No Country For Old Men

We watched No Country For Old Men tonight.

i get the message

but

this movie takes the cake

for having the WORST ending of ANY movie I've EVER SEEN in my LIFE!

Seriously. No closure, WHATSOEVER.

which was the cohen brothers' intent - to add to the films message

but that's not why I watch movies.

I prefer happy endings

& even a sad ending is okay now & then

but NO ENDING?

I swear, we both threw up our arms when the end credits started -

and said

whatthefuck.

got this in an email

John the farmer was in the fertilized egg business. He had several
> hundred young layers (hens), called 'pullets', and ten roosters,
> whose job it was to fertilize the eggs.
> >
> > The farmer kept records and any rooster that didn't perform went
> > into the soup pot and was replaced. That took an awful lot of his time,
> > so he bought a set of tiny bells and attached them to his roosters.
> > Each bell had a different tone so John could tell from a distance which
> > rooster was performing. Now he could sit on the porch and fill out
> > an efficiency report simply by listening to the bells.
> >
> > The farmer's favorite rooster was old Butch, a very fine specimen
> > he was, too. But on this particular morning John noticed old Butch's
> > bell hadn't rung at all! John went to investigate. The other roosters
> > were chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing. The pullets, hearing the roosters coming,

would run for cover.
>
> >
> > But to Farmer John's amazement, old Butch had his bell in his beak,
> > so it couldn't ring. He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk
> > on to the next one. John was so proud of old Butch, he entered him
> > in the Renfrew County Fair and he became an overnight sensation among
> > the judges.
> >
> > The result...
> >
> > The judges not only awarded old Butch the No Bell Piece Prize but
> > they awarded him the Pulletsurprise as well. Clearly old Butch was
> > a politician in the making -- who else but a politician could figure
> > out how to win two of the most highly coveted awards on our planet by
> > being the best at sneaking up on the populace and screwing them
> > when they weren't paying attention.
> >
> > Vote carefully this year...the bells are not always audible!

No Country For Old Men

We watched No Country For Old Men tonight.
i get the message
but
this movie takes the cake
for having the WORST ending of ANY movie I've EVER SEEN in my LIFE!
Seriously. No closure, WHATSOEVER.
which was the cohen brother's intent - to add to the films message
but that's not why I watch movies.
I prefer happy endings
& even a sad ending is okay now & then
but NO ENDING?
I swear, we both threw up our arms when the end credits started -
and said
whatthefuck.

That's when I knew.

Two days after my friend passed away it started. I got new orders, & re-orders every day, for a week straight. Usually I get a few orders a month - a few new accounts, and a few re-orders. It could have been coincidence, but it sure didn't feel like like coincidence. I was running out of cards.

I always ask retailers how they heard of us, whether they're calling for a catalog or placing an order - to find out which of our advertising methods is working best. On one of the new orders I got that week, I asked the woman: "How'd you hear of us?" She said: "It was the strangest thing ... I wasn't even looking for greeting cards -- I was looking for candles..." That's when I knew. (We are not associated with any candle sites - not so much as a link.)

I called my friend's sister & asked if anything weird was going on there too. She told me several different things ... important items that had been lost, reappearing ... the kids hearing her voice through the computer speakers ... widower & his new girlfriend having the shit scared out of them when huge pots fall off of the stove & go crashing to the floor for no reason... (which I found hilarious because I can totally see my friend doing that & laughing).

When we lose someone, we like to think they're in heaven, enjoying the all-you-can-eat buffet, their favorite music, friends, family, peace & love all around them ...

If when we leave our earthly bodies, we're given a choice, to go on up, or stick around & help out ... or just be mischevious for a while, I KNOW my friend chose to stick around.

A Perfect Night - a simple night - An Appreciated Night

I lost an old friend 2 weeks ago. One of my best friends from high school. I never saw it coming. I had removed myself from my hometown.

We stayed in touch sporadically over the years. Time did fly by though. I know we both thought of each other more than we talked, but we tried. She called me 2 months ago out of the blue. We talked about life & family ... children & God. Before hanging up she said she loved me. I told her I loved her too.

This isn't supposed to happen to 41 year old moms. It really threw me for a loop.

Tonight we had us, our 2 teenagers, my daughter, her 2 babies, my sister in law, and her 2 kids over. An evening full of screaming, diapers, crying, running, Smores, and Lincoln Log mansions.

With all of it's imperfections, it was a perfect night.