"I do love knitting patterns."

Hey ya'll! How was your christmas?

So, if anyone has any suggestions for me to buy/put on Wish List for iTunes, tell me?

I'm looking for:

• Movie Scores (I love Hans Zimmer)
• Jazz
• Some good workout music

Thanks everyone!

In case we didn't have enough deaths in 2009, we have to end the year with Brittany Murphy dying of cardiac arrest. Sadness...

MTV had it. They had actually started to get back at being somewhat of a music channel. And then they decided they ought to stick with what they're bad at: reality TV. Sigh. Read more...

Four boys from Rainier, Oregon, Ty Vaughn, Matt Koenig, Robert and Josh Baird, formed a band called Broadway Calls. After one hometown show, they took a big chance, and headed out on tour with Daggermouth. In the year 2007, they recorded their full-length debut, titled "Oregon", produced by Willie Samuels on Green Day's production team. A year after the release, they were signed to Adeline Records, which is owned by Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong.

Halfway through their 2008 tour, they kicked Robert out of the band, due to things not working out. They played the 2008 Warped Tour, and released a split EP with Teenage Bottlerocket. Once done with touring in 2008, they headed back to the studio to record their sophomore album.

They booked a European Tour with Alkaline Trio, and signed with Side One Dummy Records for their next album release. On August 18, 2009, the album "Good Views, Bad News" was released.

Songs you need to listen to:

"Call It Off" (My personal favorite)

"Back to Oregon"

"Be All You Can't Be"

Visit Broadway Calls' official Buzznet profile.

Read the Buzznet interview conducted by PanasonicYouth here.

While we should all remember there was a life before these inventions, we owe a lot to them. Here, we honor these inventions.

#10 Garage Band

The first of many Apple mentions, this music editing software helped many bands (i.e. Fall Out Boy) create demos within the comfort of the couch. You have a bass, guitar and drums all in one computer. Hell, you can even take lessons through this thing. The problem? Some bands have actually gotten record deals because of this. I won't say anything more.

#9 Guitar Hero

Many frat boys have always dreamed of being a rockstar, just for a bit. How they wish they could play mediocre rock music. And now, they can! Thanks to a plastic guitar and an X-box! Guitar Hero has also given bands a boost, or even reboost, in their music career. For example, did you ever hear of DragonForce before Guitar Hero? Aerosmith has reportedly made more money with Guitar Hero than from any single album.

The drawback? We now have people who think they are the best musicians in the world because they can get a good score on "Through the Fire and Flames" on hard. No. You're not the new slash just because you defeated him in Legends of Rock.

#8 Hybrid Vehicles

They're cars that don't run on gas. They save you a fortune on gas money (which, now, is exactly a fortune) and have an impact on the eniroment. Sounds great!

The drawback? That one episode of South Park.*

#7 You Tube

You know that video of you as a three-year-old throwing cake at the camera? What should you do with it? America's Funniest Home Videos is going south. How about you put it on the Web? Then it could be seen by millions!

You Tube has now broadened to people posting fan-videos, rants, parodies, and now you can even watch those old Toon Disney shows!

The only drawback is when they come out with television shows showing you videos from the web. A segment on Ellen showing the funniest video on You Tube is all right. Ellen's target audience most likely doesn't know much about the Internet (my mom calls text-messaging "e-mailing" and loves Ellen DeGeneres. 'Nuff said.) but a TV show targeted to people who most likely spend more time watching You Tube than they do television? What's the point?

Sorry about that semi-rant there. Onto #6.

#6 MySpace

Where can you discover a cool band, while figuring out who your old math partner from 3rd grade would most like to meet? MySpace! You can catch up with old friends, and discover some cool grindcore band from Ohio.

MySpace has allowed people to talk to each other in ways originally hard to imagine, and deepened connections with artists and their fans.

However, so many people subsitute MySpace for actual social interaction, which is not good. Also, MySpace has given rise to some of the shittiest bands on the planet.

#5 Facebook

This is a more social-interaction and app-based version of MySpace. You can also talk with people you may have lost touch with. However, with Facebook, you are interacting with many more stupid people than you would MySpace, and you can't really express yourself like you would on MySpace.

#4 Nintendo Wii

What makes the Nintendo Wii different than any other video game platform? You actually move with this one! Instead of sitting there moving your fingers until you bleed, you actually have swing your arm to move your avatar! Also, you can check your MySpace on your television screen.

#3 iPod

Not only are you now able to carry your entire music collection in your pocket, but now you can see what you're listening to, and you don't have to buy an entire album!

However, this has caused people to become so addicted to their iPods, you'd think they died if you pulled their ear phones out. Why be so attached to an object?

