Ok. I'm going to say this. I'm going to regret it, but I'm going to.
I AM SO SICK AND TIRED OF ALL THE SEQUELS AND REMAKES.
Seriously, I don't know if I'm just more attuned to them because of how invested I now am in the movie business, but this is getting really old really quickly. Like, this is an exponential equation...and it's escalating very rapidly.
I know sequels have been a thing here and there for books and movies a like. I blame Toy Story 3, personally. I feel by Pixar making that movie, they opened the door to "nostalgia sequels", making it ok to revive characters that we happily gained closure with and moved on with our lives from.
Don't get me wrong. I loved Toy Story 3. I CRIED in Toy Story 3. It was beautiful. I had never felt so touched by an animated movie before. It was magical.
And then Boy Meets World decided to do a continuation tv show Girl Meets World. ANOTHER part of my childhood that I said good-bye to, that I made peace with, and that I was content with how it ended. I hate how excited I am for Girl Meets World but when you have such an emotional attachment to something that brought joy to your childhood it's really really hard to NOT be excited!
But now I'm becoming confused because I'm craving originality, but I'm getting movies that I'm emotionally programmed to love. And some of them turn out decently, others...not so much. And now that I'm seeing it all over, I'm becoming less excited and more fearful for these progressions of the stories.
And THEN they start making sequels of movies that did decently in the Box Office...just because they did decently and they want to make an extra buck! Take Pitch Perfect 2...there is no continuation to this story that warrants a sequel. They're just going to turn a capella into the next Bring it On series...which also got over played. IS THIS REALLY NECESSARY PEOPLE?!
This rant started because I saw they were making a Mrs. Doubtfire sequel. and a Now You See Me sequel. And a spin-off from How I Met Your Mother to How I Met Your Father. And Space Jam 2. And a Toy Story 4. 4!!!! And how last night my roommate and I were talking about how Sabrina the Teenage Witch will imminently be remade but there's no way it could be nearly as good. And...EVERYTHING! It's just...not...necessary!
I'm not sure how much more of this I can take. Nostalgia is a glorious feeling. Searching the past for that one thing that made you feel happy is wonderful! But it feels like they're taking our past and beating it to a pulp. Is this the people from 1970s getting back at us for going on and on and on and ON about how being a kid in the 90s was the best thing ever? Because I really can't think about a better reason...
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Let's Embarrass Emma!
For some reason I feel like this is a good idea..
I wanted to do a post where you could get to know me better, but I feel like whenever I do I just say the same things over and over again. I've recently read the Divergent series and if you choose the Candor faction, their initiation final test is giving you truth serum and making you reveal your most personal information, thinking that if you've revealed it all, including the bad, then you'll see no reason to ever be dishonest.
Now, I consider myself a honest person. With that being said, I'm probably more socially honest than implicitly honest. By that, I mean I know what details to say and hold back, what people want to hear as far as social comments and cues, and when to hold back my true opinion when someone is just fishing for something.
Although now I'm sitting here and that makes me sound like I'm dishonest. Honestly, that's just me stating what everyone does. We all know how to convey that we're listening when we're not, we all know how to encourage someone to continue a story when we don't care, and we all know how to make a friend feel good without telling a blatant lie.
I'm not sure if that's helping my case..
Oh well, in my free spirited moment, I've found some questions that I think would just make good stories, even if they embarrass me, that I just feel like sharing.
1. What is the most embarrassing break up you ever had? When I was in 7th grade my best friend at the time asked out for me the guy I had a crush on. During passing period, he told me he'd go out with me. He went to social studies and I went to math, telling all my friends that he and I were going out. The next passing period, he said he didn't think he could do it, it would mess up our friendship, blah blah blah. That was NOT fun explaining to my friends.
2. When have you been fired from a job? I have only been fired from one job, and it was the job that my roommate's mom got me in a warehouse as a pallet builder. Since it was through a temp agency, I was on a two-week test period. Apparently, I failed the test, because after two weeks I got a call telling me not to come back. I had just sent my roommate's mom a thank you card the day before, too.
3. What celebrity do you have a crush on? I have had a crush on Ashton Kutcher for as long as I can remember. There was a time where I would watch a movie ONLY because he was in it.
4. When you are trying to impress people what personality trait do you hide? I'm actually pretty cocky. While I like to think that I just have awesome self-esteem, I know it comes off as being cocky sometimes. I struggle finding the line between being impressive and bragging too much.
