Angels & Demons- The BOOK, not the Movie. ***SPOILERS***

So I went to see Angels & Demons last night, and I guess you can say that I was disappointed. Of course, I was expecting it but there were a lot of changes that were made to the story and the fact that Tom Hanks played Robert Langdon in both Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code, ruins things all on its own.

The movie was okay... I'll give it that much credit, but nothing will compare to the well put together novel by Dan Brown.

My friends that I saw the movie with were complaining that I was not satisfied with the film, but having thought of it for a bit afterwards, I came to realize that a lot was missing from the movie's plot:

- In the book, Robert Langdon found the clues to each of his locations (which was so interesting), but in the book it was so secondary.

- Langdon didn't ride the ultra high speed jet going to the Vatican, but instead took a 10 second helicopter and pretty much appeared in Rome

- The character Max Kohler, CERN director, was not present. He was the one that originally found the body and eye of Vetra's father (and not co-worker!) in the lab when the anti-matter was stolen. In the movie, Vetra found his body.

- Ewan McGregor played The Camerlengo named Patrick McKenna; in the novel, he is named Carlo Ventresca.

- The fourth prefereti was branded with a Water ambigram and was chained but was eventually saved by Langdon but in the book, he dies and does not tell Langdon the location of the Hassasin. In the book, Langdon completed the Path of Illumination on his own to find the Hassasin.

- The fifth ambigram was not the Illuminati diamond! They instead used two crossed keys

- The killer is an arab man with strong ties to ancient assassins

- Vittoria was not captured by the Hassasin.

- The Camerlengo retrieved the antimatter and got into the helicopter alone. In the novel, the Camerlengo and Langdon took the helicopter together.

- The fourth preferati became the new pope in the movie. Whereas in the book, Saverio Mortati becomes the new pope.

- The new pope loaned the book which contained material he needed for research to Langdon. In the book, the Illuminati Diamond brand was loaned to Langdon.

- The carmelengo burned himself in the church(the only diffenrece that I liked, it made more sense)instead of publicly in St Peter's Square.

I would say, go see the movie if you haven't read the book. The movie is definitely better than The Da Vinci Code, but at the same time the missing elements and the movie altogether does not outweigh the book. I LOVED the book, and almost hated the movie.

Two more pounds... GONE!

Weight lost to date: 10 pounds
Weight still to lose: A lot!

I'm determined though.
I won't give up this time.
This is a competition against myself.
I'm going for it.

Slow Me Down- Emmy Rossum

Rushing and racing
and running in circles
Moving so fast, I'm forgetting my purpose
Blur of the traffic is sending me spinning
Getting nowhere

My head and my heart are colliding, chaotic
Pace of the world
I just wish I could stop it
Try to appear like I've got it together
I'm falling apart

Save me
Somebody take my hand, and lead me
Slow me down
Don't let love pass me by
Just show me how
'Cause I'm ready to fall
Slow me down
Don't let me live a lie
Before my life flys by
I need you to slow me down

Sometimes I fear that I might dissapear
In the blur of fast forward I faulter again
Forgetting to breathe, I need to sleep
I'm getting nowhere

All that I've missed I see in the reflection
Passed me while I wasn't paying attention
Tired of rushing, racing and running
I'm falling apart

Tell me
Oh won't you take my hand and lead me
Slow me down
Don't let love pass me by
Just show me how
'Cause I'm ready to fall
Slow me down
Don't let me live a lie
Before my life flys by
I need you to slow me down

Just show me
I need you to slow me down

The noise of the world is getting me caught up
Chasing the clock and I wish I could stop it
Just need to breathe, somebody please
Slow me down

New car, where are you?

How can you embrace the future if the past is your present?

I just finished looking back on past blog posts and looking at other peoples' Facebook pages and blogs. I have to say that once again, it has hit me how much people are changing these last couple of months. I don't know if it's for the better or the worse, but one thing's for sure... everything is changing and I really haven't adapted to it. As much as I would like for things to be the way they once were, I don't think it'll ever happen. It saddens me.

I've never seen you happier

Congratulations James on your acceptance into the Biomedical Laboratory Technician program at Dawson! It was such an amazing experience to be there as you opened your letter, I'm so proud of you!

75 days.