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July 12, 2005- I wish today was Friday. I am so tired that I am having a hard time staying awake, and I can't go to sleep for many more hours. I know that it is not just the lack of sleep that is making me tired. Its the way I live my life. I got to start taking care of myself and the things that I do (or don't) that make me feel this way. For some reason, I have people that care about me who wouldn't want to see me this way. So maybe if I realized that things would come easier for me. Cause if I don't, I start to feel lonely and thats when the mentality of not really caring what I do takes over. Or maybe this is all just a mood and it will go away soon enough. Either way, I know that I need to make some changes in the way I lead my life and way I treat the people that are important to me. Blah Blah Blah.

July 8, 2005- Fighting the urge to make a solo Reno run. Probably wouldn't be a good idea since I need to save money for other expenses, but I haven't been in a long time. And I do have some days off coming up soon. Decisions, decisions to make. Now that I think about it, I probably won't go. I should probably stick to bingo and scratchers as my long-term investment plans. Haven't been listening to much hip-hop lately, matter of fact the last two albums I have bought have been rock. But there is some stuff coming out soon that I think will get me back on track. I am finding it harder and harder to write stuff on here that makes any sense. More and more its becoming just random thoughts that really don't offer any insight into anything. Maybe thats what my life has turned into lately. Blah blah blah. Time for sleep.

July 4, 2005- Boston Terriers are my favorite breed of dog. Yes they are ugly, but cute in an odd-looking way. Kind of like myself. They are the Steve Buscemi of the canine kingdom. I know that I probably can't afford one when I move since I will go to the animal shelter, but one of these days, I will own one of those guys. Haven't really written anything new here for a while. I was in an angry place for a while, feeling betrayed and stabbed in the back by someone whom I would not expect it from, but what are you gonna do? Getting upset by it isn't going to change things, so you just move on and cross another person off the list. I saw WAR OF THE WORLDS and must say that it was better than I thought. The first 90% of it is excellent as Spielberg definitely knows how to build up the drama and tense situations. But the ending is weak sauce. Still worth seeing, but the ending did leave me a little disappointed. Thank god for Netflix, I don't know what I would do without it. But whats up with only two episodes on the SIX FEET UNDER dvd? All tv dvd's should have at least three hour-long episodes on them. But its ok, that just means I can send it back faster. Oh well, this was a fucking exciting blog here, maybe I shouldn't write these at work at 9am when I am tired, but when else would I have the time? Things to look forward to in July include: new Harry Potter, new Slug and Murs FELT 2, BROTHERS GRIMM, moving, the return of Chipper Jones, and getting health insurance.

June 23,2005- Today is one of those days when I wish I didn't have to go back to work. I am tired, yo. Thank you to my sister for helping me avoid a huge family error for the second straight year, I really need to get a calendar. Things on this side of the fence are doing alright. KSCU softball completed its first ever season-sweep of a team, and we are still in playoff contention. So that is good. On a personal note, I have decided to eliminate a lot of unnecessary personnel baggage in my life. My philosophy is pretty much that if you aren't with me than you are against me. And I don't need that. And honestly, it has worked out pretty well the last few days. It you're not willing to put in the work that it takes to be my friend (and it takes a lot) then I don't need you. You were never of much use to me anyways. So that means a lot more alone time for yours truly but thats fine because I will probably have to resign myself to that fate later in life, so some practice would be good. I do the best I can with my friendships and I know that it is worth it to be my friend. Because I am a pretty fucking fantastic person. So that sucks for you.

June 11, 2005- Go see CINDERELLA MAN, it may just be the best boxing movie I have ever seen. Russell Crowe is probably my favorite actor at the moment, and his off-the-screen issues make me like him even more. He is probably the world's biggest jerk but it really doesn't matter as long as he produces on-screen. Its too bad his music isn't that good cause he already has the perfect attitude to be a rock star. Rock stars should have larger-than-life personas. Why would I want to pay money to listen/see people that I can meet in real life. Bring back the ego-maniac rock star, bring back the debauchery, bring back the hotel-room-trashing-groupie-banging-drug-overdosing-self-proclaiming-genius-messianistic-one-named-artist-breaking-up-in-group-fighting-rock star. Music is bigger than life, so should be its stars.

