Inspiration: A review of Safety Not Guaranteed

Yesterday, I saw Safety Not Guaranteed.  It was a great movie.  It's about a girl (Aubrey Plaza), who is an intern at a magazine.  She gets picked to help an overconfident writer (Jake M. Johnson) work on a story about an article he sees in the classified section of a neighboring town.  The article is a man looking for a partner to travel back in time with him. 

The film ends up being about relationships with people.  How first impressions aren't always correct, how things don't work out sometimes, and sometimes they do work out when they were never expected to. 

The movie was great in the way that it was inspiring.  It was made by the Duplass Brothers, who also made Cyrus and Jeff, Who Lives At Home.  Safety Not Guaranteed made me feel like doing things, not traveling time or anything, but it gives that anything is possible feeling.  That kind of feeling that tells you to go for whatever you had in mind.  It made me want to write, play music, chase dreams and to be happy, and live without regrets.

I have not been in a lull or anything, but I feel this movie would be great for somebody who is.

Progress.

I've come a long way.  I've been working my ass off and making great progress.  I am proud of myself.

I had some setbacks this week.  My wrist was sore from lifting so I took some time off from it, I also tweaked my knee, so no running.  I did a little time on the bike the other day, that's about it.  I don't think this break is going to hurt, it may actually help.  Not being able to work out has been kind of hard; I've been wanting to, but know its better not to.

These setbacks won't be stopping me or slowing me down.  I plan on easing back into it starting in the morning, and pushing until I can go full steam again.  Nothing can hold me back. 


 

It's July!

I'm getting ready to go work out, listening to this new album Summer of Steve by Donald Glover's (Childish Gambino) little brother, Steve G. Lover III.  It's a decent album, It's got a great track called "Make Em Mad" featuring Childish Gambino.  The album as a hole is decent, its free online, if you want it you can find it.  I'm looking forward to seeing Gambino at Lollapalooza.  Steve joined him at Bonnaroo, as well as Heems from Das Racist.  If I'm lucky, they'll show up at Lolla, too.

Ted was a great movie.  Funny flick about friendship and growing up and having to let your friends grow, but keep your meaningful ties, because without them, you aren't yourself. 

I went to a show last night in St. Louis at the Gramophone.  My first time at that place, I liked it.  Nice little bar with a good setup for the stage (outside of one inconveniently placed pillar).  The Forecast were the headliners, and it was good to see them again.  They put on a good show, as usual.  The other bands were definitely worth checking out, too.  One even covered "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" which was awesome.

Anyway, time to hit the gym in a few.
Stay fresh kids.