Legion: Deeper Meanings

While I was watcing the movie Legion before actually showing it in class for my presentation, one part that really stuck out in my mind was when Percy (the man with  a hook for a hand) told the story of what his father would always tell him when he was a little boy. He said, " If you dont wake up tomorrow, if it turns out today is your last day on earth, would you be proud of what you've done in this life?". I thought that was a very powerful and important question that everyone should ask themselves. Whether, as we discussed in class awhile back, you think life is something that should be taken day by day without really caring about the future, or you think life should be taken more seriously with your future always in mind, when you get to the end of the road, dont you want to be able to have something to show for your time on earth? Dont you want to be remembered and missed? Whether you'll admit it or not, I think you do. I think we ALL do.

Mashed Potatoes

This is kind of a random post, but the other day I had bought a prepackaged container of Bob Evans mashed potatoes. When I got them out to heat up, I noticed that the front of the package said "Win a free trip to Walt Disney World", and you had to go to some website to enter youself into the contest. When I read this, I immediately thought of our modern day Canterbury Tales stories that we wrote, and I thought it would have been funny if someone had used the Bob Evans mashed potatoes carton as a way for their character to win the Walt Disney World trip in their story. If I would have seen it sooner, I probably would have used it for my own story. haha

The Taming of the Shrew

We just finished reading The Taming of the Shrew in my British Lit. class, and  I have found it to be the most interesting story we have read so far. Thankfully, I was able to get my hands on the modern translation called No Fear Shakespeare which help a lot. At first the play was a little confusing because I had a hard time remembering the characters. Also the fact that the play was a story within a story was very unique. However, as I kept reading the story, I found it much easier to understand, and it turned out to be really interesting. The group interpretations that we did of  the induction of the play was also very creative and funny to watch. :)