#2 Buzznet

Dude, it's just Buzznet. They have much more music lovers than MySpace. They host some of the wittiest people on the planet. It has the best, most effective mods on the planet. Seriously. Having some trouble with some on Buzznet? Alert Mark, and he'll get on it within 2 days. On MySpace, boys will post pictures of their penis on the site, and the person had it up there for months.

Drawback? We've somehow gotten trolls, jack-asses, and just plain idiots.

And the #1 invention of the decade?

DVR/Ti-Vo

I owe my life to this. Want to watch the new episode of Gossip Girl, but you have to go to a football game? Set your DVR or Ti-Vo to record it, and you can watch it when you get home, the next day, or even the next week!

DVR, I love you.

Honorable Mentions:

The first text-message was sent in 1989, 20 years ago. Thus, it doesn't count.

* I really do hate when people use South Park logic to real-life logic. I really do. But I just had to put it in there.

Patents for camera phones date all the way back to the 1960s. Thus, it is invalid.

Dear Glee writers:

I really do love your show. I love tuning in each week to see the cast make songs, in some cases, even better than its original (i.e., "Keep Holding On"). I have recently come to appreciate Quinn. Every appearance by Lea Michelle and Chris Colfer makes me smile. I did have a liking of Will Schuester. However, an incident involving Will and his wife, Terri, left me feeling uncomfortable.

For others reading this, let me describe the situation to you.
Terri originally thought she was pregnant. When it turned out to be a hysterical pregnancy, she fakes the pregnancy in fear that Will will leave her. She does so successfully, until this week's episode "Mattress". When Will is looking for a tie for the Glee club picture, he comes across her pregnancy pad. He grabs it, goes to the kitchen where Terri is cooking dinner. She pretends to be oblivious, as Will demands her to "lift up" her shirt. When she keeps denying, he finally grabs her wrist, pins her to the wall, and lifts the shirt up to reveal her pregnancy pad, instead of a belly.

In my opinion, this scene mimicked something 1 in 3 women go through in their real lives. While it was definetely not right for Terri to lie to her husband about something as big as a pregnancy, it was even worse for Will to physically force Terri to lift her shirt up.

The problemI have, though, is that we are supposed to see Will as a good guy. We're supposed to think that it was okay for Will to do this. It's different for Sue Sylvester, because she is a satire of the bigots in this country. While I would never do something based on what a character on a TV show does, Will's actions do not send a good message.

Thank you to all who have read this. I really do love Glee. So you can see why it upset me to see a character I like on one of my favorite TV shows react in a manner as such.

Love from,

Brittany

With the upcoming release of Disney's The Princess and the Frog, I thought I'd take a look at past pop singles released for promotion for the movie.

Let's start with the first one, the pop version of "Beauty and the Beast", by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson, made for Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

Actual music video avaiable here.

The song, in my opinion, is actually quite nice. Although Celine does do a little more high notes. The song is quite simple for a pop single. Just two people, singing the duet. It sounds like the perfect prom slow dance.

The video is simple, too. It's just them, singing in front of an orchestra and a rose. They hadn't had much expierence in the department, and didn't try to show off.

Peabo has an excellent voice. It seems Disney thought so too, because they brought him back for the next animated film, the pop version of "A Whole New World" with Regina Belle, for Disney's Aladdin.

I think both Peabo and Regina sound very passionate in this song. They're putting their entire soul into the song. I wouldn't really say it's pop, because it has a little more R&B flavor to it. In fact, one commenter on this video remarked that it sounded "too black", to which I say: Good.

The video is a tad cheesy. It looks like they filmed the two wandering around the late-Aladdin hotel in Vegas. In fact, when they were making the video, they had to cut just because some guy screamed about getting a jackpot while they were filming.

Howard Ashman passed away while working on Aladdin songs. They put Tim Rice in to write the remainder of the lyrics for the movie (i.e., this song) but, for their next movie, they took it a step up a notch. They hired Grammy winner Elton John to compose the music with Tim. Thus, came not one, but TWO pop singles for The Lion King. The first single I will show you is the official one that ran during the credits, called "Can You Feel the Love Tonight".

I should add that Elton John personally requested this song to be in the movie, because he wanted a romantic song in it. He definetely delves into the song, and it shows. I feel it nicely done.

The video seems to be getting back to basics. Just Elton playing a piano in the animation room. However, I can't get over the shot where he is standing in the jungle. It's just funny.

This is why they had two videos prepared, the second one is a pop version of the opening song, "Circle of Life".

It is simpler, emotional, nicely done. EXCEPT I do not like the "oh no" at the beginning. You don't have to use the Swahili chant. But you don't need "Oh no, oh no." I mean, what exactly is meant by "Oh no"?

