This weekend was pretty boring so I hit the movies with some friends and after seeing Paranormal Activity and Zombieland, I had to write a blog. Now as some of you guys know already I love horror. Well when the trailer for this movie said it was the scariest of the decade and all the people I know who went to see it said it was amazing, I had to check it out. Now, for those of you who do not know what this is yet, let me help you out: Paranormal Activity is an indie flick that managed to scary the living crap out of people using the Blair Witch-esque type of film. The movie doesn't really scare you as much as I thought. Now, I'm not a ghost/spirit/demon-believing individual but this movie gave me some straight chills. The idea of sleeping in your bed at night and having a demon spirit totally wreck your world, I had to see it. Needless to say I didn't get nightmares (though I wish I did!) but the movie left me breathless because the creep-status of this movie is off the scale. Now, I'm planning a trip to Jerome, AZ where there's a very haunted hotel and I'm wipping out a oujia board.

Zombieland was the next flick in my persuit. Those of you should know I love zombies as well so I definitely wanted to see this first. I managed to get to see it after Paranormal Activity and I gotta be honest with you, if you plan on seeing both, watch Zombieland first because after the spook-ness of Paranormal Activity this movie didn't do too much but make me chuckle. Naturally even the most funny zombie movies have some scares but Zombieland really based it's wacked-out romance tale toward the humor and fun-ness of zombie killing. This should be a natural win for zombie gamers but for me it was nothing more than a movie that made me wish the apocalypse was happening sooner than the expected 2012.

Overall, these two movies were 8+ and I definitely recommend seeing 'em both! Signing off.

Obviously I haven't been on, yet again, in awhile and I haven't posted a single blog. I was going insane on blogs and activity on here back in March - June but that was only because I was kicked out and had nothing else to do at the place I lived at during that time period. I did mention in one of my old posts that it was possible that I would jump on as much and obviously this is proof.

So everyone's got their addictions right? Well I have a pretty hardcore one too. I've been doing too much extasy and raving and my partying has gotten out of control again in the past couple months and it's stupid because that's what I got kicked out for back in March and I fixed it then - I just got wrapped up in it again. So a couple weeks ago I decided to stop, I had a withdrawl recently. I'm currently trying to fix what's wrong with me. I'm sitting here wanting to become a musician (DJ primarily) but I'm blowing my money on all of these drugs. My friend OD'd on me just last night. I can't handle this because I'm watching so many people get hurt. It's not worth it.

Now I'm a very passionate person about music because music literally saved me from nearly commiting suicide back in my freshmen year when I went through a really weird stage of my life. Now, I have a strong passion for DJing and I absolutely love techno and I want to be able to get people moving like no other DJ will ever do because I see and hear everything that goes on at raves and clubs, a lot of DJs just don't deserve to be up there. I'm trying my best now to save up my money because this is everything I want to do and I'll put everything I got into it. Plus I may possibly get signed by an indie label out here in Phoenix with my acoustic guitar. So, there's some opportunities coming up here soon with music and I hope to get where I've always wanted to be. Fame before money!

Of course, I still have to game. The only problem is that I haven't found a good one in awhile till finally I decided to try out Darkfall which is a game I started watching back in 2005. Let me just say that the graphics absolutely suck and the network isn't always 100% amazing, but the game is phenominal and I'm absolutely addicted. I haven't been this addicted since freakin' Everquest back in '98! So I really recommend anyone who is looking for a new MMO check out Darkfall online. Name's Daddy Dearest.

I managed to start playing Gears of War 2 on the Xbox and I'm really trying to get as good as I used to be. Hell, if I was #1 in the world once, maybe I could do it again? Nah, haha. I'm getting my butt kicked on there. But if there are those of you who want to stay in touch I'm on there from time to time. My Xbox Live name is Steve Didit.

That's all I pretty much got guys, take care.

Sorry I've been gone for so long, it's been hectic with the work and raving. Like, I get home at like 6-8pm at night after working for like a 12 hour shift and it's hard labor so it's like super tiring. I kinda miss the open people here on GS. So I will really try to get some actual blog posts up again.

- Latez!

So long ago did we follow Alice down the rabbit hole into the crazy and wild world of Wonderland. Now, it's more than 50 years later and Alice is back. This time, it's 10 years after the events of her first journey into Wonderland. She's 19 and travels back with no recollection of her memories in the world. It's time to face an even darker version of Wonderland with more mind-boddling surprises and some familiar faces including the Queen of Hearts, the White Rabbit, the Mad-Hatter and more. Should this be considered a kids tale for a second journey?

