Sunday, April 15, 2012

Spoiler Alert: An Avengers Character Dies in the Movie

Don't read this if you hate spoilers! The initial reviews are in. The Avengers movie is amazing, it will leave you breathless. It's expected anyways because of he buzz it generated. One sad rumor though: a beloved character dies.
This is the extra scene in the movie. It shows people working on his (okay, now you know it's a guy) body where yellow and green metal pieces are being molded on him. Tony and Bruce are there overseeing the entire process.
Want to know who dies? Close this page now if you don't want to know (assuming this is actually true). Are you ready? Nah, just go wait and see the movie. Just kiddng. It's the guy on the second from the left next to Robert Downey Jr.

PIMPLES: HOW TO FIGHT THE EMOTIONAL TRAUMA

A lot of us has had to battle pimples at one point in our life or more (unless you are genetically endowed with amazing DNA which caused you to have flawless skin). Having pimples is an emotional trauma that is experienced unfortunately at a time when humans start getting the hormones that make us crazy; translation: Teenage years. This causes even more havoc in our already troubled minds, trying to cope with the body changes and the insecurity that goes along with it.
Getting pimples is like having shit splattered on your face on a daily basis and you can't do anything about it while you feel everyone around stares at you. How can you get a girl to notice you and not the shit on your face? How can you get a guy to ask you out without him noticing those ugly pus-filled fuckers? You can't. Because you have lost so much self confidence all you can think of is the shame of having a face filled with pimples!
The internet is filled with all sorts of medication, tips and tricks to prevent or remove them. Doctors and scientists have been trying to find ways to completely erradicate the occurrence but none has worked successfully yet.
True, some of them may work slightly but I haven't seen one yet that I can completely endorse. Which is why this article will not focus on what you should do to remove them but rather what you should do so you can live a normal life:

1. Don't focus on the pimples. One of my writers' husband, Daniel, is 30 years old but his face is still filled with pimples/acne. He has become so embarassed about it that his wife is unable to introduce him to her friends or co-workers. He doesn't like socializing because of this. The wife doesn't care about his face but it has become such a main focus for him that it affected their social life.
What should he do? He should not make it a priority in his life. He's had those pimples since he was a teenager. He should learn to deal with it! Focusing on those ugly lumps gives it more power and that is something you should never do: Empower something negative in your life. Who's at the losing end? You are.

2. Don't Let Your Pimples Define You. So when we had an office dinner with the staff and their family, Daniel was convinced by his wife to come with her. At the dinner table, he was very quite and tried to hide his face with his long hair by turning his face down and focusing on his food most of the time. You could tell he was very uncomfortable and it made the dinner almost awkward had most of my staff not engaged him in conversation (I have a wonderful staff, by the way). Soon enough, he was talking and laughing all throughout the dinner.
The people around him didn't see him as a pimple that grew a face and body. They saw him as a co-worker's husband who joined them for that night to have a good time with everyone. But we all know not all people are like my staff. Some would have probably ignored him or talked about him. What to do? Just go on with your life! The more you let those pimples affect you, the more you're letting everyone know you're defining your way of life through what you're feeling about them. Some will let you just do it and let you wallow in self pity or embarassment. Then you're screwed.
Do the things you normally do in the normal way without thinking people are staring at your pimples. Sure they will stare at you initially, but people don't obsess about pimples, not if you don't obsess about your own. If they see you're fine with them, they will eventually think the same.
3. Accept Things as They Are and MOVE ON! Like I said, I haven't seen a medication or medical procedure that has totally cleared up a pimple-ridden face. So chances are, you are stuck with that face for a few more years. There's this kid I know in the neighborhood where my sister lives. He is friends with my nephew so he's pretty much around their house most of the time. I visit my sister twice a month because we're close like that. Anyway, this teenager, Tom, has a face filled with those red devils. But that's not the first thing you notice about him when you meet him. It's his smile and happy diposition. Whenever he's around during gatherings, he helps out, is nice to everyone and generally is very pleasant. He is actually the reason why I created this article. He had a face which scars many youths until adulthood but he doesn't act like he has them. He goes on with his life and enjoys it. Soon you forget that he even has those in his face.
You can chose to be like Daniel and live a miserable life or be like Tom who has accepted things as they are and learned to live with it, which gave him a better life.
It won't be easy, especially if you have wallowed in despair for so long already. But things get better if you chose to. 

Ted Official Trailer: Mark Wahlberg and his Teddy Bear

I never really paid attention to this movie until I saw the entire trailer. The whole thing is hilarious. Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis star in this comedy with the teddy bear voiced by Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane.

Monday, April 2, 2012

US School Massacres with the Highest Fatalities

Because of another incident of scool massacre just recently in Oakland, CA, one of the staff thought it was about time someone did a compilation of the gruesome massacres that happened in the US. Our research showed there was already a lot in history that it wouldn't fit in one post so we decided to just show you the ones with the highest killings.
Charles Whitman
We'll start with Charles Whitman, a student in the Univerity of Austin, Texas, also a former marine sniper who gunned down 16 people and injured 32 other on August 1, 1966. Whitman killed his wife and mother at their homes. An autopsy later showed he had an aggressive brain tumor at the time of his death. He was taken down at the tower where he executed most of his victims. This was concluded to have contributed to his inability to control his emotions and his actions.
Whitman grew up with his father who was verbally and emotionally abusive.


The California State University, Fullerton Massacre. Casualties: 7. On January 17, 1996, Edward Charles Allaway, the school's custodian armed himself with a semi-automatic rifle he bought from a discount store and went berserk killing 7 people and hurt two more. He  was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

Patrik Purdy
The Cleveland School massacre (also known as the Stockton schoolyard shooting). Casualties: 6. Patrick Edward Purdy was a drifter who had a long criminal record. On January 17, 1989, he shot and killed 5 schoolchildren aged 6 to 9, wounded 29 other kids and one teacher. This alcoholic who had been arrested several times was able to walk into a gun shop in Oregon and purchase an AK-47 without any problems. That assault rifle is what he used to kill those kids and himself. Measures were then taken in the US to ban assault weapons after that.

More to come...







Another US School Massacre: Oakland Shooting

Just recently, a man by the name of One Goh Ko in Oikos University, Oakland, CA opened fire on his class killing at least 7 students and injuring others.
A witness recounted she heard pops that sounded like firecrackers. Then someone yelled "He has a gun!" All hell broke loose as everyone scurried to find a hiding place or bolt for the school doors.

Another witness told the police that a woman at the front desk was shot first then the shooter continued firing randomly in classrooms.

Many were baffled by the incident as everyone knew he was a 'good kid'. on the day of he shooting, he called his Dad and told him of the shooting and that he was leaving a stolen car in Alameda. The Father also stated to the police he has not seen his son in days.  Five months prior, the suspect's older brother died in a vehicular accident.
Goh Ko was apprehended after he walked into a Safeway Store and told someone what he did. Alameda police then took him into custody.  Story developing as police find out the motive behind the gruesome tragedy.