Lakewood

I am getting sold on the idea of living in Lakewood. A friend of mine wants to rent out his in law’s place as he is stuck paying the rent & wants help covering it. He is willing to work out a sweet deal and the more I drive around Lakewood I want to take him up on it. While I’m not near any friends or family there is a lot of open space & trails for hiking or just enjoying the outdoors. It is very green in Lakewood which I like. My commute to work would be the same but faster as I could take sixth or alameda to down town. The downside is the drivers out here are all generally crappy and most people look like they came out of a old navy catalog but aside from that it isn’t bad out here.

Tonight I wondered down the street from Jeff & Michelle Sager’s to a park called The Belmar Park. As I walked around I realized just how beautiful it is living closer to the mountains. Aside from this park there is a trail two miles south of here & a nice trail by the Sager’s in law’s place. This side of town doesn’t feel as suburban as my neighborhood in Aurora. I do like all the nature trails & parks over here. I could see myself enjoying many walks & days out in the sun if I were to live on this side of town.

Another lack luster Hollywood Blockbuster

Transformers has gone the way of Wolverine & Terminater 2. Great special effects & action but poor writing & plot at times. Wolverine & Termianter 2 sunk to to deeper lows with little thought provoking material, storey lines lacking depth or more exploration for interesting character development.

On one hand the sequel is very similar to the original, having a forumal for intruducing the audiance to the transformers, crazy eratic story lines & characters, mildly over dramatic acting, and looking alot like the orignal move. The sequel has better special effects and show cases more transformers with much longer action sequences. The final 45 minutes of the movie seems like one long drawn out battle.

The movie seems confused at times. It seems to borrow from multiple geners of film, it is an action movie, with comedy, drama, but also a sci-fi movie, but also a movie with aliens, but also a war movie, but also full of romance & human bonds from family to friendship. This movie seems trashier than the first as the comedy resulted to crude & sexual jokes on multiple occassions, over sexualization of just about every femal character in the film, and extremely liberal use of curse words. I wouldn't feel comfortable taking my child to this movie and guess who the target audience happens to be? Apparently hasbro doesn't care about having it's name attached to a product that is mediocore and relies on hype, effects, and thin story lines to entertain. If that's the case I wonder if I should care about seeing any future Transformer films.

The day the King of Pop died

Farrah Fawcett & Michael Jackson died today. While in many ways this is probably one of the most historical days that will pass in my life time next to Barrack Obama elected as the first Black President.

I am conflicted. This is a great opportunity to make all sorts of jokes using his songs. Don't like you haven't thought about it yourself. Just change the lyrics a little and we have plenty of material!!!!

Change I'm bad to - I'm dead, I'm dead, you know it!
You are not alone - You are all alone, I'm no longer with you,
I'm talking with the man in the mirror - I'm talking with the man in the Morge
A, B, C easy as 1, 2, 3 - Funneral, viewing, and party. Easy as 1, 2, 3...
Annie are you okay, you've been struck by a smooth criminal - Michael are you okay, you've been struck by a heart attack

All tasteless jokes aside I'm intrigued by Michael Jackson's life and influence. His title was the King of Pop and he achieved what most artists will never come close too achieving as far as album sales, world wide popularity & recognition, cultural influence, and serving as a catalyst for change in how members of once race will be viewed & accepted in the media and in modern culture. Everyone loved him and if anyone has turned on the radio everyone has heard from what seems like every celebrity from Justin Timberlake, Jamie Fox, Wesley Snips, Neo, and Mylie Syrus talk about how they were influenced by the late Michael Jackson.

Personally Jackson was quite different from a King. In his later years he was accused of sexual abuse and noted over the years for eccentric behavior. He had multiple surgeries & treatments for his looks & skin color. He was noted for child like behavior and mentality. Maybe he was mentally child like? Maybe he was abused or deeply hurt as a child, either phsyicaly, emotionally, or sexually? Maybe he had some sort of learning disablity or mental illness? I don't know the intimate details of Michael Jackson's life but it seems as though his life was constantly marked by tragedy. I find it interesting that a man who most likely endured a life time of sorrow & misunderstanding ended up bringing the world countless hours of entertainment & cultural change through his music.

More so I am concerned about his family. I hope they find the courage, hope, space to grieve, and comfort they need in dealing with this loss that no one expected. I do feel for his family & hope they find meaning in his death. The more I reflect on that last statement, I hope the world finds meaning in his death. That truly would end with all of us learning to make a change and make the world a better place.

Never ever...

Never mix whole milk & pepsi. I won't admit how I know this isn't a good idea. I'm just letting people know so they don't try it.

I did it

I bit my dentist. I wish there was more to the story, more to add with words like anger, blood, fear, twisting, cold blooded, hunger, crunching, flesh, writhing...but no there is no more. I bit my dentist. That is all I have to say about that.

He could have been from Star Trek

I had lunch a drink with a scottish gent who is an engineer and works on ships. Isn't that enough to make it sound like I had lunch with scotty from Star Trek or would only Trekkies think that?