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Changeling

2012-01-21T12:10:00.000-06:00

A grief stricken mother takes on the LAPD to her own detriment when it stubbornly tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child, while also refusing to give up hope that she will find him one day.

Capote

2012-01-20T21:20:00.000-06:00

Truman Capote, during his research for his book, In Cold Blood, an account of the murder of a Kansas family, the writer develops a close relationship with Perry Smith, one of the killers.

Buried

2012-01-19T21:40:00.000-06:00

Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraquis he wakes up to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.

Animal Kingdom

2012-01-18T21:20:00.000-06:00

Tell's the story of seventeen year old J (Josh) as he navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

2012-01-17T21:35:00.000-06:00

Ron Burgundy is San Diego's top rated newsman in the male dominated broadcasting of the 1970's, but that's all about to change when a new female employee with ambition to burn arrives in his office.

Airplane II: The Sequel

2012-01-16T21:50:00.000-06:00

A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker save the day and get the shuttle back on track-- again???

Airplane!

2012-01-16T19:00:00.000-06:00

An airplane crew takes ill. Surely the only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid to fly. But don't call him Shirley.

Bowling for Columbine

2012-01-16T18:45:00.000-06:00

Filmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

2012-01-16T18:30:00.000-06:00

The MacManus brothers are living a quiet life in Ireland with their father, but when they learn their beloved priest has been killed by mob forces, the duo return to Boston to bring justice to those responsible.

The Boondock Saints

2012-01-16T18:15:00.000-06:00

Fraternal twins set out to rid Boston of the evil men operating there while being tracked down by an FBI agent.

Blade Runner

2012-01-16T18:00:00.000-06:00

Deckard, a blade runner, has to track down and terminate 4 replicants who hijacked a ship in space and have returned to earth seeking their maker.

The Big Lebowski

2012-01-16T17:45:00.000-06:00

"Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.

Batman Begins

2012-01-16T17:30:00.000-06:00

Bruce Wayne has watched his home, Gotham City turn into a crime infested abyss throught his entire life, So he decides to become a hero Gothem needs- Batman.

Bary Lyndon

2012-01-16T17:15:00.000-06:00

An Irish Rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's position in 18th century aristocracy.

Babette's Feast

2012-01-16T17:00:00.000-06:00

In 19th Century Denmark, two adult sisters live in an isolated village and run a sect of a Protestant church. They take in a French woman as a cook.

Animal House

2012-01-16T16:45:00.000-06:00

At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.

American Beauty

2012-01-16T16:30:00.000-06:00

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation for his daughter's attractive friend.

Galaxy Quest

2012-01-16T16:15:00.000-06:00

The alumni cast of a cult space TV show have to play their roles as the real thing when an alien race needs their help

The Adjustment Bureau

2012-01-16T16:00:00.000-06:00

The affair between a politician and a ballerina is affected by mysterious forces keeping the lovers apart.

2001: A Space Odyssey

2012-01-16T15:45:00.000-06:00

Mankind finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, artifact buried on the moon and, with the intelligent computer HAL, sets off on a quest.

127 Hours

2012-01-16T15:30:00.000-06:00

A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.

366 In 366

2012-01-16T15:01:00.002-06:00

Welcome to 2012! I could go on about how this year is going to be great and will change everything. But to be realistic. Probably not.

Instead of setting some crazy goal like many are (lose weight, stop smoking, be a better person, blah blah blah) I am compiling a list of movies. Good, bad, indifferent. 366 Movies to be exact. 366 Movies for 366 Days in the year of 2012. By my calculations that is 1 movie a day.

Why am I posting this to Blogger?

Blogger, You are about to be inundated with movie posters and “synopsi?”. for each movie I am watching. Don’t freak out and I am sorry in advance. The post time will be the time I am starting the movie. Usually ending at 11:15 or midnight due to the fact I am participating in Stargate rewatch.

Simple, sweet. Wanna participate? Shoot me a message for my list, or create your own! (It’s not easy, trust me.) and don't forget to label with "366n366"

Stargate Rewatch

2011-08-02T23:00:00.000-05:00

Note: This article was written in March but was not posted until after the event started.

The Stargate franchise is officially over. That is the sad news I have come to bear.

THE GOOD NEWS!

Gateworld, An online (mega) fan base of Stargate fans and ultimate resource guide for all things Stargate, announced that they will be hosting a "rewatch" event Starting August 1st. (well July 31st really) The objective, watch one episode of Stargate every weekday, watching one season of Stargate a month. This endeavor will take over a year since this encompasses the entire Stargate franchise. The idea is to have fun watching one of the most successful science fiction franchises on television. Not simply to watch it, but to experience the series, and perhaps get some of your friends into it as well. Gateworld also suggested being social in your viewing. Like Gateworld on Facebook and follow Gateworld on Twitter and you are set. Post when you are watching the episode on twitter using the hashtag #SGRewatch and Gateworld + The Stargate fan universe will know that you are preparing on one of the most daring fanventures i have heard of.

The schedule is as follows

Stargate the Movie

info

August 2011 – Stargate SG-1 Season One

Stargate Atlantis

Atlantis

Atlantis

Atlantis

Atlantis

Stargate Universe

SGU

FB post that needs addressing

2011-02-17T11:50:00.001-06:00

This will be short:

"No, you did not just call my faith a myth. Don't compare Christianity to mythology. It's real and you better believe it or your going to get left behind."

I am sure the Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, Nords, Druids etc. said the same thing.

Picture Of The Day

2011-02-17T11:46:00.000-06:00

Presented without comment

Stargate Universe to air final 10 In March

2011-02-14T00:00:00.000-06:00

Syfy announced that Stargate Universe, the third canon installment of Stargate, will air the final 10 episodes on March 7th at 10/9c after Being Human. After that the gate will close.

At least in the series sense.

Joseph Mallozzi (Pictured) stated on his blog that all hope for a third season is pretty much over. Instead they are looking into producing movies to finish off the series.

Keep a third season in the back burner. you have TEN episodes in a less competitive timeslot to air. There is some turnaround ability. Movies would be nice but I am still waiting on the new SG-1 movie and the first Atlantis movie, so I am not keeping my hopes up.

Caprica And Stargate Universe

2011-01-05T02:30:00.024-06:00

2010 was not a nice year to Science Fiction Shows Caprica and Stargate Universe on the Syfy Network. After a scheduling shuffle in the fall due to an outrage of Caprica's extended break the show moved from January 2011 to October 2010. The problem?

CAPRICA
Well there are two. First, Caprica's ratings were good on Fridays and was the most successful cable show in its night let alone its own timeslot. When Caprica moved to Tuesdays this season it was up against some tough competition, Glee in a preceding timeslot, and The Good Wife and Sons Of Anarchy in its own timeslot. Second, Lack of advertising. the advertising that Caprica did get announced its return in January. It wasnt until about mid-September that Syfy announced that Caprica would return in early October. After the announcement of the date change there was almost no advertising or announcing that Caprica would come back so soon. The way the word got out was through Twitter. Alessandra Torresani, Sasha Roiz, and Esai Morales spearheaded the Caprica Is Back (#Capricaisback) campaign. flooding Twitter with statements that Caprica is Back leading it to become a trending topic.

