WHO am I?

           I am a total Who when it comes to Christmas, not as big of a Who as my Shantz friends but I do ok. I love Christmas and all that it entails. I love the reason for the season Jesus. I love getting together with family and friends. I love snow. I love the smell of pine..despite the fact that my parents don’t get a real tree. I love all of the W-O winter activities and I love all of the Christmas singing and songs.

            Christmas for many has become about receiving not giving, about commercialism and not quality time spent with friends and family. Even the original meaning of [CHRIST]mas has been lost on some. Despite all of this it is still my favourite holiday, I love to give gifts and see peoples face light up. In my house this year Santa came early and we went to Florida for our family gift. This to me was better then any gift I could have physically unwrapped, it wasn’t just that we were in Florida either. It was the moments we shared together that formed memories that will last us a lifetime. These sentimental gifts mean more to me because they came from the heart and not just a meaningless swipe of a credit card. I do buy my gifts for my friends and family but I spend a lot of time thinking of something they would truly enjoy having or truly need before I go out to do my shopping. Most importantly I always remember the reason for the season, being Jesus’ birth. This holiday for me as a Christian is a very important one and I enjoy and take time to pause and reflect on what it really means.   

Smurfs

            Smurfs, when you hear that word most everyone in this world would think of the small blue cartoon characters from their childhood, or for the younger generation the new Hollywood blockbuster. This article is a about a small Spanish town called Juzcar, that was transformed into a Smurftastic set for the recently made Smurf movie. All of the town’s homes and buildings that are traditionally all white were painted a Smurf blue for the set of this movie. The locals just had a vote on whether or not they should maintain their current blue state or go back to the traditional white wash style. Juzcar being the first official Smurf village in the world has drawn in 80,000+ visitors since its new make over. The locals have even gone so far as to dress up as Smurfs and walk around town, host a Smurf fair in the village square and even nickname their town mayor “Papa Smurf.”

            This article appealed to me because I love the Smurfs, they are just the best and remind me of my childhood, I also loved the 3d movie so it was cool to see where the setting came from. I also love Spain and can’t wait to visit there someday, maybe next year to visit my girl Tash (a girl can dream.) This would be an amazing place to visit though, combining my love for Smurfs and Spain.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8964129/Spanish-village-painted-blue-for-Smurfs-film-votes-on-keeping-theme.html

My Relationship With Poetry

            My relationship with poetry is a hate-hate relationship, I hate poetry and poetry hates me. I strongly dislike reading, writing and studying poetry. I don’t comprehend why poets write in circles; they never just get straight to the point of what it is they are trying to say. Writing poetry never fails to make me want to rip my hair out, it is an impossible task. I have no ambition to write poetry, ever. Studying and dissecting every last hidden meaning of what a poet is trying to say is almost to much for me to handle, I don’t know what they are trying to say and quite frankly I don’t care most of the time either.

            The only poem I have really enjoyed was one that I learned in Mrs. Wagler’s grade two class, it went a little something like this, “Little froggies in a pool. You don’t have to go to school. You don’t have to spell or add, you just sit on a lily pad.”  This poem is straight to the point!

            Some questions I have for Amanda Jernigan are, why write poetry? What inspires you? Do you enjoy reading other peoples poems? Do you like to read other types of literature?