"Hey Kyle what has been going on your life for the past week? I am asking because you have not updated your blog in awhile." Well, It is not that I forgot, But I have just been thinking alot lately. About Love, Life, The people who surround me etc. But. Okay.
Today I woke up around 11:30. I ate some chips and watched some Kenny vs Spenny. Classic. Then I showered, and went to see my dad. Hung out there for awhile, then went to the Movie Zone and rented a movie called "Gigantic" starring Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine, There Will Be Blood) and Zooey Deschanel (Alot of movies) It was allright, I was expecting alot more from it though. I Played some guitar for awhile. Mom called me, and I talked to her for awhile. Then I went to the building with the Ice floors to watch a Hockey game. I hung out with Leah and Shawna. Cool Cats.
Now I am home, and have the house to myself. I will probably pop in "I Heart Huckabees" and fall asleep.
"To Die By Your Side, Is Such A Heavenly Way To Die."-The Smiths
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
MS: A Hero
A Hero
By: Kyle Chamaillard
1) My definition of a superhero does not involve incredible strength or laser beam eyes. The hero I see is simply human. A hero is someone who can follow their dream, and no matter how many times they get knocked down, they end up just getting up again. People who can follow their dreams with determination are people I can look up to.
2) The movie I can think of that best represents my hero is Into the Wild. The main character, Chris McCandless, is a man who decides to give all of his life savings ($24,000) to charity, leave his family and friends, and live life on the road. He ends up wanting to go to Alaska, in which he hitch hikes all the way there. It was his dream to escape society. Escape all of the lies and deception that he had lived with all his life. He just wanted to be free. I look up to him in the way that he did what he wanted, and despite all the pain he went through on the journey, he didn’t stop. But in the end, he writes down a quote, as he is dying that reads “Happiness only real when shared.” He learns a lesson that everybody needs to have relationship with other humans, which is something he avoided. I look up to him, because I am also anti-society. I feel as if it is corrupt, and I want to be free of it. He followed his dream, and I hope one day, I will build up the courage to follow mine.
By: Kyle Chamaillard
1) My definition of a superhero does not involve incredible strength or laser beam eyes. The hero I see is simply human. A hero is someone who can follow their dream, and no matter how many times they get knocked down, they end up just getting up again. People who can follow their dreams with determination are people I can look up to.
2) The movie I can think of that best represents my hero is Into the Wild. The main character, Chris McCandless, is a man who decides to give all of his life savings ($24,000) to charity, leave his family and friends, and live life on the road. He ends up wanting to go to Alaska, in which he hitch hikes all the way there. It was his dream to escape society. Escape all of the lies and deception that he had lived with all his life. He just wanted to be free. I look up to him in the way that he did what he wanted, and despite all the pain he went through on the journey, he didn’t stop. But in the end, he writes down a quote, as he is dying that reads “Happiness only real when shared.” He learns a lesson that everybody needs to have relationship with other humans, which is something he avoided. I look up to him, because I am also anti-society. I feel as if it is corrupt, and I want to be free of it. He followed his dream, and I hope one day, I will build up the courage to follow mine.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Goodbye Clara
Friday: Normal day at school as far as I can remember. I got home and hung out with Carinna for awhile. She left. I called Trevor and went to his house to pick up my bike, which has been there for almost two weeks. I rode swiftly to Fright Night. First show was successful. I felt really bad, because Mr.Jamieson came with his daughter, and I may have accidently made her cry. Now he will probably fail me. Grrrrreat. During the break, a couple of friends and I went to Macs. Still in make-up which was cool. Second show was good too. Trevor, Ariane, Clara and other friends came which was cool. After our final Performance, we took a group photo. I got undressed and met everyone at Timmies. Well, Clara and Sarah. Which I just realized rhymed. Anyway, everyone had split up to go home and grab stuff, because we were supposed to camp at my place. Jon, Frogy and Tom came to timmies, then shortly went to my house, while Sarah, Clara and I got Trevor and Ariane. Halfway down Maude St. I realized that I left my bike at the playhouse. So I ran back. On the run there I realized how empty and deserted the town was. Then I got Paranoid. That there was going to be a Zombie Apocolypse. So I quickly biked to find the girls and told them to meet me at my house (Seemed like a safe place to hide from Zombies) So I Swiftly biked home and hung out with the boys. Soon everyone was over. We hung outside and played music. Clara played a song that she had written about all of us. It was great. Then Everyone left one by one.
