Hopes, Fears, Favorite Color, yada yada yada...[11]

Yeah, so Kyle wanted me to do this blog. So now, I'm doing it. Here we go!

In the future, I hope to do what I am happiest doing and be the best, or close to it. I really love music and would love a career involving music, what ever that may be. This summer, I'm going to LSU Chamber Winds camp for a week to get my name out there and hopefully get some scholarship offers. That is my biggest goal to reach by the end of the summer.
Fears. My all-time biggest fear is death. When I think about it, my stomach turns and my heart starts to race. I hate thinking that I will die before I get to do everything in life that I would like to do. I also hate thinking about what will happen after I die and all the people I will possibly leave behind. I don't like not knowing what is ahead of me. Death is such a permanent thing, and I absolutely despise it.
My favorite color is one giant rainbow. I love all colors..dont really have a favorite. My most liked ones at the moment are yellow, turquoise, and black. They're tight. :] I am really hungry.. ttyl bloggers!

The Golden Compass[12]

The Golden Compass, directed by , has caused quite a stir amoung Christians and the rumor that this novel-turned-movie is attacking belief in God. Known as one of Britian's most outspoken Atheists, Philip Pullman is author of the Golden Compass series. Although Pullman has been quoted in past interviews as "trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief", in that same interview he also says, "I'm not in the business of offending people. I find the books upholding certain values that I think are important. Such as that this life is immensely valuable. And that this world is an extraordinarily beautiful place, and we should do what we can to increase the amount of wisdom in the world'."
There are only a few ties to Christianity that I see in The Golden Compass film. The first example being Dust. The explanation of Dust in the movie is the free will and creative spirit a child has in their younger years. In the movie, children are captured by the Magisterium (church?) and cut away from their daemons and they are forced to "settle". The way this ties in with Christianity is that Pullman portrays the church as being somewhat forceful, taking the free thinking and will of people. Pullman is hinting that Christians are somewhat forceful and eager to push their religions on others.


Works Cited
McClintock, Pamela and McNary, Dave. "Will 'Compass' find audiences?" Variety, December 6, 2007. May 20, 2008.

Bowling for Columbine(10)

Michael Moore, famous director of many controversial documentaries, made a film on gun violence in the United States and what is really to blame for the Columbine massacre on April 20, 1999. This documentary is especially controversial because of the many issues brought up and Moore's persistance to find the truth behind the mayhem.
One issue that was a major part of the film was why the actions of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, Columbine killers, were taken and what was really to blame. As the film continues, society starts to blame the media. Violence in video games and harsh lyrics of a heavy metal icon, Marylin Manson were attacked first. Moore went straight to the source as usual and conducted an interview with Manson to get everything straight. Moore and Manson got into a deep conversation about that day and Manson brought something to the viewers attention that should have made society think twice about blaming Manson over our own leader-President Bush. The same man who "was shooting bombs overseas..and whos a bigger influence? The president or Marilyn Manson?" It is fact that the day of Columbine, the US launched more bombs on Kosovo than any other war in American history.(Missles Slam into Kosovo) Moore asked Manson what would he have told the two shooters if he knew they were about to do such a violent act. Manson stated, "I wouldn't have said a single word. I would have listened and thats what no one else did."(Bowling for Columbine:Manson Interview)





Works Cited

Sadler, Brent. "Missles Slam into Kosovo."
CNN.com. 20 April 1999. 10 May 2008.

"Bowling for Columbine: Manson Interview."
youtube.com. 28 June 2007. 10 May 2008.