Sorry, in advance.

It looks like I won't be updating for a while. Very long posts, at least. Homework and preseason are taking up the rest of my summer schedule, and I'll probably be only updating with little snippets like this one (if I update at all, that is).
For now, you all can enjoy all of the other greater writers on blogspot.com. Expand your blogoshpere!

Something

All of the sudden, it's changed. I'VE changed. I overlooked something important that was right in front of me, and now that I look at it, I realize:

I love writing.

I can't choose between writing and drawing. I can't be just a political cartoonist anymore. I can't even just be a writer anymore. Somehow, somehow, they must go hand in hand. Somehow.

Back

to the storyboard.

Entertainment 2

Practice review numero dos shall be a show that is now near and dear to my heart, even thought I've only seen one episode. But that's okay, because almost everyone else who's seen the show has only seen one episode. If you haven't guessed already, the show is Glee.


Like its lead group of diverse characters, Glee comes off a bit awkwardly at first but charms with big heart once it hits it's stride.
Glee, which debuts September 9, stars Matthew Morrison as William Schuester, a high school Spanish teacher who takes over the glee club in an attempt to bring it back to its former glory. What he gets is a ragtag group of students: diva singer Mercedes Jones (Amber Riley), cocky Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer), Asian-American goth Tina Cohen-Chang (Jenna Ushowitz), paraplegic guitarist Artie Abrams (Kevin McHale, and the shining star of the club, Rachel Berry (Lea Michele). Along the way, William manages to pick up star quarterback Finn Hudson through means of blackmail after discovering he has a terrific singing voice.
Starting the club, however, proves to be one of the easier parts as the club is soon faced with adversity from all ends. The principal refuses to fund glee, instead spending most of the school's budget (and more) on the school cheerleaders (or Cheerios), Finn is forced to choose between glee and football after his teammates find out he's in it, and Will is pressured by his wife Terri to leave his teaching position and and pursue an accounting job in order to finance their new family.
Glee comes off as a bit cheesy and uncomfortably bright (do they both mean the same thing?), but once the show hits its stride, its appeal shines through with its large cast of quirky characters. Unlike High School Musical, which was one of the more immediate comparisons, Glee has a deeply defined cast of characters, rather than interchangeable stereotypes.
Unlike High School Musical, each character does not have a perfect body and beautiful hair (though some of them come close), and all of the musical numbers do not cause the entire population of William McKinley High School to burst into a frenzy of song and dance.
Some of the adult faculty characters are a bit over the top, such as Jane Lynch's maliciously haughty Cheerios coach Sue Sylvester, but the craziness is all balanced by the presence of Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays).
Overall, Glee is exactly what its title implies: its a lot of fun, sure to get plenty of smiles and good laughs. Sure, it is a bit idealized and bright, but guard your eyes a bit and its charm will come right through.

Entertainment

I'm trying to practice my review writing, and my review for (500) Days of Summer was one of them. Truth is, I'm pretty terribad at it. So, here's some more practice, with something I love more than movies: television programs. Enjoy, my children. Enjoy. First up is Warehouse 13:


Despite its many, many flaws and cliches, "Warehouse 13" proves to be a special and unique viewing experience.
"Warehouse 13" revolves around Secret Service agents Pete Lattimer (Eddie McClintock) and Myka Bering (Joanne Kelly), who are sent to work for the mysterious Warehouse 13 under the eccentric Artie Nielsen (Saul Rubinek). Warehouse 13, which is affectionately called "America's Attic" by Artie, houses many artifacts with special abilities.
Each episode, Pete and Myka are sent out to recover an artifact that has gone awry and neutralize its powers by dousing it in a special purple goop.
Sound silly? The adventure usually is, but the series succeeds solely because it does not take itself seriously. The drama is kept to a minimum, and most outings focus on the light-hearted pitter-patter that is the interaction between Pete and Myka. Although they stereotype as the typical polar opposite partners, their banter relies more on Pete's mishaps and Myka's eclectic interests. Think about it as "Psych" with magical artifacts.
Imagination is played to full here, in both the artifacts that need acquiring and the tools that Pete and Myka use. Items such as the Tesla, a sort of 1800's long range stun gun, show scientific items with historical resonance. Unlike "Fringe", which many viewers have been comparing it to, the show bases its mysteries more in history as opposed to science, and seperates itself from other sci-fi shows because of its premise basis.
It is defined as a comedy-drama, and its comedy holds much ground in situational humor; however, when the show does attempt drama, it seems a bit forced and overdone. McClintock and Kelly both don't act dramatically very well, but Rubinek can hold his own in more dramatic moments, though his have been few and far between. Where the show does well is popping the dramatic bubble once in a while with humorous interjections, like during a stand-off in "Magnetism" or while in a serious video conversation in "Claudia".
On the surface, "Warehouse 13" doesn't seem to set itself apart from other sci-fi series on television with its cliched characters and "scientific" items, but when you scratch away all of your presumptions and look past its follies, "Warehouse 13" proves to be a fun, engaging and unique program, best enjoyed by just sitting back and going along for the ride.

We like the same things, and I like your style

I've been seeing a lot of "So You Think You Can Dance" and the "(500) Days of Summer" Bank Reunion dance lately, and I realized something: I haven't danced in the longest time. Not that I do it particularly well or with coordination, but I love to just bust a move once in a while.
So, one of my new resolves for the school year is to bust moves with whoever every late night. By myself or with Marlissa, I will dance to the beats of whatever plays at late nights, whether it be Josh Groban or Chicago.
I'm also thinking of choreographing a dance with a partner with a rehearsed song and all. Maybe I'll film it. It'll be fun.
Watch out.

Grandma Lee is LOLS.

What is one thing that Grandma Lee can teach us?
Humor is timeless.
A 75-year old woman with the humor style of a teenage boy; talking about dating, bodily functions, and sex. She looks sweet enough, but she can sure shoot off her mouth with dirty jokes and with great timing.
But really, I'm tired of David Hasselhoff saying that almost every act he sees "represents America." Catchphrase, much?
Let's hug it out then, little bitches.

It's Official: I'm in love with "500 Days of Summer"

love stories: Apparently, they're not about love.

After weeks of anticipation and searching for theatres that dare play this film, I finally saw "500 Days of Summer."
Throughout the movie, I found myself laughing, smiling, crying (not really, just feeling sympathetic, really) at randomly distributed moments throughout the film. The film struck me as different, because, despite being classified as a romantic comedy, it turned out to be anything but that, and by that, I mean predictable.
The plot skips forwards and backwards in the 500 days of Tom Henson's (the main character, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) relationship with Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel). The constant flashing forwards and backwards made the plot refreshing, and the explorations into Henson's imagination with the sequences of animation and splitscreen added further to the film's unpredictability. Despite all of the seemingly random train of events, the film's moments all play together and tie up very nicely.
The appeal of the characters is that they are all average, everyday people. With this relatable concept in mind, I began to see the various traits of each character- whether it is their realism, their unrequited need for fun or their childlike faith- and I felt sympathy and compassion for every folly they suffered through, especially Tom.
As a romantic comedy, its fresh, different, and revolutionary. Its quirky storytelling style, its lighthearted humor, and the chemistry of Gordon-Levitt and Deschanel make the film unique and more real than any other romantic comedy out today.
Don't be deferred by the fact that the movie is in limited release- it's well worth the time to see it.
Look for some showings in you area here.
Watch the official trailer here.