Finally! A book-turned-movie that doesn't disappoint!

As I mentioned before, a movie I was really looking forward to seeing was Warm bodies last month after spending Christmas vacation reading the book. I saw it with Josh and although they captured the main scenes in the book perfectly, it was a disappointment only because one of the main characters, the hard-ass who's dead on the inside dad was actually a normal guy. It may not seem like much but it was pivotal in the book. that among other things didn't do the incredibly dark-themed book justice. I guess I just can't see the movie if I already read the book. The next book-turned-movie that entered my life was actually perfect for me, not just because it's journalism related.

I already love Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummle on Glee so after seeing all the promos about his book turned movie and all the positive reviews he's gotten, I knew this story wouldn't disappoint, and I was right. while the Novel and Movie have a few scene differences (what novel-turned-movie doesn't?) the overall essence of the story was perfectly captured, sometimes life is a lot like lightning.

The novel is about a high school senior, Carson Phillips, and his experience during his senior year of high school. While the setting brings back memories of my final days as a Miramar Patriot, Carson makes it clear in the first few sentences how much he hates his high school peers' narrow mindedness and lack of desire to leave their small hometown. He also makes it clear that he wants to go to the prestigious journalism university, Northwestern University and become the youngest freelance writer for "The New Yorker".

The book is essentially a journal written by Carson Phillips, a sarcastic and sometimes rude high school senior who dreams of leaving his small (and small minded) hometown and become a journalist, a freelance writer for "The New Yorker", to be exact. Carson wasn't always rude and sarcastic, but he got a new demeanor when his parents divorced when he was very little, which would leave anyone bitter and resentful. Carson's ambition is fuelled by his grandmother who encouraged him to write around the time his family life was crumbling, thus his love for words was born.

It's like looking in the Observer's newsroom, except the picture has more people.

Now as a senior, Carson has the perfect application to send in for the early admissions deadline, when his high school counselor tells him that his impressive GPA and being editor-in-chief of the school paper isn't cutting it with the admissions board anymore and suggests he start a literary magazine. This task tests his perseverance because to write a literary magazine, he needed a staff to want to write, and his staff for the paper was already non-existent because none of the students were interested. after walking in at the right place and time to find two of the popular students in a compromising position, he gets the idea to blackmail every popular kid to write a submission for the magazine in time to meet the deadline for early admissions.

As the book goes on, the reader gets more insight as to why he is as cynical and dark as he is. his broken home of a life is something else I could relate to, because divorce is harder on the kids then the parents who "stay together for the kids." His booze-drinking, pill-popping mother isn't as enthusiastic for her son's future, and does something terrible to ensure that he stays where he is for college. Carson's father, who he hasn't heard a word from since the night he left, suddenly shows up, much to Carson's dismay, and finally Carson's grandmother who suffers from Alzheimer's gets progressively worse throughout the story, which takes an emotional toll on him, finally breaking down at one point questioning why everything comes so easily to people who don't deserve it, and people who work get so little in return.

His magazine is published, and although most of it goes unread, he sends a copy off to the admissions office, but what happens next takes the book a turn for the sad, and as it's shown in dates, Carson begins to write a little less and less because of the events. I won't say what happens in the end, because it would ruin two plot twists in the story. Some things are better left to be read than just told. (like when I wanted to know what happened in breaking dawn part two instead of reading it. what a spoiler..) The difference between the book and the novel is that in the book, the novel is being narrated by Carson, himself. In the movie, his mother finds his journal and starts reading it. how did she just find his journal? Let's just say, this book isn't called "Struck by lighting" for nothing.

For a good laugh, I highly recommend this book because Carson's cynicism is pretty hilarious. It's also a good book to help encourage to always look to the future, even if it's uncertain, it's better than being in the present looking at the past. as an avid reader and journalism lover, Carson is like a kindred spirit, and in the end, his ambitiousness had a greater impact on his peers than he would've imagined.

This isn't just another book that takes place in high school, the themes of the story go much deeper than that, which is why I highly recommend everyone to read the dark and funny work. In the book, the reader can actually read the literary magazine, and it's actually a good look inside what the kids who were being blackmailed into writing were feeling about their senior year, life and love. The movie was even funnier with Sarah Hyland and Rebel Wilson, who is hosting the MTV movie awards this year. Chris Colfer really was awesome writing this and directing the indie film, wish I could say there was a sequel to this, but oh well. see the trailer for yourself!

