Everything&Nothing: A Collection of Thoughts

Everyday I wake up with the goal of begging for a job helping making someone else rich so I can feed off the scraps they're willing to give me. I've played by the rules, and busted my ass. They said go to college and I did it. They said find a corporate job and I did. They said work hard, keep your nose clean, and things will work out. You know what I got for it? Laid off 3 times. That's what I got for all of my hard work, and yet, here I am still running to the very group of people begging for a jobs they'll put me out of on whim. Tell me, "it's just business..." It's not just business for me, but okay. I'll swallow that pill because what other choice do I have? That's the way folks do business, well then that's the way folks do business. I'm 35 and I'll be 36 in May. I'm not getting any younger and if I keep this up I'll be doing the same shit until the day I die. I don't want this to be my life. I don't want to ke...

People say that hard work pays off, but that's a lie. The truth is that hard work only pays off if you like what you're working hard at.  If you don't like what you're working hard at, to some degree or another, you're going to be working hard for nothing.  You can be the hardest working person in place, but if no one knows your name and you don't talk to people, there's good chance they won't be thinking of you the next time they're promoting folks.  That's why a lot of people get passed over for promotions. They haven't spent enough time getting to know people at work. They haven't spent enough time at the office parties. They don't stay longer hours when they were asked if they could stay extra hours.  The truth is that if you're not working hard at something you at least like a little bit, there's a good chance you're just working hard for the sake of working hard. ========================================= Make sure yo...

I've been playing Call of Duty for a long time and I love the franchise, but I've got to say that Modern Warfare 3 has been a disappointment.  I was really hyped that they were going to continue the story from the original story line, so I preordered the game. That's how hyped I was. I don't often pre-order games because I like to wait to see what people say about it before I spend the money.  For those unaware, if you pre-ordered the game you would get early access to the multiplayer and campaign. The multiplayer beta was just for a weekend, however, early access to the campaign would go until the full release of the game starting November 9th.  The multiplayer was fun and I didn't have too many complaints about it. It felt reminiscent of the early game, especially because they brought back some of our favorite maps. I'm not going to say that loved the map Rust, but it does bring back memories.  My friends and I played as much as we were able to. It was a lot o...

Art Imitates life and not the other way 'round. People Create art from what we know of the world.  Art isn't showing us something we haven't already seen. Stories can't be written about things never experienced or learned.  Heroes chasing monsters; People falling in love Starry Night or the Mona Lisa. It's all based on what the known universe has already shown us. Strip away the aesthetics of a hero and what's left?  The concept of morality, justice, right and wrong. Strip away the aesthetics of a monster and what's left?  The concept of immorality, injustice, hate, fear, and darkness. All things found within the human condition. 12 different films are based on a real man that perpetrated heinous acts of violence. Ed Gein, for all intents and purposes, was a monster. Photos of war, paintings of flowers, and sculptures of the male and female form all imitate life. Life doesn't imitate are, no, it's the other way 'round.

I heard they were making another Terrifier movie and to be honest, I was very shocked. I had no idea people actually liked those movies enough for there to be enough buzz calling for a 3rd installment.  If you haven't seen them movies you're not missing out on anything unless you enjoy senseless gore and plots that make no sense. I'm all for a good cheesy scary movie, but the Terrifier movies just didn't do it for me. For anyone unaware of Art the Clown and the Terrifier movies, Art the clown made his first appearance in a short film called The 9th Circle. This short film was inspired by Dante's Inferno. Directed by Damien Leone, this adaption followed an innocent girl being caught off guard and knocked out by Art the clown to awaken in a hellish place to become a sacrifice for Satan. Five years after this short film was produced, All Hallows' Eve was released. This would be the second appearance of Art the Clown. All Hallows' Eve follows the story of a baby...

What if I told you that I started a GoFundMe to raise seed money for my media company, would you give it to me? What if I told you that I started a GoFundMe to raise money to get a car in order to travel to generate money for my media company, would you give it to me?  What if I told you that I started a GoFundMe to raise money to keep my media company independent and uncontrolled by the corporate agenda, would you give it to me?  Or how about this one: What if I told you that I was sick with cancer and I needed to raise money for my treatments or else I would die, would you give it to me?  Why is it that people have to sell a sob story in order to get help? Why is it that I can ask people something simple like, "Repost this..." and get zero response, but if I were to mention being sick and dying people would pay attention?  People gladly throw their money at companies like Amazon, Netflix, and the likes despite the fact that they're making money hand over fist and t...