Hypocrite

He is wholly desperate as he keeps searching

But my mind is a dark and endless impregnable ocean.

My hands are numb as my heart continues lurching.

I have waited patiently for him, a testament of my devotion.

But I held on as I swallowed all his lies like a vitriolic potion.

I had failed in trying to run from all of the lies that were so misleading.

Every time I replayed my memories I would winced in emotion,

As I watched him stomp on my heart again and again as he left it there bleeding.

Well I hope he’s enjoyed it!

He was never once at my bedside, and I never once in his mind.

He didn’t care for me that was painfully clear,

Because I never mattered to him, not one bit.

Now he sits here as he puzzling over why I had left him behind.

I simply laugh because I know this is not the answer he wants to hear.

Fish Fry (a parody of 'The Little Mermaid')

  It was a beautiful day under the sea. Bright, colorful, fishes darted around aimlessly in herds, relishing in the glorious day as sunlight stream through the crystal clear waters of the sea. A lone little clown fish swarm happily around and darted away from his group. He swam merrily, without a care in the world as a dark shadow suddenly fell upon him. One fish saw this and cried out

“Nemo NO!”

Too late. The baby fish and his relatives were quickly caught in a panic as they were hoisted up and out of their wet, blue, world. The sailors sang in broken high pitched voices as they fished for their morning plunder, the scurvy finally catching up to them all and making them sound like weak little girls. The small, dingy, little vessel could hardly be called a ship. In fact it should have capsized by now, but by some hilarious mishap of nature, the laws of physics were pointedly ignored here as the door to the captain’s quarters was thrown open. Well it was technically the broom closet but we will ignore that for now too. The sound of heavy leather boots stomping across the deck of the ship allowed the captain’s presence to be made know to the crew.

“Well you scurvy dogs, what have you got for me today?!”

The various crew members jumped at the question before all exploding in various languages and pointing a random thing in fear for their very lives. The captain slapped a hand against her forehead and sighed impatiently. Just then a royal attendant appeared magically from behind her.

“Tell me again Jeeves why we hired immigrants?”

“Cheap labor my lady and your fetish for cheapness.”

“Hmm. Oh…yes that. Oh-hey what’s that!” The captain yelled, attempting to forget her cheapness as she pointed to the nearest net as she saw something large moving around underneath it.

“Hey you- skipper man I thought I told all of you that playing in the nets is not an appropriate pass time!” The captain yelled as she threw away the net, only to find a strange man staring back at her. With pale fair skin, black luscious hair, and bright sea blue eyes, this man was the kind of handsome that most women would pay any price of admission just to glance at. He was naked too, which was an added bonus, though he just as well might have wearing clothes, for the whole lower portion of his body was a shimmering green fish tail. The woman stared, and stared…she sneezed once before continuing to stare. The man looked timid and fearful before looking up at the bushy red head before him. Captain Ariel looked down at this strange man as he suddenly found the urge to speak up.

“Why hello? I am a mer-folk, apparently you and your crew here have caught me in your finishing net.”  He spoke as he gestured to his tangled up tail. The crew looked on, startled that it could speak but more in shock over the fact that they had actually hauled up something of value for once, excluding the pesky clown fish.

“I am a great prince that lives below these waters with my family, the famous King Pitchfork and my six other brothers.” The redhead yawned as she ignored whatever the fish man was saying in favor of picking her teeth.

“If you release me I promise you on my duty as a merman to find you again and reward you greatly, fair non-fish lady.”

Prince Eric bowed as best he could while still being tangled up in the fishing net. Suddenly the captain stepped forward and cut the mer-babe loose from his bonds. She leaned down over the dazzling man with a curious and warm sparkle in her seaweed green eyes as she studied him. Eric smiled widely, thinking that she had taken his offer. Suddenly her smile shifted into a wide feral grin and the previous spark in her eye that Eric had mistaken for compassion made itself truly known.

Ariel smirked manically as she placed her face inches from his.

“Sorry fish fry, I don’t negotiate with food.”

Eric’s eyes widen in horror as Ariel placed her knife in view again.

“W-Wait! No-no-no STOP! ST-AAAHHHEEEE!”

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Epilogue:

The feast at the royal place that night was amazing. All of the lords and ladies of the court dined and drank until they couldn't stand. Captain Ariel, now princess Ariel because she wasn't wearing pants anymore, watched as he parents welcomed her home with open arms from her long lasting punishment out on the high seas, and watched as her dinner guests burped in satisfaction. Then the main course came,

 FRIED FISH FILLET!

