Eis nosso pedido de desculpas ao Poderoso Chefão.

Descrição: camiseta preta, fio 30, 100% algodão, manga com costura reforçada, silk com o rosto de Vito Corleone e a logo “The Godfather” nas cosas.  Disponível em modelo baby look. Tamanhos PP, P, M, G e GG.

Preços:

• R$ 20,00 (estampa normal)
• R$ 25,00 (estampa em alto relevo)

Corleone não gostaria, mas nós também temos a nossa máfia.

Descrição: camiseta preta, fio 30, 100% algodão, manga com costura reforçada, silk com o rosto de Mussum e a logo “The Godfadis”.  Disponível em modelo baby look. Tamanhos PP, P, M, G e GG.

Preços:

• R$ 20,00 (estampa normal)
• R$ 25,00 (estampa em alto relevo)

#30YearsOfWarinAfghanistan

I started using this tag on twitter a few weeks ago. For as long as I’ve known about Afghanistan I’ve had an interest in it. Obviously being a lifelong New Yorker the events of 9/11 made it a topic. I was 16 when The first War started(before Iraq). #sidenote I think many forget that there are in fact TWO wars going on, THREE if you count the equally as death producing drug war. Tora Bora. Osama’s in the caves with a dialysis machine and his trusty doctor. Dead or Alive. The Hindu kush mountain ranges. Northwest Pakistan. Taliban and ancient civilizations where any who wish to take refuge must be sheltered. Places no mechanized vehicles have operated on. The tapes, the fuzzy bootleg video recordings. Some say Osama is a fake totally fabricated by some conspiracy master plan. Some say Osama is dead. Some say Osama is real and masterminded these terrible acts of violence. Some say Osama drives a cab in the city. My opinion? I don’t know, so I won’t say.

What I do know, and what I can say, is what I’ve read about the situation and the lives of the people there. The pictures i’ve seen. The stories i’ve read. The documentaries, the articles, the movies based on, and one book that may have been written (in my mind) specifically for me. And not just the people, the country, it’s animals, it’s history, it’s mountain ranges and natural habitats. Besides being important to me because we are currently at War with the country – besides that – I see an Afghanistan that is filled with remarkable natural life like Snow Leopards, mountain ranges, fields, kite controllers, weevers of incredible carpetry clothing and art. And I know that there have been talks and the president I voted for is considering sending 40,000 more of my peers, young American men & women into a place filled with a civilization of people who have endured foreign weapons and bloodshed for 30+ years.

I love New York City. That is unquestionable in my every thought and action. What happened on 9/11 has made me who I am more than anything in this world. By saying we should leave Afghanistan am I giving up on the vengeance of my city? Am I saying they died for nothing because we never found Osama? No. In the Godfather Pt. I after Sonny Corleone is killed the Don calls a meeting of all the families in the mafia and he says “I forgoe the vengeance of my son” because he realized that no one else needs to die. GIVE PEACE A CHANCE.

My grandmother revealed to me today that my father was talking about Afghanistan when he was my age. 30 years ago. And we’re still there.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
I’m off to read 2 more Bio chapters, and then some turkey at my godfather’s house with my mom and sister.

Be thankful for what you have, and don’t take time for granted.

xoxo
Monmons

I THINK I AM GOING TO PUKE ALL OVER MY CPU SCREEN~ I AM SO DISGUSTED WITH WHAT THE BIGGEST MUSIC SITES HAVE BECOME. THEY USED TO ALL ACTUALLY TELL IT LIKE IT WAS AND GAVE THEIR OPINIONS WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT WHAT THE OTHERS WERE GOING TO DO OR WHAT WAS “HIP” OR “COOL” ~ IT’S NOT EVEN ABOUT THE MUSIC ANYMORE, IT’S LIKE THE DAMN MUSIC INDUSTRY (ESPECIALLY THE SUCCESSFUL INDIE CROWD) IS A HIGH SCHOOL PROM AND NOBODY’S SOULS OR HEARTS MATTER, JUST THEIR DRESSES AND WHO THEY ARE BRING WITH THEM TO THE BIG DANCE AND HOW THEY ARE GETTING THERE. I’M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO GET THIS BLOG ONTO THE RIGHT PEOPLE’S COMPUTER SCREENS IN THEIR HOUSES OR APARTMENTS! THERE HAS TO BE PEOPLE WHO FEEL THE WAY THAT I DO. WE MUST RISE AND CREATE A NEW GENRE OF MUSIC IN ALL FACETS OF THE THEORY! IT WON’T BE INDIE, IT WON’T BE ALTERNATIVE, IT WILL HAVE TO BE CALLED “OTHER(TWICE)”

I WROTE THIS ON STEREOGUM AFTER READING THE 4TH LIST FROM PITCHFORK WHICH WAS ONLY 20 INSTEAD OF 50 AND THEY WERE BY FAR THE BEST, THEY GOT MORE GOOD ALBUMS IN 20 PICKS THAN THE OTHERS DID IN 50!!!

HERE IS MY RANT: What if the greatest album ever created comes out next month?! Anyways, Out of all the 4 lists from the Top Guns, Pitchfork got more right in 20 than any of the others did in 50!!!!!!!  They are the only ones to include a Modest Mouse Album, I know everyone thinks that Lonesome Crowded West was their Holy Grail & then they sold out, but as a Musician or even a massive fan of music, I think that what Isaac Brock did on The Moon & Antarctica (3 People), Good News For People Who Love Bad News & Even The Johnny Marr Included We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank  <— All 3 of them would be in My Top 50 Along With Ugly Cassanova! Silverchair – Diorama One Billion Percent Belongs In Every List~ It just infuriates me that all of these main music sites have to make sure they are still hip in their decision~ I mean, M.I.A is Beyond Amazing, But I don’t think that Arular is even half the album that Kala is and of course that is because she brought in Big Time Producers and all that, but M.I.A as a Singer/Rapper/Producer/Programmer <— She learned and got better at all of those things over the years in between those albums, but NOT ONE LIST HAD KALA, Just Arular Because It Is Cooler & More Hip To Say So & I Think Modest Mouse Made No Lists Because Of The Same Thing.. It’s Just Ridiculous. I am going to start a Music Blog & I am going to put the time, dedication and money behind it to get it into peoples heads and I will not bow down to what others think I should think. It is really getting pathetic at this point. HE DREAMS AWAKE Better Be In The Top 10 Of The Next Decade’s Lists~ If they want weird, unique, completely different in shape/sound/structure – That is where HDAWAKE Prevails by Landslides~

