Nick's Ramblings

I've moved!

2008-10-08T22:47:00.001-05:00

Yes, I have now moved to web.me.com/ntay

I doubt anyone actually reads this regularly 'cept me, so there you go.

I can't believe I missed this album.

2008-09-23T12:36:00.000-05:00

Such a great album. Really. Wow. I want it now.

Part 46

2008-09-14T19:20:00.003-05:00

Well, I'm starting my third week at RIT, and thus far I am enjoying myself. I haven't really joined any clubs or anything, but I do have a damn good schedule. I do like that part.

I'm also writing a project for an Against Malaria 'competition'. Although it's not really a competition. I am experiencing a bit of problems jump-starting my project. Oh, well.

Also, I just got "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd. Great album. Drink Pepsi, and you can get albums like that too!

That's all I really have to say right now.

Wow! A month!

2008-09-07T00:34:00.002-05:00

Well, seeing as it's been a month since I've posted...an update would probably be nice.

Provided folks actually read this.

Anyway, I've started school at RIT, and I have to say so far...it's not all that hard. But that's okay. It'll get hard. And I eagerly await that moment.

Anyhow, other than that there isn't really any update. Other than the fact that I want a Chumby. And Radio Paradise is awesome.

And my grammar sucks.

No really, I'm still here

2008-08-04T16:42:00.002-05:00

...and I got my housing assignment from RIT. How about that? I'm on the seventh floor!

Well, I leave in about 19 days. Hard to believe.

I should start packing.

Innovation

2008-07-03T17:31:00.004-05:00

What the hell is innovation? How do we innovate in a world in which everything has already been "innovated out"?

A good question. And while you're most likely better off asking a sociologist, I'm the one asking the one, so I can answer it.

Well many people keep thinking that in order to innovate, they need to mimic. While I'm not going to discourage those people (it filters out the true innovators) that's not how you do it, folks. Innovation is a practical way of being different. Sure, wearing gaudy colors, a cape & a belt tied around your head may be different, but it's not innovative.

So how do we do innovative? We make a difference, dammit! A difference that people actually care about. We stray from the crowd, but we make a new crowd that people will follow.

See, there's two kinds of people. Leaders/followers. While a follower may innovate, there's not a snowball's chance in heaven (really, who wants people pelting you with snowballs in heaven? Especially if there's chunks of ice. Seems more like hell to me.) that he would ever want to lead the group. Someone else can take over.

Then that follower goes on and innovates some more, and more people try to take over.

So, instead of being different (and in the process, be an ass) be an innovator! Then people will like you.

By the way, innovation doesn't necessarily pertain to technology. It can pertain to film, music, literature, political policy, well you get the picture.

Good bye for now.

It's been awhile, Pt. 2

2008-06-30T01:39:00.002-05:00

Man, am I ever going to be able to blog with any frequency at all? Maybe. Who knows?

Anyway, to list all the things that have happened recently:

I graduated from high school
I have a new Mac and iPod touch
I turned 18 and can legally...stay out after dark! Take that late-night hooligans!

Also, I've purchased a lot from the iTunes Store recently, and I was feeling a bit nostalgic.

Anyway, I'm going to sign off for now, and do stuff. Maybe. Or sleep. Who knows?

Music

2008-05-28T20:46:00.002-05:00

Let me just say...it's time for me to get some new albums, man!

I was perusing iTunes, and I found this neat little playlist. Nothing beats good ol' '70s Hard Rock, man.

Well, other than that, nothing new to report. I saw (and now own) Into the Wild, and it is a great movie. I'd recommend it.

Although I wouldn't recommend looking up the guy the movie's based on. It may spoil it for you.

Finally saw A Fish Called Wanda as well. Another great movie.

Now I have to start renting some movies from iTunes. They have quite a few good movies that I have to see available for rent.

Or maybe I could buy them.

Hmm...

March 18th, 2008

2008-04-25T15:46:00.000-05:00

Man, has it really been more than a month since I've last posted? Damn. It has been awhile.

Anyway, now nothing really new in my world. I was accepted into RIT (wooo!) and I'm writing a short story compilation. I think I may post one of the stories on Google Docs. Hmmm...

Anyway, yeah, that's it.

