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The Lion King returned to theaters last week in the form of a live action remake. Even with a star studded cast, I was ambivalent. I walked into the hall uncertain if it would top the original or not. After leaving my seat 120 minutes later, all doubts were effectively eradicated. As we left the silver screen, I know, no one calls it that anymore, but I quite like the old-fashioned term, I started discussing the movie with the people I was watching it with. To my surprise, they hadn’t watched the original. I was shocked like a raccoon in an electric chair. It’s not like they’re very much younger than me, we’re only a few years apart. So at the time of writing, I was already rethinking our relationships & reconsidering my friendship standards. I have no idea how many times I watched the original Lion King while in kindergarten. It almost seems like i would insert the tape into my vhs player every single day right after coming back from school. What’s odd is that sometimes we’d even ...

Imagine if instead of hair, money grew on my back. Other possible opening sentences for today’s entry: Late to bed & late to wake will keep you long on money & short on mistakes. So often are we guided by our immediate needs. Don't be a slave to money. WIFE: “Why do you always waste money on useless things?” ME: [scraping the S & H off the side of the secondhand School Bus I bought on Carousell] “Maybe useless to you, Karen, you uncool rapscallion.” Why do people save? It’s elementary. Anything that is rare or requires a lot of work to get but can be gone quickly falls under this category called Too Awesome To Use. It’s a gaming terminology. In RPG games, if an item is useful, wonderful, awesome, & practical, you’re probably never going to use it, & it’s going to end up sitting safe & sound in your inventory until the very end. The reason is because you’re afraid to waste such a valuable treasure, & will be waiting for that one, best opportunity to use i...