Exactly one week.

Only one more week and I'll be in Ben's arms. It feels great to know that we survived almost three months without seeing one another because when we do see one another, it'll be that much sweeter.

I'm going to see I AM LEGEND tonight, I think at an IMAX theater. I've never been to the IMAX, so I'm kind of excited.
Saw The Golden Compass last night and it was very good. It didn't end how the book ended though, it stopped about one or two chapters short. I'm sure that's how they'll open up the next movie. I hope it doesn't end with this one. I know people have been protesting it, but it's still publicity. I just think that the Catholic Church (the biggest boycotters) has enough to worry about with the continuing sex scandals against children to worry about a movie. It doesn't even come right out and say "church", "God", or anything like that. Maybe if parents would start building their children's minds up instead of allowing them to be weak and susceptible to everything, and then making excuses and blaming outside sources, there wouldn't be a need for boycotting. It's absurd to think that parents don't want their kids to see this movie because they're afraid that it'll turn them against God. Kids are most likely not going to make that connection. They're going to see people who have animals as a part of them, fighting to save kids, and giant armored bears. They're not going to make the deep intellectual connections. It's just like Harry Potter. People thought their kids would think that witches and wizards were real just because of a fantasy story. Goodness gracious! If my mom brought me up to be weak and believe everything I saw on tv or a video game, I'd think mermaids were real and that you could go to Oz by getting swept up in a tornado. I'd belive that elephants could fly and animals could talk. I'd really think that magic carpets existed and that there was a place called Neverland that really did exist. But I didn't. My mom taught me to tell the difference between real life and pretend. I think that's the problem with today's youth. Kids are having kids...that's one problem, so they don't have the experience from life to teach them the right things. Ok. But another fault is the parents who blame everything on music/tv/video games/internet/etc... Ok, why didn't they do their jobs as parents and monitor that behavior? Don't let your kids listen/watch violent things if you think it's harmful. Don't wait until they have shot up a school or done some other violent act and then pretend like everything was fine until they saw/heard something through some media. No. That's not right. Take some responsibility as a parent and teach your kids right from wrong early and these things won't be a problem. My childhood was INCREDIBLY hard and I've been through things that I wouldn't wish on anyone else, but I'm still a happy, well adjusted person because I learned to pull through things instead of blaming what I do on other things or people. My mom made me take responsibility for myself. At the time, it was hard, but I'm thankful for it in the long run. I know what's right and wrong. I know the difference between real and fake, and I can take full responsibility for my actions.

Alright, I am done ranting about that. I just get tired of the weak society that we live in sometime. I wish people would just own up and learn from mistakes! I wish parents would take an active role in their kids' lives instead of plopping them in front of some media device and then blaming the device when the kid grows up maladjusted.

I'm gonna go get ready for the movie tonight!

smooches.