On Golden Pond

There's no many films like that. "On Golden Pond" is special, because of few different reasons and first of all is that I can't remember any other movie which could describe senility and family relationships in so honest way.

"On Golden Pond" is an American drama directed by Mark Rydell in 1981. The plot tells the story of Norman Thayer, a retired proffesor and his wife- Ethel. They continue the long tradition of spending each summer on the lake, in a place called Golden Pond. The main part of the film is about their relationship and senility showed in a very specific way.

But not only their relationship is the most important. Durring staying on Golden Pond they are visited by Chelsea- their daughter and only child, who trys to put her personal life. The situation between she and her father is complicated and not easy. I read although, what is quite surprising, that Henry Fonda and Jane Fonda, who played roles of Norman and Chelsea had very similar realtionship, so probably durring actining they based on their real story.

Regardless of the plot, I like this film because of beautiful views and some warmth, that is difficult to express in words. I'm sure that I will back to this movie from time to time.

The theory of temperaments

Have you ever heard about the theory of temperaments? I used to treat something like that as a fables, but now I think that there is something in it and it's good to know own personality type.

The theory of temperaments was invented by ancient Greeks. It assumed that in general there are four fundamental personal types: optimistic and bossy SANGUINE, bad-tempered or irritable CHOLERIC, sensitive, quiet and analitical MELANCHOLIC and slow and peaceful PHLEGMATIC.

What is interesting, acient people believed that people's mood is connected with body fluids, called humors, like: blood, bile (black and yellow) and phlegma. For example Hippocrates thought, that people live in a harmony when all humors in their bodys are balanced.

I read about those theorys from time to time, made for fun some psychological tests and I can say that I'm a hundered per cent melancholic. I know about strong and weak sides of people, which have that personality type. When I'm frustrated about that I often recall in minds famous people for exaple some artists, or just characters, that I admire, which are or was also a melancholic.

Do you know what your personality type is? Are you happy about it or not really?

How to survive examination sesion - Part 2

Months ago I wrote about tricks that help me to survive examination sesion. Now I try to use that rules, because when the weather is great is much harder to stay at home and learn. Of course the most pleasant rule is to think about holidays or make some nice plans for first days after examination sesion. I've already done both.

I hope that after my last exam I'll visit "Escape room" in Poznań with my friends. I heard about it a lot, but still haven't tried. The clue of the game is that there is a team (group of people from 2 to 5) closed in some special room. They have only one hour to escape and can do that, if they find soultions or answers for all riddles. It's quite good alternative for bowling, paintball or cinema and it's advertised as an entertainment for everyone: old and young, group of friends or whole family.

I can't wait to try it, but first... I back to my revision before the exam.

The heat in the city

Like many people I love summer. I think, that I don't have to say why. Thousands of pleasure things are connected with word "summer" and: holidays, sun, dresses, adventures, rest are only small part of them. But what to do when the temperature is really high and we can't go away from the city?

There are many culture institutions that we can visit, of course, but there are some nice propositions for those who want spend some time in nature, too. For example in Poznań it became popular to rest by the river. We have something that can be called "city beach". As I heard it is possible to join in some joga or fitness excercises, which are organised there for free. You can also take part in a "boule" play or listen to some concerts organised in the area of "KontenerArt".

I think it's a grat example of how easy we can create some common, cool space as a residents and probably in every city there is some area that could be use for something similar. 

How to survive the heat in your city? Are there some interesting soultions of using space like that?

Women in adverts

Everybody knows that many adverts base on stereotypes. The authors of adverts still use them, because it's psychologically proved that we remember things better if we already have known them or if they are connected with our subconsciousness. But if we looked critically at them only for a while, we would see how unbelivable is that advertising industry hadn't left that strategy. And, what is quite sad, that we must be stll easily influenced.

Few days ago I saw an advert, which really irritates me. The poster of "Plus" showed young woman dressed in a red dress with some bow in  hairs. Her body language says: "I'm a cute, stupid, little girl with a lot minutes on my phone and I have no idea what am I doing with my hands" And... that was strange. To compare I put here although an advert of "Plus" with man...:

The clue of that comparison is obvious: women are still discriminated in the world of adverts. Or maby there is some concept in that view and it'll be explained in television spots? I hope so, but I'm not sure.

When wy try to refresh classics...

It is said that classical literature is something that everybody knows and sometimes talks about, but none read. It isn't true at all, even nowadays when reading isn't a popular thing.

People willingly starts to read some classics when there is a film based on a book, which they can watch before. And if we think about last years we see, that there were many screening like that. Because of that people became intrested in works of: Tolstoy, Hugo, Fitzgerald or many others "canonic authors", again.

To pleased whimsical contemporary public sometimes directors of films like that choose some extraordinary solutions. We can see that for example in the last "The Great Gatsby" screaning. There is a scene of amazing party in Gatsby's house and soundtrack to it is the "Little party never killed nobody" singing by Fergie. During watching it I wasn't very annoyed, rather surprised but I can imagine and understand many people who would say that it destroyes all atmosphere which characterized the book. Have you already watched the newest "The Great Gatsby"? What do you think about "refreshing" classics?

Have you ever thought about having a dog?

I had been dreaming about having a dog since I was 4. My parents weren't very happy with that idea. When I was trying to persuade them to buy a pet they asked me about some crucial points connected with that topic. Our negotiations have must been quite funny. For example, to check if was enough responsible, my mum had been asking: "How will you take care of a dog? Do you know how many duties dog owners have?" I had been replying: "I will feed him, I will go for a walks and I won't allow him to get into a flat if he will be sweaty..."

Beacuse having a dog was a dream of my younger sister too, after years my parents agreed to buy one. Now, Goldi, cute bright golden retriever is the member of our family. To the letter, because he sleeps in our bads (often in my, specially since I've lived in Poznań) and always he is first passenger when it comes to going on holiday :)