Why we go to the movies...

Okay, I know that's an interesting title, but when you hear the reason why I chose it, you'll understand. Once in a great while, there comes a movie so incredibly well-done, we have to hear all we can about it. Tonight I got to see such a movie, the likes of which was something I could have never imagined. I went with my family to go see AVATAR. It was made by James Cameron, the same person who made Titanic. I at first thought it was going to be a cheesy over-the-top sci fi flick, but it turned out to be so much more than that. I have never, in my life, seen a movie with such incredible visual effects. It was truly a spectacle. It is the kind of movie that you have to sit through with a bucket of popcorn and a soda to get the full effect, and luckily, this was that movie for me. Last year, the biggest movie of the year was Dark Knight (2008), this year (2009) it's a tie between Star Trek and AVATAR. Although, when the awards come out, I'm really sure that AVATAR will be the movie that beats everything to a bloody pulp. If you ever want to know what it's like to be on a drug trip without the drugs, then go see this movie. It will help you see why it is that we choose to go the movies in the first place...

Sunday Dinners

For as long as I can remember, after church on Sundays, my family has sat down to a nice dinner. My mom being Italian, usually cooks a form of Pasta, with meatballs, bread, and salad. Today was one of those days where my mom went over the top, and I think it was perfect. Now i want to get started with laundry and get a ton of stuff done. i want to read, take a nap, play a game, so I want to get started on all of that...

Christmas countdown

Sorry that I haven't had the chance to keep writing the blog, but now that I'm home, I want to keep up with the blog. I am also going to keep reading plenty of books, as well as writing my book. I am in absolute shock that i only have one more semester of college to go. So now i'm home and I am trying to make the most of the time, going to see friends I haven't seen in a while, going out to the movies, and going on some vacations. I was with my older brother on the Norwegian Sky (cruise), DON'T EVER TAKE THAT SHIP, I was so incredibly disappointed, I don't want to knock Norwegian Cruise lines, because I'm sure that other ships will be cool, but this ship was under my expectations, and I didn't enjoy the food, but I suppose it was a good thing, because I wasn't stuffing my face, and gaining a whole lot more weight. I am committing myself to losing weight this year, and making myself happier. I saw Biggest Loser a couple of times this week, and there was an episode where they look back on past contestants and see their progress. There was this guy named Erik. He won the show like 4 years ago, lost more than 200 pounds, and now he gained back 175 pounds!!!!!!!! I don't want to be that guy, because i got back from Japan weighing like 288 pounds, and now i'm up to 312. I have had it with myself, I am going to lose weight again, and i am going to get healthy...

Christmas is around the corner, and I want to do some great things for my family, i am also going to be buying our tree, and probably going to be getting some recipes done for cookies to bake with my nephews, Christmas is a good holiday, but I want to figure out what to give back as well. I will blog again soon.

PEACE!

Chuo Special Rapid for Takao

Reading those words makes me want to be back in Japan more and more. I have another 2 years before I could even consider going back. But it was always an adventure going on the trains in Japan. It would be a good day if you caught the special rapid, it meant that you could get across the city in 45 minutes rather than 1 1/2 hours. I just thought it would be cool to have the title of today's blog be something that reminds me of my life in Japan.

I only had today as my last day of classes and now I am preparing myself for my final exams next week, most of which are going to be really, really easy...

I am just waiting for this week (coming up) to be finished, and I will be able to have more time to do things and write more...

Until then,
PEACE!

Changing a mindset

Today is Monday, I have exactly 11 days until I go back home. I am just trying to take a break from all of the craziness around school as I am just at Sunergos coffee in Louisville, a local (very famous) coffeeshop that will brew it's own coffee, and even roast the beans themselves. So I'm planning to bring some coffee back to Florida with me. Hoping that the family will like it. I had one quiz in Preaching today, and then next week I give my final sermon, and I am busy with final exams, and everything. Especially in the area of packing, I will be going home, and I have 2 suitcases to pack up in order to go, it will be hectic.

Remember Remember the Fifth of November

Today marks 2 weeks until my semester is over with and I am just rejoicing and counting down all of the days til this happens, because it's now 3 weeks until Thanksgiving, and I will be home for it this year. I wasn't home for Thanksgiving last year, thinking I would have a job and I would be working, but I didn't get hired and then I went home right after my birthday. So this will be great to be able to be back home and to stay home for a long time. I was home for only 3 weeks the last time I was there, and that was right before I was headed out to Japan. I am very happy to be going home, It will literally be almost 6 months that I have been away from home. I am due for a visit to the sunshine. I am prioritizing the beach, the absolute best sushi restaurant in Boca Raton, and visiting with people from my home church, so this will be a great vacation time for me.

I was driving down to pie pantry today, and i realized I keep having all this awesome music playing in my head when I think about certain places, such as driving in the city, makes me think of trumpet and jazz, and just a sound that calls out people trying to make it. I know it may not make sense, but it's just the way I think.

Tonight, being November 5th, I want to watch V for Vendetta, and do what the title of the blog says.

REMEMBER REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER
THE GUN POWDER TREASON AND PLOT
I KNOW OF NO REASON WHY THE GUNPOWDER TREASON
SHOULD EVER BE FORGOT

Counting down the weeks

I only have a total of 4 weeks before the semester is over and I head back home. It will actually be 3 weeks on Friday...I am just overwhelmed. It will be 3 months that I am back stateside, and I am starting to forget everything. Last night, I put the train map of Tokyo back up on my wall, giving myself those memories. It was a constant reminder to me, and if I were to ever go back to Tokyo, I could tell you how to get some place. Right now, I am just struggling because I have to keep reading, reading, reading for my preaching class. I dislike the way that the class does quizzes, because randomly, the professor will decide to change his mind about taking them (which is great, but I wish there would be advance notice). So I am doing whatever I can to do good on this quiz I'll have tomorrow. The books will certainly get easier after this. I am definitely convinced that I learned alot from these books, however, it is so hard for me to remember things when I read, so I will be doing whatever I can to remember what I am studying...

This new book I'm reading "Christ-Centered Preaching" gives a lot of specific insights into how to write the sermons that people hear you talk about. You have to be relavent, you have to look through the texts, and things like that. So after church is over i will more than likely finish reading this book. I have fallen so far behind with this week's reading, it's not even funny, I am just lucky that the professor has given us some breaks.