Carpe Diem?

Carpe Diem

You know what I'm talking about. This may be the most commonly quoted phrase short of "it came to pass." Every school teacher you have ever had has shoved a lesson about seizing the day down your throat at some point or another.

Unless your teacher was Mr. Lind. Then you got a few weeks worth.

As it is, I'm starting to feel like a real screw up in that department.

At the Batman premiere, which was incredible, I hit it off with this chick who lives in Arizona. She was up for summer semester which is over in a couple weeks so even though things were going really well I didn't do anything about it. No number, no plans, no nothing.

Why?

It's not like I have anything else going for me in the lady department right now. I could have had fun for a couple weeks then met up with her over Thanksgiving, when, you guessed it (but probably you didn't), I'm going to be in Arizona anyway. Like twenty minutes away.

That is what living my life would entail. Not over-thinking every little facet of my life, not every relationship I have.

When indecision persists it becomes decision.

Sometimes the destination doesn't matter. The journey is everything.

Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead.

Speaking of nautical natured nuances, I hit up Lake Powell this last week.

I freaking love it there. The Andersons, Banks, and Ridings are all super awesome. Even when Zerrick needs me to put my legs up for the billionth time. I particularly enjoyed my wake boarding experimentation with things as difficult as moving toe-side out of the wake. Had some interesting philosophical discussions, including a couple political talks with Roy Banks, who thinks he is a liberal, but really isn't. I love being with my friends and family. And heck, leaving for the whole week rather than the weekend was a little bit of Carpe Diem-ing on my part.

And it screwed things up.

As much fun as I had, my choice to leave early cut Kylie completely out of the trip. On her birthday.

Happy birthday. I'll be sure to show you the pictures when I get back from that epic summer trip I invited you on. Mazeltov.

So is it really worth it? Do the means justify the ends?

Because actively pursuing the wrong decision turns regret into guilt and failure.

It doesn't matter how nice the path to hell was once you get there.

And when you plow full steam into a pack of torpedoes, people tend to get hurt.

But maybe I'm just over analyzing things again. I'll leave that up to you.

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Much to Lucinda's chagrin, the song of the week for Lake Powell was Swing Life Away by Rise Against. Super chill, super laid back, and super relaxing just like the trip. Heck, it even sounds like a memory.

The Dark Knight Rises is one of my all time favorites. The acting was actually spot on. Christian Bale did good as did Tom Hardy and all the other stars. Even Anne Hathaway exceeded expectations. I was really worried about her playing cat woman/Selina Kyle, but she pulled it off quite well. I was a believer again at, "Oops." But far and away the best acting goes to Michael Caine. If he stayed on the screen much longer, the entire audience would have been in tears. Including the guy that came dressed up as Bane. Even though the Joker was a better villain, and overall the Dark Knight may have been a better movie, this film was the perfect ending for one of the greatest trilogies of all time.

And (spoiler alert...nah, you're fine.) it features my favorite city in the world. Not Gotham, but Florence, Italy. :)