Who's to blame for Movie 43?

When I head "Na-na-na" by My Chemical Romance promoting Movie 43, I thought the movie was going to be great, because great bands always associate themselves with great movies, right?

wrong.

My friends and I were so psyched to see this, but after the first few minutes--yes all it took was a few minutes--we were all trying to pin the blame on who chose this for our seldom movie night. we had no one to blame but ourselves as we watched Kate Winslet go on a blind date with a guy (Hugh Jackman) who had balls on his chin. You read that right. BALLS. ON. HIS.CHIN. Think of a real Peter Griffin, but thinner, smarter and more handsome.

The movie is about a man (Dennis Quaid--who is later made clear that he is insane,) pitching a list of movie ideas to a Hollywood executive played by Greg Kinnear, and each pitch is a sketch, and each sketch is more offensive and crude then the last, which makes for the entirety of the movie, although in between the sketches when the scene involves Quaid and Kinnear, they're not bad at all. the sketch-breaks has a better storyline than the movie.

 Although the movie itself is 85 minutes, it only takes three minutes to realize what a big FUCK YOU the audience was in for from Hollywood. I saw the movie three weeks ago and I've been too traumatized (and busy with school) to write about it until now.

This movie had an all star cast, from Dennis Quaid to Emma Stone and Halle Berry to the guy who played McLovin in superbad. (Name not needed, for he is McLovin.) so how did this cast of funny and great actors get sucked into this hot mess of a movie? It's been reported by The Huffington Post that the director Peter Farrelly harassed much of the cast to do their part for up to four years before it was finally released, even saying that the Balls-on-his-chin sketch was actually filmed four years ago. It's also been said that the reason it took so long to make was because many actors said no (with good reason,) and they had busy schedules. The movie itself is like one long sketch show, and each of the sketches are independently directed by someone else, and Farrlelly just pieces it all together to create a cluster-fuck of movie mayhem.

I won't lie though, I was laughing during some skits like one that's now being called "homeschooling" and "super hero speed dating." The rest was just pointless filler with crude jokes, explicit language to emphasize on the crude jokes and it's not really my type of humor.

The movie also had an actual Tampax commercial, to which my close friend Manny states that it's an actually good idea for a national commercial. The commercial is part of the continuing line of sketches. It shows to women swimming in the ocean and one of them gets eaten by a shark. The commercial ends saying how Tampax is now Leak-Proof.

Kevin's mom playing bitchy teacher

The "Homeschooling" skit is about some new neighbors having coffee at their neighbor's house (played by Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts,) one night when they get into the discussion of how they prefer to home school their teenage son Kevin, played by Jeremy Allen White. The new neighbors say that high school is supposed to be filled with awkward times and experiences to grow from, and the skit shows all the funny and fucked up ways Kevin's parents make their home a high school environment. From his mom being his bitchy teacher, the bitchy popular girl, Kevin's first kiss and attempt to be his first first. Now that's traumatizing. His dad isn't any better, being his asshole PE coach and asshole bully. They throw high school parties and Kevin can't come in because he's not popular enough, even though it's his house. Towards the end of the skit, The new neighbors are very disturbed by their behavior but that's when Kevin walks into the room. He's polite and seems like a normal teenager, telling his parents he's going out with his girlfriend, who was waiting for him outside. When his parents say they'd love to say 'hi' to her, he goes into the broom closet and pulls out a doll made up from a mop with his mom's picture on it. They all exchange pleasantries  who says low brow comedy isn't occasionally funny?

superhero parodies are almost always funny. Almost.

The super hero speed dating with Kristen Bell as super girl who goes on a date with robin (played by Justin Long) and Batman (Jason Sudeikis) pretty much tries to speed things along even after running into his ex, Wonder Woman (Leslie Bibb), because he's trying to catch Penguin (John Hodgman) who turns out to be the Riddler in disguise. This was funny to me because I love superhero stuff, and Kristen Bell can play anyone she wants in Hollywood, but she will always be Veronica Mars to me.

When it was released in the UK, instead of the movie being a series of movie pitches, it follows three teenagers in search of the most banned movie ever made and to find it, they use rule 43 of the internet, which is that you can find anything on the internet if you're willing to look for it long enough. That plot sounds so much better than the movie pitch idea. If that's the 43rd rule, what happened to the other 42? Thanks to said internet, I found them, and in the process, have lost hope for the next generation and humanity.