I MAY BE INSANE, BUT IT IS A BEAUTIFUL & BRILLIANT INSANITY.. AT LEAST THAT’S WHAT I TELL MYSELF WHEN I’M TRYING TO FALL ASLEEP ;P

HERE IS THE PITCHFORK TOP 20 OF THE LAST DECADE

Top Album Of The Decade

PASTE’S 50 BEST ALBUMS OF THE DECADE

NME’S 50 GREATEST OF THE LAST 10 YEARS

UNCUT’S TOP 20 ALBUMS OF THE ’00s

I HAD ACTUALLY LET UNCUT SLIP PAST ME & THEIR TOP 20 IS BETTER THAN HORRIBLE~ I WOULD TAKE THE TWO TOP 20’s OVER BOTH TOP 50 LISTS COMBINED TO A DESERTED ISLAND FOR THE REST OF MY OWN ETERNITY, NOT SAYING THAT WOULD BE EVEN DECENT, BUT IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE…… BETTER THAN NOTHING (i think)~

LET’S HOPE NOSTRADAMUS WAS WRONG ABOUT 2012 ALONG WITH THAT GROUP OF HARDCORE CHRISTIANS!!

ONE LAST THING.. ONE BIG ASS QUESTION: WHERE THE F#@K IS ELLIOTT SMITH’S FROM A BASEMENT ON A HILL??!!!!!!!!!  IT DIDN’T MAKE ONE SINGLE LIST AND IT HAS A FEW OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS EVER WRITTEN AND HE IS TALKING ABOUT PURE PAIN AND FRUSTRATION BECAUSE HE STUCK A F#@KING KNIFE IN HIS HEART BEFORE HE EVEN RELEASED IT. IT WAS A DOUBLE ALBUM AND IT BELONGS ON ALL 4 OF THOSE LISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT THE F#CK EVER~

In the Mafia organizations apply the law to shut up, called Omerta, people who break it will get the death penalty. Omerta has become like a “religion” in Sicilia. So if you’re a stranger, and there, then ask the residents about the right direction, do not expect you will get the right answer. Reading this book, we’ll be a bit to learn about war tactics, and art in the lead, which is characteristic of the Mafia. Apparently a member of the Mafia must respect his wife, and protect his family. The Godfather explained about Mafia life in New York City, which tells of the struggle for power, respect for family, love, loyalty, and the consequences of living in the middle of the killers, corruption, and revenge. The characters in this book is very complex, which has hopes, dreams, and fears, but also a vicious killer.

Download : The Godfather

Editor’s Note:

The purpose of this epilogue is to take account of where we are today and where we are heading in the near future. I realize this is a lot of information to wrap your mind around. The opposition will label it a conspiracy theory and many people will reject it on that basis. I understand the sentiment. I do not want to believe it is true either. However, there comes a point where the evidence is so overwhelming that it can no longer be ignored, dismissed or rationalized. As more people come to an informed understanding about Soros public opinion will turn against Mr. Obama. Soros is moving to preempt that reaction in the public square and to control the voting process. So far he has been remarkably effective. No public official has stood up to him (except for Rep Joe Wilson’s outburst… “LIAR”). But in any grand scheme there is always an X factor—something the architect did not anticipate something he cannot control. At this point I cannot tell you what that might be. It is an imponderable. But, our goal is clear: to drag this dark mover from behind the scenes into the broad light of day as I have tried to do for you here. For now at least, this is our country. Let us make sure we do not lose it.

EPILOGUE: CURRENT ASSESSMENT

A year has passed since Obama was elected. His poll numbers have fallen from the stratospheric heights they were at then. His approval rating is now below 50% according to the most reliable polls. This is unprecedented. Pundits and pollsters alike are setting off warning flares. And they have found just the right nostrum: Mr. Obama must adopt a more conservative fiscal policy or else his party will suffer dire consequences in the 2010 election. That is the sober advice which pollster Scott Rasmussen and political advisor Doug Schoen offer Obama. Newsweek writer Scott Trende makes essentially the same argument when he says the Jacksonians and the suburban voters are deserting Obama because they know they will pay dearly for Obama’s fiscal irresponsibility. (Note: Scott also boasts that he and Jay Cost invented the term “Jacksonian” to describe the working class coalition that believes in traditional American values. Unless I am mistaken, that term was coined by the estimable Walter Russell Meade.) To complete the folly, Republicans are reading the tea leaves the exact same way. Suffice it to say, a good strategist could run circles around these plodding conventional thinkers.

Soros is a strategist of the first order. He knew when he installed Obama that there would come a time when the hopium would wear off and in the morning after the American People would awaken to the inescapable fact that they are being robbed. Furthermore, he knew that when that happened a substantial anti-Obama coalition would form, and if that coalition could hang together then his man would be defeated in 2012. He will soon be 80 and might not live to see his plan for a New World Order come to fruition. Therefore, he needed an answer.

The answer to his problem is as old as the Roman Empire: If the opposing army is superior in numbers then you create a crisis in its ranks, so you can divide and conquer. Obama does not need a majority to win in 2012. All he needs is to get more votes than the other candidate. And for Soros that is the trump card.

The Soros strategy is in four (4) parts. The first part is to push for so-called Immigration Reform. This will be done in the name of national security, fighting terrorism, interdicting drug cartels and enhancing cross border economic activity. Those are perfectly legitimate issues. Time will tell whether they are effectively addressed or get lost in the shuffle. In an administration where everything is political, and attempts to govern through the endless campaign, it is hardly surprising that the real objective of this legislation is political in nature: to game the 2012 election. Amnesty will be the cutting edge issue. More than 12 million people are in this country today illegally. The prospect of legalizing them while 17.5% of the American labor force is out of work is irresponsible. That issue will ignite controversy. The word racist will be redeployed. It will galvanize Hispanic activists, and antagonize unemployed Americans. It will drive a wedge into the body politic including the anti-Obama coalition. It will reinforce the Soros position of open borders set forth in his Open Society mantra. It is brilliant.

Second, Soros can see the fissures within the Republican Party. Perhaps a better word would be schisms. Perhaps an ever better word would be great divide. Today, the Republican Party is a coalition of small government libertarians, religious conservatives and neo-con business interests. They agree on certain issues, disagree on others and if the candidate the party puts forward does not appeal to them they will either vote for a third party candidate as they did with Ross Perot in 1992, or else they will stay home as they did in 2008. We saw that as well in the 23d Congressional District of New York. As a result, the Democratic candidate won in 1992, and the Dimocratic candidate won in 2008. And in each case, those uncompromising Republican voters told themselves that in the moment of truth they stood for principle. A better interpretation would be that they formed a circular firing squad and blasted away—just like Soros wanted.

