Unrequited

I am trying to transfer all my notes from my blackberry onto my blog so I don't lose it all before I get a new phone. So here's the last one of the day...maybe.

Why is it that the one thing we want is often the one thing we can't have. And we know we can't have it but we are willing to put ourselves through the blender of life, sacrificing happiness, enjoyment and time for even a glimpse of it. Even if just for a smile, a touch, acknowledgment, we will deal with the rejection, the sadness, and despair that comes when what we want, or in this case who we want, doesn't want us back.

Invictus

I saw Invictus last weekend and really liked it. I wish they had shown more rugby and it had moved a little quicker but I still enjoyed it. I have always found the story of Nelson Mandela to be very interesting. After being wrongfully imprisoned he still supported reconciliation and negotiation, and took the lead in moving toward a democracy with those of the race that forced him into 27 years in a cell. I know it is just a movie, and the lines are not necessarily fact, but Morgan Freeman, who played Nelson Mandela told Francois Pienaar, played by Matt Damon, "If I can not change when circumstances demand it, how can I expect it of others?" It is a message that many advocates of non-violence, Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, and others have shared. Change starts with the individual and you can't expect the world to change if you can't. The world needs more men and women like this, who are willing to make a change for the good, and rather than talk about what changes can be made, go out and do it.

*Just a thought.

2-in-1!

2 posts in 1 day..very unusual for me, but I couldn't help it. I was talking with a friend on Sunday about one of the greatest television shows of all time. Arrested Development! I love it so much the theme song is even my cell phone ring. I was shocked, appalled, saddened, mortified, and 100 other various adjectives to describe my disbelief. He had never seen or heard of Arrested Development. Since that day I have vowed to share its message of sarcasm, quirky, and absurdist satire. I gladly shared the three seasons I own on dvd. So fingers crossed he gets as much pleasure from Michael Bluth and his family as I do.

Today's Festivities

So I love my mother dearly, and am so glad she has joined the 21st century by way of texting. I am proud to say she owes her success to me, seeing as I taught her the art of a text and this is what I recieved this morning at 5:09 am (we're still working on the time issue, though she is 2 hours ahead).

Mom 5:09 am: In morons in the news( K addition: a morning segment on a family fav radio station) they told a story of a stabbing that took place at the Cinemark 22 in Lancaster, CA ( where I graduated H.S.) Someone was using their cellphone during the movie when a man leaned over and asked if it could be put away. The boyfriend, in his anger, jumped the man and stabbed him with a meat thermometer!

Kelsey(at a respectable) 7:13 am: Lancaster is a classy place. They use meat thermometers as shanks to show their refined nature. Who the heck carries around a meat thermometer. Do they consider that packing?

Mom 9:50 am: Didn't you always carry one for emergency?

Kelsey 10:37 am: Its never been my emergency weapon of choice. I prefer a turkey baster! (Though in conversation via facebook, my sister informed me of my true preference, a fork)

Mom 11:17 am: solid choice.

Kelsey 11:40 am: thank you! (this may or may not have actually been sent)

Now that I have given a little insight into one of my hometowns if I happen to overreact to a inquiry such as putting away my phone, and I happen to mutilate your arm with a fork and do something with my trusty turkey baster I can not be held responsible!

You have been warned