How's it going my POTENTIAL gumdrops? You may think that the name, "gumdrop" is insulting but as for someone like myself, who is between both Generations X and Y, I consider it to be cute. Most people would consider me to be a Millennial.
A little while ago, I learned that I am actually considered Generation Flux. I was born in 1982 and my mother was born in 1962. We have a 20-year age gap. Because my mother was born in between 1961-1981, she is considered a Gen Xer. Also, because my parents are Gen Xers and I was born in 1982, I am technically considered to be a "Fluxer." If my parents were Baby Boomers during the early '80s, I would be a Millennial.
With me being a Fluxer, I was both a child of the '80s and '90s and became an adult in 2000. It's amazing how time flies! Don't you miss the 1980s and '90s? You know, before entertainment turned into the Shit Sandwich it is today?
This is where YOUR generation comes in:
On September 23, 2013, I created my own website, It's Not All Gumdrops & Unicorns for free. Originally, it was only meant to be my personal author website. In a way, it still is. However, I spend more time posting entertaining and informative blogs than anything.
Song Saturday and Cartoon Sunday blogs are the main blogs I post, during the weekends. Sometimes, I will post an extra blog throughout the week. It really depends on how I am feeling and what else I'm doing at the time. I have posted nearly 300 blogs on It's Not All Gumdrops & Unicorns. Therefore, you're not extremely limited to content. Although, the only major restriction I have is my Horror page.
The Horror page on It's Not All Gumdrops & Unicorns has samples of some of the short stories I have posted. Only members can view this page and FOR FREE. Otherwise, everything else is fair game.
If you want to learn more about me, check out It's Not All Gumdrops & Unicorns. Last but not least, I would really LOVE to have your feedback. What do you want me to share, in order to keep you as a part of my target audience, that does NOT center around politics?
How's
it going my gumdrops? It has been several months, since the last time I
actually posted a blog on Blogger. Most of my content can be found on
the official It's Not All Gumdrops & Unicorns
website.
I blog over there at least twice on the weekends for Song
Saturday and Cartoon Sunday. These last 2 weeks, I have been updating my
reviews for Christmas Slashers and Horror Anime.
Speaking
of Horror Anime, Chiller TV recently started airing Horror Anime,
again. Many of us viewers are excited about it. In fact, Chiller
TV's Anime Wednesday block appears to be a hot topic on Adult Swim's
message board. What amazes me about some of those posters is
that they seriously believe, that Chiller TV is new.
It is somewhat understandable why
they would assume that Chiller TV is a new network, if they have never had Dish
Network or Direct TV. Those are the only 2 providers, that carry
Chiller TV.
Over 2 years ago, I posted a rant blog on Xanga 1.0 about Chiller TV's programming. I transferred this same blog below to JournalHome.com, last winter.
http://www.journalhome.com/RealistMe/1002103/chiller-tv-or-not-so-chiller-tv.html Since
the time I posted that blog 2 years ago, my views about Chiller TV
really haven't changed. However, I'm glad that the network decided to
re-air Anime. If you have been following my blogs on the official It's Not All Gumdrops & Unicorns website, you should recall, that I posted a Cartoon Sunday blog last Sunday about Chiller TV and Tokyo Majin.
The
fact that Chiller TV beat Adult Swim to grabbing Devil
May Cry has me reeling. Since the time Adult Swim re-branded its Anime
block on late Saturday nights and early Sunday mornings as "Toonami," I have been saying for the last 3 years, that Devil May Cry should be airing on "Toonami."
Instead, the Toonami Team bought Deadman Wonderland and other shows. 2014 was the most that I ever watched Toonami. Surprisingly, Adult Swim grabbed Hellsing Ultimate, last fall.
Not
that I hate every Anime Adult Swim airs, but I can't sit through watching
most of the network's shows in general.
What are the chances of Adult
Swim snatching more of Syfy
and Chiller TV's sloppy seconds for Anime?
Last Wednesday, I told some Adult
Swim posters that I'm currently watching Chiller TV's entire Anime Wednesday
block. This is something I could never say for Cartoon Network and
Adult Swim's Toonami.
