12 STRONG

SO WHERE WERE YOU WHEN 9/11 HIT? DO YOU REMEMBER? I WAS LITERALLY AT HOME EATING BREAKFAST BEFORE GOING TO SCHOOL WHEN MY MOM SAID COME TO THE TV SOMETHING IS HAPPENING. WE ARE 3 HOURS BEHIND NEW YORK SO WHEN THE FIRST PLANE HIT AT 8:45AM, IT WAS 5:45AM HERE. AROUND 6:00AM HERE WAS WHEN THE SECOND PLANE HIT. IM NOT QUITE SURE WHY I WAS UP SO EARLY, BUT I THINK MY MOM TOLD ME TO WAKE UP. ANYWAYS WE BOTH WATCHED AS BOTH TOWERS CAME DOWN SHORTLY AFTER AND THEN I WENT TO SCHOOL. WHEN I GOT THERE, THE SCHOOL WAS PRETTY EMPTY... I THINK IT WAS SCIENCE CLASS OR SOMETHING WHERE ONLY ABOUT 1/3 OF THE CLASS SHOWED UP. I GUESS EVERYONE JUST DIDNT SHOW OR WAS AFRAID OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT. I THINK WE CARRIED ON THE DAY OR THE DAY ENDED EARLY. ITS HARD TO REMEMBER RIGHT NOW. I THINK IT ENDED UP BEING A HALF DAY. THINKING BACK IM PRETTY SURE IT WAS. I REMEMBER HEARING THE PRINCIPAL GO ON THE PA SYSTEM AND SAY SOMETHING AND THEN WE BASICALLY ENDED THE DAY MIDWAY THROUGH 2ND BLOCK. AND THE REST IS HISTORY.

NOW THE MOVIE 12 STRONG COMES OUT AND IS BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF THE 12 FIRST RESPONDERS TO THE ATTACK. THE MOVIE HAD REAL NEWS REEL OF THE EVENT BACK THEN IN IT, AND MADE THE MOVIE MORE AUTHENTIC. THE MOVIE STARS CHRIS HEMSWORTH AS A NEW CAPTAIN WITH NO COMBAT EXPERIENCE TASKED TO INFILTRATE AND HELP TAKE OUT THE TERRORISTS/TALIBAN, MICHAEL PENA AS A SOLDIER AND PLAYS THE SAME TYPE OF CHARACTER AS USUAL, MICHAEL SHANNON AS A SEASONED OPERATOR, ROB RIGGLE AS A LT COLONEL AND CHRIS CO, AND WILLIAM FICHTNER AS THE COLONEL AND CO OF THE FOB. ITS WEIRD SEEING ROB IN COMMAND WHEN HE USUALLY PLAYS THE GOOF OR A VARIATION OF FUNNY AND IDIOT. WILLIAM I CAN SEE IN COMMAND, HOWEVER WHY IS HE BALD... THATS MY QUESTION. ANYWAYS THERES ALSO A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE BUT I DONT REALLY KNOW THEM SO THEY ARENT HERE. SO THEY MAKE IT IN TO AFGHANISTAN AND THEN PROCEEDS TO SHOOT STUFF UP. TONS AND TONS OF ACTION, AND LOTS OF REBELS/TERRORISTS DIE, BUT NOT ONE SPECIAL FORCES OPERATOR. THE MOVIE SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP THAT WAS BUILT BETWEEN CHRIS AND THE GENERAL OF THE REBELS FIGHTERS. WORKING WITH EACH OTHER THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE OVER A KEY CITY AND DRIVE THE TALIBAN OUT. I GUESS HAVING AIR STRIKES HELPED A BIT AS WELL. THE MOVIE IS OVER 2 HOURS LONG AND IT DIDNT HAVE TOO MANY SLOW PARTS. OVERALL IT WAS A PRETTY ACTION PACKED MOVIE. LOTS OF SHOOTING, LOTS OF KILLING, AND LOTS OF BLOWING SHIT UP. SOME REALISTIC SCENES AND SOME UNREALISTIC... AND SOME JUST OVER THE TOP THAT MAKE YOU LAUGH. THEN AGAIN THERE WERE PARTS THAT ONLY THE GF AND MYSELF LAUGHED AND THE WHOLE THEATRE WAS SILENT LOL. WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SENSE OF HUMOUR I GUESS YOU CAN SAY... LOL. ANYWAYS IT WAS AN ENJOYABLE MOVIE AND GIVES EVERYONE MORE INSIGHT INTO WHAT HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER THE 9/11 ATTACKS. THIS IS ALSO A TOTAL PATRIOT HURRAH MURICA YEEHAW PEW PEW MOVIE. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, JUST SAYING. OH AND THEY ALSO RIDE HORSES INTO BATTLE, SO THAT WAS FUNNY. I GIVE THIS MOVIE A 7.5-8/10 DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU STAND ON THE WHOLE WAR THING.

TODAY WAS BUILDEX, BASICALLY A BIG CONVENTION FOR BUILDING/BUILDERS/CONTRACTORS/BUSINESSES/MANAGEMENT/DESIGN. OUR COMPANY GOES EVERY YEAR TO CHECK OUT THE BOOTHS, MEET PEOPLE, TALK AND NETWORK WITH PEOPLE, AND IM MOSTLY THERE FOR THE FREE SWAG AND LUCKY DRAWS. SCORED QUITE A LOT OF STUFF AND ENTERED A TON OF DRAWS. LETS HOPE I WIN SOMETHING, SINCE THE PRIZES ARE PRETTY GOOD AS WELL.

IT ALSO HAPPENS TO BE VALENTINES DAY TODAY, SO WENT TO DINNER WITH THE GF. GOT HER FAVE KOREAN FOOD, AND THEN WE ATE TOO MUCH... AS USUAL LOL.

SIDENOTE... IM SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING... WONDERING... THINKING... PONDERING... ESTIMATING... CALCULATING... REVIEWING... POSTULATING... IMAGINING... CRUNCHING... DECIDING... IF I SHOULD KEEP THIS BLOG GOING... THIS PAGE IS OVER 6 YEARS OLD... IVE POSTED EVERY WEEK WITHOUT FAIL FOR THE PAST 6+ YEARS... THATS 331 POSTS INCLUDING THIS ONE... IT IS QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT... BUT SHOULD I KEEP THIS GOING... HOW LONG SHOULD I KEEP THIS GOING FOR... DOES ANYONE EVEN READ ALL THIS OR EVEN READ ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE POSTS... WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK... SHOULD I KEEP GOING AND CONTINUE... SHOULD I STOP... SHOULD I GO BACK TO POSTING REAL POSTS... OR KEEP DOING WHAT IM DOING... ALL YOU READERS OUT THERE... LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK... CAUSE I OBVIOUSLY DONT KNOW WHAT TO THINK RIGHT NOW... THANKS.

RT