Unveil The Skyline

It’s been way too long since I did…anything on tumblr. I’m definitely going to try and post some stuff, but you know how it is ;). Just letting people know I’m still alive!

The other day, me and a few friends checked out the Yankees parade. Before I start…WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WE WON!!!!!!!!!

Now onto business. After a good hour of pushing through the most aggressive people in the world [I still love you, New Yorkers] and a few days worth of calf burn from tip-toeing in vain hopes of seeing anything, the parade started. Realistically, it’s nothing special. Saw a bunch of famous names like Joba, Jeter, Pettite, and Swish. I guess it’s the moment, savoring the victory, and that concordance of unity that makes the parade worthwhile.

I spent the rest of my time in the city doing all that you really can do there with little money. Eat. It was definitely the filthiest, most packed BK I’ve ever been to. But not once did anyone, including myself, question the true condition of their food. Unless you’re planning on dishing out the big bucks on something a tad more luxurious, I suppose you can’t expect much.

Facebook has a fairly new app…Social Interview. Up to this point I’ve either quickly grown bored with the apps, like bumper stickers, or not even decided to waste my time, the all too popular Farmville. But, Social Interview, whether it’s a passing trend or not, has proven to actually be fun.

If you aren’t familiar with it, it randomly shuffles through various questions, about you or your friends. For the most part, I skip the questions that stay on my page, but I’m currently addicted to answering ones about my close friends. The questions basically provide you with the opportunity to put up an advanced wall post. It works really well if you randomly want to post on someone’s wall but don’t have much to say.

With the chance to be hilarious, cute, complimentary, or downright mean, Social Interview is a pretty fun app to waste your time on. I’m not sure yet on how long it will last, but it’s about 80% of my Facebook time now.

P.S: I think Facebook’s about 80% of my life : /

As an aspiring novelist, I’m prone to constantly getting stumped as to my next move. You know it’s bad when you actually wiki writer’s block. I’ve tried everything from just free-flow writing to pacing around to forcing myself to spew something out onto the paper. But, if I’m not in my creative mood [a strange manic state where I become eerily motivated and progressive], I tend to grow bored with all my ideas and have a sharp craving for a fresh and unique new concept.

I’m sure a lot of people have this problem, especially those who like to write. How do you guys get over it? I ask because it’s taking me way longer than expected to finish this gosh darn manuscript…

For those of you who don’t know, I am deeply obsessed with zombie flicks. I don’t know why but the survival horror, sometimes even just survival, genre draws me in. While I can respect the old, black & white films as nostalgic and for setting up the foundations for such masterpieces as the 28…Later series, I’m more into the post-2000’s era.

Anyway, I was eagerly waiting the next big, potential-packed, post-apocalyptic risen undead tale in the form of George A. Romero’s sixth ”dead” film Survival of the Dead. Out of nowhere, Woody Harrelson shows up as a twinkie-starved, gun toting southerner. His target? The relentless zombie horde, of course. Salvation has come.

Hopefully, this next part doesn’t offend too many people, but I was bored the other night and decided…yes, I decided to stream it. I am a Megavideo whore it seems. I searched for a good quality video, eventually found it, and reveled in the next great zombie movie.

And great it was. The two most main characters are dynamic, though they essentially have all been seen before elsewhere. From Jesse Eisenberg’s bunny-stunned awkward Columbus [let’s not argue over him and Michael Cera being the same person] to Woody Harrelson’s comically ruthless and simple Tallahassee, the characters are enjoyable to watch. No offense, but I feel the girls weren’t amazing…but they were needed in the movie.

All of Columbus’ rules in the movie are quite clever and practical when it comes to zombie survival and the cinematography involved in their presentation is done excellently. The movie has several aspects that bring it full circle, as any good movie does.

All I could yearn for is one of two things. That they either amp up the survival horror aspect with more horde scenes or what not. Or that they had followed through with the depth they created in the characters. But, it being a “zomcom” more than a drama, I can let it pass.

Overall, this movie thoroughly earns its 8 out of 10. It’s fun to watch and does eerily well at mixing gruesome carnage with simple, sometimes corny, humor.

P.S: There’s an awesome cameo appearance in the movie. Short though : /

So, we took a momentary hiatus because of school and whatnot. But, we’re finally back and ready to start writing again. We’re going to try and keep a fluent stream of articles and posts going. Those who read and follow, thanks for reading and following!