Yes, yes, I know, my daily blog posting idea has already failed. I have gone so long without you, dear reader, and I must apologize! O.K, so 4 days is not TOO long, but none the less, I did say that I wanted to do a DAILY blog, and alas, I have not.
On another note, I am eagerly expecting the arrival of a new keyboard, a mechanical keyboard to be exact. I have heard many good things about mechanical keyboards and so I am excited to try this one out! I will let you know soon how it works.
I will try to keep up with this blog, and we shall see where things go!
:D
Monday, August 12, 2013
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Good Morning
So, I have recently began a very strange sleep pattern, wherein I sleep for most of the day, and am ip most of the night. For example, I am awake now (7:13am) and have yet to go to sleep for the night!
Healthy? Probably not, however I do tend to get in between 8 and 12 hours of sleep per day, so I am not sure how my body is reacting physically to these bizarre sleep patterns.
I am going to get hit hard when school starts back up in 3 weeks.
Wish me luck!
:D
Healthy? Probably not, however I do tend to get in between 8 and 12 hours of sleep per day, so I am not sure how my body is reacting physically to these bizarre sleep patterns.
I am going to get hit hard when school starts back up in 3 weeks.
Wish me luck!
:D
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Suspicion
So, my mom is one of those people who has almost no faith in humanity. Everyone out past 11:00 PM is a crook, up to no good or homeless. She believes in a lot of generalizations and stereotypes, specifically the negative ones, and she is quick to see the bad side of people.
I, on the other hand, am almost the complete opposite. Of course, there are times when I find myself falling into the stereotypical trap, but overall, I am the person who, when she sees someone out walking at 2:00 AM, says "they could just be walking to get some exercise because they are night owls and cant sleep."
I am also a believer in the goodness of humanity. I am only suspicious when given a reason to be. Down the road, this may just bite me in the ass, but I would rather get hassled by one criminal than treat everyone who is male, mid 20's and has tattoos as a dirty rotten scoundrel.
What are your thoughts? Do you see the world like my mom? Like me? I am curious to know what you guys think, how to determine if someone is suspicious and what actions to you take? Let me know!
BYE!
:D
I, on the other hand, am almost the complete opposite. Of course, there are times when I find myself falling into the stereotypical trap, but overall, I am the person who, when she sees someone out walking at 2:00 AM, says "they could just be walking to get some exercise because they are night owls and cant sleep."
I am also a believer in the goodness of humanity. I am only suspicious when given a reason to be. Down the road, this may just bite me in the ass, but I would rather get hassled by one criminal than treat everyone who is male, mid 20's and has tattoos as a dirty rotten scoundrel.
What are your thoughts? Do you see the world like my mom? Like me? I am curious to know what you guys think, how to determine if someone is suspicious and what actions to you take? Let me know!
BYE!
:D
I changed my mind
I decided to go with a different challenge, a blog a day, rather than 1000 words a week. This seems easier to keep track of. Sound good? OK Lets do this!
BYE!
:D
BYE!
:D
Words Number A Thousand
I have decided to set myself a challenge. I hereby declare that I will write 1,000 words per week on this blog, keeping in mind of course, that I am generally lazy and may skip a day here and there. Also a picture is worth 1,000 words, so you may be seeing a lot of photographs here on my blog in the future.
So for today, I will begin by explaining where I have been for the past 10 months. God damn I have been gone a while, almost a whole year. Well, without sounding like a load of excuses, I have been busy, tired, overworked for just above minimum wage, tired, at school, tired, doing homework for school, etc. You know, the usual excuses for not keeping up to date on a blog. At any rate, I have recently begun thinking about writing as a potential career, or at least a side career, and I thought what better way to get some practice than by blogging! So here I am. Ready to write up a storm here on the old blog, and in addition to this, I will be posting more on my YouTube channel, which can be found here.
Suggestions for writing? Just leave a comment and I may just write about something you suggest. Thanks, and I will talk to you tomorrow, or later today, or Friday.
BYE!
:D
So for today, I will begin by explaining where I have been for the past 10 months. God damn I have been gone a while, almost a whole year. Well, without sounding like a load of excuses, I have been busy, tired, overworked for just above minimum wage, tired, at school, tired, doing homework for school, etc. You know, the usual excuses for not keeping up to date on a blog. At any rate, I have recently begun thinking about writing as a potential career, or at least a side career, and I thought what better way to get some practice than by blogging! So here I am. Ready to write up a storm here on the old blog, and in addition to this, I will be posting more on my YouTube channel, which can be found here.