June 4, 2005- Sometimes parents just don't understand. Its obvious that they want the best for you, but sometimes they think that they can create whats best for you. But most of the time, what they think is the best for you isn't the same as what you think. And if thats the case, then they really need to listen when you tell them that. Because otherwise, you feel that they are interfering with your life. And you feel that your parents don't agree with what you are doing or are somehow disappointed with your place in life. Its fine if you are disappointed, just don't try and fix it. Your job is to lend support and give help when ASKED for it. But I have not done that, so what I need from you is some understanding. Understand my feelings and why I feel that way. Understand my decisions even if you don't agree with them. Maybe your idea of my happiness is never going to happen. Especially when it comes to this certain topic. I respect your feelings but you don't respect mine, or else you wouldn't continue to push this issue. The best thing a parent can do is give their child the tools to live their own life. From that point on, you need to take a step back and let them live their own life.

June 2, 2005- What did people do before blogs? I guess they wrote letters, or hieroglyphics, or maybe they just sat down and talked. But currently blogging seems to be the number one form of expression. I know I am just as guilty of it as anyone. I think I am attracted to it because of its isolation, you feel like you can just send out these messages to the world and still keep to yourself. Whomever is interested in you will tune in and read about what is going on with you. If I won the lottery or invented Post-Its and was rich, I think I would do just that. I would exhile myself Axl Rose-style and just communicate through blogs. But since I haven't won the lottery and I haven't invented anything (although I do have a great idea for a slot machine) I guess I will just have to ante up and communicate through the time-tested art of the oral conversation.

June 1, 2005- This is dedicated to the people that make you happy. The people that are your co-pilot, along for whatever idea pops into your head. If you have one of these people in your life, you are lucky. People like this make life seem less depressing when things are bad and make the good times even greater. You may go through a bunch of these during your life or you may only have a couple which last a lifetime. Me, I think I have experienced both, although definitely more guilty of the latter. The best part about having a co-pilot is knowing that no matter what time it is or how far apart you are, that person has your back. They are "down" for whatever, as us hip-hop people put it. So this short little blog is dedicated to those people who have played that role in my life and especially to the one that does now. What a TREAT it is to have people like these in your life (haha.)

May 25, 2005- Our softball team is in a slump. After winning two out of our first three, we have now lost 2 straight. But unlike last week's debacle, we never really had a chance last night. There are just some games where you know you are outmatched, and this was one of them. But we have fun and play as a team, so the wins and losses are really insignificant. Of course, only a team that rarely wins would have that particular point of view, but oh well. We are what we are, a team with many holes but lots of heart. The highlight of the game was running into an old friend of mine, whom we will affectionately refer to as C-Note. Seeing that guy brings back memories of me and him driving around aimlessly, bumping Linkin Park, Staind, and Dr. Dre. All we did was drive around and talk about girls and people we could not stand at work. This guy would be one of the first I would make a top 10 list of, because me and him got stories and he has some very particular character traits. So I dedicate this blog to C-Note, just for being C-Note. Peace.

April 23, 2005- Right now I am thinking of a friend I have not seen or talked to in a long time. I had a dream the other night where I went to visit her somewhere down in the south and she was home schooling her two kids. I remember being nervous cause I hadn't seen her in a while. The person I am talking about isn't an ex or anything like that, just a friend that I miss seeing and have no idea where she is. I hope her and her kids and husband are doing well, wherever they are. I seriously doubt she checks this, but if she does, hopefully she will contact me so we can catch up. Its just unfortunate that over the years you lose touch with people that you really connected with, through no fault of anybody. But I guess thats the way life is, some people come and go and others stick around for a long time.

Aprli 20, 2005- KSCU softball is back with a vengeance. After being kicked around for all of last season, it may be safe to say that we will be doing some kicking of our own this year. Never mind that it was a practice game, or that the other team had the smallest ringer I have ever seen, yesterday was a big step for us. Our entire lineup hit, from the top to the bottom. We had some marvelous defensive plays, and our most volatile player only exploded once or twice. Next week the real games start, lets see if our momentum will carry over.

