I feel guilty for initially celebrating, because the news reported it with the headline that he had stepped down from directing DC movies. And then it revealed the tragic news. I don't want to do what the other news articles are doing, so I gave a much more honest title to this blog entry. I feel sorry for his loss. She was twenty years old, and took her own life. No family should ever have to deal with that kind of darkness. 24601
Come with me, Zachary Into the depths of the abyss Into the darkness of the woods Let us walk as brothers For I have not forgotten that I was once like you You and I are of the same flesh and of the same dirt From dust we have come and from dust we shall go And we share the same ultimate destiny With all the same shames Let us rest in the shade, Zachary And set our tent up amid gravestones Where the dead sleep silently and wait for us Then we shall know how dead we ar
I will be watching the movie on Friday with someone who is herself a Wonder Woman. I've heard that the reviews are actually good, so this makes me excited. I know that a lot of times I say I'm going to review something and I don't, or I get around to it belatedly, but I will review Wonder Woman. I love this character, and it means a lot to me that someone finally made a movie about her. I also highly envy the likes of Jeremy Jahns and Chris Stuckman who are able to get press screenings and be at
I go check my email. And Yahoo! News has a headline explaining the ending to Avengers: Infinity War. Nice going, guys. Not everybody saw the midnight showing, you know. You suck. You really, really suuuuuuuuuuuuuck. 24601
This is the first drawing I ever took seriously, done in mid-2008. Looking back, I can't help but cringe. I didn't use a grid system, so it's somewhat lopsided, especially the ears. On the other hand, I measured it afterwords and found that its dimensions were exactly 50% greater than the original picture, which was the cover to a Sports Illustrated magazine completely dedicated to him. But it's Michael Phelps, so that automatically qualifies it as awesome. Live long and prosper.
In my last blog entry, I put emphasis on underlining, although I also mentioned that I took notes. Likewise, I also find notes important. Even more important than underlining key points. When you write notes, you are putting your own thoughts down. Often when we write notes, we write them in the middle of class when the teacher says we should. We jot a key point here and there. In the end, it looks sloppy, partially because you wrote stuff down as they came. After class, take your notes
Apparently there are people who hate the idea that he once had bone claws and that it ruins the character, because they prefer the idea of the claws being implants from the Weapon X program. The reason why I've never been able to accept the "claws as implants" story, right from the very beginning, was because the mechanics didn't make sense. How did he protract them? You would have to have a special set of muscles to bring them out. If they were implants, there would be no way of naturally
When Superman starred in his first tent-pole production, it became a beloved classic. As the first major superhero film, it set the tone for all future superhero films. It became the gold standard against which all other superhero films are measured, either by how well they capture the classic comic book atmosphere, or by how they break from comic book movie lore. Superman: The Movie wasn't only a classic because it was the first, though. Director Richard Donner knew exactly what tone to give to
I came across this, which has been retweeted a ton. I think that sometimes, in order to truly appreciate a movie, you have to look at it through a kid's eyes: I work at a kindergarten and this is a collection of cute Wonder Woman related things that happened within a week of the movie being released. On Monday, a boy who was obsessed with Iron Man, told me he had asked his parents for a new Wonder Woman lunchbox. A little girl said “When I grow up I want to speak hundreds of languages like
I came across this, which has been retweeted a ton. I think that sometimes, in order to truly appreciate a movie, you have to look at it through a kid's eyes: I work at a kindergarten and this is a collection of cute Wonder Woman related things that happened within a week of the movie being released. On Monday, a boy who was obsessed with Iron Man, told me he had asked his parents for a new Wonder Woman lunchbox. A little girl said “When I grow up I want to speak hundreds of languages like
Holy Jenner! They ran the race in under 41 seconds, and Jenner's reaction was priceless. She pulled off a Usain Bolt and celebrated before reaching the finish line because she knew they had not only broke but smashed the world record. It looked awesome when she was pointing at the sign, too, because it gave me a good look at her arms. She's an Amazon! Well duh, I mean, she's in the Olympics after all, but her arms are more muscular than most men. Meanwhile, I also just watched the 1500 me
