A good argument to get me out of vacations...

So, I was reading about D.J A.M and how he died today. And how other people were shocked, and how they will miss him. I was reading and then I mumbled out the words, "He had it coming." Did he? After all the guy survived a plane crash! And how did he die? Of a drug overdose! What a good way to die. They say he was really hurt by the break-up with his girlfriend, and that he was still traumatized by him surviving the plane incident. But that makes no difference, the man died of a drug overdose; something that he could have prevented. He died like a dog. And now people, mainly celebrities are shocked and mourning the loss of some junkie that happened to be famous. What a damn bitch!

It's like they forget that the man was a damn drug addict! He chose to die, no one else made him overdose. And what gets me the most is that it always happens when someone famous dies of an overdose. They remember him as a saint. WTF? He was nothing of a saint.

A good way to begin the new Month.

Bleach Manga Chapter 364: Grinning Revengers, came out very early this week. And it was splendid. Not only am I happy that it came out on Wednesday, but I'm also happy how good it was. This is a good way to begin July. Anyway, back to the manga. So the title is, as always, crazy (sort of like the James Bond movie names). But today it made a lot of sense. The battle in the fake Karakura town is getting near the end. Soi Fon is on Bankai mode; Shunsui is taking it dead serious; Ukitake is also alert. The Espada are all released, and have been taking damage. So this new chapter turns things around, completely. Last chapter (Superchunky from Hell) introduced the famous hollow that bailed out Aizen when he betrayed SS; a long time ago. You guys remember, the big eye behind the Menos? Wonderweiss, the challenged kid, brought him along.



And soon after, Wonderweiss attacks Ukitake. He injures him badly...


Shunsui makes a move to eliminate Wonderweiss but Stark (on his released for, already) stops him. Stark mentions that "Superchunky"'s appearance means that Aizen wants to speed things up. At this time Halibel who was supposed to be defeated breaks from Toushiro's ice obelisk. Barragan who had been fighting Soi Fon is unhurt by he powerful bankai blast, from a few chapters back. The tide turns very fast, leaving Kira without breath. He screams as Captain Komamura to go help out.
Things only get worse, Superchunky wasn't sent to help out, just to blow out Yamamoto's fire wall.



Gin marvels at Superchunky's stink breath, and says it hasn't changed one bit. One of them says that is how death is supposed to smell. Finally the fire dies and they are free. Things do not look good. BUT WAIT!!!
The Vizards are coming, the Vizards are coming-and they're here! Yes, the triumphant return of Shinji and company. He smiles as he tells Aizen that's it been a long time. We don't see or hear a reply from Aizen in the chapter; although I expect he knew they would arrive and he is not a bit worried.



Aizen has escaped his prison, this is not good.



Shinji is happy to see Aizen, once again. And Aizen, he doesn't look too happy.



They're finally here-all of them. Kensei looks ready. Shinji looks happy. And the rest are also set.

This is by far one of the best chapters, even though the action was minimal. The appearances of the Vizards and the escape of Aizen, Gin and Tousen are great. I feel bad for Ukitake because he might be out of the fight-or he might even be the first casualty. This chapter also left us in a major cliffhanger. And I know I'm not alone when I feel that the next chapter seems like it's gonna take a year!!! Hurry up week, go by!!

E3: Second Day; Sony

Sony came out and went straight to business. They explained why everyone needs to get their hands on a PS3, even if the price sets you back. Their presentation was fun and not preachy; no long sermon why PS3 is boss. Instead they showed us why their system is better than the competition. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves looks amazing; graphics and game play. MAG is another one that looks epic; 200+ players playing at the same time, and it looks fantastic. Sony kept nailing us with exiting content-making me look at my Wii and laughing, glad that I recently bought a PS3.

God of War 3...no comment. It's going to be monstrous, gory and fun. Assassins Creed 2 was also commanding. These are titles that no doubt I will be buying-and that says a lot. Not because I'm saying it, just because how many people looked at Nintendo games and said, "I'll be buying that for sure." Not a lot, and why? There was no games announced for the Wii. But the PS3 had a lot of games, and a lot are about to be released. The new, and still being developed, PS3 controller totally tops the Wii and the newly announced X-Box Natal. It was better, looked more fun too.

