On the combatants path

Walking to go see "The Warriors Way" which I expect to be an awesome movie. Cowboys, ninja's, swords, the wild west and martial arts action.

Yes that is a lot to cram into one movie, yes it looks like a comic book geeks wet dream(yeah like I've ever denied being a comic book geek), and yes there are lots of ways this can become an epic fail. I'm still psyched to be walking to go see it, mad props to @thinkhero and @geektyrant for having the trailers of this movie up on their sites. First place I saw them and it wet my apetite for the movie.

And I want to be honest I hope its an over the top movie, martial arts movies are best when its over the top. Mysticism draws me in, so what if I can't figure it out, or I have a hard time believing it. If I'm spending major amounts of time debunking what happened in your movie, you win. For me to have to "debunk" something that happened in a movie means it captured the hearts and minds of millions. The fact that 30 years after the original Episode IV a new hope scientist are still doing "scientific debunkings" and discussing the practicalities of lucas' epic let's you know the power of that work.

When people just brush you off, you are a fad, a trend maybe a slow growing movement. But when they start discussing you outside of your medium, they start trying to lower the expectations of us reality because: why hasn't science or industry given us this, man you kicked some tail. I don't care what it is at some point in time if its advanced now it was an irrational fantasy of someone who thought outside the box.
Even if its magical, how many times have we heard tales of magic, might and triumph? So the fact that you have capture peoples imagination with you telling, made them want to be a part of your vision is outstanding.
People can always tell you how to do what is expected, what others have done before and made common place. To be extraordinary or exceptional that takes a lot of personal effort. At the theater again I'll take another pic do the trailer blog and cya after the movie.

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The trailers for "The Warrior's Way"

The rite

This is the new age exorcism movie again. Loosely based on supposed recent event Anthony Hopkins as the head exorcist up against a new "scourge" or demons/demonic possessions. He has a new young assistant/apprentice who is skeptical about the "veracity" of this slew of possession claims.

It looks decent, it looks like its not so much in the vein of the blair witch/haunting in where ever but the older school movies. Where while some may have been skeptical debunking was not at the top of the agenda. Probably a good date movie if you date is jumpy and is the "hold me close, keep me safe" type might not be for the faint of heart.

Drive angry 

Now let me say this first some people are gonna hear the opening narration, look and Nick cage and scream "ghost rider rip off". Let me say this to those folks:not unless they wanna pay Disney/Marvel a crapload of dough.

Nick Cage plays a dead man who escaped from hell to save his daughter or his daughters daughter(its a little murky). Some cult murdered two of the women that survived the punished soul and he didn't take to kindly to that. He does get one hell of a one liner though this demon tracking him says "you better hope the devil doesn't find out" to which Cage replies "Or what he's not gonna let me back in?". Love it might have to watch this movie iy looks a little cheesy kinda "Memphis Reigns meets The Spirit of Vengeance" since in Drive Angry its cars not a motorcycle from hell(aptly named the Hell Cycle). UnGodly(slight pun intended) weapons, big explosions, a femme fatale and some possible demonic butt kicking. Could be fun.

Season of the witch 

Second time seeing this trailer the exact same trailer I saw last time I'll hit imdb to give you character names. Same synopsis well known storied hero is charged with taking an accused witch to some distant land to have her powers broken and them be burned at the stake.

Behman(Nicolas Cage) is not sure all is what it seems and a battle between two armies and POSSIBLY metaphysical good and evil may be about to commence. Is she an evil witch or demonic concubine or some other strange empowered female. Dunno again swords and sorcery if done right tend to make a lot of money.

The fighter(the mickey ward story)

Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale star in this Biopic about Mickey Ward, the Boston prize fighter known for his huge heart. Wahlberg plays ward showing his rise from his early days as a stepping stone, a hard nosed fighter who didn't finish his fights well and thus made his opponents look good. Anybody who owned Fight Night Round Two has probably heard the intro about the wars fought between Mickey Ward and Arturo Gatti.

