2010 In Review

This is basically on of those Facebook post/survey things that I thought I would do since it's New Years Eve.
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January
Where did you go on New Years?
Renee's house, same place I'm going this year.

Who were you with on New Years?
A bunch of people from drama club, and others in the class of 2010!

Did you have a New Years Resolution this year?
I guess...wanted to actually get a film made. I did. It was crap!

Does it snow where you live?
Quite often actually.

Do you like hot chocolate?
It's alright.

Have you ever been to Times Square to see the ball drop?
No, but one day I plan to.

February
Who was your valentine?
I never have one.

When you were little, did you buy valentines for the whole class?
We were supposed to, so yes I did.

Do you care if the groundhog sees its shadow or not?
No, it'll still be cold into May.

What did you recieve on Valentine's Day?
Absolutely nothing. Nobody likes me. :'(
haha

What did you give for Valentine's Day?
The same thing. :P

March
Are you Irish?
A tiny little bit on my mom's side.

Do you like corned beef and cabbage?
Ew! Don't make me puke!

What did you do for St. Patrick's Day?
Nothing too special.

Are you happy when winter is pretty much over?
Extremely! Unfortunately, it's typically cold until May here.

April
Do you like the rain?
I LOVE the rain!

Did you play an April Fools joke on anyone this year?
I'm not 100% sure, but I think I did.

Do you get tons of candy for Easter?
That and more!

Do you celebrate 4/20?
I do that whenever I feel like it.

Do you love the month of April?
Not really, but I'm looking forward to it this year because of Scream 4!

May
What is your favorite flower?
Red Carnation.

Please finish the phrase: "April Showers..."
"Bring May flowers, except for when you live in Ohio"

Do you celebrate May 16: Nation Piercing Day?
I do not. No piercings for Tyler, thanks.

Is May anything special to you?
Yeah, not really...

June
What year did/will you graduate from high school?
Well I actually just graduated this year!

Did you do anything fun during this month?
I went to Europe!

Have a favorite baseball team?
Nah, I much prefer Quidditch.

July
What did you do on the 4th of July?
Spent the day at the lake, and then I saw fireworks with some of the greatest people ever!

Did you go to the fireworks?
Please refer to the answer of the previous question.

Did you blast the A/C all day?
Oh how I wish!

August
Did you get a sunburn?
Oh yeah! And it was bad! Not in August though.

Did you go to the pool a lot?
I don't really swim much.

September
Are you attending college/school?
Freshman Film Major at The University of Toledo!

Do you like fall better than summer?
I used to, but now I'm more on summer's team.

What happened this month?
I went to college!

October
What's your favorite candy?
Reece's!
Or Toblerone...the Swiss know what's up!

What was your favorite part of this month?
HALLOWEEN! BEST HOLIDAY OF THE WHOLE YEAR!

What were you for Halloween?
I was a priest. Father Tyler.

November
Who's house do you go to for Thanksgiving?
Mema's (that's what I call my grandma, just so you know)

What are you thankful for?
Honestly, I don't really know. I guess that I'm still alive and I have all the things I do? Damn I've always hated this question.

Do you love stuffing?
Not really.

Anything exciting happen this month?
Oh nothing really...
...UNLESS YOU COUNT GOING TO THE MIDNIGHT PREMIERE OF HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS!

December
Do you celebrate Christmas?
Yes, but I honestly don't like it all that much. I'd rather do Hannukah or something.

Have you ever been kissed under the mistletoe?
I've never even SEEN mistletoe!

Get anything special last year?
LAST year, yeah.

What do you want this year?
I'm STILL wanting a Wii...

What do you love most about December?
My birthday! Duh!
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If you honestly read through all of that, you're pretty awesome, cause that was really long!

~Tyler~

PS: I realize that's what she said.

In which I complain

Ok, so last night, I went and saw the new Chronicles of Narnia movie with my friends Ashleigh and Raymal. I want to start out by saying that I thought the movie was fantastic! Possibly the best Narnia film yet. I just had one tiny little problem...