Although the movie bombed for the most part, I have to give it to the director, he got the actors he wanted, even if they were unwilling to do so, and look extremely uncomfortable in the process, they still did it, and movie goers like me will think twice before watching anything that's directed by PETER FARRELLY.
I recommend to see this movie with friends who like really bad movies, because Movie 43 is already being called one of the worst films ever made.

WE SURVIVED THE END OF THE WORLD--AGAIN!! Now What?

On the last known day on earth, if you weren't praying to your God or Gods, you were either partying it up YOLO-Style, making a list of all your enemies to tell off, making a list of people to apologize to, or you stayed home and hoped for the best with the Zombie Survival Guide in one hand and your significant other by your side. OR you were like my friend Kiara and posted again and again how stupid people are for believing the Mayans or false Nasa Reports and stuff. I watched TV, and just for fun, I watched "Shaun of the Dead" on Netflix only to realize that at 12:42AM NOTHING HAPPENED AGAIN!

 Not only am I bad at Math, but apparently so are The Mayans, who were obviously wrong and who would've gotten a calendar from me for Christmas had they still been around. The only good thing that came out of today were the funny memes on Facebook and tumblr.

The end was near for the twinkies, Gossip Girl (FINALLY- DAN WAS GOSSIP GIRL!!) but as for the human race, we'll be Okay.

Many People were probably prepared for the worst, since the Mayan Calender told us to, because their calendar ends on December 21st, which is a Friday, a good enough excuse for any idiot to proclaim "Ultimate YOLO" before doing something incredibly stupid, but since all that is behind us, we (those of you who aren't hungover, in jail or on a death bed) can look to the future! Christmas is coming, as is 2013, and with the new year comes new movies and stuff. Here's a list of stuff I'm looking forward to watching in 2013 as of right now. (And I know my new Editor-in-chief Gustavo is going to have me write about in the upcoming semester, because it's all Features. Consider this a preview for the Blog!)

1) The awesome book-turned-to-movie "Warm
Bodies"
If you look at the Youtube trailer, My copy editor Raf (who showed me the trailer) is responsible for atleast half the number of views its gotten. It's a zombie romance, and although it sounds disgusting if you try to visualize a zombie couple going "Lady and the tramp" on a lifeless arm, it's actually very well written and funny. I'm looking forward to it because as far as I know, no one has ever attempted a zombie genre like this. It's a bit hard to explain what it's about so here's the official trailer. Never thought I'd say this, but what a cute zombie! Look at those gorgeous, lifeless eyes!

2)  How I met your Mother season 9
We're getting closer to knowing who Ted's wife is in this romance story told in reverse. Season 8 ended with Barney finally proposing to Robin at the top of the "world wide news" building where Robin works as an anchor (yay journalism!) Now we know Ted and Robin can officially never be. The opening credit always has his two kids, a son and daughter (played by David Henrie and Lyndsay Forsenca--recorded in 2003!) listening on the couch as their dad rambles on about his dating life leading up to how he met their mother. Every season we get clues as to what she's into and who she might be, but writers on this show like to throw us viewers off, which brings me to my next show.

3) Pretty Little Liars 
People have been dying on this show since the first episode and all (well, most) clues point to the liars. The amount that these girls carry on their shoulders as high school seniors and dealing with the vicious text attacks by 'A'  is staggering. The last episode shown for the season was the Halloween episode, where Aria (beautifully played by Lucy Hale) was nearly killed on the Halloween Train where she was drugged and kidnapped by the 'A' team and crammed into a box with a dead body. This show is a must see, because the whole world is watching and trying to figure out who's 'A' and who else besides Toby (a boyfriend of one of the girls) and Mona (an ex-friend) are working for 'A'. I already knew you can't trust many in high school, but the amount of secrets everyone has is incredible. Nothing is what it seems and they can't even go to the police for help because, well, it's all very complicated thanks to 'A'.

4) Girl Meets World
I admit I flipped out when I heard that they are rebooting the '90s classic "Boy Meets World" with Cory and Topanga (played by Ben Savage and Danielle Fishell) raising their Teenage daughter in this new society that is pretty different from their when they were growing up. I have high hopes for this reboot, as do many other fans, which puts a lot of pressure on the writers to make this a great family show, while still dealing with teen issues. We all know reboots that suck end up losing a massive chunk of fans afterwards, (Rugrats: 'All grown up'--WHY DID YOU HAVE TO GROW UP?!) The only down side is that bad boy Shawn Hunter (played by the oh-so sexy Ryder Strong) won't be reprising his role as Cory's best friend. He tweeted that he might be in as a guest star but not as a cast regular. Damn.


