Quest Update

ATTEMPT NUMBER 4 AKA ATTEMPT NUMBER 5

Alright so today was D-Day
Sooner than I thought but everyone decided that it was finally our time
Our Time to watch James Cameron's Avatar in 3-D
and guess what...
It worked out
Everyone came and we all watched the movie

Now for the verdict
Was the movie good or bad?
I would say the movie was good and I would recommend to see it

Visual
The graphics are awesome
The 3-D is bit disappointing...Dont expect Universal Studios Terminator 3-D stuff
In Avatar most of the background stuff is 3-D and there are few scene where
Stuff other than the background is 3-D but as stated
Dont expect Universal Studios stuff...
As for other graphics, really good
I mean really good
The (Human) Characters look almost real
It is realistic to the point where during the movie you doubt that the whole movie is animated
New technology (stereoscopic cameras that simulate human sight) is good

Theme
It should be obvious if you watched the trailers
The theme in simple terms is Natives VS Outsiders
Indians VS White Men
Imperialism VS Biodiversity
Which ever way you put it...If you dont like this theme you wont like the movie
Oh and very strong Pocahonatas Theme is Present

Plot/Story *SPOILER ALERT*
Story was really good
It was different from what my friends and I thought would be
Some of my friends thought it was gonna be similar to The Matrix
Others thought it was gonna be something like Star Wars
Me? I thought it was gonna be some Exile taking revenge...
Story is good enough I guess
I thought few things were missing though
Usually movies bringing out dramatic themes by killing characters close or
Important to the Main Character but in Avatar no such Character Dies
Only 2 "Somewhat" important characters die

1) Female Scientist named Grace
She is at first doubtful of our character and does not trust him in the beginning
She was develop the "Avatar" Program and tried to teach the Native children
She is killed by a gun shot wound...
She is not really close to the Protagonist nor is she important
Yes, they do go through some important and disastrous events together but
Not close enough...We dont see enough bonding to care too much about her

2) Native Warrior
He is one of the strongest warrior of the tribe
He once despised our Protagonist and resented him
Only at the time of need does this character accepts our Protagonist
He is in few scenes and only thing he does is make fun of our Protagonist
Translate for Protagonist during battle speech
and Fights the Antagonists with him
He says "Brother, I will fly with you."
He dies honorably after taking out 10 human soldiers with a bow and 1 arrow
He is shot multiple times and falls off the airship

Unfortunately for Avatar only minor characters can be killed
The only character that is close enough with Protagonist is
The lead female
Protagonist's Native girlfriend
But if she is killed, a lot of audiences will be upset

Overall
Great movie
Go watch it

Bad Planning or Bad Luck

So what is the movie everyone is talking about?
Avatar by James Cameron
Everyone, everywhere is talking about this movie
Its number 1 in Box Office and the critiques love the movie
and audiences come out of theater all happy

Avatar is offered in 3 different viewing option
There is the old fashion way
The 3-D way
and the Imax way

Me and bunch of friends decides to go watch this movie
We have had 3 total attempts and here is our result

Attempt Number 1
We organized it before we went to sleep
On the D-Day few hours before our designated meeting time
We found out that most of us wont make it
Mission Fail
(Fission Mail)

Attempt Number 2
Our date to meet was after Christmas, 26th of December at 9:00 PM
We got to the theater and what do we see?
Big Ole "Sold Out" sign
We spend the rest of the night at one of my friend's house
and watched Pineapple Express
Mission Fail
(Fission Mail)

Attempt Number 3
Third Times the Charm right?
WRONG!!
Today was our 3rd attempt and we decided to meet at 9:00 PM to watch
Avatar in 3-D
Guess What
SOLD OUT again
So once again we spend the rest of the night hanging out at a friend's house

Are we BAD Planners?
I dont think so...usually our "Get Together" work out really well
In Fact we have very low Failure rate

Are we having BAD Luck?
I think so
It is after all the Holiday season and Winter Break
Kids are not at school and workers take Holiday leave and vacations
Plus the movie is really popular and well liked by greater part of the population
We just picked BAD times and had BAD Luck...

Now one question Remains...
When is our Attempt Number 4?
(Probably should call it Attempt Number 5 cuz 4 is BAD Luck)
Well few of our friends are going on Church Ski Trip
and in our group its "No Soldiers Left Behind" although
the rule "Those who fall behind are left behind" is often followed
We will probably wait till our friends get back

Attempt Number 4 AKA ATTEMPT NUMBER 5
If everything goes as planned and on schedule
it would be either after New Years
January 2nd
I will keep you updated on our Quest to Watch Avatar...

Ideas

Talking to many people about a serious issue is very interesting
Everyone has different view points and different ideas to solve the issue
Everyone has Ideas
But Everyone doesn't spread and share their idea
Why?

