End of the Decade

Well it's been 2 months since I last gave my 2 cents, so I figured I was due. My daughter is now here. She is now 6 weeks old and growing like a weed. Yes, Alaina Mae is doing well..Laini Bug to me. So, what else is new? Not a lot. I lost in fantasy football..again. I finally picked up a blu-ray player..yay me! Good stuff.

As far as the movies go, I haven't been to a show in awhile. I did see A Christmas Carol though. Pretty good. I liked it a lot. I still want to see a few as well. Avatar, Sherlock Holmes, The Princess and the Frog and a couple others. I still haven't seen The Hangover yet, I know..I know.

I'm looking forward to summer..I hate snow. 28 inches in the last 2 weeks. Stupid midwest weather. I'm already wanting sunshine and 7o degree weather...and baseball. Football is almost over and I don't get into basketball much other than the NCAA tournament in March.

By the way, If you are not reading Green Lantern by now, you need to be smacked...hard. Hands down the best comic book in the last few years. What Geoff Johns has done with this series is incredible. I'm also reading the fourth book in the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin. Excellent series. Although I'm kind of struggling with this one. I think it's really more procrastination than anything else.

Really looking forward to all the movies coming out in 2010. I'm sure I'll be back to report on them at a later time. Well, I'm out for now. Enjoy New Years Eve and Happy New Year.

My life right now.

This has been one of the craziest years of my life. That's not really a bad thing. I am expecting our baby any day now. I can't wait. This is just the tip of the iceberg though, trust me. I won't go into everything here, but like I said it's been crazy.

So, it's been awhile. June, I think. I've been busy. Prepping for a baby is a lot of fun. I haven't really seen a whole lot of movies lately. Unfortunately. On the plus side, I've been reading more. I finally, after 5 years of harassment, started reading George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series. Honestly, probably the best series of books I have read in a long time. Why I didn't read these sooner I couldn't tell you. I won't give anything away here. Just pick them up and read them. You won't be disappointed. Look for the HBO adaptation, A Game of Thrones, to start airing sometime next year. Should be awesome as well.

In other news, I have been playing a lot of NCAA Football 2010 lately. Forgot how addictive that game is. Good stuff. For those of you who haven't played Batman: Arkham Asylum yet, shame on you. This game is the best game of the year! In my opinion of course. By far the best Batman game ever made.

I've also started playing Magic: The Gathering. The card game, not the Xbox game. It really is pretty fun. Easy to pick up on. However, spending money on the cards can quickly become very bad. Still, really fun to do. Quick games usually and you can play with several players.

Anybody else watching Castle? Nathan Fillion is awesome! One of the best shows on TV. So is the book they are advertising. The book by the way, is selling like crazy thanks to the marketing on the show. I know at my store we are sold out and all of our warehouses are temporarily out of stock. That's crazy talk. I'm also starting to watch the HBO show Rome. So far so good.

Well I think that's enough for one night. Later.

Big Robots and Championship Tigers!

For all you haters out there, Transformers 2 was freaking awesome! I don't know why everyone is expecting so much from a Michael Bay film. Lots of action, fights, big booms..that's booms not boobs, and excitement. If you liked the first one, you'll like this one. Seriously, these shows are based of toys for crying out loud. They are fun and entertaining. Tons of robots in this one. The Twins (Skids & Mudflap) are pretty funny, Wheelie..not so much, Soundwave was cool although not used a whole lot. I was kind of disappointed that they didn't use some of the other new characters very much, but no ones perfect. Overall, I'd say 3.5 out of 5, but seriously close to a 4. These are the types of movies we don't get any more. The big action, not much plot, summer movies. I miss those. There are way too many tearjerker dramas out there. Anyway, go check it out. Fun movie for all ages, with the exception of some language.

Moving on....the LSU Tigers are the 2009 NCAA Baseball Champions!!! I'm loving every minute of it. LSU has always been my favorite school. Mostly for baseball, but now for pretty much any sport. This was my dream college. This is where I wanted to go play ball at after high school. So, believe me when I say I shed tears for my team when they won. Anyone who knows me, knows I'm a huge baseball fan. I'm so loving this win. For all you band wagon Longhorn fans, serves you right for trash talking all series long! For, you true 'Horns fans, better luck next year. I'm pretty sure Texas will be there. Geaux Tigers!!

That's all I got. Later all.

Back..

Sorry I've been away for awhile. But, here I am again...and moving on.

