Thank you for Smoking

I recently saw the movie, thank you for smoking. I thought it was a very unique piece. The main character made a living by talking. He was a lobbyist for cigarettes and was the most hated man on Earth. However, he was able to talk himself out of countless situations and that was how he made a living. He didn’t ever have to study this field of talking, he did not graduate college, he was not a smart kid in high school, and etc... The only thing that he could do was talk and that was what ended up being his career. If I ever had talk for a living, I think I would be homeless within a day. The way this guy is able to stir up rebuttals and the way his mind thinks is totally different than any other mind that I’ve ever met. He is able to mold arguments within the argument. Therefore, he is not fighting the direct topic, yet, he is fighting a topic that consists of the topic at hand. So, he is able to win any debate that he wants because of the fact that he structures his argument in such a way that no one can refute what he says. Through this movie I learned that you can take any talent that your really good at and put it to use in the real world. I’m sure everyone can talk but no one can talk as well as this guy. I’m sure everyone can eat, but there are a few certain chosen ones who eat better than others, and those are the people you see shoving 50 hot dogs down their throats during the 4th of July. Everyone has a special talent that they are really good at it and as long as they stick by their talent, they will be able to be successful in life and will be happy in life because of the fact that they are doing something that the love and are good at doing. Therefore, they would never get bored of it and would never be disappointed because they are they best at what they do.

birds are EVIL!

You ever see a car swamped with bird doo-doo? You ever ask yourself, how does a car get drenched in that much doo-doo? The answer is simple; birds are evil and have targets that they all decide to annihilate before the day is over. Birds do not excrete their bodily fluids anywhere. They are smart animals and decide to have some fun while they are using the bathroom. When have you ever seen a bird merely make a doo-doo on the streets, distant from any object? There has never been an instance where birds used the bathroom in a human-free and object-free area. You may be wondering why you always see birds’ doo-doo on the sidewalks and the answer is simple. Those birds merely missed their targets but I’m sure another bird made up for the lack of discipline that these other birds had. It’s funny to think that birds play games while taking a doo-doo but is reality. If you really sit back and think about, they are probably as smart as humans. They are merely playing pranks on humans. They probably have wagers going on amongst each other. “The first person that gets it on that guy’s head wins.” There is never a time where a bird uses the bathroom is a totally isolated area full of nothing but grass. I’ve never seen a bird fly through Kapiolani Park and excrete their bodily fluids there. There always has to be some sort of target that these birds aim for. Otherwise, their lives would be meaningless and no fun to live. Birds are evil because of the fact that they know what they are doing and they know it is wrong. Yet, these birds continue to play this game amongst one another and refuse to stop.

M-O-M-S

The alarm rings and it is 6:40 am. You take a while to think and today is A-day, you start at 9:30. Who the hell took the alarm and switched it to 6:40? You decide get a few more minutes of sleep so you turn over to resume the position that you were in when you were quietly asleep. A couple seconds flash by in your mind and all of a sudden, phones are ringing everywhere. You take a look at the clock, it is 8:50 and you take a look at your phone; “15 missed calls.” You hesitantly open the phone to see who called you and you see the last thing you ever wanted to see. You have 15 missed calls from your mom with 10 voicemails attached to it. You don’t even dare to listen to the shriek of your mom’s voice through the phone and decide to get up and start getting ready. You quickly get up, splash some water on your face, brush your teeth, put on some decent clothes, grab your contacts and blaze out of the door. Doomsday is waiting in the car. Your mom glares at you as you come blistering down the hallway. You contemplate running back home and not going to school just to avoid the confrontation that is awaiting you in the car. You decide that it will be even harder to fess up to your mom if you ditch school today. Therefore, you end up opening the car door and immediately, you feel as though you are in a movie with the ultimate surround sound package. Yells are coming from all over, bombs dropping in front, behind, on the side of you. You do not dare to look up at your mom and quietly bolster yourself up on to the seat and take the bombardment for another 15 minutes, until you arrive to school. Finally a save haven, home base, but yet, your mom does not let you leave the car. Its one hit after another, the yells are deafening and you start to lose your cool. You want to shout back but that will only lead to the heavy artillery, the nukes will start dropping left and right and destroy you into pieces within a matter of seconds. You have to hold it in until you bolt out of the car and hear the screeching of the car’s tires.

