Perfectionist: CD Review

Okay, so remember that one time a million years ago when I said I’d do a review of Perfectionist by Natalia Kills as soon as it came out?

Well, I almost lied. It took me a few months to track it down and then another few weeks for me to listen to it. BUT I DID and now I have reviewed it for you!

Enjoy!

Wonderland: Interesting lyrical content. It’s not as edgy as some of her other songs, but still carries attitude and her general persona of badass-ness. The chorus is well done as far as tune goes, but the verses carry much more content. 4/5

Free: It’s kind of a typical pop song about wishing that she had more money. I think the chorus is catchy and the verses are well sung, but I’m not a fan of the Will.I.Am sections. I’m not a hater, but I don’t think he was good (at all) in this particular song. I have been given the understanding that he had quite a bit to do with Natalia’s discovery and the album, plus having someone more famous on your record isn’t a bad idea to get people interested. Overall, good song. 3/5

Break You Hard: This is a very strong song. The sound effects and the “Not gonna back down” attitude are very cool (especially the kind of insanely creepy bridge). Not much else to say except well done. 4/5

Zombie: This is kind of the creepiest song ever. It’s heavily auto tuned and the lyrics are kind of dark (although metaphorical, I’m assuming). 3/5

Love is a Suicide: Incredible song. It’s very edgy, very catchy, and very cool. Is it a little overdramatic? Yes, but I think that’s much better than being under-dramatic. 4/5

Mirrors: This is my favourite song on the CD. Although the lyrics are incredibly scandalous, it has one of the best melodies I’ve ever heard (especially the chorus). 5/5

Acid Annie: This is a kind of twisted break up song. Think “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood, but done in a pop style instead of country. This one probably has the chorus that’s most likely to get stuck in your head. 3/5

Superficial: Again, this is more of the classic pop that we hear on the radio. This is probably the worst song on the CD, but it’s not necessarily bad depending on your taste. 3/5

Broke: Slower, calmer, and very good. I really enjoy the lyrics of this song and the way the English language is used to create these sort of double meanings/metaphors (the relationship between money and romance). 4/5

If I Was God: Again, it’s a little slower, but I don’t think this song is as strong as “Broke”. It has a good beat, but the melody isn’t one I can easily latch on to. 3/5

A Lot of Stuff to Talk About

Let’s burn through a sh#t load of topics.

(This post sound way better if you imagine me talking as if I just had 40 cups of coffee.)

Ready, GO!

First, let’s discuss my return to my arch-enemy; school. The second semester just started and I already want to kill myself (not actually, but in the over-dramatic-my-life-sucks/first-world-problems way).

School is a dirty, filthy time sucker. I am forced to spend hours learning stuff and then when I get home I’m in no mood to do homework or go to the gym or blog or do anything besides listen to my iPod because I AM SICK OF WORKING!

Plus, this semester I have math, which I haven’t had in forever. Ergo, I forgot everything and now depend of German-girl to save my ass with her endless knowledge (thank you, German-girl). I also have the dreaded “independent research project”, which is a whole semester of one f@cking project, plus this thing in science that’s pretending not to be science fair, but is totally science fair.

After a long weekend or holiday when it’s time to go back to school, I always feel like I’m being dared to chug a bottle of tabasco sauce the next day; it’ll be painful and a system-shocker, but I have to do it for my pride.

Next topic; Foot in Mouth Syndrome!

Okay, so I’m talking to my English teacher, and he’s all “You’re really smart and stuff, but you need to say more shiz during class”. Then I’m all “0_O”.

Then I was watching a show (or maybe someone was talking to me, or maybe I was dreaming…I don’t know) and someone said something about needing to speak up and say what needs to be said (except they made it sound way, way better).

So here I am thinking, “What kind of champions can say what they want and not regret it immediately after?”

Seriously, every time I open my god for loving mouth, I wish I didn’t. I say something, and then it is instantly thrown back at my face or it didn’t come out right or it sounded stupid in context or no one heard me and now I look awkward OR SOMETHING!

It gets really annoying after a while. Now I’m doing the old debate on whether “Foot in Mouth Syndrome” is me always saying the wrong stuff or me feeling insecure about saying the wrong stuff.