5. What things are you shallow about? I know I'm going to sound extremely shallow when I say these. I'm pretty bad at judging people, and I will judge them if they don't have their life figured out. I'll judge you if you didn't finish college and are still working a crappy job. I'm also really shallow about being superior. Like, I feel those who have caved to substance use like smoking (legal or otherwise) I think I'm better than them because I've legitimately never tried anything or had ANY desire TO try anything. Ah well, some people need to try the forbidden fruit I suppose.
6. What music are you embarrassed about listening to? I don't listen to them so much anymore but I used to really like Nickelback, I've even seen them in concert. I still listen to a lot of teeny-pop where I know it's 80% autotune but it still sounds good...
7. What is your guilty pleasure? Anything with cookie dough in it. And diet coke. And fast food. SO MUCH GUILT.
8. What fears keep you up at night? I haven't had any paralyzing fears that keep me up, but guilt and anxiety have kept me up before, and it was such an interesting experience because when I realized that I couldn't sleep I realized it was because my heart was racing and my mind was in a negative place. I remember this happening the day before my student teaching orientation, because I was convinced they were going to see my name and tell me that I was not eligible for student teaching and make me leave. I had already been accepted into the program so it was not rational for me to think that, but it legitimately kept me up really late that night.
9. When have you lost your dignity? I always feel like I look like an idiot whenever I fall down. Whether I've tripped, slipped, or been pushed, there's a part of me that feels like I look like the stupidest person in the world when I fall. So, whenever it happens, I have a tendency not to move in hopes that people will just go about their lives, but invariably it just draws MORE attention, making me blush like all get out. With that in mind, there was a time in 6th grade where my friends Denise and Kevin were "dating" (the only way 6th graders can) and I was telling Denise how Kevin and I used to date and she went up to him and said "You never told me you and Emma used to date" and he replied with "yeah...in preschool". Which was true (ish...it was kindergarten), but I was not expecting her to ask AND him to reply! I'm not sure if I've turned a deeper shade of red...
10. What talent do you have that is embarrassing to share? It really depends on who I'm sharing with. My roommate and I talk about our facebook stalking escapades but I wouldn't talk about that with my mother.
I wanted to do a post where you could get to know me better, but I feel like whenever I do I just say the same things over and over again. I've recently read the Divergent series and if you choose the Candor faction, their initiation final test is giving you truth serum and making you reveal your most personal information, thinking that if you've revealed it all, including the bad, then you'll see no reason to ever be dishonest.
Now, I consider myself a honest person. With that being said, I'm probably more socially honest than implicitly honest. By that, I mean I know what details to say and hold back, what people want to hear as far as social comments and cues, and when to hold back my true opinion when someone is just fishing for something.
Although now I'm sitting here and that makes me sound like I'm dishonest. Honestly, that's just me stating what everyone does. We all know how to convey that we're listening when we're not, we all know how to encourage someone to continue a story when we don't care, and we all know how to make a friend feel good without telling a blatant lie.
I'm not sure if that's helping my case..
Oh well, in my free spirited moment, I've found some questions that I think would just make good stories, even if they embarrass me, that I just feel like sharing.
1. What is the most embarrassing break up you ever had? When I was in 7th grade my best friend at the time asked out for me the guy I had a crush on. During passing period, he told me he'd go out with me. He went to social studies and I went to math, telling all my friends that he and I were going out. The next passing period, he said he didn't think he could do it, it would mess up our friendship, blah blah blah. That was NOT fun explaining to my friends.
2. When have you been fired from a job? I have only been fired from one job, and it was the job that my roommate's mom got me in a warehouse as a pallet builder. Since it was through a temp agency, I was on a two-week test period. Apparently, I failed the test, because after two weeks I got a call telling me not to come back. I had just sent my roommate's mom a thank you card the day before, too.
3. What celebrity do you have a crush on? I have had a crush on Ashton Kutcher for as long as I can remember. There was a time where I would watch a movie ONLY because he was in it.
4. When you are trying to impress people what personality trait do you hide? I'm actually pretty cocky. While I like to think that I just have awesome self-esteem, I know it comes off as being cocky sometimes. I struggle finding the line between being impressive and bragging too much.
5. What things are you shallow about? I know I'm going to sound extremely shallow when I say these. I'm pretty bad at judging people, and I will judge them if they don't have their life figured out. I'll judge you if you didn't finish college and are still working a crappy job. I'm also really shallow about being superior. Like, I feel those who have caved to substance use like smoking (legal or otherwise) I think I'm better than them because I've legitimately never tried anything or had ANY desire TO try anything. Ah well, some people need to try the forbidden fruit I suppose.
