Today I watched the movie The Dark Knight in my head. By that, I mean I read the entire screenplay that was provided by Warner Bros. online. First off, I should mention that they are presenting this for consideration to be accepted in the Best Picture catagory for the 2008 Acadamy Awards. Now, I'm going to come out straight, and say that after reading the screenplay, I don't feel strongly for this being best picture.

That said, it was still an amazing screenplay and an amazing movie.

The best part is comparing how the finished product came out to how it started, and you can definitely see how well everyone did on the movie; especially the actors. It's amazing just how much a good actor has to read BEYOND what's on the page to really find their character, and Heath Ledger is definitely no exception to this. What he did for the Joker was simply amazing.

Let me just say that the Joker we read in the screenplay is no where close to what he became in the finished movie, and that is saying a LOT for the actor. Definitely, he will be missed, and not only for this role.

Beyond that, today was just another boring day.

I decided to lay in bed, in the dark cause it's night time, and get away from the computer for a couple of hours. I listened to music on my iphone, starting with The Glorious Unseen and currently moved on to The Hush Sound; with much variety in between. It was pretty peaceful, for the most part, but overall I just ended up feeling alone again.

Not in the sense that I have no one to turn to or anything like that, but more of the fact that I really miss home.

I remember the last time I took leave and went to Texas, and even though nothing went as planned I still look back fondly on it. The drive from Angleton to Weslaco was filled with good memories by myself, just thinking about Andrea and wanting to be with her. It's sad to think that it wasn't what we expected, but nothing ever is.

Now that I think about it - it wasn't the fact that the drive was fun at all. I mean, of course, it was pretty boring at times. What I really think it was that I miss so much, is the Freedom.

Just being able to have that moment to drive, knowing that at my destination is something/someone I really want. Even if I didn't have a destination, it was good just to have the moment; something I would've loved to share with someone/anyone else, but I was glad to have that one last chance before coming to Iraq.

I wish it wasn't like it is now, but overall it's these moments that shape my life for the better. I can't promise that I've been using it to the best of my ability, but I can assure you that I'm trying, and maybe someday there will be a better someone that comes out in the end.