Words Cannot Describe

I've got a little bit of sweet and a little bit of sour for this post, and in order to preserve the happiness of the sweet I shal save the sour for the end. Alright? :)
So... first item of perfection is... THISTRAILER!!!! :D

You may think that, based on these past two posts, my life revolves around the silver screen... and I'll let you go ahead believing that. It's considerably more interesting sounding than it actually is in reality. :)

Ha ha, in all actuality, I happened upon both of these trailers when friends of mine shared them on Facebook... and oh... oooooohhh my goodness! Words cannot accurately describe my feelings upon the release of this movie!  I believe that the Great Gatsby will be a very good movie, yes, but I believe that Les Miserables will be an increadible movie! It has the power, meaning, heart, soul, and most importantly music behind it that Gatsby simply does not have! Plus, Les Mis has some serious power housage on its side. Cameron Mackintosh, who originally adapted Victor Hugo's story onto Broadway, is the producer behind this first-time musical adaptation of the story on the big screen and has hired Tom Hooper (director of the Oscar winning film The King's Speech) as director. And the cast... oh the cast.

Not only are their acting skills of legend, but BOY can they all sing! :D

My only beef? Yes... there is a beef. If they take this fantastic movie and pull a Sweeney Todd on me I swear I will go live in a cave for a week and cry! I still have not, nor will probably ever see Sweeney Todd because it is rated R. Now, granted, that movie had so much potential to be rated so, and I respect their decision to make it as bloody as they freaking possibly could. Am I happy with it? Heck-to-the-no!!! But I see where they were going with it... I guess. Now, this movie has some dang potential to be rated R... like woa. Not only are there bloody battle scenes, but there is some not-so-nice content with Fantine's story. Now they don't have to go all the way with that! They really don't! They have the power to make this movie friendly while still getting their general point accross! However, I have this feeling in the pit of my stomach that they won't. Director Tom Hooper's last movie was rated R, and Hollywood has never been famous for "cutting back". So yes... this movie will most likely be the epitome of perfection... just cross your fingers that we'll all be able to view it!

Now onto the sour...

I lost a friend in April of last year to illness. My consolation was that it was God's will, that she had completed al she was sent here to do, and that now she was at peace and completing her work in Heaven. While it was my first experience with death an loss this made it somewhat easier. I was able to grow closer to Heavenly Father, and my life was enriched by the memory of my sweet, sweet friend.

On the night before last, I was met with similar news, except this time I didn't recieve the same peace at first as I did when my sweet friend Rachel passed. My friend Jalyn and I lifted with Olivia in the weights class I undertook in this last semster of High School and she may have been one of the happiest, funniest girls I have ever met! She ran with me on our first cardio day when I was absoutely DYING and kept me laughing when all I wanted to do was sprint back to the office and drop the stupid clas. She teased me when we'd bench about having to go down twice as far as she did because I had no boobs. She and Jalyn seriously made that class bearable, and then eventually enjoyable for me! Near the end of the year she ended up dropping, but she never failed to say hi in the hallways after we no longer saw each other in the weight room.

Now, she wasn't taken by sickness, or by her own hand, she was taken because a man decided to abuse his agency. This decision of his took both his life and hers in a split second, on impact they both went home. Words literally cannot describe the sadness I feel. My heart aches for the absence of my friend, but it also aches for the family of that foolish, selfish man. I don't know why terrible things happen to wonderful people, but I do know this:

God lives.

He loves us.

He loved Olivia enough to take her right home to paradise.

He also loves the man who went behind the wheel drunk.

It is His job to judge that man, not mine.

It is my job to continue to live, and to love, and to hold onto my faith that I will see Olivia again and that her family will be taken care of.

I am so grateful for the knowledge I have of the creater's divine plan of happiness...

...notice again the key word of the title: HAPPINESS.

Things are gonna be okay.