I like DVDs

2008-03-18T12:03:00.001-05:00

Just got Arrested Development and No Country for Old Men within the last couple of weeks. Needless to say, they are both awesome, and both worth the money. By the way, Amazon is a great store. Nice and cheap.

Television on DVD

2008-03-01T23:15:00.003-06:00

Man, I have found that I want a lot of TV Shows on DVD. I'm trying to get more into the comedy groove with TV...I've found that I love both Arrested Development and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I'll be getting the former on DVD on Tuesday...excited about that. I also want to try out 30 Rock and Curb Your Enthusiasm, but those will have to wait for the moment. I also want to try out Mad Men and Breaking Bad (yes, I know, two AMC shows). Man, there's lots of TV shows I want to try out.

I also really want to film my own show, although I kinda want to do a short film and a documentary first. A documentary on what, I don't know, but I do want to do a documentary.

If you're in the Minneapolis area, and you want to collaborate on something, drop me an email sometime (ntay99@gmail.com).

Del Toro to direct "The Hobbit"

2008-02-03T15:25:00.000-06:00

Okay, just heard that Del Toro is going to be directing "The Hobbit". Now I'm really, really excited about this. I'll be curious how it turns out, and I'll be even more curious as to how much creative input Peter Jackson will have. 2010 is when the movie comes out, which -- if you think about it -- isn't all that long at all. I can wait two years.

That's it. No more blogging today. Nothing more to really blog on today. Have fun watching the Super Bowl.

My Hearing

2008-01-31T20:18:00.001-06:00

Just to let everyone know -- my hearing in my right ear is slowly getting better. I still can't discern voices with my right ear, but I can hear noises! It hurts when I hear the noises, though.

So I'll be on a lot of Prednisone for the next month. Not looking forward to that.

Now I think I'm going to sit down and read some Sherlock Holmes. I loove Sherlock Holmes.

No Country for Old Men

2008-01-27T15:30:00.000-06:00

Well I finally got to go see No Country for Old Men on Saturday, and I have to say. I loved it.

It made me think, which makes it the first movie in a loong time to do that.

I'm definitely going to purchase it on DVD just because I have to see it again. It was an exceptional film, and as many (professional) critics have said -- the Coens have grown up.

I'm not going to review it, just because you can get so many professional reviews, and I'll just say the exact same thing they do. My opinion is of the positive, and I do encourage you to go see it.

Still bummed it's not up for a Best Music Oscar, though.

Also -- my parents just bought me the Complete Sherlock Holmes, and I already whizzed right through A Study in Scarlet. Exceptional reading, in my opinion. I have a nice, leather-bound edition, too. Really snazzy. I have awesome parents.

Now I think I'm going to write a short story. Maybe.

Break a Leg Review - Ep. 4 & 5

2008-01-25T21:18:00.000-06:00

Hello all and welcome to the day where your host (Mr. Nick Taylor -- in case you forgot) actually remembers to do something.

Well, more like I'd feel really guilty if I "forgot". At any rate, I just finished watching both the new episodes of BaL for the fourth time, and I think I'm ready to tear it apart. With scissors. Well, maybe not with scissors. Critically, though. I'll tear it apart critically. With my great grammar. (Because, y'know, all sentences need to have just two adverbs to count -- remember that, kiddies)

In all seriousness, however, I have thought long and hard about these two episodes, and to be honest, I kinda liked them. I didn't really like them, but I kinda liked them. Although, my thoughts may be swayed by Monday with the release of episode six. We'll see, and I'll post a review on that, too.

In the meantime, time to dissect the wonderfulness that is Break a Leg. Luckily with these two new episodes, we haven't had to wait excruciatingly long for them. Unlike episodes 1, 2 & 3, we've had massive amounts of content thrown our way by the gracious Break a Leg crew, and for that, I am grateful. As you (most likely) know, there have been conversation episodes so we don't feel lonely and without our internet sitcom Friends. I mean Groomates. I mean Break a Leggers.

At any rate, these conversations have been highly effective in delivering characterization, but not much else beyond that. What we need now is story. Let's move on. What happened after the U-Haul explosion at the end of Episode 3?

