Lord of the Rings DVD and Camus

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The LOTR DVD COMES OUT TODAY! Yay! As soon as I get off from work, my parents and I are going over to Best Buy to buy the DVD. And if it's not there, then we're heading over to Sam Goody. I'm afraid that everyone will have reserved a copy already and that the shelves will be sold out by the time I get there but I trust in the Valar to get me a copy.

Camus has now discussed how the phenomenologists end up escaping the absurd in a different yet essentially the same kind of "leap of faith" that the "theistic" existentialists did. Instead of deifying the irrational and turning to religion, they turn to Reason (with the capital R, yes) to provide meaning to the universe. Yet the absurd is a confrontation with the meaninglessness of life so it again denies the absurd like Kierkegaard and Chestov. I don't really understand phenomenology that well, so I'm just assuming Camus is correct. He says that the phenomenologists, especially Husserl, see consciousness as a direction of attention and believe that all experiences of all objects are equally important. Sounds good so far? They don't deny the fragmented nature of our perceptions and do not assert the "unifying" principle of reason. We cannot explain the universe; we can only describe. Still pretty good, right? And then somehow, this all becomes understanding the "essence" of an object through being conscious of it. What? Nani? Je me suis perdue! Again! Anyway, if anyone can provide me with a concise explanation of phenomenology, I'll be very, very grateful.

I need sleep.

...Tari

Quiz insanity

( Continuing with the quizzes... )

Lord of the Rings DVD

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OH MY GOSH! I have the LotR DVD! Right here! In my computer! I can't believe it! I literally cannot stop using exclamation marks, so apparently I do have a diseased mind! ::has to gulp for air to calm down::

WAH! And the DVD is so pretty! I love the way it looks! I haven't finished watching all the special features yet, but what I've seen is really awesome! I can't believe they hand-ground each sword! I want Legolas' knife/dagger/whatever it is! And that segment on elves! I can't believe they built such elaborate sets! Do you think that they'd be still intact? ::whiny tone of voice:: I want to live there...

I think if I could drop out of high school, I'd move to New Zealand. Oh, and Hobbiton! Hobbiton was so perfect! No wonder I loved the movie, the director was even more insanely obsessed with details than the rest of us.

I have the DVD! Yes, I'm repeating myself over and over, but this means I can watch it over and over and over and over without paying money! Oh...I really, really, really want the collector's edition. It has trading cards and action figures and lots of uncut footage and extra music! But it's $80 (or $60 if you order by Amazon) and impossibly out of reach. ::groans:: Oh why me? I want that edition!

Um...if you haven't realized by now, I'm in an unusually melodramatic, frenzied state of mind. I was dancing on my way home from the Wiz. I nearly had a heart attack when I couldn't find where they were selling the New Releases on DVD. I got it on sale for $20 so I'm happy anyway. ^_^ ::jumps up and down again like a bunny rabbit on crack::

WAH! It's so pretty! And I never got to see the Two Towers trailer, so the Two Towers preview was priceless! Can you believe the sets? Edoras looks exactly like I imagined. And the new actors--Eomer and Faramir look sort of weird, but Eowyn actually managed to look like Eowyn. I mean, Lyd-chan told me she wasn't a very pretty actress and she isn't, but she still managed to look like Eowyn. Isn't that weird?

I want pointy ears! And I do not want to see any more pictures of Arwen in revealing bright red dresses. Ew. ::winces and goes back to staring lovingly at the cover of the DVD case::

...Tari