“If I have a kid, I’ll call him Dracula.”

All About My Year: Gerard Way

My Chemical Romance Screamo King and Unironic Mustache Advocate

From Blender Magazine, January/February 2007, Volume 6, No. 1 Photograph by: Martin Schoeller

Transcript below

Favorite new band of 2006 Mew, from Scandinavia. They're huge in Europe, but I just found out about them, It’s breathtaking fantasy rock. 

Favorite new catchphrase I'm tired of these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane.

What are you going to rename your adopted African baby? Dracula. I've always said, “If I have a kid, I’ll call him Dracula”

Man-crush of 2006 Johnny Depp. He's been a steady winner for years now. Ask a lot of bands in black, they'll probably tell you him.

Favorite new toy I got a Sidekick III, but it’s really just a Sidekick II that's black. I love it. You can AIM people back home for pennies.

Trend you're most sick of What are hipsters doing these days? Oh, right: the ironic mustache! Not that there’s anything wrong with a real mustache.

Favorite sign of the Apocalypse This video I saw of Kevin Federline listening to “PopoZão.”

Most outlandish purchase of the year I got the entire original Star Trek TV series on DVD last night. Our record came out, and I wanted to get myself something nice. As if I didn’t already have enough nerdy shit.

Country the U.S. should “liberate” next None. I think we should send a country some cupcakes. You think some cupcakes would cheer up North Korea? Kill ‘em with deliciousness.

Funniest YouTube video I really hate physical violence, but there’s this one where this kid is talking shit forever to this other kid, and the dude gets into this weird jujitsu pose and just knocks him out with one punch.

Ambition/hope for 2007 Quit smoking. That's my goal. 

Will you be our MySpace friend? Of course!

January 2007 PDX Portland Oregon U.S.A.

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Drew at a press conference, January 25 2007

WHERE: Leaves The Gym In West Hollywood

WHEN: January 14, 2007

Vince Striped Sweater - Sold Out

On this day, January 22

In 2007: My Chemical Romance released the single "Famous Last Words", the second single from their third studio album, "Welcome to the Black Parade". (🖤)

Stream "Famous Last Words" here!

Gerard Way using that boa to keep up with Ray Toro’s headbanging (x)

Delta II Second stage lift and mate

"On Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Delta II second stage is being lifted alongside the mobile service tower. Once inside, it will be mated with the first stage already in place. The Delta II is the launch vehicle for the THEMIS spacecraft. THEMIS consists of five identical probes, the largest number of scientific satellites ever launched into orbit aboard a single rocket. This unique constellation of satellites will resolve the tantalizing mystery of what causes the spectacular sudden brightening of the aurora borealis and aurora australis - the fiery skies over the Earth's northern and southern polar regions. THEMIS is scheduled to launch Feb. 15 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station."

Date: January 19, 2007

NASA ID: KSC-07PD-0126

01/12/2007

Anais and Mirabelle Lee: January 9, 2007

January 2007 PDX Portland Oregon U.S.A.

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Daily life and every small thing is the gate to the universe ：）

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WHERE: Leaves The Gym In West Hollywood

WHEN: January 14, 2007

Tom Ford Fonda Sunglasses - Sold Out

Shrek The Third

“Shrek The Third” fails to deliver the same level of quality and creativity that its two predecessors gave us.

Shrek is not enjoying his stay at Far Far Away and just wants to go home. When he discovers that King Harold is dying, he learns that he’s next in line to become king. Hesitant to take on that responsibility and stay in Far Far Away, Shrek goes on a quest to find the only person who can replace him, a boy named Arthur Pendragon. Before leaving, Shrek learns that his wife is pregnant and he is not happy about that.

I watched this movie in theaters and, before rewatching it, I couldn’t tell you a single detail about it. That goes to show how forgettable this movie truly is. I remembered it being super boring and it was one of the only few movies that I had trouble keeping up with the plot because it was so unengaging. As an adult, I’m all about giving movies I’ve watched as a kid a fair shake. “Shrek The Third” was just as uninteresting and boring as I remembered. For starters, I thought the jokes weren’t on the same level as the first two. What do I mean by that? Isn’t comedy subjective and therefore this criticism holds no weight? Well, what I mean is that the jokes in this movie aren’t crafted the same way the jokes in the first two movies were. The jokes in the first two movies were creative and cleverly injected commentary. Some examples are the Starbucks joke being a commentary on the oversaturation of their locations or how the kingdom of Duloc was a parody of Disney World. The jokes in this movie were mean-spirited, like the death of King Harold being painfully dragged out, or attempts at making childlike humor, like the scene of Gingy getting lost in the memories of his layered past. The song choices were a staple of the first two Shrek movies, but this installment missed the mark entirely. It gave me such tonal whiplash to see King Harold’s funeral playing a James Bond song in the background because the song has the word ‘die’ in it. The story of the first two Shrek movies had powerful themes of acceptance of who you are. “Shrek The Third” has some half-assed attempt at themes of fatherhood or something. There’s no clear message they want to convey. It’s mostly ignored throughout the movie, but when the movie wants to bring its theme to the audience’s attention, it’s too heavy-handed. They missed some great opportunities to really hammer their point too. Shrek had reservations about becoming a father because ogres typically aren’t good parents. Arthur was abandoned by his parents and was in serious need of some parental guidance. Was it so hard to marry those two arcs together and have Arthur be Shrek’s surrogate son so they could both learn from one another? Through Shrek’s guidance, Arthur could’ve learned why it’s so important to take the responsibility of being king seriously. In turn, this could’ve also taught Shrek a valuable lesson in the rewarding nature of watching someone he was guiding grow up to be the best version of themselves. Instead, the writers keep their stories like oil and water. Speaking of writers, “Shrek The Third” had a mostly different writing team and it really shows. The B-plot with Fiona and the other princesses really just felt like an excuse to have recognizable princesses in their movie. The climax of the film felt extremely lackluster. The resolution in the end boiled down to a hollow speech delivered by Arthur. The speech wasn’t reflective of the lessons he learned throughout the movie. It was just Arthur trying to appeal to the villain’s feeling of neglect compared to their protagonists. All in all, this movie is symptomatic of DreamWorks’s curse to make brilliant sequels, but abhorrent third installments.

★★

Rewatched on January 5th, 2023

Source “Weekend of ZZT January 2007” by MadTom/Various (2007) [TL-BUSTD.zzt] - “City 05” Play This World Online

Gerard Way being a cat in Brisbane (x)