Now I know that posting about softball is a little dumb, but playing with KSCU people really does make me happy. Its something that the station has never done and we have a great group of guys on this team. And it's doing something together as a team which crosses all musical boundaries which makes this team so special. So what we got knocked around all of last season, everyone was looking forward to this season. These are guys I probably would not hang out with normally, but softball gives us a reason to. And as much as I love this team, it really is the fans which make this so much fun. As bad as it was for us to go through humiliating defeat after defeat last year, it had to be worse sitting through it night after night. And yet they came back. Granted, not all of them did last night (I know its preseason) but having them out there watching makes me happy. Its nice to do things with station people that isn't station (or even music) related. I'm not saying you should form life-changing friendships out of a volunteer organization. But you get out of KSCU what you put into it. And right now, what I want is mad KSCU softball victories, and some Code Red Mountain Dew.

April 15, 2005- I have put my review of the U2 show here, so I can finally move onto anothe topic. Sunday's show was excellent, although different from their last tour. The last tour was more of an intimate gathering while THE VERTIGO tour is more of the classic U2 arena rock show. Lots of lights, lots of Bono-posturing, and heavy messages throughout. While Bono was his usual self, I have to say that this was Larry's evening. He started the show in the middle of the elipse (replacing the heart from THE ELEVATION tour) and ended it as the last member playing during "40." He even sang on a few songs. They opened with "Love and Peace", not one of my favorite songs from the new album, but it translates very well live. Adam's bass just took over the arena while the others made their way onto stage, Bono being the last to arrive of course. They went from that straight into "Vertigo" which yes, I know, is annoyingly everywhere but that doesn't matter live. This song was amazing live, the whole stage lit up with pulsing lights (picture the video on acid) and the crowd screaming "Hello Hello" back at Bono. The crowd participation continued on "Elevation", with the crowd supplying the Bono-high pitched scream. They concentrated on the new album, playing almost every song I wanted to hear (no "Crumbs From Your Table", so sad) but they reached back and played songs from BOY, WAR, and JOSHUA TREE. And they closed with their classic live song "40" with the band leaving and Larry playing drums all by his lonesome with just the crowd singing. Of the new songs, "Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own" was by far the best. It seemed to uplift the crowd and has special significance for me anyways, so it was a special moment. "City of Blinding Lights" was excellent as well, with the whole arena lit up by streaming red and blue lights. There were no weak moments, although I did miss some of their live staples (where was "Until the End of the World" and "Gone") but thankfully left off the two JOSHUA TREE songs that I usually use as excuses to get something to drink. I did like "Where the Streets Have No Name" with Bono dedicating it to his Africa cause. All in all, I would rank it 3rd of the 5 times I have seen them. The first ELEVATION show and the ZOO TV tour topping the list. I look forward to seeing them when they come back in November. The greatest thing about U2 shows is that when you are there, you are part of a family. They are one of the few groups that have fans that weren't even born when they first started. And you have the original fans as well, and they all know why they are there. To be part of something and celebrate a group that is truly something special. If you weren't there and you like U2, not only did you miss out, but you were missed. Because after all, whats a family gathering if you are missing?

April 14, 2005- So its been a couple of days since the concert, but this is the first time I have some time to devote to this topic. I promise that after today there will be no more writing about U2 (at least until November). So I am going to finish my blog about why I like them, then move on and review Sunday's show, and that will be that.

So we last left off right before U2's two biggest "mediocre" albums. While ZOOROPA and POP are not their finest moments, some of my favorites songs are from these two albums. "Do You Feel Loved", "Babyface", and "Gone" being the most notable. Simlarily, I don't look upon the years during these two albums (97-99) as the best of my life either. We were both a little confused, a bit too much concerned with having fun rather than taking care of business. Did we really need songs about citrus fruit, dischoteques, and The Edge feeling numb? And we both paid the price. Many of their fans left them after these albums, and some consider "Lemon" the jump the shark moment of their career. But I would like to think that we both rebounded nicely. I applaud them for at least making an effort to incorporate electronic music into their sound. It works on some songs (MOFO) and not so much on others (LEMON), but it was entertaining at least. If they were to continue down that path, I am sure that they would not still be around. Likewise, I needed to take stock of where I was and what I was doing and fix what was taking me down some paths I didn't want to go. I am by no means perfect, but I make far less mistakes than I did during that time. We both took some time off, they returned with a beautiful album which may be my favorite and I hopefully came back better and brighter (some of you may not agree with this, but thats ok.)

ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND. Pretty much sums up what they were doing with this album. They left all the flash, glitz, and bravado of their recent past and put out an album that speaks from the heart. At the time when this album came out, I was seriously involved with someone (no names here ever) and this album is the perfect embodiment of that relationship. This album is in my top 3 of theirs (HTDAAB and BOY) and she may be one of my "great" loves. Do you really only get 3 like they say in BRONX TALE? Maybe what seems like a "great" love at the time dissolves as you get further removed from it. And sometimes with that time you see that the other person really didn't see things the same way, which makes things even clearer. Whether or not she falls into this category is not a discussion for today that I want to have, so lets just say that at the time I thought she was. From beginning to end, each one of the songs on this album represents that relationship. Of course, some of them also remind me of a relationship I had post-ATYCLB, but that too, is a discussion for another place and time. So for now, let's break down ATYCLB in the context of when it was released in 2001.

"Beautiful Day" (Track 1)- The highlight of a relationship, when everything in your life is beautiful because of her. "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out of" (2)- The opposite of "Beautiful Day." Everything is going wrong in your relationship and there is no way out of it that you can see that ends up with you staying together. The second worst feeling you can have in a relationship. "Elevation" (3)- Having someone that makes you better than you were before you met her. She not only elevates everything around you, but she elevates you as a person. You are better because of her. "Walk On" (4)- This has always been a redemption song for me, after everything has fallen apart with her and you both have done/said things you didn't mean, you must find a place where you can be without her. You have to redeem yourself, make yourself clean again, leave everything that you don't need behind. "Kite" (5)- This song is so beautiful. This is you telling her (and yourself) that she doesn't need you anymore, even if you still need her. You can't be selfish, if you are doing her harm, you need to step away. "In a Little While" (6)- You can see the bad weather breaking in your life, you are gaining perspective on what you did wrong, and you know you can't go back. You aren't completely healed, but you see the light at the end of the tunnel. "When I Look at the World" (9)- The time where you can see love coming back into your life. Part of you may still love this person and may always, but you can see yourself loving someone else again. "Grace" (11)- The final track. You are at peace with the relationship. You made mistakes, you need to accept the consequences.

The relationship which is encapsulated by this album was neither as good as I thought it was at its peak and not as bad as I thought at the end. What I once thought was the right person at the wrong time I now know was the right person for a short amount of time. The person I am now could not be with this person now. Some relationships have expiration dates, and this was one of them. If ATYCLB is the biography of one relationship in my life, then HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB is the deconstruction of another. But it is not fair for many reasons to write about this here. If you are still reading this, I thank you for sticking through it and I apolgize for not writing a conclusion. Maybe someday, but not today. I hope you understand.

April 9, 2005- April is a big month in my life. Many good things have come to pass in April and hopefully many are still left to pass. There have also been so not-so-good April things to happen so far, and hopefully there are none of those left. On the good side of things, we have baseball starting again. And despite a rough start, my Braves have gotten off to a fine start. Unfortunately, I have only gotten to watch one game so far, but there are like 160 games left still. SIN CITY came out and is very good, and has many pretty girls to look at. God I love Rosario Dawson. The not-so-good thing that has happened I will not elaborate on, only I will say that it wasn't unexpected. Also coming in April is the highly anticipated new KSCU softball season. We have retained all of last year's team, so hopefully all of last year's fans will show up as well. We do have very fine fans. But the most immediate of the good things coming in April is tomorrow. And that, my friends, is the return of my all-time favorite group, U2. I have been looking forward to their return to live performing for a couple of years. Now some (alright, most) of you probably don't like them, and that's alright. I am not here to convice you otherwise. But they are the one group that I most relate to, they are the soundtrack to my life. If you wish to read more about them and why I like them, you can read on. If not, you can skip the rest of this and I will be back in a day or so to write about other stuff like my addiction to Code Red or The Sopranos. And now, my U2 blog.

