Home Alone

Now that my folks are in Vegas for what seems like the 10th time in the last 6 months, I have to fend for myself. Eating out all the time might be too costly so maybe I'll knuckle up and decide to cook up some pasta or something. Then again I can always make sandwhiches right? I would thinkg about having a kegger here but I don't think anyone would want to make the trek all the way out here.
It's Rocky Week on AMC this week and I've made a point of watching Rocky I (yesterday) and Rocky II tonight, with Rocky III coming up tomorrow. God I love those movies, I guess because I've always felt like an underdog for most of my life. I still get goosebumps at the end of RII when Rocky yells, "I just got one thing to say, to my wife at home... Yo, Adrian! I did it!"
I can't believe that Spring is almost here. Before I know it, my birthday will be here. I"ll be turning 31 this year (the Mike Piazza year). And much like the Mets catcher I'm also hoping to have a big year. Ironically enough, Rocky Balboa was 31 when he fought Apollo for the 2nd time. Boxing may not be my game, but I wouldn't mind accomplishing something this year for crying out loud. I know that I have no right to feel sorry for myself, but every once in a while I get to thinking that perhaps I'm letting the word 'potential' get the better of me. And I hate feeling that I might be squandering all the things that God and my parents have given me.
Nevertheless, I am still able to wake up in the morning and I still think the glass is half full. It's not going to do me any good to feel sorry for myself so I might as well suck it up and start getting my act together already. I have a couple ideas in the works that will impact my future but I haven't shared those thoughts with too many people. The reason for that is because I've been talking a good game for a while and have yet to make good on some those ideas. However, I feel certain now that I will make that next step in the near future and am looking forward to the challenges that step will present.
In other news, I'm looking forward to seeing the new Star Wars trailer that will be shown during this week's OC. Yeah I know that's my inner Star Wars geek talking but I can't help it. I've been waiting for this movie for the last 20 years. Sure the first 2 installments of the prequels have sucked but I'm more than willing to give George Lucas one last shot at redeeming himself. I owe it to him to see this whole saga through and finally deliver the way he delivered with the original trilogy.