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I Bring To You...

2010-03-09T19:58:00.001-07:00

The Tron Legacy trailer!

With music from non other than Daft Punk.

If Shakespeare Was An Angry, Rachel Madow Watching, Left-Winged, Democrat Who Hated The Tea Party

2010-03-01T18:28:00.002-07:00

The T-Bags
by Hector Mendoza

Full of ignorance and hate/
Full of God and faith/
Their faces drenched with hot and salty sweat/
Government involvement? They are not allowing it/
Pickets gulped with angry words and white paint/
Claiming President Obama is an evil saint/
The dry lawns of D.C. are filled with desperation/
With the ones that think the USA is turning into a Communist nation/
Let's not forget Socialist,/
A word guaranteed to get a party member pissed/
Palin supporters and Glenn Beck lovers/
All supported by the Republican halo that hovers/
Let me explain, if you would allow me/
They go by the name of the Tea Party/

It can be considered a sonnet. It has 14 lines.

Sex in the Seedy

2010-02-18T20:58:00.006-07:00

This past summer I got to watch a great food documentary titled Food, Inc. Like most food documentaries, it's going to show you the nitty gritty of food processing. But there was one part of the movie that intrigued me the most, copyrighted soybeans. Yeah! You read it right! Copyrighted Soybeans. The fascination led me to do some research on the internet. (By the way, that's how most of my internet adventures begin.) While researching I came across these graphs. What the graphs basically show is what company owns what seed.

This one just explains the connections between private brands.

Amazing right? If you would like to see the bigger illustrations just go to this website: https://www.msu.edu/~howardp/organicindustry.html

And to close off, here's a song dedicated to Alex Molina.

Sneak Peek

2010-02-17T20:32:00.002-07:00

Here's the story that VOICES Inc. is going to help me publish. I finished it today.

Home-Cooked Gourmet
By Hector Mendoza

Fine dining. Two words that I have grunted at for most of my life. I thought that only rich, snobby people and cool college graduates went to “fine dining” restaurants. I never fit into any of those categories, so just the simple fact that fine dining has never been accessible to me gave me a reason to dislike it. But I have always loved food, and have always believed that eating fine food shouldn’t mean compromising my eating beliefs: in delicious, satisfying, home cooked meals.

It seems like I’m always hearing chefs on the Food Network say, “My mom used to make this” or “This is my mother’s secret recipe.” So I set out on an experiment to see if I could find any stereotypical “fine dining” chefs in Tucson who also believe that quality doesn’t have to mean giving up your roots.

Recently, I drove to Jax Kitchen to talk to the owner, Brian Metzger, and the chef, Casey McQueen. I was curious: could it true that fine dining can be connected to our mothers’ home-cooked meals?

When I walked in the front door at Jax Kitchen, I immediately spotted Brian juggling orders and polishing glasses behind the bar. Funny, it was an hour before dinnertime and the restaurant was already running at 100 miles per hour. I introduced myself as a young journalist who’s interested in fine dining but who has never met a chef.

I followed Brian into the kitchen where I asked Chef Casey how he expects costumers to react when they dig in into their first bite of food. According to Casey, sometimes things that are simple can intrigue customers the most—dishes that customers are the most familiar seem to be the most enjoyable. “I’ve had applesauce a thousand times, but how do they do this?” Casey mimicked to me. This made sense: when I eat something I’m comfortable with, I’m more able to critique it. Before I went to Jax Kitchen, I didn’t expect that I could stay in my comfort zone and experience something amazing. In Jax Kitchen’s dining room, there was no “oh, it looks so pretty!” Casey doesn’t want customers to remark on the elegance of the applesauce, he wants them to simply taste it. “It’s not rocket science,” Casey says with a smirk.

Brian explains the mission of Jax Kitchen as a place where people can be themselves. “Come dressed as if you’re going to a part at our house,” he says. Thinking back, I was probably a little over-dressed in my tucked-in button-up shirt and slacks. Brian stresses the fact that there is a sense of togetherness in the restaurant, almost as if it were simply a family dinner.

From now on, I’m looking forward to just enjoying any “fine” food I get to eat, rather than worry about how much it cost or feeling guilty about the time it takes to appreciate it. For example, in my family we get to decide wherever we want to go eat for our birthdays. We don’t do presents, we simply get dressed and do what we love, which for us, is eat. For my next birthday, as I await my fancy smoked gouda macaroni and cheese, I’m going to know that I already have everything it requires to appreciate fine dining.
____________________________________

Reading the newspaper with my dad when I was little seemed to pay off. I can consider myself an amateur journalist.

Wu-Tang Clan x The Beatles

2010-01-30T10:55:00.002-07:00

Many of you know I am the last on person on earth who listens to The Beatles. I have always had this strong hate towards the bowl cut British boys. But, recently a producer by the name of Tom Caruana got a bunch of Wu-Tang Clan (one of my all time favorite hip-hop groups) acapellas and put them over beats consisting of only The Beatles's samples. As they say, "The best from both worlds collided." With only some exceptions, some of the samples are covers of The Beatles song. For example, "Forget Me Not" consists of a sample of a Reggae cover off The Beatles's song "You Won't See Me". As much as I hate The Beatles, I have to say, they do make great candidates for samples. And although this album is being only seen as a mixtape it is making itself known like an album, kind of like when DJ Dangermouse's got Jay-Z's acapellas off "The Black Album" and made "The Grey Album". If you have not heard "The Grey Album" consult with me, it is also amazing, and I will get a copy for you. Due to legal issue, the album is also for free! Go to this website, sign up, download, and enjoy.

http://www.teasearecords.net/wuvsbeatles.cfm

Thanks to Ben Truman for telling me about the album.

Got you interested? Here is the website to the Zinburger joint I've been recently telling you guys about. They got beat out by Lindy's this year for "Best Burger in Tucson". But they have won the last two years.

http://www.foxrc.com/zinburger.html

Aha! I Finally Have A Dream!

2010-01-25T00:13:00.002-07:00

This Friday the 22nd was Conan O'Brien's last episode on the Tonight Show. If you keep up with the news you may know why. If you do not, blame it on the evil chin. Towards the ending, before the epic performance of "Free Bird" with Will Ferrell, Conan said a few final words of seriousness. Here's the video:

During the 4 or so minutes of his speech I felt like I was any other viewer. But as he started to get emotional when he was explaining his appreciation to all the support we the viewers have given him, that is when I started listening to his words in a different perspective. I did not know me staying up late on school nights to watch the show, joining a facebook group called "I'm with Coco", and swaring off Jay Leno for the rest of my life could mean so much. Towards the end of the 4 minutes I really took his words seriously. My mom always told me cynicism was not a good quality to have. I saw that she was not the only one to think the same way.
When the show was over and The Jimmy Fallon Show (a person I have very mixed feelings about) started I got online and did some research on Conan. I have always known he was a screen writer for Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons but I never knew at what extend. Turns out the he has written some of my most favorite episodes of The Simpsons, including "Marge and the Monorail". I started thinking to myself. Who has been there for me all of my young years? No, not Conan O'Brien. Television! Television Shows! The Simpsons, That 70's Show, Friends, Arrested Development, The Office, Family Guy, Futurama, King of the Hill, South Park, and many more. I have spent more time watching t.v. than I have interacted with humans. A television screenwriter, such as Conan, does a lot of, you guessed it, writing! I like writing! While researching a lot of famous screenwriters (i.e.- BJ Novak and Simon Rich) I saw that they always seemed to major in something around English or Literature. I want to major in something in English or Literature! Since I was young I have always loved to tell funny stories and as a high schooler I love to re-enact dramatic moments in movies and quote my favorite television shows.
Ladies and gents, my dream from now on is to be a television screenwriter!
But not before my dream of singing next to Lionel Richie one day.

To sign off, I give to you an article off the Harvard Lampoon Mr. Conan O'Brien wrote in 1985:

The Naked and the Well Read

When the order came to take Hill 19 the Sergeant ground his cigar stub into the fine white sand of Tojaida Island and bared his corn-yellow teeth. “Not that it’s ours to take,” he said, rubbing his thick, calloused hand over the stubble of his square jaw. “You mugs understand we have no property right in the hill, or any moral claim to the area it encompasses.” He shifted his packed, hard body and spat into an overturn C-ration can.

“But is it correct, from an ethical standpoint, to allow physical force to be the deciding factor in disagreements between nations? What would Thoreau say?” It was Dough-Boy, the freckle-faced infantryman with the crooked, midwestern smile and innocent grey eyes that blinked whenever you poured pencil-shavings in them.

“Difficult to say,” the Sergeant replied, pulling a cigar stub from its wrapper. “Kant would subscribe to the deontological theory of moral imperatives.”

“Check!” interrupted Grease-Monkey, the cherub-faced mechanic and former professor of Linguistics at Cornell. “He’d want us to examine our motives in a neutral environment, not the biased circumstances of war.”

Bull, resting his muscle-bloated body on a rusted oil drum, had been shoved to the breaking point. His broad, featureless face exploded in fury as he jumped to his feet. “Talk, talk, talk … all we do is talk. Me want to clobber the enemy, not talk!” As he worked his massive mandibles the others rolled their eyes.

“Reminds me a little of Benjy, the simple-minded Christ figure in Faulkner’s The Sound and Fury,” muttered Stir-Fry, the platoon chef.

“Philistine,” said Germ-Jockey, the seasoned medic.

“Leave ‘im alone,” ordered the Sergeant. There was a long, embarrassed silence as the rage melted from Bull’s boulder-like head. “Hey, like … like me sorry me got mad,” he grumbled, like a friendly grizzly bear endowed with the miracle of human speech. “It’s just dat I didn’t do the readin’ this week.”

The platoon burst into gentle laughter as the Sergeant gave Bull a manly but affectionate kick in the head. “Hell, that all? Jesus, Bull, you can catch up. It’s only eighty pages of Flaubert and we’ll help you with the French.” The Sergeant’s words stretched a broad, moronic smile across Bull’s acre-wide face and helped the platoon temporarily forget the horrors of jungle war.

“Alright … alright,” shouted the Sergeant, shouldering his book bag, “load up and remember … no shooting. We have a moral obligation to preserve all life, regardless of the demands placed on us by an arbitrary government.”