I would totally give examples, but then I’d be restating stuff I wish I’d never stated in the first place. That would be stupid.

Next topic; FUTURE POSTS!

Okay, I have a lot of overdue posts. I mean, really. I thought of some of these ideas many months ago and they still haven’t reached my blog. So, I’m making a list of all my works in progress. Every time I complete one, I will edit this post and strike it off of the list, which will hopefully act as a motivator or something.

This should be something like the order they appear in…

Perfectionist: CD Review

Yes, I Would Like to Talk About Homestuck

Amazing Quotes (Movies)

My Life in Rage Comics

Music: Adapting to the Industry #4 (People)

Any Man in America: CD Review

Sherlock

They Are The Most Interesting Characters In The World

Ever After: CD Review

There might be others that pop into my head as well. Oh, and I also really need to make one of those pages that explains all of the code-names I have for people I mention.

See ya later!

Pretty Little Liars 2012 Premiere Recap

Woo! The premiere has finally arrived!

If you missed it and are somehow incapable of watching re-runs, I hope this helps!

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The girls are doing community service for “tampering with evidence”, even though the cops suspect that they are the murderers (Spencer’s mom, helped them, being a lawyer and all).

Emily wants to make a deal with A and gets in a fight with Spencer about it while Garett watches (somewhat creepily) from the shadows.

Everyone is upset with Hanna for messing up her dad’s marriage. Hanna’s mom is also concerned about the girls drifting apart, with special concern about Emily (who is still living at Hanna’s place).

Mike has been seeing a therapist and seems okay with it. Aria has an awkward run in with Ezra. Aria’s mom thinks that Spencer and Ezra are hooking up, and that’s interfering with their relationship. Well, that and the fact that Jackie is kind of/sort of threatening Aria, forcing her to dump Ezra.

Garett is on the phone when Spencer walks in. Spencer is suspicious of him and Jenna (she’s snippy about it). She thinks it’s weird that they were framed for murder right before Jenna and Garett went public, also his former friendship with Jason (who has been missing since their arrest) strikes her as notable.

Emily is healthy again (ulcer cleared) but her swim coach still doesn’t want a criminal on the team.

A texts Emily. The text says that  she’s her favourite and asks to make a deal. Emily sees a monologue written on the school blackboard and circles the word “yes”, assuming that A is watching. She then receives a note in a book (borrowed from Spencer) that says “10 tonight”.

Lucas is trying to get pics of Hanna off of the internet, and she’s grateful considering how horrible she looks picking up trash in an orange jumpsuit.

Toby and Spencer meet by his truck. Spencer seems annoyed at Emily and hates being told about their friendship. Toby made a rocking chair for Spencer (for some reason). She refuses it, but Toby says he’s not giving up. In a blow-up, Spencer yells about how Jenna is dating Garett, and she did not make it sound flattering.

Emily enters a sketchy green-house place, but instead of A, the other girls show up. As it turns out, they were setting a trap for A so that he/she  would come after Emily. They have a plan that involves fake evidence.

Caleb shows up and makes-out with Hanna in front of Lucas.

Toby asks Emily about Spencer, but she doesn’t say anything. He feels like everyone is shutting him out.

Aria is caught by Jackie, who threatens her when Ezra shows up (awkwardly). Ezra now knows why Aria broke up with him (because of Jackie, btw). Ezra wishes he had told Aria’s mother about them when he had the chance.

Caleb thanks Lucas for keeping an eye on Hanna. Caleb says he still feels like an outsider when he goes home to his real mother. He says he’ll stay in Rosewood until he finishes school. Lucas says it’s still okay for Caleb to stay at his place, but he’s acting weird.

Spencer and Emily have a fake fight about “the box” (evidence). Emily receives a text from A that says “see you tonight, bff”.

Ezra and Aria tell Aria’s parents about their relationship. They don’t take it well. They try to kick him out when Mike comes down and punches Ezra in the face. Ezra leaves.

Aria’s mom seems suspicious about where Aria got the idea to get involved with a teacher (her cheating dad, hint hint). Aria is sent to her room, which is bad considering she has to meet the girls and possibly A soon.

