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The Wrestler

i finally had a chance to see "the wrestler" after being on my list of things to do for months now. i highly recommend it. Mickey Rourke deserved the academy award. what an outstanding performance, a great story and an overall flawless film. ...i wonder how actors prep for scenes like this. how many takes did it take? what was the atmosphere like on the set? Mickey Rourke owned this character. in this scene he portrays his character's lifetime of regret and sorrow with the most delicate humility and honesty i've ever seen on screen. This performance inspires me to go deeper, deeper. a true work of art.

Good Friday (John 16:20-24)

20"Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.21"A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.22"Therefore you now have sorrow; but i will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.23"And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my Name He will give to you.24"Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

my truest song

i've been grappling in the dark for my truest song

tearing my hands on sharpened edges and thorns

my heart is plotting a prison break

i wonder how many years it will take

now three decades long

i've peered into the shadows and carried on

there were various times it arrived

like a saint who eased me

like a blue jay on a rainy day

it took flight to tease me

i saw it's silhouette on a bed sheet

hanging from a clothesline

in an alleyway in the heart of Spain

for a moment there it lingered in the air

and whispered my name

it's the shock of lightning 

and it's foreshadowed warning

that rumbles through the lonely cold

on the gray-ist of mornings

i can hear it on the track "blue in green"

or when that woman hears what i say

and knows what i mean

but mostly it is bitter sweet

like a banquet with no feast to eat

and the guests have arrived 

and the lights are dim

and the table is set

and the angel is there

she has descended from the ceiling

her face painted white

her dress in folds

and she mingles and talks quietly

of an after party

and the guests have grown hungry

with plans for leaving

i'm waiting, i'm searching

it won't be long

 god's mercy

my truest song

orange juice

WHY DID TROPICANA CHANGE THE DESIGN ON THEIR CARTONS? A TOTAL DOWNGRADE IN MY OPINION. WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT BEAUTIFULLY SUCCULENT ORANGE WITH THE STRAW STUCK IN IT? NOW IT LOOKS SO GENERIC. THANK GOD THEY DIDN'T COMPROMISE THE GREAT DRINK INSIDE.

HERE'S ANOTHER ORANGE JUICE I LIKE, TURN IT UP!

...AND MY FAVORITE SONG'S ENTITLED "BOREDOM"!

AMBULANT INFLAMED BLOB

i've been called names before but never quite as creative as the one Fernanda called me yesterday. i guess if i died i'd be an UNAMBULANT DEFLAMED BLOB or just a DEAD ROB.