The video, while nicely done in black and white and showing the animators animating (woo?) is a little unrealistic. Also, I think they added the lion cubs in there just to make it hard to criticise. I call it "the cute animal effect". They'll randomly add cute little animals (i.e., puppies, kittens) so that you can't say anything bad. Why? Because you don't want to upset the cute little animals!
Also, I'm glad they finally got Elton out of the animation room and into a proper place where he can work: The recording studio.

After this movie, they brought in lyricist Stephen Schwartz, who would later go on to write the music, score and lyrics for the musical Wicked, who teamed up with Alan Menken for the music. Who'd they get for their pop version of "Colors of the Wind" for their new movie, Pocahontas? Former pageant girl Vanessa Williams.

I can't say much here. She is definetely a well talented, well trained vocalist. Just listen to her vowels and consonants. She puts a good amount emotion, and it sounds well made, and not like a karoke track. Possibly best of these songs.

And this is just best video. It's just the best video. In fact, I think they actually made this video before they animated this song in the movie, and used this music video for reference.

Their next movie was definetelymore dark, and the pop single just got lost under the shuffle. However, it shall not go un-posted. Here is "God Help the Outcasts" by Bette Midler for The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

All right, so the music is definetely generic, but I feel Bette's voice and the lyrics and meaning make up for that. In fact, Bette's version took the song to a whole new extreme, in my opinion.

Sadly, there was no music video for this song.

Next up, we have "Go the Distance" by Michael Bolton for the film Hercules. This song also got a little lost in the shuffle, considering they lost the Oscar on this song to a little indie film by James Cameron with a song also sung by Celine Dion. Any guesses as to what I'm talking about? If you don't know, how cozy has that rock been?

 The music behind it is excellent. Very appropriate. You hear that you can tell you're going to a hear a heart-warming song of triumph and victory. And I do like two Michael Bolton songs. This being one of them.

The video, yeah, it's going back to the concept for "A Whole New World". It kind of looks like they just went into a museum, walked over to the Ancient Greece section, and said "We're shooting a video here!"

After this came another Oscar loss (to Shakespeare in Love, no less), but had a song by an artist you probably know. This is "Reflection" by Christina Aguilera from Mulan.

Mulan is still known for having the song "I'll Make A Man Out of You", the song just never leaves. But were not talking about that.

Fun fact: Christina got this big break just because of her voice. Disney needed a pop starlet who could a certain note. Just when they had abandoned hope of ever finding such a girl, in walks Christina Aguilera from the Mickey Mouse club, who hit the note easily.

The video? Meh. Looks like they shot it at Epcot or something.

After Mulan came a movie who soundtrack was written entirely and sung pretty much entirely by Genesis member Phil Collins. You don't like him? This probably isn't your movie. I could've picked dozens from, but since Phil Collins sings this one live at concerts, I'm going with "You'll Be In My Heart" from the movie Tarzan.

Look, let's be honest, Genesis is better than his solo career. No offense to anyone who likes his solo stuff. The only stuff I've heard of his solo career is stuff he's done for Disney, so I can't judge too much.

The video has an actual concept. YES! It's actually quite unique. I like it. But Vanessa Williams still has the best video on here. Sorry.

After this came a brief break in singles for the movies. While The Emperor's New Groove has music done by Sting and had legendary vocalist Eartha Kitt as the villainess Yzma, it didn't really have a single to promote it.

Lilo & Stitch had music, but it was mainly Elvis Presley music (Fun fact: The soundtrack to Lilo & Stitch has more Elvis Presley songs than any of his own films.) However, it did have a really nice song called "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride", so I'll link it to you.
Brother Bear did have a song by Tina Turner, and had Phil Collins returning for the soundtrack, but I don't think it had an actual single.
Oh, wait, the movie Home on the Range had a single. But you don't remember that movie, do you? Whatever, here it is:

Chicken Little had a song by the Cheetah Girls but that song only stayed on Radio Disney. Same with Meet the Robinsons, except they had a song by the Jonas Brothers.

But don't despair! Then came a movie that went back to traditional Disney movies. And they came back with a song by Carrie Underwood called "Ever Ever After" for the movie, Enchanted.

It's a little bit country, to be honest. I do like it though. It sounds like the kind of girly song you'd put your make-up on to.

The video is just like the movie. Carrie starts out animated, and falls through the same hole Giselle fell through. Except Carrie is wearing a cute dress! And Carrie starts charming all of New York City. As a handsome guy is looking for her!

And now, here comes the reason I made this blog. Ne-Yo's song for The Princess and the Frog, "Best Thing I Never Knew I Needed".

