Fall Out Boy: Infinity on High

Radio has a it's place and outlet in the media and our lives. Thou I don't it will ever be as great as it was in the Roaring twenties, but it is heard everyday more than some mothers hear from their childern. And the radio is everywhere, it is almost mandortory for car companies to install them in their cars. So there's music everywhere for everybody, but I choose at times to steer away from the mainstream its dulled to me. So instead I choose to listen to band music or live music, like one of my favorite cd Infinity on High by Fall Out Boy. Their cd starts out with the song 1.)Thriller featuring Jay-Z, which is a dedication to their fans and those who don't like what that they have become some what mainstream. Saying that it's not their fault or their choice that some scene childern love and adore them. That doesn't mean thou that they have changed, but with all the fans and crowds they win and lose. They will keep writing, sing, and performaning for their die hard fans. 2.)The takes over,the breaks over, speaks out to theri old fans who have dubbed the sell ots and Sell out boy. Saying that they can't act like they were never theri favorite band at one time. And that no matter what they do or say the media will always cut it up and disset it until it means nothing anymore to anybody. Like it or not people change like the season and so do their music, so just let it go. 3.)This ain't an scene, It's an arms race, states how there some indiviuals and circumstances that happen in peoples lives that just get blown out fo proportion, i.e the Pete Wentz photos. 4.)I'm like an Lawyer with the way I'm always trying to get you off(me & you), is just a song getting at the boys being famous does nothing for theri relationships. They have fame, fortune, but noth theri happliy ever after yet so two out of three ain't that bad. 5.)Hum Halleluujah, is a by chance love affair or attaraction you might have with someone you meet in a club or a resturant. And as your leaving you say all these nice things to eachother to never call one another again if ever. 6.) Golden ,takes a look at how the world loves you when your a celebrity but their not in love with you. 7.)Thnks fr th Mrms, the last time you might have with an ex or old flame, recalling on all the good and bad times. 8.)Don't you know who I think I am? Is your classic kiss off, to those who think the band should quit while theri ahead. 9.)The (After) life of the party, comments on how you can be so close to really accomplishing some big or important. When you caught a snag from your past that slows you down, so its time to cut that thung or person loose. 10.)The Carpal tunnel of love, is a reflective look on how you've grown, and how at times you might miss your old self. But you just have to tough it out and make it through another day. But you will always have thoes ice cream headaches to look back on. 11.)Bring the Doldrums, saying to all the ex fans that its ok, and that they forgive you. And that its easier to make up with an ex friend or fan than a lover. 11.) FameInfamy, to just stay to what your good at and not to become too cocky with whatever talents you may have. 12.) Your crashing but your no wave, how sometimes are world is corrupt and catch in their own stubborn ways. 13.)I 've got all this ringing in my ears but none on my fingers,the truth is in the end fall out boy is a good band, and that they have been for a long time. So no amount of hate mail can deter that and besides the best payback is another reward for best band of the year. Or thanking in them in one of your speechs, than I think it's real cute that at the end of this song they say "now press repeat". But all in all I really enjoyed this cd i had to listen to it a couple of times to get the meaning. It wasn't a bad experience so i coukd care less if i had to listen to it a dozen times. Just not all in a row, back to back, because even the best things lose there touch if their played out and soon they die.

Movie Killer

Who decides what's right or improper in what you do everyday? Why is it that your allowed to yell at football games but not in the library? Why is it that in the movie theatre there are at least five ad's leading up to the movie stating that Silence is golden. Which means no talking during the movie and by you not doing that it makes your movie experience that much better. So why are there still people who defy this simlpe advisement for their viewing pleasure. Tell me what's so hard about being quite for an average of maye an hour and thrity minutes. The audience does not want to haer you critea of the movie while their watching it with you. Also if your phone decides to ring please be a decent and sane human being and get up and out of the theatre and answer it. We don't need to hear you lame staticity ringtone from the back of the theatre, and you actually have the audicty to answer ther and loudly. Then get offened when other peolpe in the auidence tells you to be quite, which for some reason makes you ven louder and you start attcking the audience. Why? Are they just being ass holes, or is it a more deeper reason. Are they maybe attention craved or just mad at the world and the content people in it. It's as if they're just stuck on stupid or something, i could careless just shut up. And the next time you decide to come to the movies and want to hold an conbversation during the middle of the movie i will make it my life's quest to get put out of every and any movie theatre in the area. So that your movie ruing spree will finally come to and end, it's been going on for too long.