Prison Break

If I could do one thing in the world, it would be to direct a movie as brilliant as prison break. The careful attention to details in this mysterious story really caught my attention. So the show is about two brothers who are trying to help one another get out of jail. One of the brothers was going to be executed within three weeks and therefore, needed to get out quick. The other brother was the designer of the prison and therefore, knows every inch of the prison. He breaks apart a certain bench to find a key that can open his cell. He has the blueprints of the whole prison imprinted on his body in the form of a large tattoo. The show keeps you on your toes at al times. You never know what to expect next and that is the type of novels I love to read, the types of television shows I can never flip the channel on, and etc… The main character in prison break honors the values that we should live by in our daily lives. He does everything in his power to get his brother out of jail, even if that means he is putting himself in harm’s way. I believe in our society now, we need a lot more people willing to sacrifice themselves for others rather than always thinking about our own needs and interests all the time. I believe prison break is a show that really emphasizes this point and shows how far a brother’s blood can carry him throughout the show.

POPPACORN

When you think of the perfect combinations of food, what comes into your mind? I was watching food network with my girlfriend and the food panelists claimed that breakfast had the perfect combination of sweet maple syrup, yet the saltiness of bacon, with some sort of starch to top it all off. My initial thoughts were that I agreed with these panelists because of the fact that breakfast was truly a work of art. The perfect blend, it can’t get any better. I thought to myself, what’s the first thing that excites me when I wake up? What’s the one meal I could eat at any time of the day? BREAKFAST! However, I was immediately corrected by my girlfriend as she told me that the perfect combination of texture and taste was POPCORN. I had to pause for a moment and think about it, but eventually I was convinced that popcorn consisted of a perfect combination. It’s white, fluffy, crispy, puffy all at the same time! Name another food that is crispy, puffy, and fluffy? There is no food that comes close to the variety of textures that popcorn consists of. Secondly, we need to look at the amount of flavors and different packages that popcorn comes in. If you’re feeling fat at the movies or at home, you get the big jug of popcorn and don’t share with anyone. However, if you are constantly teased about being fat, you get lightly flavored popcorn, with a hint of butter and get the smallest jug there. The flavors range from caramel, plain, buttered, rainbow, salted, and the flavors just go on and on. You can even throw some kakimochi in there, some gummy bears, anything you want, you just throw it in there and it’ll probably work. Popcorn is America’s biggest snack for a reason. It’s simply the best.

C-O-F-F-E-E

The aroma of coffee is the perfect thing to kick off your day as you lazily get off your bed to get ready for school. You wake up asking yourself, “What smells so damn good?” You rush to kitchen to see your parents drinking a cup of coffee to start off their day. You ask your parents if you can have a sip of their coffee and you bring your lips to the brim of the cup, expecting this burst of hot, sweet liquid in your mouth. However, you get exactly the opposite of what your sense predicted. You end up with a hot bitter taste in your mouth. You ask yourself if the coffee that you drank was the same thing that you smelled when you woke up. You take one more whiff of the coffee and your taste buds don’t change from the first time you woke up and smelt that sweet smell. Something that always confused me was why coffee tasted so bad, yet smelled so good. Usually, when your senses say something is good, it usually ends up turning out taste pretty good. The smell of pizza, French fries, etc… They all smell good, why does coffee not follow that trend. Vegetables on the other hand don’t give off the same sense of smell and therefore, you taste buds don’t expect much. How did people make coffee smell so good, yet taste so bad? Once I am able to answer this question, I know a lot of doors will open up in my life and I will see things in a new light. My young and naïve mind will shift and I know I will be able to figure out the mysteries of life.