Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Though this movie war probably derided by critics everywhere, I still love this film. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was seen by everyone in my generation and was much loved. I remember as a kid, I would watch the cartoon ALL the time. I had the audio tapes, the action figures, even a Turtles mug. I don't remember when this movie first came out, but when I first saw it, I instantly fell in love. My favorite cartoon heroes were transported into reality and seemed like they could actually exist. They were hip, they were cool, they weer totally bodacious. I came to watch the first and second films in the series many times. The third film I saw in the theatres (and absolutely hated because of its lack of Shredder) and I continued to watch them. Then I grew up. The cartoon ended, the live-action television show was canceled, and there had been no new films for years. It became very difficult for me to stay in touch with the Turtles; I still loved them but they weren't a part of life like they used to be. Then when the new cartoon came out, I instantly fell in love again. Though the cartoon wasn't like the old one, I thought it was refreshing to see some new storylines. I saw characters in new ways. And I fell in love with the movies again. The newest film TMNT didn't surpass the original film, but it was still nice to see that Turtles are still loved. I can only hope that another film is produced, but until then, I still have my old favorite to watch again and again.

Time Management

I've been waiting for Uncharted 2 (a new videogame for the Playstation 3) to come out for sometime now. When I finally received it in the mail today, I sat down and played it for 2 and 1/2 hours straight. I would have continued to the end, but unfortuanely I ran out of time. College is the best time of your life, where you learn time management skills that are good for later life. However, it always seems like I can never start a paper until the deadline is about 24 hours away. I'd rather play videogames rather then take my midterm (actually did sleep through a midterm because I played a videogame till 5 that morning lol). Though I know it may not be as big of a problem later in life, right now my time management skills are terrible. I keep looking longingly at my PS3, thinking "Only a few hours, only a few more hours." This stinks lol.

TV Shows that End: Good or Bad?

Watching television is always a difficult thing for me because it seems like I never have enough time to sit down and watch a program the same time every week. One of those shows that is an exception to the rule is Nip/Tuck, which is having its last season this year (albeit it being split into two parts). I started watching Nip/Tuck when it first came out. I don't know why, but I fell in love with it. It was edgy and pushed the boundaries of appropriate television. Unlike another medical show that I watched, E.R., the surgeries performed were not just there because they needed to be, they often added a subtext to the story. Over the years, Nip/Tuck has become stranger and stranger and at points ridiculous.

When I first heard that it was to be ended after 100 episodes, I was unhappy and dismayed; one of the only shows I have left from my teenage years was about to end, and I would have to move on to something else. Unlike other shows like The Sopranos, though, I eventually saw the end as a good thing. It seems like it is right for Nip/Tuck to become complete. A show can't go on forever (unless its The Simpsons), and sometimes it is better to bow out before the show is canceled.

How does does everyone else feel about this?

Addiction to Reading?

I don't know if this is a good thing or bad thing but I started last week by reading Dan Brown's new Robert Langdon book The Lost Symbol (for those who still are scratching their heads, its a sequel to Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code) I finished the book in about three days, pretty much tuning out reality in the process. After that I started in on another book I had a while back about the Mafia and the history behind that. Soon I finished that and went onto a novelization about a comic book storyline that I have been trying to read for a while. After that I HAD to stop. I wasn't getting any work done and almost seemed like I was ignoring friends to a certain degree. Can reading be almost as addicitive as heroin (not that I'd know lol) or is it just me. Do you ever have the feeling like you want to read a book and just not stop no matter what? It felt like I could survive the end of the world if I just finished the book. Does anyone else have these feelings occasionally?

Notes - I hadn't read a book for pleasure in almost six months. Also The Lost Symbol was awesome and moves away from the cliches that I've seen in the three novels I've read by him. Finally, why can't school textbooks be this interesting; if they were, I might be the greatest student in America lol.

Online Classes

Hmm...I've been thinking lately. I'm taking two online courses this semester and they both have a strange trend. They both seem to have more work then the in-class course and the half and half course that I'm taking this semester. Between the reading and the movies and the discussions, it always seems like online courses are actually more work then in-class classes. I was just wondering if anyone felt the same way.

Note - This s not a criticism Bjorn. Just a general observance...please don't fail me lol.