5) A Haunted House
I saw Marlon Wayans apart of the credits and I knew I had to watch this. There's something about making fun of scary movies that he's so good at. Check out his new trailer, which some would think is stupid and immature. I'm not one of them.

6) Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
Check out this bad ass spin on a kid's folklore, it impressed me enough to want to watch the movie with my brother. Can you say 'Family Bonding'

7) Kick Ass 2

The funny superhero teen comedy comes back this summer as one of the summer blockbusters of 2013. not much can be said about the film yet, other than the original stars are coming back to reprise their roles. The official trailer isn't out online yet, but trust me, the original Kicks Ass.

8) Carrie

I'm especially excited to see the remake of Stephen King's 'Carrie'. It's one of my favorite Novels and it's just flat out creepy. Chloe Mortez, who's also in 'Kick Ass 2' as Foul Mouthed Hit Girl, Plays the bullied teen who takes revenge on all her cruel classmates who dumped pigs blood on her at Prom. I hate scary movies, but this is one I'd love to see, just to see how the director will be adapting it to the newer generation, and how violent and gorey it will be compared to the original with Sissy Spacek in the '70s, where even the most budgeted movies looked pretty cheap in theaters. It's scheduled to hit theaters in spring but thanks to the new technology, you can find out #WhatHappenedToCarrie on Twitter for the latest updates.

My List may be short but it's growing the more I find out how long I'm going to be sitting on my ass next year watching and writing, kind of like what I did this year. I love my Major, and I'm glad the world didn't end simply because I haven't been published yet outside of The Observer. I know I will one day, and that's something else to look forward to.

You can never know too much about Sex!

It's not how I would've spent my Tuesday afternoon on South Campus, but since I haven't taken Sex ed since high school, I figured "why not? You can never have too much information and I get a boxed lunch afterwards." Plus my friend on the paper Rogianne, and my Advisor Jen said that the one last year was really informative and funny, and they didn't disappoint this year either.

The two women running the seminar are authors and sexologists (how do you major in sex? can you minor in it as well?) named Dr. Joni Frater and Esther Lastique, who held nothing back when it came to having safe sex and the different steps both guys and girls can take to protect themselves, from condoms to getting tested after every sexual encounter, because as Esther believes, you can never be tested too many times. Their goal from the start was to erotically enlighten everyone. Knowledge is sexy!

Isn't this cute? It's squishy!

It was entertaining to watch and Drs. Frater and Lastique knew how to engage the audience by having kind of like an icebreaker at the beginning to see what we know and what we don't, who we got our facts from if we didn't or couldn't ask an adult we trusted growing up. Those who participated were thrown a hand grenade, but it's like those hand held stress release things. My number one source of information was my mom, and one of the things that's always stood out to me most was one of the first things she told me, which was not to use two condoms at once, which earned me a grenade for participation. Thanks, Mom!

This seminar actually taught me a few new things when it came to protection and prevention, like how Oil based lubricants can make a normal latex condom pop in ten seconds (what?!) because the oil messes with the latex, causing it to expand and break--something that no one wants to happen to them. So we as students were advised to use water-based lubricants. Frankly, lubes gross me out, but no subject was left un-discussed with these ladies.

Esther holding a condom for the room to see.

Obviously college kids party hard, so just like there's MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) there's the girl-rule of "Friends don't let friends sleep with creepy guys." The "official" rule was different, but I've had this rule with my best friend and club-buddy Carolyn when we would go on a girls-night out. Any substance that's considered fun normally ends up impairing your reflexes and decision making, so when you're drunk (or high!) and you want to do stuff, a condom would (most likely) be the last thing on their (and your) mind in the heat of it all. One thing they emphasized a lot about was that the pull-out method doesn't work at all, and can get the girl pregnant.

When they started to talk about condoms and genital care, their slideshow actually showed the actual guys'junk (some dude off the internet) and Joni demonstrated how to properly put on and dispose condoms. Apparently flushing them down the toilet is a huge no-no because it messes with the plumbing. who knew.

They also gave us a tip to make condoms feel better for guys who complain how it feels weird or bad, which was to use a water-based dime sized amount of lube on the inside of the condom for the guys. Again, who knew.

