.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
INTERVIEW SET, MATCH....POINT
I now have an interview appointment with the manager at Family Video here in town, on Friday 24th at 1pm. I remain hopeful that this will bring an end to this desert of unemployment. I feel that this employment would offer a good match for me because of my customer service abilities, as well as my love for movies. Once my employment there is settled, God willing, I will begin exploration of continuing my education here at the local college. This is exciting for me because I've wanted to continue my education for some time now, and having a full time job to support my career goal of being a professional illustrator seems like a good match.
On the Lil'Man front...his new thing is pointing. He points to various (and often every) object in a room until you tell him what it is. Sometimes this pointing relates to something he wishes to handle, or something he wants (like his blankie or bottle). This continues to be a great source of entertainment for us because he becomes excited with pointing at things, like it's his own personal game of finding something to point to. He has entered his entertaining stage of his development, and often does things simply to observe our reactions to his behavior. He is also testing his boundaries with his mom & dad. He will get excited and begin hitting your face, at which point we have to tell him 'no'. It's heartbreaking watching his reaction to this, because I'm sure he doesn't fully comprehend what it is that we are so stern about, and with a look of confusion or hurt he will often resume hitting you in the face.
On the Lil'Man front...his new thing is pointing. He points to various (and often every) object in a room until you tell him what it is. Sometimes this pointing relates to something he wishes to handle, or something he wants (like his blankie or bottle). This continues to be a great source of entertainment for us because he becomes excited with pointing at things, like it's his own personal game of finding something to point to. He has entered his entertaining stage of his development, and often does things simply to observe our reactions to his behavior. He is also testing his boundaries with his mom & dad. He will get excited and begin hitting your face, at which point we have to tell him 'no'. It's heartbreaking watching his reaction to this, because I'm sure he doesn't fully comprehend what it is that we are so stern about, and with a look of confusion or hurt he will often resume hitting you in the face.
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