Despite the reign of evils, we live in a glorious country. God has provided the American people with the opportunity to feast like kings on this day. Primarily, we all enjoy the turkey, the fixings, and other family choice sides. Along with the wonder meal, we come together, friends and family, neighbors and strangers, and unite in love.
Right now in San Diego, CA, Angeli Prutz cooks her incredible tasting turkey, spreading joy to her family's stomachs. Sixto Valles of Chicago, IL, wraps his friends and family with laughter, entertainment, and delicious cold beer. In Mission, TX, the Skloss Family enjoys the silence of God's country, but wonderful music of traditions. I'm thankful for those who support and feed the military on this day, like Jessica Barcomb in Robertsdale, AL.
I am thankful that we have a fine military who fights every day and night so we as a nation can have the freedom to be at peace on this day. While so many people can unite with their loved ones, we have multitudes of Marines and military who can not be home with their family. They remain on duty today, saluting vehicles onto base on Camp Pendleton, CA. They stand alone, in the dark, hunting terrorist threats in eastern Al Hillah, Iraq. They gaze across an endless Pacific ocean, waiting to see if evil rises. They watch the visible and invisible skies, looking for anything that might threaten the America we love.
I thank all those who have served and are currently serving in the military.
I thank all my friends and family who have fought left and right so I could be where I am today. I thank those who are not afraid to say that they are my friend when in public with others. I thank even my enemies, who constantly plot to have me rubbed away, who have contributed to showing me how real people are. I thank everyone who has ever known me for all their love and hate; for today, I embrace you all and honestly hope that you will be blessed by God.
I personally thank you, for not forgetting me. I thank you for taking the time to read this blog. Whether you do know me, or you have no clue as to who I am. I pray that you will truly have a Happy Thanksgiving.
Most importantly, I thank God the Father, for sending His Son Jesus Christ to die for an evil, pathetic bastard like myself. I thank God for free will, that I am not depraved from the freedom of choosing Christ as my Savior. I am thankful that Christ would shed blood, and remember me while suffering on the cross for my sins. If Calvinism be real, or God not find my name in the Book of Life because I be a wolf, then I will triumphantly burn in hell, singing praise that our one true King is an awesome and loving God.
Remember to rejoice today. Continuously pray. Give thanks for everything. Love one another second, and first, love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
Long live the Nation of Israel and God bless America.
One of my top favorite motion picture directors of all time would be Michael Bay.
This legendary film maker is an inspiration to anyone who dreams of working in the motion picture industry.
Here is some history on this incredible person:
After launching his career as an award-winning commercial and music video director, Michael Bay quickly emerged as one of Hollywood's boldest and most bankable feature film directors. Characterized by his aggressive visual style and high-octane action sequences that have become the L.A. native's cinematic signature, the films that Bay has directed and produced have hit $3 billion in worldwide ticket sales.
Now established as one of the industry's elite action filmmakers, Bay has been dazzling audiences since the premiere of his first feature film, Bad Boys, starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, in 1995. The $9 million film won Best Action Sequence at the MTV Movie Awards, and it grossed over $140 million worldwide, making it Columbia Pictures' top-grossing film of that year. Bay's impressive sophomore effort, The Rock, starring Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage, followed a year later. Shot on location on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, The Rock surpassed Bay's blockbuster debut, taking in more than $335 million worldwide. His third directing effort was Armageddon, an idea he came up with, with writer Jonathan Hensleigh; Bay produced with Jerry Bruckheimer. Armageddon starred Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler, and earned over $550 million around the globe.
Bay continued his hot streak in 2001, directing the epic Pearl Harbor and sharing producer credit on the film with Bruckheimer. Their collaboration once again bore fruit, as Pearl Harbor raked in $450 million in box office receipts worldwide, and at the time became the best selling DVD of all time. In 2003, Bay reteamed with Smith, Lawrence and Bruckheimer for the summer hit Bad Boys II. The filmmaker's followed that effort with the action thriller The Island, starring Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou, Sean Bean and Steve Buscemi.
Bay's most recent film was the story of the summer of 2007: Transformers. Bay turned an 80s cartoon into an exciting live-action blockbuster that grossed over $700 million worldwide, making it Bay's most successful film to date, and established it as Dream works' biggest film franchise. It's currently on track to be the bestselling DVD of 2007.
He just finished the third chapter to Transformers, released this pass summer.
