A thesis.

I had a thought today as I watched Ameile, towards the end. It made me think of myself, and the words of my favorite prophet of the past came to mind:

The time passed away with us, and also our lives passed away like as it were unto us a dream, we being a lonesome and a solemn people, wanders, cast out from [our home], born in tribulation, in a wilderness, and hated of our brethren...wherefore, we did mourn out our days.

Wandering is going to be the theme of this blog. I recently read The Alchemist, in the book it talks about how we all must search for our personal legends. I have come to discover a limitation in myself, a point past which I can go no further. I am unsure if this limit is to be with me until I shed this mortal coil, but I do not think it matters either way. Somehow I must learn to turn lead into gold, and that is what this blog will be about.

I do not wander because I am looking for a home, I wander because home is where ever I wander.

A movie quiz I made for work

1) "You say the world doesn't need a savior, but every day I hear them calling out for one."
Superman Returns
Spiderman 2
The X-Men
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer

2) "Whose afraid of a big, bad bat!"
Dark Knight
Batman Forever
Batman and Robin
Batman

3) The line: "I have a big head, and little hands. I just don't think this plan was very well thought out." appears in what movie?
______________________

4) Carrie Fisher has appeared in movies with each of the following movie stars except...
Tom Hanks
Val Kilmer
Robin Williams
Kevin Costner

5) The song, "Over the Rainbow" appears in all of the movies except...
Meet Joe Black
Finding Forrester
French Kiss
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

6) "This is a story of boy meets girl. But you should know up front, this is not a love story."
500 Days of Summer
My Girl
Interview with a Vampire
50 First Dates

7) "That's no moon, that's a space station?" appears in all these movies, except...
Twister
Star Wars: A New Hope
Dr. Strangelove, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
Space Balls


8) Which of the following is not a name of a character Kristen Stewart has played?
Maddy
Sophie
Tracy
Becky

9) Which of the following is not a real movie:
Adventureland
Wonderland
Disneyland
Dreamland

10) "Have you found Jesus yet, *name*?"
"I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for him, sir."

We Were Soldiers
Letters to Iwo Jima
Forrest Gump
Hart's War

11) "I shall go down in history as the man who opened a door."
Everafter
Keymaster
Neverending Story
Italian Job

12) "What!? Honest to blog?"
Smart People
Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Knocked Up

13) "I do anything and everything *name* requires. Including, occasionally, taking out the trash."
Batman Begins
Ironman
Superman Returns
Spiderman

14) "You killed the bishop!"
Three Musketeers
Man in the Iron Mask
Casanova
Stardust

15) Which of the following movies does Sean Astin not star in?
50 First Dates
Goonies
Forever Strong
The Good Son

16) Which actress got her start in a 1980's coming of age movie about a boy who disappears for 10 years?
Sarah Jessica Parker
Drew Berrymore
Nicole Kidman
Sandra Bullock

Not all those who wander are lost.

I've been thinking a lot about the name of this blog, and what that symbolizes for me.

I got it from some neighbors at the beginning of the semester, I told them about my life and they accused me of being a bum. I didn't really like that as much as nomad, which was also suggested, so I opted for that. Sometimes I wish I had a home, a place to call my own.

Instead, I fear I will wander this world, adrift on the sands of time, until I shed this mortal coil. It's not so bad, I just need figure out how keep everyone warm until i leave.

And so, I pass into the west
And footsore, worn and weary
Find that shore,
Looking to the dying sun
And walking on water pass
     from here to there,
     and into the golden sunset
I'll follow you down
when the sun enters
the deep blue once again.

A day of Infamy.

Sixty Eight years ago today(technically yesterday I suppose), Admiral Yamamoto launched his surprise attack on America, attempting to force America out of the war.  It obviously didn't work, and America joined both the Pacific and European theatres. President Roosevelt gave a speech, on the 8th of December, 1941 in it he declared December 7th a date of infamy.  It has become a common reference to the attack. I refereed to today with that appellation, and at least three, college age adults, with some college education asked me what I meant.

I guess infamy only lasts a couple decades. When will we forget September 11th?  Have we already?

 

And I end, with one of my favorite quotations.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate...we can not consecrate...we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government: of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Dreams