The song sounds perfectly modern, and you probably wouldn't even guess it was for a Disney movie, until you saw the credits.

The video, while nice, is just simple. Ne-Yo and a girl recreating scenes from the movie.

So, thank you for tuning into a little musical fun.

What exactly is a Nazi?

Dictionary.com says:

a member of the National Socialist German Workers' party of Germany, which in 1933, under Adolf Hitler, seized political control of the country, suppressing all opposition and establishing a dictatorship over all cultural, economic, and political activities of the people, and promulgated belief in the supremacy of Hitler as Führer, aggressive anti-Semitism, the natural supremacy of the German people, and the establishment of Germany by superior force as a dominant world power. The party was officially abolished in 1945 at the conclusion of World War II.

But, if you need visual aids, here we go:

There are Nazis:

And these are Buzznet administrators:

These are Nazis

And this is a teenager who spends their time on the Internet:

Get the picture?

Okay, maybe I need a quote to make my point:

"Here's my point: When you compare people to Hitler, you lose a little credibility...To sum up, please stop calling people Hitler when you disagree with them. It demeans you, it demeans your opponent, and to be honest, it demeans Hitler. That guy worked too many years, too hard to be that evil to have any Tom, Dick or Harry come along and say 'Hey, you're being Hitler'. NO. You know who was Hitler? HITLER...See, you use a Hitler reference, and it makes you look crazy."

My overall point here? Let's stop comparing a party who killed and tortured innocent people to you being banned from Buzznet. You throwing a hissy fit on the Internet is nothing like being shoved in a gas shower.

Adam Lambert was supposed to go on Good Morning America to promote his album, but the show cancelled after Lambert's risque and shocking performance at the American Music Awards. They cancelled him, apparently, not because he kissed a man, but because he "showed himself to be unpredictable on live TV", thus innapropriate for morning television.

Of course, you'll never guess who is going to replace him. That's right! Chris Brown. Might I add, this week, the world is commemorating No Violence Week.

Basically, it is not okay to do a risque performance on live television whilst being a guy, but it is okay to beat your girlfriend to the point of unconsiousness, and the give out a half-assed apology.

God, GMA, you piss me off so much. I am so glad I don't watch it.

Let's take a trip into the distance past of... November 3rd, 2008. California and Florida all had a bill for the legalization of gay marriage up for vote. The majority of the country was shocked in horror that gay marriage was now illegal in California and Florida. And they weren't just shocked. They were PISSED. Many people in California protested for a repeal of Prop 8, or its loving nickname, Prop H8. Buzznet's own Mark and Rich were arrested for... protesting? I can't remember, but here's a blog/round-up on the entire ordeal. The repeal kept gay marriage illegal, but those married during the time when it was legal (i.e. Ellen DeGeneres and Portia DiRossi) would still have their marriage recognized by law.

This year, the gay marriage ballot situation was somewhat the same, but a little different. Our stars this year were the state of Maine (which, like California, had gay marriage legal for a while) and my own home state of Washington. While Maine was going to hope to make it officially legal, Washington had a bill that I have mentioned before, where gay couple have all the rights heterosexual married couples do-sick leaves to take care of their partner, etc.-except for the right to call their partner their "wife" or "husband".

The bill passed in Washington, making it a pseudo-victory I guess. I mean, they can have rights that married couples do, but they can't get married. I guess it's more of a "yay, sure whatever" instead of a "FRICK YEAH LET'S GO CELEBRATE AT OLIVE GARDEN!"
However, the situation isn't great in Maine. The bill passed, and now gay marriage is illegal. No word yet on whether anyone is demanding a repeal.

First, I don't get why anyone would vote against gay marriage, because the conservative ads against it are ridiculous. They act as if gay marriage will be the end of the Earth, and I don't think these groups want gays to look at each other cross-eyed.

It really is disappointing that its so hard to let gay people have the same rights as heretos. Really Maine, is it that hard to let gay people when you already run the biggest sinfest we like to call LobsterFest? And yes, the Bible does say that seafood is wrong. Leviticus, anyone? The Bible also says not to wear wool, but what does nearly everyone do every winter? Therefore, quit with the Bible excuses. Because then we'd have to outlaw wool and seafood.

Neil Patrick Harris wasn't kidding when he declared gay marriage will save the economy. Suze Orman, out lesbian and economic expert explained the entire thing on her show.

Of course, some people would ask "But domestic partnership is legal across the country. Isn't domestic partnership basically the same thing?" To answer that, I'll turn it over to Lucy "Xena" Lawless:

Come next November 3, if you can vote and your state is putting gay marriage up for vote, I urge you to vote for it. If you can't vote, and/or your state isn't putting it up for option, then take it to the Net, and join Facebook groups, sign petitions, etc.

