Life can be so unfair and what I’ve lost

I’ve had my share

But you can’t face forward looking back

It’s time I forgive you and get mine on track

I remember you, and know your heart

Time has given my mind back to me

I see beyond time there’s not future or past

I free you now you’re forgiven at last

Love was a phantom burning in ash

With nothing to feel since nothing was real

Love is a shadow in your memory

But you’ll always remember what sets you free

Love has a legacy it remembers the hurt

Love is forgiveness could one be much worse?

I forgive you sincerely you must see

But my forgiveness is a ghost haunting your destiny

What happens to you now is not up to me

My only advice is to feel what you didn’t feel for me

Feel it with someone or you’ll never be free

Because you can’t fake pain if you don’t feel

You can only fake feelings you once felt

Like a card you can’t cheat you dealt to yourself

I should have known better from those empty eyes

They looked like nothing I ever felt.

My cards on the table I trust myself

I no longer trust the eyes that looked through me

They were dark like a shark that could care less what it swallowed

They showed no emotion empty and hallow

No reaching for memories since nothing was real

I know what love is still deserve it I feel

Life indeed can be so unfair so its time to accept

You’ve had your share

Of taking what you didn’t deserve

Now take this, forgiveness.

You can’t hurt a man that’s gone on living

It’s time you know, you ...   more »

What a fun ride! Even while the first 30 to 45 minutes established the plot and characters there was enough action for the kids to stay interested.  But when the action began in earnest, the action fan in me was intensely rewarded with extended action scenes, excellent detail and realistic dialogue for a completely unrealistic story.  And in a nutshell that is what we are dealing with here. An extravagant story, with no plausability but a fun family ride none-the-less.  It's juvenile in every way but still works as a family friendly action movie.

Once again Director Michael Bay (my age born in 65)  does it big, I mean real big like his movies The Rock Armageddon, Pearl Harbor and Bad Boys.  What I mean is the attention to action scenes. They are completely detailed and roll on long enough for you to feel like there is action, not just a cut scene in a video game.  If you want an action movie this one is high octane joy ride. The CGI (computer generated imagery) was honestly flawless; I give the nod to Industrial Light and Magic on this one. 

Without spoiling the story, the concept here is that sentient robots from another world are brought to earth by a fated past.  The twist is that the robots can identify a mechanical device around them and transform into it which are a vehicle, but mostly cars. They also choose to be aircraft. As the movie reaches the two-thirds mark the back story and current story are tied together.  There are a couple disposable characters in this movie which could have trimmed down the length of the film from 2 hours and 44 minutes for those of us that don't like long movies. 

The robots of course are based on ...   more »

The past two days I've been playing some hooky from work.  Not entirely but some.  I'm about to take a break from the full time dad job for a vacation.  So until then... I've been ducking work a bit.   My boys have been home with me at work the past two weeks and that has been great but sometimes when you know things are winding down, you overcompensate. LOL  For instance yesterday morning me and the boys played baseball in the back yard for an hour because I got the "Daaaaad" treatment.  Then instead of waiting until 4:00 to end my day, me and the boys went to the park to skate and ride.  Declan and I inline skate while Dalton rides his bike.  And boy can he tool around on that thing!  I can't wait to take the training wheels off, that is one of the special moments I don't want to miss.   I'll have the video camera out like a dork I'm sure.

Today I'm bailing from work early to take the boys to see... dunt da da da!!! Transformers!  LOL

The next 24 hours will be me and the boys doing dopey stuff that only a bunch of kids could think of.   Helping the boys with their tree fort, whiffle ball in the back yard (Dalton can really smack a ball like his big brother now!) In fact Dalton now runs the bases in order!  Tonight is movie night at home too, the boys pick the movie and I make the food, it's a good time.   Tomorrow is the 4th of July and we are meeting bunch of friends early for a picnic under the stars.  Alas the week will end with the boys going off to their mothers and my kid stuff will end. 

Off to Manhattan ...   more »