into the wild

1. Initial reaction is mixed. The premise is interesting and the action of dropping your life basically brings up many interesting thoughts about life and the ties what we can break to everything at any time. The character not so good and seems like he doesnt get the big picture some times.
2. Chris in one word would be wrong. He's always doing something wrong. He goes into the wild with barely anything just about asking to die, leaves all the wonderful things he has nad for what? To prove his point? WRONG. Its just wrong like everything about the situation he puts himself in even if in someway has some story justice or moral victory is wrong.
3. The theme to me personally is gonna have to be strength. Strength of character and ideal. Chris although I personally hold some distain for did something that I would never be able to do. Sometimes I want a break from life but actually to go to the core of nature and just jump in is crazy and it takes strength. Also maybe a bit of seperation looking at it. Maybe if your were to relate it to the mind. Always being trapped even if in something perfect you just long for more.
4. Im gonna stretch it and say that I see fight club. Fight club unique in the way that it takes it characters and makes them a society based on idea and the need to do things never done. Chris taking this journey is much like tyler starting the club and getting the group together to fight new battles.
5. I relate in the way that life needs new things. Doing what I always do just isn't enough I want that big journey that when you look back you go that made life worth it. That one defining moment where I did something I thought impossible against all odds and at least had the courage to try is the moment I stive for much like the story of into the wild.
6.Society has the same issues in the fact of traditions. Everything has been the sa,e since the start of time. What nations have crossed the borders not out of hate but to walk a mile in anothers shoes. What big changes to life have come as a whole to society and not just a few peoples dream.

bad review

A. Hostel. A movie about a tourist who goes to this hotel in amsterdam with promise of hot girls gets there and finds them but everyday upon waking another of the people he came with dissapears. So he talks to other people at the hotel and tries to figure out what happens and ends up falling into the same evil torture trap. The movie is ended by his great escape rush.
B. It was a stupid bloody b movie horror flick. The plot is stupid and predictable and the blood is just gruesome you leave the moving feeling grossed out and unhappy. Simply put it sucked I may be jaded by my dislike of horrors but no matter how you look at it its not winning any awards.
C. Theme is survival of the fittest and money is power. These people come and pay so much money to kill people often slowly. It is horrible they also have the main character often running from certain death while his friends doing the same die which is porving survival of the fittest.
D. Main character Josh is a young travler backpacking in europe and is unrelatable at least for me because of his stupidity and lack of ability to get away from his problems. Kana the girl is also a depresing character and it just doesnt fit together for a good movie.
E. Way the move was fimled was amateur and went for most gruesome effect but is stupid because it just makes you grossed out and encourages the viewer to feel what the character feels which is death.
"I get alot of money for you, and that makes you my bitch."

movie and other review

Good review:
For my good review I have the movie Stranger than Fiction with Will Ferrell. It is about your average man who one day starts hearing a voice that narates his life as he lives it. Like most books it forshadows and in some cases this frightens him. Such as when it narates that he will die. The movie is the portrayal of him living his life in a plethera of funny and sad encounters looking for meaning.
I think the plot is genius it has twists and good personal message and it is paced well to keep you intrigued for the whole thing spreading out the comedy and little action well throughout. The things the characters do like play music, go to work, and live are all also very relatable so the plot is very appealing to an average joe like me.
The theme to the movie is live your life. The flaw in the main character is that he is too afraid of change or to try to do what he wants that his life is monotonous. The theme is simply live your life and do what you were born to do.
The main characters are amazing and because we are given such a solid background on them. Will ferrell is the average worker who you sympathize with and then the girl main character is a baker with a bit of spunk. They combine for a very solid couple of people to live out an exciting story of life.
Artistry is everything in this moive. It is put together as what I call the most high quality movie of all time they made a solid movie gold by doing everything perfect. It frames, zooms, follows, and animates every shot. Favorite quote "Who when given the choice of living or eating pancakes chooses pancakes. Well now Harold I think you should think about the type of life lived and of course ..... the quality of the pancakes".

