Art Walk: 'Nice Guys' Finish Last

He had invited me out, and I accepted.  I enjoyed hanging out with him, my friend, so much.  We had similar interests, played the same video games, but argued about character interpretation.  He was a fun person.  He asked me on Friday if I wanted to go to the strip mall the next day, and I had accepted.  I dressed up as I usually would for a hot summer day, shorts, tee-shirt, tennis shoes, and my long hair in a bun to keep my neck cool.  When I left the house, it was cloudy, and would possibly rain, but I didn’t mind.  I wouldn’t get cold, it was summer, and a little water would cool me off.  I took the bus to the strip mall and met him there.  As I approached him, he smiled at me, and pulled out a bouquet of flowers for me.  He asked me if I would be his girlfriend.  I took the flowers from him, smiled awkwardly, and rejected him as politely as possible.  His smiled wavered.  Then he frowned.  Then he screamed at me.  Shouting profanities at me, telling me that I was stupid and I just wanted to date jerks.  He said he was a nice guy, said that after all he did for me, I owed him.  I stared in disbelief.  He grabbed me by my collar firmly and punched me in my left cheek.  The shock pushed me to the ground, and as I sat there in shock, he spit and me and turned and left.  I sat for a moment longer, until I could no longer see his back.  I stood up, still holding the flowers, and gently touched my cheek.  Swollen, and I felt rain water and tears upon my cheek.  I dropped the flowers in the mud puddle at my feet.  The colorful house behind me reflected in the water.  I was so cold.

 

Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki was born January 5^th, 1941, in Tokyo, Japan.  He was the second child, with one older brother and two younger brothers.  His family lived a kind life, and his father earned a lot of money.  Hayao Miyazaki’s father made A6M Zero Fighter planes for WWII.  Because of the war, he and his family had to move to Utsumiya and Yatokanuma, smaller towns away from Tokyo.  However, in 1950, his family returned to Tokyo.

                When he was a child, he loved Japanese comics, called manga.  He loved to draw manga as a child, and wanted to become a manga artist.  When he entered high school, he saw a movie called The Tale of the White Serpent.  The movie inspired him to create animation.

                In 1963, he began working at Toei Animation, an animation company in Tokyo.  He did small work in the animation department, doing in-between jobs that needed to be done.  While working there, he had helped with several story boards, and, when he found the original ending unsatisfactory, even pitched an ending idea for Gulliver’s Travel’s Beyond the Moon, which was then used as the actual ending.  He left Toei Animation for A Pro Animation in 1971. 

                After joining A Pro, Hayao Miyazaki began to work on several films.  His first well known movie was called Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.  The film, as much of his other movies, deals with humans trying to coexist with nature, along with many elements of flight.  Since his father had built planes for WWII, Miyazaki had a fascination with flight, and it shows in his movies from Kiki flying on her broom in Kiki’s Delivery Service, to the dragon back ride in Spirited Away.

                Because he was born during WWII, many of his films contain anti-war messages, feminism, flight, and the evolution of human industry.  Many of his films contain strong female protagonists, as he has been labeled as a feminist. 

                In 2001, he created his most famous movie, Spirited Away.  It his most well-known movie, and made a lot of money for his animation company, Studio Ghibli, grossing at about 30.4 billion yen. 

                Although Hayao Miyazaki is elderly now, he has expressed that he wants to continue animating, but due to old age, has voiced that he will retire. 

 

**Reely** Good Quotes

**Reel** Life

My favorite movie will change time-to-time.  When I was very little, my favorite movie was The Little Mermaid, then it was Spirited Away.  When I was in middle school, I really liked Labyrinth, and a while back, I really enjoyed Rise of the Guardians.

I don't usually care for big, action-y movies, but it really depends on the mood I'm in.
I don't watch that many movies, but when I do, I have to get perfectly snug and warm with hot tea and a snack. 

65% Pleasure-Seeker
75% Nostalgia
45% Catharsis
40% Aggression
65% Escapism
35% Sensation-Seeking
40% Artistic
55% Information-Seeking
50% Boredom-Avoidance
65% Socialization

If my life was a movie, the only person to accurately play me is me!  Thus, this would begin my career as a famous actress!  I suppose I could also let my friends have cameos in my Epic Trilogy About Me.  And with the money I made from my Career As A Famous Actress, I would buy myself a nicer house will aaaalllll the things I wanted.  Of course, I would donate some to charity as well.  But being famous brings great power.  Yes, going on the internet would be much easier!  My original tumblr posts would get instant reblogs!  Everyone would like my facebook posts, and forum trolls would quiver at my feet! Mwahahahahah!!

Six Word Memoirs

Japanese: First wanting, then writing, speaking.
I'm ready to become Maximum Gay.
Are you ready to meme it?