The Australian Open

Well the tennis season is in full swing again. The Australian Open started Sunday night (Monday morning there). S o far none of my favorites have lost (Andy Roddick, Maria Sharapova, Nicole Vaidisova, James Blake, Rafael Nadal) but Roddick has a tough match at 3:30 this morning against Marat Safin. One surprise so far this tournament is that Serena Williams has made it to the fourth round. She took out 5th ranked Nadia Petrova today. She's playing 11th ranked Jelena Jankovich next, so we'll see how she fares against her. It should be a good match. Another nice surprise for Americans is Mardy Fish. He's made it to the fourth round now after starting off the tournament upsetting 4th ranked Ivan Lubijic. After watching the first few rounds... my predictions from the semis on in for the men:

Federer vs. Roddick

Blake vs. Davydenko

Finals:
Blake vs. Federer

Winner:
Federer (You'd be a fool not to pick him)

Women's Draw:
Semis:
Sharapova vs. Clijsters

Williams vs. Mauresmo

Finals:
Williams vs. Clijsters

Winner:
Williams (It's a long shot, but she's starting to want it again)

Sunrises

So I caught a sunrise this past sunday. Thanks to my sister's hockey game at 7:10 (she scored her first goal by the way)... anyways, I've always been a fan of sunsets (I took some great pictures of the sun setting on the west coast when I was in Cali this summer they're on my facebook), but I have very rarely witnessed a sunrise... I value my sleep. But since I had to be up, I decided to enjoy the sunrise. It was beautiful... seriously, it needed a pit orchestra to play in the background. At first, there was just a tinge of pinkish orange light on the horizon, but after a few seconds it started to grow into a rich orange, silhouetting the clouds that dotted the skyline. Pretty much, it was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. I quite enjoyed it, it made my morning.

//kmart

Confusion, regret and loneliness

Why are things confusing for me?

I think part of the reason why I get confused is because I think that people think the same way I do. Like, they have the same opinion that I do on a certain event, but then I find out later that they actually didn't, I was just hoping that they did. Confused yet? Good. I can't explain it much better than that, hopefully you'll understand what I'm trying to say... this break has been interesting to put it simply. I'm really not sure where I stand with some people and I don't like that, but I've gotta deal. Past choices lead me to where I am now, so I've got to live with that. I need to think a little more before making decisions maybe... that might avoid some of this confusion later on at least. Regret sucks. Don't do things you'll regret. Haha if only it were easy to determine what you will or won't regret.

I saw The Good Shepherd today. Great movie. Very thought provoking. There isn't alot of action in it, but the acting is wonderful, and I think it really captures the emptiness and lonliness that people like Edward Wilson feel. Every decision he had to make throughout the movie forced him to lie to someone in his life that he wanted close to him, mostly his son and his wife. He didn't have the luxury of having friends that he could trust. While the movie never showed Wilson as caring whether or not he had people he could trust, it was clear that his job is not the way life is meant to be lived for human beings. Even if it didn't show, he was lonely.

Loneliness will tear people apart.