Ox-moron

I feel as if I should explain my web address. Whenever I sign up for one of these sites that require a name I can't be boring. I have to do something that is more personal to me. So I end up agonizing for hours over how exactly I should present my web-self. Not only that but it seems hopeless to choose something that has yet to be chosen. I had almost resigned myself to sifting through a box of crayons simply to find an unused name. It is impossible to find yourself in a crayon.
I went through a series of options including names of book characters, idols from history, and mythology figures. Either way it didn’t feel right or was already taken. I wanted something literary and witty. After all I am doing this for a Creative Writing class. Then I remembered this line from an old Danny DeVito movie that I figured would fit the bill. The movie is called The Renaissance Man. Danny DeVito's character Bill is a high and mighty add executive who gets fired for missing a meeting. Desperate for employment to keep up his lifestyle, Bill takes a job teaching English to American soldiers. These soldiers are considered great in the field but sub par in intelligence. The group is a bunch of underachieving smart-alecky kids who defy Bill as he attempts teaching. Starting with the basics, Bill gives them terms like simile and metaphor. After barely mastering those concepts Bill scrawls on the board Oxymoron. One of the more obnoxious students promptly calls out, "Now hold on, I a'int no ox-moron!” That is the kind of humor you can expect from this movie and it's never failed to make me smile. The Renaissance Man is a perfect example of my offbeat sense of humor and love of pop culture/literary references.
Now that I have explained my choice of web address I feel obligated to continue an explanation of The Renaissance Man for those who might be interested in the movie. Slowly Bill gets to understand his students a little better: why they joined the army, and what motivates them. This gains Bill minor respect and shaky trust from his students. After a run-in with a drill sergeant who dislikes the idea of Bill teaching his soldiers Bill begins lessons in earnest. He hands his students Hamlet. Struggling to explain things such as iambic pentameter and Shakespearean language to his students Bill finds a zest for life he found he had been missing. During the course of teaching the play comedy ensues in the classroom and in the field. The shaky trust built between students and teacher is tried when Bill considers returning to advertising. The students believe Bill, just like everyone else, is quitting on them. It takes a test of physical exertion for Bill to win back his students’ trust. Returning full force to the classroom Bill expects more of his students than ever before. I won’t ruin the ending by explaining it any further. Overall I think The Renaissance Man is definitely a movie worth watching!