Soros knows this and that is why he is starting to fund politicians and groups within the Republican coalition who press positions which divide the Party and/or the electorate. For example, Soros will be inclined to fund a “Republican in Name Only” (RINO) like Florida Governor Christ in his Senate run because he knows that conservatives will not vote for him for ideological reasons and if they show any inclination to do so then can tell them about the Night of the Green Iguana. Similarly, he is making a large contribution the Catholic Church knowing that they will support candidates who oppose abortion. Meanwhile, his man Obama courts anti-gay spiritual leaders. Again, this is a concerted attempt to pull voters away from the Republican Family Values Coalition. He knows can proceed with impunity in the Democratic Party. Organizations like NARL, Planned Parenthood, and others endorsed Mr. Obama in the primary and refuse to criticize him when he makes common cause with their enemies. You begin to wonder whether they are taking member contributions under false pretenses. Soros knows.

Third, Soros is a practitioner of shock doctrine. He knows that whenever there is a crisis the majority of people will rally around the nominal leader, and forget everything else. That is why his man Obama tells us that everything is a crisis, the status quo is unsustainable, and another spending program must be initiated or else we will all be wailing and gnashing our teeth in the outer darkness. It is also why he has moved aggressively to take over the economy. And, it may even explain why Mr. Obama has decided to prosecute the mastermind of 9/11 in U.S. District Court as a civilian with the full protection of the U.S. Constitution, rather than a military tribunal as enemy combatant under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. This serves the interests of both Soros and Obama because it will keep the issue of interrogation techniques in the forefront of the nation and world. It will energize the radical left wing base of the Democratic Party in preparation for 2010 and it will ingratiate Obama to the Muslim world but at the expense of America. And, it will greatly enhance the likelihood that the defendants will be acquitted because of what occurred in custodial interrogation. In that case, mainstream media wins as well because they can then seize the opportunity to blame this on all Bush. Obama would express disappointment at the misdeeds of his predecessor and exhort all of us to be better human beings. It could also lead to a bonus round for Soros if the Bush officials who authorized the extreme interrogation techniques which prevented a second al Qaeda attack on U.S. Soil are charged with violation of domestic or international law. In that case there could be a follow up trial and a Second Judgment at Nuremberg. Soros has a pathological hatred for Bush and this would delight him to no end. If the Republicans have any heavy hitters left like Ted Olsen then now would be a good time to start rolling them out. This is a bold and provocative move by Soros. It is a chance he did not have to take and it could backfire on him.

Fourth, Soros funds an organization called the Secretary of State Project. The purpose of that project is to elect Democratic Candidates to Secretary of State position in key battleground states. The Secretary of State is responsible for the interpretation and application of State Election Laws. The Democrats blamed Gore’s loss in 2000 to Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris (the recount) and Kerry’s loss in 2004 to Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell (the rejection of provisional ballots) both of whom were Republicans and made rulings adverse to the Democratic Candidates. The Secretary of State Project has been successful. In 2006 the candidates it supported won 5 such elections and in 2008 4 more. However, instead of correcting the problem some of those Democratic Secretaries of State have made it even worse. The paradigmatic example is Jennifer Bruner in Ohio whose attempts as voter disenfranchisement border on malfeasance.

(Note: there may well be a fifth part to the Soros strategy to maintain perpetual power—voting machines. It is like the Secretary of State problem inasmuch as Democrats believe the abuse of these machines began with the Republican Party who controlled the voting machine company—Election Systems Software. The Democrats want to change to a new voting machine company—Segovia AVC Advantage, which has been purchased by a Venezuelan Company which is linked to the government of Hugo Chavez. However, the more critical point is this: whichever voting machines are used they can be hacked and votes can be stolen by writing a computer program which had not been invented at the time that the machine was designed. This has been proven by computer experts at leading universities. This could turn out to be another project for Soros supported Blue State Digital. The answer to this entire dilemma is hand counted paper ballots with a secure chain of custody. That is the only way to ensure clean elections and restore public confidence.)

Someone asked me why Obama seems so ebullient when the problems of our country are so dire. I told him that if I am right and he is controlled by Soros then it is because he has made significant progress implementing the Soros Agenda. If he were focused on the people’s agenda then the priorities he is pursuing would be entirely different, e.g. jobs and fiscal control. Someone else asked me whether he is soft on terror. I told him if you add everything up then it is hard to reach any other conclusion. Specifically: i) his failure to deal with Afghanistan, ii) his failure to support the democracy movement in Iran, iii) his failure to insist that Iran relinquish its nuclear weapons program, iv) his failure protect our borders, v) his support for amnesty, vi) his refusal to call a jihadist army officer who slaughters 13 Americans a terrorist, vii) his failure to prosecute terrorist suspects before military tribunals and viii) his support for the prosecution of Americans whose interrogation techniques reportedly prevented a second 9/11 attack on American soil—taken together as a pattern all point to the same conclusion.

Good God! Enough!! Be off with you Irving Berlin!! You must learn to respect the opinions of other people. And, try the benign explanation first! Isn’t it true that Soros could fund the Catholic Church for perfectly legitimate reasons such as a detached and disinterested generosity? Isn’t it possible that Soros heard the flute music of the Gospel of Wealth? How can you be so sure his motive is Machiavellian? How can you criticize this wonderful altruistic man? Oh, but that is not the worst of it. No siree! Why you even have the audacity to criticize the Messiah himself! How dare you accuse My Barack Obama of base motives? He has given so much HOPE to everyone in the world—especially unemployed Americans, and our soldiers in Afghanistan. Just you wait Henry Higgins! By the end of his fourth term everything will be perfect!!! Right now, he is showing the world that he open minded enough to give the men who did bad things on 9/11 the presumption of innocence and the full protection of our laws. And just last week he told us not to jump to conclusions about the army soldier who lost his mind and unintentionally shot 13 Americans at Fort Hood. If these poor men had been raised in nurturing environments none of this would have happened.

