Why is it that Boris depicted Frankenstein so horridly?
I don't understand it because in Mary Shelly's book, Frankenstein, the Creature, not the Monster, was something smarter, stronger, and better than humanity. It was the ideal being that had been created but disappointed by its own creator.
That makes me wonder, are we, humans, not the same? We do not know why we are here in this world, on this planet, in this universe. We were equally abandoned and disappointed by our own creators.
So was Boris trying to say that humans are monsters? I do not believe so, but I cannot argue with what was made in the silver screen over fifty years ago.
However, back to the topic, I despise what we have turned Frankenstein into, this horrible, terrible monster. This is wrong.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Trigonometry
Ever wonder why you haven't been able to understand your maths classes? Ever think that you just don't go well with maths? Ever frown down at your test paper and think "FUCK!"?
Well, until recently, I haven't really thought that way. Then something my dad said in the past clicked to me. He said, "While going from kindergarten to the end of your high school career, you'll have no problems with any of your classes. However, once you enter college, that's a whole new ball park for you."
I have to respectfully agree with him, because I never realized how painful these classes are. Really, I find myself quite arrogant now that I think of it. It's a pity I can't turn back the clock on this one.
Trigonometry was never my forte to begin with, but from what I learned in high school, I thought I had a decent grip on the subject so that I would not have much problems understand or at least getting a 'B' in the class. However, it turned out into something terrible, because for one, I could not for the life of me remember anything about the subject for some reason. Second, my teacher seems to have it in his mind to give use a one and a half hour lecture AFTER we just had rushed through a one and a half hour test.
What the hell, teacher?
Anyway, another reason is because he is one of those returning teachers who is using old, old, old methods of teaching, which just gave everyone else headaches.
I hope everyone else out there won't have bad luck like me, and I hope teachers out there will... well, be nicer to your students for one, and at least try to be open minded to suggestions... Like my suggestion of reviewing before a test, which was somehow shot down.
Again, I repeat the question, "What the hell, teacher?"
Welp, time to look for a math tutor...
Well, until recently, I haven't really thought that way. Then something my dad said in the past clicked to me. He said, "While going from kindergarten to the end of your high school career, you'll have no problems with any of your classes. However, once you enter college, that's a whole new ball park for you."
I have to respectfully agree with him, because I never realized how painful these classes are. Really, I find myself quite arrogant now that I think of it. It's a pity I can't turn back the clock on this one.
Trigonometry was never my forte to begin with, but from what I learned in high school, I thought I had a decent grip on the subject so that I would not have much problems understand or at least getting a 'B' in the class. However, it turned out into something terrible, because for one, I could not for the life of me remember anything about the subject for some reason. Second, my teacher seems to have it in his mind to give use a one and a half hour lecture AFTER we just had rushed through a one and a half hour test.
What the hell, teacher?
Anyway, another reason is because he is one of those returning teachers who is using old, old, old methods of teaching, which just gave everyone else headaches.
I hope everyone else out there won't have bad luck like me, and I hope teachers out there will... well, be nicer to your students for one, and at least try to be open minded to suggestions... Like my suggestion of reviewing before a test, which was somehow shot down.
Again, I repeat the question, "What the hell, teacher?"
Welp, time to look for a math tutor...
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Dragon Ball Kai
So the animators of the sensational Dragon Ball animation series are back with a remade and redefined Dragon Ball Kai, a short series of episodes that encompass all of the Dragon Ball timeline. This is made in celebration of Dragon Ball Z's 20th anniversary.
They made the series' animation and the techniques used into making it much improved for modern television, bringing a classic back to life.
It's a refreshing balance for the crap that is Dragon Ball Evolution...
They made the series' animation and the techniques used into making it much improved for modern television, bringing a classic back to life.
It's a refreshing balance for the crap that is Dragon Ball Evolution...
Hollywood, What a Disappointment!
I'm sure most people who live in Southern California, or most specifically, in the Los Angeles area, have had to endure this. It is the part where friends or family visit from anywhere in the world, and go to places in Hollywood, like the board walk or Tinsel Town, and just go... "That's it?"