I may sound condescending for saying this, but Cartoon Network and Adult Swim mostly pander to Shonen Jump Action AnimeTards. Both networks have been for the last 10-20 years. This is partly why the casual
viewers are unaware of other genres and sub-genres, that aren't Shonen Jump Action Anime.
Before
last week ended, I politely asked Adult Swim's main moderator, if he could add at least 1
of our Chiller TV's Anime Wednesday threads to Adult Swim's Featured Topics. Of course, our moderator ignored me. Then again, he pays selective attention when he isn't randomly banning posters for
defending ourselves against trolls.
If
our main moderator wasn't so condescending and ornery, more Adult Swim
posters would have some respect for him. Adult Swim posters and
moderators can leave other posters with bad impressions of them. Generally speaking, if
the people at Adult Swim didn't have such attitude problems, more veteran posters would probably stay
and new posters would join.
The network is already a heaping
pile. Anytime Chiller TV's Anime Wednesday block has a more
entertaining block than Adult Swim's Toonami,
that speaks volumes. Granted, both Chiller TV and Adult Swim have their
flaws like every other network. Although, if Chiller starts airing
better Anime than Toonami, Adult Swim will be up Shit Creek without a paddle and will lose another portion of its Anime fans.
Before the Toonami re-branding 3 years ago, Adult Swim aired better Anime with more variety and wasn't as niche as today. If Adult Swim continuously allows other networks with lower budgets to defeat them, more Anime fans will look forward to Chiller TV's Anime Wednesday instead of Adult Swim's Toonami.
How's it going my gumdrops? I meant to post another blog on Blogger
much sooner, but I have been extremely busy with my own website, It's Not
All Gumdrops & Unicorns. This is along with juggling my online
presence on several other sites. Adult Swim is only naming 1 example.
Most of my friends/subscribers on facebook, Blogster,
and Horror-Punks already know, that I have been a poster on Adult Swim, since
last August. Some have considered joining and I said, "No! You will
regret it." You may be sitting down, scratching your head, and asking "Why
not?" Here are some questions you should ask yourself before
considering Adult Swim:
Do you like...
walking on eggshells?
being treated like a criminal?
being accused of being a troll?
being psychoanalyzed to
pieces?
being treated like a verbal
punching bag?
being politically correct every nano
second?
getting rape and death threats?
constantly looking over your
shoulder?
people insulting every show or movie you enjoy?
political oppression, oppression in general, and censorship?
whenever people always feel the need to put
you in your place?
the thought of always being banned every time you defend
yourself against assholes and trolls?
Did you
enjoy being an outcast in high school?
If you answered no to at least 1
of these questions, you should not join Adult Swim's message board.
There are SOME nice posters. However, there are also shitty posters. These are the following reasons why you should not join Adult
Swim:
Reasons Why You Should NOT Join Adult Swim's Message Board:
* No Blocking- Adult Swim doesn't have
a block feature. Most blogging and social media sites have a "Block"
button, which makes it easier for assholes and trolls to appear as
"invisible" on your screen. Adult Swim does have an "Ignore" button. Too bad it no
longer works because there are assholes I would personally LOVE to block.
* Hijacking-
The topic of the thread doesn't matter. Regardless if it's a positive
or negative thread, assholes and trolls love hijacking another poster's thread. The
hijacking is usually done to create arguments and sometimes to spout
death threats. I've gotten a few death threats by a skanky, narcissistic sociopath.
*Terrible Communications/Social Skills-The
remaining veteran Adult Swim posters highly lack social skills; They
don't know how to socialize or communicate. Their idea of socializing is
being verbally abusive towards other posters.
* Begrudgment-Some posters are quick to begrudge other posters for their success.
Some have an inferiority complex and are close-minded to anyone the
moment they assume that other poster(s) believes he/she is superior to
everyone else because of his/her accomplishments. This most definitely
applies towards website and business owners.
