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"Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light."

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"Follow the yellow brick road."

Today I have no pictures to present. I started and stopped several this evening. I might need to take some new pictures. Most of what I've recently taken are of the same subject just from different angles.

Instead of doing any creative work, I have chosen to watch The Wizard of Oz, a movie I haven't watched in years. It was never a particular favorite of mine but I must say I am enjoying it now. I am fascinated by the fact that when this film was originally released, it barely made it's money back. It was made with a budget of three million dollars which I can imagine was the most unheard of thing in 1939. We are so used to movies with overblown budgets these days but think about it in terms of primitive cinema. There was no marketing or media hype and there certainly wasn't the amount of screens that we have now. There was no such thing as a "multiplex", just single screen theaters that could only show four movies a day. However, over the years it has become a classic and has earned numerous reincarnations on video and dvd.

It just seems bizarre to me that this film was already forty something years old before people were given the chance to own it. Before the VCR and VHS, people would have to wait for their favorite movies to play on television. I personally would not have survived in such a time (knowing what I know now of course).

There are just so many elements that make this film so progressive and ahead of its time that it's mind boggling. I have much more respect for it now as an adult than I ever did as a child.

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"THE SCORE NEVER INTERESTED ME, ONLY THE GAME."

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"Home is where you hang your head."

I had some views written about home

and change but I accidentally deleted it.

Oops.

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"The early bird gets the worm. The early worm... gets eaten."

I have always been fascinated by birds. Growing up I never had traditional pets. While most of my peers had dogs and or cats, I had birds. Over a total of ten years I went through three budgies. Birds are not usually long lasting pets. My first two had unusually short lives. I believe I got my first when I was nine and by the time I was twelve, my second had died. But as they always say, the third time's a charm. My third budgie was pure white and had the friendliest personality in the world.

I got her when I was twelve and she died shortly after my twentieth birthday. I was not there when she died. I had moved away for school and I still feel like I abandoned her.

Sometimes I fear the stupidity of being so affected by this loss but is it different from losing a friend? It's losing someone who brought you unconditional bliss.

If there are people out there who aren't emotionally affected by the death of a pet, they have some SERIOUS issues.

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"Today, if you are not confused, you are just not thinking clearly."

I took this picture a couple weeks ago but was inspired to use it once I saw Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. A good portion of the movie is shot at this very corner and it has never looked better. When I used to live at College and Spadina, I would walk to Bloor West every other day. It is such a nice strip with so many cool shops, Honest Eds being the major attraction. I like to think of it as the Emerald City at the end of the yellow brick road.

These days I live closer to the lavish end of Bloor Street and it's just not the same. I do not fit into the mold that the average Tiffany's shopper is made from. So I find myself taking a walk to the west end on a regular basis. BMV Books, Sonic Boom, and Queen Video are among the typical places I can be found when I am in the area. And of course I will always pop into Honest Eds because it's just such a unique maze to get lost in.