Terminator Salvation Review

This is a little late since I saw the movie last week but I am now done with school for the Summer! Before I say anything about the movie I want to say that I have not seen the other Terminator movies yet or the TV show (but I have been to the 3-D attraction at Universal Studios if that counts towards anything). The movie did make a lot of sense though. I have found that a lot of movies have been trying to do that lately were they create a story so that you do not need to see the other movies (The Dark Knight, Star Trek, Superman Returns)


I thought that the movie was great for entertainment. Really good special effects, way better than some movies that have been out in the last year like Indiana Jones 4. The cast was great except I did not like that two of the main characters played by Christian Bale and Sam Worthington have the same exact haircut and wear similar clothes making it hard to tell which is which. To add on the note of Christian Bale, a few moths ago there was a big leak that came out of him yelling at a photographer on set. I can see how he would be in that mood for that was his character and he was probably still in that mindset. I would just say he is a good actor but he finds it hard to get out of it. Other good actors get like that too like Heath Ledger and Johnny Depp.

The only things bad in that movie that I can think of was some bad language and also a lot of violence, but making it between humans and the robots. I would give it 4 and 1/2 out of 5 stars and recommend it for anyone over 13 years old and probably fans of the movie Transformers. By the way next week I am going to go see the movie UP by Pixar and so I will be posting a review on that.

Relient k concert!

As you have probably seen on my blog I purchased tickets a few months ago for a Relient k concert. The date finally came and I got to see the best band EVER! They were awesome! Not only did they do a concert for us but they did 2 songs that they have nevery played before and they said that they are on the new record called "Forget and Not Slow Down" coming out in October-ish time. The venue that they played at did not have any seats so I managed to make it to the front row! I also did get pushed and shoved by a mosh pit but nothing too bad (hey it's a Christian band!). The vocalist of Relient k (Matt Theissen) also went crowd surfing during the song "Sadie Hawkins Dance".

The bands that opened for them werre Runner Runner and Owl City. Runner Runner was almost as good as Relient k and had a whole bunch of energy! Owl City was kinda mellow and wasn't too fun to watch in concert. I think they are much better on a CD.

I also walked out with more than I walked in with! I got a guitar pick that was thrown out to the crowd and was used by Matt Hoopes who is one of the Relient k guitarists. Vincent was also there along with my dad. Vince managed to get the list of songs of the night that was being used by the Relient k bassist. As I bought a Relient k t-shirt, I also got a Runner Runner CD for $1! I also got to meet all of the members of Runner Runner and get their autograph on my ticket!

Runner Runner

Matt Theissen

John Warne(bassist of RK)

Dance Party

Last Friday Annabel and I went to a dance party with some friends from an old homeschool group we used to be in. I had a good time dancing, playing guitar hero, trampoline jumping and also trying to recognize people from what they looked like a few years back.
trying to play a mini-size guitar


Dancing to a range of music including Paramore, All-American Rejects, Jimmy Eats World, Hawk Nelson, and The Village People (Y-M-C-A!)

Playing GHWT

Memories

I have been working on the annual Zandi home video. It's pretty fun editing all of these memories and seeing it all happen again. Every now and then I just like to remember how much I have seen, done, and accomplished throughout the last year. Here is an outline of some of the highlights of my past year. I don't think I have even blogged about some of these.




-I have done planning and two Eagle Project days and also received the rank of Eagle




-Done many hours of practice and then performed live a few times both "The Best Christmas Pagaent Ever" and also "The Lifehouse Everything Skit"

-Improved greatly on my guitar skills without any classes in the past year.

-Went to many youth group event including 80's night, two photo scavenger hunts, raging waters, and golf n stuff

-I went to my first "real" concert with Stellar Kart, Kutless, Disciple, and Esterlyn. I even met the bass player in Stellar Kart.




-I have really gotten into Christian Rock and I think I know almost every song they play on Air 1 radio.

-I saw at least 6 big Summer movies in theaters

-I have become friends with many new people

-I got a laptop and an electric guitar

-I helped a few people with moving, and also got a summer job helping out with painting inside a house.

-I'm starting to piece together what I going to do with my future.

-I got my driver's permit

-I saw Lakewood High's fall concert and Grease play

-I dyed my hair blond to dye it blue and when that went away I later put red in. Recently I got another hair cut and now my hair is back to dark brown.




