Fistfull of Dollars

Today's blog assignment was to blog about "Whatever". In the spirit of the class, I'll keep my blog English related by giving a literary analysis of the single greatest epic of our time. Fistfull of Dollars is the first in a series of 3 movies starring Clint Eastwood as "The Man With No Name". Most people skip the first two and just watch The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, which, for the sake of the story, is fine, but if you really want to understand all the underlying themes in the trilogy, you have to watch the first two. In Fistfull of Dollars, Clint Eastwood plays a lone bounty hunter who goes from town to town collecting the reward money for crimals he has captured and demasculated. Clint Eastwood's character never gives his name, but you would almost never notice. Many viewers will call the movie "just another western" however, the movie forms the basis for civilization. Eastwood's character portrays the epitome of manhood. He only speaks when necessary and identifies with no one unless he has to. He kills evil men, but only because he will get paid. The only time he isn't smoking a cigar in the movie is if he is rolling one. He drinks water when he's thirsty and whisky when he's not. Best of all, he is never caught unarmed. And he's a badass. You can base any decision in life by what Eastwood does in this movie, and if it weren't the terrible acting on the part of the Mexicans, this would have been easily recognized as the greatest film series, ever. Not to mention he has the greatest theme music, you may not know it, but you'll recognize it. My only regret about this movie is that most of the things he does are now against the law, which is lame because normally I would carry a colt pistol and a bottle of tequila everywhere...maybe one day.

Second Work Experience

My second work experience starts with me helping organize the kits. I don't get near as dirty, so I get bored very quickly, but i stay on task, just moving boxes, taking things out, putting them in other boxes. I never lost heart though, all my work is for a good cause, but then again, most of the things I do are. Finally I get to go out and get some field experience. Working with a partner was fun, but the main benefit is you don't have to deal with people alone. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind people, but I do mind talking to them. Actually the "clients" were very nice that day, and they let me go about my chores without distraction, and then they asked me questions that they would soon forget the answers to (hows school, where are you from, why are you in my house) but it was all in good fun because I enjoy meeting new people. Nothing really exciting happened during my work, but then again my life is so extreme something has to really be thrilling for me to get excited about it (?). Just because my work isn't life threatening I do enjoy it because of the good it does, because without the work, I would have probably been doing nothing, or eating. I do like to help people, not only because it gives you an excuse to be mean to other people later on, but becauser I like being helped when I have problems (at least I imagine I would if I had any).

First Work Experience

My first work experience was quite some time ago, but I am just now getting around to writing about it. My first day was set up as an orientation where I could learn how to install all the necessary components of the kits. I didn't have to drive, which came as a relief to me because I really dont like driving. The first house we went to was pretty old but in a nicer part of town. The lady who lived there was a widow and she lived alone. She was very kind hearted and talked to us a little while we did the work. I felt fantastic after I got done because she could now afford to heat her house in the winter, which as you know is very close. I've written an entire paper about that house, so I will move on to the next house. The house was very typical, not low income, but just a sample house to try out the kits on. Not much really went on except for I have never come so close to killing a family dog in my life (except for the times I actually did). The little dog in the house somehow kept barking the whole time, but I kept a good heart about it. I feel like I got my experience off to a good start.

You Can't Argue With Me

Actually, you probably can, but not here. The topic for this blog is to discuss the fallacies of my argument for energy reduction. I can't think of any reason why someone would not want to save energy, but some people do not realize the immediate importance of this matter. Many critics treat this topic like religion in the sense that its nice for some, but it isnt really necessary because it doesn't matter. FALSE. If you dont weatherize your house, surely you will go to hell. Actually, it has nothing to do with it. More importantly, some people don't take the problem seriously for a few reasons. For one, plenty of oil is still in the ground, and we won't run out any time soon. 90% of the oil we buy in America comes from other countries-OVERPRICED. You could almost say that we are just shelling out money into other economies. Also, a group of people exists that doesn't believe that greenhouse gases are destroying the planet, or at least that they can't stop the destruction of the atmosphere by sealing up one house. This group of people probably doesn't vote either. Whatever the reasons, unless people start helping, nothing will ever get better.

Doing My Part

I am a volunteer for the Home Weatherization Project, as you already know if you've read my other articles. I want to help directly the only way I know how: labor. Labor is the main reason I chose this group because labor doesn't require a great deal of thinking, and since I was such a star athlete in high school, I found the physical demands to be easy. Actually, if it were easy, it wouldn't be work, which is the purpose. Anyway, another way I plan on helping is researching the underlying problem-energy loss. Energy can be conserved in many ways, but weatherization is the absolute best way for the moment because everyone participate, which adds up. Also, the repairs are not costly, and I could do them, which carries its own explanation. Well, energy reduction is a problem that cannot be "solved" at the moment, but every little bit helps.