Here it is folks, issue number two! We know, it's very exciting, but try to contain yourself before the people around you start giving you weird looks. The first issue was welcomed with open arms; everyone seemed to enjoy it and we received some good feedback. Please make note though, there is a comment section on here for a reason people! Oh and we changed the movie section so that you can click on the title of the movie to see a trailer for it. That's all we have for this little opening blurb...read on!!!
Column
My Own Personal Top 5 List
By Galen
It's something that nobody can avoid, society seems to be drawn to lists that rate how amazing things are. You know it's true too, those top one hundred countdowns on vh1 are the ideas of a genius, because they know that as soon as you tune in to watch them countdown items 100-81, you'll be back for the other episodes until you finally know what they thought was the number one choice for the given category. You then blatantly disagree and switch the channel, only to tune in next week to watch them countdown the top 100 celebrity meltdowns all over again. You will all be extremely excited, however, to hear that I decided to make my own countdown, which you should already know because of the title of this column. Don't worry, it's only five items, not a hundred; or maybe I can count down from one hundred, starting with 100-96. That should fill up this section for a couple months. Nah, too dull. Here it is though, my top five most addictive childhood toys.
5. Furby - This may be contested by some other people, but it's number five basically because I never owned one. We all know how dangerous these things are. It's like a Tomagotchi broke out of it's little electronic keychain home and became real. They were the hottest toy to have at one point, whether you were genuinely trying to keep it alive, or just attempting to teach it some swear words without your parents knowing, it always ended up in the same place; either under your bed or on the top shelf in your closet with the batteries laying next to it.
4. Skip-It - This may not be as popular as the preceding Furby, but the Skip-It will always hold a special place in my heart. Seeing the commercial filled with all the kids whipping the plastic anchor around their ankles was a true signal that summer was coming. The genius behind this toy was not the repetitive motion that would eventually leave a permanent ring around your ankle, it was the counter that would record how many times it would go around you. Kids would compete all the time to see if they could one up each other, and when your friend beat your score, you know you just hit that little plastic button to reset it to zero so they would have no proof.
3. Beanie Babies - These have absolutely no point to them, and yet for some reason, it seems like everybody has bins of these miniature animals filled with beans hidden somewhere in their house. I'm still trying to figure out why these things became collectors items in the first place. The ones that seemed to become the most expensive were the dinosaurs, which I was fortunate enough to own two out of the three of. Unfortunately, I only discovered that they were worth hundreds of dollars after I tore their tags off, which effectively made them worth, well, nothing.
2. Razor Scooters - These came out of nowhere one night and basically became the must have toy one christmas. Everyone wanted one and everyone had to get one, but it had to be a Razor scooter, not any of those cheap knock-offs that were trying to ride the coattails of the real deal. The flood of accessories and how-to books were soon to follow. The necessary wheelie bar and the books explaining how to do tricks on it, these were necessary to show the world that you were, in fact, the coolest kid in the neighborhood.
1. Pokemon - Everything about these foreign monsters was addicting and perfectly planned. Between the cards, the tv show, and the video games, everything was in place to make this the perfect kiddie crack. You could always find kids carrying their cards around, trading them in order to make their collection the best one possible. What was rare to see though was kids actually playing the card game. They then began to add about 300 unnecessary pokemon and making games revolving around not only every color of the rainbow, but beginning to make up different colors just so they continue to make money to this very day. It's ok though, we will always remember the original 150 Pokemon, and how Blastoise would beat them all up no problem...
Movies (Plots courtesy of imdb.com)
In Theaters This Weekend
When a cab driver (Johnson) picks up an unusual fare -- a brother and sister duo with paranormal powers, who are being pursued by a nefarious organization -- he teams up with a discredited astrophysicist (Gugino) to protect the kids and, ultimately, the rest of humankind.
Galen: Forget It
Ben: Forget It
Waking up from a four-year coma, Eugene (Cregger) takes a cross-country trip with his sex-crazed best friend (Moore) in order to crash a party at a famous men's magazine's legendary headquarters so he can win back his former sweetheart -- who is one of the mag's hottest new pin-ups.
Galen: Rent It
Ben: Go See It
After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang led by a prison escapee (Dillahunt) unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging to the parents of one of the victims -- a mother (Potter) and father (Goldwyn) who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics.
Galen: Rent It
Ben: Forget It
On DVD This Week
Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukranian government official, from Marailles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe delivery and not let his personal feelings get in the way of his dangerous objective.
Galen: Rent It
Ben: Rent It
Wild behavior forces a pair of energy drink reps to enroll in a Big Brother program.
Galen: Rent It
Ben: Buy It
The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.
Galen: Rent It
Ben: Rent It
Procrastination Station
A compilation of professional photoshop errors that got past the editor, but certainly should not have.
Graphs that encompass everything from movies, to celebrities, to just plain weirdness. All created and uploaded by users.
Find uses for everyday things that you have sitting all around you. For instance: did you know that you can use Gatorade to clean a toilet bowl? Yeah, think about that next time you drink it...
This website is basically just a huge library of photos that people have taken, but the majority of them are really amazing. You can spend a ton of time on here just looking at pictures.
Of The Week
Ben's Song of the Week: Oxford Comma by Vampire Weekend
Galen's Song of the Week: Bastard by Ben Folds
Word of the Week:
Cockamamie (adj.) - ludicrous/foolish
Person of the Week: Rathin Banerjee who, in India, is training crocodiles to hunt poachers, and then releasing them into the wild. Click here for more.
Celebrating this Week
Wednesday: March 11- 1989 Cops premiers on Fox, then a small network, starting the interest in reality base TV shows
Thursday: March 12- 1912 Girl Scouts of America was founded, forever bringing delicious cookies to our doorsteps.
Friday: March 13- 1781 The planet Uranus is discovered by the astronomer Herschel, thus creating a completely new genre of space jokes.
Saturday: March 14-1997 President Clinton undergoes knee surgery to insure that he will be able to continue to play golf.
Sunday: March 15-44BC Julius Caesar is murdered by his senators (otherwise known as the Ides of March).
Monday: March 16-1995 Mississippi formally ratifies the 13th amendment (ending slavery), the last state to do so.
Tuesday: March 17-461 St. Patrick Dies, giving the world an excuse to dye their beer green and drink it at 7 a.m.
Discussion Question
Which Pokemon in your opinion was the best? Be honest, you know you remember them, so don't even try to pretend that you're too cool for it.
Feel free to discuss your opinions below in the comments section or on our facebook page.
Well, there goes another issue. Until next time, remember to look on The Brightside!
MAGIKARP! sike. my opinion prob either Zapdos or Mewtwo. Squirtle was my fav tho.
ReplyDeleteI liked the puffy one... Is it called hufflepuff? He/she/it was really cute!
ReplyDeletehmmm i would say its between squirtle or bulbasaur haha =P
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