Now don't get me wrong, I love hip-hop. I love it from the moment I get up till when I go to sleep. I have grown up on it and will always love it. Hip-hop has played a huge part in making me who I am. Public Enemy raised me, the Wu and Gang Starr helped mature me, and Atmosphere has helped me cope, but for whatever reason, no one group represents me more than U2. U2 has been around almost as long as I have, and has gone through almost as many changes. U2 best represents where I am now. U2 is best known for being a political band, but the one thing I think U2 has always been about is love. And for those who know me, I mean really know me, that is at my core what I am most about. For better or worse, love is the most important theme in my life. I have made some big mistakes because of love, I have done some stupid things because of what I thought love was, and I have let love lead me into some bad places. But I will always continue to lead my life by what my heart believes, even if most people don't see it.

U2 (Joshua Tree) was the first CD I ever owned. It was the first cd I played on the first CD player we had in my house as a kid. Back then, CD players were the size of a dvd player. While Joshua Tree was the first album of theirs I got into, it was their back catalogue that I bought after listening to Joshua Tree that sold me on them. The first track ("I Will Follow") from their first album (BOY) is one of my favorites. Of course at such a young age I couldn't comprehend what they were singing about, but as you get older you learn to appreciate more about things, and as I grew older, so did my love for them.

In my opinion, RATTLE AND HUM has always been the line of demarcation album for them. People either think that their best work has been post-R&H or they think it is complete crap. R&H came out when I was just about to become a teenager, and we both were about to go through some big changes. Personally, I like R&H, I think that its is one of their better albums. I think that if they had continued to put out albums like OCTOBER, WAR, and UNFORGETTABLE FIRE, they would have burnt themselves out. They would be retracing their steps, they would become irrelevant like so many groups that are too scared to take their music a new direction. RATTLE AND HUM is their love letter to America. Their sound is heavily influencd by the blues and American rock and roll. Songs like "God Part 2" and especially "Desire" are songs that their fans would never have thought they could make. They would never be the same group after this album. And finally, finally, Bono stopped taking himself so seriously. As good as an album as R&H is, it was nothing compared to what was to come.

U2 was just one of my favorite groups, along with all the hip-hop I was into as a teenager, until ACHTUNG BABY came out. Then it was over, U2 was first in my heart. ACHTUNG BABY is their teenager album. You know how growing up kids are usually pretty easy to get along with until their teen years. Then they usually rebel against what they're taught and question everything. U2 rebelled against their past with this album and questioned all that had made them the biggest rock group in the world. And simarily, I began to question what I was taught as a child and did what all teenagers do, rebel. Gone was the nice young boy that my family and friends saw, and here came the young man that was disrespectful at times and didn't listen to anyone. I wasn't a demon child, but I definitely changed due to many changes in my life. A lot of the friendships I had were never the same and I formed some that I held onto for a long time. Likewise, the U2 fans that grew up on the Red Rocks concert, with the mullet-laced Bono waving the Irish flag, wondered who is this new Bono with the leather jacket and the dark shades. The first track off that album "Zoo Station", is U2's middle finger of sorts to their new fans. This Bono embraced his rock star status. Edge's riffs took on a more aggressive tone, their music got darker and faster. Their music was still the same content-wise, it just sounded different. "So Cruel" represents everything about high-school love, the kind of love you think is everything at the time, but later on life you look back as learning experiences. I remember thinking the two main girlfriends I had in high school were the beginning and end of me. Of course now I look back at them as past episodes of my life, things you learn from. Most teenagers take themselves too seriously and need to blow off some steam sometimes, and that is what ACHTUNG BABY did for them. Now everyone has down periods in their life, times where they were not at their best, and U2's (and mine) were just up the road.

(Alright, go get something to eat, read a book, take a shower. I will have to finish part 2 post-concert, it's not 1 AM and I have done my show and I am tired. Part 2 will be up here shortly. It's time for the show.)