Suggestions for writing? Just leave a comment and I may just write about something you suggest. Thanks, and I will talk to you tomorrow, or later today, or Friday.
BYE!
:D
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Monday, November 5, 2012
Cloud Atlas
Set in the past, present and future, this is an epic story based on the 2004 book of the same name by David Mitchell. The film tells the story of how each action we make ripples through time and affects the past present and future. The story can get complex and confusing at times, and it can get difficult to tell just how the stories connect, but overall, I think this is a fantastic adaptation of an exponentially complex story.
And did it make all that much of a difference to the story that Tom Hanks was the hotel manager in the Letters from Zedelghem timeline?
As far as the story, I thought that they did a good job keeping things moving along. There is a lot of ground to cover in this film, and that fact is made obvious in the film's run time! At almost three hours, this is one of the longest films you'll find in your neighborhood theater! That being said, I never found myself wanting the film to be over. I was engaged from beginning to end, and to keep me sitting still in a room for three hours is no small feat. For some, far to long, but I personally didn't mind.
Negatives for this film are of course, as I mentioned before, the "starring actors" playing rolls in which they really can't even be recognized. From an actors standpoint, I can only imagine that these characters would have been tremendously fun to play, but I as a viewer thought that it only made things a mit more confusing than necessary.
Another thing that I thought while watching this film is that I found it difficult to connect some of the different timelines. Some were easy, and actually quite obvious, while others were near impossible to connect. A puzzling reality for a film focused on telling the story of how different timelines are all inter connected.
So now we arrive at the inevitable. Yes, I have prepared a score for this film based on the various areas that I find make or break a film. And my verdict is as follows.
Story/Plot: 8/10
Acting/Cast: 6/10
Effects/Visuals: 7.5/10
Music: 8.5/10
OVERALL: 30/40 - 75.00%
UPDATE AS OF 12/19/2014
The verdict?
Pretty damn good / Recommend Heartily
7 out of 10
Let me start by saying that I can see how people can love this film, and how others can hate it. It is unique and original, no doubt about it. I personally thought this film was fantastic. The acting was great, the story was interesting and the visuals were stunning. There were flaws, and I won't overlook them, but overall I think this film was a great epic that kept me thoroughly engaged throughout the film.
Let me start with the positive elements of this film. The visuals were amazing, from the clear waters and white beaches of the 1800's, to the futuristic Neo-Seoul. I even found myself enjoying the look of the 1970's timeline, as well as the eye candy that was the post apocalyptic distant future.
The music was, perhaps, the most epic part of this film. The "Cloud Atlas Sextet" complemented the story so well, and the melodic composition for me was one of the biggest hits of the film.
The acting was good. I thought that the best characters were Ben Whishaw's Robert Frobisher, Doona Bae's Sonmi-451, and I actually really enjoyed Jim Broadbent's performance as Timothy Cavendish. All in all, the overall performances were good, but I couldn't help but wonder about certain casting choices. For example, was it really necessary for Halle Berry to play this guy?
And did it make all that much of a difference to the story that Tom Hanks was the hotel manager in the Letters from Zedelghem timeline?
As far as the story, I thought that they did a good job keeping things moving along. There is a lot of ground to cover in this film, and that fact is made obvious in the film's run time! At almost three hours, this is one of the longest films you'll find in your neighborhood theater! That being said, I never found myself wanting the film to be over. I was engaged from beginning to end, and to keep me sitting still in a room for three hours is no small feat. For some, far to long, but I personally didn't mind.
Negatives for this film are of course, as I mentioned before, the "starring actors" playing rolls in which they really can't even be recognized. From an actors standpoint, I can only imagine that these characters would have been tremendously fun to play, but I as a viewer thought that it only made things a mit more confusing than necessary.
Another thing that I thought while watching this film is that I found it difficult to connect some of the different timelines. Some were easy, and actually quite obvious, while others were near impossible to connect. A puzzling reality for a film focused on telling the story of how different timelines are all inter connected.
So now we arrive at the inevitable. Yes, I have prepared a score for this film based on the various areas that I find make or break a film. And my verdict is as follows.
Story/Plot: 8/10
Acting/Cast: 6/10
Effects/Visuals: 7.5/10
Music: 8.5/10
OVERALL: 30/40 - 75.00%
UPDATE AS OF 12/19/2014
The verdict?
Pretty damn good / Recommend Heartily
7 out of 10
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