You might have been thinking Seattle...I was, but it is Olympia. It is named for the nearby Olympic Mountains.
Physical: 20 push upsPersonal: Watch "Gone with the Wind"
Result: I'm guessing the reason I made this as part of my challenge is that this movie is usually called the "greatest movie ever made." I personally had never seen it. I mean sure, through pop culture I knew about Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler. I knew the quote "frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." I also knew that it was set during the Civil War. I knew it was a book written by Margaret Mitchell. Finally, I knew the black female lead of Mammy was the first African American woman to receive an Oscar (I believe she might have been the first male or female). So it's amazing to me that I knew so much about a movie I had never seen. But...
I didn't know a lot about this film either. First of all, I didn't know the movie was nearly 4 hours long. I watched it in three different settings. I won't spoil it, but I will say that the love affair I had anticipated between Scarlett and Rhett was actually one of the most dysfunctional movie relationships I have ever witnessed. The movie has a ton of written scripts to the audience to explain going-ons. Only the first half of the movie is during the actual Civil War (1861-1865). The second half (and yes, there is an intermission) goes well beyond the conclusion of the war. It actually to me played out more like a Greek tragedy than a romance. I really did enjoy it. It was very well put together considering the time when it was made. If you haven't watched it, I would recommend it.
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