Final Blog

For my final blog i wasnt really sure what i wanted to talk about. But i guess i will talk about where i stand in this class. As far as the work i believe i have completed everything, as in the final project, blogs and the poerty book. Overall i believe that i had decent sucess in this class even though i wasnt the one to speak and put my imput in to the class disscusion like i am sure you would have liked. I guess the only thing left that i need to do in this class is come next friday and try and get the 100 bonus points, which i hope will help raise my grade for the couple quizes that i have missed.

Blog 25

For this blog i will talk about the movie that we began to watch in class.  i have never heard of Henry and June before this class and whenever you said that there would be alot of sex in this movie i really underestimated what you said. I really didnt expect much from this movie but it really isnt that bad. I am interested to see where this movie is going and how it will end. This movie is deffinitely not what you are used to for an 8 am class.

Blog 24

In today’s  class we talked about the Awakening the Heroes Within and our archetypes. So I went and took the test again and wanted to see what I got this time. Well I am not sure if this describes me or not, maybe it does but I just have never noticed it till now. And  my result was the creator although I dont’ think that I need any change in my life, I don’t think it would be a bad thing. I feel that this may not be the most accurate description of me it has got me to thinking if there has been discovering or  change in my life. After thinking for a little while I can see areas where this can be true, although nothing is major they are a few small things.

Blog 19

My understanding of the master of two worlds is that a balance between the material and spiritual.  You need to be comfortable and competent in both the inner and outer worlds. I can honestly say i dont know if i have ever had this is my life, i am comfortable with myself in everyday life. I am not a spiritual person or religous, i mean i believe in god and i am a christian, but i dont really have a balance of material and spiritual well being. I think that is something that will come in time, i just havent felt the urge to go out and find my spiritual well being.

I guess if i had to pick a song or poem about this i  would choose voodoo too by godsmack. Its all about how the drummer shannon converted to wicken too, sully the singer has always been a wicken or at least since in the band. Its one of the only songs that deals with joining and becoming a part of a religion must are against religion and stuff like that.

Blog 11

My understanding of samsara is that is it birth, death, and then rebirth again; or reincarnation. I am not sure if i believe that this is truely the cycle that we all go through, but then again what do i know. I guess we go through this metaphorically whenever we make changes while growing up, going from one life style to the other whethers its with music or fashion, untill we find who we really are.

The poem that i think can relate to this is “If we must die” by Claude McKay. I picked this cause this has to do with death and suffering and that is the basic principal that samsara is set up on. It is actually not a bad poem one of the better ones that i have read in the book of poems.

Blog 6

There is one time in my life whenever i had a supernatural aid, and that would have been whenever i was in the hospital right after my surgury. The medicine that i was given was making me sick but i still had to get up and walk around the hall way. For some reason it just seemed like there was something there that helped me fight through the pain and kept going.

An example of this would be in the Odyssey whenever Odysseus was stranded out at sea. He had some supernatural aide with him to make it back home to his family alive. He might not have known what he was in store for, but he was determined to make it back home alive.

The poem that i think can go with the theme would be “We wear the mask” by Susie Asado. It talks about how the mask hides your true self. This could be like the super natural aide because its not your true self but everyone can relate to the feeling at some point in there life.

Blog 23

What is the difference between the movie and the book? Is there a  situation in your life that can relate to this? The difference between the book and the movie is the book went into greater detail about netties time in africa, and her work to help the people there. Also the relationship between celie and shug is made greater. Mr. ____ in the book knows about and informes celie of the letter about the ship goin down, but in the movie he goes to the immigration office to make sure that nettie comes home.

In my life a stituation that i can relate to this is that my sister has moved out to california. Before she ever moved out we were pretty close the last couple years before she moved. We always went to concerts and other places together. So I can understand how celie could miss her sister who is so far away. Even though i can talk to my sister anytime that i want to, instead of having to send a letter.

Final Project

For my final project i want to take my favorite movie the boondock saints and take each character and tell what their archetype is and why. To do this i would create a powerpoint that would have short video clips displaying each archetype.

Poem 24

thought it would be rough
better than i imagined
my journey is over

Blog 20

Master of two worlds is once the hero crosses the threshold, he comes to realize that there really is nothing separating his home from the new world. For me and my experience with this would have to be the time when i moved from maryland to gettysburg at the age of 11. Before i moved i thought it would have been a really hard adjustment going to a totally different school and meeting all new people. But really all the kids were pretty much the same as my friends down there. And most of the friends that i made whenever i first came to PA are still my really good friends now.

The song that i think can relate to this is the song to the threshold by hatebreed, its a song about getting pushed to the edge and overcoming your fears and you will realize that once you cross the threshold it usually ends up being better than it was on the other side of it. It actually one of my favorite songs and whenever they perform that song live Jamie Jasta uses alot of emotion cause the song comes from personal experinces that he had in his life, like most hatebreed songs do.