FUCKING X-TREME!!!!!!

I was snowboarding last week. But that isn't the point. On the way home, to complete my X-Treme transformation, I was listening to Sum 41. Does This Look Infected, their Junior release, to be exact.
I came to the song “Thanks for Nothing”. A friend in Grade 8 insisted the song was about pornography, so I always listened to it very carefully. This was no exception.
It also made me realize why I love Sum 41.
You see, the thing about Sum 41 is that they're hilarious people. At first listen, this song's, and the entire album, is an exception. But when you listen harder, and really get it, it changes. This is one of their greatest post-All Killer No Filler songs.
The key to this song is that it's a dialogue between the two characters. That's what most people don't get. People assume that it's two people yelling at you, one saying that life sucks (I'll never take part in the growing population / Or waste my time with further education) and the other one saying this sucks (Reality's a bore / You ask me to believe in something fake).
But no, as I said before, this is a dialogue, not a united front. It's one guy yelling about how much life sucks, and the other one yelling about how much he sucks (All I know is I've heard this all before). That line is the key to the song. The chorus guy, who I think is Derek, represents Johnny Everyteen, that is getting tired of the media. The verse is the media, telling Johnny that everyone is trying to manipulate and control him, but Johnny is finally waking up. Johnny is finally seeing that no one really cares about him, that reality is not as exciting as the media is telling him. Johnny finally reaches the conclusion that the media is doing nothing for him, which makes the title, “Thanks for Nothing”, makes sense.
So, Sum 41 is doing commentary about media distorting the truth of government by seemingly writing a song about distorting the truth of government.
And that's why they're genius.
Incidentally, this song also represents Sum 41 maturing as a band, which made them lose their original genius and become all angsty.

Introductions, Acadamy Awards, and Tim Horton's

Lee Molnar’s my name and learning is my business.

And by that I mean I’m still in High School, which means I’m yet another vacuous, shallow and angsty teenager polluting the blogosphere with my rambling rambles and thoughtless thoughts. GO TEAM LEE!

I’d also like to mention that I like writing and enjoying poetry, but when I say that, especially being so young, I feel like a poser.

If that was enough of an intro, I’d like to just jump right in.

The Oscars were on last night, and I know a lot of people don’t dig them, and I mostly don’t either. Their raw and unperturbed hatred of comedy and animation films seems kind of irresponsible, seeing as those films are among the very best.

But, my friends, I still dig the Oscars. And I will tell you why: It made me want to make movies.

I know it’s just a star studded affair with a lot of asshole and whores and that whole business, but that’s not the part I was talking about. I don’t want to make movies to go talk to fuckin’ Ben Mulroney, or to see my name up on the big screen. No, I want to make movies because of Slumdog Millionaire. I didn’t see the movie, mind you, but now I want to. Everyone who won an award for that movie was just so sincere and happy about it all. Anyone who saw their faces and knows anything like what they were feeling probably felt the same way I did. I’m not going to pretend that I know what it’s like to win an Oscar. What I’m saying is that I would like to.

Then, of course, I realize that I would never be able to do that. I could never make a movie.

Today’s post is a twofer, considering I also want to talk about Tim Horton’s. I like Tim Horton’s, they might have terrible coffee, but their soup is topnotch, their bagels are delicious, and their Iced Caps are very refreshing.

What I don’t like is “Roll up the Rim to Win”, and I’ll tell you why.

The contest started today, or recently, I only noticed it today. Anyways, after school I was super hungry, so I stopped in at a Tim Horton’s for a bagel. I usually get the Blueberry Bagel with Strawberry Cream Cheese. It is delicious.

Anyways, in line, I decided to get a coffee, as well, since “roll up the rim” was on and why the hell not, it was only a dollar. When I got there, not only did I realize that they didn’t have Blueberry Bagels (how I loathe that Tim Horton’s), but with the coffee, I didn’t have enough money. So, in a choice between a bagel I would enjoy, and a coffee I wouldn’t, I chose the coffee.

Because of “roll up the rim”.

This raises a disturbing question. Am I a slave to the corporation?

And another: Does it really matter if I am?

I’m almost tempted to not go to Tim Horton’s again, but I know tomorrow I’ll be back there getting another “roll up the rim” cup, in the hope of getting $10,000.

It’s like a lottery. A lottery for even stupider people.

Tune in next time! I’ll be talking about Sum 41!