Sony had the best presentation, no doubt. They didn't have to convince people, they let their products do that easy job. I'm looking forward to buying a lot of the new PS3 games.

E3: Second Day; Nintendo

I was listening to the people in G4 talk about, or rather, guess what Nintendo might reveal. And I agreed. I agreed that last year's E3 for Nintendo was horrific, if not, a shameless action. I agreed that this year's presentation needed to be great, not good, or warmly affective, just great. I also agreed that Nintendo needed to introduce new games, not for the casual players, but for the hardcore gamers; the ones that will do anything to buy a killer Wii game. They needed to announce good-looking games, with action, big guns, etc. The result was a...shameless action, again.

Nintendo came out with this new logo, just like last time, trying to force it's fans to accept their ineptitude. And I'm guessing it won't work. "Everyone's Game" was the new logo. And it's ridiculous-a ridiculous way of saying "we don't have much, but what we have is enough." Their presentation was boring, preachy and 100% lame. They didn't announce anything spectacular, anything mind-blowing, just a few titles of games we knew were coming. New Super Mario Bros., thanks but no thanks, I finished that game when I was six. Mario Galaxy 2, okay yeah fine; I'm looking forward to it, I might buy it. And then Wii Fit plus...WTF? An add-on for the play-it-once-let-it-rot wii board? Come on!! And then there was the Wii Sports Resort, it looks like a good sequel to the fun Wii Sports, but it doesn't cut it. Real gamers, not your grannies or your supermoms and sons, want real games. Is that so hard to understand? We want games that are fun, games that come out weekly for the X-Box 360 and the PS3.

There were three games, that I remember, announced in all their sermon. The rest was boring examples of how "fun" and "family oriented" their console is, and how many more systems the Wii sells. I know the Wii is king, but their core gamers are upset. All these other people buying Wii's just because it's trendy play it once then leave it; they're not serious gamers. Nintendo's presentation was a fail. I'm not burning my Wii, yet, but I did look at it and kicked it.

E3: Fist Day; Microsoft.

I just finished watching the first segment of E3. It lasted almost two hours, and it was worth it. I wish it could be longer, but then again the level of awesomeness dropped, or waned as the minutes added up. I was exited to see a few of the familiar titles. I was really exited to see and hear Harmonix: The Beatles. It looks like it's going to be great. The guest appearances were cool, I guess; George's son and his wife, John's wife, and of course the two remaining Beatles: Paul and Ringo. The game looks great, especially the opening sequence ( I thought it was amazing, really.) I'm delighted to see that it's not only songs off the Beatles "1" record, but other classics like "Here Comes the Sun" and "I am the Walrus".
I enjoyed the Final Fantasy bit, finally...last year they kept it a secret like it was the damn Manhattan project. I never really enjoyed the F.F games just because they're too slow, for my liking. But I want to give this one a try. I liked the massive mecha they were fighting, along with the summoned Odin.
The Halo games looked great, like the previous three. I'm going to miss Master Chief, but it's a change that needed to come. It looks like this new Halo game will be more difficult, I'm guessing though, since you aren't wearing the great M.C suit. And the preview for the other Halo, Halo: Reach, looks totally amazing!! Even though these aren't really new games they still look top-notch-good going Bungie. Halo ODST, the other title, is the one that will come out first, so I'm definitely waiting for that to happen.
There were a few more titles, too. Modern Warfare 2 looked "epic". That snow scene was great, although I was a little worried that it was somewhat boring, but then it picked up and it was...a must get. Alan Wake (I think that was the name) had a different look, it really felt like reading a horror story, and I'm sure that's what the creators were going for. And it looked original and scary.
Finally, the big surprise, to me, was the first look at the no-controller games. X-Box Natal. You don't need a controller, just your body-the best controller out there. While the basic look of this new-revolutionary(?)-way of playing seemed odd, I liked it. I liked the fact that you can use your entire body to play. The pain thing is useless, but stuff like this needs useless things just to add to it. I was convinced, X-Box Natal is excellent and it left me in a curious state, hoping to test it out soon. The only bad side to "Natal", which is really a bad side, is that the only playable games (that were shown) were lame. The generic racing game or the generic soccer game doesn't make it anymore inspiring. Natal is a good concept, but come on! Can we play Halo or Gears of War in it? Or are we gonna be stuck talking to Milo all day long?
Microsoft made a giant mark, and I can't wait to test all these new goodies. It's going to be hard for Sony and Nintendo to top it.

