Because Stan Lee is Stan Lee.
Stan Lee is the guy who created the Marvel comics. My Dad has been into comics his entire life, mostly Marvel, and so going through my life since 1991, he has also introduced me to the world of superheroes. I got into this topic because a friend and I were talking about it. X Men Origins is coming out on May 1st, and I'm excited for it. The origins of Wolverine and the previews look amazing, staring Deadpool and Gambit and Sabretooth along with everyone else. I'm thrilled to see this movie, and hopefully I get a job at the Campbell 16 before this that way I can take my dad to see it for free. ^_^ It'll be a good day if that happens. I only have a week or so until then so hopefully I get a call back after my interview tomorrow with them. I also discovered that they have a script for X Men Origins: Magneto. It's not Green Lit yet but I hope they do. It'll be interesting considering that Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch are Magneto's kids. SWEET!
Anyway, I'm gonna quit being a nerd now and go to bed.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Fun Smartie Class Thesis Statement
Smarties have a better value than chocolate in the way that they have essential vitamins, less sugar in a serving, and they have less calories in two rolls than in just one piece of chocolate.
With essential vitamins, it is a better Halloween candy or an every day candy for kids to eat. While kids are all hogwild over candy, that could be an incentive to have parents give Smarties to their kids rather than chocolate. It has all of those vitamins for their child, as well as less sugar intake. So, the hyperactivity may end up going down for the parental benefit! It is an awesome way to think that with that delicious tasting Smartie package, their child may not be boucning off the walls and annoying during the day and causing trouble, right? Another good thing, mostly when it comes to teenage candy intake and for adults, smarties have less calories in two rolls, which adds up to 50 calories, in just one piece of Hershey piece of candy. 25 calories per roll, that’s pretty good considering how many pieces of candy are in just one package. Think about that whenever you are getting a good sweet tooth during your diet. It won’t make you gain love handles like chocolate will if you overdo it. You can overdo your Smartie intake and still only have only taken in 500 calories!
With essential vitamins, it is a better Halloween candy or an every day candy for kids to eat. While kids are all hogwild over candy, that could be an incentive to have parents give Smarties to their kids rather than chocolate. It has all of those vitamins for their child, as well as less sugar intake. So, the hyperactivity may end up going down for the parental benefit! It is an awesome way to think that with that delicious tasting Smartie package, their child may not be boucning off the walls and annoying during the day and causing trouble, right? Another good thing, mostly when it comes to teenage candy intake and for adults, smarties have less calories in two rolls, which adds up to 50 calories, in just one piece of Hershey piece of candy. 25 calories per roll, that’s pretty good considering how many pieces of candy are in just one package. Think about that whenever you are getting a good sweet tooth during your diet. It won’t make you gain love handles like chocolate will if you overdo it. You can overdo your Smartie intake and still only have only taken in 500 calories!
Musical Conversation With Dad
So, Dad was watching Oprah last night and saw a bunch of country musicians on there. Yeah, I know, he does watch Oprah but whatever. I walked in on the very end of it to see Sugarland playing. Honestly, I hate them, and most country music. The only two other people they had on that show last night was Carrie Underwood and Kenny Chesney. They are good, but not my favorite, obviously. That's not what attracts me the most about music. So, Dad and I started to about the music and what not and how it had evolved since the sixties and seventies. Really, what started off the making of rock n' roll was Elvis Presley. That can't be denied, not by a long shot. He started to talk about what kind of options his generation has with music, especially during the eighties and ninties. I was very interested when he started to praise Kurt Cobain for being pretty much a godfather to a new generation of music. Nirvana pretty much greated the grunge genre out of Washington and that was amazing. He also started to talk about there was rap music that pretty much made everyone like him and my mom go to country music. There was a sharp divide in musical interest starting in the 80's because of hair bands, metal, the emergence of rap and so on and so forth. I was so happy to have a conversation like that with my Dad. That is the reason why I love music so much. There are so many good topics regarding it and a different genres. Dad was even talking about how there has only really been one band that had a gimmick and has survived for as long as they have, and that band was KISS. I couldn't deny that, but there have been so few bands that have survived since the 90's. One of those bands was Green Day, and they are still making music. That is awesome.
