Okay ... no 'UNFORGIVEN' spoilers!

I WILL FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY ...

... to get that point across. It is such a great movie, and I thought EVERYBODY had seen it...

You know, I think that is one of the problems in communicating, that because you think something is widespread, doesn't mean that it has spread everywhere. That is one of the reasons I don't mind getting 'roughed up' so much. I figure there is something to learn from whatever it was, as lesson are often concealed in difficulty.

Sometimes, it is hidden in disappointment as well.

SCRATCH ONE OFF THE LIST

As it is, I am not as 'into' the idea of this 'Ex list' as I was years ago when I started. Not because I don't think anything of the people on it, but because 'live and let live' is much more than an overused phrase. It is something that I think is a good idea.

I don't pester anyone, and I don't try to be (too) coy with people. Besides, I like imagining the 'things I know I don't know.' Said to Nebraska the other day, how much I like doing that about her town. At first, I don't think she got it. Looking forward to something that you don't even know exists? Maybe it doesn't make sense to some, but it does for me.

Detroit is a fine place, home of good Americans ... and I do think that there is plenty of opportunity here, despite its troubles. I can remember going to other big cities as a kid, and being glad to come back to Detroit, because I thought it looked so much better. Not so much anymore, but I do remember that it was, once.

Could be again.

Do think that the local politics has to change. 40 years of the status quo has resulted in Detroit being isolated from the rest of the state. If they don't get the deal up and running for the Cobo Center, the city could lose the Auto Show.

To me, that is deep. Where else would you think to have the North American Auto Show? Hoboken??

DON'T YOU EVER, DON'T YOU EVER ... LOWER YOURSELF, FORGETTING ALL YOUR STANDARDS

I like the glam of Adam and the Ants! First saw them do their thing on Dick Clark's show and I wanted to run around and be just like them! It would seem judging by their US record sales, I may have been the only one!

There was a local record store (remember those?) that I used to go to, Harmony House that seemed to have every record ever recorded. I used to go to the one up Grand River, in Farmington, I believe. They had locations all over though, but the one in Farmington was near a comic store that I used to go to, and if I am not mistaken, some sort of park or gaming thingy was out that way too ...

... but I digress. Skye lives not too far from there, if I am not mistaken. The area has changed so much from the days I was out there, me and 'the warriors of the wild frontier'!

Oh, 'the warriors' were all in my imagination! That was something that me and my brother did, create our own alternate realities and live in them. Sorta of like I am doing now, thinking about my 'Prince Charming' days, and imagining what it is going to be like in Nebraska. I think that was another Adam Ant song ... anywho, I cast myself in the role of 'Prince Charming', because that is who I wanted to be.

More than I think that I am handsome or anything, I am a super charming cat. Not suave, because don't think I am smooth, but charming. I make people feel at ease in their own skin, prolly cause I am comfortable in mine. While I admit to screwing up what I screwed up, I think that not liking yourself is the start of a lot of problems for people. One of the first things that I look to change, when I don't like my surroundings, is ME!

That's why I think that I am going to have a good summer. I am going to 'do my thing'. One of the reasons that 'Unforgiven' instantly resonated with me, is that as well as being a love story, it is a tale of redemption. No more clues, but you have to think that you can be 'brought out' before you actually come out of wherever it is you are from.

Being 'brought into something' and then being 'brought out' should be a familiar idea. What amazes me, is how many people seemingly forget that thought. On some vital level, they forget themselves, and lose faith. Without faith, when things get difficult, you will lose heart.

I do think, a part of faith is acknowledging one's weakness. When I stopped doing certain things that I thought were making me happy, and begin to do stuff that really made me feel fulfilled, I enjoyed life even more.

Oh, as to who or what got 'scratched off'? Doesn't really matter now, does it? Going to move ahead and get ready to move out west!