Another MOOKIE!
Oh My!! Theres another Mookie! Such a scary concept!
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Oh My!! Theres another Mookie! Such a scary concept!
Sabrina is a very funny love story staring Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond. It is the story of the Chauffeur’s daughter that leaves for Paris, and what happens when she gets back. In the movie there are several distinct ways that colors are used, to indicate people, and moods.
There are several groups of people, and individuals, in Sabrina that have distinctive colors assigned to them. One such person is Maude, the matriarch of the Larrabee family. Maude is consistently shown in dark blue and purple clothes during the first portion of the movie. You can also notice a bit of gold worked into her wardrobe. After Maude finds out what Linus decides to do with Sabrina, she wears red. Even though her color changes, it is consistently a bold color. Maude is always wearing something that makes her stand out. Another character where this is evident in is David, David is carefree since he lives off his brother and mother, and so he often has blue on, either because he is wearing Jeans or a t-shirt.
In the very beginning of the movie, there is a scene that shows Sabrina’s bedroom. Her room is very pink, this indicates that she is very childish, and it foreshadows that she is going to grow up a lot later on. In addition, when Sabrina is walking through the Larrabee mansion, all the wood is dark and very classy. As if the owners had no limit to their budget. The dark wood made the viewer feel that they were in a very rich home, and that everything was calm, almost as if nothing bad could happen.
Through out the course of Sabrina, colors influence moods and how the viewer reacts to certain things. The usage of colors is very subtle and wisely used.
The First Modern Chancellor; A Parody
Setting: Elizabeth I court
Characters:
Elizabeth I
Narrator
Sir Walter Mildmay
Narrator: Welcome friends to the court of our good queen Elizabeth the First…
(Elizabeth is reading a piece of paper)
Elizabeth: There’s a mistake here.
NR: What kind of mistake your majesty?
EZ: What is the year?
NR: Year of our lord 1566.
EZ: These dates are wrong! It’s been over 500 years since Y1K and you people still have problems getting the date right!
NR: I will have that corrected immediately your majesty.
(SW walks on stage)
Sir Walter: I’ve come as commanded your majesty.
EZ: Who commanded?
NR: You asked for a distinguished gentleman who owes your honorable family greatly due to being knighted during your dynasty.
EZ: Ah, Sir Walter Mildmay! Good to see you, you were always my brothers favorite Snobbish friend. Therefore you will do nicely for this task.
SW: SNOBISH?!
NR: Aloof, Snobby, uppity, snooty, Haughty, arrogant, egotistical, insolent…
(SW looks at Narrator as if she was crazy)
SW: Okay! We get the Idea! And watch what you say Mr. Oh-So-Fancy-Pants-Narrator for I have more power then you ever will!
EZ: Enough! I have a royal edict for you, and you will show me the proper respect!
(Turns toward EZ and kneels with head bowed. NR sticks her tongue out at SW)
EZ: Sir Walter, by my command you shall become Chancellor of the Exchequer--
SW (interrupting): I prefer chess.
EZ: Quiet! (To NR) Explain the Exchequer to him.
NR: Sir Walter you will fill the role of Chancellor of the Exchequer, and your duties will include budgeting the National and Royal Treasuries, and be head of the Bank Of England—
SW: BEHEAD!
EZ: No you fool! Be in CHARGE of the Bank of England! The Job is yours for life; hope that you have a long employment.
SW: As you command your majesty, though I must admit that I feared my life had come to an end.
EZ: Oh it has, or as you know it. Wally, do you realize just how much red tape there is to go through to appoint a new Chancellor?
SW: Please, your majesty, if you could call me Walter, I would greatly appreciate it.
EZ: Well that’s just too bad. For I am the queen and I can call you anything I please, WAAALLLYY.
SW: My queen? If I could be frank, my knee is killing me, so if I could rise…
EZ: No you cannot! But you can lie down for a few. No, better not, you better just remain how you are, it’s for the best, and after all we don’t want the Media to run us through a meat grinder again… And when did your name become Frank? (Narrator speaks up)
NR: Her Maj.! Can you please hurry this along? These people are getting bored!