“Even if they shoot at us first, Sarge?” asked Slim-Jim, the munitions expert and beef jerky magnate, as he unloaded his rifle. “I mean, some interpret Ghandi’s later writings as …” The Sergeant interrupted his discourse with a powerful right to the solar plexus. “I’m not takin’ any revisionist up the hill with me,” he added, turning his back on Slim-Jim’s wheezing form, “so you can sit here and stew while we’re gone.”

At the call to “fall out,” the small platoon lined up and began its rigorous but sensitive trek through the dense jungle.

-Conan O'Brien '85

Beatiful Day In Music

2010-01-13T19:07:00.002-07:00

I got to listen to Radiohead's discography and Sade released her video for "Soldier of Love" today. Check it out for yourself:

And to top it off, she is planning a tour for 2010! Now that is what I call good. Now (in an old Romantic Era English accent) I shall publish and go on with Pride and Prejudice. Pleasure.

Ivy League Material?

2010-01-09T17:15:00.002-07:00

Today's start was unusual for my Saturday mornings. Usually, I sleep in and delight myself to a nice serving of cereal. This morning I woke up, got dressed, and headed to Herff Jones grad supply store to get my cap and gown (Which I was suppose to order a long time ago). There was maybe a good 5 parties in the little store. I noticed I was not the only one just getting the cap and gown. But there was one party in particular that was sure taking a long time. Listening to their business (it is not wrong when it is for research) I saw that they were ordering their daughter everything! From the class pen, to the class ring, to 150 invitations! They were the only un-minority party in the store. The case made me think about how important America takes education. Mainly the ethnicity with the highest population (I do not want to name any ethnic names). I have heard of cases of saving up to $50,000 for each child of the family for college tuition. Of course I have heard this from the people that employ my dad, un-minorities. Today I found out my families tax report for 2008 was only $19,000. For them the question is not if you are going to college, it is what college your going to. For me, a life of education simply seems right. When I asked my parents today if I we have $10,000 so I can attend a Summer English Program at Harvard they simply said, "We do not have the money." Luckily, Harvard does have financial aid for the summer program but when my parents first told me it did not seem like much. When I went back into my room I realized how much you can be restrained because of money, or simply in what position you take in the social hierarchy. My dad is blue collar/working class man that has to break a sweat or two to bring home the pork and my mom is unemployed. I go to a school that gets replies with a face of discuss when someone says its name. I come from a side of town that has been voted a couple times as one of the most dangerous areas in America. Boo f*****g Hoo. I am not even letting that restrict me and I got the brains but I still can not attend a summer program at Harvard. I guess I am not Ivy League material. But do not get me wrong, I am still going to try to apply. Leaving the store me and my dad headed to Jerry Bobs on Broadway. Instead of cereal I had eggs, ham, and biscuits with gravy for breakfast on a Saturday. The man sitting next to us was reading a book while eating his breakfast. My dad asked me why people take their time to read a book when there so many other things to do. Unusual for him to say that because my dad is an avid reader (the newspaper and the bible mainly). I explained to him that in coffee houses and cafes it is excepted to read a book or stay for a good couple of hours and ,of course, that it is always nice to read a book every once in a while. That lead to him asking me why I want to study English. I explained myself. He rebutted by saying I would not make any money. I explained myself. He still did not get me. I guess in order to be Ivy League Material I am going to take it into my own hands, like everything in life. Only if I was asian, rich, or lives in the suburbs of Connecticut with a Ivy League alumni father that is a lawyer. I will maybe be a douchbag, but only if.

No Such Thing As 5 out of 5 in the 21st Century

2010-01-06T21:24:00.002-07:00

Or ever in my case...

I discussed inner conflicts in my other blog "The Conscience of the Devil(?)". In my head, I was having a debate if whether I should eat a donut. The little angel was saying "No, don't eat it" and the devil was saying "Yes, eat it". If I should eat the donut or not is the inner conflict that was going on. Well, to relate to the topic of the title I am going to discuss the inner conflicts between ones artistic side and ones logical side. Let's make this a scenario. I am 24 years old living in New York. Going to school and majoring in Economics by day, inspiring musician by night. A friend, an artist, invites me to his art gallery's opening. Without thinking about it I agree on going. He informs me that he will be displaying a rare sculpture by Rowland Ward of "Sally" the Chimpanzee estimated to be worth around $90,000. Here is a picture of it.

I go to my shaggy apartment, put on a clean shirt, and make way to the art gallery. Upon arriving I see there is an open espresso bar. I am liking it already. My friend spots me and gives me a brochure of the art that is displayed. I am fascinated by the art by I just could not stop thinking about the utility and fix costs that my friend is having to pay for the location. Ignoring the thought I start walking around and noticing the displays. A little bit of abstract art here and there by college students, vulnerable marble sculptures on every corner, and a bit of sheekness with the wood floors. I notice people noticing a certain display. "It must be the chimpanzee sculpture" I tell myself. I go and take a look for myself. At first view my artistic side got first impressions. The care and precision that must have gone on in creating the sculpture could have only been done by the most creative hand. The rustic colors complemented the serenity and peacefulness that the sculpture gives. As soon as I knew it, my logical/anal side bumps in. The sculpture seems to be made of plaster. Being that it is not made of marble or some sort of stone its value must have gone down. And by the way, isn't this an art gallery? It did not say anywhere in the brochure "Sculpture Gallery" If I wanted to look at sculptures I could have just gone to the museum. I snap out of it and go home early, mainly because I wanted to make it in time for The Late Show with Conan O'Brien.

Personally, I have been going through this struggle for some time. The artistic side finding wrong in nothing while the logical/anal side criticizes everything. When it comes to reviewing a song, album, movie, t.v. show, restaurant, etc there is no such thing to a 5/5, 100/100, 5 Star, 2 Thumbs Up, etc. Even though you do see them around they are not true. Like in life, there is always something wrong with the factor. For example, I absolutely love The Office (as much of you already know). But there are times where the certain episode seems to be going very slow for me. Another example, I consider Daft Punk's Discovery one of my all time favorite albums. But there are still a couple of tracks I have skipped since I first listened to it. You can make something to be 5/5 but I promise you will find something wrong with it. To the littlest molecule. That is just life. But I do not really mind it. Conflicting between two opposite things makes ones self a more open-minded person. There is nothing wrong with that.

TV Show of the Year

2010-01-04T20:42:00.000-07:00

You guessed it and you are right. The Office.

2009 gave us season 5 and half of season 6. Season 5 gave us the episode Time magazine named #1 for 2009, "Stress Relief". It was also the episode that came after the Super Bowl. If you do not remember it I suggest you look for it online. And season 6 gave us Jim and Pam's long awaited wedding. I may have cried on this episode, I do not remember. Here are some pictures.

It was an episode that proved the simpleness that love and weddings are based on.

Worthy Contenders-
Any food/travel shows on the Food Channel or Travel Channel

Duds-
The Cleavland Show
At first I thought there was hope and then...there was no hope at all.

Drink of the Year

2010-01-04T20:17:00.000-07:00

Iced Coffee

No. Not a Caramel Frappuccino. (Quick fact. Did you know Starbucks has actually trademarked the term "Frappuccino". That is why when you go to your local cafe the "Frappuccino" looking drinks are usually called shakes or icees, not "Frappuccino".) Not a Caffé Latte. And no, not a white chocolate mocha latte with soy milk and extra foam. (Although I do treat myself to a cup once in a while.) Just a plain o' cup of iced coffee. For my preference I always add three packets of Splenda with 1/8th of the cup amount of Half & Half. Always comes out just right, just like the picture on top. During my time at VOICES Inc. (http://www.voicesinc.org/) the fuel that the Splenda filled iced coffee gave became a need. But then again, that is what coffee is meant to do. Fuel ya' up.

And since we are on the subject of coffee, here is a nice diagram to help you out of your next coffee purchase.

Guilty Pleasure of the Year

2010-01-04T20:05:00.000-07:00

2 for ¢99 Tacos from Jack In The Box

Even though the ground beef is a mysterious orange and the lettuce always resembles my grandmas hair, you cannot put this tacos aside (Well, at least I can't). That is why 2 for ¢99 Tacos from Jack In The Box are my guilty pleasures of the year.

Movie of the Year

2010-01-01T14:28:00.000-07:00

Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds

Yes, I may be showing a little bias from choosing a movie from one of my favorite film director/producer/screenwriter of all time but it is seriously a great movie. From the obscure dialogue to the seeing Hitler get his face shot to pieces, it just calls for an almost perfect movie. But this movie reminds me more of the day I watched it than swastika covered Luftwaffe's. It was a rainy August afternoon when Chivo (Luis) and I made our way into the o' so cliché Harkins Theatre. The showing that we choose was booked and we were pretty lucky to find some seats. Upon waiting for the previews, not the movie, to start a couple more friends arrived. Now it was an event. Going through the previews and giving my opinion if the upcoming movie sucked or not, I could not wait to see the first glimpse of Tarantino's selection of font for his opening credits. Even though I already gave away the fact that Hitler got his face shot to pieces I do not like to be Mr. Spoiler Alert. Great actors, great acting, Brad Pitt, Tarantino's dark humor, Jews vs. Nazi's, guns, fire, great music, and the simple fact that it is Tarantino's first movie in almost 5 years but was still able to deliver a great performance made me give this movie a 4.8/5. There is no such thing as a 5/5 in the 21st century (I will discuss this in a later blog). Coming out of the theatre, the wet and dark Arizona night that anyone who is familiar with can be called an Arizonan reminded that I now have the ability to consider such great films part of my "teenage years".

Movies That Made My Decision Difficult-
Away We Go(Amazing movie. A good 2nd place.)
Up
Public Enemies
Julie & Julia
Food Inc.
The Hangover
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Movies That Made My Decision Easy-
New Moon
Even though I did not watch it, and I have not seen Twilight either, I already know I would blogged about how I wasted $8 to fund crap and how horrible it was.

Flavor of the Year

2010-01-01T14:16:00.000-07:00

Chipotle!
And no, not the burrito joint.

