Starring Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, John Cleese, Julie Andrews, Rupert Everett, and Jennifer Saunders. The fairy tale continues as everyone’s favorite ogre faces his greatest challenge of all — the inlaws! (DreamWorks) » Read the rest of the entry..

It is hard to think that this movie came out in 1992, wow time flies. The first time I saw this movie it was thanks to my friend Biggie. It was sometime in 1996 and I remember it changing a lot about what I think about movies. This movie kind of introduced me to dialogue that was witty and made a movie flow.

Starring Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney, Randy Brooks, and Kirk Baltz. Quentin Tarantino’s debut cult classic chronicles a jewelry heist gone wrong. (Miramax Films)

If you have not watched this movie in a while rent it, is on DVD now and I have not laughed this hard in a while. The movie is just pure joy. I have liked Tarantino a lot more since he was instrumental in bringing Hero stateside. I hope that it keeps on opening the door for Asian films to get out here.

Besides the good dialogue, Reservoir dogs has a great story line and just awesome acting. Sometimes I wonder if Tarantino is just lucky that he can put that much talent in one room or if he is just that good of a director that he makes every actor seem that much better. So have you seen the movie? Do you enjoy it?

Logtar Rating System
* Don’t bother
**If there is nothing else in the video store
***Rent it for sure
****Go watch it in the theater today, or buy the DVD
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I firmly believe that we need the downs in life to know recognize the ups. Right now my life is on the way up, getting higher every day. Not only did I find love, but I have also developed a sense of home here in Michigan. Even though I still love Chicago very much, I like living out here. It is quiet, peaceful and I have surrounded myself with some cool people.

I think volunteering for the read program has helped me tons. I feel like I am making a difference by helping kids and find it extremely rewarding. For next week I think I might make a couple of puzzles for them, as in word soups with what they are studying or something similar. Both of the kids that I am working on seem to like that kind of activity.

Today I have ASL class, also something that is changing my life. I have wanted to do this for so long and getting the opportunity to finally do it feels awesome. I hope I continue without a break, which reminds me I have to check out the winter schedule.

I also have to admit that this blog has helped me a lot, at first I wanted it to be just an outlet to my mood in a very private way… but as more people started reading and giving me some excellent advice I liked that aspect of it a lot more. I have made some great friends here and it has helped more than therapy

Gift from the Sky

As I looked up at the sky
I never imagined that I would find
Even if I did try
The love that I had in mind

But soaring towards me
It landed by my side
Slowly it embraced me
And it filled me inside

A love so tender and sweet
A felling so fresh and new
That it makes my heart skip a beat
And gives life a whole new view

A love that I thought never existed
Now lives inside of me
A love that cannot be resisted
Has now set eyes on me

In this sea of flowers
It graced me with its presence
And now adoringly it showers
Everything I am with its essence

This love is so complete
Because it gives itself freely
There is no time to compete
Only living life ideally

My second poem in this website is dedicated to my friend Lunita and her boyfriend that is out there fighting for out country… » Read the rest of the entry..

I have been going through a lot of changes in my life during the last year. As most of you know I got divorced, which was a process that made me learn tons about myself. I also realized that I had not dealt with a lot of pain in my life but rather pushed it under the rug. I have also started blogging which has really changed my life in the sense that now I have an extra outlet for my emotions. Many of the posts here might not seem personal but they are little snippets of my thoughts and feelings. A lot of the quotes I have examined have been directly related to situations in my life.

Recently I posted about new beginnings. Well, I was talking about a lot of stuff inside me but I steered the conversation towards election when in reality I had been talking about someone that I had just reconnected with and had sparked something in my hearth that I thought was not there anymore.

Since I started this blog I have never posted about my significant other, but now I have a reason to. She wants me to be outspoken about how we feel about each other. And even though I will not reveal who she is and specific stuff about her until she establishes her own comfort level with this crazy blog thing I want to say that I am in love. A different kind of love from when I had before, a love that is being shown back to me in the same intensity I want to feel for the other person. I am looking forward to spending more and more time with my new life. I wanted to share with everyone the happiness I feel while we start a new chapter in my life. I never knew why I liked sky pictures so much but now that I found my sky I understand

My first post about culture had to do with education. One of the most important topics I think needs to be discussed in a society is education. Teachers in our society do not hold the place that they should, they should be one of the most respected better paid jobs in our society but they are not.

I had the chance to grow up in a different country and actually be in their educational system. I pointed some of the differences in a past article if you care to read. In Colombia teachers have a lot more respect than they do here in the United States, but they are still underpaid and not as taken care of as they should be.

To me teachers are the fundamental pillars of our society; they shape what becomes of the future by educating our children. The teachers that we have encountered in our lives have already shaped who we are. Our society sometimes really ignores that little fact about teachers. Our kids spend most of their forming years with teachers and not the parents, especially if both parents work and are not able to dedicate time to their children education. They shape their minds and we need to be thankful for that. Also we need to be involved and make sure that our kids are getting everything they need to become productive members of society.

One of the sayings that really irritates me is; “Those that cannot do, teach.” Or the other variation of it, “Coach.” It really bothers me that in a society like ours there is not a more respectful way to look at teachers. I am not saying this is the norm, but that a saying like this one even exists shows the lack of respect for the profession.

The last thing that I will mention on my list of things that I think are unfair towards teachers is their salary. For the most part in the public school systems teachers are paid so little that someone with the aptitude to be a teacher might not become one just because they desire a higher standard of living. This could also be a positive because I guess a lot of the people that do teach do it because it is their vocation and not a goldmine.

Still I think that teachers need to be more appreciated, respected and remunerated in our society. I know many of my teachers made a positive impact in my life making me the person that I am now. My love for reading, my almost legible handwriting, and my appreciation of classical music are just some examples that can all be attributed to great teachers that left a mark in my hearth beyond just the subject they were teaching. I would like to thank them for all their efforts.