Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

Birth name: Samuel Leroy Jackson
DOB: Dec. 21, 1948
Where: Washington D.C.
Height: 6'2''

-Usually played a bad guy or drug addict before playing a hero

Spouse
-LaTanya Richardson: Jan. 14, 1980-present, 1 child

Trademark
-Frequently plays tough guys who swear a lot
-Rebellios characters
-Plays police officers or government officials
-Deep, authoritative voice
-Kangol hats
-Shaved head
-Frequent use of swearing, specifically M F
-Has a goatee or mustache in films
-Very wise, intelligent people with great capacities for violence

Trivia
-Has a daughter, Zoe Jackson, born in 1982
-Grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee
-Was an admitted drug user until completing rehab only to play a drug addict in Do the Right Thing
-Avid golfer
-His movie characters often feature the color purple
-In 2003, he spoke out against rap musicians turned actors. He did not approve of rap musicians becoming actors
-Suffered a stutter growing up
-Was an usher at Dr. Martin Luther King's funeral

Known For
Django Unchained
-Stephen
The Avengers
-Nick Fury
Iron Man 2
-Nick Fury
Astro Boy
-Zog (voice)
Soul Men
-Louis Hinds
Lakeview Terrace
-Abel Turner
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
-Mace Windu (voice)
1408
-Gerald Olin
Black Snake Moan
-Lazarus
Snakes on a Plane
-Neville Flynn
XXX: State of the Union
-Agent Augustus Eugene Gibbons
The Incredibles
-Lucius Best/Frozone
GTA: San Andreas
-Officer Frank Tenpenny (voice)
Kill Bill Vol. 2
-Rufus
S.W.A.T
-Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson
Shaft
-John Shaft
Rules of Engagement
-Col. Terry L. Childers
Deep Blue Sea
-Russell Franklin
The Negotiator
-Danny Roman
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
-Zeus Carver
Pulp Fiction
-Jules Winnfield
Patriot Games
-Robby
Jungle Fever
-Gator Purify
Goodfellas
-'Stacks' Edwards
Do the Right Thing
-Mister Senor Love Daddy

Different Types of Video Game Ratings

The reason I'm doing a post on video game ratings is because I've noticed that there are some politicians out there who are going to try and lay the blame of violence on video games. Come on, be realistic here. Video game violence does not make people killers, maybe it does, I don't know. The way I look at it is this: You just gotta be careful when getting video games, especially if it's going to be played by younger children.

And those games you can play where you use online headsets, those are not so good. When kids get online and start playing with those things, they can start saying some pretty nasty stuff, and that could be considered bullying if it's insulting. But usually, it's just kids swearing because they think it's cool.

Video Games

Ratings go from:
1.)EC (Early Childhood) Young kids are able to play

    

2.)E (Everyone), meaning anyone can play them at any age

    












3.)E10+ (Kids 10 and older can play them legally)
4.)T (Teen) may deal with adult matters that teens may get, not recommended for young audiences. Possible swearing, sexuality, blood/gore, crude humor, suggestive stuff

    

5.)M (Mature) Must be 17+ to play. Definite sexuality, blood/gore, swearing, nudity, language, criminal violence, drug use, alcohol use etc

    





6.)A (Adults Only) Suitable for ages 18 and up. May include but is not limited to graphic violence, graphic sexual content, gambling

    

 

7.) RP (Rating Pending). Usually only seen on promotional stuff for new games

-Descriptors are the items in the rating box on the game that tells what's in it. Here are some common ones:

