R.I.P. Ali Zabirov

Yes, another death to report and this one hurts.  It hurts since I'm gay and this could have been myself.  An openly gay TikTok user named Ali Zabirov was murdered.  This homophobia needs to stop.  I absolutely hate homophobia.  This is appalling.  He was probably also killed for the fact that he was a TikTok star.  There's a lot of hatred towards that platform and fascist Donald Trump is looking to ban it in the U.S.  I would also imagine he was killed by people who were jealous of him too.  I read that this guy is from Russia and Russia is ultra homophobic.  My best bet is that Zabirov was killed for being a gay person.

R.I.P. Ali Zabirov.  I didn't know you, but rest in power.  I am done with people in this world.  When will this shit stop?  For more on this, click here.

One year since I decided to revive this blog!

It has been a year since I decided to revive this blog.  I never knew I'd revive this blog.  I originally intended to end it and never get back to it.  I like expressing myself and letting the world know how I feel.  This blog is having a pretty good run so far.  I remember being at home in New York while writing that first blog entry for 2019.  I know this blog is not going to gain any sort of traction or become big.  I just write it for the fun of it and maybe some people may read it.

I have no idea what else to write down.  I'll continue to write.  I have no plans to discontinue this blog.  If I do want to discontinue it, I'll let you know.  For now, no.  I don't think so.

Hope you're enjoying summer

Whoa it has been a while since I last wrote something!  Geez!  This is going to be a somewhat brief blog entry.   I hope y'all are having a good summer so far.  My summer has been good so far.  It's not one of the best ones, but I'm hanging in there.  I'm currently at my beach house at the Jersey Shore.  The cool thing is that I live only a few minutes away from it nowadays.  I'm fortunate to be living down here now.  It's much safer than back up in New York.  I'd move back to NY in a heartbeat, but right now with COVID-19 still being a thing... I'd rather not.  I moved out of NY at the right time and I'm grateful for that.  New Jersey is alright, but I think NY is way better.  I'll always find it better.  I'll always call NY my home.

That's it for this blog entry.   Remember to stay safe out there and all of that during these uncertain times.  I know I am staying safe.

SpongeBob SquarePants is not gay!

First of all, I'm queer.  In case I'm offending LBGTQIA+ people, I'm on your side!  Second of all, 2020 is a fucked up year.  OK, that's out of the way.  I'm 100% sure that SpongeBob SquarePants is not homosexual/gay.  Why?  The creator Stephen Hillenburg (R.I.P.) has stated that he is asexual.  This is basically the same stuff with Bert and Ernie being gay.  They're simply not gay.  They're puppets.  SpongeBob is a cartoon sponge.  He is not gay whatsoever.  Nickelodeon is only appeasing to the LGBTQIA+ crowd and doing it for the money.

That image above sums it up perfectly.  Yeah, Stephen Hillenburg would not approve of this at all.  SpongeBob as a gay character is not canon.  Do not treat it as canon.  If I have offended any of my fellow gay dudes, good!  I have nothing else to say about this.

2020 is worse than 2016

I'm going to rant here.  I don't usually like ranting in my blog entries.  This needs to be jotted down.  I have to get this off my chest.  2020 is worse than 2016.  It has been a fucked year.  COVID-19, the death of George Floyd, the protests, etc.  BTW, I will not touch on George Floyd and the protests about it too much.  That's best documented on other blogs and news publications.  I will say that it was major injustice and it shouldn't have happened.

IMO, 2020 is much worse than 2016.  2016 was the year of death and the year Tronald Dump got elected.  I was thinking that 2020 is 2016 part 2.  Well I change my mind on that.  2020 is in a league of its own and it has proven to be a real shit show.  It's more than just another year of death, it's more than that.

It seems like 2020 has been one big huge fire that cannot be extinguished.  So far, it hasn't been extinguished one bit.  I don't know if I got one positive thing to say about 2020.  Nice weather?  I dunno... even the weather has not been that great this year.  Ah yes.  Music.  As a big music fan, 2020 has had excellent music.  Particularly, there's been excellent metal music.  My only non-complaint about 2020.  It sucks I can't really hang out with friends and I moved far away from them.  I was going to make new friends this year in southern NJ, well now that plan was ruined due to COVID-19.

