




"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine." -RWE
What Makes Rocky a Hero?
Rocky Balboa is a dim, but good-hearted average guy. For a living,
Rocky retrieves money for a loan shark and has barely enough to scrape by, but from this he becomes a hero. Rocky looks out for others, cares for his loved ones, accepts defeat and fights against all odds to become something much greater than what he was. Rocky is a hero because he fights for the average, hard working lower class that makes up his neighborhood. Rocky is always looking out for others as is shown in the scene where Rocky sees a young girl named Marie smoking and hanging around with scum in front of a liquor store late at night. Rocky looks after her and takes Marie home and in return he gets, “screw you creepo!” Rocky also exemplifies a hero with his love and affection for Adrian and his friend Paulie whom he helps out by wearing his meat packaging plant ad on the back of his robe in the fight against Apollo Creed. A scene which reflects Rocky’s unselfishness and character is when after the fight he cries out for Adrian as she is the only thing that matters to him. Another true sign of a hero is the capacity to accept defeat and show unselfishness. The night before the fight Rocky tells Adrian that he doesn’t expect to beat Creed, but all he wants is to last all 15 rounds, which shows his unwavering courage and heart. Rocky endures hardship from the beginning, but triumphs in the end with the love of his life and the dignity to come out even against the defending world champ.
The Hollaback Girl star, whose second album is released today (04Dec06), admits she didn't intend to make a follow up to Love Angel Music Baby and was torn between motherhood and making music - but now insists she's happy doing both.
She says, "I never intended to do another solo record. It's kind of embarrassing talking about it.
"I had a couple of amazing tracks left over from the last one ... but I wanted to have a baby. Now I have both. I'm just going with the flow."
But despite using leftover tracks on The Sweet Escape, Stefani believes the tunes are a departure from her previous solo sound.
She says, "The last one was a total dance record. Not serious, very light. This one is way different.
"The inspiration for this one is `it doesn't have a direction', making it very modern."
another one bites the dustWENN reports, Former No Doubt rocker Gwen Stefani is embarrassed by new album The Sweet Escape as it’s made up from her debut’s “leftovers”.
The Hollaback Girl star, whose second album is released three days ago, admits she didn’t intend to make a follow up to Love Angel Music Baby and was torn between motherhood and making music, but now insists she’s happy doing both.
She says,
“I never intended to do another solo record. It’s kind of embarrassing talking about it. I had a couple of amazing tracks left over from the last one … but I wanted to have a baby. Now I have both. I’m just going with the flow. The last one was a total dance record. Not serious, very light. This one is way different. The inspiration for this one is `it doesn’t have a direction’, making it very modern.”
So basically right when you your cd comes out, you tell everyone it sucks. That is just horrible. Then why put it out in first place and waste people money to invest in a record, when your gonna say it just sucks, and just left overs. Like a child thats left at a school and daddy forgot to pick him up. Go all out or just stay home and be a mom. But pick one or another. Because you cant do both obviously!





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