Wow it is cold outside (shut it Mary, it is so cold i’m using my ratty old paint colored coat i got when i was like 16… i love that old coat… fits like a glove… that is two sizes too small but a glove nonetheless.)…

Today is the great david’s birthday eve… ha HA! Festivities for all.

I haven’t a clue what i’m going to do tomorrow. Mom said she would take me out to eat, and who can pass up a free meal? Other then that i will try and figure out some way of getting myself drunk. I might go to this local bar.. or i might just not get drunk. I don’t know. I want to do something just not sure what.

Might end up working on my paper for Nietzsche. That would be interesting.
Might end up going to walmart and buying something. Nothing says happy birthday like consumerism.
Might end up watching a movie like Finding Neverland. (this will definitly happen either tonight or tomorrow.
Might end up finishing up my christmas shopping.

Christmas is going to be awesome. I’m going to love everything about it. I’ve always enjoyed the holidays. The key to understanding me, is that i want to remain a child for the rest of my life. I see children and recognize their love of life. This makes me want to remain a kid. This isn’t to say i’m childish during the holidays. Holidays involve visiting with family and debating current world views, which is always a blast. I’m fortunate to have family like Trey, Mom, Dad, Michelle, Terry, Elizabeth, John, and Mike that see my positioning arguments against them as attempting to learn. I figure we all have unique existences in this world and i’m curious how we change over time.

Finally i am also fortunate to have Mary. I would gush about her, but you all have met her. She defies definition. Which a philosopher should always look for in a love. Defining something makes it boring.

Oh well..

On a completely different notion. I watched King Arthur last night. It was a really good movie. I was surprised. I think i know why i think it is such a good movie. I really want to play World of Warcraft. This movie reminds me of it during some of the battle scenes. God i want to play WoW.

The acting was pretty good, and the script was definitly an interesting telling of the Arthurian tale.

I read some reviews of it and i agree with them about most of their discussions about the movie, but i don’t weight the premises as much as they do. The running trend is that Gwenevere is too perfectly feminine and too fierce on the battlefield for their tastes. The story is distorted so it must be bad. I wasn’t pleased with Gwenevere’s story but i sure as hell don’t think she ruined the whole movie.

ah well enough.

“Strong dialogue, acting, and some sweet contemplative direction by Antoine Fuqua (of “Training Day”). Not without fault, but Arthur’s internal struggle carries.”
— Ross Anthony, HOLLYWOOD REPORT CARD

“We’ve reached a sad point when everything in movies has to be masculine — when it’s considered weak (and uncommercial) to be soft and feminine.”
— Joe Baltake, SACRAMENTO BEE

“‘The untold true story that inspired the legend’ — you know, the version in which Arthur is a brooding bore and Guinevere is a half-naked post-feminist warrior hottie.”
— Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE

“This aint ‘Camelot’ and there’ll be no choreographed duets upon a starry sky. It’s a Bruckheimer film…Read on->”
— Emily Blunt, BLUNT REVIEW

“If it’s spectacle you’re after, it’s spectacle you’ll get.”
— Liz Braun, JAM! MOVIES

“Guinevere spends so much time as a lass who kicks *** that I’m not sure where she finds the energy to work her girlie charm on Arthur.”
— Jeffrey Bruner, DES MOINES REGISTER

“King Arthur offers a revisionist portrait of the legendary leader and warrior that expends almost all its energy on one bloody battle sequence after another.”
— Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH

“Dreary going, occasionally impressive on a technical level but uninspired as narrative or historic inquiry.”
— Robert W. Butler, KANSAS CITY STAR

“History buffs will love this film for the fact that it’s giving the controversial new take on the King Arthur legend. But your average moviegoer might find this a bit dull.”
— Kevin Carr, 7M PICTURES

“Boasts as its main selling points a beautiful young starlet with about twenty minutes of screentime and the steadfast promise of an absence of myth and magic.”
— Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL

“Who cares about the toying of a sacred legend? This film works on it’s own merits. ”
— Victoria Alexander, FILMSINREVIEW.COM

“”King Arthur” is worth watching at least once, but only when it comes to cable. This film is a dreary dull mess.”
— Michelle Alexandria, ECLIPSE MAGAZINE

“Unfortunately, the legend was a whole lot more fun and interesting than what we get here; “King Arthur” plays more like a stupid Hollywood action movie than a true story.”
— Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER

“It comes off as an uninspired remake of The Magnificent Seven in medieval dress.”
— William Arnold, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER

“Only during a face-off between the knights and Saxons on a frozen lake does the film approach anything resembling excitement.”
— Josh Bell, LAS VEGAS WEEKLY

“A line from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, goes, “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” And while King Arthur may be closer to fact, I prefer the legend. ”
— Bob Bloom, JOURNAL AND COURIER (LAFAYETTE, IN)

“Whoever designed Knightly’s “armor” has to be given a pat on the back by all of us who find her an object of sauciness and desire.”
— Jules Brenner (FC), VARIAGATE.COM

“Offers top-flight entertainment for about half its length before slipping into complete formula.”
— Matt Brunson, CREATIVE LOAFING

“A dim, cruddy collage of Dark Ages, sub-Conan the Barbarian mush. Talk about trashing an awesome bedtime story — there aren’t even any ‘Knights who say nee!’ ”
— Sean Burns, PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY

“The only way to derive any enjoyment from King Arthur is to bear in mind it’s more of a Jerry Bruckheimerian tale than an Arthurian one.”
— Guylaine Cadorette, HOLLYWOOD.COM

” Misguided, miscast, and completely misconceived, the wretched King Arthur is one of the grittier, more earnest failures to appear this summer.”
— Jeannette Catsoulis, LAS VEGAS MERCURY

“‘The untold true story that inspired the legend’ shouldn’t be [just a] generic ancient combat epic.”
— Jeffrey Chen, WINDOW TO THE MOVIES