And also, which is a relief to me, I'm starting to see a decline in rap music since now that time has finally become so repetitive. I'm looking forward to a resurgance of hard rock and metal music like it was when Motley Crue, Guns n' Roses and all of those awesome 80's hair bands had their time and so on. It's going to be a great day when that finally happens. Hopefully it comes at the turn of the decade in 2010.
And also, which is a relief to me, I'm starting to see a decline in rap music since now that time has finally become so repetitive. I'm looking forward to a resurgance of hard rock and metal music like it was when Motley Crue, Guns n' Roses and all of those awesome 80's hair bands had their time and so on. It's going to be a great day when that finally happens. Hopefully it comes at the turn of the decade in 2010.
Monday, April 13, 2009
What Am I Passionate About?
Several times I have spoken about what I am passionate about. Most of the time, my passion is music. Although, I do have other things that I am passionate about. For example, writing. I love writing and I love books. I love to have that escape from life that cannot be accomplished by anything else. The book that has done the most for me so far has been the Twilight saga. I love the story of Edward and Bella, but also the side stories of Emmett, Rosalie, Alice, Jasper, Esme, and Carlisle. I'm interested in that kind of stuff and it drives me insane when I don't get to do it. In fact, I haven't put my nose in a book in a while. I'm actually thinking about re-reading the entire Twilight saga again before New Moon comes out in November. That should be a challenge. I'll probably have time to read it four times over. I've already read Twilight I think four times already anyway. I've read the book "Eragon" by Christopher Paolini seven times due to boredom and quite a bit of obsession involved.
Anyway, back to music. It is definitely something that I am passionate about, because it has been there throughout my childhood. I don't remember a day in my life where some kind of music has been played. As a toddler, I would dance to Michael Jackson and Steve Warner, and I would stand in front of the television as MTV or CMT played on the screen. I have lived through it my entire life and it is something that has grown on me and saved me several times in my young life. I may be 18 years old, but throughout those eighteen years I have been exposed to so much creativity and compassion through lyrics. My interests have grown, shrank, and expanded several times. That is why I am going into the music industry, and trying to make a living there as part of the business part of it regarding management and producing, hell, even sound mixing or something along those lines.
For books, there are no words to describe how much books mean to me. I have been around those my entire life as well because my dad has always had a passion for writing children's books. He has attempted to write serious adult books but he hasn't been that type of person. He has the childish, playful side about him and he wants to go to that to get away from the adult problems he faces now. So, as a kid, he always read to me those books that he has written and I have always enjoyed them and dug them out to read them again when he wasn't looking. He has even asked me to co-write with him sometimes. I, personally, am trying to write my own story but because of everything going on, it is really hard to concentrate on it. So, for now, I dig into a book if I can. Like I said before, I'm going to be trying to re-read the Twilight saga and watch the movie and what not to get that 'obsession' back up again. I'm really excited for New Moon in November and Eclipse next June. There are no words to describe how much these two things mean to me.
Anyway, back to music. It is definitely something that I am passionate about, because it has been there throughout my childhood. I don't remember a day in my life where some kind of music has been played. As a toddler, I would dance to Michael Jackson and Steve Warner, and I would stand in front of the television as MTV or CMT played on the screen. I have lived through it my entire life and it is something that has grown on me and saved me several times in my young life. I may be 18 years old, but throughout those eighteen years I have been exposed to so much creativity and compassion through lyrics. My interests have grown, shrank, and expanded several times. That is why I am going into the music industry, and trying to make a living there as part of the business part of it regarding management and producing, hell, even sound mixing or something along those lines.
For books, there are no words to describe how much books mean to me. I have been around those my entire life as well because my dad has always had a passion for writing children's books. He has attempted to write serious adult books but he hasn't been that type of person. He has the childish, playful side about him and he wants to go to that to get away from the adult problems he faces now. So, as a kid, he always read to me those books that he has written and I have always enjoyed them and dug them out to read them again when he wasn't looking. He has even asked me to co-write with him sometimes. I, personally, am trying to write my own story but because of everything going on, it is really hard to concentrate on it. So, for now, I dig into a book if I can. Like I said before, I'm going to be trying to re-read the Twilight saga and watch the movie and what not to get that 'obsession' back up again. I'm really excited for New Moon in November and Eclipse next June. There are no words to describe how much these two things mean to me.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
The Heroin Diaries
No, I'm not on drugs.