Chipotle is basically a smoke dried jalapeño that is used primarily in Southwestern and Mexican dishes. You can get them dried, pickled, or canned in a vinegary adobo sauce (my favorite). From putting chunks of the adobo sauce covered chipotle into my tortilla soup or asking the Subway lady to put an "extra amount" of their Chipotle Southwest sauce in my sandwich or getting a Chipotle Wrap at Paradise Bakery chipotle always fulfills my savory and spicy needs.

Album of the Year

2010-01-01T11:32:00.000-07:00

These next blog post's are dedicated to all my favorite things involving the year 2009. From albums to movies everything may vary. I am doing it on the first day of 2010, happy new years to all by the way, because 2009 is not finish until December 31, 2009 at 12:59:59AM. I could not do it last night because I could not help watch Kathy Griffin and Anderson Copper countdown on CNN (Big fan of both). So let's start with album of the year.

Album of the Year-

Phoenix has gain a lot of popularity with their newest album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix during the last quarter of the year, mainly because of their synth bass heavy hit single "1901". Funny story though, the album was released May 25, 2009. Shouldn't it have been a popular album during the summer? For hardcore Phoenix fans and Daft Punk fans who go crazy over Daft Punk affiliations (such as myself) it was. During the time I had this album on heavy rotation I was attending a summer institute at the U of A. Let me tell you something, there is nothing better than starting your day with the melodic dynamics of "Lisztomania". While reading an article I found out that the vocals of the band, Thomas Mars, was reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (one of my all time favorite novels) for the first time when he was writing the lyrics to this song. After listening to it closely a good hundred times I can argue that there are some allusion to the novel. To follow up, there's nothing better than to hear the guitar from "Lisztomania" but complemented this time with an aggressive synth bass in the song "1901". Talk about a smooth move. Not only is the element of dynamics there but the lyrics are just amazing. "Girlfriend oh your girlfriend is drifting away/ Past and present 1855-1901", beautiful. "Fences" does a great job of mixing disco, folk, and indie music. Fans of pitchfork.com, you cannot go wrong with that song. "Love Like A Sunset Pt. I and II" I usually skip if I am on the move or washing the dishes. The song takes a cinematic theme, mainly consisting of build ups and loops that drift you away to outer space. With me, I only listen to it when I have a good handful of hours to myself. "Lasso" is one of the first songs I heard from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. This is the type of song that gets you singing the chorus loudly, even when you are not by yourself. "Rome" seems corny at first but 29 seconds into the song Thomas Mars's vocals assure you that it is not. The New Wave inspired guitar riffs and the dynamics that are recognizable from "Lisztomania" top off the assurance. "Countdown" is, in my opinion, the best example of odd drum patterns producer Philippe Zdar ,again in my opinion, intended for. It is also the only song I usually skip. "Girlfriend" is one of my favorite songs in the album. Even though it losses its meaning when the closest thing to girlfriend is that girl you dream of endlessly when your looking at her myspace pictures it precisely carries the same musical elements from "Lisztomania" and "Rome". Also, this is another song that has one of those choruses, but puberty does not let me keep up with parts of it. "Armistice" starts with a Mission Impossible feeling. When the drums hit it reminds you again that it is an indie album. The high but consistent energy that this song has makes it a perfect song to end the album of the year for 2009, that surprisingly consisted of only 9 songs. Unusual for today's albums. Next, I am just waiting to see them live.

Albums That Made The Decision Difficult-
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II
Brother Ali - Us
Mayer Hawthorne - A Strange Arrangement
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

Albums That Made The Decision Fairly Easy-
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day
Asher Roth - Asleep In The Bread Aisle
Basically, every mainstream hip-hop album. Yes, even The Blueprint 3.

The O'Reilly Factor: Chippendale Edition (With Guests)

2009-12-23T15:39:00.001-07:00

I hope this makes it to the Daily Show.

Stinky Living Room

2009-12-22T16:57:00.001-07:00

On Saturday I attended a local hip-hop "show". Show is quoted because how can a show be a show if the acts only performed for about 10-15 minutes? There were four acts, 4 x 15 = exactly 60 mins, for $5 dollars. Okay, that averages about $0.08 per minute. Shows at the Rialto usually go for $25 and last a good 4 hours and a half. That averages out $0.09 per minute. It's about the same. But how are you going to compare the local acts to Wu-Tang Clan, Atmosphere, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and etc. So I guess my complaint is not the performance, like I said "local acts", it is the goddamn $5 I had to spend for bad sound quality and songs I could have heard on myspace. Like Ricardo said, "I wish there was a home or back button in these situations."

And now for some real MPC 2000 use:
Damu the Fudgemunk - "Prosper" (Live)

Shall we keep the fail vibe going? Why not! These are the top 10 fails of 2009.

Hilarious. Well, since school is not for another 2 or so weeks I guess I will be blogging some more. See ya'll next time.

A Daily Pie Diet

2009-12-15T22:24:00.000-07:00

Must not be good. But it's so good. Good, good, good.

Japanese DJ's are simply to cool for school.

Do any you guys remember the big craze I had over Menahan Street Band last year? Well, check out The Budos Band:

Brotha, if you cant handle the funk and soul then go dig yourself a hole.

Update

2009-12-14T21:19:00.001-07:00

Still downloading too much music, eating too much food, and surfing the Internet way too much. And I got an A on Mrs. Cranes research paper. This pass weekend I caught up on sleep (which I loss during Mrs. Cranes research paper), watched t.v., and made a beat.

Black Stamps.mp3

Also, three of my good friends have blogs:

Gilbert- http://mindless-genius.blogspot.com

Esau- http://bigeasys.blogspot.com

And recently
Frank- http://famous-frank.blogspot.com

Chem em' out.

Now, for closure. On Gilbert's blog there are some videos of moi. I just want to say all those acts are practice for the day I work as a cast member on SNL. So, it's not that embarrassing...ok, it is to a point...

Sade - Soldier of Love

2009-12-08T22:31:00.000-07:00

If you know me very, very well you will know that I am one of Sade's biggest fans. When I read online a few months ago that she was coming out with a new album on February I almost feel of my computer chair. Here is her single:

Listening to this single is giving me an idea on the direction Sade is going to go with this album. To be honest, I am kind of disappointed she is keeping the same computerized way of production she went with in Lovers Rock. I was kind of hoping for a revival of her Diamond Life/Promise years. But then again, the album does not come out till next year. I still get to anticipate.

The Conscience, of the Devil(?)

2009-11-15T22:20:00.000-07:00

While strolling on myspace today I found this "quote" (note that I quoted quote) by some girl and it read this:
"To recover broken ground is like looking for a conscience in the devil"

Just to note, this person did not get this quote from a famous author or philosopher or politician or Chuck Norris. She quoted herself. By doing so, she already gives this quote no credibility at all. Now lets get to the good part. From what I know and where I've gotten all my knowledge from (books, textbooks, movies, music, magazines, t.v. shows, Internet, and etc) the devil does have a conscience. Have any of you all seen this famous picture?

This is the picture I get in my mind when I'm deciding if I should eat the last Chocolate Glazed Donut. From there, a debate starts.
Angel: "Don't do it Hector. Remember you couldn't fit into those brand new jeans you bought the other day?"

Devil: "Ahh, don't listen to him. Eat it. Who cares. You walk around all day! You'll burn it off by 3rd period."

Angel: "That is not true! Studies and statistics have shows that in order to burn a 10oz donut you have to run 3 miles! That donut looks like a good 20oz's."

Devil: "Studies my butt! Haven't you heard that Mark Twain's quote on statistics?"

Angel: "No."

Devil: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." -Mark Twain

Angel: "I didn't know he said that."

Devil: "Yup."

Angel: "Well I'll be damned... Metaphorically speaking of course! Not like be damned to hell or something."

Devil: "Well, it kind of figures."

Angel: "What do you mean?"

Devil: "You are and Angel. You probably went to some super religious school that burned books and stuff."

Okay, were getting of track. Anyways. We all have experienced this inner conflict that goes on in your conscience once in our life's. Usually, it's good and evil that are butting heads. And like we just saw, it is usually portrayed with an Angel and the Devil. (Because we all know everything portrayed as evil immediately gets either a Hitler mustache or named the Devil) Everyone in this universe has some sort of evil in them, some have the ability to express it in an easier manner. Our evil lives in our mind and most profoundly in our conscience. The Devil, the evil in all of us, does indeed have a conscience. But unlike our human conscience his conscience consists of only evil. Giving the Devil the ability to express and practice his conscience through each and every one of us.

Girl on myspace, you've been blogged. And I hope she never reads this either, which will most likel be the case.

The Count of Monte Cristo (The Sandwich)

2009-11-09T19:54:00.000-07:00

We meet on Facebook and we later Skyped with each other, now it was time for me to invite her over for dinner. Her name was Clarissa. I know that she has a cat named Charlie, was born in Chicago, is getting her graduate degree in biology at the UofA, and is a fan of Jimmy John's sandwiches. (I got all of this information of her facebook page.) "Sandwiches..." I thought to myself. "I'll make her a Monte Cristo!" Each ingredient that goes into the Monte Cristo can represent something out of our future love life. The bread would represent the warmth and comfort that we will have with each other, the ham would be the flesh of our love, the chess is the cheesy jokes and games we'll play on each other, the eggs are the children that we would someday have, the milk would be the breast milk she is going to feed to our kids, the oregano will be our hot and spicy sex life, and the butter would represent our ability to slip away but yet stay combined, since butter is slippery and it brings the whole dish together. When she came over at 7:30PM, like we agreed, everything was running like I planned. The Peter Bjorn and John (her favorite band, also got that info of her facebook) was playing smoothly and the $5 wine tasted pretty good for being $5, but then again...what do I know about wine. As I began to prepare the dinner I started telling her about my ingredient analogies. She left after the ham one.

And if you would like to know what a Monte Cristo looks like:

It's basically a ham and cheese sandwich but the bread is cooked in a way that it resembles French Toast. Pretty tasty if you ask me.

On another subject. Have you ever felt in love with a song that's in a foreign language. I find myself doing that a lot recently, especially with a song named "Dancer" by Tatsuro Yamashita. I know that Japanese rock has become popular here in American but what about Japanese funk! Check it out for yourself.

That's it for today. Now, off to the study books! (Textbooks...)

