The last film that truly made an impression on me was Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Have you seen that movie?
Hey! I haven't seen that movie, but I have read the book. It was pretty rough.
Ah, I'm the reverse. I've only seen the movie.. but yeah! I think it was shocking to have a movie that didn't have the typical "happy ending" But, I liked that. It was reality... what really happened for those people :(
Yeah. I'm always conflicted on how I feel about movies that don't give you the typical happily every after. Like LaLa Land is a great example. Have you seen it?
Yes!
Yeah, so in that instance, I loved that they didn't give you the happily ever after. I thought it kind of had a more impactful ending. Just with how they discussed the great sacrificed required to attain your dreams. And it almost seemed like in that instance you had to make a choice.
I would agree with that! There are consequences with the decisions we make, and either choice will have varied outcomes. We can make the choice, but we can't choose the outcome from those choices.
Exactly!
I feel like The Greatest Showman does a great job of showing that process... Barnum makes several choice throughout that movie that has major consequences for him and his fam! *have
I guess that's why with that movie I liked that they didn't end up together, because then it's too perfect and cheesy.  With the way it ended, it was more realistic. Yeah! And he really almost loses everything.
Multiple times!
The Greatest Showman did ultimately have the happy ending, but I feel like it needed it because his was the heroes journey With Lala land they're both meh people who go on their journey and then become better people after achieving their dreams. Barnum is the rags to riches under dog story, so us little guys need him to succeed. At least that's how I felt Have you seen any other good movies lately?
Sorry, my friend came over to borrow my sandals. Another friend of ours, its her birthday today, and is having a get together where they are wearing socks and sandals... haha. Hmmm, I haven't watched too many movies lately because I have been so busy with work and the end of the semester. Currently procrastinating working on a 16 page final paper due tomorrow.. *sigh*
Hahaha Socks and sandals. I love it! Oof. 16 pages?? That sounds awful
4000 words *crying emoji* So roughly 16 pages double spaced At least it is on something kind of interesting. Mormon hymns, and how they encourage end of the world thinking..
Yikes Ooh Are you including an intro section about where hymns came from? That could get you at least half a page
I've been trying to look into more research on that! I have brought in D&C 25 with Emma being told to compile them, but I was thinking about how we get a lot of the hymns from other religions as well!
Yeah! Couldn't you talk about Eliza R Snow too? Didn't she help with the hymns
Oooo, good point. I believe she did! I also wanted to look at the revisions the hymnal has gone through, and what hymns we've kept/took out Because we have kept quite a lot that talk about the Second Coming
Yeah! It looks like she wrote songs like "O my Father" and "How Great the Wisdom and the Love"
Perfect! Thanks for that suggestion, I am sure I will use it because this is a looong paper and I'm going to need all the substance I can get! How is finals week looking for you?
Haha well I have 5 finals... Currently I've taken 0 finals. So it's going great!
Hahahaha, YES.
I have two scheduled on Tuesday.. but now I get to cram 3 into two days I'm just so burnt out. But it's okay. I'm almost there! I'll graduate within a year!
Dang, I wish you luck with that! And amen to the being burnt out. I've been working two jobs this semseter to save up for my study abroad, plus classes. I've reached the point where my motivation for finals is GONE But I just keep thinking that in a month I will be leaving the country for the first time, and I find some smidge of will to crank out these papers
ME TOO To the working two jobs. Sorry I got distracted for a sec
IT'S THE WORST!
IT'S AWFUL People don't understand either. And friends are still needy. And balancing school, and two jobs is ridiculous. I feel like I'm always running from place to place
yes yes yes yes yes!
Study abroads are awesome! Which continent are ya headed to? And are you doing any extra travel while you're gone?
Continent of Ireland, but in the UK! and yep! We get a week to travel on our own (in groups) and my group is going to Switzerland, Paris, and Belgium!
Ooh that'll be so much fun. Ireland is amazing. After my study abroad my mom and I traveled around, and we roadtripped across Ireland for four days. So much fun.
That sounds amazing! I fly in a day earlier than I need, so I get to check out Dublin for a day before heading up to meet with the rest of the group I asked someone I met on my mission, who has been to Ireland several times, what I should do for that day She said that the first thing to do was to go to one of the pub's because it has the best music and drinks. Haha, she's not a member
Go to a pub! YES No really, go to a pub
That actually was my plan! :) We land in the evening, so I'm sure we will be hungry and need something to eat!@
Eat all the foods (I'm a total foodie) and the cliffs of mo'her (Moore) were so cool Yeah, I went to one on the side of the cliffs and they had the best beef stew and fish and chips. Agh, I get so happy when people leave the US for the first time and travel. It's so fun and exciting.
That sounds absolutely incredible. YES. I have kind of been keeping my excitement under control, so I could stay focused on school.. but now that it's closer and finals are almost done, I'm starting to get SO excited! I still have a month, but pretty sure that time is going to go by fast
Also, it's okay to get homesick. I definitely had a slight freak out and hated my trip for the first week. but then you get used to things, and are able to withdraw money and not blow through your power adapters and the trip is amazing!
Mmm, good to know!
(not that I'm speaking from personal experience- haha just kidding)
and oh yeah....  I will probably do all of those things!
And have so much fun. It's intimidating but such a great adventure.
If I wasn't going for school, I would probably just ditch technology for however long I was there. Ha. And that is the goal! I'll be there for 3 months, so definitely will have time to adjust and enjoy :) Thanks for sharing that with me! I guess I probably should get back to writing my paper so I can get everything done that I need to. Good luck with your 5 finals!! You've got this :)
Wow. I was there for 1.5 and managed 9 countries haha