I just wanted to talk about a book called "The Heroin Diaries" by Nikki Sixx, the bassist of Motley Crue. I haven't read it all, but what I did read was astonishing. I had heard about it because of the band Sixx A.M. was actually a band that made a soundtrack to this book. So, while up at Barnes and Noble one day, I looked for it on the back shelf next to the CDs, and I found it. The cover was very, well, I don't want to say disgusting, but more along the lines of elaborate. I turned the front page of it and saw some quotes. One of it was a lyric from one of Alice Cooper's songs. It said "Welcome to my f***ing life."
The Heroin Diaries is about Nikki Sixx's actual diaries that he kept during the late 80's when Motley Crue was really hitting it big. Either sober or inebriated, Nikki Sixx kept dairies to document what he went through. I think it started on Christmas Day of 1986. What I read was astonishing and almost disturbing, but I couldn't put it down. Nikki Sixx called it the life of a shattered rockstar. He definitely wasn't lying about that. Even in one part, he called his high self "Sikki". It was as if he were describing an alter ego, and it sent chills up and down my arms.
When reading this, I was glad that he turned his life around and now anybody who buys the book, a certain percentage of the income go to a charity that helps homeless children. After all of that, Nikki turned his life around for the better. His story was one of the reasons why I am a straightedger. I refuse to let myself and my friends end up that way. It may be their choice, but I want to someone be the detour that helps them make a better decision for themselves so they don't mess up later in life. That's what friends are for, right? I don't want to see my friends go somewhere where they shouldn't be. Being straightedge may get me a lot of stares and curious questions but that doesn't demean what I believe in. Sure, a lot of successful bands are alcoholics and drug abusers, but I think that it only progresses as they gain success, not beforehand. They may have STARTED doing it before they were a band but it gradually gets worse from stress and fame and money. That doesn't mean that if you drink and do drugs you'll get famous. Most of those people who do end up dying or becoming poor because they spend most of their earnings on beer and drugs. I'm not saying everyone, just people who get so deep into it where they can't resurface again.
Nikki Sixx's Heroin Diaries really did back up my beliefs in straightedge. I'm proud to be one and anyone can kiss my ass if they want to condemn me for it or make fun of me. I know I'm making the right choice. I want to keep my body healthy and my mind clear. I want to be able to be sober every day and live the life I was meant to have. I can feel physical pain when I fall, I can feel heartache when something bad happens, and I can also feel happy and excited whenever something great happens. I don't want to be drunk or high to experience a good time. I won't remember it anyway even if I did.
I want to remember every single day, even if it kills me.
I just wanted to talk about a book called "The Heroin Diaries" by Nikki Sixx, the bassist of Motley Crue. I haven't read it all, but what I did read was astonishing. I had heard about it because of the band Sixx A.M. was actually a band that made a soundtrack to this book. So, while up at Barnes and Noble one day, I looked for it on the back shelf next to the CDs, and I found it. The cover was very, well, I don't want to say disgusting, but more along the lines of elaborate. I turned the front page of it and saw some quotes. One of it was a lyric from one of Alice Cooper's songs. It said "Welcome to my f***ing life."
The Heroin Diaries is about Nikki Sixx's actual diaries that he kept during the late 80's when Motley Crue was really hitting it big. Either sober or inebriated, Nikki Sixx kept dairies to document what he went through. I think it started on Christmas Day of 1986. What I read was astonishing and almost disturbing, but I couldn't put it down. Nikki Sixx called it the life of a shattered rockstar. He definitely wasn't lying about that. Even in one part, he called his high self "Sikki". It was as if he were describing an alter ego, and it sent chills up and down my arms.
When reading this, I was glad that he turned his life around and now anybody who buys the book, a certain percentage of the income go to a charity that helps homeless children. After all of that, Nikki turned his life around for the better. His story was one of the reasons why I am a straightedger. I refuse to let myself and my friends end up that way. It may be their choice, but I want to someone be the detour that helps them make a better decision for themselves so they don't mess up later in life. That's what friends are for, right? I don't want to see my friends go somewhere where they shouldn't be. Being straightedge may get me a lot of stares and curious questions but that doesn't demean what I believe in. Sure, a lot of successful bands are alcoholics and drug abusers, but I think that it only progresses as they gain success, not beforehand. They may have STARTED doing it before they were a band but it gradually gets worse from stress and fame and money. That doesn't mean that if you drink and do drugs you'll get famous. Most of those people who do end up dying or becoming poor because they spend most of their earnings on beer and drugs. I'm not saying everyone, just people who get so deep into it where they can't resurface again.
