The Memory is Greater than the Experience

Originally posted on July 21, 2006

I was supposed to blog this a few days ago. I got distracted with a lot of things including Saturday Nights' Main Event.
Ok so my memory is getting a little rusty as I age. But have you ever had the feeling that a memory is greater than the actual experience? Well this story goes all the way back to '92 or '93. When this girl in my class named Tiffany threw a party at the local roller rink. I'm pretty sure she invited all the girls from our class.
Some things I remember about that place were distinctly 90s. Like at the snack bar they were selling those plastic novelty pacifiers. I'm not going to lie and say I didnt like those things. I use to rock a pink one with my sleeveless hoodie. Yeah I was cool... But hey it was the 90s! I also remember they use to play good 90s jamz to skate to especially for the couples/group skating. I remember she got a Cool Spot game for her gameboy.
Ok so now we go to 2006 and my cousin had his party there. Now I'm not dissing him because it was a good party. But the funny thing is that his party was being held at the same rink Tiffany had her party at. So when I enter the rink its almost the same as I remember it. They still had those some old 4-wheel orange wheeled skates. That have your shoe size on the back and make me feel really self conscious then and now. I have a thing about my shoe size. Wait I should be talking about that right here and right now! That show be another blog maybe if I remember or something. They still had that orange carpeting on the walls in the skating area. It was like I was back in the 90s. At first it was comforting, but then it seemed kind of sad. I mean if I hadn't heard Hilary Duff and Cascada I would've sworn I was back in time. I think the best part of my old memory was that the music was really good back then. But I think a lot of times music makes you have a more intense memory. Maybe the music in the 90s was better music to skate to. Plus the DJ played a lot of reggaeton and thats just not my thing. If I was the DJ I'd play 2 specific songs because they had cool videos that featured a roller rink and they are "Dope Man" by Less than Jake and "Every Morning" by Sugar Ray.
I realized something else while I was there when I was in 3^rd grade I was much better skater than I am now. I was better at a lot of things back then.

The day the myspace died

Originally posted on July 1, 2006

Its really sad what those haters did to Cena. How could you hate on somebody you dont even know? Well thats their problem. I would like to quote the words of Mr. John Cena and say "hats off to you" and I would take off my hat to Cena if I was wearing one. I mean he tried to make, keep, and maintain a myspace at least 3 or 4 different times. I don't know I lost count. Dust them haters off. That's all I have to say.

neglected blog space

June, 16, 2006

I'm here, I got my hair styled in odangos and I'm ready to write a new blog. This space has been neglected for like a half a month. Originally I was going to make a blog using some of my toys and make a little saga with them. But after i had posted the 1st one and I really thought about it. I thought I should really get rid of it incase I got an offical letter from either Mr. Cena or the WWE's lawyer(s).Even though I was using an offical WWE licensed figure. Ok but enough on that.

The blog is suffering because I'm hurting for material. But I'll come up with something ...eventually.

Cinnamon candles and Raw cookie dough

Current mood:contemplative

originally posted on Dec 12, 2006

That probably doesn't mean anything to you but it does to me. Those are like my favorite things about Christmas well among other things. One of the main reasons I like Christmas so much is because it smells so good. I love cinnamon candles so much. I just love the smell of cinnamon in general, well except for the smell of those nasty fake hot cinnamon candy and gum. Those are just nasty and hot. Why does fake cinnamon candy and gum have to be hot? Real cinnamon isn't.
Cookie dough. Ok if you know me personally you know I go crazy for this stuff. And I mean the real stuff not the fake stuff. To me the fake stuff is the kind you make from a mix or the kind you get in a tub or a tube. I have an experienced palette I can taste the difference. I mean if you grew up with my mom you'd KNOW the difference. Besides the cinnamon candles and the cookie dough there is a whole bunch of other things I like. Like the smell of fresh trees. I think fresh trees are a fire hazard and too hard to take care of and clean up, but I love they way they smell.
The candy I love candy I have a very severe sweet tooth. There is so much good seasonal candy I wait all year to eat it because that is the only time when I can eat it. I do wait all year of other seasonal candy for other holidays too.
The specials and I'm not talking about the ska band here. I love to watch those cartoons about Santa and other holiday characters who save or find the meaning of Christmas and all that stuff. I makes you feel all good inside and even make you cry a little.
I love Christmas or should I call them "holiday" commercials all the good ones for exclusive toys that are at Toys R Us, cologne commercials which I hardly ever see any more. All those ones I liked for Stetson, Bod and Body Fantasies and others. Don' forget those Chia pets "cha, cha, chia" and the clapper "clap clap".
I like seasonal items you know those gift item set things they only sell at Christmas time with cute little soaps or candles and stuff like that. I think some of those are really cool and I wouldn't mind getting one as a gift.
Along with the seasonal items comes seasonal food this does not include the candy I already mentioned. I view candy and food as two separate things. All the good stuff like tamales, turkey, turkey loaf, stuffing, cakes, cookies, pie,
I want to find the hottest B.B. gun and then annoy my yuppie neighbors with my hillbilly relative and his Rottweiler dog. Find out that Santa is real and use a snow globe to summon him. Realize what Christmas is and not try to mix it up with parts of Halloween. I also need to help nurse a sick reindeer back to life. Ok I'm not really going to do any of those things. Those are just parts of my favorite Christmas movies. A Christmas Story, Jingle All the Way, Christmas Vacation, The Santa Clause, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Prancer.