After the announcement of Caprica's cancellation there was a huge backlash on Syfy's Facebook fan page with outraged fans. (Note: there are of course going to be angry people when a favorite show is cancelled.) People were cursing Syfy, calling it the Wrestling network and the sell out network. Even prompting people to make anti SyFy posters and logos. (Such like the one above). Operation Airlock was crated as a fan based boycott of the SyFy Network until Caprica is brought back or a proper resolution is made. Suffice to say that the project was partially successful until Friday when Sanctuary aired. The popularity of Sanctuary deterred OA members from continuing their campaign.

STARGATE UNIVERSE
When The Caprica dust finally settled Syfy Decided to throw another curve ball. Cancel Stargate Universe. Now to note that when Caprica's announcement was not taken well. Stargate Universe was even worse. The messages are still flowing even to this day. When Caprica was cancelled fear struck through the SGU fanbase starting a preemptive Save Stargate Universe campaign on Twitter as well as a SGU for Season 3 campaign. Despite the impressive numbers of participants Syfy Still cancelled it citing ratings. Again the same argument can be made that Tuesday is a tough night for Cable TV. with A Glee Predecessor and Raising Hope as its biggest competitor Stargate Universe kept what can be called impressive ratings for its situation. The thing is between the Save Stargate Universe Campaign and the support from OA. Stargate Universe does have a chance to come back since earlier Joeseph Malozzi announced that Stargate Universe is a 5 season story and the fact that the campaign is a little more organized than just Operation Airlock.

Save Stargate Universe had a Resurgence Event asking the fans to legally purchase Stargate Universe's midseason episode "Resurgence" providing links to all possible forms of purchase.

An interesting fact about SGU's cancellation is that No one from production knew. All of the actors, producers and writers were informed through Twitter by fans saying how disappointed they were and how sad they were for the loss completely confusing the actors. I have a feeling that that is going to hurt Syfy in a way that we do not know yet.

Happy New Year: NSFW

2011-01-03T00:46:00.000-06:00

Happy New Year from Ben's Blog

Courtesy: Caius Schneider & Tina Hadley

Merry (late) Christmas!

2010-12-26T07:00:00.010-06:00

I know this post is late but bear with me!

A Lot has changed here at Ben's Blog these last few months. I have expanded a blog from a series to a franchise, adding in Movie, TV and Food reviews to the main blog. TV and Food reviews will start on the 1st of the year as I have been busy preparing to flood the internets with posts. I have been able to fufill my dream of having guest posts on the blog for the Rocky Horror Glee Show. (My review will be available when it comes out on the TV show review blog). Oh and a note to some readers. I don't plan on starting a Game review blog, sorry.

I have recently formed, with my friend David Shatto, a production company for small productions, or productions that are large and cheap. Whichever way you look at it it exists for a purpose, to help people with ideas produce the videos they want. Om Nom Nom Productions is currently working on Vworld and will hopefully shoot in the spring if the schedule doesn't get pushed too much later (It probably will).

Blogger Has thankfully implemented a mobile version of blogs for better reading on your smartphones. I had a chance to look at it and test drive the mobile site. I myself have to admit that it is pretty sweet and is easy to use. Once I figure out EXACTLY how to get to it I will inform everyone.

For the continual running of this blog and my projects there are a few people I have to thank
David Shatto- My best friend and brother. This guy keeps me level and nerdy. Without him life would defenitley be dull.
Anna Ryan- The mentor. We are each others therapists. What would I do without her or Any member of the Ryan family?
Alan and Marianne Knight- my no nonsense attitude comes from these two. My teachers. My mother tells me that I need to do better and my dad just agrees, which makes me work harder on making this blog better.
Andi Enns- She makes me strive to have this blog as professional as possible while still being fun and juvenile (Like my father).
Ken Willard and Kevin Edwards- The people responsible for my avid film-making. Edwards the Technical and Willard the theory, I have learned so much from them the 3 years I was at Wyandotte.

Rocky Horror Glee In The Eyes Of A Virgin

2010-11-27T15:15:00.001-06:00

David Shatto
Rocky Horror Virgin

I was completely unfamiliar with Rocky Horror, and that hardly changed after watching the Glee episode. I feel that you barely were introduced to the characters of RHPS. As far as any inside jokes go, I didn't understand them, though I could tell in some instances a RHPS joke was made, and I could understand that it was an allusion to it, and could understand that it was a part meant to be somewhat funny. While I could appreciate it, without the knowledge of RHPS, I could not fully appreciate it. As for character choice for the roles, I cannot say, based on the briefest of descriptions, I would say they were pretty good. Overall the episode was good, I enjoyed the music, some of the comedy (excluding the RHPS references), Sue's role (as usual), though like most episodes of season 2, it could have used a little more character development, and less regression (while it did propel the Karl plot, it did not adequately tie up the Emma/Shoe subplot, which is another issue that they have with this season so far, they have new material and do not extend it to its fullest, they just brush it off to the side).

The Rocky Horror Glee In The Eyes of A Fan

2010-11-01T22:20:00.000-05:00

Tomas Escarpita
Rocky Horror Fan

Hey Ben's almighty followers! My name is Shaggy, and today I'm going to be talking about my most favorite subject. That is "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" but not just TRHPS, but Glee's adaptation of it. What are my thoughts: from a die hard Rocky Horror fan.

Now, what did I think of it? Well, as a die hard fan, I was not impressed. Sure, the adaptations of the songs were great. Except for "Sweet Trasvestite." Oh how mad I was when they decided to make Mercedes Frank-N-Furter. I mean, I have no problem seeing as Frank is right between a man and a woman, but they should at least try to be accurate. Everyone else was fantastic, I love that Ms. Pillsbury is finally becoming less boring, and she had her own solo! Haha. And how I loved John Stamos on "Full House" now I have him on "Glee!" All in all, I was expecting way too much, but I guess they did pretty good in the eye of a virgin.

--Shaggy

It's Kind Of A Funny Story

2010-10-31T12:34:00.001-05:00

It's Kind Of A Good Movie

When I entered The theater to watch “It's Kind of a Funny Story” I knew that this would be an exceptional movie. Gilchrist, Galifinakis, Roberts, they all make up a great cast of actors that take roles seriously and can portray their characters with grace and style.

Even at the beginning I was not disappointed. The story progresses much as a narrative, a sixteen year old boy having problems with depression becomes suicidal and puts himself in a mental institution. Boring plot? Not really. Execution? Beautiful.

This is a movie that really goes back and looks at how movies are made and sometimes how you can drop the audio track and still have a complete understanding of the film, the characters and the events that progress. The comedy reminds me of the level of thinking that went into comedy classics such as The Naked Gun, Airplane, and Kentucky fried movie.

It is relieving to see Kier Gilchrist in a film. He has shown his abilities on the small screen with “The United States Of Tara” and has finally participated in a movie that is completely part of his tastes. His role is perfect as the teen who has so much on his mind and finally goes to the dark part of his mind.

When someone reads the plot they can be easily dragged into the idea this will be a dark drama with blood, shouting, sex and action. Not the case. This is a lighthearted comedy that brings the issues of an everyday teenager and puts them into a single person.

Not so much shadowing over Gilchrist, Galifinakis' character meets up with Gilchrist. These two actors work well together with their two brands of comedy. Galifinakis, the fun, almost 20's type of humor and behavior; and Gilchrist, the teen-trying to act as an adult attitude.

