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French Food, Rick Rolling, and African-Americans.

So, not much inspiration for a real post today. But I'll tell you about all the random crap that I've been up to!

- Tomorrow I'm going to some French museum in Ventura on a field trip. I'm not quite sure what we're doing but the real reason I wanted to come along was to go to this fancy French restaurant afterward. And to get out of school. But mostly I just wanted some food.

We had to order in advance, and I ordered "Steak Au Poivre" (pepper steak) for my main course. It was a better choice then rooster and some raw salmon or something like that. Anyways, according to my ace investigating skills shows that Pepper Steak is in fact not French... but Chinese.

Its French food... so its probably made of snails

...I was going to delete that link saying it was Chinese when I figured out I put in the wrong thing, but I thought it was funny to just leave it. Here's what I'm really eating.


- Today I had to finish up my health report, just in case I get back from the field trip on time to turn it in. Its about child abuse. My health teacher doesn't give a crap about anything though, so I'm thinking shes going to probably read the first page and grade it on that because shes lazy. So what did I do? I made a DRAMATIC PHOTOSHOPPED COVER PAGE.
That's a broken baby bottle on the floor.... Intense...

See, I wasn't kidding by it being dramatic. I mean, I took more time on my cover page then I did on writing the frickin report. I mean, stare at it. You get from the feeling of the blank, lifeless room with a rocking horse and shadows that something bad HAS to be happening behind the scenes. And then the shattered bottle just shows that not everything is going hunkie dorie.

...Feels like your heart has been pulled out of your chest and just smashed, amirite? And no, I'm not refering to The Temple of Doom.

SPEAKING OF THIS HEALTH REPORT...


- Noting to myself that our health teacher just sits there all day making us take notes on videos not even remotely relating to health (...she made us watch ABC, which happened to have Oprah on), and also noting that she would probably only read the first page or so, when it got time to write the last little bit of stuff for my report, I decided to do some inside jokes.

And that inside joke happened to be Rick Rolling.
Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down

For those who haven't been to YouTube in the past 2 years, Rick Rolling is when you send a link to your friend saying something exciting like "Look what Bush did on tv LOL" or "NEW FALLOUT BOY VIDEO YESSSS!!!1" ...and instead its a video with the lovely voice of Rick Astley. While sometimes people will send links to websites that you can't get out of (like this one), to most it gets annoying very quickly (which I honestly wonder why... who doesn't love a nice Never Gonna Give You Up every once in a while??). But, knowing the lyrics, I decided to incorporate the chorus into my research paper...

-Ways to Stop Abuse Before it Occurs-
Sadly, as much as it upsets some, there are people who can't control abusing their kids due to mental issues or short temperedness. If you or someone you know ever shows signs of committing child abuse, think of a plan to stick with. Make a commitment, and maybe write this down wherever you can see it: "I'm never going to give you up, let down, run around, or hurt my precious young ones. Once these thoughts get put into action, their innocent eyes are going to cry. Also, I'll have to say goodbye, and when I told them I loved them it was all not true... And I hurt them." This can react to guilt on the mind, and keep a mental note that may just click the moment you think of abusing.

The whole paragraph sounds messed up, I know. If she asks, I'll say it was unintentional rhyming and ... I dunno, a big typo.


- Also, today in French, we got to go to the computer lab to finish up our reports. Me and my partner finished early, and so we were messing around with my friend Andrew.

Just to give some background, me and Andrew say we're black, but nobody believes us. So we do what normal black guys do... eat fried chicken and rap. (Really... we're not racist. So don't think in any way we are!)

So... me and Christina (my partner) were sending Andrew emails back and forth, and also having Andrew ask questions on Yahoo Answers. It was really funny, because he put up a question (which I can't find the link of) asking people to read and correct it. But in reality, he put up a piece of crap rhyming words with "dog", "bet", "het"(which isn't even a word), and "dead". So I answered back in the form of a rap. It was great.

But what was really awesome was later, Andrew told me to check my mail. So I logged in, and it came with a link saying "me in my younger years". So, clicking on it, this is what I got: Andrew in his prime...
Andrew was a pimp even in his elementary days

I thought it was the best email I've ever gotten. I almost fell over when I saw it. Just thought I'd share that with everyone reading...

