There's Nothing Left Here

In all honesty you've seen the last there is of me to see because there's nothing left there to see. So don't be surprised if I've stopped caring about most of the dumb shit people worry about on a day to day basis and don't be shocked if I sound bitter. I am bitter, I'm going to be bitter and the reasoning behind this is because not only do I never get what I want, I never even get what I need. I never even get to be happy or enjoy something as simple as a really close friend.

All I asked was to keep this one thing so I'd have some level of sanity left, someone to ground me here in the world and to support me. Yeah I have other friends but none have had the effect of this one in the short time that she was there. So I don't want to drag this out, I just want to say don't expect me to be the same. I'm not, I'm not going to be for a long time. I promised I would be better when all of this is over, but I really don't see how I will.

I lost a friend, and it might be for a long time. It might not. Yes I'm hurting over it but this is only the latest thing to have gone wrong in a string of things I can't even begin to comprehend. Above all else I wanted this one person by my side and it seems she wouldn't be due to circumstances that neither of us can control.

One of my best friends gone, and all I can say is that this is probably the worst year yet. It's not even Feburary and I feel like that already. My spirit's pretty much crushed and I don't even want to know what the rest of this time is going to hold, I just want her back.

My (highly Offensive) Political Rant

I'm sick and fucking tired of people bitching about President Bush. I go out to the stores and its all I hear people talking about. When he's worried about the war people bitch about him ignoring the environment. He goes and talks about the environment recently and low and behold they are suddenly worried about the war and why he's not worried about it.

People are bitching about the death toll in Iraq, and I am no Bush supporter, and I definitely don't agree with being affiliated with a political party, but do you all realize the death tolls of previous wars we've been in? In Vietnam there were weeks where over 4,000 died. Think of that four fucking thousand.

In World War II that many died in one day sometimes...so you think this war is a bloody mess. History shows us it's not. Hell, terrorism must not be an effective way of fighting if they are over there killing as many of themselves, or more in this case, than they do of themselves.

And to those who support Israel because its the homeland of the Jews and consequently, Jesus, you all need to pull your heads out of your asses. Israel is fucking up. If we did what they were doing to those people over there the whole world would jump us. Even Jesus would kick someone in the crotch for acting like a dick, which they are, blowing up ambulances and the like.

I really don't go on political rants often, but this is more of a stupid people rant. Look at the things you're saying, you try to answer questions you haven't heard yet. Political Parties are the dumbest thing since some fucktard tried to invent the football bat. And then to you who would defend Israel...that's not their country anymore. They lost that in a war fair and square. How would you like it if after World War III some other people somewhere came and told us that we had to give England control of the whole East Coast, even though they lost it centuries ago in a war?

That's what happened to the Palestinians after World War II, before you speak out, learn what you're talking about; otherwise you might just show off your stupidity.

A Rain to Wash The World Clean

"A rain to wash the world clean," that's a quote from the movie Cowboy Bebop; and that is also what it seems like is going on outside. This isn't the hard kind of rain, not the threatening kind. But the kind that you see that seems peaceful and cleansing. I love soft rain when its cold out and you can just sit and look out at everything, or sit and read, or sit and write. Any of those would be acceptable answers.

I don't think that I have had time to report that I did actually finish my first story, it is the first time in a year I have finished anything I was writing that was over ten pages. And that says a lot I guess. Some might think it says that I procrastinate. But in actuality I think it says I have been rewriting over and over because that is what I have been doing.

So now with this roll that I am on I am launching myself right into the next story so that I can keep rolling with this, I want to have two stories done by this summer, that means that I will have to have one more done.

I wanted to get to something but I drug this out so long that I will hardly have time to say it before I get too long winded. So I am going to work on writing it in another blog.

Like Yellow Does On Blue

Right now I am sitting in the hallway at the school, typing on the lap top and just wondering, what I can do to get back on my feet. I'm so tired right now that I am sore. I am actually trying really hard in school this time around. And I know that it is going to take a lot out of me. This weekend was pretty bad, I won't go into details but out of all the good jokes that came out of this weekend, it really still wasn't worth it.

The only things that I really got to do this weekend were get a few things and drop of Persephanie's gift, I saw my friends, but it got ruined, by myself of all people. I really just want to avoid everyone right now, or most everyone. I really don't feel all that great.

