why does autumn start so soon?

     It feels as if Summer is almost over, and it's only the beginning of August. Some people even told me some Christmas decorations are starting to show in certain stores. Why does every holiday have to rush making summer almost die out so soon?

 

   Back when I was young, like back in the early 90's, most of the holidays stayed in their own lane. Keeping other holidays not come closer. Sure, when I started getting older, I noticed Halloween candy and some autumn themes coming a bit earlier.... like in the end of August. Now...I start seeing Halloween cards, pumpkin spice themed food and much...much more.

  Now, I feel Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas are combining themselves into a giant abomination of one huge holiday that no one wants to celebrate. 

   I know we don't have many holidays in August and companies feel that we should start autumn sooner than later.

  Unless someone has a birthday or Anniversary in August, people feel August is nothing but a blah month. None with holidays to celebrate. For my family, my parents have an anniversary, and my late nana had a birthday at the end of August. That's it.

   For others, August is a reminder that summer is about to vanish.

  Sure, people want the heat to die and for autumn to come...but they don't realize how cold it will soon become.

   We want heat when it's cold, and we want coldness when it's hot. Always wanting what it's not. It has been one hell of a hot summer and with it near its end, Holidays feel that they should come early and stay till the end of the year.

  The pools and beaches will soon close, as schools will soon start. I blinked and it became August. What the hell happened to July? Well....like every year, it goes by. Just like the holidays will.

   But August, beginning and end.... will just be another month. A month that gets hot before the cold arrives, and where teachers and students start to worry about the school year to come.

   Why does autumn come so soon anymore? I guess it's a tradition some fans that love Halloween. I did when I was a kid, now...it's just a normal day to me. I will still eat the candy and watch horror movies, but the trick-or-treating? Not for me. 

   With Halloween near...we have to face the fact...Autumn, like winter will come and we will all be shocked when the year ends.

Happy Birthday, Mick Jagger

     I guess I was born in the wrong Era to be talking about the Rolling Stones lead singer, Mick Jagger, on his 82nd birthday. I guess...being born into a family that loves not only the Beatles but Rolling Stone as well as Bruce and many others...is a gift on its own. 

 He was born into a middle-class family in 1943 back in England, in the 60's is when he started out in Rolling Stones. They had hits from 'Gimmie Shelter', "Jumpin' Jack Flash.", "Ruby Tuesday", "I can't get no (Satisfaction)" and many more. 

  The band started out in a basement club where they played for barely any money. It was him as the lead, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and a few others. Sadly, there have been some deaths like the drowning of Keith Moon, their first drummer. Around the 70s and 80s they had more songs like "Start Up" and "Beast of Burdan"

     In the 80's Mick tried to go solo for a while. He ended up doing a duet music video with David Bowie called "Dancing in the Street". It was unique video of David and Mick just dancing and singing. They performed the song on live aid in 1985. 

  With Mick and Keith....it's more a friend/enemy territory. Like Paul and John from the Beatles before the other two joined. They knew each other when they were young and had gone through a lot of challenges with family and have stuck together as brothers even through the hard times.

    He even guest voice on a Simpsons episode with Keith Richards when Homer wanted to join a rock group camp that Mick and Keith both are councilors there. Mick said he had a blast helping Homer and then destroying his dreams near the end.

    With his personal life, he had some marriages. One from Bianca Perez and Jenny Hall. They both ended sour. 

   In some cartoons and TV shows, they create a character that is similar the rolling stone lead singer in every way.

  Might not his voice, but they make their character look similar to Mick Jagger. One show being Loud House where Luna Loud is a huge fan of a singer named Mick Swagger. Pretty close to Mick Jagger isn't it.

 Mick has been mentioned in songs like "Moves like Jagger" from Maroon 5, his jumpsuit in the Rock n Roll Hall of fame and he's still going strong performing songs for the Rolling Stones, but I feel he might retire by the end of next year. They always have a farewell tour for the band and well... they seem to still be here...Well some of them. Happy birthday Mick Jagger. May you amaze us still with all the music you perform.

Barbie= from doll to movie

 

     When I was young, I played with Barbie. Most girls my age did.... but there were some Barbie dolls that weren't meant for anyone.

    But let's talk about how Barbie became what she is today almost sixty-six years ago. Who created her... why? And what about the live action movie that people can't stop talking about?

  Barbie wasn't really started until after another doll...named Lilli, came on to the scene. It looked exactly like a Barbie Doll did.... but there was one thing; it was not meant for girls. Lilli was a comic strip character that someone created a doll after for... men and let's leave it at that. 

    A couple years went by....and a young woman noticed most of the girls would play with baby dolls and she wanted to change that.

  Ruth Handler created Barbie for her daughter, which the doll is named after. Barbie was born in 1959 wearing a striped bathing suit. 

  Girls.... loved it. Soon Barbies started to explode into something amazing. Ruth created another doll. A male one named Ken that would end up being Barbie's girlfriend then ex-girlfriend. The thing is.... Ken is the name of Ruth's son.

