Roots and Wings

I was watching the movie Sweet Home Alabama last night. I have seen this movie a number of times but I caught a part of conversation I never really understood before. It's when they are in the dog cemetery and she says that she loves New York, but she comes back home and Alabama fits too. Ok, so first I must say that I am from Alabama and as redneck and crazy everyone thinks Alabama is, it actually is quite a lovely place with all it's southern charm. Anyway, a side note. So she says this and then he says "You can't have roots and wings." I started thinking about that. I don't have any wonderful insight to offer here, I just thought it was something interesting to consider. I am at a point in life I guess you could say where I have the opportunity to choose: Roots or Wings. But do you think you can have both? I like to think you can. Roots are important. It's what makes you who you are. It's where you come from. Family and old friends are priceless. But Wings. Wings are important too. I see wings as dreams. I like to dream big. I like to think I can make a difference. I like to think I can change the world. Maybe I'm young and naive. But maybe not. I guess when I am old and gray I can answer the question: What did you choose, Roots or Wings? I'm hoping that my answer will be both.

Exciting News!!

Wow. I can't help but giggle. I just found out something so possibly exciting!! Of course, my most favorite show in the world, Lost, has rumors spinning everywhere. Even though we don't get any new episodes until February, filming starts this month. According to Michael Aussiello on tvguide.com Kristen Bell is being considered for a role on Lost!!!! If you don't know who Kristen Bell is, then let me fill you in. She is the actress who plays Veronica Mars. Now you may laugh, but Veronica Mars is actually an awesome show. The first two seasons are amazing. CW picked up the show for the third season and then ended it so randomly, but all the same, it was an amazing show. And I love Veronica. I will admit that sometimes I wish I was as cool as Veronica Mars. She kicks butt like no other. Ok well maybe not quite as much as Sydney Bristow, but pretty darn close. Anyway, all that to say, if Kristen Bell were to make it onto Lost, two of my favorite shows coming together(you could say) would be incredible. It would definitely be worth the 8 month wait. Well we are down 2 1/2 so 5 1/2 months left. AHH! What is going to be hard is spoilers will come out because they are filming. To read the spoilers or to not read the spoilers; that is the question! Oh I have some more news. More like info than news. I was watching the Today Show (gotta love it) and apparently there is this number 1-800-FREE-411. This number is 411 withouth the charge. It is paid for by companies whose adds you listen to while you wait for someone to pick up the line. So you wait a little longer, but you save a dollar. I just thought I would pass along that little bit of info. Ok well I'm off to read The Amber Spyglass. I'll have to write about it later. It's from the series His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. They are pretty darn good. So goodbye for now. Peaceout A-Town.

"That's no moon! That's a space station!"

Ah, lovely quote. Great movie. Classic. Who doesn't love Star Wars. Anyway, the quote is relevant because I saw the space station the other night!! How cool is that? It passed over Alabama on Wednesday night. My dad heard about it on the TV. So my whole fam (minus the little brother, he was at youth camp) jumped in the car and drove out away from the city so we could see it. And while we were waiting we saw a shooting star, which made it twice as cool. It was crazy. We saw it come from the south along the horizon and it passed right over us. It was pretty bright when it was right over head. It was only there for maybe 2 mintues. I thought it was cool. It was a fun little famjam. I remember being really little and we got up at like 4am to see some comet. It was so cool. And then we drove into town at like 6 and got krispy kreme doughnuts. Ah memories. It was a really long time ago because my sister doesn't remember and she's only two years younger than me. Anyway, all that to say, the stars fascinate me. They are so magical, so beautiful. It's crazy to look up at the sky and think that some of the stars we see could have burned out years ago, but it's so far away that we are still seeing the light that came from them. Oh well, so now you know about my fascination with stars. I could just look up at them all night long. Wow, sometimes I'm such a cheeseball. Ok I'm gone, thats all for today. Until next time, WORD.