Flash into highlands drama review

Today I am going to present my review of the recent Georgia Highlands drama presentation “Flash into Highlands.” For starters I would like to express my great respect and appreciation to those who performed, produced, directed, filmed, also any others who had a hand in bringing this wonderful display of the arts to our campus in Cartersville, Georgia. Unfortunately I only caught the last act. But was thoroughly impressed with what I saw. It was about a woman whose husband was having an affair. He was killed by a lightning bolt, as was their puppy. The woman decides to go to an extreme and have the dog stuffed by a taxidermist to hold onto some semblance of her husbands’ memory. She is completely in the dark about her husbands’ misdoings with his mistress. While in the process of waiting for her dog she meets a lovable old stuffed deer head named Marvin. Marvin was by far the most interesting character in the play. Marvin had a deep southern sound to his voice, which immediately made you feel like you were talking to an old friendly man whose’ trust is unquestionable. That plays largely into the main characters world and self view of her life. The dog or puppy on the other hand is obscenely rude, obnoxious, self centered, and overall a dislikable character. The audience never has a chance to meet the husband unfortunately but discovers thru the stuffed dog about his affair with his “professional” golf instructor and other women. The dog is quite entertained by the affairs and the wife’s reaction to learning this terrible news. This was a huge part of the comedy in this play which was unfortunate since I could see potential for much more comedic relief in it than there actually was. Marvin presented his own form of comedic relief most due to the monotone sound of the actor presenting his voice. As a spectator, critic, and general film buff I think this play had room for much improvement. The actors were not convincing in any capacity, and the set was poorly set up. I tried to have an open mind going in but it’s hard in the beginning when you can see there wasn’t much if any real effort to have an organized set. After speaking with other spectators I found I was not the only one who felt this way. Most of the people I spoke with also had comment’s on the actors performance. I was impressed by their remembrance of lines and their ability to not stumble over their words. But on the downside they had no real emotions. This was extremely disappointing especially since the main character had been having an affair on her for a long period of time. Also that her husband never loved or even cared about her, he only married her for her money and status. I can’t imagine any woman at all not being thoroughly upset by learning this news. Overall the idea for the play was sound and well scripted by the producer but fell short on presentation and acting. I would give it a two out of five for my professional rating. Better luck next year actors.

Crazy poem

To kiss the blue moon is tough

Don’t surprise the wavering clouds, they burn.

It’s important to bite the frog

But don’t swing on the red dog

Tough mud says “I’m sharp”

Eye ruined the leather clouds

To say rocks soft is tough

Throat bites hot red stuff

Important slag hides nowhere

Eye says bite the toughest soft leather

Cloud bruised cool blue

Leather red frog smiles

Review of English 1102

Reviewing English composition 1102 could be one of the hardest classes I’ve ever had to give a critical review of. Most classes I either love or hate and there are a few that are kinda in the middle that I just tolerate. This english class has had its up and downs, I’ve hated days and loved days. On the brighter side of things I don’t hate it enough to try skipping like I would some classes. I almost look forward to it some days. I’ll start by listing the things I’ve enjoyed about this class. My favorite thing by far is the back and forth discusions we have had. Everyone has there own opinion but for the most part share their opinions in a respectful way. That makes for great conversations and it really turns into a domino effect in class, one discussion leads to better questions for the next discussion. Another thing I like on that same line is how Mrs. Lindberg doesn’t mind to cuss a little bit. It sounds childish but it makes her much more approachable and really gives a much more relaxed feeling to the class. More of the things I like are the constant constancy in her grading. That’s always a really big plus for any class your in when you know what your teacher always expect from you. Now a few of the things I don’t like. I don’t like how strict Mrs. Lindberg is on the grading! Even with concrete proof that the assignment was done on time she still wont accept it. I went along with that thinking that I would be able to use the ones that got zeros for that reason at the end of the semester to make up for the zeros but no that didn’t happen like she said so I’m very upset about that. But she did give us the opportunity to make up a few things which is nice. My favorite thing this semester is how Mrs. Lindberg reviewed my poem and gave me a good opinion of how to make it better. Overall I enjoyed english 1102 and would refer Mrs. Lindberg to my friends.

