Acknowledging History is Hypocrisy

I found this video online when I was watching a few news videos of Iran's potential nuclear capability. It's a time lapse map of every single nuclear explosion throughout a span of 50+ years. It's one of the most amazing yet terrifying things that I've ever seen in my life. Since the video is nearly 15 minutes long (and possibly mundane), you may not be interested in watching the whole thing, but I would personally recommend watching at least the last two minutes of the video, starting from the 12:00 marker. I'm not trying to make a political statement by posting this, rather just to show how countries around the world are using nuclear weapons without consideration of its effects on people and the environment. 

It's funny how half of the world is throwing sanctions on Iran for their nuclear program but they fail to see who have been the repeat offenders throughout history. Like I said, I'm not blaming anyone in particular for this problem, but it's just something that people seem to disregard these days. For some of us, acknowledging history is hypocrisy.

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Sam R.

It's Been A While...

Yes, I'm well aware that it's been a long time since I've posted, but lately the only thing that I've been doing is schoolwork. You see, it's senior year at high school and I've gotta put a lot of effort towards getting into a good college which requires high grades as well as a high rank within the class. In order to do so, I've decided to place myself into more rigorous classes instead of just chilling my last school year (which by the way is not a bad thing to do). Anyways, that's nearly everything that's been going on in my life recently. 

Well, also this one kid that me and my friend always talk about. He's a great guy and getting to know him is quite interesting, but I always feel like I am judged under his eyes. Yes it's the human nature to judge others, but I feel as if he does it in an especially provocative and nearly a rude manner. I don't know, it's still a theory, but I don't think I am wrong. So yeah, that's my life these days. I'll try my best to post a little more on here but things obviously get in the way. 

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Sam R.

Song of the Week

I still haven't seen the Batman movie, but there is one thing that has fascinated me about it so far...the soundtrack. Usually, I put up a song that has written lyrics, a chorus, bridge, and so on. However, the soundtrack captivated my attention in such a way that I would not forgive myself if I didn't share it with those who read my blog.

I don't know what it is about the soundtrack, but it's just simply fascinating. The Dark Knight Rises had big expectations to fill for many moviegoers, especially after its Marvel rival released what many claim is its greatest movie so far, The Avengers. Without even watching the movie, I am impressed with Hans Zimmer's work on the soundtrack. Every single note for the song was carefully and keenly picked to fit the soundtrack of the movie. It is simply perfect for the movie, as it captures the darkness of Batman and those in Gotham City while displaying the magnificence and splendor that accompanies a superhero/action movie. 

After listening to a few pieces, it's made me look forward to watching the final part of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy. Yes, I have high expectations, but I'm really looking forward to see how the soundtrack and the raw film itself comes together to make one of the greatest works of film in the 21st century. 

Title: Rise

Artist: Hans Zimmer

Album: The Dark Knight Rises [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Year: 2012

So have you seen the movie? Comment below and let me know what you think of the film and the soundtrack. I look forward to your responses.

More information about the song and the album can be found here.

More information about the artist can be found here.

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Guess Who's Back?

So the Florida trip is officially over, I am back in Texas! Yeehaw!

Anyways, I'll try to post a few pictures that I took during the trip there and maybe blog about some other things that happened while I was down in Florida. 

So until the next post, I've got some unpacking and catching up to do. More blog posts will come in the next few days. Be sure to check out my Twitter on the right (if you're on the desktop version) and follow me on twitter!

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Moar Updates

That's right, it's another post that is not officially a blog post. I'm just putting this up here just to notify all my readers of many of the upcoming 'changes' to the blog.

1. I will still tinker around with the appearance of this blog - I was looking for a dark theme online, but so far I haven't gotten exactly what I've wanted. As you can tell, I've ironically ended up with the stark opposite. So yeah, be sure to check out some of the gadgets on the side. Share the blog with your friends, take the poll, or even translate it to a different language! I will also be tinkering around in the field of gadgets as well.

