Lately

It's dark. So lately I have been doing a lot of nothing. It's break I can do what I want. Anyways, so ya nothing.. This has left me to make a big deal out of everything that happens in my life. I get all dramatic over absolutely nothing out of boredom but then I catch myself and have to over, and over tell myself this doesn't matter! Dumb things can make me really excited and stoked, like killing someone on halo or getting an eleven kill streak on cod. Then there is the other side like figuring out what I'm going to do that day is all of the sudden really hard to figure out and matters a lot. At first, as you could imagine, this drove me crazy. I didn't want to make things dramatic they would just become exaggerated in my head, obviously not my fault. After a while, I began to enjoy this over exaggeration, it was fun in an way to make things super dramatic, and made me laugh.

(I hope you noticed that this whole post was an example of this).

Xmas

So this Christmas season has been like any other.. but still unique in its oddly annoying ways. I think this was the year when everyone and every club decided to have a grande ugly sweater party or day. Here's the thing, it's a great idea in all and would be fun if everyone actually wore an UGLY sweater... it would be hilarious. However, I have noticed that no one ever really does. This bothers me because people will wear their Christmas sweaters and call it an ugly sweater but both you and I know, it's not ugly and they look great. But they will continue to laugh about it be like oh this is so funny and ugly, they know it's not either. Also, another thing I have notice about this year is that they seem to have started playing Christmas music way too early. Like right after thanksgiving. That's too early. Then with my recent maturity I have realized that people don't really care and love Christmas music and the season, they just want to get money out of it (but isn't that what we all do anyways, get money). So now when I see decorations in stores and Christmas music playing I now know that no one really cares, not even Starbucks. But that doesn't stop me or bother me really, it's just nice to think about sometimes. Then, I just have to mention how often people have to be reminded of the true meaning of Christmas.. It's not about the presents no it's about Jesus. But really we still give and expect to receive presents anyway because we have dug our society into such a big Christmas hole, we can't ever get out of it. What if one year you decided that your whole family would just not give presents... it would be depressing. I don't think that's a bad thing though, we like to give and receive presents and it's nice to have it at the same time every year, but I think we should try to stop masking it under the true meaning of Christmas. Well, anyways I honestly do like this season, and the weather an all so hope you all have a very metal christmas.

Migraines

This complaint has been brought to me very recently, tonight. It has been going on for quite a while, but sometimes I forget how annoying it is. MIGRAINES! See it wouldn't be so stinking annoying if first of all I didn't get them all the time and if they didn't hurt my head and make me miserable and if most of all the medicine didn't make me crazy. Okay, so the meds might not really make me crazy but they do do weird stuff to me. It takes two pills to get rid of one migraine, but each pill contains the amount of caffeine in one cup of coffee, which wouldn't be so bad if you didn't have to take them in the middle of the day, when you already had coffee that morning . (yes this happened today and yeah that's why I'm still awake). So I end up staying up late (sleeping all day) and having restless energy till I fall asleep (if I ever do). Funny thing is this doesn't sound much different than everyday of my life! I guess maybe I should just figure out my migraine triggers and avoid them at all cost but that sounds like a lot of work and time that I quite frankly don't have. Also, not to mention they ruined naps for me, GAY! So feel bad for me pray for me I'm not sure I was just bored. ya

Top 10 Albums of 2010

1. Overkill – Ironbound Legendary New Jersey metal mavens, Overkill, deliver an astonishing 15th studio albumIronbound, a delectable thrash frenzy that will kick your teeth through your ass. Overkill is solid, far too underrated, and always unfairly riding in the shadow of East Coast thrash colleague Anthrax.Ironbound is a 10-track blitzkrieg that displays not only the fury, but greater depth than 90% of all thrash and power metal acts out there today.

2. Fear Factory – MechanizeMechanize is the heaviest and most aggressive record from Fear Factory to date. Vocalist Burton C. Bell offers his ballsiest work ever while keeping his signature melodic grace in balance. The intense seven-string (or is he up to eight now?) rhythmic patterns of Cazares leave the listener with facial blisters and a battered-in skull—surely, you must have heard the first single “Powershifter” by now—exemplified on all ten tracks, but especially prominent on the opening title track, “Oxidizer,” and “Fear Campaign”.

3. Avenged Sevenfold –NightmareNightmare contains the best studio material from Avenged Sevenfold to date. This is one that you will still be banging a year from now. With the death of drummer The Rev, Avenged Sevenfold hired Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater (who has since quit Dream Theater because of this…err), literally one of the true all-time greats. One would think that this would throw M. Shadows even further out of his league. However, on the latest Avenged Sevenfold album, Nightmare, M. Shadows owns the mic, killing it, proving that he can stand up and lead this powerful beast.

4. Soulfly – Omen The Brazilian god of doom brings the shit on Soulfly’s latest righteous masterpiece, Omen. Max Cavalera’s guerrilla army of guitar hero Marc Rizzo, bassist Bobby Burns, drummer Joe Nunez, and producer Logan Mader (ex-Machine Head/ex-Soulfly guitarist) attacks mercilessly with 11 brutal cuts of earth pounding grooves and virtuosic riffs.Omen’s energy is relentless from the opening assault of “Bloodbath & Beyond” to the closing spiritual instrumental onslaught of “Soulfly VII” Everything in between is fierce and aggressive, and includes dashes of tribalism that never ceases to devastate.

5. James LaBrie – Static ImpulseLaBrie has done something very special here. Static Impulse is comprised of 12 blistering gems, each of them an absolute killer. Here’s the refreshing kicker: this album is not at all taxing on the listener. In fact, it is a refreshing departure from the progressive style of 8-minute plus cuts. You will not find a better LaBrie album than Static Impulse. He assembled one hell of an army and he sounds better than ever—this record destroys.