6. What music are you embarrassed about listening to? I don't listen to them so much anymore but I used to really like Nickelback, I've even seen them in concert. I still listen to a lot of teeny-pop where I know it's 80% autotune but it still sounds good...
7. What is your guilty pleasure? Anything with cookie dough in it. And diet coke. And fast food. SO MUCH GUILT.
8. What fears keep you up at night? I haven't had any paralyzing fears that keep me up, but guilt and anxiety have kept me up before, and it was such an interesting experience because when I realized that I couldn't sleep I realized it was because my heart was racing and my mind was in a negative place. I remember this happening the day before my student teaching orientation, because I was convinced they were going to see my name and tell me that I was not eligible for student teaching and make me leave. I had already been accepted into the program so it was not rational for me to think that, but it legitimately kept me up really late that night.
9. When have you lost your dignity? I always feel like I look like an idiot whenever I fall down. Whether I've tripped, slipped, or been pushed, there's a part of me that feels like I look like the stupidest person in the world when I fall. So, whenever it happens, I have a tendency not to move in hopes that people will just go about their lives, but invariably it just draws MORE attention, making me blush like all get out. With that in mind, there was a time in 6th grade where my friends Denise and Kevin were "dating" (the only way 6th graders can) and I was telling Denise how Kevin and I used to date and she went up to him and said "You never told me you and Emma used to date" and he replied with "yeah...in preschool". Which was true (ish...it was kindergarten), but I was not expecting her to ask AND him to reply! I'm not sure if I've turned a deeper shade of red...
10. What talent do you have that is embarrassing to share? It really depends on who I'm sharing with. My roommate and I talk about our facebook stalking escapades but I wouldn't talk about that with my mother.
Friday, April 11, 2014
I really just have to describe...
...how awesome last nights Indianapolis Indians game was.
We had been tied with the Toledo Mudhens for three innings now. It's bottom of the ninth, both teams with three points. There had been a light rain/sprinkle for the last inning or so, and you could see people getting up and leaving, not waiting to be stuck in the rain in overtime. We had a runner on 2nd and only one out. Once the batter hit the ball and you tracked it, you knew it went exactly where it needed to go. Runner on 2nd made it to home, the crowd goes wild, and the skies open up to a full out rain. I was cheering so loud I swore I was going to lose my voice. We won. WE WON! It wasn't even the surprise that we won but rather the way it all ended. It was beautiful. It was magical. It was the perfect home opener
God I love baseball :D
We had been tied with the Toledo Mudhens for three innings now. It's bottom of the ninth, both teams with three points. There had been a light rain/sprinkle for the last inning or so, and you could see people getting up and leaving, not waiting to be stuck in the rain in overtime. We had a runner on 2nd and only one out. Once the batter hit the ball and you tracked it, you knew it went exactly where it needed to go. Runner on 2nd made it to home, the crowd goes wild, and the skies open up to a full out rain. I was cheering so loud I swore I was going to lose my voice. We won. WE WON! It wasn't even the surprise that we won but rather the way it all ended. It was beautiful. It was magical. It was the perfect home opener
God I love baseball :D
National Sibling Day!
So according to Facebook, April 10th is National Sibling Day. For my siblings' sakes, I hope this doesn't catch on like Mother's and Father's day, because that will be the fourth holiday they have to celebrate in April. Poor guys :P
I thought I would do a small tribute to my siblings. I could have posted kooky pictures of them all on Facebook, but this is much more meaningful.
First there's my older brother, Tony. The story goes that he basically ignored my existence until I started to walk. Thanks bro :P He's always tried to protect me in his own way. Whether we're playing video games and I'm player 2 to his player 1, or he's telling me not to go into the flooded basement because he heard the sizzle of one of the power strips, or he's saying "don't do anything I wouldn't do" when I leave to go out with my friends. Despite everything we've been through, he's always good for a laugh, a smile, a joke, and a big brother.
Then, there's my younger sister, Rachel. I want to save her for last because she's seriously "la pièce de résistance" in my eyes. She has the quickest wit I've ever seen, and does this thing where if you say she's funny she looks at you and goes "excuse me...I'm hilarious". She knows exactly what will make me laugh and smile, ESPECIALLY when I am trying my hardest not to do such. I know it's super corny but she is my best friend. If I had to pick one person in the entire world I would pick her time and time again. There are some things that we will never ever see eye to eye on, and others where we don't even have to say anything to know we're thinking the same thing. It's a wonderful experience to have a sister like her.
