20th. | Comic's Turned Entertainment

Well, as most everyone has heard... The Walt Disney Company has recently purchased MARVEL Entertainment, Inc. Good, bad, or otherwise, it was a shocking transaction to say the least.

But here's something you maybe didn't hear... "DC Comics is now DC Entertainment Inc, the company said in a press release, and its new mission is "to fully realize the power and value of the DC Comics brand and characters across all media and platforms"." Click here, for the full article. And also, "Warner Premiere president Diane Nelson, who oversees management of the studio's Harry Potter franchise, will run DC Entertainment, reporting directly to Warner president Jeff Robinov. DC is owned by Time Warner Inc."

Crazy, huh? Could it be the fall of one and the rise of another? I don't think so. Mainly because, this is more of a move on Warner's part... An attempt to breach better featured films.

Long story short, I'd be happy to hear that DC turns things around. Finally. They became the laughing stock for the longest time about how pathetic their movie efforts were. But until their comics get better? Make mine MARVEL.

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19th. | Little Bro.

These last two weeks have been insane!! My 1st cousin got married last Sunday, my nephew's basically been living with us, and we had a 'family get together', for my sister yesterday! However, in this post, I'll get to only one matter...

My nephew is the sweetest kid on Earth. Oh, and I know what you're thinking... But seriously, he is. He's 5x more mature than any other kid his age, plus he's only 9 years old, and he really is a natural born leader. For example, we went on a bike road, not last Sunday but the Sunday before, and my brother wiped out just in front of him, thus causing him also to wreck. Did he get hurt? No. Thank God. Did my brother? Kinda. But who was my nephew more concerned about? Himself or my brother? Of course, my brother. Crazy responsible.

So, to give you the down low, his life is basically insane. His mom got married in 06', and they had a baby Feb. 08'. Mix that in with school, every day life, visiting his 'real' dad every other weekend, etc, and this kid's got one crazy life. To top it all off... He lives in Maryland. Just a reminder here, we live in Michigan. We rarely get to even see him. However, his mom does work at an airport -- thus, he does get to visit every now and again. For example? How about two weeks this summer? And here's where my post comes in.

He basically stole our hearts these last of couple weeks, and as of five o'clock today, he's taken them with him. He staying the night at a hotel, and leaves early in the morning to head back to home. For me, it really wasn't THAT emotional. That is, until he made it 'that' emotional. I went to the bathroom to go wash my hands, and as I come out I saw him putting down his shirt and putting back on his glasses. They had been giving him an awful time as of late, the glasses that is, so I asked him what was the matter. With watery eyes, he dared not say a word. Shook his head, and said nothing. But he didn't need to say anything. The look on his face said it all. He was crying. He'd had the best to weeks of his life and now... It was all over. We all got our 'good-bye' hugs, and he barely said a word. I helped him put his suitcase in the back of the car and just simply watched him. I remember telling him, "Alright now. You go grow up. Get big and tall." And just before they pulled away down the driveway, I looked at him one last time. As if, to take an imaginary picture. I looked at him, and said, "Alright, I remember you now." By that I simply meant, next time I see you, you'll look almost totally different. But for now, I remember you the way you were.

I even did him one last favor. I pretended it didn't hurt watching him leave.

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18th. | Comic Con!... Big Whoop?

Maybe it's because I don't go to the comic con. Maybe it's because I don't see it on tv. Maybe it's because I don't read a lot of main stream comics. And it could also be because I've never gone trick-or-treat-ing before... But when I hear people say, "Comic Con!" all's I say is, "Who cares?"

Don't get me wrong, I'm a comic lover. A huge comic lover. I enjoy comics very much, and am glad to see that even Google is starting to recognize it as a leader in entertainment. But still... I just don't get 'hyped' over this type of stuff. Now, I've been to a comic con before, and believe me -- it's awesome. And the one I was at, to be honest, sucked in comparison to the Cali. comic con. So I can only imagine how cool it must be! Yet, I still feel no real energy toward this. Some day, I hope to attend. Not as a fan either...

Well... Maybe I would watch it on tv -- however, I don't get G4. Whom is the only provider for this spectacle. Correct? No? Comment and tell me, if you know otherwise, please. So, just figured I blog about it.

Peace and love,
Baron

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17th. | How To Create a Major League Baseball Team

I'm creating this post with mainly one team in mind -- THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS. Now, I've never seen the team play, so I can't actually judge. I just wanted to say the above, so you could at least understand my train of thought.

