August 25, 2004

• It is now later. And being later you get an update complete with a tear, a smile, a laugh, a movie review, a social commentary, and a soap box. This will be my last update from Chicago until Christmas time after all.

  Saying goodbye was hard. I expected the hardest goodbye (aside from my mom) would be James, but I know I will talk regularly with him and maintain our friendship. It turned out to be really hard to say good bye to Karen. She is just so . . . I’m just very proud of her. And I want to be there for her as she continues to have all these awesome achievements. I will miss her so much. Funny how often we faught and now it doesn’t even matter. I love her.

  I will miss all of my siblings and all of my family so much. Before I progress any further towards transformation to a blubering mess I’m going to change gears.

  I put some pictures up from the summer. “Here in this diary, I write you visions of my summer. It was the best I ever had . . .” (the Ataris).

  And now for a laugh. Today was my last day of work- it was mostly a yucky day so no one came to the pool, so Margaret and I watched a movie (the Skulls- I’ll get back to that later). Well it started raining so we went to watch in the shed. Well it started winding so we closed the door to the shed. Well my dad came. Walked into the pool, into the pooring rain calling out, “Daniel?”

  I open the door and walk out of the shed. Margaret walks out of the shed. The look on my dad’s face said was, well interesting.

  I got home an hour late because I had a doctors apointment (my parents did know about). I walk in and suddenly it’s the inquisition with my dad.

  “Where were you”
  “The Doctor”
  “Oh yeah. . . What were you and Margaret doing in the shed?”
  “Watching a movie”
  “What movie?”
  “The skulls.”
  “What’s it rated?”
  “PG-13″
  “Why was the door closed?”
  “Cause it was raining”
  “Oh yeah. . .How long were in there?”
  “DAD!!!!!”

  An hour later my mom walks into the same thing and I swear the whole conversation happened again, this time with a speech about what it looked like was happening. Seesh!

  So the movie Skulls was about secret society, and my first reaction was part intrique and part, “what’s so bad about it anyway.” Seriously, I have problems with America’s hypocracy in it’s absolute mortal fear of secrecy and its obsesion with privacy. But as the movie progressed I realized that it was indeed bad, hence the Book of Mormon condemnation of such secrecy: “Yea, and cursed be the land forever and ever unto those workers of darkness and secret combinations, even unto destruction, except they repent before they are fully ripe” (Alma 37:31)

  “And the regulations of the government were destroyed, because of the secret combination of the friends and kindreds of those who murdered the prophets.” (3 Nephi 7:6)

  “And it came to pass that they formed a secret acombination, even as they of old; which combination is most abominable and wicked above all, in the sight of God;” (Ether 8:18)

  “For the Lord worketh not in secret combinations, neither doth he will that man should shed blood, but in all things hath forbidden it, from the beginning of man.” (Ether 8:19)

  You get the point.
  I give the movie 5 starts in art and plot, 4 stars in content, and 3 1/2 stars in acting.

  I also watch the original parent trap today. I give it 6 stars out of 5 for social comentary on divorce, specifically on this notion of a “six month split” – the shuttling of kids from parent to parent.

  But for my soap box . . . I am livid . . . I am just so mad at the demacrat’s reaction to President Bush’s unneeded condemnation of the indepent anti-Kerry ads. I think it’s ridiculous that Kerry even asked Bush to apologize. It’s childish! Do you see Bush asking Kerry to retract and apologize for Michael Moore’s 9/11? No! guess which one is worse! Independent groups can advertise whatever they want, Bush shouldn’t have to worry about it. Talk about free speech! Gall! the hypocracy!

  Out.

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