Recently...

...I have heard praise given to a Mr. Bill Clinton. This disturbed me, because I can never get over the fact that Mr. Clinton (no, I am not going to address him as President) chose not to at least get Bin Laden in custody (before 9/11) but instead refused. For Mansoor Ijaz negotiated Sudan's offer to share intelligence data on Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda with the Clinton administration in April 1997. But did Clinton decide to do anything about it? Noooo. Why the heck would he? He was just as good as a figure-head, having no qualifications to secure such a postion as President of the United States. Grr.
I shall say no more, because that is in the past, but the man does NOT deserve praise. He could have prevented the death of many Americans, but does he care? It seems not. I cannot say for sure, because I do not know him personally, but through observing the way he acts now...I should say not.

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This isn't a new thought to me but...

...I just have to say it. George Lucas is out there. First, he draws a clear difference between good and evil, and then he has to pop this line out:

Anakin: "You're either with me, or my enemy." (or something along those lines...)
Obi-Wan: "Anakin, only the Sith deal in absolutes!"

Whoa there. That's a contradiction...and obviously an insight into the way Lucas' mind works. Of course, as a big Obi-Wan fan (he's my fave Star Wars character other than Darth Maul and Luke Skywalker) I tried to make an excuse, saying "Well, he really meant that only the Sith deal in such extremes". Hah. And the funny thing is that all throughout the movie he makes good and evil apparent (with a few exceptions of relativism, but those came from Darth Sidious and we all know he's not to be trusted), but then he unloads this upon the viewer. Apparently Mr. Lucas doesn't believe that evil exists. Poor man...

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There must have been a change in the Matrix

I had deja-vu twice on Monday and then once on Tuesday. That closeness of events has never happened before (the deja-vu I have consists of my dreaming images or 1 to 3 second scenes and then seeing them a week to two months later). Weirdness.

...Anyways...

Don't you think "Signs" (or should I say, "M. Night Shyamalan's Signs") is an interesting movie? It's very intricate and full of layers (slightly similar the layers of a Charles Williams book...I said slightly, remember that). Another thing that it's full of is symbolism. Graham (Mel Gibson's character---a role which was originally intended for and given to Johnny Depp (although, apparently, it didn't work out), interestingly enough) loses his faith as a result of blaming his wife's death on God. But then through the alien "invasion" he turns back to God (mainly because his son's life was spared by God). A typical Hollywood mold of a story probably wouldn't have had Graham turn back to God; something which makes this film a bit unique in that way. Another interesting tidbit is that this movie really presses the point that everything happens for a reason; Graham's wife's final words, Ray Reddy's confession to Graham, and the aliens choosing his fields to make their "mark" upon. And concerning the title, does it imply signs from the aliens, or signs from God? Maybe that's stretching it a bit, but it's just a thought from my [somewhat] whacked mind so, don't take it too seriously ^_^

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The Big Picture

Look at it once in a while ^_^

I saw "Elizabethtown" last night; I liked it very much. It was a very down-to-earth movie that inspired one to look at the things one values and possibly re-evaluate them (awkward sentence, I know). Maybe I'll write a little more on it later...

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Has anybody...

...picked up a copy of the "Music Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia" cd? It's really good. Some of the songs capture the original story ("New World", "I Will Believe", "Turkish Delight") while others don't mention any reference to the story itself---but to the theme, in turn making songs that will serve as an outreach to those who may decide to buy it (because they love The Chronicles of Narnia) and are not followers.
My favourite tracks are "New World" by Tobymac (because it's upbeat, has great lyrics, and I ca't get enough of the tune) and "I Will Believe" by Nicole Nordeman (because of the tenderness and humility that Miss Nordeman portrayed through her voice, and I really like the lyrics of this song as well).

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