EZ: (Dramatic sigh) Fine… Wally, I want you to be the first of the Modern Chancellors—
SW: I’m Hip!
EZ: Not that modern. What I envision is many changes in your office. And you will be the one to set the prime example.
SW: Oh I have big plans your majesty; you wont recognize the bank after I’m done with it.
EZ: Now you behave yourself Wally for you’re not too big to be taken over your mother’s knee!
SW: (obvious fear) No! I’m sorry my queen… Um... My mother isn’t here is she?
EZ: No, but I can get her here!
SW: (hangs head) Yes my queen…
EZ: Now, you will be the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Wally (snickers from NR- stops with a glare from SW). You enter my service as the Chancellor as of now, I expect you to behave in a manner befitting your position.
SW: Can I move into 11 Downing Street? (Hopeful)
NR: Yeah, in about 300 years.
SW: (to himself) many chancellors went on to become Prime Minister…
EZ: Whoa! I’m the boss here, me and only me. What’s this Prime Minister stuff here buck-o?
SW: This is a great honor your majesty.
NR: Got that right.
SW: I hope I will not disappoint you.
EZ: Ditto… Now tell me Wally, how much money do I have at my personal disposal?
SW: I would need some time to count the money your majesty, but rest assured I will tell you as soon as I find out.
EZ: Not good enough, I want to know NOW! Now tell me!
(SW looks like dear in headlights)
SW (stuttering): Ye-yess my queen. (Dramatically pretends to think-obviously making this up) You have approximately 50 Silver pieces in your personal account, and 10 in the National.
EZ: That much huh? Wow, that’s more then I suspected. Well then, lets start a war!! Who should we fight this time? We could fight the French again, that’s always fun. But not necessarily a true challenge, well that’s okay; I can think this over later, Narrator! Make sure you write that down.
NR: Yes’um. (Scribbles on paper)
EZ: Like the old saying goes, a queen and her money are soon parted. (Holler) SHOE SHOPPIN! (Exits)
NR: Sir Walter dutifully carried out the duties of Exchequer until he died in 1589.
(SW gulps upon hearing the year of his death and he can be seen counting on his fingers as he exits.)
NR: The beloved Narrator, who was loved by all, suffered a massive heart— (falls over dead)
I've been doing some redecorating. Tell me what you think.
So I’m at stage crew the other day, and I have this song stuck in my head, I really like this song too. The choruses, which are the only part I know, go something like this:
if you wanna be happyAnd one of my friends, a freshie at that, responds when I sing it "So I guess I should marry you, huh?" Oh I wanted to smack that little Tard so bad, but I was nice, I didn't smack him, and I didn't even castrate him. But oh how I thought about it.
For the rest of your life,
Never make a pretty woman your wife,
So from my personal point of view,
Get an ugly girl to marry you.
And if that freshie reads this, I want him to know something. Shane, I will get revenge, just you wait! *Evil Laugh*
He is actually a really good friend. Honest.
Okay, so I'm sure everyone remembers my ADHD post, considering it was just the other day. Hehe. Well I want to thank all the people who left me comments, they include: Hln, Tim-the fellow drama guy, Serenity, Tim again, MJXM, and CGHill.
Thanks guys! I loved the comments!
But in all fairness there was a 7th commenter. To put it bluntly I hate this guy. I have met him in person, and my hate I believe is justified. But to get to the point, he commented, and he doesn't have a website, so I'm going to just post his comment for all to see. Here it goes:
So you're saying these people who have a hard time paying attention DON'T? I mean.. come on now... What the hell do you think Attention DEFICIT means??? You say your little brother is one... does him BEING YOUR little brother qualify him as an exceptoin to being (in your own words) "biggest-pardon my language- bullshit ever?"
Look Mookie... You either accept it or you don't. PAY ATTENTION! I geuss YOU'RE the one who's ADD since you can't seem to focus on a simple logistics crash course like this one.
#1.) BEing ADD means you're GONNA be lazy, but it's not the REASON you're lazy. If you ARE a lazy person, having ADD is just gonna make you lazier.
#2.) YES, people DO take advantage of their disadvantage... AS OFTEN AS a guy with 2 arm-casts asks the nurse to help him in the restroom. (A) takes advantage of the oportunity. (B) BUT, when it's needed... HE HAS NO OTHER CHOICE.