Rather than taking action
and improving their own lives, some posters would rather demonize and ostracize
another poster. In a nutshell, they are "haters." Most Adult Swim posters dislike business owners and love demonizing them because they were
brainwashed to hate businesses in general by the media.
Then again, Adult Swim is a brother network of CNN. * Game Of Cliques/Alliances-
Some veteran posters play both sides of cliques. I always love whenever
a friend is in the center of 2 friends, who dislike each other. The
friend in the middle will pretend to be "neutral," even though he/she
already decided who's side to be on. This usually leads to ostracizing
the other so-called "friend."
* The Blame Game-Some
remaining veteran posters are quick to play The Blame Game. Rather than
accepting their own faults, Adult Swim posters only want to blame 1 or a
few other posters for their own problems, that they helped create. Most of them are
their own worst enemies yet they still love finger pointing.
* Pissing Contests-The
remaining veteran posters regularly hold pissing contests over politics
and cartoon ratings in the most active sections of the site. 2 of the
most active sections are Babbling and Toonami. Adult Swim's message board mostly consists of grown men fighting over politics like they are on CNN. Otherwise, there are ToonamiTards
fighting over Shonen Jump Action Anime ratings rather than sitting down and enjoying
their favorite Anime. Some of them have severe mental and behavioral
problems and love wreaking havoc for other posters.
* Persecution-Veteran
posters are usually quick to persecute new posters and assume they are
recurring male trolls. I joined Adult Swim last August. In all my years of being an Internet user, I have never felt
so unwelcome to ANY site. That was until I joined Adult Swim.
I currently belong to several other websites. As toxic as some of those sites can be, at least new posters
aren't treated like an inconvenience, if not a criminal.
Adult Swim's
message board makes other websites look like a trip to Disneyland. * Crooked Moderation-The
moderators treat posters like an inconvenience rather than solving the
problems. In order to cope with racism, misogyny, rape/death threats,
and trolling in general, posters have to either ignore it, or jump ship.
Adult Swim's moderators are the equivalent of cops, that turn blind
eyes to the corruption. Instead of moderators enforcing Adult Swim's board rules, posters get a
slap on the wrist for bad behavior by only getting temporary bans.
Otherwise, there is a double standard and the moderators will justify it.
* Multiple Identities-The
remaining veteran posters create different poster names out of sheer
boredom. I still don't understand the point of randomly creating
multiple accounts, when they haven't been banned UNLESS it is to only rig polls and troll other posters. They really do rig polls and troll in aliases.
* Censorship-Adult
Swim is a HIGHLY censored message board. Even though the network has
"Adult" in its title and posters literally have their own dick pics floating around in cyber space, the message board and its programming are highly censored.
People only preach about Freedom Of Speech, whenever it's convenient.
All the while, those same Adult Swim posters are oppressive of others. Most posters can dish it out, but can't take it.
They'll be quick to lecture someone about not being "politically
correct," when they're not exactly the most respectful of anybody. I
spend more time walking on eggshells for Adult Swim posters than
anywhere on and offline.
There are business meetings and sports
bras, that are more comfortable and entertaining than posting
on Adult Swim. I can only imagine some Adult Swim posters going on dates and being as boring as
watching paint dry. Or as uptight and uncomfortable as a Super Wedgy.
* Turnover Rate-Adult
Swim has a high turnover rate with posters. Most veterans grew tired of the
negativity on the site and left. This is especially when it is
impossible to have a fun thread meant for everyone. At least 1
asshole hijacks it only to start fights with another poster(s). This depends on whether the
fight is with the creator of the thread, or someone else in it.
* Suicide Rate-Adult
Swim has a suicide rate among posters. Before and during the time I
joined the forum, there was already a history of some veteran posters
being suicidal and committing suicide.
I don't have an actual
percentage. However, there were at least a handful.
Some of those same
suicidal posters threaten to commit suicide today.
* Social Networking Abuse-Some veteran posters treat Adult Swim's forum like it's their personal facebook status update. There is at least 1 morally corrupt/narcissistic sociopathic
poster, who uses Adult Swim's forum like she's on facebook.
