True Colors

True Colors (Star Wars: Republic Commando, Book 3)
$7.99
If you like 1 and 2, you'll love no. 3 in the series. Great.

Follow Your True Colors To The Work You Love: The Workbook
$24.95
This book is terrific! I work with teenagers and helping them establish careers and making career choices. This book taught me so much about how to approach teens with this tough decision issue. Very down-to-earth and well established writing and exercises.

True Colors
$9.98
This political thriller was a solid film with many flaws. The film which spans nearly a 10 year period between two friends and a girl was a bit of a hard sell. The core actors in the film were magnificent! John Cusack (who I will proudly admit as being one of my favorite actors) and James Spader (another magnificent actor) had awesome chemistry as two best friends.

Then the flaws begin. Spader who seems like an extremely intelligent person should have caught on to the underhand tactics his "so called" best friend was doing. However Cusack and Spader nail the roles so it makes it a bit easier to watch the film.

The story is a bit of a cautionary tale that examines what one person could and would be willing to do to excel. Peter Burton (Cusack) is the prime example of this person who wants to do right but gets clouded by thoughts of the limelight and begins to do underhanded things that would give him the upper hand to achieve his goal. He pays no mind that he is hurting the people that love and support him and eventually will fall fast and hard.

This film tries to tell that story in a bit of a stoic attempt. The story was a bit predictable and watered down but it is hard to overlook the magnificent performances from Cusack and Spader. The ending was a bit absurd but this is not real life folks.

Cusack and Spader were eager to move beyond the typical teenage roles they were playing and this was an evolution for them as they were able to show a bit of their acting chops. If you are a fan of Cusack (which he has many of) then this film is definitely worth checking out!

True Colors: A Palette of Collaborative Art Journals
$29.95
This book was produced by sending out project basics to various artists, and allowing them to finish the work any way they wished. The only qualifier was what colors were to be used on which projects. The results are all one would expect from a varied group of talented artists.