Timekeeper's Blog

LOVE

2010-07-08T02:41:00.001-04:00

Blink-182 frontman Tom DeLonge is back with the third effort from his U2 influenced “space punk” group, Angels & Airwaves. The new album, LOVE, was given away for free on their website on February 14th, 2010 in order to coincide with Valentine’s Day. On the whole, the album is a work of art like nothing the band has put forth to date. The songs are powerful; the sound is fine-tuned, and the album has a cohesive message. LOVE measures up as a huge improvement over the band’s previous sophomore slump, I-Empire.

The opening track, Et Ducit Mundum Per Luce, shows a return to the band’s penchant for drawn-out instrumental lead ins. The piece is captivating enough to hold listeners’ attention for the roughly two and a half minutes it lasts, gradually building as more instruments begin playing and expanding their parts. The track sets the tone for the record, which as DeLonge explained in interviews is based on the concept of a lone astronaut looking down on the Earth from space and watching the world end.

When Et Ducit fades out and The Flight of Apollo begins with a few subtle notes, listeners are invited to wait for what AVA has in store. When DeLonge’s distorted voice comes floating in, he begins recounting Et Ducit and setting the tone for the record. Once again, the listener can feel it building. Then the guitar riff kicks in, and it’s more powerful than any riff on a previous AVA album. The Blink-182 punk roots are back, and DeLonge’s following verse recalls various Box Car Racer and Blink-182 rhythms. The chorus, in signature Angels & Airwaves style, is uplifting and suggests that the beautiful parts of life should overpower the darker parts. Flight of Apollo is one of the strongest songs on the record, and the combination of powerful guitar riffs and catchy hooks keep the momentum going into the next track.

Flight rolls right into the curiously named Young London, the third track on LOVE. The guitar-filled intro is reminiscent of AC/DC, and when the verse kicks in, it has become clear this isn’t the same Angels & Airwaves that released I-Empire. The self-reflecting lyrics of Young London express a desire to make amends for past wrongs and live life to the fullest. “Suit up boys, let’s ride, it’s the weekend,” croons DeLonge in the most upbeat and catchy chorus on the album. The steady drumming keeps the track propelled, and when it begins to lose steam the chorus is dropped in favor of a verse sampling the background vocals that let the track end gracefully, leading into a one minute intro to the next track.

Shove has the benefit of a short intro, excluding the full minute attached to the end of Young London. The track slightly slower track becomes the album’s first ballad, and DeLonge’s lyrics accurately depict a young couple stumbling upon true love. Once again covering subject matter such as righting wrongs and reconnecting with lost loved ones, the songs marks a streak unlike any previous Angels & Airwaves album—keep the infectious excitement and momentum going all the way to the fifth track.

Unfortunately, Epic Holiday shows a bit lackluster side of the album. After the minute long lead in at the end of Shove which features various inspirational lines said by a distorted female voice, Epic Holiday opens with a guitar riff eerily similar to the band’s previous hit single, Everything’s Magic. DeLonge’s verses on Epic Holiday really shine, describing humanity and its flaws and miracles alike. The chorus, “Let’s start a riot/nobody’s right/nobody’s wrong…” falls flat in comparison. The song continues to supply evidence of a more mature AVA that has finally figured out what it is they’ve been trying to inspire all these years, but after the three previous tracks, Epic Holiday just feels out of place.

The next track, Hallucinations, was also the band’s lead single for LOVE, and with good reason. Hallucinations is as close to the Blink-182 sound that Tom DeLonge gets on this album, though he does come close in other places and it is certainly evident when compared to previous AVA efforts that the Blink-182 reunion has had its effect on the sound. When the song kicks in around a minute in, the listener is instantly hooked; DeLonge really does have that spark back. When the verses begin and his voice is far less distant, followed by the addition of an incredibly upbeat and catchy chorus that sounds like it could have been from a Box Car Racer track, it’s easy to see that Tom is finally comfortable embracing the sound that made him famous. The song certainly has its AVA moments, and it would still be a little out of place on a Blink-182 album instead of an Angels & Airwaves album, but it is a beautiful merger of two different sides to one artist.

The Moon Atomic (…Fragments and Fictions) opens up with a low key guitar intro, and the drums come in to pick things up. DeLonge’s slower, at time whispery singing perfects the start. The Moon Atomic brings us back to the idea of watching the apocalypse from orbit, and it becomes deathly clear that DeLonge is trying to apologize to someone and use his words of repent to offer inspiration to those who seek it. The Moon Atomic’s observational and at times politically conscious lyrics call to mind another previous single, Secret Crowds, but without being musically close enough to cause an issue. The Moon Atomic benefits from keeping its steady pace marching throughout the song rather than trying to become something it isn’t. At 6:17 total, the song actually ends at four minutes in, paving the way for a two minute extended intro to the next track.

Clever Love marks another quintessential love ballad, with DeLonge declaring that the aforementioned clever love “won’t tire…caught fire” in the simple chorus. The slow verses feel heartfelt, but they don’t mesh perfectly with the chorus. The addition of the second chorus “You are all that I want…You are all that I need…” would have worked better sprinkled throughout the song to take the build-up from the drums and guitar at the end of each verse and put it to work.

Soul Survivor (…2012) reminds the listener that despite the seemingly endless amount of uplifting thoughts and positive energy the band attempts to send, their protagonist has still witnessed the end of the world, and he is reeling to cope with the loss. The track opens with a few seconds of silence, uncharacteristic for an AVA track, before a decidedly techno instrumental piece begins, with DeLonge’s vocals come in with effects reminiscent of debut-era Angels & Airwaves. Strong guitar riffs and a constant change in style keeps the track pummeling along. The chorus is notably reminiscent of Blink-182 in style and delivery, with signature Angels & Airwaves lyrics.

Letters to God, Part II is the record’s penultimate track, a call back to one of the breakout songs from DeLonge’s Box Car Racer album. While thematically the two songs share some ideas and concepts, they don’t share much else. Continuing from where Soul Survivor left off, Letters to God, Part II shows the protagonist reevaluating his stance on life and religion, suggesting that everything we on Earth thought we understood was merely a façade, and what is truly going on is grand and extraordinary. Musically, Letters to God, Part II calls to mind Young London, and has a similar energy. It may not have been the direct sequel fans were hoping for, but it is a solid song nonetheless and one of the strongest on the record.

Some Origins of Fire closes the album on a less than satisfactory note, declaring “We all are love and love is hard…we’re hard to love”. The repetitive chorus hurts an otherwise average song, and it lacks the grandeur sense of epicness previous AVA album closers had. The opening guitar riff is powerful, and while DeLonge’s verses are catchier than the chorus, he isn’t covering anything that hadn’t been touched on in the earlier songs. The song feels like it would have fit less awkwardly earlier in the album, with one of the stronger tracks closing.

LOVE is not a perfect album, by any means. It has its flaws; a lack of diversity in content, a few songs that felt considerably weaker than the others, the extended intros at the ends of most of the tracks could be cut without losing any overall value. Again, it is not a perfect album. But for Angels & Airwaves, a considerably niche band that is about outer space imagery, globe-spanning metaphors, distorted guitars and uplifting lyrics, it is the closest thing to a masterpiece we will see.

SCORE: 7.9/10
BEST TRACKS: Flight of Apollo, Young London, Hallucinations, Letters to God Part II
PARTING WORDS: LOVE is the best work Angels & Airwaves has put out to date, without a doubt. Their sound has evolved and matured, without making drastic leaps in style. DeLonge is comfortable in his own skin, and the result is an inspiring, fun record.

iPhone 4 Acquired, Among Other Things

2010-06-25T00:14:00.000-04:00

So I recently came into possession of an iPhone 4, purchased legitimately (looking at you, Giz!)

It is sweet. Also I want to keep blogging, so I'm going to try to make a few more posts now and then. For those of you (all zero of you...) who want to keep up with whatever I'm up to, check out my twitter (@AFastDyingBreed), or go to HaloReachPlanet.com, where I am a Staff Correspondent and lead contributor.

In other things going on in my world, I need to go back to working on my novel project (The Saints Project is currently on hold in favor of a more action/drama/sci-fi/crime/conspiracy project that gained a lot of headway before stalling for a while). I'm also currently writing a high-quality Pokemon fanfic under the guise of a prime-time television series with Declan "Ardmorian Saint" Cleary, with Eleni and Zito as guest authors.

I also have a musical project currently in pre-pre-pre-production that is me as a solo artist doing a genre of music that one might not normally expect. It is being done for my own personal enjoyment and not meant to be good or anything. More on that as it develops.

We Hate Pop Culture is currently on hiatus, as Declan is in Germany as mentioned before. Upon his return, expect the series to be retooled and relaunched.

To Whom it May Concern

2010-06-24T23:59:00.000-04:00

To Whom It May Concern,

The last time I wrote something to you, I titled it the same as I did this blog post. It was hateful, sick and disturbed. It was evidence of a distraught, nearly PTSD era of my life that I am almost ashamed of. Almost. I can't apologize for the emotions you caused me, but I will apologize for what I said. I shouldn't have lashed out at you like that, you did nothing wrong but seek your own happiness.

Why am I reaching out to you now, over a year later, in a form of communication you'll likely never read? Well, to be honest, it's because I had a dream that told me I should try and make things right. In the dream, you were heartbroken, wartorn and sad. Alone, scared. And without any sort of romantic feelings or anything of the sort, I was there for you, as a friend, like what we had.

And I realized, I'm a terrible, terrible person. If it's true you really did care about me as I did you, it's very likely I hurt you just as much as you hurt me...probably more so with my violent tendencies and the way I lashed out at both of you. But look where we are now...both of us are in successful relationships that have lasted over a year respectively and we're both (arguably, I can't say for sure if you are, but I know I am) happier than we ever have been in our lives. I know no one is perfect and we both have our own fair share of problems, but I'm sorry about everything that happened between us, and I'm glad things are looking up for both of us.

Again, while I harbor no romantic feelings after all that we've been through, I do occasionally miss what we had, in the same way one misses an ex. I don't want anything from you, except should you choose to offer me your friendship (though I don't deserve it). I don't know if you'll ever read this, but it feels good to just say my piece, and have it out there. Now, maybe I'm delusional and there was never anything there, and what possible flame we ever had was put out long before I realized it, and if so then I'm sorry for wasting your time. But maybe we did have something, and I feel better about things just knowing that we're both better off where we are now.

Sorry. For everything.

-Frankie

Blog Update

2010-04-07T11:51:00.000-04:00

I totally had a good idea to blog about something.

And then I completely forgot...

Excited for new South Park episode tonight tackling Facebook.

English quiz next period (oh yeah, I'm at school, forgot to mention that.)

