The Great Unknown
Growing up, my favorite cartoons were Winnie the Pooh movies, although I'm not sure 'favorite' accurately describes an obsession that followed me well into my twenties so far. Perhaps my favorite movie from the hundred acre wood is Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin. By far, my favorite song within the movie is the one linked above. "Adventure is a Wonderful Thing." My love for this song is mostly due to the morbidly hilarious attitude of Owl, who attempts to convince the woodland creatures that adventure is a wonderful thing, even while mentioning avalanching boulders and suggesting that they will experience great duress on the trip. Even his end salute to the group is horribly pessimistic "I salute you! And those who are doomed to never return, I salute you twice!" As I stand on the precipice of my next adventure I find myself split between the two attitudes of optimism and pessimism. I believe this will be a Grand Adv