They're my two blood siblings and I love them dearly. However, there's been one other person in my life that's as much a sibling as a friend.
I've known Ashley since I was a freshman in high school. I'm sure I've told this story before, but I was playing piano in the choir room and she, a senior in the advanced show choir, came in and heard me playing. She then proceeded to put a few coins down on the piano to "tip" me to keep playing. Basically from that point on she decided that I was going to be her little sister. I visited her in college, I told her EVERYTHING that was going on in my life, and to this day there are still some of her words of wisdom that I hold true. She would bail me out of the house when I was an angsty teenager and help me through what I thought were my hardest of times.
All three of these people hold a huge part of my heart and are giant impacts on my life. I can't imagine life without any of them.
I thought I would do a small tribute to my siblings. I could have posted kooky pictures of them all on Facebook, but this is much more meaningful.
First there's my older brother, Tony. The story goes that he basically ignored my existence until I started to walk. Thanks bro :P He's always tried to protect me in his own way. Whether we're playing video games and I'm player 2 to his player 1, or he's telling me not to go into the flooded basement because he heard the sizzle of one of the power strips, or he's saying "don't do anything I wouldn't do" when I leave to go out with my friends. Despite everything we've been through, he's always good for a laugh, a smile, a joke, and a big brother.
Then, there's my younger sister, Rachel. I want to save her for last because she's seriously "la pièce de résistance" in my eyes. She has the quickest wit I've ever seen, and does this thing where if you say she's funny she looks at you and goes "excuse me...I'm hilarious". She knows exactly what will make me laugh and smile, ESPECIALLY when I am trying my hardest not to do such. I know it's super corny but she is my best friend. If I had to pick one person in the entire world I would pick her time and time again. There are some things that we will never ever see eye to eye on, and others where we don't even have to say anything to know we're thinking the same thing. It's a wonderful experience to have a sister like her.
They're my two blood siblings and I love them dearly. However, there's been one other person in my life that's as much a sibling as a friend.
I've known Ashley since I was a freshman in high school. I'm sure I've told this story before, but I was playing piano in the choir room and she, a senior in the advanced show choir, came in and heard me playing. She then proceeded to put a few coins down on the piano to "tip" me to keep playing. Basically from that point on she decided that I was going to be her little sister. I visited her in college, I told her EVERYTHING that was going on in my life, and to this day there are still some of her words of wisdom that I hold true. She would bail me out of the house when I was an angsty teenager and help me through what I thought were my hardest of times.
All three of these people hold a huge part of my heart and are giant impacts on my life. I can't imagine life without any of them.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Cocky Renaissance Woman
I'm just going to put this out there, say my piece, and be on my way.
I'm tired or people questioning my intellect, my reason, my logic, and my opinions. Perhaps that's not the best way to phrase it because I don't discourage questioning. I just feel like some people are expecting me to apologize for knowing things.
"You're a French teacher. Why do you think you understand how (insert irrelevant past time here) works?"
"Why are you right about this? Why are you right and I'm wrong? Why can't I be right?"
"You think you're right about this that and the other, how can you possibly expect us to believe you're right about this too?"
It's just like, seriously? How ignorant are you?
I feel the need to tell people correct things because I'm afraid either they will 1) create a strong belief that wrong is right, or 2) become content with ignorance.
Because here's my thing: I know I'm right because I don't talk out of my ass. When I say something chances are I have things backing up my word, be it sources, experience, or the ability to think critically and hypothesize correctly. None of these are hard concepts, and yet it becomes a negative thing for me to possess them, only because people are becoming put out by my inability to let ignorance slide.
...And this is why I know I'd be an Erudite...
...And this is why I know I'd be an Erudite...
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Adult Magic Pills
This is how I see being a grown up a lot of the time. It's not something you learn, it's something that just happens once you wait long enough.
This is a French tweet I constructed earlier tonight. I've just now realize that my acquisition of the French language is similar to my quest at being an adult. I apologize for those who don't speak French, but there are aome complicated grammatical structures in that sentence, some that were never full out taught to me. They've just sort of...started to make sense in my mind and my understanding with how to use them (even though I haven't taken a French class that taught grammar in four years).
I mean, I know language acquisition theory so I understand why my brain can do this, but at the same time, I have no idea when it happened or how.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Whoa...
Just found out that one of my blog posts has over 500 hits! Only one of them though. I have another that is just over 100 and then only a handful that make it past 50. I can't believe that one post has so many hits!
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