Well, that's (sort of) where Episode 4 picks up. The cold open for Episode 4 is a brief little show called ¿K?. As you can no doubt guess, it is a parody of the show E! in real life. If you did not guess that, well I apologize for taking the joke away from you. (I won't tell you the second joke. Although all the Spanish-speaking people are probably laughing their asses off by now. Well, maybe not.)

So during the ¿K? sequence the Break a Leg crew successfully recap us in a tightly edited, seizure-inducing way. Is it annoying? Yes. Is it a successful parody of E!? Hell, yeah.

Also during the ¿K? sequence there is another short Broomates claymation clip. If you don't know, Broomates is the rival show to Groomates on the network Pox. Remember those spies from Episode 3? They like to cause trouble for David Penn and his fledgling crew of soon to be Groomates.

So, after the ¿K? sequence (I love typing Alt-0191 over and over. If you're on a PC, go and do it. I'll wait. Wasn't that cool? I know.) we have our lovely title sequence, and then we switch over to...(drumroll please) Groomates! Seriously, we start a scene of Groomates. Then we shortly find out that they're in a school. Interesting.

The school scene with Jennifer directing and David being showrunner shows us some more of Jennifer's weird bohemian directing style. He's got the beret, the mustache, and the love of completely randomness to permeate his project. It's some more nice characterization, but it's also kind of two-dimensional. There's got to be more to Jennifer than bohemian stereotypes. I hope.

Of course, this is a very, very satirical show, and I may be looking too far into it. Now, however, comes my one really big issue with this episode (in case you forgot, I'm talking about episode 4 still). There's a really long sequence with David trying to get Chase Cougar to come back to the Groomates production. While there's some genuinely funny shtick, and it obviously shows that Justin Morrison can act his way out of a shoebox (no, I'm not being sarcastic, he's actually pretty good) it just felt too long. I really, really hope that's the last we see of that kind of shtick for a while, because they stretched it about as long as spandex can stretch. It was funny, now let's move on.

So Chase comes back, makes a classic Chase Cougar comment that still makes me laugh (especially the reaction to said comment) and that's pretty much the end of the episode.

So now what?

Well, if you're still reading, obviously I'm either a pretty damn good writer, or you're genuinely interested as to what happens in episode 5. Well, at this point, I've decided that I'm going to write a post a week for these suckers, because 4 seems pretty damn long thus far.

Anyway, Episode 5 opens with a scene that I personally didn't like too much. There was a classic line in there that was definitely funny, but the scene seemed to break the continuity that Episode 4 had started. It probably wasn't the best cold open in the world. We go from the school in Episode 4 to the exploded U-Haul at the beginning of Episode 5 back to the school during the rest of Episode 5.

This episode, I felt, didn't really have too much content. A lot of it was restating what had already happened, which kind of weighted the eight minute episode down a bit. Not in the good way, either. There was definitely some funny moments (a great Claudio-Humphrey moment) and an excellent Jimmy Scotch scene, but the episode itself...I don't know. I'm not a spy person, I guess.

The whole episode was about determining what to do with the spies and the guild war. I personally don't like the guild war too much. It's unfortunate, because it seems like a device that could definitely work, but us viewers don't quite understand it too well. Don't get me wrong, I still love the show, but I like the idea of David Penn trying to wrestle with a dysfunctional crew while trying to get his show up and running, rather than wrestle with some creepy spies that are stealing trade secrets. Well, stealing ideas. Which is legal, believe it or not. That's beside the point, though.

Before I conclude this rather lengthy post on Break a Leg, I just want to point out a few things. First- what the hell happened with the whole "Jimmy wants Chase fired" storyline? That just...ended...it seems like. Who knows, it may come back in the future, but it did strike me as odd.

In conclusion, I just have to say that I really do think the show is funny, but it feels like it has gone a little off track from where it started. Rather than have a bunch of dysfunctional artists trying to put a television show together on a shoestring budget, we now have network espionage stealing ideas and starting guild wars. I'm curious as to where the whole thing is going, but personally I'd say I just really like the dysfunctional artists trying to get money to start a sitcom bit more than the guild war bit.

But what do I know? I'm no professional critic.

Break a Leg Ep. 4 & 5 Review - Coming Soon!

