Movie Review Website

I got the movie review website up! It's called The RoboKitty Reviews . It's still very much under construction, but it'll probably end up looking better than my blog. I hope so, anyway. So far Google Sites has given me nothing but hell.

New Website

We're finally starting to make design websites in my Web Design class. It's a little late in the year, but I'm not complaining. That means I might just get to do that movie review website I've been wanting to do for a while. If the domain is available, look for therkmoviereviews.com. If that's not what it is, then I'll post what the domain name is as soon as I put it up. The first movie I'll do is The Croods. I saw it Sunday, and I have a lot to say about it.

I started playing Digimon Unlimited, which is a Digimon Pendulum similator for Android. I like it much better than V-Pet, and it is a ton of fun to play. The battle servers get a little bogged down with super strong Digimon. That's good, unless you just started. It's really hard to get good stats to begin with. It's also got Jogress. I haven't done Jogress successfully, so I'm not entirely sure what it does. Right now my Digimon is Akatorimon. It's a pretty fun Digimon, and he's strong. I honestly have no complaints about the game.

I pick and image for my Prismacolor project on Friday, so that will be coming soon. I'll do a day by day thing like I did for my color conte project, but I'll upload them as I do them, so it won't slam anyone's feed with my artwork.

My Robotics competition starts next Wednesday! The team is going to Arkansas for the FRC Regional. We still have some work to do before that happens, but I'm sure we will get it done on time.

I only have a couple months left as a high school student. It's a crazy thought, but it's also an exciting one. I was hoping I would be able to have the first decent summer I've had in a few years, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen. My foster mother decided she didn't like being a foster parent, and she is sending us away in early June. As long as I don't have to spend my third birthday in a row at the youth shelter, I think I'll be okay.

Song of the Day: Thrift Shop by Macklemore. I enjoy this song because it breaks away from the traditon of rap songs bragging about their awesome, expensive clothes. If you read into it, it's really about how we can look incredible in things from the thrift shop, and how it's the person under the clothes that really makes a difference. Of course, it still has the crudeness of most rap songs, but the message is quite a bit more down to earth. Not to mention it is super catchy.

Your Daily Dose of Cute Kitty for Those That Don't Like Reddit

Actually, I'll still give you a cute kitty picture even if you like Reddit. I personally just find it redundant and a little pretentious. It's not very user-friendly either. If you like it, more power to you!

My cat decided to chill in the dog bed. She's so adorable! The dogs didn't seem to care too much, either.

Song of the Day: 99 Red Balloons by Nena. This was the foreign hit of the 80s like Gangnam Style is today. It's actually a great little song about the hysteria surrounding war, and most of all the tension of the Cold War. The song opens with you and Nena in toy shop. You guys buy a bag of balloons, blow them up, and release them into the sky. Well, the balloons show up on a military radar, and before seeing what was going on or making sure there was a legitimate threat, they level the city. That was how high the tensions ran and how eager that side was for an attack. They leveled the city over something as harmless as balloons. It's a good, thoughtful message. Oh, and it's heavily implied that you die in the end.

Movies (Scary vs. Startling)

8-Mile is never a movie I could really get into. I think it's mostly because my little sister is the only person who ever has it playing, and she gets a little hostile while watching it. All I hear is "She's a whiny bitch," or "She's a whore." She does it every single time they come on screen. It's quite disturbing. Eminem seems to act well in it, though. It's got that to its credit. Its really hard to pull a good movie performance out of a rapper.

I also watched Sinister recently. It was a great movie, but it had its flaws. The parts with the Super 8 films were genius. The demon looked like he went to band practice with Kiss after he was finished eating children. It was not very intimidating at all. The only thing that made him remotely unpleasant was the f***ing orchestra sting every time he came on the damn screen. That was the flaw I mentioned earlier: jump scares used improperly.