Yesterday I woke up at Noon Thirty, and hung out with Dylan and Ethan and Becca. Then I went over to my Dads to see my sisters, and had some supper. Then I walked to Jons house, where we were throwing our Halloween/Goodbye Clara Party. We had set up the drums, Two guitars, the bass and two mics. Between Frogy, Harley, Jon, Trevor and I we all got a fair turn at all the instruments. Then we went for a walk. On this walk I saw Keely, and talked to her for awhile. Then we went and Picked up Carinna, who joined us. I then walked to Mr.Jamieson's house to apologize for scaring his daughter. He said he was going to fail me.
We then walked back to Jons house to find people were missing. So Carinna and I walked down Eureka street where we thought they were. Halfway down the street, we got a call saying everyone was back at Jons, so we had to walk back. We got back and Played some more Music. We gave Clara the guitar and let her play some of her original songs. By this time we had to turn the music off, so we would not bug the neighbours. we turned to an acoustic set. Carinna had to go, so I walked her home.
When I got back, It was time for Clara to leave. I gave her a speech about how If I had a cent for every memory I had with her, I would have a dollar. We Hugged. It was one of those moments when you hold someone, and never want to let go. We said our farewells. I know Clara will always remember her time here in Canada. I know I will always remember her. Then Jon, Harley, Tom and I hung out and eventually crashed at 4 AM.
Long Blog. I have been very busy this week, and will hopefully go back to Blogging daily.
Yesterday I woke up at Noon Thirty, and hung out with Dylan and Ethan and Becca. Then I went over to my Dads to see my sisters, and had some supper. Then I walked to Jons house, where we were throwing our Halloween/Goodbye Clara Party. We had set up the drums, Two guitars, the bass and two mics. Between Frogy, Harley, Jon, Trevor and I we all got a fair turn at all the instruments. Then we went for a walk. On this walk I saw Keely, and talked to her for awhile. Then we went and Picked up Carinna, who joined us. I then walked to Mr.Jamieson's house to apologize for scaring his daughter. He said he was going to fail me.
We then walked back to Jons house to find people were missing. So Carinna and I walked down Eureka street where we thought they were. Halfway down the street, we got a call saying everyone was back at Jons, so we had to walk back. We got back and Played some more Music. We gave Clara the guitar and let her play some of her original songs. By this time we had to turn the music off, so we would not bug the neighbours. we turned to an acoustic set. Carinna had to go, so I walked her home.
When I got back, It was time for Clara to leave. I gave her a speech about how If I had a cent for every memory I had with her, I would have a dollar. We Hugged. It was one of those moments when you hold someone, and never want to let go. We said our farewells. I know Clara will always remember her time here in Canada. I know I will always remember her. Then Jon, Harley, Tom and I hung out and eventually crashed at 4 AM.
Long Blog. I have been very busy this week, and will hopefully go back to Blogging daily.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Blog Lackiness.
Sorry I have not been blogging that much. This week for me has been me going to vollyball, arriving home at 5:30, eating supper in twenty minutes, then rehersal for Fright Night 6-8. Fright Night went over really well tonight! All the actors and crew did great, and the kids were good too! This week has been hectiv. Hopefully things will slow down soon (knock on wood)
The post below this is a Media Studies project.
The post below this is a Media Studies project.
Kyle Chamaillard
Mr.Jamieson
Media Class
29/10/2009
Crossfire Assignment
Everybody watches movies. Adults, teenagers and children. But not everyone can watch the same movies. The movies that is good for your age group is told to you by the rating given to the film by the Motion Picture Association of America. In Canada, we base our ratings on how America rates their movies. But how accurately do they rate them? I don’t think that they rate movies correctly. But the MPAA insists that they are accurate in their rating system. I will be using information from the MPAA’s official page and some opinion pieces on how it is unfairly rated.
