Exit Stage Left

Well, we knew this was coming. It was just a matter of when. The time has come to take the next step forward.

As much as I love it in L.A., I must see what else life has to offer. So Trace has decided to shut it down once and for all. I must apologize for the lack of posts the past few weeks, I have been busy with getting things ready for my big year long trip to Japan.

We had a lot of good times together didn't we? I just wanted to tell you guys it was over face to face, rather than write it in a note, and then have someone else give it to you ;)

But much love to the people that come on here and read this thing. I don't want to brag but my blog, probably the best one in the Universe...or the five planets closest to the sun.

I just want to fire off a few random thoughts about my feelings on some people and things here and there.

-Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, and Kevin Federline are NOT celebrities. They do nothing! One is an anorexic who's dad was a semi-good singer twenty years ago, the other is a wannabe black guy who leeches off his once attractive wife, and the last is a mentally retarded blonde girl who has no talent whatsoever, and just spreads VD around the greater Los Angeles area. These people are the scum of the earth, yet their every movement is tracked and covered like people care. They don't, so find someone else to report on who actually has talent.

-Even though Lindsay Lohan is a crazy ass chick, and has literally started a feud with Paris Hilton, P Diddy, Cameron Diaz, and the Simpson Sisters, I still would take her to Steak and Shake and introduce to her my parents later that night. I love her....

-The movie industry is going to hell in a handbasket. I blame the American family for it. I hate animated movies for starters. "Oh but Trace, ICE AGE is so funny!" "Yeah if you're fucking seven it is funny Peter Pan.Get over it and watch Law and Order, you're an adult for gods sake!" Plus there has been a huge influx of "family movies" lately. (See: Pacifier, The RV, Click, etc) Great actors are doing the family picture because it will make a shitload of cash. Sure making money is the name of the game I know, but you are whores for doing it and I hate you. Click looks like a horrible movie...so it will be number one.

-Snakes on a plane will be number one at the box office for one weekend. I guarantee it.

-The sequel to snakes on a plane will also be number one at the box office. It will also star Samuel L Jackson.

-Please Hollywood, make one more Deuce Bigalow...I'm begging you. So is Rob Schneider after his latest Ford Focus Car Payment bounced.

-Enough with Reality Tv already. This has been the single leading cause of the slow death for tv. Like Survivor, The Amazing Race, Fear Factor, and American Idol can stay. But the rest have to go. Wait, I also like celebrity boxing. I don't watch any of these shows anymore, but they were alright in their prime. Speaking of American Idol, there is another show called America Has Talent. Hmmmm, it has three judges, one of which is a washed up of star, the other a witty, devilish Englishman, and the other is....fucking David Hasselhoff. This judging set up is something like I have seen before, but I can't think of it. Speaking of the Hoff, that fucking guy is everywhere these days. AT NBA Finals, in court, at movie premieres, and on a new tv show. How did this happen? I draw the line when Corey Feldman and Corey Haim get their own reality show. That's just enough already.

-And last but not least a final top ten.

Best movie endings.

10. Psycho (original)
9.25th Hour
8.Sixth Sense
7.Memento
6.Ocean's 11 (Original or Remake pick' em)
5.Shawshank Redemption
4.Interview With The assassin
3.The Thomas Crown Affair
2.Rocky
1.Usual Suspects

Thanks for reading, much love, and to quote Bruce Willis from Die Hard 1:
"Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs"

-Trace ;)

Football vs futbol

With the world cup in full gear now, I thought to myself what sport has better celebrations?

Football (NFL) or Futbol (Soccer)?

Thoughts, ideas, suggestions, girls measurements and turn ons?

Video Killed The Radio Star

What does this picture have to do with music videos? Absolutely nothing. But when I typed in "music videos" in google image search this picture was on the first screen so I had to include it. Oh and it's also the fucking time machine cruising on the highway to which is the most bitching thing ever!

Anyways, I watched some music videos today, thought it would be good for me because I have not really seen any music videos in a long amount of time. But back in the day, there were some killer videos. I am going to give a top ten on my favorite videos of all time. I know they will all be heavily disputed, but I say do what you go to do son. As a disclaimer, videos 10 through 2 are in no set order at all really.

