This is a Little bit of a Pricey Hobby........

I am a collector, tried and true and I collect many things. Anything from Pez dispensers, Old Vintage plastic masks with the vinyl costumes, and action figures, and comic books, I know I am a nerd, when my brother and I were little we played with Masters of the Universe figures and when we played with them, we actually played with them, HARD. I remember twisting the legs until they snapped, twist the heads off, chew on the little weapons that they carried and regretting it ever since but we were kids and kids played with toys, they didn't collect them. I am now a 32 year old kid, who collects those old toys from my childhood. My favorite collector's items are now my He-Man figures which I have collected over the years. I have 12 of them now and it is a little bit of a pricey hobby, I have never spent less than 30 bucks for a figure, thats why I don't have very many of them. I remember taking one of my brother's figures to school and throwing it off of the slide at recess and of course it broke. When I got home my brother had taken one of mine and twisted the legs off of it, Good times.....Good times......

On a Serious note.......

It's midnight, I usually stay up until midnight just for the simple fact that I can. A lot can go through your mind at that hour of the night and as I sit here, eyes watering from being tired, I thought about my life and where it is right now, mostly about family. I rarely see any of my mom's side of the family, i.e. aunts, cousins, uncles and the like and I am sad about that. I am starting to lose my dad also, not physically mind you, but just he has his own life. I am thankful for Lisa and Shannon, they are my family but sometimes you just miss people. My Mom is gone, My brother is in Tennessee and My dad, well, like I said he has his own life, maybe I am just rambling. Sometimes you feel alone, even though there are people around you on all sides. I really am missing mom right now.......... these are just thoughts or the ramblings of a 32 year old man who seems lost in the big, wide scheme of things....

Neil Gaiman's Coraline

This weekend I got the chance to see Coraline, a movie based upon a short horror novella by writer Neil Gaiman. Every time the commercial would come on for this movie my daughter would always say that she wanted to see it so this weekend my wife and I and my daughter went to see it. I liked this movie a lot because of the fact that it had a little bit of the horror element in it as well as dummying down for the kiddies. Still though there was some frightening images in it, not to give away details but Coraline is about a little girl who is not very happy with her home life and when her parents decide to move to a new apartment she finds another world which has everything she wants, but it comes at a price, and this price is pretty disturbing for a "kiddie" movie. I mean who wants to have buttons sewn where their eyes used to be, ewwwwww!! I enjoyed the movie but, of course, I would because I am so morbid.
Any who, I think my daughter enjoyed it because I haven't heard about any nightmares or anything. My wife on the other hand..............