April 4, 2005- "Early Morning, April 4. Shot rings out in the Memphis Sky-iii!"

Today is April 4, which is a good day. Not because of what the above U2 lyric is referring to, but because it is.

April 2, 2005- Today is the first day in a week that I can actually leave the house without getting worn out within an hour. The week-long headache that I had finally seems to have gone away. Hopefully I have finally defeated whatever virus I had and can actually go outside for a change. However, this probably won't matter cause when the germs leave my allergies will come back and I will still be all stuffed up. I saw the new Daniel Day-Lewis movie, THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE yesterday. Its one of those movies where you go to see it primarily because one of your favorite actors is in it. The movie had its flaws, but he is really good in as is the young woman who plays his daughter. Its worth the price of a matinee or student discount. Can't wait to see SIN CITY, I wonder how much Alexis Bledel (Rory) will actually be in it. Anyways, onto family issues. Now I usually don't write stuff about my family on here because, after all, who reading this would care? I mean, if you read this and know me, then I would probably tell you in person. And if you are reading this and don't know me, then it probably would be pretty boring. So I will keep it short. My family has bad luck when it comes to pets. I myself consider myself a pretty good pet-owner, although I did once accidentally hit my old dog in the head with a baseball bat when I was a kid, but it was an accident. And my dog lived many years after that incident so I don't think I directly contributed to its demise. The probably we have is with smaller animals, such as rabbits, chickens, hamsters, and in particular, ducks. Now if you know me you know the duck stories, and if you don't, I will write about it soon enough. Lets just say that bad things seem to happen to the little guys. My dad has this thing where he buys ducks and chickens around Easter for the kids. He did it when I was a kid, when my sister was a kid, and now for my other brothers and sisters. The first bad thing that happened was with my duck, many years ago. It died, which was bad enough, but get this, it drowned. How a duck drowns is beyond me, but mine did. Maybe he belonged in the shallow bus crew or something. And years later my sister's duck suffered a far worse fate, which I can't get into at this time. So flash forward to 2005, and my brothers and sister each have baby chickens. They have had them for a couple weeks or so, and I just learned that one of them has fallen victim to the curse. My youngest brother's baby chick is no longer with us. It is an ex-chicken. The early forensic reports reveal that it was probably either inadvertantly stepped on or kicked. It doesn't matter, we are the Kennedys of small pet owners. Why am I telling you this? I don't know exactly. I think am going to stick with dogs as pets. I already have a name picked out for my next one. If you know what the names of my first two were, you can probably guess the next one's name. If not, you can guess. Its four letters long. Anyways, its almost time to start my show. Maybe I will dedicate it to my brother's fallen pet.

March 23, 2005- If you find yourself with a couple of hours to kill this weekend, you should go check out MILLIONS, the new film by Danny Boyle. Its about these brothers that find stolen money and have to decide what to do with it. The younger brother (Damien) decides to give it to the poor and has some help from the saints he has been reading about in books. Even if you are not religious, I think you would enjoy this movie.

March 21, 2005- Does college radio have a retirement home? Is there a college radio KFRC where all they play are old college radio favorites and all the dj's are over 30? When is it time to hang up your microphone? I am kinda on the fence about this. Ontheonehand, shouldn't you be applauded for loving your music so much that you are still doing this dj thing after all these years? Sure for some people, college radio is a stepping stone to being on-air for a career, but for some of us its just a thing we do for fun cause we love the music. Contrarily, isn't it kind of sad to still be doing this when most of your peers are 8-9 years younger than you? Do you want to be like Chandler in that episode of FRIENDS when he is the oldest intern by like 15 years? Its not a good thing when you become so old and jaded that new djs avoid you like the plague. While I am not ready to hang it up quite yet, I definitely see that I am closer to the light at the end of tunnel than I am to the beginning. I think it all comes down to when you get to the point where your show becomes a chore, its time to walk away. Like Kevin Smith said, "You don't want to overstay your welcome. You don't want to be Pauly Shore." So I guess until it gets to that point, you can either look forward to Saturday nights 9-midnight or dread it. Chillin' with the weasel. Indeed.