There is really little to complain about this movie. Wait a second, there is nothing I can find that is bad with it. The characters, all of them, are believable in their own sense. The direction was superb, and the writing was spot on.

To sum it up, this is a must watch movie and will be at the top of my list when the DVD becomes available.

Resurrection

2010-10-24T22:51:00.001-05:00

Credit: David Shatto

Looking on my blogger dashboard in contemplation I have realized that Ben's blog is the most used blog out of all the ones that I have created or managed. This I do not find okay. I am here to announce that two of my sattlelite blogs will be reactivated TV Reviews and Movie Reviews.

As I have been given the honor to write for the Scifried.com I will be upping the TV reviewing by a large amount. My initial goal wa to review all of the shows I have on DVD in it entirety. That meaning All of the episdodes in said series. The only problem with that? it would take weeks to complete that task!

Seeing that this is an unattainable goal when rushed I have come to the conclusion to first off only review the shows that are currently airing. When I catch up (and I will) I will work on the previous shows with the same vigor I plan to give to the first round.

The Movie reviews will be a little bit more spaced out after all of my DVD's are reviewed. I am attending current features more often and I will have more up-to-date movie reviews available. Also I want the Movie review site to be request friendly. If you have movie you want me to watch and review I will gladly do so. All that needs to be done is send me an e-mail with this format.

camulus16@gmail.com
Subj: Review
Body: tell me what the movie is, the genre and some basic facts about the movie.

Caprica "Unvanquished"

2010-10-12T20:49:00.001-05:00

Daniel Graystone
and
Sam Adama

A lot can happen in 3 weeks on Caprica. Daniel lost everything, Joseph can no longer go to New Cap City and is now with the Ha'la'tha, Lacy is a terrorist, and Clarice is on Gemenon. Wow.

The best thing about this opener is that it is what was asked for and more. A conclusion to some of the story arcs and the revelations on the outcomes of the various story lines and how they all intertwine into each other. Also it starts new storylines for the characters.

The most interesting thing was that there is a divide withing the monotheist religion. Not all monotheists are terrorists. There are 2 parts, The STO, the terrorists who spread monotheism through fear and the Religious priests who practice the religious traditions. They also give power to who they think deserves it and would spread their word the best.

It is nice to see Caprica going to other planets. I like Caprica, don't get me wrong, but I do want to see the other colonies as well. The Caprica City skyline is beautiful but can get a little boring. Gemenon is a beautiful planet, I am glad to see it and is a good way to start the new half season.

Another interesting thing about "Unaquivished" is that it is an end and it is a beginning for the characters. Ending the way of life and thinking for all of the characters and a new type of life for them. All of the characters have changed very dynamically and will continue to amaze.

I may have said a lot about the Character development but you must remember. The whole show is about the characters.

Dj Hero 2 Demo Review

2010-09-12T18:30:00.000-05:00

Dj Hero 2 is Activisions second installment in the Dj Hero series. Instead of using a guitar you utilize your Dj skills through a turntable peripheral. Dj Hero was first released October of 2009 and was met with so so sales.

The Gameplay of DJ Hero is pretty simple Mix, scratch, and fade your way through 93 mixes mixed by professional DJ's. The actual play was simple. 3 color coded buttons for cuts/effects, crossfader to superimpose one song over the other and rotate the table for scratching.

The Review
I snagged my copy of the demo today to see whether the second one was going to live up to the expectations the first one made.

Interface

Character Choice Screen

To start off with the interface is completely redesigned and the load times are much faster. it has more of a 2.0 feel which is good . instead of navigating through a slideshow of setlists you have a list of modes and options.

The Music

Dj Hero has always had an awesomely superb soundtrack that can stand alone on a CD and be well worth listening to over and over. The new set of music and mixes tops the last with even better music and even better mixes. The Demo includes Pussycat Dolls ft. Busta Rhymes "Don't Cha" Vs. Pitbull "You Know you Want Me" and Lady GaGa "Just Dance" vs. Dead Mau5 "Ghosts N Stuff".

Screenshot Of the Dj Hero 2 Battle Mode

The Game
The gameplay is much similar to the first game. You get a runway, there are buttons and scratches and fades. the interesting this is how it is enhanced by the new upgraded freestyle modes. Instead of choosing from a short list of inputs you have one sample choice. Also there is Freestyle scratching, Freestyle crossfading and a new item that adds a little bit of a rip effect.

Extra Notes
I am not much into paying a high price for a game. The great thing is that you don't have to buy another turntable. Woo hoo!
Preorder now at Gamestop and recieve a Puma bag to store your controller and microphone. (a $45 value!)

My New Obsession: Candles

2010-09-12T00:12:00.000-05:00

It's true, get me a good candle and I will go to town. We have A LOT of Tea candles around the house and I light them all. It gives a nice feel to the house. especially when it is dark. It sets a nice mood. G'ma and I spend much of the evening outside when it is nice. I like to have at least one candle out as the only illumination and it looks great.

(pictured are one of the bedroom candle sets I put together.)

Xbox 360 or PS3

2010-09-11T14:58:00.001-05:00

My friend Shaggy is to blame for this article.

"Well, this Christmas I'm contemplating buying some PS3 games, or getting an Xbox 360. But I hear they scratch discs with movement, and they break down frequently. I don't wanna spend 400 on a system overall for a breakdown with a one year warranty! What are you thoughts on the system?"

Here are my thoughts. I am a proud owner of the Xbox360 Pro and have been for a little over a year now and I have been very impressed with it so far. I have taken great care of my system and have only had the annoying Open Tray Error.

The PS3, while a good system, does not meet some of my requirements to purchase.

Media Player- AVI's are a must.
Large selection of Games (especially console specific)
Reliable Network

Although the PS3 does have a FREE network, I read too many news articles where the PSN is down for some sort of time. Personally I would pay $50 for a reliable network then a free one that seems to not work so well.

Media- I play a lot of videos in AVI format and I can't seem to get them to work on a PS3.

"I want the 360 because all my friends have it, but then I don't want to make my parents buy something that MAY break."

Here are some tips to keep it nice.

Keep the 360 in a cool room, or make the room as cool as humanly possible. As long as you aare not in the Sahara or Death Valley without an inter-cooler then you should be fine.
Keep you software updated. Every November and sometime in Spring Microsoft releases a big Dashboard update that has many software fixes for known problems.

Also the Interface is a lot better to Navigate on a 360.

Anything to Add?

Bandwagon

2010-09-11T14:34:00.000-05:00

I am here to announce that Ben's blog has finally joined the bandwagon of Facebook. After about 4 years of posting, replies, and arguments Ben's blog is going to continue to pursue its main goal. Provide a look into the insight of one single American person and his life while informing the public with interesting news stories.

Also we are on Twitter @bensblog

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bens-Blog/148923655141349

Caprica: Stop Waiting

2010-09-09T14:35:00.000-05:00

Remember the Comic Con announcement that season 1.5 of Caprica will premiere Jan. 2011? Remark your calendars. Caprica will in fact move to Oct. 5th (Tuesday) and will air alongside Stargate Universe.

Interesting choice of date. Caprica Season 1.0 will be available for sale on Oct. 5th as well. (that sounds like a marathon opportunity)

Sanctuary Moves to Fridays

2010-09-09T14:23:00.000-05:00

The Facebook page for Sanctuary just announced that Sanctuary will not be premiering alongside Stargate Universe on Sept. 28 (Tuesday) but will instead wait about 2.5 weeks Oct. 15 (Fridays) to premiere.

