Hola, again. If you can gain anything from the title, I hope you gain that I am leaving this site. I know people have said this and that about not leaving, but after some incredibly sickening things arose within the past day, I must say that I am leaving this site for good. I'm not saying why, or calling anybody out, but I will say that I am shocked by those who I thought were good friends of mine that happened to be a part of this website, one that I can't believe I joined. Either way, you people sicken me. If you have been a good person on this website, not done anything evil or whatnot and know you haven't, I'm obviously not talking to you. You that know that you haven't done anything wrong are great gems of people. Those of you that are questioning whether you've done anything to hurt other users, whether purposely or not, I hate your guts. Every part of your body, every thought in your small, thick-skinned head, I despise. I put a lot of trust in people, but I know I should have trusted my mom when she told me to not put much faith in those I meet with online. Well, she was right and I've been stabbed in the back. Like so many times before, I realize that as good as I thought I had it, most of it was just a lie. I'm left alone, all alone again. And guess what? I'm not going to blame myself for once, but those who I thought I could trust but took advantage of it. Those that have left this site did so with a good amount of reason. I will be glad to leave here. If you want to keep in contact, I'll give you my e-mail. If not, stay the hell away. Adios, I really wish for once I could be accepted somewhere, and you've proven me that I won't... Ever... Thanks a lot.

Hello Darkness, My Old Friend...

Well, before I get blabbering like an idiot, I'm just gonna say one thing. I'm PISSED!!! Now, this is the freaking second time this has happened to me. This is f*cking ridiculous. I swear to god, someone's gonna be sorry once I go on this killing spree (don't worry, i'm not really going on a killing spree, that's just a hyperbole). So, what's made me so pissed? Well, it's the god damn weatherman on Fox. That's right, Fox, my least favorite of all the main channels. So, last week, no, actually the week before that, I was watching House, one of the shows I've watched since the near beginnning. I get about ten minutes into the damn show, and the weatherman interrupts the show, telling us that the storm may be dangerous. The key word for me was may. Seriously, it's great to know that something may become dangerous. Now, I understand that warning us of a potentially dangerous storm is what you have to do. I get that. Unfortunately, what I don't understand is how this stupid ass weatherman kept saying the same damn thing, zooming in and out, showing us the storm we had been seeing for about the last 20 minutes, and then telling us how in about 30 minutes, he'd be telling us about this on the god damn scheduled NEWS!!!! And, that was just then. I guess I was okay with it, you know, I could always watch the episode online or something. It did get me a little pissed though. HOWEVER, when it came to tonight's House, it seemed that the weatherman must have saw some potential danger yet again, cause he interrupted me while I was watchign House f*cking again!!!! Maybe this guy has something against the show, I don't know. He's just an ass in my book. Seriously, I don't have anything against weathermen and what they gotta do, but this guy is just a plain jackass idiot. Sure, this sounds like ranting, but I think it is justified. And this is the worst part. Right when I'm getting down to the closing ten or so minutes of the show, that damn warning thing starts! Even though the news starts in ten minutes, he feels that it is important enough to protect people from potential danger. Yes, I know that's important, but I think you could wait ten god damn minutes. Seriously, ten minutes is a short period of time. I don't think the storm is gonna go crazy evil and then just suddenly kill half the damn population.

This is my message to this guy if I could send him one: F*ck you! Why don't you screw up stupid ol' American Idol you jackass?!?! Is it because you care about stupid singers more than a good and creative story you peace of sh*t?!?!?! (Yes, I know that's ridiculously evil to say, but I kind of like saying stuff like that, helps me get the stuff off my chest.) So, I missed the ending of House, which was getting emotional. Of all the episodes to ruin, you picked an awesome and emotional one. You jerk. 

Anyways, on a totally different topic, I am giving out a little info on the next Skating Weekly Update. All I'm giving you is the title. So far, I've named it: The Truth About Lying. Yes, you may know the title if you're a LOST fan. In fact, that's what was going to be the name of the episode that is now called Greatest Hits and is rumored to be Charlie's last episode (oh god, that'll be a sad one). Why did I name it that one? Well, I think that it suits what has been going on so far. With a lot of analyzing going on with me, I think that this is the perfect title. Plus, the title just kicks ass anyways. I seriously don't know why the creators of LOST changed it. It's god damn brillliant. Well, Adios for now. I'm done with my ranting for now. And all I can say is that I'm still pissed. That guy's an ass.

