Several things have made this clear to me recently. I am a pretty optimistic guy, but I still get bogged down sometimes thinking - gah! This SUCKS! Luckily though, I am also a fairly reflective guy (a recent acquirement, reflection).
So, as I was sitting in the Emory University gymnasium the other day after three or four hours I was all, Man, this is going to be TERRIBLE.
After the 11th hour I was still thinking that, but then I noticed that there were LOTS of other people that had been there as long as I had. Then as I was leaving after 12 hours I noticed that some of those people were STILL there and weren't going to be able to leave for at least another hour.
Add to that the fact that it was 106 outside and I got to spend all day in a very air conditioned building with the Girls cheering them on, I decided that it wasn't all that bad.
You know what they don't sell in stores? Orange Sauce. It would be like apple sauce except it would be made with oranges. They don't sell that. Do you know why they don't sell it? Because it would be GROSS!!!!
Recently I was on a trip with some friends and we bought some OJ, and we weren't paying attention because that's what we do - Not Pay Attention, and we got the OJ with "Lots of Pulp". It was very disappointing the next morning as I was pouring my OJ to see orange sauce come sludging out of the container. I tried to drink it and it nearly choked me it was so thick with pulp.
The container has a picture of a man and a little girl. The man is laughing as the little girl drinks her juice. I'm sure it's supposed to be the dad having a good natured, early morning laugh with his daughter as she enjoys her juice, but really what it comes down to is more like this:
Uncle Larry laughs at Becca as she drinks a glass of sludge.
My buddy decided to try and strain it with the coffee filter. My initial reaction was great! Ugh, that's going to be the worst tasting OJ in the history of ever. But, he was taking the initiative where I would have just not drank it. He poured some in and it just sat there. Do you know why it just sat there instead of filtering through the filter? Because it was 99.8% pulp and 0.2% juice.
I decided to go with this plan, and I scooped out spoonful after spoonful of orange sauce so the delicious pulp-free OJ could go into the container.
It took forever. However, I am proud to say that I was able to get three big glasses of OJ out of it. And it didn't even have a coffee taste.
Orange sauce. Gross.
The Avengers. The Amazing Spider-Man. The Dark Knight Rises.
The first one has already proven to be awesome (over $1 billion worldwide - that's INSANE), and in my opinion, the other two are going to be awesome also. I don't think they'll do as good as The Avengers, but the Batman one could.
Anyway, I've been reading some articles on what super heroes should have their own movies. I won't go into the whole list, I'm just going to focus on the one that makes me scratch my head in wonder.
Dr. Strange.
You're probably not familiar with Dr. Strange. He's not your typical super hero. He is The Sorcerer Supreme. So he does magic The Magik. You wouldn't understand The Magik. I don't. Captain America doesn't. The only one that does is probably Dr. Doom and people from other dimensions.
So there's all this talk about a Dr. Strange movie. I don't know why. I really don't. I love super hero movies, but I wouldn't go see Dr. Strange. Even though the one picture I've seen of speculative actors to play him would be my celebrity doppelganger, Patrick Dempsey.
The Fandom says they also want a Justice League movie. The Avengers movie got made, so why not a Justice League? Because that would just be a copy cat knock off, that's why. Marvel spent years building the roads and bridges that lead to The Avengers. If DC was going to do an JL movie they would have had to started several years ago.
As it is now, they can't even get Superman out. Henry Cavill's going to be too old to do a sequel, not to mention a JL movie by the time they get it out. Plus there's the whole thing of Batman. He's part of the JL, but it's Batman, not The Dark Knight. This Batman has to work with people. I can't see The Dark Knight working along side Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, & Aquaman.
So, DC, I don't know. They probably just need to focus on getting Superman out so they can keep a franchise going once Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight series comes to an end.
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