...mornings.

As I sit here in the UCF library at 8:23 a.m. having just finished my first class for the day, I realize more than ever that if you want school to suck any more than it already does, just try starting at 7:30 a.m.

Morning is the worst time of day. Our bodies just don't want to get up, so we have to force them to do so. In my opinion, we should do our bodies a favor and let them sleep since that's what they want. Why doesn't the work day start at around 10 or 11 instead of 8 or 9? I mean seriously, the answer to that would be, "Oh but Jon, then the day is wasted." Bull Honkey, if you feel the need to get up at 6 or 7 am still, then guess what? You've got 3 hours to do whatever you want now. You can relax, read something, drink coffee if you like that disgusting substance, or whatever. So the day is not wasted, because everyone else who is still sleeping is doing what they want to do... sleep.

I mean really, most people go to work 9 to 5 and do absolutely nothing anyways. They walk in to their cubicle or office and do about 2-3 hours of truly productive work, the rest of the time includes lunch break, coffee break, bathroom break, talk break, and whatever other mundane things happen in the "work force". So starting later isn't going to ruin things. You're still going to have your news rooms that are working 24 hours almost, your online businesses always open, and so forth, but my argument is for the majority of our working class to not start until 10. When I become president around the year 2029, my first rule will be this, "The presidency is to become a Kingship and everyone will bow down to me." Then, my first decree as King of America will be, "We shant begineth work untileth it hast becometh 10 a.m." I think the peasants will enjoy this greatly and rejoice in the name of their King, King Jon.

They shall speak of their king with these words,

"He leadeth us into greater times for the greater good,
He gives us awesomeness and we humbly accept, due to our inferior status in comparison to his own awesomeness.
All hail the great and awesome King Jon. We shall praise him with coke and starburst for his lifetime, since he made it impossible for us to vote anyone else into office anymore.
Long Live the King!"

Good, good...

...Halle Berry.

Where do I begin? I'm going to try not to spend that much time on this because I don't want to direct my hate towards a person, because I really don't hate Halle Berry, just all the things she gets and what people think of her. I don't understand why people think she is so good looking. I think she is a very normal looking woman, especially by Hollywood’s standards. Now, I don't think one has to be beautiful to be in movies, but I'm just upset with how many guys are drooling over her. I recently found out from the reliable source of E! that one of the bond girls was a transsexual. In the film For Your Eyes Only starring Roger Moore as our sex crazed, possibly STD infected hero(I love Bond, but come on; SNL did a great skit on that) was the film that featured a one Caroline Cossey, formerly known as Barry Cossey.


Yeah that's her.. err him. Anyways, my long point in showing you this is simple. I choose Caroline Cossey over Halle Berry. There I said it.

I really don't like her acting either. She's so hard to watch on screen, I almost feel bad for her. Knowing this, and also being someone who did see the film Monster's Ball, I can honestly say I believe she was given an Oscar because she is black.

Let's go over the clues:
(It's the night of the 74th annual Academy Awards...)

Denzel Washington is nominated for Actor in a leading role in the film Training Day. Denzel had previously been nominated for the same award, once in 1992 for the film Malcolm X and also in 1999 for the film The Hurricane. Many believed he deserved the award for Malcolm X and others, as myself thought whole heartedly he probably deserved it for The Hurricane, although Kevin Spacey probably deserved it as well for American Beauty. So because of all this, many are thinking Denzel is getting his due tonight.

Secondly, we so happen to have Sidney Poitier, the first African American to win the same award Denzel is nominated for, in the audience to be awarded an honorary award tonight. The academy would tell you this is simply a coincidence; I believe differently.

So the night goes on, poitier is given his award, and guess who wins best actor? Denzel Washington.. now don't get me wrong, I think he's an incredible actor and as I stated previously, deserved an Oscar in my opinion for The Hurricane. I don't think he deserved it over Russell Crowe for his work in A Beautiful Mind though.

So what's left? Oh that's right, nominated for Actress in a leading role is none other than Halle Berry, who goes on to win it and become the first woman of African descent to win the award. She goes on to cry all over her microphone and then beg for more time because "we've waited so long." Please, no one cares that you won it now. Equality isn't an issue anymore, even if you are a woman. Actually, the fact that you're a woman is another factor, considering there are significantly less prominent female actors today than there are male actors. Not sure why that is, and I'm not saying it's because men are better than women, which goes without saying. But come on, she beat out Renee Zellweger for Bridget Jones’s Diary and Nicole Kidman for Moulin Rouge. Nothing against Sissy Spacek or Judi Dench for not mentioning them, I just simply didn't see those movies, which I'm sure their performances outdid anything Halle Berry can muster any day.

So all in all, I really can't stand Halle Berry. I believe with all my heart the Academy gave her an award based solely on her race and their hopes at better ratings. African Americans (another term I've grown to hate) or more properly Blacks don't have anything to worry about in the film industry anymore. We have great black actors and actresses in the industry today. Halle Berry is simply not one of them.


P.S. - I'm so glad she's not going to be in X3.
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