THE TOP TEN MOVIES OF SKATEGAME!!!!

10. BRAZIL (Gilliam, 1985)

9. TAXI DRIVER (Scorsese, 1976)

8. THERE WILL BE BLOOD (P.T. Anderson, 2007)

7. PERSONA (Bergman, 1966)

6. LOS OLVIDADOS (Bunuel, 1950)

5. NOSTALGHIA (Tarkovsky, 1983)

4. THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (W. Anderson, 2004)

3. A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (Yang, 1991)

2. BLUE VELVET (Lynch, 1986)

1. THE BIG LEBOWSKI (Coens, 199

TOP 7 OF '07

7. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
6. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
5. Once
4. The Darjeeling Limited
3. I'm Not There
2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
1. There Will Be Blood

PLEASE COMMENT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!

Wow, today has been... interesting. Heck, I thought that my life was boring, today, in some way, proved to me that although my life isn't quite as fun or eventful as it was, it's still got some kick to it. So, let me get started with a unique day, I present...

THE DAY WITH A VENGEANCE!

 Okay, first of all, one of my two friends, Chris, has been wanting me to hang out on this day, Friday, for quite some time. Anyways, I get a call from him on Thursday tell me that he wants me to go see 300 in the IMAX with him and a a couple friends for his birthday, Friday. As the person with nothing better to do, I said yes, and also since I wanted to see 300 on the IMAX (even though I saw it already).

Now, that's just to setup the day, and what a day it was. So, today started off like anyother day. I got up, turned on my shiny Mac, and had breakfast. As I was eating my donut, my dad asks me to go get the mail at around ten or so. Since I love to take a shower everyday, though, I told him I'd get it after I took my shower. As I was setting up the whole shower thing, I thought that the temperature of the water was good, so I got in. When I got in, I guess I bumped a knob or something, and suddenly, the water was boiling hot. So hot, that I fricking jumped out of the shower. And there you go, my day started off with getting burned by the shower. Back to getting the mail now.

As the good kid I am, I go get the mail. While I'm getting the mail, I stand at the mail box, in my robe and boxers and such, checking out to see if I got anything. I didn't, so I shut the mailbox and when doing so, I drop a couple of letters and the wind blows them into the middle of the street. I was dumb enough to just go after them and lo and behold, some idiot is speeding down my street. As I'm reaching for my mail, I notice him  as he honks at me (wow, how nice) and waves at me to get out of his way. On a side note, I gotta say that was a jackass thing for him to do. Now, of course I kind of jumped out of the way, or something. And there I am, nearly run over by some 4x4 truck, with the mail all crumpled up and ruined from that idiot running it all over. Oh, and yeah, I did scratch up my knee and arm while dodging this... idiot. So, I kind of felt like Charlie from Lost, as I find that with more time on my hands, I have been able to connect stuff. I mean, did me typing that stuff about me getting hit by a car have an effet on what happened this morning? I don't know, but as someone who thinks that fate is quite possible, it's almost too coincidental to be called a coincidence.

Anyways, that's not all that happened with me today, there's more. Well, after watching 300 on IMAX and feeling a little weird while watching on the sex scenes and such while sitting next to my friend's dad who might not have wanted his son to see the movie, we drove back to his house. On the way, the car got that little signal that says you need to change your oil. Since we weren't pressed for time at all, we went to the gas station to change the oil. Now, this is the highlight of the day for me in a sick and twisted way, so be forewarned! His dad buys some oil, pops the hood, and attempts to poor it in. Unfortunately, he didn't turn off the engine or anything, the car was still in park with the engine still going. As he attempts to poor the oil, he misses the little hole completely as he gets it all over the engine and lamp and stuff that's hot. The oil started to smoke, and as I sat in the car, I was a little worried. Then, as if fate thought I needed a more explosive ending to my life, the oil caught on fire. My friend's dad ran over to the side door and pulled me, my friend, and his friends out of the car telling us that we needed to get the hell outta the car. I looked back as I saw some flames coming from the hood, and man, can I tell you, that instead of feeling danger and fear, I grinned. Weird, I know, but I was kind of getting this feeling as though I was happy if this were my end. I mean, wouldn't it be cool if you died in an exploding car? IDK, maybe it's just me, but I thought that'd be a hell of a way to go. So, we rush into the gas station and the indian guy in there starts yelling at us as though we were gonna rob him or something. Chris's dad grabs the fire extinguisher behind the counter and runs back out to the car, putting out the flames and everything. And as I watched him put out the flames, I noticed something. Chris's dad looks a hell of a lot like Locke! Damn, he looks like his brother or something. However, his dad doesn't have the same voice or personality, so I guess that's why I never saw him as Locke-like.