president

I would like to begin this blog by saying congrats to Obama and that I personally am very happy to be lead by a man like him. If I were to have 2o minutes to talk to him I would ask him about many things. First I would ask about the economy being one of the new people in the work force I want to know that my tidings will continue to be good. I know he wants to help the middle class a group in which I am a part of so I would ask what he plans to do for me. Then I would move on to fuel and what kinds of thing he will do to change cheapen and increase gas productivity or other fuel sources. This is also important to me now that I work at a gas station. Next I would ask about war and how he plans on getting us out so we can start saving that money and the countless lives lost on a stupid vendetta. Out of all the political issues those are the only ones that I personally would feel need to be answered for myself. In four years I see a more stable economy with more jobs and also a more peaceful time free of war and hopefully modern science abiding new fuel in the tank at work. This would be a perfect world. War sometimes hard to stop and science hard to predict though the only thing that I want for sure would be a better more stable economy. In 2035 I think over population will be a large problem. Also the over independence of society on the technology that drives us. Another possible thing is that being such a greedy people the gre4at expansion and the great frontier of space I assume will have more importance and possibly could be the topic of another fight between nations. I'd like to end by saying global peace out
Kraus
ps why did the chicken cross the road? (answer next blog)

Free Bloggin

Ok hey first of all i was thinking about this a couple hours ago how do people with the last name young feel when they get older?! If you by chance are reading this and your last name is young and your old please comment about how you feel. Also on a similar note i dont know of anyone whose last name is old whats up with that old should be getting some love too. Tomoro is halloween and i dont know what i want my costume to be. Kinda a big problem so so far i have something that i cant say cause its not school appropriate or ash catchem tough choice i could combine the 2 but thats just unclassy. I also just realized that if you say benjamin in a funny accent it could be ben ja mean know what im saying. For the most parts the bens i have met have been nice but i guess its just a title saying benjanice doesnt sound as good. Id also like to give a quick shout out to ak if he still reads these and cause im feeling amibitious i will even try an impromptu poem. Ak ak, we should swim in a lake eh, me and you are cool, anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool, so gimme a amen, if you like what im sayen. Holla fo sho. well i try That is all
kraus

Calm

Hey its Kraus,
For anyone reading thanks for tuning in. Im kinda mellow today it was a long weekend and mondays suck. Just got madden 08 so im pretty into that. Im going with my usual short type right now cause im to tired to spell it all out. sorry in advance. Lets see things you should know, i dont like healthy stuff, rain makes me happy, if i could be any animal id be a hat, when i went to paris i layed in the sandbox under the eiffel tower, one day im going to get a hole in one, im afraid of heights, i act ackward most the time on purpose, im the definition of average, 5, why did the chicken cross the road? because it felt like it why does everyone care about the stupid chicken i can spin stuff good anyone wanna hear why i crossed the road? no. Depressing stuff. Lets see in gonna attempt to type without any mental filter what so ever of coarse just saying that makes me wanna say something inappropriate but the truth is i mostly think of baseball and friends maybe how im getting a ride home from school today or what i should do tonight also when im gonna drink my next amp its not like im a addicted i just need to have them all the time. id also like the start talking about people i know. Not like everything about them but little things i like about people on the off chance they read this that it oculd possibly brighten their day. Today i talk about doug. Always happy and cool. He always has a witty response no matter how distasteful a comment hes responding to. Not a bad thought in his mind he is id say just about the ultimate balanced human being, I seriously doubt he'll ever read this but if he does hey doug your a bro , love kraus

well thanks for reading sorry it was odd im a little out of it from lack of sleep and surplus of school thanks again
kraus

Love Metaphor

Love is like a Raindrop
Its swift but controlled and Peaceful
Peaceful and calm as each drip falls
Falling like one person falls for Another
Building into the Seas
Seas and Oceans and Lakes and Puddles
Each building no matter the size it Starts

