Thursday, February 10, 2022

What Grinds my Gears #4 : Background Trap Beats

  What Grinds my Gears #4

          Have you ever been watching a Youtube tutorial or videos about travelling when all of
 a sudden, a cicada like trap beat starts playing? Sometimes the beat becomes too loud. Maybe 
 it's just my generation not understanding Gen Z type of music but I remember when we didn't 
 have that kind of music. Back then most artists used to sample old music and it'd become an  
 instant hit. 
         It seems today artists have become lazy in the way they make music. Gone are the days
 when you had to be talented enough to play an instrument and if you were good, you became
 successful. Nowadays all it takes is some simple music software to rearrange beats and speed
  up or slow down the music. Then you can upload your music to apps such as Soundcloud or
  Spotify.

Saturday, September 4, 2021

What Grinds my Gears 3

 What Grinds my Gears 3

Restaurant Menus on QR Codes

         A few months ago, I had gone out to eat with my family, as we sat down I noticed a QR
   Code on the table. A waiter told us that they would no longer pass out menus due to COVID
   and that you would have to scan for their menu on your phone. Here's my problem: I'm sure
   a small handful of people who have outdated smartphones don't have a QR reader. 

        I understand it makes it easier for food workers to not have to clean menus everytime they
pass it out but for those who don't have new phones. But why don't they post the menu by the
door when you walk in so you can know what you want before you sit down.

        I strongly agree that pre-COVID, the menus I were handed were sticky and a bit dirty so 
 it's fitting that they would do this. Hopefully after this virus ends, some restaurants will go 
 back to regular menus so that everyone's happy.

Monday, August 9, 2021

The Tomorrow War (movie review)

 The Tomorrow War

Cast: Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, JK Simmons, Betty Gilpin

            Taking place in the near future, this action flick stars Pratt as a former Marine who gets 
   passed over for a job he wanted. He realizes he has no purpose in life until people from the 
   future show up on TV & ask citizens to come fight with them against an army of aliens that 
   has been killing people. He willingly joins and heads to the future. He ends up meeting a
   grown up version of his daughter (Strahovski), who works as a scientist trying to figure out
   how to kill the aliens with a virus.

           I really enjoyed this movie alot that has heart. The casting is excellent and features 
  a prominent male action hero something that is lacking in today's progressively woke 
  Hollywood . The special effects are top notch considering the nearly $200 million
  price tag Amazon had to pay for the rights. The father/daughter dynamic will hit you right
  in the feels. 

       Grade B+
              

Friday, June 18, 2021

Acrostic Poem

  Acrostic Poem

L- Learning

I- Ideas, Improvement

F- Friends, Focused, Family

E- Education

S- Special Needs 

K- Knowledge

I- Independent 

L- Laughing

L- Learning

S- Students, 

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Springtime Playlist


Springtime Playlist

1). I'm like a bird- Nelly Furtado 

2). Here Comes the Sun- George Harrison

3). Beautiful Day- U2

4). I Can See Clearly Now- Jimmy Cliff

5). Unwritten- Natasha Bedingfeld 

6). Keep your Head up- Andy Grammer

7). Up with the Birds- Coldplay 

8). Both Sides Now- Judy Collins

9). Tiptoe Thru the Tulips- Tiny Tim

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

St Patrick's Day Playlist

 

 

 St Patrick's Day Playlist

      1). The Dropkick Murphy's- Shipping up to Boston

      2). The Coors- Breathless

      3). Macklemore f. Ryan Lewis- Irish Celebration 

      4). Enya-  Only Time, Book of Days

      5). The Cranberries- Zombie, Linger, Ode to my Family

      6). Metallica, Thin Lizzy- Whiskey in the Jar

      7). U2- Sunday Bloody Sunday

      8). Ed Sheeran- Galway Girl 

       9). House of Pain- Jump Around 

       10). Flogging Molly- Drunken Lullabies 

Sunday, December 6, 2020

Last Christmas

 

 

          Last Christmas isn't just your typical holiday movie. it's also a delightful rom/com that has 
   heart (literally). It stars Emilia Clarke ( Game of Thrones) as Kate, an aspiring young woman 
   whose down on her luck, stuck at her dead end job until one day she meets a handsome strange
   man (Henry Goulding, Crazy Rich Asians). He gives her advice to become a better person and
   ends up changing her life for the better. 
          While I liked this movie, there was part near the end that teared me up a bit (spoiler: He 
   was a ghost who died in a biking accident and he donated his heart so she could live on.) 
   This movie was taken from a Wham song and predominately features George Michael songs. 
     
      3/4 Stars