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Name: Dylan
Birthday: 1/17/1989
Gender: Male
Interests: music i guess
besides that just hangin out with people...
Expertise: dont think i have an expertise so yeah dunno what to say there
Occupation: Retired
Industry: Entertainment
Message: message me
Member Since:
1/22/2004
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| Back in Fresno.
I'm getting used to the heat again. Not that it's even that hot yet, but it's hotter than it ever was in Pasadena.
Hopefully I'll start working again soon so I'll have money... only because I'm not in an online video that has over a million views yet. Everyone knows that once that happens to someone regular work is obsolete and can be immediately tossed out the window. On the other hand, my little Pasadena rap project is almost ready to be released upon the world and once that happens it will only be a matter of time before Sir Peter Wentz starts flooding my inbox with messages begging us to sign to Decaydance, release a full length album, and go on a world tour. So I mean, I guess there's always that to look forward to.
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| I'm over college. Two years seems like more than enough. Time to throw on a suit and sit in a cubicle for 8 hours a day 5 days a week. Either that or have someone come up to me while I'm walking down the street one day and ask me to be in their movie. Next time I see Rob Schneider I'm asking to be his assistant.
My plans for next year got all screwed up thanks to one English class... I suppose my inability to use assist.org correctly and being overwhelmed with sheet after sheet of what classes I have to take to even be considered to a real college is more at fault though. I prefer to blame community college counselors though. I stand firm on the belief that they have no clue what the hell they're doing. That means it's back to Fresno for me. Just for a semester is the idea. Then I'll be off to an acceptable state school. Who needs a UC anyway?? Plus I don't have to write essays to get in to state schools.
I think that I enjoy Fresno more than most people claim too though. I have no problem being back there, I'm kind of actually happy to be going back. It's just the idea that so far my college carreer is not working out the way I've always thought it was supposed to. Four years at a good school then somehow, instantly, a high paying job in a field that I enjoy. I blame movies. Romantic comedies ruin the way people think relationships are supposed to work and teen comedies ruin college. If I could just go through a 5 minute hard work montage and get to the point where I'm rewarded already I would be happy.
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| So I enjoy using tumblr a lot, but it turned in to something different than what I wanted it to. With the exception of my first post on it, my tumblr has become more of a storage place for things that would normally be myspace bulletins. I like the format better than random bulletins, but I also think there's really no point for me to have a collection of random images, links, and videos when people don't see them as much as they would if they were posted on some other social networking site. I had hoped that I would use my tumblr as more of an online journal; more text updates and random thoughts or experiences. I figured the lack of tumblr followers I would have would make it easier for me to write things that were a little more personal but still available to anyone who would randomly click on to my site. This post is rambling and not saying what I wanted it to really but I suppose long story short, I'm going to try and come back and update my xanga a little more frequently. I feel like I should be writing more about things I care about or that are happening to me and not just when it's required for school. I'm not sure what feels productive about it, but something does and the xanga format/community feels more on par with what I want to do. So, I could've just started posting again on here as if I had never attempted to leave this site for another, but I was anxious to come back and without anything of substance in mind to write about, this post happened. | Currently
The Reader
By Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Matthias Habich, David Kross, Susanne Lothar
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| since i'm no longer technically a teenager i've decided that it's about time to upgrade my blogging, so i gave in and made a tumblr. i'm not sure if i'll actually update it any more than i update this xanga but i'm hoping i will, if for nothing else than to do a little more writing for myself. right now all that's up are my twitter updates but hopefully soon i'll start doing some longer posts and maybe a video or two if i can save enough cash to buy the little camera i want.
anyway... www.thisisdylan.tumblr.com is where i'll be at from now on, or until i decide to come crawling back to the comforts of xanga, and if anyone that still uses xanga also uses twitter let me know at www.twitter.com/dylansfc
so long for now
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| I should have written this earlier, when the idea was fresh in my mind, but I just saw something that reminded me of it so I figured better late than never. A week or so ago I went out to the little theater by my apartment that has showings of many films that are given a limited release. I feel bad for not going there more because I'm really amazed that the opportunity for me to see these films and support these filmmakers is there, but I'm also faced with the problem of having very little money, so I haven't been able to do that as much as I would like to. Anyway, the last time I went was the first, and only, time I have been and it was to see Gus Van Sant's "Milk," staring Sean Penn and Josh Brolin. The first thing I have to say is that it is an amazing film. It is the story of Harvey Milk, played by Penn, and his struggle to become the first openly homosexual man elected to a major public office in California. It may not sound like everyone's cup of tea, but I really believe there is something in this film for everyone. It is incredibly well written, very funny at times, and emotional as well as inspiring. It's a film that I really believe everyone should seek out and see.
The interesting thing about this movie is that when it was over, as Taylor and I were walking back to our apartment, we both seemed to have the same thought. "That movie should've come out before the election." I understand that it probably wouldn't have made much of a difference because well, I don't think the people that needed to see it would have anyway. It's saddening though because while the story itself is a tragic one, what is more tragic is the way we as people haven't learned from our past. Sure some things have gotten better but what the movie did an excellent job of saying, without explicitly saying it, was how we find ourselves in the exact same situations as people before us have. Things brought up in the film were things that are still argued about today. I stood up from my seat once the film was over with my eyes watering because despite the amazing progress we have made on some fronts things like acceptance, things that in my opinion should be so obvious, are left to fall behind and so much hatred and prejudice continues on.
Anyway, it's a historical story that not enough people know and it is told incredibly well in this film so go shell out 10 bucks and see it if you haven't yet.
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