I, of course, am not in any position AT ALL to tell someone how to manage their team. So everything I'm going to type to the WWW... (world-wide-web) Is simply MY opinion. Now, to me, the key to making a good team is: examine what you have.

If your strong suit is seemingly pitching, then make that the corner-stone of your team. If defense, likewise. This applies to basically everything baseball. If you're REALLY good at it, make it the corner-stone of your team. But there is one rare exception... If your offense is the corner stone of your team, there's only one thing I can suggest. Trade! I know this sounds crazy -- but honestly, I'm being serious. It's not about the amount of runs you put on the board, it's about the amount of runs you prevent the OTHER team from putting on the board.

How do I know this? Without going too deep into the matter... Last year, my beloved Detroit Tigers were the odds on favorite to go all the way to the world series. This, of course, pleased me. Experts expected the team to produce over 1,000 runs that year. And for those who don't know, that's quite a gem. Needless to say, expectation's were high. So, how did the season turn out? Stunning, really. And not in a good way. We finished last in our division and finished the season with a losing record. How could this have been avoided? Really, we needed better pitching. But instead, our corner-stone was offense.

So just what exactly am I saying? Every team should trade their power hitters? Now don't get me wrong, you want/need a good offensive club. And by no means am I saying a struggling team should trade their sluggers. (that would be dumb, obviously.) What I am saying, however, is that if you can get 2-4 mediocre players for 1 REALLY good player, maybe that's the better route to take. Trade one great for a few good. Get the drift? I'm not saying this is what every team should do... But instead, it should be what a few teams do. Now, assume you've got 3 REALLY good players. But the rest of your team is pretty bad. You can fill in all the blanks, if you'd just trade some of your better players.

Okay, so that's my two cents. Agree or not, that's my opinion. And just encase anyone actually cares, and nobody does, I've compiled a few player's name's I think teams should be willing to trade for/acquire.

Pitchers:

• Juan Rincon
• Kenny Rogers? (He's good, but also old.)
  
• Valerio de los Santos? (He's been struggling.)
  
• Aquilino Lopez
• ROY HALLADAY!! (...What?)
  

Positional Players:

• Richie Sexson (1B)
  
• Chris Shelton (1B)
• Vance Wilson (C) (He hasn't played for a couple seasons...)
  
• Gregg Zaun (C)
  
• Mike Hessman (3B - 1B)
  
• Cameron Maybin (OF) (Might be hard to acquire, but worth it.)

Please, don't ridicule me for posting this. Peace and love everyone, log back soon!

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16th. | Movie Shmovie

Dear God, can you please help Hollywood to start making better movies? More kid friendly, and mom approved movies with good morals and happy endings? Thank you Lord, in Jesus' name I pray, amen.

The above describes how I feel totally... Why do I feel this way? I just saw a movie. A bad one. Lost in Translation. I have only one thing to say about this movie. Don't watch this movie. This is one of the worse movies I've seen in my life. In fact, this movie might be the worse movie I've seen in my life. Maybe not. I dunno, it's hard to say it worse than the Good Shepherd. That was pretty bad. And Talladega Nights. Oh my God was that movie bad.

Good movies I've recently seen include Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Bedtime Stories, and Live Free or Die Hard. Those were good. Anything Pixar is good, too. God bless Disney channel.

And on that note, this post will officially end. Oh, and there's a real quick shout out I'd like to make to a cleb that recently passed away... Television will never be the same without ya bud, so long Billy Mays. I hope you knew Jesus.

Peace and love.

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15th. | It's all worth it.

My dad is one of the hardest workers on Earth. As a kid, he was raised with the mentality they don't teach now-a-days. The workers mentality. Now me, I'm a big guy. Basically 6 feet tall, and can lift easily a hundred pounds. Keep in mind, I'm only sixteen years old. My dad? Not at all the same story. After he finally reached his full height, around his mid twenty's, he got to be around 5' 10". And never did he weigh any more than he could lift... ie: He's pretty skinny.

At a young age, my father worked at the family car lot and at at his father's gas station. After he graduated from high school at the age of eighteen, he was drafted into Vietnam. Luckily enough, he never actually served -- but was sent home with high praise from his country's armed forces. After he got back home, back to the family business it was. He started his own towing company/part store, and has ran it now for the better part of thirty years. My dad is a true man's man, and can do absolutely anything he puts his mind to. Never has he had any addictions, either. Never smoked, never drank, and most importantly -- never did drugs. You know many kids who can say that of their parents?