SyFy announced that it will host wrestling programs on Fridays effectively killing SCI FI Fridays. Friday programming was then all moved to Tuesdays prolonging some shows (mid)season breaks.

Is this going to be a first step to reclaim SCI FI Friday? The announcement about wrestling was not very positive. friday was always premiere night for the Stargate franchise and Sanctuary as well as SyFy's latest hit Caprica.

Permitted

2010-08-22T22:38:00.001-05:00

I also would like to make a late announcement. I am now a legally permitted Driver in the state of Kansas. to become a fully liscenced Driver i must complete 50 hours of driving with a certain amount being during the night. and then I must take another written test then an actual driving test. Woo hoo!

Epic Stir Fry Anyone?

2010-08-14T04:47:00.000-05:00

for the 1:30am dinner/snack I was in a serious mood for stir fry so we looked all through the kitchen for the needed supplies. we found everything and decided to make it BD's Mongolian style. give me the ingredients you want and I will make it. Interesting thing, I made mine first and Joe smelled it and fell in love. Then he tasted it and loved it even more. So that was his choice. Thats 2 for me to make.

Then the bum friend of ours, JT decided he wanted some. so that was 3. it took a while (FOREVER) to get the water boiling but all in all it was an awesome stir fry!

Ingredients

Thin Spaghetti

Green Beans

Water Chestnuts

Corn

Soy Sauce

Basil

Garlic Powder

Meat of your choice(we forgot this step but it is awesome without)

Steps

soften the noodles in a pot.

have the skillet ready to recieve

Make the sauce (Soy sauce, Garlic Powder, and Basil)

put the noodles in the skillet and move around A LOT.

add the First vegetable

15 seconds later add the second vegetable

if you want the third wait another 15 seconds.

pour and scrape the sauce mix well.

put on plate and enjoy.

*If you want to add the meat add it before the vegetables

Finales Are Airing. I am lost.

2010-05-20T09:13:00.000-05:00

May and June are finale months for network shows. After that begins months of not knowing what to do with myself. Weeds is returning as well as Warehouse 13 and Eureka. But WH13 and Eureka is not until July. I guess the good things is that I can go through my DVR and DVD's and continue reviewing TV shows.

What will be on this summer:
The Good Guys
Warehouse 13
Eureka
Weeds
Penn And Teller BS

News Briefs Edition 1

2010-05-14T09:35:00.001-05:00

Aperture Science pimps out both STEAM and PORTAL 2 at the Same Time

Anyone who loves steam and the mack should know this by now. Steam officially came out on the Mac 2 days ago. The expansion was announced about 2 months ago alongside the announcement of a 2nd portal game. Aperture Science sent out this promotional video yesterday showing that you can simultaneously announce your game and the engine expansion at the same time and make it worth watching.

Video Game - E3 2010 - Portal

Law and Order has been sentenced to death (allegedly)

Although it has not been confirmed by NBC, or Universal. Dick Tracy Wolf's people have stated that Law and Order will not be returning for season 21. NBC stated that they are currently in talks and will make a proper announcement when the time is right.

Houston Teacher beats the frak out of student

If you have not heard of this already then I suggest you contact a cable provider to see if they service the rock you live under. A Teacher that works worked at a behavioral disorder school wailed on a student for singing. (if he sounded like Justin Bieber then I might have some sympathy). The video of the assault is horrific and makes you wonder, "why weren't the other teachers intervening?" "were they just that amused and couldn't stop watching?".

Adieu. Unless updated.

News Briefs

2010-05-14T08:39:00.000-05:00

In an attempt to keep you people informed I am Opening a new section. Thanks to the Pitch for the original name (I am stealing it until I can find something better) "News briefs" will be bite sized news stories clumped together and shipped here on a somewhat regular basis.

Twitter has the coolest bug to ever hit the internet

2010-05-10T13:56:00.000-05:00

Twitter announced today that there is a bug in it's system. The bug to make anyone follow you. THe bug can be used by typing in “accept [Twitter Username]” and done!.

Example: accept @Camulus

This by far is the COOLEST bug to ever surface

Hell Week

2010-04-12T10:59:00.000-05:00

Today is the official start of Hell Week for Dr. Horrible's sing along blog at Sumner. I think we have blocking done completely and now we need to perfect everything. We are hoping to start performances on Thursday but under the current situation we might be rescheduling that date. Tune in for a day to day breakdown of Hell Week

Caprica "Were Almost to midseason!"

2010-03-09T08:41:00.000-06:00

I wanted to keep my Caprica talk to a minimum until the midseason break. But I just couldn't.

Caprica is the new SyFy series based in the Battlestar Galactica universe. Daniel Graystone created the Cylons and 58 years later our mechanical slaves nuked the colonies and started a saga that will last a lifetime. But I digress.

Caprica brings us the story of two families suffering the aftermath of a terrorist bombing on a train. The Graystones, a high class Caprican family that is drawn by money, and the Adamas a Tauron family living on Caprica that that is consumed by power. each family lost a daughter who now live in a virtual world as a life after death.

Caprica started out with one of the best (and wierdest) pilots ever seen. Ron Moore tells a great first chapter in an hour and a half that Kubrick would spend 3 to four hours telling. Fast paced , crazy, and aesthetically pleasing, Pilot gives newbies an opportunity to enter the Galactica universe for the first time and not be completely lost.

The episodes after that? Great, although not the best each episode keeps the story going and keeps us in that same fast paced world that we entered in.

I had my reservations when it was announced that Eric Stoltz would play showrunner Daniel Graystone but that worry was immediately taken away after I saw his first scene. I am torn between three characters as my favorite of the show. Zoe Graystone (Alessandra Torresani), Lacy Rand (Magda Apanowicz), or Tamara Adama (Genevieve Buechner). All three are immensely talented and it will take much more time until I find a favorite.

Overall the show get a 9.5 out of 10. Mainly because of a slow start after the pilot.

Hoping to make weekely updates now of each episode.

The Hard Part (1)

2010-02-08T13:52:00.000-06:00

If I were to add my own 2 cents into what the hardest part (so far) of the movie production process is, it would be model making.

We entered day one of the model making process and the planning is hell. we have to create the school, the city and the ships. Sounds easy right? the problem being is that the models have to be big enough for a camera and detailed enough to look real enough. So far the models are just paper drawings but in a couple of weeks the school and part of the ship may be finished.

blah.

Half Life Movie now in the works

2009-12-19T20:54:00.000-06:00

So, I just recieved my screenplay for the Half Life movie back with a nice accepted letter on the cover (too bad it's not a stamp. So that means I have until July to get filming and post production finished. Then have it sent off to Seattle Washington. THe good thing is that in August we get to travel to the awards to see who won.

I heard there is an interesting Zelda movie that is going to be in the contest.

Out!

Returning with Ruminations

2009-12-07T11:58:00.001-06:00

Today I did my usual foraging through the reliable news sources (Google News, Pitch Blog, The Onion) to find an interesting story. Low and behold I found something interesting.

