JD Salinger

His life eluded him. He escaped into oblivion. He's not what you might called a 'celebrity.' He's more of a mystery to us. He might've hated the paps (paparazzi). Maybe that's why he went into hiding. Never mind his personal life, he was a great writer. That's all that matters. If people (us common folks) want to delve into his past, then isn't it called 'invasion of privacy' or better yet 'breach of privacy.' He just pass away, and people, without common sense, are delving into his personal life. For shame! Let the man rest in peace! He deserved it. Let us remember him as a great writer, best known for Catcher in the Rye. In my humble opinion, he was the most outstanding writer of the last century ever to walk the earth!

Banned Books

I just read the list of banned books. Most of them I either read on my own or in school, and I found nothing whatsoever wrong with them when I read them. So why were they banned?! I mean, my teachers in high school, elementary school, college told me to read them, and they seem pretty great. Nothing to censor about them, so why censor them now, is my question. It's puzzling to have them censor cause some of the books were all the century's 100 most popular list or whatever it was back before the new millenium began. So what the reason for the censorship?
I mean, a lot, whole a lot of kids watch violent movies and play violent video games. Not only that they tween and also teens watch sexual action on TV, so they're probably desensitized by it by now. And they either read or watch Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Twilight, and every other vampire rip-off there is so there is no reason to censor some books that they don't really for. Other than the fact that the schools make them read it. If the censor those books, they have to read the popular teens/tweens books filled with gore and other gruesome stuff. Those are stuff that should be censored.

Nancy Kerrigan

It is a sad. It is sad day indeed for the Kerrigan family. Her father was what she called her 'support' through good times n' bad. Remember the Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan rivalry? Remember Tonya Harding hiring a henchman to knock off the competition (that would be Ms. Kerrigan)? Well, turns out she some demons in her family also (doesn't everyone?). Her parents has sued her brother for cold, hard-hard cash "in a desperate attempt to recover $105,000 they'd lost paying his mortgage, credit card bills and even buying food for his pets," according to court papers. He also has a history of domestic violence, according to his ex-wife (that's what I heard on TV). Poor guy. He has been living in the basement of his parents since the divorce. When their father died, they were fighting over the phone. The brother had his hand around the father's neck, but the family said it was an heart attack. After the father went on the ground, the son thought he was 'faking it.' They are in the process of doing an autopsy right now. They just finished the funeral. Sad indeed. This saga'll never end. Not only is the son grieving for the loss of their father, but Nancy is also. Sad, sad, sad story. I see no end in sight.

CA Budgets Cuts

What riles me about the budget cuts is that the government is full of white, rich guys (like Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger & Mayor Gavin Newsom) can't even relate to us poor low-income folks (and that's includes seniors & disabled). All they care is about money, money, money! What about us low-income folks, which includes seniors & disabled? With the disabled (does that includes seniors) Muni pass increasing to May from $15 to $5 more bucks and twice that much by June ($30!), how will we live off? Right now, we're living off SSI and/or SSA. But what happens when the increase occurs? We need extra spending money to have fun and other stuff. But in order to have fun, we need to travel by Muni. But without Muni, no one will have the luxury to travel. Even traveling by Muni is a luxury. But without the money to travel to places by Muni, we have to forgo the pleasure of going to places. The budget cuts are bad enough, but increasing the rates to our Muni passes? That's gotta be the worse! If they wanna cut something, why don't they cut something we don't need like mental institutions, group homes, boarding care for the disabled and/or elderly. Why don't they cut jails?

Haiti

Makes you think what you could do to help those in need...
Through the telethon (I myself didn't watched it), the Entertainment Industry Foundation raised a whole lot of dough (a cool $57 mil so far and counting) If it weren't for the entertainers giving out a hand, the citizens of the world wouldn't contribute to the victims of the Haiti earthquake. But they did. So let's give a hand to the entertainers. They found the time in their busy schedules to do whatever their specialty and give back to the community (Haiti). If we didn't buy, download, or whatever their CD, then the Haiti people wouldn't have the medical attention they need. So give a hand to them.
For more info, hopeforhaitinow.org

Pet Peeves

Love the rain (when I'm inside)
Wish it was spring (my birthday)
Death to rain
and killer clowns
Why, oh , why must it rain?
Kill, rain, kill
Is the gods up there angry or something?!
Death to rain and killer clowns!!! (Oh, yeah!)
Begone, rain and killer clowns!
Let it rain no more! (For sure!)
Don't we need rain?
But too much, we can drown!
Too little, we will be hydrated!
Live n' let lived
Can't it rain just the right amount?
Rain no more...
Death unto death
For rain and killer clowns! (Straight up, man!)
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killer clowns
kill, kill, kill!
death unto them
dead clowns walking
not just killer clowns
but all clowns of every shape, size, and contentment
i hate clowns
with their fake, make-up faces
and their fake laughter masking their real feelings n' insecurities
die, die, die!

Awards for the Stars but what about us...?

Awards (shows) are a sham! If they get awards for the awards for the work for such and such a movie, TV show, music, or whatever, then shouldn't we get one for our hard-earned labor? They did nothing but have fun or what it looks like to their fans. But maybe just maybe it is hard work. How hard is it to be creative? How hard is it to memorize a couple of lines for a movie, play, TV show, or whatever... The people in the entertainment industry pretend to be doctors, for example while the real doctors don't even get so much as an accolade. They do feel proud when something goes well for them or defeated when something goes bad for them. But some times TV doesn't even portray life in the hospital right... No way the people in real life gets reward for being doing a good job on a certain assignment or getting an important client or even being prompted. Sure, you get an new office and maybe a secretary/receptionist. But an reward? Nosiree.
But somehow I always tempted to watch who win what even though my principles are totally against awards shows. But still, I hate the entertainment industry for getting awards when other hard-working people don't even get an award. They just feel good or bad about themselves when they achieve something or don't. Still, it's the principle of the thing, right? Anyway, awards for the entertainment industry stinks. We commoners should get awards for laboring ourselves off. But all the entertainment industry does is sell themselves. Some don't even do nothing. They get famous for nothing. Paris Hilton, for example. I'm talking about the reality stars.

