Well I am starting the second week of a brand new semester. After my first weekend doing homework in this new semester I asked myself, "What have I gotten myself into?" I spent every moment, minus the needed time to eat, sleep, and other needed breaks, to finish my homework. The sad thing is, after looking ahead to what is coming, this is by far my easiest weekend of work. Bye Bye Sanity. The next nine weeks I expect to be very stressful as I prepare to end my career as a student at Baker College.

This coming Saturday I will be taking my content area certification tests, which is stressing me out. If I am unable to pass these test, there is only one more chance I have at taking the test before I am able to student teach. So between the pressures of homework and my upcoming certification test, stress has gotten the best of me. Someone once told me that writing is a good stress reliever, so I am hoping that writing this blog will relieve some of the stress.

"Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness." ~Richard Carlson

"How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward." ~Spanish Proverb

"Sometimes a headache is all in your head. Relax." ~Hartman Jule

"Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths." ~Etty Hillesum

Quotes taken from ;"The Quote Garden"

Half Way There

As most of you may already know, Kyle, Ashley, Caytie, and I embarked on a journey to watch every movie on the American Film Institutes' list of the top 100 movies of all time. That list is here.

Well the past two weeks I have been on Spring Break, and I took the extra time I had to catch up with everyone else.

When we started the list I have watched 17 of the 100 movies. Those 17 are:

The Godfather

The Wizard of Oz

Star Wars

It's a Wonderful Life

E.T.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

The Sound of Music

King Kong

A Streetcar Named Desire

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings

Jaws

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Saving Private Ryan

Forrest Gump

Titanic

The Sixth Sense

Toy Story

As I continued to progress through different movies on the list, I have been introduced to some great films, actors, and actresses. On the other hand, I have also watched movies which have left me scratching my head on why the movie was chosen to be on this prestigious list. I think what would help me understand the reasoning for the rankings, would be knowing the criteria in which the movies were judged. I will be emailing the AFI, and if I get any reply, I will be glad to share that criteria.

After watching some of the movies on the list, I have now watched 59 movies including the movies I have previously seen. It is hard for me to choose which one I like best, however, it is easy to pinpoint the film which I enjoyed the least. Kyle and Ashley felt the same way about this particular movie, the movie being 2001: A Space Odyssey, ranked number 15 on the list. Other than that particular movie, all the others have been at least somewhat enjoyable.

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