Friday, September 23, 2011

If It's Not Broke....Fix It?

Change: to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone.

I hear people say “if it’s not broke don’t fix (change) it”. My first thought is “yeah you’re right” why would you want to change something if it is working. After thinking about it a little more I have realized that I don’t fully agree with this mantra anymore. I am starting to think that anything worth keeping needs to constantly evolve or it will die off to the next best thing. I think maybe that’s the problem congress is having right now. We have so many programs that for awhile have worked and people at one point said well why re-think or re-look at this program when it is working. Well now we see that we need to re-work and re-think and “change” many of these programs. I think without change you can’t grow and that fear prevents a lot of things in life from being great. So this week my goal is to think of things that I would like to change. First order of Business: should I get rid of Netflix all together because prices have gone up or should I stick with just the DVD or just streaming or both?

Blind Spot – James Franco
Funny story about this movie, when I got Blind Spot in the mail my first thought was “this movie doesn’t sound that interesting to me”. I ended up watching half of the movie, it was a documentary about fossil fuels and basically scientists and researchers telling everyone that we are bound to run out and are screwed. Don't get me wrong I think this is an important issue and that we need to look into renewable resources. Well it wasn’t until I was half way into the move that I thought "where is James?”. I then look at one of my favorite sites (IMDb) and realized that I was watching the wrong Blind Spot. That being said I hope to watch the real Blind Spot soon. I am also no longer going to post a movie every blog because it prevents me from blogging more since I sometimes cant find time to watch movies (crazy I know).

Special Shout out to Avery…I hope you have a Happy 1st Birthday!