2008-01-23T16:20:00.000-06:00

Yeah, I know, I need to watch the new BaL episodes, and I will. I will review them, too. But right now, it's a bit difficult with only one ear working and weird nausea thing goin' on. So...I will review 'em, just not right now.

The Lord of the Rings

2008-01-22T10:22:00.000-06:00

You know when you watch a movie, and it just gets stuck with you forever?

That's what happened to me with Lord of the Rings. I sat down and watched "Return of the King" this past weekend, and man. Epic. The soundtrack, everything, is just stuck in my head.

They need to re-release these into theatres sometime again. I would totally go to that.

Huh?

2008-01-17T20:59:00.000-06:00

Seems I lost the hearing in my right ear recently. I will go to the doctor tomorrow to get it sorted out.

I've found that it sucks having half your hearing go kaput. No more directional hearing. No more belting out Billy Joel's "Piano Man" at the top of my lungs without feeling really self conscious. It is a shame, really. Not much I can do about it though.

Really hard to talk to people. That's what I've found. Especially in crowded places. It's like, I have to ask people to shut the fuck up. They won't. It drives me crazy. (Please note: My social skills aren't so inept that I actually tell people to shut the fuck up. Yet.)

Anyway, life goes on. I can still hear out of my left ear, which is good. Well, have a good day, everyone.

Break a Leg - Back To School (Episode 4)

2008-01-14T17:00:00.001-06:00

In this exciting new episode of Break a Leg, the cast, somehow managing to survive a horrible explosion, begins shooting their sitcom, Groommates, in secret. Writer David Penn must get lead actor Chase Cougar back before the production can continue.--Expect a review from me next week, alongside Ep. 5. And for all of you readers out there who haven't watched this show...tell me...why not?

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New POST.

2008-01-08T18:14:00.000-06:00

No -- I do not mean the "

" kind of post, either. You geeks.

I'm here, and I have nothing really to share. I saw I am Legend the other day. Good movie, Will Smith rocked as usual, and it had a great ending (for a Hollywood movie, that is). I enjoyed it, and I bet you will too.

Yes, you.

I'm in a TV Production (basically filmmaking for TV) class at my school these days, and I have to say, all the kids in that class really have no appreciation for the art of filmmaking. They all think slo-mo and hues of colors all over the screen in post makes for a great music video.

I appreciate their postmodern expressionism, but I think only they get it. And that they're not doing it on purpose.

I'm actually writing again, I finished a rewrite of a short I wrote a while back. Everyone, of course, likes the original better, but, y'know, whatever.

I'm going now.

Break a Leg - the Sitcom

2007-12-07T22:59:00.000-06:00

Okay, I feel like I haven't quite talked too much about Break a Leg. So I'm going to completely break it down, review-style.

As you can see from the trailer, it's about a writer named David Penn, who has just gotten his sitcom, Groomates, picked up. The whole show is basically a satire on modern-day Hollywood, with the multiple guilds, eccentric people, and of course the snuff-film actor turned porno star. Yes, it is as creepy as you think.

Now, the whole hook to this show is the fact that the naive protagonist is going to die at the end of the first season. He thinks. He's not exactly sure yet. So we go back one season, and get rid of that washed out, indie look. At this point we are introduced to our producer, Sebastian, and the director, Jennifer. Yes, Jennifer. It's Scandinavian.

The cast of BaL is mostly composed of local San Francisco actors, who were all initially gathered together to take part in Yuri Baranovsky's film Life Noir. They shot the film, but before they were able to edit it, Break a Leg (the sitcom) was born. Out of an online contest, too. By Myspace. Who does Roomates. Which Baranovsky hates. But enough of that.

The series is written by Yuri, and his brother Vlad. It's obvious that they both share their love of deadpan humour, which is the biggest draw of this show. If, for some reason you can't stand deadpan satirical humour, you should watch this show anyway.

Now I'm going to stop with the undying praise for a moment, and take a look at what really makes a Break a Leg episode. Unusual for internet shows, Break a Leg is actually filmed in a more conventional style. This is a very good thing, and something Baranovsky takes very seriously. Each episode, however, is broken up in three parts, with the latest episode, entitled "High Treason" being broken up into five pars. This is to allow release over several weeks.

