Duma feet stink?

I'm writing this post as I wait for the 9:22 Lotto drawing where I hope to win $3 million dollars. I'm pretty sure I'll win so I'm just waiting for them to call the numbers. Luckily the news is on, something I can ignore because I just had to listen to this ultra melancholy song by "Lifehouse" on "Smallville" for about 15 minutes as Lana and Clark danced in circles and probably talked about something serious and I'm sure somebody had hurt feelings, you know... the usual. "And it's Yooou and Meee and all of the Peeoople.." Yes I've got the chorus stuck in my head now. It's hard not to have it stuck in my head because that is pretty much the whole song and the singer just kept singing and singing that over and over again. It's gonna take that $3million Lotto winnings to get that song out of my head.
This coffee I'm drinking helps to soothe my head and chase away that evil song though. I made 12 ultra smooth ounces of fresh ground Kenya AA coffee with my French press and am enjoying it with a little half and half and 2 sugar cubes in a china coffee cup. Nothing's too good for yours truly. :-p heh heh If you've never used a french press and like good coffee you should buy yourself one. It's great for bachelors (even though I'm technically not one) because you can make just enough for one person and it tastes a lot better than coffee from a plastic Mr. Coffee maker. I think that coffee just doesn't taste right if it comes in contact with the plastic of an automatic coffee maker. The french press is easy to use. You grind your coffee coursely, put it in the glass beaker and add hot water. Wait a few minutes for it to brew then use the plunger/strainer to seperate the liquid from the grounds and you've got coffee, sport! I do believe in pampering myself from time to time. It feels good to unwind a bit at the end of the day. That's not to say that my day was stressful. Just the normal trouble and strife from the lady wife but nothing I can't handle. We went out to the theater today, which is something I always enjoy and saw the movie "Duma", Ginnie's pick, not mine. I would have seen The Great Raid if it was my choice, but you have to give a little sometimes.
Duma was actually pretty good to tell the truth and I left the theater with a warm happy feeling inside that was not caused entirely by the fact that I snuck my own candy and water bottle into the theater instead of having to pay $15 for a drink and popcorn there. So Duma was directed by Carroll Ballard, who also directed "Fly Away Home" which is a very similar movie to Duma in that it's about a kid who loves animals and helps them go back to the wild. Duma however isn't as sweet and cute and cuddly, although it is sometimes, it's more about survival and being a man and how far you would go to do what you think is best for yourself and those you care about. The main character is a boy named Xan who lives on a farm with his mom and dad in South Africa. One night while Xan and his sickly father Peter are driving down a desert road they narrowly avoid hitting an orphaned baby cheetah cub who is standing in the road. They opt to keep the cute little cheetah until it's older and they make a promise that they will free him in the wild where he belongs when the time comes. Needless to say Xan gets attatched but when his dad dies and they have to sell the farm to move to the city Xan doesn't wuss out on his promise to his dad. He runs away from home with the now fully grown Duma, taking his dad's old motorcycle (with a side care for Duma) and a roll of South African money that he stole from a school bully (awesome!). Xan follows his dad's plan to take Duma to a valley near a river where there antelope flow like milk and honey out of a milk and honey fountain in a milk and honey store in the land of milk and honey. While traveling through the desert they run into a native of the area named Rip who has his own agenda. Xan trusts Rip as a traveling partner but soon has to grow up quick and decide to survive and take care of himself and his beloved friend Duma. The scenes where Xan and Duma travel accross the desert reminded me of a Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn story and what was even nicer was that there was a "Jim" character of sorts played by the large African man "Rip" who accompanies Xan and Duma. The movie is geared more towards a younger audience but it's really a nice movie for a man to see because watching this young boy forced to grow up quickly makes you assess what it means to be a man and take on responsibility. If you're not a man (i.e. a woman) you can appreciate this coming of age story too for the same reasons. You don't have to see this movie because I just saved you the trouble of doing so, but if you insist on seeing it for yourself go ahead and enjoy it. "Duma" should be playing nation wide in all theaters.

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