Well, that was kind of a weird day.. but it ain't over yet. Nope, fate still had a vendetta against me. After that whole situation, we went to Chris's house and there, we decided to go out to Outback for his birthday dinner. When we got there, we decided to sit in the porch area that was indoors, like a greenhouse. We got there, sat ourselves down, and something smelt very strange. I realized it smelled a hell of a lot like GASOLINE! And there, as if fate had his murderer known to me, was some stupid waiter trying to light some outdoor lamp. He was fidgeting with it and such, and the gasoline smell got stronger and stronger. Finally, Chris's friend, who I think was Derek, asked our waiter what the chances were that we were gonna get blown up (yeah, he was a little... weird) and the waiter realized too that the area smelled strongly of gasoline. Immediately, he had the guy stop with the outdoor lamp thingy and turned off the gas. But, that wasn't the last from that Outback guy, the guy unknowingly trying to kill me via fate. Lucky for us, he tried to turn on another lamp of the same make and such. And what do you know? It had the same damn problem. Only this time, no one stopped him from trying to turn it on. As I watched him fidget with it, I heard a click. Then, I watched as a huge flame of smoke engulfed the whole top part of the lamp like a small explosion. I got off lucky, since we weren't near the lamp. But my murderer, well, his little Outback shirt got burned all over his back, black and all. The guy kind of flipped out and such, and then we got an apology from the manager, and I'm guessing that the little wanna be assassin from fate was fired.

 So, that wraps it up for me.  A weird day, as if someone wants me dead or something. I don't know what it is, but i, somehow, somehting would happen to me, I wouldn't be the least surprised. Since, after a day like this, I realized that anything is possible. 

NOW... onto the 'other stuff' 

Alright, with easter and all, and since I didn't make any New Year's resolutions of the such, I think that I'm gonna change my blogs. Instead of talking about games, tv, or movies as much, I'm gonna talk a little more of what's going on with me, since you guys really don't have a clue about the mysterious and wondruous life of me, SkateGame.  I mean, with lots of stuff going on with me, what better than to get some stuff off my chest than to use my blog, which is really an online journal that people can comment on.

A blog, as I've thought, isn't as pointless as a normal journal, in which you keeped locked up and away from the world. Why keep the crap locked up? Seriously, what good does that do? I never really understood that, so with this blog, instead of talking about me and my feelings and whatever the hell a journal contains and keeping it to myself, I'm gonna do all that journal crap in this blog, and then let you comment on it! Now, just as a note, this idea kind of bloomed through the process of my last blog post from early yesterday, 4/4/07, and after reading some of the blog posts from noahcrash. So, with my thanks to him, and to my own creative mind, I think that you guys will finally be able to figure out what runs me, this machine of a person, and what the hell happens to a machine of a person.

COMING UP NEXT ON: SKATEGAME'S REVAMPED BLOG!

Well, what's coming up? I'm guessing that I won't blog here until next weekend. So, here's what you can expect:

• A re-cap of my week
• My thoughts on Lost and other TV shows
• Anything to do with my life and such
• Any new purchases
• Movie and Gaming stuff

Now, I hope you guys will like the new blog, cause I think I'll enjoy it more than just randomly blogging about stuff that I eventually realize that I don't care about. I hope that you will find my life, as boring as it may be, somewhat enjoyable, as I hope to kind of turn this blog into a show of its own, where the main character is myself, as I journey through uncharted places of who knows what. Plus, maybe if you're lucky, I'll tell you a little bit about my... well, I'll just say: my past. Adios for now, please comment on what you think and stuff. Oh...

