There was a golden fleece that was guarded by a dragon, and Jason was told that he would be able to gain the throne if he retrieved the fleece. A group of 50 Argonauts accompanied Jason in his travel. When they reached the area where the fleece was they met Medea who helps Jason fight the dragon. They get the fleece and travel around the world and Medea and Jason later get married. Jason falls out of love because he thinks she's not pretty anymore, and Medea, being really upset, kills their children and then kills Jason.
My favorite love story is the song "love story" by Taylor Swift. I don't think she made the story up, but her voice is so soothing and the song speaks to me. Juliet marry me you'll never have to be alone I love you and that's all I really know I talked to your daddy, it's a love story baby just say yes. I think I know every lyric to that song, which is rare because I'm not a lyric guy, and I don't have that song on my itunes. I think that that song is the best story of love because it's pure, and lyrical, and straight-forward, and catchy. Marry me Taylor Swift.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Love
Okay. Luckily the main character of this story's name is Jason, as all the other characters names I can hardly pronounce. But I'll begin. Jason was the son of the king of Iolcus, but his uncle Pelias had usurped the throne. His uncle kept Jason's father as a prisoner, but Jason's mother faked Jason's death so he was never held prisoner. When Jason was of age, he set out on a journey to reclaim his kingdom. Hera contrived a test that would see whether Jason was truly fit to be king. He staged a woman who must be helped across the stream, would Jason help the woman or simply go on about his business? He did not think twice; he helped her across. But the woman was none other than Hera herself. Helping her, Jason lost his shoe. This is significant because an oracle had told King Pelias to be wary of a man in one shoe. Jason finally met King Pelias, who told him if he wanted to be king he must find the Golden Fleece. An impossible task. But alas, Jason constructed a group called the argonauts to help him and set off. They completed many a difficult tasks and finally was faced with the last one, Jason had to plant a field of dragon teeth. The dragons teeth would then grow into an army of men, and Jason would have to defeat them. The king's daughter Medea fell in love with Jason, and, lucky for him, she was a sorceress. She allowed him to defeat the army and Jason took the fleece, becoming king.
My favorite story of love and revenge is Bridesmaids. While it may not be deemed the typical love story, it is none the less a tragic love tale. See, Annie loved Lillian. They were best friends. But then, Helen comes along. And Annie is upset, because it's like Helen had replaced her. So she wanted to get revenge. And began to ruin everything for Lillian, who was getting married. After much painful watching and secondhand embarrassment, the story is finally resolved, and they all become friends. And they all love each other once again.
My favorite story of love and revenge is Bridesmaids. While it may not be deemed the typical love story, it is none the less a tragic love tale. See, Annie loved Lillian. They were best friends. But then, Helen comes along. And Annie is upset, because it's like Helen had replaced her. So she wanted to get revenge. And began to ruin everything for Lillian, who was getting married. After much painful watching and secondhand embarrassment, the story is finally resolved, and they all become friends. And they all love each other once again.
Jason and the Golden Fleece
Jason and 50 other comrades, called the argonauts, set sail on the argo to retrieve the Golden Fleece so he could claim the throne in Thessaly. On his way he faced many hardships, but also encountered other heroes like Hercules and Orpheus who helped him on the quest. When the got to the groove where the fleece was held, Medea the kings daughter drugged the dragon protecting it so that she and Jason could escape with the Fleece. They then sailed the entire world (Europe) making them the first to see the wonders of the world. Later Jason married Medea. But Jason was a playa and was looking for other golden fleeces with other women, so Medea slew their children and Jason died when a rotting mast fell on him in his sleep.
Love is a very weird thing, and it makes people do even weirder things. Thats why I'm single like a pringle and ready to mingle. But love can cause so much pain and grief for others so they just choose to avoid suffering at that point. Like in middle school, whats the point of even dating when you are just going to break up after a week. And then girls freak out and start crying everywhere and say how much they loved him. So right now I think love is stupid, but Once I mature I will definitely see the importance of it.
Love is a very weird thing, and it makes people do even weirder things. Thats why I'm single like a pringle and ready to mingle. But love can cause so much pain and grief for others so they just choose to avoid suffering at that point. Like in middle school, whats the point of even dating when you are just going to break up after a week. And then girls freak out and start crying everywhere and say how much they loved him. So right now I think love is stupid, but Once I mature I will definitely see the importance of it.