10.All Falls Down (Kanye West)
One great artist+one great song+shots of stacey dash running from behind=a kick ass video. (I still can't believe she is 40. That just defies science.)


9.Dirty (Christina Aguilera)
I'm a heterosexual male. That's my explanation.

8.Da Funk (Daft Punk)
A giant dog who can talk to people, and can with despite having a broken leg! You have to give respect to that. I have seen this video many a time, and I still love it when I see it. I still have no idea to this day what the video means, but that's not saying much because I thought Romeo and Juliet was a story about world domination.

7.Buddy Holly (Weezer)
Easily could have gone higher on the list, but there are so many to choose from. Any time you combine a great band, mixed with shots of Happy Days only good things can come out of it. Pretty original idea to, and I had to fit this one in.

6.Praise You (Fatboy Slim)
I honestly wanted to put this video number one. I really and truly did, but it wouldn't be right like making a move on a girl while she's sleeping. But I will say it is the most genius video I think on the list. I swear its my dream in life to go to a really fancy bar one night randomly with a group of people, and then just bust out the entire torrance dance group performance right there on the dance floor.

5.Just (Radiohead)
What was that dude saying on the street? We'll never know. Maybe he was just explaining to people the benefits of lying down on the street. No, that's just a bunch of malarky!

4.These Days (Alien Ant Farm)
They crashed the fucking BET awards man! It was genius! And you got to see people get arrested on a music video, unlike Limp Bizkit's attempt to make it look like it was real, but wasn't in the "Nookie" video. The reactions are great from the people who are on the red carpet at the BET awards as well.

3.Triumph (Wu Tang Clan)
A solid track for starters, but more importantly it's a long video that keeps your attention the whole way through it. Every member of the Clan is involved in this track, unlike some of their other videos they released. Each member in this video is doing their own thing including rapping in a huge inferno, from outer space, and leading a motorcycle gang. Throw up the W's for this one...I don't know what that even means.

2.Jeremy (Pearl Jam)
I heard their new song on the radio the other day and it's damn good. But this video I think is overlooked in the grand scheme of things. Maybe because it hit to close to home as it is actually based on a true story. Either way the video is great, and Eddie Vedder actually looks possessed by the devil in this video. Great times all around.

1.Thriller (Michael Jackson)
It's a given.

Honorable mentions go out to:

California Love (Dr. Dre and Tupac)
Big Me (Foo Fighters)
Clint Eastwood (Gorillaz)
Juicy (Notorious BIG)

Ummmm, say what?

There is the age old question, who is smarter: Men or women? While, I am not here to try and settle that debate, I think that men definitely shot themselves in the foot recently, and here is the evidence.

Esquire magazine recently posed the question to male readers "If you could have dinner with one female celebrity, who would it be?" These are the top three in order (I'm not lying either)

1.Condoleezza Rice
2.Oprah Winfrey
3.Angelina Jolie

I have no logical explanation as to why Condoleezza Rice is at the top of this list. I mean sure she is the right hand man...errrr woman to the President, but does that constitute her as number one on the dinner date scene? Methinks not. Oprah I can understand because all dinner I would just try and convince her to buy the entire state of South Dakota, and let me have it all to myself. Apparently, Angelina Jolie is attractive but she's not, and if she adopts one more baby from "Nami-I don't know where the fuck you are on a map" I might drop kick her . So this list is the possibly the worst list ever.

Conversely they posed the same question, but instead of women, they were asked about men. Ok guys we can make it up here.

1.Jay Leno
2.Bill Clinton
3.George Clooney

LENO AS NUMBER 1!! WHAT GUYS ARE THEY ASKING! I WANT TO KNOW SO I CAN FUCKING SHIT IN THEIR WASHING MACHINES. Clinton, is an interesting guy, and extremely charismatic, as is Clooney. But Leno as number one...I just shake my head in utter disgust. Hell I would take Kevin Eubanks over Leno.

These answers make me question the male psyche. It's like asking the same group of males "If you could have any two Christmas gifts, ANYTHING IN THE WORLD, what would it be?"

I think their answer might be "Half a jar of mayonnaise, and a 40 watt light bulb"

Men shouldn't even be allowed to vote in any future elections for the next twenty years, and I'm dead serious.