Also, I probably won't be able to get in a post on Friday or Saturday. I'm going over to my dad's, and since he owns a PC, I can't go on it... BECAUSE ITS DEAD. Poor PCs. Haven't had one problem with my Mac, though! =D

So yeah, drink in this post while you can.

...Je voudrais une poulet-frite.

EDIT: Fixed the broken pictures.

STICKREVIEW: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

*wutcha*

So I decided I'd make my first review on the new Indiana Jones. Why? Because it seems everybody (even communists) on the internet has to be hating. And even though its not the best movie, or Indy film for that matter, its still a crazy awesome mindless action movie.

WARNING: THERES GOING TO BE SPOILERS! SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE YET... well, I can't really tell you what to do so never mind...

Okay, so it seems everyone is getting mad at Indy 4 for a couple (actually, a lot) of reasons. So... I'm going to go over all of them and show you what you should stop whining about, and while because of time I can't make it a real review, I'll also point out where they went wrong in a couple of things...

#1) "Surviving a nuclear explosion by going into a refrigerator? Aliens?! This movie is UNREALISTIC!!1"

So ghosts killing Nazis from a box, ripping out hearts and surviving, and falling without a broken bone from about 80 feet is real but a UFO and alien skeletons aren't...?

Seriously, if you really think about it, the WHOLE ENTIRE Indiana Jones series is unrealistic. Think about it. The Arc? GHOSTS. That one guy from Temple of Doom? HE PULLED OUT HEARTS. And how did Indy and his dad (who should have fragile bones from being old to begin with) survive falling from a crashing plane?! Theres a lot more if you watch closely. So even though aliens seem off subject from Indiana Jones (which I thought was somewhat interesting seeing as the movie took place in the 50s, during the era with the Roswell crash and all), its not like the movie ever had a thing for being "realistic".


#2) "They should've stopped using CGI and used more old effects! I mean SWINGING FROMVINES WTF DUDE??!"
The ants and the "Tarzan" scene were obvious CGI moments that you people whine about

I really don't think anyone gives enough credit to some of the scenes that they knew had CGI in. Lets start with the scene where a horde of ants carry that one guy into their ant hill. The scene, in my honest opinion, was very well thought out and it creeped out a lot of the audience. For most that don't complain about the CGI; it was a highlight they spoke about the next day. Really, if they hadn't used CGI, it would obviously look fake using pre-computer special effects in 2008 with horribley made robots and strings and stuff like that. Also, the Tarzan scene with Mutt swinging across the vines. It was a really short scene (maybe all together 6 seconds), and for some "it ruined the movie". Maybe they didn't get it right, and to you it looked fake (which didn't even look that bad). Does it really ruin the Indiana Jones series? Well, i'm sorry, but it was just a simple little scene that maybe didn't appeal to you. =,(

#3) Actually... there were times where the CGI was bad, but it didn't ruin the movie

In one shot of the jeep fight scene, although the Sun is coming from directly toward the camera's direction, you can see shadows coming off in TWO DIFFERENT WAYS... this is from bad Green Screening and having a light behind them while filming

The Green Screen scenes are the most noticeable ones (as explained above), but these small occurrences are probably only seen if you look hard enough. The jeep scene with the uneven shadows, for example, was only a couple seconds long while in the other shots they cover it up pretty well. But still, it wasn't like the film was a disaster from little screw ups here and there, as I bet they'll be out by the time Indy 4 is out on DVD. Also another example of why it was good that they used CGI in the movie: they could edit out shadows like this in the majority of the scenes, and for the stunts old Harrison Ford wouldn't break his spleen or whatever old people break nowadays.

...But I'll admit, those prarie dogs moved unrealisticly because they were 3D. But at least they looked decently real!
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Well, in a normal review I would probably write/draw more, but I think I made my point across... plus I didn't have as much time as I really needed. So, when the next review comes around, don't only expect more but I'll actually review the movie fully, and not just shut up people for saying Indiana Jones sucks.

...Also, two things that bugged me.
1) Indy used the whip like 3 times. 3 TIMES!!! Thats like his signature weapon and he neglected it. Shaaaaame.
2) ...I know hes probably an adult now but I miss Short Round. He was my favorite. =(

...But other than that I give Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Met-erm Skull...

3.9 out of 5 *wutcha* cracks!



...YOU CHEAT, YOU CHEAT, DR. JONES! I PLAY WITH YOU NO MORE!

