Trailer of the day - The Big Year

Not really my kind of comedy but I know people will like it; it does look pretty cute.

Song of the day brought to you by Our Lady Peace

Sorry guys, finally got a vga cord for nic's computer :) Of course this song makes me think of him too, had it on repeat for a while now... enjoy!

Trailer of the day - Trespass

Not the biggest fan of Nic Cage but I LOVE Nicole and the director, Joel Schumacher, was the creator of Phone booth, but then again, he also did Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, so we shall see.

Song of the day brought to you by Coldplay

Trailer of the day - Footloose

I dunno if a remake was necessary...

Song of the day brought to you by LCD Soundsystem

Three poems written my junior year of High School and edited now

Home


Over the vast Atlantic
To the land of the "free"
Across the country of the brave
Upon reaching the land of ten thousand lakes
Within an abundantly magical city
Along a not so quiet street
You'll find me on the corner of 54th
At home

Treasure Chest


Between heaven and hell
During the darkest of nights
Underneath the star blown sky
In a wide, flowing, grassy field
Toward the center of this ocean
Next to the base of a lone oak
You'll find it

The Unseen


By way of tedious transport
Through the narrow, winding streets
Past the fountain of the hero
To the market full of loud, bustling bodies
Across the pasture of crooning cows
Towards a solitary house
Beneath the creaky wooden floor boards
Lies only darkness

Trailer of the day - La piel que habito

Yay! Antonio Banderas in a role where he speaks his native tongue! I'm sold! Hahaha.

Song of the day brought to you by Explosions in the Sky

I know I said I'd give you a song by the chain gang but I'm seeing my second and final concert for my weekend back home with my best friend at, you guessed it, First Avenue. The band? Explosions in the sky. A sweet four piece that is completely instrumental. Two guitarists, a bassist, and a guy on drums. They've apparently been trying to find a singer the entire twelve year, six record career, and I'm glad they haven't. Give them a listen and I promise you won't be disappointed!

Shout out to my mixed blood kin

Powerful and accurate portrayal of our lives as depicted by a student from my high school (at least something we go through feeling).

As you look at a person who is of mixed race, do you ever consider what they feel everyday? I wonder if people notice we're different from the rest of them, or that we never had a "type" with which we completely fit in. What are we supposed to call ourselves when we never really had a name? And we can't run to our parents for help because they are the ones who made us exist. It's hard acting like both black and white because those races are very different. Both are very fun in their very own different ways, but when you're hanging with your black people and white friends come up, they don't mix well, and you're stuck in the middle. I can't really say I'm jealous about someone's skin color because, like me, they didn't get to choose who they are, but I guess you can say I'm kind of envious they don't have this one little thing stressing them out.

Trailer of the day - The Thing

Haven't seen the original but the remake doesn't look too bad.

Song of the day brought to you by The Naked and Famous

Saw these guys for the second time (first time was at lolla this year) with my best friend from back home at First Avenue in Minneapolis. I LOVE this venue because of it's intimacy and these guys ROCKED OUT!!! They were so humble and very surprised at how warmly us 612ers accepted them. The opening band The Chain Gang of 1974 also put on a solid performance, I'll put on a song by them tomorrow.