I will say that hopefully 2020 will get better. Let's hope it does!  I know there will new music this year and I'll enjoy that!  The thing that gets to me the most about 2020 is that 2020 was actually starting off to be a good year starting in January.  Then it goes all downhill from there.  Every time someone thinks it can't get any worse... it amazingly does get worse!  I hope it doesn't get worse.  One thing that we can all agree on is that 2020 has been a terrible year.  Stay safe out there and have a good day/night!

Review: Rollerball is a fantastic NES game!

Rollerball is a game for the Nintendo Entertainment System.  My best friend (at the time) introduced me to this game sometime in the late 1990's or early 2000's.  Interestingly, I found that this game was first released for the MSX in 1984.   I'm not familiar with the MSX at all.  I was quite impressed by this game when I played it at my old best friend's house and it influenced me to get the rom at some point.  Early in 2020, I actually bought a physical copy of the game off eBay.  I got a great deal on it.  The game has no real objective to it.  The objective is to score as many points as possible.  That's pretty much it.  No quests, no bosses, none of that stuff found in Rollerball.  The premise of this game is quite simple.  This game is not talked about too much and I don't think it ends up on top lists of games for the NES.

This game was released in 1988 by HAL Laboratories, the same publisher that brought you The Adventures of Lolo and Kirby.  It seems like this game has been lost in the sands of time and it's a bit forgotten.  I certainly haven't forgotten this game!  There are two modes in this.  The first mode is Skyscraper.  In Skyscraper mode, 1-4 players can play.  It plays like a pinball machine you'd find at an arcade except it's emulated.  There's four levels on the emulated pinball machine.  On the highest level, you can rack up a lot of points.  The goal is to get up there as much as possible to rack up big points.  I have provided a video above to show you what the game is like.  No, that's not myself playing the game.  It was played by whoever from the World of Longplays YouTube channel.

The second mode is Match Play.  It is a 2 player mode where you and a 2nd player play at the same time.  Whoever scores the most points win.  The first player has an elephant and the second player has a donkey.  This is in the American version of the game.  Wait a second... so it's basically Republican vs. Democrat!  What was HAL thinking?!  Not a good idea whatsoever.  The Japanese version had a giraffe.  They should have kept the giraffe in!  So if you're a Republican, you're most likely going to be the first player.  Obvious if you're a Democrat, you'd wanna be the 2nd player.  I'm more of an independent, so it doesn't matter which side I choose if you face me in Match Play.

My only complaint about Rollerball is that you can't move the emulated pinball machine.  There are times where it would be quite helpful.  Besides that minor complaint, it's a fun game and one of the best games for the NES.  It is truly a hidden gem and it's too bad that it doesn't get that much praise.

Rating: 5/5.

Solar Opposites

Today's blog is about an upcoming animated series called Solar Opposites.  It was created by Justin Roiland.  You may know him as one of the co-creators of the hit animated series Rick and Morty.  Solar Opposites is going to be on Hulu.  I'm going to share my thoughts on this upcoming animated series.

I watched a trailer of it on Facebook and I thought it was pretty good.  The show definitely has potential.  It's has a Rick and Morty vibe to it and that's no surprise since Justin Roiland created this animated series.  Eight episodes have been made so far.  The first episode will be available on Hulu on May 8.  It's basically about aliens from a better world who come to live in Earth and they take refuge in middle America.  They decide whether it's cool or not.

If you are unaware of Solar Opposites, here's a trailer of it.  Watch it!  Sadly, I don't have Hulu anymore.  Whenever I do get the opportunity somehow to watch it, I will watch it!  I like Justin Roiland and his animation.  I know it won't disappoint.

Oh and don't forget to watch the sixth episode of the fourth season of Rick and Morty tonight!  Click here for info on it!  Honestly, I've only watched the first episode of season four so far.  I'll have to catch up by watching the others I missed, then I'll watch the sixth episode and other episodes!