Going to take a minute to pimp "My Future Girlfriend", the new series coming from the guys who made We Need Girlfriends. Seriously some great comedy, check them out on YouTube (RagTagFilms or RagTagProductions.)

Also The Onion.

Blog Pimped

2010-03-29T13:10:00.000-04:00

Just an FYI, I've added Twitter support and Polls to the blog. ^_^

WeHatePopCulture is on Twitter

2010-03-29T13:02:00.002-04:00

Hey guys, if you like Declan and I's webshow, We Hate Pop Culture, please follow us on twitter!

Twitter.com/HatePopCulture

Thanks!

Morrisville Deli

2010-03-29T13:01:00.000-04:00

Just thought I'd pimp my place of employment, The Morrisville Deli, which is a fine and dandy delicatessen owned by my father.

MorrisvilleDeli.com

Facebook.com/MorrisvilleDeli

Twitter.com/MorrisvilleDeli

So take your pick, yeah? It's a great place to eat, a great place to work, and a great place to hang out. Do you get it yet? It's fucking great.

Tomorrow

2010-03-29T12:57:00.000-04:00

Tomorrow, I get paid.

Then Declan (ArdmorianSaint) and I will purchase a new camera and we will make awesome videos! Sorry for the lack of a new episode of We Hate Pop Culture, but we promise to make it up to our viewers!

Oh, and anyone who is interested in our other project (non-video) which we have yet to formally announce, so only those "in the know" are aware of its existence, we're on part 2 out of 13 of the first of 5 arcs. If that makes sense. If it doesn't, it will eventually.

I noticed under Post Options I can schedule a date and time for an entry to get posted. Does that mean I can post something now, but tell Blogger to save it until, say, April 1st? This seems deviously useful.

Katt Williams Wisdom

2010-03-28T22:59:00.000-04:00

"If you ain't got a job, and you ain't smokin' weed, I don't know what the fuck you doin' with your life!"- Katt Williams

Amen, man. Amen.

(For the record I DO have a job, and I DO NOT smoke weed. Asthma.)

We Hate Pop Culture

2010-03-28T22:53:00.000-04:00

Things That I Don't Like #1

2010-03-28T22:31:00.001-04:00

Here's a random list of 25 things that I don't like. I'll periodically write more of them.

1. When you don't say "I love you" before hanging up the phone.
2. When I forget to save in Pokemon.
3. When I don't have enough time to practice guitar.
4. When I don't get to see friends I miss.
5. When I don't have enough money to treat my girlfriend to a nice date.
6. When I'm told my whole future depends on my schoolwork.
7. When people refuse to question authority.
8. When I'm not taken seriously.
9. When we fight.
10. Allergies.
11. Michael Bay films.
12. Desperate whores.
13. People who think Guitar Hero is better than Rock Band.
14. Douchebags who listen to Hollywood Undead while drinking Monster and playing COD6.
15. Cigarette smokers.
16. Miley Cyrus and other shitty role models.
17. Twilight and other products that exist merely to sell sex to little girls.
18. When I tell someone a secret, and everyone fucking finds out.
19. Snakes who claim to be your friend just to get close and go behind your back.
20. Religious zealots who refuse to accept anything other than a very thick, literal interpretation of holy books.
21. Athiests who deny the possibility of a higher power for no reason other than to feel accomplished.
22. The Wake County Public School system, and subsequently all of education.
23. Racial groups who purposely separate themselves from the rest of the melting pot.
24. Left wing Democrats who refuse to hear anyone else's opinions.
25. Right wing Republicans who refuse to hear anyone else's opinions.

Pokemon Solo Runs

2010-02-16T16:44:00.000-05:00

To train my Pokemon team, I'm doing solo runs with each of my Pokemon. Right now Dante the Monferno is level 17 and I have yet to even fight the first gym leader.

"Dozer" the Snorlax
"Dante" the Infernape
"Washington" the Sceptile
"Linkin" the Electivire
"Romeo" the Weavile
"Crepsley" the Garchomp

YEAH

Missingo and Cubone

2010-02-13T18:20:00.002-05:00

Yes.

Snow

2010-01-31T13:41:00.002-05:00

It is snowing outside and I should be out having fun.

But I am sick.

This is nothing new.

Punk

2010-01-24T14:25:00.000-05:00

Modern punk is amazing. blink-182, Green Day, My Chem, Taking Back Sunday, and other groups like that. Some fucking amazing groups.

But "modern modern" punk...this stupid cookie-cutter emo/scene/pop bullshit...like what my sister listens to...it makes my ears bleed.

There is a lot of shitty music out there.

My New Guitar

2010-01-17T22:23:00.002-05:00

After a record low of 13 blog posts in 2009, I'm going to be blogging more often than usual. Starting today. With my second blog post in five minutes. Yeah, I don't care. If it's somewhat of a different topic, it deserves it's own post.

Above is a picture of my beautiful Tom Delonge Signature Epiphone. Not mine personally, but it's the same guitar.

I don't know what to name her.

YouTube etc.

2010-01-17T22:20:00.003-05:00

Hey everyone (meaning no one).

I've been posting some videos on my youtube channel, it's Youtube.com/user/Timekeepa

I'll be occasionally posting blogs here, along with my vlogs over on youtube.

So let's kick 2010 off with a bang (like two weeks late, I know!)

Got a new guitar, still got my amazing girlfriend, got rid of a few problems in my life, and I'm ready to seize the day.

Life.

2009-11-04T18:09:00.002-05:00

Life. Love. Fear. Heartbreak. Betrayal. More love.

That's what's been happening to me.

I was just one week without any panic attacks or anxiety attacks and then something really terrible happened.

Never a dull moment :|

Comments

2009-10-30T15:30:00.000-04:00

When I am commenting on a blog post, I am asked to choose an identity.

Choose an identity, indeed.

Epic Omegle conversation #1

2009-07-19T19:48:00.002-04:00

NOTE: Anything I say that could be perceived as offensive was merely to keep this idiot talking because I was trolling the hell out of him.

You: hi
Stranger: asl no is boring. 26 male BRAZIL the best!!! :D fuck usa hahaha
Stranger: fuck michael jakson hahaha
You: 1- Brazil is a fucking poor third world country.
You: 2- 26, and you're scouring the internet for women? Fucking lame, dude.
Stranger: Brazil no third world
You: 3- lol Michael Jackson lol
You: Yes it is, as proven by your terrible attempt at English.
You: "You am stupid me am smart."
Stranger: Brazil was the only country in South America, to attend the second world war
You: OH NO
You: 1940's
You: Aren't you the fucking bee's knees?
Stranger: Brazil and the country in the world that grows more
You: That's not even a sentence....
You: ENGLISH MOTHER FUCKER DO YOU SPEAK IT
Stranger: Brazil the only country that was not affected by global crisis
You: I think you're pulling that particular factoid right out of your ass.
You: Which is an expression which means 'you're full of shit'.
You: Which is an expression that means 'you're a fucking retard.'
Stranger: fuck you its german
Stranger: fuck you usa
You: German?
Stranger: I hate you
You: Who the FUCK mentioned Germany?
You: Seriously?
You: Who the FUCK mentioned Germany?
You: DAMMIT YOU ANSWER ME YOU BRAZILLIAN JEW
You: YOU ANSWER ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU
Stranger: because people are not gosa of Brazil are the Germans, if you do not like the world you and German
You: OR I WILL TAKE A BUZZSAW AND GIVE YOU FOUR FUCKING TOES SHOVED INTO YOUR EYEHOLES
You: ..."gosa" is not a word.
Stranger: fucky you nazi
You: And, BRAZILLIANS live in Brazil. Not Germans. Fucking moron.
You: Also, in case your shitty education system hasn't taught you anything, the Nazi's haven't been any sort of organized threat since the 40's.
Stranger: BRAZIL THE BEST,,,GILS BRAZILIAN THE BEST
You: And no one hates on the Germans anymore.
You: Okay, so you're a retarded nationalist, we've established that.
You: May I ask you, sir, have you ever LEFT Brazil?
You: As in, traveled to another country?
You: The UK perhaps?
You: Maybe Japan?
You: Any other country would do.
You: Name one.
You: Take your time, Google Earth can be difficult sometims.
Stranger: YES I know the countries of South America
You: No one asked you that, numbnus.
You: numbnuts.
You: I asked if you ever traveled to another country.
You: If you're translating what I say into Portugese or Spanish or whatever language it is you speak (German? Is that why you were going on about Germany?) and then translating your response into English you might want to invest in a better translator.
Stranger: .....
You: Your spelling is atrocious, your grammar barely even applicaple to critique.
You: Sir?
Stranger: ONE DAY MY PARENTS WILL BE THE MAIN POWER WORLD
Stranger: BYE
You: Your parents?
Stranger: BRAZIL
You: I think you mean your descendants
You: But, no.
You: Brazil will never be a world power.
You: Because your country fucking sucks, sir.
Stranger: why?
You: Brazil is a shitty country, and you prove it.
You: You are a living testament to how far back your country is.
You: Because you used the word 'parents' instead of either 'children' or 'descendants'.
You: Unless you have some backwards idea of the passage of time.
You: In your retarded views, are we getting younger right now?
You: Is time regressing?
You: Have I confused you to the point that you are going to shout something in all caps, blatantly try and 'defeat' me and then log off?
You: That course of action would lead me to call you a pussy, sir.
You: By all means, continue typing your retort.
Stranger: any disaster worldwide, the Brazil and the only surviving
You: No.
Stranger: yes
You: Not really.
You: Even in an economic depression, the United States is a richer country than Brazil.
You: Brazil is a horrible country.
Stranger: no no
You: South America was the stomping ground for British settlers.
You: We already used your countries as a playground and you know what happened? WE GOT FUCKING BORED.
Stranger: Brazil and the only country in the world, the beaches of having hot water
You: That's some retarded logic.
You: Because 1- the ocean has a natural temperature, based on proximity to the equator.
You: 2- GRAMMAR
You: 3- Was that supposed to impress me?
Stranger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSDoqyJXMfU
You: I'm not going to click your shitty youtube link.
Stranger: see this video
You: 1942.
Stranger: see the greatness of Brazil
You: 1942.
You: 1942.
You: 67 years ago.
Stranger: important and that we won
You: That video basically says that Brazil became America's bitch.
You: Brazil barely did anything in WWII
You: If you knew anything about WWII you would know it was the British and the Americans that did everything.
Stranger: you are crazy
You: ...Please read a history book.
Stranger: Brazil won the Italian in the battle of castle hill
You: The Italians KILLED their own dictator.
You: As an Italian American, you shouldn't dare question my people's history.
You: The Italians were a minor player in WWII.
Stranger: you from?
Stranger: from
Stranger: from
Stranger: from
Stranger: from
You: And they did far more than Brazil.
You: Please stop repeating the word 'from'
Stranger: please
Stranger: from?
You: From what?
You: Well?
You: Hey, cocksucker, say something.
Stranger: you should study more the Brazil in war
You: You should try and stop living in the past.
You: World War II was far from the most recent war.
You: FAR from it.
You: There have been plenty of wars since then, pal.
You: That was 67 years ago.
You: Let me see how bright you are.
You: 2X = 18
You: What does X equal?
Stranger: 36
You: No, moron.
You: No.
Stranger: aaaaaaa
You: X is a variable.
Stranger: fuck you
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

Films Coming Soon

2009-03-30T16:30:00.002-04:00

Observe and Report - April 10

Funny People - July 31

Public Enemies - July 1

Adventureland - April 3

Terminator Salvation - May 21

Cirque Du Freak - August 19

Twitters from March 8th to March 19th

2009-03-19T16:12:00.002-04:00

Fighting with myself again, still just blurring the line, between fiction and reality, the truth and the lies

My xbl headset is virtually useless now. People can't hear me when I speak into it and I don't hear anything through the earpiece. Shiiiiiit

Biology is not fucking arts and crafts

She said she didn't want to risk our friendship, but doesn't she see that I'd risk everything?

