1st (Real) Blog Post

So, you're probably wondering what's up with the joker. Well, it turns out we're all wondering. He's kind of psycho. Anyway, I'm not completely sure what to write about, so I'm just going to talk about why I put the things on my blog that I did.

First off, we have Mr. Clown here. I only put that there to get extra credit from Mr. Thompson. Just kidding... although extra credit sounds good if he still wants to give it to me. No, it turns out that I just happen to really like Heath Ledger as The Joker. People always ask me if I really like Batman, since I've seen the movie three times, and I tell them, "No, I actually hate batman." This usually gives me a quizzical look and that is the best thing ever.

Now, up to about 2 months ago, I listened to nothing but hard core rock, screamo, stuff like that, but then, I rediscovered one of the best genres of music ever! Soundtracks were one of my favorite things to listen to when I was a lot younger and now they are once again my new favorite, and I am seriously considering taking down my My Chemical Romance posters to replace with pictures of James Newton Howard or Hans Zimmer. I told my friends I'm switching musical religions. They didn't think it was very funny. I'm usually into darker things, and the Batman Begins soundtrack is incredible. When I first heard it I was like, "Wow, I have really been missing out." Then my family took a trip down to Moab, and on the four hour drive back I tried putting my iPod on shuffle. Let's just say I listened to the same twelve songs I would have anyway.

Ever since I started listening to Batman Begins (which you have now sampled if your computer allowed you to listen to my playlist), I asked my dad to order The Dark Knight soundtrack. It took way too long to finally get here, but it was definitely worth the wait. The way that Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard captured everyone's emotions in the movie is truly incredible. They reserved some of the same effects from Batman Begins for special use with Scarecrow, and created a whole new sound for The Joker, and a Batman with renewed strength. They used bizarre instruments to create strange new sounds, and it all works so well. The Joker is both dark and euphoric, and the soundtrack perfectly captures that.

When I finally get a display picture up, It will be either be a picture of The White Violin, a Supervillian from my favorite comic book "The Umbrella Academy", The Rumor, a Superhero from "The Umbrella Academy" or a picture of Brad Pitt in "The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford." That is the book I am currently trying to finish reading (let's just say that that isn't the most exciting last third of a book that I've ever read). I thought the movie was really good, almost as good as Batman. Its a lot better though if you've read the book first, because when you only watch the movie it doesn't make very much sense. It has too many characters to learn in only two hours. I would definitely recommend "The Assassination..." to anybody who likes the Old West. I suppose this concludes my first blog for Honors English. I hope it was enlightening...


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