First things first, I am on vacation! Thank the Lord. I really needed some time away from work. Planning on hanging out with the family and spending some time relaxing.

Second, the College World Series is underway here in Omaha. My LSU TIgers are on a roll and I'm loving every minute of it. I love baseball. Under appreciated college sport that it is. Speaking of the CWS, several people I know, who have lived here all their lives, are complaining about the CWS and the traffic...again. Seriously people, move on already. Some of these people hate baseball apparently, which is fine, but don't put down the sport because you don't like the traffic. Baseball is this country's pastime, like it or not. Soccer/Futbol is not, just so we're clear...you know who you are.

Looking forward to summer movies. Transformers 2 is coming up next week. Saw Star Trek a few weeks back. Best flick I've seen all year. Also, Harry Potter, Public Enemies, and G.I. Joe are all coming out soon. Although, I'm not sold on the latter. This coming from a huge G.I. Joe fan.

I am now currently caught up on all things Family Guy. I picked up Volume 7 this week on DVD. Best show on TV right now, hands down. Also picked up the new Ghost Busters game for Xbox 360. I have yet to play it. I'll let you know how it is.

Finally, I have come to a point in my life where I feel like I'm not going anywhere. I miss my artwork and I'm beginning to hate retail with a passion. I want to go back to school, but now is not the time. I have a baby on the way, a new car to pay for, and my house to fix. I'm not complaining about the last things. They are part of my life and I'm super excited for my new baby. I really need to sit down and reevaluate my life. I've gained probably somewhere around 10 pounds, I don't exercise, I miss artwork, and I'm beginning to miss playing baseball. I don't know. Maybe it's just a phase. I feel like I'm not who I should be. (wow, that totally reminded me of Anakin Skywalker....sad).

Okay, no more whining...tonight. Good night/good morning all.

New Things to Talk About

First, for any who don't already know, Connie and I are expecting our second child. The baby is due November 15th. So far everything is going great. Anthony is still a little unsure what to think. But, I think he'll come around. 

Second, it's springtime so that means baseball, soccer and softball. Fun. It's been pretty hectic already between sports schedules, the baby, work, the house, etc. Good times at the Rich house hold.

Third, my dad was in the hospital over the weekend. He had been complaining about chest pain, so he went to the ER. Turns out he had a clogged artery. They unclogged the artery without having to do surgery for now. He's on meds and is at home recovering. Thanks for the prayers.

Last, but certainly not least, I went to X-Men Origins: Wolverine last week. I went in to this movie not really expecting much, being that X3 sucked...badly. But, I was actually impressed with the movie. Sure some things are changed, but then what comic book movie doesn't have stuff like that. I really enjoyed it. Not a bad flick at all. Fans were kind of pissy about the way Deadpool was displayed post Weapon X, but if you were lucky enough to get the one of the three extra scenes after the credits, you really shouldn't complain. Leads into a possible Deadpool spin off that's been rumored to be happening for a while now. I've also got tickets for Star Trek this week in the IMAX. Should be fun. It looks pretty impressive. I'll be back with more on that after Thursday.

Well, I think that about covers it for now. Off to work on my to do list. Later.

New Movies!!

I took my family to go see Monsters vs. Aliens this weekend. Overall it was a good show. It wasn't overly great, but it was good. I have to say though, I am not impressed with Dreamworks Animation movies as of late. Madagascar 2 and this film were kind of lacking in some areas. I don't quite know what it is that's missing, but whatever it is, I hope they find it soon. Pixar is killing them. I also saw, don't laugh, High School Musical 3. Now I know I'm gonna get crap for this but, it was pretty good. I liked the first two though. I though they were decent family flicks. So, let the mocking and slams begin. I can take it. For those of you liked the movies, I thought this one was a nice way to tie up the franchise. So there ya go. My 2 cents on a couple of films I had not seen previously.

On a little different note, I started watching Star Trek: The Next Generation on DVD. So far I think it's still as good as when it originally aired. In my opinion, this is still the best Star Trek crew. Don't get me wrong, I like the original crew, but these guys had a nice mixture of cast and character. Well, I'm off. Work is early tomorrow. Live long and prosper....sorry, I couldn't resist.