Health class sucks. Learning about suicide prevention. This is boring enough for me to WANT to die

"I'm just a painter and I'm drawing a blank..."

This week's Twitters.

2009-03-08T21:01:00.003-04:00

First twitter. Sup internet. For the record only doing this cause Mark Hoppus did it. My life outlook right now: hopeful of the future

cannot for the life of me figure out how to twitter from my cellular device. help?

Hurrah I figured it out. I probably shouldve txtd this one in just to prove it. Oh well who cares-Look out internet here I come atwittering.

I put up a picture of me. It's from my trip to the Bahamas over Summer 2008. And that's a coke. 2 hr delay of school tomorrow. Maybe cancel?

At the end of every week I will probably post the week's twitters (or is it tweets) on my real blog over at http://tmkpr-blog.blogspot.com

Wow, A7X, wow. "Big Announcement Tomorrow!" Guess what? It was just a show in Las Vegas. Do I live there? No! I don't care about that!!!!!!!

On bus. Waiting is the hardest part of this.

Man, I'm jealous. It seems like Mark Hoppus has life figured out.

Punchline Without a Joke: "That's not a hooker, that's my wife!"

Sultans of Swing solo=FUN! I definitely see improvement in skill.

"i would do anything and that's what scares me so bad"

Watchmen comes out friday. Psyched or PSYCHED?

You're headline news, you're my top story, right on the front page, for death or glory

Punchline Without a Joke: And that's when I realized I wasn't wearing my pants!

Dear Internet:DMV sucks.

Got my permit. Look out streets of North Carolina -- you're in danger!

Punchline Without a Joke: But the truth was, I was in Missouri all along.

Watchmen tonight @ 7:30.

Rule 6: If you see anything strange, tell the manager immediately.

Twitter

2009-03-05T17:53:00.002-05:00

So since I have a twitter, I think every Sunday I will consolidate all my Twitters (Tweets?) for the week and post them. Just don't let me forget this.

This just in

2009-03-05T17:53:00.001-05:00

Pork and Beans is the world's easiest song on guitar. That is all.

Blogging

2009-03-02T22:11:00.002-05:00

I wanted to post something but I forgot what.

Oh, yeah.

I want to try and blog more often. I might steal Taylor's idea of Random Top 10 lists.

I had 315 posts in 2007, then 98 in 2008. I'll be damned if I don't break 100 this year.

I caved.

2009-03-02T21:35:00.001-05:00

http://twitter.com/FCTheFourth

I caved.

Follow me?

Untitled

2009-02-23T15:36:00.002-05:00

NOTE: THIS IS COPY AND PASTED OFF OF MY OWN FACEBOOK ACCOUNT, SO YOU CANNOT SEE WHO I TAGGED.

If I tagged you, I wanted you to read what I have to say. I picked people because I figured they either think of things like I do or had some sort of grasp on my view of reality. If you don't want to be tagged in this, untag yourself. It's fine. I don't care. Everything I've written below is pure truth, and I wrote every word. None of this copy and paste bullshit. Just me and my thoughts.

And if you try and twist my words or take some deeper meaning that I'm plotting something or this is like a funeral note or some bullshit like that, screw you, you obviously missed the point of this.

All my life I've had people look down on me, tell me I'll never amount to anything. That I'll never achieve my dreams and I'll never make it in this world. Or, on the flip side of the coin I've had people tell me that I can never live up to others' expectations of me. That I'll never be what I aspire to and that I can't reach my goals.

Well, maybe they're right. Maybe I won't be able to. But what if they're wrong? What if I do? Will I lose myself in the fame or the money, will I lose who I am? More importantly, will I inspire others?

Truly, that's all I expect from this life. Afterlife or none, what I want to do is simple. I want to be remembered. I want to inspire people, to be needed. I want to care for the people in my life and feel cared for back. I want to know that no matter what mistakes I could make down the road, I'll always have my family to return to.

Family. It's a powerful thing. One of the best modern writers of our time, Geoff Johns, wrote that we have two different kinds of families in this world. The one you're born with, and the one you make. I've always felt the deep meaning in the family that you create, because I never took it to mean "you choose your wife and start a family". Everyone that I tagged, new friend or old, is family to me. And a family takes care of its own.

I have a desire to prove myself. To everyone and anyone. I feel like life's been gunning for me since day one. I was born six weeks early. For most infants this results in death. My mother was drastically sick, and there was as much a chance of her dying as I. I was also born with the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck, which again led to birth complications. The chances of survival were pretty slim. Add to this my terrible eating habits -- it's a wonder I've made it thus far.

I don't expect to live a long life, personally. Maybe 25-35 is where I set my expectations. If I make it somewhere in that range, I lived my life to the fullest. If I don't, then I guess the good die young. If I do, then I was blessed with more years on this Earth. Fantastic.

I know I've bounced around a lot in this rant or whatever you may call it, but I guess I just have a lot to say. Somewhere along the line, I don't know where, I came across a good bit of advice. "Everything turns out alright in the end, if it isn't alright, it isn't the end." I like this, as naive as it might be, because it's comforting. I like to believe in happy endings, which is probably why I like movies where the goofy main character ends up with his dream girl.

But the world doesn't work that way. Rather, people don't let it. I like to think that I won't die alone, but who knows, I might. If I do, then it's fine. Sure, it's my biggest fear, but isn't that how we get over fears? By facing them head on?

We judge people by how they dress, who they hang out with, their religion, race, or sexual orientation. I have friends of all sorts, and I've learned that judging people on an individual basis is far greater. On the same note, however, I hate and/or dislike a good number of people. For the most part this is an individual thing. Me versus them. I don't forgive people easily, I can hold grudges. I've learned to forgive others better, but the closer someone was to me, the less of a chance I will ever forgive them.

So, in conclusion, remember me. If I make it in the world and become famous, don't think of me as whatever I become, be it sinner or saint. Remember me for who I am now, and what I truly believed in.

Two great musical quotes

2009-02-22T13:53:00.000-05:00

"We just do what we feel is best. And if people think it sucks or we're fags or talk shit, that's cool. We aren't doing this to impress anyone. We write and play music to please ourselves." -Matt Shadows, Avenged Sevenfold

“Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.”- Kurt Cobain, Nirvana (R.I.P.)

Been a while

2009-02-22T13:37:00.002-05:00

Been gone for too long.

I've been keeping a written journal, ala Kurt Cobain. When I'm famous and I die, this is my permission to publish it. The details about publishing are in the journal itself.

Awesome weekend this weekend. Hung out with the gang.

Still haven't gotten my frigging learner's permit so I can't drive anywhere, meaning I can't get my boater's license, meaning when I go back to work next month I'll be in trouble.

Seventy Eighth Sin has decided to take a decidedly punk rock direction, in regards to our 90's influences like Green Day and Blink-182 and more modern groups like Sum 41.

I changed AIM names if anyone wants it just message me over something.

Oh, and I recently discovered footless stockings.

Man's greatest invention?

Not Dead Yet

2008-12-31T12:53:00.002-05:00

Yes, my posts have been few and far between, sorry guys (even though I know no one reads this.)

Well here's a list of what I got for Christmas:

Spoils of Victory:
-New cell phone (Quickfire, it's similar to an iPhone only not as good, but I don't care cause I don't need an iPhone)
-New laptop ( =D )
-RvB Boxset and RvB Reconstruction ( =D )
-Two Guitar Effects Pedals (One is distortion, the other is metal effects)
-New microphones (two, because my old one sucked!)
-New mic stand and clips (See above!)
-Rooster Teeth Comics Year One (oh the lulz!)
-Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite Trade (sweeeet)
-Avenged Sevenfold: Live in the LBC
-City of Evil Songbook
-Best of Nirvana Songbook
-The Dark Knight DVD
-Money towards my new guitar.

Hard Justice

2008-12-08T17:24:00.003-05:00

Hard Justice is DigitalPh33r's best work, it works very nicely as a serious storyline with hilarious comedy it matches up perfectly in a way reminiscent of Red vs Blue Reconstruction. I suggest you watch it on YouTube.

The Office

2008-12-08T17:18:00.003-05:00

I've been watching the US version of The Office lately, it's easily one of the smartest shows on television. I'm not a major Steve Carell fan but he really shines here.

Blogging Again

2008-12-08T17:14:00.002-05:00

I've been hitting some blogging droughts again, sorry! I 'll try to post at least weekly.

New AIM Name

2008-11-22T18:07:00.002-05:00

I created a New AIM name and deleted a couple hundred people. If you don't know the new AIM name please ask me for it and I'll re-add you.

NXE

2008-11-20T18:50:00.001-05:00

New Xbox Experience.
It rocks.

Sony sucks for pulling its films off Netflix. Hopefully that'll be resolved.

Folie a Deux

2008-11-20T18:49:00.003-05:00

I really like the new Fall Out Boy album. It's grown on me. It's way different. But Patrick rocks on vocals.

Obamerica

2008-11-20T18:49:00.001-05:00

We win.

GTAIV

2008-11-04T20:47:00.001-05:00

I've been playing loads of GTA4 lately since I need a new H3 disc.

I love it.

More Prison Break Reviews Coming!

2008-11-04T20:46:00.001-05:00

I know I'm about 6 episodes behind on the Prison Break Reviews but I'll get 4.04-6 posted this week.

