2002 in film

When I was in middle school, I was told that I would never have the ability to be an athlete. I was told this by my physical education teacher and I believed it. I had always had poor lungs and a weak sort of body, and to top it off I was incredibly lazy. If anything were to make me pant, even in the slightest, I would give up immediately. I constantly sat on the sidelines ridiculing the kids who took P.E. class like it was the Olympics. Maybe, I was just really jealous that they could do what…

It’s just another day for me. Another day to be slayed by the knight and watch in envy as he carries the princess to ‘safety’. My life is only a fairytale. A fairytale in which I am the villain and the knight is the hero. I never wanted to be born like this and I mostly certainly don’t want it to continue happening. However, it cannot come to a halt. I have endless lives and endless nights and days to cry out in agony on how fucking bad my life is. When I try to speak, a blazing blue inferno…

What really makes us happy? Many people believe it is wealth, family, and fame. Do those factors really affect happiness? Studies have shown that excessive wealth (over $75,000) has no additional effect on happiness, and along with fame may, in fact, decrease it. What really does make us happy? I have been happy when doing volunteer work, spending time with friends, and while working on an interesting project. The definition of happiness that I get from examining those experiences is this:…

The Reality of Goodbyes Saying goodbye might be one of the toughest things anyone has to do. The feeling of sadness seems to overwhelm you at points. It does not really matter the amount of time that that goodbye may last, but just the thought of that person leaving causes heartache to be even more evident. Then regret seems to make itself known, all the times that something could have been done or could have happened. Wasted. It leaves a feeling of despair, one that you wish would go away.…

How do we know what we know? That is a question that has been asked by many different people, and has many different explanations. These answers vary from saying we are born knowing certain things, to everything we learn comes from experience. Each of these have different arguments to them, however, they each have a different idea of the basic definitions of knowledge and belief. There are also the questions of whether or not beliefs are rational, and is knowledge justifiable. The standard…

Luckily, I have both of these in my life. Even though I do not always get along with my family, I still love them, and they love me. We all want what’s best for each other. The same goes for friends, my friends and I could spend every hour of every day together and it still wouldn’t be enough time. I could not imagine going a day in my life without any one of the people that I love. "A friend is a second self" (Aristotle). Every time I laugh or smile, I’m always either with my friends or my…

My views on young relationships are a polar opposite to my views on friendships. I see that too often, far too often we cling to someone who isn’t good for us just because they offer the occasional comfort. We are scared that we won’t ever be able to find someone like the person we are currently into. But truth be told there will be and we need to find someone who is really right for us, not simply convenient at the time. We need to be able to let go more quickly of relationships that don’t make…

Play Analysis Wild Party The given circumstances are 1. Queenie is a vaudeville performer, and Burrs is a vaudevillian clown. This information influences the play because it tells the audience how Queenie and Burrs met 2. Later on in the song Queenie Was a Blonde the audience learns that Queenie is sexually ambitious, and no one can satisfy her until she meets Burrs. During the opening number, it is mentioned that “and fireworks flew, her passion ignited, she was smitten…now Queenie and Burrs…

In Boundaries of the Soul, Singer uses Jung’s ideology to define what a persona is: “…a character or stance through which we can relate… the name given to the masks worn by the actors of antiquity to signify the roles they played…oriented toward… the expectation of society that an individual may have.” (pg. 158) Singer believed that the persona could hold a positive purpose in mediating between a person and his or her society. She believed that a person’s persona functioned to point out what his…

Surrounding yourself with positive people helps you to reach your goal. Every individual whom you surround yourself with has a great or a worse influence on your personal life and successes, positively or negatively. Your personality and behavior also has effects on others. Identify your companies, whether they are worthy or not; choose friends whom you spend most of your time with. Make friends wisely and take care of who you share your goals and successes with. Know who you are and take care…