Shift Change
Sunday, December 10th, 2006Tonight through Christmas I’ll be working morning watch; from 10:30PM to 6:30AM. Most young guys like working this shift. There’s more stuff to get into, plus you get to stay up all night. I, on the other hand, hate this shift. I don’t mind working at night, but there’s something about going to work one day and coming home the next that really bothers me. Not only that, but it really confuses my body to go to sleep one day and wake up the same day. Plus, I like going to bed around eight or nine o’clock and waking up early. I’ve never really been much of night person. Hopefully, when I’m released from training, I’ll be able work either day or evening shift.
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Michelle and I saw Apocalypto today. It fell right in line with Mel Gibson’s other bloody movies (Braveheart, The Patriot, and The Passion), but Apocalypto had much more gore in it. I’ve read many reviews of the movie that bash it for all of the blood and gore, but the Mayan people were not very friendly. A scene depicting hearts being taken from living victims and their heads being tossed down the side of pyramids comes directly from history books. The movie is entirely in Mayan and subtitled in English, which makes it seem very authentic.
We both enjoyed the movie even though we cringed a couple of times during each scene. If you can put up with blood and indigenous nudity then you’ll enjoy the movie.
