No, I haven't seen The Dark Knight yet. It's cray cray out in the fields and people are cutting each other for a ticket out here. I don't understand why we can't all love one another and winged-fellows in harmony. My dorkier friends who went to a midnight screening (I didn't go because I had something important--sleeping--to do) told me that twenty minutes before it ended, the projector backfired and the theatre decided that they weren't gonna resume it and the audience would have to wait for the 3 AM screening (free, though). Yes, they had to watch it all over again just to see the last twenty minutes they missed. But three out of four of them said it was worth it.
The Dark Knight takes up where it left off, but if it’s a follow-up that introduces a comprehensive sociopath called the Joker, then how do you explain the fact that the Joker made his debut years ago as Jack Nicholson? It’s just one of the things that makes no sense, but hey-ho, since when did Batman and logic morph?
Everything in its place.
I've been a Treo user for about 4 years.
When the iPhone came out I will admit I was intrigued. My sister bought one and after 5 minutes playing with it I knew it wasn't for me. No buttons, slow ass internet. Sure it was a sexy phone. But functional? NO. (at least not in my opinion.) Plus I really didn't want to leave Sprint who I've been with for over 12 years.
I upgraded from a Treo 650 to a Treo 700 about two years ago when they first came out. I LOVED the Palm operating system and had spent a LOT of money on 3rd party software to use with my phone. Then the dreaded reset loop of death happened about 3 weeks ago. The phone was Kaput.
Thankfully I have insurance. This means that if my phone breaks for any reason Sprint replaces it at no charge to me. Since they didn't carry the Treo 700P anymore and couldn't get a refurbished one, I was given a Treo 700WX with the Windows Mobile 5 Operating System.
At first I was really miffed. What about all of my 3rd party software?
Well..I got by without it. Windows Mobile is a BEAUTIFUL Operating System. Way more "techie" looking than Palm. I was a happy camper. I got a BRAND SPANKING NEW Treo 700WX for FREE. YAY!
Fast forward two weeks to Monday. Sprint released the NEW Palm Treo 800W.
All I can say is WOW. Super fast internet, Wi-Fi access, GPS, MicroSD slot, the whole thing is just AWESOME.
So I've ordered one for myself and it will be here Tuesday. I'm practically Salivating.
Tuesday cannot get here fast enough. Seriously. I am in Phone Geek Heaven.
Neo-sabbatical Kabbalah On Aeon Byte
Abraxas
, aka Miguel Conner, is a friend of mine and is featuring an awesome guest this week on his
formerly known “Coffee Cigarettes and Gnosis”, now called respectively, Aeon Byte. Recently he has been in contact with a awesome Holy
Man who I don’t really know much about but I like the words I am reading and
the message that he is preaching. His
name is Yakov Leib HaKoHain. I am so glad that I was sent a message
about this. His heretical thoughts are a breath of fresh air.
Taken from his site, Reb. Yakov states
"The other Jews call me a heretic. Well, I am. And worse, an iconoclast too: my goal is nothing less than the breaking of all religious containers (and not just Judaism) for the sake of liberating God. In the words of my 18th century namesake and predecessor, Yakov Leib Frank, 'All the faiths and conducts and the books that have been written till today -- everyone who reads in them is like someone who has turned his head backwards and is looking at things already dead. All of it comes from the Gate of Death. But the wise man's eyes are ever in his head so he must look towards He-Who-Walks-In-Front.' Like Frank and the other radical antinomian Kabbalists who came before him, I worship God and not religion; I seek for His salvation and not my own.....or, even less-so, yours." |
I am so glad to see others stepping up with this type of attitude.
I was also surprised to see him quoting Holy Men such as Carl Jung. It is not every day that you see a man of the cloth, respect a man of psychiatry. But to me a shaman/priest/medicine man are similar roles. I consider Jung a HOLY MAN. I really like this idea of breaking the paths to keep from repeating our past. Switch directions and take control of our own relationships and ideas. This is awesome.
If you get a chance check out the web sites and interviews.
Tau Kyleigh Mituzas
Since I came and updated here...Geez..
Where does the time go??
So what have I been up to??
Big changes...MAJOR Changes...
I quit smoking, AND I quit drinking. It will be 4 weeks on Tuesday since I had a drink OR a smoke.
I quit cold turkey.
I started RUNNING!! I'm doing a Couch to 5 K running program. (and I LOVE IT!!)