Review Time

This last week I've watched three movies that I had not prior. The first was Casino Royale, which was actually a good flick. I liked that it kind of relaunched Bond. No fancy gadgets, just good action. I think that Craig made a good Bond. I give it a 3 out of 4 stars. That being said, I also watched Quantum of Solace. This one..not so good. I didn't think it stood very well on it's own. I think if they wanted to do this movie, it should have been just an additional hour at the end of Casino Royale. 2 out of 4. Which brings me to the final movie..Twilight. You know, I'm not sure about this movie. I didn't hate it, but I felt it lacked in some areas. I thought Bella's character came across a little flat and I didn't think that James had enough screen time to make him stand out as a good villain. That being said, with the budget what it was and the flatness of some of the acting, I didn't think it was a bad movie. Trust me, I've seen some bad movies...Cloverfield anyone? I also wanted to point out that I have not read the books either, so maybe that helped a little. So, I give it 2 1/2 out of 4. Next, I plan on watching Bolt and Madagascar 2. Hopefully they won't disappoint. 

On a side note, I recently went to the musical Avenue Q. This was a great show. If you haven't seen it and it's coming to your town, go see it. What's not to love? Foul mouthed, vulgar puppets singing about life, love, and porn. Seriously though, it was really good. I really want to see Wicked in May, but I don't think I'm going to be able to this time around. Well, until next time.

Darn you Marvel Comics!!

I just read that Marvel has decided to push all their movies back thanks to the addition of Spider-man 4! Really? Because we all haven't gotten enough Spider-man. So, now Iron Man 2 is the only picture not affected. The list looks like this:

Iron Man 2 - 5/7/2010

Spider-man 4 - 5/6/2011

Thor - 6/17/2011

Captain America - 7/22/2011

Avengers - 5/4/2012

The part that kills me is that they said with the move of Avengers, they don't have to compete with Harry Potter. Umm...except now Spider-man, Thor, and Captain America now have to contend with the third Batman movie. Yeah, good luck with that. Not only that, but I'm pretty sure the second part of Deathly Hallows comes out in 2011 too. I don't know. Maybe I'm just being a little grouchy about the whole thing. I just would rather see some of the other movies instead of seeing a fourth Spider-man. Especially since the third one was so great....or not. Moving on.

Have I mentioned how much I love my Xbox 360? I've pretty much been playing MLB 2k9 for the last week. Love it. The game is so realistic it's crazy. I've already beat Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Now I play that for fun. I'm thinking about picking up WWE's Legends of Wrestlemania game. If nothing else it will fun to play as older wrestlers I grew up with. I'm also looking forward to Guitar Hero: Metallica at the end of the month.

Well I'm out for now. Later all.

Watchmen...

Well, I went to the midnight showing of Watchmen last night. I gotta say that I was very disappointed. Not really for the same reasons others have mentioned, but still disappointed. The movie was way over the top. I thought some scenes were unnecessary (like the 3 sex scenes), I thought the editing was awful, some of the song choices for scenes were way too cheesy, and seeing Dr. Manhattan's junk in every scene was a tad unnecessary. A long 2 and a half hour movie that just didn't live up to the hype, in my opinion. I thought Rorschach was the only thing that made it watchable. Props to Mr. Haley. He really nailed that part. I don't know...I just was expecting it to be a great interpretation of the source material, but instead I felt cheated. The ending was lame. I thought that it was a complete cop out. So, I guess what I'm saying is that I would wait for the dvd. 

I did however get to see a new Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince trailer. Looks great. This morning I also got to see a new Star Trek trailer. Again, looks great. Hoping that with Star Trek and Wolverine opening in May I'll have better things to write about on these posts, other than complain. Until then, I don't really see anything coming out that appeals to me. Other than Taken. I still want to see how good Liam Neeson is in that flick. Well, there's my two cents.

Finally..

So I got my Xbox 360 over the weekend. I have to admit it is very cool. It's not only graphically better than my Wii, but I will now be able to play all the games that I couldn't before. Yay me! Anyway, it came with Lego Indiana Jones, which I haven't played yet, and Kung-Fu Panda. I also picked up an arcade classic game and CSI for my wife. Neither of which we have played yet. Which brings me to the game that has me hooked into it. Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. This game rocks! I don't care what anyone says. If you are any kind of MK fan you'll love it. Aside from the fatalities being kind of toned down a bit, anyway. Comic fans should be pleased by this game. I think they did really well translating the characters. For all those who think that it's lame that Superman is in the game and shouldn't have any competition, the story line explains that too. This game is actually very entertaining to me. There's some other games I want to pick up eventually also. For instance; MLB 2K9, Left 4 Dead, Street Fighter IV, and possibly Rock Band once I get Xbox Live running. The only complaint I have so far is some of the pricing. The network adapter for wi-fi is $100. I'm sorry, but that's nuts. I know it comes with an ethernet cable and all that, but I have a router and I have my computer in a different room of the house. Overall though, I love this system. I'm hoping to get my Xbox Live running soon.

