Charlie Chaplain's Modern Times

>>Our black and white favorite, Modern Times, starts out with the clip of sheep being hearded toward the slaughter, and then cutting to the men working in the factory. Charlie Chaplain is one of the workers, who continually gets behind, caught up, behind, caught up, behind, until he starts going all too fast and then flips his lid. They say in the movie he has a nervous breakdown. Chaplain becomes like this in the film due to the foreshadowing element of the sheep: just like sheep being led to the slaughter, Chaplain's factory character was driven insane by the mindless tasks he was doing. Instead of thinking to do his job, it was more mechanical, and the idea is that too much technology can take away from humans acting...well, human.

>>Now, this movie took place around the Great Depression, and also around the time where movies were just starting to have sound. It warmed up audiences to sound, because it only had technologies make noise (which wasn't often) and the only real speaking was when the industry's boss spoke through technology to his workers and when Chaplain himself improved a song in front of a restaurant audience. Despite most the movie being in silence, the audio being made mostly through technologies also supports the idea that technology is taking over humanity. When Chaplain made this comedy, it wasn't just to entertain his flocking audiences, it was to have underlying messages about how people should manage humanity with their technology. Too much technology takes all the skill away from humans, meaning there could be no specializations in anything given enough time. How would that affect the economy? Lawl.

>>Anyways, there's also some good imagery (Mrs. Brown would be so proud) that shows how ridiculous the technology is getting:

>>Look at the huge cogs. They aren't that big in real life, even back then. It's almost as if it's overpowering the people who made it. Not to mention, in that scene a man who was called to fix the machine was practically (and humorously) consumed by it. Chaplain's a genius, it seems.

>>The next shot I just liked as a representation of the movie. It shows all of Chaplain's personality and also some themes in the movie, with the theme I've been proving and the humor.

>>The last image is a really good one. A company came by the factory trying to sell a product which would make the factory more efficient, and with this feeding device, a man could still work and produce more product WHILST having lunch! There would be no need to pause work. Yet again, this is another ridiculous technology dehumanizing humans. It was replacing our arms, rather, giving us extra ones so we could still work. As you may have seen in the film, it doesn't really work out to have that extra pair.

>>And, just for kicks, here's a picture of Paulette Goddard, the wonderful actress which portrayed Chaplain's lover of sorts.

>>As my teacher would say: Giggity. (Notice: she's on her dancer's feet!)

>>In conclusion, since I always have one, the film is remarkable and has more meaning to it than shits and giggles. Chaplain was a true artist.

Shrimp

shrimp

    [shrimp]  Show IPA noun, plural shrimps,(especially collectively) shrimp for 1, verb, adjective

–noun

1.	any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.

2.	Informal. a diminutive or insignificant person.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to catch or try to catch shrimps.

–adjective

4.	(of food) made with or containing shrimp: shrimp salad.

5.	of or pertaining to shrimp or their catching, processing, and marketing: a shrimp boat.

Origin: 
1300–50; ME shrimpe crustacean, puny person; akin to MHGschrimpfen to contract, OE scrimman to shrink

Related forms:

shrimplike, adjective

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>>This is the beauty that is SHRIMP (definition included for the artarded). Shrimp affects my life in different ways. It's the weird flavor of ramon that I recommended to my mother when I didn't know how to mix the seasonings in quite yet. It's my favorite meat from foreign places (Japanese, Chinese, somewhere else but I forgot). It's the topic of the day that my pallie Kara asked me to include in my blog (she specifically said popcorn shrimp, but we'll get to that). It's my pets, and my inside jokes with friends.

>>So, let's take a second to think about these shrimps. They're collected by the buttloads straight from their home, and their one vacation in life is a trip to death. Like, what's their mind set? Ladidadidaaa, I'm a shrimp doin' my shrimpy thing, ladida, ladidatdida, eat  some dead fish lyin' on the seafloor, munchy munch munch...what's that? A rather large net? I see my kind inside, there must be some massive somethin' to munch on thurr! *Wee shrimp trots over* Why, there's nothing here at all! Just a bunch of shrimpys like me! OH NO! WHAT'S HAPPENING?! THE NET'S CLOSING, THE WATER'S FEELING HARD ON MY BACK AS WE SWOOSH I GUESS UPWARD, OH GOD, THERE'S NO WATER ON THE SURFACE! AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

>>The rest is too graphic for our shrimp witness to continue to describe. But after they're taken on the ship, these shrimpies die at some point between there and the restaurants and corporate buyers, I suppose. Then we serve 'em up NICE! Ever seen Forest Gump? His best bud in the army knew what was up:

>>And just in case that little jingle didn't include it, here's what everyone's been waiting for:

>>Shout out to you, ♥KayRay♥.

