Teddy bears, strippers, and preachers

Well first off it is good to be blogging again!!!! I have taken some time off and wanted to say to all of my 8 followers (lol) that here it is.  I have been thinking to myself what I wanted to blog about and it hit me just two days ago...

I wanted to try my first movie review.  I have never done anything like this before and I want it to be good so here it goes.

The movie that I went and saw was "TED."  I had to drag Preach (aka Brett from Transformed Nonconformist).

Seth Macfarlane

"Ted" is a new movie that came out not to long ago, but the main reason we wanted to see it was because of the creator Seth Macfarlane.  Seth is the creator of many TV shows like Family Guy and American Dad to name a few.  He has a reputation of being crazy, dirty, and sometimes just down right wrong, with all of his fart jokes, and using the f bomb way too much.

For his big-screen directorial debut, Seth MacFarlane has made a traditional buddy comedy, in much the same way his animated TV show, “Family Guy, which is to say, he works within a framework, while simultaneously tearing it to shreds.

He couldn’t have asked for a better partner than Mark Wahlberg, an excellent, and eternally underappreciated, straight man. In the past, Wahlberg has generously ceded the spotlight to Christian Bale (“The Fighter”), Will Ferrell (“The Other Guys”).  Here, he plays second string to a toy.

The story, which MacFarlane wrote with “Family Guy’s” Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild, introduces us to a lonely child named John, who wishes for his stuffed bear to come to life. Magically enough, it actually happens.

In another movie, John might have learned some valuable lessons from this miracle.

In this movie, John (Wahlberg) grows up to become an aimless Boston slacker whose extended adolescence is enabled by his equally juvenile stuffed animal. (The expertly computer-animated Ted is voiced by MacFarlane.)

Even John realizes there are issues in living with a talking teddy bear — chief among them, the waning patience of his girlfriend, Lori (Mila Kunis). She wants to settle down. Ted, who has the focus of an overindulged frat boy, just wants to party. And John is stuck in the middle.

Working girls!!!!

“Family Guy” fans will find that MacFarlane’s brand of skewed humor translates easily to the big screen, built as it is on razor-sharp pop-culture references, unabashedly bad taste and surprising flashes of sweetness.

Nice suit

Not every joke scores, of course. But the hits are worth the misses, and anyway, the movie’s true genius is in the way its outlandish scenario is played so perfectly straight.

Really, it doesn’t matter. True chemistry is hard to find. And by some stroke of movie magic — or sheer skill — Wahlberg and the bear make a pretty great team.

Even the President and the First Lady Party with Ted.

I have never laughed so hard in my entire life!!!! There are so many pop culture references that will keep you laughing til the end.  I hope that I have ruined the movie and you will go and see it for yourself.

Also I was at the tail end of being an 80's kid but, there are some really funny cameos that appear in the movie as well.

PS I have my own teddy bear when I was a kid....Yes it main stream.  Look in the upper right hand corner....Yep Teddy Ruxpin!!!

Epic Win!!! Also another pic of me in the hospital!!! It never ends!!!

DJ Song of the Post: "Takin Pills" Pistol Annies 

 

Living Life

Well, this week off has been a blast to say the least.  I have done really nothing all week, but go to church and relax (which I have needed I have been burning the candles at both ends for a while now).

Last night I was just hanging at my house when a friend of mine showed up unexpectedly.  His name is Steve, and he drives a semi-truck all over the country.  I went with him once, that is a whole other post altogether.

As you all know, I am a DJ in Southern IL.  Steve and I had a great adventure last night.  We went to all the places that I DJ.  I know that might not sound fun, but its really great seeing the people that I have met and its also really great to be noticed (kinda like a hometown celebrity).  There is the occasional "Hey DJ, you didn't play my song last week." or, "Hey DJ, you rock." or my favorite is "Hey DJ, do you know that song, I can't remember the name or how it goes?" My response to that one can get really funny at times.

Also, this week marks my birthday week.  I used to have the whole month of April but, now its just a week.  With my new business it's great during this time because not only am I working and making money, I'm always celebrating my birthday and not spending money which is great!


This wouldn't be a Train's whistle post without at least one picture from the night last night.  So here it is.

 Kels Kay and I

 Also, tomorrow night I get to go back to the grade school that I attended. I am the DJ their 7th and 8th grade dance. Brett is going along, so that should be fun.  I will let Brett tell that story since he is much better at this than me.


So I am sure that this next week will be fun, tiring, and great all at the same time....


 DJ Song of the Day........Say Ah Trey Songz

A New Start

This blog is going to help me with a lot of things.  I want this blog to be funny and light and tell some of the many stories that has happened in my life.  Many times, my friends have said that I should write a book with everything that has happened in my life.

The first two posts that I wrote, which I have included in this new blog, tell the story of the horrible illness that I went through three years ago.  I will share stories about that and some of the things that I have had to deal with because of it and now living a handicapped life.

I also want to write about my new business adventures with being a DJ.  I have worked in the business for 3 years now and I absolutely love it.   The people that I have met and the relationships that have been built will last a lifetime.

Enough Preface - now to the good stuff….

I really do have a great support group around me at all times.  I was just visited today by Preach and he is a great and wonderful friend, mentor, counselor, teacher, fix-it man.  If it wasn’t for Preach’s guidance I really don’t think that I could have made it this far without him.  There will be some great stories on this blog because of him. Today was a great example of that….He has been the force behind writing again. He told me write not only because I have a lot of free time, but also that I have a lot of great things to say.  I was hesitant to write again because I really don’t know correct grammar and I have a hard time spelling “kat” right most of the time (I think there is two t’s in kat, but I’m not sure).  Preach came over today to get “Train’s Whistle” up and running.  After about an hour of correcting grammar and spelling on my old blog, we launched the site. It was a great day spent learning the tricks and trade of a very talented blogger.

Second, my brother or bro, who I am really close to also came by for a visit today.  Didn’t stay long, but it’s great to talk to him and see him when he does come by (he lives in a two story building and he is on the second floor, so its very hard for me to go to his house. So, he came to mine).

Homie Homie Homie is all I can say about my other friend…..he also stopped by late tonight after he had gotten off work.  All I can say about him is that he is whipped like butter.  We were hanging out a lot and getting into trouble together, but he started dating another friend of mine and I haven’t seen too much of him lately but, it was soooo good to catch up with him tonight as well.

As I mentioned before, I am a DJ and I love my job, so I wanted this forum to be a place where I could let my readers see and hear some good music that they wouldn’t have listened to before….So, I will try to end each blog with a new or old song that I came across in my show this last week…

Song of the Week

Aarron Lewis- Country Boy…

This artist is very talented and amazing….just his voice can give me goosebumps….hope you enjoy it and there is more to come. Hope everyone will continue to come back and read some more about my boring exciting life. 

P.S. Red is my hero

Fresh new Blog with a twist

First off, I wanted to say thanks to my best friend Brett that has cleaned up my old blog site (grammar which took a while) and I started my own blog now.

It will be a fresh new blog that will have a lot of new things about it.  My struggles and fights with life, drama with friends, poker, my new business that I have started, etc.

I hope that it will be entertaining and fun with a twist.....

Stay tuned for more information to come....