I'm Ok, Folks

A few people have commented to me privately about the tone of one of my previous posts. I assure you all that I'm fine. I just had that initial let down about the submission as well as a few other things that hit at the same time. But that's how it goes, when it rains it pours, right? But I've always been a fighter, and I've always bounced back. So in that respect I'm fine, and I appreciate all the support.

We had several mechanical malfunctions in the house today. A sink stopped up, a toilet's seal broke and the dishwasher decided to go all sitcom on us and shoot out suds all over the kitchen floor. But all is well, or as well as it could be at the moment.

Still haven't heard anything else about the house, so we're up in the air about that.

I did get to relax and watch a couple of movies the past couple of days late at night. I got to finally watch Inside Man, which was an excellent film. Can't say I've really seen a bad Denzel film to be honest. The guy's just a great actor and seems to really pick intense roles.

I also watched Last Holiday, which was kind of corny, but cute just the same.

Saw King Kong finally also, though I had to watch it in widescreen format and I don't have a widescreen TV, so that took away from it a little. I actually really liked the movie. There were a few scenes where they just allowed things to drag on too far, like the bug scene, the scene where Watts does Vaudeville for Kong, and a couple of others. But overall I enjoyed it.

And finally I watched Take the Lead. I know, I thought it would be a total chick flick, but it had the hip hop dancing mixed in, and it was based on a true story. I have a love for the musical arts and dance (my mom was a dance teacher), so it was really cool to hear about a ballroom dancer teaching in a public school. I'm also a big supporter of the arts in our schools, so this was good to see.

I found it interesting in the special features that one of the stars, Rob Brown, stumbled into acting to pay a cell phone bill. He walked on and tried out for an extra for Finding Forrestor to get cash to pay his cell phone bill and wound up landing the lead role. Now that's a pretty awesome beginning. And the cool thing is it hasn't tainted him. He is currently in college and is said to be a determined and serious worker, but a lot of fun to be around too. That's really cool.

In closing, I've gotten knocked out of the DW tournament, deservingly so. My entry wasn't all it could be to be perfectly honest. Oh well, no biggie. It was just for fun anyway.

B-Out