New Mountain Dew is SUPERCOOL.

Quick post for right now... I have a lot of homework and a report to write, so in the unlikely fact that I can't update tonight I just wanted to get a little bit of me in for you. Aren't I great? (nod your head.)

So I went over to get some food at the best place in the world when I spotted this little beauty...
HOLY CRAP NEW SODA.

A new Mountain Dew! Yesssssss. Its called SuperNova, and as described by the label, "DEW(R) With a Blast of Strawberry Melon Flavor and Ginseng (WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS)". Its freaking great, which is a lot of props to my mortal product enemy.

I guess this flavor is only 1 of 3 new flavors, part of the DewMocracy contest. You have to vote for which one will stay in convience stores forever: SuperNova (this one), Voltage (raspberry citrus), or Revolution (wild berry "fruit" flavor, which I'm not exactly sure what they're revolutionizing).
Is this considered product placement? I want a check.

And just to be fair, I don't completely hate the Dew. Its just... Vault is still way better. But, unlike Vault, Mountain Dew seems to be coming up with new flavors every now and then, while Vault still only has 2, one of which isn't even sold in Ventura County anymore.

So yeah. Two thumbs up for SuperNova. Go try it and the other flavors. Whatever.

...new post maybe later.

Haha, Just Kidding

I had this crazy awesome idea for a blog entry, but then I realized I just can't do it today.

I'm freaking tired.
Plus I don't have enough time to not only write the blog (which, because its awesome, will probably take a couple hours) but I still have to do homework, find something to eat (I've only had burnt waffles) and make room for some sleep (which rhymes).

So basically until summer you won't get amazingly cool things every day. Sorry. Its just how life works.

I might (MIGHT) make a new blog post that isn't too intense later tonight if I wake up (which probably won't happen, seeing as every time I've written an entry I've had to drink soda, which we're out of). But just maybe.

Until then... watch this.


...back to sleep.

Soda Cans, Indiana Jones, and Disneyland

Yeah, sorry, I know. This post isn't going to be a huge article with me insulting kids. And its probably just going to be about random things I can think off the top of my head. But I just can't write 5-star articles EVERY day, and also try to include that I have school tomorrow and I've been working on freaking math all night. But the little hamster running the wheel in my brain will give you what it can.

- So I went to the store and bought some Cokes, right? Well, take a look at it...
In Soviet Russia, Coke drinks YOU!

Even though the glare kind of covers it, instead of Coca-Cola it says Koka-Kona. As in its in Russian. I guess Coke is doing some Olympic collection of 5 different languaged Cokes. Pretty intense. Speaking of soda cans...

- Dr. Pepper is promoting the new Indiana Jones movie. So their cans have a picture of a character from the CGI fest of a movie (which, actually to be fair, wasn't that bad). I got one with the kid from Transformers...
Optimus Jones... I'm so clever.

I love Dr. Pepper. But now I while I drink, I can read this engaging description about Mutt: "REBELLIOUS RENEGADE... RELUCTANTLY SEEKS INDY'S HELP". ...In the movie hes actually not that rebellious. At all. But that's marketing for you I guess...

AND SPEAKING OF INDIANA JONES...

- Today in Disneyland the kicked off the "Summer of Adventure" with Indiana Jones running everywhere. Just for the record, I love Disneyland. Its my favorite place ever because I can't ride/don't like roller coasters. Bleh. But even if I did, I can't go a year without mouse ears and pineapple whip.
In this picture, Indy readys for his ROUNDHOUSE KICK.

What they did was make random Indy "events" for Adventureland, where at any given time, they'll have some bad guy and Henry Jones Jr. fight on buildings, in the Rivers of America, or on the Tarzan Treehouse bridge. They also give out maps to find clues for the treasure of - wait for it - FREE COMPUTER WALLPAPER. Also, they replaced Aladdin's old storytelling oasis crap with that Jedi Academy thing they do in Tomorrowland, only they find treasure and go through how Harrison Ford hates snakes. I bet the kids will think its fun, but the show looks really lame.

SPEAKING OF BEING LAME...

- New Mega64 video today that made me laugh. Just watch it, and if you have my sense of humor, you WILL laugh. Just keep waiting for it...


They make fun of video games and stuff. I love it, maybe you will too. They have a new podcast every Tuesday, so check it out tomorrow.


