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An intro...and my first ramblings... |
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I think that a journal should be somewhere you can leave your thoughts...a place where you can say what you feel, think, etc. without critisism and interuption. It doesn't matter if you ramble or if you seem to make no sense because to you, the person to whom these thoughts matter...you'll know what you meant. Sometimes, the most important and profound things can be found in a seemingly nonsensicle and pointless piece of writing...the odd phrase, even just one word - a stream of consciousness, that's what my teacher used to call something like that. With a journal, you don't need to try and impress anyone, you don't even have to record fact, all you have to do is write...anything, everything.
So here goes...my first entry.
I went to see a film today, 'John Tucker Must Die', now there is a chick flick if I've ever seen one...to be honest, I often find that once you've seen one corny American film, you've seen them all. The love intrest, the problem, the profound realisation of what you've done wrong, the public apology that nobody would have the courage to ever actually give (well, not in public anyhow) and then, of course, that magical realisation from the love interest that things would be great between the heroine and himself!! Woop-de-doo!! Why can't those directors think of a new angle? You see, this is exactly why I love english films so much more...it would seem, though, that not many American's understand our dry sense of humour and prefer their clichees all the way. Pity that.
Anyhoo...enough about films. Why waste your time on television and cinema's when instead, we could be reading. The written word is the greatest thing in the world, in my oppinion, how much easier it is to express yourself accurately. You don't have to ask someone else to do it for you, in the form of some over-rated and over-payed actor/actress who insists on their own private helicopter to and from the set plus rose petals being thrown at their highly pedicured feet (how simple minded they seem). It allows the reader to picture things in their own way while still knowing that your meaning is in there, whether anyone particular reader sees it or not. Why does anyone bother making a cinematic version of a great book? (here we are, back to films again - it was inevitable). Take the 'Harry Potter' books for example. Anyone who has read and followed the series as religiously as I have, will have noticed the gaping holes in the most recent movie (Goblet of Fire)...how, may I ask, will anyone who has not read the 4th book, understand how Fred and George have suddenly recieved this huge windfall of money with which to start their jokeshop when Harry was never presented with it in the film...let alone did he give it to them. How will people who have, for some odd reason or another, not yet feasted their eyes upon the magnificently, if a little predictable, writing of JK Rowling, understand the sudden stance of power and immense influence that Hermione holds over Rita Skeeter when the fact she is an animagous was never broached and Hermione never worked it out and caught her. And...the most important thing of all...to me, putting the books into images took away the greatest magic of the books...picturing what everything was like for yourselves...don't get me wrong, I thnk Rupert Grint, etc. are great in their own respect (most of the time) but now I will never be avle to think of Ron again without this image of Rupert popping up in my head! Aghhh...this, the whole book versus film thing, is one of my favourite debate topics! (Anyone up for debate...lemme know!!)...
...anyway...moving on. I have always wondered, why is it that children, even teenagers in many cases, are rarely listned to and, on the few occasions they are, the often brilliant suggestions and ideas they put forth are hardly ever acted upon? When I was about eight or nine, I took it upon myself to write a letter to the BBC regarding the lack of intelligent quiz shows for people below 16. I revelled in programs such as Mastermind, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, and Universtiy Challenge. So, I wrote off to the BBC suggesting that they created such programmes...and what happens? Well, to beign with, I NEVER recieved a reply and then, to top it all off...when they finally do start Junior Mastermind (I still have recieved no reply) it is for children aged 9-11yrs (I am 12 by this time - what is it with impeccible timing?) and...get this...it is for state educated children only! So the fact that my parents pay copious amounts of money (we are talking in the regions of 7,500 pounds per term - that's about 11,000 dollars a term) means that they would not even consider me (even had I been younger). Now, to me, that is inexcusible in itself. The fact that I am recieving one of the top educations in the country - they are now using to my disadvantage...how is that fair in anyway, shape or form? Now...I know people are thinking the old 'but life isn't fair' well, in this instance...it damn well should be!! There are so many things that well educated people are now being penalised for...
UNIVERSITY!! For God's sake! This is how we end up with that Jade Goody and Jordan's of the country! University, of all things, should be encouraging higher levels of education! But now...it is HARDER to get in if you are privately educated...what is up with that? scream crying
Anyway...I have so much to say (VENT) on this topic...I could not possibly put it all into one entry. So, I will save myself for another time and I must now love and leave you all (my nose senses my mother's cooking - on par with what Molly Weasley's is made out to be - wrack of lamb today!! hehe biggrin )
So...nitey-night, adios, buhbye and talk to everybody later! WOOP!!!
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 Shadow_of_Luna · Wed Aug 23, 2006 @ 08:54pm · 0 Comments |
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