6. Iron Maiden – The Final FrontierThe Final Frontier is skull-crushingly brutal. Maiden is a beastly machine that grows stronger and stronger with every new epic masterpiece. This record certainly brings the thunder, about 76 minutes worth in fact. These 10 newsongs contain classic Maiden vibes (“The Alchemist”) as well as dirty conjurations (“Starblind”) heard on more recent releases like Brave New World and Matter of Life and Death. This is another victory for the pioneers and legends of heavy metal. As always with Maiden records, this disc gets better with every listen.

7. Charred Walls of the Damned – Charred Walls of the Damned The sound produced by Charred Walls of the Damned features an exceptional understanding of the classical methodology of heavy metal. Bycombining and highlighting the best components of thrash, power, and progressive this quasi-supergroup delivers a punishing assortment of songs, such as “Blood on Wood” and the opening track and first single “Ghost Town.” Leading this effort is the percussive talent of Howard Stern personality Richard Christy, providing the band with an ever-important strong backbone. Not to say the vocals of the legendary Tim “Ripper” Owens are second-rate in Charred Walls of the Damned; his operatic range is an absolute necessity and a priceless asset to the group.

8. Exodus – Exhibit B: The Human Condition Vocalist Rob Dukes really comes into his own here, reverberating with a harsh and menacing tone that sits squarely between former singer’s Steve Souza and Paul Baloff while the rhythmsection pound out a flurry of the blistering and brutal tempos that Exodus helped to spawn nearly 30 years ago (“Burn, Hollywood, Burn”). Chock full of neck-snapping fretwork, jackhammer rhythms, and dizzying thrash metal expedience, the latest affair from Exodus portrays what the epitome of thrash metal excellence sounds like and is a must-listen disc for any self-respecting headbanger.

9. Accept – Blood of the NationsDespite massive shakeups and the decade-plus long studio layoff, Acceptsounds as determined and rejuvenated as ever, retaining their vintage musical bite while exhibiting a hard rock snarl that finds Tornillo formidably projecting an Udo-like presence while interjecting slices of his vocal personality into Accept’s tried and true slabs of concrete hard rock seasonedwith the contagious songwriting that puts this troupe squarely in the annals of metal history. This disc truly has everything a fan would want in a comeback album and more.

10. Living Sacrifice – The Infinite Order The riffs of Rocky Gray and Bruce Fitzhugh gallop with the raw power that we used to worship Pantera for, while also offering a speedier as well as a morealternative feel. It is unfortunate that the younger bands these days can’t pull this off correctly, or at least to a satisfactory level. The more sentimental tracks “God is my Home” and “Love Forgives” contain great feel-good tones while tracks like “Overkill Exposure” and “Organized Lie” kick your teeth in without remorse. The Infinite Order was the first solid metal album of 2010.

Well, those were my favorite albums from 2010. I knocked off a couple from the mid-year edition for lack of staying power and even bumped a couple up. 2010 was a another great year for hard rock music especially in the first few months. There were also notable releases from Ozzy with Firewind shredder Gus G., Rob Zombie and his Hellbilly sequel, and a refreshingly stripped down Korn. Other cool releases include the latest efforts from Soilwork, White Chapel, The Scorpions, and Ratt. Feel free to spew your hatred below.

Finals

Well the time has come around once again.. Every student, well I guess not every student, knows that this is the week of finals. And well my complaint is not on the finals themselves, but on everyone who complains about them. I'm not sure why everyone likes to make such a big stink and complain about them, it's no surprise, they happen every semester. Plus the material that is being covered you have been learning about for the past couple months! Have you noticed that the only people who complain are the bad kids who didn't pay attention all year (or the kids who complain just for the sake of complaining/ complain so that they do better than they think/ to fit in) and yes I'm speaking from experience. See if you're a good student and actually learn like you're supposed to, this test would be no big deal and there would be no need to complain or stress out. It's yourself who has done this, no on else, not your teachers, but it is always easier to blame the man right. It's just the best when people take them so seriously and say I'm just going to wear sweatpants so it looks like I am a hardcore student and have been studying all night. But we all know the truth. So I encourage you be a good student, like me and stop making fake stress for yourself, for whatever reason.

Novels

So lately I have been reading a novel for school. And the more I read it the more I realize how dumb novels are, and how overrated they are by the people who read them. First of all, the particular one I'm reading is trying to point out the problems in society and the human race in general, but my issue with the story is that it is all made up and I'm sure half the people who have read the story haven't even picked up on the points he was making. He's trying to be a rebel and show everyone up, by making up a story that doesn't even have that good of a plot and putting meaning to it. Maybe I have came to this conclusion from analyzing it to much, but come on. I don't think I will ever figure out why when people want to state their opinions on things, they will write a whole made up, boring story about it and hope that everyone gets what they are saying. In my mind it makes much more sense to, I don't know, just write a book about your opinions without making it fictional. I know that doesn't sound like as much fun but reading a boring story isn't much fun either and at least it would be shorter!

Another thing I have been wanting to say on this subject is that kids these days read the stupidest books! Also, people will write stupid books but then there are always some kid who decides to read it, just for fun. I mean who really wants to read a depressing book about a kid in an orphanage, that someone made up and isn't real at all, just so you can know what it would be like to be an orphan and have a good cry.. Um no thank you! That sounds like such a waste of time yet kids read this stuff and find it fun. Not to mention they will feel better about themselves because they read a book and they think they learned something, and they will say instead of going and seeing a movie I read a book, that was probably written at a seventh grade reading level. I understand that to some people writing is like their art but I feel like half the people putting books out shouldn't. And they wouldn't if it weren't for the dumb kids who read them.