A baby Spike Lee

It amazes me how fast your whole disposition can change. The smallest things can affect how you feel, the way you see things, how you understand the world around you and how you deal with that world. A song or a scene of a movie all the way to a joke you heard on the bus. It’s nerve wrecking having the ability to turn into so many different identities; and freeing. Everyone has the power to be anyone and do anything and its a little mind blowing. If I can be whatever I want, then I can achieve my highest dreams. It’s brilliant, really. The optimism in this one concept is reassuring beyond mental capacity and I love it.

I read about a 16 year old director/producer. He’s been filming since he was 9 and now 7 years later is doing talk shows. What an idea to find what you love and master it. The thought is so serene and beautiful it drives me crazy. He’s an inspiration- which is perfect since the leading theme in all of his films is about children being able to fulfill their dreams. Thank you, Ben Lee Foster, for being so incredibly amazing.

So my goal? Find something i love and make it happen! I really, really need to do this, and hopefully i will. I'll keep you updated.

if you wanna learn more about him, he has a blogsite too! I bet you feel cool now, you should. Its about him and his films. 16 years old with 12 short films? what the hell. hes awesome. I need to get on my game (i need to get my head in the game! hah) ... here you go:

http://blffilmfestival.blogspot.com/

a Cinnamon Bread Adobe

Last night Wes and I had our little Christmas time where we exchanged gifts and watched movies and stuff like that. I was determined to get him to make a gingerbread house with me, which is my favorite part of the season. He agreed and the fun ensued.

Then we ran into a problem, we didn't have a kit and all the stores were closed. That was ok, I decided I would just bake the pieces from scratch. Then I realized, hey I'm making these from scratch I might as well make them how I want! (aka NO ginger). So I changed the recipe to Cinnamon bread (YUM).

Wesley brought over a huge bag of candy and we went to work decorating our house!

Wesley working on our Adobe

The front door of our house, Wes is the cinna-person on the left and i'm on the right

Wesley wanted to hang Gummy Bears from the back--they were the tastiest

my Jelly Bean Christmas Tree!

By the end of the night Wesley was dying to eat our house so we did and it tasted amazing

:)

Love you All!

Oh! P. S. : When Wesley first walked into my Grandma's house the first thing she said was "oh! I really didn't remember you being so good-looking!" hahaha

An Early Christmas

So today my mom, grandma, sister, and I had an early Christmas dinner. In other words, I spent the whole day cooking--which is fine with me any day. I ended up making my first ever Turkey with a butter-thyme rub, herb-roasted red potatoes, candied sweet potatoes, salt and pepper green beans, a pear and goat cheese tart, and a caramel-apple cheesecake.

Almost everything turned out ok, I wish I could have done a better job on the gravy and cheesecake, but I was happy with the meal in general.

I love you all!

Brothers (No Spoilers I Promise!)

So today, Wesley and I went to go see Brothers. We hadn't planned on it, this was a completely spontaneous and chance decision. It was definitely some of the best two or so hours I've spent this break.

The movie stars Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, and the always-wonderful Natalie Portman. In my opinion they hit the jack pot when casting for this movie; everyone was absolutely perfect. The chemistry all three of them had together on screen was incredible and it didn't hurt that many people already confuse Maguire and Gyllenhaal for brothers in real life.

Everyone did a great job but there are a few members of the cast that gave a flawless performance. I've never really been much of a fan of Tobey Maguire but seeing his role in this movie blew me away. It was beautiful, tragic, and haunting with just the right amount of intensity.

But what really blew my mind was the performance of Bailee Madison who played Tobey and Natalie's daughter Isabelle. The complexity she brought to her role was stunning and she's only ten years old! This little girl definitely has a major career in front of her.

To all of you: please go see this movie, it is definitely one of the best in a while