 The unknown fish was incredibly tasty and every single morsel was devoured in seconds until the plates were licked clean by the normally fickle nobles. Needless to say everyone went home full and happy and everyone in the Kingdom lived happily ever after, well…the ones on land anyway.

Sorry folks, Bollywood isn’t going to Hollywood

Review for the movie Bride and Prejudice:

  Colorful, festive, and fun, are a few words that can describe this Indian parody of the classic novel, Pride and Prejudice. To be quite honest, I have never taken a liking to Romance movies, in fact I frankly detest corny and cheesy love stories; as well I had never really dabbled in Bollywood movies, beside Slumdog Millionaire. Amazingly though, I ended up finding out that I enjoyed this movie, despite my lack of love for both genres. Now my dear readers I will attempt to con you into believing whatever I want about this sassy Indian Bollywood parody and you will hang on my opinion until you have watched it yourselves and make up your own fanatical views about this movie. 
Shall we begin?

   I have never really wanted to watch any Bollywood movies in my life but this movie seemed to change my opinion in that matter. The acting, cinematography, and choreography in this movie all combine beautifully to create a unique blend of Indian culture and modernized drama that tone this parody of a classic. All the actors in this play were all recreated to match the persona's of the original characters from Pride and Prejudice and their actions, while at the same time, adding the modern little twenty first century flare that makes this movie a modern parody. The various songs, dances, and festivals that took place in different parts of the globe really captures the ears and eyes in a flurry of bright colors, Indian rhythm, and good old fashion Bollywood beats.  

  Though I believe all movies have flaws, some more than others, this movie’s flaws were entirely cliche and easy to ignore for most people. Bride and Prejudice, again, no matter how many unique musical numbers they put in, is still an ultimately cheesy romance flick. It follows a typical and repetitive romance roller coaster whose lows and highs are used in almost every other cheesy romance movie. Not to mention the beginning, reactions, and ending, are all the same and as familiar as the back of my hand. If you could get past this redundant story plot, then you could begin to enjoy the film a whole lot more.

 Comparatively speaking, there are many similarities between this parody of Pride and Prejudice and the novel Pride and Prejudice itself. In all honesty the only reason I held any interest in this movie was because this movie was presented as a parody of the classic novel Pride and Prejudice. On many occasions I was forced to read and reference this practical novel for weeks on end for many of my English classes. So naturally I wanted to see the prestige of its Old English ways be crashed, burned, and degraded in any way possible. Revenge is sweet. But somehow, to my great surprise, I ended up finding that this movie was quite similar to the original, more than I thought. Bride and Prejudice follows practically the same exact story-line except for a few tweaked details.These giant details make a world of a difference regarding the two stories.

1)      The movie is in India and is about an Indian family rather than a British family.  

2)      The movie is much more modernized in order to connect its present day audience to the significant or scandalous events that take place in the film.

 To wrap this all up, I believe this movie was a great Bollywood parody of Pride and Prejudice. It had its fun moments, its predictable moments, and its humorous moments, but nowhere did this movie disappoint my already low standards. This movie would be great for women and teenage girls that enjoy romantic, if not predictably cheesy, love stories and hold no prejudice towards Bollywood or Indian culture. I would recommend for parents to set an age bar here for children around 12 and up, just because there were a few minor sexual references and a lot of talk about marriage. (That is, if you don’t want your kids asking a bunch of adult related questions that you may or may not be ready to divulge to them.) All in all I enjoyed this movie and I would rate it 3 to 3 1/2 stars out of five.

GIrl On Fire

Review for one of 2012 best new hit album by sensation Alicia Keys:

Girl On Fire

  Call Alicia Keys old-fashioned – she does begin her fifth studio album with an instrumental that flaunts her classical piano training, but always is knocked up a notch by her fabulous voice. Despite being know for her pop star status, Keys has learned to spice her flavorful mid tempo songs and gusty inspirational ballads with odd chords, unexpected twists, and reggae flourishes.  Key's takes some of her inspirations from British electronic music that she incorporates into her more sedated songs like "Fire We Make," with features a breathy duet with fellow neo-soul veteran Maxwell, and the album's centerpiece, "When It's All Over," which features a cameo from her 2-year-old son, Egypt. Alicia Key's songs are not the typical style of pop you can blast on your radio anyway; what with the unbearable repetitiveness of every single line being the exact replica of the one before. Instead, she follows her own style, and creates her own the tunes. The result is both her catchiest and most well-liked album yet – and one of the best R&B records of 2012.