Some believe that their idea is crazy and embarrassed to share it with other
Some believe that their idea will push away people
Some believe that they dont have the skills

Skills
Everyone has some sort of skills whether it is inborn or something they learned...
You dont have to be a profession speaker to spread your message
You have a message you want to share...then do something about it

Draw
Write
Tell a story
Film it
Anything and Everything can get one's point and ideas out to the world for everyone to see if it is done correctly and a lot of effort has put into the method

Dont hold back your ideas
Share them
You never know what will and can happen

My Hatred

After the recent events regarding school, my hatred grew and grew until it exploded
I wrote hatred filled stuff on blogs and Facebook
and have hateful thought and ideas in my head
Later I thought it was kinda getting out of hand
So I started to change
I stopped playing violent video games (Watched other play)
I stopped watching violent movies (for a short period of time)
I stopped listening to music that gets me pumped up and started to listen to
some really nice Piano Classics (Yiruma)
and I started to think more positive

The results...My Hatred seems to have gone down
I feel more lighter and calmer
but it all changed

It seems that the Society wants me to be angry and hateful
I calm myself and life throws shit at me and gets me mad
I started to hate things again
Just when I finally calmed down

I seriously need to punch someone in the face...
Even now I am trying to calm down but nothing is helping...

I am Jack's Hatred for Everything...

Proclamation

You say the world is beautiful but all i see is darkness and corruption
I ask what part about the world is beautiful
You say the world itself and beings of the world and how they interact with each other
I say Fuck that why do you only see things in front of you
why cant you see what is hidden behind the mask?
the truth...
you look at me in shock...speechless and not enough power to stop me you sit
and listen to me and the words coming out of my mouth
I continue...
Let me show you the truth...

the world is not beautiful the world is tricky
From the outside the world is beautiful, full of life and light
but in the inside its full of sins, corruption, and darkness.
you are being tricked but dont worry you are not the only one
all the being living in the world are also being tricked
they are blinded by the world's outer beauty
I too was once blind but now things are different
I can see the world for what it really is
I am no longer blind and I wont stop till everyone sees what I see and have seen...

Thinking

Today I just sat down in front of my PC played some music and went into deep thought
I thought about a lot of things but mainly
Past
Present
Future
but not in that order
(Probably because its Christmas Season and Christmas Carol and Scrooge)
first i thought about the future...
what i am going to do for the rest of by break
What was planned for me during the Holidays
and What my schedule for this week...

Then the Present
Today is Sunday December 20th
5 Days till Christmas
What I needed to do today...

then the Past
Last Year's Christmas and New Years
Yesterday's Christmas Party for Sunday School Students
then I went further back into the past
Then I started to wonder
If I asked different questions and did things in a different way
How would the Future (Present) be different?
Would it change?
I never wanted a time machines as bad as I did today...
I really wanted to know...
Questions like
"If I didnt watch those movies, would I still be interested in them?"
"If I didnt ask that question, but instead asked this question, would that change the present?"
"If I never came to US how would my life be in Korea?"

Too Many Questions....SO Little Solutions....
I want a Time Machine...
I need to know...

Acting

Acting is an art form that has always been looked down upon
a lot of people come out of the theater saying degrading things like
"That actress/actor was so bad, I can do so much better!"
"You call that acting, if i was an actor I'd probably won 6 Oscars by now."

well acting isnt as simple as it sounds or looks.
acting is similar to painting a canvas and winning an Oscar for Best Actor/Actress
means you have painted Mona Lisa or Sistine Chapel

in painting, the painter gets a subject to pain and use different brush strokes and styles to paint that image

in acting the subject is the script and screenplay
once the actor/actress has read the written words, he or she must translate them into motion and emotion (getting a brush, paint, and canvas and painting the image)
next the actor/actress on stage or in front of cameras improvise (adding their own style and using techniques)

u also have to keep in mind that when these actors and actresses act, they are creating something new they are translating words to body movements and emotions
When we watch a movie, tv show, or a play of course it looks easy, we have observed how the actors react in certain scenes, we have obtained the basic idea of how actors act
we imitate what the actor has created nothing more.

this concept goes for all art form just in different form
so next time you want to say "I can do better." after you seen a movie, play, or TV show think about what carefully you say

Another Semester Comes to a Close

Finally, Fall 2009 Semester is over, but it doesnt feel the same
maybe its because I have nothing to look forward to
I dont have classes next semester so i guess it is normal to feel bit empty

Finals are done but I still have 1 more thing i need to do
that is to get my CTVA 329C papers signed by Professor Thomas and turn it into
the CTVA department office
this will give me my well deserved credit fo CTVA 329C
then i will truly be free from school for the remainder of the school year

what will happen during my time?
who knows
i might get a nice job and earn some money
or even get a position somewhere as an intern and gain experiences
I just hope i dont sit around doing nothing
either way i hope i get classes in Fall 2010 or I will have to resort to
attending Community College to prevent myself from falling too behind.

