Switched up fight

Well, I've seen Harry Potter but not Lord of the Rings, and I've seen Star Wars but not Star Trek. Clearly I have some bigger issues to deal with than being confused on this blog post. For the mean time I'm going to mix and match. Personally I think the emperor versus voltamort, if that's even how you spell his name. Would be one of the most compelling fights ever. Both of them have this mysterious creepy sense of power that chills the viewer or reader to the bone. Or you could take the alternate route and pit the passion of Harry Potter against the sheer force of Darth Vader. I'm not really a nerd when it comes to stuff like this but I must admit I'm laying here in my bed visualizing this and getting goosebumps at the same time. If that happens for me, I can't imagine what the Star Wars or Harry Potter Junkie Feels like. This is the Power of Literature and Cinema.

Harry Potter

Unfortunately, I am only familiar with one of these four: Harry Potter. I have only seen Star Wars and Star Trek when I was little, but I would have to say that Star Wars is better because it's more epic and less science-y. Star Trek does not have the same fantasy thrill that Star Wars gives; there are less battle scenes and explosions. There is very little in this world that I enjoy more than Harry Potter - it is by far my favorite books series - so there is no competition. However, I do hope to read the books and watch the movies of Lord of the Rings. I tend to like epic fantasy movies similar to it. I have little patience, especially when it comes to reading, so I'll have to be very bored with my life to sit down and read those long Lord of the Rings books. Then I will be able to fairly compare Lord of the Rings to Harry Potter.

Late Pass: Fixing the National Debt

The national debt looms like a dark cloud over all of America. If divided amongsts Americans everyone would owe at lest forty five thousand dollars. It is a crisis of behemoth preportions. With Fourteen trillion dollars of debt and the Federal spending almost a trillion dollars on interest alone, it is safe to say that we are screwed for at least deveral decades. But that does not mean that we cannot establish sound monetary policy and example. We need a balanced budget and as of right now the Senate cannot agree on a sound plan. We need to stop wasteful spending- the Obama stimulus was somewhat of a disaster. The United States rarely goes twenty years without figting a war. Wars on not cheap, especially the ones we fight. We need to stay out of war, as it is the most wasteul and pernicious spending of which I can think. We must stay out of foreign entanglements. If we had avoided the Iraq war we would have we would have saved a few trillion. We must exercise more judicious judgement.

Lord of Harry Potter

When one mentions fantasy as a genre, several series come to mind. Two of the the most popular are Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. Both have their own idiosyncracies and both have their own failures. But after years of consideration, I have to conclue that Lord of the Rings is vastly superior to Harry Potter. In terms of Fantasy novels Lord of the RIngs wins soley on terms of scope. Tolkien created Middle Earth and wrote and entire history detailing its good times and its bad times. He created entire languages and stunning landscapes. Granted there are holes in the plot, the vastness of the series gives Lord of the Rings the edge. Harry Potter's advantages include readability and accessibility. The story is brillinat, but Rowling's prose is ammature to say the least. By the seventh book her style improves dramtically, but this cannot atone for the desperate state of her first three books, which fail to attain proper status as literature. But why even compare it to literatue? The goal of Harry Potter is enjoyment, and one finds much pleasure in the sometime intricate plots of the seven books.

Movie Preferences

Star Wars v. Star Trek: I haven't seen any of the older Star Trek films or series, but I did see the newer movie that came out a couple years ago.  It was okay, but I still prefer Star Wars.  Of course, I've seen all the Star Wars films and none of the Star Trek films, so there is some bias.  If I have the time and opportunity, I'd like to watch enough Star Trek to develop an informed opinion.

LoTR v. Harry Potter: Personally, I love the Lord of the Rings films, but they haven't had anything recent for obvious reasons while Harry Potter has the technological advantage in the last few movies.  Also, I didn't like the ending to Lord of the Rings, because the protagonist gave in to the ring for a moment when he was supposed to be morally immune in a sense to it.  It was a disappointment to me that he finally caved to the ring's power, losing to it although ultimately getting rid of it.  Harry had a vwery brief struggle with his possible greater place in Slytherin at the beginning, but he was far from an antihero and did a good job of staying on the path of righteousness.

Harry Potter

First of all, I do not know too much about Star Trek, Star Wars, or Lord of the Rings. That leads me to say that Harry Potter wins and beats Lord of the Rings. Harry Potter has a cool story. It is a wizarding world and the people in this styory fight with magic. Christians may hate this and I am a Christain, but it does not borther me. It is cool to see all of the  characters use something that we do not actually have. It is pure creativity for the people who made the movies and wrote the books. The creativity is amazing because there is nothing like this in the real world. To think up all of the creatures from one imagination come out onto pages or onto a screen. The special effects of the movies are also cool and unimaginably amazing. The features used are things I did not think that humans could portray so realistically. It does not even look fake, it looks real and that it could be happening in real life.

Action

I have to admit that I am much more of a Star Wars kind of girl over a Star Trek one. I have seen all of the Star Wars movies multiple times each. My grandparents (my dad's parents) are HUGE Star Wars fans and I remember several instances of watching those movie s with them. The only Star Trek thing I have seen is the newest movie and I actually fell asleep during it. I couldn't get into it at all. However, when it comes to Harry Potter it way overtakes Lordof the Rings and anyother Star Wars or Star Trek. I love the Harry Potter movies and books. I have also seen the Lord of the Rings movies but they just don't make sense not at all. Buy my parents both understand the Lord of the Rungs. I feel like in Lord of the Ron's there's just too much going on. Too many characters and worlds and countries and places and creatures. Just too much for me.

Assignment 24: Fantastical Fights

Star Wars v. Star Trek
Harry Potter v. Lord of the Rings

Or do you think all of these are silly? Why?


Minimum of 150 words - due Sunday, April 29 at 11:59 pm

Assignment 26: The Future

Your done.
Your Junior year OVER.
Tell us about it.
Successes? Failures? Lessons Learned? Risks taken? Mistakes made? What will you do in the Summer?  What do you want for your Senior year? How do you plan to reach your goals?

Minimum of 150 words - due on Sunday, May 13 at 11:59 pm

my things

During a normal school day, I really don't carry that much. In my backpack, I have my calculator; a drink; pencils and pens; my iPod; whatever I happen to throw in there due to the fact that I may be too lazy or in a hurry at the time to put it somewhere specific; and my books for what ever classes are upcoming. I my pockets, tend to have my wallet, my phone, and again, whatever random thing that I needed to put somewhere quickly. I have lacrosse practice everyday (except for gamedays of course). Either way, I will have to have my lacrosse bag for some reason. In my lacrosse bag, I have both of my elbow pads, my chest and shoulder pads, my helmet, my two gloves, my pair of cleats, my mouthguard, some pennies to wear, and a brace for my knee and my ankle. I also have my stick but that can't really fit in my bag.