The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

What an amazing movie.

It was great from start to finish. With Ben Stiller not only acting and producing, but directing as well, it was a film to behold.

Taking the viewer from the dreamworld we all have taken part in at one point or another in our lives; c'mon don't be afraid to admit it. Then to an extravagant adventure that keeps us all dreaming for the same.

A search for one man, showing another the man he can be and giving him the revelation that he doesn't need to some out in his own reality to be as cool as he wants to come across shows everyone that cool - just like beauty - is in the eye of the beholder.

And the last scene showing the power of hard work, and friendship; it's enough to take your breath away and leave you with a teary eyed smile.

So to all out there, remember your ABCs. "Adventurous, bravery, creativity."

And there we have it!

So ends "Tattoo Day," and I did actually get shit stuff done. I nearly forgot after work, but a friend of mine was like, "Tattoo!" when I said I didn't know what to do.

You know who you are. :) Thank you for reminding me. Otherwise I would have remembered MUCH too late.

So I went back to my original idea. Removed some stuff, and so needed to move stuff around. New pictures can be found here; in the same place as every other time...

Tell me what you like, what you don't, what you feel I should change, add, remove. I'm open to input, but that doesn't mean if you SAY something I will DO it.

Now off to a movie. A scary movie; alone.
I need friends...

Tattoo - Revisited

So, to all who didn't know... my last tattoo idea - as seen in Where I'm Whirring Right Now - crashed and burned, so I have been on the search again. My search has been long, tireless, and with no end in site (until recently, maybe).

For starters, I did reach out to my readers for help (the small number you are), and; I did receive some feedback. I thank those of you who attempted to aid my search, profusely. Your ideas did not fall on blind eyes, and deaf ears. (You know who you are.)
That being said, this door is not closed. I'm still welcoming ideas, even though I have come up with two - yes two - of my own possibilities.

I played with may ideas of refereeing, but couldn't make any stick out to my eye, and into my mind, as; hugely creative and unique. One that would not have a random person see it and go, "Sorry, I don't get it." Essentially, self explanatory to a point.
An example being, "I see the quill. It's beautiful. What does it symbolize?" kind of deal. This of course not being MY tattoo, but; a perfect example of the simplicity, and yet intricacy that I'm in search of.

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My new ideas tie me to the era in which I was born into; the 90s. Let's face it; I am a 90s child. Among the first of the decade. Super Nintendo was THE game system to own, alongside the Sega Genesis.
I watched the computers we know today become common place in households, along with cell phones, and laptops.
I saw the start and end of the ORIGINAL GameBoy, GameBoy Pocket, GameBoy Colour, GameBoy Advance, and Gamboy SP, PS1, PS2, N64, XBox, and GameCube.
The birth of the Wii, the PS3, and the XBox 360, the CD, DVD, BluRay, flat screen, plasma TV, and of course the iPod.
And in all this I saw the death of cassette tapes, and the VCR with its VHS tapes.

And this leads to my new ideas...

First, the cassette tape. Not only did it bring me music, but the NEVER forgotten "books on tape," that I loved; mostly so I wouldn't actually need to READ the books. (These books had nothing to do with school, to clarify.)

Now, most people have a love of music - this I do not claim for myself. But I have a tie to music that started as a child. Let's be blunt, shall we? My dad is a kick ass singer. From him I learned to sing, and this increased, and still to this day increases my love for music.

The first music I heard would have been on a cassette, but now it's more likely to come from a CD, or MP3 player of some sort. All the Harry Potter I listened to on tape, eventually moved over to CD, and is now located on my iPod, for easy listening.

So there it is; the cassette.

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Second, VHS. I never know what to call it. "The VHS," or "the tape that goes in the VCR." What ever you call it, it was the first thing I would have watched a movie on, and I do love my movies.

I remember having two WALLS of VHS tapes, and recording whatever TV shows I wanted to watch in my room. That's how I watched Pokémon.
Now we have only the best of movies still on VHS, but the movie industry are making DVDs of them, and reselling them. Don't get me wrong; it's a good move on their part, just it's annoying that we can't swap them ourselves. Know what I mean?