Nikki Sixx's Heroin Diaries really did back up my beliefs in straightedge. I'm proud to be one and anyone can kiss my ass if they want to condemn me for it or make fun of me. I know I'm making the right choice. I want to keep my body healthy and my mind clear. I want to be able to be sober every day and live the life I was meant to have. I can feel physical pain when I fall, I can feel heartache when something bad happens, and I can also feel happy and excited whenever something great happens. I don't want to be drunk or high to experience a good time. I won't remember it anyway even if I did.
I want to remember every single day, even if it kills me.
Friday, April 10, 2009
The Nerd In Me Has Resurfaced
Okay, so, Dragonball Evolution came out today. During math class today my cousin Darric called me while I was in class and wanted to talk about it. Apparently, he saw it today. He told me that it was short but it was awesome. When we were kids, Darric and I used to love Dragonball Z. If nobody knows what that is, it is a Japanese cartoon that was very popular almost a decade ago. It was a long running series on Cartoon Network about aliens and what not and it had flying stuff and horrible fights and what not. So,they made a live action movie and I'm going to be going to see it with my dad tomorrow morning. I'm excited for it and really ready to relive my childhood again. I kind of miss the days where I loved the cartoons and what not and I really like to sit there and think back to those episodes. I want to see where they went wrong and right. My dad still does that, even with the things he had long stopped liking but still goes just to see what he liked in his childhood. Sometimes, he even gets the feeling back. I want to see what that's like, now that I'm older.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Kansas City Rockfest '09
Yes, I have a new event that I have yet to look forward to.
So, I found out the other day that Rockfest was at Kansas City on May 30th, and there are TONS of bands that are going to be there, including my current obsession "Rev Theory". Unfortunately, Buckcherry will be there, but they can be avoided since there are two stages. On Second Stage will be:
Drowning Pool
Loaded
Dope
The Parlor Mob
The Veer Union
Burn Halo
Crooked X
Federation of Horsepower
On Main Stage is:
Korn
Buckcherry
Shinedown
Corey Taylor
Theory of a Deadman
Saving Abel
Rev Theory
Out of all of these bands, I want to see:
Burn Halo
Drowning Pool
Korn
Shinedown
Theory of a Deadman
Saving Abel
Rev Theory
So that is SEVEN bands that are going to be there that I would love to get to see. I have already seen Drowning Pool, Shinedown, Saving Abel, and Rev Theory, but I would DEFINITELY go to see them again. I'm so excited about this that I am FREAKING out and getting ready to buy the ticket so I can be down in the pit if there is one. Burn Halo will be exciting since the lead singer is James Hart, the ex-front man of the very successful straightedge band Eighteen Visions. Synyster Gates also played in two of their songs. I'm so excited, and I'll be calculating the days until then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, I found out the other day that Rockfest was at Kansas City on May 30th, and there are TONS of bands that are going to be there, including my current obsession "Rev Theory". Unfortunately, Buckcherry will be there, but they can be avoided since there are two stages. On Second Stage will be:
Drowning Pool
Loaded
Dope
The Parlor Mob
The Veer Union
Burn Halo
Crooked X
Federation of Horsepower
On Main Stage is:
Korn
Buckcherry
Shinedown
Corey Taylor
Theory of a Deadman
Saving Abel
Rev Theory
Out of all of these bands, I want to see:
Burn Halo
Drowning Pool
Korn
Shinedown
Theory of a Deadman
Saving Abel
Rev Theory
So that is SEVEN bands that are going to be there that I would love to get to see. I have already seen Drowning Pool, Shinedown, Saving Abel, and Rev Theory, but I would DEFINITELY go to see them again. I'm so excited about this that I am FREAKING out and getting ready to buy the ticket so I can be down in the pit if there is one. Burn Halo will be exciting since the lead singer is James Hart, the ex-front man of the very successful straightedge band Eighteen Visions. Synyster Gates also played in two of their songs. I'm so excited, and I'll be calculating the days until then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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