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the joyful happiness of low expectations...
a milestone (at least for me ;)
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J.Baird, Exeter University wicket keeper waiting patiently.
Oxford UCCE v Exeter University. Oxford University Parks, Tuesday 12th April 2022
While watching Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises I began to notice oddly familiar plot points. The storming of Gotham prison, the revolt against the ruling elite, the sham courts and summary death sentences were not taken from comics I had read, but from assigned reading in High School Sophomore English class. What no reviewers, neither friends or media critics up until then had mentioned to me was Christopher Nolan's inspiration for the movie's storyline: Charles Dicken's classic novel A Tale of Two Cities.
After the movie, I googled the words "Nolan, Dickens" and one or two articles (one linked above). But when I mentioned it to friends (most who saw the movie had not read Dicken's book) , they had not picked up on the literary allusion. I also began to ponder how, in fact, the Batman story is perfectly and undeniably Dickensian. Dickens' stories are all about orphans like Oliver Twist, Pip, (like young Bruce Wane), and cruel environments like Industrial Age, Victorian London, Revolutionary Paris (and Gotham City). I could go on but I predict that when TDKR comes out on DVD, there will be a lot of High School English Classes showing it for it's literary value.
In a related theme, Director Mike Newell who bought us movies Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire and Prince of Persia is has finished his version of Dickens' Great Expectations. The movie trailer is stunning. Since Nolan has renewed my consciousness about Dickens' terrific stories, I'm as stoked to see it as I was to see The Dark Knight Rises.
My collection of photos taken at ANE 2017! Anthro New england was such a great con and totally exceeded my expectations, I had an awesome time!
La Fiesta de San Nicolás (en neerlandés: Sinterklaas1 ) se celebra cada 5 de diciembre en los Países Bajos, y el 6 de diciembre en Bélgica y en algunas antiguas colonias neerlandesas. En menor medida se celebra también en Luxemburgo (como Kleeschen), Austria, Suiza, Alemania, Polonia y en la República Checa (como Mikuláš).
La figura central de la fiesta es San Nicolás (en neerlandés: Sint-Nicolaas, de donde se deriva la forma popular Sinterklaas), un personaje legendario que trae regalos a los niños el día de la fiesta. Los nombres de Sinterklaas y Ámsterdam vienen unidos desde el año 343.2 Según la tradición, San Nicolás viene de España, y todos los años desde 1934 (excepto en el año 1944) llega a las costas holandesas en un barco de vapor, y una vez desembarcado monta en un caballo blanco llamado Amerigo y viene acompañado de unos ayudantes de raza negra llamados Pedritos los Negros (en neerlandés: Zwarte Pieten),3 que lanzan pepernoten (unas galletitas) a la gente.4 Se trata de una de las tradiciones más importantes de Holanda, la llegada en barco de Sinterklaas se retransmite en directo por la televisión holandesa.5
El mito se basa fundamentalmente en la figura de San Nicolás de Bari (que fue obispo de Myra, en la actual Turquía, en el siglo IV), aunque contiene también elementos de origen pagano: existen paralelismos con el dios Odín, que monta un caballo blanco (Sleipnir, el caballo de ocho patas, con el que vuela por el cielo). San Nicolás también monta un caballo blanco sobre los tejados de las casas, llevando sus símbolos episcopales: una capa roja, una mitra y un cayado dorado.
Originalmente la figura de San Nicolás fue reverenciada solamente en el este. Sólo a partir del siglo XIII se convirtió el día de su santo en una festividad reconocida. Ya en aquel tiempo existía en Utrecht la costumbre de llenar los zapatos de cuatro niños pobres con monedas.
Tras la rebelión de las provincias holandesas contra la Corona española, los predicadores calvinistas intentaron eliminar la festividad de San Nicolás, al considerar que contenía demasiados elementos paganos. Sin embargo sus esfuerzos no tuvieron éxito, debido a que la fiesta era extremadamente popular incluso entre la población protestante.
15/366 - Expectations
Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.
--Henry Ward Beecher
Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
--Hans Christian Anderson
Flowers make me so happy!! Especially flowers in the winter.
Last weekend, I went on a walk to take some tree pictures. Because the weather here has been very cold, I was going to photograph things that were not dependent on the season to be beautiful. I took my photos and went on a few walks that day, luckily with my camera.
On the way home, I stopped at a park nearby, hoping to see some jackrabbits. I was walking down the paths, alone except for a timid roadrunner. (No rabbits.) As I walked around, I noticed a few patches of desert plants, which to me were beautiful.