"Campaign finance reports from Maine show that a Kansas Catholic organization headed by Kansas City, Kansas, Archbishop Joseph Naumann was among the largest private contributors to repealing gay marriage in Maine."-The Pitch Blog

Now the thing that I ask is What happened to Seperation of Church and State? And when things like this happen why are we not taxing the churches. When you decide to send money help politics then you should be helping in ALL aspects.

Now before I continue I want to make clear that this is not my Atheism speaking but me putting my ideals aside to bring an argument.

It was released that Naumann gave $10K to the Maine anti same sex marriage front.

To my Catholic readers out there I want you to reply to this question. Is it right for Church organizations to donate huge amounts of money to political organizations while being Tax exempt?

Torri Higginson Celebrates her birthday!

2009-12-06T01:00:00.001-06:00

She was born in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, and is most well-known for her roles in the TekWar movies and series, The English Patient and Stargate Atlantis. She is also a theater actress and has appeared in Three Tall Women, Weldon Rising and Picasso at the Lapin Agile.

Higginson took over the role of Dr. Elizabeth Weir from Jessica Steen in a guest spot on the season eight opener of Stargate SG-1. She was then carried over as the leader of the Atlantis expedition on Stargate Atlantis and continued playing that role through the show's fourth season, though reduced from a main cast member to a recurring role in the fourth season. She did not reprise the role for the show's fifth season.

Higginson was once linked romantically to Paul Raven of the band Killing Joke and also (at a different time) to John Kastner of the Canadian rock band Doughboys. Her younger brother Luke is lead singer of the Toronto band Debaser.

In 1995, two years prior to Stargate SG-1's premiere, Higginson starred in the 1995 movie Jungleground with three other actors from the Stargate franchise: Peter Williams (Apophis), JR Bourne (Martouf), and Lexa Doig (Dr. Lam).

Happy Stargate Day to everyone

2009-10-28T01:00:00.003-05:00

Celebrate Stargate's birthday today by watching the movies and your favorite episodes!

If i ever become president then i should make this a national holiday.

The Update

2009-10-03T21:48:00.001-05:00

A New project

2009-09-03T12:00:00.000-05:00

Of course, I have been writing for the summer and now I am setting up a blog for it.

LifeTeller is my new blog for the stories I am writing. Check it out on it's opening October, 1st.

A Disney- Marvel Merger?

2009-08-31T11:56:00.000-05:00

Must I say more?

School Year has started: Procrastination Drive, Enabled.

2009-08-29T20:31:00.000-05:00

My Senior year of High school is now two weeks old. and my ability to procrastinate is in full effect. I might as well say it is great. I have an essay due for English 4 on Monday. But as you see I am spending my time blogging and working on a song Suite. Yeah, procrastination is great.

BTW, my Xbox gamercard is Camulus18

Laptops: What is new?

2009-08-28T11:50:00.000-05:00

Wednesday and Thursday USD 500 handed out laptops to students for the Laptops for Learning program. Other than my new casing on mine (I miss the burrito stains) some things have changed.

The most apparent is the Widget application. For those of you who do not know, widgets are an Apple application that allows you to access personalized information and hold information. There are hundreds of widgets available online at the Apple website. But unbeknownst to me it apparently is unfit for access. Of course there will be a follow up as I get more information.

Not New news
The application Schoolhouse still does not work. Of course this would be a good tool for students as it is an assignment tracker, agenda, and teacher connect. Very good for students, if it worked. it seems that USD 500 still worries more about blocking websites for money than getting applications to run.

Another hip hip hooray for (Amanda) Tapping's birthday.

2009-08-28T01:00:00.000-05:00

After graduation Tapping continued to study theatrical arts while performing in several stage productions. She appeared in several television commercials and played a variety of roles in television and film productions, such as The Outer Limits and The X-Files. She also formed a comedy troupe, the "Random Acts", with collaborators Katherine Jackson and Anne Marie Kerr, in Toronto in the early 90s^[3].

Tapping is best known for her portrayal of Samantha Carter in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, which debuted in 1997. After SG1 aired its final episode, Tapping reprised the role of Samantha Carter on Stargate Atlantis as the new commander of the Atlantis expedition.^[4]. In season five however, Tapping's role on the show was reduced to that of "special guest-star" with only occasional appearances^[5] due to Tapping choosing to focus her attention on the development of a new series for the SCI FI Channel called Sanctuary. The show consisted of 13 episodes which expanded on an original show released on the internet in 2007 as a series of eight "webisodes", where the bulk of the scenery and characters are entirely green screen and CGI creations. Tapping serves as both star and executive producer of the show.

In 2007, Tapping won a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Actress for her role in the short film Breakdown.

Comic Con for me

2009-07-27T09:28:00.000-05:00

I did not attend Comic Con 2009 of course but I did keep my eyes and ears at the ready to hear what is being announced. this is to highlight what I am excited about for the coming future.

Stargate Universe
Before I was skeptic as to whether Stargate Universe would help the franchise or hurt it. During Comic Con two trailers were released showing different sides of the show. Both have now strengthened my resolve in the series being the best that we have seen.

Alice In Wonderland
Tim Burton announced and released concept art pretty recently of his latest remake. Alice In Wonderland. The good thing is at Comic Con, there was a trailer. after seeing the trailer I am sure that it wil be awesome and I will be attending opening night.

Avatar
James Cameron finally did it. Avatar The Last Airbender has finally been announced as a movie production. I myself have not been big into the Avatar show But I am excited to see how he does it.

Honorable mentions
These following showcases are somewhat important to me but are not huge announcements.

District 9
THis tale of Alien refugees that are detained by the government. It's like the whole civil rights thing ever again. Ever since the early announcments last fall I have been keeping my eyes open for any District 9 news.

Ben 10: Alien Force
Season 3 is on its way this fall. It has been confirmed at this years Comic Con. The most popular Cartoon Network franchise since the Code lyoko series will be recieving a third season set to air sometime this fall.

Caprica
The only reason this one is getting mentioned is because of the release date change. When the trailer premiered during the Battlestar Galactica finale this show created a lot of buzz especially pertaining to the effect on the BSG storyline. it was originally set for spring/summer 2010 it has had its date moved to January 22, 2010.

* All links are to official sites. if there is not an official site then it will be sent to the IMDB page.

Happy Birthday To Me

2009-07-20T04:45:00.001-05:00

I want to say happy 18th birthday to myself.

It is pretty straight foreword.

I want to thank my mom for going through the nine months of pregnancy to have me. not to mention the 2 false labors and the 26 hours of labor.

i was a pain even before i was born.

Chris Drummond: One Day

2009-07-10T22:36:00.000-05:00

The world may need to watch out for Indie artists. They are on the rise and Kansas City musician Chris Drummond is no different.

High school student Chris Drummond has always loved music. He started out early as a member of a KC garage band named Thunder Muffin. After a few steady years Chris broke off and went solo for a while. Although this is usually how a music career can end it was just the beginning of the Newest Chapter:

One Day

One day is the first album made by Chris and he is very proud of it. The entire 10 minute album was made on one day. And that was not just the recording. Writing to completion it was a one day test to see if it could happen. And it did.

The first track on the album, "Piranhaz" reminds me of the Dawn Landes song "Straight Lines" in the fact that both have an Indie sound to it and that is what Attracted me. Other than that it is a mellow song and sets a tone for most of the album.

