Just a Quick Thought

This will be short, but I was listening to the radio this morning and Marilyn Manson's cover of Sweet Dreams came on. I'm not really a Manson fan, but I do enjoy that song...gotta love the 80's. But after the song ended I was thinking...isn't Marilyn Manson basically the male version of Lady Gaga? Though it is difficult to compare fame, even though Manson has quite the cult following, Both artists are very similar in their antics. They both dress in ways that turn heads, their on stage performances or both bizarre but somewhat intriguing, and the majority of their interviews they are quoted as saying something borderline controversial. In the scheme of things, they are both incredibly intelligent people, who's ideologies of fame is to stand against the norm, and use their "way out in left-field" persona's create the image that the public views them as. Think about it. 

I want a Trophy for Losing

Ah competition, one of the building blocks for how society came to be. competition is what makes people strive to be the best that they can be, and if you come up short, then you need to work harder to be the best. Now, of course right now if I worked as hard as possibly could to try and be a NFL running back that would never happen, I mean certain goals have to be limited. In school, if you try really hard and make good grades you will be first in your class, winning. This whole concept is great! It's what keeps society strong, and it is what keeps people pushing other people to be better at everything they do. This is all sounds perfect right? Well for some reason the new generation of parents and children are seeing things a little differently...

In school now there is a policy called "No Child Left Behind", which in simple terms is, a new order movement that basically prevents a child from failing a grade. Why did they do this? Well, it seems that parents said their children would be embarrassed if their child failed a grade, and would be behind all of their friends. So from now on, you can literally sit in class all day, with nothing in your hand, never participate, never do homework, and after 13 years of public schooling...you will have a diploma in your hands that you probably can't even read. These are the kids getting into college. Why? well since their parents didn't give a fuck about them, and they're equally as stupid, the government realized, hey they don't make a lot of money, let us help their retard child pay for school! That way everybody wins. Because nobody would want to be embarrassed because they don't do well in school...no instead even if you are smart, you still wind up in the same spot as all the dumb kids. Competition. Erased.

In youth sports or camps, all children have to win some sort of award or trophy at the end of the season or camp. So when I have a beached whale roll onto the soccer field, cries, bitches, and sweats too much after three minutes of playing, I have to give him a trophy for "best personality" in the group. If he doesn't get an award, he would be sad and even more fat because the other kids won an award and he didn't...so what happens? Mommy bitches that we were too hard on her fat fuck child, and he has every right to win something that the other kids do. So from now on, no matter how bad you suck at something you win an award so you can feel like a winner. If this worked in real life, everyone would be the CEO of their companies right? I mean if Ernie get's promoted I want to too. It's not fair that he got promoted and I didn't. At some schools, children are discouraged from playing games like tag, or sports. Why? Oh well because that same fat kid who sucked at soccer camp, he can never tag anyone on the playground which in turns leads to his mommy coming to the rescue again. Lastly, a high school cheer leading coach in a near by area was fired for calling the girls on his team "heffer's" which apparently is slang for a cow or something. In an uproar their parents came to the school and got the man fired. He got fired for a word. One single word. The man has a wife and kid's and now will probably never work in the school system again. I saw what the girls looked like, and to be honest they probably could have thrown up after a few meals. I wish I only got called a heffer when I played sports.

I could go on forever about how pathetic society is getting with competitive nature. Even when I was in school, you failed, you stay in the grade. If you lost you were the loser. When you applied for college, if you're grades and SAT aren't good enough, you're not going. Now, everyone has to be a winner in some way, nobody wants to get their feelings hurt, or told they can't do that. Nobody wants anybody to be better than the other person because that's embarrassing to the person who isn't as good.

The point is we need competition. Competition still exist in the real world where things matter. We have a bunch of children running around who have never lost, never heard a cuss word, had everything handed to them, and are probably still breast feeding in high school. Parents need to find their backbone and children need to sack up. Don't make life a military school, but it's time to cut the cord people.

Women in Sports

Dear God, please stop letting women participate in men's sports. It is not empowering or fun anymore, quite frankly it's a little embarrassing...

The reason I'm talking about this is because I accidentally saw highlights of the Daytona 500 last night. Now let me get one thing straight...NASCAR isn't really a sport, in fact, not even remotely close. "Dude you don't realize how hard that is.." I know that they sweat a lot, and you have to have good forearm strength to hold a wheel in one position for 500 laps. Anyone can drink a lot of water and work out their forearms, that's not being an athlete, that's being a guy at any age 14 plus. Not to mention it's boring as fuck. So with that being said, the retards that run this NASCAR organization decided that they were going to do something really smart to boost ratings...throw the media a little curve ball, and by God did it work. They decided to let a women get into the driver's seat of a car and compete...To make matter's worse, all the inbred people are hooping and hollering because they think she is smoking hot, when the truth is I'm not seeing it? Regardless of looks the person I'm talking about is Danica Patrick, the lady who defying odds by racing with the big boys....or something like that...