Endangered Species: American Idol.

*Cue the American Idol music* And in comes the lovable and at the same time pathetic Ryan Seacrest. He looks at the crowd, at the countless of wide-opened eyes staring at him; their sassy expressions mixed with a look of agony. He then says, "This will be the last American Idol show; no more. Ya basta, ya basta." Undoubtedly the crowd is silent, they are lost; most of them think this statement was just a joke. "No, seriously people...it's over." The world will end for these people. So American Idol reached yet again its sad conclusion, and like always not all of the teenyboppers are rejoicing their favorite Idol won. Some take it well, "oh well, he's a winner in my book." Others don't take it so good, though: "What?! Lost to that piece of S%*$?" Yeah, a lot of people are sad after watching the finale. But do other people really care who wins? I don't really think so.

Are the American Idols really musicians? Not at all. They're robots with nice voices, that sing safe songs about typical things like love, hate, relationships, boys/girls, breakups, unfairness, and so on... But that's really it. They can sing, sure I'll give them that, but there is no bone in their body that reads, "musician". They're all programmed by big-business men that, above all, care only about their capital. They don't care if the musician wants to write their own songs, or that they have a vision. The man in charge placed you in that situation, you better follow orders...Kris Allen, or else you're back where you began: nowhere.

Don't trouble yourselves thinking about the winners of American Idol, the preposterous show that has everyone glued to their seats. They all get their, "15 minutes of fame" and then they burn out, and sink into depression; one of them might get more minutes of fame, the only downside is that they will probably be dead. Shows like these only inspire people (like me) to say negative things about it. This show has nothing good to offer. "Bikini Girl" yeah good one...Fox. That was weird, as if we didn't know that Bikini girl wasn't a spontaneous appearance. The only thing that has me watching A.I is the auditions. Those people with the horrendous voices thinking they're gonna be somebody are good to laugh at. People have no shame, what a shame.

Will this be the last American Idol? Nope. Will this be the last time I write about it? Nope. Will next year bring a "true" musician to the show? Get real, my dear fried. American Idol will be back someday, with more pathetic stories of tragic losses just to get far into competition; with more Bikini girls, maybe this time she'll wear a more revealing piece, and have a nice body. The next show will come along with the usual package: pretentious singers that only satisfy teen girls, singers with no real purpose that desperately seek fame, and that have no shame.

If you want to be a famous musician work at it, don't take shortcuts like American Idol. Try to write real music and talk about something important; be bold, be different. And I don't mean black nails, eyeliner different (that's even more feeble). I mean be a different person, with new ideas, and make tons of fucking mistakes.

One last thing. This show is called American Idol, so why is a British man judging the contestants??

Guantanamo will remain open....what a surprise.

In a shocking fashion Obama's wishes to close down the concentration camp that a lot of people like to call a "prison" were crushed. With a monstrous defeat of 90-6 loss, Obama will try again next month, and just like this time he will fail. Guantanamo Bay isn't closing, dream on, dream on. A lot of people benefit from it staying open, and for those that think it remains open to keep the terrorists away from us you're implausibly demented. Guantanamo Bay has been open for many years, and a lot of important people that "supposedly" are terrorists are kept locked up there. While time passes by not one attempt to escape or rescue has been heard about, right? No Al-Qaeda vanguard has braved the task of breaking into the "prison" to retrieve valuable warriors. Is it because they don't care about their companions, or because they can't break in and take them home? And now my beloved American citizens fear that bringing the detainees to our land will put us in danger; from what? Al-Qaeda?

That's the reason why this concentration camp remains open: fear. Fear leads people to commit stupid acts. It doesn't allow the formation of better judgment. While the U.S fights the armies, or factions of evil, they torture and build camps to keep their prisoners; something, I would think, that the "enemy" does as well. So are we any better? Is torture okay to use on enemies?