Just Perfect...

"Kids can't chose the adults in there life". I've only recently come to grasp the full meaning and context of this... It was probably the inexplicable vomiting of bile that gave me the reality check I've been needing. The term "Sick and tired" takes on a new meaning, and it's far too literal for my liking.

I'm getting really sick of moving about, and having my life uprooted constantly. I've dealt with it so long that even the palm reader guy told me the reason my hands have a billion lines instead of like 12, is cus I'm constantly stressing. And now outa the blue, I'm hit with this? Lemmi tell ya, it's not a fun time I'm having at the home end of the spectrum.

As much as I can't really whine about my life, it could stand to be a lot better. I just wanna live in the same house for a few years. Not move, live in the same area, have the same conveniences and nearby friends... Is that asking all that much?

I dunno... I've gotta get out of this destructive vortex while I still can... It's like being swept over a waterfall with a rope to safety only JUST out of reach.

CYOTFS
- Mav

A Prayer

No jokes today. I just want to put it out there that my hopes are with Sjoerd's grandmother as she goes into opperation... I'm hopin ya pull through Corry. And if you are taken from this world, rest in peace, knowing that your memory will live on in your grandson's, and in my memorys. Best of luck.

CYOTFS
-Mav

Aeon Flux Review

There's not a whole lot more to say here. I would talk of a very interesting Virtual Reality game I saw, but I'll wait till I can get a hand at the thing before I go shooting off at the mouth.

Aeon Flux Review

This movie was not relay what I had been expecting... I guess for a moment there, I let my cinema caution guard down, and just went by a simple viewing of a trailer. Bad move on my part... This movie wants so badly to be a traditional action movie with a twisting plot. What it became, was a cheap imitation.

Aeon Flux is based loosely around a cartoon series from the 1990's. However, if this is the reason for seeing the film, it's better to avoid it, as you will draw few strings between the two. The movie does however, feature a plot that is far easier to follow than it's animated counterpart.

The movie's story is weakened by it's predictability, as things such as her assassination attempt of Goodchild happening so early in the movie make it obvious that things are going to change, and quick. This leaves the movie to fall back on it's action sequences, which in themselves are less than stellar.

The fight scenes are well choreographed, and the actors play their part in the awfully one sided battles well. It's just unfortunate that most of the time, the movie suffers from the AvP syndrome. A horrible camera. It just does not let you see half the action that's going on.

With these issues aside, it's an ok movie if you're into the sexy gals clad in tight costumes kicking some ass, but otherwise, there isn't a whole lot else to get excited about. It really is a mediocre action flick.

Rent it when it comes out, but don't waste your money on a movie ticket...

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So there you have it. Aeon Flux. Join me next week when I hunt down and sodemise small animals with a large stick! (Yes that was a very bad joke)

CYOTFS
- Mav

Complicated Trailer Trash

Next time you decide to insult someone for living in a trailer... Take a step back and consider something... It's freaking hard to hook one of those things up! Considering I'm about to be living in one in Waynes back yard, for the sake of having enough room to move, I was given a lecture on what was needed to be done to the houses fuse box in order to allow for it to run without blowing the same fuse over and over.

In other news, there's another disco thing tonight. I don't think I mentioned the previous one, so I'll explain. It's a disco that's held twice a month at the PCYC. Eccencialy a bad night club for kids (Complete with jumping castle). There's an older kids one and a younger kids one. I was dragged to the older one by Joshua (Not Yoshi), and found it to be irrefutable dull.

So this other disco is for the kids, and apparently Zac will be attending. Along with Joshua and his friends. I on the other hand, can't stand another one, so I'll be avoiding it like the plague. I just felt this was something that maybe I should convey (and lengthen this post).

Later tonight I'll throw up a review of the new movie Aeon Flux. But until then, I would like to point out that in Russia, blog writes you!

CYOTFS
- Mav

The Rest Of My Life

I guess today's post was a little preemptive... But I was more getting it out in the open than anything else. As you can probably tell as I'm posting twice in 24 hours, which is something I just don't do, as I've been better known to not blog at all really. Well I know I've said it a million times before, but I'm GOING to stick with it this time. I'm no longer living in the middle of nowhere, and so I'm actually having interesting encounters again. A clear bonus as any true blogger would know.

First focus I'd like to make is on the phenomenon that is eBay. Most of you may know it as that online auction house full of useless junk... Some of you may also be aware that I am now living with one of the top sellers in Australia. Now, where you might sell a thing or two for a quick buck or two... He sells his wears for a living. I always knew he sold a lot... But I never truly grasped just how much of an understatement that is...

He has a van with which to transport his many packages to the post office once the sale is finalized and everything is approved. This Van was PACKED with boxes. And this wasn't even a holiday rush! The postal officer complained that due to Wayne (being that top seller obviously) alone, he is often full before he reaches the final postal office for the route.

It's a truly terrifying thing indeed... What's even more frightening, is that I may follow this trend and open my own eBay store. How I'm going to keep up with this is beyond me, but I haven't strived for a decent challenge for a while now. I feel obligated somehow to also shamelessly plug his store.

So with that all out of the way, I was given what could only be described as a crash course in car model's and makes. I suppose it had to be coming sooner or later with me constantly referring to Wayne's 4WD as a 'Jeep' (Such things frustrate the living daylights outa him, as apparently it is not even CLOSE to a jeep).

Of course I failed miserably at the task of recognizing any such vehicle, and resorted to squinting in an attempt to read the logo's. Some might say that my crash course was more of a crash and burn...

