"History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells "Can't you remember anything I told you?" and lets fly with a club." - John W. Campbell
My Top 3:
- Iron Maiden Sign of the Cross Hallowed Be Thy Name Blood Brothers Fear of the Dark New Frontier
- Dream Theater Take the Time The Glass Prison Home Octavarium In The Name of God
- Judas Priest Between the Hammer & The Anvil Painkiller Lochness Hellrider Cathedral Spires
- Megadeth Holy Wars Scorpion Hangar 18
- Vader Angel of Death (Thin Lizzy Cover) Dark Transmission Epitaph
- Iced Earth Attila My Own Savior The Reckoning
- Symphony X King of Terror Sea of Lies Of Sins & Shadows
- Arch Enemy Lament of a Mortal Soul Nemesis Shadows & Dust
- Liquid Tension Experiment Paradigm Shift Acid Rain Another Dimension
- Anthrax Indians I'm The Man Caught in a Mosh
- Stratovarious Soul of a Vagabond Eagleheart Speed of Light
- Nevermore Final Product Enemies of Reality I, Voyager
- Rush Spirit of the Radio YYZ Free Will
- Queensryche Empire Revolution Calling Operation Mindcrime
- Corrosion of Conformity Stone Breakers King of the Rotten Paranoid Opioid
- The Black Mages Zeromus Clash on the Big Bridge Maybe I'm a Lion
- Vomitron Ghostbusters Contra Eye of the Tiger (Survivor Cover)
- Stemage Metroid Theme Brinstar Ridley
- Van Halen Hot For Teacher Jump Panama
- Faith No More Land of Sunshine Midlife Crisis Epic
- Mr. Bungle Squeeze Me Macaroni Air-Conditioned Nightmate Goodbye Sober Day
- Metallica (Pre-Black Album) Battery Master of Puppets Blitzkrieg
- Armored Saint Reign of Fire Hanging Judge Warzone
- Pantera Mouth For War Cowboys from Hell Domination
- Alice in Chains Them Bones Man in the Box Rooster
- Opeth The Moor The Leper Affinity Harvest
- Living Colour Cult of Personality Go Away Money Talks
- Testament Electric Crown Over the Wall Alone in the Dark
- Mastodon Blood & Thunder March of the Fire Ants Hearts Alive
- In Flames Embody the Invisible Trigger Dialogue with the Stars
- The Iron Maidens - Esqarial - Blind Guardian - Slayer - Guns N' Roses - Dead Kennedys - Queen - Racer X - Rhapsody - 4Front - Children of the Bodom - Sepultura - The NESkimos - The Advantage - Dire Straits - Motorhead - Fate's Warning - Therion - Soundgarden - Spinal Tap - Stormtroopers of Death - GWAR
Sources for my Persuasive Speech - "Video Game Violence"
WILSON QUARTERLY Summer 2006, Vol. XXX, No. 3, pp. 14-21
The article talks about the history of violent video games and how critics' opinions on them is not true. Statistics show that teen violence is dropping even though violent games continue to be released.
2) CAUTION: Children at Play
The article goes into detail to prove that there is no epidemic of youth violence in North America.
Studies and experiments with groups of youths has shown that people susceptible to being influenced by game playing will respond to a violent game depending on the emotional state of the player right before they begin playing.
4) The gaming-violence connection: why society finds it comforting By John Timmer
Article talks about how the media and government fail to provide scientific proof that video games corrupt the youth. There is a seven in ten million chance of a student being victim to a homicide. Video games are being used as a scapegoat.
My friend Kamil and I have been practicing the song "Give Your Heart Away" by The Black Keys since January. We learned the song so that we could perform at the talent show. A week before we recruited a singer, Corinne. Despite some vocal amplifier mess-ups the show was incredible. It felt good to finally perform on stage for the first time (I've been playing drums for four years). The adrenaline you get is unlike anything I've ever experienced before. So anyway, enjoy the video. We play a snippet of another song after "Give Your Heart Away." The "snippet" is the beginning of "Master of Puppets" by Metallica. The rest is just an outro we made up and other crazy stuff. ENJOY!
Yeah so today has been pretty boring. I've been waking up way later than I usually do in the morning. I had play practice yesterday for chorus. 'Twas fun. I can't wait for the play. I've been driving more often now, which is great because perhaps I'll stop being a pansy and get my driver's license already. I'm saddened that this will be the final serious in-class blog post. Being in the media lab was quite fun and enjoyable. My friend Kamil auditioned to play guitar at a talent show in Lakewood, and he got in, which means I'll be there as the drummer. It'll be February 9th, and we'll be playing a blues rock song called "Give Your Heart Away" by The Black Keys..with a TWIST! I hope I can get some people to come see me play, as this is the first time I'll actually be up on stage playing.
Another Day, Another Bore My legs take me to the dull room of Physics Ugh, what for? Several black, dusty tables, scraped severely White, dirt-encrusted floors of bacteria The occasional outburst of the gas heater Its rancid smell and rattling noise Makes my brain ache I sit my rear end on the coarse, uncomfortable seating of the stools And listen to the same old morning announcements Unable to suppress a yawn. And once the class is filled to the brim With half-awake souls "Good Morning Class!" says H-Bomb, in his same old tone My eyeballs roll and then we groan Oh, I Love Physics.
There have been times this past year, and in high school in general, where I've felt like such a loner. And this is really strange, considering I have some rather excellent friends and I'm not an incredibly silent kid, not anymore, at least. But the thing is, most of them have graduated already and I don't get to see them as often as I used to. Anyhow, there's been times where I've sat in a class comprised of people I've known for years and have been on good terms with , yet still when it comes to a "free period" or so I still feel detached from everybody else. Thankfully I've never felt like this in Creative Writing, but I've felt it in, oh, I don't know, about three or four of my classes. It's really odd. In some cases I feel fine being in my house, home alone, and then I feel awful if I'm in a class just sitting there, with nobody to really to talk to. It's not like I want to be the center of attention, it's just that I get an incredibly awkward feeling and I despise having that feeling.
Back in elementary school I wasn't rather social. I had a few friends but nobody really close besides one who was a grade higher than me. In fourth grade it got a little better, sixth grade just a bit more. Seventh grade I was a very obnoxious kid and I can say that quite a few people found me annoying. There was one particular guy who didn't judge people in my class and he ended up being my bestest friend. In Eighth grade I was maybe a little more talkative, some still regarded me as a quiet guy. Freshman year was a bit of the same.
Then came Sophomore year. AP American History I. As difficult as the class could be, with its essays and DBQ's, I really owe it to the teacher and everybody there. I kinda broke out of that solitary shell, and it felt good. But yet I still get those bouts of loneliness every now and then...
Anyway that's kind of a downer blog post, so here's a humorous image to cheer things up:
Two-Thousand-Seven. Wowzers. So here's my blank "2007" book. Let me first say what I do NOT want in this book. I don't want tragedy, for one. I don't want disappointment, I don't want mixed emotions, and I don't want bad decisions. What would I love to have etched into the book? Well, I want mention of an excellent report card, and an incredible graduation. I want mention of how my time rehearsing "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" was an amazing experience, and I want mention of how well the play went, especially on the last day of it, March 17th, my 18th birthday. By December I want to have had my driver's license for 11 months. I want to be accepted to college, and I want my transition to go smoothly. I want love, too. And..that's about it.
