I love hero movies. I know I may have written a blog sort of recently that included my opinion that hero movies being a burden, but in all honesty they rock. I loved the project and had fun doing it, I mean I love movies in the first place. Go Hero Movies !…..now that I’m done with mine at least.

Okay so this movie idea is really cool. I think its a real fun assignment and that it completely makes sense to have for this class. However….

I have spent over ten hours on it and its not done

It is now monday and the whole thing is due in a couple of days

I have already wanted to stop going to school sense I was like seven

I have to go to a whole nother year of high school

I have finals in like fourteen days

I want to wear gym shorts to school, but for some reason those are different then other shorts

No way the cubs win the world series this year, lets face it

And the hero movie is due in like a matter of days

I think that to  really have a great hero journey, you have to be well balanced and achieving this starts with recognizing your strengths and weaknesses. I feel like I am good at problem solving and figuring things out in a practical way. I also think that I am very good at seeing and understanding the world around me. Sometimes this is much easier to understanding while looking back on a situation but I am usualy pretty good at interperating a person’s current mood or even the feel for a situation I find myself in. I would say I am smart, but not completely school smart in the sense that things like math and languages do not always come naturaly to me. 

       To help me with my hero journey I would like the aid of Courage, wisdom, joy, selflessness, humor and humility. I choose these things becuase I think that they are needed to live an enjoying, fulfilling life.

1. Courage- I am an adventourus person, but like all people, sometimes it is hard to follow your heart or what you think is right becuase often times that forces us to face our fears. I need courage because I want to be able to look my fears in the eye and chuckle just a little as I walk past them. I also think that to even start a hero journey takes great courage in the first place.

2. Wisdom- In books and movies the old man always seems to have lots of wisdom. I think this is because the older you are, the more you have seen and you have had more time to think about the things that have happened to you. I would love to have the ability to make wise decisions, accounting for my future and the present before I make big decisions. I think asking myself ” what would you think about this in five years ?” could help make me realize how wise my choices are. 

3. Joy- to me joy is so simple. It is enjoying life, looking at things on the bright side and trying to get a couple smiles out of each day. I chose joy for a simple reason : enjoying life, even if times are tough, gives us a reason be happy ! I believe that life is about the trip,  not just where we are going. I think that if you want to be a doctor thats awesome, but enjoy your journey to your goal, don’t get caught up looking to far ahead and forgetting the present. For me, in order to enjoy my journey Joy is important. 

4. Selflessness- I chose this because I want to help others. If at any point I find myself looking out for only me and not being openly giving and helpful in my life, I will consider this a major crisis. 

5. Humor- I love cracking jokes, laughing, and having fun. I think that humor can not only help with these things, but help us get through tough or emberassing moments as well. I figure you can either laugh or cry about it sometimes, and if you laugh so hard you cry its sorta like a two for one. 

6 Humility – I choose this, because even If I have forty billion dollars all I want is a jeep and a motorcycle. Now, I know saying this without forty billion dollars in the bank is much easier, but I value humility and to me a ferrari is not as important as helping kids in need all over the world, so why  by a huge house and tons of cars when I don’t need them ? But humility is not just buying flashy things, I feel like it helps people stay true to who they really are by not letting things go to their head. When I am forty, I do not want the seventeen year old me to be disapointed, I want the seventeen year old me say sweet jeep, lets go to a cubs game. 

The hero journey is a really cool concept, and for me to have a succesfull one I think I need all of these things.

Spartan soldiers are defined as both rigorously self-disciplined or self-restrained and courageous in the face of pain, danger, or adversity. In ancient Greece, the Spartan warriors were the best of their time. Recenetly depicted in the movie 300, their advanced training and brain washed courage allowed them to fight off their numerous enemies. To beat the Spartans, it would take someone stronger and better trained then the best soldiers in the world. It would take a Boilermaker. 19th ranked Purdue beat (former) 5th ranked Michigan State (the Spartans) by a score of 72-54. So basicaly a big burly rail road working boilermaker isn’t just better then a Spartan, they are about 20 points better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itgcNy3L_Xc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL59mauFEsc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaMosxCylyM&feature=channel

The last two are parts one and two of standup by Mike Birbiglia

Cheap. Dog food. Un-healthy. Delicious. 

The words above can all be used to describe Taco Bell. Many people refuse to eat food from Taco Bell on the principle that they do not like to feeling of ten pounds added to your heart after their meal. I agree with them that eating Taco Bell is somewhat risky, but with no risk comes no reward and in this case the reward is pretty awesome tasting food. The food always tastes fine, but if you want the full expierience, you need to go at one in the morning. When the clock pasts 12:59, the human being’s T-bell sensors kick in and everyone begins to crave food that is really really crappy but tastes o so good. I recomend to all of you to give in to your T-bell sensors just once next weekend and try it out. I mean it is pretty sweet, and I don’t use the term pretty sweet lightly. 

I am i big basketball fan. I do not play for Brebeuf, but I continue to play for teams just to have fun. To fill the absence of not playing for a school team, I choose to be a huge Brebeuf basketball fan. As many of you know ( I mean you all should have been there ) we played Chatard this past Friday and lost. We lost by three in over time after a hard fought loss and I have to admit it hurt me as if I was playing. I will also say that we played really hard and our own junior class was represented extremely well on the court. Well I guess the season goes on and we have a lot more games to win !!!

Our basketball team won two games this past weekend in good fashion. We won friday night in double overtime, and beat a good Terra Haute North team on saturday. Both of these games are solid wins, but they seem so meaningless compared to the Chatard game this weekend. Because I don’t play on the team, I like to act like my cheering (along with the rest of the student section) has something to do with the actual game. Because of this, I beg all of you to come to the game on friday !! I mean it will basicly have to be fun for sure, yelling at Chatard kids always is…….

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Have you ever listened to music and not really known how to react due to its severe awesomeness ? Well I went to the Kings of Leon concert last night and was blown away. I have all of their albums, all of which are good, and have been a fan of theirs for years now. Last night made me realize that music was meant to be heard live, a C.D. does not do the music’s passion or beauty justice. If you have never heard of this band I feel sorry for you, and you should check them out as soon as possible. I mean your on the computer right now becuase your reading this so listen to them now……..like right now.

Some of my favorite songs of theirs are Milk, Taper jean girl, and California waiting.

This long weekend has come to an end, and I as a type this blog I am sitting on my couch watching basketball. I have just now realized that my entire weekend can be summed up by sitting on the couch, and I am totally okay with that because sometimes doing nothing is good for you. I have also realized that this blog ( which I am currently typing ) was do yesterday. It is not that I didn’t want to do it but its that I was so lost with the extra day of break that I completly forgot !! So if my teacher happens to read this witty blog, maybe the entire class should be cut a little slack on any late assignments so that we can all end our weekend with peace and rest.