greek mythology characters are such douchebags
this blog post is gonna be so bad i’m so tired don’t make me
read this plz
So jason has to go get this golden fleece to be king so he
goes off on this adventure with this group and its sort of like the odyssey
they do a bunch of weird stuff but ultimately things are successful and all is
good then jason meets a girl named madea (giggle) and marries her but after a
while she gets ugly and he’s like wow bitch is ugly thank zeus for pre-nup wow jason you're a dick and then he
goes for another girl and madea’s not having that so she murders their kids and
the other woman then the story is over
Love is honestly such a pain – it causes so much trouble and
makes people sad and is hurtful when things go wrong, etc etc etc. I don’t
recommend doing the whole love thing at this stage in life because we’re so
emotionally unstable and it’s probably not going to end up well so yeah don’t
do it. But love can also make people really happy like having a companion who’s
always there is really great but when and if that ends revenge can set in. I
have a lot of real-life examples I can think of where the falling apart of love
leads to deep bitterness – like my sister and every male she’s ever dated. Don’t
date my sister. It will go wrong. But yeah don’t take things out or get revenge
on someone you broke up with because thats a dickish thing to do and i’ve seen
it happen so many times. I didn’t write about a story just love and revenge so
sorry here’s a picture have fun with it
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Materialism at its finest
In Iolcus apparently all the cool kings have nice and shiny North Face fleeces. So for Jason to achieve his dream of being a king he had to get one for himself. Unfortunately for Jason the fall was fresh out so he had to get together with his boys (the Argonauts) and hop in their sweet ride (the Argo). They began a great journey that helped them save a king from some harpies and escaped a clan of killer babes. Sounds like a pretty sweet night in the club, but the show must go on. He had yet to get his fleece. They continued on their quest which lead them to mutilate a dove and then having not learned from their poor bird friend they wrecked the back end of their ride. Finally they reach Aeetes King of the North Face factory told Jason he only had one golden fleece yet and the only way he would part with it was if Jason planted dragon teeth with the help of his fire breathing bulls and killed the army that grew Aeetes would hand over his jacket. Luckily Jason was pretty good looking so Medea daughter of Aeetes gave him special lotion to protect from the fire and a trick to defeat the army. After completing the challenges Jason was finally given his coat and could return to his home as a pretty cool king.
Love and revenge are both very similar emotions in their all encompassing nature. As we have learned from many of our Greek tales, love is powerful be it with a tree or a reflection of yourself. Neither of those situations ended well. Revenge often has the exact same success rate. As a young mischievous lad I had quite the temper. I often would react rather extremely at provocation. Be it a swift punch or well placed foot I always took my revenge, but the problems always came after. The teachers would always hear about what I had done and I would narrowly avoid major trouble. Revenge never helped me. It made things pretty rough on me a lot, but I learned to rely on it less and less. I suppose that is the major difference between love and revenge. Romantic love will on day cease to make things rough on me. Non-romantic love that of my friends and family I have learned to rely on more and more.
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THE GOLDEN FLEECE
Love and revenge are both very similar emotions in their all encompassing nature. As we have learned from many of our Greek tales, love is powerful be it with a tree or a reflection of yourself. Neither of those situations ended well. Revenge often has the exact same success rate. As a young mischievous lad I had quite the temper. I often would react rather extremely at provocation. Be it a swift punch or well placed foot I always took my revenge, but the problems always came after. The teachers would always hear about what I had done and I would narrowly avoid major trouble. Revenge never helped me. It made things pretty rough on me a lot, but I learned to rely on it less and less. I suppose that is the major difference between love and revenge. Romantic love will on day cease to make things rough on me. Non-romantic love that of my friends and family I have learned to rely on more and more.
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THE GOLDEN FLEECE
Jason and the Golden Fleece
It always seems like love leads to revenge. Because, in a lot of cases, love leads to tragedy and tragedy leads to the desperate need of revenge. Lets just look at Taylor Swift for example. I love my girl Taylor, but she seems to have a lot of "love stories." And by a lot, I mean 39574985 love stories with the most attractive men on the planet. And these love stories always turn tragic. Which always leads to revenge. In her case, revenge is writing a song about them. "We are never getting back together" is about Harry Styles, "Forever and Always" is about Joe Jonas, "Dear John" is about John Mayor and the list goes on and on. OK so basically what I'm trying to say is love stories always seem to turn into revenge stories. I cant help but ask myself, where is the love?
Jason and the Golden Fleece
The story goes that Jason was told by King Pelias that in order to rightfully claim his throne of Iolcos in Thessaly he needed to retrieve the golden fleece. This fleece was no ordinary golden fleece. It was the fleece of the gold-hair winged ram. Jason sets out to get this fleece with his group of heroes called the Argonauts. They sail upon their ship, the Argo. They face many challenges along the way to the fleece and on the way back but eventually emerge victorious. This happens to be a very similar journey to that that is described in the Odyssey. While on his journey, Jason meets a woman named Madea whom he brings back with him, marries, and has a few kids with. As Madea's beauty fades and Jason realizes that that is the only thing he liked about her, he begins to fall in love with another woman. Madea is outraged. She kills their kids and Jason's new lover. Jason later dies lonely when the mast of his rotting ship falls on him.
Love seems to be the cause of so much drama, violence, betrayal, death, bitterness..... etc. But anyway, even though love is such a great thing, it has the power to cause massive tragedy and chaos. Thinking about stories such as the Iliad or Romeo and Juliet love caused so much distress and tragedy that it seems as if it's not even worth it. But these stories seem like extreme exaggerations nowadays. When was the last time you heard about a war starting because one guy stole another guy's girlfriend? Maybe there was a fist fight or a harsh exchange of words, but never a war. It seems that most that crazy stuff people were willing to do back in the day is over. The toils of love now consist mainly of petty drama and possibly a crime of passion every once in a while.
Love seems to be the cause of so much drama, violence, betrayal, death, bitterness..... etc. But anyway, even though love is such a great thing, it has the power to cause massive tragedy and chaos. Thinking about stories such as the Iliad or Romeo and Juliet love caused so much distress and tragedy that it seems as if it's not even worth it. But these stories seem like extreme exaggerations nowadays. When was the last time you heard about a war starting because one guy stole another guy's girlfriend? Maybe there was a fist fight or a harsh exchange of words, but never a war. It seems that most that crazy stuff people were willing to do back in the day is over. The toils of love now consist mainly of petty drama and possibly a crime of passion every once in a while.