Ezra banishes Jackie, claiming that he won’t let her do anything to Aria.

Spencer and Hanna are getting ready to go when Toby shows up to confront Spencer and Hanna’s dad decides to come over. Toby feels like Spencer has replaced Alison’s bitch leader position. Hanna’s dad says that him and the new family are moving to Rosewood.

Emily shows up to the meeting place, alone.

Mike helps Aria sneak out.

Emily is face to face with A, threatening him/her with the box which supposedly has evidence in it. When Emily reveals that she is without evidence and that the whole thing was a trap, A flips sh#t and tries to take out Emily.

Fortunately, Spencer and Aria show up. Unfortunately, A distracts them and escapes. After running outside, A is hit by a car (Hanna’s) but continues to run away.

A escapes and Spencer is pissed. That is until she realizes that when Hanna hit A with her car, A’s cellphone fell on the ground.

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I’m gonna be honest, I was expecting a little more from this premiere. It wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t as intense I thought it would be. Then again, the finale of the last season was really intense and kind of hard to compete with XD

Forgetting Christmas

As we get older, I think we start to forgetting why we love christmas. I know that sounds incredibly cheesy, but hear me out. When you’re young, christmas is about getting presents and eating food. End of story. As we get older, christmas is about fighting hoards of people to acquire the most desirable gifts, struggling to pry open candy cane wrappers with our teeth, carefully organizing and re-organizing decorations and tree ornaments, and let’s not forget forcing open presents while posing for photos and watching you’re cat fight and twitch to get that carefully placed bow off of his tail.

Okay, that still sounds pretty awesome, but I’m sure there are still people who feel like they’ve forgotten how to enjoy christmas. To help those people, I’ve decided to create a list of things to do this holiday, even though christmas is technically over. Why am I doing this? Well, it certainly has nothing to do with what I got for christmas. I mean, it’s not like I got a laptop and am looking for an excuse to type on it or anything. Pshhhh, what are you even talking about? I’m doing this because I care about people! I’m not in a better and more christmas-y mood because I got a MacBook Pro or anything! GET OFF MY BACK!

Anyway…

1. Eat Food

Food is good and food will always be good. If you’re on holiday, visiting people, or chilling at home, EAT UNTIL YOU CAN NO LONGER STAND IT! I do believe it was Louis CK who said, “The meal is not over when I’m full, the meal is over when I hate myself!” 

Words to live by. When it’s christmas time, there is never a shortage of food. Ever. There’s something about eating food that makes you less cranky, especially when its good food, like pie and ham and a sh#t load of mashed potatoes. It’s really hard to be in a bad mood when you’re eating mashed potatoes.

2. Talk to People

Is it fun to sit in your room all day and play Skyrim? Yes, I’m sure it is, but if you really want to feel a little christmas-y, you should probably talk to people. Whether it’s family, friends, or hobos, talking to people about christmas or around christmas time can drastically improve your mood. I’m not saying you have to chat with the *shiver* in-laws all week, just don’t act too distant or you immediately become grinch-like.

3. Watch Holiday Specials

Do you hate cheesy holiday specials? Good, so do I. However, there are some people who enjoy the really cheesy ones, and I encourage those freaks people to indulge this time of year. For people like me who don’t like cheesy specials, find non-cheesy specials (usually on comedy channels) or watch something that’s not christmas-y at all, and yet still reminds you of christmas for some weird reason.

OR you could watch a marathon of some sort. I know for a fact that the Comedy Network is doing a Big Bang-athon, a Corner Gas-athon, and some leftover Celebrity Roasts this holiday season. I think there might be a South Park and a Simpsons marathon as well.

I don’t know if you people share my love of marathons, but they always feel very holiday-ish to me.

4. Watch a Holiday Movie

Again, some people hate cheesy holiday movies, and again, there are other solutions. For example, during the holiday season several movies are played often even though they have little to no christmas content. Just the other day I watched The Sound of Music. Well, part of it at least.