March 19- Has it really been two weeks since I've written anything here? I will try to be better about that. So I went to my first KSCU-presents midnight movie last night to see The Ring 2. I thought there was going to be more people there to see it, considering that the first one was pretty good and seeing a scary movie at midnight is about the best time to do it. Although I think renting The Ring movies and watching it by yourself at home would probably be scarier considering its content. I have never been to one of our midnight movies before, and there were plenty of KSCU DJ's in attendance. Among those I saw included Modern Mark, Lolli, DJ Rion, Wenzdai, Sloan, and L. If you've never been to one of our midnight movies, you should. For $7 its a pretty good deal. Anyways, back to the movie. The reason that the first Ring was good was because of the little girl. I never really cared about the plot with the parents killing themselves and trying to save the little boy before the week is up. Its all about the little girl, her climbing out of the well and coming out of the tv is what set this movie apart from others. I am not one to critique child actors, because they are doing the best they can and its not really their fault if they can't act, but the weakest part of the movie was the little boy. The whole creepy little kid thing had worked with THE SIXTH SENSE and SIGNS, but those two actors were far superior to this kid. So why oh why did they make the kid the center of this movie? You are supposed to stick with what works. And what works in this franchise is the creepy little girl coming out of the well and seeing her victims with that horrific facial expression. A movie without her doing her thing is like making Jaws with the shark just swimming around nibbling at people's feet. Samora is hardly even in this one, and when she is, she just jumps out and startles you, not scares you. Its not the kid fault he can't act, but its the writers and director's fault to make him the focal point of the movie. So to break down the plot really quickly, Naomi Watts (and her nipples, have you seen 21 GRAMS?) are back and she moves her family to Oregon, to get away from all the damage she caused in THE RING by watching that damn tape. But of course, you can't run away from your past and some kid winds up dead cause of the tape. Speaking of which, why was the girl from Everwood only in the first 10 minutes of the movie? We never even find out what happens to her? Does she go back with Ephram? Does Andy Brown perform surgery on her to erase the memory of that night away? We will never know. What we learn is that Samora didn't come back to kill more people, but to inhabit her son's (Hayden) body to become real. Now I know characters in horror movies aren't supposed to be the sharpest spoons in the shed, buy why oh why if you are Naomi Watts do you even own a tv and a vcr at this point? Wouldn't you think that after the first time around you would sell the Panasonic and just listen to the radio? Not to give away any more of the plot, but lets just say that Samora and Miss Nipples have to duke it out at the end. I won't tell you who wins, but it probably won't matter if they decide to do a sequel. This movie was terrible, I could have written a better plot and the acting by that little boy was hard to watch. Naomi Watts tries her best to carry this movie but not even her and her nipples of steel can save this one. With this and I Heart Hucabees, Ms. Watts is on a real losing streak. Save your money and rent the first one again. Watching this movie may kill you by boring you to death, cause Samora sure as hell won't do it in this one. At least I didn't have to pay to see it, and I apologize for anyone who did. I suggest you save your stub, wait for that kid actor to turn 18 and ask for your money back, taking into account the current rate of inflation. Don't say I didn't warn ya.

March 5, 2005

"If it hurts me more than it hurts you, then I won't hurt you. I've got more sense than virtue." (Sage Francis- "Lie Detector Test"

Big shout out to little sisters. If you have one, you should give them a call to tell them how much you love them. I saw mine last night, we went to the movies, went to Best Buy (it's all about ESPN MLB 2K5) and had dinner. I love my little sister cause she listens to me when I rant or complain or have crazy thoughts in my head. I love her cause she gets all of my jokes and quotes (except for the hip-hop). I love her cause we can communicate on a more mature level than we ever have before. I love her cause she drives like an old lady, and it takes her forever to make a decision. I like her Starbucks drinks that take her like 20 words to order. So thank you little sis for being there for me. In other news, our softball team is shaping up nicely. Is it possible that a victory or two is in our future? I think its a definite possibility. We are in the lowest division possible, have been practicing weekly, have picked up a few new players, and hopefully an old player or two will come back. But the best part of last season and what made it more fun than any other one was the fan support. We were the only team to get fans out there, and we brought the ladies out in full-force. Of course I am not going to take credit for the ladies, they were probably there to see Juiceph, Rich, Fernando, or most likely, Modern Mark. But having fans out there every week when we were getting killed made it all that more fun. So I hope that all of our fans return and that we get some new ones this year to make it even better. I just hope we have no hospital visits this year. I am sitting here before my show and I realize that I am tired. These Saturday practices wear me out, and I am always sleepy when I do my show. I should probably make a run to 7-11 for some Code Red. Focker, out.