Greek Mythology Tho
So Jason was the son of a king, whose kingdom was then taken over by his brother (Jason's uncle) and in order to keep Jason safe he was sent to another kingdom to be raised by another king. When he was old enough to claim his birthright he came to his uncle and was like "yo it's my turn to rule now" and the uncle was like "yeah sure but you gotta bring me this golden fleece" and then probably cackled evilly, I dunno. So Jason accepted and put together a group of heroes to help him go and get the fleece and so they set off. Along the way Jason meets Medea, a sorceress who promises to help Jason but only if he promises to marry him and take her back to Greece with him. They agree and she puts the dragon who was guarding the fleece to sleep and then Jason gets it and they are off on their way home wheeee. Also when they get back Jason's uncle refuses to follow his word so Jason tricks his uncle's daughters into murdering him. It's pretty dang gruesome actually and pretty much exactly what you would expect from Greek mythology. And then some time later Jason falls for another woman and then Medea goes and kills all their children and then leaves Jason all alone.
I keep trying to come up with a story of love/revenge but I'm thoroughly distracted by the fanfic I had to leave in order to do this post...so...there's that. No but seriously that is such a common theme (themes) though so it shouldn't really be that difficult. Well, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is about love and revenge, I suppose? And I've come up with a few cartoon examples, actually. Like in Danny Phantom - the crowd starts giggling I'm sure - Danny's mom and dad are happily married, but their old friend Vlad did and still does have a thing for Maddie, his mom, but things turned south for him in high school and so Jack and Maddie got together. Leaving Vlad angry and alone. Which is why he's such a creeper and goes after Danny all the time and still tries to end up with Maddie. He's really creepy and y'know, cartoons actually have really good plots sometimes, you really shouldn't judge something just because it's a cartoon. Okay, that's it, I have a fanfic to read.
I keep trying to come up with a story of love/revenge but I'm thoroughly distracted by the fanfic I had to leave in order to do this post...so...there's that. No but seriously that is such a common theme (themes) though so it shouldn't really be that difficult. Well, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is about love and revenge, I suppose? And I've come up with a few cartoon examples, actually. Like in Danny Phantom - the crowd starts giggling I'm sure - Danny's mom and dad are happily married, but their old friend Vlad did and still does have a thing for Maddie, his mom, but things turned south for him in high school and so Jack and Maddie got together. Leaving Vlad angry and alone. Which is why he's such a creeper and goes after Danny all the time and still tries to end up with Maddie. He's really creepy and y'know, cartoons actually have really good plots sometimes, you really shouldn't judge something just because it's a cartoon. Okay, that's it, I have a fanfic to read.
Jason and the Golden Fleece
So essentially, our story starts when Jason is sent on the quest for the Golden Fleece in order to earn his birth-right; he gets together a team of heroes (I feel like they should have some name like the Band of Unlikely Heroes) and they go on their hunt for their fleece. They go through obstacles including but not limited to killing a sleepless dragon in order to yoke several bulls, navigate their ship through a highly dangerous, rocky portion of the sea, and fighting warriors. He is overall successful in his endeavors and ends up meeting a girl (of course), Medea; they marry and live a happy life for a little while before her beauty begins to fade and Jason realizes that's what he really liked about her. Which, you know, is totally not shallow at all and doesn't completely tick me off. But I digress. He starts to notice another girl, and Medea, naturally, becomes jealous. She has a bit of an overreaction, though, and goes about killing people. Poor life choices, kids. Don't kill people, especially not your own children, just because you're jealous.
So. Love and revenge. This is so often a topic in YA lit that I feel like I should be able to spout off a bunch about some characters I really love; for the moment, however, I'm kinda stuck. I do think it's interesting to note, though, that love is considered one of the purest things, and yet it leads to so many not-at-all-pure things like revenge and war (think Helen of Troy). How is it that the one thing that inspires so many people every single day is one of the only things powerful enough to spread hate? It's fascinating to me, albeit in a bit of a morbid way. Love as it relates to revenge is particularly interesting--to what lengths will people go for love? Such a big question. Food for thought.
So. Love and revenge. This is so often a topic in YA lit that I feel like I should be able to spout off a bunch about some characters I really love; for the moment, however, I'm kinda stuck. I do think it's interesting to note, though, that love is considered one of the purest things, and yet it leads to so many not-at-all-pure things like revenge and war (think Helen of Troy). How is it that the one thing that inspires so many people every single day is one of the only things powerful enough to spread hate? It's fascinating to me, albeit in a bit of a morbid way. Love as it relates to revenge is particularly interesting--to what lengths will people go for love? Such a big question. Food for thought.
Golden Fleece
So once Jason turns twenty he decides to go back and reclaim his thrown. However when he gets there the current king says that he need to retrieve the golden fleece which is thought to be impossible. So he goes and goes on many adventures on the way but then they finally arrive to Colchis. The king says he will give him the fleece if he complete impossible tasks. Then his daughter falls in love with him and is like “hey I’ll help you out if you marry me” and he’s like “Sure!” So they get the fleece and get his throne back. Once they do they are driven out because of Madea’s magic. But he then later says he’ll marry another woman and she’s like “nope” and kills her kids, his new fiancé, and eventually him.
