Thursday, September 13, 2007

back in the day

My favorite movie when I was young was Swann Princess. That movie seemed to fascinate me so much with the way the princess would go out into the water and just morph into a swann, or the other way around. The writers kept me so intrigued at the age of four which isn't hard but you got to make it understandable for a toddler. I would watch it everytime I went to my grandma's house. She kept a lot of disney films there so I wouldn't have to cart them back and forth. Imagination also caught my attention in the movie. There were a lot of talking animals. My favorite character was the talking frog who turned into a prince, talking frog at the end. He had so much humor and confidence which grasped my young brain.

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Philosophy Shmilosophy

There's a good and bad in everyone. What we talked about in class today really relates to this passage. There's an abstract idea in all people whether it's general or complex. Some ideas you'd never expect within a person. That's why you can't judge too quickly and that's the problem with westerners. We're all out to judge right off the bat. Let's say you're in your car at a red light and man with a long beard, ripped shirt, and one shoe walks by; you're probably gonna lock your doors in 2 seconds. That guy might just be having a bad day......maybe. But it's our natural reaction to feel secure asap when you see sights like that man. Judging is so apparent these days that sometimes the good or the bad is overshadowed by ONE sight, gesture, or statement.