I'm proud of my father, and happy to call him 'dad'. And today, I could see it in his eyes -- he was proud of me. I showed him some of my drawings, and he looked in amazement. He said they looked very good, praise my dad hardly ever gives -- trust me, and then made mention about the different lines I'd leave when I drew a face. Because I didn't want him to think I just drew lines on the face for the heck of it, I decided to show him just what ALL those lines meant. He stood back and watched me as I drew a face to further explain what I was talking about. And he simply stood back, crosses his arms, and watched. I never thought much of it at the time, but in hindsight -- he was watching me do something I loved doing. And he knew it. He just simply watched, and listened to me explain why I drew things the way I did. My younger brother then walked in at the time, and exclaimed I drew things to complicated. He drew a simple little face, as cute as it was, and left the room. My dad then looked at it, and simply said, "His is nice, but yours has the proper proportions and everything."

That's all he needed to say. I know my drawings aren't as good as I'd like them to be, not yet at least... Be knowing he knows just how much work I put into all my drawings, and the fact that he understands why I do all the antics (as strange as they are at times) I do -- well, that made it all worth while. All the crappy drawings I ended up throwing away, everything. To simply know my dad likes my drawings, it makes it all worth while.

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14th. | Electronics

I don't have a cell phone -- nor have I ever really had any REAL interest in having one. I always figured it'd be cool, but why bother? I'm home schooled, so I don't keep in touch with that many people day to day -- only close friends and immediate family members. Sad, but true. And I'm okay with it. The only person in the house who has one, is my mom. And she doesn't use any of the extra features.

Some people would consider me part Amish. I'd be inclined to agree. And because this life style is unknown to most people, and normally portrayed as a sad/uninformed character in any modern day fable, I'd like to real quickly explain it in extensive detail.

For texting, I use Email. To update my blog(s), I use the internet. To call friends, I use the family phone. Simple, huh? I think you're catching on. And to be honest, I'm more informed than a lot of people. Even without such trendy devices!

So on that sad note, I bid you farewell and sincerely thank you for visiting my blog. Peace and love, and log back soon!

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13th. | If chens could kill...

... if only. Hello people of Earth and beyond. Hope all's good. Nothing much to report. Just wanted to stop by and post. Let you all know my heart is beating, and I'm alive and well.

Today I'd like to talk about eating out. It's a great feature to the American lifestyle. Now listen up, because this is big. It's time to go to McDonald's again. MickeyD's is having a great sale right now on their beverage selection, only $1 per drink. That's right, no matter how big or how small, 1 dollar. Simply astonishing, really. Cheap, and refreshing. And afterwards, just run it through the dishwasher and just like magic -- you have yourself a nice plastic cup. It's a win win. In other fast-food related stories... I went to Taco Bell the other day and got myself the regular -- a Crunch Rap Supreme with a medium size Mountain Dew. As we pulled up to the speaker to order, my eyes beheld a glorious sight. Nachos.........$.89 WOWZA! It's kinda rare when we hit Taco Bell, so I decided to live it up. Needless to say, I got the nachos. Pretty delicious, might I add. But the highlight of all this, cheap food is on a comeback.

And lastly, good music is an essential part of life, right? If you know somebody who likes good music, Mat Kearney ladies and gentleman. This guy's some kind of awesome. Listen to his new single, Closer To Love, over at MatKearney.com

Peace and love friends, and keep on keeping on!

PS: GO LAKERS!

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12th. | Colorful

Happy Sunday, all. Just got back from Church, Tigers game will be on in 5 min., don't have too much time, just wanted to post.

I've been thinking lately... If you're a true artist, you'll figure out soon enough that just learning how to draw, isn't enough. Being the artist I am, aspiring that is, I of course already realize this and am thus ambitious to do all sorts of other artistic work. So what all have I been working on? Drawing obviously, and as you know I've been writing these past few weeks -- songs, poems, stories, etc. (By the way, I'll get to posting them soon... hopefully!) So, what am I lacking? Color. I need to learn how to color my drawings. How? Well, my buddy over at the comic store, Stephen Sharar, said before he would teach me how to water color. I think I'll take him up on that offer. With that being said, don't forget to visit my first-love comixHub, and see my forays into the wonderful world beyond black and white.

