Disney Heroes

Disney PIXAR Heroes

I chose this category because the reason I love pixar movies is because they are about average toys, monsters, cars, fish, bugs, people, even mice that save the day. In each movie the main character is usually just a normal person that is set to make a difference and in the end they are sucessful. These characters don't get enough credit for the things they accomplish, and even though they are cartoons they teach life long lessons that anything can be done even for the smallest of creatures or the biggest of people.

Buzz Lightyear and Woody are major disney heroes. Woody was the hero first. He was what every kid wanted, he lived in the Cowboy hero doll era in Toy Story. Then Buzz Lightyear came around and he was known as the new and improved hero. At first they hate eachother but then they put together there differences and were one overall hero in the end when they made sure all the toys made it to Andy's new house.

James P. Sullivan a.k.a Sulley and Mike Wazoswki are both Disney heros because they risk there life to save a human's. Humans are not allowed in the monster world so when Boo comes here, even after being told how dangerous children are, they takes care of her and hide her from other people that would do harm to her, like Randall. They are also able to return her back to the human world safely.

In the movie The Incredibles, Mr. Incredible says this at the begining;

"No matter how many times you save the world, it always manages to get back in jeopardy again. Sometimes I just want it to stay saved! You know, for a little bit? I feel like the maid; I just cleaned up this mess! Can we keep it clean for... for ten minutes! "

This quote shows that Mr. Incredible is out saving the world constantly and even though it gets to be alot he still does it. Even after superheros were banned he and his family end up savind the day.

Another important quote is;

"I remembered! P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. I remembered it again!"

This was said by Dory in Finding Nemo. When Nemo was taken away Marlin was set on a mission to find him. He then joined forces with Dory who even though had a terrible memory she was able to remember this address, which in the end helped them find Nemo. They were to very unlikely friends but they worked together to find Nemo.

This video shows that Flick from A Bugs Life is a hero. He could of easily gotten eaten by that bird but he risks his life to save dot. Him and the "warriors" save her life to prove that they can stay with the colony and help fight of Hopper, and in the end they defeat Hopper.

Conclusion:

All of these characters were heros in there story. Even if being the hero meant doing something as small as helping another toy not get left behind or something as big as savind the world from evil, it goes to show that everything has meaning. And to be a hero you don't have to save a life or something huge like that being a hero can be just helping your friends. Thats why Disney is so great because all there movies show an average being helping someone in someway, and that is what a hero truely is.

Marcia, Marcia, Marcia

In the People Magazine issue for October I read an article about Maureen McCormick a.k.a Marcia Brady. When I was little I would always watch the Brady Bunch with my mom on Nick at Night so it was really werid to read this article and find out about what a terrible at home life she had. The article was about how she wrote a book about her life story. She talked about how being on the tv show the Brady Bunch was like the family she never had. Her parents weren't around for her and weren't very family like. After the show ended she started doing cocaine and became bullimic. She also began suffering from depression. She also talks about how her and Barry Williams, who played Greg Brady, kissed. And show she went on dates with people like Michael Jackson and Steve Martin. This is just another example of a teen/child star who has everything going for them and it goes down the drain.

Reading to Young Ones..

Once again I read to my little brother, same book still, Murder at the Winter Games by Roy MacGregor. He's a really slow reader. But anyways in the book were at my favorite part where Nish, one of the main characters, holds the gross-out olympics. This is where he thinks of different events for all the teams in the tournament to compete in. They have to do werid gross stuff like burp the alphabet and stuff like that. My favorite character in the series is Travis Lindsay. Hes my favorite character because he is the team leader and he is the one that is not super brave but not shy. I can relate to him alot, I am that same way. He also puts a lot of thought and concentration into his hockey game, as do I. He is very postive and keeps the team together in tough situations. When I was little and would read these books I would pretend that I was part of the team and that me and Travis were best friends.

Boys Arm

One of the articles I this week was very interesting. It is called Twins Cities Reconstructive Surgeon Honored by Paul Walsh. It is about a John Thompson, who had his arms cut off by power equipment in North Dakota 16 years ago, was honored for a surgery and his career. Dr. Allen Van Beek was the doctor who did surgery for 8 hours on him when his arms were cut off to replace him. Now the patient has become the honored doctor. The 2 doctors have actually become good friends. This is very cool because it goes to show that one little thing in life could change what you end up doing. Because of this operation he decieded to do the same operation for others. I think it is also very cool that he has stayed friends with the one who operated on him. Its people like him that take oppurtunities like this to do something for others. Where as there are some that think nothing of it.

Little Kid Books

The past few nights I have been reading to my little brother. He is in 5th grade and loves to read, unlike myself unfortantly. He is currently reading Murder at the Winter Games by Roy MacGregor. So before he goes to bed he asks me to read a chapter for him because there not that long. This is one of my all time favorite books. I read it when I was his age. The overall book series is about a Canadian pee-wee hockey team that goes on lots of different trips and find adventures on them and get stuck in mysteries and stuff like that. The one that he is reading is about them going to the winter games in Salt Lake City. They are playing in the International Pee-Wee Olympics. One of the people they meet there are killed and they try to figure out who killed him. I love this book and series because I love hockey. I have read every book in this series because they are quick reads and they are very interesting. If I could find good books like these that I enjoy, I might like reading more.

Tom Petters

It's weird to know someone who is such a nice and generous guy and then find out a few years later that he has been cheating local charities and organizations. In the Star Tribune online for the past few days I've been keeping up with the whole Tom Petters fraud case. I've read most of the articles written. The reason why is my mom had his daughter in her Wednesday night church small group for 4 years, so my mom new him pretty well. I met him a few times and he was super nice. I also went to his daughters graduation party and it was one of the coolest ones I had been to. I also went to his son's funeral when he was stabbed about a couple years ago. It is really terrible what he has done to all these companies. Even local ministers and non-profit organizations are joining together in the law suits. This whole scam will go down as one of the biggest ones ever.

link: http://www.startribune.com/business/30825454.html?elr=KArksUUUU

The Switch is Coming

There are 133 days left until the federaly mandated switch to digital tv. In the article I read in Star Tribune called "The Feb. 17 transition to digital television has raised concerns over antennas and other issues" by Randy A. Salas. It talks about how Minnesota has the second highest number of TV sets in the nation that are affected by the Feb. 17 transition. People are concerned with the problems that will and have started arriving. Such as many people who have gotten cable boxes, there not working properly. The government is doing everything they can to help make the transition as smooth as possibly, such as giving out 40 dollar coupons to help pay. I personally think that it is so awesome that they are offically making the change nationwide. It is must needed considering all the places like, Esse Driving School, that need this change. At first the switch will probably be rocky for most people but in the end everyone will hopefully agree that it was a great idea.

Salmonella

Recently in the Star Tribune online i read an article called Salmonella Sickens People in 12 States. It did not say who wrote the article. It was about the government is telling people to cook their frozen chicken dinners thoroughly because 32 people in 12 states were sickened with salmonella. The main chicken dinners were, "chicken cordon bleu" and "chicken kiev." The USDA said that the people who were sickened did not read the packing to cook it at the appropriate time and temperature. Minnesota was one of the 12 states affected by this. The people who were sickened, I think, are just plain stupid. The boxes clearly state for how long and what temperature things should be cooked at. Also salmonella is something most people know about and the fact that people are still getting sick is kind of pathetic. The only thing that is good about the article is that it again repeats everything people should know about cooking chicken, but hopefully this time people will actually pay attention.