He always knows the perfect thing to say–like dumb (white) cop. The three little things people in small towns cling to. A more tolerant man never lived. A more decent one never existed. (Swoon). He is always thinking of me– I mean us, and never about himself. And he is there when you need him– on bus placards, street cameras, art posters, magazine covers, mugs, key chains, sweat shirts, bloomers, body tattoos and everywhere else you look—just grinnin’ like a possum. Oh, blessed are we that Messiah Obama came to Earth in our lifetime. (Tearing up). How can he produce a birth certificate when he is the product of Immaculate Conception? Those birthers never thought about that possibility– now did they? How can you criticize him after all he has done for mankind? (Choke). Well, okay maybe he hasn’t done squat. But just remember he got the Nobel Prize in the I Got Plenty of Nuthin’ category– so there! (Tongue Protrudes). How can you say mean things about his avuncular Godfather? (Fortissimo) I hate you! You are delusional! (Sobbing convulsively, music rises from the orchestra pit, camera moves in, long close-up, fade to black, print.) Voice over: no retakes please!

Thank you for the Selznick moment. You ask me why I say these things? I say them because they are true. Our world is in flux and the American People are entitled to know what is going on. Mainstream media gives them nothing but bread and circuses. When is the last time you heard Brian Williams ask Obama a tough question? People need to know what is true. And they do not want to hear from Snidely Whiplash Axelrod.

You ask me how I know that what I am saying is true? After all others there are other opinions. The reason I know is because I have been on the campaign trail, I have spoken to knowledgeable people and I have done the research. Could I be wrong? Of course, I have no illusions about that. I could be wrong on a number of points—but the premise itself is sound. There is too much supporting evidence to conclude otherwise.

How do I know that these irreproachable men have an ulterior political motive which is not in the interests of the American People? I know because I know the nature of the beast, the devil’s coup d’ etat, and the brave new world of George Soros. Furthermore, I believe what’s past is prologue. You do not need to be a clairvoyant. You don’t need inside information. All you need to do is understand their motivations, interpret their words and watch their actions—like a hawk. Then do your own research. To know more about the grand scheme, you would need to be inside the Soros organization. If you are, then you have my sympathies. If you are an American or just a decent human being, and not addled on hopium then there will be times when your conscience troubles you deeply, and you wonder if the paycheck is really worth it. But there are many lawful ways to defend our country especially where you are. We are relying on you as well.

PLEASE LET US KNOW IF THIS MINI-SERIES HAS HAD AN IMPACT ON YOUR THINKING…

AS FOX MULDER IS WANT TO SAY: “THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE”… and we brought it to you here!

Author: Bill Boe 11/03/2009

THE GHOST OF PAUL REVERE

First they called us racists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a racist;

Then they called us a mob, and I did not speak out—because I was not a mobster;

Then they threatened a news network, and I did not speak out—because I was not a journalist;

Then they destroyed our country, and I did not speak out—because I wanted to believe their lies;

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out for me. . . . .

Yabancı bir kaynakta yukarıdaki üçleme beğenisini yansıtan bir grafiğe rastladım ancak tek bir kişinin yorumumu ya da bir istatistiğin sonucu mu olduğu bilgisi yoktu. Spiderman 3′e biraz haksızlık edildiğini düşünüyorum ayrıca X-Men’lerin de yüksek olduğu kanaatindeyim. Onun ötesinde basit ama güzel bir çalışma olmuş, insanın bu üçlemeleri oturup yeniden izleyesi geliyor…

Conforme prometido,aqui está a segunda parte de nosso especial jogar ou assistir,agora com filmes que viraram games.Afinal nada melhor que poder estar na pele do herói daquele filmão que você nunca esquece.E  escolhi alguns jogos que representam bem seus filmes

O Poderoso Chefão

Godfather O game começa quando o pai do protagonista é assassinado por mafiosos rivais e sua mãe pede que Don Vito Corleone cuide de você. Logo nas primeiras cenas , é possível perceber o grau de detalhismo dos personagens. Cada um dos atores foi meticulosamente reproduzido(o realismo dos persongaens é incrivel,quem já viu o filme pode até confudir com cenas do cinema).Os combates se dividem em ataques corpo-a-corpo e armas de fogo. Os golpes físicos são variados. O seu personagem dispõe de uma série de socos e chutes, além de agarrões diversos. Os ataques variam entre joelhadas e até alguns empurrões, só para jogar o oponente no chão. Quase tudo é feito com o analógico direito, como se fosse uma versão simplificada de “Fight Night”.Seria muito difícil reproduzir toda a sensação de um filme como  ”O Poderoso Chefão”,mas esse jogo de play 2 traduz muito bem a temática do filme com um realismo e interatividade impressionantes.

Bad Boys Miami takedown

Miami Takedown permite que jogadores controlem Mike Lowrey(Will Smith) e Marcus Burnett(Martin LAurence) em sua guerra contra traficantes de drogas. O sistema usual de sair dando tiros para todos os lados está representado, com o típico humor do filme (que aliás tm cenas impagáveis). O destaque fica por conta de dois elementos pouco comuns. O primeiro é um sistema de cobertura baseado em pontos especiais para a manobra – apesar disso estar presente em muitos game, o fato de se restringir a determinados locais permite que, com o toque de um botão, o personagem salte bem ao estilo cinematográfico para se proteger. A segunda é um indicador para mostrar se você está sendo um “tira bom” ou “tira ruim”.O jogo segue bem a linha do filme ação pura,muitos tiros,descontração bem Bad Boys mesmo,com missões bem envolventes, pra quem gosta de um bom jogo de ação é um prato cheio.

Harry Potter e o prisioneiro de Askaban

Pela primeira vez, jogadores poderão controlar os amigos Ronny Weasley e Hermione Granger, além do próprio Potter. Cada um deles terá habilidades próprias: além de contar com magias únicas (somente Harry pode invocar um Patronus, por exemplo), cada um deles se especializa em algumas áreas: Harry é o melhor saltador e jogador de Quadribol(acredite é mesmo). Ronny é capaz de ver passagens secretas escondidas e Hermione pode passar por pequenos buracos. O jogador deverá escolher qual dos três amigos será ideal para resolver os desafios e quebra-cabeças do jogo. Em alguns estágios, será preciso combinar suas forças para criar magias mais arrasadoras. Como um brinde, você poderá também controlar a coruja Edwiges em algumas partes da aventura.A principio os jogos de Harry Potter não costumam decepcionar os fãs ( pessoalmente estou longe de ser um fã)Considero esse o melhor filme do bruxo,e por coincidência também o melhor jogo,faz você pensar com nenhum outro jogo da série faz,e levando em conta que estou priorizando as melhores adaptações para os jogos,esse merece lugar.