One of my favourite sort-of-but-not-really-christmas-movies is About a Boy. For those of you who have not seen this movie, it’s about a really rich bastard who does nothing for a living. His dad wrote a famous christmas carol a while back, so he just lives off of the royalties. Meanwhile, there’s this kid named Marcus who is kind of poor and lives with his suicidal and divorced mom. When Will (the rich bastard) tries to hook up with a sh#t load of single moms, he ends up meeting Marcus, and then (surprisingly) funny stuff happens.

Wow, what a descriptive summary. Seriously though, it’s really good. Probably in my top ten favourite movies of all time.

Like I said with the holiday TV shows, it doesn’t have to be related to christmas, it just has to make you feel like christmas.

5. Buy Stuff For People

One of the best things about christmas is receiving presents. Unfortunately, you can’t force people to buy you stuff, but you can buy stuff for people. Think of it this way, if you want a present and you give someone a present, in an alternate backwards dimension you are actually receiving a present since someone (yourself) got you one.

…It makes a hell lot more sense in my head.

Also, don’t be afraid to shop for yourself a little. There’s nothing wrong with buying something you really want like a new MacBook Pro when it’s christmas

Suddenly, christmas comics.

I swear to god, this is my family

Every damn time!

The future is bright

HOLY SH#T THIS IS MY CAT!

I'm sorry, but I had to include it!

Lemon Spice /Sing!/ Dream On

Okay, you know how WordPress gives you those annoying little prompts after you publish a post? Well, like I said, I find  a lot of those annoying, but occasionally I stumble onto one that I think is interesting, and I save it for future reference. I now give you three posts in one, all inspired by WordPress.

If you were a flavour, what would you be?

Something really powerful. As much as I would love to be one of my favourite flavours (grape and strawberry, or if scents are included, vanilla and lavender) I really don’t think that they’re  good indicators of my personality. I would probably be a lemon-y flavour, really strong and mind zapping. Actually, I could probably get away with calling myself cinnamon; also strong, but more universally pleasant, not as harsh.

Man, I’m kind of flattering myself here. Thinking objectively, someone who had a single conversation with me would while I’m in a very me-ish type of mood would probably describe me as mint-y; pleasant in some ways and a little overpowering in others…and questionable when paired with chocolate >_>. Someone who had a conversation with me when I wasn’t in a me-ish mood (ex. someone I’m not comfortable talking to) would probably call me spinach; mild, not good, but not bad.

Create a new law that will make the world a more fun place.

Under the  orders of me, myself and I, all citizens of the world have to sing a note or a series of notes in extremely emotional situations. As much as we lover hearing standard emotional noises such as “OW!”, “Gah”, and *gasp*, I think we as humans can better describe our emotions through musical notes rather than pointless gibberish.

That being said, the notes that are sung in emotional situations are permitted to lack lyrical content and simply be a musical noise created to sum up a situation or one’s feelings. If your created song does contain lyrics, keep them simple and clean. Unoriginal songs are also permitted. For example, if you receive a laptop for christmas and feel the need to sing a portion of ‘I’m Walking on Sunshine’, feel free to do so.

Emotional songs should not be longer than 30 seconds, because at that point you’re just annoying people.

The reason this new law is being put in place is because people have a natural need to express themselves, and if they must do so it might as well be a little fun

Do you usually remember your dreams?

Nope, and I’m happier that way.

Let me explain to you the inner workings of my brain.

When I’m dreaming, I’m working. When I’m dreaming, 1 out of 59 times will it be a beautiful and entertaining dream, the remaining 58 are dreams where I am either:

a) Being chased or terrified by spiders/werewolves/creepy people/lunatics/TV characters.

b) Working on some sort of huge, stressful school/company project that is usually late and/or done poorly.

So, as you can see, when I remember my dreams I wake up exhausted and stressed, and that’s just no fun.

Before you all flip out and call me insane for dreaming of this sh#t, let me remind you that these are only the dreams I remember. More than 80% of the time, I wake up with nothing, and I like it that way. If I wake up and I feel like I spent the past 8 hours doing absolutely nothing but resting in a comfy bed, I definitely feel more relaxed and well rested.

Let me explain to you how a normal person’s brain works (myself included).