I talked to Persephanie on her birthday, by the way happy birthday to her, and she made me feel a little better. She's always pulling for me, there are a few people who are. I wonder if I really deserve with the way I have been lately. I owe a lot of people apologies that I'm not willing to give them in person. I'm not even willing to look them in the eye.

Things are, to say the least, very confusing right now. I'm lost and without a map. But something happened on the way home from San Antonio, I heard something in a song that made me think back on how much I depend on some people. How much people depend on us. I rely on one person especially for support. The line from the song says it perfectly, "I can't deny that I've relied on you, like yellow does on blue".

The prospect of losing this person has come up, and the reasons aren't in my hands. 2007 is quickly becoming a contender for the title of shittiest year ever, but then it has to go up against high school (2000-2004) which was a four-peat and lets not forget the shitfest (shitstorm if you will) that was last year. If this keeps up I might just Falcon Punch somebody.

What Is Unattainable?

What I wrote yesterday seemed to illicit some response. I guess its because so many guys have gotten shit on by the whole thing. All that I have to say in the defense of the women is I can figure while you do it. And its something that Chris Rock said, because really when the guy is talking he speaks a lot of truth for a comedian.

Basically what he said was that the reason that women are so defensive is because from the time they are about fourteen years old they have men trying to offer them sex.

Now before any of you girls call my bluff think about the number of times you've had guys go out of their way for you, now think back to how long those guys stuck around after they figured out they weren't getting any. Even I am guilty of this. Not in the same way that I stated. But I've been trying to talk to a woman, get their attention and the like and then I notice a wedding ring and I scatter like roaches when the light comes on.

Does it make me a bad guy if I lose interest in a woman when I realize she's unattainable? I mean some people would say that its just me being shallow that I don't get to know the person first, but I assure you that I think her husband would beg to differ.

But there are some girls who aren't unattainable, but they are just harder to go for. Recently I started to think about what it would take to go after someone who you really cared for and what it was worth. What I mean by that is that if you think the person is so important that you can't stand to let them pass by. And even then there is always that time when you just have to chalk it up to that unattainable category. Right now I am trying to decide what to do.

When Did This Become Standard

I can tell you this right now, if you're dating someone, talking to them, or anything, make sure that your intentions are well known before you decide to upgrade or downgrade the relationships. This means that you don't just expect them to understand you want more than there is now and you definitely don't just stop talking to them all together.

This happened to me recently, a girl decided that she didn't want to talk anymore. And really I am tired of it. You really try to take things at their pace, you try to be nice and care about them and they don't even give you the benefit of telling you that she is not feeling like this is the right thing. I don't even know how many times I have had girls tell me some off the wall story trying to make me feel better instead of just coming out and saying we shouldn't date anymore, or even what they are doing with you right then, isn't a date.

If you were asked out on a date by a guy, and you don't want to date anymore, just tell him. Don't try to let him down soft or whatever you want to call it. That's when things get complicated because a lot of the time what a woman calls letting a guy down soft is just her way of dodging the issue. If you didn't want to date the guy, then don't accept the offer, if you get on the date and realize its not right, then tell him.

This girl and I never got to go on a date, we actually met over myspace. So I never even got to meet her in person. But when we talked she seemed normal and interested. Problem was when that ran out, she just took off. It's not like I had invested much in it, I don't invest much in people these days let alone relationships. I just thought maybe she would actually be fair about things.

Trophy Wife

Today is when I go home, I really don't want to go back right now, I am really content ot sit here and just type, maybe hang out with some of the people that are still around. I'm not really that excited about Christmas. I don't really hate the holiday, I actually hate Thanksgiving. One good thing is that when I go home I might get to see people that I haven't seen in a long time. I talked to Julie Matteson the other day, Julie and I haven't seen each other since I left for school almost three years ago. I really miss Julie, she was one of the few people that I knew who really felt like she actually meant and did the right thing all of the time. I haven't seen Matt, another friend of mine since my first year of college. PJ and John I see when I go home pretty much, but its always good to get to see them.

I really hope that in my week there I get to see the people that I really miss. So that I can make this trip at least half worth it. People around me are really becoming more and more stressful, which is partly why some of the things that I have done some of the things I have recently. Whether or not some of the stress is relieved remains to be seen.

Sliding Doors

This was written by Persephanie, seems strangely similar to my plight right about now. I told her that, but not the exact details of everything. Well tell me what you think. This was originally posted on myspace.

