That's my family, Kay, not me...

As much as you try to deny the role your family plays in your life, as much as you want to distance yourself from it, family can always pull you back. Fresh off a Godfather viewing (one of the greatest movies of all time), the metamorphosis of Michael Corleone's character haunts me. One so innocent, so soft hearted, so ignorant, becomes the ruthless Don that claims Jesus and denounces Satan while his plans of murder are carried out. Frighteningly, you love him for it. You love that his authority is so feared, he never has to raise his voice. Sometimes he still does, but only to make you thta much more scared. As freight trains rush through his head and the lives of two men lay in his hands, Michael Corleone takes action as i only hope i would do. As the things he holds dear get taken from him, you feel sorry not only for him, but for those who did the taking. You fear what Michael will do to them, and you know he will get them in a controlled, well-planned manner. Does the power corrupt him? Surely. Absolutely? I don't think so. If that was absolute corruption, this world isn't all that bad.

Bottom line, even though you may not want to be part of your family. Even if you stay home on Friday night despising your parents and marking off the days until you can move out, one little event can draw you back to them like a dog to his own feces.

i found some crappy entertainment tonight in TILT. The show hasn't progressed it's plot in 1.5 episodes. The sexual encounters are forced, awkward, and unnecessary. The poker hands suck. i don;t really care about any of the people. But yet i still watch. I feel like after having gone this far into the season, i am required t ofinish it out (only 3 more episodes i think...thank goodness).

OK, i really have to get back to the Godfather. Let me count the men and women whose careers were made in these movies:Marlon Brando (i know he was famous before this, but c'mon...what do you know him for), Al Pacino, Robet Duvall, Robert Deniro, Diane Keaton, Andy Garcia, Francis Ford Coppola, James Caan, Sofia Coppola (did you know she is the baptised baby "boy" in the first movie) , Mario Puzo, and everyone else who had minor roles and whose names i don't remember. I still don't quite understand why something so evil and ruthless as organized crime is so darn appealing. I just want to be Cicilian now...to have a wife who puts Emeril to shame, to have relatives who will kill for me...without hesitation.

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