When it came to the female condom, I learned how awkward it looks without it even being in use, and honestly, those things made me think of a weird disfigured toothless mouth that some guy will look at and not want his junk anywhere near. It's clearly not for everyone. They also discussed dental dams, which is basically a latex sheet for oral sex, the only down side is that it's latex,not really see through, so you're navigating blindly. They suggested to use Saran Wrap, the actual sandwich wrapping brand because it's the only brand that doesn't have tiny microscopic holes in the plastic. Once again, Who knew.

Among the other things covered were non-latex condoms for those who are allergic, the scary statistics about STDs and HPV and how we as students should be more sexually responsible, because after all, not everyone deserves to get what we have.

BC offers free STD testing for students and they don't need to draw blood with needles. They can swab the inside of your mouth, for those of you who are too chicken to take the needle but are brave enough to sleep with someone one night and do your walk-of-shame down to the clinic in the morning.

Personally, if anything at all looks suspicious, it's not going to happen, or supposed to happen. There's a planned parenthood on University Drive, right by south campus, and another one by central and north if you want to get tested but missed the dates to do it. Those who are doing the walk-of-shame, your results can be anonymous if worse come to worse.

Apparently, Joni and Esther go around the country doing this, and even said they go to "America's Heartland" which is pretty much the country area between the fast paced east coast and the (probably just as fast paced) west coast and hear some crazy stories about how little those bible thumping country idiots (my words, not theirs!) know about sex and stuff.

The amount of people who don't  know the basics and are fully grown adults make me wonder why the hell haven't they tried to educate themselves. It's not hard, it's all over the internet and in several books. Infact, for more information on these awesome ladies and more safe sex tips, click here to educate yourself. Remember, knowledge is sexy!

So here are a couple of things I can say I learned from this sassy and funny boot camp

1) Oil and Latex don't mix.
2) They don't need your potentially infected blood to know if you have an STD, the warts say it all
3) Condoms can really mess up the plumbing--try explaining that to your mom!
4) Out of the 6 million new cases of genital HPV per year, 74% of them are 15-20 year-olds
5) Female condoms kill boners, so I guess it's doing its job..
6) flavored condoms are mostly scented
7) You can recycle Saran Wrap to your pleasure
8) Lambskin condoms have microscopic holes that can allow fluid through, so that sucks.
9) The average penis is 5.5 inches, so most men don't need magnums
10) One method of birth control that's 100% effective is abstinence

I survived a night in Retail Hell..a week ago tonight!

This happened a week ago, but still I worked it and survived. Read the clean version I wrote for my school's blog here!

From the very beginning when I first got the seasonal job at Sawgrass Mills Mall, I, as well as the other holiday hires, were constantly reminded how many days were left until black Friday. It's obviously the biggest shopping day of the year, so big that some stores open on thanksgiving night and stay open for a full 24 hours in hopes of increasing sales. While that may be good for business, companies are completely forgetting about us, the sales associates who have to work on a full belly of thanksgiving dinner and wash it down with an energy drink. I'm not saying that we're assigned a full 24-hour shift, but we're not happy trying to find a size small shirt for rude and rushed customers who clearly aren't a size small.

 Last year, a man named Anthony Hardwick petitioned to Target to reconsider the store's black Friday hours.  It's bad enough having to work long shifts for minimum wage on what's supposed to be a family holiday, but opeing at midnight or even a few hours before midnight on thanksgiving is just unfair. after he started the petition, his hours were basically cut, but he spent the new free time with his family. Win-win, he stays home with his family and Target continues to make money with other people who (I'm assuming) are like me and can't afford any hours to be cut, even if it's a family holiday.

My shift started at 10pm and ended at 7am, with an hour break. I brought an energy drink with me to work and shared with my new friends before the shift started, and I've never been happier to have all that caffeine in me wired at two in the morning, especially while talking to a woman who was trying a pair of jeans (which I knew weren't going to fit--can you say muffin top?) and her dejected face when she cursed herself in Spanish for having a fourth helping earlier that night.

First of all, Sawgrass is an outlet mall, which means in all languages that everything is on sale year round, but do the international customers know (or care) about that? NO! they yell and scream and knock things to the ground while looking for whatever it is they're looking for (to re-sell again, we're not stupid,) and get upset at us when they can't find something that they saw in a regular priced store.

I won't even mention how a religious holiday has been blown out of proportion for commercialism. You don't hear a lot of thanksgiving songs, but no one really wants to write a song about the pilgrims who stole land and killed (and raped) hundreds for food, let's just stick to tracing our hands on construction paper and drawing a rainbow colored turkey.

