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| My good friend Barry tagged me over at his blog. This was his first meme, so I want to be as supportive as possible in responding!
I am supposed to pick up the nearest book with at least 123 pages, turn to the 123rd page, find the 5th sentence and post the three sentences immediately after that. The nearest book was "To the Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson" by Courtney Anderson. Here are the sentences:
Well, page 123 is actually the page that denotes "Part Two" of the book, so all it says is:
Part Two
The Dangerous Voyage
[1812-1826]
Since that's no fun, I'll go with page 125 since that's where it starts back up.
Nancy was more fortunate.
The first night she "had many distressing apprehensions of death", and "felt unwilling to die on the sea, not so much on account of my state after death, as the dreadfulness of perishing amid the waves." But she was less sick that she had expected, "no worse, through the whole, than if I had taken a gentle emetic." Meanwhile, five days out, the Caravan scared everybody by springing a bad leak and nearly sinking in spite of the efforts of all hands at the pumps, until the hole was finally located and stopped.
As for five people to tag, I don't know if I know of 5 people who will read this.
So, I'll throw a couple darts in the dark:
Jenny Johnson
Tiffany Malloy
Kelly Lewis
Jessica Nichols
Ashley Williams
All ladies.
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Congrats to our Sikeston hometown boy Neal E. Boyd for WINNING America's Got Talent!!!!!!
Woo-Hoo!!!
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| Come to this film screening and help Refugee Services. Should be awesome.
Filmed locally, Neither Here Nor There captures a Bosnian widow, Fatima Selimovic, and her family living in the heartland of America and struggling with the aftermath of war they left behind. Sometimes a refugee's home is neither here nor there. It's somewhere in between.
Don't miss the premiere screening of this eye-opening documentary on Saturday, Sept. 20 complete with a live acoustic set before the film, a concert on the patio following the screening with the Southside Bosnians of St. Louis (as heard on the film's soundtrack) and the 180 Boys, traditional Bosnian desserts, Q&A with the filmmakers & more!
Join Kerri Yost, Beth Pike, Stephen Hudnell, Elizabeth Federici (who worked together as directors, producers, and editors on the film), as well as members of the Selimovic family for these film premiere events.
TWO SCREENINGS:
Sat., Sept. 20 @ 7pm (doors @ 6pm) - $12 GA
Live Music, Desserts, Q&A with the Filmmakers & More!
Sun., Sept. 21 @ 2pm (doors @ 1pm) - $7 GA
Live Music & Q&A with the Filmmakers
*A portion of the proceeds will benefit the local Refugee & Immigration Services Office.
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FILM SYNOPSIS:
Over eight thousand men died in the small town of Srebrenica in 1995 during a five-day period of the worst single massacre of the war in Bosnia. Since then, Missouri has become home to the largest Bosnian population outside of Bosnia. Having survived one of the bloodiest battlegrounds of the Balkans and the mass execution of their family and friends, the Bosnian refugees find themselves struggling to resettle in a peaceful middle-class college town. Neither Here Nor There is a feature-length documentary about a Bosnian widow, Fatima Selimovic, and her family living in the heartland of America and still searching for home.
The Selimovic family is a typical Bosnian family from Srebrenica. The head of the household is a widow trying to support her children on a housekeeper’s salary in a new and foreign environment. Her children are forced to take on adult roles because of their better English skills and work opportunities, reluctantly becoming the family breadwinners by working at a local factory at night. Columbia, Missouri is often ranked the “best place to live” in the United States and is a thriving middle-class college town, but for many of the refugees who resettle here they find it equally as challenging as living in Bosnia. The Selimovics quickly realize they are part of the working poor in a middle-class town and their early optimism at first arrival turns into realism after they recognize their slow progress.
Along with the burden of starting a new life again, the Selimovics arrive without their whole family intact and with the responsibility of supporting their relatives back in Bosnia. While they are getting to know their new life, they send video messages home to their family back in Bosnia. Through their explanations of their new lives caught on tape, we see an outsiders’ view of the everyday world we live in. Fatima learns that her father is identified in a mass grave in Bosnia and we follow the Selimovics back to their homeland for the first time to bury their dead at the mass funeral in Srebrenica. We meet the family they have been supporting and sending tapes to and Fatima realizes how much she misses her family in Bosnia and questions where her home really is.
Neither Here Nor There is an example of the secret strength of women and it’s also an intimate portrayal of the U.S. refugee program. The Selimovic’s story is told from the viewpoint of the director, also a refugee caseworker, as she tries to help the family become self-sufficient. Would it be better if the Selimovics just stayed in Bosnia? Or is America truly the land of opportunities? Sometimes a refugee's home is neither here nor there. It's somewhere in between. | | |
| So, I haven't gotten to see the Dark Knight yet, but hopefully soon. I did get to see Wall-E this weekend, which was amazing. The people at Pixar are pretty incredibly gifted and it's great to see a craft done so well.
Do you remember the scene in Napoleon Dynamite where Uncle Rico is showing a home video of his football moves to Napoleon and Kip? And Napoleon says "This is pretty much the worst video ever made." and Kip replies, "Napoleon, like anyone can even know that."
Well, hate to disagree with them both, but there was a preview before Wall-E that, I have no doubt, really is the worst movie ever made. See for yourself! More proof that we are living in the end-times!
Also, Jenny's mother is in town for the week, which has been a blessing. I'm definitely blessed to have such a wonderful mother-in-law (and I'm not saying that for brownie points).
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