Thanks for reading, may the peace of God and the love of Christ be with you!

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11th. | I'm sorry, I could've sworn you said, "FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!"?

It's that special time of year again... Or, well -- for a comic-geek anyways. Anyhow, make sure to hit up all your local comic shops, and see what all the geeks are raving about! Plenty of neat stuff, posters, comics (obviously), etc. But don't be a cheapskate, make sure you (or the person you're with) at least buy something. So, happy venturing -- and make sure to spread the word to all the kids in the neighborhood.

Peace and love,
- Baron

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10th | Major Predictions

Well, my opinion may be slightly biased towards my more so favorite teams -- but here it is. Can't really predict who makes it to the Word Series, but...

American League
East: Toronto Blue Jays
Central: Detroit Tigers
West: Los Angeles Angels
Wild Card: Tampa Bay Rays

National League
East: Florida Marlins
Central: St. Louis Cardinals
West: Los Angeles Dodgers
Wild Card: New York Mets

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9th | Western...!

Wow... As I was watching the Tiger's game last night, we won by the way, I had this idea for a western, "Where The Sun Don't Shine". Somehow, the title popped in my mind as I was sketching in my notebook. I then wrote a small 'prelude' to the story. Enjoying writing it, I hope to continue in it... However, I don't know if it'll be anytime soon, mainly because I'm working on other stories/projects! But, because I mentioned it, let me go ahead and list my current projects.

1) I'm working on a webcomic with a guy I met on the Christian Comic Art Society, click here to visit the CCAS, named Cameron Hortenberry. Production has been slowly but surely, for me and him both. I'm writing it, he's penciling it. Hopefully I can post something about it soon... Stay tuned for that.

2) As I mentioned before on this blog, I'm writing a story that I've been very vague about. But here, I'll have mercy on you and tell you what it's about... Can you guess? Heroes, of course!! It's entitled, The Heroics, and takes place here in the 21st century. But sadly, that's all I can mention...

3) And last, but not least, my dentist webcomic I promised to my firstlove comixHub.

Anyhow, thanks for reading. Oh, and I'll post the 'prologue' for that western later this week. And still yet to come later this week, remember those MLB predictions I promised?! Peace and love, everyone, stop by soon for more!

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8th | Big Green?

IT'S FINALLY HERE!!! Earth day. What a bunch horse malarky. I think God was smart enough to create this world with the knowledge that we all would someday have technology. Thus giving us electricity, cars, propane, etc. Now, if these types of things can destroy the world, why would God have ever allow these things to even be created? Think about it. In Revelation, the final book of both life and the Bible, it ends with Jesus returning and creating a new world and new heaven for us to inhabit. (NOTE: Us, are those who accept Jesus as Lord.) Not because we stained the old one by not recycling, cutting trees, etc, but because we impurified it with sin. If you try and save energy today, as suggested by many who claim if we don't it'll hurt the earth, do it only because you're trying to save money. Not because mother earth needs it.

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7th | SUN.

Sundays a funday... Right? To recap my day: Wake up. Slept in. Hurry to shower. Wake brother(s). Read Bible. Eat Breakfast. Hurry along. Go to Church. Go to grocery store. Go to Self Serve Lumber. Come home. Eat more. Blogging. And now, you're officially caught up. My brother's gonna give me a haircut in a while, so for now -- I sit... And wait. Later I'll probably watch a 007 movie -- maybe. Tiger's game at 4. Oh, and those MLB predictions are still coming up soon, I'm just being lazy. Sorry.

In other news... I hate Twitter. Not really, but kinda. It's concept is silly. I don't understand why people, non-famous people, twit about their life. A cleb twitting about life, fine. Regular person, not so fine. Get my point? Sigh... I'm sure you don't, or it wouldn't be so popular.

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6th | So...

Decided to blog a little. Just watched the Tigers game, we lost. Darn. Oh well, the hope of tomorrow still abides in the air.

Working on a story lately, but I probably won't post it. Why? What if you didn't like it? I mean, I just don't think I can handle that kind of rejection... (First and foremost, I'm just kidding -- but ten points to whoever can tell me what movie that was in!) No seriously though, I just don't really won't to share it on the World Wide Web. Sorry, nothing personal or anything. Maybe I'll post something else later this month... Maybe.