She brags about all the Johns she's met and had sex with via Tinder. * Limited & Opportunistic Humor-Some remaining veteran posters lack a sense of humor UNLESS
they're trolling other posters. Adult Swim posters mostly revel
in acting like rude, belligerent, chastising, and self-righteous trolls.
Putting each other in their places mostly amuses them and their
colluding friends. 1/2 remaining posters no longer watch shows on Adult
Swim. Although, they will nit pick and psychoanalyze plots and characters to pieces.
* Cyber Ghost Town-Adult
Swim's forum is on life support. Sane people should NOT join the site
because the remaining posters already want to leave it or witness the shutdown. Most sane people
don't have the time, energy, and patience to deal with grown men and
their childish antics, while simultaneously lecturing other posters
about being "politically correct" and arguing over shows.
Ask yourself, "Why is the divorce rate constantly soaring?" If you say, "It's because
people don't have time for bullshit," apply that same answer to Adult Swim's message board.
All in all,it's
much better to remain an Adult Swim viewer than being a poster. Most of
the regulars waste time nit picking and finger pointing at everything
and everyone. Do NOT join Adult Swim. If you do, you will regret it even more because you CANNOT delete your account.
How's it going my gumdrops? You're not gonna believe this. I happen to share the exact same birthday
as Boy George from Culture Club. Yes, the "New Romantic" lead singer is literally 1 year older than my mother. Yep, Boy George will be turning 54 on Flag Day the SAME DAY I turn 33. Gotta love it!
In addition, Boy George had a
secret relationship with his Culture Club drummer, Jon Moss. Most of their group's songs were about their so-called "secret love."
In that same autobiography, the Culture Club lead singer dished some dirt about Bush'sfrontman,Gavin Rossdale.
During the 1980's, Boy George and
Gavin both had "secret liaisons" with singer, "Marilyn." Who? I
have never heard of "Marilyn," until recently. I only know of Marilyn
Monroe and Marilyn Manson. This is all news to most of us.
Conducting my own research, "Marilyn's" real name is Peter Anthony Robinson. He's an androgynous, British/Jamaican Pop singer. He's also a New Romantic/New Wave/Reggae singer.
Anyway, in Boy George's autobiography Take It Like A Man, he revealed that he and Gavin Rossdale
from Bush shared "Marilyn" as their gay lover.
When saying the preceding, I mean that Boy George and Gavin Rossdale BOTH had "Marilyn" in common as a gay lover. You learn something new
everyday!
For years, Gavin denied it. It
was not until several years ago that Bush's frontman finally admitted to having "Marilyn" as his gay lover. Hearing
this news left me reeling.
Gavin Rossdale didn't strike me as a frontman,
who would be involved in a homosexual relationship.
Those of us, who were teen girls and young women during the '90s, lusted for him.
I will definitely testify to having lust for Gavin. Bush's music videos always gave off dark and spooky vibes, their songs were typically on Horror soundtracks, and Gavin was sexy.
Personally, I always felt that Gavin Rossdale would've been the perfect actor for a sequel to The Crow.
That's not including the fact that I'm a sucker for tall, dark, and brooding men, especially when they happen to be sexy vocalists playing guitars.
Well, since I have talked about Culture Club's Boy George, Bush's Gavin Rossdale, and their past gay lover, "Marilyn" who they had in common, here's a
flashback from 33 years ago. Today, here is Culture Club's "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" for this early Song Saturday.
Culture Club "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" Kissing To Be Clever (1982)
How's it going my gumdrops? Out of curiosity, did anyone watch
ABC's Celebrity Wife Swap this past week?
I hadn't watched it, since the
time Dee Snider's spouse and Flava Flav's girlfriend had to trade places.
That was several years ago.
I
just happened to be watching my local ABC news the other day and they
announced that Jackee Harry and Traci Lords were featured on ABC's
Celebrity Wife Swap.
I could NOT help laughing at my local news
reporters referring to Traci Lords as being a "Pop Icon." I'm sorry, but
they need to stop.