In other news, I've got my tickets for Watchmen on Thursday night (12:01am). In the IMAX. I think this movie will be everything a fan has been waiting for and more. I've been really impressed by all the footage and behind the scenes videos I have seen. Only time will tell, but here's hoping. 

Also, the World Baseball Classic starts this week. Go USA!! With the regular season not too far behind. Well, I'm off.

Alex Rodriguez and the game that used to be Baseball

I'm sure many of you know the whole debate about steroids in baseball and how badly it's damaged the sport in the last few years, so I won't go into the details. More recently however, the admission by the so called superstar Alex Rodriguez that he used, has been kind of disturbing to me. There's been all this talk about whether or not to strip his records from the books. Personally, I don't think that's a good idea. 1.) Baseball is already damaged enough from all of this kind of crap. Taking away records and stats is only going to open up a world of pain and hurt for the sport. 2.) I think the only way you are going to stop this crap is to kick them out of the league. Every time someone does drugs or gets arrested, the league just slaps them with a fine and says okay..you're free to go. That is such crap. Also, as for as the fans' view of the A-Rod situation, at first they were mad, disappointed, even sad. Now, they could care less that he did it. It's as if it never happened. Again, from the fans this time, a slap on the wrist. It's getting ridiculous. They can ban Pete Rose from the Hall of Fame for gambling, but using steroids is just a fine or a suspension. I love this sport. There's no other sport like it, but all this crap is ruining it for fans. I am looking forward to the upcoming season. I just don't want to deal with having to listen to the steroid crap anymore. Especially since they don't do anything significant to those that use or who have used in the past. So, on that note, here's to the new season and...GO RED SOX!

Oscars...meh.

Okay, so I just got home from an Oscar party. All I can say is that I'm getting really tired of the Academy picking a no-name movie, regardless of what it should/should not win, to win every freaking category it gets nominated for. Really? Come on. I understand that you want to point out that it was a good movie, but it doesn't need to win for every single nomination (with the exception of one of the sound awards). I'm so disappointed that they made it so predictable after the first hour. The only good thing about the show was Hugh Jackman's hosting. His opening was awesome. I was very disappointed when they did their whole in memorandum sequence. No Heath Ledger and more importantly no George Carlin? Wow, way to applaud a classic actor/comedian. You can show Isaac Hayes but not Carlin. I can understand not showing Ledger, just for the fact that about 10 minutes before, he won his Oscar. I'm sure there are countless others that passed that were not shown as well, but this kind of annoyed me. By the way, you should have heard the whining in the room when Ledger won...funny stuff considering who else was nominated. Well I won't keep you with my rantings. I'll post tomorrow with my first all sport related post. Goodnight.

Academy Awards

Sunday marks the return of the Oscars. The 81st Annual Academy Awards. So far, it seems like it's just gonna be a mediocre show. Not a lot of huge stand outs this year. Sure there's the favorites: Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and WALL-E. Over all though I thought there were only a couple of great movies in the past year. Now, I know this is gonna sound a little bias but, I though the best picture of the year was Dark Knight. Nothing else I saw came close to this movie. I know people would argue this with me to death, but this is just my honest opinion. I liked several other movies as well, but I loved Dark Knight. Now, to be fair, I haven't seen a handful of the movies nominated. I have my own thoughts on who will win and who won't. I'll start with the Best Picture Nominees. I will probably have to go with Slumdog Millionaire on this one. The Academy is a sucker for the underdog. However, I've read several articles about how people were boycotting the Oscars because WALL-E wasn't included in the Best Picture category. For Director, I think I'm going with Slumdog Millionaire here as well. I really thought of all the categories, I thought Dark Knight deserved this one. Or more to the point, Christopher Nolan deserved this one. Best Actress..Kate Winslet. Best Actor...Sean Penn. Best Supporting Actress...I'm gonna go with Viola Davis for Doubt. Just a gut feeling. Now again, for Best Supporting Actor, it's gonna sound bias again but, Heath Ledger should win. I've had a few people already tell me that if he wins it's just because they feel sorry for him. That's a load of crap. He deserves it. The Joker was the best portrayed character on film this last year, hands down. I've seen Tropic Thunder and I like Robert Downey, Jr., but am I the only one that thought this movie was terrible? Granted Downey's role was the best in the movie, but that doesn't mean it was Oscar worthy. Anyway, there's my rant about Ledger. Well, that's most of the big categories. If you watch the show, good luck with your pics. I know I'll be keeping track of mine. I'm out.

