April 5th 2015

The gameplan for this day was quite simple in design. The goal of the day was to simply to enjoy the day as it is Easter Sunday. Though the funny part being that I didn't even realize this until I got a text message on my phone from my Calendar telling me that it was Easter. I tend not to celebrate these type of celebrations or holidays due to the simple fact that most of these religious holidays are based upon some form of manipulation from the Christian Church so I don't really bother. After researching the numerous religious holidays they tend to center around some really messed up principles and reasons. 

I enjoyed a Easter BBQ with my Fraternity brothers and the Rugby girls. I found out real quick that Rugby girls tend to be more aggressive than the rest real fast. As I was tossed around trying to simply catch the Rugby ball. It was quite fun, it reminds me that I should create a training regime in which I jump higher due to the fact that some of our Fraternity brothers and a couple of the chicks there were taller than I. The rest of the day was filled with programming and watching the remake for the movie Footloose. Though I never watched the original I did enjoy the messages that were spoken about in the movie itself. 

Tackling such topics as Seperation of State and Church and things of that nature. I won't ruin the movie for anyone but I'm sure the majority of the people who read this blog are aware that it has been out for quite a long time at least the original. So I am assuming, which is something that I should never do as a Scientist, but I am making an exception for this time that the Original Footloose and it's remake share pretty much the same storyline with a few modern innovations being made to the remake for the newer generation like myself. 

One of these days I believe I should make a list of 80's movies that I have yet to see that have pretty much set the formula for most modern movies these days. After Die Hard has yet to actually Die Hard after it's continual sequels for the past couple years have made me wonder when does and should a story end? This is one of those questions I believe should be only answered by the author of stated story because if he does not end it the story itself will never end. Especially if it's a loved medium, take Star Trek with all of it's spinoff series and Star Wars with all of it's spinoffs as well. Things like this are appreciated by the hardcore fans but it seems like the universe never seems to end or have a clear beginning. A good ending to a story is what makes a story worth it, I would take an example of how Lord of The Rings ended and compare it with it's spinoff The Hobbit. 

In this comparison I believe that The Hobbit lacked many key components that it's predecessor had the luxury of using. The first of these key components being in how The Lord of The Rings was split into three seperate books from it's original one book. One can imagine that the book itself was quite the lengthy read especially hitting that 1000 page mark. Though it isn't much to someone who reads a book every week or month or however often, depending on the individual the length of time spent reading a 1000 page book can be quite the challenge. Especially when you consider that most American's these days don't read books anymore. For those of you who do thank you for educating yourself but as the generation gap becomes bigger over the next years the way people learn isn't from a book but rather the application of the knowledge within it. This has lead to people wanting a visual medium rather than a 1000 page book. The Hobbit itself is only one book, and I hope it still is and hasn't been split into three books to meet some stupid marketing mean to squeeze more money out of the Tolkien Universe itself. 

Another key component would be in the form of how people tend to prolong something that shouldn't. This was made so blantantly clear when creating The Hobbit Trilogy. Especially when it came to the second movie which pretty much consisted of nice views of New Zealand. The scenary though it may be nice, shouldn't be used to prolong the length of any movie in my honest opinion. So with that being said I believe the lesson I learned from The Hobbit's failures would be to ensure that I use my time wisely to get what needs to get done in a timely fashion. Being a perfectionist can be a great strength but also a great weakness as well. 

Till We Meet Next Time

Aaron Jones