A7X Concert

2008-11-04T20:45:00.001-05:00

November 29th 2008

Michael, Tyler, Nikki, my father and I will see Avenged Sevenfold, Buckcherry, Saving Abel, and Shinedown live in Greensboro.

EPIC!?

Sarah Palin and Barack Obama in Mercenaries 2

2008-11-04T20:43:00.004-05:00

Sarah Palin and Barack Obama will become downloadable characters in Mercenaries 2.

McCain couldn't make the cut for this one. McCain fighting the Viet Kong would be epic.

Halloween

2008-11-04T20:43:00.001-05:00

Halloween was uneventful. That is all I have to say on the matter.

400th Post

2008-11-04T20:42:00.001-05:00

In honor of my 400th post I officially endorse Barack Obama for President.

Rock Band DLC Wishes

2008-11-03T22:38:00.002-05:00

Here's my list of band's I'd like to see during the 2009 year for Rock Band DLC. Note: Never gonna happen bands like Zeppelin, Floyd, and The Beatles (even if they are getting their own game made by the Rock Band staff) are not included. Bands are only included if they have not gotten DLC for Rock Band, if they're on disc but not DLC htey can be included.

-Third Eye Blind
-Coldplay
-Tom Petty
-Train
-The White Stripes
-Queen
-Linkin Park
-Van Halen
-Sum 41
-Poison
-Eve 6
-Soundgarden
-Three Doors Down
-Switchfoot
-Alice in Chains
-Our Lady Peace
-The Calling
-Uncle Kracker
-Pearl Jam
-Three Days Grace
-Senses Fail
-They Might Be Giants
-U2
-Taking Back Sunday
-Nickelback
-Finger Eleven
-Kansas
-Silverchair
-The Used
-POD
-Rage Against the Machine
-REM
-Godsmack
-John Mayer
-Puddle of Mudd
-My Chemical Romance
-Guns n Roses
-Daughtry
-Matchbox Twenty
-Lenny Kravitz
-Green Day
-Journey
-Def Leppard
-Maroon 5
-Sublime
-Lifehouse
-Limp Bizkit
-Breaking Benjamin
-Pantera
-Incubus
-Less Than Jake
-Mighty Mighty Bosstones
-Hawthorne Heights
-Everclear
-Goo Goo Dolls
-The Killers
-Fuel
-Jimmy Eat World
-Dishwalla
-Barenaked Ladies
-Eagles
-Better than Ezra
-+44
-Kid Rock

That's over 50 bands. 52 weeks of DLC...let's see how many I can get right.

Xmas List 2008 Part One

2008-10-25T22:25:00.003-04:00

Red vs Blue DVD Box Set ($70)
http://www.roosterteethstore.com/dvdbox.html

Red vs Blue: Reconstruction DVD ($20)
http://www.roosterteethstore.com/dvdrvbre.html

Rooster Teeth Comics Year One ($17)
http://www.roosterteethstore.com/rcb0001.html

Avenged Sevenfold Flex Fit Hat ($22)
http://www.amazon.com/Avenged-Sevenfold-Logo-Flex-Fit-Cap/dp/B001CEXGMM/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=apparel&qid=1224988073&sr=8-15

Behringer Vintage Tube T0800 Distortion Pedal ($24)
http://www.studica.com/products/product_detail.cfm?productid=50456&storeid=2

Fable II ($50)
http://www.amazon.com/Fable-II-Xbox-360/dp/B000FRVAD4/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1224991238&sr=8-1

Far Cry 2 ($50)
http://www.amazon.com/Far-Cry-2-Xbox-360/dp/B001ASJIRM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1224992672&sr=1-2

I Miss the 90's

2008-10-25T22:13:00.001-04:00

You're a 90's kid if:

You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air"

You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House"

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

You remember reading "Goosebumps"

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off"

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

You danced to "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls, Females: had a new motto, Males: got a whole lot gay-er. (so tell me what you want, what you really really want.)

HELLO....HOT WHEELS!!!!!
http://www.clutterme.com/cars

You remember the craze, then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.

You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not...

Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show.

You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green Ranger were meant to be together.

You remember when super nintendos became popular.

You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3........and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"

"I've fallen and I can't get up"

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players

You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell"
http://www.clutterme.com/sbtb

You played and/or collected "Pogs"

You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere

You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles

NANCY DREW AND THE HARDY BOYS WERE THE BEST MYSTERY BOOKS

Yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff!

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.(pencils.notebooks.binders.etc.)

You made paper scrunchies to see who you'd end up marrying
http://www.facebook.com/add.php?api+key=c7427d30bb17fa5df85a4fc74752d00e

You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out.

You used to wear those stick on earrings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.

You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

You know the Macarena by heart.

"Talk to the hand" ... enough said

You thought Brain would finally take over the world

You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"

You remember when everyone went slinky crazy.

You remember when razor scooters were cool.

When we were younger:

Before the MySpace frenzy...

Before the Internet & text messaging...

Before Sidekicks & iPods...

Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX...

...Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.

When light up sneakers were cool.

When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.

When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.

When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie.

When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.

When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.

Tag.

Get Over Here!!!! means something to you.

Hide-n-Go Seek at dusk.

Red Light, Green Light.

Heads Up 7 Up.

Playing Kickball & Dodgeball until your porch light came on.

Hopskotch.

Tree Houses.

Hula Hoops.

Captain Planet.

Running through the sprinklers.

That "Little Mermaid"

Crying when Mufasa died in the Lion King.

Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car.

Getting the privilege to sit in the front seat of the car.

Drinking Sqeeze It "Squeeze The Fun Out Of It"

Or what about:

Hey Arnold.

Rugrats.

The Secret World of Alex Mac.

Rocco's Modern Life.

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Doug.

Magic School Bus.

Aladdin.
http://www.clutterme.com/aladdin

Pinky and the Brain

Sailor Moon.

Blossom.

Beavis & Butt-Head

Wishbone.

Bill Nye the Science Guy

MR RODGERS!!!!

Where everyone wanted to be in love after watching The Wonder Years.

Under the Umbrella Tree

PEE-WEE!!!

The Big Comfy Couch

Kool-Aid was the drink of choice.

Class field trips.

When Christmas was the most exciting time of year.

When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle.

When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday.

When Toys R Us overuled the mall.

Go back to the time when:

Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'.

Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'Monopoly.'

Being old referred to anyone over 20.

A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery.

When Ninja Turtles ruled the world.

When Aladdin was new, before the trilogy was complete.

Before we realized all this would eventually disappear

Who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!!!!

Prison Break Episode Review 4.03

2008-10-08T16:13:00.002-04:00

Prison Break
Season 4
Episode 3
Shut Down

Episode Description: Courtesy of Wikipedia

After learning that they have five more cards to track down, Michael Scofield confronts Donald Self about the news. Self swears that he knows nothing about the five other cards, and orders him to track the next one by the end of the day, or they will return to prison.

Michael has no choice but to find the second Scylla card. While Michael discusses with the gang about finding the next card, Alexander Mahone disappears to make a call to Agent Felicia Lang, imploring her to find out who murdered his son. Lincoln Burrows becomes suspicious of Mahone, as he overhears the phone call.

Meanwhile in Self's office, his director, Stanton is shocked to discover the fact that Scofield's team has to find another five cards. Despite Self's reassurances, Stanton is adamant that the team will not succeed and decides to shut down the operation.

Sara Tancredi discovers an e-mail that was sent to Stuart Tuxhorn about an arrival in London. Mahone suggests that the email is actually written in code, and Scofield quickly deciphers the contents, revealing the word "Scylla", and a four o'clock meeting. Roland then traces the e-mails to a server in Anaheim.

While Fernando Sucre and Brad Bellick stake out Tuxhorn's office, the rest head to Anaheim to hack into the main server. Sara distracts an officer by claiming that she has "a job interview with human resources", sneaking his security badge from desk and passing it to Michael. Michael and Roland find the server room on the first floor and Roland proceeds to retrieve the email.

Lincoln, who is observing from afar, spots the officer confronting Sara over his security badge, and calls Michael to warn him. To stall for time, Michael activates the fire alarm. When Roland successfully retrieves the email, they realize that they are trapped in the server room. As a fire safety measure, the server room is locked down and the oxygen is sucked out of the room to prevent the spread of the fire. Fortunately, Michael manages to call Lincoln, who shows up in time with a fire axe and rescues them by smashing a window.

Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell finds himself on one of James Whistler's furnished apartments in Los Angeles. He later opens a Gate corporation letter, which mentions him that he would be paid $75,000 a year, with a further $10,000 commencement bonus. He contacts the director of the organization, who readily agrees to meet him. Fortunately for T-Bag, the director has never met him before, and a meeting for the next day is arranged.

Elsewhere in Chicago, Wyatt interrogates Bruce Bennett, who doesn't reveal anything. Wyatt injects him with a substance which seems to disorient him, trying to make him talk. Bennett maintains that he does not know their whereabouts, but eventually reveals that Sara is somewhere in Los Angeles. With this new-found information, Wyatt shoots Bennett in the back of the head, execution style.

Back in Los Angeles, Sucre and Bellick prepare to leave when Tuxhorn does not shows up for work. However, they are quickly surrounded by armed agents and Sucre manages to text Michael a warning message, asking them simply to "Run." The gang flees after Roland learns that he is being locked out of the servers. They escape in a SUV, and a car chase ensues.

The chase continues on foot when their vehicles are stuck in a gridlock and Self tracks them with their GPS ankle bracelets while they are on the run. They take temporary refuge in a tunnel where the GPS signal is lost. Michael figures out the code in the emails that leads them to the 4pm meeting at the Newport Beach power plant. They carjack a taxi and head to the power plant.

However, Self tracked them down and detains everyone except for Michael who manages to slip away with some help from Sara. Michael sneaks across the plant to the meeting between Tuxhorn and the Pad Man and discovers that the meeting was between all six cardholders. Michael records the meeting on video and turns himself in to Self back at the warehouse, presenting him with the video.

With the identity of the six cardholders in the video, Self decides to let the team to continue their work. Mahone receives information from Agent Lang on his son's killer. Lincoln confronts Mahone and agrees to help him find his son's killer when the Scylla mission is over - a change of heart from the last episode.

TK's Comments:

Oh Michael's amazing skills with a camera phone from possibly twenty yards away.

This is a great episode, and I liked how we had previously seen Michael using his break in skills to get a card, here we see him using his logistics and puzzle solving skills to track down the meeting.

Roland's plot device machine really seems amazing now doesn't it?

Meanwhile we've got T-Bag preparing to change into Mr. Cole Pfeiffer...funny.

Also I doubt anyone was surprised that getting Scylla would be as easy as one episode. That's a ten or more episode plot right there.

Also The General is a cardholder...hmm...