You might be wondering what I meant by "sliding doors". There are many times in a person's life where one ponders on the idea of the "What ifs". What if the south won in the Civil War? What if Kerry won against Bush? What if you break up? What if you don't get into the college of your dreams? What if something happens beyond your control, and you aren't prepared for it? There are endless "what ifs" in a person's lifetime, but how do we handle them?

Recently, something has made me think of the sliding door metaphor. The door can open one way or the other, yet I have no choice in the situation. I become the spectator, observing my life transforming while my feet are cemented into the floor not allowing me to make any moves. However, despite the fact that we can't see what the future holds for us, we can do one thing: keep our chin up.

I know this is corny, but we cannot give up, we cannot stop fighting the good fight, we cannot let the "what ifs" bring us down. Never. Keep on smiling, laughing, and living. The worst thing in life is allowing something or someone kick us so hard in the ass that it kills the inside of our hearts, minds, and souls. Like I say, I'm no superman and I can't do this all on my own, but hell, I'm going to try my damned best to win, whether it's the war or just a small battle. And the battle can just be proving the world that you've got what it takes to stay on your feet.

Sometimes The Hardest Thing And The Right One Are the Same

Have you ever said something to someone only to realize exactly what you were saying later and to really come to grasp it? I was talking about this song by The Fray with the line in it "Sometimes the hardest thing and right one are the same..." That line right there may not mean much when you look at it, but it makes me wonder.

There are always those times when you say you're going to work through something no matter what it is and you are going to get things to work out, then there are those times when you just give up and let things fall by the wayside. But how do you decide when its just time to throw in the towel? Right now there is this girl, she seems unattainable. She's younger, she's moving away and she just seems too nice and too good looking for me. Despite every other girl that comes around I have been unable to get her off my mind since the moment I heard her name.

Even she is always telling me to try for what I want and to fight for it, does that mean she wants to see me do that for her? I'm not sure if I have much more fight left in me. And then, how do you let someone know that all you want and need in life is them really? You can't just say it to someone like that, there's no way that could be taken the right way.

Now there is another girl, who I really haven't known long, but I am willing to try if she is. The only thing is that I don't want to miss my chance with the first girl. I'm so confused as to what to do. Both of them are really sweet and I don't know where do go with either of them next.

Not sure if anyone else has ever been in this place, but it is not fun. Right now I am racking my brain thinking about it. Man I suck at life.

The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street

The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street was an episode of the Original Twilight zone, one of the most famous actually. The episode revolved around a small suburban neighborhood and the suspicion that aliens might soon be coming. When the whole block loses power its easy for the people to suspect this is part of the alien plot, but when one person gets their power turned back on it is thought he must be one of the alien conspirators.

Eventually the a mob gathers and ends up killing the man who's light had come on, but one of the most outspoken members of the mob returns home to find his lights on and knows how it must look. The last shot in the episode is of two aliens speaking on a hilltop overlooking the town.

"Understand the procedure now? Just stop a few of their machines...throw them into darkness for a few hours and then sit back and watch the pattern. They pick the most dangerous enemy they can find and it's themselves."

This episode has been remade once, using terrorism instead of aliens. But the main thing to see here is that when face with adversity people often turn on each other. Its easy to point the finger instead of trying to fix the problem. The end of the show narration went like this:

"The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts... attitudes... prejudices. To be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill, and suspicion can destroy, and the thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own for the children, and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is... that these things cannot be confined to... The Twilight Zone."

Prognosis: Boredom

I have been pretty much sitting around the house here for the last few days, I have been going out with friends every once in a while. What sucks is that it seems when I get home everyone who wanted to hang out is suddenly busy or not around. I really don't like being here for long stints of time, its no fun just being here with family, I get so bored and there's not really many places I can go alone around here because of the Christmas shoppers.

So I have taken to doing things around here that normally I wouldn't do, but this is boredom. It's a war you have to fight, you have to stave off the encroaching armies of boredness. So far I have watched a lot of news, like piles of it: The War in Iraq, more stupid stuff said by politicians, Rosie O'Donald and Trump...

Then there was my picture downloading spree, all that I could find on Something Awful, then just funny picture sites in general, then pictures of Kristin Davis, then I just started downloading GIF images...