The rest of the album has a similar sound to it. The songs are pretty mellow until you get to the track "Fuck Drugs". This is more of a quickstep song about how to say no to drugs. (Maybe the AD council and the DEA need to play this song)

In short: This is a wonderful 10 minutes of your life and sets the bar for Indie/Garage bands very high. You can e-mail Chris Drummond at drummerboy45884@yahoo.com

(Note: Ask him if he still has the song "Space Cows" it is an awesome song)

Happy Birthday Morena

2009-06-02T01:00:00.002-05:00

Today is Morena Baccarin's birthday!

Baccarin landed her first movie role in the improvised fashion world comedy Perfume (2001). This was followed by a lead role in the film festival hit Way Off Broadway (2001). Shortly before moving to Los Angeles, Baccarin appeared with Natalie Portman and understudied for her role in the acclaimed Central Park production of The Seagull. The science fiction drama Firefly was Baccarin's first television show, and she reprised her role in the 2005 film Serenity.

In February 2005, Baccarin provided the voice for Black Canary in multiple episodes of the animated series Justice League Unlimited. She also guest starred in two episodes of the television series The O.C. in 2006. Morena also acted in an unaired pilot episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, playing Carmen, a male-to-female transsexual. The episode was never aired on television, as it was used simply to pitch the show to FX executives. The scene is available on the Seasons 1 & 2 DVD release of the show. Interestingly, Glenn Howertonof It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia fame, would later appear in a minor role in the Joss Whedon film, Serenity, also starring Baccarin.

In April 2006, it was announced that Morena would be playing the adult version of Adria, a recurring villain in the tenth season of Stargate SG-1. She first appeared in season 10 episode"Counterstrike" as adult Adria (the younger versions of Adria were previously played by other actresses). She appeared on the November 6, 2006, broadcast of How I Met Your Mother; Barney, whom she mistakenly calls "Swarley" (portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris), commented that her character had "crazy eyes." On December 22, 2006, she appeared in a supporting role as Lisa Cruz on Justice, the FOX network television show. On February 16, 2007, she appeared in an episode of Las Vegas as Sara Samari. On April 6, 2008, Baccarin appeared in an episode of Dirt as a Hollywood actress. Morena reprises her role as Adria in the movie Stargate: The Ark of Truth.

Graduation

2009-05-22T07:55:00.000-05:00

I just want to take this time to congratulate two hard working people who just celebrated their graduation yesterday.

Angela Banuelos-- Graduated from North East High School in the Business and Finance Small Learning Community.

And

Eryn Long- Graduated from Wyandotte High School in the Hospitality Small Learning Community.

Again, congrats!

The Ben And Matt Show move to the Audio Format

2009-05-14T14:02:00.000-05:00

I am here to announce that the web show The Ben and Matt Show will be moving to the audio format for the summer as we no longer have our laptops. You can find us on our My Podcast site. if you want the link to the video site it is at Mogulus.

School Loop shows the full intelligence of Wyandotte

2009-05-13T12:03:00.001-05:00

As part of USD 500 trying to get the parents involved in schoolwork and for kids to keep track of their grades the district invested in the website School Loop . THis was a great investment and it has been very good for students who want to keep track of their work.

Unfortunately lately it has been used to pass notices about some things that people really do not care about. That is not even the worst part. The worst? Grammer and typing. Anyone who knows me knows that I do not like text talk, numbers in place of letters and other things like that.

WAT YALL THINK ABOUT SGN, TEZ, 100 BOYZ,GERRY ,QUES PERFORM AT THE AWARD ASSEMBLY TO LET PPL KNOW WE OUT HERE MAN FO REAL IM DIGGN IT SO WAT YALL THINK YEP!!!!!!!!!!!! MAN FO REAL WE CAN PULL THIS OFF MAN FO REAL IF WE DO I LET ALL YALL KNOW !!!!!!!!!!!

I have no clue what this means. not only is it missing crucial parts needed in a full sentence I am all ready to call this another language.

WE GOTTA SHW THESE PPL UP HERE AT THE DOTTE DAT THE CLASS OF 10 IZ THE ISH REAL TALK SO WAT DAT B LIKE !!!!!!!!!!!!

If this is a message to represent my graduating class then I am going to fail and see if the Class of 2011 is any smarter.

does any body take steriods

I don't think anyone would admit to that.

Here is the thing. people criticize us about being poor in our education standards, we try to prove them wrong. The good thing is that the outside world cannot see this.

My Beef With The Swine Flu Fearers

2009-05-11T13:58:00.002-05:00

I want to say something to you. IT IS THE FLU. It is like any other flu. it comes it passes. The only reason we make a big deal about it is the Media is making a big deal over a small outbreak in MEXICO. This may sound a little racist but these things happen in poor un-industrialized countries. the reason there is a problem there is that there are not proper medical facilities to handle this. So my message to you all is just treat it like any other flu. you bring back the plague then I will be a little concerned. This is a great quote from MSNBC It used to be that viruses were named for places. The 1918 pandemic was called “Spanish Flu.“ Such names lead to discrimination. But I think we can stop worrying about this outbreak of swine flu

The reason I bring this up is that I have had 3 letters from school talking about it

1) General information about the Swine Flu
2) A reported case in Wyandotte County
3) A sibling of a student in WHS might have it.

200 Posts

2009-05-01T11:38:00.001-05:00

What is to come?

That is a good question.

Labels
When I started blogging I was against labels. I thought it would clutter up the blog and lose readers. After considering it I have decided to include labels into my posts. I will spend the next few days adding labels to the past 200 posts of mine. They will be simple one word labels. Kind of like categories.

I might lose the .blogspot

Ok. this has been something that I have wanted to do. Now I know how cheap it is to lose it i will consider it. Of course i will let everyone know if it happens.

Guest posts

I want to start having guest posts on the blog. Other people have plenty of things to say but they don't have the medium to say it. They also don't want to start a blog for the One Thing. So I am going to open up my blog for people to send in things to talk about.

that is all so far. I will of course let you know that other thing will be happening.

I Do Not Approve

2009-05-01T11:31:00.001-05:00

Jay Leno, You are a decent comedian and an interesting TV personality. I like to check in on your Late Show from time to time. I do not however approve of you taking over the Primetime airwaves Every night. You will in fact destroy Some shows that Thrived for a while. Chuck. The show that I love and would hate to see leave is now in danger by your show. Other good shows like this will fall because there is not and open time slot. I am disappointed in you Jay Leno. Perhaps your show will get cancelled before it even starts.

Good News For the Gay Community

2009-04-22T21:55:00.002-05:00

Popular SCI FI's new franchise Stargate Universe has broken the boundaries that that Stargate Franchise said it would never go into.

Stargate Universe will have Gay characters.

“There are at least one and potentially more gay characters on Universe,” Cooper said in answer to a fan’s question. Wright stated, “There’s actually two.”

One that we know of right now is Camille Way (Ming-Na).

I have to say this is an interesting direction for the franchise to go. Stargate usually wanted to keep something like this off of the show due to the fact that it would stir up too much of a social debate. Even though Science Fiction has always been an outlet for social and political issues I am led to wonder whether Cooper and Wright are making the correct decision.

“This goes towards our goal to make the characters on Universe as complex and complicated and realistic and identifiable as we can, to as many people as we can,” Cooper said. “And that’s not just a desire for ratings. That’s the desire to portray humanity, and make a show that is saying something about who we are.”

