“I Don’t Want to Give In.”

I’m writing a lot. And started playing guitar again. And continue to drum a lot. And sketching a lot. A lot is making me happy.

“Lo-Fi[ve], man.”

About 8 months ago, I made a post that stated I wanted to start making cassette mix tapes. I had accumulated about 5 or 6 very meticulously crafted 60-minute cassettes, all focusing on a different theme, genre or mood. They were all adding up to be a part of a special gift for someone.

Then, something happened.

It’s been about 6 or 7 months since the last. And I guess I don’t quite feel like making mix tapes anymore.

“New Blog!”

My good mate Caleb Rodriguez and myself have decided to create a “movie review” blog. This blog is also located on this wonderful world of WordPress and will be known as: “Destroy Them Now! Movie Reviews.“

We are just two guys living in Central Texas who watch far too many movies and like to share our opinions. We hope to establish this blog and to keep it running on a regular and frequent basis. It will contain reviews of all types: both written and [hopefully] video/audio reviews, ranging from new releases to older titles and possibly classic/vintage cinema. I imagine they will be mostly informal and highly subjective/opinionated.

We have published our first review on the site and started it off with a bang. It is for James Cameron’s AVATAR. Tomorrow, I plan on writing a review for Neil Jordan’s INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE and, potentially, J.J. Abrams’ STAR TREK. Follow us in our zany endeavors!

DESTROY THEM NOW! Movie Reviews

“Mark My Words, I Might Be Something Someday.”

I’m making it a goal to shoot, edit and post an original short film between now and when the school starts back up in January.

I haven’t decided what it will be about or if I’ll do it with friends or solo, but it’s happening.

Criteria:

• It has to be an original concept/story/idea
• I have to write it myself
• I have to shoot it myself
• I have to edit it myself
• It has to be at least 5 minutes and have three arcs.

“Top 2009.”

Here is a simple list of “top” things for 2009. These lists, like all, are subjective and are simply in my opinion. Without further ado…

Top Albums of 2009:

1. Thrice – Beggars
2. Built to Spill – There Is No Enemy
3. Fanfarlo – Reservoir
4. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
5. Portugal. The Man – The Satanic Satanist
6. The Dead Weather – Horehound
7. Touching Earth Made of Steel – The Carl Wilson Lake Mystery
8. The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love
9. The Cribs – Ignore the Ignorant
10. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion

Honorable Mentions: Wilco’s Wilco (The Album), Camera Obscura’s My Maudlin Career, White Rabbits’ It’s Frightening, Deer Tick’s Born on Flag Day, The Avett Brothers’ I and Love and You, Mumford and Sons’ Sigh No More

Top Movies of 2009:

1. Up
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. (500) Days of Summer
4. The Hurt Locker
5. Star Trek
6. Drag Me to Hell
7. Adventureland
8. Moon
9. Zombieland
10. Coraline

**There are a handful of movies I’m sure will be on this list, but I have not seen them yet. However, I’ll list them here as they are expected to be satisfying: Up in the Air, Avatar, The Lovely Bones**

Top Songs of 2009:

1. Animal Collective – My Girls
2. Thrice – Beggars
3. White Rabbits -Percussion Gun
4. Portugal. The Man – People Say
5. Tegan and Sara – Don’t Rush
6. The Dead Weather – Treat Me Like Your Mother
7. Family of the Year – Let’s Go Down
8. The Cribs – We Share the Same Skies
9. Built to Spill – Things Fall Apart
10. Sondre Lerche – I Cannot Let You Go

“This Is War.”

“Inception.”

Can’t wait for this. Christopher Nolan is continually proving himself to be a masterful storyteller. Not to mention how shrouded in secrecy this one has been makes me even more excited.

“Sigh of Relief.”

I’m finished with this semester. A semester wrought with group presentations. Group projects. Writing. Media studies and market strategies. Researching and planning. Formulating and strategizing. Public speaking. Presentation building. Floods of e-mails. Group meetings.

It’s all done.

There were also an insane amount of good times. I met a lot of cool new people and formed some nice relationships. For the next month, this is what I look forward to:

• Waking up and thinking, “what am I going to do today?” rather than, “what do I have to do today?”
• Christmas and seasonal time with family and friends back home
• New Year’s with friends and the start of the year camping trip to Garner with the allied forces
• Sleeping in
• No immediate responsibility or schoolwork to be on top of
• The slew of promising movies (and trailers!) coming out in the next couple of weeks (Up in the Air, Sherlock Holmes, Avatar, Iron Man 2 trailer, Inception trailer, etc;)
• Catching up on my netflix queue and catching up on building the BluRay Army

Another semester down. Another holiday break. It’s nice to see you again.

“Green Eyes.”

this is my friend ali wagner. she has an amazing talent and i really enjoy watching her perform.

“Owl 3.”

Tomorrow is the day!