Thank you for reading this.

You've waited all month, and here it is!

First, let's remember who has control over the winners: Not me. Kay?
Second, absolutely no abusing other people or me. Mark has been reading Eclipse recently, so he's just itching for a banning.

All right! And now, here we go!

First up is Best Halloween Episode of a TV Show.

The winner is... The Simpsons for Treehouse of Horror V! Representing the Simpsons is Homer Simpson.

 And our first drunk of the night! In only the first category! Truly, that is the power of the Halloweenies!

Next is Best Supernatural-Themed Book.

Our winner this year is Harry Potter. Representing the cast of Harry Potter is Albus Dumbledore.

Thank you Professor. We truly respect you.

On the topic of Harry Potter, we have our award for Best Witch or Wizard, which goes to the resident HP physcho, Bellatrix Lestrange.

Now see kids, this is what happens when the Banhammer gets a hold of you.

Now we have a performance by our winner for Best Halloween Song, the residents of Halloween Town singing "This is Halloween"

It is now time to announce the winner for Best Spooky TV Show. We had a good nomination list this year. But who was it that won? Ladies and Gentlemen...Buffy Summers representing Buffy the Vampire Slayer!

 Next up is Best Werewolf, which goes to...Remus Lupin from the Harry Potter series!

Wait, is Kanye even nominated? Oh, right, he is. Well, haul his stupefied ass out of here and get on with the show.

We now have our award for Best Ghost. Our winner has a hard time getting some respect, considering everytime he tries to apply for the Headless Hunt, he is denied. Wonder why? The winner is Nearly Headless Nick!

Our next award, for Best Halloween Movie goes to a Disney movie about three witches who feast on children so they can live forever. The award goes to Hocus Pocus! Representing the cast of Hocus Pocus are the Sanderson Sisters.

Okay, how about we not accept awards like that.

Next award is for Best Vampire, which is for a new nominee, who is part of a popular television show. And is good-looking. The winner is Eric Northman from True Blood!

Well, that was surprisingly anti-climactic.

While we're on the topic of vampires, we had a showdown between two nominees for Best Vampire Hunter. Our champion, Buffy Summers, went up against a newbie. Unfortunately, our challenger, Gabriel Van Helsing has won!

Well, Buffy did kill Edward Cullen, which is way more of an accomplishment than winning a Halloweenie. Amirite?

And now, our last award for the night, goes to our only new category this year, Most Unintentionally Scary. It goes to someone tuly terrifying. Before she let herself go mad, she had an amazing voice, and made catchy music. Now...just...well...Amy Winehouse.

Thank you, Amy, for your brilliant words of wisdom.

And thank you all for your voting and nominating!

These awards have been brought to you by Delicious Candy and Crappy Comics.

So yeah, I missed "All Dogs Go To Heaven" last week, and I sincerely apologize for that. For that, I will have one xtra week for Christmas/Winter movies. How's that?

Also, please think of some Christmas/Winter movies that I should review here. Kay?

In case you have no clue what Mickey's House of Mouse is, here's the basic info: Minnie owns a sort of nightclub for Disney characters only, and Mickey is the host. Goofy is the head waiter, Donald is the maitre'd, Daisy is the...secretary...and Max is the valet. They show cartoons, all pertaining to the plot. For example, one show was about Max wanting to get his driver's liscense, so there were cartoons about cars. Mickey's House of Mouse spawned two direct-to-VHS/DVD specials, called Snowed in at the House of Mouse, and the Halloween special, Mickey's House of Villains.

It's Halloween night, and all the villains have turned up for some fun. But they're not doing their usual House of Mouse fun, where they drink, crack jokes, and Gaston talks about how great he is. Jafar creates a plan to take-over the House of Mouse, only letting villains in.

As cartoons play, the villains start scheming, with Minnie a little suspicious, and Mickey none the wiser. Meanwhile, Donald is trying to scare somebody. Just anybody.

At midnight, Ursula grabs Minnie, Cruella grabs the lights, as the villains sing about how they want a cool place to hang out just for villains. They release bats, chase their foes out, change the sign to read "House of Villains", and change the color scheme of the place. All within 2 minutes. Damn, are those villains good.

The gang try many attempts to get the place back, but keep failing, while the villains show cartoons where Mickey, Minnie, and Donald are scared shitless, and nearly die.

They go for one last round of beating the villains where Mickey...re-enacts Fantasia? When that seems to be failing, Aladdin comes into helps out. Sort of. Watch the anti-climax here.