It seems though that fans are not as excited as was planned. For such a liberal franchise Stargate seems to draw in many social conservative viewers. some even said that due to this they would probably not watch the show, neither will their family.

I of course, a social liberal and loyal democrat will watch Stargate Underground. It is still Stargate and it is living up to it's job as a Science Fiction show to present us with the issues we are facing today.

USD 500: What Really Grinds My Gears

2009-04-21T08:41:00.001-05:00

I thought the title appropraite for the things that the School district is doing at this current time.

As if blocking every website known to man want enough of a problem USD 500 is finding it funny to crash students hard drives now.

That is what happened to me last evening. I was doing what I usually do, Looking at videos, checking e-mail and putting together the magazine. all of a sudden the cursor does the spinny pinwheel thing that it does when applications do not respond. After shutting down the computer for like 5-10 minutes i turned it on but it would not boot the OS. I thought that this may be a one time error so i proceeded to shut it down and try again. After 10 times i figured that there was a hard drive error. (partially due to the fact I head a funny noise coming from the hard drive)

I proceeded to take the laptop apart. I know that the Gods at USD 500 Office would frown upon that but I am more qulified than the Pong players at USD 500's IT offices. n the middle of the operation I called my comrade David to see if he knows what is going on. To my surprise he was having the same problem as well.

After calling various students from Various High schools in the school district I realized that this was not localized and it all had the same constant, We were connected to the internet.

When the laptops are connected to the internet the School District can do anything they want to it. This includes security upgrades, file deleting, even frying the hard drive. When the laptop program was announced the IT department could GPS track any laptop any time. If it was stolen they could track it and fry the hard drive remotely.

So i now know what they did. I now have a spare computer and it sucks.

Tricia Helfer's Birthday today!

2009-04-11T01:00:00.004-05:00

Happy Birthday Tricia Helfer!

While working in New York as a model, Helfer hosted a Canadian television fashion program Ooh La La. She relocated to Los Angeles in 2002 to pursue a full-time film career. Her first acting assignment was a co-starring role as Sarah on the television series Jeremiah. Thereafter she played the role of a model, Ashleigh James, in the May 16, 2002 episode "The Hunger Artist" on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In 2002, Helfer played the female lead, Eva, in the independent film White Rush. In 2003, Helfer was chosen to play Number Six on Battlestar Galactica

In 2004, Helfer played Farrah Fawcett in the NBC telemovie Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Charlie's Angels'.^[4] Concurrent with her role in Battlestar Galactica, Helfer began producing and hosting Canada's Next Top Model on May 31, 2006. In 2006, Helfer appeared in the motion picturesSpiral and The Green Chain.

In October 2006, it was announced that Helfer would not return to host the second season of Canada's Next Top Model in order to concentrate on her work on Battlestar Galactica.^[5] Helfer also played a major role in Electronic Arts Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, as the high-level Nod general Kilian Qatar, along with her Battlestar Galactica co-star, Grace Park.^[6] She also starred in the episode "Roadkill" on the second season of the American paranormal drama TV series Supernatural.

Time to Party like it's 2002!!!

2009-04-07T21:31:00.001-05:00

We just purchased the Galidor DVD's. Woo hoo!
We had a little snag though. When I made an offer It was rejected. ergo my ability to purchase said item was banned. but me being the industrious little son of a b17ch I am i had a second account just in case something like this happened. Since Californians are not known for their brains no one will know.

Waiting..... Waiting......

2009-04-07T21:17:00.001-05:00

Today was my day to shine. Get the Galidor: Defenders Of The Outer Dimension DVD's from iOffer . I would then proceed to get them and nerd out like it was 2002. But alas Mon Pere is stonewalling again. He is not realizing that iOffer has the only copies of Galidor on DVD. He of course promised that we would get them today. (And I knew it) It ain't gonna happen.

My Favorite Anime Of All Time

2009-04-06T11:47:00.001-05:00

Zatch Bell . I don;t know what drew me in to liking it but I just did. Ever since I saw it on Cartoon Network I was impressed with the show and the story.

For those of you who don't know what it is

One hundred mamodo go to Earth every 1,000 years to battle to be the king of the mamodo world. Each mamodo has a particular element which it can control and attack with, a set of body supporting spells, and other spells (e.g. a defensive spell), all via the use of a special spell book. Each mamodo needs a human partner in order to use his or her spell book, and if his or her spell book is burned, the mamodo is forced to return to the mamodo world. While the spells in each book typically are different for each mamodo, there are mamodo that share spells. The human and their mamodo gain these spells through experience. Each spell book is a different color. The last mamodo standing without their book burnt is the new mamodo king.

The main human character, Kiyo Takamine, is a 14-year old boy in junior high school. His father, Seitaro Takamine, discovers an unconscious mamodo named Zatch Bell while in a forest in England. His father sends the mamodo to be Kiyo's mentor. Unlike the other mamodo, Zatch lost his memory of the mamodo world. Kiyo and Zatch are now caught up in the battle to be the king of the mamodos. (Wikipedia)

I Want My Money!

2009-04-02T19:03:00.001-05:00

When i was looking at the labs section of Gmail i found a particularly interesting add on. and who was the creator? See for yourself.

Who is this Garry B? I do not remeber Garry B? And most importantly where is my money!!!???

(Note, I was not actually the developer, but it was an interesting coincidence.)

Hot Fries

2009-04-02T12:00:00.001-05:00

My good friend Andi is going to be showcasing her play Hot Fries on april 17th for the Break The Silence Festival.

Why am I mentioning this? well other than the fact it is a great play I am going to be in it!!!!!!!! woo hoo! So this will be exciting.

How Many

2009-04-02T11:54:00.001-05:00

Ok, any bloggers that are here how many of you pulled the I will close this blog april fools post? and how many responses did you get?

April Fools

2009-04-01T15:33:00.001-05:00

Ha ha to any suckers who actually believed that I would shut this down. I have names and further pranks will be pulled.

Oh, and happy Apple Day!

Closing The Blog

2009-04-01T07:45:00.001-05:00

I have some sad news for my readers. Today I have no choice but to end the two year long blog that is Ben's Blog. It was nice to get soo many interested readers and get some interesting responses. I hope that everyone has a wonderful time in their future endeavors.

SMS Cultural Exchange canceled

2009-04-01T07:15:00.001-05:00

For any Wyandotte STUCO member who reads this you can blame our President, Darrian Porter. The last few days for STUCO Darrian has been MIA for 99% of the meeting on Monday. for the 1% he shows up for at the end of the meeting he acts like he is the boss of everything and he was present at the meeting the entire time.

Today Shawnee Mission South's Student Council was supposed to come today to view our school. Unfortuantely Darrian slacked off again and did not make a plan that our building principal asked for. Darrian was too intrested in slacking of in school, playing with his cell phone and acting stupid around his friends. I told out STUCO adviser that I would make the plan so the SMS kids could come next week.

Does this sound like a leader to you?

Blog Idea?

2009-03-31T12:15:00.001-05:00

What is your high school like? That is a question i receive a lot these days. What happens in the "hallowed" hall of your high school?

Become the official blogger of your high school! talk about the crazy, the boring, and the weird that goes on in the place that you call home (or jail, or hell) for 7-8 hours a day.

