Today is Eliza's 27th birthday. I know she is younger than me, but her getting older makes me realize that I too am getting older. I hope she had a good day today. She has a family and two kids, very different from when I turned 27. Another year that I'm not there to eat cake. She had to work which sucks, but I hear most people have to work on their birthday.
This weekend I watched a few DVDs that I had been putting off. One was Phantom of the Opera. It came highly recommended. For some reason I have never seen the Broadway play. In 6th grade we had to listen to the entire CD in drama, but I never really fully understood all that was going on, probably because I wasn't paying much attention. I have seen many parodies, my favorite being the one from Night Court. 10 points for anyone that remembers that episode(s). It made me get the CD to the Scarlet Pimpernel, one of my favorite shows. I also watched a few other movies at home this weekend, but nothing worth mentioning. I just wanted to take it easy and let my mind rest.
The most important movie I saw was The Dark Knight. I hadn't been to the movies since Ironman. Abram and I went Sunday night hoping we could avoid the lines. We did avoid the line, but it was still very packed. I was very impressed. It seems ripe to be over hyped, but it really is a great time. The Joker performance deserves to be in Oscar contention even if that tragic event would not have happened.
Rino's dad, my Tio Cama came into town. He had a new car which was very sharp. I was very impressed. I'm sure Rino was happy.
So I overheard a guy tell a girl she had the most beautiful eyes. It sounded like the usual pick up line and the girl thanked him passively as she 
turned away to look for someone to save her. It made me think about whether I've ever said such a thing to anyone. The truth is that some girls do have beautiful eyes, but most don't. (skip the whole nice/pretty/attractive distinctions that would be below that.) So whether I think it a lot, I think I've only said that one girl and actually meant it. We were on a date and she was wearing sunglasses. When she took them off, I was caught off guard. I told her in a I'm the only person in the world who has ever said that type of way about what I thought about her eyes. (and it is what my frame of mind was.) It wasn't smooth at all, but genuine nevertheless. She had heard it a lot in her life so she was kind of a bitch about it, dismissing my words. I never forgot that moment. I never said it again to her, but it is a memory I have of her. What makes me feel bad is that of all the girls I have dated, I rarely ever compliment them on their eyes. I know it is very very common, but I just don't do it. It isn't because of the reaction I got that time, but I guess it just takes something special. I will say that although not unique looking, many deserved compliments for the positive glow that came from their eyes. It does make me feel guilty when I would think about it in retrospect, nevertheless. Well that is enough about eyes.
I like this response video to the ridiculous McCain ad blaming Obama for high gas prices.
The root of all our domestic problems, maybe all the world's problems?:
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