Every single race that's coming up, I have to hear a five minute segment on Danica about how, this is her year to be one of the best; and this race she has the best chance ever. Why do people keep saying this? The fact is she has been racing in what is equivalent to the minor leagues for most of her racing career, never won a NASCAR race, or even come remotely close. What this really boils down to is, people need to stop comparing women to men when it comes to sports. I promise women are fantastic at a bunch of things...for instance, I firmly believe that a women would make a better president than a man, and I also believe that women cope better in a high stress jobs. On top of that, I am completely okay with women's right, and all the equality so on and so forth. But, please quit comparing men and women's sports, because that is one thing that will never ever be equal.

Anika Sorenstam (however you spell it) tried to join the PGA...sucked. Danica Patrick has already been talked about...still fucking sucks. There have been a couple Asian golfers that tried to play PGA...sucked. If you take the best women in any sport, and play them against the best man in that respected sport...the man will win 100% of the time. For the sake of the argument, I'm just staying in America (minus Nadal)...so, Lisa Leslie vs Michael Jordan, Landon Donovan vs Mia Hamm, Serena Williams vs Rafael Nadal, whoever is the best golfer right now vs Tiger Woods. I would love to hear anyone's argument that any of these women could beat any of these guys in a game of one on one!

There is nothing special about a girl playing among men when they suck...if any of those girls were winning something it would be different, but any women can get out there and play with men and get their ass kicked. Yet, somehow people find this inspirational, and stepping stone for women in sports. What is inspirational about taking last all the time? That just means for some reason women can sign up for men's sports and it's cool, but if a man ever did that, they would be ostracized. I'll conclude this by saying that if women were as good at sports as men were, the WNBA wouldn't be dying organization, the WPS wouldn't be starting up again for like the 5th time, and there would be professional softball or volleyball. For the record Danica Patrick took an embarrassing 38th place at this year's Daytona 500, plus look at this video of her crashing...why the fuck did she take her hands off the wheel during the crash to grab her head? she has a fucking helmet on!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K1CpII2yJM


p.s I apologize to some who might be offended by this...but I'm not trying to be rude or sexist, I'm simply just pointing out something that is truthful.

Get Over it

There are so many bands that are incredibly popular right now that should not be getting the recognition that they are getting. I'm not saying their bad...well I kind of am, but I'm not comparing these people to people who are incredibly awful, but just so happened to hit a fad wave, and now their superstars (i.e. Justin Bieber). These are bands who continue to be popular for some reason, when in reality they are not as good as people make them out to be.

1.) The Foo Fighters - Sure after Kurt Cobain blew his brains out Dave Grohl abandon ship to start a new project. The Foo Fighters have maybe two good songs at best, but other than that, every single song that becomes popular by them is the exact same. A 7 minute song, that starts off with a nice beat, they play the chorus once, then have a 2 minute long bridge, followed by the band just raging and Dave singing as loud as he can the same thing over and over (Listen to the song "The Pretender" and you have heard at least 25 other Foo Fighter songs). Every year though they somehow are this huge rock band with a "new" sound.

2.) Taylor Swift - how the fuck does she keep winning awards in country! she is not a country singer! All of her songs are driven for frat boys who think it's cool to listen to her, and girls to say they can relate to all of her songs. Their horrible love or break up songs, that again all sound the same.

3.) Green Day - Green Day used to be the bee's knees way back in the early 90's, but then stardom struck and they became one of the biggest sellout bands I have ever seen. They used to be very punk rock, like on the 'Dookie' album (which is one of the greatest album names ever might I add) and for some reason lately all of their songs are these political embedded songs (Minority), that people sing to and don't even realize what the fuck they're singing about.

4.) Lady Gaga and Nikki Minaj - These two women need to be in prison for identity theft. Lady Gaga is America's new Madonna, she isn't doing anything new...Gaga just managed slip herself right into the role where everyone thinks she is super artistic, and an "actual" artist for how she acts, but in reality she just does everything Madonna did. Nikki Minaj is even worse because at least Lady Gaga is somewhat talented. Nikki Minaj completely stole Lil Kim and Da Brat's identity. The only problem is is she can't rap. She just uses that disgusting deep voice of hers, and raps about dirty things, and all the sudden people think she is fucking brilliant. Well, if they knew something about music, they would know that the original two already did that shit.