When we sleep, are level of awareness is lowered, so we’re presumably less likely to remember what the hell was happening to us. We tend to remember dreams best if we wake up while they’re still occurring, so if you forget your dream immediately, it’s probably because you finished it. According to some guy named Hobson, people forget about 95% of their dreams.

Yeah, I’ve never been a huge dreamer. Ever. I’ve had some people who get really pissed off when they forget their dreams, and I guess I can understand how they want to remember their own little fantasy, but I don’t share their pissed off-ness.

TANGENT: I remember when I was younger I periodically had these dreams where waking up (in real life) was actually part of the dream! Those were annoying as f#ck! I could always kind of/sort of remember what happened in those dreams, but it was always fast and confusing, like I had taken cocaine in my sleep. I would hardly get any sleep because the dream would quickly force me awake. I would fall back asleep in a matter of seconds and continue the dream, but they were so horrible and confusing that I would spend an enormous amount of strength trying to stay awake.

Like I said before, I wake up exhausted when I dream.

My Early/Late Christmas Present

THE KILLERS ARE WORKING ON A NEW ALBUM, BITCHES!

Okay, just in case you need some context, the Killers are my favourite band in the history of ever. The reason; they aren’t any one style. They have songs that are meant for clubs, songs that are peppy, songs that are sad, songs that are f#cking intense, and even the occasional song that is hilarious.

A couple of years ago, they announced that they were “taking a break from music”. At first, I was sad, then I was optimistic and believed that they would eventually reunite. Then Brandon Flowers and Ronnie Vannucci released solo albums and I lost all hope for humanity  –_–

BUT I recently heard that they group is getting back together and working on a new album! According to Vannucci, it’s going to have a heavier sound than Day & Age, which I’m really looking forward to!

In a way, this is an early christmas present since I’m finding out about it now, but since I won’t have it for a year or so, it’s also my late christmas present (hence the title…just in case you were wondering).

Now I think it would be appropriate for us to listen to the greatest christmas song (with the greatest video) ever; “DON’T SHOOT ME SANTA”!!!

Oh, the happiness

Oreo Quiz (Killers Edition)

So, as promised, I am giving away my prized dessert Oreo to the person who answers this question (for those of you who are confused, I promised my high school friends that I’d have a little quiz so they could win some of my Oreos, which are really amazing).

Questions

1. List all ten songs on the album, Day & Age. (Worth two Oreos for incorrect order, three for correct order.)

2. Bonus: Name all four Killers albums and what year they were made. (Worth Oreos for six days if answered with the first question.)

3. Double Bonus: What’s my favourite song from Day & Age? (Worth Oreos for fifteen days if answered with the first question.)

Rules

1. Answers must be submitted through comment section.

2. The first one to answer the first question wins.

3. Yes, you can use Wikipedia.

4. If you don’t know me and still want to play, feel free. I can’t give you Oreos, but I’ll write a post about whatever you want me to AND you’ll get the satisfaction of beating my friends and making them miserable.

GO!

Debate Hate

“You don’t have to believe me
But the way I, way I see it
Next time you point a finger
I might have to bend it back
Or break it, break it off
Next time you point a finger
I’ll point you to the mirror.”

–Paramore (“Playing God”)*

So, as I’ve mentioned many times before, I got accepted into what is known as the “advanced” program a few years back. This program is meant to accept the most eager, wise, and classy students who wish to broaden their academic experience. Because we are a part of this program, we tend to have rather engaging class discussions and/or debates about various issues such as politics, war,  and climate change.

Every. Damn. Time.

Why are people so STUPID!

Honestly! I’m sick, and I mean sick of this crap!

You know what, it might even be okay if we ripped each other’s throats out during the actual discussion, and then forgot all about it later. But no!!!! We all (sometimes including me) have this strange and far too human desire to continue debating fighting over this crap between classes, during lunch, and at any other time that suits out fancy!

Why does this piss me off to such an extreme, you might ask? I have prepared a list of  (one) logical reason explaining why this drives me crazy.

1. Assigned sides/topics

“Okay class, today we are doing a debate on global warming and weather or not (pun absolutely intended) it’s man-made. You can either support that it is or support that it isn’t. Go.”

Sounds like a good idea, right? Supposedly, this way everyone can choose the side they wish to debate and it’s all good.