So, I've Realized...

2009-11-08T23:03:00.000-07:00

How detached I've become with mainstream music. In today's society, if you're in the ages between 14-25, you base who you are with what you listen to. It's kind of like that quote, "You are what you eat". As I meet more and more people of that age group I've also noticed that 9 out of 10 of them are going to tell me music is their life. 8 out of 10 of them can name you the most popular song on the radio within 5 seconds, even if it's played backwards. I can't do that. I guess that is why I don't get invited to social events.

Anyways. To celebrate, let's talk about a non-commercial album that has come out recently.

A Brazilian inspired album with guests such as Slug (from Atmosphere), Brother Ali, Murs, Blueprint, Raekwon, Scarface, Phonte (of Little Brother), and many more. What more can you ask for? The album opens with a skit that keeps going through the whole album, almost giving it a little theme, then followed with "Gititit" (all one word) featuring Brother Ali and Slug. It's a very party-full song with a lot of energy but still keeping it's musical elements, I can see why Bk-One put it as the second track. "The True & Living" featuring Raekwon and I Self Devine is first opened with the interlude "Caetano Veloso" which has a big-band feel to it. The climax of the interlude drops going into "The True & Living" making it truly a work of art. "Tema Do Canibal" featuring The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble is a instrumental song featuring, as we can already tell, a real brass section and no samples. It's always delightful to find a song of such nature in a Hip-Hop album. "Philly Boy" featuring Black Thought (of The Roots) is definitely my favorite track on this album. The lyrical essence is met because non-other than Black Thought is in charge, but; the musical essence is most definitely at the pulp of greatness. The sample that it has going on is going to be a sample I'm going to be looking for, for ages. It's just delightful. "Blue Balls" featuring Blueprint is a song a Blueprint/Soul Position fans, such as myself, will greatly enjoy. Overall, in my mind this album is categorized under the "A Breath of Fresh Air" mental file. No 808's, no AutoTone, no silly melodies, just real hip-hop.
4.5/5

"Gititit" feat. Brother Ali and Slug

"Philly Boy" feat. Black Thought

Recently, I've been trolling around the world famous collegehumor.com. I got to say, they have some awfully funny stuff in there. Such as the "Social Hierarchy Org Charts Through The Years":

The funniest things in life are true, this is the most funniest chart I've ever seen in my life.

This has been the first blog in a long time and it has helped me realize why I use to like blogging - because it's something to do.

Take care everyone.

The Onion Gets Me. And Always Will.

2009-09-20T23:37:00.000-07:00

Newly Discovered Recordings Reveal Beatles Actually Terrible Group
August 19, 2009 | Issue 45•34

LONDON—Just days after the discovery of several previously unreleased Beatles recordings in the attic of Abbey Road Studios, fans and critics across the globe have renounced their enthusiasm for the rock and roll band that was once revered by millions. "This unfortunate find has forced music historians to completely reassess the talents of John, Paul, George, and Ringo," said Beatles scholar Mark Lewisohn, who has dated the tapes to early 1968. "These songs are awful. That one sax solo alone has utterly negated the genius of Magical Mystery Tour and Rubber Soul combined. Certainly this missing link goes a long way toward explaining their solo careers." In reaction to the discovery, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys has shown dramatic signs of improved mental health.

On the day that I vanish from this earth I am going to buy every rare Beatles album out there and give them to my children to use as cup holsters.

And BTW, Season 6 of The Office started this Thursday. It sarted with a good episode which gives me high hopes for the rest of the season. Here is the opening:
Parkour!

Summer in Paris

2009-09-15T19:58:00.000-07:00

What a sheek place to be.

Happy Birthday!

2009-09-02T19:58:00.000-07:00

To the Internet!!!
Today marks the 40th birthday of one of the most vital factors of todays world, the Internet. Imagine a world with out e-mail, myspace, facebook, twitter, youtube, google map, hulu, ebay, and blogs?!?!?! I don't even want to think about it to be serious. Here's a video on how a professor (Leonard Kleinrock), who we have to be very thankful of, at UCLA sent the first bits of data to another from one computer to another.

So the other day I was reading about Miles Davis and John Coltranes relationship with each other. And if you are either Miles fan or a Coltrane fan or a fan of both you may know what I am talking about. Miles and Coltrane appeared on a handful of albums together, most notably Miles's Kind of Blue. So before starting a recording session Coltrane kept complaining to Miles Davis that he doesn't know when to end or how stop a solo. Miles Davis briefly responded by saying "Why don't you try taking the m*****f***** out of your mouth."
Here's a video of Miles Davis and John Coltrane playing "So What" in 1958:

If you come up to me and ask me what I am going to do this weekend this is what I will most likely respond with. First, homework. Second, I am going to be attending the 3rd Annual Hotel Congress Record Fest presented by HocoFest 2009. Whats better than a room full of rare and collectible records? Two rooms of rare collectible records. (Haha...) Anyways, it's going to be this Saturday September 5th from 9:00am-3:00pm and it is going to be inside the Club Congress (311 East Congress Street Tucson, AZ 85701) If you are an avid record collector/digger, like to see crazy art work, or just have nothing to do from 9am-3pm on Saturday meet me there.

Any fans of Ben & Jerry's ice cream?
Who isn't.
I am pretty sure we all agree that the people at Ben & Jerry's are very liberal. I mean come on - hippie themes, the creators being hippies, and the name itself has a hippie feel to it. Due to that liberalism and the recent enacment that allowed same sex marriage in Vermont (the company's home state) Ben & Jerry's will remane their "Chubby Hubby" ice cream (Fudge covered peanut butter filled pretzels in vanilla malt ice cream with fudge and peanut butter) to "Hubby Hubby" ice cream. Here is the a picture of the official container:

Even though the container is official it would not be selling under the "Hubby Hubby" name nationwide. Which is a good news because we don't want conservatives banning Ben & Jerry's ice cream.

While Hunting For Some Funk

2009-08-30T16:09:00.000-07:00

I found this by a funk band called The Meters.

The Meters didn't achieve must mainstream success but are seen as one of the most influential funk bands. Rolling Stones even has two of their albums on their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. (Look-Ka Py Py and Rejuvenation) If your in to some serious funk I really recommend this band.

While surfing some food blogs I found an interesting post. The 10 Essential Steps to the Perfect Cheeseburger by Al Dente. Here they are:

1. Use 6 oz. of meat per patty, no more and no less. Don't guess, weigh it.

2. Shape it with your hands into patties. Ignore the common advice about not "overworking" the meat.

3. Liberally salt (use Kosher salt) and pepper both sides. Salt is the glory of red meat, don't stint.

4. Make a deep thumbprint in the middle of each patty (it evens out the burger when it cooks, don't ask why).

5. Refrigerate the patties until you're ready to grill. You can salt and pepper well ahead if you'd like.

6. Make a HOT charcoal fire.

7. Liberally oil both your grill and the meat before you start.

8. For medium-rare, grill the meat EXACTLY 3 minutes on one side (grill lid closed) and 2 minutes on the other.

9. Add the cheese, cover each patty with a burger cover, and cook for 1 minute more.

10. Remove the meat and quickly grill the buns (the only civilized way to eat hamburger buns).

My mom has a habit on over cooking the first batch of burgers. This are going to come in handy.

Human Hip-Hop Instruments

2009-08-29T15:10:00.000-07:00

The Scratch Perverts and Foreign Beggars are the Neurosonics Audiomedical Laboratories.

Directed by Chris Cairns

Ted Kennedy

2009-08-26T09:21:00.000-07:00

If you read or watched the news this morning you may have known about Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy. If you don't read or watch the news well, now you know. He died of brain cancer but has been suffering from seizures since Clinton's presidency. Most of us remember the occurrence that happened during Obama's inauguration lunch. He was seen as the extremely liberal senator who was very outspoken about progressive causes and bills. But like every politician in America he also has a "wild" side. Most people know him for his Chappaquiddick incident. To sum it up he goes to a party, gets a little drunk, drives home with his so called mistress, gets on a bridge, drives of a bridge, crashes his car in the water, swims out of the water, leaves his mistress (Mary Jo Kopechne) to die in the water, goes to some house, sleeps it off, and then calls the authorities the next day to tell them about the situation. Even with this mere flaw he has been said to be one of the most beloved Senators the U.S. has ever had. Before his death he was the second most senior member of the senate, behind Robert Byrd. Time magazine selected him as one of Americas "Top 10 Senators". And for his obituary the New York Times it read: "He was a Rabelaisian figure in the Senate and in life, instantly recognizable by his shock of white hair, his florid, oversize face, his booming Boston brogue, his powerful but pained stride. He was a celebrity, sometimes a self-parody, a hearty friend, an implacable foe, a man of large faith and large flaws, a melancholy character who persevered, drank deeply and sang loudly. He was a Kennedy." Even though in my life time he wasn't of any significance Ted Kennedy will be remembered.

Distracting Trumpet

2009-08-24T22:23:00.000-07:00

This clip made me remember why I fell in love with Family Guy when I was a pre-pubescent 13 year old. Not that I would get this reference if I was a pre-pubescent 13 yeard old. Yeah...

Recently Downloaded Albums

2009-08-01T20:14:00.000-07:00

Hello party people. If you've been wondering where I have been well let me tell you I haven't been anywhere. Just here. If you would like an update about me than here you go. I got the wonderful world wide web connected back to my house about a month ago. Yes, I could have started blogging then but I've been busy. Why? Just this past month I attended a summer writing institute at the U of A and it has, luckily, kept me busy. But other than that I've been downloading music. Legally of course. For now I'm going to give you a list of albums and a few details about them.