5.) Any band who sounds like Nickelback, 3 Days Grace, or Breaking Benjamin - Dear God, somehow these bands have made themselves famous by being awesome metal bands, but the truth is, not only do they all sound the exact same, but there music is horrible. I mean seriously, I'm almost certain that no of them writes their own music, all of the guys in the band can play, but not that well, just enough to create music. Anyone can distort an amplifier and strum a guitar. It is so bad, yet on the rock radio station, these bands are fucking playing one after another. 10 years, Papa Roach, Evan's Blue, Chevelle, all are basically the same band with a different name. Jesus Christ how I hope this fad dies out.

Lastly, I encourage everyone to try and listen to new things instead of what you hear on the radio. There are so many awesome bands that are out there that don't make it on the radio. All genre's of music (except country), and as for rap music, I suggest going back to old school shit from the 80's & 90's like Wu Tang Clan, N.W.A, Big L, and all the other guys who actually rapped. The same can be said for old rock, but fuck, stay away from these bands that are so shallow and disappointing.

A Life in Movies

The 84th annual Academy Awards just wrapped up, and besides Billy Crystal being a dick...the show was pretty good. I thought the people who won each award were deserving. I love movies, I try to watch all different types of movies, the good ones, the bad ones, funny or sad ones, they all can be great in their own way. But for several movies, I can't help to think what it would be like if certain situation's were real. 

Thrillers and scary movies tend to be the worst about this. My question is, when something that crazy or fucking scary happens to you, how in the hell do you come back from something like that! I mean honestly, take a movie like Transformers or more recently Paranormal Activity 3. If a situation actually did happen like it does in Transformers, how the hell do you lead a normal life after that, not to mention you have the greatest story topper ever. That movie takes place in like a week, what the hell would you do the next week. Can you walk up to one of your buddies or co-workers and be like, "you will not fucking believe what happened to me last week.." Then casually precede to tell him how you had rockets being shot at you by 30 foot tall space robots, who were blowing the entire city to smithereens. If someone were to come up and tell you that with a straight face, it would probably be pretty tough to be like "oh nice, well I just sat around watching football all weekend, you know, pretty laid back." No that is impossible! Not to mention that the person who had that wild weekend would probably be traumatized for the rest of their life. You can even walk down the street anymore with out having some sort of Vietnam flashback. To make matters worse, how about a scary movie? All the paranormal movies scared the shit out of me. Especially in the movie theaters where the sound makes everything 20x worse. In the third one, there are survivors (I promise that doesn't really ruin the movie for those who haven't seen it), so for those survivors, how do you go day to day with out pure anxiety every time you walk into a house. Like, "I got dragged down the fucking stair case last night by something demonic...it was crazy, but after that I made spaghetti for the family, then watched The Big Bang Theory." No, that happens once and you're done for, there will never be another time in your life where you don't try to  sprint your ass up the stairs in fear for your life, it just doesn't happen. 

I'm trying to avoid the obvious question's that people ask when watching epic films, like "how did they survive that" or "why don't they just run away". I get those questions, but it's fucking Hollywood, do you know how boring a movie would be if in a scary movie someone just got in their car and drove 100 miles away. I think I have made my point. But I think one thing that is interesting is in comedy movies, and how often the funny parts are derived from certain people getting injured. In Old School (one of my favorites) Will Ferrell gets shot with a dart, and burnt in a ring of fire. Granted, in the movie it was damn hilarious, but if that actually happened in real life...probably not so funny. No man wants to get a swift kick to the balls, yet when they show it in movies it is so funny. I find that interesting that comedies have the ability to make serious situations funny, or injuries seem enjoyable. In reality, those situations are only funny on the big screen, not so much in real life. 

These are just fun questions to think about, but the truth is I don't really care one way or another. The fact that a movie can draw you in, and make you believe, want, and think is what makes any movie so enjoyable

Surviving the Apocalypse

Right now one of my favorite shows on TV is The Walking Dead, if you don't watch it I would suggest catching the fuck up because it is a really good show. But....if you are unfamiliar I will give you the quick run down. Basically what has happened is there is a group of people that are followed on the show, who have survived a zombie apocalypse and are now fighting for survival, and looking for a way out. There is a lot more that goes into it, but I figure that you can paint your own picture. After watching this for quite some time...I have thought to myself, could I survive a zombie apocalypse with the skills and knowledge that I have possessed over the years? I think it's an interesting question and I also believe that a lot of people have thought the same question. If it were me, this is what I would do...