A common thing that directors seem to face when recreating an old flick is still bringing back that nostalgia but with new feeling. Tim Burton, however, doesn't seem to care about nostalgia - which is definitely a good thing. If we don't know who Tim Burton is, you may recognize some of his work including Edward Scissor-Hands, Sleepy Hollow or Sweeny Todd. Of course, there's plenty more where that came from; basically saying the guy's a genius. Now, he's taking us into Wonderland. Knowing Burton, it's going to be wicked! Instead of back-tracking with Alice into her original ventures, he's pushed it 10 years later with a lot more side-shows that can be a bit more adult-oriented. These may include the mote surrounding the Queen of Hearts that has bobbing heads in it or her favorite lines of "Off with their heads!" It seem that though it's said by Burton, himself, to be OK for children, we're probably looking at a PG-13ish movie.

So, now the movies finished filming and onto CGI animations! We can expect most of it to pretty much be CGI. The movie looks very creep-status after taking looks at character pictures. All I can say is that I'm very stoked for this movie. Being a big fan of Alice in Wonderland (as are most people), Tim Burton may be able to capture the darker side of Wonderland which the more mature audiences have often tall-taled about. It was often thoughts we had watching the original cartoon when questions like "What were the producers thinking?" came up. Yeah, don't worry, the producers new that one day a director would come along and depict the true natures of Wonderland. Until then, for you stoners, hippies, drugies, ravers, party-people or non-straight-edge folk... Shroom on!

So it's June 21st and I'd like to first start off by saying Happy Father's Day to any dad's out there who may be reading. If not, kids this is a reminder for you to think about them. On the subject of dad's an interesting subject came up with me and my dad. I might as well start off from the beginning. Back in March my dad found out I was partying a lot, abusing drugs and doing stupid things. Me and him had had a fall-out prior so this wasn't exactly helping our relationship get any better. So, I decided to go to one more rave with my friends that week when I got grounded. I approached my dad telling him I was leaving and that I'd let him know where I was and that whole thing in hopes to show him that I was being somewhat responsible. Needless to say, the next day I found all my stuff outside the house. So to make a long story short - I was kicked out.

Please keep in mind that I'm not trying to make myself sound like the victim. I know what I've done wrong. Since March, I've been living about 30mins away from my dad with my ex-stepmom. I managed to still go to school at my highschool (trust me, it was a tough commute). I graduated to prove to myself that I can do something even with the doubts my dad had for me. So I did. Now it's June and my dad texted me a few days ago offering me a job in Mesa (which is pretty much near my dad) in the facilities he manages. Well, this means I may have to move back in with him. So now my life's taking, yet again, another interesting turn. On the brightside I'll be closer to my friends and I'll actually have a job. On the bad side I have a feeling me and my dad's relationship may stay shotty. I'm hoping for the best in the long-run.

In the meantime, I may not be on GS for a bit if I move back because I may/not have computer access. We'll see what happens. Cross your fingers for me! This should happen sometime this week if I can't get an interview at University of Phoenix.

Horror movies, the genre has defined movies in so many ways. It's a genre that has mothers telling their kids, "Don't watch that! It's full of things that's bad for your eyes!" A genre where those little kids end up watching it at cry to the mothers for nights with haunting nightmares (redundant?). It's a genre that has the only rating "For Disturbing Imagery." Horror just owns.

If there's any movies that we've grown up with that just really catch our... Well, not really our hearts but our minds, it's horror movies. The concepts of gruesome deaths, corny life lessons, bad acting, sex scenes and a common plot make this genre truly the most definitive and predictable; yet most entertaining. When it comes to dates, for example, the two movie choices come down to chick flick or horror flick. What makes a couple agree with one another easier than a horror movie? Duh! A Horror movie!

Gore is the holy grail of all entertainment. People love seeing deaths, even those people who sit and cringe at an eyeball deflating. It's all about the entertainment. If it wasn't for the gore, horror would just seem like a puzzle missing a border. Spraying blood on some random dude's face and watching him scream just has its own little "Ah..." like that feeling you get when you open a can and hear the psst!! Gore makes you not want to let your kids see the movie alone. We can all come to an agreement that if it wasn't for horror, action flicks would still be stuck with bloody noses and broken fingers.

So why am I a horror fan? It's simple. This day an age there's literally been 500,000+ movies that have come from Hollywood (alone). That's a lot of production that most people can't really sit down to enjoy within one lifetime (unless you have no life). So, people find that specific genre they dig the most. Horror brings the fear and yet the romance out of us all. Hell, horror can bring out the little laugh in us too! If it wasn't for movies like Evil Dead, horror would've never built up the reputation it's held today. Who's ever heard of Psycho? Or maybe Freaks? Exactly. Those are absolute claszic horror flicks but they got stuck in their own mode for their times and never evolved. Then the special effects hit. BAM! Evil Dead, Dawn of the Dead - ZOMBIES!!! Zombies kicked off from the great George Ramero and now, we've got the genre on the top again. With the era now hitting it's peak in horror movies, we're stuck with these piece of crap remakes like My Bloody Valentine 3D. No thanks.

