Footloose

Cut loose, footloose

Kick off your Sunday shoes…

Throw on your dancin’ shoes everybody; it’s time to cut loose! Sitting with my closest friends in the dark movie theater with popcorn, pop, and candy on our laps we wait for the excitement to begin.  Wednesday night was the lucky night we chose to take a roader down to Bozeman to watch this movie. We have seen the old movie, and thought it was good, but we can’t wait for the new version.  All of the sudden we hear:

Now I gotta cut loose, footloose

Kick off your Sunday shoes…

We all start wiggling in our chairs, laughing, and smiling. Footloose is finally here.

Five kids died in an accident because of dancing, loud music, and alcohol stated Reverend Shaw Moore, who played a huge part in banning these activities for the teenagers of Bomont.   Ren, a young high school boy, moves to this small town.  Ren learns about the law in this small town that forbids dancing and music. He decides to take up the fight to dance and blare music so everyone can hear it.   Ariel, a sister to one of the teenagers who was killed in the car accident, is rebellious and wants to have fun. There is a huge attraction between Ren and Ariel from the beginning and it becomes stronger throughout the movie. Ren brings life back to the kids at the school and eventually wins the battle to allow teenagers to dance and listen to music, however and whenever, they please.

Footloose was given five stars and is on the top of the 10 Movies to See list. For a great time, take your friends or family and enjoy some good music and dancing. Remember put on your dancin’ shoes because you will be dancin’ your way out of the theatre.

Cut loose, footloose

Kick off your Sunday shoes…

A Sunday in the Life of Kristyn

October 2011
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 SUNDAY

October 16, 2011

    

Time	Schedule
8:00 am	Wake up and start getting ready for the day.
8:55 am	Head to church with my family.
9:00 am	Church starts.
10:30 am	Go out for breakfast with my family.
11:45 am	This part of my day always switches.
	I usually have nap time or watch TV.
	Somewhere during this time Brost, Ruby, and Branden come over to my house.
	We either watch TV, clean my room, watch a movie, or hangout outside, and most of the time eat.
	They usually are at my house for approximately 3 ½ hours.
Around 4:00 pm	Help my dad or mom with different things around the house.
5:30 pm	Start on my homework or help cook dinner.
6:00 pm	Eat dinner together as a family.
6:45 pm	Continue on my homework and study for my ACT’s.
7:45 pm	I usually go hot tub or watch a movie with my family.
9:30 pm	Get ready for bed and listen to some music, and text.
10:15 pm	Fall asleep and I am out for the night.
	GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE!

You've Got Mail

Dear Shakespeare,

What a marvelous job you did writing the play Othello!  You displayed conflicts, true love, and death.

Having so many conflicts made the play intense and a bit confusing.  When Othello is told that Desdemona is having an affair, the intensity started to rise.  This conflict tore apart true love, all because of one evil man.  Iago’s hatred towards Michael Cassio is very evident because you tell us, with great description, what Iago thinks of him.  I really like how you described Iago’s entire mastermind plans in the play.  I feel that you did hide one huge conflict though.  I think that Iago is jealous of Othello, Cassio, and Roderigo because they have their lives figured out and they are confident in who they are.  I think that Iago relies on all of them and he knows that he must stay on their good sides in order to get what he needs.

         True love is evident throughout the whole play.  You did a fantastic job making it feel like Othello and Desdemona were going to have a fairytale marriage and live happily ever after.  That took a turn for the worse.  It caught me off guard when Othello changed into a totally different person after finding out about the affair.  You did a great job of giving us the understanding that Othello was buying into all of Iago’s garbage.  It was very tricky how you put clues in Othello’s lines saying that even though this was happening he was madly in love with her.

         Oh Shakespeare, nothing would be right if you didn’t have people dying.  I would have liked to see this play end on a happy note, but this was not the case.  Rodrigo and Emilia were very innocent and didn’t deserve to die.  Othello and Desdemona’s story was about true love and you made it evident that they were madly in love.  Was death the only way to prove it?  I was hoping the outcome would be that Iago died since he was the creator of these horrific events.

         Overall your play was superb and I gave it 4 stars.  To get the 5^th star, I felt you needed to explain things better since there were many unanswered question.  After reading the play, many questions popped into my mind.  Do you really talk the way you write?  How did you come up with idea for this play?  Was this something that happened in real life?  Why was Emilia so oblivious to Iago’s evil plan?  Of all the plays you have written, which is your favorite?  These are just some of the questions that stuck out to me.

         I would like to thank you for your valuable time and I hope we can meet up for brunch next week. Thank you my friend.

Sincerely,

                                             Kristyn N. Arlian