To be quite honest, since Michael Jackson died, I’ve been wondering what the conspiracy theory part of the world is thinking about this.
I’m pretty sure there are people out there who will believe that Jackson faked his own death. I mean, some people believe Elvis is alive or that Tupac faked his too (I can understand why on that last one, considering Tupac has had at least two albums released since his death).
My opinion of the past few years, or rather, since I’ve been old enough to think well enough about it, is that when you fuck up raising a child as badly as they fucked up Michael Jackson’s life, any oddness or retardation in mental growth is not the kid’s fault. You can only do what you can with what you have. It’s no surprise the youngest kid of the Jackson 5, the one who was pushed the hardest, the one who was given the lead, is the one who cracked, who lost his childhood and wanted a new one, who couldn’t ever grow up.
I really am writing this blog entry to say that and to link Jon LaJoie’s music video for his song “Michael Jackson Is Dead” in which he mocks the media’s coverage. It’s also really reminiscent of Billie Jean musically, which makes it even better to me.
So I’m back from Dan’s sister Patty’s wedding. Patty and Marco got engaged New Years 2008, and somewhere early in that year, she got pregnant. They decided to wait to have the wedding, which I think was a great choice. It’s obvious how much the two love each other and the baby. The ceremony was really great, and I had a lot of opportunity to take pictures.
For some reason, when I updated wordpress for my photoblog, it won’t let me post from flickr, so I’m having issues with it. Here’s a link to the set from the weekend.
Marco’s family is Mexican and some don’t speak any English at all, so the ceremony was bilingual, which was fun. Also, Dan makes retarded faces.
My mom recommended a book to me that she knew I’d like: Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer. The back cover says that he’s Canada’s answer to Michael Crichton and it shows. This is a good thing, however, because it means he’s pretty meticulous in his details.
What I love about sci-fi is when it’s made real through explanation. Solaris really had that going for it, devoting chapters to the explanation of how the planet worked. I really liked the science in Sawyer’s novel also.
Without giving too much away, it’s obviously a “time travel” book, and by that I mean this: when an experiment is done by a Swiss lab, it causes each human to jump forward 21 years in consciousness for two minutes, with no ability to change the movements of the elder version of themselves. Those who are dead in 21 years see nothing. The whole book is devoted to how a few specific individuals and the world reacts to that situation.
Explaining much more would give a lot away and you really don’t need to know more about the book than that. The book toys with morality, free will vs. destiny, and does both in multiple ways because of the many characters in the novel.
Definitely a quick fun read and I’d suggest it to anyone who likes sci-fi. There’s also going to be a television show this fall that Sawyer is involved in so it looks like it might have some hope. I’ll be watching it, for sure.
So the girl who had 56 stars tattooed on her face was lying about falling asleep while being tattooed and pretty much made the tattoo artist look like a fuckface when she was just scared of her dad’s anger. This is one of those things that just bugs me to all end. It’s nice she actually admitted it, but this is something that could kill an artist’s career had she not. The guy did good work, and even knowing that she was lying he offered to pay for half of the removal. He seems like an awesome guy to me.
Uh, however, after she admitted she was lying, he rescinded the offer. That makes me like him even more.
After watching all of those bad movies, Dan and I caught The Wrestler last night and I just wanna say how amazing it was. Especially since we watched so many shitty things first.
But it wasn’t just that. The performances were great. The music, amazing. Aronofsky is one of the best directors out there. It’s paced well, has realistic dialogue, and just over all looks good. It doesn’t spell too much out for you.
When a movie is bad, you can tell why immediately. When it’s good, it’s a bit harder to explain.
Dan and I really love watching bad horror movies. When we lived with our friend Tim, we used to get drunk and watch them on the weekends. With this new streaming Netflix, Dan and I can (for free!) get the worst that horror can provide.
Now, before all of this, we watched a lot of shit. We’ve seen some movies like Mr. Hell (ridiculous and random nudity was a plus) and Drive Thru (hahah horny the clown). We’ve seen some shit that doesn’t even have links on IMDB.
The past few days, we’ve seen movies that were just perplexingly bad. One was this movie called Zombie Wars which had a shitty story, bad acting, nonsensical everything, generic wipes, rookie editing, and horrible direction. Can I mention the director’s been making movies since the ’80s? Yeah, bad sign. But the cinematography was really nice and it looked professionally shot. The sound was also good. (The most annoying thing was that everyone was a perfect shot with every bullet.)
But last night…Crippled Creek. Worst movie I’ve ever seen. Looked like it was shot on my camcorder. The audio sounded like they put blankets over the microphones. Acting was horrendous. I have never heard so much generic rock music, plus they used a song from Last Temptation of Christ. The plot made no sense. It was pretty much an ego film for the guy who directed it, who called it “A Hans Hartman Film.” He also played the killer, was the DP (how the fuck can you give yourself a DP credit for using a shitty camera that took no work and not lighting anything and just…ugh), and just generally caused the suck of this movie.
At the end, they wrapped the plot up without any explanation (the opposite of the Saw movies) and then the credits rolled complete with ads. This was the worst horror movie I’ve ever seen. Not even bad enough to be good like Drive Thru, which I actually suggest watching.
When I got Wii Fit back in May 2008, I used it every day for about four months. I lost a bunch of weight and got in good enough shape that I had abs. But then, I got bored with it since it was the same stuff over and over again and way too easy. And laziness and unhealthy eating took over and I gained back 2/3rds of the weight that I had lost.
But yesterday, Dan bought the Gold’s Gym Wii game and I gave it a shot this morning. Since I’m officially “overweight” again and out of shape, I’m gonna start slow, but it looks fun already. Boxing and a lot of cardio, something Wii Fit doesn’t have.
This isn’t about food though, to be honest. I’m not going to change my eating habits, since they’re not horrible. My main issue is being lazy. I need to be more physically active. Going to the garden on Wednesday helped remind me that it’s fun to walk around and get exercise.
It’ll probably be slow going, but I gotta work on it.
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About As a poet, I feel like any photography I do will always be a reflection of the words I use. When I think, I think in words, not images, unlike visual artists. This site houses a minimalist dream log, my poetry including poems from You May Waltz To Your Doom In Sanguine Stained Shoes, my photography, and a blog with Let's Play related entries.
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