Ward is a pretty decent fighter so actually I might watch this one even though I'm not a huge mickey ward fan(hey I'm sorry but the more you made Gatti bleed but couldn't get the ref to stop the fight the more likely you were about to lose. Gatti was like a real life Rocky Balboa the second you counted him out you were on the canvas) but I have seen him fight a few times and I respect the mans hustle.

Okay around the corner from the house time to bed this one add the links and the edits and post it

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On the trail of "The MooseDog"

You see that big, annoying, overly energetic, playful, goofy looking piece of dog flesh right there. Yeah that huge black and tan monstrosity that has the leash stretched taut tryin to rip my arm off(anyone else in nesbit part yes that's me screaming "I hate you" every few minutes) uh huh the one with th "waggily tail" and Cerano nose, that's Brute.

He is holding me hostage on this long pointless trek(with plenty of pics we found the bike park a minute ago) this is the longest walk I have takrn him on in some time. And now I remember why he just keeps walking, if it were more fenced in I'd take the leash off and let him run to his "lil" hearts content, but I ain chasin him "over the river and through the woods".

Now if I find a huge gingerbread house back here me and moose dog gon have a long talk. To say we are lost as hell is an understatement. I know what trail we started on(red) but some how we got on the white one(I don't know why he keeps raising his leg he's been pissing dust for 20 minutes). If I thought I needed cardio today I have gotten it in spades I see houses so if nothing else we can just walk the tree line out of here.

Okay turning around I think we out walked the trail. Next time I bring supplies, we've been walking for at least 20 minutes easy. I'm not dripping or drenched but I feel myself perspiring. Big nose up there those like a rock, he wants to keep going hasn't slowed down at all. Now if I send off an instant message update that means we're screwed. I'm probably sucking wind, he escaped his harness and I'm too tired to chase him.
Wow I started this blog at 8:41 and its now 9:52, this dog has been dragging me along for over an hour. Hell I didn't think I still had hour long walks in me, so yay me. Of course since I have yet to reach the car we'll see just how much walk I really have in me. It gets filed under "only as old as you feel" though cause even I would have bet against me if you asked me that off top.

You may wonder why this is my most focused blog date its because big stinky dog has me bustin my hump. So my main focus is my tired feet and the cause of their condition. Need to get some wayer soon though last thing I need is to get dehydrated in the middle of the park(woo quit footed maneuver right there I almost tripped).

Uh oh we got turned around on these windy trails somewhere so the adventure continues. I see cars now we are near the road. Billy maher and saint elmos loop, yup never heard of them. Just found this weird warped bridge. Yup there is an even wilder story in here somewhere(no gingerbread house yet) and it seems me and the bru meister here are destined to find it.

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Started and ended with 10

Man what a second half, we started the second half with a 10 point lead and we ended the game with a 10 point lead. I think all that smack Arian Foster was talking came back to haunt Houston, yes the Texans took momentary control in the 3rd quarter but don't talk trash if you haven't put us away yet, we'd been driving on you all day, and again MISSED TD PASSES were killing us. They gave a Texans player credit for a great play on the ball only on the replay to see "HIS CHEST DEFLECTED IT", as a team we are gonna have to do something about that, all those damn dropped TD passes cost us in the chicago game, damn near cost us in this game and when we go to the playoffs will definitely cost us then.

You can see it on the field, we take teams breath away when we go on some of these drives they do their best and they see the ball coming in, but instead of us catching those passes we keep dropping them, giving our opponents hope. "Whew they are too hyped up, they aren't even handling their fundamentals", and for a wide receiver it doesn't get more fundamental then follow the ball into your hands, then you chest and HOLD ON. Desean got 84 yards receiving, but no TD's(which of course for me hurts because I want him to do well being an all star wide reciever) Maclin Didn't get any TD's either so he is stuck at 7(but for a second year player to be damn near at 1000 yards, again since Desean did it last year, and 10 TD's thats just awesome) but this season has to be considered a success.

