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shadowkatDark and gloomy day. Literally. And about fifty-four degrees. So feels like a dark and gloomy day in say March not January, making me sort of miss snow. Odd thing that. Highly inconvienent thing snow (and yes, try as I might, I can not for the life of me remember how to spell the word convienent, it eludes me). Anyhow...slept late, made scrambled eggs and bacon and watched this nifty cartoon entitled Avatar: The Last Airbender wherein I got my subject heading - the rest of the quote is:
"Sometimes life feels like a long dark tunnel, not unlike the one we are traveling in now," an old firebender, known as the fire dragon, tells the Avatar, a young boy who looks a lot like a monk with a painted arrow on his head. "But if you keep going, sooner or later, you will find yourself in a new and different place - like this." The tunnel ends and they enter a cave with beautiful waterfalls and staglights in crystal. It's not necessarily a better place, but hey it's different! [Yes, I know this is hardly a new idea, but I'm dense, so it comforts me whenever someone points it out to me.]
Speaking of kid's fare - going out on a limb and stating that the computer generated films have lost their charm/lustre for me finally. Saw Over the Hedge last night, which basically felt the same as Cars except with a cocky racoon as opposed to cocky racecar. Granted the story was somewhat different - but the general thematic structure the same. Found it dull and grating in places. It makes me miss the good old days when Disney did fairy tales - you remember - Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, with a couple of nifty legends - Dumbo and Robin Hood. As opposed to retellings of A Toy Story, and I happened to like a Toy Story, I just don't need to see it done on a race track, a hedge, in the bug kingdom, the ocean, and now amongst bees...but what do I know? Oh well, don't have kids, so can skip them thankfully. If you like this sort of thing, and some people really do, not my cuppa I'm afraid - make sure you watch the credits of Hedge, some nice comic bits and a catchy tune that makes fun of well, people who like these sort of things. LOL!
Avatar: The Last Airbender on the other hand - which is shown weekdays apparently on Nicklodean at 4:30 pm EST, and on Sat's at 11am EST - is quite innovative. It incoporates Chinese philosophy and martial arts to tell a story about a young boy's journey towards manhood in a mystical kingdom. What's innovative about it - is the Chinese philosophy, usually these tales use Western philosophy as opposed to Eastern philosophy. Outside of that, it's your standard hero's journey tale - proving once again that yes, there are no new plots out there, just new ways of telling them.
Got stuff done. Paid bills. Signed lease. Wrote on novel. Knitted. Bought groceries. Discovered overpriced light manual umbrella from The Sharper Image is a bust and useless. Am going back to cheap bodega umbrellas that cost two bucks and are automatic. Not a bad day overall.
"Sometimes life feels like a long dark tunnel, not unlike the one we are traveling in now," an old firebender, known as the fire dragon, tells the Avatar, a young boy who looks a lot like a monk with a painted arrow on his head. "But if you keep going, sooner or later, you will find yourself in a new and different place - like this." The tunnel ends and they enter a cave with beautiful waterfalls and staglights in crystal. It's not necessarily a better place, but hey it's different! [Yes, I know this is hardly a new idea, but I'm dense, so it comforts me whenever someone points it out to me.]
Speaking of kid's fare - going out on a limb and stating that the computer generated films have lost their charm/lustre for me finally. Saw Over the Hedge last night, which basically felt the same as Cars except with a cocky racoon as opposed to cocky racecar. Granted the story was somewhat different - but the general thematic structure the same. Found it dull and grating in places. It makes me miss the good old days when Disney did fairy tales - you remember - Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, with a couple of nifty legends - Dumbo and Robin Hood. As opposed to retellings of A Toy Story, and I happened to like a Toy Story, I just don't need to see it done on a race track, a hedge, in the bug kingdom, the ocean, and now amongst bees...but what do I know? Oh well, don't have kids, so can skip them thankfully. If you like this sort of thing, and some people really do, not my cuppa I'm afraid - make sure you watch the credits of Hedge, some nice comic bits and a catchy tune that makes fun of well, people who like these sort of things. LOL!
Avatar: The Last Airbender on the other hand - which is shown weekdays apparently on Nicklodean at 4:30 pm EST, and on Sat's at 11am EST - is quite innovative. It incoporates Chinese philosophy and martial arts to tell a story about a young boy's journey towards manhood in a mystical kingdom. What's innovative about it - is the Chinese philosophy, usually these tales use Western philosophy as opposed to Eastern philosophy. Outside of that, it's your standard hero's journey tale - proving once again that yes, there are no new plots out there, just new ways of telling them.
Got stuff done. Paid bills. Signed lease. Wrote on novel. Knitted. Bought groceries. Discovered overpriced light manual umbrella from The Sharper Image is a bust and useless. Am going back to cheap bodega umbrellas that cost two bucks and are automatic. Not a bad day overall.