I had not expected to take flower shots. After all, it is the winter in the desert. (Not my busiest photograph season! By choice, I must admit.) But my "negative" expectations did not change what simply was. Nature did not stop itself and say, "No one expects us to do this, so lets sit this one out." No. Nature satisfies its own wants and needs. Nature simply does because it can.
I wonder what else I might have missed because my expectations were too low.
I will work on keeping my expectations high enough so that I can see the beauty around me, no matter what the season.
Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings.
--William Cullen Bryant
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
--George Santayana
Something about the white plastic container displayed here in trio makes me (20-something American male) think "laundry detergent" more than its actual contents (yogurt). This could have to do with the anticipated consumption behavior for this yogurt's consumers - a volume and frequency such that eq ...
I came across a crate on the street a few days ago containing fifteen volumes of a century-year-old complete set of the works of Charles Dickens. They're pretty beat up, as you can see, but I couldn't bear to let good literature go to the dust-heap. It's just the spines and covers that are tattered--all pages are accounted for.
A few more from the recent wander around the edinburgh fringe. quite taken with some of the adverts this year :o)
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So for my most recent photo concept, i had two photos that i need to decide from that was going to be the “expectation of a girl gamer” so i asked Haila (doridoridame.tumblr.com/) which one she liked better. She liked this on and so i used the other one…i have a terrible habit of doing that actually. I asked people which one do you like i can’t decided, they pick up and i’m like “eh i like the other one” like whats the point of even asking. But anyway she wanted me to post it and hey it is pretty so why not.
This seagull had clearly learned that people ate up here! You can see clearly how far we'd come that day... all the way from the flat fields behind the beach.
Chimp at Monkeyworld. I eagerly await the "self portrait" jokes.
Make big, and gaze upon our closest living relative.
In the unlikely event of a creationist browsing my stream, no, this doesn't mean we evolved from them, so no, there is no mystery in them still being around.
Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations. -- Dickens
TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 11: Actress Holliday Grainger arrives at the "Great Expectations" Premiere during the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall on September 11, 2012 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)
PARENTS: As a parent you may find yourself frustrated because your child is not performing to your expectations. Parents want to be able to pass their legacy on to their kids, but the child seems unwilling or unable to “do the right things”. The child may do well in certain areas, but is not excelling in others. The parent wants to help in those areas. The parents want to do the “right thing”. Often the mother sees the child in conflict with the father figure and sees no possible resolution in sight, which increases her desire to find a “safe haven” to protect the child. The parent may realize they communication at home is basic and home life is not really encouraging to the child. While the parent provides everything they have a certain level of expectation for the child to “step up to the plate”, which does not happen usually due to family dynamics of:
A.Communication between parent/child is not effective
B.Discipline in house hold lacking and usually enforced by yelling or anger
C.Parent has not been able to pass on their “knowledge” to child and feels they are not doing their job well
D.Little time is spent in family discussions and when time is spent the discussions usually end in someone being upset
E.Conversations tend to be short and parents tailor them to “did you do this…” or “why did you do that”.
F.The parent does desperately not want to be a COP, but since the child has little respect for parents issues, parents continue to be the COP.
STUDENTS and YOUNG ADULTS: The student is attending class in high school, college, or junior college, but has no clear path to as to where their education will lead them. They feel uncertain, hesitant, maybe lacking in conviction of their direction. “Where am I going?” “What is my direction in life?” Education permits them freedom from having to announce what they intend to do in life, but these are the times they should be struggling with these questions and starting to formulate a worldview. They seek purpose but have not found it in their friends, mentors, family relationships, school work, hobbies, activities, religion, or work. The student knows they want to do something in life but indecision, inability to develop a vision, and distrust of the system cause them emptiness. This may cause them to appear isolated to their parents, as the student is certainly not communicating well with them. The student may have peer relationships with little value (just hanging around), may have no mentors, they may have weak knowledge of where success is available to them, and they may have little ability to articulate who they are and what means something to them. Most certainly they don’t have a picture in their mind of what their destination “looks like” and are relatively blindly seeking direction to something satisfying to them.
ADULTS: Are your objectives being accomplished? Are you experiencing frustration and or desire for change? Some of life’s challenges may encourage you to search for alternative solutions. Where are you turning for satisfaction and joy? Do you have healthy outlets that encourage positive behavior? As an adult do you have a clear view of your destination in life? Do you have a course of action you believe in? Do you have someone like a friend or mentor or coach encouraging you to follow it? But the plan if there is one is in disarray and the adult lacks accountability to following it. Since the plan is in-effective or there is none, the adult just fills their day with sameness hoping for a change that never comes. They feel rudderless. While they may be fun on the outside, they are desperate internally. They really want a solution to their frustration with life.