Movie Review: Pursuit of Happyness

Over the weekend I saw the Pursuit of Happyness with Will Smith. At the core of this love story (a man in love with his child and his vision) is the greatest life lesson we all must learn. Unfortunately, most people never go as far as believing in themselves and realizing their power. The movie co-stars his son Jaden Smith.

In 1981, Chris Gardner was a struggling salesman in little needed medical bone density scanners while his wife toiled in double shifts to support the family including their young son, Christopher. In the face of this difficult life, Chris has the desperate inspiration to try for a stockbroker internship where one in twenty has a chance of a full time career. Even when his wife leaves him because of this choice, Chris clings to this dream with his son even when the odds become more daunting by the day. Together Chris and his son struggle through homelessness, jail time, tax seizure and the overall punishing sadness in a quest. Although it only recieved a 7.4, I really thought it deserved a 10.

One of the best parts was when Will Smith who plays Chris Gardner chastises his young son for putting too much thought in becoming a pro basketball player. In a moment of clarity, he realizes he's just killed his son's dream and apologetically says, "You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they wanna tell you that you can't do it. You want something? Go get it. Period." It was just really touching.


Christopher Gardner: How many planets are there? Christopher: Um... 7? Christopher Gardner: Seven? No, you kidding me? OK, who's the king of the jungle? Christopher: The gorilla? Christopher Gardner: Gorilla? Nope. Christopher: You wanna hear something funny? Christopher Gardner: OK. Christopher: Knock knock. Christopher Gardner: Who's there? Christopher: Shelby. Christopher Gardner: Shelby who? Christopher: Shelby comin' round the mountain when she comes, Shelby comin' round the mountain when she comes! Christopher Gardner: Hey, that's good. Christopher: Knock knock. Christopher Gardner: Who's there? Christopher: Nobody. Christopher Gardner: Nobody who? [Christopher doesn't respond] Christopher Gardner: Nobody who? [Christopher still doesn't respond] Christopher Gardner: A-ha-ha, that's a good one, I like that!

Long Lost Bud

My best friends and I from home have been friends since we were 5. We all went to day camp together and ended up at the same middle school and high school. There was about six of us until high school when our friend, Marissa moved away. I have not seen or heard from her since the day she moved I guess because we were all so young. We didn't have aim messenger or email yet. Because of Myspace I was able to recently contact her.
On Myspace.com you can search for anyone by their name. I typed in her full name and 5 or 6 "profiles" came up but I immediately recognized her picture. I sent her a message asking how she was doing and what she was up to. She ended up moving to Jackson, NJ and attending Jackson high school. She was always very quiet and into not so much into sports. She is more of the arts type. She really got into arts and science in high school. Her parents ended up divorcing and her mom moved right outside of Philly. She stayed with her father and brother in NJ and graduated in 2002. She applied to many colleges but first heard back from University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and decided to attend majoring in biochemistry. As she began to take classes, she was most interested in the Pharmaceutical field. Marissa also did many different internship on campus while taking classes. She joined the American Chemical Society Student Affiliate Organization, which sponsors seminars and field trips to industrial and governmental laboratories which she loved. She also plans to pursue her PH.D. one day so she can work on developing drugs for the treatment and cure of disease. She now still lives with her boyfriend who is also a student at USP but majors in Fitness and Health Management. They live in Philadelphia right by the University of Penn's campus.
She was very interested in what I was up to as well. We plan to meet up soon for lunch or coffee and really catch up.

Weekly Quotes and Websites

"My life is happy ceased with a few unhappy moments"

www.perezhilton.com
www.tmz.com
www.hollywoodrag.com
www.cnn.com

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breaths away"

"sometimes we need to stop analyzing the paststop planning the futurestop figuring out precisely how we feelstop deciding exactly what we want and just see what happens.. "

"..Life is too short, so kiss slowly, love deeply, forgive quickly, and forget the past... but not what it taught you..."

Got Blog?

Blogs are the latest way that students, businesses, and many others are publishing their thoughts these days. Technology is allowing anyone with a computer, the ability to type, and an Internet connection to become a publisher or author. According to Frank Catolino who is a writer at www.thejournal.com writes an article about blogging titled, "Why Blog?" At the end of his informational article, he says, " “Ask yourself, ‘So what?’ before you start blogging. Will your blog add to the world of knowledge and learning, or is it just for fun?” My blog this semester will basically give my opinions on daily news articles and what is going on in the entertainment business. Also what is going on in the class such as my stories, miniprojects, reactions and just my thoughts in general will be posted. I hope my blogging will be helpful to people as well as very interesting since people will be reading it. I hope they get something useful out of my blogs. It is also theraputic to me to get out my feelings and thoughts through writing. I read other blogs daily. My favorite blog website that I read everyday is www.perezhilton.com , it is very interesting! You must take a look at it if you like making fun of famous people and the lives they lead.
Another really good blog website i like because i LOVE food is www.whatwereeating.com/. There is delish recipies as well as really nice pictures of gorg dishes as well as funny dialogue.