Of course while we won the game after such an amazingly bad third quarter where we game up 14 unanswered points, to the fourth where we took them right back, the closer we get to the end of the season the more 2 questions are starting to become REALLY LOUD, what are we gonna do about all of our young speedsters. Desean is about to be a free agent, Vick is about to be a free agent(why did we give Kolb all that damn money yeesh) and I can guarantee you if we let the season end, it will be a bidding war for those two players.  If Desean focuses and basically catches some of those mental mistakes drops he has whew NOBODY can cover him, it looked like all night Houston had a policy of "Focus on a leg and do not let that leg go" and the punter man please, um if it ain in the rafters this ball ain going near him, I like my cushy job and it's "DO NOT LET DESEAN JACKSON CATCH THIS FOOTBALL IN SPACE", I've noticed teams kick it out of bounds, they (if the punter has the leg for it) kick it high, they kick it away from him but nobody wants to just let him have a free touch, free touch are you crazy do you see how hard it is to stop him in coverage?

Then we have the issue of our defense I know from madden that over the next 2 years a lot of our defensive players contracts expire(a few O lineman too) and I'm talking staples too, guys who get after the ball, strip it and make life hell for opposing offenses. Speaking of the defense Nate Allen for a rookie is playing awesome, yes he makes a few mistakes here and there but he is our starting safety that sack and strip near the end to basically put the game out of reach I know our defense, it is extremely complicated so for him to be A) starting and B) damn near having a pro bowl year. I mean you hear his name damn near every week and not because he got torched either. And we won the turnover battle this week(something we didn't do in the Chicago game) save for the 3rd quarter hiccup every facet of the game was pretty much perfect, Houston NEVER had good field position I think their average start was about the 19 yard line so that means special teams was hitting too.

8-4 still at the top of the NFC east, and 4 games til the playoffs I wanted the Chicago game, 3 losses and we could be talking home field especially with the tie breaker over Atlanta , but we've made some mistakes and vick with 1 turnover for every 7 td's he is responsible for is awesome(he has 15 passing, 6 running, 1 fumble lost and 2 interceptions  so even if you broke out running and passing TD's 1 out of 6 for running and 1 out of 7.5 for passing it's still awesome). And the Eagles showed poise there were some phantom flags, some invisible flags and a few inopportune penalties and we still won. That's what winning teams do, that's how you prepare yourself to hoist a Lombardi, but you can't just do it one week you have to do it week after week.

Even though we lost in Chicago we showed the ability to do it, we just have to catch what is thrown our way

Up 10 but can Vick hold up

Dropped passes are killing us again, but we do have the lead houston gets the ball if we can hold them I think we can run it out and get the victory. Mike Vick has a touchdown pass, he has over 150 yards passing 34 yards rushing.

For my wife the fact that Lesean Mccoy has two TD's in the first half and akers has 2 field goals is doing great for her fantasy team. Unfortunately her opponent has Desean Jackson on his team so basically he may help to even the score up so she hopes Mccoy does all the scoring.

Oh well hopefully we can hold them on D in the second half. But this is looking like a long game

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The remnants of this mornings carnage

You see those two containers, yeah it wasn't cute. Like most of my fellow northeasterners my taste buds are used to many different cuisines. And when you have a taste for something you have a taste for something
Today in my case it was sushi, I had to drop my mom her phone so I stopped by Lee's fresh sushi and deli to see what he had up. Yes Sharky's is just down the street, but Lee's is $5.99 for a basic premade container and I didn't have time to wait on sharky's for double that price THOUGH for a larger selection. I got a container of crawfish(crawfish doesn't really have that strong a flavor) and Shrimp tempura. Some who know me might be surprised, no BBQ eel, I know it was hard it was staring me right in the face but I wanted to try the crawfish. So I left my staple eel to its own designs. One never knows when they will find a new favorite so I gave it a shot, like I said I tasted everything else but the crawfish was too subtle. I like the way the eel has bite to it.

It made me think how much I would love to go to Japan and just chill for like a month and experience the culture. I have travelled many places in these united states but I have yet to cross a border. Not that I really had too many places I wanted to go, I mean being African American my "old country" is pretty much down here in the deep south where the trail gets murky.