There it is; the VHS tape.

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So all in all, I've got to things that I've seen die (so to speak) in my lifetime, and both have drastically shaped their industry. All I have to do is pick, put some finishing touches on them, and that will be that.

Now, I've heard tattoos are like Pringles. Pringles' slogan being "I bet you can't eat just one." The tie between the two being that a tattoo, most can't only get just one. (Not judging, just saying.) So that being said, the referee idea is not completely down the tubes, just put on hold; so to speak. And whichever I choose from here - to START - the other wouldn't be trashed, just also put on hold. So really, finishing touches are all I need right now. And ideas are welcome for ALL these. ("All these" being the refereeing idea, and the cassette and VHS (as seen above).) So please, I'd love to hear your two - or perhaps three - cents. (If 50 Cent's reading (which I highly doubt), all your input is welcome too. lol)

Cheers.

Things that I can't say on my own... - Part II

... through it with [you]. [You make] me happier than... anything I've ever known. And If I can have a part in making [you] happy again, that's all I want to do. That's all I want to do for the rest of my life." (Eric Dane [Grey's Anatomy S07E02]) Let me help you. "Help me, help you." (Tom Cruise [Jerry Maguire])

"I'm right here. I'm ok. We're ok." (Patrick Dempsey [Grey's Anatomy S07E02]) I hope we can get better, and be better. I don't want to be just "ok," but ok is good for now. We need somewhere to start. Agreed?

Sorry... I know you're not a fan of public stuff, but I want you to know I'm sorry for the way I acted, and I'll have the whole world know it too; if that'll aid in our healing process.

I love you, I hope you know that. And nothing will ever change that. No mater what's said between us, I will always love you. Even when we're old, and grey, and I have no hair; I'll love you.

Promise.

Going the Distance

...yes, the movie.

Saw it on Saturday, and it was SO good. I don't care what the ratings said, it was REALLY good.
It could be cheesy at some points, and flat in others, but the on screen chemistry between Drew Barrymore and Justin Long MORE than made up for those points, whcih really didn't come around that often. I hope it does really well in the box office.

I want to thank Miss Ashley for suggesting it.

Everyone; GO SEE IT! It's worth the cost of the ticket. Trust me...

Weekend Activities

Alas, I am back!

No I didn't forget about the blog; although that has happened before, but not with this blog. Checking Miss Ashley's (my girlfriend's) will keep me updating some. I kinda suggested she write a blog to kill time, so my not writing would be somewhat hypocritical, no?

Saw Iron Man 2 this weekend. No, I didn't go on opening night: that would have been stupid on my part. I'm agoraphobic; which means "afraid of large groups of people," pretty much. Not to be confused with "afraid of outside."

Damn good movie! "Better than the first one?" you may ask. My response would be, "It was good, but you can't really compare the two." Iron Man was a set up to SEE the second. If you didn't see the first, you could understand the second one (like the recent Star Trek movie, only not) but you'd miss the throw backs, and jokes that tie the second one to the first one.

Now; it wasn't a flop, as most sequels (on a semi regular basis) are. Examples being (remember, I'm only naming sequels (my definition being, "Things that aren't 'first' in a series.")) Spider-man 2, Spider-man 3, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Austin Powers - Goldmember, Pirates of the Caribbean 2 - Dead Man's Chest (those are all I can think of right off the top of my head :$ ). It was actually really good. Robert Downy, Jr. did an excellent job in keeping his character (as did Gwyneth Paltrow) and I really do look forward to the next movie.

*SPOILER* I also look forward to the Avengers movie (or whatever they're called). Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson should be great; especially the latter.

I also watched Paranormal Activity with Ashley (online) and I must admit; watching that one late at night was not such a good idea. It was kinda dumb, but was still freaky.

Other than that, we watched Devil Wears Prada, He's Just Not that into You, and started Hostage and Invictus. So we kept pretty relaxed this weekend.

Anyway, I have work tomorrow, or; today rather. So I'll leave it at that.

Fingers crossed for more to write tomorrow (or at least soon).

Cheers.