2. Less personal stuff - As it says, I'm gonna try and limit the amount of personal information that I put on my blog. Not like addresses, emails, and whatnot, but the things of my personality, how I react to certain things, and whatnot. Why, you may ask? That would be because of...personal reasons ;)

3. Expect slow posting for the next two weeks - Well, I've packed up my bags and I'm headed to Florida for a short vacation! Actually, the first thing that I've gotta to while I'm there is go to a conference, so the vacation aspect of it is actually not that big. Anyways, the point I was trying to make was that I won't be near many computers or laptop (I don't use the mobile app cause it simply sucks!) for a lot of time, which essentially results in less blog posts. I'll try to post some pictures and small thoughts while I'm there, but I probably won't get around to posting many blog posts at my usual rate (1-2 days). One thing that I'll still be on a little more frequently is Twitter, so if you follow my Twitter account, it's all good.

Anyways, these are just some small things that all of you, my readers, should expect for a while. If you enjoy reading my blog, don't forget to share with your friends!

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Song of the Week

Green Day is not one of the best bands in the world, this I will admit. However, they had a time when they had a lot of mainstream popularity, especially amongst college students. During that time, they made what most would call 'their best music'. According to the lead singer, the album American Idiot was the album that the worked the hardest on. As a result, it became a very popular record and the effort paid off for the entire band. Green Day is one of the modern bands, that in my opinion, set the bar for rock music.

The song that I chose today is one of my favorite from when they used to be popular. You probably know the entire song word for word, and you might as well sing along.

This is just the video of the song. The music video has a bit of a plot line behind and as a result, it is a few minutes longer than the song. Scroll below this video if you would like to view.

Music Video

So what do you think of the song? Do you have another favorite Green Day song? Let us all know in the comments section below!

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A Moment of Ecstasy (Part 2)

This is the second and final part. Be sure to check out the first one here.

I suppose it's fair to say that all good things must come to an end. Good thoughts, good feelings; it is inevitable that all of these good 'things' must lay down to rest. That's how we humans are, as we have to endlessly toil day and night only to have brief moments of pleasure. 

Moving on, my dad came back from India last Wednesday, I was ecstatic when I finally saw him again. All of us went to the airport and waited for what seemed to be forever to meet him again. Thinking back on it now, I guess I didn't exuberantly display my affection for him at first sight, yet I still felt glad to see him. We all were a little shocked when we first saw him, he got thinner when he came back from India, and the plane ride back took quite a toll on him. Following the car ride home, it was time to unpack. Everyone in our house (and by everyone I mean my mom and sisters) were excited to unpack in order to see their brand new saris and other Indian clothes. Along with some of the things that we unpacked, we also brought along many snacks from India. And as these things were being unpacked, I realized that there was essentially nothing that my dad had got for me. My dad got me a lousy shirt from India, along with two formal dress pants that seemed a little too big. He also got me laddu, which is an Indian sweet shaped like a yellow ball. Not only was the shirt 'lame', but the laddu was very dry and tasted bland as a result. I found it to be hard to hide my jealousy when everyone else in the family was acting as if it was Christmas. For a moment, i felt as if I was the kid who got the worst presents from his parents ever. I went to my room and played it off, saying that I had other things to do. It seems as if every excitment that I had, from the AP exam scores to my dad returning, seemed to diminish in that very moment. Right then, that moment of ecstasy was offically over. 

So now I suppose it's fair to say that I'm back to normal. It was nice feeling as if nothing in the world could ever stop me, but now it's fair to say that it's all gone. Maybe it was selfish of me to act that way on that night. After all, I shouldn't have expected anything special in particular from him, but I figured getting crappy stuff might just be worse than getting no stuff at all. Or is it supposed to be the other way around? I don't know, but at that moment back then, something in me was simply let down. It's not that I became depressed, but I became grounded again, I returned to what many people define as 'normal'. 

So I guess that was the end of it.

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