Treatment

The Alien Who Kind of Saved Christmas

Ordinary world- Borx, the leader of the aliens is having trouble with his people. They all want to blow up Earth, but Borx doesn't want to blow up Earth, instead he wants to set up an amusment park there. He anxiously awaits the alien council's vote as to the fate of Earth.

Call to Adventure- An alien comes on the intercom, and the council decides to destroy Earth. Borx really doesn't want that. So to save Earth, he must find the lost Whip of Obediance.

Refusal of the Call- Borx doesn't want to use a whip on his people, but then the alien on the intercom says that they will destroy Earth in 12 hours. So he goes to the Intergalactic Lost and Found bin.

Meeting the Mentor- He meets the Intergalactic Lost and Found Director and he pulls out a list of things in the storage area. He then gives him directions tot the appropriate area.

Crossing the Threshold- Borx hesitates because it's a big Intergalactic Lost and Found room, and he really doesn't want to use the Whip of Obediance, then the intercom tells how much time until Earth goes boom. Borx sets out to find the whip of obediance.

Test, Allies, and Enemies- Borx gets lost for twenty minutes, and he finds a GPS, who helps him find his way out of the pets section. On the way out, he gets an intergalactic poodle, and sets off to the location of the Whip of Obediance. The intergalactic poodle pees on him, and Borx sends it back to the pets section.

Approach to the inmost cave- He finds the bin that has the Whip of Obediance, but it's under guard.

The ordeal-Borx politely asks the guards for the whip, they say no, then he orders them to give it up, and they say no. He finally produces credentials proving he is their leader, and then they give Borx, the Whip of Obediance.

The reward-He gets the Whip of Obediance, the one thing that can save Earth.

The Road Back-The intercom announces there is 4 hours left until Earth goes boom. So Borx uses his GPS and finds his way out of the Lost and found, he tips the Director, and makes his way back. By then the council knows what he did, and they don't want to obey, so they send guards after him. He orders them down, but they keep coming.

The Ressurection- Borx uses the Whip of Obediance and makes the guards stand down.

Return with the Elixer- Borx proceeds to the council and makes them obey him with the Whip of Obediance, and they turn off the big gun that was going to destroy Earth. Borx then beams down to Earth and tells him what he did. It incidentally happened to be Christmas and all Earth cries, "You saved Christmas! Yay!" Borx then puts his amusement park on Earth, which pisses off the Earthlings. Borx also forgot to take the Whip of Obediance with him, so he had no control over the council who blew up Earth anyway.
The End

Hero-Borx
Mentor-Intergalactic lost and found director
Threshold guardian- Borx's hesitation/ lost and found area
Herald-Interdcom alien
Shadow-The council
Trickster-Intergalactic Poodle

Hero Journey-Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

(Sorry about the length)
Ordinary world- Indiana the HERO is in China selling an artifact to a shady Chinese guy. Indiana gets poisoned and is almost killed by the shady Chines guy, and on the way out Indiana picks up a ditzy singer named Willy Scott. With the help of a small Chinese sidekick named Short Round, the trio gets to a plane owned by the shady Chinese guy. While airborne, the pilots dump the fuel and jump out of the plane taking all the parachutes with them, leaving the plane to crash. The trio jumps out of the plane in an inflatable life raft, (somehow) and float down a river to India. They meet a creepy Indian guy who leads him to his ravaged village. This is a really sucky ordinary world.

Call to Adventure- Indiana and crew go to the village and are told by the creepy guy, that some @*$ hole burned the crops and and took the village children/sacred rock to a formerly abandoned palace that is shrouded in evil. The village elders ask Indian to get back the children/sacred rock (whichever comes first.)

Refusal of the Call- Indiana declines and asks for a guide to Delhi. A short while later a thin kid stumbles into the village with a scrap of cloth in his hand. The village women freak out, and Indiana discovers the cloth says the rock the bad guys stole is fortune and glory. Indian gets dollar signs in his eyes and agrees to get the sacred rock/children back (whichever comes first.)

Meeting the Mentor- Indy kind of met the mentor when he met the creepy old guy. Although the creepy old guy is more of the HERALD.

Crossing the Threshold- Indiana and comp. travel by elephant to the evil palace, and the singer becomes even more annoying than before. A little ways off from the Temple of Doom, Indy comes upon an idol that is decorated with human organs/appendages. They come to the temple and have a disgusting dinner.

Tests, Allies, Enemies- Indy meets up with a creepy viceroy to the young prince, the prince, and the cool British commander. During dinner, Indy asks about an evil cult who sacrificed people to their god, and pisses off his host. After dinner, Indy is almost killed by one of the cultists, and he finds a secret passageway.