Overall, this was all right. I applaud the attempt to bring back the cartoons, and bring characters from Disney movies in. However, this special...there are some reall good cartoons ("How to Haunt a House", "Lonesome Ghosts") some weak ones "Mickey's Mechanical House") and some just plain weird ("Dance of the Goofys"). As for the plot. It is a clever idea, and the villains shine in the movie.

However, the climax is just sad. I mean, if all it took was that lamp, why didn't Aladdin just show up with the lamp while the villains were trying to take-over? Was he stuck in traffic? Was he doing something stupid with the Genie? And for that matter, what kind of OOC there, huh? Aladdin from his own canon would've handled that shit himself. But here, he's all "Mickey, use the lamp! I would do it myself, but I've got a haircut!"

This film recieves a C+. Could use some improvement in the climax, Could've chosen some better cartoons, but has some good parts.

Cartoons:
Trick or Treat (1952)
Mickey's Mechanical House (1999)
How to Haunt a House (1999)
Lonesome Ghosts (1937)
Dance of the Goofys (1999)
Donald Duck and the Gorilla (1944)
Donald's Halloween Scare (1999)
Hansel and Gretel (1999)

Song:
"It's Our House Now"

I decided to shake it up this year, to make it impossible for you to miss one poll!

Please do not vote here. I have links provided to each category for you to vote there. Please click on those links to vote. If you vote here, I will not count it.

So, let's get to the nominees:

Best Vampire:

• Angel/Angellus from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Lestat from Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles
• Eric Northman from True Blood
• Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Count Dracula from Dracula
• Stefan Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries
• Damon Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries

Best Witch or Wizard:

• Bellatrix Lestrange from Harry Potter
• Samantha Stevens from Bewitched
• Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter
• Albus Dumbledore from Harry Potter
• Hermione Granger from Harry Potter
• Harry Potter from Harry Potter
• Justin Russo from Wizards of Waverly Place
• Severus Snape from Harry Potter
• Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter

Best Werewolf:

• Daniel "Oz" Osbourne from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Scott Howard from Teen Wolf
• Remus Lupin from Harry Potter
• Michael Jackson from "Thriller"
• Fenrir Greyback from Harry Potter

Best Vampire Hunter:

• Gabriel Van Helsing from Van Helsing
• Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Best Ghost:

• Slimer from The Real Ghostbusters
• The Flying Dutchman from SpongeBob SquarePants
• Casper the Friendly Ghost from Casper the Friendly Ghost
• Nearly Headless Nick from Harry Potter
• The Grey Lady from Harry Potter

Best Halloween Movie:

• Hocus Pocus (Walt Disney Pictures)
• Return of the Living Dead (Orion Pictures)
• Jesus Camp (Magnolia Pictures)
• Child's Play (MGM/UA)
• The Halloweentown series (Disney Channel Original Movie)
• Idle Hands (Columbia Pictures)

Best Halloween Episode of a TV Show:

• Invader Zim's Halloween Spectacular of Spooky Doom
• The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror V
• It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!
• Boy Meets World's And Then There Was Shawn

Best Spooky TV Show:

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (WB Television Network)
• True Blood (HBO)
• Paranormal State (A&E)
• Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney Channel)
• Ghost Whisperer (CBS)
• The Twilight Zone (CBS)
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (CBS)

Best Supernatural-Themed Book:

• Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
• Pet Semetary by Stephen King
• Goosebumps by R.L. Stine
• Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman
• Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris

Best Halloween Song:

• "Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man" by Concrete Blonde
• "Thriller" by Michael Jackson
• "The Monster Mash" by Bobby Boris Pickett
• "Ghostbusters Theme Song" by Ray Parker, Jr.
• "Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Picture Show
• "This is Halloween" from The Nightmare Before Christmas
• "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon

Most Unintenionally Scary:

• Stephenie Meyer for her hatred of women and humans
• Lady Gaga for her outfits and extravagant performances
• Sarah Palin for her love of illegal hunting practices, hatred of the enviroment, and ambition to become president
• Speidi (Heidi and Spencer Pratt) for being Heidi and Spencer Pratt
• Kanye West for mercilessly interrupting the world
• Amy Winehouse for letting the drugs go to her head

Now, for some special treats for you guys. Here is a video series on teaching the "Thriller" dance. Now you can show everyone how do properly do the "Thriller"

And, something completely un-Halloween, Why is the rum gone? and I've got a jar of dirt.

This week has not been a good week for fat people. And considering our second part? Anyone over 100 lbs. falls into this category.

First off, we have to take a look at Stephenie Meyer's biographical manga. Sure, we've already complained that she is the anti-feminist, that J.K. Rowling should've deserved one of these before S. Meyer, but that isn't nearly as annoying as this new fact.