LOL no! Each side has to have an equal number of people, so a lot of people get stuck on the side they don’t want and have other people think that they chose it! Then we start fighting over stupid arguments followed by fighting over who started the stupid arguments (because apparently that matters)** and then we have the janitor come in and dispose of the dead bodies.

Then there are the less painful debates where you have to research and argue both sides of an issue and only find out which one you’re actually debating a few minutes before the debate. These haven’t been so bad in my experience, but who knows since I’ve only done one of them.

Somewhere in between these two lies the your-groups-are-assigned-as-well-as-your-topic debates. They’re not quite as ugly as the “lol, we are judging you based on your chosen group” debates, but we still have a tendency to argue them long after the final bell.

Dude, the teacher told me which side to take! These are not my actual opinions! Let it go!

You know what? Maybe it’s just me.

I mean this seriously; I personally find no enjoyment in fighting/debating for the sake of doing so, but for some people, I’m sure it’s a good stress reliever or a strange source of entertainment. If that’s the case and you happen to find another person who shares your love of debating, awesome. Just don’t debate and try to destroy everyone you see; chances are you’ll piss some off. (Plus, I don’t want you going around and debating people just because you know you’ll win. That’s just wrong and really annoying.)

When I really think about it, it’s not just school debates. Sometimes people in my class will have casual conversations about religion, and I really can’t stand it when anyone says something like, “This person is religious, therefore they are stupid.”

T__T

I’M PRETTY DAMN SURE BELIEF HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH INTELLIGENCE!

We see radicals and some examples of such people on TV and accept that as the norm. That really, really makes me want to punch a kitten.

Unlike the whole “debate if you feel like it” thing, I don’t think there’s any excuse for dissing someone’s religion, no matter what religion it is***. I once made the mistake of getting into a religious debate, and I’d probably compare it to getting wasted at a wild party; it was ugly and I sure as hell regretted it the next morning.

Well, I hope some of you found this either helpful, enlightening, or entertaining.

(Footnotes)

* DAMNIT! Two Paramore quotes with only a few posts in between…

** If anyone reads this and decides it’s a good idea to bring it up at school/in the comments, I will kill you. I am beyond sick of hearing about the utterly stupid debate.

*** To be more specific; it is never okay to insult someone’s religion, but if someone does, you have every right to defend yourself through words. Also, if your religion involves singling out a minority group (ex. Catholicism and gay marriage) try to keep your opinions to yourself (or change them), because no one wants to fight about that.

Suddenly, Death Note Posters

Sorry for the lack of posting, guys (school does that to me). Anyway, while I’m struggling to finish the 7 posts that I’m currently working on, please enjoy these Death Note posters that I found on the internet.

I promise, this will be my last DN post…for now XD

I just see a normal car crash---WAIT A MINUTE!

Stalkers: Now making anime

DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT!

Portal + Death Note. Your argument is invalid.

RIP Childhood

And yet, he couldn't beat a kid with who plays with dolls.

Really? I thought it was pretty effective...

...F#ck you!

??????????

Cheezburgers are SO last year.

I pity those of you who have not read The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases

O.O

 

50/50: Movie Review

“My body tells me, ‘no’
But I won’t quit
‘Cause I want more
‘Cause I want more”

–Young the Giant (“My Body”)

I just saw this movie over the weekend and found it incredibly interesting.

The film is about a young man named Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who discovers he has a rather serious tumor in his spine. With the help of his rather profane friend, Kyle (Seth Rogen) and his young, inexperienced therapist (Anna Kendrick) he tries his best to get through this horrible situation in a surprisingly comedic fashion.

The film itself forces you to adopt a whole different view on a cancer movie. In fact, this is basically a “cancer comedy”. The dialogue between Kyle and Adam is just priceless, and although some of the situations are incredibly morbid, some of them are freaking hilarious and some of them manage to combine both (I hate to say that I peed my pants laughing when a very stoned Adam started giggling when he saw a dead body, but…)

Gordon-Levitt’s acting was amazing. He’s got a very warm and inviting quality about him. He also has the rare and fantastic ability to create a laughable scene one moment and an intense, tear-jerking scene the next. Rogen’s character wasn’t responsible for as many emotional scenes, but he just nailed the comedy. His comedic timing was brilliant and his lines were ridiculously entertaining. At times, I felt that Kendrick was a little awkward in her scenes, but after watching more of the film I realized that she just had a really awkward character. Even so, it wasn’t a shining performance from her, but it wasn’t bad either.

