I watch videos like this and arrive at the conclusion that…..I’ve got to get another wool blanket.
In fact, I’ve got to get wool blankets for every member of my family.
I need to get them something to sit on when we go out in the snow.
I need to get some blankets.
I’m sure there’s more to all these videos….but when it’s cold outside, a wool blanket is something that I’m thinking about.
A wool blanket…..and a couple of cans of stew warming by the fire.
Good….and warmer…times.
Jenny and I started watching this with the kids (it was in the “family” section of Amazon Prime) and within 5 minutes of it starting, our eight year old son was yelling, “TURN IT OFF!! TURN IT OFF!! IT’S INAPPROPRIATE!!! IT’S INAPPROPRIATE!!”.
Then our 4-year-old daughter picked up the torch and started yelling, “INAPPROPRIATE!! INAPPROPRIATE!!”.
This movie really freaked them out.
This is what we were watching:
I suppose that one of the real purposes of art is to engender a response.
This movie sure got a response out of the little guys.
I don’t know that I’d consider it art…but I don’t think that I’ve ever seen a “children’s movie” quite like it.
It’s kind of like if Rob Zombie made a children’s movie.
It’s pretty twisted…..and sometimes cringe worthy funny.
Who knew that we were going to watch something so weird?
Jenny and I watched it all the way through….but it freaked the little guys out so they left the room.
That’s what a good family movie night is all about, right?
Watch something so weird and twisted that the young ones go screaming from the room?
Good job, JoJo.
Way to go with your scary children’s story.
Here’s a link to the film maker’s website…..
http://www.incrediblejojo.com/
It’s cold as heck outside right now….in the single digits and blowing wind hard….but I doubt that it’s rough like these guys have it.
Modern conveniences make things easier.
Easier….until a tree blows across a power line or something similiar happens and we’re plunged…..PLUNGED!!!…..back into the dark ages.
We still have power though…..so….I’m brewing coffee and trying to slam together a blog post before I have to get in the Mail Jeep and drive around for 6 or 7 hours.
It feels good to be back from our trip….but…I wish that we were still seeing more of the West….driving around in the minivan….stopping at unfamiliar places….eating unfamiliar food….traveling together.
I wonder if you didn’t have to come back if you’d stay away longer?
“Home” is a powerful pull….but….it sure is fun to see things that are a little bit different from what you’re used to.
Maybe I just don’t want to get out in the cold wind and put pieces of paper into small metal boxes all day?
Maybe my “getting away” is stronger than my “going to” impulse this morning?
That didn’t take long….to veer back into the “getting away” lane.
It is really cold.
We just got back from a Christmas road trip out West.
The minivan, in spite of being old and full of miles, is familiar and comfortable.
These folks are going out into the wilderness for a year.
By choice.
I’ll take my children out for a 20 hour drive in a crowded old vehicle…..crammed in and looking for the next rest area….but I don’t want to take them out for a year of hardship in the wilderness.
This is a wilder experience than driving 4400 miles over the course of two weeks of visiting family.
I’m glad we’re back home and the pipes are unfrozen and we have what we think we need to be comfortable.
Wilderness is a good thing.
Experiencing it is life changing and valuable.
This looks hard.
I get my family into all sorts of weirdness….but I will have to add this to my list of experiences to carefully consider….avoiding…. before we jump into a year of hardship.
If I can choose to avoid hardship…..then, why not choose to avoid hardship?
Video by Teaching Drum Outdoor School.
Wherever you are…..wherever you are….make the place you stand in a good place.
Make it good.
But….could you stand in a new place….and use all you’ve learned…and make the new place a good thing, too?
These people who do these things….travel and experience….etcetera….aren’t any smarter or more accomplished than we are.
They just go out and do them.
What new things can a year hold?
What are we going to do in the coming year?
Time will tell.
And….this year more than any before….I am going to bloom where I stand….while I stand here.
I will bloom wherever I plant myself.
Now that’s what I’m talking about.
Let’s do this….year.
Let’s roll.
Awwwwwwwww.
Abba!
Now these guys look like they really know how to throw a party.
I hope that I don’t have to ring in the New Year like this.
There are so many places and ways to live!
I’m going to check them out!
I just might roam around for a while.
I just might do that!
Maybe….
I heard an interview with a man named Brian Buffini yesterday.
He wrote a book called “The Emigrant Edge: How to make it big in America”.
He mentioned this quote….and I thought that it was pretty powerful.
What a lesson!
What a thing to remember.
Maybe motivation isn’t just getting amped up for getting something done….maybe it’s remembering who we’re doing it for.
I could fight a lot more battles for the people I love.
I think that I could rise to a challenge like that.
I saw a video and the woman had this word….AROHA…. tattooed on her arm.
She was down in New Zealand…..and I didn’t know what it meant when I saw it….so I looked it up.
It’s a Maori word.
Do you know what it means?
It means this:
1.(verb) (-ina,-tia) to love, feel pity, feel concern for, feel compassion, empathise.
What a great word!
Aroha!
It’s so much better than something like “Born to Lose”.