I'm not here to talk about that, but something more important. I'm talking about how racist Hollywood is, especially to my ethnicity. When I mention Chinese or Asians to friends about movies, there's only a handful of names that come to mind. Chow Yong Fat, Jackie Chan, Lucy Lou... and then what? No one else?
Let's look at the new movies coming out this next few years. Dragonball Evolution or the Last Airbender. How is it that such an Asian plot, set in an Asian background, have only one or two Asian actors while the rest are white? Or why is it that there are no other Asian actors in films that do not make them out to stereotypical Hollywood type casting Asians?
I have often wondered as I grew up, why people expect me to be good at maths, to play golf or tennis, to be good with computers, to know martial arts... or anything like that. Why? I have to lay at least part of the blame on Hollywood.
I know I will not go forward and be the person to say that Hollywood is a racist, stagnant piece of trash that should not exist and should be at the very least be cleansed and started a new in a roaring fire, but I will say that I don't like Hollywood at all, especially in these recent years. Any place that starts using a formula to make all its movies is definitely stagnant, and let's even talk of other races! Only in the recent five to ten years have African Americans had a place in Hollywood as main characters. Before this moment, most of them were what was called "Black Sidekicks."
Well, I hope Hollywood changes soon, because with the fall of the American Dollar and the rise of India and China, I expect movies from those places to start gaining fame...
I'm not here to talk about that, but something more important. I'm talking about how racist Hollywood is, especially to my ethnicity. When I mention Chinese or Asians to friends about movies, there's only a handful of names that come to mind. Chow Yong Fat, Jackie Chan, Lucy Lou... and then what? No one else?
Let's look at the new movies coming out this next few years. Dragonball Evolution or the Last Airbender. How is it that such an Asian plot, set in an Asian background, have only one or two Asian actors while the rest are white? Or why is it that there are no other Asian actors in films that do not make them out to stereotypical Hollywood type casting Asians?
I have often wondered as I grew up, why people expect me to be good at maths, to play golf or tennis, to be good with computers, to know martial arts... or anything like that. Why? I have to lay at least part of the blame on Hollywood.
I know I will not go forward and be the person to say that Hollywood is a racist, stagnant piece of trash that should not exist and should be at the very least be cleansed and started a new in a roaring fire, but I will say that I don't like Hollywood at all, especially in these recent years. Any place that starts using a formula to make all its movies is definitely stagnant, and let's even talk of other races! Only in the recent five to ten years have African Americans had a place in Hollywood as main characters. Before this moment, most of them were what was called "Black Sidekicks."
Well, I hope Hollywood changes soon, because with the fall of the American Dollar and the rise of India and China, I expect movies from those places to start gaining fame...
Fan Fiction, Interested?
Some people will probably scoff at the idea of fans writing stories about popular fictions or idols or something like that. They might even say, "What's the point of that? It's just a waste of time!". Then they might not understand that people write because they are feeling creative, and if it's an idea pertaining to things that are already owned by others, then the only way these people can satisfy their creativity is by writing fan fiction.
I suppose people could say that this is just like fan art, except it's in writing. The writers themselves do not earn anything of worldly value from writing, expect their own enjoyment and perhaps the enjoyment and reviews of others...
I have always wanted to write a book, ever since I first read the first Harry Potter back when I was 11 years old. However, I don't have any idea of what I want to write about, but I can practice writing creatively with fan fiction. I suppose that is a major reason for myself and quite a practical reason as well.
From what I understand from my talks with other collage students, no one really likes to write purely for the sake of writing. Many people get bored and stagnant, if not out right falling asleep trying to write a 5000 word essay. However, these same people, myself included, could sit down and write a fan fiction story just as well written in most cases, if not better because of how organized one could be with one's own ideas, and write stories that go upward to 100,000 words or more.
I remember browsing one lazy, rainy day, through a fan fiction database, and seeing a story over 1.2 million words in length. Like any rational, modern person, I first concluded in my mind, before even looking any further, that this person has no life, will be a virgin until he's over 50 years old, and all that jazz that our society brushes onto people we label "nerds" and "geeks".