I will start off with the MPAA side of the story. The movie ratings system consists of all parents. They watch each film as a group, discuss the movie and take a vote on which rating should be given to the movie. The board uses the same criteria when rating the movies as they would with any decision that involves their children. But here is my favourite part. The members of the movie ratings system are all volunteers! They change the group who rates the movie about once a week, so it is never the same people rating all the movies you watch.
This seems like a flawed system to me. Everybody will have a separate opinion on how good/bad a movie would be for their children to watch. So what would have been a R-rated movie one week could become a PG-13 movie the next. So should you let your kids go off and rent their own movies? Or should you help pick them out by reading the information on the back?
“It is important that this film be seen by as many people as possible, as it deals with an insidious form of censorship resulting from a ratings process that has been kept secret for more than 30 years.” – Kirby Dick. This is a quote from the documentary “This Film is not Yet Rated.” This movie is dedicated to exploiting the secrets behind the movie ratings system. And his quote is very true. What happens behind closed doors at the MPAA? How come independent movies and Hollywood movies are rated different?
A movie I remember seeing and being judgemental on the rating of, was “The Ring.” When it came out, everyone was commenting on how scary it was. But how come one of the scariest movies of the year was only rated PG-13? I have done research, and can’t seem to figure it out. I have looked up clips, and thirteen year olds should not be able to rent this movie. I own a movie called “The Itty Bitty Titty Committee.” There is no rating on the back, so virtually anybody could buy this movie. I bought this movie under false pretences. I did not know when I bought the movie there would be six lesbian sex scenes. This is a very independent movie, that was probably only glanced at, and received a rating that was not fair (or visible) for the people viewing the movie. I understand the title of the movie should be self-explanatory, but I don’t think it is. There should be some kind of rating on the back of the case.
My opinion is clear. There should be a paid staff, with knowledge about at which age you should be able to see gore or nudity in movies. If a movie like “The Ring” is scary, and gives adults nightmares, it should be rated R. Not PG-13. If the movie involves some bad language, it should be rated PG-13, as long as the parents are comfortable with their kids hearing these words.
I am curious how they chose the volunteers to rate the movies. Are they just people off the street? Or do people sign up on a piece of lined paper and they get a call when it is their turn? This seems to me like a system with many flaws. Should there be protests against the movie ratings system? That seems a little extreme, but there should be some investigating about how the system really works.
In conclusion, movie ratings may be very deceiving. If you are not a fan of scary movies, and pick up a PG-13 movie assuming it won’t be bad, be prepared. If you are looking for something to watch with the family, some PG movies have some swearing and other content not meant for children under the age of 7. Always be careful when renting or buying a movie. For more information on the documentary “This Film is not Yet Rated” follow this link: http://www.chaincamera.com/thisfilmisnotyetrated/info.html
Mr.Jamieson
Media Class
29/10/2009
Crossfire Assignment
Everybody watches movies. Adults, teenagers and children. But not everyone can watch the same movies. The movies that is good for your age group is told to you by the rating given to the film by the Motion Picture Association of America. In Canada, we base our ratings on how America rates their movies. But how accurately do they rate them? I don’t think that they rate movies correctly. But the MPAA insists that they are accurate in their rating system. I will be using information from the MPAA’s official page and some opinion pieces on how it is unfairly rated.
I will start off with the MPAA side of the story. The movie ratings system consists of all parents. They watch each film as a group, discuss the movie and take a vote on which rating should be given to the movie. The board uses the same criteria when rating the movies as they would with any decision that involves their children. But here is my favourite part. The members of the movie ratings system are all volunteers! They change the group who rates the movie about once a week, so it is never the same people rating all the movies you watch.
This seems like a flawed system to me. Everybody will have a separate opinion on how good/bad a movie would be for their children to watch. So what would have been a R-rated movie one week could become a PG-13 movie the next. So should you let your kids go off and rent their own movies? Or should you help pick them out by reading the information on the back?
