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Monday, January 02, 2006

i wonder at my lack of wonder

just back from seeing narnia. i can sum up my experience in two words:

mostly bored.

and this bothers me. i was looking forward to being swept up in the fantasy, the magic of narnia. but i sat there most of the time wondering how much longer it was going to go on. it wasn't a horrible movie, but neither was it magical. i never felt transported outside of this reality.

is that my own failing or that of the film?

obviously others have been transported, others have loved it, others have been swept away.

so it must be me.

i'd like to recapture that sense of wonder, to be overwhelmed again. but this wasn't the film to do it. i even breathed a prayer that God would remove any cynicism from my heart and allow me to enjoy the film as a child would.

i guess His answer was no.

off to bed. up early for prayers, then i should be heading off to school to get set for the coming week. and the rest of the trimester in IIB. still not sure how i'm going to work the short story unit. must be something i can do. i'll think on it tomorrow.

oh, and happy new year, by the way.
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Tunes: don henley - boys of summer

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