Wild Things

Has anything else seen the previews for that new movie "Where the Wild Things Are"? Is it just me or is it really really creepy? There is a line between being cute and creepy and it definitely goes on the creepy side. I realize that they have to be original and new to keep audiences interested and the book (all ten sentences) were absolutely amazing. However, there are some things they have to keep out. It's really psychological when you think about it. They can make a creepy movie that's supposed to be creepy or a comedy that's supposed to be funny. It's amazing what we will let comedians get away with really. Horror, thriller, and action films are absolutely appalling sometimes. I mean, Saw is basically a movie of the most creative and torturous ways to kill someone and Hostel is showing the most depraved parts of human nature and society. The Final Destination is just a new way to show people being randomly and helplessly killed, only in 3D! Those films and others like them are all unabashedly forward about what they are supposed to be. Where the Wild Things Are is more like a serious movie that ends up having you laughing because it's unintended comedy because it was so ridiculous only it's leaving you feeling all like you just saw a really creepy movie without actually meaning to.

In all fairness, I obviously haven't seen this film yet and I maybe I'll be wrong. This is just my impression from the previews. Also, I'm sure there are a lot of people who will disagree with me and thinks it's cute. I just shiver every time I see the previews for it.

A Walk through Philly

I took a walk yesterday through the city a bit. Okay, it wasn't like the whole city but I'm no superman. :P Anyway, here are some pictures. They look lovely I think.

Here are a few shots from my balcony. I have day and night shots:

The Drexel Shaft. :) 

Below are some pictures from/of the Spring Garden Bridge: 

The Art Museum as seen from the bridge. ^

Random pictures below of the city as I'm walking through it: 

Wawa!!! (This is for Kelly)

I think a wedding just took place here. ^

My roommate works in that building. ^

Anyway, so thus ends my walk on Sunday. Well not quite, but that's when I stopped taking pictures. I think I got on the Subway cause I was too tired and hot to walk home and I left my water bottle in F.Y.E. So anyway, hope you all enjoy the pictures!

Pictures

I thought I would post some pictures of where I live in work. This is basically pictures I took on my way home from work last night and on my way to work this morning (because some pictures turn out better in the daytime). I will be captioning them.

Service room where I work.

Showroom upstairs.

Register North at the entrance. That's Elizabeth.

Register South and Kobie, the store manager.

A much better picture of Elizabeth.

Another showroom shot. Aren't they all beautiful?

Jack and Ashley behind the sales counter. That Macbook Pro on the far left is the one that dad is getting.

Service counter in the back.

Big tall, cool building and the train station.

Down the streeeeeet.

Entrance to where I live.

And inside. That's the security guard.

Elevators......

They don't all work. Sad. :(

See..only two go up to the 12th floor.

That's my corner. I like to sit in there sometimes.

Down the hallway, to the right.

And then to the left, then to the right again.

Last door on the right. :P

And that's the building from the outside the next morning.

Same shot as the night before, but during the day. Train station. 

The store front from the outside. 

Anyway, I'll put up more pictures later. Sorry I haven't been posting much. :( 

Hello

Hey....

Nothing interesting to say.

Talk to you all later.

In Philadelphia

Hello all,

So this is my first post since I moved.  I've been in Philly for almos 24 hours, but not quite. My computer still isn't back from Apple (long story all by itself), so I'm using Caitlin's. 

The flight was long and I was very tired when I got there. Also, I had this weird thing going on with my ears and it really hurt every time we climbed and descended. But oh well. 

We found my apartment and got everything taken care of. I'm actually sharing a room with another guy, but it's a good sized room. My roommates seem really nice. I've met all of Caitlin's friends here and they seem pretty cool....I haven't really got to know anyone yet.

It's basically just starting to hit me that I've moved here. I mean, yea, it had hit me before, but my whole "revolting to change" thing is getting to me. It's not that bad though. Caitlin is here and that helps a lot. She's going to get tired of having me around all the time though. 

Speaking of Caitlin, she's just amazing. She's helped me with everything and it's so awesome. We went to Chili's last night which was fun, although I kept almost falling asleep on her. We went and saw Adam McClellan this morning doing his parkour down at the Art Museum. Yea but I keep getting nervous and scared. I'm sure that will pass soon. 

Anyway, that's all. I'll try and update tomorrow. 

Update

Hey guys,

I know I haven't updated in forever and I have my reasons, but here you go. :)

For starters, if anyone wants to subscribe to my blog, there is a link at the bottom left that will open an RSS feed. Paste that into any RSS reader that you have (most mail clients have them) and you'll get regular updates.

So I'm completely in love with someone. :) Yea, for those of you who are reading this and didn't know that, well you should be talking to me more! So basically I have the most amazing, magnificent, beautiful, amazing, precious, adorable, cute, and a billion other things that I won't say, girlfriend. I'll leave it to you guys to figure out who she is. ;)

Also, I'm going to be moving shortly. It will be in the first week of November. I'm moving to Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. I hope to get a job working at the Apple store there. I'm not really sure all the details, but I'll try to keep you updated.

Also, for all of you interested, The Little Fellow is nearly ready to be boosted up again. I'm going to be super busy, so I want to get it how I want it, and then we can all work on reviving, recruiting, and other things. For those of you who don't know what it is, it's a forum for high school and college aged Christians to talk and discuss things. Stop by if you haven't yet. www.thelittlefellow.com

Well that's all for today. Check back as I promise I will update more frequently!

Caitlin Visit: Day Seven

I was going to try and pretend to be Michael here, but (as weird as I am) I'm pretty sure I'm not weird enough to pull that off. So anyways, this is Caitlin if you haven't figured that out yet. It's very nice having a "t" key to type with. Although kinda weird because I keep hitting the key really hard even though I don't need to. I'm hacking Michael's blog because he is obviously really horrible about keeping up with this thing while he has something to do all day besides working. :)

Now here's the lowdown on how we're doing.

Physically: Horribly. Michael went to an Atlantic beach for the first time on Wednesday. He assured me that he didn't get burned easily, that he just tanned. Ironically enough, he's been looking like a lobster since Wednesday afternoon. Oh, except for a white strip on his back where my sister sprayed a line of sunscreen that was apparently supposed to protect his entire body. Good job, Jewl. Then I somehow fell asleep and woke up with twenty thousand mosquito bites all over me (gotta love FL, right?). So they kind of itch/hurt.... alot. Not to mention, I look like I came down with some weird disease from Asia or somethin'. Ah well.

Mentally: Moderately Horribly. We're both insane. End of story.

Um... Spiritually? Darn, I ran out of "ally" words already.

Anyways.... pictures anyone?

This is Amber the frog. 'nuff said.

We also have a pet pineapple. It's adorable, about 6 inches tall. Kinda scared to eat her.. :[

I'm not really sure what Michael was thinkin' here.............

Oh! But we were driving while standing on my front seats with our heads out the sunroof - that's always enjoyable. :)

Well uploading pictures is a pain so I'm done here.. more to come later.

Au revoir!