-Faced a man who I wonder how he sleeps at night after what he does to people everyday. A liquidator who claimed he was God. Yeah right!

-I helped the Republican party make some phone calls to remind people to vote for John McCain.

-I also watched history as the first African-American became President (not a fan of him though)

-Found out that I will be getting another new sibling soon.

-Our family got Disneyland passes and have gone several times.


-I was asked to go to a Winter Formal and had a great time there.


-I have logged many miles traveling on on foot and on my bike to various places such as the mall and library.

-I went to a fun dance party with some friends from an homeschool group

Well that's just some things I have done and I think that will keep you somewhat up to date of what I have not blogged about.

Pan American Festival

For as long as I have known my Boy Scout Troop has done the flag ceremony for the Pan American Festival each year. Each boy in the troop gets a chance to carry some sort of flag that he gets to sign up for.This year I got to carry the flag for Mexico. Later on that day I also helped out with my Troop fundraiser which was a hamburger stand.I got to take orders and give out change to the customers. I looked around the park for a little bit but there wasn't much that interested me in the booths this year. Still had a good time doing the event.


I am getting really bad at updating my blog lately but I should be updating it as soon as school ends! SOOOOOOOOOO CLOSE!! I have to go work on some reports now. AUGH! Also there is just one more week until the Relient k concert!!!!!

Life in Technicolor ii-Coldplay

Magnum?

I needed a picture to add on my second blog for photos so I took this below. Not that close but I needed something to post! I don't really look any thing like him, probably cause I am not really, really , ridiculously good looking!(If you don't know what I am talking about it is from the movie Zoolander.)

Polls, Disney Sequels and Tweet!

I just saw that my little poll to the right has ended and that there is a vote for every option except for pressing the refresh button every 5 seconds to see new updates. I'm glad nobody is stalking me.(Or that they don't want me to know that they are stalking me by voting!) If you are thinking, hmmm, I wonder who said that they "never look at the blog, not even right now", well that vote was mine :). I haven't blogged in about a week but I do have a draft or two that I am still working on. I have been very busy this last week with reports coming and going so fast that I think I am beating Disney's speed on getting a sequel for a film thought up. I also got a Twitter thingy added to my blog on the right so you can see why I am not updating my blog at that moment.

Hey You, Look at These Pictures!

I have decided to start a new blog where I will post a picture each day (see below post). I couldn't think of a good title but for now at least I have called it Hey You, Look at These Pictures!. Not very creative but I will try to think of something better unless you like it. The picture on there today is of me and some college enrollment papers. Why am I holding these? This fall I going to be taking 2 classes for free at my local college and I am not sure what they are exactly yet. I get high school and also college credit for these and its free so why not?

I am starting to find out what I want to do in the future as a career. Looking at a list I found that music, theatre arts, film, and journalism looked interesting. Maybe I could pick one and have the others as back-ups. Another option I could do also is to pick journalism and write about those other themes.


Well check out the new blog and I will keep updating it whether you look at it or not. If you don't keep checking it then you won't know if I have been updating it so you better keep me in line and make sure I do. =)

Christian Rock the Eagle Scout!?!?!!?

I was just listening to the news and all of the sudden the words "Eagle Scout" caught my attention. The segment was about a set of triplets that were 15 years old and also received their Eagle Rank all at the same time in Colorado. It mentioned how much of a honor it was to get it, and also at that age. I fit in that category! I also think that one of their names is awesome....Christian Rock. That is just really cool! It is even spelled correct! Here is the link for the story

Camp......or E?

The picture above is me at Boy Scout Camporee this last weekend at El Dorado park. I had a fairly good time. For those of you that don't know a camporee is where Troops and Patrols compete against each other. Oh, also a patrol is just a smaller division of boys under a troop. This was Vincent's first camping trip with the troop and I think he had a good time. Our patrol left with a 1st place prize for this event that was like the telephone game mixed with an obstacle course. The Glowstick on my head was a prize for participating. I was tired in the picture.

One of my friends, Michael, was there. I have known him ever since we were like 7 and I have gone through scouts with him since then. We cooked some gourmet food like we always do and everyone loved it. He made some chicken that was fried-like and I made caramel apples and some cheesy garlic bread. We didn't win the cooking competition like we have in the past but the patrol enjoyed the food and the rest of the troop envied our food (well the adults at least). My camera ran out of battery after these pictures but they are something.


This is my cheesy garlic bread



Michael's Fried-like Chicken