A Requested Topic

Someone finally requested a topic I can do something with. My friend S##### suggested that I should write a post about "friends" who take advantage of their "friends". I happen to know a few people who do this and think that they are horrible horrible people. Just a note, I'm not used to this type of writing so if it's not up to my usual standard don't be surprised. So anyways, onto the post.

Picture this: A "friend" asks you if they can borrow some notes before the next period starts. Any normal person would say yes becasue they expect the other person to hold up their part of the bargain. But no this person decides to keep the notes for the rest of the day. Now what would you do in this situation. I know that I'd reprimand (there are much harsher words I could have used) this person and probably begin to have doubt in their ability keep promises.

Now picture this: A person who does that, plus takes answers from you in class. Bugs you with their homework dilemmas all the time and then brags that they are smarter than everybody. What would you do. Well here's what you can do.

1. Tell them off and stop conversing with them.
2. Give them another chance and if they fail again revert to option one.
3. Be pushover and continue to take the abuse until the end of semester.

What you do is up to you but personally I would go to option one.

Slasher Flicks

Yes I know that this is a much lighter topic than I've had recently. I'm just in a more not-so-serious mood as of late. So onto the main event.

Recently I took it upon myself to do something not many people would willingly do. I decided to watch the entire Friday the 13th movie series. It took me a whole long weekend to do but I got through it. The one conclusion I drew from that series was, "how could legendary movies like Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Halloween inspire someone to make this heap of crap." I'm sorry to any fans of the series, but I just hate those movies. So then I got to thinking about the whole slasher genre. From it's earliest roots in Psycho to it's latest additions like Prom Night, the slasher genre has always been interesting in North American culture. Although 90% of these movies have horrible actors, directors, writers, and producers, people continue to shell out their money to go see them. I've always found this interesting, so after I had finished watching the Friday the 13th series I decided to come up with a guide to slasher films. I have a list of good ones, mediocre ones, bad ones, and unwatchable ones.

GOOD
A Nightmare on Elm Street 1
Halloween 1
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Psycho
Scream 1
Scream 2
Saw 1
Saw 2
Evil Dead
Evil Dead 2

MEDIOCRE
Black Christmas (1974)
Prom Night (1980)
Scream 3
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Halloween 2
Friday the 13th 1
Sleepaway Camp
Saw 3
Saw 4
Saw 5
Halloween (2007)
Final Destination
Final Destination 2
Wes Craven's New Nightmare

BAD
Friday the 13th 2, 3, and 12 (2009)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 and 3
Halloween 3
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Final Destination 3
Freddy Vs Jason

UNWATCHABLE
Friday the 13th 4-10
Nightmare On Elm Street 4-6
Halloween 4-9
And last but not least any slasher movie from the past decade that was not in another category

Just to finish this off I suggest that no one should ever watch all of these movies like I did. I think I dropped a couple IQ points.

I am sorry

I used the wrong example to explain my point. I want to clarify my point from earlier.
I have nothing against black history month.
I think its great to recognize the men and women of the past that made a difference for the cause of equality.
My point was never supposed to imply that I think it is bad to do so.
My point was simply "You can not say that you want racial equality but also make it special to be black. Because then it's not equality, it's superiority. Anyone who says it's special to be part of their race and still wants equality is a hypocrite."

I am sorry to all who were offended.

My problem with the Black, Woman, and any other racial movement you can think of

I want equality. There is no good reason that women or African Americans, or Asian Americans or any other race or sex should be discriminated against. My problem with the whole equality movement can be summed up with one word. SUPERIORITY. You hear many black men saying that they want racial equality and yet they make a big hoopla about black history month. YOU CAN NOT HAVE BOTH. You can not say that you want racial equality but also make it special to be black. Because then it's not equality, it's superiority. Anyone who says it's special to be part of their race and still wants equality is a hypocrite.

I do have another problem with the equality movement. RELIGION. Religious people are saying that it is OK to be black or any other race. But when it comes to being gay, they want to stone you. I have family members who are gay. There is nothing wrong with being gay or anything else in this world. So to conclude, The equality movement should be restarted so that people are striving for EQUALITY, not SUPERIORITY.

My Sad Realization

Today I was sitting at home watching Friends and listening to my sisters bitch about stuff and I realized something really sad. It was the episode with Pheobe's boyfriend the creepy shrink. When he told chandler that his use of sarcasm was textbook and why I heard my Sisters bitching. She said that she wanted my dad to put her to bed tonight. She is ten years old and was whining about this. That's when it hit me. Why my sister is so clingy. Why I'm so awkward around girls. Why I'm a pessimist. Why I only have 3 real friends. Why I like being alone. My parents divorce. Now I know that 75% (or something like that) of marriages divorce now a days but there is something different about mine. When my parents split i was in grade 3. I was 9 years old. I had no one. Sure I had my friends but they're not the same. My sisters had each other and they were to young to go through what I went through. At that stage in life, all is supposed to be good. Kids shouldn't know about all the tragedies and horrors of the world. They should be fine for another couple of years. With me, I was alone a lot. I had enormous amounts of time where I developed a hate for many people and many things. At nine years old I realized that the world is a horrible place. I became cynical, pessimistic and distant. I lost a year or so of my life. When I was supposed to be learning how to act around girls, how to act around adults, how I should carry myself, I was having deep theological thought about how bad the world was. Because of that realization at such a young age I became depressed and anti-social.

Shrinks tell you that the reason its hard for the kid in that age group to go through their parents separation is because they blame themselves. It's not true. It's because they are at a critical stage in their development where they go through events that will shape them into who they are going to be. If they miss out on that stage in life and skip onto the rebellious teenager cycle straight away, they will be so socially awkward that they become depressed. Eventually they'll get to where I'm at. being a critical, cynical, pessimistic, over analyzing, son of a bitch who wants nothing more than to fit in but is never given the chance because everyone around him has already chose a group of friends with little or no room to let him in.

Taking a Break

I've sort of run out of ideas to blog about plus my homework load has tripled in my new semester so I will be indefinitely taking a break from blogging.

Sorry for the Break

Sorry for the break in posting. With exams and a new semester, well you know how it is. Well without any further ado, tonight's topic; album reviews. This is not something I have always wanted to do so bear with me. I won't only stick to music, I will also start reviewing movies and other assorted entertainment outlets. Tonight I'm going to give the names of 3 older albums that anyone should listen to. Hopefully there will be something on here for everyone.

For the classic rock lover in some of you we have Loverboy's Loverboy. One of the greatest Canadian rock albums of all time, 1980's Loverboy brought out the world the best new Canadian rock band since April Wine. With great tracks like Turn Me Loose and The Kid is Hot Tonite this album shows off Loverboy's musical chops extremely well. This album's has had such a lasting impact that many of the songs from it are still played at sports games across the continent. I give it 1 8.5 stars out 0f 10.

For the soft spoken out there, we have Jeff Buckly's only full album, Grace. This album a definitive contender for the greates album of all time. With hits like Grace and Last Goodbye, and the mega hit Halelujia, this album delivers all the goods. With Buckly's beautiful voice this album can bring almost anyone to tears. I give it a 9 stars out of 10.

For the hard rockers out there we have Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction. In my opinion, the greatest album of the 80's. It has everything you need in a good rock album. The heavy riff driven head bangers (Welcome to The Jungle), the sweet love songs with that necessary kick (Sweet Child O' Mine) and the arena rock staples (Paradise City). This is one of my top ten albums of all time and possibly the greatest virgin album ever made. 9.5 out of 10.