The other night PJ and I looked up people from Junior High and High School online just for kicks, we found a lot of them and were surprised to see how a lot of them looked. Then there have been the times that I hung out with people; the other night PJ, Megan, Austin and I sat around and drank, had a lot of fun. Once again I didn't get drunk but I think I came pretty close. Thing was I had to drive home that night so I didn't want it to get too bad. Don't worry though, I actually waited a long time after drinking to try and drive home.

Well there is not much to talk about, but I should have a lot of pictures to put up if I ever get back to seeing some of my friends around here. Right now I am going to go ahead and clean out some of my friends lists and the like. No use leaving that stuff cluttered up.

Home

Today is when I go home, I really don't want to go back right now, I am really content ot sit here and just type, maybe hang out with some of the people that are still around. I'm not really that excited about Christmas. I don't really hate the holiday, I actually hate Thanksgiving. One good thing is that when I go home I might get to see people that I haven't seen in a long time. I talked to Julie Matteson the other day, Julie and I haven't seen each other since I left for school almost three years ago. I really miss Julie, she was one of the few people that I knew who really felt like she actually meant and did the right thing all of the time. I haven't seen Matt, another friend of mine since my first year of college. PJ and John I see when I go home pretty much, but its always good to get to see them.

I really hope that in my week there I get to see the people that I really miss. So that I can make this trip at least half worth it. People around me are really becoming more and more stressful, which is partly why some of the things that I have done some of the things I have recently. Whether or not some of the stress is relieved remains to be seen.

Potent Quotables

I'm a quotes kind of guy, so when I see a quote I like I quickly find it and jot it down and come type it in to a file somewhere that I keep, most of these are on my face book, but there are too many to fit. So I give you most of my quotes (some are kind of lame, but oh well.)

"I don't think that much puss is every a good sign...oh yes please, describe it again."—Lorne (on the phone)

"I'm fibbing, its like like lying only classier."—Gwen Radien

"Um, not a sidekick."—Charles Gunn

"It kinda looks like art, huh? I call it ‘Takes More Than That to Kill Me, Punk.’ Punk is what makes it art."—Charles Gunn

"Let them fight the good fight, someone has to fight the war."—Angel

"Michael needs Chlamydia..."—Matt

"How happy is the blameless vestal's lot?
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind,
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd."—Alexander Pope

"Oh come on Barbie, are you a real doctor, or a doctor like Dr. Pepper."—Dr. Cox

"Ah Perry, you're so edgy and cantancorous, you're like House without the limp."—Dr. Kelso

"I start fightin' a war, I guarantee, you'll see somethin' new."—Capt Malcom Reynolds

"Lady, people aren’t chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastard coated bastards with bastard filling, but I don’t find them half as annoying as I find naïve bobble headed optimist that walk around vomiting sunshine."—Dr. Cox

anon: I've been trying to make tissue babies for fifteen years.



me: Fifteen years? you would have been six



anon: yeah, I went years without any success, then i hit thirteen and finally a breakthrough!

"This is ridiculous. The first assassin kills the second assassin sent to kill the first assassin, who didn't assassinate anyone until we hired the second assassin to assassinate the first assassin."—Random Guy

"Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!"—Samuel L. Jackson

"My world view allows for winged lizards that are not dragons."—Tycho

"Truth is, this is a bullet that was fired about eight years ago. It's a magic bullet that's been going round and round, and right now it seems poised to hit me right in the back of the head. But maybe the question is not who fired this magic bullet, but whether or not it was a lone gunman."—Mulder

"What I know is I started drinking the moment that I found out that a girl I loved was gonna die. Every time I get to the bottom of the glass, I hope that that last drop is gonna take me with it."—Lorne (angel)

"In my time, nightmares walked among us, walked and danced, skewering victims in plain sight, laying their fears and worst desires out for everyone to see. This—to make us laugh. And now nightmares are trapped inside the heads of humans—pitiful echoes of themselves. I wonder whom they angered so to merit such a fate."—Illyria

"Is everyone here very stoned?"—Spike

Inara Serra: Mal, what are you doing here?



Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: You invited me.



Inara Serra: I never thought for a second you'd be stupid enough to come!



Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Well that makes you a tease.

