Genesis, the first of many...

Recently a lot of my friends have been telling me to REALLY start my own blog. One where I pour all my honest yet humble opinions onto some kind of journalistic form. A quick and easy read for anyone and everyone interested in my opinion on Movies, Music and Games. The three categories that comprise some of my favorite pastimes.

I'm not entirely sure why my friends have been asking me to do this, maybe it's because they are so tired of hearing me go on and on about the latest film I saw or the song that's playing in my head over and over and I can't seem to get out of my mind no matter how hard I try. Sorry Rihanna, you seem to have that effect on me.

So to begin, a little bit about me and my personal cautionary tale about this blog.

I used to watch movies in theaters on a fairly regular basis. I would sometimes go to the theater 3 times in week whilst on numerous occasions taking in 2 dare I say 3 movies with the price of one admission. I know, I know, tsk tsk right? But hey, I was a starving student only I wasn't starving for food, just a good deal. I also used to work at several video stores and watched VHS movies, which eventually graduated to DVD movies almost religiously.

As for my music habits well I've been collecting and casually listening to music since I was in middle school and anyone that really knows me knows I used to frequent Tower Records (R.I.P.) and Leopold's records with the kind of regularity like that of going to school. In a sense it was almost like my 9th period with my teacher being anyone from Janet Jackson to Peter Gabriel. I bought Cassette Singles when kids my age were buying baseball cards and plastic bracelets (you know the kind Tiffany or Debbie Gibson wore). Yeah I was listening to them too. My taste in music ranged all over the place and I didn't discriminate. You know when you ask someone what kind of music they like and they'll tell you, "Oh, I like everything!" But then you'll ask them what country songs or what metal songs they listen to and they'll respond, "Oh, I guess I don't really listen to Metal or Country." I literally listen to EVERYTHING. Of course there's genres of music I listen to more regularly than others, everyone has their favorites right? But in general if it's got a beat and it's not talking about killing your family. I'll give it a spin. Heck, even if it doesn't have a good beat I'll still probably listen to it. Ever really listened to some of Philip Glass' more obscure stuff? Not something you can dance in the living room to.

As for gaming, well this is probably the area where my career and occupation really take things to a professional level. Although I've never really worked in the film or music industry, I have spent the latter part of my life in the gaming industry. More specifically console games. I have about 13 years in the industry altogether now and have enjoyed it for the most part.

I would like to get into the film industry next if I had the choice and then possibly try my hand at the music industry as well. Ultimately I think my dream job would be the person that selects the songs in a particular films soundtrack or tv series. I'm a sucker for the the music they play on shows airing on the CW and ABC networks.

Oh I should also mention that I may review from time to time, movies, music and games that are not "new releases". I, like I imagine many of you, love listening to 80's songs and watching Back to the Future or Rear Window for the 16th time. I also enjoy discussing and sharing my love for movies and music that many people may have missed or didn't get enough press or word of mouth. As a matter of fact I almost titled this Blog, "For those that slept..." as a tribute to those movies, songs, and games you may have missed out on. But I didn't want to restrict myself to just those sleeper hits. I want to talk about it all, from the latest Coldplay CD 'Viva La Vida' to the Mindy Smith album 'One Moment More' which I've listened to a hundred times. From 'The Dark Knight' which has definitely stepped up to my top ten best films of all time to 'Roger Dodger', another excellent film but completely polar opposite to the Caped Crusader and the brilliant performance turned in by the late Heath Ledger. Like I said, I have a lot to say.

So finally, allow me to end this first of hopefully many posts with a preface. My opinion is one of literally billions. I don't expect you to agree with me, as a matter of fact I almost assuredly expect you to never quite feel 100% in complete and total agreement with me. But if you do not agree with me, please do not leave a comment that simply states, "your opinion sucks or that movie sucked or you suck". Please. That's just lazy. If you are going to put forth the effort to click a button twice and type something out, make sure you take the time and tell me why my opinion sucks, or why you have such a mixed feeling about my rants and raves. Be as eloquent as possible and try to be respectful. In turn, I will attempt to do the same. Cause in the end, it's all a matter of opinion, it's all subjective and it's all just fun.

I hope in the future you enjoy any entries I post into this blog. And if you are still reading this, I thank you for enduring this longer-than-normal entry, and sticking around to see what's next. Because if you're as enthusiastic about popular culture as I am. We're in for one amazing ride...

See ya soon,
Taek