Time will Tell...
For now I shall enjoy my well deserved break
Free from Worries...

Cineality Disorder

a psychological disorder created by yours truly
patients diagnosed with this disorder will imply ideas from
movies to reality...

unfortunately I am one of many patients

LOL

1 Down 1 More To Go

Today I took my second to last Finals
Psychology 150...
the test itself was not as difficult as i thought
or maybe it was extra 2 hours of studying i did in the library before the test
well so far so good

my next test is on Tuesday at 8:00 PM
CTVA 210 - film aesthetics class

i have a lot to study for this one
i am a bit behind on the readings and the finals is based solely on the readings
today i am on break so studying will commence tomorrow night

after Tuesday my "i dont know how long" winter break will start
this means i have to look for a job
well we will cross that bridge once i get there
time to focus on studying

wish me luck

First Thing is First

For now what i have to do is stop worrying about the future and focus on the present
Finals week is here and i have 2 big test coming up real fast
I have Psychology finals tomorrow and Media Aesthetic finals next Tuesday

I am mad about not having classes next semester and forced to delay graduation
but i gotta get over this bridge first

pass the classes i have now

go with the flow

things will work itself out
it has been most of the time
i just gotta have more patience and observe and make the right choices

alright
back to studying...
that was a great break...

I am Struggling...WTF is the Goverment doing?!

So during 2 hour drive today I also thought about what the government was doing about the Budget Cuts

then i see this car in the lane next too me come into my lane half way without signaling
i have to slam on my brakes to avoid crashing, when i honked the car backed off
i pass by and what i see?
a slut on her fucking iPhone
last time i checked talking on the phone while driving was illegal
where are the cops
then i noticed that a cop car was right behind me
i was excited, i thought he was gonna pull this slut over and give her a fat ticket
but no, he drives by as if nothing happened

uhmmm
why do we pay tax?
why does government spend millions of tax payers dollar every month on police?
we are paying for cops' doughnuts and gas
we are not paying for services we think we are paying
i have seen too many people break laws and commit crimes in front of police and get away with it

if we were to cut spending on policing and used on education me and millions of students won't be suffering right now

here is what i have to say
Fuck the police
Fuck the politicians
and Fuck the government

Anger, Frustration, and CSU System

Yesterday was my registration date for classes at CSUN
I have no classes Spring 2010 semester and I was pissed enough to post hateful "Note" post and Status updates on Facebook.

the "Note" and status update was about forming Fight Clubs on CSU campuses and eventually bombing Admissions & Records offices and book stores, this will mean everyone will have zero units, therefore everyone will have same registration date

well today I took 2 hour drive to no where to calm myself and think about a lot of stuff.

I thought back to my life thinking "What did I do to deserve this fate?"
I thought about the time I gave $5 to a homeless lady, the time where I helped an elderly lady carry packs of bottled water at Costco, and other good deeds I have done throughout my life.
Not enough good deeds? Maybe
Bad deeds too evil? Maybe

then I remembered a scene from Fight Club
the scene goes like this

Brad Pitt and Edward Norton arrives in front of a run down liquor store.
Pitt goes into the store and brings out the clerk to the back at gun point
Pitt grabs the clerk's wallet and digs through it
Pitt finds an expired community college ID and asks what the clerk was studying
clerk answers "Stuff"
Pitt threatens to kill the clerk and ask for more detailed answer
clerk answers "Biology"
Pitt asks "Why did you quit?"
clerk answers "Too many tests"
Pitt asks "What did you wanted to be?"
clerk answers "Veterinarian"
Pitt tells the clerk to pursue his dreams and tell him to run home and if he doesnt do what he said he will find the clerk and kill him
the clerk runs
Norton who was watching this asks Pitt what was the point
Pitt answers "It will be a new day for him, his meal will taste better than anything we've ever tasted."

I placed myself as the clerk
kinda got me inspired and calmed myself...
then I realized that all my principles and ideas come from movies
i dont know if this is a good thing or a bad thing
i will get back to it when i find out

Restarting

i had blogs before
i started them to get my ideas out and to write about random stuff
it was also good way to improve my writing, do some creative thinking/writing, kill time, and get things off my chest

i stopped the blogging when new semester started (Fall 2009) and i took Public Speaking class

unfortunately due to Budget Cuts, the CSU system is struggling
cutting classes and employees to save money and survive
i am one of millions (maybe even billions) who are effected by the cuts
since classes were cut and sessions offered shortened
i was not able to get classes for upcoming Spring 2010 semester and forced to take time off school
although it is counted as my choice
it is more like "Forced" Leave of Absence...

well i am starting to blog again, it seems like it has lost its popularity, now a days Twittering is the king
why am i starting?
basically to kill time and express my anger
got any questions?