Love is like a Raindrop
So small and Gentle
Gentle but Strong
With this strength it still remains Clear
No matter how deep, it remains Clear
Clear, strong, peaceful, and Gentle
Love is like a Raindrop

2 by Emily Dickinson
You left me, sweet, two legacies,
—A legacy of love
A Heavenly Father would content,
Had He the offer of;
You left me boundaries of pain
Capacious as the sea,
Between eternity and time,
Your consciousness and me.

http://www.poetry.com/lovepoems/lovepoems.asp

1. The theme is that love can be lost and getting into it you have to realize there are two paths that can be taken. The path that is great and loving. Or the path that is sad and filled with broken hearts.
2. She compares love to a tales of two legacies. The two legacies with there own seperate prophetizations expressing good and bad.

3. Love is like a fortune cookie. On the outside it always looks good but on the inside the fortune could be anything.
Will finish later! sorry

Poetry Stuff

1.Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face by Jack Prelutsky
Be glad your nose is on your face,
not pasted on some other place,
for if it were where it is not,
you might dislike your nose a lot.

Imagine if your precious nose
were sandwiched in between your toes,
that clearly would not be a treat,
for you'd be forced to smell your feet.

Your nose would be a source of dread
were it attached atop your head,
it soon would drive you to despair,
forever tickled by your hair.

Within your ear, your nose would be
an absolute catastrophe,
for when you were obliged to sneeze,
your brain would rattle from the breeze.

Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,
remains between your eyes and chin,
not pasted on some other place--
be glad your nose is on your face!

2. I found this poem interesting because it was funny and inventive. It wasn't about the usual things that poems are about but it was light hearted and fun and mainly about appreciation for your nose.
3.The title fits in obviously with the poem because it is basically the point or the these of the peom. It is the statement that you should be glad your nose is on your face and then is immediately followed by a few verses that have a reason for that being good and an example for any where else being bad.
4.Uses imagery by saying your noce then tickled by your hair so you can see the hair tickling the nose or your brain rattling from the sneeze. It also uses a plethera of rhymes and syllable patterns. These things combine to create images and feelings that are funny and unwanted making you happy and feel lucky that your nose in inbetween your eyes and chin.
5.The tone is happy and light hearted. Maybe a little joking with the irony or perfection of this small part of life. It is very upbeat and suave in its deliverance making the tone very smooth and joyful.
p.s. Twins and White Sox tied a top division and now it is approximately t minus 5 and a half hours till gmae time for the 1 game playoff for a post season berth! Lets go twins!

Title options and my choice

Title option
1. A game to remember
2. Rivalry: A way of life
3. Competition, Change, and Cool-aid

Tuesday....No one likes you. If I were to met a person named tuesday I would punch them in the face. Waking up on a tuesday is worse than waking up on a monday, wednesday, and tuesday combined. It is similar to being shot out of a large shoe into a pool of sharp marshmellows. A feeling that i'm sure if you've experienced would agree full heartedly with the uncomfortableness. Today i'm going to vent out a bit. I would also like to voice my hatred for cake, vegetables, fruit, burgers to an extent, cocky people, wet clothes, a broken pencil lead, a unhappy clown, blue jeans that arent blue, and the game 21 questions (the not electronic kind). I don't like those things nuf said. Things I like; Irony, Bacon, Wendys, Frisbee Golfing in a storm, Stroms in general, Orange, Beach volleyball, and energy drinks. If I could have a super power it would be super speed, if I could have a skill it would be to read good, If I could pick my height i would be joe mauers height, If i could pick and eye color it would be blue not regular blue but like navy an usual shade, If i had a million dollars i would be rich, and if i could jump high maybe i wouldnt suck at basketball. The thought I leave you with is pie.