Oh and no Gretchen this episode.

Highlight of the Episode: Lincoln and Mahone working together now
Disappointment of the Episode: Self even considering to shut down the project
Most Shocking Moment: Michael encounters the General (from afar!)
Looking Forward To: Hunting down the Scylla Six
Rating: 8/10

Prison Break Episode Review 4.02

2008-10-08T16:06:00.003-04:00

Prison Break
Season 4
Episode 2
Breaking & Entering

Episode Description: Courtesy of Wikipedia

Agent Donald Self and his group of Lincoln Burrows, Michael Scofield, Sara Tancredi, and the other convicts arrive at an abandoned warehouse in the port in Los Angeles, where they are to track down Scylla. The airline requires that the convicts be fitted with GPS ankle monitors, and the group is to follow Self's orders. In the warehouse, they are introduced to a new member of their team named Roland, a computer hacker and identity thief who will assist them. They are also given everything they want at their disposal.

hile searching, Alexander Mahone tells the group that James Whistler was to drop the card to a high-level mansion, owned by Tuxhorn. Mahone also knows the group that Tuxhorn's driver was formerly in the military, which narrows down the possible identities of the driver enough so that Mahone is able to identify him from a picture. The group works on a distraction to obtain the card. Roland has a plan using a wireless hard drive he invented that downloads the information of any data with close proximity. They track down the driver and follow him. Fernando Sucre and Brad Bellick intentionally has Tuxhorn's car crash into them, and Sucre argues with the driver trying to get within close proximity of the card if Tuxhorn has it with him. However, Roland gets no signal, which means the card must be in the house.

Later, the group plans to retrieve the information through the maximum security mansion. Sara manages to sneak the hard drive into Tuxhorn's maid's handbag. When she enters the house, Michael phones her, claiming to be from the home's security company and asks her to check all the windows. Fortunately for the group, she carries her purse with her as she makes her way through the house. Michael instructs her to check the library, where Roland gets a signal, and asks her to stay there for a while, allowing Roland to finish copying the data in Scylla. After the job is completed, Bellick and Mahone stage a mock robbery to get the maid's purse. However, as they meet out of the maid's sight, Mahone cannot find the drive and is forced to return the purse empty-handed.

The group realizes that the maid must have thought the device belonged to her boss and put it back in Tuxhorn's office. Because Roland needs the drive to decrypt the data he copies, Michael and the team have to break in and retrieve it. Lincoln and Sucre set off the alarm across the street, to distract the guards. During this time, Tuxhorn turns off his alarm to go outside and investigate. This allows Mahone and Michael to enter the house, where Michael finds the device near the front door. As they are leaving, Mahone sees a picture of a young boy that reminds him of his murdered son and pauses momentarily, overcome with emotion, but he and Michael both soon slip out just before Tuxhorn resets his alarm.

Meanwhile, T-Bag is left abandoned by his transporters with his companion Sancho in the middle of the empty desert. When T-Bag lies down to rest with Sancho, Sancho suddenly turns on him, trying to kill him for food. T-Bag stops him just in time, and in the ensuing struggle T-Bag unintentionally pushes Sancho down onto a sharp rock and kills him. Frustrated by his companion's death, T-Bag apparently eats his body in order to survive. He later encounters two Americans on all-terrain vehicles who they offer him a lift to San Diego. Once he reaches his destination, he opens Whistler's safe, which contains a fake ID to a Gate corporation. He then heads to Los Angeles with his new-found information to find Michael.

Meanwhile, Wyatt discovers that the group are not in jail as Self had deliberately misled him to believe, and finds out that Bruce Bennett posted their bail. Wyatt somehow enters Bennett's home when he is not home, and suddenly walks up behind him when he returns, threateningly asking where Lincoln and Michael are. When Bennett does not answer, Wyatt injects a substance into him that causes him to pass out. It is also revealed that Gretchen Morgan is in fact alive and being held captive apparently under torture.

Back in the port, Roland decrypts the data, but realizes the information is incomplete. Deducing from an excerpt from The Odyssey left behind by Lincoln and Michael's father about a necessary sacrifice of six men by Odysseus to pass the monster Scylla, Michael realizes that Scylla is actually made up of six cards being held by different people. The group becomes frustrated by this revelation that there are five more cards. At the end, Michael finds out in the restroom that his nose is bleeding and becomes worried, but hides it from his brother.

TK's Comments:
While not as good on its own compared to the previous episode, I still found Breaking & Entering amazing when viewed back to back with Scylla. The characters really pull themselves together and things get awesome.

Breaking into the Mansion was awesome, but I didn't like how easy they pulled it off, as it seems now we'll be getting a card an episode (save for episodes like the next one, where the plot has something different thrown in)

It was also good to see Bellick pull a bit of his own weight, he seems to be here now only because they couldn't leave him behind in SONA.

Highlight of the Episode: Breaking into the Mansion
Disappointment of the Episode: How easily the first Scylla card was taken
Most Shocking Moment: Cannibalistic T-Bag
Looking Forward To: Cardholder #2...you're up!
Rating: 7/10

Prison Break Episode Review 4.01

2008-10-08T15:56:00.002-04:00

Prison Break
Season 4
Episode 1
Scylla

Episode Description: Courtesy of Wikipedia

Michael (Wentworth Miller) has tracked Gretchen (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) and Whistler (Chris Vance) to Los Angeles. The pair are negotiating for "the Card", a disc of important Company data, and Whistler kills its current owner rather than pay for it. Before he and Gretchen can finish their operation, Michael arrives, planning to kill them as revenge for the death of Sara (Sarah Wayne Callies).

Gretchen claims that Sara is alive, but before she can say anything else, the police arrive in response to a murder committed by Whistler. Unbeknownst to Gretchen, Whistler has copied the Card, keeping the original for himself, and giving the copy to a Company representative on the way out. When the General discovers this, he orders Wyatt (Cress Williams), the Company assassin, to have Gretchen killed.

Lincoln (Dominic Purcell) is still in Panama with Sofia (Danay Garcia) and LJ (Marshall Allman) when Michael calls him. They discuss the recent events in Sona: the prisoners rioted, burning the place down and allowing T-Bag (Robert Knepper), Sucre (Amaury Nolasco) and Bellick (Wade Williams) to escape. Michael also asks about how sure Lincoln is that Sara is dead.

After the conversation, Michael is contacted by Mahone (William Fichtner) and Whistler, who are secretly working with Homeland Security to destroy the Company. Key to this plan is the Card, codenamed "Scylla", which contains information on all the Company's agents and operations, but can only be decoded from within an unknown facility. Whistler again hints that Sara is still alive when Wyatt arrives and attacks them, killing Whistler and retrieving the original copy of Scylla. To learn the truth, Michael travels to Chicago and contacts Sara's friend Bruce Bennett to find out for sure whether Sara is still alive, but gets caught by the police.

Meanwhile, Lincoln, Sofia and LJ are attacked by a Company agent. Lincoln kills the assassin in a fight, and gets arrested by the Panamanian police. Mahone returns to the home of his family, only to discover that Wyatt has murdered his son. Since he is still wanted in the United States, Mahone is immediately arrested as well.

Michael and Lincoln are reunited in custody by Agent Donald Self (Michael Rapaport). Self is the Homeland Security agent who was working not only with Whistler, but with Aldo Burrows, in order to take down the Company. Unable to trust people within the government, Self arranges to have Michael and Lincoln be part of an unofficial, off-the-books operation to recover Scylla from the Company, with their freedom guaranteed when it's all over.

The brothers refuse the offer. Bruce pays their bail, and when they're released, he reunites Michael with Sara, who has been hiding out from the Company in Chicago after being tortured by Gretchen. When Wyatt attacks the group at their supposedly-secret hideout, Michael, Lincoln and Sara decide to join Self's team, believing that they can only be safe once the Company is destroyed. Also drafted into the team is Mahone, Bellick and Sucre - who were captured while trying to visit Sucre's baby girl.

In a subplot, T-Bag is making his way from Panama to the United States, looking for Michael in order to get his revenge. He tries to get to San Diego, following direction written in Whistler's bird book (which, unbeknownst to him, contains information on where to decode Scylla), but his drivers steal T-Bag's money and abandon him in the desert with their overweight companion.

TK's Comments:

What a premiere! This episode really makes me look at Prison Break as a film series. The first and second film were the first two, then the third season was a miniseries to bridge the gap between Seasons 2 and 4. Almost like the OYL event in DC Comics.

We see the gang getting back together, we see what's happened to everyone.

SONA burning down in a riot was a surprise, though not unexpected and a perfect way to create a plausible escape considering it's highly likely it was all planned by T-Bag.

Speaking of Teddy, he was hilarious and pretty in character this episode. The idea that Whistler really was a good guy all along was pretty awesome, and it was very disappointing to see him killed off.

Learning Sara is alive happened a little too suddenly for me, and I wish that Gretchen and Whistler hadn't just brought it up immediately, though I suppose that Gretchen knew Whistler's life was at stake.

Highlight of the Episode: Michael's intro speech
Disappointment of the Episode: Sara's "revival" just being very blunt
Most Shocking Moment: Whistler's death
Looking Forward To: The A-Team forming
Rating: 8/10

Spears Sister Preggers Again

2008-10-08T15:44:00.002-04:00

Jamie Lynn Spears got pregnant AGAIN.

WHAT A STUPID STUPID BITCH.

That's all I'm gonna say on the subject.

Also:

HA HA

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Prison Break Reviews returning!

2008-10-07T21:43:00.002-04:00

That's right, my Prison Break episode reviews will be returning with 4.01 and 4.02 sometime during this week.

Albums to watch for

2008-10-07T21:31:00.002-04:00

Here's some new shit dropping from some of the best in the business.

AC/DC--Black Ice--October 18 2008

Green Day--Untitled Eighth Album--First Half 2009

Eminem -- The Empact--Q4'08/Q1'09

Papa Roach -- Metamorphosis -- Feb 2009

Three Days Grace -- Untitled Third Album -- 2009

All American Rejects -- When the World Comes Down -- Dec 16 2008

Fall Out Boy -- Folie à Deux -- November 4 2008

50Cent-- Before I Self-Destruct -- Dec 9 2008

Avenged Sevenfold -- UNCONFIRMED Fifth Album -- 2009

Cirque Du Freak the Movie

2008-10-07T15:54:00.002-04:00

Cirque Du Freak: The Movie comes out 2/19/09

so excited =D

Fuck you and your Twilight vampires.

The real vampires are coming =D

Caturday NOT LOLCATS

2008-10-07T15:53:00.003-04:00

Srsly guys.

Anonymous created the meme and called it Caturday.

Not this lolcats bullshit.

Call it by the real name.