"The best piece of cinematography in the universe!" (contains movie spoilers)

Originally posted on Oct, 15, 2006 

Sure John... That was a quote i got from him plugging his movie. This green is a nice military-like color. Ok I'll admit it I forked over $8 to see The Marine. A lot of people know I don't like action movies I bet I could count all the action movies I've seen on 1 or 2 hands. I think. I can't even remember all the ones I've seen. I know I've seen 2 Batman movies and Judge Dredd. As I've gotten older I've tried to be more open minded. I hate when people tell you, "You just didn't give (artist, group, genre, movie, song, show) a chance." So now I think everything deserves a chance, or most everything. If I didn't give wrestling a chance I wouldn't be writing this blog.
First off I couldn't find play times and locations. The most obvious to look on the web was the WWE site, and after watching Cena on the talk show circuit. I still could not find the price of a ticket. Fandango is no help either. I hate that automated thing. Ok so before I go I made a choice not to wear one of my Cena shirts because it'd just look dumb. Actually I got that advice from my dad when he told me not to wear a No Doubt shirt while I was trying to buy No Doubt concert tickets. I would looked like that guy we saw decked out in Lakers gear reading a sports page waiting for Laker tickets in the No Doubt line. I didn't want to show up to the box office wearing a Cena shirt and the ticket vendor looks at my shirt and says something like "One for The Marine right?". That would've been so embarrassing. Your allegiance for Cena can only go so far. I can't believe I was using advice from my dad. I also had the idea that I might run into somebody I knew from high school and that they would see me go to see The Marine. I was really considering wearing a disguise, but I didn't know what my disguise would look like or consist of. But I chucked that idea too.
Since Cena's popularity is declining and lies mostly with women and little kids under 9. I figured this would be like Pokemon #1 all over again with lots of screaming kids. But luckily when I got inside the theatre there was hardly nobody there. There was a bout 30 people in total and like 1 or 2 little kids.
Well about the actual movie, the beginning of the movie was good well up until the part when John and his wife were at the gas station. I mean he survived so many impossible things; like a gas station fire, being shot at in a car with no windshield, falling out of an exploding car into a swamp, being in more things that exploded, and caught on fire. I kept thinking "could this really happen?". There were a few inaccuracies I noticed. They are watching tv and the station's call letters begin with a "K", but the movie takes place in South Carolina. And I didn't understand the timeline of this movie. I mean did all of this happen in one day? I mean after the kidnapping of his wife. The acting wasn't bad it was the plot that got me. But I liked it a little for the pure enjoyment of watching Cena on the big screen. The end was really impossible he went in the water to retrieve his wife who was handcuffed to a bar in a Mac truck. He saved her by pulling the bar off the truck, and he was giving her mouth-to-mouth I was thinking "he is pressing way too hard he is going to break her ribs." I liked at the end that they played a Cena song during the credits. But I hated that slo-mo action thing with the bullets and stuff that just sucked.
When I got out of the movie some people were talking about some guy said it was a good movie if it was on DVD and I think he is partially right. I didn't talk to anybody because I really had to use the bathroom. (should I have written the bathroom part?)*stares blankly.*