Feb. 11, 2005

"Now if I kill you, I'll probably do 10 in the box.

Come down on appeal, and I'm killing your pops."(Jadakiss- "Reservoir Dogs")

God I love Jada's verse on that song. Anyways, today's blog is brought to you by the "holiday" known as Valentine's Day. Will I do a Valentine's themed show this year? Uhh, probably not. I have nothing against Valentine's day, its just that the week after I will probably be doing my "420" show, which is the most popular of all the "theme" shows I do. So I don't want to do two themed shows in a row. I always thought it was funny that the 420 show is the most popular. While I don't take part in such activities (not that there is anything wrong with that) I use it as an excuse to play as much Cypress Hill and Total Devastation as possible. Anyways, back to Valentine's day. It's always been assumed that V-Day was started by greeting card companies/florists and candy makers. However, I think that V-day was started by another very influential group, women. Because as much as they claim that they don't really care about it, just try forgetting it and see what happens. Now I am not going to do the whole "I am a guy anti-V-day rant, because I am all about showing that special person in your life how much you care for them. Its just that Valentine's day forces you to do something. You could make 23 special gestures throughout the year for your girl, and it won't matter if you forget Feb. 14. Like that white dude said on that one Chappelle's show, "I don't like being forced to do something" (he was talking about afffirmative action). Valentine's day forces you to do something nice that day, it's the slavery of holidays. You have no choice but to buy something for your girl. Yes I know its kind of a stretch to compare V-day to slavery, but you get the idea. And it's not even a fair holiday, cause the guy rarely gets equal value in return. What does advertisers want you to get your girl? They suggest jewelry, roses, cars, Vermont teddy bears, expensive stuff. What do we get? Nothing that we haven't gotten before, in most cases. It's like selling your books back to the bookstore after your classes end, you're lucky if you get 10% back of your investment. But then again, holidays are always in favor of the woman. They get mother's day, Valentine's day, anniversaries, Christmas (in most cases), and women's day. The closest I get to a holiday is the once-a-year card from the dentist and proctologist saying that they've missed me and would like me to pay them a visit. My suggestion, Valentine's day should be unique to the couple, not the mandatory Feb. 14. It should be a day unique to that couple, besides the anniversary. You know, the first time you kissed, met, got high together, whatever. But I doubt my idea will catch on, so I should just give in and take my ass to Albertson's, where you can get all your flower, chocolate, and card needs taken care of. Of course, none of this matters if you don't have someone. In which case, prostitution should be legalized in all 50 states on Feb. 14 only, cause if you don't have someone, then you can probably afford one cause you haven't been spending money on flowers and crap all year long. Because either way, you are going to be with someone you paid for that night. The choice is yours.

March 3, 2005

"I never knew beauty 'till I met you. Never say never cause it never comes true" Aceyalone- "Never Say Never"

The Sage Francis show last night was pretty good. I probably didn't enjoy it as much as I should cause I haven't had enough time to digest the new album. Or maybe I just wasn't in the right mindset to enjoy it fully. Or maybe it was just too crowded. I don't know. Sage was definitely amped up for the show and got the crowd into it. I think that fan-wise, my view of shows has changed. I am no longer as much as a participator at shows as I am a spectator. I enjoy going to shows, but I don't get into them as much. I spend more time people watching or just observing the artist. It might have to do with most of the artists I see I have seen multiple times before. So the "oh -ish" factor isn't there with them anymore. I don't think its a bad thing for me, it's just where I am now.