Things just happen. You either give up or keep going.

I love quiet, rainy mornings with nowhere to be. I have a hard time simply relaxing most of the time. I constantly have a project I am working on, something to keep my hands busy. I've been trying to force myself to sit down and watch a movie more (for Louie's sake, it drives him nuts when I bustle about). He's right though, you can't fully appreciate a good film if you are multitasking.

I just finished watching Five Senses. Many individual stories that all intersect in profound ways. It takes alot of skill to shape many stories within a story, and do it well. Each of the characters' are effected by a specific sense. An Eye doctor that is losing his hearing, A cake decorator who makes beautiful but ill-tasting cakes in love with an gorgeous Italian man who speaks no english, a misfit teenage girl who finds a kindred spirit while spying on people going at it in the park, I won't give away the rest, but you get the idea.

Beautifully filmed, I got swept up into each scene. The surges of opera music, the emotional tension in the silent moments, it was exactly the kind of film I needed to watch. Emotionally islolated people going about their lives, searching for meaning, are coaxed into feeling something real and intense. The acting was fantastic - some of my favorites: Molly Parker and Mary-Louise Parker (even Mr Brendan Fletcher from CSI, Tideland!).

Something Molly Parker's character said just stuck out at me, "Things just happen. You either give up or keep going."

Life has been really stressful. Sometimes it's really easy to forget to relax and have fun. Stress builds up, you put off life - "I'll deal with it later". Than it reaches critical mass and you explode. You always have a choice though. Making the choice to keep on going, and make things better, and focus on the days that are wonderful. It's really important to make time to connect with the other people in your life because we all need it. We all need connections with each other. It's not good to shut out the world because it stresses you out.