There are many stories of people getting revenge after loosing love. Some of the most extreme cases seem to be with women loosing the affection of their husbands. I can’t really think of any real life examples but crimes shows almost always have several episodes where the wife or husband murder their spouse do to jealousy or for revenge.
lookandlearn.comJason and his Gold Piece
Jason was the son of a king, rightful heir to the throne, but he had a jealous uncle who usurped the throne from his father. So Jason's mom sent him away to be raised by Chiron the centaur so his uncle wouldn't kill him. He eventually learned of his birthright and went back to claim his kingdom. His uncle told him if he retrieved the golden fleece he could take his rightful seat as King. Jason assembled the greatest group of heroes,called the Argonauts, and they sailed off the fleece. Of course they came across many trials and tribulations but Jason prevailed making many tough decisions and sacrifices on the way. He befriends a woman named Madea, she is madly in love with Jason, he kind of uses her. They do have children that Madea ends up killing because of her rage, because Jason betrays her (shocker). He returns to his old ship, because no one loves him. The ship's mast falls on him and kills him, how romantic of an ending.
The first thing that came to mind when I though love and revenge was the Twilight series. I remember how all the girls in middle school was like "OMG I Love Twilight!!! Team Edward or Team Jacob??" And I didn't understand allthe hype and actually kind of angered me, because it was a teen romance about vampires and werewolves interacting with humans. But I think 7th grade I decided to read the first book and became immediately hooked and was and still am Team Jacob.
P.S. Thanks to Kristen Stewart for ruining the series.
The first thing that came to mind when I though love and revenge was the Twilight series. I remember how all the girls in middle school was like "OMG I Love Twilight!!! Team Edward or Team Jacob??" And I didn't understand allthe hype and actually kind of angered me, because it was a teen romance about vampires and werewolves interacting with humans. But I think 7th grade I decided to read the first book and became immediately hooked and was and still am Team Jacob.
P.S. Thanks to Kristen Stewart for ruining the series.
Jason and the Golden Fleece
The Golden Fleece is a collection of the stories of the older heroes. It was made of the skin of a golden ram and guarded by a dragon. Jason was tasked with finding the fleece and he asked the heroes of the past like Hercules and Orpheus. They were called Argonauts and the 50 of them traveled to the land of the fleece with Jason in a ship called Argo. The king's daughter Medea was a sorceress and she helped them by charming and drugging the dragon. They took the fleece and Medea fled with them; they traveled all around the world until returning back to Greece. Medea killed her brother and sliced him into a bunch of small pieces so her dad would not be able to find her. Later, Jason left Medea and she killed their children.
The love in this story quickly turns to revenge as Medea gets back at Jason for leaving her by killing their children. Most stories of love and revenge are not this dramatic because Medea is psycho and kills her family. In some crime shows I have watched before, a husband or wife is often killed by his or her spouse for having an affair, so that's a good example of love turning to revenge. However, I cannot think of any great examples in my life or in current events, but I am sure there are some. Just thought of one. I heard on some bad radio show on the way to school that Miley Cyrus gave out Liam Hemsworth's phone number after he broke up with her. She was so upset that he dumped her, her revenge was having thousands of teenage girls call him every day.
(http://www.bookpalace.com/acatalog/Home_Jack_Matthew_Art_173.html) This is a picture of Jason with the Golden Fleece and the sedated dragon next to him.
The love in this story quickly turns to revenge as Medea gets back at Jason for leaving her by killing their children. Most stories of love and revenge are not this dramatic because Medea is psycho and kills her family. In some crime shows I have watched before, a husband or wife is often killed by his or her spouse for having an affair, so that's a good example of love turning to revenge. However, I cannot think of any great examples in my life or in current events, but I am sure there are some. Just thought of one. I heard on some bad radio show on the way to school that Miley Cyrus gave out Liam Hemsworth's phone number after he broke up with her. She was so upset that he dumped her, her revenge was having thousands of teenage girls call him every day.
Ass and brass don't mix.
So somebody finally came up with the idea to just get it together and out all the stories from the "older heroes" and put it on a thing called the Golden Fleece. It was made from a golden ram, guarded by a dragon, and kept at the far end of the Earth, which is a little queer to me been as the world is round and therefore has no end. Jason was supposed to win this s.o.b and he was helped by like Hercules and stuff. So the heroes that helped him were called the Argonauts because they sailed on Jason's ship the Argo. Clever. Finally these guys land at wherever the far end is, and Princess Madea the sorceress decides to help by taking the dragon up for some 420 shenanigans. They probably didn't say it in these exact words, but we all know Madea and the dragon was all up in it like #420blazeit. Anyway. She and Jason escape with the fleece and flee, only to be pursued by Madea's daddy and his crew. The Argonauts followed the coast-line until they circled back to Europe, and ended up being the first to see all the wonders of the world. But then Jason fucked up and dumped Madea and she was PISSED so she killed they babies. Then she persuaded Jason to fall asleep under his ship and made one of the timbers fall on him and that boy DIED.
Lemme tell y'all bout love. I got this nephew and he be workin for that alphabet soup in da gobernments. That boy asked me to hide this white family up in my house. Chitlen I love in the ghetto. I wanna know how the I'm suppose to hide five white folks. If the police come ho in this neighborhood they don't even send a white car, they come in a black SUV. And these white folk ain't even a family. They so lazy. The daddy in trouble with the police and he just depressed as hell. He won't get up out the bed so I told him, I told him, "if I gotta come back up these stairs and you still in this bed I'm gonna get completely naked and get up in there and spoon." That's what I told the boy. And his son, that boy told me I look like a bag of skittles so I told him I says "boy if you don't get up outta that bed you gonna TASTE THE RAINBOW." And the daughter, I'm bout to kill her. I just dumped a bucket of water on that child because I knew Jesus The Lord was watching. I just don't know. These white folks are gonna stick out more here than I would at a Republica convention. Bryan lucky I love him. And I'm lucky the gobernment payin me $1000 a week.