My Pitch for a Halo Film

2008-10-07T15:53:00.001-04:00

The film opens with a scene similar to the early Halo 3 trailers. Marines around Master Chief, who is down. They think they've lost him. We see flashes of John growing up on Reach as a child, training to become a Spartan, glimpses of Dr. Halsey's voice overs to explain the Spartan II project. Intercutting this with the early encounters with the Covenant and the present battle with Elites and Grunts.

Chief leaps up and reenters the fray, the first formal introduction to him in the movie. We see an image of young John flashed next to current John in his MJOLNIR, both saying the same quote (not sure what they'd pic, probably a theme carrying through the movie).

John saves his crew, they board The Pillar of Autumn and we're introduced to Johnson and Captain Keyes. Captain Keyes explains that Chief was recently awoken from cryogenic sleep at Dr. Halsey's wishes (we'd keep her as a main character in order to have more females in the cast).

Dr. Halsey and John have a bittersweet reunion where she explains that most of the other Spartan IIs are KIA or busy with other projects and they need John for this mission. Then after a few ship battles, Captain Keyes confirmed they've found the location of a ringworld known to the Covenant as 'Halo', possibly a super weapon. They tell John the mission is dangerous for him to go on alone, but too risky to send a large squad. They tell him that only Johnson, Keyes, and Chief will go onto the ringworld, but Chief will be using an AI, Cortana. As Chief and Cortana get acquainted, Johnson confirms the presence of a Covenant fleet controlling the ringworld.

The Pillar manages to safely get to the ringworld, and the trio disembark. After a fierce battle with the Covenant, which is seen from both the future Arbiter's point of view (whose Sanghelli name would be revealed and given a human translation in the same manner of their ships) and John's, Johnson and Keyes are told to escape in order to survive. Master Chief is captured by the Covenant troops, who on the Arbiter's command, take him back to Truth and Reconciliation, where we see further flashes of Master Chief's childhood on Reach, the Spartan program, and the inner workings of the Covenant. We are also first introduced to the Prophets here, who discuss The Great Journey and the Forerunners.

Johnson and Keyes, who had taken Cortana from Chief before his "sacrifice", plot to rescue him by destroying Truth and Reconciliation. Somehow they successfully pull this off and escape in a Warthog dropped by The Pillar of Autumn. Cortana had gotten a look at the systems on Truth and learned more about the nature of the Halo and also the first hints of the Flood. She tells the crew, led by a slightly shaken John, to find the Silent Cartographer.

They find this room at the same time The (soon to become) Arbiter finds the room, with a smaller squad made of Grunts and one other Elite. While Chief's team take the Index, the Elite (not Arby) meets 343 Guilty Spark, who tells him of the Forerunners. Remembering the Forerunners from the Prophets' speech, the Elite releases the flood at 343 Guilty Spark's command. The Arbiter angrily realizes what he is doing and kills him with the Energy Sword. The Flood infect the Arbiter's team and he as the sole survivor agrees to Johnson's offer to escape from the building and settle old scores later. During their escape Captain Keyes is captured by the Flood and angrily Master Chief forces his group to leave the Arbiter behind, despite him having just saved Johnson in a close encounter with a Flood Combat form.

The Arbiter is picked up by a Covenant ship, and Tartarus greets him maliciously, and we see a modified version of the Arbiter's transformation scene from the beginning of Halo 2, with Tartarus citing The Arbiter's murder of his Sanghelli squad member, his losing the captured Demon, and alliance with the humans to escape the Flood.

Meanwhile Chief, Johnson, and Cortana, now joined by The Oracle, learn that Halo is going to activate and they don't have much time. They have two options: escape and survive to fight another day, or head to the control room with a slim chance of success to save themselves. Chief says they're going to the control room.

After battling off Covenant and Flood, they locate the Control Room and learn Guilty Spark wasn't entirely truthful. Halo could be deactivated...but deactivation would implode the ring, literally glassing itself. Cortana works swiftly to give them the maximum chance of survival, but she can't guarantee their safety.

Johnson and Chief (with Cortana) speed off in a Warthog as Halo destroys itself around them, Guilty Spark having chosen to remain behind with Halo.

Meanwhile, we see Tartarus with his Gravity Hammer on the self-destroying Halo, in the control room. He greets Guilty Spark. "Hello, Oracle. Are we ready to find the next installation?"

Johnson, Chief, and Cortana manage to get onto the Pillar just in time, and greet Dr. Halsey. She congratulates them but tells them the war is far from over, and Cortana realizes that there in fact seven Halo rings, and that the Covenant will just move on to the next. Johnson decides that as long as the Covenant can't find the Earth homeworld they'll be able to continue fighting the Covenant, and Chief mourns the loss of Captain Keyes, and we see a flashback to his first entering the Spartan II program as he tells a group of Marines that they will continue to wage war with the Covenant until they finish the fight.

Whoops and Update

2008-10-07T15:50:00.002-04:00

I know it's been a while since the last update, my bad everyone.

I'm going to make an effort to continue to post updates maybe twice a week? I don't know.

Here's what's up with me:

-Been volunteering at the Edge and doing Life Teen (aka "High School Youth Ministry")

-Been in school (mostly why no blog updates) and will discuss my teachers soon.

-Been working on guitar (I'm getting better!)

-Working on the preliminary script for a movie.

TeeKay Presents: School's Out Shenanigans

2008-08-11T12:38:00.002-04:00

School was about to let out for the summer, so nobody really gave a damn about what we were learning. Not even the teachers!

In fact, my teachers slowly stopped giving the class assignments. They'd say "Okay class you're going to read page 103 thru...you know what, I don't care. Let's stack the books into a tower and knock it down."

But one teacher tried very hard to get through to the class even up to the last few days. She had came in half way during the year when our old teacher "got a new job", which just so happened to be in the unemployment line, imagine that. But everybody gave this new teacher a hard time because she just didn't have what it took to handle the class of kids.

So she assigns us to make a 'scrapbook page'. Ha, I know right? A scrap book page! Seriously. Even if scrap books weren't the lamest thing you've ever heard of, what the hell do they have to do with math?

So my group of kids, instead of making a scrap book page, we just write lines all over the page, in like eight different colors of marker going in all sorts of directions. We had about six different layers of writing, too, because every time we ran out of room we just wrote on top of old stuff. But this resulted in some weird sentences from the different layers like "Barack Obama will...the moon...forever."

We turned this thing in for a grade too, the amalgam sheet of paper that looks like it was covered in Crayola themed puke. The teacher decided we needed a theme for it to present it to the class, so we were bummed, we couldn't come up with a theme.

Then one of us had a bright idea. We turned in the same piece of paper, this time titled "Things We Typed into Google". Then we added a sub heading "While We Were Supposed to be Working".

We got an A Plus.

TeeKay Presents: Jokes

2008-08-11T12:32:00.002-04:00

You know what I hate? I hate when a friend is telling you a joke, and maybe it's not an overly difficult joke, just something simple. And I don't mean 'Why did the chicken cross the road'? I mean some sort of easy to pick up on politically charged joke.

People love to tell these, and you probably won't be fortunate to go more than a week without hearing one. Now, I'm all for comedy and I wouldn't have a problem with these jokes except for one little thing--

It's. Always. The. Same. Jokes.

There's maybe a dozen of these jokes that get circulated by word of mouth. That's it. Seriously, it's gotten to the point where I know the punchlines to all these jokes. And I was done with hearing them.

So I came up with a game-- if I could tell the person their punchline before they have the chance to deliver it, I win.

And I usually do win. Sometimes, however, people don't want to be the loser whose joke missed the mark, so they try and come up with a new, on the spot punchline. And it never works, because these people aren't funny, there just telling you the same joke Steve from Marketing told them.

So I'll call out the punchlines to my friends' jokes all the time now. But one friend actually asked me the stupidest question I've ever heard.

He said "Oh, have you heard that joke before?"

So I tell him "No, but you've been telling the same joke for three years."

TeeKay Presents: The Liar, The Father, and the Prison

2008-08-11T12:30:00.000-04:00

You ever meet a kid who, for whatever reason, there Dad isn't around, you know.

But they always tell you all these things about how great their father is and all the nice things he would buy and how much money he has and what a nice house he has, but you
know its bull. If his dad was so rich why wouldn't he live with him then? Yeah, exactly.

You want to say to the kid "Hey man I don't care if your dad is a deadbeat or even if he's really dead, you don't need to try and impress me with your father's amazing million dollar house and flying boat and infinite girlfriends." But I understand it's a mental thing so I let it be.

And you don't want to ask "Hey where be your Dad?" cause if they're dead well it's like "duuuuude...sorry". Yeah.

But one time, I slept over my friends house and he goes to sleep and I'm like "let me go through his mail to see if I can figure out what the deal is with his dad". So, I'm sifting through the mail and I see a letter from a Colorado State Penitentiary and I want to say to him "damn, I didn't even know your Dad went to Colorado let alone got arrested!"

But I can't because I'm not even supposed to know he's arrested, so I've got to try and figure out what he did without asking any questions. So I'll go home and search up Colorado police records and check every single arrest within the past ten years wondering "is this him? Is this his dad???"

So eventually I ask my friend "Hey someone told me your dad is in jail...what'd he do?" and he tells me "he beat the sh*t out of one of my nosy friends for asking too many questions and snooping through my mail."

I don't go over his house anymore.

TK and Seeker Show Season 3

2008-07-27T23:02:00.002-04:00

The TK and Seeker Show's third season has just started.

http://tkandseekershow.blogspot.com/

Check it out.

WikiBand

2008-07-21T17:14:00.002-04:00

Want to play a fun game? It's called WikiBand. What you do is go to Wikipedia' home page and click Random Article. This is your band's name. Click Random Article again for the debut album title, and the next 15 random articles are the song tracks. Here's mine.

Band Name: Gao Xiqing
Album Name: James Douglas (Physician)
Track Titles:
1-Pârâul Ştreaurilor
2-Cadellia pentastylis
3-Japanese holdout
4-David Howell (Rugby League)
5-Jeff Hall (Footballer)
6-Miss Peggy Lee Sings the Blues
7-Camilo Carlos Adolfo Ruspoli y Caro, 4th Duke de Sueca and 4th Duke of Alcúdia
8-The Jayhawkers!
9-Hoagland
10-Organizacion Editorial Mexicana
11-Loyalty and Betrayal
12-Hemsloh
13-Superior oblique myokymia
14-Monjon
15-A Very Special Christmas

Album Name: Perifocal coordinate system
Track Listing
1-WPFB
2-Reassurance Marker
3-Prasat Andat
4-Nights in Rodanthe
5-William Fraser (Bishop)
6-Reel Island
7-Ján Kozák (footballer born 1980)
8-Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center
9-Kirkcudbright Stewartry (UK Parliament constituency)
10-EAS Churchill
11-Roland SCC-1
12-Melchiorre
13-8744 Cilla
14-Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)
15-MX-7 Gagamba

Spaced DVD

2008-07-21T17:13:00.001-04:00

Sweet, a US region of the complete Spaced series is coming to DVD =D

Break a Leg: The Sitcom

2008-07-12T15:38:00.002-04:00

This is the funniest podcast since WNG. It's right up there with WNG and And YTAS as the best internet shows. It's hilarious. The episodes are 30 minutes just like an actual series and it's really funny, reminiscent of the office.

