A Steven Spielberg film starring Liam Neeson as Abe Lincoln coming in 2009? I'm down. I do think Liam Neeson would make a great Lincoln. Probably because I can't see anyone else playing Lincoln.

Anthony Goes for the Green

Well summer time has finally come after a long Spring semester! Unfortunately it was followed directly by another summer semester =/. Living on campus has been pretty boring thus far, if I were to compare it to a video games it would definitely be Silent Hill 4: The Room (less monsters but a similar amount of isolation). Well anyway to help pass the time when I'm not doing schoolwork or going to work, I decided to take up some of those scholarship opportunities that I never got around to doing. This one in particular is for the All-Ink.com "person who had an impact on your life." Ugh these essays always seemed so tedious in the past...But anyway this is what I came up with in the last 10 minutes (50-200 words) so enjoy ^_^

"Throughout my life I have always lived by the code of self reliance and independence, thus my readings of the works written by Malcolm X have played a pivotal role in the shaping of my outlook on life. Namely after reading his autobiography a few years ago, I came to see first hand the power of individual effort and the earnest desire for the betterment of oneself and the community around them. As Malcolm X grew as a person, he realized the many truths of life regarding equality and freedom, and how all are deserving of such ideals and through vigilance they can achieve them. I have lived my life following his rules of self determination and hard work, not only in my college career but also in my overall outlook on life. Just as Malcolm X never gave up in the face of difficult times, I have also striven to persevere against the challenges of both education and life. I hope that by furthering my education and earning my degree that I can someday give back to the community which has already given so much to me."

Kind of corny but that also means more fiber, and that means results. I figure I'll be doing a few of these things a week, and the more money I get the less guilty I'll feel about upgrading the computer I plan on buying in a few months!

But yeah I fully recommend reading Malcolm X's autobiography. I read it last summer after buying it on a whim and was absorbed by it after just a few pages. A lot more controversy surrounds his life compared to the other big civil rights leader of the time, Martin Luther King Jr. Malcolm himself agreed that in the beginning his views were filled with racism toward the white community, however as he grows as a person he begins to change his outlook on the source of the problems and the ways in which he and the community can deal with them. It is unfortunate that both of these civil rights leaders were robbed of their future potential but their messages live on in the hearts and minds of the future generations.

So i haven't posted in a while

Sooo to make it up to you guys i shall write about my dreams. I'll start off with one of my cooler/funnier dreams. Oh! and you guys are in for a treat cause i'll post pictures with it.

Alright so i had this dream a while back(like a week or so ago). I guess i should put a title up first.

The Great Catfish Run

there we go, doesn't seem like that bad of a title, anyway on to the story. So my dream started off with a pair of legs.

i'm the one with the dollar bill.

anyway so apparently i spent my last dollar on one last thrill. While this was happening Matt and my bro were experiencing the same thing albeit it was a little bit different than mine.

Matt lost his money on the tables.Leo lost his money on the streets.

So once i was done with my rather disappointing last hurrah i go outside and find a flyer and on it was an invitation for a catfish race.
the flyer goes on to say that theres big money in catfish racing, so i called up matt and my bro to see if they wanted to come along as well. At first they both thought it was stupid until i said that there was big money in it.
I didn't even finish my sentence when they both came and picked me up and off we went to a parking lot where the race was held.
so when we get there we greeted by thugs and would-be serial killers. they told us that we had to go out to one of the lakes and catch the biggest Starry Night Catfish we could get. After saying that they all shot their guns in the air and yelled battlecries. Matt got in the drivers seat my bro got navigator and i was the fisherman. So off we went into the night for what seemed like hours until we hit this lake with a glimmering pool.

In it we could see what looked like stars so i quickly got out the fishing rod and casted.

not too soon after i put my line in i hooked the big one and began having thoughts of how i could spend all my money.

so we head back to the parking lot with this behemoth of a fish and talked to the gangsters. after they inspect it they all agreed and claimed that we were the winners of big money.

apparently they took the literal meaning of the words and gave us big money.

Soo thats my dream hope you guys enjoyed what i think of or more like dream of.