In other news, it had to happen to me sooner or later -- I got boxed in while driving...For the first time! Or at least the first time I can recall. I didn't really wanna drive the long way around to go to the grocery store, so I planned on taking the expressway. Just as I was getting ready to change lanes, some dude totally put the moves on me and blocked me in! So, I ended up having to drive the long way around. I wanted to swear. I didn't. Thank you Lord. To remind you though, I was not driving alone. I was accompanied by my sister and mother. Why? I only having my learners permit... Or, as I was instructed to call it in Drivers Ed., my license level 1.

And lastly, I shave every Saturday to look spiffy for Church on the following Sunday. (I really wanted to say something witty here, but I just can't think of anything.) And because I know it's a burning question of yours, I'll get straight to it. What brand do I use? (FYI: I don't even know why I'm posting this, other than for the sake of mentioning... And or because I like the brand so much.) Aqua Velva. Click here, to visit their official website.

Anyhow, that's all for now. The next time I feel like wasting my time typing, I guess you'll see me again. Buh-bye.

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5th | Bird's Always the Word

As most know, I live in Michigan and am a huge baseball fan. So obviously, and it should go without even having to be said, the Tiger's are my official team. A Tiger great passed away yesterday, at the age of 54, Mark "The Bird" Fidrych. Click here, for his official Wikipedia page. Never met him, hardly ever heard of him, but still my curiosity about him soared. So I searched him on the internet, and read all about him. Becoming a fan of his just a week or two before his death, this is obviously a stunning loss to both me and the rest of Detroit. May God bless his family, and friends.

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4th | Momento's

Haven't posted lately. For future reference, that will happen a lot. To summarize these past few days, MLB. Good God I love baseball. Go Tigers. Later on this month I'll post some baseball predictions to review next year. I've also seen two movies lately, Walk the Line, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

I've been trying to get out of an art funk that I've now been in for quite a while. SO, cross your fingers as I try some more. That's pretty much it, so later.

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3rd | Name that comic!

I promised on my first love, comixHub, that I'd create a short comic series about dentists... This of course was inspired by a real-life incident. Can you guess what it was? Obviously it involves dentists. Here, I'll give you a hint -- I have close to perfect teeth, and I'm sixteen...? No? Wisdom teeth. And no, for your information I wasn't put out. I was awake for the whole prosegure!

Anyhow, I need a name for the series. So I'm going to be posting here whatever names for the series pops in my little mente.

1. I sure hope you have, DENTAL INSURANCE!
2. Dentists
3. I swear my dentist hates me...
4. Brush, Gargle, Floss. (BGF)
5. Any Sensativites?
6. Oral Cavity
7. Dentistry
   

Anyhow, comment what you think about the above listed names and also which is your favorite. Or, if you'd like to comment a name of your own, you're welcome to do that also.

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2nd | Stress

A little piece I did once, when I felt artistically bumbed. Hope you enjoy!

For the first time since forever,
I'm starting to feel like I don't have what it takes,
for goodness sakes what does it take to catch a holy break?
And even if I did, I couldn't climb out of the mess I call today.

Thoughts of hardship, thoughts of doubt, thoughts of living without what I love to do,
Just because, most of the time, you don't understand my mind,
that doesn't make me any less of an artist, or you any less of an observer.

For the first time since forever,
It's not the artist questioning the brush,
It's the brush questioning the artist.

For the first time since forever, I'm back to where I was.
For the first time since way back then, I'm falling into the same old traps again,
These are the times when I feel stressed, these are the times when I feel depressed,
Is it true that there's a way out, or is that just my optimistic nature speaking?
But I just can't help but to be peaking, over my shoulder just to see if things we ever actually any better yesterday than things are today.

But still I find hope,
But still I find joy,
Even if it's just from feelin' coy!
Boy you can't put me down,
You can't put me out,
There's no way I can live without the love of being loved,
and with that love I can live without doubt, man I'm over the drought!
If there's a will there's a way, and I most certainly can get pass today,
Because if there's a Father in Heaven, than truely: All is right with the universe.

If you've never heard his music before, maybe you wouldn't see ANY similarities with the above writing and any of John Reuben's music ... However, if you did notice similarities -- you can tell I'm inspired by his his music and am a fan.

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1st | Hello And Welcome!

Hey everyone, first post here on Thought Conjunction. I'm starting this blog with honest intentions in mind, to simply create writing material worth reading. Thus, here I'll post poems, short stories, etc.

Thanks for dropping by, and come back soon. Or not, that's okay too.

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