I felt like I was going to war, or about to play an intense game of Zombies on Black Ops. The parking situation was so horrible, people were actually double parking just to get their presents! I was dropped off, and even though I hadn't gone inside yet, I heard the rumbling of excited chatter through the walls of the emergency exit/employee entrance. It's officially Christmas.

The first few hours before my scheduled hour break, the store was a complete war zone. I'm talking clothes being grabbed off displays left and right not just by the demanding customers, but by us associates helping them. The line for the fitting room stretched alongside displays, and the line to check out was nearly out the door. It was the worst place to be if you were claustrophobic or had crippling shyness because of the wall to wall people who would ask you dozens of questions at the same time, and a lot of the time it would be the same question in a different language, which got very annoying. In my case, one customer asked another one of my co workers about the promotions we had for black Friday--the exact same question she asked me two seconds earlier, and when my co worker rolled her eyes, the customer huffed and said she wanted to make sure she heard right. things got more annoying when she went up to our manager, who actually saw the entire scene go down, and repeated the information again. I guess third time's the charm because after she talked to my manager, she hurried out of the store and blended in with the horde of people passing by outside.

During my break, as badly as I wanted to get off my feet, I had to see how the other stores around the mall were holding up, and some of them were really busy, just like the managers may have wanted. Others weren't so lucky, like the bookstore that was pretty much non-existent to the shoppers. Even Starbucks had a line wrapping around the already very small restaurant. Gamestop was a different kind of battlefield because of its small space and everyone clamoring to get the latest games and gaming accessories. Josh is going to have to settle for a sweater from Armani Exchange. I was stepped on just passing by the store, and shoved three times by parents who were trying to make the line, which resembled the lines outside for the exclusive night clubs on south beach.

As the night went on, the frenzy seemed to die down a bit. maybe because the caffeine was wearing off, maybe because the store only had extra larges and size 14 left, or maybe it was all the merchandise on the floor that made it impossible to walk, but things got relatively calm as dawn broke. I wasn't shoved or stepped on anymore and I could actually breathe and help recover the store as best as I can before the early birds who like to shop at the crack of dawn show up. By now the caffeine in my system had disappeared, my feet were sore, and I avoided all customers by walking away every time I saw someone look my direction. When I finally clocked out, I felt exhausted but accomplished. I survived not just Angry Thursday (Trademarked!!) but my longest shift to date. 

So you hooked up with someone from work...Here's what you do!

For the record, I have a boyfriend. Josh and I will celebrate 2 years next month, but my Editor-in-chief Kyle wrote an opinion about the "horrors of college dating" for our latest Observer issue, and it got me thinking about what happens when people just date. The hook ups and promises to call, but don't even get a text...Anyways, I stand by what you're about to read.

There's always going to be that one hot guy or girl at the office. Their personality may or may not be douchey, and if it is douchey and they're hot enough, it won't matter. How do I know? It's happened to me. Not the hooking up, but having a co-worker that's cute but he knows it and is full of themselves. I've yet to find a guy who's sweet and looks good, (that works at the office! not that it matters, but you know.) but a lot of guys are sadly full of themselves. (Yay for Josh for being different!)

Most of the times with these situations, physical attraction plays a big role in what happens, not to mention time and place. Plus there's that whole "forbidden desire" thing. A hook up can range from a kiss to going all the way, but what happens is ultimately up to you.

By what I've been told by my anonymous source (a girl who likes to gossip in my Psychology class, Let's call her "Crystal") the "aftermath" of a hook up can go either good or bad, depending if the hook up itself was good or bad. That right there is half lie. It's not just if the hook up was good or bad, it also depends on the boy or girl. So after the first kiss (whether it be at an office party drunk, group outing with friends (drunk) or whatever,) two things can come to mind, either "yay" or "ugh what the fuck did he/she eat?!"

If it went like my friend's experience, she described it as a breath taking, the universe stopped and she suddenly felt like she was living the perfect fairy tale moment where the music swells and they live happily ever after. This was of course weeks ago and she still recalls how the guy, let's call him "Ross", would leave her wishing it would never end.

