What it is to be 33 me.

I am somewhat sorry to see the end of this year approaching. It has not been the greatest year, I have had my trials and tribulations as life goes but I really like being 33. Wow, my best friend will be 34 on the 31st of this month. I am always sympathetic to her when she worries about aging. I am always somewhat relieved that every year she goes first.
Wow, my friends have babies now. Not that I want any but it is freaky, I still feel like the high school kid I was. This really is a great time in one's life. By now I have shaken all of the insecurities that come in one's 20's and I just like the roundness of the # 33 I guess. It will be July when I turn but this year has been really good to me. I feel more confident at work. I got my promotion, hell, I even got a raise. I feel confident in my relationship which is a feat in itself. Who would have known I would be such a late bloomer. I have to thank Troutburst, he told me to take a chance on the boy, they were room mates at the time, and I did. I hate having to thank him but he is a good friend.
My New Years resolution last year was to get more organized, which, I think I did pretty well on. One could always be more organized. This year, to get a fricking house no matter what the house payment is per month. I am over renting.
33 what a great age. Never thought I would like my 30's but why not, you have only yourself to blame if you screw up. When it works you feel really good. So, 2007 approaches. The first of the year is my 3 year anniversary with the boy. I plan on doing something really nice for him. Maybe a sleigh ride in Big Sky. Something romantic.
I know it is a generic thing to say but I truly wish everyone a great New Year. Just think, a clean slate. Think of all of the possibilities. Maybe I will even get something written in Net roots. I will be glad to see the Christmas season end, I will be happy to enter into a New Year. I will be 33 for a while longer and I intend to enjoy it.
To one and to all, Happy New Year.

Apocalypto

Regardless of what I think of Mel Gibson as a person, this is an incredible movie. There were a few scenes that were less than pleasant but no worse than most hack and slash movies these days. There was a birth scene that made me squirm, I liken it to when a man sees another man get hit in the kahunas.
This was a totally original movie. Two in a row for us which is impressive. I think this one felt more like a really good foreign film because it was not sugar coated at all, very earthy and real and because of course there are subtitles. The story line is good, keeps you involved from beginning to end. I know it is a good one when I say, "Holy shit." , several times under my breath. There is one part that I thought was hokey, I will refer to it as the Omen scene. Kinda dumb really but the rest of it left an impact. See this movie if you like realistic historical accounts, Mel Gibson movies, and bared breasts of natives.
Rent this movie if, you have no children watching or really aren't so into giving the anti-Semite your hard earned dollars.