     Barbies were everywhere. Then....some changes came around. There were other versions of dolls that were considered Barbie's sisters. Skipper was her teenage sister. There soon was another sister named Stacy, and a baby sister named Kelly.

   Barbie had so many siblings and friends.... that some of them.... ended up discontinued because it had problems or gave kids bad advice or was even spying on us.

   There was a male doll named Allan. He was Ken's best friend and was dating a girl named Midge. Midge ended up being pregnant. She ended up being discontinued too. There were other discontinued dolls like....

  Earing Ken, Talking Barbie (which would say things like Math Class is tough) A Barbie doll with a video camera attachment. Sugar daddy Ken.... there were so many of them.

  Barbie has been in videos before.... but they were mostly computer animated movies that were about the Nutcracker, Princess and the Pauper, one with fairies... there were too many to name. Some of them had interesting voice talent.

  Tim Curry voiced a rat, Martain Short voiced a villain.... there were so many and some of them were entertaining.

    Barbie movie came from the mind of the same woman who gave us Juno. Barbie was in theaters the same day as a Best Picture winner movie Oppenheimer came in.

   I saw Oppenheimer and loved it. Barbie....I was hesitant to see at first. But people were starting to say how good it was that I should give it a watch. Let's just say, my past childhood with Barbie dolls were not...a pleasant experience and I don't want to relive it.

   I eventually gave in a couple of weeks ago and....well... I liked it. I watched it in early July, ironically around Margot Robbie's birthday (she plays Barbie) and I thought it was very good.

   Barbie has an existential crisis after having thoughts about real world life and wanting to die. She eventually realizes she used to be someone's toy doll.

   She finds the girl, only to realize it was her mother that was actually the person that had Barbie not her daughter.

 Ryan Gosling did a great job portraying Ken and having his own views when entering the real world and changing Barbie world once he goes back.

  So yeah, he's the supposed villain or just a doll lost in the real world. Margot Robbie did a great job making Barbie becoming human.

  Barbie has changed within the years. From different versions to different body types. Even famous people became Barbie dolls. We've had a Barbie doll that had Down Syndrome to another who was transgender.

    Barbie is really showing how there are so many people in the world and that Barbie is making a difference unlike long ago.

   Sadly...I don't play with Barbie dolls anymore, but I'm happy that not only a movie came out but there are very different versions of Barbie dolls that all of us can enjoy. Even a movie can bring out the best in Barbie.

My Imaginary Friend-POEM

 

Nick,

Megan,

January,

names of friends,

I create in my mind,

when I,

was young,

a friend,

by my side

A lonely child,

I was,

when I was young,

I was creative,

thought of someone,

that would be,

by my side,

forever

Have you had one,

when you were lonely,

and need of companionship,

I did,

yet,

when I talked to them,

in a crowd,

people would wonder,

who I was talking to,

I had to hide them

Were your imaginary friends,

human,

monsters that were friendly,

ghosts of children,

that died young,

for me,

I just wanted a friend,

a friend,

by my side

we all feel alone,

in this world,

we want to make friends,

when we get older,

so we won't feel,

alone

Needing a companion,

a apark,

of creativity,

something that,

will make you,

happy,

as it did,

I

We all have one,

when we are young,

I grew apart,

from mine,

yet I feel,

they're still alive,

within me

kids,

and creativity,

strengthen,

in youth,

when I got older,

my creativity stayed,

but my best friends,

started to fade

I still think,

of my best imaginary friend,

today,

and every day,

becoming real,

as I gain friends,

and allies,

They might not be real,

they might be there,

when you're alone,

and I feel,

alone,

once in a while,

but I feel,

my imaginary friend,

by my side,

even today

Firefly extinction

   Remember when you were little and you would go outside most summer nights and catch fireflies? Well...it seems as if it will end forever by the end of next year. It's sadly true but...it seems fireflies are starting to fade into the past.

  It's sadly true, but have you seen fireflies out in the darkness lately? I haven't.

 

  It's sad that another part of our childhood is going. This one being a child and catching fireflies. I don't know if I've done this...but many other children have. All grown up now, they want their own children to experience what they did.

   Sadly, I don't think it's going to happen. Not just because kids are more focused on technology, but fireflies are going to extinction.

 Fireflies were a part of a summer tradition for some. Catching them and putting them in jars with holes on the lid.

Catching a piece of the outdoors in one bug. A firefly glows in the dark through their ass. True, but it was a memorable part of childhood for some. 

  Fireflies were just creatures that were harmless bugs. What's going on to make them disappear? Is it the lack of mating? Are we killing another species like we did with certain others? No one knows. It's a part of nature that has no answer to what happened to the firefly. 

  Sometimes....when the climate changes, certain incest starts to vanish completely without us knowing. With the way the climate is now... I wouldn't be surprised if another incest starts to disappear.

  Why can't mosquitos be the ones to go extinct?  That's one insect I would love to see go extinct. All they do is suck your blood and carry diseases. 