But with the good also comes the bad. He said he'd text her after his shift, and he didn't, so she texted him, and had several days of not answering and him avoiding the shit out of her at work. Where was the prince charming with the perfect "kiss"? Our theory (we talk a lot in psychology) was that he never existed.
He wanted her, got her (twice because she initiated it the second time) and he left. It hasn't happened again, in fact "Ross" is acting like it never happened, which really bothered her because how can someone fake such a moment of pure bliss?

It's crazy to think these kinds of emotions were brought on by just a kiss, but here's a secret, "kiss" is a euphemism in this context. Yeah so this just got extremely personal for my friend and "Ross", who turned out to be just another horny bastard.

Here's some unbiased background on "Ross". Handsome enough, still in college, majoring in something I don't remember, a horrible human being and an obvious party boy who has probably broken dozens of hearts before hers. He's not a horrible human being, but players might as well be. If a guy knows that a girl's heart is not a toy, why do they keep treating it like one?



Anyways, now it's super awkward for her and "Ross" at work. It's as if it never happened, and she's suspicious that everyone knows about their indiscretion, not to mention the ego she's never noticed before on him. Take notice, boys, we hate egos. They were never that close before the incident, they just worked together. There was this one night where he called her randomly to try and get her to send naked pictures to him but she (made the right decision because she's got COMMON SENSE!) said No, and even after that happened, he acted like in never happened.

Clearly "Ross" is an asshole who only wanted one thing, and he got it twice. Poor "Crystal" is still heart broken and even secretly hopes he'll change and want her, but I told her not to get her hopes up, because logically, he's probably not going to come back for round three, especially if he knows how much she wants him to and how much she's hurting.

Now she'll act like it never happened, because according to "Ross" it was just a "go-with-the-flow" moment that won't happen again.

That's one way of dealing with he aftermath. Another way (that won't work because "Ross" is too immature to talk things out, even with a twice-in-one-night stand) would be to just be direct and confront them, even if they're being assholes. This goes for guys too, if we hook up and ignore you, it was because either it was good but it can't happen again or we'll actually be direct with you and tell you what's up or it was bad and it can't happen again. Let's be real, if it was good, we as girls save the number in our phones.

If the guy turns out to be another "Ross", then forget about him. He was lucky enough to have you before, and if it wasn't for him being such a dick, maybe there would be some kind of future there. Another word of advice is NOT to go for someone who's hot and cold, because that's just asking for trouble.

 Don't be like "Crystal" and cling to something in the past, because while you're thinking of what you both shared, he's thinking of what line to use on the next unsuspecting girl. Ultimately, They're not worth it.

Are you brave enough to see Sinister?

This was also published in my College's blog!

This movie is not for the faint of heart, it’s made several people become nocturnal days after seeing it. Sinister is the most appropriate movie title for this chilling film. If you look past the obviously edited-for-the-sake-of-the-plot shots, it’s a visually graphic and intense movie from the very beginning that can get anyone either ready for Halloween or sleeping with all the lights on.

The Movie is centered on a True-Crime Novelist Ellison, (played by Ethan Hawke) who makes the brilliant decision to move his family to a house where a family was brutally murdered in months before. Things of course start to get strange when Hawke’s Character finds old super-8 films that are labeled as innocent home movies, like “Hangin’ out”, “BBQ” and “House painting ‘12”. Spoiler alert, every home movie shown is a movie of how the previous family was murdered. While watching the movies he discovers a couple of strange symbols in the films and a demonic figure along with them. As the movie goes on, the symbols turn out to be a part of a pagan spirit named Bughuul, who eats children’s souls. As Hawke’s character finds out more about the demon, his kids begin to act strange, particularly his daughter.

If it wasn’t obvious before, this movie does NOT have a happy ending. In terms of the immense graphic violence and having an intense fear of silence during scenes when it’s just an 8mm projector and the audience, this is one of the movies that really stick to your mind long after you leave the theatre. It came in third place opening weekend with 18 million, behind Argo and Taken 2.

There were a few Horror movie clichés here and there that took away from the plot throughout the movie. Moving to a haunted house, the main character being unfazed by all the grim crimes and details of the deaths of the families, and of course the paranormal entities having some sort of interaction with innocent children, just to name a few. Nothing popped up in the middle of darkness, but complete silence had movie goers squirming in their seats as they anticipated the face of Bughuul to show, which will be etched into the memories of the audiences forever. The ending and beginning of the movie is similar, except the “home movie” shown makes the audience believe that they will be BugHuul’s next victims. Everyone is urged to either stock up on nightlights or RedBulls to avoid being next, even in the comfort of your nightmares.