Sunday, May 15, 2011

Film Analysis

Hot Rod
Original World: Rod and his friends Kevin, Rico, Dave, and Denise are in a stunt man team, and they go around doing random stunts around town. Rod's step-father, Frank, doesn't respect his and pushs him around every day.

Call to Adventure: Frank's heart is giving out and needs a trasnplant, so Rod gets the idea to use his "Stunt" ablilties, and raise money to pay for Frank's heart transplant.

Refusal: Rod gets into a fight with his Frank and re-thinks on what he is doing. Does he really want to go through with saving the man he hates most?

Mentor: Rod's mentor in the movie is Denise. She is a really big support in the team and leads Rod into his big decissions within the movie.

Threshold: Rod decides to go through with his plan and save Frank. Rod puts fliers every where around town to let everyone know that he is trying to save money to save Frank, and that he will do stunts at Birthday parties and other events.

Tests, Allies, and Enemies: Johnathan (Denise's boyfriend) is out to get Rod throughout the movie. He is worried that Rod and Denise will get together and he wants Rod to leave forever. Rod's allies in the movie are his friends Denise, Dave, Rico, and Kevin. Tests that Rod had to go through is his training to get ready for the "Big Jump" he decided to do, to be able to earn money for Frank, and the emotional trails Rod goes through every day from Frank and Jonathan.

Approach: Rod and his stunt team (Excluding Denise) walks down the road singing "You're the Voice" with lots of other people, while bad things go wrong around them.

Ordeal: When Rod talks to his mother about his real father not being a stunt man. This depressed Rod and almost stopped Rod from doing his stunts and saving Frank from his sick heart.

Reward: When Rod earned enough money to save Franks life, and when Denise kissed him right before his "Big Jump".

Resurrection: When Frank gets better and loses a fight against Rod.

Return with the Elixir: When Rod wins in a fight against Frank and finally earns respect from him.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Ordinary World

The Righteous Path
Meet Righteous Fury. He is 18 years old and is just about to graduate High School. He doesn't do much with his life. He's taking an American Sign Language class (ASL) and is in love with writing, though he thinks he's not too great at it. He works as a cashier at Wal-Mart and is planning to keep working there for a long time. But hopefully not. Hopefully he will have a new plan stored in his head in the future and will be able to get on with his life. Hopefully he will be able to gain enough money to go on a Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Hopefully it will be an ASL Mission. After his Mission, hopefully he will be able to know what to do with his life. He has a general idea, but he doesn't know how to get started. That idea is to become an ASL interpreter and a Writer. Hopefully he will be able to become a great and loving husband and father as well. After another year, Righteous Fury finally recieved his Mission calling. He got what he hoped for! He attended the Washington ASL speaking Mission, just as he hoped for. Now he's on the mission doing very well. He's learning many lessons, while teaching them as well, hopeing he will be able to teach his future family the same lessons and be the amazing husband and father he hopes to be.

1)Will Righteous Fury come home a better man with a plan for the future?
2)Will Righteous Fury become an ASL Interpreter just like he hopes to become?
3)Will Righteous Fury be the great husband and father he hopes to be?

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Shake the Dust

STOMP ON IT
This is for the good Fathers that do their best for their families
This is for all the Mothers also.
For their hard work that they deal with from their Husbands and children
And are still able to get EVERYTHING done
Stomp on it

This is for the teachers
Every kind of teacher out there
For their hard work at trying to teach their students 
And to let them create a new world of creativity 
This is for the students teachers teacher as well
Because if their teachers weren't there then where would we get the motivation for our teahcers?
Stomp on it

This is for our righteous religious leaders
For the great examples they are to us
So that we can be guided in the right path to a happier life
For their teaching
So that we can know what we need to live by
Stomp on it

Stomp on it!
Stomp on your trials!
Dominate them!
Look up to these people
And live by what you know what's right

Monday, April 25, 2011

The Personalities of Ghandi and Other Righteous Leaders

When will we own ourselves completely? I believe it is through personal traits of goodness that we will become ourselves. Some of these traits are:
• Faith
• Hope
• Charity and Love
• Virtue
• Knowledge
• Patience
• Humility
• Diligence
• Obedience

Faith is believing in things not seen. I believe this is the start in building ourselves. Through righteous things, you are gaining faith, which helps us deal with everyday conflicts. Which is also building our hope in righteousness.

Hope is a trait to become ourselves because it leads us to become optimistic in our everyday lives. It lets us think about the best in things, and gives us confidence to be able to complete tasks. And to complete tasks with Hope and Faith lets us be able to Love what we are doing and to be Charitable.

Charity and Love go hand in hand in every way. When you do Charity, you are able to Love those you are being charitable to, and when you Love those around you, you are able to do more Charity for them more often. To love one another is the greatest Charity, and it also helps us create optimistic thoughts with-in our minds and desires, which is righteous Virtue.

When we are able to have these happy thoughts and desires, We are able to control our behavior and moral standards. To be able to have perfect Virtue would be such a great blessing in my life. To think clean thoughts and to be able to control my action more often in my daily life is the greatest thought ever!

