Sunshine on my shoulder makes me happy.

Sunshine almost always makes me high.

mcs

To the five readers I have...


mcs.

A New Direction

For now, this blog is abandoned, and it might be for a very long time. I'm running on this mac service for two months that I got with my new MacBook for Christmas. With it, I created not only a blog, but my own full website with several expandable web pages. I'd like for you guys to now look for me at http://web.me.com/pochaco/In_Motion/Welcome.html  . That is  link to the main page. At the top of the page is a navigation bar showing all of my other pages in that site, one of which is a blog. The direct link to my blog is http://web.me.com/pochaco/In_Motion/Blog/Blog.html , but I hope for you to look at the rest of the site. The blog page shows excepts from each post. To read the full post, you have to click the title, or the "read more" button after each excerpt. You can comment, just like you can here. please visit, and comment!

Everyone!

Everyone stopped posting! Understandable -- it's a busy time of the year, and I'm not sure myself when I'll get back in the blogging business. How was your Christmas? Mine was great, I love my family. I wasa very lucky 

child this year.

 

Happy Winter.

Warwick OCAL - Sat & Sun 6:30P & 9:30P

I was in the audience for the taping along with a bunch of Warwick people, so I guess I'd let you guys know that Warwick will be on Cablevision channel 12 on Saturday & Sunday (12/20 & 12/21) at 6:30P and 9:30P both days on the challenge. It'll also be available online sometime next week, I'll post a link to that then, but take a look at Warwick's page...

Warwick OCAL - Click Here

Family Guy

This has to be the funniest episode ever.

BUSY!

Busy busy busy times coming up. Don't know how much I'll be able to blog, but I took some pics of my Christmas tree. Please take a look!!

Christmas

VTV

Two videos I want you guys to see, I really like them.

This is safe to watch always. It's short, and I think it's amazing. I love this song & typography.








This one here...if parents are around and they're sensitive to cursing, then wait to watch this. This is really funny, thanks to Jack Black.

DBQ - Intro

What do you think?

Throughout history, human life on earth has been a struggle for power. The strongest defeat the weakest in a show of tenacity and valor. As civilizations continued to grow great in power and become prosperous, some would attempt the capture of others with whom they do not share a rivalry. Perhaps it was just to flaunt the muscles of their empire, or perhaps there were other motives involved, but through the chaos, just too obscure to decipher exactly what. As life hit more modern times in the 17^th century, reason became an important part in performing actions. The Renaissance had been coming to a close, and the current Scientific Revolution left the majority of civilization asking for motives in actions of their superiors. Though at times seemingly debauched, governments had an answer for all of their actions. The Industrial Revolution led to a boom in imperialism beginning in the 17^th and 18^th centuries. Through the rush for territory, one country proved exceptionally successful. The British Empire spanned the globe by the 19^th century. The empire produced rippling effects on the world. The sun didn’t begin to set on this vast beast until the 1950’s, due to war, famine, and no longer tolerated British oppression.

Oh man

Wow. What an absolutely horrible day. My foot is still bleeding, too. But it's all in good fun. School's going well. Did you know Hillary Clinton is ineligible to become Secretary of State unless the salary for the job is lowered back down to it's Jan 2008 raise? It's called the Emolument Clause in the constitution. If the office in the Presidential Cabinet a representative from congress is appointed to has received a pay-hike during that representative's current term, then they are ineligible to take that position unless the salary goes back down. So basically Hillary can't take office unless congress lowers the salary for Secretary of State to its pre 2008 raise state. They will, but I find legalities interesting. Lookup "Saxbe" on news.google.com for more info.

Happy Time

EVERYONE IS BLOGGING AGAIN AND CHRISTMAS IS COMING AND SO IS SNOW.

I'm happy, can't you tell? Now for some light humor. Craig Ferguson is hilarious.

Cuppin Fuffin

I had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and while Thanksgiving is a time for wonderful get-togethers, my family doesn't go crazy over Thanksgiving. You see, I guess we're a weird bunch. We celebrate Christmas much larger than Thanksgiving, with three gatherings, not one. Our first gathering is traditionally the Saturday before Christmas, which, this year, is the 21st. We all meet in my Great-grandmother's apartment in Harlem (far north Manhattan.) After that, we meet for the most special gathering, at my grandmother's house here in Warwick on Christmas Eve. My grandmother cooks a feast, and I bake some desserts to bring. Usually I make those pre-made cookies, but I'm feeling something different this year. We gather around 2:00PM, and more people gather throughout the night, until we have somewhere in the realm of 15 or so. We sing, play guitar, and have a nice time. My aunt and I run around with cameras and video cameras, documenting the night. After dinner, (which, as I said before, is a feast fit for a king) we head to a local Catholic chapel, where, my grandfather who's a Catholic preacher, gives mass. This goes until just before midnight. We drive back to my grandmother's house where we all open gifts. My aunt and I, once again, run around with cameras. Everyone gets home by around 2:00AM, by this time it's Christmas morning. This year we're hopefully beginning a new tradition. The day after Christmas, which is a Friday this year, our family is heading to Sayville, Long Island, about two hours out, to gather at my uncle's house. We're going to spend the day there and exchange more Christmas spirit. I will most likely spend the following week there and celebrate New Year's with them as well. It should be much fun. The entire purpose of this post was really to get down to the point that I made some pumpkin muffins, but I didn't want to just come out and say GUESS WHAT I MADE MUFFINS.