Movies...

So, I just caught the new TV spots for the new Wolverine movie. I'm kind of worried now. I had high hopes for this movie being that the last X-Men movie was crap. About the only movies I am looking forward to this year, so far, are Watchmen, Transformers 2, and Harry Potter 6. There are a hand full of others that I really hope will be good. Like G.I. Joe, Wolverine, and Dragonball (which I know looks really bad.). I will probably see them all at some point. I just hope they're good.

Speaking of movies, has anyone heard anything on Fanboys? Coming from a huge Star Wars fan, this movie looks great. I can't wait to see it. I'm also looking forward to the Family Guy: Blue Harvest sequel titled Something, Something, Something Darkside. Gotta love Family Guy. 

I recently switched the way that I pick up my comic books. I no longer run to the comic shop every week. I now order from Diamond directly, which has it's ups and downs. On the plus side, it's way cheaper, and it saves gas. On the down side, I have to wait until the end of the month to read everything. Bummer. It's all good though. Like I said, it's easier on the wallet. Anyway, the point being I have to wait until the end of the month to read Thor #600. I really, really, really, want to read this story...this and Green Lantern. 

Well, off to work I go. Going to see how the new closing hours work. I'm out.

TV is the devil!

Where to start...I'm so addicted to television shows right now it's not even funny. I find myself re-watching some shows just to recall a comment from a current episode. Take Lost for instance. I started watching Lost at the beginning of season 2 and have been watching it ever since. They are now on season 5 and I find myself going back to season 1 to clarify things. Watching the whole season all over again! Don't get me wrong, I love the show, but man does it suck you in. Other shows I find myself re-watching are Justice League, How I Met Your Mother, Heroes, and Smallville. In my defense with Smallville, I think I'm watching the old ones because the new ones suck. As far as Justice League goes, there is a shortage of awesomeness on TV right now when it comes to animation. I grew up with G.I. Joe and Transformers, even He-man. Those were awesome in their own time. More recently, the comic book cartoons have been less than amazing. In the 90's leading into the 2000's though they were great. Starting with Batman: The Animated Series. This show reinvented the comic book for TV. It was and still is the best cartoon of the genre. Using the same style and voices, the show carried over into Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League/Justice League Unlimited. No other comic book animated series even comes close to these. Hence the reason I'm watching them again. Newer shows, like Batman:The Brave and the Bold, just aren't living up to my expectations. However, the new Wolverine and the X-Men cartoon looks promising. Back to my point, I probably have been spending at least 4-6 hours a day watching TV in the last month. Straight. No wonder I'm fat. I just veg in front of my TV for hours on end. I love TV as much as the next guy but, I cannot wait until baseball season. Outdoors here I come!!

Blackest Night

It's no secret that my favorite comic book character is Green Lantern. Not just any one Green Lantern but all the Corps. I do have my favorites (Hal Jordan and Guy Gardner), but I love the Corps. Which brings me to the title of my lovely post. Blackest Night is an upcoming story in the GL comics that is considered to be a huge prophecy regarding the fall of the Corps and the universe. Up until now, it's been mostly a tease. It all started back in 2004 with Green Lantern: Rebirth. Which brought back Hal Jordan from the dead and relauched the popularity of the Corps. It talked about the powers of emotional spectrum of the universe and even had glimpses of things to come. For instance, in the first couple of issues, the appearance of the Black Hand. Whose significance I'll get into later. Basically here's the Rebirth story in a nutshell. It's about Hal Jordan, redeeming himself with the Corps and overcoming Fear, which is one of the powers/colors in the emotional spectrum, in the form of Parallax. An entity that possessed Jordan for a period of time and is the Living entity of Fear. After defeating Parallax, Jordan helps rebuild the Corps. Again, subtle things are brought up in the series. The re-emergence of Sinestro, Hal and the Corps', greatest enemy. Who's power ring has ties to Fear and Parallax. Sinestro is also defeated, and he retreats from the Lanterns. 