Ratatouille

Assuma a pele de Remy, um jovem ratinho que sonha em se tornar um grande chef de cozinha francês em Paris – tirando o “ligeiro” problema de se tratar de um rato , assim vivendo alguns dos principais momentos do filme.Os desafios são variados(aliás como costuma acontecer nos games baseados em filmes de animação) passando por provas de culinária até lances típicos do estilo plataforma. As atividades envolvem desde criar pratos elaborados na cozinha até evitar ser visto por inimigos famintos.Dentre os vários jogos baseados em filmes de animação escolhi esse para comentar ,não somente pelo filme (que gostei muito),mas pela jogabilidade do game,acreditem é um jogo muito divertido,você tem muitas mudanças ao longo das diferentes missões.Lembra muito os clássicos de super nintendo,com aventuras bem criativas,nessa área poderia citar o jogo de “Shrek terceiro” e “Hércules”(para play 1 baseado no filme em 2D da disney) que são boas pedidas para quem gosta do gênero animação.

Rocky Legends

O modo principal é um Story Mode onde você leva Rocky Balboa por todas as lutas vistas no filme (inclusive aquelas menos importantes), cada qual na mesma locação utilizada no filme(tem uns becos,muito bem feitos). Os personagens derrotados vão sendo liberados para o Exhbition Mode. E com todos os 20 lutadores dos cinco filmes, até personagens menores como Dipper Brown estarão representados. O estilo de controle está mais próximo do arcade, com comandos simples, além dos combos e golpes específicos de cada lutador( pena que o sistema de controle não seja o mesmo de Fight Night). Para garantir o equilíbrio do game, os lutadores mais fortes porém mais lentos serão bons adversários para os rápidos e fracos.Não podia faltar esse clássico,Rocky Balboa neles,um jogo literalmente para os fãs(como eu) onde você revive as lutas clássicas do ” garanhão italiano”,mas já adianto é um dos jogos mais difíceis que joguei (na verdade ainda estou tentando jogar)no inicio se apanha muito,e mesmo mais pra frente quando encontrar os lutadores mais forte pode ter certeza que vai voltar a apanhar durante um tempo.rsrs

Encerro por aqui esse especial,procurei abordar 5 jogos de gênero diferente(e que fossem bons jogos),pra mostrar que existem muitos jogos legais vindos de filmes (não podemos dizer o mesmo de filme vindo de jogos certo??rs)   Nesse caso você pode assistir e jogar que vale a pena.Então suba no ringue , mostre que é um Bad Boy e chame um chefão para a briga,ele vai tremer como um Rato e ter de apelar pra mágia.

Sigam -me no Twitter Cleber Gio

Every time I talk about top 10 lists,  I always start with the  disclaimer that I know  how pointless they are.

And then I ask myself:  OK, if they are  so pointless, why do I have so much fun reading them and doing  them and sharing them?

No good answer, In fact, making lists is far from the only pointless thing I do.

Today, I am adding some new films and slightly changing the order.   It is not a 10 best list.  It is a list of my ten favorites. A  list of 10 best films  would be beyond nervy given how many films have a legitimate claim to inclusion.

But it seems perfectly fair to make a list of ten favorites since they are, in fact,  only my favorites.

My favorites have stayed the same for over a year.  But for the last few months I have been mulling over “No Country for Old Men”  and “The Lives of Others.” (Now I can really hear you saying: This guy need a life! Who has time to mull anything over?)

Seriously, I want to make some changes to my list.  But according to ground rules that some friends of mine and I set up many years ago in a UCLA dorm room, I have to remove one film for each one I add.  I posted my last 10 favorite about a year ago. Here is my new one along with a list of contenders.

Comments welcome. Lists welcome. Ridicule welcome.

My Ten Favorite Films as of November 15, 2009

1. Dekalog

2. Godfather 1/Godfather 2

3.  Salesman

4. The Lives of Others

5. Amarcord

6.  Goodfellas

7  No Country for Old Men

8  Fargo

9. Rear Window

10 Night and Fog

__________________________________

Other Contenders (not in order)

Midnight Cowboy

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Au Revoir les Enfants

Shop on Main Street  (1965)

It’s a Wonderful Life

Jeux interdits

Come and See

Smile

Atlantic City

Three Kings

Das Boot

The General

Paris, Texas

Shoah

Invaders from Mars

Strangers on a Train

The Graduate

The French Connection

Double Indemnity

Les Enfants du Paradis

Les Diaboliques

Psycho

Le Salaire de la peur

Sunset Boulevard

The Exiles

The Last Laugh

Hotel Terminus

Happiness

The Third Man

M

The Marriage of Maria Braun

Honestly, I need to get myself a hat. I wanted a hat for a very long time and never got one. I still don’t know why. But I need to have a fuckin’ hat. Now, I don’t mean caps and any other head-protecting shit, I need a real serious-guy hat. I’m tired of baseball-caps and condom-like hats you pull on your head in winter, or whenever you feel like your brain might freeze to a comatose state of being.

I need to get myself a hat that tells people that I’m a serious guy, I will never fuck anyone over, I’m as honest as a businessman can be, that I’m all together the guy you wanna shake hands or – if it’s a woman, other things - with. Have you noticed that guys with hats are taken instantly seriously. He’s the man. Why? He has a hat. He must have something very valuable under that hat. Hats make you important. How do you think Abraham Licoln got famous. He was no genius, he was just like you and me, except… he had the damn hat. Nobody wrote about “Ab Lincoln’s brain”. No! They wrote about “Ab Lincoln’s hat!” The hat, people, the hat can make you the freakin’ president. Frank Sinatra, wonderful guy, exceptional voice and never seen without the hat. And of course he became famous as hell. Frank Sinatra would be no Frank Sinatra without the damn hat, I tell you that. Without the hat he’d just be plain Frank. See? When you have a hat, people instantly feel the need to call you by your full name. You aint just Billy, Frank or any other lame-ass name, no… you get respect, cuz you have a hat. They respect you hat. You try and take off your hat, nobody’ll give a shit. You’ll become a nobody. People might even put out their cigarettes on your head or suit, that’s how unimportant you’ll become, but once you put your hat back on, they’ll offer you a beer for free. Cuz you’re the guy with the hat. The Godfather… he had a hat, look how famous he’s become. People are still watching the movie. Sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday… he had the damn hat. No problem he was maffia, people still liked him, cuz he had the hat, they had to like and respect him. Robin Hood… the guy who ripped off rich people to help the poor, had a hat, and he became famous history. Even the Wizard of Oz had the freakin’ hat! This is unbelievable! A wizard who otherwise is considered a bad person, one that has to be burned damn it, if he puts on a damn hat, he’s instantly ok, even more.. he becomes the wizard of all times.