Winter Time

Winter weather is upon us, and most of us just add extra layers of clothes onto our outfits. And time how long we will have to be outside, because the cold is slowly eating away at the feeling in our fingers and faces. Lucky for us thou we have dorms, apartments, cars, and friends who will let us stay the night. Where it's nice and warm, but unfortunately for alot of people in the greater Atlanta area who are homeless. They have no choice but to try and find quite place to sleep for the night. Where the wind won't be as hasrh on their bones, which are usually empty stairwells and alley ways of the such. But there are people who own stores and that will allow them to sit in their heated store until they close. As long as they don 't distrub their customers and depending on the store owner they might even give them a couple of dollars to clean around the store. There are also homeless shelters which opens around 5pm and closes in between 7 and or 8pm i'm not sure. They feed them and give them a place to sleep i'm not too sure if they have showers or no, i don't see why not but that's besides the point. As for how we treat the mentally ill and veterans in Atlanta, if they don't have someone to keep them or pay for them to stay somewhere, i'm afarid they're pretty much on their own. No companies will hire them once it has been proved that they are mentally ill or incapable of work. And if they are a danger to themselves and others what can we do with them. It's a very frustrating situation, and it just jerks at your hearts strings and makes you feel bad about their situation. It makes you feel like you don't want that to ever be you one day. You don't ever want to fall so far from grace that you are thought of and seen as a parasite on society. A virus of sorts unable to live and or substain itself with out a host, willing or unwilling. But none of this changes the fact tthat before they got put on the street, before they lost their sanity. And before they got fired, almost died, lost their house in Katrinia. Or is just really hungry and needs a dollar or whatever change you might have on you. One second before you turn away lie and say you don't and judge them, know that their people too.

.........Snow

Everyone at Georgia State the other day was very busy going to class, eating around, and laying around their dorms. When all of a sudden all the harsh when we had and cold weather finally gave us something wondeful. It snowed and hard it seemed as thou the whole campus came to a halt. And phones went off along with opening and closing of doors and elevators, as this epic event spread liike wild fire. And every 18, 19, and 20 year old was outside staring uop into the sky in pure amazment and joy. It's as if you could see their child like memories play right before their eyes. As they just walked around ,stuck their tounges to catch snow flakes, and continued to call more friends and family to inform them of this moment. Its just because everyone loves snow and if not love they have some strong emotion or feeling concerning it. And when they are around it sometimes they can't help it and just let themselves revert back to those good times and funny memories of the snow and what it brings. I saw the very best and human part of GSU, because maybe its just me but in my day to day run ins with strangers at GSU. Have been as if I was invisible as if they wouldn't dream or even bring themselves to touch me. But on that afternoon with the snow there were hugs and random conversations along with just maybe a bit of child hood innocent in the snow. People were sliding down the hill on trash can lids, pizza bixes, cookie sheets, trash bags and whatever they could get their hands on. There were snow ball fights , writing i the snow, snow angels, and people built mini snowman. And on that coldest day of the week GSU didn't seem that cold, as me and my snowman took pictures and watched as the snow continued to fall. Covering the harsh skyliness and road signs of Atlanta and momentarly slowing the city down. Bringing them to a daydream state as they wait for traffic to led up and drif back to their fun times in snow. You know between the curses of stupid drivers nad why they hadn't gone home sooner.

Clayco is where the ducks are.

