Coopernundrums

    I am very lucky to have what I consider a true friend for every stage of my life.  I am also very lucky in that I have somehow, through the buzz and blur that is life, always managed to keep in touch with my buddies.  My Wife and constant companion for the last 18 years is of course exempt from this post, since she is my ultimate best friend and confidant.  I felt like this was interesting to share since after I thought about it long enough I came to realize that I seemed to make great friends at almost every key stage of my life.  Maybe you can relate and maybe just maybe you are lucky enough to be one of the folks I am talking about here!

    I don’t suppose too many people can say that they had a friend in kindergarten that they still hang with today.  I am proud to say I have just that.  Although we went through a period of almost 7 years where we lost touch, I am happy to say that we reconnected recently and will try not to let so much time pass between form here on.  Now he has a lovely wife and baby girl that I hope to see more of real soon.

  
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In high school I had several buddies but one in particular kept me laughing and hanging in there.  We shared a love of 80s tunes and a passion for Dungeons & Dragons . After high school graduation we even worked together at local McDonald’s for a while.  We drifted,  as friends tend to do, but once we got settled with our families we reconnected and still talk and hang today.  He now has a wonderful wife and a gaggle of kids that are a hoot to hang out with.

    Speaking of the golden arches, that is where I met my young adult to mid life pal of pals.  We met working a burger prep table laughing at the odd songs of the mid nineties.  I will forever remember the way we first got introduced.  He asked if I knew what the strange chorus of the enigma song return to innocence meant when the old Indian sang.  “I like Sheep big and small he said”.  I laugh my ass off about that even today.  We both work in the same industry today and still hang out often.  He and his Sweetheart of a wife, have a daughter that calls me Uncle Jay.  Its like the Daughter I never had.

  And so we come to my latest job, where I have met a new com padre, someone that I am only starting to really get to know personally after almost 10 years of working together.  He is an accounting and numbers whiz, so I hang out with him mostly hoping that his logic powers will rub off on me.  Just kidding!  Really, he and his Adorable wife have have teenage boys also so we share teenage angst stories all the time.

    As you can see I am an undeservedly lucky human being to be surrounded with such great friends.  I hope you have a circle of friends that you cherish also as I cherish mine.

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   I live for my family and friends and I view my free time as precious, but latey it feels like computers are my life.  I

ME AT HOME!

 work on them and with them all day long, then I work on them when I come home. Then on the weekends, I go round to my friends homes and work on their computers. 

    I am a member of the GEEK SQUAD but I get paid in pizza lunches and traded componets.  Don’t get me wrong I LOVE IT!  Just today I got to spend nearly the whole day with one of my best friends Jamie and his family while working on his systems.  Frankly, being a computer jockey has opened so many doors for me over the years that I look at it as a real boon and not a bummer. 

    Its a happy frustration to have that it seems I cannot escape the personal computer.  Cheers!

      So I have to go back to the old office tomorrow.  I am ready.  I feel like I have had a great holiday.  I feel like I have never been closer to my family and my friends. 

     All this time off has given me an opportunity to get all caught up on my movie viewing.  Here is a quick breakdown of my opinion on some of the newer films floating around out there.  Most of my friends know my rating system for movies. 

     There are only three levels.

     No re-watching necessary.  In other words, you wont get a damn thing more out of this steaming pile even if you watched it a dozen more times. 

     Its worth watching a few times.  Replaying these flix will allow you  to squeeze all the juicy goodness out of the plot, acting and visuals but DON’T BUY cause you would waste your cash.

     BUY THIS MOVIE!  You need to add this gem to your collection, its worth eternal replays.

     So ..here we go :

Avatar : Could have been the greatest movie ever.  I loved it don’t get me wrong, the story held it back some.  You have NEVER seen a movie this visually stunning.  It is what they say a game changer.

     – BUY THIS MOVIE!

Paranormal Activity : Nice scare your girlfriend movie with a lot of heart.  You could tell it was well thought out, until its puny ending.  Over all I’d watch it more than once (I did) to get all you can out of it.

     – Its worth watching a few times.

The Life of David Gale : I am a sucker for Kevin Spacey, just a phenomenal actor.  He was no let down here I tell ya.  Depressing as hell, twisting, turning plot.  Great story dragged down by supporting actors.

     – Its worth watching a few times. 

Law Abiding Citizen : Jamie fox as a district attorney?  Gimme a break.  Gerrard butler is brilliant but what a loopy story.  A one watcher at best

     – No re-watching necessary

Taken : I love Liam Neeson in most movies, but in this one he was flat and lifeless and really out of place.  To be honest, the kidnapp my kid genre has been beaten to death.  This is just one more LOG on the fire.

     – No re-watching necessary

The Burrowers : A nifty premise.  Horror / Monster movie set in the old west.  Great Creature, not scarey at ALL.  Neat story, that had no clear beginning or end.  Strange sums it up pretty well.

     – No re-watching necessary

Sideways : Very nice movie worthy of the paise it received.  Great acting and nice cinemetography.  LOTSA a loose plot ends that NEVER get resolved. 

     – Its worth watching a few times. 

     Well thats all. I plan on catching Sherlock Holmes soon I may update this post with that info since it WILL be this month.  Ciao!