Do you ever wonder...

Do you ever wonder what your life would be like if you didnt have your parents and friends guiding you to certain professions? Today I started thinking about my aspirations in a different way than I usually do.  Foremost I want to be a husband and father, that role is what I know Im meant for.  As a profession my parents have tried to carefully guide me into being a tax attorney which doesnt bother me, interesting clientelle, good money.  But I feel like Im lacking in adventure in my life.  The idea of being a helicopter pilot in the armed forces blowing things up, playing with big machinery seems like a fun time mixed with a good discipline and skill set.  I would also like to be a cross country truck driver, I love to drive, the idea of seeing all those miles of America gives me chills of excitement.  Big highways, beautiful scenery, small two lane roads through the desert or forests appeal to me on a very spiritual level. I know that as a tax attorney I will be able to provide much more for my family and friends and being a father is sure to be all the adventure I will need, but my young heart yearns for a little excitement (that doesnt involve getting hit by cars or falling off cliffs).  I guess Im frustrated because I dont feel like my old self, Im dealing with some new emotions that Ive never felt before and I actually thought that whole emotional crap was over when puberty ended.  Maybe Im thinking too much about this.  Maybe Im just upset about a test I thought I did well on and want to escape from that shock.  I guess its kind of hard on me to not have a private space for myself right now, my roommate is always around and his tv habits clash with my study time and space.  I think I can fix that easily enough, I just wish I had dealt with it earlier this semester.  Also Im managing to get myself into an exercise regime, actually noticed more stamina yesterday while swimming, but having trouble with my lower back while rollerblading in the park, guess its just been too long since I used those muscles and asking too much of them on short notice.

The nice stuff

Its amazing how much better some things can be when you spend just a little more $.  How much better wine or liquor can be when drank from fine crystal, or how much closer your shave can be with good soap.  It takes experience and research to develop good buying habits.  Sometimes its fine to buy cheap, I personally love the $1 marble cover notebooks without the metal spirals, theyre small and durable, perfect for college classes etc.  Other things like my computer or music player, nothing but the best will suffice or I felt like Ive cheated myself.  I love my Macintosh Powerbook and iPod, well made with excellent software, and very dependable.  The most important thing to remember is that no matter how much you accumulate, its never enough and that to be truly happy we should seek solace in our God/higher power, our families and friends, cause thats all were left with when tragedy strikes.  Enjoy life, but dont give up ever, tomarrow is another day.  Your fate will reveal itself to you in due time, its left up to us to choose how we live our short lives on this planet.

THE WORST MOVIE EVER MADE!

So I just wasted an hour and a half of my life to see "Ultraviolet".  I have never in my whole life seen a movie that made me so mad about wasting money and time.  They didnt even try to make it a good movie.  Every scene was made with computer generated backgrounds, the fight scenes tried to copy great scenes from other movies, but fell horribly short.  It was always overkill and blurred the action or focused on a small area that it killed the moment.  I have seen better B movies on showtime or starz that held my attention better.  I waited patiently for the whole movie despite my better judgement in the hope that it would improve or I would be proven wrong.  DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME EVER IN YOUR LIFE TO SEE THIS MOVIE.  Warn your friends, warn your family, warn your dog, do not see this movie, do not buy or rent the dvd!  

Post Mardi Gras

So it started off good, had lots of fun from Thursday to Saturday, but then on Sunday just as I had spent an hour looking for a parking place and gotten out of my jeep, a woman caught the edge of my back door and ripped it forward.  So being unable to leave my jeep with the door open I had to drive home to my apartment and find a place to fix my door and make a claim with my insurance.  Monday I spent dropping off my car and then came home and cooked dinner.  Tuesday morning I got to the parade and found a decent parking spot for my rent car and got to the parade and proceeded to get lit up.  It was a fun day, but that night amazingly couldnt find anyone to go to the quarter with me.  Now I have a day off before classes start again.  I guess Ill celebrate my birthday with some friends on friday night, not like thursdays are a great night anyway.