Lemme tell y'all bout love. I got this nephew and he be workin for that alphabet soup in da gobernments. That boy asked me to hide this white family up in my house. Chitlen I love in the ghetto. I wanna know how the I'm suppose to hide five white folks. If the police come ho in this neighborhood they don't even send a white car, they come in a black SUV. And these white folk ain't even a family. They so lazy. The daddy in trouble with the police and he just depressed as hell. He won't get up out the bed so I told him, I told him, "if I gotta come back up these stairs and you still in this bed I'm gonna get completely naked and get up in there and spoon." That's what I told the boy. And his son, that boy told me I look like a bag of skittles so I told him I says "boy if you don't get up outta that bed you gonna TASTE THE RAINBOW." And the daughter, I'm bout to kill her. I just dumped a bucket of water on that child because I knew Jesus The Lord was watching. I just don't know. These white folks are gonna stick out more here than I would at a Republica convention. Bryan lucky I love him. And I'm lucky the gobernment payin me $1000 a week.
All I Learned is That Jason Would Be Incompetent without Medea
The story of Jason is one of deceit and trickery and shows just how the gods play with mortals for their own gain. So the story is as follows: Jason was the rightful heir to the King of Iolcus, but the Kings' brother, Peleus usurped the throne form him. Peleus tortured the King and would surely have killed Jason as well but his mother was cunning and mourned as if her son had died. In reality, she had sent her son to live with a centaur who taught him to plant, hunt, and art. When he was of age, Jason set out to claim his rightful throne.
Unknowingly, Jason would fall victim to Hera's tests, whig she implemented because she also hated Peleus (he wouldn't acknowledge her goddessness) and only someone strong enough to pass her tests could take over Peleus. His first challenge was helping an old woman across a raging river, and it turns out that the old woman was actually Hera in disguise. Passing, Jason moved on to Peleus' kingdom.
There, the "King" was not receptive towards the newcomer and asked him a question, "What would you do if you wanted to get rid of a pesky visitor?" and that is when Jason answered that the King should send after the Golden Fleece. Thus, the King sent Jason out for the Golden Fleece. Ironic, no?
Jason wasn't about to back down, oh no. He got on a ship called Argo, manned by the Argonauts (they were really creative with their names) and thus the adventure began. They got rid of the troublesome Harpies, and got past the Clashing Rocks, the Flying Ram, and finally they got to King Aeetes who owned the Golden Fleece. The catch? He won't give it up. Quick, to the rescue comes Medea, his daughter, who falls madly in love with Jason and gets the Fleece form her father for him.
Then there were the raging bulls, but Medea is smarter than Jason (by a long shot) and, luckily for Jason, a magical sorceress who protected him against the bulls. So he started plowing and sowing and then there some dragon teeth with magical harvesting properties (like growing great warriors out of the earth)which he planted. But then the seed men turned on each other because they're about as smart as dirt. Aeetes is still not giving up the fleece, which is protected by a monster, but Medea and Jason team up (but Medea's doing most of the legwork. She's the mastermind behind this entire operation), steal it, and make a quick getaway. Those rascals.
I have to say... stories of love and revenge... well, they're kind of the best. Sophia, back me up on this one. It's funny, we were at lunch and talking about the multitude of shows and books we all like. Anyway, Dom was all "ew. love. why? i don't get it? what is romance? no me gusta." and the table was in agreeance ...except, Sophia and I shot each other a look as if to say, "they're all wrong muahaha the best part is the love interest. who cares about suspense? not i! i only read divergent for four and tris!." (i'm sure everyone appreciates this intensely interesting story. you're welcome you guys.) Anyway! my point is this: yes, I appreciate a good killing here and there, maybe some troubled souls, a good drama, but my heart will forever be taken by a good love story. There's just something so fascinating to watch a relationship unfold and watch as it grows/breaks/whatever-happens-in-love-stories-because-theyre-usually-very-messy. I guess it's the whole living vicariously through someone else aspect of our/my personalities? So in short, things I chose to watch/read for fun will more than likely include some aspect of revenge or love, even if it is not central just because I believe that it adds that (usually awkward) extra kick to the plot that is my guilty pleasure.
Unknowingly, Jason would fall victim to Hera's tests, whig she implemented because she also hated Peleus (he wouldn't acknowledge her goddessness) and only someone strong enough to pass her tests could take over Peleus. His first challenge was helping an old woman across a raging river, and it turns out that the old woman was actually Hera in disguise. Passing, Jason moved on to Peleus' kingdom.
There, the "King" was not receptive towards the newcomer and asked him a question, "What would you do if you wanted to get rid of a pesky visitor?" and that is when Jason answered that the King should send after the Golden Fleece. Thus, the King sent Jason out for the Golden Fleece. Ironic, no?
Jason wasn't about to back down, oh no. He got on a ship called Argo, manned by the Argonauts (they were really creative with their names) and thus the adventure began. They got rid of the troublesome Harpies, and got past the Clashing Rocks, the Flying Ram, and finally they got to King Aeetes who owned the Golden Fleece. The catch? He won't give it up. Quick, to the rescue comes Medea, his daughter, who falls madly in love with Jason and gets the Fleece form her father for him.
