Would You Just Look At That?!?

Recently two new little guys have entered my lives and their names are Tryggvason and Kaiser, my new baby brothers. I know what you're probably thinking, what kind of names are those? I thought the exact same thing when I was first told and my father explained to me that the name Tryggvason is a powerful Viking name, while the name Kaiser is emperor for German. Apparently, though, to my dad they will always just be Butch and Sundance.

Trygg and Kai

They were born nearly two weeks ago at St. Marks hospital and I must say that even if when I was first told I wasn't the happiest person ever, they are pretty adorable to watch. Today actually happens to be my first day actually seeing them in person and let me just tell you right now, they are the smallest little babies I have ever seen in my life.

From the picture it would be obvious to tell that they are twins and I suppose that I should just come clean right now and admit that I really cannot tell either of them apart whatsoever. To me it looks like someone took a baby, scanned him, and made a perfect replica or hologram.

Kai

Funny story, I decided that I was absolutely exhausted today and thought hmm, maybe I will just go catch myself 40 winks. Well, 20 winks through I hear this high pitched drawling coming from upstairs. I sit up from the couch I had passed out on, rubbed my eyes, and groaned. They may be cute, but crying babies are never ever a good time if I may be so blunt.

Well, I guess there isn't really much else I can say because I've only been around them for a few hours. Anyways, here's to being a new sister I guess, I can't wait to see what this is going to bring me...

Trygg

No Celebrities, Just Plain'ol fun

Please keep an open mind about this blogpost because I will merely be sharing with you my experience that I had while I went trekking around Park City during Sundance (perhaps, just maybe, looking for all those famous people everyone is always going off about).

Anywho, I did not make this journey alone! I was accompanied by three of my very good friends (Picture below) who kept me well entertained and cheery while we walked up and down the very thin and very crowded sidewalks of Mainstreet. We searched up and down those sidewalks, in every crevice and alleyway we could find, just to get a glimpse of someone who may or may not have been famous, but after half an hour we gave up and decided to enjoy ourselves.

By going into every store we saw...

I should admit right now that we did get yelled at a few times to "NOT TOUCH ANYTHING!" because apparently nowadays browsing means that you must have your hands tied behind your back  and stand at a safe distance, which I guess is 5ft away from the actual shelf.

Left To Right: Anna, Me, Naomi (My friend Zizi had the camera).

After a few hours we ended up heading to Dolly's bookstore, where we stumbled upon this adorable pooch with the most piercing blue eyes I have ever seen in my life. I felt like that dog was staring into my soul and deciding my fate with his face! Okay, so that was worded a bit weird, but that's what it was like readers, you have no idea.

After I got through with the dog, however, my friends and I found ourselves rather hungry but sadly we were all broke, penniless, no money to spare, you know what I mean? Well through a little thing we like to call walking and talking, we ended up finding a place that was handing out free food.

The place was called Morning Star and they were trying to spread the message that vegetarian food is better for you and can taste good, therefor they were offering free vegetarian burgers to the public.

How could we say no?

With little less than a five minute wait, we were chowing down on some grade A vegetarian "meat" I suppose you would call it, and truth be told it wasn't half bad.

Dog with the eyes to the soul.

Well, I guess that's all I really have to say about that. I did end up seeing a few Sundance films and I must say that they were interesting, if not a little hard to follow. The free will and expressionism that comes with making a film for Sundance is absolutely astonishing. If those artists want to spread a message of view they know exactly how to do it and aren't afraid to say what they want to say.

Well alas this post has come to the end and I shall end by saying that if you have never been to the Sundance Film Festival, it is a must try thing that should be experienced once in your life.

The Egyptian Theater

You Wouldn't Get Trolled on an Atari...

Welcome back my ever kind shoulders to complain on, I hope that you are once again ready to listen to one of my senseless rants, but this time I have a legitimate to be concerned and I feel the need to share. Trust me.

So, recently I have acquired a new accessory from my Xbox 360 known to us gamers out there (and everyone else) as Xbox Live. Basically Xbox Live is a way to connect with other gamers worldwide on a number of games, the thing is people may seem a but unapproachable and forcibly polite to you, though they may hate you on the inside, but still polite. The thing is, when people don't have to look you in the eye when they're talking to you, they're not afraid to say ANYTHING! 