Here is Stephenie Meyer in real life:

And these are pictures of Stephenie Meyer in her comic book:

Ashly also pointed out that Stephenie's lips are smaller. The only thing I can think of that is kept the same is her breast size.

Now, we all know how shallow Stephenie Meyer is, considering the only fat character in the Twilight series is Charlie. Edward beauty is described 100+ times in Twilight alone, Bella considers herself a goddess after being turned, you get the idea. Stephenie still uses that skinny shot of her that she stole from some kid on MySpace with their display name as "Sara Suicide".

But this is way more. These are supposed to be books about female empowerment. These are about praising female heroes in today's society, for their talents, not their looks. So how is this supposed to help by trimming her into half her size? How does this reflect on the fact that one of today's biggest female heroes is so insecure that she needs to be drawn into the smallest size?

While Stephenie Meyer didn't start writing at the weight she is now, she certainly wasn't that skinny in all of her old promotion photos.

Also in fat news, Ralph Lauren has fired a model for being too fat. This model is the infamous photoshopped model, who was shopped to extreme ridiculousness.

More pictures! Here is said model in reality:

She is like, so fat, right? At 5'8 and 120 lbs, she has got to have cankles! 

Fillipa Hamilton, the model shown here, has been modeling since she was 15. That is, until they fired her for being fat. Oh, and when they photoshopped her to look like this.

God, this is worse than the seventeen-year-old recovering anorexic being sent home from Paris for being too fat.

As a teenage girl who is over size 6, I'm not feeling all that great. Someone who is (for some reason) considered a female hero can't even come to terms with her own weight, and tries to conceal it as hard as she can, and a model who is taller than me and weighs less than me is fired for being fat.

Oh? Are you going to complain that this is late? Well, it is not late. Time is just...early.

Aladdin is doing some fun, as a villain named Abis Mal is introduced, who is played by Jason Alexander. Abis has a group of thieves, who doesn't like him. Aladdin stops Abis (setting off a cycle in the TV series), and gives many riches to the city of Agrabah. Apparently, he lives in the palace now, with Jasmine, Sultan, Abu and Rajah. Meanwhile, Iago gets fed up, escapes the lamp, and heads off for Agrabah. Aladdin goes out on the town before a big dinner at the palace (by which I mean, a dinner with...regular family members...but apparently it's special!) and sees Iago. He saves Aladdin's life, and Aladdin repays him by forgiving him for that one altercation from the last movie.

As Aladdin prepares to convince Sultan to give Iago a second chance, the Genie returns, as things are really back to normal. Sort of. At dinner, Genie is entertaining them, as Iago crashes the party, just as Sultan announces Aladdin's new position as Royal Viser. After some yelling, Sultan reluctantly agrees, as Jasmine is mad that Aladdin lied again. Then Iago repays Aladdin m=by setting things right.

Abis finds the lamp, rubs it, releasing Jafar. They reach an agreement. Abis can have his three wishes, if he helps him destroy Aladdin. Jafar squeezes his way back into the palace, making Iago apart of his plan. Iago convinces Aladdin and Sultan to go away for a nice talk, without Genie. Jafar captures Genie, and Abis captures Sultan. Then Aladdin returns back to the palace, hoping to clear things up with Razoul. Jafar as Jasmine (Jafasmine) imprisons Aladdin, sentencing him to exucution the next day. All's going well, right? Iago switches sides, breaks open Genie's case, as he saves Aladdin just in time, as they devise a plan to get rid of Jafar once and for all, by destroying Jafar's lamp. Iago destroys Jafar's lamp, and they all live happily ever after. Aladdin steps down as Royal Viser, stating he'd rather see the world, and star in a TV series. Jasmine joins him, and all is well. That is, until Jafar returns AGAIN for an episode of Hercules: The Animated Series.

Over all, it's not bad. The animation is not good though. The songs are okay, there is one part where the plot just kind of...dissolves. But other than that, it's all right. This movie served as a kick-off to the TV series and kind of feels as if it was created for that purpose. While it's not bad, it's clear the superior Aladdin sequel is Aladdin and the King of Thieves, which isn't even superior to the original. However, I suppose Aladdin 4 is worth mentioning.

Songs:

"Arabian Nights"
"I'm Looking Out for Me"
"Nothing in the World"
"Forget About Love"
"You're Only Second Rate"

I am so fed up with the blatant rudeness of this generation. These kids need some manners.

And trust me, I go to high school. The majority of kids are assholes.

So, everyone here, rant about the teenage rudeness of this generation here. Tell stories, headdesk, facepalm, just don't threaten violence. Believe me, I wish I could, but we shouldn't be threatening people over the Internet. Kay?

