is it really that scary??

As we studied the film American Visions: The Wilderness & the West, i have paid specific attention to the music that is playing in each scene.  Certain light music can make the tone of the narrator's words very encouraging and glorious whereas heavy, slow, lower music can make the tone of the words very dark and upsetting.  As I thought about this during class I realized that in films, a lot of emotions are portrayed by the characters, however a great deal of emotions are portrayed through music.  The music of the film seems to make the viewers feel the way the author intended them to feel.  

Look at this clip for example from the movie When A Stranger Calls, turn on the sound on your computer.

With the suspenseful music, the scene is suspenseful and scary.

Now mute the sound on your computer, and watch the clip without sound, it is much less scary without the suspenseful climactic music. 

When i first watched it, I didnt even realize that the music was there because I was so wrapped up in the suspense.  What about you guys?

fact vs. belief

Today, i was watching a doctor show on TV and in it, a "medical miracle" occurred.  A man who was supposed to die in a few hours ended up living for a year.  This made me wonder what kind of things like these happen in real life and if things like this could even exist.  I looked online and found a story about a woman whose heart stopped and the tubes that were keeping her alive were pulled, and she miraculously woke up seventeen hours later.  Doctors had no way to explain what happened.  An article stated that she opened her eyes and started talking.  "'Her skin had already started to harden and her fingers curled,' Thomas' son, Jim, told NewsNet5.com. 'Death had set in'" (Medical Miracle? Woman Wakes After Heart Stops, Tubes Pulled  by Karlie Pouliot). 

To me, it is fascinating to think that some things in life cannot be explained.  Facts cannot explain how this woman came back to life.  This is where fact stops and belief starts.  Science cannot explain everything, so is there an explanation for this?  How did this happen? What do you think? Where does fact stop and belief start?

Thinking about this, makes me wonder about the creation of earth.  Many say that it was an above power, and others say it was purely scientific.  These types of miracles show that science has holes and may not be the answer to everything.  Science may be the more reasonable answer to things because it is made of defined facts, but how far can hard facts take you? What are your thoughts on this?

goodbye 2008, hello 2009

As you all know, we are now in 2009! I was on the phone with my aunt this morning, and as we were talking, she asked me what I accomplished in 2008 and what I want to accomplish in 2009.  Now, i thought that's a pretty intense question to ask.  She had already made a list of things she wanted to do in the new year.  Such as, learn to cook, plant a garden, get a dog, and a bunch of others.  I thought about it a little and I couldn't think of anything I really wanted to do in 2009...  According to my aunt, if you go by each year just from one day to the next, and you can't say you are working towards anything, you won't have any accomplishments when the new year comes.  

Is it that important? Is it imperative that we set goals so that our years are worthwhile and focus our days towards reaching them?

What do you think of new years resolutions?

"i cant even remember my life without a cell phone..."

For a few days over break, my cell phone was broken.  I was complaining about for 2 straight days until i finally fixed it.  My friend and her little sister came over and I was talking to her little sister about how I haven't talked to anyone because of my broken phone.  I was saying how I felt like I wasn't connected to society anymore.  My friends little sister is in 5th grade and she said "I don't have a cell phone and I live without it."  I thought to myself, I can't even remember my life without a cell phone.  How did I get a hold of my friends when they were out?  What did I do when I was out and needed a ride home?  I started talking to a few of my friends who said that they couldn't live without their phones for even a day.  I was shocked.  I had never really thought about how much we rely on things like our cell phones.  When our parents were kids, they didn't even think of having cell phones, and obviously they compensated.  

Finally when I fixed my phone a few of my friends that I hadn't talked to since it was broken asked me what happened or where I went.  One of them said, "It was almost like you died."  So without my cell phone it was like i wasn't alive?  That is crazy!  

Is it sad that we are so reliant on things such as our cell phones to keep us connected?