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Trolling is a term used to call someone a bully over the internet. Basically when you get trolled it means that someone else, or a group of people, are taking what you say and/or do to make someone else feel bad or stupid. This is a big problem on Xbox Live and there is really no way to avoid being trolled unless you unplug your mic and headset.

The funny thing about Xbox live is the fact that everyone varies in ages from 4-30 and it seems that even those 4 year old children have a pretty good idea when to buck up and stand up for themselves, or when to shut their mouths and let it go.

Xbox Live isn't just a place for fun and games anymore, now it's a place for people to relieve stress and anger by yelling and screaming at strangers that are just trying to have a good time. I know this because I have been trolled before and it really buts a damper on my whole gaming experience.

Well, this wasn't my longest rant, but I thought I should get all that off my chest before I became a troller myself.

Thanks.

Merc With The Mouth

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I believe that any of you who have read my recent blog posts have already figured out by now that I am a nerdy person, actually I may have mentioned that on more than one occasion already. Anywho, I've noticed that anytime someone is asked who their favorite superhero is they always answer with the expected; Batman, Superman, Spiderman, you get the gist. 

Well, when I am asked the same question my answer is always Deadpool. You're probably thinking to yourself, "Who is this strange superhero this crazy girl is talking about?" Well my good reader, Deadpool is the Merc With The Mouth, the Regeneratin' Degenerate, the Crimson Comedian, or just plain ol' Wade Wilson.

Deadpool first appeared February 1991, in the issue of The New Mutants. He's depicted as being dressed from head to toe in red and black and he is always carrying more than his share of weaponry, but really what can you expect from a Mercenary? He was firstly developed as a spoof character to make fun of D.C. comics, Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke. 

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Three main things that make his character stand out from other Marvel superheros are:

1). Before becoming a super, Deadpool had cancer, and to save his lousy life he needed help. So, he ran off to Canada to test an experimental procedure that would mix his cells with that of Wolverines. After the procedure, Wade gained an uncanny healing factor that alowed his body to regenerate itself, but it also rapidly sped up the cancer causing tumors and illness to spread throughout his body.

2). Due to the rapid spread of cancer, Deadpool's body is always battling death. This, of course, can start to take a toll, gradually causing poor ol' Wade Wilson to drop into a state of low mental health, In other words he went bonkers and even developed two voices in his mind that are constantly quarreling with him and each other.

3). Deadpool is one of the most humorous and sarcastic marvel characters out there, I swear he gives Spiderman a run for his money. In other words, Deadpool is and always be entertaining, even when he's looking down the barrel of a shotgun.

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Deadpool was ranked 31st on IGN's 100 Greatest Comic Book Characters, But in my own personal opinion he deserved 1st place. I first discovered Deadpool through a xbox game called Ultimate Alliance where he is a playable anti-hero throughout the game.

All in all he is the funniest, most spontaneous, spunk hero out there and we should all honor and know him for that.

WHY SKYRIM?!?

This week I am going to use you readers as what I like to call Shoulders to Complain On. This basically means that I am going to tell you all the things I absolutely despise about The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Before I do so, though, I must fist officially state that I love the game itself, and couldn't imagine what I would have spent those countless hours of my life doing instead - bungee jumping maybe? No I hate heights. Anyways, all I'm trying to get across is that this game does in fact have some glitches and problems that should have been dealt with before releasing the game.

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While this game allows you to immerse yourself in the world of Skyrim and fight for the land you come to love, be that on the side of the Stormcloaks or the Imperials, it tends to take away from this experience with minor and major glitches.

For one, I noticed that once you have reached a certain number of save points in the game, usually surpassing 450-500 saves, the game gradually slows down. But not only does the gameplay start to lag, but actually it starts to stop completely. For example, I was in the middle of entering one of the many Barrows you can find around the vast regions of Skyrim when the game completely froze in the middle of the loading screen.

This brings me to my next point, which is the fact that you have to save your game literally every twenty minutes in fear that you might lose all your progress so far. To all of you newbies to the Skyrim world, let me explain a little further for you, shall I?