So, the point of the blog is always left with a question which I will leave at the end of this post. I love my horror. I really do. There's been no other movies I've appreciated more from than horror. Unlike any other genre, horror brings out excitement and thrill every time; no matter how corny. Though, most people don't get a good feel of that these days with the new horror crap flicks, we're always left with some great claszics.

Now the question: What's your favorite genre and why? While you're thinking about it, check out the list of movies I put together. The list isn't like my top favorites per-say but they're recommended flicks.

1. Evil Dead ( 1981 ) = 10/10
2. 28 Days Later ( 2002 ) = 9/10
3. Saun of the Dead ( 2004 ) = 9/10
4. Dawn of the Dead ( 2004 ) = 8/10
5. The Shining ( 1980 ) = 9/10
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6. Psycho ( 1960 ) = 9/10
7. Re-Animator ( 1985 ) = 7/10
8. Creepshow ( 1982 ) = 6/10
9. Scream ( 1996 ) = 7/10
10. Wizard of Gore ( 1970 ) = 5/10
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11. A Nightmare on Elm Street ( 1984 ) = 8/10
12. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ( 2003 ) = 7/10
13. Hellbound: Hellraiser II ( 1988 ) = 6/10
14. Candyman ( 1992 ) = 7/10
15. Phantasm ( 1979 ) = 7/10
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16. Poltergeist ( 1982 ) = 8/10
17. Pumpkinhead ( 1988 ) = 6/10
18. The Exorcist ( 1973 ) = 9/10
19. House ( 1986 ) = 7/10
20. Pet Sematary ( 1989 ) = 6/10
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21. Friday the 13th ( 1980 & 2009 ) = 7/10
22. Halloween ( 1978 & 2007 ) = 6/10
23. Last House on the Left ( 1972 ) = 7/10
24. The Haunting ( 1999 ) = 6/10
25. The Ring ( 2002 ) = 8/10
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26. House of 1000 Corpses ( 2003 ) = 8/10
27. The Devil's Rejects ( 2005 ) = 8/10
28. Saw ( 2004 ) = 7/10
29. The Blair Witch Project ( 1999 ) = 6/10
30. Alien ( 1979 ) = 9/10

I also met Darren Bousman (director of Saw 2, 3 & 4 and Repo! The Genetic Opera) when I went to the Repo! play. The guy is absolutely cool. After meeting him I was definitely hyped to be a horror fan.

Have you ever liked someone so much but you didn't know why? Or how about you falling in love with someone you used to despise? That was how it was for me. I had a friend I used to be close with awhile back but never really liked her because she was too "emo" for me. Then I moved. That's when it changed. I started raving and I started falling in love with a whole new type of girl. And she was one of them. The sad part is that I tried to get ahold of her and she told me never to talk to her again because she cheated on her boyfriend and he didn't trust her once they got back together.

When it comes to celebrities it's a whole new preference. Normally I'm not one to crush on Britney Speares types but when Lady Gaga around... I couldn't help myself. I usually like the real sexy types like Catherine Zeta Jones or Selma Hayek, but no... It's Gaga. That's another thing. How often do you change your preference?

So where have I gone wrong? Or have I? See, my preference is still very picky and it really hasn't changed much. Instead I've found a group of females that I find to be the most attractive when other people don't. It's hard to understand how I could switch from preppy girls to emo/scene girls or even metal girls but I have. I don't know why. So leave a comment below explaining your changes and if you've ever met anyone special because of your change. I have.

The concept of censorship sucks. I don't care where it is. People are taking the internet too seriously. You go to certain websites and try to express yourself; BAM! Censored. Youtube's doing it, Twitter does it, Myspace does it... Hell, Gamespot does it (and even worse). Censorship is growing. The sad part is the only communities you'll be able to say what you want in are the ones you create yourself. There's been a lot of commotion about net neutrality and how the U.S. government will get rid of it in the near future. What's neutral about it anymore? So many people are taking advantage of the freedoms people can express. It's a simple math: give people what they want and you can do what ever you want to the people. Hence why the anarchistic minds are starting to grow again.

Games have tons of censorship now as well. I agree to an extent that games like Postal can go over the top with burning babies and whatever but when games like Grand Theft Auto incorporate drunk driving and uses it in a way where people will dislike the experience and an organization like MADD comes along claiming that Rockstar's trying to encourage the use. Yeah, the shock part about it is these types of lawsuits can win.

I don't care about games though. That's just an example to show how much censorship is spread out. Now the internet is taking hold of it. I say stand out and make a stance. Don't fall into censorship, that's you turning into a pawn. Conformity fails. It's all about you and what you want to say and do. Make a stand.