So fast forward to dinner tonight. We go out to a burger joint favored by Wayne, and for good reason. The food was some of the best I've eaten in quite a while. But as it turns out, Wayne is a good friend of the owners husband. We bought a late meal, and so he came out and sat with us as we ate (He came bearing the whisky drink called bullets. So I was more than willing to overlook the intrusion) and chatted it up with Wayne and Mother dearest.

So as time goes on, they finish discussing a trip to India, and it is revealed that he is the palm reader who predicted that Mother dearest would come to be with him in the near future. So of course, out come the palms...

Wayne refused to allow him a second look at his hand, and so he moved straight to Mother dearest. Her hand was apparently 'very interesting' and he proceeded to speak of her personality, subsequently getting most right. He mentioned that her fist said 2 male children, but that wasn't the most impressive thing ever as both myself and my 7 year old brother were seated at the same table.

So he finished with Mother dearest, and at the constant begging of a 7 year old, he did Zac's hand next. All he could really deduce from the 5 lines on his hand was that he seems to be headed for becoming a doctor. His fist said he'd have 1 boy so far.

Finally, he turned his strangely accurate perception powers on me, and out came my hand... This is where things got interesting... He didn't say it was an interesting palm... But rather, it was a palm like nothing he had seen before. He deduced that I was a passionate speaker. That I was a lover. That I was a sick young boy, but have reached a far more healthy stage in my life. He held bad news on this however. Apparently, I'm destined for some illness when I reach my 40's or 50's. Diabetes came as an example, and I can see that as I have a family history.

He turned to my love life, a topic all seemed a little too eager to hear about for my liking... He claimed that I have recently had trouble where I have met someone whom I believe is too beautiful for me. And in a sense, this it true. When applied to my recent downfall, I can draw lines to the fact that I feel she is far too beautiful a person emotionally and spiritually for me, being such a kind soul, I indeed feel that I do not deserve her, which I suppose added to my expectations of rejection.

After that was done, he moved onto the bit that he claimed was unprecedented... The line that supposedly shows what kind of job I will attain, or move towards. This line did not move in any kind of way it should. All he could say for sure, was that it would be an unusual job that perhaps does not exist yet, and that it would not exactly be embraced by society. This apparently did not mean that it would be something vulgar... But that it would be seen as very unusual, and people would most likely approach it with caution.

As a final note, I'm apparently destined to have one female child. And so all in all, it was an interesting experience. Something I'm interested in looking further into. For example, having him examine my other palm...

So that's all from me for now, and until next time, allow me to impart some wisdom upon you all. "A wood chuck could chuck approximately 40 pounds of wood if a wood chuck could chuck wood".

CYOTFS
- Mav

The Last Few Days

It's amazing what a few days can bring about... The last time I posted, I mentioned a certain someone that I liked, whom I was hiding my true intentions from. Well... This is no longer the case. She worked out just what my thoughts were, and in essence, turned me back. While this is not exactly unexpected, that didn't exactly make things feel any better.

So now, things are slowly getting back to normal between us, and that can only be a good thing. The other party and I however, seem to have hit a snag. He has become somewhat... Uncomfortable with me, which isn't what I want at all.

On a lighter note, I keep promising I'll review things, so here I go with a review of the newish movie "Lord Of War".

Lord Of War Review

This movie is hard to pin into any one specific category. I think at heart, it is a drama about the moral conflicts of arms dealing, but if you're anything like me, you'll also appreciate the movies unique brand of subtle humor which peaks in almost every time Nicholas Cage opens his blessed mouth.

The final line of his opening monologue is a play on an old quote, and possibly the best thing I've heard uttered in a cinema in the last decade or so. "There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is: How do we arm the other 11?" It's lines like these that had me in a constant good mood, no matter how dreary things seemed to get, which was a definite plus, as many drama's fall short when they get the audience so bogged down, that you leave the movie on a complete downer. Hopefully, other directors will take a page from Andrew Niccol's book.

The entire movie is accompanied by the narrating monologue of Yuri Orlov (Nicholas Cages character), which gives the whole movie a warm fuzzy feeling to anyone who's missed this style of story telling, as it vanished from our movies in recent times. It seems to become necessary, as the movie moves bounds and leaps across the many different time periods in which Yuri peddles his wares.

There are some very emotional scenes between Yuri and his brother, and the entire ending dose fall on a very sad note, however, it manages to keep it's stride and ends finds it's way to keep us all entertained.

All in all, it's a great movie that should be seen. Whether your a drama lover, comedy fanatic or just plain war enthusiast, this is something you should definitely see.

And on that note, I point out that scientists have made an amazing discovery that baffled the entire community... Men are different from Women!

CYOTFS
- Mav

Times Are A Changin

Well, I'm finaly back in a sence. I was out for quite a while because my stepfather had failed to pay the phone bill, crutial to my dial-up connection at the time. It's been unpaied since 3 or 4 weeks ago now... So you can imagine my irritation...

But that's all behind me now. In more ways than one. The saga of Reg is over, and a new tale beguins. I unfortunately can't elaborate on any details... But let's just say that situations are improving, and my dizmal life is starting to take a turn for the better.

On a completely unrelated note, I'm at a quandry, and have been for a while now... The usual story of "I like girl, she likes someone else". And usualy I'll just tell her, gague the reaction and be on my merry way. But this time I can't do that... Doing so would cause her a great deal more anguish than I wish to inflict, and so I must remain silent on the matter... Never knowing her thoughts :
Alot of anomnimity in this post, which is probably the reason it's so short... I'd talk about the movie "Lord Of War", but it wouldn't be in the same tone as the rest of this post, and so I'll leave it for another time.

So here's me saying "Stay in school". Or don't... Whatever.

CYOTFS
-Mav