Approach- Indy follows the secret passageway to a chamber filled with bugs, and is trapped in a room of doom, which gives the singer an opportunity to be more annoying. The trio follow the secret passageway to a ceremony during which somebody gets their heart ripped out and set on fire. The sacred rocks are presented in the ceremony and when it's over Indiana tries to get the rocks and is captured along with the singer, and the Chinese kid. The evil guy reveals his secret plans, they find the kids being put to work, Indy and the kid get whipped and thankfully the singer disappears.

Ordeal- Indy is drugged into servitude to the evil cult, the kid is put to work with the other kids, and the singer is about to be sacrificed. Indiana goes through the process of sacrificing the singer and she is almost sacrificed, when the kid breaks free and smacks Indy with a torch. The fire brings him back to reality and he rescues the singer (sigh.) He is about to take out the evil priest when the priest uses his "In case of angry white man with his shirt off" trap door and escapes. Indy collects the sacred rocks and sets off to free the children. He does so and has a huge fight with a fat guy, which nis frequently interrupted by the young prince poking a voodoo doll of Indy with a feather. The fight ends with the fat guy being crushed, and the prince having the crap beat out of him by Short Round, who eventually whacks the prince with a torch. The trio escape in a mine cart after an intense chase scene with other mine carts, and are almost killed by a flood of water sent by the evil priest. The trio got to an extension bridge, which Indiana cuts and kills a bunch of evil cultists, and eventually the priest. Indiana is almost shot by the evil cultists and the British commander comes to the rescue.

Reward- Indy gets the sacred rock and the kids and returns to the village where the creepy Indian guy asks him if he understands the rocks power, Indy nods. He gets the girl, the kid, and knowledge.
The End
Hero- Indiana Jones, Short Round
Mentor-Creepy Indian Guy, Short Round
Threshold Guardian-Going into the evil palace/ a need to get back home.
Herald-Creepy Indian Guy
Shape shifter- Young Prince
Shadow-Evil Priest
Trickster- Durgged "Evil" Indiana Jones

A Gift I'd Like to Give

A friend of mine has died recently. I have no idea how or why it happened, all I know is that a good friend and a wonderful person is now gone. I had the privilege of attending a memorial service to commemorate and celebrate his life. During the service, those who mourned had the opportunity to say what was on their minds and in their hearts... I hope that what I shared helped, but what was said helped me more. My friend left his mark on the world, a legacy that defies even death. Several people talked about the mark he made in life, and pointed out that we have that power as well. With that power comes a realization. I want to leave this world a better place than it was before. I want my mark or inflence to live on in the people whose lives I touch.

The gift I'd like to give...is My mark on the world.

The quest of leaving a mark on the world seemed a huge challenge for me. On the way back from the memorial service, I put a lot of thought into how I could make a positive change in the world. Thoughts of feeding Africa, and curing cancer flotaed to my mind. The Peace Corps. and the Salvation Army loomed over me, saying, "You want to leave your mark? Do you want to make a difference? Step up." It shook the foundation of my hope to be a force for good. Although those orginizations or accomplishments would undoubtedly leave a mark, they weren't things that I wanted to do. I shook my head, shrugged off the notion that I could leave my mark, and went on my way.

Life went on. As I continued doing what I normaly do, I discovered something. It doesn't take finding a cure for cancer to leave a mark. All it takes is trying your very hardest, to be the best person you can be. I hope that I have made a positive change, and left my tiny mark on the world.

A Gift I'd Like to Give

A friend of mine has died recently. I have no idea how or why it happened, all I know is that a wonderful person and a good man is now gone. I had the privilege of attending a memorial service to comemorate and celebrate his life. During the service, those who mourned had the opportunity to say what was on their mind, and in their hearts... I hope what I shared helped, but what was said by others helped me more. My friend left his mark on the world and in each of those attending, he left a sort of legacy that defies even death. Several people talked about the mark that he made during his life, and pointed out that we have that kind of power as well. With that power comes a realization. I want to leave this world a better place than it was before.

The gift I'd like to give... is My mark on the world.

Love Poem

Love is astronomical.
The players are like molecules drifting throughout the universe.
Should the right particles meet, they bond and become one.
But there are infinite amounts of molecules in the universe.
My perfect element is close, so close, yet we do not bond.
And space is very empty.

Life Story

Lazier than poo, always hungry, mad skills with weapons, Halo enthusiast, albino white, seemingly cursed, loves to boat, has very odd ipods, and yodels.

Lazier, hungry, mad skills with weapons, Halo enthusiast, cursed, boat, yodel, ipods.

Hungry, mad skills with weapons, Halo.

Mad Halo skills

Halo

I Remember

I remember pie.
It is delicious, and good.
I like to eat it.

I remember chess.
I totally suck at chess.
I always get smoked.

I remember work.
Teaching ax safety to scouts.
A "little" scary.

I remember times,
When "Power Rangers" was cool.
It is not cool now.

I remember hating poetry. Oh wait, I still do.