"Life... is like a box of chocolates. A cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that nobody ever asks for. Unreturnable, because all you get back is another box of chocolates. You're stuck with this undefinable whipped-mint crap that you mindlessly wolf down when there's nothing else left to eat. Sure, once in a while, there's a peanut butter cup, or an English toffee. But they're gone too fast, the taste is fleeting. So you end up with nothing but broken bits, filled with hardened jelly and teeth-crunching nuts, and if you're desperate enough to eat those, all you've got left is a... is an empty box... filled with useless, brown paper wrappers."—The Cigarette Smoking Man

The Operative: Are you willing to die for your beliefs?



Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: I am...'Course, that ain't exactly plan A.

What's The World Coming To?

I know that I said that I wouldn't be writing here for a while, but I wanted to write this, because this really doesn't sit well with me. It shouldn't sit well with anyone. This report comes a from a website. The basic thing I am going to say that if you are easily disgusted, you might not want to read further.

An eight year old girl, Sofia, was shopping with her uncle, fourteen year old brother, and eleven year old sister. She went off alone to go to the restroom. When she didn't come back they searched both the male and female sides of the bathroom but to no avail. They even knocked on a locked stall door where the girl was probably being attacked at the time. After searching out in the parking lot her brother returned to find her body stripped naked and strangled. She had been brutally raped by a twenty one year old store worker.

When he found her the man who had done it, Dante Wyndham Arthurs, was just fleeing, the boy chased him but lost him. Later the cops apprehended him at his home and he was brought before the court. He was charged with willful murder, deprivation of liberty and two counts of sexual penetration. Hopefully wherever this happened they're able to give this man death because he deserves nothing less than to cease existing.

The loss of this little girl has the family distraught, as one would imagine. My thing is once again what is the world coming to? You are seeing more and more of this kind of thing. We're seeing people do things that are psychotic like branding their wives and having sex with dead animals. This is just one more of those things that makes me wonder if there's any reason to even have faith in people at all. How can any place be right for us to be in when things like this happen.

This case solidifies my firm belief that in some rape cases, the only thing that is justifiable is the death penalty. Our prayers should go out to this girl's family

Tired.

I got to talk to Mandi some today, I think its funny that when I need her most Mandi is always there to set things straight, I can talk to her and she just puts things in such clarity for me. It's strange because Mandi was one of the first friends I made when I moved. Now she is probably one of the only ones I have left from that same time period. I am really tired of trying to maintain friendships. I'm tired of making friends, and losing them at the end of the semester. It's painful to watch people you really want to keep around go.

I really am tried of having to make new friends, I am really tired of trying to build new bridges.

And even more so I am tired of trying at relationships, I think what you really get isn't worth it, especially since most people don't want to try, they don't want things to be good, they want drama. Even when things are going perfectly fine you have those who will just cause drama because they can. I think everyone who's dated has dated someone like that. It never bodes well for them.

It seems like with me I put so much work into things only to get nothing back. And its like Vanessa said, I can't keep getting this happening to me, I can't take all of this stuff hitting me at once, no person can forever. I'm not going to give up on relationships, but I guess I will just be more picky. The other day I asked this girl out, she's a really sweet girl, works at this place I'm at like all of the time. But the thing is that I just wanted to see where things would go, test something out. Because I'm not usually the kind to date someone like that. I just have this mentality, but I think that's really the way to do it, and from what Tomi said, it can work out better when you just give things a chance.

Tomi and I sat with her new boyfriend and talked about leagues one night, like when you say someone is out of your league. I really didn't think that I was even in the league of the average girl, but Tomi told me I shouldn't doubt myself like that. I'm not going to say I've had a complete turn around, but I do believe that I can do it. I can work and become a better person, not so that I can get the girl in the end, but just so I can be happy with how things are. Tomi basically said that there are no leagues, and for any girl that uses them, she's not worth your time. Anyone who would discard you on physical appearance alone is not worth it.

Besides, I've found that while many girls might look good, they aren't mentally stable in there way of thinking about relationships. Really it's not a mental stability, its a mental maturity, and I don't have time to pamper someone until the grow up.

Man Brands His Wife As Property

I found a rather disturbing news story just a while ago, it would seem that a man branded his newly wed wife on their wedding night, he says so that other men would know who she belonged to. The brand is on her butt, I'm not sure how he got it on her without her knowing, maybe he snuck up in when she was sleep. But the thing is that just the fact that someone thinks like this shows you everything that is wrong with people. And it scares me a little bit that its 2006, damn near 2007 and people can still feel this way.