Rilo Kiley

Here's Rilo Kiley, an American indie band headed by a woman, Jenny Lewis; the rest are guys. Take a listen and tell me what you all think... I think is kinda cool, but what do you think? Tell you one thing about their website: it's on the creepy side. Take a look-see, and tell me what you think... Here it is: http://www.rilokiley.com/audio_widget/player

Movie Revue: Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Heath Ledger's last movie (God rest his soul) was a ride of a lifetime! It was a blast! I had a blast watching it! I can't even tell the diff between the others-Johnny Depp & Jude Law-who took over his role after his death. They seemed so similar that I thought they were all the same person! Jude Law & Johnny Depp did a good job taking over Heath Ledger's role.

SPOILER'S ALERT!!!

As for the story, I love it to pieces! It was about Doctor Parnassus selling her daughter to the devil. When she turns 16, the devil gets her. In exchange, the good (or bad?) doctor gets immortality and infinite, magician powers to explore your imagination. Whenever the doctor is at the lowest peak of his life, the devil turns up and they make a new bargain. He even manages to get youth so that he can woo his future daughter's mother, but the devil has one deal to make with this. When the kid turns 16, the kid is turn over to the devil. After his daughter finds out about this, she threatens to run away to live a normal life.

Enter Tony, Heath Ledger/Johnny Depp/Jude Law's character, who changes the Doctor Parnassus' show for the better, reaping them in lots and lots of dough. Tony wants to escape reality so he escapes into his imagination, which turns hideous 'cause he's hideous. He has some dark secrets that no one on the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' crew knew about until the other guy of the group got it out of him; the daughter is always defending him, but the other guy says Tony betrayed them with his secrets. Then Tony comes up with this idea to draw more customers to the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. They were sold!

But then he entered with the daughter the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, that's when everything changed... Tony & the daughter were in a boat with nice view and everything but everything has its price doesn't it? The pleasantness has a downside to it... They suddenly saw a kid, and then become public figures when they find the kid, but is it for real or is it their imagination? After they find the kid, they become public figures for Missing & Exploited Children or something like that.

But then, men start to chase Tony, and that's when things go wrong. He start to hit everybody-even little kids, the daughter who thought she loves him, but when he starts to hit her, she starts to hate him. Tony even hit Doctor Parnassus. Eventually, the devil make a deal with Doctor Parnassus. If the doctor gets rid of Tony, then the daughter is free of the previous bargain. So Doctor Parnassus gets rid of Tony-I mean everybody else's gets rid of Tony. They hang him 'cause they hate him. Doctor Parnassus ends up being a beggar. His daughter ends up marrying the other guy and having her own daughter. Doctor Parnassus is able to get out being a beggar with the help of a midget (Mini-Me from the Austin Powers movies) without the help of the devil and continue entertaining a new generation.

I like how the daughter was able to get out of doing what she hated and lived a normal life without her father; she doesn't need to depend on her father. After all, she's an independent woman. She was able to build a family of her own; her father's life wasn't what she wanted. Neither was the other guy. I found the father (Doctor Parnassus) lame because he was trying to entertain with the help of a midget. Isn't that lame? I think so.

Justin Bieber

Guess what my new obssession is?
Justin Bieber!
He's just the cutest, most talented softie ever!
I love his soft voice.
I also love his romantic videos (Taylor Swift gets kudos for most romantic country videos; Justin Bieber gets kudos for most romantic pop videos).
No question about it, I'm in looooove with him; I've a reeeeeeeally bad crush on him.
(Granted, he's a little too young for my liking, but I think young guys are way more charming, studly than older guys who had been touched by life n' rejection)
Since he's new to the entertainment industry, he's most probably untouched by scandal!
And not to mention, he's untouched by Disney, which makes it all the more perfect!
Scandal-free=Perfect catch!
Love ya, JB!

Feed Your Mind

Feed me...
Live it up-
Enjoy life to the fullest
Take what's yours and bring it back (like a boomerang!)
Don't take life for granted-
Enjoy each and every little itty bitty moment that you can
Take extreme measures
Take a leap of faith-
Leap into the fire (without any clothes on!)
Can't stand the heat,
then this life isn't for you!
As a last resort.
Take the drastic measures

Life's Misgivings

Isn't it horrible?
I've been hibernating; I've got a marginal cold.
I've think everyone-and I mean everyone has forgotten me... :(
Isn't it sad, though...?
Why, I could disappear off the face of the earth, and no one but no one would care...!
I am getting sad just thinking about it...

2010

Happy New Year-HNY!
Welcome to a New Decade! Yep, it's another decade! Out with the old, in with the new! All right!
Well, hope this year, this decade is better for the world at large (don't be a pessimist, be an optimist!) Hope good things come our way in the future! Hope we dig our way out of the bad economy-there is a light at the end of the tunnel!
So far the entertainment industry is saddened by the loss of Casey Johnson, heiress to the Johnson & Johnson enterprise. Well, I, for one, didn't know who she was. But her death has an impact on the entertainment industry. That's what you get for embracing the L.A. party scene. More addiction to drugs and alcohol...
Gossip, gossip, gossip. Same old, same old in the world of rich and famous
On the other hand, life is happening for everyone else that is not rich and famous-making the extraordinary out the ordinary-continuing on their mundane, daily lives. How boring! Let's make the most of life-make the most of the ordinary into extraordinary. Make lemonade out of lemon.