Like Caits, I've finally finished my long history term paper of 11 pages... Next will be my French "dissertation" as they call it in French but in American it's really just an essay... then again, the word dissertation sounds so much more time consuming and dramatic.
After said dissertation I will be taking a trip to my Modern Culture research paper of 10 pages and after I have completed that wonderful masterpiece I will endulge in yet another French Paper about nothing and after that I will be dabbing my ink pen to write a paper presenting the pros and cons of banning Pit Bulls........ I can feel my mind expanding as I type!
-B
Showing posts with label Movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movie. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Right in your spot, in Ear Park.
This won't be interesting... seriously.
I've been listening to cold wave music for a long time now and each song is beginning to sound the same. I think it's probably time for me to explore some different genres. But I felt a little depressed thinking about the numerous songs I've listened to on spotify trying to find that next album, artist, or genre that puts me inside my head for the entire time I'm listening. We are all different (obviously) and a song can mean one thing to one person and an entirely other thing to another (enlightening, right?!) Therefore, the song I am posting below might not mean too much to someone who's never heard it... Then again, the music you listened to back in 2008 might mean a lot more to you than it would to me. Music is how one understands and or interprets it for his or herself. This was the one valuable thing I learned from my music class this last semester. It has nothing to do with what the artist intended in the end, and has everything to do with how or what the listener takes in, ultimately giving it their own meaning. Just like a beautiful painting or a slow thoughtful novel. This is all pretty obvious, I just enjoy pointing it out. Spotify being a wonderful application gives me every song and places it on a platter for me to chow down on. But I became wholeheartedly fatigued of listening to songs that were good but not great. So, today I watched the movie Blue Valentine and I was reminded of my love for the group, Department of Eagles, and I decided to go back in my library of music and rediscover the music that reminds me of old times and old places. I recommend it for everyone regardless of whether you listen to much music or not.
This song and this movie... It's a must see for the realists and the romantics because it's real and there is nothing more romantic that believing in real love and there is nothing more real than a real love.
x, B.
I've been listening to cold wave music for a long time now and each song is beginning to sound the same. I think it's probably time for me to explore some different genres. But I felt a little depressed thinking about the numerous songs I've listened to on spotify trying to find that next album, artist, or genre that puts me inside my head for the entire time I'm listening. We are all different (obviously) and a song can mean one thing to one person and an entirely other thing to another (enlightening, right?!) Therefore, the song I am posting below might not mean too much to someone who's never heard it... Then again, the music you listened to back in 2008 might mean a lot more to you than it would to me. Music is how one understands and or interprets it for his or herself. This was the one valuable thing I learned from my music class this last semester. It has nothing to do with what the artist intended in the end, and has everything to do with how or what the listener takes in, ultimately giving it their own meaning. Just like a beautiful painting or a slow thoughtful novel. This is all pretty obvious, I just enjoy pointing it out. Spotify being a wonderful application gives me every song and places it on a platter for me to chow down on. But I became wholeheartedly fatigued of listening to songs that were good but not great. So, today I watched the movie Blue Valentine and I was reminded of my love for the group, Department of Eagles, and I decided to go back in my library of music and rediscover the music that reminds me of old times and old places. I recommend it for everyone regardless of whether you listen to much music or not.
This song and this movie... It's a must see for the realists and the romantics because it's real and there is nothing more romantic that believing in real love and there is nothing more real than a real love.
x, B.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Stuck Between Stations
Today was weird, my night was more or less a continuation of my day: movies all day, movies in the evening, moves at night. I watched Titanic for the first time in years. Yaddah Yaddah, love story, epic love story, forbidden epic love story, high love story society, etc. The film, of course, is entertaining, beautiful, sad, and epic all at the same time. It pulls at every human emotion which is said to be the most important aspect of a film: to make one feel. We all associate these American films with our American culture because everyone has seen Titanic and if you haven't then you're clearly not from here. After my movie marathon: Titanic, Jerry Maguire, Sex and the City, and sections of Flubber, I logged onto netflix and began watching Stuck Between Stations.
It's an extremely interesting love story because it was extremely realistic. The characters, the storyline, the events. Simply put, the film follows two people who used to know one another in grade school that crossed paths one night in Minneapolis now that they have both developed their own lives. It's a slow developed film that keeps you locked in solely for the character development. The love story is quirky and simple but at the same time develops into something more complex and realistic. I love finding gems like these. Love love love them.
-B
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