It Tastes Like Chicken

Because every single time I watch One Tree Hill I get the urge to write I am here in front of the PC. I am trying to watch The OC and typing this entry at the same time. Thanks to WinFast TV Tuner on the PC... it is still hard though. As I said, that show has a way of making me want to write something, anything creative. That's why I make a lot of allusions to that show. It just has that effect on me.

Since I don't have any particular topic in mind. I decided to look through the list of topics I want to talk about on this blog (yes I have a list). And the last one seems to strike my fancy at the moment so here goes nothing...

It tastes like chicken... that is the idea. It is a funny expression but we use it for things we don't want to eat because it is somewhat exotic or just plain wierd or nasty. It is like a reassurance I guess.

My dad gave me the idea for this entry while we were having lunch a week ago. He commented on how funny it is that every thing else we wouldn't think of eating is portrayed as something "chicken-ish".

What I am trying to get at actually is life. I thought that this expression is a great way of living our lives. We fear a lot of things and to have something familiar and secure makes us feel safe. We should apply the philosophy of the chicken and take each fear and oppurtunity and see it as something that is attainable, not scary and within our reach.

Really just think of it this way... IT TASTES LIKE CHICKEN.

Blame this on my over active imagination. A somewhat intelligent entry when you look at it in a certain point of view...

Conformity Is Overrated

I never expect complex story lines from comic books turned into movies because most of the time they can not place too much depth alongside all that action and X-Men did not prove me wrong on that one. But that trilogy still manages to entertain me and make me fall in love with it which leaves me waiting for the "rumored" Wolverine spin off movie (or I am waiting for the spin off because Hugh Jackman would be in it).

It could be the female superheroes (I love Storm!), Hugh Jackman (I really do have a HUGE CRUSH on this guy, no pun intended), the insane special effects and action squences, or the emotionality, as the actors put it, contained in each of these mutants stories.

To be living in world where non-conformity and deviant behavior is seen as a disease this movie did leave that important message for their audiences: Never let other people decide what you think is right, fight for your principles as long as you know it is for the greater good, and never conform just to belong. It took the special of MTV on the movie for me to grasp this message.

To be honest when I left the cinema I was a bit disappointed because I felt like it was missing something and it was somehow anti-climactic. I felt that this wasn't supposed to be the way they were going to end this series. But I realized the significance of it all and now I know that everything ended as it was supposed to.

Although I do have a lot of questions... what really happened to Rouge? Does the cure have side effects? And to all the fans of the comic book, what is Angel's other power aside from flying? I'm serious about the last question can someone please answer that for me.

Oh, last question if you were an X-Men who would you be?

I would love to be Storm. Callisto would be cool too although I would not join Magneto's cause.

Go see the movie for yourselves, prepare to be entertained, you will be in for a wicked thrill ride.

AMERICAN IDOL AMERICAN IDOL AMERICAN IDOL

Another season is done... the best in the American point of view battled it out and Mr. Taylor Hicks emerged as the winner. I am a Katharine McPhee fan but I know that Taylor deserves the title. He nailed the performance night. It was his night.

Well, except for Katharine's illustrious "Somewhere Over Rainbow" rendition. She's so great! I love Kat! I pray for a successful career for her she deserves it. This season's idols deserve it. I just can't say enough how this is the best season ever!

It was a star studded night! I loved all the performances in the result show. I was surprised when Prince arrived because I know the rumors around him and how he turned down "mentoring" the idols, I guess he just wanted to perform.

It has been a great season. I wished it would have been a Chris and Katharine finale but things have a way of working out. More things are in store for this people I just know it.

This is actually the first season where I was rooting for someone to actually win the American Idol title. I didn't really have a favorite between Fantasia and La Toya in Season 3 or Bo and Carrie in Season 4 (I wanted Constantine to win!). This season I wanted Chris to win but that didn't happen although I was happy that my favorite idol Katharine was in the finale. This time I was hoping very badly that she would win it. But after I saw the performances last night I just had a feeling that Taylor was supposed to win this. I accepted it last night already...

And before I end this entry I just want to say something in Katharine's defense. Her debut single which I know is not made by them did not showcase her talent as much as it should have. As Randy put it, she was greater than that song. Now all I have to wait for is her debut album...