“It is important that this film be seen by as many people as possible, as it deals with an insidious form of censorship resulting from a ratings process that has been kept secret for more than 30 years.” – Kirby Dick. This is a quote from the documentary “This Film is not Yet Rated.” This movie is dedicated to exploiting the secrets behind the movie ratings system. And his quote is very true. What happens behind closed doors at the MPAA? How come independent movies and Hollywood movies are rated different?
A movie I remember seeing and being judgemental on the rating of, was “The Ring.” When it came out, everyone was commenting on how scary it was. But how come one of the scariest movies of the year was only rated PG-13? I have done research, and can’t seem to figure it out. I have looked up clips, and thirteen year olds should not be able to rent this movie. I own a movie called “The Itty Bitty Titty Committee.” There is no rating on the back, so virtually anybody could buy this movie. I bought this movie under false pretences. I did not know when I bought the movie there would be six lesbian sex scenes. This is a very independent movie, that was probably only glanced at, and received a rating that was not fair (or visible) for the people viewing the movie. I understand the title of the movie should be self-explanatory, but I don’t think it is. There should be some kind of rating on the back of the case.
My opinion is clear. There should be a paid staff, with knowledge about at which age you should be able to see gore or nudity in movies. If a movie like “The Ring” is scary, and gives adults nightmares, it should be rated R. Not PG-13. If the movie involves some bad language, it should be rated PG-13, as long as the parents are comfortable with their kids hearing these words.
I am curious how they chose the volunteers to rate the movies. Are they just people off the street? Or do people sign up on a piece of lined paper and they get a call when it is their turn? This seems to me like a system with many flaws. Should there be protests against the movie ratings system? That seems a little extreme, but there should be some investigating about how the system really works.
In conclusion, movie ratings may be very deceiving. If you are not a fan of scary movies, and pick up a PG-13 movie assuming it won’t be bad, be prepared. If you are looking for something to watch with the family, some PG movies have some swearing and other content not meant for children under the age of 7. Always be careful when renting or buying a movie. For more information on the documentary “This Film is not Yet Rated” follow this link: http://www.chaincamera.com/thisfilmisnotyetrated/info.html
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Gahh. So tired.
Im really tired. So here is a summary of the past two days.
Chased by Transvestites at Bayside Mall
Hung out with Carinna
Took shirt off in Math class
Rehersed for the Musical and Fright Night
Hung out with good friend Lucas Roberts
and other stuff that I dont remember, but it probably important.
Bed Time,.
Chased by Transvestites at Bayside Mall
Hung out with Carinna
Took shirt off in Math class
Rehersed for the Musical and Fright Night
Hung out with good friend Lucas Roberts
and other stuff that I dont remember, but it probably important.
Bed Time,.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Funday. Not Sunday.
After having really weird night terrors last night, I woke up at around noon. I showered and satrted to head out to the Petrolia Rink to do some public skating. On my way there, Carinna texted me, and told me her dad wanted to meet me. So I took a small detour, and went to her house. I was nervous, but her Dad seems really cool. I then asked Carinna if she could give me a ride to the rink. I always think its weird she drives me places, and her I am. G1-less.
So I arrived at the rink to find Clara, Lindsay and Ariane. Now, I am not much of a skater. But Clara is leaving for home next sunday, and I want to spend as much time with her as possible. So i strapped on some skates and hit the ice. It was not bad. I only fell 3 times.
I was hungry, so I went to the counter and asked for a poutine. Now, Clara and Ariane are from France, and have never had one before. They thought it was weird to put gravy and cheese on fries. So I let them try it. They loved it! Clara went and ordered one for herself.
The four of us then walked to Coffee Lodge to see Trevor, he was there working on homework, because ya know, Coffee Lodge has free Wi-Fi. We hung out there for awhile, and then went to my house. We mostly listned to music, and played instruments. Then Ariane left to see Trevor, Then Jon came over for five minutes then left. Lindsay, Clara and I played some rockband. Then Trevor and Ariane showed up, followed closely by Jon. So there were six people here, and then two minutes later, they all had to go. Clara was going to be hanging out still, and the two of us were going to walk everybody home. But I stayed back. I have had the house to myself all weekend and needed to clean.