See, we got there and when we asked for Narnia we were charged the addition $3.50 for the 3D version of the film. The theater we were at didn't carry the regular 2D. Now, I absolutely hate 3D, I think it's stupid and pointless, and really it just gives me a headache. But we really wanted to see Narnia, so I sucked it up and got the 3D ticket and decided I would just take the glasses off if I started feeling a headache coming. So the opening credits roll and we see the 3D there, and then the actual movie stops and there's nothing 3D going on. At all. So I take of my glasses and the film doesn't even have it's lack-of-glasses fuzz.

WHAT THE HELL?!

What did I pay my extra money for? There is not a single 3D aspect to this film! This is why I hate 3D. It's stupid and pointless, and such a waste of money. With a film like this, they really could have done a lot with the 3D, and they didn't do anything at all! This craze is such bullshit, it is just the film industry trying to milk more money out of there films. They look at movie making as a buisiness first, and an art second. I absolutely hate it. I feel robbed actually. Which is why today, I have made the decision, I will never pay to see another 3D movie ever again. I don't care what the movie is. If it's in 3D, I will not pay to see it.

Screw 3D and screw you Narnia film makers for raping my wallet.

~Tyler~

PS: The dragons in Harry Potter look way more badass than the dragon in Narnia.

Revelation

I don't know why I keep doing this. Why I keep lying to myself. Why I keep leading myself on.

I've spent the last almost eleven years of my life, convincing myself that there was something more for me. That one day I would get out of this unfortunate Hell Hole I was sadly born in. That one day I would eventually make a name for myself, but lately I've been realizing that's not going to happen. I'm from ELYRIA, OHIO! That's not exactly the star factory. Not saying we don't have talented people, but...

I've known since I was in the seventh grade that film would be my college major. But what am I possibly going to use that for in Ohio? Chances are, when I eventually graduate or flunk out of college (yeah, that's pretty likely), I'm gonna move right back to Elyria and stay there for the rest of my life. With a degree or not, I'll become a waste of space in society. As if I'm already not one.

From the second I decided I wanted to be an actor/director, I had more people than I can count up my ass telling me I'll never make it, tell me that I'll fail, telling me I should stop dreaming. And for a while, I used it as a driving force. But lately, the only thing on my mind is "they're right". Failure is inevitable here. It's Ohio. With a film degree, I'll be lucky if I work in fast food the rest of my life. And based on my last...and only job, I'll probably fail at that too.

I passed two classes this semester. My GPA, last I knew, was 0.500. What am I doing? I'm knowingly putting myself into debt for a degree I will never use. And that's if I even get it, because now, yours truely is on academic probation.

I need to get out of here. It's toxic. This life I'm living is...a disease. I know I must be sounding EXTREMELY overdramatic right now. I just feel like I am wasting my time, wasting my life completely. All I want to do is be in the film industry. I'm not good at anything but performing.

Damn, I sound like Rachel fucking Berry from Glee right now. You know, over the past two days, I have watched every episode from the first season of that show. Including all of the bonus features on the DVDs. Honestly, when I'm not performing, I have no life. I just sit around and I dream.

Maybe that's all I'm good at. Dreaming. Unfortuantely, when it comes to dream, eventually you have to wake up.

~Tyler~

Untitled Entry

Dinner at Wolfey's worked out just fine! :D

It was so much fun! So many awesome people showed up, and it was just an absolute blast. I was so excited to see everyone. Some of the people there I hadn't seen since August! After dinner, some of us went to Walmart, and then to my friend Tori's to watch a movie (Last House On The Left Remake...LAME!).

Yesterday was also relly fun. It was my high school's reunion concert, so I saw even more people I haven't seen in a while! Then Applebees for dinner, the mall, something else I can't go into detail about, and finally milkshakes (where I saw even more people!).

Today on the other hand has been a lazy day. I've been lounging around, eating, and continuing my Harry Potter reading. I am now on Chamber of Secrets for the...probably thirtieth time! While I was reading the first one, I kept finding myself seeing the film actors in my head, as well as hearing the music. Something tells me I have a problem? I just have this to say though, when after eight years, a twist still catches you in a book, it's a good one. I kept having to reming myself who the bad guy was in that book. JK Rowling does SUCH a good job with red herrings...where does that phrase even come from?

