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Richard Corliss of TIME gives his review on the latest Batman movie- And so far it looks like it’s living up to the hype. It’s at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes so I’m definitely psyched about it’s release next Friday. This has been a great summer for movies and I’m glad to see the film industry continuing to push the envelope..

The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan’s second chapter in his revival of the DC Comics franchise, will hit theaters with all the hoopla and fanboy avidity of the summer season’s earlier movies based on comic books.

>>> Read the article on TIME.

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James Dean once said:

“Live fast, die young, have a beautiful looking corpse.”

..i think modern day medical advances warrant a slight deviation of this postulation.

“Live fast, don’t die, face aging, die inside.”

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I live in DC and work in IT. People can’t even slow down enough to spell out whole names… it’s always go go go. Sometimes I just want to slow down. It’s not healthy to let life pass you by.

Some people let life pass them by by not doing anything, others by doing too much.

Life is not a race to do as much as you want as fast as you can. People who live like that end up old and alone quicker than everyone else. Likewise..people who play it safe and follow something planned out without asking themselves “why?” end up feeling dead quicker than everyone else.

I like my job, I have a passion for what I do, but it’s not all I’m going to do. There are other things that define me. I want to be a wife and a mother one day, I want to write a book, I want to unlock mysteries of world history, I want to fly a plane, I want to show people something. I want to show people how beautiful everything can be…

But all in due time.

If i still drive an old honda when all is said and done I won’t be disappointed. I would venture to guess that the most valuable fruits of one’s labor aren’t tangible and have little to do with the perception of others’.

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So.. I have a running stream of philosophical debate (internal and external) in the back of my brain…

Came up with some good declarations today..

You either live or you follow.

*EDIT*

I still stand by this, I just explained it badly.. We should all be leaders of our own paths.

Regarding the notion “Ignorance is Bliss”:

Our surroundings don’t adapt to fit our needs, so if you aren’t adapting, you’re not going anywhere.

In hindsight: There are leaders and there are followers, there are those who live and those who merely survive. The ignorant get left in the dust of the enlightened.

If you don’t understand the above you’re probably missing out on a lot. If you are confused you just need to fine-tune your thinking a bit.

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that’s Tom in the picture

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it’s been a while. I finally got the lead out of my a$$ and updated wordpress. I’ve mostly been posting about random nonspecific stuff on here, I think i’m going to change gears and start posting more about personal stuff. I have a boyfriend now, he’s wonderful. Tom is his name, you can see him in my flickr photos.

A lot has gone down in my life recently, and I have sort of  a new perspective on life…

more to come.

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So, I’ve been thinking a lot about the grand scheme of life, and what really matters most to me. I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m probably gonna go back to school. As a kid I always wanted to get my PhD. I wanted to go all the way, I never wanted to stop learning. Also, I have been pondering on the value of family…and have come to the conclusion that I really miss mine. I’m still young, and there’s still time to be spent with them. What does this mean? Not sure yet, I still have things to figure out…

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with cameos by Patton Oswalt and Sasquatch (Brian Posehn)

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So, I recently decided to get a membership to BJ’s (it’s like a Sam’s Club or Costco). It’s amazing. I bought 70 ounces of mini-wheats. I am a cereal eating fool. I have been eating mini-wheats everyday this week and I’m still not through the first bag. See, I’m single, I don’t cook and I buy the same stuff every week. It’s a perfect fit! This way I don’t have to make frequent trips to buy the same thing every week. Plus they have all kinds of crazy stuff. Also great for lunch foods. Got some chef boyardee and some tuna lunch-to-go’s. Mmmmm…

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