I finished my chores, and Clara came back. We decided we needed supper. I am currently microwaveless, so that eliminated alot of the food we wanted. But I leanred today you can make Pizza Pockets in the Oven...it only takes forever!! We got impatient and ate them, with the inside still being really cold. We were heading towards the movies soon to see Zombieland, and I decided to brush my teeth. Somehow we got to the situation where I asked Clara if she would brush my teeth for me. Next thing I know, she is holding my toothbrush, brushing my teeth.
Then Emily came and picked us up. We met Ross and Laurissa at the theatre, and got our seats. I recommend everybody see Zombieland!! It was great! I thought it would be alot like "Shaun of the Dead" but alot of the scenes seemed really original. Plus Bill Murray is in it!! What is better than that?
We drove home and dropped Clara off. I didnt want to go home, So Emily and I went to Coffee Lodge. There we discussed Powerpuff Girls, Boys Bathroom manners, A certain teacher, and lots more. We eventually got kicked out.
Then we had nothing to do. I decided i wanted to got to the Wyoming cemetary and find Beckies spot. After driving around for twenty minutes we could not find it..I dont know why, but I really wanted to see it..
Now I am home, trying to avoid sleep, but know i should go to bed because I have school tomorrow. I will leave you tonight with one of lifes many questions.
"Who gets fried chicken at 10:30 at night?!?!"
So I arrived at the rink to find Clara, Lindsay and Ariane. Now, I am not much of a skater. But Clara is leaving for home next sunday, and I want to spend as much time with her as possible. So i strapped on some skates and hit the ice. It was not bad. I only fell 3 times.
I was hungry, so I went to the counter and asked for a poutine. Now, Clara and Ariane are from France, and have never had one before. They thought it was weird to put gravy and cheese on fries. So I let them try it. They loved it! Clara went and ordered one for herself.
The four of us then walked to Coffee Lodge to see Trevor, he was there working on homework, because ya know, Coffee Lodge has free Wi-Fi. We hung out there for awhile, and then went to my house. We mostly listned to music, and played instruments. Then Ariane left to see Trevor, Then Jon came over for five minutes then left. Lindsay, Clara and I played some rockband. Then Trevor and Ariane showed up, followed closely by Jon. So there were six people here, and then two minutes later, they all had to go. Clara was going to be hanging out still, and the two of us were going to walk everybody home. But I stayed back. I have had the house to myself all weekend and needed to clean.
I finished my chores, and Clara came back. We decided we needed supper. I am currently microwaveless, so that eliminated alot of the food we wanted. But I leanred today you can make Pizza Pockets in the Oven...it only takes forever!! We got impatient and ate them, with the inside still being really cold. We were heading towards the movies soon to see Zombieland, and I decided to brush my teeth. Somehow we got to the situation where I asked Clara if she would brush my teeth for me. Next thing I know, she is holding my toothbrush, brushing my teeth.
Then Emily came and picked us up. We met Ross and Laurissa at the theatre, and got our seats. I recommend everybody see Zombieland!! It was great! I thought it would be alot like "Shaun of the Dead" but alot of the scenes seemed really original. Plus Bill Murray is in it!! What is better than that?
We drove home and dropped Clara off. I didnt want to go home, So Emily and I went to Coffee Lodge. There we discussed Powerpuff Girls, Boys Bathroom manners, A certain teacher, and lots more. We eventually got kicked out.
Then we had nothing to do. I decided i wanted to got to the Wyoming cemetary and find Beckies spot. After driving around for twenty minutes we could not find it..I dont know why, but I really wanted to see it..
Now I am home, trying to avoid sleep, but know i should go to bed because I have school tomorrow. I will leave you tonight with one of lifes many questions.
"Who gets fried chicken at 10:30 at night?!?!"
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About Me
- Kyle Chamaillard
- Petrolia ON, Canada?, Canada
- Hey everybody. My name is Kyle Chamaillard, and I am a current grade 11 student at LCCVI. I think.