Teen Choice Awards and the Marine

Originally posted on Aug 24, 2006

Ok so I watched the Teen Choice Awards on Sunday which I didn't even know were on until a half hour before. Great job Fox promotions. Well anyway I've been watching them since the first one back in 1999. This years was the worst I've ever seen! Which says a lot since the one in 1999 and 2004 were pretty bad too. Well the hosts were Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson. With Dane it's just that I think he's not funny. I don't get his jokes and I don't see his appeal. Don't even get me started on Jessica. I guess she's an inspiration to somebody somewhere. Could I get away with being that stupid if I was blonde? Everybody loves blondes. But I can make an entirely separate blog about blonde envy later. Actually the only part of the show I was looking forward to seeing was Federline's performance. As I watched the show I realized I didn't recognize a whole lot of people in the show. I also realized how far I am removed from teen culture at 22! I feel old. Plus there was really nobody good there like last year. In '05 Gwen Stefani and John Cena were there. But they were both busy this year. Plus I don't like Pirates or High School Musical. Which I think are also highly overrated. Well the K-Fed performance was so funny! Even though it wasn't supposed to be. I had to see it because I knew they would make fun of it on Kevin and Bean. Too bad K-Fed didn't do PopoZao. I really wanted to see that live.
On Raw I saw the trailer for John Cena's movie, The Marine. You know since I already know about what the movie is about the trailer really confused me. Maybe it's because I'm a Cena fan, I don't know. I don't really know what this move will do for his career, hurt it maybe? It's already in the toilet. I don't know we'll have to see. Even though I'm not big on action movies I'll probably see it just for Cena.
P.S. sour apple flavor rules!

Piss and Moan in Newport Beach

Current mood:contemplative

Originally posted on Jan 6, 2007

Ok so the OC is cancelled, but really people what are we going to do about it? I don't want to sound pessimistic about it, but I mean it's just a show. I felt more disappointment when Arrested Development was cancelled. I mean sure you can write and do all the petitions you want. But is that really going to do anything when the creator is done with the show.
Then I see people who are like 14 or have the mentality of one saying
"WHAT THE OC IS CANCELLED!!!111111 OMG!!!!!11111 I'M GONNA CRY FOR 3 MONTHS AND THEN DIE THERE IS NO REASON FOR LIVING OR WATCHING TV!!!1111 I HATE FOX!!!11111"
Or something like
"I CAN'T BELIVE YOU BLAME THE SHOW GETTING BAD RATINGS ON THE DEATH OF MARISSA!!!!!!1111"
But the death if Marissa was a blow to the series and the ratings. A lot of viewers don't like change. But like I said before in a previous blog I was happy it wasn't Seth.
I personally think The OC was lacking in seasons 2 and 3. I refuse to comment on season 4 since I haven't seen all of it. I totally loved season "0" and season 1. I think I'll get season 1 on DVD if I can find it.
I usually feel that way about the 1^st season of most shows. It happened to me with Just Shoot Me and Friends. But not with Arrested Development it kept me laughing through all 3 seasons.

Review of Mixxzine

Originally posted Nov, 8, 2007

Current mood:nostalgic

I've been busy again with more school work. I didn't even blog about Halloween. The last thing I wrote about was the writers' strike which is still going on. Here's a long blog I had been working on for a while.



The April 1998 issue 1-5!! This is an old magazine I sent away for as a free trial issue in 8th grade (1998). There are 4 different comics in here. Ice Blade, Parasyte, Magic Knight Rayearth, and Sailor Moon. I was never interested in Ice Blade or Parasyte. I prefer the shojo titles.

I really wanted this game it looked cool and if I had a computer back then I would have begged my parents to buy it for me.

I thought these ads were kind of funny. Usagi did persuaded me in getting a VW bug. I was not interested in the other products.


Notice most of the stuff available in the Mixx Mall is Sailor Moon stuff. I would have loved to have gotten the cell or the signboard.



The Sailor Moon manga's cover doesn't look like that. The cover of mine looks like this..
Oh and Mokona bask in it's cuteness!

Graduation looked like a cool game. I guess it wasn't really popular since I couldn't find a lot of info on it.

