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Man on Fire

Man on FireEvery once in a while you come across a movie that moves the hell out of you and leaves you utterly speechless. At the end as you just sit and stare while the credits roll off the screen - and eventually the only word capable of falling from your lips, as you wipe the remaining tears away, is just one. Wow.

And for an hour after seeing the movie - - still all you can say is just wow.

You know when you sit down to watch a movie with Denzel Washington and Christopher Walkin, you're in for a good movie. Hell, just Walkin alone would draw me in. This movie was just one of those that exceeded the hell out of my expections for movies these days.

I won't spoil the story line - but it was powerful. The acting was fabulous. What really cinched it for me was the cinematography of this film . . . it was just outstanding work! The acting combined with the direction would make it awesome-add in the filming and cinematography and this movie is a work of art.

It's a rare thing that a movie moves me to awe and to just . . wow. This one did - - if you get a chance, pick it up and watch it when you're not distracted with anything else. You won't be one bit sorry that you did.

Planning n' Plotting

Considering how screwed up our summer was with Chris being gone for 3 months and my working like a fiend - now that things have calmed down considerably, I'm planning a vacation. We already have a vacation planned in February - which is the annual coporate trip that Chris's company hosts every year . . . this one I'm planning for the Chris, I and the . I'm looking a few different locations for a nice, relaxing ski trip.

In February, we're headed out to Lake Tahoe for the corporate ski trip, just Chris and I (and the other owners of the company) - - this one, we're just looking to stay sort of local. Short enough distance for us to hop in the truck and drive to. I'm looking at Rib Mountain or Ski Brule. Somewhere I can also work on my new https://www.chaturbaterooms.com/ website project.

I am so looking forward to ski season, I can taste it. The last remaining days of summer are going by so slow now - it's excruciating. Skiing is such a stress buster. During those winter months, when I want to get away from it all (which was just about every night) - - I'd load up the ski gear and head out for a few hours. The mixture of the excercise, fresh air and gorgeous winter days/nights were enough to put me back in the right frame of mind. Suppose it would be a little premature of me to be peeking out my window for some of those falling, white, frozen flakes of fun? /sigh

In the meantime, I'm planning this trip - which will, hopefully, drag me out of these dog days of summer dulldrums and into the cool, crisp days of winter!

Blogrolling part 2

Looks like blogrolling is updating once again. Yay. Hopefully their services will return to normal - - and perhaps maybe even better (faster?) since the server upgrade and migration. I've been a paid user of blogrolling.com for quite a long time - - for both of my blogs - I wasn't ready to give up on them yet!

The one and only criticism that I have about how this migration was handled was the lack of communication with their users. If the migration didn't go as smoothly as they'd hoped - - and let's face it, shit does happen - - they really should have made a news post about it to keep their users informed.

I'm insane about that kind of thing. Just this past Saturday - we needed to do an immediate, critical security update on our servers. I sent out a mail to everyone explaining why their services were down - - then 5 minutes later sent out another email to everyone announcing that their services were back up. I think communication about such things goes an extremely long way in making your users understand and feel more confident about their services. If you ignore that important piece of customer service . . . well, you're just creating more of a problem than there ever would have been to begin with, had you just clarified.

At any rate - I'm happy to have my star back! Must. Have. The. Star!

Update: Here's the copy of the email I received back from them (I left this email with them 24 hours ago):

We're back on track now and will be posting a final update to the Breaking News weblog once I finish wading through the support mail. Your right - we blew this upgrade and the communications. My sincere apologies for the inconvenience that we've caused you.

Ok then. Back to business as usual.

The X Factor

I pulled out of my driveway this morning, on my way down to pick up my new gadget toy. About a mile down the road, I pulled up to a 4-way light, which was red. Next to me, in the right turn lane - this guy pulls up next to my passenger window on a motorcycle - which I thought was weird because he had a good 150 feet clear, ahead of him, before he hit the intersection.

Because I'm antisocial - I ignored him.

I pull away and turn up the stereo to blast my Metallica CD booming loud. About another mile down the road, I hit another 4-way intersection, which was red. Again, same motorcycle.same guy, pulls up next to me and stops at my passenger window..this time, however - he shouts out my name. "LISA!"

It was Joe. My ex-boyfriend. I haven't seen him a quite a few years. We broke up in 1996 after a Jasmin live relationship that lasted close to 3 years. I have to say, he was looking mighty fine there sitting on his bike in faded Levi's. We shared a few words through the window until the light turned green - - then he says, "Pull over there in the parking lot - let's catch up a bit."

Against my better judgment, I did. It was nice to see him - - and, admittedly, I was curious as to what he's up to and, of course, to confirm my suspicions that he's completely miserable without me, right? Right.

Go, Go, Gadget Girl!

I picked up a new cell phone today - to replace the one that got broken.

The one that I had is a model they don't make anymore - - so they upgraded me to the next model. It's pretty nifty, I have to say. It's the LG VX6000 and I've been playing around with it all afternoon to figure out all it's bells and whistles.

Aside from being a camera phone (with which I will have endless fun with!) - it allows me to download my email from any POP account I have - - or even my hotmail, if I wanted to - - but I don't. I rarely if ever use my hotmail account.

It also has these little web applications that I can install to make my life easier - - like MapQuest. Which I did install today and it's pretty slick.enter in a starting address and a destination - and I get automatic driving directions. What a great tool to have in my car, considering my line of work.

I haven't figured out all the little features of the phone - - but so far, I'm pleased as punch with it. :)

Ok.why?

Why is it that when you're single..all your married friends are pushin' for you to get married?

Is it true that they simply just want you to join in on the misery? Misery loves company, or what?

I have a jasminelive friend.and I'll use that term loosely, thankyouverymuch, who asks about the marriage thing damn near every single time I see her. It's gotten to the point where I start the count down from 10. Inevitably, by the time I get to 6 - she's asking about the ring status.

"What, no ring?"

"Hasn't he proposed, yet??"

"When's the big day?"

I'm not married. Is it a crime?

I was married once. Long, long ago.in a far off, distant land.

Bad experience, notwithstanding - I'm not opposed to ever marrying again - - but for me to marry again, well...let's just say that's it's been quite a few years - - so, from my perspective, there's no justification for rushing it and there's nothing at all wrong with quite a few years more before it happens ever again.

I have another friend who tells me that she wouldn't be putting up with it at this point. Chris and I have been together for a little over three years, now - - and she says that she wouldn't be putting up with it.

Putting up with what?

I'm in a happy, healthy, solid n' sexy relationship with a man I adore - - what, exactly, am I putting up with?

She says that she'd be pushing him for that ring by now. Either that, or she woulda proposed herself.

What's up with that? What is up with women who push and push and pressure their guy toward marriage? I figure, if he hasn't asked..then there's a damn good reason for it - - and besides, why push a man to a place that he didn't willingly go in the first place?? If he wants to, he will. If he doesn't, he won't. If he does - - I'll give him the answer that's in my heart.

I mean - him asking doesn't necessarily equate to my accepting.

What's it with these people? It's like being single is a social plague, or something.