Blog post/Reading response #6

Blog: I think that my group is definitely going to be ready with our trailer by Monday.We have all the necessary footage to create a great trailer, now all we need to do is put it together. Sarah and I will be going to MTN tomorrow to start the trailer and if we need more time we are all open on Sunday to go when Alex is there to help us. I really happy that when at the Final Cut Pro training on Sunday, Sarah and Leah were able to get Alex's help with transferring Maya's first night with Leah's family onto the computer. That will be really good to use in our trailer as something to grab the audiences attention. I am not worried about anything as of now with my group and our ability to make a good trailer.
Reading: I think that I understood the basic meaning of this reading, but not the deeper one if there was one. I can't help but wonder if there is a significance regarding the house or the gate that the 5 friends come from. If there is one I can't figure out what it is. When I read this, it made me think of high school, especially freshman year. I noticed many friend groups that were hard for others to join, as if no new members were welcome because the present members, friends, didn't want others to come and ruin the bond that they had. As the article says, the friends "don't know him and don't want to know him". I think that this is a problem everyone has. We are unwilling at times to be accepting of others, too afraid that it will break the connections we already have and appreciate. The part where the friends don't want to explain why the sixth can't come in because it could lead to accepting him from so much exposure of one another. This strikes me as very mean. They don't even know this person, and they have no trouble hurting their feelings by not having an explanation. I believe that everyone deserves an explanation as to why they can't be a part of something. I don't think that this title should be "Fellowship" because when I think of this word I think of brotherhood and a want of new members in that brotherhood or fellowship, not blocking people out of it.