Image: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (movie) When Pigments Fly “THE PROGRAM FOR THIS EVENING IS NOT NEW. YOU'VE SEEN THIS ENTERTAINMENT THROUGH AND THROUGH. YOU'VE SEEN YOUR BIRTH, YOUR LIFE AND DEATH. YOU MIGHT RECALL ALL OF THE REST. DID YOU HAVE A GOOD WORLD WHEN YOU DIED? ENOUGH TO BASE A MOVIE ON?” – “THE MOVIE” BY JIM MORRISON It didn't take long for me to move from black and white shows on Nickelodeon to movies. The more I understood the interpersonal dynamics of various

“YOU KNOW THAT YOU’RE A PART OF ME AND I WILL ALWAYS TRY. THINK OF ME WHEN YOU’RE ALONE, I’M ALWAYS BY YOUR SIDE. WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR, YOU’RE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME TOO. YOU’RE NOT ALONE, YOU’RE ALWAYS HOME, I’LL SHARE YOUR PAIN WITH YOU.” – “SISTER SCOUT” BY JD STAHL Fortunately, by the time I was born, my parents already had sufficient practice with children. I was not an only child. My sister, Amy Kathleen Stahl, was born 2 and a half years before me. After her birth on

People have often told me that “life is what you make of it.” Personally, I believe this is very true. However, we can take it to mean two entirely different things. In one aspect, we could simply take it as the belief that our perception will eventually shape the course of our entire lives--for better or for worse. We can either see the world as beautifully in balance or as a problem that constantly needs to be fixed. The other way we can understand this quote takes on an en