>>So, other than the delectable purposes of shrimp, they can also be pets! Visualize my previous ones:

>>These guys are more for looks than they are for eats. They're too small, anyway, and not nearly plump enough. The first is a Fire Shrimp. He's eating a Damsel. Most times I don't allow that, but the disrespectful action of letting my Fire Shrimp eat the Damsel was a vindictive action: the damned thing had killed not one, but TWO of my baby clownfish. The next is a Bandit Shrimp. In the ocean, he's one of those guys that eats the parasites off of a fish. Coolio, huh? Oh, and the last ones are Peppermint Shrimp. They breed like crazy, and they're clear, so you can see the eggs before they're laid!

>>My last influence of shrimp comes from a friend of mine. Once I sat on her lap, the whole Santa deal, you know how they say "I wan' a POOOOOOONY, and a...". Well, my version's dif with her. I say, "I wan' a SHRIIIIIMP, ..."

>>In conclusion, shrimp are awesome. Period. Oh, and diverse in their uses: edible, keepable, and decomposers.

Kingdom Hearts

>>Look how beautiful, folks. This is the beautiful concoction of Final Fantasy and Disney, despite that this picture only shows mainly the Disney aspect. Sora, Roxas, Kairi, and Naminé are all both ways, though, themselves being the true mix of FF and Disney. The second game, which is what this picture is based off of, was so much better than the original. Yet, these games were literally why I bought or asked for or whatever for a PS2. The only person I wish was in this photo that isn't is Riku, who was always the coolest dude:

>>MMM. Look at that. Makes you wish boys had blue hair in real life, not just the big feet. (Well...the big feet thing went away some in the 2nd game, but everyone still had REALLY big feet. I think they were just trying to make it where Mickey, Goofy, and Donald didn't all look totally stupid/off for having such ginormous feet. But they're Disney characters. Who cares??) I hated when they changed Riku's looks into Ansem. That was disgusting. I'm just glad they had Kairi see through it and they got him back the way he's supposed to be: slammin'.

>>Other than the fantastic visuals, the games (particularly the 2nd one) felt like movies. It was almost like you got to be sucked into your very own Disney movie, especially when you're running around like a little Kovu- or Halloween Town-wannabe. I was THRILLED that Christmasland was included in Halloween Town in the 2nd game, but I hated the boss battles there. They were a pain.

>>All in all, I don't really know where I'm going with this, so I'd like to conclude that the Kingdom Hearts games are AMAZING and that I can only hope that the 3rd will be too. It's a shame I never got to play Chain of Memories, but I did read the "graphic novels". Very epic. Oh, and Sora and Kairi better kiss or something because I'm sick of seeing them just HUG. They're hunting for each other endlessly! Bring some PASSION, like this type, but in the game and not fan-art:

So, if I were Snow White

>>I'd be that chick in the yellow. My hair would be effortless, and my dress simple and comfortable, despite the fact that I'm a princess, so I flee in my sundress the peasants aren't supposed to see. Probably because my stepmother would absolutely hate me, enough to wish me dead. And hey! I even get to wear a ribbon; she's got one in her hair. I think one of the best kickers to being this princess would be her ability to run in heels through a forest. (I can barely walk in heels at prom!) Another cool thing would be to have a natural ability to not feel awkward around strangers and even dance with them in an appropriate fashion. Oh, not to mention my ability to make animals clean for me by the sound of my melodic voice. Of course, that's probably her most trademark ability, so I think that I'd prefer the effortless hair. It's a personal, easy comfort. Look how bouncy!

>>Yet, even if I was Snow White, this is how my mother would envision me:

>>Notice a difference? I do. Like, this is how the REAL Snow White looked, because she'd have to go crazy being adopted by 7 little miners that were obsessed with her cooking (which makes no sense because a princess is pampered so much that she shouldn't know how to cook). The little guys' teeth are more accurate, last time I checked there's a shortage of mouth-cleansing materials in the forest, even if it is enchanted. Oh, and the glowy eyes? Disregard, y'all, we'ze be in the enchanted forest.

>>In conclusion, if I were Snow White, I would want a curse put on me so I can look like the top picture at night and the bottom during the day. My little dwarves can change with me.