• Alcohol reference: Obviously this is references to alcohol or images of alcoholic beverages
• Animated Blood: discolored images of what could possibly be blood
• Blood: Obviously going to have real life colored blood, red as cherries
• i.e. Scarface: The World is Yours. You can use an arsenal of guns to rip people apart into bloody shreds
• Cartoon Violence: Usually seen in Early Childhood and Everyone rated games, this can go from characters getting injured cartoon style, such as having anvils dropped on them, blowing up, getting run over by trucks, etc
• Comic Mischief: Suggestive humor or comedic relief
• Crude Humor: "Bathroom" humor, things that might be considered slightly sexual or vulgar
• Drug Reference: References to drugs like Ecstasy, heroin, cocaine, marijuana, crystal meth, etc
• Fantasy Violence: involving human or non-human creatures doing things that are easily not able to be done in real life
• Intense Violence: This is too obvious. In games, intense violence can go from using real life weapons to blow someone's head apart into little bloody bits, to using a chainsaw to remove major limbs, any kind of human decapitation or injury or death with blood accompanying it
• Language: Using bad words, including the "F" word alot
• Lyrics: In video games, sometimes they use real life music as soundtracks. This applies to songs being used that have overall bad lyrics pertaining to something offensive, crimes, drinking, messing around with women, etc
• i.e. Grand Theft Auto series
• Mature humor: Only adults would get stuff like this. This applies to but is not limited to adult humor and sexual references
• Nudity: showing frontal male nudity, female's breasts, female's frontal nude areas, etc
• Partial nudity: showing partial images of nudity
• Real gambling: Using real money to gamble at blackjack, poker, Texas Hold 'Em, slots, etc
• Sexual content: players can get sexual favors from strippers, such as lap dances, or in games with prostitutes, players can get hand jobs and blow jobs
• I.e. The Sopranos: Road to Respect. Player can get lap dances from strippers, and watch topless strippers
• Sexual Themes: referring to sexual acts
• Sexual Violence: Showing someone getting raped or other violent sexual acts
• Simulated Gambling: players can place bets and gamble without using real world money
• Strong Language: Explicit or frequent use of swearing
• i.e. The Sopranos: Road to Respect. In the game, the F word is used A LOT in addition to swearing in Italian
• Strong Lyrics: Music that uses swearing, refers to sex, violence, drug/alcohol use, crimes, etc
• Strong Sexual Content: Frequent showings of people engaged in sexual acts, nudity, etc
• Suggestive Themes: Somewhat provocative stuff
• Tobacco Themes: showing images of tobacco-related items, ads for tobacco companies such as Kool, Marlboro, Doral, etc
• Use of Alcohol: Shows people drinking
• Use of Drugs: Shows someone shooting up heroin or drugs
• Use of Tobacco: Showing someone smoking
• Violence: Showing someone fighting, or getting dismembered by a weapon into a million little bloody pieces
• Violent References: Referring to violence

Twister

Twister

Plot
-Bill Harding is a TV weather man trying to get his ex-wife Jo Harding to sign divorce papers because he is engaged to a therapist named Melissa. But when he and she go to Oklahoma to get the papers signed, he sees Jo and a group of scientists following a series of intense storms ripping across the Heartland. Soon, it goes from signing the papers to helping Jo record information about the tornadoes that could increase the warning time from 3 minutes to 15 minutes

Cast
-Helen Hunt: Dr. Jo Harding
-Bill Paxton: Bill Harding
-Cary Elwes: Dr. Jonas Miller
-Jami Gertz: Dr. Melissa Reeves
-Philip Seymour Hoffman: Dustin Davis
-Lois Smith: Meg Greene
-Alan Ruck: Robert 'Rabbit' Nurick
-Sean Whalen: Allan Sanders
-Scott Thompson: Jason 'Preacher' Rowe
-Todd Field: Tim 'Beltzer' Lewis
-Joey Slotnick: Joey
-Wendie Josepher: Haynes
-Jeremy Davies: Laurence
-Zach Grenier: Eddie
-Gregory Sporleder: Willie

Did You Know?
-The town of Wakita, Oklahoma, which is a real town, had part of it's old downtown demolished for the film crew to use as scenes after the twister passes over.
-The instrument pack which sends up the small data devices, "Dorothy" is actually based on a real device, called "T.O.T.O"

Top 100 Rolling Stones Songs 79-50

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/hot-stuff-top-100-rolling-stones-songs/

79
-Hot Stuff: Black and Blue

78
-'Till the Next Goodbye: It's Only Rock and Roll

77
-Dancing with Mr. D: Goat's Head Soup

76
-Cherry Oh Baby: Black and Blue

75
-Slave: Tattoo You

74
-Stray Cat Blues: Beggar's Banquet

73
-Just My Imagination: Some Girls

72
-Back Street Girl: Flowers

71
-Short and Curlies: It's Only Rock and Roll

70
-2000 Man: Their Satanic Majestie's Request

69
-Salt of the Earth: Beggar's Banquet

68
-Love in Vain: Let It Bleed

67
-Underover of the Night: UIndercover

66
-Play with Fire: The Rolling Stones

65
-Around and Around: Five by Five

64
-One Hit to the Body: Dirty Work

63
-2000 Light Years from Home: Their Satanic Majestie's Request

62
-Sister Morphine: Sticky Fingers

61
-I Am Waiting: Aftermath

60
-Sweet Virginia: Exile on Main St.