As many of you know Atmosphere is one of my most favorite Hip-Hop acts. On July 4th, the day of our countries Independence, they released a free album. The album consist of only 7 songs. In the 1960's, 70s, or 80's this could have been considered a full length album. In today's terms, it's more like an EP. But what matters is that it was free of download just like their other purposely leaked album Strictly Leakage. The opening track "C'mon" has a very in your face feel but soon soothed with the summer feeling "They Always Know". I personally love this track. Slug's lyrics fit his thoughts about women and Ant seemed to go in a different direction with his production, but I'm liking it. "The Ropes", the following track, is a horn heavy song about a suicidal kid. "White Noise" seems to have that "ha, ha, ha, aha" feel to it. It's one of my least favorite tracks on this album. "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer Pt. 2" has a lot of production similarities with "They Always Know" in a way. It seems like Ant made those beats in the same time span and again Slug talks about his addiction to coffee, cigarettes, and sex. "Mother's Day" contains a sample 50 other producers have used and yes you guess it, it's about mothers. The last track "Millie Fell Of The Fire Escape" has a very catchy sample and has Slug telling a nice story about a girl named Millie. Overall it's a good album but when I listen to it I get upset because you can notice how Atmosphere is evolving from Lucy Ford Atmosphere. But hey, that's what art is all about. Evolving.

Next- My thoughts on DJ Shadow's Endtroducing...

I thought I'll share this with you guys. Pie Lollipops.

Yes, lollipops made out of pie. You may be thinking right now that this is just another great example of America's love for food. True, but I also think their cute.

That's it for now. But don't worry Internet people. I will soon be back with fun facts, album reviews, overviews of my life, and so much more. Till then, see ya' later.

Unfortunate Luck

2008-10-23T11:58:00.000-07:00

Due to an economic crisis that is starting to affect and scar middle class America I have become unfortunate to be disconnected from my Internet connection. Sadly, there will be no blogs till further notice. And just for your information I am posting this blog at school.

Till then I'll leave you all with this post.

Earning many celebrity endorsements both big and small, Barack Obama is well on his way towards the upcoming US Presidential Elections next month. As a vouch of support, jeweler Gabriel Urist created a special pendant based on Barack Obama’s campaign logo. Very similar to the pin I've been wearing around for the last few days.

I am Jacks...

2008-10-20T19:58:00.000-07:00

Over this weekend I watched a movie heavily, and I mean heavily, recommended by Alexis. Fight Club. Like many non-watchers if this movie I thought this movie was mostly going to be about...fighting. Let me tell you now that the fighting part, just see it as a tool that the movie uses to accompaniment the plot of the movie. So again, the movie is not about fighting. I'll do a little analysis of the movie later in the week. There are still some missing puzzle pieces I feel that I need to find to get the broader picture to this movie. Otherwise it was a great, well joined, contemplative movie.

Ever taken those nostalgic child hood memories of Warner Bros. cartoon characters but give it a violent yet accurate twist to it. Sort of how it would it been if Tom & Jerry was aired on HBO. UK artist James Cauty makes an exact representation of this in his laterst exhibit "Splatter" in The Aquarium in London. You would think that a person would be sick minded to be doing this kind of things but really, like every artist I enjoy blogging about, he just rebelling against pop culture.

Designer duo Andrea Grossfuss and Olaf Kiessling have designed a plate that has a solution to everyday life. The plate comes with a handle that has a special hollow to hold your wine glass. See for yourself.

So I think I just "The Kitchen of the Cool People". The New 012 kitchen design from MK Style is entirely made up from 12mm thick Corian. Doors are opened with a groove that runs the length of each, lit by cold-light-producing LED's. Gaggenau electrical appliances are set within the Corian wall units, their modern stainless steel finish echoed by the table extension of the kitchen island. Freakin slick looking if you ask me.

That is all for today. I am going to conclude this night with downloading some Hip-Hop instrumental albums because it turns out I am not getting my MPC till December. Just going to suck up the luxury of others making beautiful head moving grooves. Till then, see you all this week.

Slow, but progressful, climb up

2008-10-15T17:40:00.000-07:00

When time goes by slowly take the time to really see what's going on. Doing this you may see the most interesting things. Things you wouldn't of noticed if you were wining because time was going too slow. Slow progress can also be seen like this. A slow progress can be used to take time and see the things that can help when finally you make to the peak of your destination. Try not to see slow as a negative but as an advantage.

The next generation of Apple MacBooks are just around the corner for the holiday season. Even though the 160GB MacBook goes for $1,299 and the 250GB $1,599 the older MacBooks are going for under $1,000. It has new features such as a fully click-able track pad, new Nvidia graphics card, 5 hours of stated battery life and an LED back-lite screen similar to the MacBook Pro. Well, I know what I want for Christmas.

This is maybe one the coolest things I've seen a long while. Medicoms Toy's Bearbrick joined with one of my favorite Electronica groups ,Daft Punk, to create a pair off bears with their signature attire. Awesomely cute. Set to be released March 2009.

Bansky again attacks New York. Part of his rat pieces this time he shoots at the publicity channels like Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and etc give to presidential candidates around this time. Even though I am very into politics and I highly support one of the presidential candidates, most of you know who, you have to admit his arts pretty clever. He also shoots at painters commonly seen on New York skyscrapers.

That's all for today. I am currently listening to Murs's Murs for President and let me tell you, I recommend it. Today was a pleasantly good day. PSAT'S went well, we saw a movie in Mr. Reitz, found out my GPA went up, after school was wonderful, and we have two days left till Homecoming.

Team building, with mother nature

2008-10-12T13:21:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, Saturday, I joined my fellow Hesperides club members on a retreat to Mt. Lemmon. It was something I was looking forward to the whole week but the little weather box in my Google homepage told me it was going to rain that day. It had a bright and sunny sun for Friday and Sunday but a big gray cloud for Saturday. Out of all the days it had to be Saturday. Me trying to be very optimistic I thought to myself "Hmm...its maybe just going to sprinkle on us". Leaving my house on Saturday morning I carried that thought in my head. Walking to school, where we had to meet up, I looked to the sky and it looked pretty nice and calm. This added more to my optimism. I said hi to everyone, said hi to Tricia, and we loaded up the vans. We started driving up to the mountain, again everything was still looking great. Getting higher, at about 6,000 ft, the sky fell on us. Or to put it in lamest terms, we were inside the clouds. Or to put in even lamest terms, there was a lot of fog. Heart of Darkness anyone. But back on track, we were fortune enough to find this spot that looked fairly calm. The only problem, it was freaking cold. Getting settled we start with a team building activity. Half way into the activity its starts to lightly rain on us. My optimism goes back to it's original stage. Two minutes later it started to hail on us. We had no other option then to run back into the van. Around ten minutes later the hail calmed down. Getting back to our activity's we finish the first one and start another one. Starting the second activity it starts to rain again, hard. At this point my optimism was just let down. The rain again calms down. We get off the vans again and Ms. Ayala starts to grill up the meat. Some people left to go hiking to wait for the food. Me and Tricia decided to take a walk. A great walk complemented with nature. Again, it started raining. We decided to go lower in the mountain. Even though we were all soaked but hungry. After feasting in steak, beans, tortillas, fruit salad, chips, the sniffles, and capri sun we started to head back to Tucson. Arriving at Pueblo we realized we were all still soaked, our sweaters mainly. But even though mother nature did not cope with us in this trip we all still managed to have fun. What other team building exercise can we ask for. With everybody's helped we managed to have a lot of fun.

I've been listening to Murs's album "Murs for President". Before its release I wasnt giving it as much appreciation because he was going to release it with a major label. You can also say that I called him a sell-out a few times. But now that I've been listening to it, it's still the same Murs that I love. Check out his video for "Can It Be".

Loud. com did a new interview with DJ Quik. On the interview DJ Quik leaked some information about Dr. Dre's acclaimed album "The Detox". Again I am hooked on this album even more. He also talks about Murs's album.

So today is Sunday. Last day of the weekend. I have to do some homework. I have to stop procrastinating. See y'all this week.

Laughter with Another

2008-10-08T19:28:00.000-07:00

Do you think laughter is more satisfying with a companion? I think so. First period, I get to share my laughter with Alex and Ricardo, on a good day with another member of the media club. Being that it's so early in the morning you think laughter is the last thing on my mind but really it's the first, using to commence yet another day. Leaving 1st period I got to 2nd period, "Percussion Master" or drumline. Coming inside the class I immediately see Paul and Will. Just looking at them I laugh with them joining in confusion on why I am laughing. With Alexis, we make a smart movie, song, t.v. show, or youtube video analogy and right off we start cracking up. On a lucky Chenzo may be there and that's always a blast. 3rd period is always fun. Walking up to the class I already see Chivo, Gilbert, Ignacio, and Andrew (not in my class) and laugh it up a little till the bell rings. Inside the class I always have everyone in the class to enjoy laughter with. Even Mr. Reitz. Lunch, on some days we have those lunches where we're laughing through the whole 35 minutes but on a normal day I just enjoy and share those cute little laughs joined by saying "Oh geez..." with Tricia. 4th period, Mr. Santa-Cruz. I do not have to say more. And then I have Alex and Ricardo in there. 5th period, when Mr. Baladov feels like it he actually makes the class fun and with Ricardos smart-ass humor I always enjoy a few laughs with my fellow classmates. Once in a while Me and Will crack up some inside jokes. 6th period, Mr. Reff promised that we will be laughing in class all through this semester. He has not let us down one bit. I have enjoyed quiet a lot laughs with the other classmates in there because of Mr. Reff. 7th period, just saying "Hello" to Dr. Letter makes me laugh. His mellowness leaves you so comfortable you just have to laugh. Having to sit in the same table with Daniel always comes with a few nice little crack ups. Ending school and seeing Tricia we always claim a laughter at the same time just for the simple fact we are seeing each other again. After that is band practice and there always laughs to share there. But don't just take my word. See for yourself, see how sharing laughter feels so much better than regular ol' laughter.

Atmosphere released the video for "You" today of their album "When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold". Remember those finger skateboards. Yeah, you'll be seeing a lot of that in this video. Weird because the song has nothing to do about that...

I really don't have nothing else to blog. As a matter a fact I wasn't going to blog today but some anonymous comment made. So there you go anonymous.

Re-Happines?

2008-10-05T18:39:00.000-07:00

Is that even a word?