Well, I suppose it is to my surprise and the surprise of many others, that that person who wrote such a length, was only 16 years old. Sure he was a studious person, but to write so much and be so organized with his writing... Well, I cannot think of anything negative about it. It is only good experience, after all.
Writing, on its own, is an essential tool that people use everyday, in every society, and in every civilization. As my English teacher so elegantly put it, "I don't fucking think civilization would fucking exist if not for written language!" I have to respectfully agree. Communication cannot work without writing. Computers cannot work with written language, since computers are just another machine that uses its own language. Planes would crash without any language... In fact, this blog would not exist if not for written language! Ah... I seem to have drifted off topic...
In short, I think I will continue to write fan fiction, because it is something I like to do and I see benefit in continued writing, as well as enjoyment.
I suppose people could say that this is just like fan art, except it's in writing. The writers themselves do not earn anything of worldly value from writing, expect their own enjoyment and perhaps the enjoyment and reviews of others...
I have always wanted to write a book, ever since I first read the first Harry Potter back when I was 11 years old. However, I don't have any idea of what I want to write about, but I can practice writing creatively with fan fiction. I suppose that is a major reason for myself and quite a practical reason as well.
From what I understand from my talks with other collage students, no one really likes to write purely for the sake of writing. Many people get bored and stagnant, if not out right falling asleep trying to write a 5000 word essay. However, these same people, myself included, could sit down and write a fan fiction story just as well written in most cases, if not better because of how organized one could be with one's own ideas, and write stories that go upward to 100,000 words or more.
I remember browsing one lazy, rainy day, through a fan fiction database, and seeing a story over 1.2 million words in length. Like any rational, modern person, I first concluded in my mind, before even looking any further, that this person has no life, will be a virgin until he's over 50 years old, and all that jazz that our society brushes onto people we label "nerds" and "geeks".
Well, I suppose it is to my surprise and the surprise of many others, that that person who wrote such a length, was only 16 years old. Sure he was a studious person, but to write so much and be so organized with his writing... Well, I cannot think of anything negative about it. It is only good experience, after all.
Writing, on its own, is an essential tool that people use everyday, in every society, and in every civilization. As my English teacher so elegantly put it, "I don't fucking think civilization would fucking exist if not for written language!" I have to respectfully agree. Communication cannot work without writing. Computers cannot work with written language, since computers are just another machine that uses its own language. Planes would crash without any language... In fact, this blog would not exist if not for written language! Ah... I seem to have drifted off topic...
In short, I think I will continue to write fan fiction, because it is something I like to do and I see benefit in continued writing, as well as enjoyment.
My First Blog
When I first heard of blogs, years ago, I waved it off as something that does not interest me.
However, what with the terrible, failing economy, I suddenly had some time to 'blog' so to speak and write what my ideas and thoughts are. Well, other than that, I suppose I want to know what the new blog smell smells like...
Who am I? I'm just a well-traveled student who found himself with a little extra time in his hands. Other than my fluency with Chinese, English, Spanish and Japanese, and what little worldly advice I could offer, I suppose I see myself as a regular person.
I have attended collages in China and the United States, in California and in Maryland. Sad to say that collages so close to our great Capitol is no where near as good as even the community collages here in California... In my opinion anyway.
Well, I suppose that is all.
How do I end this post anyway? Do I end it like a journal? A diary? Is there a difference? Should I do a dance? Maybe a "sincerely, me" thing? Well, if there's anyone reading this, advise is welcomed!
However, what with the terrible, failing economy, I suddenly had some time to 'blog' so to speak and write what my ideas and thoughts are. Well, other than that, I suppose I want to know what the new blog smell smells like...
Who am I? I'm just a well-traveled student who found himself with a little extra time in his hands. Other than my fluency with Chinese, English, Spanish and Japanese, and what little worldly advice I could offer, I suppose I see myself as a regular person.
I have attended collages in China and the United States, in California and in Maryland. Sad to say that collages so close to our great Capitol is no where near as good as even the community collages here in California... In my opinion anyway.
Well, I suppose that is all.
How do I end this post anyway? Do I end it like a journal? A diary? Is there a difference? Should I do a dance? Maybe a "sincerely, me" thing? Well, if there's anyone reading this, advise is welcomed!
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