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Wednesday, 4 March 2015
Monday, 19 January 2015
This blog has turned out to be the weirdest ones..... after all it is my first one, but now I have opened a second one!
This one, I just rant on; it was originally going to be an online journal so my family in Canada could follow me on my adventures, but it kind of just ended up being a rant page.
I always feel so inspired when I see a great movie or tv show. And it makes me want to write. Honestly, and this is the product generally. Just bllahhh! But, it's fun and I enjoy it. It makes me feel like I've been writing, and every word counts, eh!
Today at work, it was a pretty good day! (For those of you who don't know, I am a ski instructor!) It's definitely one of those weird jobs, it's pretty boring but it can be fun. Sure, you teach pretty much the same thing every day, but it all depends on the kids you have and their attitude towards skiing. I've had a kid whose cried for the first hour of the lesson, but once the tears dried up, loved skiing and didn't want to leave. I'd have kids who cry the whole time, give up and never ever set eyes on a pair of ski's again, and I have those kids who are really excited to go skiing, fall down once and their world has collapsed. But then you get those inbetweeners and they are my favourite. They are the ones who are maybe a little nervous but they are the ones that shine every time. They are cautious and actually listen to what you say because they want to get it right!
See? RANT!
This one, I just rant on; it was originally going to be an online journal so my family in Canada could follow me on my adventures, but it kind of just ended up being a rant page.
I always feel so inspired when I see a great movie or tv show. And it makes me want to write. Honestly, and this is the product generally. Just bllahhh! But, it's fun and I enjoy it. It makes me feel like I've been writing, and every word counts, eh!
Today at work, it was a pretty good day! (For those of you who don't know, I am a ski instructor!) It's definitely one of those weird jobs, it's pretty boring but it can be fun. Sure, you teach pretty much the same thing every day, but it all depends on the kids you have and their attitude towards skiing. I've had a kid whose cried for the first hour of the lesson, but once the tears dried up, loved skiing and didn't want to leave. I'd have kids who cry the whole time, give up and never ever set eyes on a pair of ski's again, and I have those kids who are really excited to go skiing, fall down once and their world has collapsed. But then you get those inbetweeners and they are my favourite. They are the ones who are maybe a little nervous but they are the ones that shine every time. They are cautious and actually listen to what you say because they want to get it right!
See? RANT!
Sunday, 11 January 2015
Entertainment Issues
I have a little problem with entertainment. One of the movies I saw in theatres with a couple of friends was "Wolf of Wall Street". I have to admit that this movie came out quite a while ago, but it left me quite horrified I'd spent $15 and three hours of my life to see that movie.
I was profoundly stunned to hear people laugh during that movie. Sure, everyone has different tastes, but I didn't realize humans were so uncomfortable with the ideas it brought up, it triggered the reaction of laughter. I didn't find the movie funny at all. It was shocking.
I didn't like to see the way his addiction to drugs was a higher priority than his family. I am astounded that I heard laughter during the moments he was doing his drugs, if you had seen someone face to face doing those things, you wouldn't be laughing, I can pretty much assure you. Second, was the way women were portrayed, just objects men can win. Not wanting so sound too blunt, but it disgusted me.
Anyway, what really brought this on was the fact that my little brother (who's 15 years now) is finding all these drugs, money and sex movies funny. Who am I to judge? Well, society keeps trying to pledge that we will bring equality to men and women, but promoting movies like that, aren't helping. We are giving 'entertainment' to our younger generations that promote this kind of behaviour, then we wonder why we have so many screwed up kids out there. Why are these movies even made? Those movies that are about delinquents that haven't turned their lives around, the ones who find it fun to break the law and hurt others, why do we turn them into celebrities? I'm confused. Our society gives our so many mixed messages and this is just another one.
We are told at school to sit and listen and to read properly, as there are no confusing questions that can be misunderstood. Well, that's a lie. Because society is doing just that.
I was profoundly stunned to hear people laugh during that movie. Sure, everyone has different tastes, but I didn't realize humans were so uncomfortable with the ideas it brought up, it triggered the reaction of laughter. I didn't find the movie funny at all. It was shocking.
I didn't like to see the way his addiction to drugs was a higher priority than his family. I am astounded that I heard laughter during the moments he was doing his drugs, if you had seen someone face to face doing those things, you wouldn't be laughing, I can pretty much assure you. Second, was the way women were portrayed, just objects men can win. Not wanting so sound too blunt, but it disgusted me.
Anyway, what really brought this on was the fact that my little brother (who's 15 years now) is finding all these drugs, money and sex movies funny. Who am I to judge? Well, society keeps trying to pledge that we will bring equality to men and women, but promoting movies like that, aren't helping. We are giving 'entertainment' to our younger generations that promote this kind of behaviour, then we wonder why we have so many screwed up kids out there. Why are these movies even made? Those movies that are about delinquents that haven't turned their lives around, the ones who find it fun to break the law and hurt others, why do we turn them into celebrities? I'm confused. Our society gives our so many mixed messages and this is just another one.
We are told at school to sit and listen and to read properly, as there are no confusing questions that can be misunderstood. Well, that's a lie. Because society is doing just that.
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