I know there can be such phrase as "I am happy again", but is that true? Can you leave happiness and come find it again. In the view of me a while ago. One day, while myspacing, my computer just brakes down on me. I tried to turn it on again but it wouldn't turn on. Frustrated at the computer I just give up and call a computer nerd from Geek Squad. I tell him my situation and he tells me that my computer is messed up. He tells me if I ever made damage to it and confidently I say no. Resuming on the problem the Geek Squad guy tells me I had to send my computer to a specialist. I send to a specialist. Thinking it was only going to take 1-2 days to fix it, turns out it took 8. During those 8 days I was so bummed. WHERE WAS I GOING TO MYSPACE FROM! The only thing that made me happy, myspace, wasn't in my reach for 8 days. But that one day I got my computer I felt so "happy again". It was a reunion to remember. But in my opinion, happiness is never gone. Even when the factors that causes happiness are gone there is always going to be some sort of amount. But when the factor is there...ones happiness can shine brighter than the morning sun.

British artist D*Face recently exhibited his showcase aPOPcalypse Now. The exhibit focused on pop culture and super heroes. Both from the Marvel and DC world.

Very nifty.

If you didn't catch it last Friday VH1 had a rockDocs on NWA. Nothing special. They said the same thing they say over and over again. They meet, they make their first album, becomes very controversial, on top of the world, another album, turns out to be not as good, group brakes up, some members go solo, some beef, Eazy-E gets aids, Eazy-E dies, all wish they could of got together for another album. Yeah same old, same old. Here's a little preview.

That's all for tonight. I didn't blog Friday and Saturday because I actually had something to do. Other wise, Friday was awesome. See you all this week.

"You got to do what you got to do..."

2008-10-01T18:42:00.000-07:00

In a life filled with distractions and temptations it is hard to stay on track. Falling into this means that most of the time you bring the off-tracking to yourself. For some individuals sometimes falling off track is brought upon. Many things can cause it. Family issues, health issues, and etc. Even though they can be good excuses to not catch up only a few conscious people know what's best for them and that is catching up. Either if it's on a deadline with your boss, school work, and etc. Sometimes you have to put some enjoyments to the side. Not literally to the side, like letting it go for a while. Put a side in such a form that its one of the minor priority's. Even though it can be hard to do it you got to do what you got to do. Leaving the mind clear to enjoy life's enjoyments.

This weeks Artist of the Week is a fashion photographer from Singapore named Zhang Jingna. She must have a pretty good camera.

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Here's another house from Brazil. It's called the Osler House. It has a panel of tiles by the artist Athos Bulcão designed specifically for the wall of its entrance. He is known for working with architects of the modern time.

Today was a very unenjoyable day. The part where I got to see Tricia again was more than I can ask for but otherwise, I feel like this heavy gloomy cloud keeps floating over Pueblo and doesn't seem to go away.

U-Turn

2008-09-29T19:05:00.001-07:00

So yesterday my brother FINALLY decided to buy Mac Os X Leopard for our Mac. Having a gift card and some "hook-ups" we got it for a good price, right off the bat I knew I wasn't going to have trouble with it. Getting home I immediately pop it in the DVD drive and start to install it. Going through the whole process without anything happening around half way into the installation the computer tells me I have to restart the installation and computer. I thought to myself "No biggie", maybe by restarting it it's going to start working just fine. Well, didn't really go my way. Turning on the computer I'm lead to the opening screen, like usual, for a much longer than I expected. And THAT'S when I knew I had a problem. I called the Apple guy and he told me the only way I can get it fixed is if I go to the Apple store in La Encatada, which is a trillion miles away. Having all this problems with the Mac led me to go to my last resort, my PC. I didn't want too, but I had too. I can't live without the interwebz. My question is WHY DO I ALWAYS HAVE PROBLEMS WHEN I GET NEW TECH. TOYS??? First iPod, I broke the screen like in 3 months. That was a horrible dark day. Second iPod, I take care of it like it was part of my soul, turns out it can really work with the PC...AND Mac that I have. I just want to listen to my iPod...is that to much to ask?

Lets get away from the baddies.

As some people know, I'm a record/vinyl collector. When I saw this I simply just feel in love. Artist Jean Shin created this masterpiece called "Sound Wave". It puts more appreciation into the aesthetics of vinyls. Located in NYC's Museum of Art.

Q-Tip has finally released his artwork and tracklist for his new album I've been emancipating about "The Renaissance".
1. Johnny Is Dead
2. Won’t Trade
3. Gettin’ Up
4. Offishal
5. You
6. Fight/Love
7. ManWomanBoogie
8. Move
9. Dance On Glass
10. Life Is Betta
11. Believe
12. Shaka
Only waiting till it comes out so I can do my little album review.

Loop-Analysis is a production dou I'm in that my friend Nick started. Basically its two guys with an MPC(in the near future), a lot of vinyls, love for sample based Hip-Hop, and love for music. Around 3 years ago I started to realize Hip-Hop was sounding crappier and crappier and you know what they say, "If you can't beat them, join them". Not really. We are going to do Hip-Hop music that sounds like...HIP-HOP MUSIC. Nothing with 1000bpm (beat per minute) hi-hats, lame synth melodys, saying "yeah, I get money!" on every track, basslines that make crappy sound systems rattle, its simple going to be Hip-Hop as we know and fell in love with. Were going to be realeasing shirts, stickers, we have wallpapers for you computer, banners, and soon an album. So check us out at myspace.com/loopanalysis.

That all for today. Didn't blog as much because I'm bummed about my Mac but as soon as I get it fixed I'll let you guys know. For now, I'm just waiting. Not for my Mac, I haven't even send it to the Apple store. I'm waiting for...another thing. Get well.

The Office Season Premier (Season 5)

2008-09-27T17:19:00.000-07:00

YES!
It's finally here!
No more re-runs!

I'm sure as hell going to be following it this season. And seeing from the first episode (the video I posted) it looks like its going to have alot of twist and turns. But what I see it still looks like the same ol' Office.

Fun Fact: Today is Googles b-day. Why do I care? Because google is way better than Yahoo.

Tricia, I hope your doing good.

Set Of Opinion

2008-09-26T23:10:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday we were told to read an speech called "Ain't I A Woman?" by Sojourner Truth in Mr. Reitz's class. Seeing from the title I thought it was going to be about some womens rights stuff and oddly enough was I right. Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not a old-aged male from the 1800's that believe that women have small brains. No. I've been taught and I've been learned to believe that to women you have to be a gentleman. In a passage from "Ain't I A Woman?" it says "That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere.", she answers by saying "Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud puddles, or gives me any best place! Ain't I a woman?". From my set of opinions, why do we help women on carriages, get over puddles, and have them be in the best places? Because were trying to be GENTLEMAN! Geez. My bad for trying to be nice. My bad for helping you not get dirty. Yes, today I got my argument argued by some one saying "Well, it seems as your portraying women as weak". Being always taught that women should be treated like a glass vase I see women as not weak but, something to treat with gentle hands. But of course, like I've said a million times in this blog, it is just my OPINION.

Trolling around the Internet makes you see some very ridiculous stuff. Well check this out.

A Swarovski Crystal incrusted Samsonite Black Label briefcase. It's a re-issue of 1920's styled trunks but...LOOK AT IT!...it's ridiculously stupid.

Today Lazarides Gallery London set up an exhibition in the East Coast of NYC. The group show titled The Outsiders consist of a theme of mockery. Mockery of pop culture. An experience that almost all the time turns out to be humorous. It feature work from Invader, David Choe, Mark Jenkins, Todd James, Mode 2, BAST, Zevs, and Ian Francis amongst many others.

My music choice for these recent days has been Madlibs Beat Konducta Vol. 5: Dil Cosby Suite instrumental album. Like always, he does what he does best on his MPC. Only if you have love for hip-hop production will you be able to enjoy this album.

Even though this week has been a gloomy week I have to make it up for my self, and my surroundings, to have a good one this following week. This weekend seems to be like its going to be a long one, only way to resolve that is just to get through it. Tricia is feeling way better and I hope it stays like that. Get well.

Sleep Debt

2008-09-24T14:40:00.000-07:00

Sleep. Marriam Webster defines it as-the natural periodic suspension of consciousness during which the powers of the body are restored. Or as I like to say, the only time of the day for yourself. Even though I learned in Mr. Reff's class that we don't "need" anything I still see it as an essential. With out sleep the body, mind, and spirit is weak. With a weak body, mind, and spirit the soul is weak. Also, it is known that with out sleep the immune system doesn't work like its suppose to. It is said that adults should get at least 8 hours of sleep. OK, lets see, the day only has 24 hours, say my day starts at 6:00AM. I get ready for school witch is 7:30AM-2:30PM. That is exactly 7 hours. Next on a usual day I have drumline practice from 3:00PM-4:00PM and after that we get something to eat. Having to come back for band practice we only have a few hours. Band practice is from 6:00PM-8:00PM. All that together is 5 hours, making it a total of 13 hours at school. Basically all of my day. Getting home I do homework, check myspace, blog, listen to some music, talk to mom, take a shower, and when I least know it its already 10:30PM. Leading me to go to sleep at 11:00PM almost everyday, only having 7 hours to sleep. DAMN!. Just an hour off. But hey, I have to say I'm pretty lucky because some people have it worst. So the cause of lack of sleep is time, but with out time what will we be, who will we be, or where will we be. No where.

Today is Tuesday witch means its Artist of the Week day. This weeks artist is James White from Nova Scotia, Canada. He is a mixed-media and graphic designer who has that kind 80's taste many Atari playing nerds would love. Take a look for yourself.

UK photographer Mike Stimpson recreates iconic pictures with Legos. Clever.

Last night Alexis said "I have no one to go to Hot Chip with". And I said "I ain't gots no dough". And she said "I'll pay" and I said "OK, only if I pay for Girl Talk when they come" and she said "Cool". So basically we ended up going. It was an awesome show, well except fot the opening act...Death Drums...who names themself that? Second performers were Vampire Weekend. I've heard of them but I wasnt familiar to their work. Seeing them live made me see how awesome they were. But when Hot Chip performed that was when it started going. Lights, synths, dance EVERYWHERE! Some cool college students were next to us and they were jammin' out. Seeing them I thought to myself "One day, I'm going to be a cool college student...". But overall, awesome.