So I need the hat, maybe not a wizard hat, cuz that might not make me look too good, but I need one of those Frank Sinatra hats, who knows I might become the next biggest swing-jazz musician… The hat does miracles. Have you seen a bald guy with a hat on? No!

New image in the colorless cars photography contest

…
The Godfather… photography picture

If Indians have always been smart at making remakes and adaptations, veteran actor, director, producer and screenplay writer Kamal Haasan has been the smartest. He considers it a good idea, stating the example of Ramayana to draw our attention to the various adaptations of our Vedas , folks and fables, Panchatantras and other religious works. It is difficult to name a person who has as skillfully escaped copyright and plagiarism issues as Kamal Haasan and yet secured a respected position in the world of remakes. Because when its Kamal Haasan, ‘it’s ideas compiled and ideas added’ and that can’t be termed as ‘idle or foolish copying’. After all, who doesn’t use inspirations and existing ideas to add to the creative pursuits?

Kamal hassan

Kamal is capable at focusing on the crux of the matter. He chooses tried and tested movies and that’s why with several remakes round the corner, audience always turn to the ones of Kamal. When Kamal adapts a work, the makers of the original often admit of its surprising originality and magic. Hence more often than not , its success all the way.

Kamal in maro charitra

Whatever the genre he adapts from and whichever the industry, he gives it a regional touch and feel. Hence whether it’s the remake of “Maro Charitra” or ‘Godfather’ or ‘A Wednesday’, its Kamal Haasan’s distinct style of adaptation all the way. With so much said, lets glance at the stills of the various intelligent adaptations he has made.

1.  Looking

2.  Listening

3.  Learning

Hell fire it was hard this morning.  Son 1aged 5y 1m has needed navy blue swimming trunks since term started.  Here we are after our three week half term, with his baggy white Monsoon shorts still damp and packed somewhere in the suitcases.  I was in Asda at 9pm last night pushing a trolley round George looking for trunks. I asked an assistant. They are, apparently, seasonal items. They come in to the store in Spring and go in the Sale in July. And that’s it.  My fallback plan was a pair of  navy and red Aged 3 swimming boxers I’d found in a bag of hand-me-downs before we went away.  But what had I done with them.  Wonder Nanny had also been sorting clothes. She’d taken my random pile and put the clothing away in the most logical place. Which was where I found them.  This was a Good Thing.  Son 2 aged 2y 1m cried and clung, but Son 1 got to School and I got to The Office on time. 

At The Office a colleague had done something so Useful and Important for me that my first morning  back was a breeze. I took her out to lunch to say thank you, blasting holes in my Holiday Resolutions of watching my spending and my eating.  I managed to offload a great pile of Nachos on to her plate in revenge.  In the afternoon, the contrasts.  The Man rang. Son 2’s Godfather is gravely ill again. And then I had a long conversation with someone I know whose young daughter, nearly three, is terminally ill.  “We never recorded her voice while she could still speak,” he said.  Wonder Nanny, who is very qualified, very competent and very caring, took Son 2 round to play there about a month ago. The father felt it was a success, so I’ll ask her to go again.  There is something very crap about the Mother who sends her Nanny round to help the desperate family.  But I just don’t know what to do. 

I picked Son 1 up in the closing minutes of After School Club.  He had his school photos, which are gorgeous.  At home, I just wanted to cut out pictures of my two gorgeous children and put them in their little cardboard frames, ready to send to Grandparents and Aunties.  The real-life versions of the two gorgeous children scrapped and screeched and shrieked for my attention.  Which they got. Words from earlier floated back:  “Her span is only going to be short so we’re trying to make sure it’s the best life possible.”  I will be less snappy with my children.

Hoje tenho que falar sobre os filmes mais nostálgicos e que me marcaram. Tenho, porque estava vendo um site muito interessante do pintor drew struzan e o cara é genial. Pintou posteres como os de Os aventureiros do bairro proibido e De volta para o futuro(dois dos meus preferidos/nostálgicos). Mas o cara pinta tudo o que me faz ficar com saudades dos meus tempos de sessão da tarde e não dava pra não comentar sobre isso hoje.

Posso dizer que prefiro assistir à qualquer um dos filmes da sessão da tarde de minha época do que qualquer obra-prima como Godfather que só vi mais crescido. Mas isso deve ser quase unânime, todas as pessoas devem amar mais ver filmes que marcaram sua infância/adolescência do que filmes sério e que por melhor que sejam não despertem nenhum sentimento emocional forte em quem vê.

Daí o primeiro filme que vem a minha cabeça é um meio peculiar e desconexo e que por mais estranho que pareça eu amo de mais vê-lo. Esqueceram de mim provavelmente é o filme mais nostálgico que existe pra mim. Não sei porque, mas quando falam dele e as imagens começa a se formar em minha cabeça bate uma coisa inexplicável que me faz pensar, relembrar momentos incríveis da época em que eu o assistia, e por mais bizarro que pareça, me dá vontade de chorar. Sim, provavelmente por ser uma época tão boa aquela onde eu apenas via filmes na sessão da tarde e tava me fudendo em ver defeitos ou coisas que não fazem sentido. Talvez por ser a real época onde eu realmente fazia o que o cinema sempre propôs desde o inicio: me divertia. Sem reclamar de nada, apenas assistia ao filme e me divertia.

O pior de tudo é nunca saber qual que prefiro, se é o primeiro ou o segundo. Os dois são lindos, realmente, mas cada um tem suas qualidades. Tudo isso que sinto é culpa de Chris Columbus, sim esse safado só faz filmes que me fazem ir ao mundo da nostalgia e saudade. Só de ter feito esqueceram de mim ele não precisava de colocar mais nostalgia em minha vida, mas não, ele vai lá e me dirige o primeiro Harry Potter. Essa é uma parte mais bizarra de minha vida, onde nenhum amigo procura entender o porquê que eu sempre afirmo que o primeiro filme do bruxo é meu preferido dentre os feitos até hoje. Antes não era, até porque o que eu mais tinha assistido era O prisioneiro de Azkaban, mas após uns anos, fui rever A pedra filosofal e não deu outra: O clima nostálgico (pelo menos um pouquinho) de Esqueceram de mim voltou e me fez sentir coisas diferentes com o filme e que me fizeram perceber que era o que mais unia elementos inocentes e despretensiosos da série, formando assim um “filme lembrança” pra mim.

