So the last week me and three other guys created a poster outlining the hero's journey in the movie version of The Hobbit. Which really clearly follows the guideline for the first steps. However, since it is going to be made in three movies, we could only do the first one. Thus giving us a little trouble with the last couple steps (i.e. magical flight back, sharing the elixir). So we just kinda made do with the ending. Overall the experience was pretty good, for a group project. Unfortunately i didn't play a big hand in decorating the poster but it came out real nicely and how i expected it to be.
I really think Peter Jackson does a fantabulous job with all the Tolkien stories. I've loved them since i was a kid.
I was a nerdy kid, I blame it on my dad. But i learned some lessons from these movies.
I really liked some other peoples posters. Like Jack skeleton's poster I really liked the paintings and stuff. I also like the snow stuff on jack hall's poster, and the intricate tiger stripes on Pi's poster.
Recently a very strange song has risen into popularity, hitting 43 million views on YouTube. it is a comedy dance song called "The Fox". The fox was written by a Norwegian duo known as Ylvis. Basically the song questions what sound a fox makes. "What does the fox say? Ring ding ding a ding a ding a ding ding ding.".
The song really makes me wonder, how do things like this become famous? yes, it is catchy, its been stuck in my head for a week now, and yes, it is amusing, but as far as the overall quality of the song, it sounds like many of other songs I've heard. Maybe its just pleasant to the human ear, this kind of sound. I don't know.
I was reading Joseph Campbell when he alluded to Tolstoy's War and Peace. Is a leader really a leader? or is he simply the one out in front of the wave. I like this because it downplays the role of the leader. Yes it is important to have a leader, but i think that role is overrated compared to the role of the people. Without the people, without followers, a leader is a madman that thinks he's in control of something. But, nonetheless, a leader is important
What is a leader? What makes a leader? Can "the one in front of the wave" really be a leader? or is a leader something else, someone who created an idea and got people to follow them? Personally, I think that a leader can come from both. When a population has an idea, but no one wants to express it, the one who does, and does it in a successful way, is really a leader. But someone can also come and enlighten a people. That someone is a leader because they had the courage to share their ideas. Take the Buddha, he was a leader, he came from somewhere and told people what he thought we are here for, and people followed him, respected him. Then an example for the one in front of the wave is Napoleon, he rose through the ranks of the french army to become emperor.
When I think of a hero of course I jump right to my father, he is just incredible in a million
ways. he grew up in around the Carolinas. When he was about sixteen,
he supported his mother mostly by himself. He quit football, where he probably would have gotten a scholarship in order to make money for her.
He kinda looks like me.
He now works at a distribution
warehouse, where he's worked for 30 years. He's now pretty much the boss of the place though. He is also the chairman for the charity board and he goes on trips to impoverished countries to make wheelchairs for disabled people.
Napoleon Dynamite is the greatest movie of all time...
It is my favorite because of the tone and attitude of the movie. its all described in the first lines of the movie: kid on bus:"what are you gonna do today napoleon?" Napoleon:"whatever i feel like i wanna do, gosh!" The scripting is just awesome. "do the chickens have large talons?", "i caught you a delicious bass.". I use quotes from this movie about twice daily.
Another one of my favorite things is sports, however overwhelming it is for my schedule, I cannot live without them. I play football, wrestling, track, and rugby:
This is me at my first ever rugby scrimmage
Athletics really create a rush for me that is just... satisfying. especially contact sports, I just really like crashing into people. And it does get overwhelming, having some kind of sport practice every day of the year on top of advanced level homework. But I think that its worth it.
my favorite experience ever is the time i went on an ATV tour in Ojochal, costa rica. It was really one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen, there were mountains up to the shore overlooking the pacific, the waters were clear and warm, and it was just generally nice. our tour guide, juan, took us to a secluded waterfall where me, my brother, and my father swam.
The place was just awesome. There was one place where the fog in the mountains gave the illusion that the trees were moving
Unfortunately, there is no video account of the trip.
