Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Man on Fire, Work and Olympics

Why do I love this movie?


Why could I watch it everyday and never get tired of it?


Why does it break my heart?


It's not fair he dies. He kills so many people going after what he gets.


He goes through more than anyone should have to.


I realized today that the reason it is so good....He does what has been done for me already. He dies to save Pita's life. He goes through Hell to give life to another. I love Creasy for the same reason I love Aslan. I love both of these guys for the same reason I love my savior.


I am hooked on the olympics....that makes for a long day to stay up that late then go to work all day.


At work today I was laid down resting my eyes on second break(3:00), enjoying it really. Then all of a sudden there is a sound of blowing fire, like fire being blown. Not just fire, but fire being forced out of a line.


A side note is that they introduced gas into our site about two weeks ago and have preached how dangerous it is now. We are talking about 1200 lbs of pressure. Don't smoke in certain areas, make sure you get the area sniffed, make sure you have your hot work permits and how easy it is to get blown up.


So here I am about half asleep with the welding machine running, because it powers the fan, knowing it creates a spark every time the coil makes a revolution. Do you get where I'm going with this?


Asleep, loud sound, gas.........explosion. NOT GOOD!!!!!


Quickly up, completely disoriented, running(knowing I can't outrun this explosion) out of the tent.....only to find out it was the customer pushing the wrong button causing a blow down(rapid release of pressure).


So now all I have is about 10 years scared off of my life, a complete knowledge of how little the customer really knows and a leg that hurts because as I ran out I was lucky enough to slip under the only thing in front of me......lucky!!!!!


I realize this post is sorta ADDish, but there was a lot to say and I am way too lazy to post 3 times.