I am starting the 4th week of a Body For Life Challenge on Monday. Since starting the challenge 3 weeks ago I have dropped 17 pounds. (AND lost more than 3 inches off of my waist!)
Life is AWESOME. So awesome that I've just been so damn happy, and busy working on myself and my family that I haven't had time to come here and update. (I'm so sorry for that too.)
The kids are out of school still so we are spending a LOT of days snuggled up watching movies, or out in the pool, or out in nature when we can tolerate the heat.
The twins had their 9th birthday and Austin had his 11th since I blogged last. I'm still in shock that my boys are all that old..
What else..hmm.. That's about it.
I'm doing a Body For Life only blog on Wordpress. The platform over there is nice, but not as cool as Vox, so I wish I had done it here, but oh well..too late. The link is out on too many sites now to change it.
I SWEAR I will get better at updating here...things have just been SO CRAZY this past month...you know...
I have so much I want to write about and I'm just going to have to make myself sit down and write it.
Well...we just got The Spiderwick Chronicles on DVD so the kids are bugging me to make popcorn and come watch it with them..
I'll be back soon!! (I PROMISE!!)
You have one more day to watch Dr. Horrible for free, then you'll have to pay. I highly recommend watching it, because it's funny, it's campy, it's fun to watch and I promise the music will get stuck in your head while you're at work. Also, Nathan Fillion and Neil Patrick Harris friggin' rule. I've only ever seen Nathan Fillion in one thing -- Waitress -- but his involvement in it is kind of how I found out about this. I'm not a Joss Whedon fangirl -- I've actually never seen anything he's done before, but now I just might have to borrow my brother's copy of Firefly (I think Professor Hermano has it). This isn't because I particularily don't like Whedon, it's just while all my friends in high school were watching Buffy I was watching Daria. Now I don't regret it all, but it's nice to, you know, discover things you may have also liked.
As for NPH, well, you gotta love a comeback like his. Child star hides out for a while, avoids reality TV, does a cameo on a stoner flick, comes out of the closet, gets a regular role on a sitcom, and BAM, is a total nerd-darling now. God, it's so much fun, watching him strut around as Dr. Horrible. It's delightful, is what it is.
There's something about watching a show or a movie or a production wherein you can tell that everyone involved is just having a blast. And it's not like some Apatow ad-lib free-for-all -- not that I object to that, just that it gets old after the third or fourth movie spent going, "Oh, look how unserious we are, hahahaha, vagina, isn't it ridiculous that we are making a movie?" Dr. Horrible, on the other hand, skirts the line between taking itself seriously and taking itself as a joke, and you just enjoy the ride.
Did I mention that Nathan Fillion is totally, hilariously ripped in this movie? Because he is.
Hello again my fellow Voxers,
it's been almost two months since my last post and I ask for your forgiveness. I had lost my inspiration to blog and now I am getting back on to my feet.
I finally submitted my thesis and on early September I will present in front of a designated committee. This will be the last step before obtaining my master's degree.
I learned a lot during my research and came up with some business ideas which I will be exploring in the following months. On the other hand, in November I will have to join the army for a year. Military service is mandatory for every Greek male citizen. This experience will provide me with new stories material which I will happily share with you.
Give me a couple more days and I will be back on track!
PS. I am off to the movies to watch "The Dark Knight"!
Maya's going to a party.