Unnamed library activity

It has been a week since the speeches were given in the library to celebrate woman's equality. Since then I have spoke with many people and gotten a lot of different points of views. Most of them are who really gives a shit? And a majority of those opinions came from women. I really believe this is an outdated cause brought around by uptight feministic liberals who can't think of a better cause to focus their frustrations on. My opinion has gotten me into some heated discussions with others who can't comprehend anything beyond their own very limited world views. This is much sadder to me than anything else so far because it shows a complete lack of intelligence that they can't or won't try to see other points of views only because they don't like what they hear. I believe if these women who are stuck on equal rights would square themselves away and focus on something productive they might actually get something done for a change. Why not the march of dimes? Or the deconstruction of Planned Parenthood? These things directly affect these women yet they have no interest in them what so ever. It's just sad to see and speak with these people on any level. Especially since flat stupidity is one of my biggest pet peeves. I recognize that there are still inequality in some ways going on today but if these women really want to change that why are none of them running for government office? Wouldn't' that make a bigger difference than standing up and shaking your fists at people? I know for a fact that it would because just listening to some of these woman are extremely off putting to anyone even other women. I still hold the belief that women don't want to be treated equal they want to be treated like women with the pay and recognition of a man. If you really want to be equal then act that way. Try acting like a man sometimes then you can be equal. Try laughing at  joke about a blonde instead of running off to Human Resources to complain. Try just taking your speeding ticket instead of flirting and showing off some cleavage for the cop. Until women act truly equal they never really will be and because women won't want to give up the power and privilege that they know they have over men this will never happen. Women have more power than any man will ever achieve that's because of a very simple thing called nature. Men are slaves to their primal desires and women abuse this on a daily basis. This is my very personal opinion of equality among the sexs.

GDR poem

Blackness recedes to leave a glowing angel on me

Light frames her body likes it emanating from her core

I don’t remember the fall or the crash or the pain

But surely this must be heaven to have a creature such as her

Silky blonde hair falls about her shoulders, green eyes pierce into my soul

Yet she holds no malevolence or ill intention for me

Instead only pure love and heat flow from her

Surely this must be heaven to have a being such as her

At last she speaks and a thousand songs burst from her

All that is beautiful in the world merges to form her words

My fate my soul all that I am is tied to what she says

And surely this must be heaven to have individual such as her

Her song forms to utter three simple words

I love you is all that she needs to say

At that moment I know that indeed I am in heaven

I must be a god because no man deserves such an angel as her.

Hypocrisy=religion

When have I faced hypocrisy? The word hypocrisy brings back floods of memories from my childhood back to mind in an instant. I grew up in a southern Baptist home and my father was a Baptist preacher in my early teens. I was force fed ideals, thoughts and morals that were never mine or I never even fully understood. I grew up being told that if you don’t act a certain way, believe a certain way, and present yourself in a specific manner then hell would be your home. I never understood these things and when asked was scolded or punished in some way for questioning what I was just supposed to take on faith. The idea of questions never sat well with my father and after growing up I have realized that they don’t sit well or have any real place in the Christian religion. I remember one specific instance where I asked my father about evolution. Although I meant the idea that things must adapt to survive he took the question as me entertaining the thoughts of Charles Darwin. I was severely punished and my question was never really answered, much to my confusion. Blind faith was never something I could just accept. I knew even as a boy that there has to be a logical explanation for everything that happens no matter the context or background of the event. Similar instances occurred frequently in my child hood, unanswered questions, and punishment with out explanation. I never grasped these things until I grew up and moved out away from then to form my own ideas and beliefs. The preachers at the churches we went to were just as bad. They encouraged questions but when they were asked failed to give a reasonable answer and always redirected me back to my father for yet another whipping. Now that I have grown and entertained many ideas from different cultures and faiths I have still found hypocrisy in most all of them. So I have decided that I refuse to be that way with my own children that I want them to respectfully question authorities and beliefs. I want them to be there own people and form their own ideas free from fear of persecution because of them. So I completely believe that religion of any form hold the most hypocrisy of any single thing is this world.

Gdr

I just recently watched the new Justin Timberlake movie In Time. I went into it thinking it was just gonna be another action movie to add to my collection. I got the biggest surprise so far this year however, it ended up being modern take on the Marxist theory of the have's verse the have not's. The movie uses the idea that in the future people don't use money anymore they use time. The same time that they use to live. No one ages past 25 and carry their bank account around in a clock beneath their skin on their forearms. When your time runs out you die! I won't go into the movies specifics but what's really fascinating is the idea behind it. It's revealed in the plot that the haves control the time available on the market by raising or lowering the price of living thus controlling the poor population.This movie really takes Marxism and Darwinism and runs through the wall with it. One of the leading villans even uses Charles Darwins' birthday as the combination to his safe. This movie has taken several big movie ideas and put them all together including Robin Hood and Bonnie and Clyde. I would high recommend this movie to anyone who could appreciate a change of film pace that combines intelligent ideas, high action, classic shakespearian romance, and top actors. Enjoy!