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| I was reading this article on Cracked.com (an internet humor site, which can be kind of hit or miss and is also definitely pg-13) on the most brutal disney death scenes and came across the one from Mulan. And I thought: they really have a point: I mean, check it out. Mulan casually disarms the Hun leader with a fan as opposed to, you know, the giant sword Shan Yu was wielding before she took it from him. Rather than giving him a quick death, though, she knocks him flat and then traps him there so that she can fire a giant rocket into him. The rocket, in turn, carries him into a building which subsequently explodes. I mean, she just handed him his ass. It's hard to think of him as much of a threat after that little display of kung-fu. Nonetheless, she opts to go with a gratuitously cruel form of execution. Clearly, Mulans traumatic combat experiences have transformed her into a sadistic, raging psychopath. The funny part, of course, is that Disney presumably wrote the scene that way because they didn't want to show her stabbing and looking like a cold-blooded killer. Way to go, parental guardians
Here's the cracked article: http://www.cracked.com/article_16795_7-most-terrifying-disney-movie-deaths.html
And heres the youtube vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbibTGHJ4L4
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| I've decided that one of these days, I'll learn to play the guitar, and form a celtic-influenced folk/rock band, which I will name "Sons of the Wind, Daughters of the Sea". We'll draw from the mythical/ballad tradition a lot and probably have at least one eccentric neo-pagan member. Bear in mind I don't actually know how to play any instrument, or know anything about musical theory. I just think it sounds like a really cool band.
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| In lieu of a real post, I've put up the slightly off-color lines below. Regardless of the humor involved, I'd have to say that the first sentence is pretty much accurate. What I want to know is, is this true for any women as well? Thoughts?
"Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that
under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherf***** in
the world... Hiro used to feel this way, too, but then he ran into
Raven. In a way, this was liberating. He no longer has to worry about
being the baddest motherf***** in the world. The position is taken." - Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
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| Me: Neill, I've never been sure how to tell you this, but I want you to know: You're like the abusive father I never had. | | |
| DO YOU FEAR THE WIND?
by: Hamlin Garland (1860-1940)
 O you
fear the force of the wind,
- The slash of the rain?
- Go face them and fight them,
- Be savage again.
- Go hungry and cold like the wolf,
- Go wade like the crane:
- The palms of your hands will thicken,
- The skin of your cheek will tan,
- You'll grow ragged and weary and swarthy,
- But you'll walk like a man!
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