59
-Shattered: Some Girls

58
-You Gotta Move: Sticky Fingers

57
-Not Fade Away: The Rolling Stones

56
-When the Whip Comes Down: Some Girls

55
-Sweet Black Angel: Exile on Main St.

54
-Star Star: Goat's Head Soup. "Star Star" is not the original name for this. It was originally "Starf---er". And as the song goes on, it gets progressively more vulgar

53
-Out o Time: Aftermath
 
52
-Heartbreaker: Rewind

51
-Tell Me: The Rolling Stones

50
-You Got the Silver: Let It Bleed

The Sopranos: Road to Respect

I have this game at home. Bought it on my 18th birthday


The Sopranos: Road to Respect

-2006 video game based on the HBO series, which ran from Jan. 10, 1999- June 10. 2007
-Released on Nov. 7, 2006
-Takes place between the 5th and 6th seasons, centering around "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero's illegitimate son, Joey LaRocca, as he prorgresses through the ranks of the family business

Plot
-The game starts out with a cut scene of Joey LaRocca stealing a purse from a woman as Tony Soprano is walking out of a store. He angrily grabs the young Joey, the hero of the game, so to speak, and offers him a place in the mob. During his first job, he accidentally murders Mario Buscetta, the nephew of the Philadelphia Family don, Angelo Buscetta. "Angie" sends a hitman to kill Joey, but Joey kills the hitman during a rooftop chase instead.


"Joey LaRocca" outside Satriale's Deli Store

-A few days later, Tony's son A.J. gets involved with a drug deal gone sour. His partner wasted the money. This prompts the dealers to kill his partner and steal Tony Soprano's car. Joey gets the car back and murders one of the dealers, only to have the car stolen again, this time by Angie's men. While Joey is scared the theft of Tony's car might get him killed, Tony says A.J. admitted responsibility. Tony has Joey do payback for the theft by burning down one of Angie's businesses


Paulie, Silvio, Tony, Christopher

-Later on, Angie returns Tony's car, completely wrecked, and containing Joey's girlfriend, Trichelle, beaten and raped. Joey, now angered, wants revenge. He finds Angie at the docks, where he kills him by throwing him off his boat

-At various points in the game, Joey sees the image of his dead father, who warns him about the path he is heading down. For eliminating Angie, Joey is inducted into the Soprano family, or in Mafia talk "made." Before the ceremony, Joey is visited by his father, who is not angry about his son joining the mobsters who killed his dad, and only wants what's best for him, now that he's at peace in Heaven

Characters
Man, Italy sure does have a way of making some darn cute guys!!!!!

James Gandolfini
-Tony Soprano

Michael Imperioli
-Christopher Moltisanti

What I'd give to be the woman in this photo.....

Steven Van Zandt
-Silvio Dante

Tony Sirico
-Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri

Joseph Gannascoli
-Vito Spatafore

Vincent Pastore
-Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Robert Iler
-A.J. Soprano

Christian Maelen
-Joey LaRocca

Monica Keena
-Trishelle

Robert Costanzo
-Angelo Buscetta

Anthony DeSando
-Reggie, LaRocca's partner in crime

OMG! Is it getting hot in here or is it just me?

Gameplay
-The player is able to do missions for the main characters from the show at certain points in the game.
-This game differs from other mob-related games in the sense that it is linear, stroy driven, as opposed to that of, say, Grand Theft Auto's open world, exploration type of game.
-In this game, you can play Texas Hold 'Em with members of the family, visit the Bada Bing.
-Unlike the show, the game focuses on the Mafia concept of The Sopranos rather than blending family/business/therapy seen on the show

British Slang

I know I did a post on this already, but I'm reposting it to see if someone out there actually reads my posts, more curiosity than anything, really.

