Everything&Nothing: A Collection of Thoughts

I am a huge fan of anime so naturally when they started making Dragon Ball Z for consoles I was immediately intrigued. Obviously the game changed throughout the years which the addition storylines and characters that game had to evolve.  Eventually the game go to the Xenoverse version of the game which I enjoyed a lot. I enjoyed the game because it had a little bit of an open world feel to it, but it still had the traditional fighting genre feel. Same goes for Xenoverse 2, so when the newest one, Dragon Ball Z Kakarot, released I was again intrigued.  The Game was a disappointment When I first saw DBZ: Kakarot I the game play looked solid and the game overall looked like it was going to follow the traditional story arc, but what I didn't realize was that it changed from the fighting genre more to an open world RPG.  When I started the game up, I thought the initial phase of the game was like a tutorial which is why you couldn't go to the main menu, but after about 10 minu...

I've never actually taken the time to talk about my career with anyone because I've never felt like it was anything worth bragging about no matter what people say about the things I have done. Sometimes I actually get a little annoyed when people start to ask too many questions because I hated the job so much, but lately I have been feeling like maybe I should share my experience.  Why did I go to college? I don't know why I have felt compelled to share my experience, but I guess the best place I can start is the beginning-- ish.  For as long as I can remember my mom pushed me to get good grades and good to college. The rule was as long as I maintained a 3.0 I had whatever freedom a minor could have, but even the slightest drop in grades and I would be on lockdown like I got caught robbing a bank.  There wasn't much detail to the plan for my life outside of get good grades and good to college. I didn't even have a college picked out until I actually applied and went...

Recently I've been seeing in the media stuff about cancel culture and the reactions that people have to public outcry. It's interesting to see so many people be so shocked and appalled that people don't agree with their opinion or feel like they are unfairly being attacked. It's almost laughable because the people put their opinions out there so freely but don't expect someone to say something to the contrary in a land where we have freedom of speech and social media. To give you an idea of what I mean, I'll use Gina Carano as an example. For those of you who do not know who she is, she was a mixed martial artist that moved into acting. She currently has a role on the Disney+ show The Mandalorian .  Recently she has come under fire for several things. First thing was that she refused to put her pronouns in her bio on social media in support of the LGBTQ community and instead put "beep/bop/boop", or something like that, in her bio which spark controvers...

  Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto I caught an Uber this morning to pick up some groceries and I was lucky to get a very friendly Uber driver. He asked me if I was ready for Christmas and I was a little apprehensive to answer the question. Reluctantly I said, "eh, ever since I've been adult the holidays just haven't felt like the holidays."  The Holidays aren't about money I went on to explain that ever since I became a full blown adult with bills, it's been hard during the holidays because you want to do things and celebrate but you're worried about spending money, gift giving and all that good stuff.  The Uber driver agreed but also said it's not about the money. The holidays are about having fun and spending time with family, and while I do agree with that sentiment, I think saying that is a lot easier than it is done.  First off, around the holidays I never have a ton of money to spend despite my best efforts to save up. I always have this intent t...

I like Matthew McConaughey. He seems like a good guy and he has been in several movies that I love, so his recent string of interviews have be really interesting and for the most part I haven't really heard him say anything to make me change my opinion of him. His recent interview with Russell Brand was interesting and what really caught my attention was their conversation about politics, specifically the 2020 election.  Brand makes a comment in which he says that he doesn't like to hear people say that others are stupid for voting for Brexit and Trump. To which McConaughey replies with his point of view about how it's hypocritical for people to expect Trump supporters to accept the results of the election when in 2016 people reacted much the same way when he won.  Essentially the conversation gets to a point where McConaughey suggests that people should reframe their conversations about politics in order to find a way to meet in the middle.  I didn't find anything over...

We all remember that one time JaVale McGee missed that wide open dunk and everyone knows he’s got 3 championship rings (2 with the Warriors and 1 with the Lakers), so it’s safe to say we all know about his basketball career's highs and lows, but did you know he’s a Grammy nominated music producer as well? Back in February of this year, JaVale McGee tweeted about a song he worked on with Justin Bieber. McGee helped write and produce the song ‘Available’ on Justin Bieber’s newest album Changes. McGee tweeted that 2020 is a year of growth and that it was a dream of his to be a music producer. Working with Justin Bieber isn’t his only dabble into the music business though. Back in April 2018, McGee released his own album entitled Pierre and in that following September he let it be known that he was working with one of his teammates at the time, Lonzo Ball, on some other music. McGee has said that keeping his basketball life and his music life separate is hard because on the one hand y...

If you haven't seen the Umbrella Academy on Netflix, you should. It's a really good show if you're into comic books and super heroes.  What is it? The Umbrella Academy is a show on Netflix about a group of children that were all born on the same day. A man named Sir Reginald Hargreeves, went around the world to find these children because they had special abilities. Out of the 43 children born that day, Hargreeves was able to obtain 7. He raised these children to harness theirs powers and work together to save the world.  Hargreeves is a hard man and seems very eccentric which translated into a poor father figure. The children had their disfunctions, but instead of helping them deal, Hargreeves would push them harder with training teaching them that those were just hard life moments.  One of the character with issues stemming from childhood traumas was Vanya. Hargreeves seemed to exclude her from the rest of the children making sure to let her know she was just average co...