Basically what I am saying is that the game doesn't automatically save your progress for you after a big accomplishment or mission, but rather only autosaves if you enter or exit a home, tomb, castle, ruin, etc. This means that if I were traveling across Skyrim to discover a new region, only to be killed by a Snow troll and I hadn't saved before this vicious attack, I would literally have to start back at the my last save point. This could legitimately kick me all the way back to my last successful mission.

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The last glitch, that I myself found annoying but could be considered a blessing to other players, actually happened to me first in Dawnstar. I was merely headed towards the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary - a safe haven for blood hungry assassins - when out of NOWHERE, not one but two dragons appear and start bombarding me with ice and flames. 

I, being unprepared in light armor with a dagger, sadly died quickly only to respawn and have the two bullies show up again. After countless attempts I, along with the Dawnstar townspeople and guard, finally managed to kill both dragons and I also absorbed both their souls. The thing to complain about here is that I had to use a number of potions and enchanted weapons to kill both of the dragons and keep myself alive and it took me nearly an hour to replenish my stocks.

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And with the note, I end my rant and thank any of you who read on through my full complaints. I must admit it feels really swell to get that all off of my chest.

Until next time...

Pierce The Veil

The Great Saltair was blaring with the sounds of music, and the screams of raging fans on November 14 when Pierce the Veil came to Salt Lake for a concert that I will remember for the rest of my teenage life.

I have to admit right now that I haven't been to very many concerts, actually I think that the small number of concerts I have been to would come across sounding pathetic, so I won't even try to defend myself. Instead I am just going to say right now that out of the tiny number of concerts I have been to, Pierce the Veil was by far the most exciting and fun by far.

With a vast array of fans and freak-out artists, Pierce the Veil had nothing to lose when they came on stage, and let me tell you, their performance was outstanding. I clearly remember confetti flying through the air, and a spinning silhouette of a woman at the back of the stage.

The band managed to get the crowd pumped up and cheering, even though we had been standing around for two hours, jumping to the beats of the other bands (Sleeping With Sirens, Tonight Alive) and even though my feet felt like they were going to drop off, I still had to get up and mosh it up with everyone else.

I swear I couldn't stop laughing.

I've never actually been a huge fan of the band up until that night, but the moment Vic Fuentes (Lead singer of Pierce The Veil) walked on stage, I couldn't stop myself from trying to sing along with the words that I obviously didn't know.

He had the greatest on stage personality that when the concert ended, my face felt frozen in a smile from all the jokes and quick-witted comments he made in between each and every song. He even cleared out the middle of the floor, and jumped down off the stage to dance around with the crowd.

All in all, the concert was as fun as fun could be. I mean if I had the choice of jumping into a pool of skittles, of seeing Pierce the Veil again I would choose.....Okay so maybe that was a bad analogy to use, but you get my point!

If you're not a fan of their music, or don't know who they are, than I demand you go and see them live...Right now....Go on!

Snow, Why Do You Torture Me So?!?

I know, I know, who am I to judge the snow, and accuse it of torture, right?

You may say that it's all pure and innocent, and gorgeous, but, you're wrong! Wrong I say! For one thing, it just lays around, blocking driveways and making driving considerably dangerous and heart pounding. I think I about died coming down the road from the house, which, I might add, is up in the middle of nowhere with the mountain people and maybe even the Blair Witch. In town, with the normal people, we got maybe three inches of snow at tops, yet somehow at my house the snow came up to my knees, and I actually had to trudge just to get into my car.

I don't know about you, but trudging isn't a word I use lightly. To me, trudging is not being able to pick up your feet and getting your socks soaked through to the bone; I think I might actually have frostbite on my toes. Not my favorite thing in the world.

Why?

Why can't we just live in a very happy, snow-free world? 

Okay, so maybe not completely snow-free, but couldn't we just have a designated snow zone. Then maybe, just maybe, keep everywhere else dry and tolerable. Think of it this way, a place where it snows all year around, and if you're a big skier, you can go to said zone while people like me stay happily warm and frost-bite free.

That's asking a lot, I am aware, but you can't judge me (maybe you can, but you shouldn't) because I'm sure there is something out there you hate as much as I hate snow. Forget the fact that at this very moment, while I write this, there is almost a white-out happening just outside my window, or that I have to walk out in this mayhem of a blizzard.

Forget that, what I am saying is that the snow and I don't and never will get along.....EVER!