Another Feast for Crows Response

After another thrilling 2.5 hours of reading today, A Feast for Crows seems to be getting more muddles and confusing. There must be over 50 characters, and some don't know so-and-so is alive/dead and so on, so it can get pretty trippy at times. I'm starting  to wonder is ANYBODY is sane, the Queen Regent, Cersei Lannister herself, seems to be getting more paranoid by the hour. I'm anticipating a crazy end where Jaime, the "Kingslayer" either has to choose between his sister and the good of the realm, but maybe thats just me.

I'm really joyous due to the death of the god-awful Lysa Arryn, she was totally bonkers. I'm still loving the way the words fit snugly together, and I'm really getting a feel for each characters personality. Not a whole lot goin on with Tyrion, the Dwarf, at present, but maybe another daring escape and murder in the privy is in store for him. Thanks for reading,
Charles out

PS- I read somewhere around 60-70 pgs this week

An Hour in the Life of Charles

This week, while other people were flying off their houses and drowning in this massive hurricane, I sat inside, quietly typing away on my laptop, the faint *clickclickclick* barely audible over the roar of the winds.  I was having a chinwag with my pals Prashant ( DJ P-Rash), and Garrett, (no cutesy nickname, sorry everybody). It was oh, say, 4 in the afternoon on...errr...well, that's not important. Anyway, Prashant suggested that we engage in some good ole anime watching, the anime in question being one of my favorites, Naruto. Well, I got myself a big bowl of popcorn while Prashant got himself dinner or something, (he has a strange eating habit: ask him about it sometime). So the show starts after much confusion on me and Prashant's behalf, as the ads were different lengths and Prashant forgot what time we were going to start at, etc. To anyone who hasn't seen the show, there are spoilers ahead, and it may get a bit dry, I know how hard it is to keep up with all the strange Japanese names. Well, Naruto, Sakura, Yamato, and Sai arrived at the bridge, to meet with an informant of a Puppet Master they had just killed, who's name was Sasori, so they might find out where their friend Sasuke was. They were instead faced by the main bad guy of the series, named Orochimaru, and his servant, Kabuto. At this point my supple of delicious buttery kernels had run out, so I went into the kitchen to deposit the bowl. When I returned, Naruto's skin was peeling away and the Nine-Tails chakra was, well, oozing out of him. Very confused, I re-winded whilst Prashant cursed me and my love of buttery foodstuffs. Eventually, I got to where I was and watched  Naruto totally going nuts, causing his skin to melt off and for him to become unimaginably powerful. (cool show, huh?) By now I was thirsty, all that delicious popped corn turning my mouth to a barren wasteland. As the second episode rolled, I sprinted away to get my drink. One cool glass of lemonade later, I came back to see it had started. Prashant was, I'm guessing, ripping his hair in anguish as  I moseyed on back to our side conversation. The second episode involved a very long sword shooting out of Orochimaru's throat and resounding smack to Sakura's face. I enjoyed it a lot, and just as it ended my power went off. In a bit of a dazed state, I went off to rage about losing power to all my chums. If you read to here, nice job, you have "reading stamina". Thanks for reading,
Charles out.

A Feast for Crows Response

After 2.5 hours of exhaustive reading, A Feast For Crows seems to just be heating up. Varys and Tyrion, perhaps my two favorite characters, have disappeared after Tyrion murdered his...errr..."wife" Shae and his father Lord Tywin, with the notable detail of Lord Tywin's dying whilst he visited the privy. Anyway, with Tywin dead and Tyrion missing, Cersei Lannister is going bonkers, seeing treachery in her boiled eggs. (That was a jest. While boiled eggs may indeed cause severe choking disorder, this was not the case here.) Arya Stark has arrived in Braavos, a city to me seems a strange mix of Venice but with that huge statue in Jason and the Argonauts. She seems to have met some sort of weird old guy, who also happens to have a skeleton face. No word on Sansa Stark, but, eh, who cares? Nobody likes Sansa. Jaime Lannister still seems to have one hand, and grows more pious by the day. In Sunspear, Dorne, Doran Martell, who is turning out to be a new favorite of mine, is still rockin' out in his wheelchair. His sisters, the Three Sand Snakes will, I suspect, attempt to murder him soon from their blatant rejection of his ideas of peace and the like. Thanks everybody for reading, I know its total gibberish to anyone who hasn't read any of the books.

I read 72 pgs this week

In Defense of My Little Pony: A Brony's Manifesto

Ponies. That's right, your eyes do not deceive you. I and several of our classmates, (feel free to comment your names, pals) as I'm sure you're all well aware, enjoy watching the hit TV show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Based off of the toys and originally directed for a younger, feminine audience, MLP FiM became immensely popular with males ages 13-25. The creator of the show, Lauren Faust, rather than turning away the hordes of adolescents gathered on her doorstep, instead embraced them, and bronies were born. The term "Brony" is a composition of the words "Bro" and "Pony". Our sort of un-official insignia is the bro-hoof, which looks like this- /)(\ . Why does this need defending, you may be asking yourselves? Because, as haters of the show and its loyal male fanbase have already been quick to point out, the show was meant for little girls. Truthfully, it was, but soon it developed into a show that dads could watch with their daughters. Me and my brony compadres have been called every foul name under the sun, many of which involve the word "gay". Watching this show certainly doesn't have anything remotely to do with your sexuality, though the insults continue. The show urges a message of "Love and Tolerate", which bronys have been quick to adopt a their policy towards haters. Most viewers are everyday normal guys, many of whom you'd never guess partook in this type of activity. Many, like myself, are captivated by the show's animation, sophisticated plots, great array of characters, voice acting, and the fan art, which would include music remixes, original drawings, and fanfiction stories. I decided I'd take this as a little oppurtunity to educate you all, and wish you all an enjoyable weekend :D

P.S.-To any of my friends reading, /)

An All-Out Attack on "In Defense of Food"

In Defense of Food by Micheal Pollan , an assigned summer reading book, didn't sit well with me. The book was, well, nauseating, (pardon the pun). In true Southern style, I pride myself on being strongly Conservative. Now, some guy I've never heard of telling me exactly how I should eat my own food sounds absolutely ridiculous to me, and from that point on I started to dislike the book. By the time I was 100 pages in, I was almost seething with rage at this author who, with what I perceived as shocking arrogance, proceeded to shove his beliefs down my throat, and it personally disgusted me. Sure, he made some good points and had some good old-fashioned data, but the way he repeated the results like some loony parrot made me think he was clutching at straws. I would strongly recommend no one reads it of their own free will, its merely a compilation of a couple of studies and one author arrogant to the point of dictating what we eat. Signing off-
Charles

Blog Numero Uno

Blog Number 1-


Greetings, various classmates and/or teachers. My name's Charles, and I'll be your entertainment for this paragraph. I decided to just give you all a little information on myself. I recently became a huge fan of anime in all shapes in sizes, from Naruto to Soul Eater to FullMetal Alchemist. My favorite character from Naruto is Lee, a Shinobi who has no talent for anything but Taijutsu (Hand-to-hand combat). Heres a video of him being awesome, with "Rock You Like a Hurricane" in the background, linksin my profile somewhere. For best results of my writing, I'd recommend this particular song-.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgQ_UOujFbY&feature=autoplay&list=PL4758795ECB9872CA&playnext=10
Anyway, anime and video games pretty much make up my entire life, though in my defense the social aspects of such games really make  them great. Additionally, I'm working on my learners permit, so watch for me on the roads. (Hint-I'll be the guy pulled over.)