Breaking up is hard to do

Let's talk about it. Sure it's uncomfortable, but let's talk about it. The Break-Up, is it hope or hype?

Somewhere in between I would say.

Now first off, I am not a fan of "romantic comedies." However, when I saw the trailer for this I was intrigued. Plus, Vince Vaughn's career right now is equivalent to being on fire in NBA Jam. (Old School, Dodgeball, Wedding Crashers, Starsky And Hutch, and Thumbsucker which was an amazing indie film go check it out!)

The opening sequence while the credits roll is a montage of all these pictures of them doing girlfriend/boyfriend stuff, and then moving into a really sweet condo in downtown Chicago. Very shortly thereafter the couple has an impromptu blowup after a nice dinner and Anniston breaks up with Vaughn on the spot. She accuses him of being selfish and lazy, and he fires back saying all she does is nag him. Great scene as Anniston is trying to get Vaughn to fo the dishes and they start arguing while his attention is half on her, and half on his game of Grand Theft Auto.

However, Anniston does not really want to break up, she just wants Vaughn to basically appreciate her more. Yet the catch obviously being that they have such a nice condo they don't want to give it up, and they think that the other should move out. Let the good times roll.

The two figure out little schemes to get under the skin of each other so the other will move out. (having Anniston's gay brother perform with his choir in the apartment, Vaughn's strip poker party, Vaughn buying a pool table and putting it in the dining room, etc)

Finally, after the advice of their friend they decide to sell the condo because the fighting is out of control. Throughout all of this, Anniston is making subtle attempts to get back with Vaughn but he won't bite, even though he wants to. After they find a buyer for the condo, they both come to the realization that its really over because by this time the condo is the only thing keeping them somewhat together. So Anniston makes one last ditch effort to try and keep Vaughn...what happens? Well I won't say, you have to check it out because I don't want to ruin it.

Now the reviews seem to be mixed on this one from what I have read. But I have to lean on the side on those who enjoyed the film and here is why.

The film seems to be marketed as a "romantic comedy", but in essence it is not. It does have funny and comedic moments in it, but it has a much more serious tone to it overall, and I think they try to make a point of what a real life break up is more than anything, as opposed to drawing out laughs like all romantic comedies are intended to. They use the condo as the "reason" they are still quasi-together, but they could have used anything like a group of friends, amicable parents, a business operation they shared, etc. Having them use a living space though was what gave it a different feel to it than most other "romantic comedies."

The one up-manship is at its best between both sexes, and its probably the most realistic movie when it comes to a couple breaking up I think, but that's my opinion.

Overall, I walked away entertained but for different reasons than I thought I would be. I think this movie has been marketed completely wrong, and people will be shocked and maybe disappointed because the seriousness to it. But if you take it for what it's worth, then you will enoy it. It certainly stands out, and is much better than any other "romantic comedy"(...ughh I am sick of typing that) than I have seen, although I have not seen many, only when I have been forced to. But this is something both will like.

I give it like....7.9/10, it's a rental for sure. I saw this with a female friend, and I joked that I could see many couples going to this movie then going home that night and having "the talk" with their boyfriends, fiances, etc.

And that's what Hollywood is all about, ruining people's lives.

We made it guys

I know 6/6/06 passed two days ago, but blogspot has been a piece of shit the last two days. I have not been able to get on it and post. I saw this picture and I laughed my ass off though. I thought I would share it.

Anyways, I promise some solid posts. I am winding down here, I have been busy with getting stuff ready for Japan. (and by that I mean taking a lot of naps, and drinking obscene amounts of chocolate milk. In fact, I drank a whole bag of milk and mixed it with Nesquick. I felt so bad at the end, I was like "Oh man, I am never drinking chocolate milk again....an hour later I had a glass and all was forgiven. I'm sorry chocolate milk for thinking such a thing)

But I promise the first ever book review to! Yeah bitches, I can read yo! This book has seriously altered my perception of the opposite sex. More to follow in the coming days, and also a movie review of the Break-Up which I just saw.

Movie Review: X-Men 3

IT KICKED F*CKING ASS!!