    If mosquitos go extinct...I wouldn't be sad. I think I would be happy. I think a lot of people would be happy.

  So... this might be it for us. Maybe one or two more years of seeing fireflies until...they're gone. It's a sad thing to see part of our childhood will be gone....and never come back.

  We know we all have to grow up, but we never will see fireflies again. It's sad we'll never had a part of summer that made summer what it is. Now we have a lot of heat and rain. That doesn't really make summer fun. 

Who Guest voiced on SpongeBob?

  

    Like the Simpsons, SpongeBob SquarePants has been on for over 25 years. They too had a number of Guest Stars voicing characters. From Ernest Borgnine as an Elderly Superhero to David Hasselhoff portraying himself on the SpongeBob SquarePants movie. Here's a few more that might surprise you. They did for me.

  Yep, you got this right. Luke Skywalker/The Joker voiced as a moth in a SpongeBob episode where SpongeBob and Patrick grab all the light they can find so it would no longer be dark. It seems the moth character is small enough SpongeBob finds a way to lure and trap him with a lighthouse. It was one time episode, and it was pretty memorable.

  I mentioned Ernest Borgnine voicing an aging superhero of SpongeBob and friends. Tim Conway portrayed the sidekick. It was pretty good. His name was Barnicle Boy, and they are kind of like the Batman and Robin of the sea. Even Burt Ward and the late Adam West voiced younger versions of their superhero doppelgangers. After their death, they retired both Mermaid Man and Barnicle Boy to just being seen in the background.

 

  Bob Barker is known for hosting the Price is Right. In the undersea world, he voiced a fish that helps SpongeBob with the clutter he gets for hoarding snails. It seems Bob has to tell SpongeBob is it best to release all but his own snail, back to where they belong.

Chris Elliott, who is known in certain TV shows and movies, voiced a pirate named Lord Poltergeist. He damned both SpongeBob and Patrick and cursed them as well. I don't remember the episode much, but there is another ghost pirate named the Flying Dutchman and is seen in more episodes, voiced by Brian Doyle-Murray.

  Alton Brown was known on Food Network for his hit show. He is smart as well as great with food. He soon became a host of certain food network shows. I guess Nickelodeon wanted him to play a host of a best fancy house ever which involves Squidward's rival, Squilliam. He tells Alton's character his house is just as fancy and tries to prove it before he comes over.

  In a small feature of SpongeBob WhoPants, the late Ray Liotta voices a tough fish when SpongeBob not only loses his memory but finds himself in a different town where Bubbles are outlawed. Ray Liotta voices the lead bully as they rough up SpongeBob but is defeated when SpongeBob blows bubbles in their eyes. 

  Marion Ross, from Happy Days, voices SpongeBob's grandmother. She was first introduced in the earlier seasons. Giving SpongeBob cookies and kisses which would end up being teased for it by Squidward and a few others.

  SpongeBob eventually tries to pretend to be a grown up but doesn't care what others think. Marion Ross has still voiced SpongeBob's grandma to this day.

    SNL actress Amy Poehler voiced an elderly fish when SpongeBob's snail runs away. She finds the snail and keeps it as a pet. Overfeeding him to the point that she might be trying to kill him. She isn't though.

   SpongeBob eventually finds Gary and brings him back home. I don't think Amy voiced her any other time since the character has appeared, but mostly in the background.

   Ian McShane, known for certain movies and tv shows, voiced a Viking on an episode where SpongeBob wanted to know what Vikings were. He and Squidward are taken to a Viking ship where Ian voices the lead Viking. Telling SpongeBob what they do for fun.

Even if it meant having him and Squidward force to clean their ship or end up walking the plank.

  Another SNL actor, Andy Samberg, voices a talent agent when SpongeBob, Squidward, Mr. Krabs and Patrick try to get a band going.

  It's more of an episode that has a lot of singing in it. A lot of the voice actors in the show can sing. Andy too...it doesn't work out and he bails on them at the end.

 Johnny Depp voices a fish that is a surfer in an episode where SpongeBob, Patrick and a few others are stranded and need to find a way back to Bikini Bottom. 

  Johnny Depp voices a fish that tries to give SpongeBob, as well as Patrick, some wisdom in what to do when they are waiting for the perfect wave to send them back home. It was a pretty good episode that gives a great actor a chance to voice under the sea.

  

If I explained which celebrity voiced in an episode of SpongeBob, I would be typing all day. But here are some few....

  Steve Buscemi....as a villain fish

  John O'Hurley.... King Tritan

  David Bowie... As the ruler of Atlantis

   Scarlett Johannsen.... Princess of King Tritan

  Sebatian Shaw......Son of King Tritan

    There are over 300 guest voicing on SpongeBob. Not as much as the Simpsons, but this yellow sponge has many guest stars and if you ever wanna find a list...look on like. Half of Hollywood even was in a special called "Truth or Square"

 The better question to ask is..... "Who visits the Pineapple under the sea"