Brit Slang

All mouth and no trousers
-All talk and no action, braggart

All to cock
-Unsatisfactory, mixed up, screwed up

Arse
-Buttocks; someone who acts in a disapproving manner

arse bandit
-Homosexual(offensive, derogatory)

Bang to rights
-Caught in the act

Bent
-Dishonest, corrupt; homosexual(mildly derogatory)

Bang up
-Lock up in prison; inject lethal drug

Berk
-Idiot, stupid person

Bird
-Girl, woman

Bizzie
-Policeman

Blighty
-Britain, used by British troops serving abroad

Bloke
-Any man or man of authority

Blow off
-Fart

Blimey
-Blah blah blah; worthless talk

Blooming
-Another way of saying "Bloody"

Bogtrotter
-Derogatory term for Irishman

Bollocks
-Vulgar term for male genitals; also used to describe something as useless

Bristols
-Female breasts

Bugger off
-Go away

Cheesed off
-Fed up, angry

Chippy
-Carpenter

Codswallop
-Nonsense

Conk
-Hit on the head

Copper
-Policeman

Crackers
-Insane

Darbies
-Handcuffs

Donkey's years
-Very long time

Eating irons
-Cutlery

Flasher
-One who indecently exposes himself

Fag
-Cigarette

Flick
-Film

Fuzz
-The police

Gassed
-Drunk

Gander
-Usually preceded by 'to have a' or 'take a'. To look

Geezer
-Man, an old one

Git
-Stupid, incompetent, annoying

Gob
-Mouth; spit

Gogglebox
-TV

Hard cheese
-Bad luck

Headbang
-To nod/shake one's head violently to rock music

Headbanger
-One who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music

Honk
-Vomit

Hook
-Steal

Hooter
-Nose

Hump
-To carry; have sex with

Idiot Box
-TV

Jack up
-Inject drug

Jag
-Drug taking, binge; period of uncontrolled activity

Jessie
-Term for effeminate man or one that is weak or afraid

Knackered
-Exhausted, tired

Knob jockey
-Homosexual

Knockers
-Breasts

Loo
-Lavatory(bathroom)

Mick
-Derogatory term for Irishman

Mental
-Crazy/insane

Moniker
-Nickname, signature, mark

Nick
-Steal; police station or prison; arrest

Nobble
-Disable

Nonce
-Sex offender

Nookie
-Sex. My mom likes this word, makes her laugh!!!

Off one's nut
-Crazy, foolish

Pickled
-Drunk

Pig
-Derogatory term for police

Pillock
-Stupid or annoying person

Plastered
-Extremely drunk

Queer as a clockwork orange
-Odd indeed; homosexual

Rozzer
-Police

Shag
-To have sex

Shiner
-Black eye

Scouser
-Someone from Liverpool

Sod off
-Go away

Take the piss(out of)
-To mock

Tart
-Shortened version of sweetheart

Tube
-The London Underground

British words not widely used in the US

Anorak
-In the US, a type of hoodless jacket. In the UK, a nerd, a dork
Adder
-Viper

Baby minder
-Babysitter

Banger
-Sausage; type of small firework; stock car racing

Banknote
-Paper money issued by central bank

Barrister
-Only type of lawyer qualified to argue a case in both high and low courts

Black pudding
-Aka blood sausage

Bleeder
-Derogatory term for bloke(what's the stupid bleeder done now?)

Blimey
-Exclamation of surprise

Boardies
-Long shorts used for surfing or beachwear

Bobby
-Police officer

Boffin
-Scientist, engineer

Bonnet
-Hood of a car

Boot
-Trunk of car

Brass monkeys
-Cold(cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey)

Brekkie
-Synonym for breakfast

Brolly
-Umbrella

Brown bread
-Dead. (You're brown bread, mate!)