Reiser and Rogen

The film was based on a true story about a man’s struggle with his disease. This man’s name is Will Reiser, author of the script for 50/50. Basically, it’s his own, slightly fictionalized account of what he actually went through a few years ago. Rogen (who was sort of playing a version of himself) urged Reiser to turn their experiences with the disease into a comedy. The result; this ridiculously amazing film.

I think the movie carries a really entertaining story that has the potential to help all of us realize that even when sh#t gets real, all of the crap that we’re feeling is somewhat psychosomatic. I’m not saying that everyone should just cheer up when it all goes to hell, I’m just saying that you should take a moment and think about where your story is going before you decide it’s all gone to hell.

A truly wonderful job all around. 5 out of 5 stars.

Cross-Country Curse

Believe it or not, my legs are the only thing keeping me from running O_O.

Let me explain. Last year, I joined my school’s cross-country running team. I wasn’t the best runner, but I wasn’t the worst.

I really enjoy the feeling of x-country because: A) You don’t need that much coordination (which is something that I don’t have). B) You have a lot of time to think about stuff when you’re on a half hour run. C) There’s no sitting on a bench and waiting to be put in. You’re always moving and you’re never waiting to be part of the action. D) After you get out of your post-run-death stage, you feel really accomplished and are able to sleep really well. E) MY SCHOOL HAS A KICK-ASS TEAM!!! We just won our seventh consecutive city meet, meaning we’re one win away from breaking the city record. We’re a pretty big school, so we have more runners/supporters than a lot of the other teams (we also cheer like maniacs before each group goes).

Anyway, last year when I joined the team, I skipped the first race since I didn’t think I was in good enough shape to run it. I believe I ran the second race, but by the time the third race came around my ankle started hurting.

A lot.

There were hills involved. Steep hills.

So, I went to my uber amazing coach, and she deduced that I had f#cked up my achilles tendon. As it turns out, something in my leg was messed up and it was causing my ankle to hurt like all hell. When my amazing coach was trying to see what was wrong with me, she kind of had to press on my calves to isolate the tendon.

When she pressed on the calf with the sore ankle: OH MY GOD!!!! THE DEVIL DOESN’T EVEN KNOW WHAT TORTURE IS! THIS IS THE MOST HORRIFIC THING I’VE EVER EXPERIENCED!!

When she pressed on the calf without the sore ankle: Oh, this isn’t so bad…

When she switched back to the calf with the sore ankle: DEAR GOD!!! WHY!!! T_T

So yeah, I had no intention of running the next few races. Because of this, I didn’t qualify to go to the city meet  T_T

This year had a promising start. I ran a race, I was working out, I was getting in shape, and I was ready.

Suddenly, OW!

A few hours before I ran my second race, my foot started hurting. A lot.

Naturally, I started icing it and babying it. After about a week of my foot being in intense agony, I went to my amazing coach. I do believe her exact words were; “If you run on this, you’re screwed.”

Oh, did I mention the bruising? What about the swelling? Yeah, it didn’t take an expert to tell me that my foot was f#cked up.

I went to the doctor’s the following week and got an x-ray. GUESS WHO HAD BEEN WALKING AROUND ON A BROKEN FOOT FOR TWO WEEKS!

XD XD XD   :’(   :’(   :’(   T_T   T_T   T_T   T_T   –__–

^ Story of my life.

So, now I have to wear this black thing on my foot until November. Woo.

Bet you can't guess which one is broken

Seriously, the cast is ridiculous. It’s kind of like; let’s put this thing together with velcro and then velcro on some straps that fasten with velcro. While we’re at it, let’s secure the foot with more velcro straps and put some velcro there just in case the other velcro isn’t velcro-y enough.

Good god, I hate velcro.

I hate it.

Sorry for the insane randomness of this post, but this blog is for me too, bitches.