Because I Want to Fit In.

The problem with keeping up with your own blog that you don't get paid to do it. So there usually isn't a huge incentive to post every day. Well here I am again. It's been a little while since I've posted. It's kinda weird not to be going back to school at the start of this semester. I feel like I'll officially been done when I have my super expensive piece of paper that says I have an education.

This video is pretty good. I always say how it feels like yesterday that I would come home from elementary school, toss my backpack into the house and run outside to play. The kid in this video is lucky.

Work is pretty good. Basically where I am at right now, I am eager to get work experience and a fuckton of training. Pretty excited at my potential prospects. I guess the goal for the near to distant future is to (most import) have fun, travel as much as I can, work, try to put a huge dent into my student loans...then eventually move somewhere? I dunno. Gotta put in a couple years of work before I make that next step.

Blog writing playlist:
Crystal Castles
Band of Horses
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Passacaglia
Twin Shadows
XX
Passion Pit
Com Truise
...and Onra!

Oh shit, I just remembered about Onra. Naturally, my friend from Brooklyn told me about him. They are all so hip there. One of my random genres of music I really like is Trip-Hop. It really is a fucking stupid name for a genre. I always feel a little silly trying to explain it. It's a (wiki->) "genre consisting of downtempo electronic music." Probably not everyone's cup of tea. Well anyway... Onra's sound kind of falls into this category... sorta? I'm terrible at trying to properly categorize certain types of music into random genres. He is a French hip hop beat maker from Paris. Interestingly enough, he was born in Germany, from French parents, but his dad has Vietnamese decent. He has a hip hoppy, jazzy, Japanese kind of sound. Link to playlist below if this is your kind of jam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFbO4tk6HEs&playnext=1&list=PLC29DB9FC1A915FCC&feature=results_main

I have some upcoming trips to San Diego and New York, which I am really looking forward to. It's been a good seven years since I've been to the West Coast. I always try to do my annual visit NY. It's always a blast because I stay with really great people. I've been sold on Brooklyn. It is fantastic.

This shirt just came in today. I will be sporting this attire with pride while I visit. You don't have to get the reference. Just know that "I Snake Plissken NY".

As I was putting together the posters for these TV shows, I was surprised with how many shows I actively watch. I find it interesting considering three or four years ago I rarely watched any TV shows that wasn't on HBO. It's good to say there is some actual GOOD TV shows out there outside of HBO. Luckily it doesn't seem so bad since they are spread throughout the year. As contradictory as this sounds, I don't watch TV. I only start to watch a show via word of mouth. I hate watching regular TV. There is a TON of shit on TV. A ton. I'm a snob about the movies I watch, so why wouldn't that also apply to the TV I watch. So once you have other people sift through it for you, you can watch it too. I DVR everything. If none of the shows I mention below are on, I'm watching a movie or searching through HBO's 85 different channels. Casual TV watching for me is seeing what is on HBO. When it comes down to it, HBO and AMC (The HBO of regular TV) have all the good TV shows on. Granted, there are other shows out there that have been recommended to me that I mean to watch. These are just the main shows (in no particular order) that are on my TV radar...

When I said in no particular order, I meant it EXCEPT for Game of Thrones. This has to be first. I have truly and utterly immersed myself into the world that is Game of Thrones. The show is EASILY the best thing HBO has ever done. Well maybe except for Band of Brothers. That's different. I started the books during the second season. I just finished the fourth book yesterday. The third season starts in May. Speaking interchangeably between the books and the show, the production value, story, plot, characters, world, acting etc., just offers you a rich, top notch experience. No other show comes close to it. I'm obsessed.

American Horror Story is good in an FX train wreck kind of way. It's the bottom of the barrel of my shows. In FX tradition, they get as risque as they can get. The show is by no means good but can be pretty creepy at the same time. The last season started off good because it ripped off every horror movie ever made, then kinda didn't know where to go... then ended. The promos for the second season looks creepy too. It shouldn't be that hard to outdo the first season.

This show is by no means anywhere near as good as the comic, naturally. As a whole, the show is pretty good. Not amazing and not terrible by any means but pretty good.