Crunch Time

So, it's nearing the end of the school year for me which mean, yes, finals are approaching. If only this were still kindergarten. Then all I'd really have to worry about is coloring my picture of what I'm going to do during vacation (which would consist of a jagged "Sea Green" crayon drawn ocean meeting some "Peach" sand accompanied with a smiling stick figure, representing myself, near a freshly built sand castle with a "Apple Red" crab near it, a "Solar Yellow" sun smiling down upon us all cool like with his sun glasses and some really drawn out "M"s symbolizing seagulls) and then sharing it with the rest of the class. Following afterwards would be snack time and then recess until we're picked up by our respective parents and/or guardians.

But alas, I am now a college student. What does that equate for this double Humanities major...er? Articles, essays and papers, oh my! I currently have at least one more paper to do for my English 20C class; which, by the way, is more focused on film than English. That kind of irks me since they try to make us learn more film aspects than English and I'll, more likely than not, never use those methods or terminology again after this. Once that paper is done, all I have to do are the readings to prepare for the final on the last day of that class. Then I still have to memorize the first set of lines from the Canterbury Tales in Middle English for English 112. Beowulf went just fine and I'll possibly post a recording of myself reciting the first 3 lines of it in Old English later on. Then to wrap up that class I have a midterm/final on the last day of class as well. For my Archaeological Theory and Methods class I need to write up a proposal for funding for an (surprise) archaeological dig. Not too hard except for the fact that the rough draft is due this Wednesday and I have nothing. And finally, Tagalog, where I have two more quizzes and a final presentation left, that should be cake.

Well that's the rundown on my current status as a student of Spring Quarter 08 in UC Riverside. Now I must get ready for class.

P.S. - Teacher! I finished my drawing!

Fortunes in fortune cookies. Let's face it, they make life a whole lot interesting if you really believe in what they say (and especially when you add the words "in bed" after your fortune).

I know i've had my fill of crazy fortune cookie stories. Although I admit, some fortunes are really stupid. Like the one I got years back at a Panda Express, "You will order more orange chicken." Yeah that fortune was true, but what kind fortune is that? Of course i'm gonna order more orange chicken, isn't that inevitable? Oh and this other one that I just got right now, "A blonde from afar has something interesting for you [in bed lol]." A blonde from afar? Something interesting? Wtf? I am deeply puzzled by this odd fortune.

Anyways, one fortune cookie story worth mentioning began on November 20, 2007, when I got a fortune saying, "Remember three months from this date. Good things are in store for you." So I marked the date on the back of the fortune and hung it on my wall. I waited three long months for the day to come wondering what in the heck was in store for me. That day, February 20, 2008, I had a presentation to do for one of my film classes and that was that. Yeah a presentation. I don't think a school assignment would be something good in store for me. And other than that, nothing really great happened at school. So while I was driving back home thinking of how fortune cookies are ridiculous, little did I know that I was driving 85 mph. Also, it took a long time for me to realize that I just passed a police car. Woops. The police man gave me my ticket and I knew there and then that I had just lost some big bucks.

Ugh to you fortune cookie.

But then I really started thinking about what that fortune told me. I mean shit, I just got a ticket and will be charged at least $200 for this. This sucks! How can this be a good thing!?! Then it hit me. Maybe it's a good thing I got that ticket; maybe that ticket saved my life? Maybe if I drive at safer speeds from now on, I won't get into an accident or hurt anyone else? This thought seriously got me into believing what that fortune had said.

Or is it just some coincident that that incident happened 3 months after reading that fortune?

I'm a total believer of God and I know that He's out there (you don't have to agree with me on this, i'm just telling how I feel about this and a connection with the fortune). Perhaps God or a guardian angel caused that fortune cookie to come to me on that certain day so that they could try to teach me a lesson about my driving? Were they trying to send me a message through this fortune cookie that my speeding ticket was a good thing helping me realize to watch my speed so that I could avoid accidents? Whatever the reason is, coincident or divine intervention, silly fortune or message from God, this fortune cookie made a huge impact in my life causing me to be more cautious on the road so that I could stay alive.

I'm sure many of us have gone through these kind of "coincidental" or trippy events, which correspond to some of our fortunes, making us question whether or not these fortunes are really true. Got any worthy fortune cookie stories of your own? Comments section yo.