Then there were the raging bulls, but Medea is smarter than Jason (by a long shot) and, luckily for Jason, a magical sorceress who protected him against the bulls. So he started plowing and sowing and then there some dragon teeth with magical harvesting properties (like growing great warriors out of the earth)which he planted. But then the seed men turned on each other because they're about as smart as dirt. Aeetes is still not giving up the fleece, which is protected by a monster, but Medea and Jason team up (but Medea's doing most of the legwork. She's the mastermind behind this entire operation), steal it, and make a quick getaway. Those rascals.
I have to say... stories of love and revenge... well, they're kind of the best. Sophia, back me up on this one. It's funny, we were at lunch and talking about the multitude of shows and books we all like. Anyway, Dom was all "ew. love. why? i don't get it? what is romance? no me gusta." and the table was in agreeance ...except, Sophia and I shot each other a look as if to say, "they're all wrong muahaha the best part is the love interest. who cares about suspense? not i! i only read divergent for four and tris!." (i'm sure everyone appreciates this intensely interesting story. you're welcome you guys.) Anyway! my point is this: yes, I appreciate a good killing here and there, maybe some troubled souls, a good drama, but my heart will forever be taken by a good love story. There's just something so fascinating to watch a relationship unfold and watch as it grows/breaks/whatever-happens-in-love-stories-because-theyre-usually-very-messy. I guess it's the whole living vicariously through someone else aspect of our/my personalities? So in short, things I chose to watch/read for fun will more than likely include some aspect of revenge or love, even if it is not central just because I believe that it adds that (usually awkward) extra kick to the plot that is my guilty pleasure.
Jason and the Golden Fleece
When Jason was a little boy, his father, King Aeson, had his throne stolen by his brother, Jason's uncle. But as Jason grew into a young man, he came back to challenge his uncle for the kingship. I don't know about yall but I'm kinda getting a little Lion King vibe if you ask me.
But anyway, his uncle promised that if Jason could bring back the golden fleece (???), he would give up the throne. So Jason gathered a crew, stuck em on a ship named Argo, and called he and his crew the Argonauts, which seems a little crazy to me, but we'll go with it.
The Argonauts overcame many obstacles, but eventually arrived in Colchis. The King of Colchis, when asked for the Golden Fleece, told Jason he must yoke two fire breathing bulls, plow a field with them, and plant dragon teeth (which I guess he just had on hand I don't know). The dragon teeth, when full grown, turn into soldiers who attack the hand that planted them, which, if you think about it, could give the ol' Jack and The Beanstalk story a nice little Hollywood twist.
So after all this is done, Jason and Medea, the daughter of King Colchis, get past a dragon guarding the fleece, and head off for home with the Argonauts still tagging along. Oh and apparently there is something in the story about how Medea killed and sliced up her brother and spread his body parts in the sea so her dad would have a hard time pursuing her.... Which is actually crazy. And if I'm Jason, I'm throwin her over the side of the boat too, because you know that next time she hears her daddy is gonna come a-knockin', she'll be comin atcha with a knapsack on her shoulder and a butcher knife in hand.
But, all the horror aside, Jason and co. make it home safe with the fleece and he becomes king.
All in all I think this is the ultimate story. I mean, what's not to love? You've got family drama, a plot with some extreme twists, a hero on a mission, and a love component. Although I forreal don't understand the part about Medea and her brother, that's messed up.
But anyway, his uncle promised that if Jason could bring back the golden fleece (???), he would give up the throne. So Jason gathered a crew, stuck em on a ship named Argo, and called he and his crew the Argonauts, which seems a little crazy to me, but we'll go with it.
The Argonauts overcame many obstacles, but eventually arrived in Colchis. The King of Colchis, when asked for the Golden Fleece, told Jason he must yoke two fire breathing bulls, plow a field with them, and plant dragon teeth (which I guess he just had on hand I don't know). The dragon teeth, when full grown, turn into soldiers who attack the hand that planted them, which, if you think about it, could give the ol' Jack and The Beanstalk story a nice little Hollywood twist.
So after all this is done, Jason and Medea, the daughter of King Colchis, get past a dragon guarding the fleece, and head off for home with the Argonauts still tagging along. Oh and apparently there is something in the story about how Medea killed and sliced up her brother and spread his body parts in the sea so her dad would have a hard time pursuing her.... Which is actually crazy. And if I'm Jason, I'm throwin her over the side of the boat too, because you know that next time she hears her daddy is gonna come a-knockin', she'll be comin atcha with a knapsack on her shoulder and a butcher knife in hand.
But, all the horror aside, Jason and co. make it home safe with the fleece and he becomes king.
All in all I think this is the ultimate story. I mean, what's not to love? You've got family drama, a plot with some extreme twists, a hero on a mission, and a love component. Although I forreal don't understand the part about Medea and her brother, that's messed up.
Edward and the Golden Fleece
Jason was the prince of a country before his uncle usurped the throne when he was a child. Jason is smuggled out of the country and grows up. When he comes of age, he sets off to claim his birthright. Supported by Hera, he completes a series of nigh impossible tasks including capturing the legendary golden fleece, guarded by a dragon.
There's only one real love and revenge story - the Twilight saga. I'm not even ashamed to admit how much I enjoy reading it. I'm not going to claim it's High Literature but damn it's entertaining. Team Edward by the way. Only because of Jasper though, Edward is actually a huge creep.