Well, thats all I have for today. Tomorrow I'll have a freaking awesome post... but you'll have no idea what it will be about =P.


...I hate snakes.

Top 5 Reasons Why I like Rock Band.




For me, today pretty much sucked. I had seriously nothing to do. I tried everything. Sleeping, going on MySpace, watching a movie about a very impregnated dog, and even trying to figure out why Stephen Colbert was in an episode of Law & Order. So I've kinda been in a bad mood for a while now.

Thats when I realized why I should be doing something that wou
ld keep things all unicorns and fairies in my mind. So I broke out the Xbox and played my favorite game of the last couple months...


Rock Band is probably to me like the neighborhood bully's mom is to hard alcohol. I think its probably the best thing ever, gets me in a happier mood, and can't go a few days without a session of pressing the little colored frets. I dunno, but I think its a lot better than Guitar Hero is or will ever be. They saw this, and thats why whoever makes Guitar Hero is coming out with the new "I Can Be in A Band Game, Too!" version.

But besides me speaking through some uber geek tongue, what makes Rock Band THE BEST EVER?! Well kids, its time for.......

TOP 5 REASONS WHY I LIKE ROCK BAND!

#5) People Can Play Too Without Watching You Try to Be Cool With a Plastic Guitar
You'll look just as lame when you play it, promise!

Put yourself in this position: Its the Fourth of July. Everybody is coming over to your house. But for some reason you want to be an outcast and play video games. You're out in the living room when Aunty Sally and Uncle Bob come in the room with your cousin Jimmy. Aunty Sally gives you a kiss and asks you how school is going. You say "fine" as you're trying to get that 5 Star rating on Mississippi Queen. Uncle Bob gets mad at you for playing with your new device, and how back in his day they had Pong. Jimmy is whining because you won't let him play. Just then your mom walks in and tells you to get off the couch. NOW YOU HAVE TO DO FAMILY STUFF.

Thats when you realize you have Rock Band! So, you gladly invite Jimmy to play the bass guitar, Uncle Bob to hit stuff with the drums, and your Aunty to sing some sweet jams. Now you can play Xbox without having to go through everyone telling you how tall you're getting.

#4) You Can Create Your Own Wannabe Emo Kid

Look at that kid in the right corner. LOL EMO

Your life sucks. People hate you. You wonder why things as great as roses have thorns. You are very deep within your emotions. You write poetry. You tell people you're going to kill yourself for attention. You want to be emo.

But the moment you color your fingernails black and wear skin tight black jeans, Mom tells you to stop acting stupid and start wearing colors again. And you don't want to give in to her threats that she'll tell your father. So you curse under your breath and walk away.

So what do you do? You buy Rock Band and just MAKE an emo kid to play as! You can even add eyeliner to guys. Now you can express your emotion through plastic instruments.

#3) Downloading SongsNo witty remark here. You can actually download this Judas Priest album!

As much as you love "When You Were Loved", you and I both know the songs get boring to play after a while. So what are you going to do? You're going to download new songs, thats what you're going to do. $2 each. ITS AWESOME.

...I tried to think of something funny to put here. I couldn't think of anything. Sorry... I'll do better next time =,(


#2) DRUMS DRUMS DRUMS
BOOM BOOM BOOM

The drums make this game like 60% more fun. When your fingers develop arthritis from playing a guitar (a plastic guitar at that... major lol's from your grandkids one day, amirite?), just switch over to the drums... and develop arthritis IN YOUR ARMS (is that even possible? Actually. Don't tell me. I don't like being incorrect). But look at it this way... you'll get muscles. Which you probably don't have anyway if you're playing the Xbox all the time. Hah! See what I did there?

...But seriously, the drums in Rock Band are awesome.

BUT WHATS EVEN MORE AWESOME?

WHATS NUMBER 1?

THE MOMENT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.....

....

*plastic drum roll*.....