Not All Family Guy Episodes Hold Up

2009-03-31T11:10:00.001-05:00

I am not a Family Guy fanatic. I like the show and I wonder what the next great joke is going to be.
I was disappointed though due to the episode was advetrtised as being highly Star Trek. It was a perfect opportunity to make fun of Star Trek nerds and just Star Trek in general. It seemed that the episode should have been advertised for Brian being an Atheist. But FOX and the internet made a bigger deal out of the cast of Star Trek The Next Generation guest starring.

Battlestar Galactica Gets Noms

2009-03-31T11:08:00.002-05:00

The nominations went out for the 35th annual Saturn Awards. Battlestar Galactica received four nominations. Alongside them Terminator The Sarah Connor chronicles and Fringe got some noms too.

Best Cable/Syndicated Television Series
Best Actor in Television: Edward James Olmos
Best Actress in Television: Mary McDonnell
Best Supporting Actress: Katee Sackhoff

Congrats To The Nominees!

New Youtube Group

2009-03-31T10:52:00.001-05:00

For the last few weeks my friends and I have decided to do something crazy. Reenact funny or crazy scenes from movies or TV shows. (Remember Be Kind Rewind?) This would be fun to do. easy and at no real cost. If you have any ideas to start us off please e-mail!

Bloglist updates

2009-03-30T21:47:00.001-05:00

To avoid making my blog longer than it already is I am going to be putting a 1 month dead limit on the bloggers on my list. I have many people I follow and I want people to read their blogs too. but many have not blogged in a while. So if it does reach a month then I will delete you off of the blog list. The Only exception to this is if you are a follower. Then you will stay on indefinitely.

Banner?

2009-03-30T21:44:00.001-05:00

Why am I using My original Banner? I have received e-mails the last couple days asking me why I am doing this. I can assure you it is not permanent. I am just having a creativity block. I will have a new one up soon I hope.

You have an Idea? Email Me!

First Time

2009-03-30T20:44:00.001-05:00

I don't know if this is a woo hoo kind of first time or an oh no kind of first time.

There is a dog that lives on the adjacent street from me. and on that street there is a maniac psycho dog. (beagle by the way) and for a few years that dog would chase us down the street until we got home. This dog is nuts. Iguess the third year is the tipping point. The reason?

I was again walking home tonight (about an hour ago) and the beagle was harassing a stray cat. I thought "Oh good. in Safe for now." Letting my guard down was the wrong thing to do.

Tonight is the first time in the 17 years of my life that I have been bitten by a dog. Why am I posting? because it seems like the proper thing to do. This dog is truly a menace to society and I am tired of it. I am calling our usless Animal control and having that dog removed.

Above: The bite that the dog gave me.

Nature Wasted It's time

2009-03-29T12:48:00.002-05:00

Next time Mother Nature wants to make a snowstorm she might want to consider having it around for a few days.

As I am sure my KC readers know we had quite the snow yesterday. The weather was crazy. But I get up this morning and the snow is already melting.

Now I would think that if we really wanted the snow to count then it should stick around?
hmmm.....

To Prove My Point On Rappers

2009-03-27T21:52:00.002-05:00

Rapper TI was sentenced today for possessing machine guns and silencers. His sentence was One year. I will drop the gang name and use his real name, Clifford Harris.

Harris went touring around the US talking about the dangers of Gangs, drugs and violence. Cliff was convicted in 1998 for possession of crack cocaine. This conviction made it impossible for him to possess a gun. So what does a criminal superstar do? Possess some pretty crazy guns and don't forget silencers.

I guess that you could blame many factors. But I will continue to have my "rappers are nothing but trouble" belief. This thing is just going to be a piece of evidence for me.

Planet ComicCon Lineup

2009-03-27T21:51:00.008-05:00

Tis the year for Planet ComicCon in Kansas City. I just took a look at the final lineup. It is great!

Erin Gray- Buck Rodgers
Peter Mayhew- Chewbacca
Herbert Jefferson Jr.- Battlestar Galactica
Sarah Douglas- Sperman & Superman 2
Tom Kane- Star Wars The Clone Wars
Cathy St. George- Star 80

I wish I could go. The best place to be Nerdy! i would love to meet Chewie and Boomer.

March Snow is not cool.

2009-03-27T21:51:00.007-05:00

I am not going to like all this snow that is coming tomorrow. even though I will not be going outside or leaving my house I do not want the snow. Why!? Why cant I enjoy my March in peace and relative warmth. Damn you nature!

I want to thank Plog for calling this the Snowpocalypse. I completely agree.

I Would Hate To Be The UPS Guy In This.

2009-03-27T21:51:00.006-05:00

The vatican will be receiving condoms next Friday as part of a protest started due to Pope Benedict's comments about condom use in Africa.

The comment was a condemnation of using condoms to stem the spread of AIDS.

After that Facebook groups started popping up saying that they would send condoms to Pope benedict in protest. Yes I did join the group. German publications stated that there is an estimated 5 million condoms to be sent.

Journalism

2009-03-26T20:23:00.001-05:00

I am officially bowing out of the field of journalism. I feel that I have lost all touch in the field and I have no future in writing the news. Of course i will still have the blog and I will highlight things that are going on that I think are important but as far as writing news stories I am done with that. I am going to focus all of my energy on film and being the best I can be at that.

What were THEY Thinking?

2009-03-26T17:15:00.001-05:00

Cartoon Network is scrapping the "All Cartoon" format to pave way to more reality shows and live action format. This is a risky move because of the station's name, Cartoon Network. This might be seen as a stab in the back to those of us who want Cartoon Network to be an all cartoon station.

I noticed this slow shift many many many years ago during the showing of the movie Osmosis Jones . This was the first major step that Cartoon network had made to switch.

I heard an announcement a week or so ago about the Ben 10 franchise making a second live action film. My response was Ok, they did well with Ben 10: Race Against Time so I guess I could trust this one. (More posts as evolution of the movie occurs)

So I ask you this CN. Are you really going to destroy your reputation of being an all cartoon network just so you can make a few shows that are going to fail in a year or so?

Public Schools are the Loony Bin For Educators

2009-03-24T11:59:00.001-05:00

I can't say much for Private schools but it is true for Public schools. Anyone who has attended a public school can vouch for the fact that there is at least one teacher in your classes that is a little, well, nuts. In the next coupe of days I will have a video posted that will prove my point. The video is of Mrs. Pattison, a science teacher at Wyandotte High School.

Stargate Fans Seems Almost Evenly Divided About Stargate Universe

2009-03-23T21:15:00.001-05:00

That is what MGM's post trailer poll is showing.

MGM's website poll for Stargate Universe seems to show that Fan's reaction from the trailer is what I had expected. The problem with the poll is that there is no section for people to comment on what there exact thoughts are.

Guardian To Be Filmed This Summer

2009-03-23T21:00:00.001-05:00

My feature film Guardian is going to be filmed this summer. I am still looking for Cast and crew members to join and work. This will take most of the summer. I am in need of committed workers.

So do you think that you are one of these people? E-mail me and find out!

Labels?

2009-03-23T20:45:00.001-05:00

I am considering adding labels to the blog. I have originally been opposed to it but now I can see the usage of it if I keep the categories simple.

TED Talks Second Life

2009-03-23T20:30:00.002-05:00

This TED video is from Phillip Rosedale, creator of the popular virtual game Second Life. There is a download version of the video if you are interested.