The first episode introduces the characters and the hook. It provides some nice characterization, and it contains lots of archive footage cut into the actual show, similar to Arrested Development. Thus far these little clips of archive footage have been nice and humourous, I just hope it doesn't turn out like Family Guy with their overuse. Especially one the show gets into shorter length. It would be unforgivable if they sacrifice plot for laughs. Well, we'll probably forgive them anyway. They're just so damn lovable.

Thus far all their jokes have worked like clockwork. The second episode, which furthers the plot of the first, is fairly similar in substance. I had a bit more of a problem with this episode, because it was inside way too much. In this episode, a publicist hired by the network "CNC" is slandering the actors, so the actors have a sit-in. You know, like an intervention. Except everyone is sitting down.

Anyway, I personally felt like this episode lacked a bit of the lush San Francisco scenery, but we did learn about how desperate these actors were to become famous. We also learn of their camaraderie, though with a certain actor leaving in the end, and everyone else chastising the writer for vouching for his dismissal. The plot only gets more confusing from there.

Episode 3 is the onset of something horrible. I'm reminded of the Harry Potter films, but that thought immediately leaves me. (Despite both this Episode and the Harry Potter films thus far being chopped up in five parts. Coincidence? I think not.) Stuff only gets worse from the beginning of the episode, to it's (literally) explosive ending.

There's a mole in the production. What's worse, this mole has been selling the idea to another network. A rival network. So, David decides (with some prodding) to investigate. The whole turns out to be some form of conspiracy that, even with the seventh watching, I'm still not sure if I get it.

As for Episode 4, well it hasn't been released yet. However, the Break a Leg crew have been filming short little minisodes they call "Conversations". It's an actually great idea, as we get an idea of character relationships between the shows, without harming the overall plot. It's also a platform for Baranovskys and Co. to comment on current events. It's a very slick, entertaining idea.

Ultimately I like what I see. I like the professionalism they take in producing the show -- it's definitely not some teen in his mother's basement filming himself eat a goldfish with his webcam. That would be boring, simply because we've all seen it far too much. This is a wholly original idea, presented in digital form on the internet. It's humorous, and the best part: FREE. I would strongly suggest watching out for it, and for things in the future from these guys. They have a very intelligent, funny show on their hands, and I really hope they can keep it up.

The State of Internet Video

2007-12-06T19:17:00.001-06:00

Yuri Baranovsky, the co-writer/co-creator of the hit internet sitcom, Break a Leg, waxes poetic on internet video. An excellent article on the state of Internet Video. I strongly suggest reading this article. And...yeah...that's that.

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I cannot make up my mind!

2007-11-29T13:15:00.000-06:00

As anyone who has been reading this blog knows, this is the fifth time I have changed the theme. I cannot stay consistent in how it looks...I've always been like that, though.

Anyway, I haven't forgotten about that one epic blog post, but I have yet to see enough movies that people tell me I ought to watch, so when I do, I'll finish.

Fonts, fonts, FONTS!!!

2007-11-26T13:33:00.000-06:00

My internet fonts are not working anymore!!! This makes me mad. I can't get them to the right size, apparently, so pages don't display properly.

GRRR...

Anyhow, I hope everyone from America had a good Thanksgiving. Mine was...okay...I'm not really a big fan of Thanksgiving, personally. Allow me to explain.

You see, I think that a holiday that stands for thanks is a very important one. Unfortunately, ours is coupled with a very racist past. Which is rather unfortunate. Had it not been for the Native Americans, to say in the eternal words of that one guy: "We'd be fucked!" So I think it's horrible that we Americans celebrate a day that marked the beginning of the end of their freedom, and here we are today, chastising those who come here. As far as I know, everyone here (save for the Native Americans) are "illegal" immigrants.

Anyway, that's my rant. I shall speak no more of it, until next year.

In other news, Blogger does not have an underline option. That's very interesting to me.

I have not forgotten!

2007-11-20T15:32:00.000-06:00

I have not forgotten about my epic post! I have just been far too lazy.

I finally got to see American Gangster the other day, great movie, I must say. I would strongly recommend it, but it is not for the faint of heart.