Daí, Chris Columbus seria meu “diretor Nostálgico” favorito não fosse Tim Burton. Tá certo que Chris tem filmes de mais nesse quesito(mais até que Burton) mas a potência nostálgica de Columbus fecha apenas em Esqueceram de mim e Harry Potter, pra mim. Tá certo que ele tem no curriculo umas coisas que as outras pessoas preferem taxar de nostálgicas do que os dois filme que eu citei ai. Ele por exemplo escreve o roteiro d’Os Goonies, que fez bem mais fãs nostalgicos do que Harry Potter e Esqueceram de mim juntos(pelo menso eu acho), mas o filme em si, não despertou nada em mim.

Falando agora de Tim Burton, só preciso citar seus filmes ne? Acho que explicar o porque ou o nível de nostalgia é perda de tempo. Pra começar, o filme que mais vi na sessão da tarde em toda minha vida foi Edward Mãos de tesoura. E junto com o filme de Columbos é o que mais me desperta o sentimento discutido. Depois ele me vem com Sleepy Hollow e chuta tudo no meu mundo infatil com um filme (que na época) me amedrontou e nunca me fez ter pesadelos. É estranho, pois eu não consegui dormir uma vez por ver um filme tosco ai que tem “casa” e “assombrada” no título, nem me lembro mais, e com o filme do cavaleiro sem cabeça de Burton eu consegui dormir, e o melhor: intrigado como que vi. Nunca saiu da minha memória a primeira vez que vi o filme, além de estar a noite, vi com meu pai e meu irmão (duas pessoas que nunca foram de evr filmes, mesmo nessa época). Talvez o que mais tenha marcado tenha sido o momento unido com as cenas fantásticas e únicas que Burton criou transformando o filme em um terror que pode ate ser chamado de infantil pelo simples fato de não fazer crianças (pelo menos eu) chorarem com suas cenas, e sim ficarem impressionadas com o que vêem. Burton também fez um dos poucos filmes que considero nostálgicos dessa nova época “não-sessão da tarde”. Peixe Grande é o filme que mais me faz chorar e talvez o que tenha o final mais lindo dos que já vi. E tudo isso é dirigido de uma forma tão foda por Burton que continua om seus climões nostálgicos que havia em Edawrd e Sleepý Hollow. Tem também Vincent, que foi o último filme dele que vi e também um dos melhores. Tem é claro a nostalgia caracteristica do cara. Talvez seja meu diretor nostálgico preferido.

Seguindo a lógica do nível nostálgico de cada diretor, acho que o meu outro favorito que entra junto com esses dois ai, é sem dúvidas, Robert Zemeckis. E nem é pelas suas qualidades de diretor ou pela maioria de seus filmes, mas apenas por três filmes: a trilogia De volta para o futuro
é a série de filmes mais nostálgica do mundo, a meu ver. Cada filme da série me faz ir a um mundo único e nostálgico. O primeiro poderia ser o mais foda, não fosse o segundo embalado pelo terceiro. Quer saber, não prefiro nenhum e sim todos! Não consigo explicar ao certo o que eles contêm, mas sei que quando passava na sessão da tarde eu marcava a hora e não perdia nem os comerciais enjoados da globo. Marty McFly, além de ser ícone de uma nação inteira de jovens (inclusive a nossa) nunca para de ganhar mais fãs. Nosso eterno Doc é outro, imortalizados nesse filme, o nível de nostalgia desse é quase superior aos citados antes, mas cada um tem suas qualidades, e as desses são magistrais.

O mais engraçado, é que os meus filmes mais nostálgicos são também os que mais vi na sessão da tarde. Que odeio até a ultima gota atualmente. Tem um curioso, que só de ouvir o nome meu coração aperta. Abracadabra é interessante pelo fato de eu não conseguir nem saber o nome do diretor. Mas como estamos na internet meu amigo, sei que Kenny Ortega fez um filme que se pode chamar realmente de mágico, é até irônico. Talvez o que desperta a nostalgia em mim nem sejam as bruxas , mas sim aquele lindo( e até meio bobo) final, onde o gato preto consegue se libertar e seguir adiante com sua irmã em uma cena que me aperta o coração como eu já disse. É tosquera, eu sei, mas não dá, nostálgico mesmo. As bruxas ajudam eternas em minha mente com seus feitos que só saem errados e proporcionam diversão livre e sem compromisso só fazem deste um dos meus mais vistos na sessão da tarde e também, dos que mais tenho carinho.

Vou ter que falar de dois filmes do safadenho do Spilberg. Tubarão e Jurassic Park eram os filmes que mais me entretiam quando eu enchia o saco da minha mãe. Se estivesse passando eles na telinha era só eu passar em frente há um TV que esquecia minha mãe,e tudo de errado que eu tava fazendo. Ambos conseguem me prender da primeira cena até o fim, mesmo hoje em dia. Toda vez que passa na TV Jurassic Park, que é o melhor do Spilberg pra mim, eu sento e assisto pelo menos uma cena. Já sei todas de cor, mas não consigo deixar de ver. Tubarão tem o mesmo efeito, mas sumiu, passava tantas e tantas vezes na sessão da tarde e hoje foi-se com todos os citados até agora. O importante é que ouvir a trilha tema de Jurassic Parke me dá sim um aperto estranho e meio triste com alegre e sempre me faz ficar animado por ter visto o filme. Há é, não posso deixar de citar que a cena final de Tubarão mais as cenas dos Raptors e do T-Rex em Jurassic Park formam as cenas mais nostálgicas da carreira de Spilba e as minhas preferidas.

Existem muitos filmes em questão, temos Curtindo a Vida Adoidado, Os aventureiros do Bairro proibido,Gremlins,alguns dos Muppets, e por ai vai. Sempre que passavam na TV, eu via, e via, e não cansava, não enjoava, não reclamava, não procurava defeitos, me divertia, sorria, ficava alegre, preocupado com os personagens, triste pelas tragédias, e por ai vai.

E a nostalgia do cinema é isso, é agente resgatar tudo o que mais importa na sétima arte e esquecer o que nos torna chatos hoje. O nostálgico em questão, é perceber que quando vemos esses filmes nós voltamos há um tempo onde o que importava era a diversão e não a critica obsessiva. O que importava eram os personagens mais carismáticos e os vilões mais caricatos e exagerados. O que importava eram os finais felizes. O que importava era a família do lado. O que importava era a salvação de quem estava em perigo. O que importava era a trama comum. O que importava eram as frases simples, porém engraçadas para todos entenderem. O que importava, era se divertir e curtir o filme, era simplesmente fazer o que o cinema sempre quis: Vê-lo!

“An offer you can’t refuse.”

Ano: 1972

Uma enciclopédia de como fazer bom cinema.

