Captain America: The Great White Hype

When I first found out that Chris Evans was cast as Steve Rogers a.k.a. Captain America I thought to myself, "Shit, the dude from Not Another Teen Movie and the Human Torch. I'm not sure if i am feeling this." I always thought that the person who would be playing Captain America would be somebody more serious and quiet type of actor. But after watching the Super Bowl teaser trailer I realized that without even hearing Evans speak and knowing his resume, that this would be the perfect choice.

I would have to say that Evans is the best choice because well, he is very American. Blonde hair, blue eyes, a million dollar smile and charisma that acting school cant teach. He is the epitome of the American man that everyone wants to be and now its his chance to show the world that he can back up his swagger portraying one of Marvel's most beloved superheroes.

Now I'm not 100 percent sure what Captain America's personality was like in the comic book, but hey, this is Hollywood and we are in the Re-Boot era which means there is lots of room for re-invention. Chris Pine had a similar task in reinventing Captain Kirk in 2009's blockbuster hit "Star Trek". He realized that he couldn't pull a Shatner off for two hours, Shatner is Shatner, that speech pattern cannot be recreated, mimiced or copied in any way shape or form. So what did Pine do? He made himself based off the old Kirk. Same arrogance, bravado and swagger. But more sarcastic and comedic. And the end result? Majority praise and recognition from Trekkies and 257 million dollars in the U.S. box office.

The movie hasn't hit theaters yet but Evans has the acting chops, the face and charm to rake in millions of dollars for Marvel and to kick start The Avengers franchise which will be MASSIVE and i mean MASSIVE if done correctly. So you have my back Chris Evans, don't let America down.

Happy Birthday JGL!

I think you know what I need!

Yesterday was the birthday of Hollywood's most promising actor of the current decade. Joseph Gordon-Levitt turned 30, but the youthful face of his says, "I will stay in my twenties forever."

In the past three years, "JGL" has dazzled the audiences with performances which you can describe as: gritty, angry, visceral, heartfelt and charming. His ability to channel emotional range in his films have gotten him mainstream recognition and in 2009 he achieved hollywood star status with the romantic comedy "500 Days of Summer".

Just wanted to show some love to my favorite actor/man-crush (No-Homo).

My open letter to Sodexo

Delicious SUNY meals that could not be finished. That should make for a wonderful garbage plate. Literally.

"Sodexo provides fresh, nutritious meals while working within the ethnic, cultural and nutritional needs of our clients. We promote local, organic and healthy ingredients grown through sustainable practices to keep our customers and our environment healthy and happy."

- Sodexo main page


Why don't we edit that?

Sodexo provides old, calorie ridden meals while working within obese, americanized needs of our stupid clients. We promote American, mass produced and heavy ingredients grown through Republican practices to keep our customers and our environment fat and depressed.

Tonight marks the day i begin my crusade against the shitty food I have to deal with everyday at UB. From now on I will be taking photographs of my food on campus and reviewing/grading them. The sad thing about Sodexo is that the food is really addicting in a bad way. Fast food on campus is a no go and to top it off they claim its healthy. In no way whatsoever is this food healthy at all. When everyone in school has the same smelling fart and shit you know you have some sort of crisis at hand.

I will do my best from this point on to review, photograph and critique every single meal I have and incorporate two rubrics. A college grade, and a home grade. When I begin I will chart a grading system on both aspects. My goal is to bring awareness towards all the students at UB. Not even UB, in fact the whole SUNY system to how shitty, yet delicious Sodexo is. This will be a fun, delicious and gut wrenching assessment that I hope everyone can laugh, yack and fart at. I speak on behalf of the University at Buffalo and the SUNY System and we would like to say, kiss our collegiate, laxative worn asses!

Sodexcock.

Who the fuck is Arcade Fire?

"Were going to set this Arcade on fire bro!"

So lately the big question around the media is Who the fuck is Arcade Fire? How about this, let me ask you a better question. Who the fuck are you? If you are one of the millions of ignorant people who whined and moped about their album of the year victory on the Grammys, you as an individual shouldn't have had the right to watch the program in the first place.

If you aren't a real fan of music then you have every right to complain because honestly, you don't know shit. I was aware that Arcade Fire would be running for Album of the Year behind pop juggernauts such as Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Eminem and if either one of them won, well good for them they deserve it. They rake millions and millions of dollars and fans per year. But with Arcade Fire's victory this was something so much more. For the first time for any indie rock listener/fan, we have a band that has true credibility.

"Ready To Start" listening to good music?

Arcade Fire have been a band for nearly ten years.  Ever since their debut album "Funeral" in 2004 they have been considered Indie Rock gods within the rankings of other bands like Radiohead, White Stripes and Beck. Winning the album of the year gives indie rock much more recognition that it deserves. Every year Indie Rock gets bigger and more popular. Arcade Fire wasn't the only band that had a nom. Vampire Weekend and The Black Keys were other Indie bands that were nominated and rightfully so.

So to all the Gaga, Bieber, Eminem fans, or to any fans of pop music. We've listened to your music, its fucking unavoidable. If its not on the radio its in the grocery store. If its not in the grocery store its in your girlfriends car. And if it isn't in your girlfriends car its probably in your best friends ipod who claims   it was an accident. Bullshit, you can catch me listening to Gaga anytime, anywhere. I HAVE NO SHAME. 

Bottom line is, we Indie Rock fans have tried to listen to pop music and for the most part we don't like it (minus Gaga). Thats why we are indie fans. Musicians that get nominated for Grammys get those nominations because they are talented. Bieber has a phenomenal voice for a 16 year old and possesses many raw talents. Lady Gaga someday will surpass Madonna as pop queen and who doesn't like if not respect Eminem's comeback from drug addiction through rhymes? As for Arcade Fire they are a band that tells stories with such emotion, and power. Every single word from Win Butler's mouth comes out with meaning and sincerity as if he were singing in front of your face. This win was so worthy and was long overdue to the Indie world. Pop music will most likely win next year, so don't spoil our parade.  

Here's a personal favorite of mine. Enjoy. 

Welcome!

You See this? This is the University of Buffalo, the school I (Alexander C. Ebron II) go to. But it really doesn't look like that. This picture was taken at the South Campus, I go to North Campus, and North Campus does not deserve a photo. North Campus is much newer and more tech savvy than South Campus but is all Suny'd up therefore resulting in the campus and housing to look like legos.

Anyways this is a first of hopefully many more posts on this brand new blog by yours truely. In the past three years i have failed to successfully maintain a consistent blog. Just in general the past three years of my life have been a failure. So now that I have arrived in a new school i ought to try out a fresh start on my life and I think blogging just might be the way to go.

College life is typically boring. It consists mostly of eating, drinking, sleeping, socializing. We have way too much time in our hands and half the time we dont know what to do with it. Thats why I decided to name my blog UB bored. Also as a joke to all these stupid UB this UB that all over campus. Just like poster on a door and it said "UBreathe Free". What a joke no? My friend once told me, "Hey man you should quit smoking." and i said, "Go inside, UBreathe free".

There really isn't anything in specific im going to blog about, its just something to keep up with when i am bored but I can tell you that the majority of it will be about my three favorite hobbies. Eating, drinking (beer, coffee, carbonated beverages) and watching film (movies, tv shows).

Lets hope this post isn't my last one!

- Alex