Anyway, I have not forgotten, but it is vacation time, so, y'know. I also have been playing Wii a lot more lately. Zelda, man! Anyway, I'm going to end this post now.

Epic, man

2007-11-12T21:11:00.001-06:00

Okay, so I had a discussion with a friend the other day, and needless to say some really bad movies came up. With a hot nurse. And some other hot lady. Can't really remember the conversation, but suffice it to say that the word "hot" came up a couple time in reference to the women in the film.

Anyhow, I decided to write a list of 10 movies that I think you should watch in order to appreciate cinema as a whole. With a bit of reasoning. Of course, this is from a person who's just seen a lot of movies, and doesn't have much experience, but I have a tendency to watch movies as art. So, for all you people looking for a ride, go watch Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Then tell me what you thought.

I don't have the list done yet, but soon! I'm taking part in NaNoWriMo, so that's taking up a lot of free time. Oh, yeah, and school, of which I still do. Even if I strongly dislike my English class. My rebellion is now!

Well, later. Y'know, this is a really long post, that could be invested into my novel word count. Funny how that works. Have a good day.

Ubuntu 7.10!

2007-11-11T15:00:00.000-06:00

Well I finally did it. I finally installed Ubuntu 7.10 on my computer. I'm currently dual-booting it along with XP.

How do I like it? I love it! Well, except for the fact that XGI is really slow...but I guess I can wait for the next version. And yes, I must have the extra eye candy.

I guess the big thing I miss from XP is iTunes...I love iTunes, but I guess I can always go back to it...if I wanted to. I also miss my modified Firefox...because I can't bring it back over here, but whatever, I'll live.

While typing this I have also noticed another thing that's a huge pain in the ass. The text is really really slow, and not catching up to me typing. Now, for those of you who don't know, I type at like 100 wpm, and my text is typing at about...35 wpm. That is about a 65 wpm discrepancy. That's no good to me. If anyone knows a cure for this, please be sure to tell me :).

Anyhow, now I'm gonna play around a bit more, and do some writing! Woohoo!

The Musings of the Revolutionary Mr. Opus on the Invention Known as Time Travel

2007-11-05T22:13:00.001-06:00

Okay, so I'm participating in NaNoWriMo, and my novel is very quirky, written in a sort of second person, it's definitely a humour novel, but I think it'll be fun.

Anyone who's interested, here's my NaNoWriMo profile.

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Listening to: Paul McCartney & Wings - With a Little Luck
via FoxyTunes

ASCII Art

2007-10-29T21:11:00.001-05:00

Remember ASCII art? Yeah, you do.

I got bored today. This is what happens:

EDIT:

Never mind...didn't work.

Cafepress

2007-10-24T21:25:00.000-05:00

Okay, I've started a couple of Cafepress shops. Why? Because I'm bored, and I think it's funny.

That's why.

Peep 'em out at:

cafepress.com/pickleboy

cafepress.com/articlethe

You don't have to buy anything, but you can admire my graphic design work. Oh, and keep your head out of the gutter - that was not my intent.

Have a lovely day.

Jobs...and Movies to see this Christmas

2007-10-23T20:55:00.001-05:00

Okay, so I'm hoping to get a job. Which means I can get money. Which means I can go see more movies! Hurrah!

Anyhow, I'm in the mood to write a nice list of movies that are on the top of my list this holiday season.

No Country for Old Men

It's directed by the Coens--and it's bound to have their quirky humour in a war-type setting. What's not to love about that?

Sweeny Todd

Johnny Depp sings? Sign me up. Plus its directed by Tim Burton, and that's bound to be at least intriguing to see on the big screen.

American Gangster

Ridley Scott + Denzel Washington = Movie I must watch

The Darjeeling Limited

Yes, I haven't seen it yet. Yes, I will, because it's playing at my local "arthouse" theatre. That's good enough for me. Plus it's a bizarre Wes Anderson flick.

That's all for now. Those are four on top of my list, that I must go see. Too bad Golden Compass is going to suck. Even if it's being produced by New Line, it's too kiddy. I mean, c'mon, give us an R-rated epic fantasy to be proud of! Or at least PG-13. Oh, well, I guess we'll see where it goes.

I need to get OUT!