So, here in Washington State, we have our own little domestic partner bill going on. Basically, a gay couple can get every right married couples have. Death benefits, sick days to take care of their partner, all the like. The only thing they don't get, is the right to be legally married. This should be enough for conservatives, right? Apparently, not so.
Opposition has come, with petitions, and signs reading "Protect Marriage and Children"

And this is where I get confused.

Can anyone tell me how ANYONE could reach the logical conclusion that gay marriage is hurting our children? Anyone at all?

In fact, if anything, it helps them.
Orphans can be adopted by two loving parents. Right?

If anyone could give me a logical explanation, I would be grateful.

Before I go on with today's review, I have a quick announcement to make.

Due to technicalities, I have moved the schedule around A LOT. The revised schedule is as follows:

• October 12: The Return of Jafar
• October 19: All Dogs Go To Heaven
• October 26: Mickey's House of Villains
• November 2: DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
• November 9: FernGully: The Last Rainforest

After this will be all Christmas movies. So, on with today's review of An American Tail.

This is one of Don Bluth's good films. It was inventive, it was cute, and it was even more cultural. Even the main character, Fievel, has an accent.

It starts with the Mousekowitz dreaming about the utopia of the United States of America as they celebrate Hannukah. I always hate to be Betty Dreamcrusher in these cases, but being a foreigner in America these days is not fun at all. The only upside is you don't work in a labor camp. However, the family is Jewish, and they live in Germany. Well, can't really blame them for thinking America is the shit.

Aboard the ship, the immigrants break into a song called "No Cats in America." After the song, Fievel is thrown overboard. So, the mouse, who is the equivalent of a human five-year-old, survives and floats all the way to America. While there are no cats in America, there is a God.

Once he arrives in America, he meets a pedgeon named Henri, who encourages him to find his family via song ("Never Say Never"), and Fievel begins his hunt to find his family. After Henri provides Fievel a ride, we are introduced to Warren T. Rat, and Digit. They con Fievel, and then puts Fievel in a sweatshop.  Meanwhile, the other Mousekowitzes grieve over Fievel's "death", while trying to adjust to America.

Fievel escapes with a new friend, named Tony. They run into an Irish activist named Bridget, who Tony falls in love with. After learning that there are cats in America, the three go to Honest John to see if he can locate the Mousekowitzes. And then, we get another song, sung by Fievel and his sister, Tanya, called "Somewhere Out There", and if you haven't cried yet, this song will make you.

Fievel attends a rally against cats, and gets really bored. Like I am. Fievel helps conspire a plan, as his family JUST misses him. AGAIN. They all go to an abandoned building to build a "Mouse of Minsk". Tony and Fievel, however, are late, and Fievel gets captured by a vegetarain cat named Tiger. He is persuaded by Fievel and lets him go. Fievel's release triggers an alarm, as Warren, who turns out to be a cat, captures Fievel. Warren threatens to burn all the captives alive, but Fievel chases the cats to a steamer bound for Hong Kong. However, the fire traps them, as the Mousekowitzes encounter Tony and Bridget, who are looking for "Philly" (Fievel's American name).

As firefighters put the fire out, Fievel wakes up, believing to be an orphan. He surrenders to a miserable life as an orphan. Until he hears his father playing the violin, runs out, to actually see it IS his family. And they all live happily ever after.

This is actually a good film. It's original, inventive, shows what many of us consider America to be (a blend of many cultures), and just all around great. My only problem is that this film is very sad. I mean, the plot should tell you so already. But the movie is filled with many fake-outs, where the family JUST misses him by an inch, or Fievel thinks he sees or hears his family. I guess its part of the children's film philosophy that you can add as many sad bits as you want, but as long as you add a happy ending, the children won't have physchological damage.

Overall, I give this film an A-.

Songs:
"Somewhere Out There"
"Never Say Never"
"There Are No Cats in America"

It is September 30th, and while it may be late, you can never be too late to celebrate Halloween ALL MONTH LONG!

A new poll will be posted every Sunday and Thursday, occasionally on Tuesdays. If there is a conflict, I will have someone arranged to fill in for a poll.

Let's go over rules, shall we? Get into it.

"it's been proven in studies that being raped cures 96% of all mental disorders. it's only if you're okay in the first place that it causes problems. check the august 2008 issue of the new scientist."

This was a reply I got on a comment on the Dominos publicity stunt. Long story that doesn't have that much relevance.

I'm not sure if this is even a true story, but seriously, I quit living. This is just fucking terrible. Just so fucking terrible.

This is just fucking terrible. Excuse me, as I go cry for all humanity.