Monthly Archives: October 2008

Watching Movies to Expand my Mind!

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I was listening to NPR, Fresh Air, a couple of days ago and was quite intrigue by a film writer by the name of Charlie Kaufman, who wrote some interesting films. As Terry Gross was interviewing him I because more and more interested in what he was talking about. Everything that he was saying was in a way the same way that I think about topics of life. So as one of my personal growth in a topic that peaked my interest I will be trying to find more information on his thought process and watching all of his movies. I’ll let yall know what I find out and how the whole experience has changed my outlook on a specific part of life.

These are the movies that I plan to rent and watch:

Being John Malkovich
Human Nature
Adaptation
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Synecdoche, New York

My Passion: Reading and Writing!

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Whenever it came to finding my passions I always thought that I needed the most extreme and exciting hobby in order for my life to be considered amazing. As I told people of what I wanted to do in my life I expressed an interest in something that I thought that they might find to be out of this world or that I was over an achiever. I wonder now as I sit in front of my laptop screen why I went to such troubles to please other people.

Did I give those things an honest try before telling the world about this and that life interest? Yes and no! When a person starts to live a life through other people’s expectations then they are not living much of a life for themselves. Once a person figures out that they are the ones who truly determine their happiness then the stars will align in their favor and the doors will start to open up to help them find their true life passion, their true dedication to the world, and something that they can lose total consciousness and operate in their own world of possibility. Once a person realizes that he/she will stop pushing away their night and day dreams they will try to spend as much as possible doing what they love.

When I was a little kid I always heard the term reading and writing. I thought it was what the teachers wanted us to do because they couldn’t think of anything “kid friendly”. Hell as a kid all I wanted to do was play outside and play video games, everything else came secondary. Why would I want to waste time reading a book or working on my cursive handwriting in a repetitive fashion? I also self taught myself proof reading at a very young age and on purpose skipped paragraphs altogether. I was just being a kid that wanted to play and dream about when I was going to be a grown up.

After spending a couple of years figuring out what I like and don’t like I have come to the conclusion of loving to read and write. A kid who hated the chore is now an adult who finds it intriguing and more times than not intoxicating.

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I Really do Appreciate you Baby!

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This next person that I am writing about for the appreciation section is my girlfriend. We have been dating for 10 months and all I can say is that it has been a magical ride so far… We met in a cocktail bar while my friend was visiting from out of town one of his old college friends. My friend’s college friend was and obvious still is my girlfriend’s cousin. We got to chatting about the typical topics and even made a bet over whether a gimlet was a cocktail or not (which she won the bet). We have been together ever since that and the relationship is still blossoming each and everyday that we are together.

I always thought of myself as a well rounded person and tried my best to include people in my journey through life. My girlfriend (we’ll call her sbr) has directly and indirectly reminded me that I am indeed a great person and still growing. She has taught me patience, timeliness, appreciating each day that we are given on this earth, living by the motto of, “treating others the way you want to be treated”, being honest with yourself on what you want to do in your life, and many other life lessons that I can and have had already blog post about.

I believe that our relationship is so organic that it seems we were meant for each other. At times people think we are married because we spend so much time with each other, however we do give each other space to spend on our own or with friends and family. Throughout our relationship we have helped each other in our careers, passions, caring and spending time with friends and family, giving each other encouragement and not being intimidated to let each other know when they aren’t being true to themselves in a nonjudgemental way, and the continued growth of our love for each other.

Some things that people may not know about sbr are that she is by far the smartest woman I have ever met; loves cooking (a great chef that doesn’t know how to make rice); is an attorney that doesn’t wear her career on her sleeve; has the sexiest voice God has ever given a woman; loves playing and beating others in board games; spending time with her girlfriends; takes care of a crazy dog to others, but is her baby; whom lives the life of a strong independent woman, however doesn’t vocalize that claim; has tons of friends that consider her as their best friend; and will always fight for whatever she believes in.

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