the family feud

with summer approaching and my running becoming more and more regular at 2 am, i'm more likely to get jumped, egged, raped, or even worse, the popo all up on my grill. so i've started to consider carrying a weapon on me. kim would probably have me get a permit and carry my glock, but i was thinking more like a knife. i wouldn't want to carry it in a pocket because it would be bouncing all over the place. that, and i'd be paranoid it would drop out. i picture myself running down the street at night with a gun and all i can picture is cj in san andreas (gta) with his .45. if anything i'd want to run down the street with my machete. who would dare try stuff with a guy wielding a machete? so i think the best idea is just a good sized pocket knife. i'm pretty sure there is no law that says i can't run through the streets in the middle of the night with a knife in my hand. and it will be closed of course. i'll double check with one of the officers at el trabajo. i think that means work. then it's convincing kim, then a knife by saturday night. 10:15 on a saturday night, to be exact. also a favorite of cj, kim did recommend brass knuckles.

The Omen (2006): the remake of a classic satanic film about the birth of the antichrist. here's the closest analogy i can think of. today there are thousands and thousands of guitarists out there that can play so many hendrix tunes. but that obviously doesn't make them as great as hendrix or even in the same league. what they lack is the originality combined with talent that jimi had to create the songs in the first place. this movie was so similar to the original omen that it felt like i was watching the first one only with better film quality. lines in this movie were taken word for word from the first. almost scene for scene as well. this version wasn't as scary as i remember the first being. the biggest difference from the original that i saw is that they choose not to use the original music which was so prominent in the prior films. this was one reason this wasn't as scary. also, most of the character’s reactions to the events that took place were pretty unbelievable. a number of continuity problems existed, but nothing that would distract most viewers. and wow, a complete and blatant rip-off of the sixth sense where they would always show some bright red feature in the scene to foreshadow something really bad was about to happen. it was so unoriginal and obvious. not only was that effect used in this movie, but they even stole the red balloon idea which was straight out of six sense. personally, i would much rather watch the original omen over this. however i think that the average audience would get hung up on how dated the original seems today. so for you average viewers, i suppose i’d recommend seeing this remake. anyone else that can still appreciate movies made before the 90s, skip this garbage and go for the first one. mediocre: C.

people are all excited that we killed al-zarqawi and say that this is why we have gone to iraq, but they forget that he was absolutely nothing before we toppled saddam. zarqawi rose to power during and as a result of the war. he might be the reason why are still stuck there and of course it is a good thing that he is dead, but i believe he would never have come to power had we not attacked iraq in the first place and instead focused more on finding bin laden and breaking up al-qaeda.

there is so much drama going on with my family and my grandpa. i don't even know how to best explain anything. basically grandpa ben isn't doing too well and family members are taking property before he is dead and the will is read (or even shown to anyone but the people taking the property). i haven't seen my grandpa in like twelve years and the next time i do it will be at his funeral. i don't think i can visit him now because he'd probably realize i'm there to see a last time before he dies and i'm not sure how that would make him feel. i'm not going to say that i never had opportunities to visit him these last few years, but we just never had the most convenient chances to go. there are a few other excuses i can think of but i guess they're not really important. i hope everything works out but i don't see that happening. relationships are going to turn out worse than they are today because of all of this and that's a damn shame.