In other news, my roommate, Chris and I are starting a vlog on YouTube starting at the begining of next semester. Rather excited for that. I've been dying to get back on YouTube on a regular basis. It'll be us and our crazy college adventures, as well as a guide for high school students on college. We could call it "Chris and Tyler Declassified College Survival Guide", however, I don't think Nickelodeon would be too happy with that, so we'll be going with something else.

OH! Also, I ordered a hoodie online with the money my dad gave me for my birthday, and it came in today! I had it shipped to my grandma's house, so I don't have it just yet, but it is awesome. This is it right here:

Yeah, it's Harry Potter! I know, it's awesome!

You have no idea how badly I am looking forward to Wednesday. I get to be at my old high school for the majority of the day, I'm gonna talk to students about college (mainly my friends who are still in school because they're probably the only ones who will go to it), and then I have my first youth group meeting since I went to college!

Guess that's all for now. I have to go read all about this chamber of secrets. I really wanna know what it is! ;D

~Tyler~

PS: I have only been on break for three days now, and I already miss my friends from school.

Home Sweet Homes...or whatever

I'm officially home! I got home yesterday evening, and I've been relaxing ever since.

Kinda mad right now. Tonight is the night of my birthday dinner at Wolfey's...or I thought. I don't know. Turns out there are already three large parties for tonight at seven. Apparently we can probably get seated individually at tables in groups (was that an oxymoron? [Is that even how you SPELL oxymoron?]) but...I don't know.

I've decided to re-read the Harry Potter series again. I want to see how much I can do over break. Hopefully I can get through the whole series, or at least get a large portion of it done. I've also been playing the Quidditch World Cup Video Game. The US is #1 in the league as of right now.

There's currently a week left until Christmas, and I have yet to buy a single gift for anyone. Go me and my lack of income! Why do we even have to give gifts on Christmas? Isn't it all about the birth of Jesus or whatever anyway? Not saying I particularly believe in that, but where did the gift giving thing even originate from? Don't get me wrong: I, like everyone else, LOVES getting presents, but it's JUST SO MUCH STRESS! GAH!

What the hell am I supposed to do about dinner tonight? I guess we could sit in groups at different tables, but that kinda just sucks for a birthday party/dinner/whatever. I don't wanna go somewhere else...Wolfey's has like THE BEST FOOD, and I can't call the whole thing off. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck!

I'll figure something out.

~Tyler!

The End Of The Begining

Tonight is my last night in my dorm for the Fall 2010 semester here at UT. I'm all done with finals, and I'm leaving for Christmas tomorrow...well technically this...afternoon. I'm really excited to be having time off, but I'm pretty sure after just a few days I'll want to come back. I'm gonna miss my friends A LOT, but it's only for a month.

My birthday was on Tuesday. I'm officially 19! Woohoo! I can officially do everything I was able to do last year! My friends Keri, Feliza, and Gage threw me a little "surprise" party, though it was kinda obvious what was going on haha. Deffinetly a good birthday though. Super relaxing.

Speaking of my birthday, I'm excited. Saturday night is my birthday dinner with some friends. We're eating at my favorite restaraunt in Elyria: Wolfey's Bistro and Pub. Also, my mom is taking me to The Melting Pot for my birthday as well. Talk about exciting!!!

As the semester draws to an end though, I must express my concern for my grades. I know I'm going to have to repeat a lot of classes, if not all of them. This has honestly been such a bad semester for me, I never thought I could ever do so bad in school. I truly love being here at UT, but sometimes, I just gotta wonder if I made the right choice in coming here. I gotta wonder, is college for me?

I don't know yet. As of right now, I'm planning on staying at Toledo. I wanna do really well second semester so I can stay here next year. I'm planning on doing the Disney College Program next spring, and then my junior year, I'm hoping to move into a house with Keri, Feliza, and Gage (the friends of mine who threw me threw me the party). I just hope that can all work out in the end. I'd hate to have to go back home and do communtiy college.

Meanwhile, the search continues for employment. I wanna go to Walt Disney World for Spring Break this year, and that trip is NOT going to be cheap.

Happy Holidays!
~Tyler~