There's only one real love and revenge story - the Twilight saga. I'm not even ashamed to admit how much I enjoy reading it. I'm not going to claim it's High Literature but damn it's entertaining. Team Edward by the way. Only because of Jasper though, Edward is actually a huge creep.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Would you like some hot sauce with your burnt offering?
So God was on some weird stuff one day and felt like messing with his favorite human, Abraham. And so, God, told Abraham to take Isaac, his son, to the land of Moriah and offer him up for sacrifice. Abraham being the God-fearing or God-loving man he is took his son to the lamd of Moriah to be sacrificed to God. I can only imagine the conversation: "Son, I'm takong you to this mountain top to sacrifice you to God... I love you! Stay strong!" Isaac is just like "it's because i took the mule out joyriding again and missed curfew... Im sorry dad! Can I live?" Abraham: "obviously you can't, cause God told me to sacrifice you." Spoiler alert: isaac ends up not being sacrificed and this experience makes for great table talk. "Hey dad remember when you to me to Moriah to sacrifice me to God... And oh yeah can you passs the salt? My food isn't salty enough."
True sacrifice to me is giving the last of anything (doesn't always have to be the last) that belongs to you to someone else. Rather it be a chicken nugget, slice of pizza, homework, or your life. True sacrifice should always end wirh the recipient feeling really guilty and the person sacrificing morally satisfied.
True sacrifice to me is giving the last of anything (doesn't always have to be the last) that belongs to you to someone else. Rather it be a chicken nugget, slice of pizza, homework, or your life. True sacrifice should always end wirh the recipient feeling really guilty and the person sacrificing morally satisfied.
Abraham and many sons
In this story God decides that Abraham is a pretty holy guy. But, God decides to test Abraham's loyalty to him. God asks Abraham to sacrifice his son. Abraham obeys his command reluctantly and brings Abraham to a mountain top to kill him. Right before he does some angels come out of nowhere and tell them that they're being 'Punk'd'. Instead, Abraham was told to sacrifice a ram. God rewarded Abraham's loyalty by telling him that he would have a lot of ancestors.
True sacrifice is setting aside what you like to do what is right. True sacrifice is not really an issue in our American culture. True sacrifice is working as soon as you turn 13 to support your family. This mainly occurs in impoverished areas, often in different countries. I don't know real struggle. Some people sacrifice meals so that their family can eat, and some people sacrifice internet usage so that they can study for Calculus. The former is obviously the more true sacrifice, but even with the lack of this true sacrifice in some people's lives, it doesn't mean that they don't have to choose the right or wrong thing to do in situations.
True sacrifice is setting aside what you like to do what is right. True sacrifice is not really an issue in our American culture. True sacrifice is working as soon as you turn 13 to support your family. This mainly occurs in impoverished areas, often in different countries. I don't know real struggle. Some people sacrifice meals so that their family can eat, and some people sacrifice internet usage so that they can study for Calculus. The former is obviously the more true sacrifice, but even with the lack of this true sacrifice in some people's lives, it doesn't mean that they don't have to choose the right or wrong thing to do in situations.
Hiking: The Perfect Opportunity for Father-Son Binding
In this story Abraham upon the order of God takes his son to a mountain and offer him as a sacrifice. Isaac is Abraham's only legitimate son and he was promised to Abraham by God. Abraham with a heavy heart began the journey to the mountain top with his son. Isaac ever wondering and undoubtedly weighed down by the wood intended to burn his body questioned his father as to what they were going to offer. "God will provide," was Abraham's response. Abraham knew God had provided, but he couldn't understand why God would finally gift him with the blessing of a son and then take it away from him. As they reached the mountain top Abraham prepared the wood for the sacrifice and then Abraham bound his son and placed him on the altar. Most people put themselves in the shoes of Abraham willing to do what God demanded, but it was never a question to the reader what course of action Abraham might take. More likely the reader is Isaac willing to trust the judgement of the father enough to lay down his own life. At the last moment as Abraham raises his dagger to end the life he had waited so long to have, God stopped him. God places a ram conveniently in a nearby thicket and they then have their sacrifice. Some commentaries believe this mountain top, this place of sacrifice, was later called Golgotha which would be the site of the ultimate Christian sacrifice the death of Jesus. Other interpretations of the text believe that Isaac was a man at the time of the story furthering the idea that Isaac was the one of faith because he knowingly went up the mountain without an animal to sacrifice.
True sacrifice is something that society generally portrays either romantically or as something that doesn't exist. Either saints walk among us or everyone is just a bunch of self-serving prods who only help others for the sake of an over-inflated self image. I personally am much more inclined to stand somewhere in the middle. People make extraordinary sacrifices and often they do such things for personal benefit, but that isn't necessarily wrong. In my life I have made small sacrifices to help others. Some of those sacrifices gave me little to no perceived benefit, but others benefited me quite a lot. Traveling to Honduras four times to serve certainly benefited me. Sacrificing time and gas to be with friends benefited me. My largest and most common sacrifices were full of personal motives, but that doesn't diminish their legitimacy. A soldier diving on a grenade is an act of sacrifice, one done selflessly. A single mother of four working three jobs to support her family is an act of sacrifice, one done selfully. It isn't selfish, but she benefits. She gains the benefit of watching her kids eat, play and learn. Both sacrifices are immeasurably valuable.
