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some temporary freedom Not having to go to the internship this morning after work was wonderful. Those extra hours of the day have been missed these past few months and I did not waste them. Three hours a day may not sound like a big deal to people, but suddenly having them back as my own made a difference to me. Once again I had options of what I wanted to do with my time. That block of time wasn't fixed with just one responsibility. Honestly this week feels more like a spring break to me, then when I had spring break from my classes. ... My sister seems to be doing well despite all of the recent chaos in Iraq and I'm proud of her. The death of the other soldier from Wisconsin last week did not make my parents feel any better about my sister being there, but things like that are going to happen. Now neither my parents or my sister knew the girl personally, but she was part of the same unit as my sister and she had been seen at various military functions here before they were sent to Iraq. I think that it was that slight connection to my sister that made the news more disturbing for my parents. Someone that they vaguely knew and was in similar circumstances as my sister had been killed. War is very personal for our family, but we don't want it to get any more personal at this point. ... I first saw the movie Braveheart years ago, but it wasn't until I watched it again today that I realized that Patrick McGoohan was King Edward. Somehow that detail of casting had missed me the first time around. Now I can appreciate the humor of No. 6 being king and trying to squash a rebellion. Of course others might argue that in the television series The Prisoner his character was a prisoner of his own making. As to why I didn't place McGoohan's voice before I read the credits bothers me. The Prisoner episodes made a huge impact of me and it was all about Patrick. How I could miss him is beyond me. Maybe it had something to do with the beard and the additional lines on his face. |