TaiWilson

. . . Unless it's good. But that rarely happens. This'll probably be a short post, since I'm very tired and kinda sick, but have also been wanting to write this for a while (and I've become VERY tired of always seeing my last journal post.) So, anyway, after I posted my Prop 8 poem on here the other day, I started reading through a few of my other stories, to possibly post more. I had dug the poem out of a few submissions I'd made for a Creative Writing class one semester. The poem was short, and I had put a fair amount of planning and research into it. So it turned out pretty good in my opinion, and other people's liking it seems to confir

God, why do I alway start big, philosophical, introspective essays in the middle of the night? I never give these things the attention they deserve. Oh well. Hopefully I get everything I want to out before I become tired and/or bored. So, here we go: A few nights ago, I rented "Yes Man" starring Jim Carrey. I have to say, it was a pretty good movie. But there was a line at the end that really stuck with me. The basic premise of the film is that Carrey is a man who never says "yes" to anything, and never commits to anything. He's stuck in a dead-end job because he won't ask for a raise, and the only thing he's ever seemed to say "yes" to, h

"America's Got Talent" premiered in June 2006. "Britain's Got Talent" premiered in June 2007. I think it's safe to say that Britain has now completely passed us up. What is it about the U.K. that they have so much better singers than us? Is it something to do with the accent, because I think dialects kind of melt away for the most part once a person starts to sing, especially if it's well done, which this is. Maybe it's the type of singing, and the class. I mean, look at just a few of the people who have gotten singing careers from shows like this: America: Some chick who yodels (If you count American Idol): Daughtry Kelly Clarkson Br