I mean its hardly consider ethical to brand your animals anymore, let alone your loved ones. Thing is the guy is wanted for police questioning, I think they should just let her brand him, I mean if they are married he's as much hers as she is his right? It's only fair.

Great Gift Ideas

Andrew gave me the idea...any ideas on a gift to get a really close female friend that's going to away and this might be the last Christmas you get to see her?

The Girl In Question

It's been a long time since I went on one of my rants. Usually around this time of year is when I get into full rant mode, the holidays are upon us and I have to say that everyone is busy. There are exams, shopping and just the regular stress of the season.

But its odd, things have gotten pushed to the back of my mind, I remember Brandon saying that dreams can effect your day to day life, they can just keep you from going about the everyday tasks that you normally would have no problem doing. Well I have been having dreams about someone a lot lately, which odd because I haven't seen her since like August.

A good friend of mine who has become a mostly online friend, but lives right here in the same city; I just miss her and the thing is I don't get why all of a sudden now she is at the forefront of my mind. I really want to hang out with her, just take her to the movies or something like that. We've never really had hangout time, I used to go visit her where she worked, I would sit and eat some, talk with her and just be happy for a while, this at a time when I hated all that was going on with me otherwise.

There are a lot of good people that I used to hang out with so much last year that I never get to see anymore. It's sad to say but it seems like as semesters change my friends rotate in and out, and this girl is one person I don't want that to happen to.

The other thing is that at the rate things are going I probably won't see her until January, when her birthday rolls around. I am going to get her a Christmas gift, I told her this already and I expressed to her that I just want to see the look on her face when she sees what I have gotten for her.

It really sucks having someone in your head, but then its good knowing you have a good friend that cares about you alot. If I could, I would tell her that I think about her all of the time, even though she is so sure in her head no one is ever thinking about her when she's not around.

Hm, so this rant turned into my endless ramblings about a girl, I guess I am in too pleasant a mood to rant at the present, which is a welcome change of pace.

Deer Sex Still Deemed Illegal

Bryan James Hathaway is the defendant in a Wisconsin court. What for? He is accused of having sexual relations with a dead deer. Even worse than that, before he the trial was started the defendant tried to get the case dismissed on the grounds that he couldn't be accused of raping the animal because it was dead.

Fredric Anderson, Hathaway's Lawyer, argued that when the animal died, it was no longer an animal, his exact quote is something, "The term 'animal' refers to a living organism, not a carcass." Luckily for us, as people that know its wrong to sleep with livestock or animals in general, Judge Lucci commented that, "Most people understand that an animal does not necessarily cease being or qualifying as an animal or even being referred to as an animal once it's dead. The 'primary focus' of Wisconsin's criminal statute dealing with crimes against sexual morality is on human behavior and on protecting sexual morality in the community, and not necessarily on animal protection."

I think this is a good thing, because everyone needs to know that there are just some things you can't do, this being one of them, not only is it sick, and it shows in Hathaway's past. Allegedly found the deer on the roadside dead in the ditch. It was dead when he found it. But also the man has a past of such things as being prosecuted for killing a horse that he meant to "sexually assault".

In the pictures I have, you can just tell that there is something up with this guy, I'm glad that at least the judge didn't rule in his favor.

Casino Royale...

I just have to say that I saw Casino Royale today and I was blown away, it has got to be the best Bond film ever. The acting, the story, the characters, they fleshed everything out and make the whole thing more human and more believeable. If you're a fan of the old too cool to get messy Bond, then you're in for a shock. This time around the character is griddier, more like you would expect a man like this to be.

There's no more of that British versus the Russians, they updated the conflict, updated the locales and they made sure that everything fits in today's times around today's problems. Most of the old Bonds were focused on the Cold War, which has been over now more than a decade. This one offers the War on Terroism as its venue.

The new Bond actor, Daniel Craig did a great job, I really had my doubts at first but he more than lived up to the name. I think he might have actually played the best Bond since Connery, if not better than Connery himself.

I don't want to give away too much, but one last thing that came as a pleasant surprise in this movie was the lead actress, Eva Green.

From the second that she walked into the shot I thought to myself, "I hope she stays the whole movie". She's probably one of the most beautiful women I have seen in a movie only because she doesn't come off as skany or slutty, which is what movies seem to think guys want. She was classy, elegant and sophisticated looking; and she definately played the part well. I really can't think of one flaw in this movie, I enjoyed every minute of it.