Be Careful Dear (Deer), Watch Out For Your Blind Side

Most companies in Pennsylvania, especially Unions, build a day off in their contract for the first day of hunting season.  I probably don't need to go any further than that to get my point across, but I've never been the person to hold anything back.  Yesterday, 100 people died while out hunting... that's probably more than the amount of deer shot.  And while I understand that the deer population is out of control, is deer season the best solution to the problem?  Let's send a bunch of rednecks with guns they haven't shot since last year out into the woods, most being old men who won't give it up and can't see/hear or young boys forced into the manly-man ritual to prove themselves, most with no experience.  They all go out into the woods, almost like a war zone, with cross-fire all over the place and at the end of the day, wonder why they're dead? 

Any father that puts his child in the line of danger should be ashamed, if not arrested and held for evaluation.  To risk your own life, let alone the life of your loved one in some macho man, testosterone pumped proving ground is just wrong.  And while it is a terrible loss... and I don't mean to be callous, some would suggest that that's 100 rednecks less that will vote for Sarah Palin.  Just sayin', yo. 

Last night, the TNT (Tuesday Night Theater) group had to revert back to Monday Movie Madness because the movie, The Blind Side, wasn't playing at our normal theater.  What a continuously funny and heartfelt, warm-fuzzy movie.  Much like the movie Precious, this is a story about a big boy who comes from a bad situation and becomes great, being the true story of Michael Oher, who goes on to be a great football player.  Different than Precious, it doesn't dwell or show any of the really harsh part of his life before, but only focuses on the family that helps him and his moving forward.  The mother is played by Sandra Bullock and she delivers an excellent performance worthy of praise.  I'm so happy she is having a good performance after a few bad ones... she truly is a great actress.  As the well-to-do, southern, feisty mom with the huge heart, you walk away thinking this is somebody that you wish was a part of your life.  She is a control freak and pretty much runs everyone in the town, but it's all for the good of it and she's the kind of person that you don't mind handing over the reins because you know it will be done right.  The movie keeps you laughing the whole time.  It's the ulitmate feel-good movie.  And while Precious is equally as fantastic and earned 5 bitch-slaps upside the head out of 5, this movie also earns 5... touchdowns out of 5 and goes down a lot easier.  And while we've seen this a hundred times in Rudy, Brian's Song and a half dozen other football movies, even if you're not a sports fan, it could be a movie about a famous basket weaver and be equally as poignant.  Run... don't walk, to see this movie.  Fun for the whole family.

I went to bed early last night.  I was tired from working, fighting with a friend and getting up so early yesterday for nothing.  This morning, I had my dentist appointment (again, from yesterday's mishap) and it went so smoothly that it was almost pleasant.  I got the whole bathroom painted first coat yesterday and will be heading there for the second coat and hopefully to get the toilet and vanity in today.  Progress.