Bugger
-Word for alarm, frustration

Car hire
-Car rental

Cheeky
-Impertinent

Cheerio!
-Friendly exclamation of farewell

Chimney pot
-Smoke stack on top of a house

Chip shop
-Fish and chip shop

Chuck
-Throw

Cobblers
-Shoemakers

Daft
-Odd, eccentric

Dibs
-Cash

Dodgems
-Bumper cars

Fairy Lights
-Christmas lights

Fish fingers
-Fish sticks

Fiver
-5 pound note(bill)

Fortnight
-Period of 14 days or 2 weeks

Funfair
-Traveling carnival

Gaol
-Prison

Headmaster, Headmistress
-Person in charge of a school

High street
-Primary business/shopping street

Holidaymaker
-Person on vacation

Ice lolly
-Popsicle

Jam sandwich
-Police car

Knickers
-Ladies undergarments

Letter box
-Slot in wall/door in which mail comes in.

Lollipop man/woman
-School crossing guard

Lorry
-Large motor vehicle

Motorway
-Controlled access highway

Newsagent
-Store owner that sells strictly newspapers

Panda car
-Police car

Petrol
-Gasoline

Phonebox
-Phone booth, payphone

Pillar box
-Tall, red box on street for outgoing mail.

Parcel
-Package

Pram
-Victorian England term for baby carriage

Prat
-Fool, idiot

Quid
-Pound sterling monetary unit

Randy
-Horny, made popular by the Austin Powers movies

Row
-Fight; argument

Rubbish
-Trash; worthless

Salad dodger
-Overweight person

Skive off
-Sneak off, avoid work

Snog
-Kiss

Spiv
-Unemployed person who lives by their wits; someone who deals in black market goods

Telly
-TV

Totty
-Sexually alluring woman

Yonks
-A long time

Zebra crossing
-Crosswalk

Facebook for Hire!

Yeah, the title should attract attention. While I was in class on Tuesday looking at different social networking sites, the teacher for the class informed us that some employers hire people based on what is on their Facebook account. Personally, this is ridiculous, no employer should hire someone based on what is on their Facebook account. What an employer should hire someone because of is how they work with others, their qualifications or something else, not a Facebook account. I mean, I have an account and if an employer were to look at mine, they'd see that I'm a music lover, because most of the stuff on my Facebook page have to do with music, like announcements for Rihanna going on tour, U2 going on tour, Paul McCartney going on tour, the Beatles releasing an album, etc. I personally think it's stupid that some employers would hire you because of what is on a social networking site that you use. Because when we looked at Facebook accounts, I'm pretty sure everyone in the world has seen mine and they pretty much know that I'm a  music lover because of all the music tour announcements, album releases, etc. But I just think it's stupid that some people would do that, it's almost an invasion of privacy, I mean, on Facebook, you can say just about anything and that some people who hire would look at one's account and see something like someone talking about partying or something, that might make the person hiring a little hesitant to hire.

What I think an employer SHOULD look at is what that person can bring to the table, their skills, if they can work well with others, their qualifications, what they can do, their interests or something, my dad has a friend who is a Graphic Designer and he told me he thought that it was ridiculous that some people hire based on what one has on a social networking site. He said that most should hire because of skills/qualifications. And if Denise reads this, I'm totally with her on the whole Facebook issue, no employer should hire a person based on what is on a social site like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc.

Personally, If I'm going to look for a job, I'm just going to keep the same Facebook account that I currently have, if you ever see mine, there is never usually anything dirty on it, most of the stuff on my wall is stuff pertaining to the Breast Cancer Foundation, I'm a strong believer in there being a cure for breast cancer, it runs in my family, happy joy!, Shriner's Hospital is on my wall, I believe in kids getting miracles, a-lot of the stuff on my wall is charity and good stuff and music tour dates, music album releases, musician announcements, etc and just friends talking, but unfortunately, most of the friends I have on there like to talk dirty and I usually tell them I don't talk like that and they just keep on doing it!

Just thought I'd make my text green because of the rapidly approaching Christmas holidays. And thank the Good Lord I have my Christmas shopping done. I swear, I never knew shopping for family would be so hard, I have my sister taken care of, I bought her a blanket of this cartoon character she likes, called Invader Zim, and a book about this athlete she likes, Apolo Ohno, I bought my dad a movie,The Expendables, he loves all those exploding action movies, I bought my mom a book about the topic of Organized Crime, she finds in interesting, I bought my step-father a set of model race cars, he's a major fan of all those car races, like the Le Mans, Indy 500, etc. So hopefully, they love their gifts, I care about family and just wanted to give them something they like.