a song in my head

And I try to keep up
but the pace you have set
is just far too hard.
So I keep on reminding
myself why I'm trying
to touch the sun.

But my fingers are blistered
and my body is shaking
I can't keep up this pace
without something more.

Wont you try with me,
stay with me,
keep me from
giving up.
If you want
me to stay
here with you.

As the world keeps revolving,
my mind keeps evolving
the things I have
yet to do.
But I stay
here with you
on the ground.

The Rise and Fall of Monday

The air was saturated with dust, smoke and ash, choking the city and smothering the sun. The menacing win was threatening to clear the air between us, but gave up before it ever tried. It was a miserable day to be outside. It was even worse to be inside. And worse still to be here. By now any rational person would be asking why on earth would anyone stay. I am not a rational person, perhaps you are, and perhaps you are one of those that feels compelled to show me how irrational I am. It would be a waste of time to attempt to show me how irrational I am, I'm too far gone to realize I am anything but the cream filling of a crazy cake.
So there I am, walking into another meeting of the most mediocre minds the west has to offer. When the soul sucking florescent lights began to flicker, making the board room look like the back room of the bordello next door, without any of the benefits of being a bordello. This was shaping up to be one hell of a staff meeting, I don't get paid enough for this.

YO JOE!

Okay, I did see G.I. Joe. I admit it. And I don't feel very bad about it. Okay I feel a little guilty about it. I think I feel guilty because I enjoyed it. When all is said and done, it was an enjoyable flick... But it was kind of like junk food. It's great, enjoyable, but you feel slightly guilty about what you just ate, or sick if you ate too much.
There are a few key things about this movie that I will pick on (I could nit-pick it to death, but I won't, because it's a movie and not to be taken too seriously)
First, as soon as they entered into any action sequence, they picked up the hand-held camera shots. You know the shaky, fast moving, close shots that are used to make the action seem much more exciting. Now this is a very effective technique, but can leave audience members feeling queasy (I actually felt slightly nauseous by the end of the film). In this movie, the technique was over used and frustrating, when Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow are fighting I want to see the damned fight, not feel like I am IN the fight.
Second, there was no P.S.A. after the movie. This is a big problem and must be corrected for the DVD release.
Third ... ok I don't really have a third, I just can't pick this movie apart too much. It was fun; it left me with a satisfying stomach ache.