I grew up in Decatur, GA from the age of 3 to 14, Avondale Estates to be exact. Until that faithful day in September of 2005 when me and my family spilt apart and I ended up in Clayton county. Jonesboro was my new domain now and it was boring now, because everything is so far away. In Decatur I could walk to where ever I wanted or needed to go, and if not there was a bus system MARTA that could take me there. But in Jonesboro they don't have that either you had a car or you walked to get where you needed to go. It sucked so much, because I was trapped in our new house until I make friends with cars. But once I had made some Jonesboro and all of Clayton was great, and they had parks. In Decatur we had parks to but they where nothing like these. They had lakes, waterparks, rowboats, swings, and ducks. I love ducks but they also had geese were evil they would hiss at us. And one time my friend Mathab had pissed one of they off and I could have sworn that they went to the other end of the lake and planned an attack on us. Because a couple of minutes later they would come in packs and start to circle the pier that we were on and would just sit there looking at us floating, while the rest where on the land waiting for us to move. Never throw a half eaten burrtio at a pack of geese, they do not like that. But the advantages of living there were the cool parks and plazas all over the different countries. Along with both of our football and soccer teams we had , go bulldogs. But the disadvantages would be that back then they didn't have a bus systems and everything was atleast a half mile away. Now they do have a bus system thou it's called C-Tran, but we'll see how long that lasts.

There's too much room for error.

Final Destination is one of my favorite movies and the one that has left the most impact. I know it's werid that I choose this movie but so am I. The movie tells how they beleived death had a plan made out for everyone, and that you could not escape that plan. And it made me think and look more closly at everything that i did. And that maybe everything isn't spontaneous as we liked to beleive. Like how many of people who have tries to kill themselves failed, and some have had affiany of sorts and given their life a new chance and look. I'm not saying that anyone who has seen this movie has tried to committe sucide and failed. Saw the light and the error of their ways and turned over a new leaf. No what I'm saying is that this movie gave me a thought that I had been stressing too much about trivial things in my life. Like i was 13 worrying about if my family woulf have enough money to take care of themselves once i was gone. I was a pre-teen daydreaming about my demise, so with this film it helped me to acknowledge something. That which each passing day that i wasted worrying about years and years to come I forgot about today. And that I shouldn't worry about when my time was to come because their were more important things to worry about and do. Because if we stayed in a constant fear of something or someone is coming after us, what kind of life is that? We should just take life a couple hours at a time and get on with our day.

The Media is informative, right?

The media has many outlets for information, newspapers,television, radio, and the internet. Now one would think with these various sources of information the masses should be well informed and worldly in their day to day activites and conversations. But now the media has sold out and is content with flooded our newsbroadcasts with glamourous, fantanstic,insufficent, shallow, and unworthy crap about celebrities. Instead of things that could be deem more news worthy like the riots and invisble childern of Africa. They fill my primetime tv with New York newest boyfriend and how Jessica Alba is now pregnat, instead of hearing about whether or not the DREAM Act has been passed or not. My little cousins know more about the latest Britney incident than they do about their own school. And that's sad I mean heck even Fall Out Boy has seen how far our media efficency has declined that they have started putting worldy events and problems into their videoes. In their latest video "I'm Like an Lawyer How I'm always trying to get your off", you can simply Google or Youtube it. What does the media beleive that we're stupid,fragile, and too innocent to handle the real world outside of OC and Glamtown, USA. I am hurt by this and feel shame over it, why do we have so many shows about celebrites and their lives.? Why do we need to watch them day in and day out ? Are they that important that we can take time out of our busy lives and stop to watch their "real" lives at 9:00P.M. Eastern time. All the shows are simply reruns of eachother anyway from Eyecandy off of Vh1 to TMZ , they all show the same thing. Stars messing up or getting in trouble, what's so cool about that? They're just people who have large amounts of money yes, but people none the less. I think America and the media has lost sight of that or has put too much pressure on them to be so much more than human that they couldn't stand seeing them being anything else. I care less, the more important thing is that our generations are getting dumber and dumber , they care less about voting and graduating and more so Preze Hilton's newest rant and Souljia Boy's new video ad dance. All because the media is afraid to air the real news afraid of what type of Armageton that might ignite. Psst, well I don't care the media is suppose to be informative, so why isn't it?