On a separate note, I find it interesting how the western mind perceives human sacrifice as perpetrated by civilizations indigenous to the Americas. We are quickly filled with horror when we discover how the Aztecs carved out bleeding heart, but we forget the role human sacrifice plays in Christianity. Abraham was prepared to sacrifice his son and Isaac was prepared to be sacrificed. Jesus died on the cross as the ultimate sacrifice. Far too often we perceive the "oddness" of other customs simply because they are different.
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True sacrifice is something that society generally portrays either romantically or as something that doesn't exist. Either saints walk among us or everyone is just a bunch of self-serving prods who only help others for the sake of an over-inflated self image. I personally am much more inclined to stand somewhere in the middle. People make extraordinary sacrifices and often they do such things for personal benefit, but that isn't necessarily wrong. In my life I have made small sacrifices to help others. Some of those sacrifices gave me little to no perceived benefit, but others benefited me quite a lot. Traveling to Honduras four times to serve certainly benefited me. Sacrificing time and gas to be with friends benefited me. My largest and most common sacrifices were full of personal motives, but that doesn't diminish their legitimacy. A soldier diving on a grenade is an act of sacrifice, one done selflessly. A single mother of four working three jobs to support her family is an act of sacrifice, one done selfully. It isn't selfish, but she benefits. She gains the benefit of watching her kids eat, play and learn. Both sacrifices are immeasurably valuable.
On a separate note, I find it interesting how the western mind perceives human sacrifice as perpetrated by civilizations indigenous to the Americas. We are quickly filled with horror when we discover how the Aztecs carved out bleeding heart, but we forget the role human sacrifice plays in Christianity. Abraham was prepared to sacrifice his son and Isaac was prepared to be sacrificed. Jesus died on the cross as the ultimate sacrifice. Far too often we perceive the "oddness" of other customs simply because they are different.
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Sacrifice
So basically God was like “Yo Abraham give me your only son” and Abraham was like “wow that’s a lot to ask but you God so what the heck”. Abraham packed his bags and dragged two servants and Isaac with him to give God a “sacrifice”. The Isaac’s like “hold up dad where’s the sacrifice meat?” and Abraham is like “God will grant us with it.” The he gets Isaac all ready to sacrifice and an angel comes down is like “whoa Abraham cool your jets God sees that you are scared of him and I will bless you with as many descendants as stars are in the sky. The Abraham’s like “alright cool” and goes back on his way.
To me true sacrifice is when you are willing to give up something that you love for something that you love more. Obviously Abraham had to truly love God and believe in him to be willing to give him his only son. For me luckily, I don’t think that I’ve ever had to truly sacrifice anything.
(demotix.com)
Abraham and Isaac
In this story, god spooled Abraham and his family, giving them gold and other objects because they respected the commandments, and worshipped God. He even gave them a son named Isaac. To test Abrahams true devotion to God, he told him to sacrifice his son on top of Mount Moriah. Abraham set up the altar and tied his son down, when he was about to sacrifice Isaac, God told him to stop and sacrifice a ram instead. Abraham showed his true devotion to the lord by not hesitating in following God's commands.
True sacrifice is when you give something up for someone else and you get nothing in return. Very few people today show true sacrifice because there is always some incentive driving them to do that. YEs people donate, serve at service homes, etc. But when we donate and do service we can get tax credits and other things that make us want to do these good things. Now that i think about it, our society is kind of sad because we don't really do anything out of the kindness of our hearts, but rather for money and other incentives.
True sacrifice is when you give something up for someone else and you get nothing in return. Very few people today show true sacrifice because there is always some incentive driving them to do that. YEs people donate, serve at service homes, etc. But when we donate and do service we can get tax credits and other things that make us want to do these good things. Now that i think about it, our society is kind of sad because we don't really do anything out of the kindness of our hearts, but rather for money and other incentives.
abraham you son of a bitch
So Yahweh tells Abraham to kill his only son, Isaac, to test how loyal Abraham is. The next morning he, Isaac, and Abraham’s servants gather up enough wood for the offering, and they set out for a mountain God had told him about. When they approached the general vicinity, Abraham told his two servants to stay behind with the donkey while Isaac and he went to worship and that they would both be back later. (Abraham is a kind of a dick.) As they climbed the mountain, Isaac said, uhh, do we have anything to sacrifice? And Abraham was like yeah of course, God’s gonna give us a lamb when we get there. Abraham, you son of a bitch.
So they got there, and when Isaac wasn’t looking Abraham
tied him up and threw him on the wood and grabbed his knife and said sorry gonna
kill you but then an angel came down and was like stop that. God was happy that
Abraham was willing to murder his own son, so he told him he’d be the ancestor
to a lot of people. The end.
k so this is the deeper part
Merriam-Webster’s most general definition for sacrifice is “surrender of something for the sake of something or someone else.” True sacrifice is the daily surrendering of the self for the sake of someone else.
Merriam-Webster’s most general definition for sacrifice is “surrender of something for the sake of something or someone else.” True sacrifice is the daily surrendering of the self for the sake of someone else.
I have to sacrifice my pride to the people I love the most. Regularly
I have to crucify selfish desires so
that I might not want anything from anyone else. To be content with another’s
happiness even when I have not gotten what I wanted in the exchange is, to me,
a true sacrifice. We cannot survive if we live as slaves to what we want from
other people; the only way we can attain contentment is if we give up our
innate desire to control other people and learn to be content in anything. This
is what is meant by the sacrifice of the self: the surrender of selfish desires
for the sake of attaining peace.
this blog post is bipolar and makes no sense and i'm so sorry
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