Just assuming that I had a bit of time to prepare...not even a lot, but maybe a news flash that said people were getting their faces ripped off by other people run for your fucking life, so that maybe I had a couple hours to brace myself I would start like this. First and foremost, the obvious things...try to gather with my close friends and family, get as many guns and weapons as possible. Then I would go rob the fuck out a liquor store, followed by a gun store so we could further equip ourselves. Tell everyone to get in a car, pack as much as they can, head to the nearest Sam's Club, and start my fortress there. 

Sam's Club would be the perfect fort! it can hold several people, they have a shit load of food, beds, clothing, literally just about whatever you need. Not to mention that place is big enough to where if shit goes down, you can still make a run for it. For the record, just because it can hold a lot of people...doesn't necessarily mean I would just let any schmuck into the place. I figure once we have the place boarded up and secure, that if people come knocking that they would have to pass qualifications first. If you're fat, automatically out. Not only are you a liability for when we have to run, but you take up a lot of space, and you eat too much, sorry. As for all the women, it depends honestly...you have to promise to only hold/shoot a weapon if you have shot a gun at least 3 times before, and you have to swear on your life that in any situation you will never...and I mean never, drive. We can't afford to making careless mistakes like that, and letting a woman hop in that driver seat is doomed for failure. For everyone else rules vary, if you're wearing Ed Hardy, or Affliction...no, if you can't bring anything positive to the group...no, ginger...no, and if you still dodge all of those problems...then you're probably good. After that a couple rules goes as following...don't be a hero, but also don't be a pussy, live by the motto "he who runs lives to fight another day", which basically means if you're scared get the fuck out of there. Shoot anything dead, and for goodness sake's don't accidentally shoot somebody in the group, that's why I won't have a gun, a pistol at most, but I'm skiddish in certain situation's. I'd prefer to be a leader who carries a beat stick around. These are just some of the simple and basic rules that are required if you want to make it through the zombie infestation. 

In my head I have a vision that I would survive a zombie apocalypse. I think I also take into consideration that   zombie's could only lightly jog at best, rather than the one's on 28 Days Later, who can sprint like a mother fucker. In the end, if things did get too bad...that's why my second order of business was to rob a liquor store, I would have one last hurrah, get wasted, grab the biggest guns I could find, and charge into the battlefield.

p.s there is a tool called the fubar, it is a real thing, and after heavy persuasion from one of my former professors...I am convinced that this is the greatest tool besides a firearm to kill a zombie. 

We're all Drunks

Happy Fat Tuesday everybody. Actually I don't really give a shit, because the truth is despite this originally being  an eve to a religious event, Mardi Gras turned into a place where people make bad decisions, get wasted, and under aged girls sign up for Girls Gone Wild and make even worse decisions. Again though, I don't really give a shit because if people wanted to, they could do this everyday! There are a million reason's why people drink..and they don't need some stupid holiday to let them be able to. Even now, these are legitimate reason's why I drink, and I know that most people feel the same.

- Had a hard day
- Had a long day
- Had a tough practice
- It's Thursday, which means it's almost Friday...so it's practically the weekend
- It's Wednesday...it's hump day! half way through the week
- Monday's you drink because it's Monday and it's the start of the week
- Tuesday's because your still trying to get over how shitty Monday was
- The weekends are a given...
- Cause you're bored
- Because your mad, sad, glad, confused, frustrated, pissed, annoyed, or any other shallow emotion you can feel
-  The weather is either too hot, cold, windy, rainy, snowy (a word?), or any other thing mother nature hands us, so you might as well stay inside and booze.
- Playing video games
- Because we won our game this weekend
- Because we lost our game this weekend
- Everyone else is doing it?
- A holiday is coming up, and your fixing to go on a family vacation so you want to party with your friends before you leave
- A holiday is coming up, and your fixing to go home from school, so you want to party with your friends before y'all ride in the car together to go back home.
- (For two answers directly above) Party when you arrive back in your own town, or when you make your return
- Cause you hate your life
- Because your girlfriend/boyfriend broke up with you
- Because you got a good grade on a test
- Lastly, and my favorite because people have said this so many times!..."I'm drinking tonight because I have a lot of shit I need to take care of that's coming up pretty soon, and I'm not sure when is the next time I'm going to get to party like this.."

The list could go on forever. The truth is, is that for some reason some people have to make an excuse for why they are drinking, when the truth is everyone just likes to get a little fucked up from time to time, and I can't blame them. From now on just grab a beer to grab a beer...no excuses. Just simply because you're trying to catch a little buzz before you do it all over again the next day.