And Tricia, I hope you come to school tomorrow...

lolgetalife

2008-09-22T19:16:00.000-07:00

So today we got to use some MacBooks in BioTech. Being that I've advertise this blog so much some of my fellow class mates decided on visiting it. After taking a look at it they got mad because it didn't say nothing about 7th period. So since I'm always open on ideas for me to blog about I guess I'll talk about 7th period. 7th period starts by me leaving Mr. Reffs class all the way in the T-buildings. I make my way into the main building only to be left looking for Tricia in a pool of school driven high school students. For me, its not even half way to my day. Finding Tricia I say hi and see if she wants to hang out after school. Almost all the time the answer is, yes. I proceed inside the class greeting myself to Dr. Lettes and some of my fellow classmates. I sit in my group shared with Izamar, Daniel (or as I like to say "Green Eyes"), and Chris. Immediately we start conversing. With Izamar the conversation is almost always about swimming and her little crushes(don't worry I wont say nothing), with Daniel it's always about girls and oddly enough...sex, and with Chris it's about how "weird" I'am and about Taco Bell. Our class work that day may consist on practice labs and how to convert milliliters into even smaller liters making the class period go fairly fast. For most, ending the day. For me, just ending my school day. Leaving the class room only to find a gift awaiting for me.

Ed Bangers Records will be hosting a special engagement for Justice's Universe fil "A Cross The Universe" at the New York venue Webster Hall. This event is being held to celebrate the release of their new DVD and acts like Justice, Busy P, Sabastian, and So Me will be performing. All I got to say is I'm getting the DVD and if anybody I willing to join and pay me a trip to New York, that will be awesome.

(The picture was a little explicit, I had to fix it a little.)

So trolling around the internet today I found this:

The first big screen T.V., to bad their not cool anymore.

George Micheals, one of my favorite artist of all time, has yet again gotten himself arrested in a public bathroom. Most of you maybe know the incident that happened to him in a Beverly Hills public bathroom a few years ago. I'am not saying nothing but it involved soliciting sex to an undercover cop. YIKES!. Well this time he got caught with grade A and C drugs in an underground loo. An underground club for you that don't have a clue what that is. All I got to say to him is "pick a closet or another kind of closed rooms to do your dirty deeds next time".

Here seen in the 1980's, when looking girly was cool.

That is all for today. Kind of a random post if you ask me, But anyways, this week is going to be a busy week so if I don't blog some days DON'T WORRY, i'll always try to squeeze in time. And I hope I get a good grade in Mr. Reitz process analysis essay.

OptimusPrimeRib

2008-09-21T19:39:00.000-07:00

Today is the end of a very uneventful weekend. Mostly because I didn't hang out with a little special someone but, that's another story. Also, watching CNN today I found out that the first Presidential Debate is going to be on Friday. I'm sure as hell going to be watching it. In my opinion the #1 topic is most likely going to be surprisingly not the "war against terrorism" but the economy. Why?. Because Wall Street dropping 500 points on Monday has left a big scar in the conversations of many Americans. Us middle to lower class AMERICANS. Or as I like to say, The People. And Barack Obama, he is for The People.

KAWS has again stolen the art spotlight today by opening his "Saturated" gallery. Taking place in the Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Miami his acrylic based artwork captures the spirit of loveable characters SpongeBob and The Smurfs, adding his own little twist and his signature "X's" over their eyes.

Designer Ricardo Garza Marcos designed a light cube that gives a geometrical pattern of light depending on the array the user chooses to.

Architects Arquitectura X Adrian Moreno Nunez and Maria Semaniago Ponce have created a house called the "X House". Basically a big rectangular looking box with a lot of windows. The kind of house you may be scared to walk around naked in but it's in the middle of no where so your like "ehh...what the heck". Its location-La Tola, Valle De Tumbaco, Quito, Ecuador.

Earlier today I downloaded Raphael Saadiq's album "The Way I See It". An album that re-recognizes rhythm and blues. For every song he tried to not imitate but recreate music by The Delfonics, The Stylistics, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Al Green, and The Four Tops. Some musical groups that I enjoy and love. And maybe the reason why I'm falling in love with this album song by song. Great album cover to. Gives you that old dirty vinyl feeling that passionate music lovers simply love.

And my favorite song right now is called "Sometimes". A Sam Cookes influenced song that Saadiq says is "the story of my mother and grandmother who have always been such an inspiration to me through this journey. It felt right to close out the record this way". But listening close to it around 20 times today I very much relate to this song. If you really know me, listening to this song, you may see why.

Stolen Bansky in New Orleans

2008-09-20T15:58:00.000-07:00

Bansky, a well known stencil artist, recently made a trip to New Orleans. Being the controversial artist that he is he went around the city to leave his mark. Leaving some nice work around only to be left stolen.

Before

After

Before

After

Another picture just because I like you guys.

We can only hope that the stolen items are going to be used to raise money for the tormented homes. Which I extremely doubt.

Long Day...

2008-09-18T20:08:00.000-07:00

Even though today we got out of school at 11:11PM it still felt like a horribly long day. The simple fact that we were in our late classes very early in the morning made it kind of tricky for us. After school me, Alexis, Jesus, and Paul decided on going to KFC. A while passed and we changed our minds to Wings Stop. When arriving at Wings Stop we see that it was packed, so we headed to KFC. We had a nice little lunch. And the cashier gave us our drinks for free. That was pretty cool. We headed back to school for band practice. A very slow, hot, dehydrated practice. Finishing with practice I joined Tricia on her swim meet against Cholla and Suckyside. It was pretty cool seeing a good middle school friend on Chollas swim team. Found out he needs a drummer for his band. Otherwise their meet went pretty well.
That was my day. Oddly, long.

All of you know I do artist of the week. When I say artist I mean a painter, graphic designer, and etc. But even though being an artist can cover so many things I would like to time and appreciate photographers. Photographers like Terry Richardson. Here seen with Barack Obama.

Being seen more as in a "pop culture" photographer he is known to work with people like Kanye West, Jay-Z, Pharell Wiliams, Johnny Knoxville, and many others. He is also know for a making a collaboration with street wear brand Supreme and Kermit the Frog to create this shirt.

Here some other images

Lol's. Self-Sustanible chair. Silly Asians.

Well I have nothing else but to leave you fellow blog readers to a soothing Jazz Funk song.
Rodney Franklin - The Groove

Tomorrow I'm going to be at the game. Which means maybe not blogging. Otherwise, otherwise nothing I'm too tired to add some things else.

Why Unicorns Don't Exist

2008-09-17T21:15:00.000-07:00

=(

Found it on Alex's myspace. Neat image.

"I Like Chopping Down Trees"

2008-09-17T19:52:00.000-07:00

If your in Mr. Rietz 3rd period class I'm pretty sure you'll find the title amusing.

Last night I was suppose to do artist of the week. Due to technical diffulculties I could'nt. But hey, I can tonight.

This week's artist is Alberto Seveso from Italy. He's a graphic designer and illustrator that uses none other than humans in his art. Good way to use of what you have.

Dope.

I've been getting complements saying "I like the house you posted on your blog". First off thank you and second theres many to come.

Architects Shigeru Ban, David Chipperfield, Carl Ettensperger, Zaha Hadid, Kengo Kuma, Piero Lissoni, and Chad Oppenheim arrived on a 560-acre island named Dellis Cay at the Turks & Caicos Archipielago with a vision. 30,000 sq ft house due to be completed 2010. There's not a price tag yet but you can only imagine.

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Song of the day
Dave Brubeks-Blue Rondo A La Turk

-Its time measure-9/8ths...for all you band geeks.

Today was a normal-ish Wensday. 1st period the news went great. 2nd period, were progressing on our show music. 3rd period, Mr. Rietz showed us a very repetetive movie and we started working on our process analysis essay. Lunch, had a good conversation with Sade. Advisory, very LONG. Subway was fun. And repeat for tomorrow.

College Night

2008-09-17T19:36:00.000-07:00

(This was last night but I only had time to post it today.)

Sometimes I take a little of my time and think. Think about what you might ask. Most of the time its about school, music, and what to do next weekend. But the main thing that ALWAYS stays on my mind is my future. My future wife, my future home, my future children, my future career, my future self. Basically what I want to be when I grow up. Seriously, right now, I don't even know. Undecided. I like to cook, should I go for culinary. I like music, should I study music. I like human anatomy, should I be some sort of sport medicine. I like psychology, ...should I go into psychology. I like writing, I like alot of stuff. There for I don't know what to major in yet. But last night I mostly focused on Journalism. Blogging helps me pursue this. Any blog haters out there, take that. I got some good information about some schools and had fun with my fellow college hunters. Liz, Frank, Esa, Ricardo, Pablo, Patricia, Hillary, Mark, Victor, and many others who attended. Specially a thanks to Mr. Reitz and Mr. Alderson for leading us to a college of our preference.
But I'm going to stop talking and let you see some pics.

My English teacher. Or as I like to say, one of the BEST teachers i've had so far. (Mr. Rietz)

The representatives of the University of Missouri. A great Journalism school I plan on attending.

St. John's isn't your average school. A school that only requires some specific books, no textbooks. From what the representative told me, "A great school to start your writing career with".

Coming to this even I just a bag full of pamphlets and catalogs. Basically a bag full of opportunities.

There would be no blog today 9/16

2008-09-16T23:26:00.000-07:00

Due to technical difficulties. Iam still trying to get used to my new Macintosh. Artist of the week and College Night pictures will be up tomorrow.

On the other note. Today was a special day. Two smiley faces.
=)
=)

So...Tiring is a word

2008-09-15T18:14:00.000-07:00

Its only the 7th week of school and fatigue has already hit me. I can blame it at school, band, late nights on the internet (mainly myspace), or just simply the presence of LIFE. During summer my days were mostly revolved around waking up at 12:00PM, getting on myspace, eating breakfast at 1:00PM, getting on myspace, watch t.v., getting on myspace, and going to sleep. If you ask me, that is not a life. But don't get me wrong there were some fun days.
I learned today that there are many kind of cycles. Cycles made by man, forced cycles, natures cycle, and many more. Not having a life during the summer has been a cycle I have forced on myself for a couple of summers now. But now that I think about it, next summer is going to be my last official summer. Wow. But that's another blog. Going back on track, there are many cycles that cannot be changed. Sort of like ying and yang. How there has to be good in order for there to be evil. Right now my cycle is waking up, shower, dress up, maybe eat some breakfast, go to school, hang out with friends, go to band practice, make 100's of dirty jokes, go home, go on myspace, blog, eat dinner, do homework, take a late night shower, and go to sleep. Seems like that's a LIFE. A human made, forced, pretty natural in a humans eyes cycle. For now I'am just going to have to deal with it and try to finish this blog and go get some sleep.