I recommend it.

This is the opposite of treason

2008-07-12T15:36:00.000-04:00

http://hownottofail.blogspot.com/2007/12/writers-on-strike-just-create-more.html

From How Not to Fail.

Are you a bad enough dude?

Officer Rivieri

2008-07-02T15:22:00.000-04:00

http://www.realmofdarkness.net/sounds/real/rivieri-soundboard.htm

YUS.

Bands

2008-07-02T15:19:00.000-04:00

My top ten favorite bands are (in no order)
Avenged Sevenfold
My Chemical Romance
The Used
Senses Fail
Nirvana
Good Charlotte
Blink-182
Green Day
Papa Roach
Linkin Park

Avenged Sevenfold is tops though.

Ex-Girlfriends

2008-06-30T22:21:00.002-04:00

So, for once in my life I get to dump a girl and she's like attached to me like a parasite still...

It's ridiculously annoying. Unbelievably annoying.

But amusing nonetheless.

Waiting

2008-06-30T22:17:00.003-04:00

Waiting for Red vs Blue is hell.

My Rock Band 2 Setlist

2008-06-30T22:17:00.001-04:00

Tier One: Garage Band
When I Come Around- Green Day
Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nirvana
The Rock Show- Blink-182
Riot- Paramore
One More Breath- Creed
Icky Thump - White Stripes
Pork and Beans-Weezer

Tier Two: Opening Act
Given Up- Linkin Park
Back in Black- AC/DC
Train- 3 Doors Down
Testify- Rage Against the Machine
Lost My Way- Finger Eleven
Walk-Pantera
Down with the Sickness- Disturbed

Tier Three: Radio Play
What I Got- Sublime
Livin' on a Prayer- Bon Jovi
Fell on Black Days- Soundgarden
Beat It-Michael Jackson (Covered by Fall Out Boy and John Mayer)
Don't Stop Believing- Journey
The Pretender- Foo Fighters
One Week-Barenaked Ladies

Tier Four: Independent Label
Iron Man- Black Sabbath
Can't Stop- Red Hot Chili Peppers
Kickstart My Heart- Motley Crue
BYOB- System of a Down
It's The End of the World as We Know it- REM
Animal I Have Become- Three Days Grace
Hotel California- The Eagles

Tier Five: Hit Single
Paradise City- Guns n Roses
Bullet With Butterfly Wings- Smashing Pumpkins
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds- The Beatles
Rock and Roll All Nite- Kiss
Comfortably Numb- Pink Floyd
Panama- Van Halen
Jeremy- Pearl Jam

Tier Six: Headlining
Remedy- Seether
Pinball Wizard- The Who
One Little Victory- Rush
White Unicorn- Wolfmother
Freak on a Leash- Korn
Drunk in the Morning- Kid Rock
We Will Rock You- Queen

Tier Seven: World Tour
Black Dog- Led Zeppelin
Fuel-Metallica
Brave New World- Iron Maiden
Satisfaction- Rolling Stones
Walk This Way- Aerosmith
Purple Haze- Jimi Hendrix Experience
A Little Piece of Heaven- Avenged Sevenfold

Bonus Tracks
Detharmonic-Dethklok
Experimental Film- They Might Be Giants
Through Her Eyes- Dream Theater
You Can't Stop the Night- Bang Camaro
He Says, She Says- Freezepop
All Around Me- Flyleaf
Adrenaline- Crooked X

WOULD YOU BUY THIS GAME?

Rock Band 2

2008-06-30T22:14:00.001-04:00

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/885/885168p1.html

Be there.
This September.
Only for Xbox 360.

This

2008-06-30T22:12:00.001-04:00

is epic.

Red vs Blue Review

2008-06-30T22:08:00.002-04:00

Because I have nothing better to blog about, here's my review for Red vs Blue: Reconstruction Chapter One.

At first, it seems like the series isn't going to be a laugh a minute like the classic Blood Gulch Chronicles. In fact, it starts out rather serious and dramatic, which would be an interesting turn to see Rooster Teeth dabble in. However, once we hear the mention of the "experts" who dealt with Omega we know things are going to be back to normal. That and the sudden appearance of Wash in Blood Gulch/Coagulation.

Screen Actors' Guild Strike

2008-06-30T22:06:00.001-04:00

Supposedly, the Screen Actors' Guild are gonna be on strike soon.

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HERE WE GO AGAIN!

Irony

2008-06-26T22:43:00.002-04:00

Only now do I see the irony of my April Fool's Day post.

Well, I think I'll revive the blog, it'd be a shame to put it to rest.

Besides, where else will I post my Prison Break reviews in September or complain to no one in particular about my teachers?

The Field Trip I mentioned earlier was to the Outerbanks. It was pretty fun, good times in all.

Since then, here's a quick update on all things TK (ignoring the band, you can see the updates over at seventyeighthsin.blogspot.com )

-Single right now (though this isn't to say I'm not majorly in love with someone in particular...)
-Out of school (can I get a hell yeah?)
-Enjoying summer (just got back from the Bahamas)
-I do have a Facebook now, and if you contact me via AIM I can tell you how to find it if you're half braindead or something.

High school is gonna be sweet. Will chronicle my adventures via the blog.

Ah, bloggie, it's good to have you back. I missed you.

Blog Dead

2008-06-16T22:38:00.002-04:00

Yeah my blog's pretty much dead. Well, we had a good run, old Bloggie.

Field Trip

2008-04-08T14:42:00.001-04:00

Field Trip is coming up soon. Cell 40.

April Fools

2008-04-02T06:30:00.001-04:00

Wait what?

Shutting down blog.

2008-04-01T19:26:00.003-04:00

Yup, so today's the day this old blog finally kicks the bucket. I'm going to be starting a new blog over on BlogStars.com and of course like all BS blogs you're gonna have to pay for a BlogStars account to view it.

Back to School

2008-03-29T23:06:00.002-04:00

So, tomorrow's my last day of track out, and damn did it go fast. I'm nervous though, I'm gonna have like no sleep :(

9 Weeks

2008-03-26T23:58:00.002-04:00

So we've got 9 weeks left of school before things make a big change, the move to high school.

Honestly, I'm not worried and am taking this in my usual laid back manner.

"I'm not worried, don't worry about it, I'm not worried at all."~Evan from Superbad

Blackout!

2008-03-26T23:56:00.001-04:00

So the third map in Halo 3's upcoming Legendary Map Pack is "Blackout", an epic remake of Halo 2's classic Lockout map.

SIGN ME THE HELL UP!

The Doctor's Blog

2008-03-26T23:53:00.003-04:00

My pal Vini's blog over at http://drvini42.blogspot.com/ is currently accepting applications for writers.

I'm up for consideration, so if anyone wants me to put a good word in for them, just say so in the comments.

Rick Roll

2008-03-26T23:50:00.004-04:00

So I've become obsessed with the 1980's pop singer Rick Astley, aka Mr Rick Roll himself.

Never gonna give you up
never gonna let you down
never gonna run around and desert you *hums*

Nate's House

2008-03-26T23:50:00.002-04:00

I stayed at Nathan's house for the weekend and it was pretty badass. We played tons and tons of XBox LIVE and also we watched I Am Legend and just partied.

It was awesome.

Kieran's Zombie Blog

2008-03-18T00:25:00.001-04:00

So Kieran started a Zombie Blog
http://zombifymenow.blogspot.com/

It's pretty cool unfortunately he uses the rather gay name of "LickZombiesForLuck"

New Template

2008-03-18T00:24:00.001-04:00

What do you guys think of the new template I chose? Discuss in the comments.

Spaced

2008-03-18T00:19:00.001-04:00

So I've started watching the British sitcom Spaced, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

I like it :)

Prison Break Episode Review 3.13

2008-03-18T00:15:00.002-04:00

Prison Break
Season 3
Episode 13
Art of the Deal

Episode Description
Michael and Lincoln chase Whistler down the streets of Panama. After appearing to lose them, Whistler phones Gretchen to come and pick him up. However, Lincoln finds him and subdues him, and Michael calls Gretchen about the exchange. Back at Sona, Sucre pays the price for the escape and gets horribly beat up. When he still refuses to divulge any details, he is forced to dig his own grave and then lie in it while the guards start to bury him alive. The general tells them to stop it as they reach his head, but then Micheal calls to Sucre's cell phone. Sucre proves his loyalty to Michael as he refuses to trick him over the phone to reveal his location, resulting in his own imprisonment in Sona.

Michael asks Gretchen to come to a public place for the exchange. She tries to persuade Michael to join the company because of his ingenuity and the fact he is the first person to break out of Sona. Michael coldy declines and reveals to Gretchen that the stunt is just to ensure that LJ and Sofia are alive and safe and Whistler is indeed in their custody. They quickly slip away from there and set up another exchange point. Before leaving, Michael tells her that after the exchange is over, they will be spending some "quality time", indirectly reminding her of the warning he had given her in Sona. The exchange place this time is in the first floor of a public museum. Gretchen has to get rid of her weapons in order to get past the metal detector. LJ snickers. When Gretchen asks what's so funny, he confidently proclaims that Susan's definitely not smart enough to outwit his uncle Michael. The exchange happens and Sofia soon learns that she was being used when she gets Susan to admit to everyone that there are no coordinates to exchange, it was all a farce. Sofia is upset and tries to leave Whistler. Michael smashes the emergency seal on an exhibit and causes the alarms to go off, as he knows that The Company's men would have all the exits guarded. Everyone walks out. At the exit when they are frisked, guards begin to doubt Whistler and Scofield. One of Gretchen's men tries to shoot a guard, but another guard interjects and in the commotion Sofia is shot. Michael quickly heads to the car to retrieve a gun so that he can kill Susan. He almost shoots her but hesitates and is distracted by a guard who shoots aimlessly at Susan's van.

McGrady and his dad are stopped by police, who become suspicious of the father's behaviour. They order him out of the truck and look in the back, only to find fertilizer. McGrady escapes re-capture by hiding in a secret compartment behind his seat. Later, they reach home and McGrady is shocked to find his family waiting for him in Colombia.

