your welcome

Okay, well I've made a little modification.

Thankys!

What can I say? My little lion loves me

that is so cute!!!!!

that's sweet

Sayid and then your name

LionQueen wrote:

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Sayid, my first intitial and the lion!

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 I get it!

Today was one of those weird days where I think too much and get all philosophical and a little melancholy. I'll be up one minute, down the next and then suddenly visionary.

I was a litle upset earlier, and cried from something that reminded me of everything that went down over the holidays. So, I tried to get myself together because my freind picked me up to go take in a movie. We saw the Spider Chronicles, which I thought was quite good, but it felt rushed. They tried to weave the personal problems of the family into the fantasy and I felt somewhat disconnected from both. Once the boy discovered this fantastical world, the better part was all the frightening stuff and not much of the wonder and magic.

I am certain that there will be a good many who will take their young children to see it thinking it will be perfect for them and it is by far the place you would NOT want to take preteens. There's one scene in particular that's very disturbing I think even to adults, much less children. I, of course, being accustomed to figuring things out quickly, already knew that what we thought was happening wasn't really happening in this scene. Young kids won't be able to process that I think.

Anyway, all the reviews I read said that there was a ton of stuff left out from the book and that's a bit disappointing. I think I'm going to look for it and read it myself. I think I'll find alot of the magic and awe that I missed from the movie in the book. The lead actor is going to certainly make his mark in hollywood. He's the same kid who starred in August Rush, a movie that has a very very significant place in my heart. This kid just brings something different. Fresh eyes? I don't know.

He perfect and flawlessly carried off identical twin brothers with distinct personalities. I waited till the end of the movie almost certain I was going to see that it was really twin brother actors playing the two parts and found out it's the same kid. That was very impressive.

I can see the girl up and coming as well. She's got alot of spunk and a commanding presence for such a youngster. ALTHOUGH, gosh, she was maybe 13 I think? 14? She was wearing makeup like she was 18. Not very good.

So, I went to Big Lots and then to Winn Dixie with my freind. Afterwards, I went for a long walk on the levee.

I got to the same bridge that I walked to the last time I went, but I did it so quickly I was surprised that it felt like it took so long the last time. That's the difefrence between when you're walking without music as opposed to with.

I was thinking, as I usually do when I get in a good walk. Coming back, I was letting the stuff about my mother roll around in my head. And you know, sometimes I feel like I'm resolving that half of my own life is already over. Maybe it's just the almost 40 thing, I don't know. Then I was wondering just what the heck do I do with it? Which is what I've been wondering for the past 10 years once I hit 30 and realized I was still single and had nothing packed away somewhere for myself for when I get old and I can't work and I can't take long walks anymore. And then it bottomed out at the point I starting asking myself, what's the point? Why am I even here?

And then I was watching the sun set and it was so beautiful. It really was. It was just melting into the other side of the lake across the levy and the sky was turning all kinds of colors and the colors were all in the water.

And then I started wondering how many people ever stop and really look at the sun when it sets? How many actually notice just how spectacular it is? I dunno, maybe I'm here to notice the stuff that most people overlook. Maybe I'm here to notice how stunning the sunset is, or how impressive it was to watch the flocks of birds weave in and out of the colors. Or to note the different flying insects buzzing all around.

Maybe I'm just too sensitive. I dunno.          

KateisLost wrote:

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I know why you're here Lion. You're here to be a friend, to make everyone's life a little brighter just by knowing you. You bring a light to this world Lion, a light that no one else has. And you guild us with that light. You guild us and teach us how to be better people. You teach us to appreciate the small wonders in life that most people have forgotten about. You show the world that good, honest, loving people still exist on this earth.

That is why I believe you are here Lion.

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Very well said!