Bay's production company, Bay Films, remains one of the most cutting-edge production entities in Hollywood today and continues to grow. Five years ago, Bay joined forces with producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form to create Platinum Dunes, a company whose mission is to make films with budgets under $20 million that would give talented commercial and video directors the chance to break into the feature world. The first offering from the company was The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a re-imagining of the 1974 cult classic, which opened to top-notch reviews and grossed over $110 million worldwide. The company's second film, The Amityville Horror, reached receipts of more than $108 million. Two more films quickly followed: the original script, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: The Beginning, which earned $51 million; and a re-conceptualization of the 1986 thriller, The Hitcher, that garnered $20 million. Platinum Dunes's next film is The Horsemen, starring Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang, Peter Stormare and Eric Balfour under the direction of Jonas Akerlund, and executive-produced by Bay. Also on the slate are re-imaginings of Friday the 13th, Near Dark, and The Birds, as well as the original Fiasco Heights.
Last year Bay and two partners bought one of the film industry's premier digital effects houses, Digital Domain, from James Cameron. A world leader which provided effects in Titanic, Transformers, and Pirates of the Caribbean, the company is expanding into video games and will be the first production house to build an animation film in a gaming engine, which will greatly reduce animation costs.
One week out of out of film school in 1989, Bay began directing commercials and music videos for Propaganda Films. His works for such acts as Meat Loaf, Aerosmith, Tina Turner, Donny Osmond, and the DiVinyls won the young filmmaker recognition, acclaim, and a number of MTV Video Award nominations. He won the coveted Best Music Video prize in 1992 and 1999.
When Bay's first television spot –– for the American Red Cross –– was honored with a Clio in 1992, it heralded the aspiring film director's rapid ascent from unknown film school grad to creative force. Over the next three years, the Wesleyan University graduate would direct some of the best known and most acclaimed advertising campaigns in the world, including those for Nike, Budweiser, Coca Cola, Reebok, Miller and Victoria's Secret. In 1995, Bay, at the young age of 27, was honored by the Directors Guild of America as Commercial Director of the Year.
Bay is the youngest director to have won nearly every award bestowed by the advertising industry. He won the Grand Prix Clio for Commercial of the Year for the irreverent "Got Milk?/Aaron Burr" commercial; this famous spot was voted into the top ten classic spots of all time. Bay's famous "Got Milk" campaign now resides in the permanent collection of New York's Museum of Modern Art.
Today was the release of video game Need For Speed: The Run. Here is a trailer directed by Michael Bay.
One of the most anticipated games of the year finally hit stores Monday night. The release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 became available for gamers world wide.
Those who kept up with the Call of Duty franchise were excited for this latest installment. But is Modern Warfare 3 really all that it's been hyped up to be?
Modern Warfare 2 was, and still is, truly awesome. But MW3 does seem to be more of an "expansion pack" for MW2! Some gamers are saying that MW3 is nothing more than MW2 with new maps and an alternative array of sound effects. Is that all that MW3 really is? Is it only a make over of MW2?
In MW3, there is plenty of sleek new designs and really cool detailed maps. Weapons for MW2 have returned, some with a new look. I like MW3 only because the .50 Barrett is back! (that's one example)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, my favorite of the CoD franchise.
In MW2, I used the .50 Barrett and loved it. After MW2, Activision teamed up with Treyarch and produced Call of Duty: Black Ops. This was different from MW2. So, yes...Black Ops was something new. The weaponry had a mid-20th Century feel, and included new things like an RC-Car, Tomahawk weapon, and Camera Spikes. Blacks Ops had justification because it was different. (Maybe it wasn't as good; when players got bored with Black Ops, they returned to MW2)
How do you perfect perfection? Modern Warfare 2 is one of the best video games I've ever played. I like it more than Battlefield 2, Call of Duties: 1,2,3,4, & Black Ops. But it's hard to say I like MW3 more than 2 because MW3 just, like I said, seems merely like an "expansion pack."
Battlefied 3, different than CoD games, but very very awesome!
Earlier, before the release of Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3 hit stores. Now, I think Battlefield 3 is far better than Modern Warfare 3. In Battlefield 3, factors such as wind-age, gravity, and bullet travel time are factored into firing weapons. The game also includes Surefire lights that mount to weapon that actually blind out the enemy. Another awesome factor is that in Battlefield 3, not only do you run around killing enemies, you can also pilot tanks, LAVs, helicopters, and fighter jets. How awesome is that! If you're torn on whether or not to spend money on Modern Warfare 3 or Battlefield 3, go with Battlefield 3!
