10,000 BC The Legend. The Battle. The First Hero.

Old historians always wondered how the Egyptians of the past built the pyramids. Indeed, one of the greatest mysteries of our civilization. Roland Emmerich (Director of Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow) has solved this thing out for all of us. Funny how they needed mammoths to help them. What are these? M-a-m-m-o-t-h-s; kind of like huge, furry mules looking like elephants (whatever!).

Anyway, 10,000 BC is the epic of D’Leh (gorgeous actor, Steven Strait), a young mammoth hunter in the snowy mountains. He and his tribe are in trouble as some of their people are disappearing. He falls in love with Evolet (beautiful Camilla Belle), a uniquely blue-eyed girl his tribe adopts after her family is killed. Nobody had another eye color in the movie except her (worst blue contacts though!). Can’t they just take a naturally blue-eyed actress? When Evolet and a few others are kidnapped by a band of warlords, D’Leh, his mentor Tic Tic (Cliff Curtis)…yes, a grown man named Tic Tic, and D’Leh’s young “sidekick” Baku (Nathaneal Baring) cross the world to save them. Along the way they must fight “ugly terror birds”, saber tooth tigers, and elements of all unimaginable kinds. They are joined by other tribes who have lost people to the slave raiders, and together they march on to “Egypt” to free their people from a tyrannical god (I think he is gay!)…

Some questions I had in mind was that how this ancient man, (with his sexy dirty dread locks) can cross snowy mountains, lush grasslands, and the deserts of Egypt, with little food and water, and have a perfectly groomed goatee? Hushhh… Hushhh…

The performances were great in my opinion. With the loss of Heath Ledger, I say Steven Strait is someone to watch. Believe it. He had to lose 30 lbs of muscle for his role.

I enjoyed the movie despite all the reviews I have read before actually buying the 70-peso pink ticket (not to mention my cheeseburger meal!). I wouldn’t want to expect historical accuracy. I totally get that 10,000 BC isn’t when the pyramids were built. I get that it’s a appropriate number rather than use 2267 BC which may sound itchy as a movie title. I love epic stories about love and heroes. Who cares…

36 Ways to Reduce Stress

An Angel says, “Never borrow from the future. If you worry
about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn’t happen, you have
worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry
twice.”

1. Pray
2. Go to bed on time.
3. Get up on time so you can start the day unrushed.
4. Say No to projects that won’t fit into your time
schedule, or that will compromise your mental health.
5. Delegate tasks to capable others.
6. Simplify and unclutter your life.
7. Less is more. (Although one is often not enough,
two are often too many.)
8. Allow extra time to do things and to get to places.
9. Pace yourself. Spread out big changes and difficult
projects over time; don’t lump the hard things all
together.
10. Take one day at a time.
11. Separate worries from concerns. If a situation is a
concern, find out what God would have you do and let go
of the anxiety. If you can’t do anything about a
situation, forget it.
12. Live within your budget; don’t use credit cards for
ordinary purchases.
13. Have backups; an extra car key in your wallet, an
extra house key buried in the garden, extra stamps, etc.
14. K.M.S. (Keep Mouth Shut). This single piece of
advice can prevent an enormous amount of trouble.
15. Do something for the Kid in You everyday.
16. Carry a Bible with you to read while waiting in
line.
17. Get enough rest.
18. Eat right.
19. Get organized so everything has its place.
20. Listen to a tape while driving that can help improve
your quality of life.
21. Write down thoughts and inspirations.
22. Every day, find time to be alone.
23. Having problems? Talk to God on the spot. Try to
nip small problems in the bud. Don’t wait until it’s
time to go to bed to try and pray.
24. Make friends with Godly people.
25. Keep a folder of favorite scriptures on hand.
26. Remember that the shortest bridge between despair
and hope is often a good “Thank you Jesus.”
27. Laugh.
28. Laugh some more!
29. Take your work seriously, but not yourself at all.
30. Develop a forgiving attitude (most people are doing
the best they can).
31. Be kind to unkind people (they probably need it the
most.)
32. Sit on your ego.
33. Talk less; listen more.
34. Slow down..
35. Remind yourself that you are not the general manager
of the universe
36. Every night before bed, think of one thing you’re
grateful for that you’ve never been grateful for before.
GOD HAS A WAY OF TURNING THINGS AROUND FOR YOU. “If God
is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31)
My instructions were to send this to four people that I
wanted God to bless and I picked you. I decided to send
it to more than four, because I didn’t want to limit
blessings.