AND THANKS TO THOSE THAT READ MY LAST BLOG AND THOSE THAT COMMENTED! IT REALLY MEANS A LOT!

Okay, so, as you may have guessed, I'm getting excited over some upcoming movies that are getting released this year. I mean, last year was filled to the brim with bad movies. However, once fall and winter came around, audiences were treated to a dozen or so great movies that was more than redeemable for the rest of the things that we saw in the summer. Let's see, Pirates 2, for example, was probably one of the biggest disappointments I've seen when I was so excited for it. Now, this year we're seeing Pirates 3. And you know what? I may actually see it even though the second one pretty much ruined the first one for me. Why? Because it seems that instead of these conflicts that we see throughout the movie that really have no effect on the overall story and act like obstacles for the characters even though they don't really change them in any way possible, this time it looks like there may actually be some character development and I think that this could make me overlook the second one.

What else is coming out this year? Oh yeah, GRINDHOUSE!!!! Man, I can't tell you how much I wanna see this movie. Sure, it looks like a crappy Tarantino and Rodriguez schlock film, and that's mainly exactly what it is. As Rolling Stone (the magazine) said, it's not exactly a great movie, just great trash. And I have to say that I would like to have fun with a movie again.  A zombie flick is always something that I look forward to. Shaun of the Dead was a great zombie movie and was the last one I can remember. With some early reviews, it seems as though Planet Terror, Rodriguez's film in Grindhouse, will be entertaining, gory, and pure fun. Oh, and it stars Naveen Andrews as well, so you gotta know that it'll be good! Also in Grindhouse is Death Proof, the movie about a slasher-type stunt man played by Kurt Russel. I've heard that it's his coolest role since he played Snake Plissken, and I think that will be an interesting one as well. Oh, and don't forget the cool fake trailers shown throughout the movies, the one for Thanksgiving looks good and you can find it on IGN or rottentomatoes.

Now about the rest of the batch and trailers... This time around, the trailers look decent, and for me, when I see a trailer that doesn't make me go head over heels for a movie, it usually surprises me. Take Transformers for example. I'll just go see that because I think that it will be better than it looks, plus one of the LOST creators/producers is helping to make it, so it's a must. Also, you can look at Shrek 3. That premise looks rather stupid and may just be extending the plot for more cash. However, with Shrek, you never know with the first being a classic while the second one was only okay.

Oh, and don't forget Spider-Man 3. That movie looks like it'll take the best parts from both movies (the first had great action, the second one had a great story) and mash it together to make a great film, plus the seven minute preview on Yahoo Movies gets me even more hyped for it.

What else is there? Oh, well, there is a Richard Gere movie coming out fairly soon called The Hoax. So far, it's been getting some great reviews and the story seems to look pretty good. So, if that movie's near your area, I reccomend that you see it. 

And finally, a movie from The Simpsons. I think I've been waiting for this ever since it was rumored in '05 or something. The Simpsons show isn't nearly as funny as it was back then, but I think that if the creators, writers and producers make a collective effort to get some good stuff into this movie, it'll go down as a classic for Simpsons fans and those who just love comedy.

Now, I definitely need to go seee Ocean's Thirteen since those are always fun movies to see. Sure, the second wasn't quite as good as the awesome first (which was a remake), but it was still extremely entertaining with a twisty plot and lots of fun to be had. Anyway, I don't think that you can really go wrong with seeing that.Hmm, that's all I can think of for now... I mean, if I haven't listed it here, odds are I'm very iffy on whether I'll see it or not. So, to re-cap...

- Gotta see Grindhouse
- I'll probably go see Transformers
- I'll try and find a theater for The Hoax
- Doh! I'm gonna go see the Simpsons since... it's the Simpsons for christ sake!
- I'll go see Pirates 3 although I don't have high hopes other than I believe that it'll probably be better than that crappy second one...
- And I'll definitely go see Spider-Man 3
- Oh, and I'll go see Shrek 3 based on the reviews...
- And don't forget to pay off your dues to Ocean's Thirteen!

