Everything&Nothing: A Collection of Thoughts

Last night, I stumbled across this video of a young woman responding to a comment about white women getting married before they even graduate nursing school. She didn’t hold back—her take was that a man who proposes to a woman while she’s still in nursing school is just “securing the bag,” plain and simple. In other words, he’s locking down a future nurse’s paycheck while she’s still learning how to stick IVs in people’s arms. She went on to say that she knows all about these types of men because her coworkers complain about them constantly. One example? A coworker who could only take eight weeks of maternity leave because her husband doesn’t make enough to cover the bills. The implication: that dude married her for the money, not the love. Now, I’m not saying she’s wrong. I’m saying, let’s flip this scenario around for a second. Imagine a man making a video telling other men that women who accept marriage proposals while he’s in law school, med school, or on the brink of going pro i...

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...

The Giants played the Seahawks last night and I know it's still relatively early in the season, but I don't see things turning around, especially with Daniel Jones at the helm.  I've been vocal about the fact that I've been wildly unimpressed with Daniel Jones since I first heard his name. People have said to me, "Hey, you should give him a chance. The Giants need a better this...or that...".  Sure, okay, I'll take a beat and watch it all unfold.  Fast Forward to now: Here we are all these years later and I'm still not impressed with Daniel Jones and I'll even go so far as to say that I'm shocked the Giants gave him that huge contract extension.  Right now, the Giants are 1 - 3 and dead last in the NFC East. Through 4 games, the Giants have scored 46 points while allowing 122. Last night against the Seahawks, Jones threw for 203 yards and threw 2 interceptions; one of which was a pick six.  The Giants offense is stale. Jones is currently ranke...

Danny Masterson has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the rape of 2 women back in the early 2000s.  Backstory Danny Masterson rose to fame on the popular television show 'That 70's Show'. In the show, Masterson played the character Hyde.  Over the show's 8 year run, Masterson developed close ties to Aston Kutcher, Wilmer Valderrama, Laura Prepon, and Mila Kunis. Topher Grace would eventually leave the show to pursue his cinematic endeavors leaving the rest of the cast to carry the show.  After 'That 70's Show', Masterson would go on to work on other projects including Netflix's 'The Ranch' where he starred along side he long time friend from 'That 70's Show' Ashton Kutcher. The show aired in 2016, but Masterson's time on the show would be short lived. In 2017 the rape allegations made headlines and Masterson would, ultimately, be written off the show.  The Allegations In March 2017, it was first reported that the LA police ...

According to reports, Joe Jonas is calling it quits on his marriage to Sophie Turner after 4 years of marriage. In 2016, Jonas sent Turner a direct message and two met up for a date. From then on the two were almost inseparable.  They became social media official in January that year and in September 2017, they got a dog together. Shortly the dog, Jonas popped the question in October that same year. They would make appearances together throughout the years until finally tying the proverbial knot in May of 2019.  Since then they've had two kids and not much else has really happened until the news of the divorce broke. Some reports suggest that the age gap could be the reason they are splitting up. Jonas is 6 years older than Turner.  If you follow TMZ then maybe you've heard that their issues stem from the fact that she wants to be a party girl and he doesn't care for partying these days, which is understandable considering he has a busy life being a celebrity, a father o...

Growing my plant turned out to be a complete waste of time. The whole appeal of DIY growing was not having to spend money on bud. From what I understand, a plant can yield about a pound of marijuana which would have lasted me at least 6 months, however, my plant turned out to be a male which is basically useless.  I know, I know...what do you mean useless? Well, male plants aren't the ones we smoke; it's the female plants that produce the potent sticky icky bud we all love.  Yes, I'm disappointed that my own grow was a bust, however, I figured I could at least share the things I learned along the way.  Male Plants versus Female Plants If you happen to come across a seed, or two, there's no way to tell whether or not a plant is male or female until it starts to grown, so my first tip is that if you only have the one seed, pray...pray real hard or skip planting all together because if you do end up with a male plant, it's more of a hassle than it's worth.  Serious...

I watched Return To Sender yesterday, and for anyone who has not seen this movie, it was released in 2015. The film is starred by Rosamund Pike, Nick Nolte, and Shiloh Fernandez. Pike plays a nurse who has a bit of a control issue which is evident throughout the movie. It's not evident whether she has an issue with germs or has OCD, however, outside of that little quirk, she seems to be a relatively normal person leading a relatively normal life.  She has good relationship with her father, played by Nolte, and she has a good relationship with her co-workers one of whom is worried about Pike's character's love life, so she sets her up on a blind date with a man named Kevin. Not much detail is given about Kevin save for the fact that the friend has been trying to set them up for a while now.  The movie carries on a bit to display Pike's character's life as normal and routine until we arrive at date night. The Pike is on the couch painting her toe nails and notices the...

I was scrolling through Twitter this morning and I happened to notice that Destiny 3 was trending, so I decided to dive head first into that rabbit hole and see what people are talking about. From what I could tell, the rabbit hole started from a tweet authored by a relatively large Destiny fan account that read, "Unpopular Opinion: Destiny 3 needs to happen".  For those of you that haven't played Destiny and are wondering why it would be an unpopular opinion if the game is popular, well, that's because in recent years Destiny has gotten a lot of negative feedback and even seen its popularity start to wean. One common complain is that the storyline isn't cohesive and doesn't make a lot of sense. Some players hate the direction PvP has gone and feel the entire system is broken.  Some people don't like the idea of a Destiny 3 because there's a good chance that could mean a hard reset. Destiny 2 released in 2017 and for those of us who have been playing t...

Life is a funny thing, you know? One minute things are going fine then the next minute there's a five alarm fire in the tiny dumpster you call your life and things seem really dark and hopeless.  Last year, around this same time, I was staying with my dad. To preface this story for anyone who isn't in the know, when the pandemic first started I was working a job in construction staffing and living on my own. At that point in time, my life was finally getting back on track from all the other setbacks and felt like I was going to be alright.  Then Covid made landfall in America and spread like wildfire. It wasn't a huge issue at first because it hadn't spread, but as more and more people got sick and the lockdown looming, I decided that I should hold off on getting a car, I didn't have one, and hang on to that money in case I got laid off.  Sure enough I found myself laid off and collecting unemployment. It wasn't bad because it was a lot of money. The problem cam...

  It's been a while since I've actually written anything, but I came across this article that lit a fire under my ass, so here's my first post for 2023!  I was scrolling through my Google News feed on my walk to the grocery store when I came across this article about a 14-year-old work the register at a fast food joint. Obviously this piqued my curiosity or I wouldn't been sitting here blogging about it, so I gave it a read.  Now, before I assume my position on my soapbox, I should probably mention that I've been working in some way shape or form since I was about 10-years-old. The first job I ever had was cutting grass. I know some people might not think this is a job, but remind me again what it is that landscapers do? Oh yeah, yardwork, so it was a job. I remember my dad taking me outside and showing me how to use the mower. Back then we didn't have the one with a motor. Oh no, we had the one with two wheels that ran on the power of whoever was pushing it and...