There isn't really a "place of my ancestors" where I can definitively say yes I am standing in the land of my forefathers and am walking along trails they once did. Basically it starts with the ship and comes forward, hasn't stopped me from appreciating that which has come before me, just leaves my "wish I had gone" places list short of a completing the "circle" destination.

I mean I guess I could pic one of the coastal Sub Saharan areas and be like "motherland to my ancestors I am home" but its not the same as actually gong back.

Anyway(that tangeant wasn't preplanned I ramble and go with the thoughts take me sometimes) yeah Japan, Rome, Egypt, parts of england and maybe some parts of south america. I'm a sci fi/fantasy fanatic, a lot of those themes have played out in those areas. I'm sure the italians and the greeks are tired of us american tourists constantly visiting those grand marble monuments to a history long past.

Its great for tourism but I'm sure it clogs the street. But those testaments to human ingenuity in the past. Now no this will not go into the metaphysical. I do not care what you believe, how you believe or what came first. Those who came before found ways to build great structures that have lasted Millenia, let's go credit where credit is due and appreciate the fruits of determination.

Wouldn't mind seeing the highlands of Scotland or the plains of Ireland either. Maybe London, but FIRST it would be Japan. Okay work must be done let's stop the Rambley and get to it

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Life goes on

This is gonna be hilarious, writing one desktop and then flipping over her to write this one.

My wife asked me today what was wrong, there is a lot of things wrong just at the moment nothing I can do about them. My vacation plans are smashed which means no anniversary, birthday or new years with her. Extreme downer after experiencing them all again for the first time in years. To say I felt a little holiday magic was and understatement. We danced when the ball dropped(well the peach in GA), we kissed, we were in each others arms couldn't be beat. We went out to dinner together on our anniversary like we hadn't done in 3 years. If I had an 09 memory that topped all others it was the end of the year with my wife. It was a moment that for a while seem lost to the distant past, maybe I was kinda greedy last year and soaked up more than my fair share of holiday cheer and am payin back the deficit this year. If so I may be sour but I wouldn't trade christmas 09 in for anything, its what priceless moments are made of. So a few uncertain days and perpetual boredom may suck but it doesn't suck as much as last year was awesome.

I'm kind of run down, we've been running a lot of hours and miles at work so I wouldn't mind the downtime vacation would have offered. The money went to a good cause and while I have a few untapped outlets I said last year would be the last time I sold a good performer for quick cash(that being ford). So monetarily I can't afford to go on vacation anyway. I'll probably have to take a few days around christmas but it won't be the 3 weeks with my wife. That's hard to beat, don't care who ya are 3 weeks with the woman you love, sleepin in her arms every night, sharing simple moments unforced just living.

There are a few items, baubles, pittances I wanted but again things happen, money gets spent, plans get changed. You deal and you move on, I mean what am I supposed to do just sit still and wallow in self pity(I mean yes that is an option but its soooo 1985)? What's that gonna change, yes the days are running together and I could tell you the day and not the date, but so what? I'll get a break soon and when I do I will restart my brain in a manner that is more productive(look at my blog last month talk about therapeutic), so why wallow, why focus on one point in the present and stay there? What good will that do me, will it make my dreams come true? Will it make magic appear in front of me? No, then let's keep moving forward and get on to the next thing.

2 days til "the warrior's way", so I'm psyched about that, I was researching phones to see what my new one will be, I'm gonna do it I'm flushing the Curve and getting the new Bold. At first I wasn't liking parts of it, I mean the screen space is the same but its always looked blocky to me, but that 5 mega pixel camera screams awesome to me. Plus it has 3g capabilities, so better and faster surfing. I'll snap pix of it when I get it and post it on the blog. It also has that new "optical" pad instead of the scroll wheel, which you know I like my wheel but maybe that will be better, its not the torch(which I heard has bugs but the large screen PLUS the qwerty is drool worthy, mmmmm porn, what 0_o!? Like I'm the only one who'd watch porn on it, filthy hypocrits) but hey its better than this craptastic wonder I'm using now. I mean my original one with the bad "wheel" was love when I got it but this one has been nothing but a headache.

Aiight I got cleaning to do so I'm bedding this one running to the other one and I'll catch ya later

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