I'm hot cuz I'm deployed, you ain't cuz you not.

Okay two pronged post here with a final gesture at the original point of this blog.

First, yea, I'm deployed, which means that I'm leading a rather monastic existence right now. Regimented, spartan, but with a few luxuries. I could tell you where I am and what I'm doing, but I'm not Geraldo Rivera. It is hot, though.

Second, being here has given me some time to think on things, and realize that I kinda want ot shift the focus of this blog from literally watching film and TV (which I intend to continue commenting on) to seeing life around me. Not being able to PARTICIPATE at life back home in the States, I have a unique perspective being "outside the fishbowl" as it were. I realized that even how, the way I watch film is the way I'm watching life.

I accept what's coming, and I enjoy the surprises. I don't stress out wondering "who's that guy with the knife?" or "is that the bad guy? have we seen him before?" or "what's he doing?" but rather, I appreciate the mystery. I'd like to take the time to talk about some of my thoughts and perhaps observations. The social petri dish is simply too ripe to let it go to waste. And I think it'll help me understand everything.

Okay, and last but not least, a nod to film. I saw Taken, and loved it.

And let me just say, I apologize to all of the women in the world for being somewhat turned on. There, I said it. But, I mean, I think Dr. Kinsey... I mean Liam Neeson... would say that that's okay, as long as I kill at least a hundred bad guys to set things right.

Has it really been two months?

I TOLD you guys not to expect too much from me...

Still, I owe you, dear reader or two, an apology. Two months is a far cry from "infrequent" even. It's downright dreadful.

Seeing as I can't talk about what I DO so much these days (deployment fun), I can however talk about what's on my mind pertaining, not only to movies and TV, but also various and sundry aspects of the world.

For instance: I'm sorry Michael Jackson't dead, but please continue showing me news about the rest of the damn world and LET IT GO.

And this: Dear Iran, I so dare you to prove the world right and execute that dude. We're ready to publicly smear your already tarnished global image so fast shit-through-a-goose would blush.

And last: A lot of fucking famous people died since I left the US! Holy Crap! How will my life EVER BE THE SAME???

Of note: Not watching much new TV these days, but I am happily catching up on Battlestar Galactica, which I started last time I was out here. I'm also getting some decent movie watching in, including I Love You, Man and The Shawshank Redemption. Both awesome.

Oh, and Strange Brew. When I told the rest of the crew it was just Hamlet in a brewery in Canada, my literary criticism was met with "hey nerd, it's a movie about BEER!"

It makes me long for my wife's more polite questions about impending plot developments.