Hopelessly Dreaming

Pudge the fish got a peanut butter sandwich every Thursday. Nani does not argue the logic of feeding him, only suggests an alternative sandwich when they are out of peanut butter. Lilo was allowed to take as many photos of whatever mundane or odd subjects as she wanted and Nani would get them developed. Nani recognized what were important habits for Lilo.

When Lilo asks for a pet lobster, Nani does not tell her that lobsters are not pets. She tells her, “We don’t have a lobster door, we have a dog door.” She makes sure the woman at the pound does not tell Lilo that “Stitch is not a real name”.

NANI SPENDS THE ENTIRE MOVIE MAKING SURE THAT LILO NEVER FEELS LIKE HER IDEAS ARE WRONG.

And half of her terror of losing Lilo isnt even just losing her family; its knowing that wherever Lilo goes, they won’t know how to do these things. They won’t understand her. 

It’s not just a habit. It’s a very real part of Lilo’s healing process and Nani understands that.

Also if you pay attention to Nani’s room you’ll notice she had surfing posters and trophies. She was very much on her way to being a pro surfer but had to give it up to become the adult Lilo needed her to be.

And not ONCE does Nani show her sister any resentment. It’s worth it to keep her family together. This is a young woman who is willing to sacrifice all of her dreams and make incredibly grown up decisions.

avatar is coming to netflix this friday!!!! 🌊⛰️🔥🌪️

Me:

Inspired By “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen and recent events

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Inspired eyes, with tired hearts

We are slaves to the bell and onwards we march

Into battle, young and unready, and afraid

We have known those around us since…forever

Some are sweet and gentle like feathers

Others have storms raging in their eyes

Others do not care to try

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But we exist, and we live, and like it or not

I’m the end we are calm when the tension is hot

We wish for a change to our boring day

But now we want to whisk the change away

And we’d give anything for our boring routine

To replace the paralyzing image of the horrible scene

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Young lives were ended and young hearts stopped beating

When selfishness and ignorance took on new meanings

Fear and fire swept turned existence into hell

And childhood friends said their last farewells

The young and bright prodigies

Forgot their pride and fell to their knees

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That troubled kid took up a gun

Decided he would have a little fun

And changed hundreds of lives for the worse

Upon the school he laid a curse

Of shell shock and scars, that might never heal

Memories from a terrible ordeal

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From the ashes emerge warriors who will never forget

The feeling of beginnings ending early in death

And amidst the cries

We looked up, with newfound fire, to the skies

We set out to prove the old masters wrong

We set out to heal and sing a new song

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Here we stand and here we stay

We will never go away

We must immortalize the friends that we lost

The children’s lives, the highest cost

For what purpose, for what truth?

Why the lives of our learning youth?

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We students know best of all

We read the poem in English and were all appalled

We know the old lie, we know it well

The lie that everyone believes in and tells

It reads:

Dulce et decorum est

Pro patria mori.

“It is sweet and fitting

to die for one’s country”

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Thank you Stephen for representing us band kids.