I
am still attempting to complete my latest stop-motion
series, Planet of the Dinosaurs.
I'd say it's about 52% finished.
A
few months ago (last year), I mentioned that Pixar has many “hidden
projects” that are mostly kept under wraps. For some time, they
only let a little bit of information about these movies out and we
fans are constantly trying to guess at what the movie is about.
Sometimes you can find out about these movies by looking on the
internet on certain websites (such as Wikipedia). This way, many of
us can know at least a little bit about such movies before most other
people who don't do research. This is how I found out about the
upcoming prequel to the ever-popular Monsters Inc.
called Monsters University.
By now, extensive trailers, commercials and previews are out so
everyone knows about this film. I can't wait for this movie to come
out! I've actually been hoping that they'd make another Monsters
movie for quite some time, so I'm really excited to see what Pixar
has come up with. In case some of you haven't seen the trailer, I put
it on here for your enjoyment:
Remember,
Monsters University
comes out on June 21, 2013 for those of you who are going to the
theaters to see it. For those of us waiting for it to come out on
DVD, well, it's a good bet that it will be out by February 2014. I
can't wait!
Since
the last time I posted (last Thursday), there hasn't been a whole lot
of news about another movie I'm looking forward to: Jurassic
Park IV. As you might recall if
you read last week's post, this film is supposed to be coming out on
June 13, 2014. Universal
still has a lot about this movie “under wraps”, but on May 2
(after I posted my last post) of this year, they released some new
information about this upcoming film. On his twitter account, the
director of Jurassic Park IV,
Colin Trevorrow tweeted this:
Nublar.#JP4
After
11 years of speculation, we now know where this movie is going to
take place: Isla Nublar! Isla Nublar is the island of the very first
movie. In the Jurassic Park
franchise, no one has set foot on this island ever since the tragic
day when the park's power systems got screwed up, the dinosaurs
escaped and the film's heroes narrowly escaped death at the hands of
the cunning Velociraptors.
So far, the plot of the film is still rather “hush-hush”, but
when they release more information about this movie, you pretty can
be sure that I'll let you know! (That is unless my computer acts up
again or something unforeseen happens of course). In the mean time though, while we wait for this great movie to come out, take a look at the trailer for the recently released Jurassic Park: The Game (Jurassic Park 1 1/2), which is considered the bridging gap between the first and second Jurassic Park movies.
As
you all know, Mother's Day is just around the corner! During this
time of year, people everywhere visit their mothers and give them
cards and gifts as a special “thank you” to devoted mothers all
around the world! Mother's Day has been around for a long, long time.
People know what we normally do on this very special day, but do you
know where it all started? If you were to go out in public and ask a
variety of people, “Where did this Mother's Day stuff all begin?”
they'd probably shrug. In all probability, most people don't know
how, when or where Mother's Day started. Well folks, I have decided
to devote today's post to mothers all around the world. They
definitely deserve a day devoted to them, because without mothers . .
. well, even if we somehow managed to be born, think about all the
things many mothers do on a regular basis, and it's a lot! Husbands
will often admit that when their wives go away on trips or retreats,
the house often feels empty and like there's an endless amount of
work to do!
Much
of what a mother does everyday is a work-related task (e.g. laundry,
cooking, shopping). Have you ever thought about how much a mother
would earn if she were paid for such tasks? Well, a recent survey
on
Salary.com set out to do just that. 40,000 mothers responded to the
survey and each one explained what their job entailed and how many
hours they worked. Out of this survey, they learned that the average
mother had at least 10 jobs and worked 92 hours per week. After
calculating all the numbers, the people who made the survey worked
out that the average mother would earn $138,095
a
year! Wow! Talk about a worth-it mother!
Now
to get back to the topic of the origins of Mother's Day. The story of
this special day begins during the Civil War in 1868. This was when
Ann Jarvis decided to create a committee to help the soldiers in the
war. She called her committee the “Mother's Day Work Clubs”.
These clubs were devoted to the treating of wounds, feeding and
clothing both Union and Confederate soldiers (that's following the
second greatest commandment, “. . . let us love one another . . .”
Jesus Christ).
But
Ann Jarvis isn't responsible for Mother's Day. She died in 1905. Two
years after her death, Ann's daughter, Anna Jarvis was holding a
memorial for her dearly departed mother when suddenly it clicked:
why not have a day devoted to all mothers nationwide? So Anna Jarvis
started campaigning for a special day devoted to mothers and
apparently, the idea caught on rather well! In 1914, Anna's mission
was a success and Mother's Day was a confirmed holiday to take place
on the second Sunday in May.
Pretty
soon, people all over the United States were sending cards and gifts
of all shapes and sizes to their mothers. An International Mother's
Day Shrine was even established in Grafton, West Virginia (where Anna
Jarvis lived as a child) to celebrate her success.
Mother's
Day was so successful, that not only did it catch on, but Anna Jarvis
started campaigning once again in the 1920's! But this time, it
wasn't to promote her holiday – instead, she was campaigning
against
it! By the 1920's, the commercialism involved with Mother's Day was
skyrocketing. She and her sister Ellsinore were so serious about
getting rid of the holiday (or at least what the holiday had become)
that that's what most of their family inheritance went toward. Anna
was once even arrested once for “disturbing the peace”.
Anna
especially hated the use of printed, store-bought Mother's Day cards.
She is even quoted for saying:
“A printed card means nothing expect that you are too lazy to write the woman who has done more for you than anyone in the world. And candy! You take a box to Mother – and then eat most of it yourself. A pretty sentiment.” Anna Jarvis
Anna
Jarvis never married or became a mother herself and died on November
24, 1948. But her legacy lives on. Now on the second Sunday in May
(the exact day differs in different countries), people all over spend
special time devoted to the hard-working, grossly
underpaid, yet tender, loving and caring women who gave us life and a
lot of TLC – our Mothers!
Mother's
Day is going to take place on May 12 this year. So let's all take
some time to spend with our mothers this Sunday (after church is
over, of course, don't make an excuse to miss church service). Why
don't you give your mother a card or some candy this year (but don't
eat it all up!), and why not also use this special day to thank God
for the amazing mothers He blessed us with.
Wow!
Anna Jarvis sure put a lot into a holiday she would later despise,
didn't she? Oh well. Be sure to come back next week for some more
updates and another non-fiction article I am making for you to enjoy!
Happy Mother's Day to all mothers all around the world!
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