I changed up my writing style today gimme some feedback if you liked or not
2+2= Fish
Kraus

topic of choice

Twins are 2.5 out and we begin our 3 game series with the white sox. Big implications and even bigger oppoutunity with each win we can suck out of this series. Also Joe is batting .330 and is curently .oo7 points above dustin pedroia in the batting race. Morneau is batting .311 and has 128 rbi's and is poised to make his second mvp award his if he can just lead us to victory and get us into the playoffs. To be honest though his chances if we dont make the playoffs are very slim. In other news Tim Lincecum is Nasty is you don't know who he is go look him up. He is going to be dominant next year and hes already just about the best. In other news for those of you who haven't noticed Avery and I are kinda of on the wire. The friendship just sucks so much out of me because she can be soooooo hurtful with her meanie comments. But she is funny and I mean I gave her a wedding ring true it was drawn but the meaning behind it quite real and thats just something you don't forget overnight right? I mean somehting that strong is like Zeus on steroids, or Zach Budish....., or the smell of bacon in the morning, you could even say its comporable to the strength is a rain shower were to hit all at one time in the same spot. One big drop. Possibly even as strong as my ability to make really good analogies. But that is all I have time for today
You stay classy Edina,
Kraus

Narative Passage

Rivalry isn't just a word anymore either. Rivalry and my rivals now the bain of my existence. This game taught me not only to have pride in my school but in myself and to compete as if every game was the big game so that when that moment comes I won't let it go.

This paragraph has some good base to it and a couple good thoughts to it but it just sounds incomplete. Some of the sentences feel like there should be more after them. "Rivalry and my rivals now the bain of my existence" seems like a thought left mid journey. There needs to be a conclusion part to the sentence something like "and challengers of my every move and thought striving me to want to be the best". Also having wrote about so many other things in the paper I feel as if there should be more to the conclusion of this event in my life. This event in my life that made me more competitive, and marked a chapter of my life that was an unexpected boost having only started and ended my football career in that near perfect season. A smoother transition between the backlash at my rivals and the declaration of my school pride I think would also be beneficial in the portrayal of my story. Something might work like "This strive for the best often attacked by the warriors of other schools with the same goal. This mutual competition and marksmanship for eachother causes the hatred between school and more extreme nationalism for your own school". Add a that after have in the origonal aswell to better fit flow.

I also am wondering if people get what I am saying? Mainly do they understand what I want them to learn? I don't know if I know myself but I am interested to see what other people think while reading it seeing as this comes straight from my mind and I wouldn't talk to people like I talk in my stories.

Thanks for reading,
Kraus

Discover

This is my first blog. I'm guessing because of my lack of experience with just free writing on a forum type leel my topics will range alot. Also a precursor warning that my grammar could be very bad at times and i often abbrieviate things if im going to fast. My guess is my typing got to be like that because of my past obsession with AIM which was basically where I learned to type.

So it begins. Seeing as I don't have a topic I need to talk about i'm going to talk about baseball. I am a big twins fan. The twins are my favrotie team of basically any sport. We are currently a game out of 1st in the american league central division. The problem now is that the red sox are pulling away and even have a chance at over taking the rays. At the current rate though the chance of a wild card team coming out of the central is very slim. So it comes down to us versus the white sox. The white sox lost carlos quetin for the time being but still have a very powerful lineup with thome, konerko, dye, and ken griffey jr. The red sox although if you ask me are aging and will soon stop constantly being in contention are still getting it done even with a less than 100 david ortiz and a line up without man ram. But the big surprise is the rays. I knew they would be better than other people thought they were going to be but who would have thought first place? I knew evan longoria would be good and bartlett and garza going there from right here in minnesota would be a good pickup just as delmon young has been for us. My simple hope is that Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau can get the twins together and win the division. Needless to say i'm a baseball fan.

Sorry for the long entry and hopefully next time if you aren't a baseball fan I will write about something more interesting for you to read. But expect another baseball entry when october rolls around and the playoff teams are decided. Thanks for reading