To have Knowledge is very important in finding ourselves too. Knowledge helps us to be able to help others learn from our views and to be able to understand others from their views as well. We need Knowledge to be able to be successful in life as well. When we have Knowledge we are able to understand our jobs, religions, and life styles with-in our cultures.

To be able to have Patience is a great way to become ourselves as well. Patience is the ability to "endure daily obstacles and opposition, or suffering... without becoming angry, frustrated, or anxious." When we are being patient with everyone and everything, we are able to grow our relationships with others, and even ourselves.

Another trait is Humility. To be able to have Humility is to not accept that you have done everything great you have accomplished. You have had help with everything you have done. Let others know that! You will gain great respect from your example, and will be able to become more ourselves.

Work hard and have Diligence! Work on your patience and you will be "Steady, earnest, and energetic, with great effort in your work." When we are able to be Diligent in every work we do, we will be able to find "joy, and satisfaction in all work."

And the last way on the list to become more ourselves is to be Obedient. Be willing to obey rules, and follow the council of any leader we have. If we follow our leaders with obedience, we are acting in Faith, which is going back to the top of the list. This is all connected! Did you notice?

If we are following these guidelines, we will be able to gain the attributes of a leader of so many. We will be looked up to, and we will most definitely own ourselves completely. I do keep forgetting to do many of these things and will keep working on them, but I do many of these things as well. Even now! And so tonight is not the last time I will see the light.

(Special thanks to Preach my Gospel)

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Blurbs

Mine by Taylor Swift:
When Taylor first meets eyes with a handsom waiter at a random resteraunt, they instantly fall in love. They go through life together, no problems and have a happy life. But when a argument takes place things get a little sticky. Will Taylor stay with her "True love", or will they fall apart and leave each other?

In the Jailhouse Now by Johnny Cash:
All his life Johnny has been a good kid. HE never broke the rules or done anything illegal. But he did have a friend named Bob who did so. Then one day Johnny meets a cryptic woman. Will she change Johnny for the worst, or for the best?

Home by Michael Bubl'e:
Michael has been away from home for a long time and he misses his parents. He doesn't feel like he is living the right life he needs. He feels alone and empty in life. Then something changed within Michael! He found someone new. Her name is Kay le'Sert Leroy. She has beautiful eyes that look like a rainfall in the jungles with splotches of blue around her green eyes, short brown hair that is just as soft as a hare, and is 6'7. they go about town and see all the wonderful sights. They figure out that they have so much in common and think that they should be together. Will Michael go back to his old life with his parents? or will he stay away from them and live his life with Kay le'Sert Leroy?

I Thought I saw Your Face Today by She and Him:
One day as Zooey was walking through the park and turned her head, she thought she saw someone from her memory. She hopes to find this person and to fall in love all over again with him. Will she find this spark of love again?

A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash:
When Sue was three his father left him and his mother. And before he left, he named his only son Sue. As Sue grew up he would be made fun of and get into many fights. Sue got mean and hard within the soul and swore to the Moon and stars that he will find his father and kill him for naming him Sue.  Does Sue kill his father? Or will he die trying?

Marvel Sixer

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Story Songs

Song Title: Mine
Song Artist: Taylor Swift
Mine Lyrics

Plot:
As Taylor is growing up she watches her parents argue and fight all the time. She doesn't want that to happen to her, so she wants to try and avoid any contention she has with the one she loves in the future. Later in her life she walks into a restaurant and meets a handsome young man working as a waiter there. Taylor and this young man get into a relationship and it soon becomes pretty serious.

 Character:
  • Taylor Swift (Young and older)
  • Taylor's husband
  • Taylor's parents
  • Taylor's children
Conflict:
Taylor wants to have a great relationship with her future husband. She doesn't want to have the same relationship her parents had with each other so she is going to try and prevent that from happening. It doesn't go through very well and Taylor begins to have a fight with her husband.

Theme:
  • Communication
  • Have a good relationship with people close to you
 Settings:
  • A restaurant where Taylor first meets her future husband
  • In the forest with pictures of memories everwhere
  • The beach where Talyor and her husband walk down and live right next to
  • The lake where taylor is purposed to 
  • Taylor's childhood home

Song Title: In The Jailhouse Now
Song Artist: Jonny Cash
In The Jailhouse Now Lyrics

Plot:
Jonny has a couple friends that like to break the law, gamble, and pretend to be who they really aren't. He tells his friends that they shouldn't do those things but they do it anyways. Soon they get into trouble with the law and are thrown into jail. And so does Jonny once he meets this lady friend of his.

Character:
  • Jonny Cash
  • Ramblin' Bob
  • Susie
Conflict:
Jonny and his friends start to break the law by gambling, robbing, and "taking in every honk tonk int town". They get into all of it so much that they get in trouble with the law and get thrown into the jailhouse.

Theme:
  • Breaking the law is bad
  • Don't gamble, steal, and rob
Setting:
  • The jailhouse