O filme obrigatório em todas as listas de melhores filmes de sempre.

Trailer:

I’d be remiss if I didn’t have my Webmaster post the response of Kenny “Starmaker” Bolin to my show.
-Brady

Check out Kenny “Starmaker” Bolin and a return appearance of the “Macho Man” address Lanny Poffo and the two little boys at PWI. This is one Bolin’ Alley that you DO NOT WANT TO MISS!
The Bolin Alley 10/19 (Right Click to Download)

The Bolin Alley 10/26 (Right Click to Download)

Courtesy of Who’s Slamming Who.

[ED. NOTE - SORRY THIS IS LATE ON BRADY.TK]

November 4, 2009 A WOMAN’S call to the police, to report a man walking around naked in the flat opposite hers, led to the exposure of a string of sexual assaults on a 12-year-old boy.

The man, a 68-year-old freelance magician, who was teaching the boy magic, had talked the secondary school student, now 13, into engaging in sex acts with him.

Yesterday, the man, who cannot be named to protect the boy’s identity, was jailed six years for the offences in July and August last year.

He had pleaded guilty in May to four counts of sexual assault. Another 11 charges were taken into consideration.

In sentencing, Justice Choo Han Teck took into account the ages of the boy and the man, the man’s personal circumstances and his lack of criminal history.

He said: ‘The accused did not commit any such offences before, and I am of the view that he would not likely repeat these offences which he had committed in a relatively late stage of his life.’

The penalty for sexual assault is up to 20 years’ jail and a fine or caning but men above the age of 50 are spared the cane.

The man, who is divorced, smiled on hearing his sentence. His son and daughter were in court.

The court heard that the magician met the boy, then 12, in August 2007 after performing at a carnival and asked if he was interested in learning magic tricks from him. The boy was keen and his father agreed to the request.

The boy began going to the man’s flat on weekends to learn the tricks and at times stayed the night. He also tagged along to help the magician.

The two became close and the boy called him ‘godfather’. The man bought him gifts, gave him pocket money and took him out for meals.

In mid-July last year, at his flat, the man asked the boy if he knew how babies were made and if he was a ‘girlie’.

He told the boy to show him his penis to prove he was not a ‘girlie’. The boy did so.

The man then performed oral sex on the boy. He asked the boy to do the same to him, but the boy refused. The man drove the boy home and told him not to tell his parents.

But later that month, the two began performing oral sex on each other. It was on one such occasion – Aug 16 – that the woman in the opposite block saw the man naked and called the police.

When they knocked on his door, he had on a pair of shorts and claimed that he was alone. But the boy was found in one of the rooms.

The man had also taken nude pictures of the boy but the photos were deleted, the court heard.

A psychiatric report on the boy said he was confused about whether he had done anything wrong with the man.

The man’s lawyer, Mr Simon Tan, said his client was feeling empty until he met the victim.

The former school bus driver was despondent after his retirement and was dealt another blow when his wife of 40 years filed for divorce. He was also depressed over the prospect of moving into an old folks’ home because his son was emigrating.

In honor of the first anniversary of this blog, I’ve opted to write something personal.  Because I know she’s a frequent reader, I’m going to use this space today to speak directly to my ex-wife.  The rest of you (who I know enjoy learning more about my private side anyway), enjoy:

Dear XXXXXXXX,

How have you been?  It feels like we’ve talked around, but not to each other in a very long time.  I’ve had a long year, but I’m still here.  I think this is the first time in a long time where everything for me has been about business.  I’m setting the stage for the rest of my life, pun intended.  I figure you heard that through the grapevine.  Anyway, sitting here listening to the Godfather waltz made me think of you, of us.  No, I’m not going there, just hear me out…

It really seems like two lifetimes ago now I was courting you and trying to figure out how to get you to like me.  We were just kids really, you and I.  I don’t feel like I was ‘quiet’ back then; or rather, not quiet the way people who don’t know me perceive me to be.  I loved hearing you laugh; I’ve always loved hearing you laugh.  And you knew how to encourage my silliness.  For the brief period of time we were happily married, we had fun.  Well, let me not speak out of turn; I had fun.  There were the big ‘events’ of course, but when I think of you, I think of the little things: the way you pouted when I play fought with you, the way you pecked the base of my neck when I did something without you asking, the way you breathed when you slept.  Even when things started to go sour, it made me peaceful to watch you sleep.  It brought me home more than once.

In retrospect, I’m not amazed the love between us ended.  But knowing my personality (and yours), it seems tragic it ended so violently.  I can count on one hand the things I’ve wanted more than I wanted a divorce from you.  Even you would admit (I think) that we reached a point where I could do nothing right by you, and you could do nothing right by me.  My guys didn’t like you, your girls didn’t like me, and that was that.  We both wanted to explore the other options we had; I didn’t see you in my future anymore and vice-versa.  When we finally separated, all this tension just…released.  The freedom to get on with our damn lives.

The Lord works in mysterious ways of course.  In hindsight it seems our biggest mistake was getting married too young.  My feelings for you at the time were genuine, but we clearly weren’t partners.  As I’ve come to learn in the relationships I’ve had since, what was missing in our marriage was trust/respect.  We were together, but were we ever really friends?  When my friends and I have disagreements, we tend to talk about it, and at worst, agree to disagree.  When we fell apart, it exposed there was a basic bond we skipped past to get intimate.  I’m not blaming you; it’s a two way street.  I have learned that much; I imagine in your relationships you have to.

It strikes me as a little odd that our relationship is better now than it ever was when we were together.  Part of getting older I guess.  I’ve had more than one flame admit to being intimidated by you, which makes me laugh.  Everyone doesn’t age well, but you are as I imagined you would be: attractive, sophisticated, strong.  I’m not trying to relive our past, I’m just acknowledging what I found appealing about you in the first place.  Whatever you think of how I’ve moved on, you should recognize that when I cast Erica or Samra opposite me in my romantic flicks, I’m paying tribute to that.  All things considered, there’s still not that many mainstream artists that portray you as beautiful.  I’m part of the solution, not part of the problem.

I don’t hear from you much anymore, so I assume things are well?  My father still asks about you now and then.  I think he’d still like to see us work things out, but that ship has sailed.  It is nice to see you once in a while, to hear your voice, to know life has played out the way you wanted it to.  As bad as things were at our darkest point, I would have never imagined we would be civil again.  Such is life.  Anyway, be good.

M

(P.S., Not too long ago, I found the Alpha shirt you bought me back in the day.  Remember the time I tried to explain the Riddle of the Sphinx to you? (wink, wink))