Today Jordan Wieber, American women's gymnast, failed to pass on to the final all-around by the slightest of margins. Even though she still gave one of the most powerful performances that would have otherwise qualified her, there is a strict 2-gymnast-per-country limit for the final round. Commentators and news anchors discussed whether or not this should be allowed, and there are diverging opinions. What's yours? In other Olympic sports it's possible to have three people from one country o
Do you want to know how I got these scores? My teacher...was...a thinker. And a fiend. And one day we come to class a little lazier than usual. My girlfriend grabs an iPod to occupy herself. He doesn't like that. Not. One. BIT. So, the entire class watching, he reads the mushy songs she listens to, smirking while he does it. He turns to me, heh, and he says, "Why so stupid?" He comes to me with a pencil..."Why so stupid?" He puts a pencil in my hand. "Let's put some files into pl
We all know the stereotype. French is a highly romantic language. It's sexy. But honestly, I don't get it. It doesn't sound ugly or anything, but I don't get the romantic connotation. And honestly, I have my biases, so when I hear the French language I think of a rude person with cigarette addictions who can never get his/her mind our of the gutter. That's not romantic, just sleazy. And of course, that's only a stereotype as well (but Titanic didn't do the French people any favors with th
The title basically says it all. I've just noticed that a lot of my friends have about an average of eight replies for their typical blog entry, even when they're the random ones. Yet, for some of my entries, I'd be lucky if I get a comment at all. What do they have that I don't have? Your Honor, Emperor Kraggh
People are complaining that Sony is making a Venom movie without Spider-Man, and I actually think that that's a good idea. I'm a fan enough of a character that I actually think that it would be cool for him/it to have a solo film. People say that Sony sucks at everything, but they can be prissy all they want. I personally think that Sony has done a pretty good job with their properties. My only concern is that, though I think it will be good, I don't know if it will make money, simply becaus
I honestly think that the Goddess Columbia should be re-imagined to look like Whitney Houston. Someone make this mainstream. Heck, I think that I just might write a letter to the president asking him to release an official statement endorsing this idea. Whitney deserves to be incorporated into one of our patriotic symbols. 24601
1. Oh wait, you see where I'm going with this, don't you? Fine, fine, I'll just go ahead and skip the rant so you can see the next picture. 2. WHERE ARE THEY? . . .WERE ARE THEY? But wait, there's more... 3. WHERE'S THE TRIGGER? WHERE IS IT? Now, a recent announcement was made, oh, a month or so ago, that Goyer and Snyder intend on expanding upon Man of Steel with a Superman vs. Batman kind of sequel, and since this whole expanded DC cinematic uni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_OBGNDbi34 Yes, another video about swimming. I joined a swim team in 2016, inspired by Michael Phelps. I couldn't make it last. With college going on and a long commute, I can't make it work again, but when I'm finally finished in (hopefully) a year, I think that I might sign up for that daily discipline again. It was my first sport, and it's a part of me. The first athlete that I ever idolized was a swimmer. The first major competition that I ever traveled
Surely I can't be the only fan on these forums. I have a few that I really like, actually, so this is a hard one for me. I like "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant", "Longest Time", "River of Dreams", "Downeaster 'Alexa'", "Angry Young Man", and "Moving Out". However, I think I can narrow it down to either "Piano Man" or "My Life". Yeah, I know, those are the usual suspects, but they're just so good. My sister's favorite is "Goodnight Saigon". 24601
This is another rant about stupid things I see on Yahoo News. Well, not technically the news feed, but it's on the same page as their news feed. That is, their "trending" list. Every few minutes, the trending topics change completely. But Kylie Jenner is on it just about every time I glance in its direction. I get who Kylie Jenner is. She's the daughter of Caitlyn Jenner. And don't get me wrong, Caitlyn is an American hero whom I greatly admire. But what exactly has Kylie done to be tren
Saturday was my birthday. Yay me. I didn't do anything, except meet up with a friend that I hadn't seen in years and talk for five hours at a cafe. After that, lazy day. I worked on a letter a little bit that's for someone else's birthday. I drew a picture. Read a little from the The Complete Lojban Language. Tried flipping through my book on Ithkuil. Had a milkshake at McDonald's. Took a nap. What I'm glad that I didn't do that Saturday was turn on the news. If I had, I would have be
