Must see after it opens August 19. Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess (who was in Across the Universe ), England and Scotland, sort of a love story. I'm there.
Posts
I just got done watching the movie, "Across the Universe." I wasn't actually expecting to like it as much as I did, since lately I've seen a lot of mediocre movies from Netflix. This one, though, had everything that I like in a movie. Well, it's a musical and I typically like those. Pretty people, decent acting, good music with interesting renditions that aren't exactly like the originals (most of the music is Beatles songs), a love story, a British guy, an alright story line, and a little weirdness. So with all of that being said, here's my favorite part in the movie. To give you context, one of the main characters is drafted into the Army (it's set during Vietnam), so he's enlisting. I just really enjoyed the choreography and the flow. It's smart. (Don't mind the first 30 seconds or so.)
I feel like I haven't written lately, but that I've thought about things that I could write about a lot lately. Week four of class and work will commence tomorrow. I can't believe that we're halfway to midterms already. It feels better if I view it that way. One-fourth of the way done after this week. All things considered, though, I feel like things are going well. Work at ISU is fine; it's nice to know everything at this point and just be comfortable there. Work at Heartland is taking shape, which makes me feel 100% better. I still haven't actually advised much, but I'm getting to know everyone better, so that makes things feel less scary. Class is fine--lots of reading and lots of projects to be thinking about and working on in the midst of everything. On Wednesday I have a mock interview for Capstone, which is the thing I'm looking forward to least this semester. Just have to get it overwith. I'm getting more nervous about the future, mostly ...
I just think it is so amazing the things that education can do. (I always try to make a bold statement up front as to catch my reader's interest. Haha.) With that being said, I never thought I'd be as interested in disabilities as I am. For a long time I think I was afraid of people with disabilities, actually. All I can attribute that fear to is being ignorant. I didn't understand why people were the way they were and I didn't know how to react to them; it made me uncomfortable. I think this is, unfortunately, a normal reaction. Another reaction is to make fun of someone with a disability, which is also sort of a coping mechanism for not really understanding. (Which is why we make fun of other cultures, races, sexualities, etc). And finally, we ignore those with disabilities because we don't know what to do. And that's why I love learning. It demystifies things that I don't know about and opens up possibilities that I would've never thought for myse...
I recently read this book for class and it got me thinking a lot about myself. Ironically. Because the book is all about how those of us in this generation were raised to think we're super special and unique and, therefore, have really high self-esteem and can border on being narcissistic at times. It also talked about how we have very high expectations for our lives (in terms of making money, having a movie-like relationship, and generally feeling fulfilled in every realm of life), but don't necessarily put the work into meeting those expectations because we don't feel like we have to (because we're super special and unique). We then become depressed when life doesn't meet our expectations. It was just really good and gave me a lot to think about. So the semester is completely over for me now and I am oh-so-happy about that. I got As in all three classes, which also makes me happy. Work is over for a solid two weeks, but I think I'm going to go into He...
Yesterday morning I had a great opportunity to watch the film Shooting Beauty . Disability Concerns co-sponsored the screening with Diversity Advocacy, so it was suggested that I attend. I must say that I was blown away by this documentary. Basically this woman (a professional photographer) volunteered at a center for folks with cerebral palsy and rigged cameras to their chairs so that they could take photos of their lives. Their pictures were eventually featured in a gallery in Boston. The woman/photographer and the director (a cute, married couple) were there to talk about their experience afterwards. I thought the movie was just really well done. The content was so inspirational and it made me think a lot about working with students with disabilities. Though there are only a few students that I come into contact with that have severe disabilities, I feel in some way that I have a heart for it. So I'll keep that feeling and chew on it for awhile. In contrast, yesterday afte...