Most people know Traci
Lords as being "The Porn Queen." I've never watched any of her pornos,
but I did hear people talk about her being a porn star 2 decades ago.
Even though she has evolved into becoming a legitimate actress, writer,
director, AND singer over the last 25 years, Traci Lords still has the reputation of being a nude model at 15 years old, then becoming a porn
star.
I immediately noticed that Traci and her
3rd husband wanted to hide her scandalous reputation on Celebrity Wife
Swap.
Both wanted to hide Traci Lords' past, especially since she was
raped at 10 years old by her 16-year-old friend, then molested at 12
years old by her mother's cocaine-dealing boyfriend, shortly after.
By
the time Lords was 14, she was pregnant by her high school
boyfriend and began looking for a job to pay for her abortion.
Roger
Hayes, who was her molester (He molested Traci in her sleep) and mother's cocaine-dealing boyfriend, was
responsible for Traci Lords becoming a nude model.
That sexual predator
pretended to be her "step-father" and drove her to Jim South's World
Modeling Talent Agency. Talk about a lowlife!
Traci
Lords' mother had atrocious taste in men and was the root cause of her suffering. This explains why she's had so many dysfunctional relationships.
Traci
and her current husband keep their poor son living an OUTRAGEOUSLY
sheltered life. They don't allow him to have a TV OR toys! What type of childhood is THAT?
I cannot help reiterating, that Traci Lords and her 3rd husband tried their hardest to
hide her past.
I sympathize and empathize with Lords' shame, especially when
she auditions for acting gigs. However, everyone does NOT know about her as a talented entertainer in general.
Traci Lords'
husband was highly defensive about her past, when Jackee Harry had to spend time with her own friends. You know, considering that he is Traci's current husband, he has EVERY right to be
protective of her.
Although, Lords' husband and his friends had no reason to be complete assholes to Jackee, throughout the
entire 4th season premiere of Celebrity Wife Swap. Men of said ilk expect for women to be submissive to
them.
Throughout that entire
experiment, I KNOW Jackee bit her tongue really hard because I wanted to teleport myself through the TV screen and
kick their asses.
Traci's husband's friends were rude about the way
Jackee was trying to clean and cook their fish, after THEY caught it.
Jackee
Harry is a diva. She not only played a diva 2-3 decades ago, when she played Sandra Clark
on 227, but is also a real life diva.
Chances are
highly great, that she thought to herself, "Cook it your DAMN self!
Do I look like a maid to you?" I know that's what she was thinking!
Seeing
the way Traci Lords' current husband and his asshole friends treated
Jackee, makes me feel GLAD to still be single.
Enduring people's annoying ass friends, spouses, in-laws, etc. can be downright
sickening, especially when they assume that everybody
is going to be their personal doormat and impose on others.
Despite Traci Lords' scandalous reputation as an
underage porn star from the 1980's, as I mentioned earlier, she began working on her music career by 1995.
In fact, the instrumental
version of her song, "Control" was featured on the soundtrack for the
movie, Mortal Kombat.I have owned the Mortal Kombat Soundtrack, for the last 20 years
Wow, do I feel old. Where has the time
gone?
Traci Lords' debut album, 1000 Fires did amazingly well with her
first 2 singles, "Control" and "Fallen Angel." She was also the opening act for the Lollapalooza after party.
Before I forget, I just want to say that we all have "skeletons" in our own closets, including ME. Therefore, I cannot be extremely judgmental of Traci Lords.
Even though today's blog heavily focuses on the talented Traci Lords' scandalous past as "The Porn Queen," I still enjoy watching her in movies, TV shows, and music videos.
Anyway, here's a double dose of her first 2 singles, "Control" and "Fallen Angel" for
today's Song Saturday.
How's it going lurkers? You may recall that there wasn't a Song
Saturday blog, last week. Last Saturday, I shared details about my
mother's seizure on Wednesday, April 15th. This has been another chaotic
week. Luckily, there hasn't been any life threatening issues.
