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The Highest Form of Hope

... not just wishful thinking

 

The best and the worst...

Does anyone say "no" to this guy? Sorry, I guess that would be intelligent dialogue. Thanks for bringing down a movie classic.

The following are the best movies I've seen this year - I'm not sure of the technical release dates for these movies so some of them stretch back to 2004. Anyway, these movies come highly recommended from me in no particular order.

1. The Constant Gardener
2. Syriana
3. Kung-Foo Hustle
4. The Upside of Anger
5. Crash
6. The Sea Inside

And some movies I expect to be really good but I haven't had a chance to see them yet: Millions, Junebug, Walk the Line, and Munich.

Now for the worst of 2005, and there are so many to choose from.... hmmm... maybe I becoming more selective in the crap I watch.

1. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith - I didn't even finish this one
2. Alexander (perhaps the worst movie I have ever seen - it's at least tied with "The Postman")
3. Be Cool (not cool)

Now a list of movies I never plan to see: Dukes of Hazard, Doom, Get Rich or Die Trying, Stealth, Duce Bigalow Eurapean Gigolo, Electra

 
 

Thank you Sarah

Paul Klee, Hermitage

"I affirm that you have sensed that something is wrong between your writing and its place in validating your worth through the praise or honor of others. I wrote a sentence four years ago which is the truest thing I have ever said, "Everything I do is for the good opinion of others". Yikes. We´ll always be contending with ego, and more so as we reach new heights of knowledge...but, to borrow an analogy, don´t throw the baby out with the bathwater."

Thank you for your comments Sarah. As always, you encourage me.

The last few months have been like living in a cave. A very busy cave with many needy teenagers. You see, I was an intern in St. Joseph's highschool and it was probably the most stressful time of my professional life. A kind of trial by fire experience where I had to work closely with many different types of people. My co-op, the person with whom I spent the most of my time was my polar opposite. Sometimes opposites are good - like me and Paul. But sometimes it just makes things awkward and uncomfortable. To add to this my co-op had to evaluate my teaching performance everyday for the first month and a half. What I learned: I have a big ego and it is easily bruised. Thus the forlough from blogging. Not a fun lesson to learn - especially in isolation.

Some of the lessons I learned were really fun. Like how to do high fire glazes and use a pottery wheel, or learning more about World War Two. The best thing I learned is that I am in the right profession. I loved teaching and I'm proud of what I accomplished.

There were many adventures along the way including phalic art and an accidental stabbing, but it was so good to get out in the real world (as real as upper middle class Saskatoon can get anyway). And the lessons learned were good ones. I hope I can keep up with what I'm learning and have constant oppertunity to put knowledge to practice.
So I'm back on the horse, for now.

I'm glad I stopped writing. I am also glad to start again.