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I had to read Waiting for Godot in my freshman lit class. While reading the book, i had the constant thought "Man, this is a pretty awesome book. These two dudes are hilarious."

...then i saw a stage adaptation of it. Not only was it in black and white, you could tell the sparse scenery was Actually black and white and grey. The movie was so depressing and at times i nearly cried. Poor Lucky!!
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I do! 3nodding You should try reading stuff by Steven Brust. He has lots, and they're good.


My math teacher told me to take trig over the summer, and Calc BC next year. o_O But since BC is the harder one, I'm wondering if I should take precalc this summer too... Or would taking two at once be too much? gonk I looked them up at the local community college, and there's two that are right after each other (ten minutes between them) and pretty close together... But then, the first one starts at 8 in the morning, and the second one ends at 12:30. If I only get that one 10 minute break, that's a lot of math.

That's a common problem with adaptations of Beckett's plays. Beckett is an existentialist. His plays are often interpreted as depressing because the characters are usually living out mundane lives and end up being disappointed in the end. A common criticism of Waiting for Godot is that, "Nothing happens." That's the entire point though. His plays are metaphors for life. Beckett is trying to say that life doesn't really have a meaning or purpose but to exist. That, however, in and of itself can be gratifying. Beckett teaches us how to enjoy life despite the bleak outlook of futility. He teaches us how to survive, and shows us all that there is that's worth surviving for, such as love, friendship, laughter, and joy. Didi and Gogo live futile lives with no positive outcome. They aren't incredibly happy, but they do make the best of what they have.
Existentialism is a theory that's an offshoot of Nietzche's famous words, "God is dead." This theory doesn't exactly say that God is dead, but it does play with the idea that there may be no God. The idea, basically, is there (God or no God) we have nobody to answer to but ourselves, morally or otherwise. So, basically, we should live our life to the fullest and enjoy what we have, while being responsible for how we treat others. [/rant]

... mrgreen

Hm, sounds terrible. I like having faith in a greater purpose. ^_^

New shop?

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that would have been helpful, but it reminds me of how i often forget words in my sentences.

Ex. "Mom, I put -- in the oven"::walks away::

...of course, this scared the crap out of my mom because the last time she looked at me i was holding my infant neice, and before i said that, i'd put her down to put a cake in the oven. xd the look on her face was priceless.

xd Earlier in the year we had to make a propaganda movie for history class, and we ended up putting a baby doll of mine in the oven. It looked hella creepy. whee