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Football!!!
The Knights took an ax to the Torreys with
a win on Senior Night. Everybody come out for Bish Bowl. SPOINTZ!!!
Tennis!!!
Girls Varsity Tennis has CIF this week!
Support them!
Word
of the Day
Juxtaposition
Come
on, Chargers!!!
San Diego not only shot itself in the foot
yesterday, but it also shot itself in
the knee and hip. Consolidate your feces, guys.
Benefit
Concert
The Bishop’s Singers’ Benefit Concert is
this Saturday at 7:00. Come out and watch!
Lyrics
Quizzes
Since Greg is too lazy to properly fill
the sidebar this evening, get ready for several lyrics quizzes.
Lyrics
Quiz #1a
Und wenn der böse Sturm mich wild umsauset,
die
Nacht entbrennet in des Blitzes Glut,
Lyrics Quiz #1b
Who
suggested these lyrics to us? (Hint: Prussia)
Lyrics Quiz #2
Can
you get to sleep tonight?
I
think the pain in my ribs has subsided.
Lyrics Quiz #3
Triangles
are my favorite shape
Three
points where two lines meet.
Lyrics Quiz # 4
Your
body was black and blue
It
struck twice it’s nothing new.
Articles
All Is Lost Review
By: Greg Feiner
(Resident Cinephile)
I’m a sucker for solitary survival stories, movies
like 127 Hours, where the main character is stranded and dying,
desperately clinging to the slightest hope that help is on the way. All Is
Lost takes the genre into another dimension. In this movie, there is only
one character (played masterfully by Robert Redford), and hardly any speaking.
Sounds like an impossible thing to film. And that is exactly why you need to go
see it.
All
Is Lost begins with an unnamed man waking to discover that his 39-foot
sailboat is taking on water after being struck by a shipping container filled
with children’s sneakers. He attempts to patch the hull with what little he can
find, but he steers into a storm straight out of the Old Testament. Though he
does everything possible to keep himself afloat, he begins to prepare for the
worst.
I don’t
have a single bad thing to say about this movie. Its simplicity, far from
weighing it down, becomes its greatest asset. It turns the old-man-and-the-sea
archetype into the most original story in years. In the absence of dialogue,
the audience learns so much about Our Man (as he is listed in the credits)
through details. He is rich enough to be sailing a very nice boat across the
Indian Ocean, and is competent enough to be sailing it himself. He sails alone,
but wears a wedding ring. The plot thickens. The script never provides a
concrete aspect of this man’s personal life, and yet his character is totally
realized through his appearance, his surroundings, and his actions. Rather than
hearing Our Man saying to no one, “oh no, a storm’s coming,” we get a single
shot of the storm on the horizon, and the howl it lets out as it approaches.
Writer-director J.C. Chandor has outdone himself.
I have
never pulled as hard for a movie character to succeed as did for Our Man. That
is all due to Robert Redford. A seasoned actor, Redford did all of his own stunts
for this movie. At 77, that is no light feat, especially when one of those
stunts is being dragged alongside a sailboat in a tempest. He emotes with
incredible seriousness and intelligence, grounds this character deep in
reality, and plays tension so well that you forget that he’s acting. You become
so emotionally invested in his character, that it is impossible not to feel a
little hollow when the movie ends. Barring a Day-Lewisian performance by one of
his competitors, Redford must win an Oscar for this role.
The
cinematography is beautiful, rife with breathtaking underwater shots. The
score, composed by Alexander Ebert of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes,
is haunting (particularly the final song, “Amen”). I could go on for hours
about this film, analyzing its themes and technical features. It was one of the
most memorable experiences I’ve had in a movie theater.
120/100
No, You Do Care.
By: Emily Gao (Singer With
Benefits)
The
phrase “I don’t care” bothers me. It peeves me as much as the sound of a
Slurpee straw rubbing against its plastic lid. How can you not have an opinion?
How are you not compelled in any direction? How do you move on so fast? As a
lifelong member of the People Pleaser Club, I can’t stand it when I know
someone dislikes me. I care! It irks me. I want to fix it immediately.
Whether its through a fruit basket, a verbose apology, or a good 34 second hug
I want to mend whatever went wrong. Even though its. a bit smug to
think "how can this person not like ME?" it is something I have a
difficulty moving on from. Here's what I decided are the most rational ways to
handle this:
1. Whine about it. Dissect it. Journal the
feels. Move on.
2. Be pragmatic about the situation! People have
a wide spectrum of opinions and beliefs so you're bound to come across someone
who doesn't flow with your current.
3. How does this person factor into your life?
Do they have a mammoth impact on what you do? Decide if its worth the effort to
care if this person doesn't favor you; It Is you energy after all. As proud
people lover I myself find it difficult to follow this tip. I typically
thoroughly believe that I did something wrong and that it is always, no matter
who it is, worth caring about)
4. Don't care, forget about it and move
on. Yeah, I'm not good at this one either although it may be the swiftest way
to handle the situation.
5. Release the kraken. Of platitudes. Stick to
your gut. Be yourself. Do you.
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