An Amish in the Devil's Playground

As I first started watching this documentary I began to wonder what life would be like as an Amish, and I came to the decision that it is all about choices. Converting to the Amish ways takes such dedication and devotion, I feel as if i would cave into the pressures of the Devil's Playground, even after my rumspringa. I thought about all of the appliances that I have now, and how difficult life would seem without them. Also, I would feel overwhelmed from all of the constant pressure of the Amish lifestyle. Living by candle light and relying on horse and buggy would seem to meticulous for my active and pumped lifestyle. I also pondered the thought of being born into an Amish community. I came to the decision that it wouldn't be too bad, until rumspringa came around. Personally I during would go buck wild during that time (not to the point of doing meth) and never really think about going back to the Amish persuasion. Another reaction I got out of this documentary was shock. I never knew Amish teenagers could throw down. Amish Parties The parts that got the most laughs out of me was the B-roll that showed the after math of the crazy shenanigans that had previously happened. Beer cans strewn about, everyone asleep in their cars, as well as the random scenes where bongs and other contraband were presented really tickled me.

Even though I know for a fact that I will never convert to being Amish, I still find it fascinating that those who are have such dedication and can live with the pressures of being Amish. I envy those who can live that life style because I know I cannot. The way "Weird" Al Yankovic puts it perfectly describes how my mindset would be. Amish Paradise

Grizzly Man Diaries

By watching two episodes of the Grizzly Man Diaries I came to terms with the fact that Timothy Treadwell isn’t really of a people person, but more of an eclectic animal man. My thought is that as a child Timothy Treadwell was ostracized from others his age, which lead him to become one with the natures of Alaska. “Aunt Melissa” was the first episode that I watched, and it intrigued me on how he could get so personally close to such a dangerous undomesticated animal. His interactions with Aunt Melissa and her baby cubs Letterman, Emmy and Rainbow proved that Timothy was really trying to connect with the beasts. It saddened me when the carnivorous side of Aunt Melissa was shown, and through the reactions of Timothy, I could tell he was completely heartbroken when Rainbow was consumed. These sort of emotional connections between a human and animal are only really solidified when certain ticks are set off, such as death or abandonment. Speaking of abandonment, Aunt Melissa left her cubs early which shocked Timothy, but also re assure him that Letterman and Emmy were two strong sub-adults. In the second episode I watched, Timothy was observing the life styles of his fox friends.  The episode “Two Timothys” features Timothy Treadwell relating with a den of foxes that have seemed to adopt him. During this episode, I was under the impression that Mr. Treadwell was pretending he was living the day in the life of a fox. He expressed a copious amount of fear when the grey wolf predator showed up, not for his own life, but for the lives of all of his fox friends and their kits. Other than his intense affection for these animals, it seemed that Timothy Treadwell valued the lifestyle he lived out in nature. Although he represented a man with strange mannerisms his ways of life were very interesting because of how he got up and personal with these wild animals. Besides the captivating film shots and the trivial quotes said by Mr. Treadwell, this documentary was chock filled with a mesmerizing sound track that really grabbed me, the viewers, attention. The sound track didn’t give away what was going to happen, but it was surely a depiction for the near future.