Meanwhile, with Lechero dying Sona is in anarchy. T-Bag enlists Bellick to save Lechero from the mob - but in fact T-Bag just uses Lechero, falsely promising that a guard told him that under the regime of the new general, if Lechero arranges for $50,000 to be brought to Sona for said guard, the guard will let them escape. After this has been arranged, Lechero learns the truth and as he's dying anyway, lets T-Bag kill him quickly. Sister Francis brings the money, and reminds T-Bag of her affection for him ever since he protected her several episodes earlier. T-Bag makes a speech in the yard denouncing Lechero's rule and distributes some of the money to the inmates to gain their trust, but keeps most of it for himself (in Sister Francis' trust). Sucre is then thrown into Sona just in time to see inmates cheering for T-Bag.

Mahone is sipping club soda in a bar opposite to a bank. He tells the barman that he is "between jobs" and that that he hopes that something is "just around the corner." Later, Whistler walks in to meet Mahone, who in turn warns him that Gretchen is the "weak link" in the whole chain and that Michael will eventually hunt all of them down one by one, if Gretchen has indeed done what they believe she did to Sara. Whistler ignores this and asks Mahone if he's joining them or not. Even with Michael after them, Mahone agrees to work for the Company and they exit the bar.

While Michael and Linc wait outsite the hospital for Sofia, LJ gives Michael the paper rose Michael once gave to Sara in Fox River on her birthday, as we are reminded in a flashback. LJ tells them that Sofia had some information about Whistler in a briefcase in her apartment. Lincoln downplays this information, but it only serves to fuel Michael's desire for revenge. Michael and Lincoln break into Sofia's apartment and discover information on a Jason Lief, a person supposedly in connection with Whistler. Michael and Linc decide to part ways - Linc is seen with Sofia in the hospital as Michael sets out to get Gretchen.

The episode closes as Michael drives along a highway in Panama, with the origami rose and Lincoln's gun beside him, seeking revenge against Gretchen for murdering Sara. The closing montage for the season features the song 'Llorando' ( 'Crying' ) sung by Rebekah Del Rio.

TK's Comments
So, Michael wasn't willing to go back to Prison so quickly by killing Gretchen?
Good to see the cops on to The Company, and also that Lincoln, LJ, and Sofia have a chance at happiness, but we'll see how long that lasts.

Michael's quest to kill Gretchen and Whistler will be interesting, and I wonder what Mahone's conversation with Whistler meant. Is it possible that Sara is alive or that she escaped Gretchen's custody?

I look forward to Season 4, this was one hell of a finale!
Highlight of the Episode: The Musical Ending
Disappointment of the Episode: Michael Doesn't Kill Gretchen
Shock of the Episode: Mahone hired by the Company
Looking Forward to: Season 4!
Episode Rating: 5/5

Prison Break Episode Review 3.12

2008-03-18T00:08:00.002-04:00

Prison Break
Season 3
Episode 12
Hell or High Water

Episode Description
As the lights go off, the escapees have 30 seconds before the backup generator goes back on, and Lechero, T-Bag and Bellick are first to go. However, Michael and the rest remain in the tunnel. Power resumes and Lechero, Bellick and T-Bag are caught by the Sona guards in No Man's Land. Lechero is determined to run to the fence but is shot by the guards in the chest. Back in the tunnel the others are confused and are wondering the next move. They ask Michael his next move in light of the plan backfiring, but he confirms that what happened is indeed the plan. The captured are brought into the prison. Bellick is beaten until he reveals that they escaped through a tunnel under Lechero's room. The guards are brought there but they find nothing but an empty tunnel. A few seconds before Michael, Whistler, McGrady and Mahone have seized the opportunity to escape, taking advantage of the trucks parked above the tunnels, and make their way through the melted fence. Whistler, unknowingly, drops the bird book containing the coordinates under the truck.

Sucre, who has taken up the identity of Jorge Rivera, has been arrested by one of the Sona guards after they discover an arrest warrent for Rivera. Sucre is then handcuffed to a filing cabinet, freezing him out of the escape plan. In the midst of their escape, Lincoln calls Sucre only to reach his voicemail which leaves him worried. McGrady's father calls Lincoln, who at first thinks it's Sucre. Lincoln instructs McGrady's father to drive a jeep he'd concealed under some leaves to the docks.

While being pursued by the Sona guards and Panama police, the escapees head to the beach through the jungles. Whistler lands awkwardly on his right ankle and writhes in pain, asking Michael to let him go. Michael refuses and makes Mahone carry Whistler. They make it to the beach where Lincoln's buried package is uncovered - a cooler containing four oxygen canisters. Four canisters and five people: Michael decides to share with Lincoln, however later decides to share with McGrady as McGrady says he doesn't swim very well. Whistler realizes his bird book is missing, and he doesn't remember the co-ordinates either. However it's too late and there's nothing anyone can do about it now. They put their shoes and socks in the cooler and bury it before making a dash into the sea.

Sona guards and Panama Police arrive at the beach but they are unable to locate the escapees.

Michael, Lincoln, McGrady, Mahone and Whistler swim underwater to a buoy out in the Panamian ocean. Lincoln, to his horror, discovers that Sucre is not there to pick them up in the boat. They have no choice but to hang on to the buoy and wait for Sucre.

The Sona guards uncover the buried shoes of the escapees and the Captain calls in support from the coastal police.

McGrady's father arrives at the bay, in the car, and realizes the boat that is part of the escape plan—312—is still docked.

Back at Sona, Bellick is beaten by the Sona guards about the escape but swears he knows nothing. The guards decide to target T-Bag instead. On the way to the interrogation room, T-Bag falls to the floor, and spots Whistler's bird book. Knowing there was something special about it, he seizes the opportunity to stuff it in his pocket.

Just as Michael and the rest are almost out of strength, they spot a boat coasting towards them. McGrady fears it might be the coastal police, but he's relieved when he sees his father driving the boat. McGrady's father picks them up and heads for the bay.

At the bay, Lincoln, Michael, Whistler and Mahone retrieve new clothes from the car. McGrady, who is no longer part of the plan, thanks Michael for helping him to freedom. McGrady leaves with his father in a truck. The four of them head for the location to meet Gretchen. However, they are intercepted midway by means of the stopwatch, which is actually a tracking device, given to Whistler by Gretchen. Lincoln manages to side-swipe and disable one of the two cars and goes off road to reach a shack he rented earlier.

At the shack, a gunfight ensues. Lincoln uses the recording of the gunshots he recorded earlier to trick the 'hunters' into hiding for cover. Using this distraction, they are able to escape from the backdoor in another vehicle to an abandoned warehouse. Susan realizes they've been tricked and finds the boombox. She calls Lincoln, and applauds him for the neat trick. Lincoln turns the table on her, and demands LJ in exchange for Whistler in 20 minutes time.

Sucre is finally released by the Captain and he proceeds to the clerk to retrieve his personal belongings. He discovers that the receipt for the boat rental is missing and waits in the office while the clerk looks for it. T-Bag is being interrogated by the guards in the next room. As he refuses to reveal anything, the guards decide to apply electricity to his testicles. T-Bag panics and points to Sucre, whom he spotted through the window, as an accomplice.

McGrady and his father come across a roadblock and start to panic. McGrady pleads for his dad to turn around, but his Dad seems mystified.

Sucre is brought into the room and interrogated, but he denies any connections to Michael, calling T-Bag 'garbage'. One of the guards brings in documents regarding the escapees and the guard finds a wanted notice for Fernando Sucre with Sucre's picture on it.

In the factory, Linc attempts to shoot Mahone in revenge for killing his father. Mahone pleads with Lincoln, saying that his own family was at risk if he had not carried out The Company's order. Michael asks Lincoln to reconsider, but Lincoln is adamant and makes Mahone turn around so that he can shoot Mahone to his face. Just as Lincoln is about to pull the trigger, Whistler escapes through the window, forcing Lincoln to chase after him. Whistler jumps on top of a truck and then runs towards the road, thereby revealing that he feigned the injury to his ankle. Mahone quickly makes his way out of the warehouse as well.

Whistler steals a truck outside the warehouse and speeds away, leaving Michael and Lincoln at a loss and pondering what their next move will be.

TK's Comments
Guess I was right! Bellick, Lechero, and T-Bag get slapped back into prison!
Lechero's shot up pretty badly, I don't think he's gonna last long. The guards really are cracking down onto Bellick, but it looks like T-Bag's getting away pretty good now that he's put his blame onto Sucre.

With two of the Fox River Eight in Custody (Sucre and T-Bag), two of them on the run (Lincoln and Michael) and three dead (Abruzzi, Haywire, and Tweener) it look slike only one's got a happy ending after three seasons (C-Note) although McGrady's likely going to be safe now that he's no longer with Michael.

Highlight of the Episode: The warehouse scene
Disappointment of the Episode: Whistler Escape
Shock of the Episode: Lincoln Attempting to Shoot Mahone
Looking Forward to: The Transaction
Episode Rating: 5/5

Removing "Video Games" tag

2008-03-18T00:04:00.002-04:00

I'm gonna remove the Video Games label just like I did the DC comics one. Entertainment will blanket that as well.

Rock Band DLC

2008-03-18T00:01:00.002-04:00

So here's some bands I want to see on Rock Band DLC

Green Day
Linkin Park
My Chemical Romance
Three Days Grace
Papa Roach
Sum 41

And lots more.

February

2008-03-18T00:00:00.001-04:00

Two years in a row I had only five blog posts in the month of February.

Odd.

The TK and Seeker Show Revival

2008-03-17T23:56:00.002-04:00

So my old extra quotes blog, The TK and Seeker Show (guess who the stars are) is back, and the link is http://tkandseekershow.blogspot.com/

Check it out.

AIM Spam

2008-03-17T23:55:00.001-04:00

So I've been getting a lot of AIM spam on my secondary AIM name, JerseyDude94. It's annoying but it's not constant and I'm never on that account anyway. Luckily my main AIM name is safe.

Pimp My Blog: Entertainment

2008-03-17T23:51:00.001-04:00

So I'm removing the "DC Comics" Label from my blog, and blanketing those posts under entertainment. Yeah.

Tracked Out

2008-03-17T23:49:00.004-04:00

Yeah so I'm tracked out and it's rocking I'm just hanging around watching Prison Break, playing games, and having great times.

Arby 'n' Chief 6: Brawl

2008-03-17T23:49:00.001-04:00

Arby 'n' Chief Five: Martyrdom

2008-03-17T23:48:00.001-04:00

Stupid Internet

2008-03-17T23:47:00.002-04:00

So my Internet is being gay and making me constantly refresh and reload pages and stuff. >_<