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Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Somebody Save Me...I don't Care How You Do It, Just Save Me...

What's with this obsession people have with being the superhero? Is it really that desirable a position to be in?

Despite questioning that, I've always been a big fan of Batman and Hal Jordan's Green Lantern...

So, sometimes...I have weird and crazy dreams involving my friends and superheroes...whether it be me and Ivan as Trunks and Goten...or Cam and I as the Invisible Woman and the Human Torch...but what's up with that? why are so many people (and by people, I mean alot of guys, some girls) so focused on saving the world and on playing the part of the hero?

Superhero stories can be some of the most tragic...think about it, you give all of yourself for what's right...for what you believe in...but you can't receive the praise and glory that the policemen and doctors of the world get...you're relegated to being the guy in the back...the person behind the scenes...

Is it the gratification of knowing you've helped someone? that you've made a difference? but at what cost does that satisfaction come? tales of superheroes are more often than not, full of personal tragedy and self-sacrifice...where your place in the world is born out of sadness or death...where you can never truly have what you want and desire...

Is it the fact that being special is no longer something personal? that whatever makes you different is no longer internalized, but is manifested in such a way that you stand out...that you are unique?

Is it the possibility and hope of being something more? that we're not each limited to influencing those within our personal sphere...but we're capable of being part of a bigger picture...that we have some importance in a world that's so often full of questions and doubts...

Is it me, or does that just sound alot like life? or do we all simply wanna wear cool costumes...

In brightest day, in darkest night,
No evil shall escape my sight.
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware my power...Green Lantern's light.

I guess we're all our own little superheroes...now fly away, and watch your step on the way outt...

posted by Herb 2:17 PM

Thursday, June 16, 2005

Then I See You Standing There, Wanting More From Me...And All I Can Do Is Try...

So, I stopped being a fan of Jamie Oliver a little while back...I mean, he's cool...and he makes good food n'all...but I just realized I've never really liked him all that much...

I like watching his shows alright, but I couldn't stand Jamie's Kitchen...it was just flatout boring...nothing ever really happened, and it stopped being about him and the food...I understand the kids were supposed to be the focus, but you couldn't really care about them, cuz they just weren't very compelling characters and interesting people...

I expected very much the same out of his new show, Jamie's School Dinners...nice little premise...seemed like it could have promise, but then again, so did Jamie's Kitchen...nothing was really on tonight, so I decided to tune in...and lemme tells ya, it was really good...

So, Jamie's trying to reform the British school system's way of doing lunch...he wants to do away with the crap they normally feed these kids, and give em a good healthy meal...but aside from that, the show focuses on him again...his love for his work...his passion for food...and just him and his life in general...

This episode (like I'm guessing many others will) focused on Jamie trying to get bratty little kids to stop wanting fries and nuggets...and to start wanting things like roasted drumsticks and asparagus...definitely not the easiest of tasks...

It's weird seeing how unwilling and unopen children are to change...how they're so set in their ways of not only eating, but doing things...it's not very surprising, though, they are kids afterall...

But once some of them started trying things...they really got into it...the fear and disdain for the unfamiliar was replaced by the novelty of having something different, something new...and at the worst, some kids just reaffirmed what they believed (that asparagus is 'yucky'...silly Brits)...

So, I guess what I'm saying is that we can be very child-like at times...we're so sure of what we want and how we want things to be, that we ignore opportunities before us...but, the important thing is that we don't turn a blind eye to these things...it's that you expand your borders...it's that you try to be more...it's that you try life out for yourself...

New TV shows...
New foods...
New people...

Just Try...

posted by Herb 4:57 AM

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Well, That's Where I Belong...And You Belong With Me

Alright...I think this may well be the longest period of time I've gone without updating this thing, haha...

I'd like to sit and make a million excuses involving busy days and packed schedules...but really, I've done nothing of any consequence for quite a while now...I'm still thinking my inane little thoughts...and pondering the daily mishaps which make this wee lil world go 'round...but, I just haven't been writing...

My days are typically spent running/working out...along with the obligatory moments of simply lazying about and goofing around...while my nights are used to spend what little time I have left in this country with friends and family...

Why the lack of updates then?? truthfully, I just can't quite bring myself to pen anything down...because doing so will inevitably lead to my rambling about going away - a topic that I'm sure I'm not quite ready to pick apart and wrap my head around...

All I've really come up with, is that going where you feel you should...doesn't make leaving where you are any easier...just that knowledge of needing to be somewhere else can be a very scary thing...

Finally, my going-away-compilation has been completed! yay! it's a delightful mix of sentimental favourites to look back...and well-spun-tales of going away to look ahead...and it's fittingly titled Halcyon Days Fade...just shout my name really loud, and a psychically-sent-tracklist shall promptly arrive! try it!!

Maybe now that I've finally got something down, I'll continue to write lil sumthin sumthins here n'there...but for now, be good my friends...and watch your step on the way outt...

posted by Herb 5:48 AM

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