Season's Greetings. I know I've not posted anything for a long time but I've been extremely busy working my ass off for my teacher's certification. Now that I'm 3 days away from finishing up my student teaching I think I'll try to get back to important matters...like sharing some of the dumb shit I've found on the series of tubes that is the Internets. On that note, here is an interesting thing I found on Kotaku.com.

It may not be everyone's cup-o-tea but I think it's funny. That's all for now folks, but I hope to get back in the blog posting routine soon. Oh wait, I almost forgot.............

OBAMA WON THE ELECTION!!!!!!!

Yeah, I'm pretty excited and before you point out the date discrepancy, I know he will not officially be the president until 2009 but as far as I'm concerned we've not had a President for the last eight years and on November 4, 2008 the United States got it's first competent President since...hmmm, I want to say Clinton but I want to avoid partisanism so I will go back to the last competent republican President, Nixon. I know, I know, the whole Watergate thing but he was actually a pretty sharp guy aside from the shady stuff. I will quote Barack's wife Michelle and say that "for the first time in my life I am proud of my country" for rising above racial division and choosing the best candidate for the job. My god, how easy would it have been for a white Obama to win given the obvious racial obstacles he had to overcome? We have come one step closer to racial equality but, unfortunately, many people are resistant to this change and refuse to accept this inevitable evolution (gasp!) of American history...read this before you disagree! Racism is not over and it is my opinion that racism is evolving to include non-race hate like homophobia and nativism...you know, the things Hitler stood for. Wake up people and step outside of you very little world and learn to accept people for who they are...people! I'm sure this will not be the last time I bring up these issues but I will end it for now because of my elation of Obama's election. Rock on and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Choke Update!

I just read that Choke has been bought by Fox Searchlight for 5 million dollars (at Sundance) and this means a wider release so...yippy! Go HERE for four clips from the movie. This movie should be in theaters around August 1, 2008 in limited release. Oh yeah, Palahniuk adapted the screenplay himself so it should be nothing but awesome...those clips are just how I imagined them when I read the book.

Side note: I'm currently reading "Stranger Than Fiction" by Palahniuk and it is holding up nicely to his other masterpeices. It is a quicker read (short stories) so if anyone out there wants to experience his stuff with out investing too much time should check it out.

Dr. King and Chuck Palahniuk

First of all, Happy belated Martin Luther King Jr. Day! I may be a day late but I doubt Dr. King would want his dream of a peaceful end to inequality to be remembered only once a year. The fight is not over! Everyone needs to remember that Civil Rights should be universal, applying to ALL people regardless of skin color, religion, ethnicity, sex, or sexual preference. Thanks to the selfless sacrifices of men and women like Dr. King we are closer than ever to making that dream a reality...persistence is the key. Never forget the past, we have a long way to go and if we refuse to acknowledge the shortcomings of our historical decisions, as well as some recent ones, Dr. King's dream of total equality will never become a reality. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

With that being said...check out this video for a movie based on one of my favorite books: Choke!

Click the picture below for a summary of the book if you are interested...I don't think it spoils too much. For those who don't already know, Chuck Palahniuk is the author of "Fight Club," which was made into a movie staring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton a few years back. So if you liked Fight Club, keep your eyes open for this similarly eerie albeit completely different raw depiction of desperation at its finest.