fictional Life- Will mathews

 Ok first of all this is hard, there are so many to choose from, but I guess I would go with Legolas from lord of the rings. First of all he’s a badass, excuse my language, and he lives in middle earth. Middle earth would be the coolest place to live you could just do fun things in nature, also Legolas is immortal as an elf unless he dies in battle, so you pretty much have an eternity to explore and travel to all kind of distant lands. So back to the badassery, since I know you have read the books and seen the movie, there is no denying that legolas has got some skills he can pretty much destroy any orc or type of creature that try to attack him, also making it very unlikely that he would die in battle. So if I was legolas I could run around middle earth jumping from trees, shooting things with my bow and doing all kind of other cool things.

right now- Will Mathews

Right here, right now on earth there is a boy playing lacrosse, his name is Sam, he has been practicing all year and is finally receiving his chance to play. He is playing attack and his team is on defense so he is just standing excitingly waiting for the ball to come his way. He needs the defense to make a stop here because the game is tied and there is only 45 seconds left, the opposing team seems to be stalling so they can go into overtime, when out of nowhere a player makes a bad pass and it is intercepted by the defense, a look of horror comes over the face of the passer as a loud cheer erupts from the audience. The defender rushes down the field as Sam runs back to get into position, there are only 11 seconds left when the defender launches the ball to the attackman opposite of Sam, the attackman charges his defender down and beats him as if the wind was surging him forward. But looming ever so closer is the defender guarding Sam, until, slam, he runs right into the attackman who with a last breath throws the ball to Sam, who is now alone with the goalie, 2 seconds left on the clock, he fakes high and goes low, and all he can hear is an explosion from his team and the fans

Fictional Character, Fictional Life - Isabel Jenkins

If I could be any fictional character, I would pick Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter. As others have stated, the whole Hogwarts/wizard/magical destiny thing sounds so much more exciting than my life - but that's not the main reason I would like to be Luna. She's such a nonconformist, and I love that. She's quirky and dreamy and kind of looney, but isn't afraid to show it. She dresses and acts just the way she wants, and doesn't allow herself to be swayed by the crowd or fall prey to peer pressure. Naturally, this caused her to be ridiculed by some of her fellow classmates, who called her names and stole her things. But she remained unfazed by this, continuing to be nonjudgemental and accepting of everyone around her. Despite everything that happened to her, she kept a serene disposition and a positive outlook on life. I find that so admirable. Although she may be pretty eccentric, I think many of us (myself included!) should be jealous of her innocent mindset. We could use more Lunas in this world. On a side note, I am literally posting this 4 minutes late... Blast.

Assignment 23: the perfect playlist

A Blast From the Past

"High Fidelity" (2000) was a film that was remarkably ahead of its time. The film tells the story of Rob Gordon, a washed-up music junkie (played by the fantastic John Cusack) who spends his days creating perfect 5 song playlists. There's his playlist for his worst break up ever, his playlist of the top 5 soul tracks released between 1955 and 1965, and his playlist for his ex-girlfriend's dad's funeral.

Today, thanks to Spotify,  Limewire, iTunes, the "genius" Itunes feature, and Pandora, creating a "perfect" playlist has never been easier.

On the other hand, Rob probably would be appalled by the slapdash way some of us throw together any group of songs above a certain tempo before we head to the gym, or take all those below a certain tempo and thoughtlessly label it “chillaxxx.” As Rob forewarned, “The making of a good compilation tape is a very subtle art. Many do’s and don’ts. You’re using someone else’s poetry to express how you feel. This is a delicate thing.”

So for this blog assignment, create a "perfect" playlist for something. It could be your perfect playlist to listen to at the gym (boring!), perfect playlist for a rainy day, perfect playlist for anything. . . be as creative as you can. Once you have chosen a topic, select 5 tracks for this playlist, noting the song and artist, and write a few sentences explaining why you chose this song, what this song adds to your playlist, why you put it where you did, and how it works with the other songs you selected to create a cohesive perfect playlist.

If you want link it to a spotify playlist and share a link.

Minimum of 150 words - due Sunday, April 12th at 11:59 pm

(Last day to turn in make up assignments 21-23)

entry inspired by John Cowgill

Fictional Character, Fictional Life-Leah Noble

If I could be any fictional character, I would be Jennifer Jareau (aka J.J.) from Criminal Minds. She spends her days, along with her trustworthy and close-knit team at the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, chasing after serial killers called un-subs (unknown subjects) which is an adventure filled and often dangerous task. J.J.'s life hasn't been completely easy-going, but she effectively uses her low points and hardships to help shape her future; she learns from the hard times and the mistakes she has made. Also, as a criminal profiler, she constantly gets to use psychology to get into the minds of un-subs and use the information about them to catch them before they kill again. It is amazing and cool to see how noticing even minute details about someone, especially their behavior, can tell you so much about who they are. Besides all this, she's got epic gun skills and has a great family as well. But really though, who doesn't want to be able to take down a serial killer and save a family in danger?

Fictional Character, fictional life - Kate Sommer

If I could be any fictional character I would choose to be Amy Pond from Doctor Who. First of all, who wouldn't want to be able to travel through time and space. You could go anywhere you wanted, including alien planets. You could see any kind of civilization or culture you wanted. Also, Amy has a best friend who would give their life to protect her and a husband who literally waited 2000 years to be with her to protect her (It's complicated). The Doctor is her best friend in the universe and he literally fought entire squadrons of aliens to keep her and her baby safe. Her husband Rory would protect her at any costs and was absolutely and totally in love with her. Even though Amy had a sad exit from the show (she and her husband disappeared back in time due to an alien and the Doctor was physically incapable to go back to that year) she was able to live out the rest of her life with the love of her life and that's how I'd like my life to end. (With the person I love, not being attacked by an alien)

RIght Now - Kate Sommer

Right now, somewhere in the universe the person that will eventually change your life is living their own life. Whether this person is your future husband/wife or just a future friend they're living their own separate life. It always seems strange to me that there are people out in this world who will become the most important people in your life, and you haven't even met them yet. It is very likely that I haven't met the guy that I will one day marry. This is my 3rd year at this school and I don't even know all the Academy juniors so there are still tons of people, just in this school, who have the ability to make an impression in my life. Not only that but I still have 4 years of college (at least) to go to, in which I'll meet people from all over the country. My mom didn't meet her husband or best friend until she got to college. I have my best friend for life but who knows, i could make another best friend. I could meet a guy that completely flips my world around in college or even after. The world is unpredictable and with billions of people on this planet you never know who will impact you the most.