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Not the Worst Finale Ever! (An OC blog)

Originally posted on March 3, 2007

I've been writing this blog for at least 2 weeks now. The only reason it wasn't posted was because I've been busy getting ready for going back to school. I would never post this on that "tv" site *cough*tv.com*cough* since I'm way too "critical" of the show and wouldn't write "Teh fiNALaee Wuz SadddDDDD! Ill MiSS tHe oC"

The 2nd to last episode of The OC was pretty lame. I hate when shows are ending in a lame way. I mean an earthquake? Plus the way it affected everybody was so dumb. I lived through 2 big earthquakes, and they way they portrayed an earthquake was not accurate. At the end Taylor and her mother just make up!? Like a parent as mean and abusive as her mother would not just make up. That was just too sappy and unrealistic for me. The part at the end when they showed the Cohen's house in a wide shot was supposed to be misleading, but it was more confusing. The exterior shot of the house showed a fully intact roof but when they walk in the roof is all caved in.

The finale was ok I guess to me it was a little reminiscent of a Korean drama because it advanced so far in the future so quickly. I know it only went to a 16 episodes for the 4th season. I understand they might have rushed it a little since they would've had more episodes to use if it would have been on for a full season. It was pretty cheesy, but it didn't suck as bad as the Seinfeld finale. Worst finale ever! I did like that they mentioned Marissa. Julie should not forget her deceased daughter. I thought the best part was when Julie told Summer to discover who she was and not get lost in some guy. The thing that I didn't really like was that Anna was not in the finale not even a little cameo or anything. She has to be my 2nd favorite character after Seth. The last scene was kind of redundant/cute/lame. An older Ryan who is an architect now sees a boy on a street corner who is brooding and he sees himself. He asks the boy if he "needs help" like Sandy did to him.

90s Revival

Current mood:nostalgic
Originally posted on Jan 6, 2008

90s revival clothes will be coming in about 2 years from now so be prepared.

Here is a list of my predictions of 90s revival clothes. This list is my personal preference and I know some fads/fashions were left out. After I really thought about it I was wondering if there would also be an influence of 70s revival clothes from the 90s that would come back in the 2010s. Like the polyester shirts and the maxi skirts. The items marked with an * means I don't know what the proper name of the item is, but I included a picture for refrence

Long colorful shorts
Cross Colours
Elastic Sandals*

Flowing bell bottoms
Chokers
Pacifiers
Rave Clothes
Wide Pants
The "Clueless" look
"Blossom" hats
Black mini skirts with black tights
Hip hop coats
Backpack purses
Stuffed animal purses
Oxfords/Wing Tips/Saddle shoes
Vinyl clothes
Indian clothes (including mehndi, bindis, and bangles)
Bondage Pants
Tragic Kingdom era Gwenabee look (I threw this in there)
Baby Barrettes
Baby doll tees and dresses
Docs
Hemp Jewelry
Oversized jerseys
Funny hats
Hip Hop clothes
Platform shoes
Overalls with one strap
Grunge
Plaid
Colouts/skorts/skooters
Mother of pearl/iridescent shoes
Loafers
Mod
Chains
Fur trimmed clothes (faux)
Happy face/hippie/flowers/daisies/yin yang/peace sign
Ruffled sleeves
Claw Clips
Leggings (the cotton kind) with wild prints
Creepers
Scrunchies
Elastic hair bands/bra hair bands
Patent leather oxfords with sheer laces (sheer nylon tricot)
Fringe (on clothes)
Slip dresses
Ring Watches
Hiking Boots
Sports apparel (official team clothes)
Frogs
Aliens
Turtles
90s skater look
Fluffy pens/pencils
Fluffy purses
Boxer shorts
Colored Denim
Wild print shorts
Hooded tees
Big earrings
Hair bows with ribbons
Bell sleeves
Box purses
Knitted bags/purses*
Caboodles
Daisy print

80s revival clothes

Current mood:nostalgic

Originally posted on Jan 3, 2008

When clothes are revived every 20 years we're in an 80s revival now. Back in the 90s we were in a 1970s one. I'll admit in the 90s I use to wear a loud flower print polyester shirt. I even wore platforms and a mod skirt but not together. When the 80s revival was first starting back in around 2001 all I really wanted to see come back were pumps and huge skirts like the one Cindi Lauper wore in the "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" video. Or the one Jody Watley wore in the "Looking for a New Love" video. The petticoat looking ones.  

The style of flats now are not like the old ones. The ones people wore back in the day were like a pump and more pointy toed. The ones now are too rounded at the toe plus they are mostly made of fabric the old ones were mostly made of leather, leather-like material or plastic (jelly).

Ankle socks need to come back in style and not those little ped ones. I mean the ones that have lace on the top that even the women wore back then with high heels. The ones that are made out of that stretchy material.

