Ode to Zune

Well they're hitting their demographic at least.


You tried so hard to be so hip and so cool but the reality is your just a clunky awkward tool.
The time has come to throw in the towel, just be a man you machine so foul.
Keep your head up high you had some great features, like sharing music with all 10 other Zune creatures.
Don't be ashamed its not completely your bad, it's just compaired to the iPod your clueless and sad.
You know the boy who gets picked last at school in the gym, hate to break it to you, thats you, your him.
Christmas' when you would be open with glee were the fake expression of kids who really just have to pee.
I'm sorry to break it to you so honest and mean, this is suppose to be a celebration to an inferior machine.
So here's to you my wannabe friend, for sticking it out to the short, unsuccessful end.
Maybe there's a comeback some time soon, but let me save you from looking like a failed baboon.
Keep it in the warehouse all dusty and dark, and think of something original with a little bit of spark.
Adios bulky Zune you fought a good fight, you can go down with a smile knowing you gave it all of your might.

Dance Dance Revolution: Eyebrow RemiX

Enjoy the pure rhythmic sensation!!!

Up and Running

For those who havent heard from me yet, my website, cpr-design, is up and running. It is my first time coding with XHTML and styling with CSS so go easy.

Its a small sample of my work that already needs to be updated and better laid out. As a matter of fact I already hate it and am doing a redesign right now, so bookmark it and check up on it whenever you get the time. This is what I am going to be doing for the rest of my life so those of you who feel a part of my life enjoy it, comment on it, give advice or feed back.

Have fun!

Slumdog worth a Million

If you watched the Golden Globes this last sunday you were probably wondering why this movie you have never heard of is winning all the awards. Well I'm here to fill you in on this top honor movie called "Slumdog Millionare."

Let me just say that this is the best movie I have seen all year. It deserved every award it received and then some. Im telling all of you right now to go see it if its near you and if its not find a way to see it, you wont regret it.

Understandably so, most of you haven't seen this movie bc its been in very limited release so here is my 10 cents on the movie (or more like IMDB's ten cents).

"The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out. At the heart of its storytelling lies the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love."

Seriously this movie is unreal. I honestly have seen it twice in one week. p.s. for all that care, there is absolutly no reason why this movie is rated R, so if you are worried about that you 100% honestly don't have to, there is nothing, and I mean nothing,wrong with this movie.

Best album of 2008!

The Killers new Cd Day & Age is due out next tuesday but I got it a bit early. Let me first start off by telling you that The Killers are probably in the top 5...nay 3 of my current favorite bands and top 10 for all time favorites. They bring the best of the old world of music and mix it in with the best of the new. There sound is original yet familiar at the same time. Their previous release were big hits in my book. Hot Fuss was a synthesized sound with "sing from the top of your lungs" hit after hit. Sam's Town was a more emotional yet grandiose epic, both musically and lyrically. They go deeper into metaphors and imagery more than anthem alt-pop like their previous.

Day & Age is a perfect hybrid of both these albums, bringing together the successful ingredients that made those albums a success. iTunes describes Day & Age as "truely unique. This is gigantic, cry your eyes out alt-pop with real soul peeping out from underneath the synth pulses and waves of post production."
The Killers truly do bring something new to the table every album. D&A introduces new touches of sounds into it's tracks like, African tribal chanting, harpsichord, trumpets, sax, and harps. But the the music stays true to Killer form.
The more I listen to it the more I love it. Not only do I feel as though this is the best album of 2008, but might possibly be my favorite Killers album and their most successful one.

No Heartbreaks here

Kanyes West's new Cd 808's & Heartbreaks drops Nov. 25th and I cannot be more excited. The two singles already released, Love Lockdown & Heartless, in my opinion are incredible. They show a more personal and intimate side of Kanye which i feel is a reflection of the past year of his life.
I have had the chance to listen to the entire CD and let me tell you that the whole Cd is sung in the same style as the previous two songs, and I'm not mad about it. I think its different but genius. Kanye truly has stepped up to be the musical voice of our generation and along with that title comes room to be innovative and original. I say good for Kanye for exposing the emotional and darker side of his life and expressing it in a new style of Hip Hop.
808's & Heartbreaks does not fit into his "school" themed catologe; The College Dropout, Late Registration & Graduation. Those Cd's were more cocky, hip hop, mainstream. Believe me they are amazing and what everyone should love and want, but my argument for 808's is this; what successful and influential artist or band hasn't gone off and done a little soul searching and have come back with a different or unique take on their music? (The Beatles, The Killer, Bruce Springsteen, Tu Pac, Chili Peppers, OUTKAST ect.).
I hope everyone really gives this a chance and has an open mind about it. I am very prepared for the majority not to like it because it isnt mainstream or typical Kanye. I say who cares. Its totally new and like nothing you've ever heard before. In my opinion what better person to express new styles in a genre to our generation than Kanye West.
So go out and get it. Enjoy!!!

Songs to look out for:
Paranoid
Streetlights
Tell Everybody that you know Feat. Lil Wayne

AUSTRALIA

Visionary director Baz Luhrman, most notably known for his breathtaking work on Moulin Rouge!, is returning to the directors chair after a seven year stint with what has been said to be an epic masterpiece. All though I loved Moulin Rouge! and the amazing way it told an incredible story, I understand that it may have been too abstract and visually distracting for some. For those who may have felt that way should rest at ease. This movie looks as if its going to be a more traditional film with yet another amazing story penned by Mr. Luhrman himself. I personally have fallen in love with the cinematography and graphic style in which this film is being presented. See for yourself. The music is amazing and so is everything else.

Australia staring Huge Jackman and Nicole Kidman is a set In northern Australia prior to World War II. An English aristocrat (Kidman) inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man (Jackman) to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier.IMDB.com