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Monday, March 30, 2009

Mcdonalds ,Screw you! Im tired of your BULL


Ever since I was a little kid, I never liked going to McDonald...there was just something about the way it appeared to me. Now that im older im starting to realize how fucked up McDonald's really is.
Is it really necessary to have commercials with black people always singing for their food, smiling and crunking for a cheeseburger!? I hate the image so much. Now they have a commercial with a little black kid telling a McDonald employee about their college funds. I dont find this to be cute or amusing and I wish there was some sort of way I could just tell the CEO of Mcdonalds that I think this is borderline racism. I know its definitely stereotyping,and they've been doing this for years and they need to stop!!
I dont know if they realize this,but im pretty sure a lot more people in the midwest eat more at mcdonalds than people in the city do. Think about it , majority of people outside big cities like NYC are predominantly white....and people who drive around everywhere in the midwest are more likely to stop off at a drive in like Mcdonalds. But no you will not see an obese white woman in a mini van scarfing down her fries because trust me you will hear about it and it would probably get taken off almost immediately

I think more black people need to realize what is going on here. I do not think Mcdonalds really likes to see us smile.I think they are mocking us as individuals,and I think if a certain amount of people were to send a list of complaints then it might actually do something.
For example,when Supersize Me came out Mcdonalds added a few ''healthy'' options to their menu because they were so embarassed. Maybe if we put this more out in the open we could finally have someone else dancing for a Mcrib.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

''...I know Kung Fu''

I just have to ask this question first
...Why is that line so popular?
Moving on, This is the first time I've ever seen The Matrix and I wasn't expecting much.I honestly thought it was just an action movie but I was clearly wrong.
There was a lot of philosophy and metaphors in the movie that are easily realized. For example, trinity says ''Follow the white rabbit'' As we all know that's from Alice in Wonderland [and a kick ass Janis Joplin song!] .. Alice gets into all these weird scenarios when she curiously follows the white rabbit, and Neo gets involved with ''The Matrix''.
Also the name of Morpheus's ship is called the Nebuchadnezzar which was obvious to me because its the name of a biblical king who was troubled by his dreams. Cypher's name is usually associated with evil/satan and it makes sense that he ends up turning his back on all of them. The oracle, offers only things that Neo needs to know in order to make up his future.
I also noticed a tinge of gnostic & samsara elements in this movie. Gnosticism is the belief that humans are souls trapped in a material world.As Morpheus is training Neo he is also testing his beliefs by asking him questions like ''What is Real?'' and showing him this computer program ''The Matrix''
It's funny because Ive always thought to myself if there was some type of alternate world.I think we all think sometimes if the world were living in now is ''real'' are we really waking up every day to go to school,to work, eating steak? Sometimes I feel like im lucidly doing the things I always do. Sometimes I feel like we dont actually choose to do certain things we just feel obligated to do them. Its like when Neo is getting yelled at by his boss. The boss gives him an ultimatum show up on time or get fired. No one in the ''real'' world is going to walk out the door. But in The Matrix Neo actually gets to choose this time and he chooses the red pill and morpheus says ''You stay in wonderland forever,and ill show you just how deep the rabbit hole goes. All Im offering is the truth.Nothing more.''
The Matrix to me is what we make of it . Allegory of the Cave explains it all, we see only what we are ALLOWED to see,some of us even after being showed what is true and real will still refuse to open up our eyes because we are so used to seeing things as shadows on a wall.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

RadaRadaWhy im studying filmRadaRada


To be honest, I dont know. Besides the fact that I love movies...it was kind of just a random choice.That doesnt mean I wont be serious about it of course. I think ive seen alot of movies, some way before I was born.


What I really want to be is a costume/special FX makeup designer. It would be awesome to see my work in magazines one of them being fangoria [I wish fangoria was how it use to be =(] I use to write screen plays when I was in private school,but no one read them.I kind of kept them to myself....maybe the choice really wasnt all that random and its just been floating around the back of my head.


Ive never seen the first matrix,I remember seeing the matrix reloaded in 8th grade going ''the bloody hell is this ?''


Ive always had an open mind ,up for anything any time...except drugs.That ive never tried,seriously though ive never even smoked a spliff.


It's funny how things happen for the last few months ive been teetering in between jobs and have been torrenting lots of movies, and now im in a film cluster. Shit,wtf?


I hope we dont concentrate too much on the matrix Id love for us to see an old silent movie...Like NOSFERATU. Thats a REAL vampire for you. Yes,Im looking at you emo-vegan-virgin- vampire fans. YES. im talking about twilight. How in the hell can you be a vampire but yet a virgin? It just doesnt make any damn sense,they are supposed to be naturally seductive ,slinky sexual beings.








My first blog

Okay so it seems like a blog is required for this class, so I might as well begin by saying ...Hello!
Ive never done a blog before so this should be interesting.