Denim needs a lot of work. It should come back in stonewash or acid wash. These really haven't come back in full force. The denim today is not really the same style as it was like 20 years ago. The denim now is unevenly colored and it's not even the kind that is washed. I'm talking about the distressing and whiskering that is not from the 80s. I hate pants that are colored like that. I like my pants to be one color. I can fade them myself. The dark denim is more of an early 80s thing from the disco era which also had pants in one shade.

I can't believe how long hawks stayed in style. All the hawks; mo, faux, pony, Atlanta… I want to see big bangs and overly crimped hair come back. I'm really indifferent about the mullet. It was around well into the 90s, or at least the 1st half of it.  

Big bows need to come back. I really like them. They were so cute and puffy. They were made of materials like tulle, lace and shoelaces.

I had really wanted to see charm bracelets come back in style. Not the metal ones, but those plastic ones that had funny little charms shaped like fish, tennis rackets, and soda cans.

Check back for my predictions of 90s revival clothes.

John Cena My Life DVD disk 1 review

Originally posted on Feb, 12, 2008

Ok so I haven't posted a blog in a while. Well since Cena made his return at the Royal Rumble. I was going to post this sooner, but it needed some editing.

Disk 1

The beginning about his boyhood and rise to stardom is very poignant. He was a very cute little boy with a square head. I especially liked the parts when his dad talked about him making a video and wresting in the basement. I really admire his work ethic and eccentricity.  

His move set is talked about. A lot of people say it's limited. The first move they talk about is "You Can't See Me" I don't know why this referred to as a move. I think of it more as a taunt. This "move" is compared to the moves of The Rock, Stone Cold and Hogan by Vince He said it's a ridiculous move. It was developed by Cena to get crowd participation.

I really like the 5 Knuckle Shuffle even though it really does nothing. It's just showy and dumb, but in a good way. I like it more than the F-U or the STFU. Tazz tells this funny story about the 5 Knuckle Shuffle. He says he's not a fan of the move. He said that Cena came up to him with the idea of it and he helped him with the name of it. One of Cena's brothers, Dan said it's a wannabe gangster move.

According to the DVD the F-U is one of the most recognized moves in this day.

Vince says he's an entertaining athlete.  

The part when the question is asked what the future will bring for Cena of course the pec injury is not mentioned because it happened after this was made. They say he has unbridled enthusiasm and he can do what he wants career wise. His success is compared to his predecessors; Hogan, Triple H, the Rock, and Stone Cold and Vince says he will be bigger than them. JBL and Tazz say he will be the next huge superstar.

Why I think Cena can't be as marketable as Hogan was. He can't be because there are too many restrictions on how things can be marketed to kids. Cena could never have his likeness in a Saturday morning cartoon. What would a Cena cartoon even be about? Could there be a cartoon based on his movie The Marine? There are too many FCC restrictions now on children's programming. He would have make some sort of edutainment show. I guess he could go on adventures and just spew random facts to make the show educational.

He couldn't have his own 1-900 number. It would have a silly number like 1-900-TLK-CENA or 1-900-FOR-CENA. He could just say dumb things over the phone through recorded messages like "The champ is here!" or he could rap or something on it. Or it could be like the Corey hotline from The Simpsons and he could just list words that rhyme with his name. He could say "Here are some words that rhyme with John…gone, song, wrong, prawn…". Or he could even talk about his last name "Here are some words that rhyme with Cena… subpoena, cantina…".

Or he doesn't even need a phone number you could just text him. Texting is the new thing now. "Text the word 'CENA' to the number XXXXX" and  you receive messages from him and freestyles.

He could do cereal commercials or even have his own food products. Of course it would have to be healthy food since he can't do what they did back in the day and sell unhealthy food to kids. I think he should have a fun cereal something square shaped like Chex.

He also needs to make some kind of family oriented film. Something that has either a supernatural being like a ghost, witch, or genie, or a movie that has some kind of talking animal he befriends and they go on an adventure. He could even lend his voice to a cartoon character. I'm not even sure what kind of character it would be.

The extra feature on this disk is his muscle car collection. I'm not a fan of those, but my dad did find this approximately 40 minute segment enjoyable. Then my dad told me why didn't I tell him that Cena like muscle cars. I never told him because at the time we met him I didn't know that about Cena.

I accidentally found some Easter eggs on this disk one is an outtake of one of his friend's interviews and the other is about Cena's college football team and the Roach Patrol.