Ive been listening to a DJ recently who suprisingly does'nt have a name starting with "DJ". His name is actually not even a name. To make it simple he goes by "Girl Talk". A electronica/hip-hop loving guy who mashes both with a dash and funk added to it. And let me say mashing is VERY different from sampling. But he does a great job at what he does.
His new album "Feed the Animals" has alot of recongnizable song from the present and past. You can check it out at his myspace.
www.myspace.com/girltalkmusic

No Pause- Girl Talk
One of my favorite tracks from the album.

Alexis told me today, "I check your blog to see if you post up any Erykah Badu". Well Alexis today is your lucky blog-day. Her newest album "New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)" is a multigenre album using its choosen genres to the fullest. Having many producers to complement her voice I got surprise when she got 9th Wonder to produce one her songs. The song is called "Honey" and is actually the first single. Here is the music video. Very clever concept.

-Samples Nancy Wilson's song "I'm in Love"
-As you can see the concept is spoofing albums. Such as De La Souls "3 Feet High and Rising", The Beatles "Let It Be" (I hate The Beatles), Nas "Illmatics", The Ohio Players "Honey", Diana Ross "Blue", Eric B. & Rakims "Paid In Full". and many others.

If you like my blog your going to be seeing alot about homes and interior design. make as much fun of me as you want but that is also considered art.
This house is located in Iporanga, Brazil. Another house I wont mind living in.

Nice pad.

That will be all for today. Tomorrow i'll be doing my artist of the week and Alex got mad because I have'nt said his name in any of my recent blogs so there you go Alex. And Wensday is you last day anchoring, HA!. Check back tomorrow and ill see you guys around.

Relief

2008-09-14T18:57:00.000-07:00

Recently, I've been going through a moment in time where i've been relieving alot of things. Even though I have always said not to bottle up stuff me being human I'm always going to have something bottled up. Either if its an old thing or a recent event that has happened. For me its the relieve of letting everybody know I have overcomed one of my pass struggles. What is it? Iam sorry my fellow blogger readers, your going to have to take me out for coffee one day and ask. But for now, understand that the feeling of relief is one of the best feeling the soul can feel. And if right now your thinking of it as a dirty thing then go right ahead because an orgasm is basically a sence of relief.

Lets go on a different path now.

A Tribe Called Quest's rapper and producer Q-Tip is coming out with his long awaited album "The Renaissance". You can say that this album is in the same category as Dr. Dre's "Detox" and Guns N' Roses album "Chinnese Democracy" as one of the most awaited albums. His first single,"Gettin' Up", is a catchy chorus, sample filed uplifting song with smart and catchy lyrical content to follow it. Great music video too. Without the big booty hoes and the rented Bentleys.

-Samples Black Ivory's "You and I", which is also a great song

To me controversy equals big sales. Iam pretty sure that director, writer, and actor Spike Lee has figured this out for him self. Being that all his movies invlove some sort of black social justice issue, he has been seen as a man who likes to gamble in the movie buisness. His new movie movie "Miracle at St. Ana" is a WWII based movie involving mystery, religion, action, and much more. Check out the trailer.

P.S. If you seen the movie posters I love how it says "A Spike Lee Joint". So gangsta.

A cool toy. or "action figure", for all you Dark Knight junkies.

Japenes architects Sou Fujimoto designed a very sheek, modern house that I will not complain if I had to call it my homw.

Iam a big fan of MSNBC's show "How To Catch an Online Predator" with Chris Hansen. Well apperently Chris Hansen is going to taste a drink out of his own glass. LITERALLY!. He was caught in Las Vegas partying and drunk of his head. Pretty funny if you ask me.

Well that's the blog for today. I did'nt blog Friday or Saturday because i've been having a life. Friday I had school and the band went witht the football team to Sabino. We got killed 60 something to 6, and we didnt battle their drumline. I got home around 11:00PM and feel asleep once I felt the presence of my bed. Saturday I had a fun day with a special someone and blogging was the last thing on my mind. I see you guys tomorrow. Ready for a new week and =)'s and love to all.

"Blog reminds me of how you spell bolognia"

2008-09-11T22:07:00.000-07:00

So the title quote today was given to me by my good friend Ricardo in Alebra. Way to go Ricardo.

Well today was a fun day. I advertise "hectoriscool.blogspot.com" again. Even to some teachers. I had an unhealthy portion of Taco Bell(even though I dont really like Taco Bell), had a minor rave, and supported the JV Pueblo football team but like always they lost. And also thanks to every one that said "I checked your blog!' that seriously made my day. =)

But lets get to the cool stuff.

Well this is not so cool. Were in the middle of political "and i approve this message" commercials. McCain's campaign has been releasing some commercials battling it agaisnt Obama with some unbelieveable stuff. Watch it for your self.

This to songs have been driving me crazy lately. Crazy in a good way.
First is Alice Deejay 1999 tance hit "Better of Alone". With the melody of the synth you'll recognize it in a heart beat.

Devin the Dudes new single "I Cant Make It Home" of his new upcoming album "Landing Gear" has been riniging in my head. Again I fall in love with his detailed humorous lyrical content, Check it out.

Also ive gone into my Jason Mraz binge again...And Tricias voice is coming back.

So I hope everybody had a great day. I'll be blogging kind of late or not at all because were going to have a game at Sabino and it's long drive back. GO BAND!. But for know keep chekin' the blog
=)'s and love to all.

7th Anniversary

2008-09-11T21:33:00.000-07:00

Today is the 7th anniversary on the attacks of Spetember 11th, 2001. Odd, because I remember it like it was yesterday. I wake up to get ready for school on a cloudy day. Walking into the kitchen I see my dad looking at the t.v. on top of our fridge. Seeing that he was troubled by what he was watching I turn my attention to the t.v. and see the second plane crash into the second tower. Not knowing what was going on I continue with my morning. Missing the bus my dad drives me to school. During the whole drive it was silent until we arrived at the school, he told me "be careful, and if anything happens call me" as if he was giving his part of my protection for me to hold. During class my teacher turns on the radio and kind of explains to us what was happening. While in the background the commentator on the radio was saying "oh my God!, people out jumping out of the building now!". Being an immateur 9 year old I found this to be humorous in a way. Again, not knowing the depth of the truth and facts. Coming back home my mom tells me if anything happened at school. Naturally and calmly I say no and proceed to my room to watch some "after school cartoons". Flipping through the channels I could'nt find ONE channel with cartoons adding more ignorance to the accurance of that day.
Later on I learn why and what happened. Leading me to believe that today should be a day of mourning and appreciation. Appreciation of our loved ones. Appreciation of our surroundings. Appreciation of this earth. Appreciation of our lifes. Even though everyday should be a day of appreciation, today is a day to realize the appreciation.

hectoriscool.blogspot.com

2008-09-10T16:17:00.000-07:00

Hi to all. If this is your first time visiting my blog than...WELCOME!. And if you one of the few people that got a peice of paper saying "hectoriscool.blogspot.com" than you know what...your officially super cool. So lets start out.

So Kanye West realese his first single of his new album ("808 and Heartbreaks") called "Love Lockdown". In my opinion its a downfall to his career. I know that he wants to be a universal artist and go on a different direction but come on, its not the Kanye West we all know and love. Also adding to fact that he's taking a brake on the school theme. But hey, its just my opinion and everybody else has one. And let me add he just sings in the new song.

Also, Justice released the music they composed for Dior Homme's Summer 2009 show on their myspace page. Check it out.
http://www.myspace.com/etjusticepourtous

So Iam going to start this segment chooseing my artist of the week. This week is a Polish artist named Adam Spizak. His art is to the abtract nature but it's also very clear to see whats his shooting for in his art.

Beatiful.

Adding to this today was Alex's first day anchoring Warrior News. Even though he got the jitter bugs he still made it through and did an awesome job. Congratulations to you. <3

Also, today in English class I found out nature can be a source of finding the self. ......Iam going to get back to that.

So to wrap this up Iam going to give a few promised shout outs. To the people in Mr. Reitz 3rd period English AP class. Esa, Gilbert, Izamar, Chivo, Ricardo, Alex, Krystal, Marysol, Ben, Emily, Frank, Claudia, Band teachers daughter, Patricia, Mr. Reitz of course, and anbody else I didnt name. To the best sophmores Amparo and Renee. Paul, my partner today talking about feet fetishes. Tricia, 2 days is'nt that long =). And to everybody that has taken the time to check my blog. THANK YOU SO MUCH and =)'s and love to all.

Entering the blog world

2008-09-09T22:00:00.000-07:00

Hello,
My name is hector and this is my blog. If you think Iam cool then you definetly think this blog is the BEST! I will posting up things like music, pop culture, food, coolness, life, and basically something interesting that happened in my day.

So lets start of with my first blog

First I would like to say Iam officially a Mac owner and that I finally got rid of my old computer, which was horrible and a PC. So... Macs = Coolness.

Ive been listening to Hall & Oates for the last few months and let me tell you what, an amazing duet. If you love 80's music that everybody thinks its cheesy then you'll love them.

Here some of my favorites tracks

I Can't Go For That(No Can Do)
one of my kareoke selections

and Everytime You Go Away
Perfect song for a loving couple with no strong hold

Also, this pass weekend I went to a cafe called Reb's Cafe in Benson, AZ. Looked like regular ol' diner. Decided to order their Philly Cheese Steak and the aftermath was the beatiful feeling of satisfaction. The onions and green peppers sauted at a perfect range complementing the provolone cheese melted over the steak protected by a long roll. Amazing.

And that is all for today but before I leave I want to give some shout outs. Alex, hope you feel better. Ricardo, I knows youze be reading my blogz. Alexis, Will, Paulie, Nate, Jaqwan, Chivo, Juan, Emily, Christians amd all other band people lets kick ass this year. And Tricia, well blogging cant describe feelings so... see you tommorrow. Thank you for reading and have a good night.