I made pumpkin muffins, GUYS! And they're DAMNED GOOD!

 What can one do?

Old Emails

Just a quickie, but a rant about myself again, and how much I hate who I used to be. Like, what the *EXPLICIT* was this?!?!?! READ THIS, AND LAUGH, I ENCOURAGE MUCH LAUGHER.

This was an old email from me to someone I'm sure you can guess, dated 3/2/2007...hah.

This is like an oxymoron, but if I'm not what you call 'normal' next week, at all. I'll just say right now, tonight has been the worst night of my life. No exceptions. Tonight is the worst night I've ever had ever. I just don't...don't expect me normal. You'll know why eventually. Just so you know, this isn't the normal, "So what's bugging you?" This is something that might change my life forever. I'm just giving you the heads up.

I don't know whether to cry, be happy, or be angry. I'm trying to stay emotionless.

What the hell was wrong with me?! Again, I laugh. How pathetic.

Really?

It was brought to my attention a few days ago that my views are one of an extreme leftist. To that person I ask:
-- Really? Am I really that far left? Because, ya know, I beg to differ. It's simple, really...

1. I fully stand by President George W. Bush, not only out of respect but out of praise. Do I think he's been a good president? Yes. I'm the minority in that statistic, and I'm fully aware. We are in a misguided war with previously good intentions. Though most would argue the War in Iraq is a war for oil control, I would starkly disagree. I believe that is a reasonable conclusion, however it must be kept in mind that though President Bush is the leader of this fine country, he is not the end-all be-all power. We all must also keep in mind that through this American public, no one holds more power than we the people. We have the right of protest, and protest is heard in this country by those that govern. What if protest isn't heard? Well that's when we elect a new President, such as Former Senator Barack Obama. Barack signifies a way out of this war that I, too, believe is long overdue, however now out of spite for Mr. Bush. I believe he was a great president. 
2. This economic crisis is easily blamed on republicans, nominally The failures of George W. Bush. May I ask you, what can a president do to regulate a market? We're all quick to find a scapegoat, but this country was based on Laissez-Faire economics, a far cry from imposed British Mercantilism. President Bush handled himself as he should. Stone-Age old laws "governing" economics aren't the fault of President Bush. Just because it went wrong on his watch doesn't make him the evil-doer. 
3. Maybe this is one of my more conservative views. I oppose an amendment to the marriage laws (as does Barack Obama) and I'm extremely pro-life, whether or not you like it. That's why Bush was my man over both Gore AND Kerry. My only crisicism? Failure to advance on the Global Warming crisis, but McCain AND Obama BOTH had that covered for me.

Obama was my man this election, but I'm no Democrat, and I'm no Republican. I'm what you call a noncommital.

Hear ye

Just a quickie - I just read an article of Taylor Swift complaining about her relationship with one of the Jonas brothers and then she continues on to say she's moved on. I don't care about the people in this article, but for anyone that has been separated for this long, shut up, stop moaning, and move on. I did it, so can you. Shouldn't have even taken me the time it did. It's not worth moping.

Sonnet 130 - A Response

I had to read sonnet 130 for ELA and write a response about it, and here is what I was able to fashion out of it.

     Shakespeare wrote Sonnet 130 expressing an opinion few wrote about in his time. His first three quatrains are of a dame, known today as the Dark Lady, aptly named so out of her dun complexion. Love today is rarely idealized, in my opinion. Shakespeare describes women as having hair of wire (golden wire) while his mistress has black, dull hair. Simply this shows that truly, his love is blind.
     Courtly love was an extremely idealistic form of love. Woman were often regarded as strong spiritual forces in a relationship. They often married young so as to have a companion during their "prime" years. After teens, a woman not in the perfect relationship was discounted. Woman were said to have been married and kept chiefly due to their appearance. Shakespeare's words speak the opposite.
     Shakespeare's words ring very true to me. Physical attraction may be a cornerstone to inviting a love interest, but once you trust love a person, a certain part of you never ceases. Romantic love is an ineffable sensation rarely felt. Simply recognized, it's a driving force that makes life so wondrous that renound authors authors write about it to express and solve this inscrutable riddle.

Thanks

Smile

I really wanted to continue on the theme of unity from my last blog post, but I wasn't sure quite how - so I decided it's a good idea to extend it into not just national unity, but global unity. Pictures speak volumes, so perhaps it's better of me to keep it short, sweet, and to the point, and show you a video from the overseas country of Australia, where a viewing party watched on full of some American voters, as well as native Australians. It's amazing how one man can do more than bring a nation together -- he brought the world to one warm embrace. 

Hello World

Hey there friends.What's new? Haven't heard from my usual blog-followers in a while. Anyone wanna give me a shout out? I've been here editing video, and I'm about to go to sleep. I'm so exhausted after a great day in the city filming the Challenge competition. I would post the results here, but the group is under a Non Disclosure Agreement and I can't take any chances online. Ask me about it. I didn't have very many pictures, so I put together a collage of the day's events.

In other news, Ms. Sciarra decided to don the Wildcat mascot suit, and parade around like a nut. It landed her a spot on the channel 12 news tonight. The show will be airing December 20th & 21st at 6:30P and 9:30P. Be sure to catch us all on TV! Best part is, this isn't my only class trip this year! WOOOOOOOOOOOOH.