Steph
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I haven't blogged much lately except about a couple of reality shows I'm following. I just haven't had much to blog about. Things have been slow as we inch closer and closer to the beginning of football. But today, I do have a few things to say:
- Today is the one year anniversary of my Father's untimely and sudden death. By the coroner's guess he passed away around 3:15am on Thursday, July 19th, 2007. He was found around 3:30 by my half-Brother. He was lying in the floor between the couch and the coffee table. Much to my chagrin, by request of my evil step-mother no autopsy was done. I would have liked to know for sure what killed my Father. A doctor's visit about 3 weeks prior to his death found nothing out of the ordinary. It has been surmised that it was a piece of plaque that traveled through his arteries and eventually reached either his heart or his brain. All of the experts agree he died suddenly, even before he hit the floor. His arms were not outstretched, as if to try and break his fall. They were by his sides and a small bruise on his nose most likely from striking the coffee table when he fell. I would still like to know. Because of my step-mother's selfish and emotional decision not to have an autopsy done, myself, my siblings and all of our children (and their children) will forever have this question mark in our medical history. I don't know what was listed as the cause of death because I have never even seen the death certificate. You see, my sister and I (from my Father's previous 20 year marriage to our Mother) have been completely and effectively SHUT OUT of all handlings of my Father's death and estate. Was there a will? We don't know. Nothing was ever filed with the probate office but according to a lady I spoke with there, it is not required by law to do so in the great state of Alabama. Was there any life insurance? Well, obviously there was but apparently none of it was ear-marked for my sister and I. My Father worked his entire life and was a very successful business man. He retired 9 years prior to his death. When he retired he gave both me and my sister $5000.00 but I do not believe that was to be our inheritance. At the time of his death he owned two homes. One on a local lake on one of the most sought after locations (which my step-mother quickly sold) and a 5 bedroom 4 bath home complete with swimming pool, barn and stabling for two horses. My step-mother, who never worked a day after they married 27 years prior, drove a BMW. Does this sound like a man who couldn't afford to leave something for his eldest children? I think not. To add insult to injury, my sister and I have not even been allowed to come to the house and see if there were any of his personal belongings that we might want. She never liked us, she never liked the idea of him having children from a previous marriage, she didn't want to have anything to do with anybody that was a part of his life prior to her own era. How selfish is that? She didn't even publish an obituary in the newspaper and had a 'rushed up' funeral 2 days after he died. She relied on an old friend of my Father's, a lady that worked for him from the beginning of his business in 1973, to call my Dad's friends. One particular friend told me that he and his wife were out of town and were barely able to get back in time for the funeral. Anyone from my Dad's 'pre-her' years that came to the funeral, learning of it through word of mouth in the small town that my Father was born, raised and buried in, were effectively ignored by my step-mother at the funeral. In the small chapel where his service was held, my sister and I were left to find our own seats. Nobody escorted us to the front pew where my step-mother and her son sat. We were barely acknowledged as his children by her. As you can tell, I'm quite troubled and bitter about this whole situation. I have been for quite a while. It's just the not knowing that causes me such trouble. If I could just know, from her, if he didn't leave us anything and why, it would provide a lot of closure for me. I know that my Father knew that she and their child together would survive him by a number of years. He was almost 50 years old when they married and had their son (he is the same age as my son, she at the age of 40 and I at the age of 17 were pregnant at the same time). I know that he had to plan for this and provide for them, but I just cannot make myself believe that this would be done by sacrificing anything left for his eldest children. Am I just being stupid? Or does all this sound as shady as I think it sounds? Just a few months after my Father passed away, my step-mother's own Father passed away. She got everything. At the funeral she divided the contents of my Father's pockets between us three children: my Brother got a pocket knife, my sister got his handkerchief and one quarter, I got the other two quarters. The sarcastic way she dropped them into my hand, as if to say, "This is all you're gonna get too" still haunts me. Although at the time, I had no idea that was the real reason she did it that way. Anyway, I love you Daddy and I miss you every day. It has been a tough year here without you. I still haven't graduated from college yet, but I've only got 2 classes left and I'm going to get that degree. Things are going very well for me at work except for the fact that I'm still not making the kind of money I need. Your eldest grandson is doing very well. He's working about 3 different jobs and dating a beautiful girl who belly dances in her spare time. Your beautiful granddaughter is about to begin her Senior year in high school. Gosh these years have flown by so fast! She will be a section leader in the band this year and she is going to Pasadena, CA to march in the Tournament of Roses parade. I know you would be so proud of her. I'm so sad that you never go to come to a football game to see the band perform while you were here. I invited you so many times but you never could work it out so you could come. I sent you an e-mail during Hailey's sophomore year inviting you again, to come to a game and I remember writing you a little stern reminder that "high school only lasts 4 years". I had no idea when I wrote that, that you would be gone from this earth before those 4 years were over. I love you Daddy.
- Whew! That took a bit out of me so I guess that's all for today. Don't ever take a minute for granted. I know that I took for granted the fact that my Father would always be around. I don't do that anymore. I talk to my Mother practically every day and spend time with her whenever I possibly can.
Je n'ai plus ni mots, ni maux.
Je suivrai le chemin que j'ai choisi.
Ce voyage se fera bien loin des lumières indiscrètes du pseudo-anonymat derrière lequel je me cache depuis si longtemps.
Alors, aurevoir...