I'm weird when it comes to comedy. Modern Family is one of the few shows where I've had some good gut-busting moments. The the last season was OK-ish. The series overall is a very, very funny show. I like its mokumentary style of comedy.

Breaking Bad is definitely one of my favorites on TV. Every season gets better and better. I love the way it is shot. Besides the basics of what makes a show a good show, it always has very different color tones, beautiful way of shooting the scenes and a cool soundtrack. Unfortunately, it's on its last season. It just went into a mid-season break. It will be back next summer.

I really like the writer of The Newsroom. Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men, The American President, The Social Network, Moneyball) is fantastic. It has been argued that Sorkin has regurgitated his shows of the past into The Newsroom. Luckily for me I haven't seen any of his old shows, so I get to play the ignorant card. It's a very well done political drama that throws in a good amount of love drama. It swings to the left so  some or all conservatives wouldn't be a huge fan.

Oh and God damn. I finally found out who Olivia Munn was. She is stunning. Girls that wear the hipster black rim glasses fucking KILL me. Love it.

Eh... after this past season Dexter has become my second to last bottom of the barrel show. The past season or so have really not been that good. It just seems so redundant and formulaic at this point. It just seems like they don't really know where to go. It needs to end. He also needs to stop talking about his fucking dark passenger all the time.

Community has definitely gone down a rough road. They've almost been cancelled and they lost the creator, Dan Harmon, at the end of the last season. The new season starts next month and I'm curious to see where it goes. The season premiere is Hunger Games parody. That seems like a good start. Community is one of my favorite comedies out there because it appeals to a very small percentage of viewers. It has a ton of nerdy pop culture references that make it hilarious. Unfortunately, only appealing to a small percentage of viewers is what has threatened its future.

It's been a while since I've publicly stated this, but I have a HUGE crush on Alison Brie. Is there anything hotter than the girl next door look?

Boardwalk Empire is basically The Sopranos during the rise of Atlantic City during the 1920's. It is a great period piece show. I mean it's an HBO show. It's fantastic. Steve Buscemi and his supporting cast knock it out of the park. The third season just started. It is good to have it back.

I should have put Downton Abbey after Game of Thrones. I had been hearing about this show for a while and finally got around to watching it earlier this summer. I power watched through the first two seasons and the awesome Christmas special they had. Only after watching the first episode did the show seriously knock my socks off. It took one damn episode to sell me. This is a bloody masterpiece. I am not exaggerating. The show is a phenomenal piece of work. It is my second favorite show. This is a bad description of the show but it is a very, very well done soap opera. It is also a period piece that takes place in the 1920's in England. The soundtrack is on point. It is amazing on every level. WATCH. The third season just started and I caught the first episode today. I laughed, I cheered, I cried and I loved it. I would expect nothing less from something of its outstanding caliber.

Next to Breaking Bad, Mad Men is AMCs best show; as well as the two best shows on regular TV. Downton Abbey doesn't count because it isn't a U.S. show. This is another show that continues to get better and better with each season. Mad Men follows an Ad agency during the golden age of advertising during the 1960's. The funny thing about Mad Men is that there is not a whole lot that goes on in terms of action or suspense. It is very dialogue driven, I feel. It is very clever in the fact that there is a lot of not so subtle undertones. There is always more that is going on than there is actually going on... if that makes sense. Scenes are generally very colorful and very symmetrical. Mad Men is one of my top shows. I recommend it to all.

Ok, so I don't really have a good excuse for this one. What can I say? I'm a fucking dork. When Disney runs their stats on what age demographic watches this show, I am going to be the outlier. I really liked Tron: Legacy and absolutely loved the Daft Punk soundtrack. This pretty much picks up right after the movie. It's got a cool poor mans Daft Punk sound and it has cool Tron action. It is basically like Batman Beyond but in Tron form... AKA a young kid assumes the role as the new Tron. The cast is fairly decent too: Elijah Wood, Bruce Boxleitner (guy who plays Tron in the movies), Emmanuelle Chriqui (girl who plays E's girl in Entourage), Lance Henriksen (Bishop in Aliens), Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee Herman) and Mandy Moore.