That's it for now. I know that there's more movies that I didn't listed, I only put what I could think of. If you do know any movies I may have forgotten to add that actually have some potential of being a good movie, be free to just tell me through the comments. Adios for now, here's to trying to see Grindhouse this weekend!

Okay, you could probably tell by the title of this blog that I've been catching up on the show, Heroes. If you can't, I really wanna know what you're thinking. Anyway, I just have to say that this show has been simply mindboggling. I mean, I didn't think this show would be as good as it has turned out, but I then discovered that it has actually become my second favorite show, only slightly behind LOST. I mean, I only don't thrust it ahead of LOST just because I can say that some of the things it does aren't quite as good as what LOST does. But anyway, I'm not here to compare shows, simply here to hype up Heroes since it'll be returning this late April and if you haven't seen much of it or any of it, you should go to nbc.com and start doing so. Maybe you'll like it, maybe you won't.

Odds are, however, that you could fall in love with it after the first few episodes. That's what happened to me. I suddenly started getting into the story and I think that so far, this is the show with the best season spring/last fall. Sure, it does beat LOST this year, but since it's the show's first year, I'm still a little hesitant as if it can be consistant with what it's been giving me. LOST's first season is easily the best season of television witnessed by myself, and this one is up there as well.

Sure, this season isn't over, but I'm still a little confused about some of it. I mean, when they stop this explosion, then what? What about Sylar, no one can stop him and he's killing off one too many characters (*spoiler* Mohinder and several other characters*spoilers*)? What about the company, don't we know mainly all of what they're about, is there anything else left to discover? As you can see, those are the types of questions that keep this show from being the best of the best, however, it still is surprisingly close to LOST's greatness. Either way, if your a fan of games, of TV, or even of movies, I reccomend this show since both LOST and 24 are having weak seasons this time around, and this is the only season of TV right now that isn't disappointing. Oh, and if you already watch it, good for you, you were smart enough to pick up the show before I did. Adios for now, I've got homework to do... damn.

• With Garageband, my blogs could soon become podcasts
• Dotmac will allow me to make and publish my own site
• iWeb allows me to create a website with ease and not having to use code and such
• Final Cut Express will finally allow me to put my new camera and my creative mind to good use
• iTunes and my iPod will have better functionality with the Mac
• Widgets... and a Lost one in which I have to enter the Numbers, TIGHT!
• I can make a video podcast which will be cool since I was thinking of making a full blown show
• Umm... I'll be enjoying the nice Mac features and interface that are much better... I guess

Well, as you can tell from the title, there's something new. Yes, I changed my icon. I liked the N64 icon, but I saw a couple others with it so I decided to change it to a Ganon one from ALttP. Also, I've created a total of 20 reviews. That may not sound like a lot, but trust me, my reviews are usually longer than the average user review. I take pride in my reviews usually, only rarely to I just make one quickly. Anyway, I also have something else that has just occurred. I've finally passed the 1,000 mark for forum posts. Yes, I don't forum post much (1,000 by only lvl. 20 is pretty slow) but that's cause I just don't feel like posting random stuff. Well, I think that covers it for now.... OH! I almost forgot... I'm triple guilty of something I swore I wouldn't do... I gave TWO games perfect ratings. Why did I break this personal promise? Because some games I felt needed to get some justice that people hadn't exactly given them and as you may see, these games definitely deserve it. These games are:

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Super Mario World

Without any doubt in my mind do these games need to be given these ratings. Why? Because I'm finding something scary about the gaming industry. Here's a story to show what I mean:

Today, I was playing A Link to the Past. I was blowing through a dungeons and was trying to find the Big Key. My sister came into the room and sat down beside me, watching me play. After 2 minutes she asked if she could play. Out of the greediness of my own self, I said no. Then, she asked why. I told her that the game was too hard for her. With that, she told me she knew what to do. Since I knew she didn't, I asked her how. For her reply she said that she just did. So I asked her what she wanted to do when playing (I was trying to get her away). She replied... (This is the important part) that she said and I quote "Just let me play. I get it. All you do is go around the dungeon. Come on, I'm just gonna go around and kill stuff." This had an effect on me. It was big.

What is it? Well, let's just say you'll have to wait until the weekend since I gotta finish some homework now. Anyway, that's my new stuff here, adios!