#3.) Ok, you stubern little 16yo bookworm... If YOU have no problem concentrating on things, then stay up for 24 HOURS and then try to study (just to see how hard they have it. They WANT to concentrate... they just can't!!! and alot of them give up. THAT'S why you don't understand. Because YOU don't want to. Because if you DID... you might not feel higher then them. Trying to feel higher then somene and using their dissorder as an excuse makes YOU a descriminating victimizer."The truth can hurt, but honesty is ALWAYS on your side." (me)
Do you tell someone without legs that having no legs is no excuse to not run?
Just because it's a handicap you can't SEE, doesn't mean it's not a handicap you can't pay attention. After all... it seems YOU've been busy paying attention to it alot lately.~yoda~
P.S.: As far as the pharmacudicals ("drugs"), if ANY of you knew ANY thing about biological chemistry, you MIGHT understand HOW these drugs work and that they DO work.ADD sufferers include...
Harriet Tubman, Roosevelt, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Thomas A. Edison, J.F.K., Benjamin Franklin, George Washington Carver, Eddie Van Halen, Albert Einstien (did you know he flunked alot in public-school math as a child??), AND MORE. (these statistics taken through years of research by reputed sphychologists and archiologists combined efforts of obtaining info on various people in history to obtain a better idea of what their personality were like charactoristicly more acurate for historical knowledge. To obtain URLs about this research, feel free to e-mail me).Posted by yoda at October 17, 2003 06:17 AM
I'm back, and I'm just as moody as ever! So sit right back and be ready to be stormed by posts.
ADHD.
I think it is the biggest-pardon my language- bullshit ever. Known officially as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, this 'thing' is technically(straight from ADHD.com- and no these asshats aren’t getting a link, they don’t deserve it) “characterized by the inability to sustain focused attention, impulsivity and hyperactivity”.
Get Real!!
What they are basically saying (in my mind) is this (said with false cheer) "Oh my! Your child actually is active and doesn’t want to watch TV?!?!? Oh my, well lets just dope him up on drugs! And then he’ll calm down and become another bum that will live off of you until your old and then he’ll put you in a Wonderfully Crappy Old-Folks Home! Yes that’s precisely the solution!" I am sure there are some actually ADHD kids, my brother was one of them, but come on!
Lets look at some statistics:
ADHD.com states that "one to three children in any classroom of thirty students [has ADHD]".
Is a child who is not interested in TV and Video games that unusual now? Is it that scary of a concept? Is it a shame for a kid to want to (dare I say it? *Mocks serious thinking* Yes I'll say it) WANT SOME FRESH AIR??!!??
"Two to three times more boys than girls are affected" Cry me a river. Boys are more hyper then girls, well.. DUH! What do you expect? It’s a fact of life! Dogs are also more hyper than girls, but we don't put them on drugs because of it. But it gets better! From the same site I bring you this 'heart-wrenching' *gag* passage:
ADHD often continues into adolescence and adulthood, and can cause a lifetime of frustrated dreams and emotional pain.Okay and people say I over dramatize things.But there is help...and hope. In the last decade, scientists have learned much about the course of the disorder and are now able to identify and treat children, adolescents, and adults who have it. A variety of medications, behavior-changing therapies, and educational options are already available to help people with ADHD focus their attention, build self-esteem, and function in new ways.
Heres another bunch of idiotcy:
ADHD is 5 to 7 times more common in boys.
ADHD occurs in people of every level of intelligence.
ADHD tends to run in families, and there is an association with a family history of alcoholism and / or depression.
There is some suggestion clinically that asthma may be more prevalent in ADHD children.
ADHD children often show considerable ability with artistic endeavors, but may have difficulty forming symbols (writing) unless "drawing", going very slowly and precisely.
ADHD is much more commonly diagnosed in the United States than in Europe, and the stimulant medications are used vastly more in the United States as an intervention strategy.
Well that’s enough rant on this subject for today. I mainly decided to rant on it because I’m bored. (Quick dad! Haul me off to a doctor so I can get put on speed! I'm overly hyper!)