From there the story starts to unfold and carry over into the Green Lantern monthly titles. Showing the rebuilding of the Corps. The second part of this story lies within the Sinestro Corps War series. After Sinestro is defeated in Rebirth he retreats to his home planet and starts his own Lantern Corps, the Sinestro Corps. Before I go any further, let me throw in a note. I mentioned that a big part of this story revolves around the powers/colors of the emotional spectrum. The Green Lanterns are in the middle of that spectrum. It goes as follows; the color green, the emotion of will power, sits in the middle of the spectrum. With a light side and a dark side of emotions that are on either side. On the light side we have blue/hope, indigo/compassion, and violet/love. On the darker side, we have yellow/fear, orange/avarice, and red/rage. Okay back to the good stuff. So, the Sinestro Corps relies on fear as its weapon and they begin recruiting an army to take out the Green Lanterns. Among its members are Parallax (now inhabiting the body of GL Kyle Rayner), Superman-Prime, and the Cyborg Superman. A war ensues. During the battle, the Guardians of the Universe (leaders and creators of the GL Corps) decide to rewrite the sacred Book of Oa. They begin to make new laws which start the path to Blackest Night. The first being the use of lethal force against the Sinestro Corps. Two of the Guardians are against this and they are expelled from the Corps. The Guardians also reveal the prophecy to the earth lanterns; Hal, Guy, Kyle (free from Parallax), and John Stewart. In which  they foretell of five more Lantern Corps arising, each based on a color/emotion of the spectrum. After the Corps are established the War of Light comes into play. With all of the Corps being destroyed leading to the Blackest Night. At the end of the battle, one of the Guardians sacrifices himself to defeat Superman-Prime, another is scarred by the Anti-Monitor, while Sinestro and several other members of his Corps are arrested. Afterwards, the Guardians realize that the Blackest Night will happen and put their second law into effect. Ganthet and Sayd, the two Guardians that were expelled, are seen creating a blue power ring to start their Corps of hope. The Anti-Monitor is shown on a distant, dark planet after getting blown half way across the galaxy, being imprisoned into a huge Black Power Battery.

On to the beginning of the Blackest Night. Back on the dark planet of the Black Power Battery, panels are shown that tease a proclamation stating "the armies of fear and willpower must come together, because across the universe, the dead will rise." Showing also a corpses hand coming out of the ground wearing a black ring on its finger. The symbol of which is the logo of the villain Black Hand. Other teasers have been shown like the Black Hand discovering the Black Power Battery on the dark planet. So, with the knowledge of the Black Lanterns being fallen heroes, villains, and other DCU alum, the rumors began to fly as to who would show up as a Black Lantern. Already announced/teased are Aquaman, former Firestorm Ronnie Raymond, Earth-2 Superman, and the Martian Manhunter. Meanwhile, in the GL titles, the other Corps start to emerge along with the Green and Yellow Corps. The Violet Lantern Corps appear in pages of GL Corps as the Star Sapphires now using rings and batteries. The Blue Lantern Corps shows up a short while later with its first member Saint Walker. The Red Lanterns show up in both titles in an arc entitled Rage of the Red Lanterns. So far, the Indigo and Orange Lanterns have only been teased. 

This series looks to be a huge and successful story for DC and a huge push for the Green Lanterns. I love this series mostly because of Geoff Johns. His writing and Ethan Van Sciver's art. This series has become the Star Wars saga of the DC Universe. So, by all means go read these stories. I highly recommend them.

Kicking the whole thing off

So, welcome to my first ever blog. I guess it was a long time coming. Here I will comment on all things me. Movies, music, life, comics, friendship, love and sports. So, without further delay...

Today, or rather yesterday, I realized that I really want to go back to school. I don't know where or what I want to take, but I know I don't want to do retail the rest of my life. Now, I went to school 10 years ago for a degree in Commercial Art. However, I obviously am not using that degree. I really want to get back into drawing. I also have found a new love of photography. Hence the reason for not knowing what to take for classes if and when I go back. Maybe a litlle of both will do. Who knows. I am currently working for Barnes and Noble. Probably the best retail place I've ever worked for. It just isn't what I want to do. Decisions decisions.

For those that know me, I am and always have been a huge baseball fan. I, like so many others, am eagerly awaiting the upcoming season. My Red Sox are looking to be as impressive as ever. With the baseball season comes softball season. I play on at least 2 teams during the summer, sometimes more. I grew up around the sport. What can I say. I also coach a fall team as well. As I await the season, I've come to realize that I am way out of shape. So, guess what I'll be doing from now until May? 

Well, I've rambled on for long enough for one night. I'll be back soon.