A Thankful Thanksgiving.

Two years... well almost. Darling, this Thanksgiving I'm thankful for especially one thing. You have become an integral part of my life. I honestly don't know how to live without you anymore. You are loving, compassionate, caring, smart, funny, passionate, beautiful, amazing, gorgeous and overall just wonderful. You have changed me forever and only for the better. You bring out the best in me and show me the most this world has to offer. I love you more than life itself and only want to make you happy. This Thanksgiving I am thankful for you and your love. Darling, I don't know why you love me, but I know why I love you. I love you simply because you're you. I love you Jennifer. Forever and always.

Lady Autumn

Hot beverages grow cold

waiting to be drunk

by the lips of a woman

whose scent lingers in the air

She is the one who comes in the night

breathing softly on the windows

as you sleep

leaving frosty panes for when you wake

She is soft breeze you feel rustle through

the boughs as she sighs and bats her lashes

Her hair is the autumn leaves found in each splash

of color on the mountainside

She is your lover

and

your past lover

and

every one who has ever

loved you

cuddling up to you in the chill of the season

She is in your heart and in the earth

in the sky and in the water

She is the feeling that all beauty will leave you

yet inner poetry remains as the world dies

slowly

She is your autumn mistress

whom you will love for a season

Cast her aside to die

Fall for her again in a year.

Lord Winter welcomes Lady Autumn

with open arms and a cold hard smile

Lady Autumn lingers in the air

Haikus of Love

lips parted slightly

your breathing grows heavier

drifting off to sleep

My soul bursts with love.

Never did I know the word

until I met you.

Lilies and orchids

we slowly walk, hand in hand

in love's garden grove

Falling through the air

Soft rain hitting the roof-tops

Lovers stay in bed

Softly whispering,

lying in each other's arms.

Vows and promises.

Scott Pilgrim vs. A Killer Metaphor

So if you've been reading this invisible blog, you may have read my review of Inception. In it I said something to the effect that Inception was one of the best movies, if not the best movie, I have ever seen. Well... Scott Pilgrim vs. The World fits exactly into that same description.

I actually needed to see this movie twice before writing anything about it. There is so much in the film that it honestly feels like genuine comic book (or graphic novel for those who feel that comic book is degrading to the genre); every time you read it (or watch it), aspects of it feel new and undiscovered. It warrants a second viewing.

Scott Pilgrim is a seemingly average kid living in Toronto, Canada with his gay roommate Wallace and plays with his band, The Sex Bob-Omb (a play on words, bob-omb being a reference to items in The Super Mario Brothers games which resembles little black bombs with eyes and feet). The movie begins with Scott, age: 22, rating: awesome, dating a high school girl, Knives Chau. But not too long after the wonderful 8-bit Universal opening (which you can hear, but unfortunately not see, at the bottom of this post), Scott notices another girl, Ramona Flowers. After a quick break up with Knives, Scott attempts to woo Ramona. But Scott's in for a bit of a surprise. He must, in order to date Ramona, defeat her seven deadly exs. Comedy, action, and video game references ensue.

This film feels like the perfect trans-genetic mutation between an 8 or 16 bit video game and

a wicked awesome comic book. From the cartoons added in to animate Ramona's past boyfriends, to the retro (I loath using that word) video game tracks, to the "batman-style" sound text (you know, Bam!, Kapow!, Shazam!), this movie is dripping with pure fan-boy amazement. The visual is really the closest you could get to a comic without separating each shot into individual frames of a comic strip.

The visual, though, is only half of the picture. The dialog is so fresh and witty I was absolutely engaged the entire movie. And it all felt very natural. Nothing was too contrived or forced. If there was an awkward line the movie did a wonderful job at explaining the thought process behind it. Example: After Scott dumps Knives, she dyes her hair similar to Ramona's hair and

starts seeing Scott's friend, Young Neil, in an attempt to make Scott notice her. After they play at the club, Ramona sees knives across the bar and and asks who she is. Scott, panicking, tries to decided whether to say "I have to go pee" or "Who, her?" In Scott's mind we see a roulette wheel spinning landing right on the line between the two options. So what comes out is "I need to pee on her." The best thing is that he doesn't even realize what he said was out of the normal, but the audience can understand what's going on in his head. There are actually quite a few of these moments which make the movie very relatable since we've all had moments where we tried to say something but something else comes out.

The characters are another strong point of the film. Each person is fully committed to their character and they are all so fully developed. While I

have not yet read the books (though I plan on doing so very soon!), I have a clue that we can thank them for such wonderful and developed characters. Two particularly standout characters in the movie were Knives Chau and Ramona Flowers. Both of these were wonderfully portrayed by their respective actresses, Ellen Wong and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. But the character that stole quite a few scenes, I feel was Alison Pill, who portrayed Kim, the drummer of Sex B0b-Omb and an old girlfriend of Scott. I really have no idea how to describe her role. You really just have to see the movie.

Michael Cera is also pretty freaking good in this movie. One of the best roles I think I've ever seen him in. Why do I think that? I think it's because of the role. I feel that he's been stuck in the same role for five years now. This one allows him to be a bit more free with his character.... a bit more animated and emotional. I know a lot of people are getting tired of him, but this movie really is a nice change of pace for him.

The music compliments the visual so perfectly that I was actually compelled to buy some of the songs after seeing it a second time. So catchy are the tracks, I find myself humming them all the time. The final aspect of this film that brings everything together are the battle scenes. Yes, they are over the top. Yes, they are more than slightly unrealistic. But, it brings together everything this movie has.

The whole movie is one big metaphor.... well kinda. The whole fighting the seven evil exs are something every guy, and girl (though I enjoy that the movie focuses on the guy point of view) has to metaphorically deal with when dating someone new and special. You always feel the need to be the best person they've dated to date (pun). This movie really does a superb job at jumping into the mind of a twenty something guy entering a new relationship. Bravo. I cannot wait to read the books.

This is the 8-bit Universal opening at the beginning of the film. Unfortunately there is no version just yet that features the visual component to the clip. Sorry folks.

Beyond My Dreams

You're beyond me.

You're more than I could dream of...

You are so much more.

I'm Not The Best

I don't always call

I'm sorry texts go unchecked

I'm just dumb sometimes

Together in the Darkness

lying in my arms

i gently kiss your forehead

drifting off to sleep

I Screw Things Up Sometimes

tangled up kisses

awkward embraces we share

you put up with me

Capacitor of the Heart

a capacitor

that never sheds its stored charge

my love only grows