Compared to last week, my mother
has been doing much better. Yesterday was my youngest aunt's
birthday and we'll be
celebrating my mom's birthday tomorrow.
Once April is over, I will be so glad. You
seriously have no idea.
Speaking of last Wednesday, it appears
that Puddle Of Mudd's frontman Wes Scantlin is having a worse time than the rest
of us.
First and foremost, Puddle Of Mudd has been around, since The
Grunge Era. They released a single last September titled, "Piece Of The
Action."
On April 15,
2015, which was on the same day my mother had her seizure, our local NBC (Channel TMJ4) reported that Puddle Of Mudd's Wes Scantlin was arrested.
He was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct after
an incident at Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport, which
happens to be in my county of WI.
[TMJ4:] "Puddle Of Mudd's Vocalist Wes Scatlin Arrested" (2015)
Wes Scantlin really needs to get his shit together. I always enjoyed
listening to Puddle Of Mudd's music. My mother even bought their Come
Cleanalbum, when I was in my college freshman year. She loves their song,
"Blurry."
Because I normally do not watch TMJ4, I had no idea about
Scantlin's arrest, until I read about it on HardDrive Radio's Dirt page.
According
to HardDrive Radio's blogger, Roxy, Scantlin's booking agency told
Blabbermouththat the vocalist was NOT in jail at the moment and that the band
“will be performing all shows, including last weekend and all upcoming
shows.”
Puddle Of Mudd was scheduled to perform on April 16th in
Wilmington, NC. Supposedly, the sheriff’s office had NOT released any
further details regarding the incident and the nature of what happened
has yet to be disclosed.
Wes Scantlin has been
developing quite a rap sheet much like Scott Weiland from Stone Temple
Pilots.
BTW: Those 2 have a connection to each other but I will explain more about Scantlin's connections later. Over these last 3 years, I have
read news about him at least several times online.
Between September 4,
2012 and April 15, 2015, Puddle Of Mudd's Wes Scantlin has:
*
been arrested while traveling on a cross country flight from Boston to
L.A. BECAUSE he was high on cocaine. The airplane made an emergency
landing in Austin, TX where he was charged with public intoxication.
*
domestic violence charges both in 2012 and 2013. In May 2013, Wes
Scantlin pulled his ex-wife by her arm or shirt and began dragging her.
*
Last April 16th, during a show at Trees Dallas, Wes lip synched
and had a meltdown on stage. He threw a microphone and beer into the
audience. This was along with threatening and attempting to PHYSICALLY ATTACK several audience members at a show in Scottsdale, AZ. Also, Wes
Scantlin was criticized for his lip synching, during the same show.
*
As mentioned in the preceding video, he was arrested at Denver International
Airport for riding on the baggage carousel and ending up in the
restricted area, on January 16, 2015.
* April 2,
2015, Scantlin had ANOTHER meltdown. Earlier this month, he smashed
his guitar, headphones, and part of the drummer's kit.
I
wonder if Wes Scantlin managed to pay Ryan Braun a visit, before he was
arrested at Mitchell International Airport here in WI.
Recently, I
learned that Wes is the cousin of Miss Missouri Teen USA's Melana
Scantlin and Ryan Braun. Here's where it gets more interesting:
Ryan
Braun is the baseball right fielder for the Milwaukee Brewers. Braun has
also been in the local news, during these last 2 years.
Ryan Braun LIED to
his fans and everyone in the media about using "performance-enhancing
drugs."
Talk about family scandals! Since it's Song Saturday, I thought I
would share 3 of Puddle Of Mudd's music videos.
One of them is my mother's favorite
("Blurry"). Another is my favorite ("Heel Over Head") and it has been
stuck in my head all week.
Last but surely NOT the least, Puddle Of Mudd's new
single.
1) Puddle Of Mudd "Blurry" Come Clean (2001)
2) Puddle Of Mudd "Heel Over Head" Life On Display (2003)
3) Puddle Of Mudd "Piece Of The Action" [NEW SINGLE] (2014)
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