#1) FALL OUT BOY SONG IN ROCK BAND*
LOL YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LIKE OMG OMG OMG

FALL OUT BOY HOLY CRAP I LOVE THEM THEYRE LIKE THNX FOR MEMORIEEZ AMIRITE LOL!!!! THEYRE SO COOL I WANT TO GO TO THEYR CONCERTS AND BE COOL LOL I THINK IM GOING TO CUT MYSELF!!!1

AND THEYRE IN ROCK BAND?!?!?!?!?!?! WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT! SORRY I KINDA SCREAMED RIGHT NOW LOL I PROLLY WOKE MY MOM UP BUT SHE PROLLY WONT CARE I MEAN IF SHE TELLS ME TO BE QUIET ILL SAY SHUT UP IM LISTENING TO FALL OUT BOY LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 I MEAN ITS NOT LIKE SHE ALREADY BOUGHT ME LIKE 5 TSHIRTS WITH THAT SINGERS HEAD ON THE FRONT OF THEM AND LIKE ALL MY FRIENDS ALREADY HAVE THEM TOO SO WERE ALL COOL BUT I THINK IM COOLER CUZ I BOUGHT AN AUTOGRAPHED BLADE ON EBAY FOR LIKE $300 AND NOW IM THE LIKE THE COOLEST KID IN 6TH GRADE!!!!!11 EVERY1 LOVES ME... WELL NOW IMMA GO TAKE A NEW PICTURE FOR MYSPACE, YOU KNOW WITH SOME HAIR OVER ONE OF MY EYES AND ILL LOOK ANGRY LIKE I DONT WANT THAT PICTURE TAKEN BUT I REALLY DO AND IF PEOPLE ASK ILL BE LIKE LOL YOU DONT KNOW WHAT EMO MEANS AMIRITE GUYZ??? AND MY BFFS WILL BE LIKE LOL YA!!!!!!!!!11





...So thats why I like Rock Band. I hope you enjoyed my review.


...Man, if only Hannah Montana was in this game.
*no, I don't really like Fall Out Boy stupid. Just in case you didn't know it was making fun of emo pre teens who think they're cool and use myspace and stu- you know what, if you didn't get that joke then maybe you should leave. Don't let the door hit you on your way out. Pssh.

Vault - Its like Jesus in a glass!


Most people have seen the commercials but have never tried it. But, when I go out in public and see somebody drinking a Vault, it makes me feel like I should personally give them a high five. Because that's how good these things are.

Vault is an energy soda made by the makers of Coke to compete with Mountain Dew. Vault has more caffeine than the competition, which gives it an early advantage, but also tastes a lot better and less sweet. Its more citrus-y and a little bit less fizzy.

Vault came out everywhere around 2 years ago, so its still pretty new. I had my first Vault after my friend would come online telling me how hyper the stuff got her. I thought Mountain Dew was the only really caffeinated soda that could make you sugar high, so not liking Mountain Dew too much, I shrugged it off. That is, until the very first night of summer, when I was camping in Newport Beach. I was at the grocery store getting ready for a barbecue, when I saw a bunch of signs for Vault. My dad just threw it in the cart without really asking me, but I didn't care. When I got back to our camper, I turned on the TV and ate my dinner and just grabbed a can without thinking too much about it. I took a drink... and I thought I was having an acid trip in my mouth.
If I had to explain it in detail... I would pretty much say its just like putting Pixie Stick and some lemon and lime in your mouth. And maybe crack. Lots of crack.

In conclusion... Its good. REALLY good.

Seriously, go try some if you haven't. Its delicious and will make your life better. Seriously. Like, if you're on the beach and drinking an ice cold Vault, chances are you'll pick up like five girls' numbers. And after that they'll all come over to your house and have a big party. Honest! Vault will bring you THE BEST PARTY OF YOUR LIFE.


...I wonder how much Coke will pay me to keep smooth-talking people into buying Vault.


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IS THIS THING ON

Okay... hows that for an annoying first post?!

Anyways... just wanted to start up a blog for the summer. Because other than my intense adventures and such, I get bored to the point where I sit at my Mac and watch the little apple logo at the bottom glow off the reflection of this cabinet in the other half of this room. Its true.

So if you really care I'll be updating this every single day (I'll try, anyway, unless i'm like away from a computer) and write about random bits even though summer hasn't technically started for me yet.

About what, you might ask? Maybe its something I did that day at the camp I'll probably work at. Maybe its what new flavor of ice cream they came up with at Dairy Queen. Maybe its about some old 80s show I wasn't even alive to see. Maybe its a review of a movie or a video game or a CD or Dairy Queens (i like ice cream =D).

Whever. I might write an entry tonight because I really didn't write anything today. Who knows?! I'm just that crazy!

...Um, okay, i'm leaving now...