Now, I would like to discuss a concept that Hollywood still hasn't seemed to grasp just yet. Here goes: startling is NOT the same thing as scary. Jump scares are not scary, and too many of them are immensely irritating. They are startling. Slasher flicks tend to rely almost solely on them, so I tend to avoid the genre altogether. With paranormal movies, it's hit and miss. Some of them only have a couple jump scares early on and rely on scary content and imagery after that. That's the good stuff. Those are the things that you'll remember for a really long time and will give you chills when you think about it a week later. I honestly wish there was a more scary things like that in cinema. To give credit to those who honestly try to make a good scary movie, it is really hard to do. It's a blend of atmosphere and timing and horror elements that really make the horror movie grand. When they are grand, that is. So, next time you're watching a movie of the horror genre, stop and ask yourself, "Is this scary, or is it startling or just gross?" If all you've done is jump, it's not that scary.

NEW LOGO!

I was on a very short hiatus yesterday because I had to go to the E.R. to get an abscess taken care of. It was gross, and it kind of hurts still. I'm okay, though. Honestly, watching medical procedures has always fascinated me. I didn't get to watch this time because the abscess was in a place that I can't see, but I do usually love to watch that kind of thing.

I also have to watch when I'm getting stuck with a needle, but I feel sick whenever I see it happen to other people even if they are on television. It's pretty weird.

The guy from Neko the Kitty made me a logo from my blog, and it's absolutely wonderful! So, shout out to him!

This is what I do when I'm supposed to be doing my Trigonometry homework. Actually, this is ON my Trigonometry homework. I don't thenk there's anything in the world that can beat a cat in a tuxedo (or a robot cat). There were other doodles on the page, but none of note. Just a mix of Tristen from Yu-Gi-Oh and Boo from Mario, and a flower with a butterfly on it.

More Art!... And Levi.

I got home from work yesterday, and Daisy (the dog) decided she wanted to chill with Levi (my friend). She's a silly goose, but it made for a great picture! We ate popcorn and watched Bones afterwards. It was fun.

Now, here are a couple art projects I found while cleaning the storage room. They're pretty much just collecting dust until the Art Show on May 1st. I can't wait to take them home!

I did this for my ceramics class last semester. It's the best thing I did in clay. For the most part, I'm not very good at it... I think the celedon turned out beautifully, though. It was dubbed The Bird Pot ever since I realized that the shape was reminiscent of a bird. It was at that point that I decided to carve birds on it, and that birds would be my theme for the year. Anything I did that didn't have a bird in it has been mediocre at best, and it's not because I can only do birds. I did the cat in the next photo, and the face on my most recent project just fine. I don't get it, but what can you do?

I think oil pastel has to be my favorite medium. I love the texture and the consistency and the way it blends. The cat isn't actually that red, it just looks like it in the picture. It's actually much more orange.

My next project is Prismacolor! It runs a close second with oil pastel. My Prismacolor project turned out moderately well last semester, so I'm hoping for something stellar this semester.

If anyone has any suggestions on what I should draw for my next project, upload a picture. It has to have a lot of variations in color and tone, and it has to have a significant degree of difficulty. I'd love to see what you guys would have me do, though.

Song of the Day: Take On Me by Aha. Great song with a really catchy beat and an awesome music video! It also has one of my favorite lines in all of songs in it ("say after me, oh it's no better to be safe than sorry"). Also, one-hit wonders are the best.

Videos and Literature

In my web design class, my teacher had us make videos. We're watching everyone's videos in class today.

The people in my class are really talented video editors. No joke. Some of these amateur videos blew me away. It made my little sign language video seem awful, even though I still got applause. I wish I could put them on here...


We watched a video called Hacking Democrasy in my Government class. It was really interesting. It showed just how easy it is to hack into the devices that we vote on. And it is EASY. The people who test that stuff hacked it in ten seconds. We also watched a really cool one about North Korea. That one was mind-blowing. It was a great look into an unlimited government.

I'm currently reading Jane Eyre for my AP Literature class. It's a very insightful an well written novel, and I adore it thus far. I really enjoy the symbolism of Jane and the supernatural. It makes her different from her peers, but in a good way. She thinks for herself. That was very forward thinking for its time, considering she is a woman.

I really enjoy the Bildungsroman genre in general, really. I like that there is no main antagonist. It is, first and foremost, a story about life. Life doesn't have villains. At least not ones that are around your entire life. I think that's why I love Bambi so much. Well, the fact that the artwork is breathtaking helps a lot.