2007-10-21T21:57:00.000-05:00

Okay, I have come to a conclusion that a lot of people have probably wanted me to come to for some time now.

I need to get out of my room...and find something to do! I need a hobby other than writing. Maybe I'll find a job. Maybe I'll finally get off my ass and do some filming. Who knows? I'll figure something out.

In the meantime, I have discovered that I am disliking writing essays more and more. I am getting sick about reading how I need to add more and more purple prose to my essay. Good lord, it is an essay, not a prose piece. If you want lovely purple prose, read that POS Eragon.

There, a good rant for the day. In the meantime, I want to write a new short! Isn't that exciting? No more revising for me. No sir! I shall begin anew with a new screenplay. Life is grand.

And I need a hobby.

Helloooo

2007-10-20T23:59:00.000-05:00

No, I have not forgotten this blog. Even if no-one reads it.

I'm don't know what to talk about, though. And I'm kind of tired. So...I guess I'll just stop, and maybe post something long tomorrow. When it counts. Or not.

Anyway, nothing new. So, for all those wondering-yep. Nothing new.

Environmentalism - really an issue?

2007-10-15T13:34:00.000-05:00

Okay, so because today is Blog Action Day, I shall blog on the topic of environmentalism.

Specifically, is it really an issue?

I don't think so. The earth has been around for about 6,000,000 years. So...in the space of 200 years, we're going to screw it up? I really doubt it. I mean, think about it. I'm sure there has been civilizations far more advanced than ours, and they didn't mess up the earth. It's still here? Why do we need to be so concerned? We knock down trees, more grow. The circle of life. For what it's worth, if we cease knocking down trees, what are we going to write on? One can only use recycled paper for so long. Plus, that stuff is crap anyway.

I'm not trying to sound pessimistic, or anti-environmental. I love the earth. I just think that we're making a non-issue an issue. To counter the argument "But we don't want to leave our problems to our grandkids!" So? They need their problems too. Not like we haven't received problems from our forefathers. Again, I'm not trying to sound pessimistic, but really do we need to worry?

So, in conclusion, I think that the environmental issue is a non-issue. Not like the earth is going to stop functioning because we're using up a few natural resources. Just my opinion, though, as always.

My Web Site

2007-10-08T14:08:00.000-05:00

I send my regards.

Yesterday I started a website for me! Yay! We're all excited. And I did it in Google Page Creator...meaning that making it was really easy. Took me 5 minutes.

'Course, I could've made a nicer one in like, 4 hours, but I don't have 4 hours to waste.

Also - found the coolest podcast on iTunes - the Cult of UHF. Check it out if you like B-Movie goodness!

And finally, I have decided to make a podcast to go along with my website. Of course, I'll use a mic inside my laptop, but you all can deal. All 3 of you. Or 6. Or how many are there. Watching me. Type this.

Well, more like watch the consequences of me typing this.

Au revoir!

Movies, Blogs, and MAS*H, oh my!

2007-10-06T23:32:00.001-05:00

Hello Wisconsin! (Erm-Minnesota)

No, but seriously, I just say 3:10 to Yuma and it rocked. Best Western since Unforgiven. 'Nuff said.

I also saw 28 Days Later yesterday, another phenomonal movie. (Phenomonal? Phenomeneal? Phenomenal? There we go). Basically, it's like a zombie flick on steroids, and not as cheesy. And it's British. No offense.

Also this is the first blog in which I have made ten posts! Hooray for me and all those who don't read it. I'm just another man...writing stuff...on the internet...

As if it wasn't congested with enough crap as it is.

Also - just watched some M*A*S*H, great show, but sad. Damn you Alan Alda! Don't toy with my heart!

First Person Shooters

2007-10-02T21:13:00.000-05:00

Mate, let me tell you - I have gotten addicted to two first person shooters these days.

One is the old fave Unreal Tournament. I don't need to tell you how awesome it is...but let me tell you this - don't take your game on line. You will get your ass served back to you on a platter with some nice sirloin.

Second is the new fave Halo 3. Yes, it rocks, no, we did not contribute to the $170 million dollars they made in the first 24 hours (seeing as we bought it like a two days later) but it rocks, save for the fact that my brother likes to hand my ass back to me on a platter. But without the sirloin. He just gives me burnt chicken. The jerk.

