Eternal Flux

Taken (2008)

leigh — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:20:47 +0000

Director: Pierre Morel
Starring: Liam Neeson
Plot: A former spy relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been forced into the slave trade.

This weekend I watched the unrated version on BluRay. I’ve wanted to see this movie since I first saw the trailers, but I just never got around to it. A week or so ago a friend sent me a copy of my very own. I finally took out some time to watch it Saturday night. I LOVED THIS MOVIE. A lot of movies tend to put the best parts in the trailers leaving the movie itself wanting, but not this one. Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) is one pissed off father and uses all of his skills and knowledge to find his daughter. Personally I think all young girls should watch this movie as a documentary as to what happens when you tell strangers personal information especially when in a foreign country. This stuff really happpens!

Saint Xavier University

leigh — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:41:27 +0000

One thing I would really like to do in my life time is to get a degree. I am a busy professional and so online classes seem to be the best route for me. I am always checking on different programs with different schools and Saint Xavier University is one I’d like to talk about today. I have several relatives who are teachers so I think they will be interested in their online Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction program. They are accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, so I believe them to be a reputable school. Also, since you can take their entire MS Curriculum online it can fit into just about anyone’s schedule. I would know. I used to me a full time wife, mother, and work full time while taking online classes. It can be done. So if you are looking to continue your education as a teacher, I strongly suggest you look into Saint Xavier University.

Wednesday Hero

leigh — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:44:12 +0000

Airmen from the Kentucky National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group help to offload wounded Haitian refugees and medics from Puerto Rico National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters at the air hub Jan. 25, 2010, in Barahona, Dominican Republic.

Photo Courtesy U.S Air Force Taken By Tech. Sgt. Dennis Flora

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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Tainted Love

leigh — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:36:58 +0000

What was once pure is now tainted. Everyday is sinks in deeper and deeper. Maybe one day I will be able to hold my head up high again. Maybe one day I will be able to trust again. For now I guess I’ll just keep breathing, going through the motions. Last night I tried watching television. I tried playing my Nintendo Wii. However, nothing could keep my interest for long. I ended up just going to bed early, crying myself to sleep. At least I’m feeling somthing instead of feeling nothing.

“Once I ran to you. Now I’ll run from you. This tainted love you’ve given. I give you all a [girl] could give you. Take my tears and that’s not nearly all…Don’t touch me please, I cannot stand the way you tease. I love you though you hurt me so. Now I’m going to pack my things and go.” ~ Tainted Love, Soft Cell

We are all part of the same compost heap

leigh — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:44:59 +0000

Tyler Durden, gotta love him…

I feel numb. I should be angry, sad, upset, pissed, something. But I’m not. Maybe my psyche is protecting itself. I don’t know. All I do know is that I don’t care.

I cleaned my apartment yesterday, not because I cared that it needed it, but because Sunday is the day I clean. Last night I went to bed at ten, not because I was tired, but because it was bedtime. I woke up this morning, got ready for work, and now I am here, working. Still, I feel nothing.

I don’t want to feel anything. Ever. Again.

We are all part of the same compost heap. What difference does it make what I do or what I care about? It’s all going to end the same anyway. We’re all just worm food.

Change Happens, You Can’t Stop It

leigh — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:20:45 +0000

Yesterday I learned that someone I love very much had been lying to me about something very important. Up until that moment I believed in my very soul that he loved me. Now, I believe nothing. I feel nothing. I don’t feel anger or sorrow. I just feel empty. For twenty four years I have been in love with this man and now I know the truth. His heart does not belong to me or anyone else for that matter. In the movie Fight Club a character named Tyler Durden says “It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.” I suppose in a way I am now free to do anything as I have lost the one thing that mattered most to me. Oh I could check out some Outer Banks vacation rentals and spend some time away from here so I can wrap my mind around it all, but I don’t see much point. It is what it is and I can’t change that. So I’ll just keep on keeping on. I have my children to care for and family and friends who love me. I will survive this just as I have survived everything else. But I will never forget.