Anyhow, Break a Leg the sitcom has released Act One of Episode 3...and it rocks. And Patrick Oneal is in it (ed- he means Patrice Oneal. He's just dumb, that's all). And I want one of their t-shirts.

Also - just to round things up - Cheapo my new fave store. CDs and DVDs and Vinyl, oh my!

Two Really Awesomely Amazing Things

2007-09-17T22:41:00.000-05:00

Yes, I know, you're pumped to know what are really awesomely amazing. And that come in pairs.

Well, technically they're two different things altogether, but I digress.

First:

Wickedly awesomely cool internet sitcom. Trust me when I say you'll like it.

Second:
Emperor of the Fading Suns
Sweetest game, you can download it from a link at the bottom of the Wikipedia Page. Also, you'll want to download the Nova mod, just to make it better.

Best part about this game: It has PBEM. That's cool.

School

2007-09-17T14:57:00.000-05:00

I finally was able to go back to school today. Finally! I have missed two weeks of school, and had to drop a class, but I am finally back in school.

Now I just have to catch up, which shouldn't be too difficult. I also have to do an essay for my English Comp class. Five pages on films done by Quentin Tarantino - a piece of cake. For me, anyway.

In other news, there is no other news.

Grrr...

2007-09-13T13:10:00.000-05:00

I have found that being bit by a spider is no fun.

I've been out of school for two weeks now, and hopefully no less than that. I am really getting sick of all of it, let me tell you.

At least I've been keeping up with my schoolwork, which is always a plus. Hopefully I'll get better shortly.

Pan's Labyrinth

2007-09-02T00:37:00.000-05:00

I just have to say that Pan's Labyrinth is a great movie, and that whoever reads this ought to see it straight away.

Unless you can't see, because it's in Spanish, and if you can't speak Spanish, you need to read subtitles.

That's all I have to say, because it's late, and I'm sleepy.

Witty Entry Title

2007-08-31T23:59:00.000-05:00

Another day, another entry. Today was a pretty laid back day. Heard that NBC is taking their TV Shows off iTunes, got pissed. Went to the mall, my dad got an Xbox 360 there. That's pretty neat. We also got Heroes, which I want to get into. I can dig it.

Started another web site design after receiving a competition invite from RIT. So, yeah. That's fun. Too bad I need a teacher to sponsor me. :(

Well, that's it for today. I'm signing off, and watching Firefly.

Bloggy

2007-08-30T22:46:00.001-05:00

I obviously do not have this blogging thing down quite yet. I guess I'll get it.

Anyway, I keep having this idea for a short film in my head, and I think I'm just going to go and do it. I'm pretty excited, especially since it's going to be retroscripted, which is pretty neat. I'm going to be a star!

In all seriousness, I think it's going to be cool, and I hope to have it done by October.

In other news, I want lots of DVDs. Seriously, I do. I mean, you have no idea. Naw, I really want Whose Line? on DVD, and a few other movies, but not that many movies. Not as many as I think I do.

I've started playing videogames again, which isn't all that strange. I guess I'm a kind of off-again, on-again kind of guy when it comes to videogames. I can go months without picking up a controller, or I can be playing upwards of five hours a day.

Don't know how healthy that is.

Dehydration

2007-08-27T14:55:00.000-05:00

Woo, dehydration sure is fun. Went to the doc, got poked four times (once for blood, thrice for IV), and sat there for roughly two hours having water entering my bloodstream.

Not so fun.

Anyway, just got my course materials from Northwestern College. The class I'm taking there (English Composition) looks really easy to me, so I'm not too worried about it.

My First Post

2007-08-27T00:38:00.000-05:00

Okay, so I guess this is going to be my blog 'for real'. Instead of a special interest blog, you get to hear me ramble on and on and on about stuff some people won't care about. So I guess that'd be fun.

If you like reading stuff like that.

Anyway, I will post and post, until I cannot post no more! Wait a second. 'Until I can post no more'. That sounds better. In my opinion. Which counts. Occasionally. To me.

Anyway, now that I'm done with single adverb sentence fragments, I shall conclude this post with one word: Pie.