Is Leo the worst leader

 Ok, this is one thing I need to dig deep on. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Everyone knows who they are. Four turtles fighting crimes. Stopping the evil shredder, trying to find out who they are in a world that doesn't except them as normality.

   Starting around the eighties, there was a cartoon called "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.

   Four Turtles were named after four Italian Renaissance men. Leo from Leonardo DaVinci, Mikey from Michelangelo David, Donatello from Donatello Bardi, and Raphael from Rafaello Urbino.



   Out of all of them, Leo was considered the leader. In Movies, and tv shows (including the new one called "Rise of the Turtles") I have always noticed something. Leo is not the best with helping his brothers out in a jam.

  Even with his guidance from his supposed father, Master Spinter, a giant sewer rat that found them when they were normal turtles, it seems that he couldn't find the right answer.

Even in the horrible Michael Bay movies, it seems Leo can't do anything right.
  In the old cartoon, I've noticed that none of them use their weapons. They would use pizza as a weapon. Well, interesting, but still Leo was not the best Leader in that as well.


    The one's I've been watching was the 2012 version from Nickelodeon. It was 'interesting', 'nice', but did it work?
   YES!

Mostly because not only did they understood the past cartoon from the eighties, but it entertained children from the past, present and future. It made Leo a leader that tries to find himself, and in this version, it seems that it made him less of a leader, and more of a problem.

  Raph was still the tough one, Mikey the goofy one and Donatello the braniac. If I have to put it in another word...

 
 Think of them as the Beatles.

  JOHN= LEO
  PAUL= RAPH
  GEORGE=DONATELLO
  and of course RINGO= MIKEY.  

  So, does that mean John was a bad singer? GOD NO! But it's just another way of saying how they would be.

  Then why is Leo such a bad leader? Is it because he has to be the one to save his brothers from danger? Or if he doesn't do a good job, he would displease Splinter?
I feel that all the characters have their weaknesses, but I fear it shows more in Leo than the other three.

  From the old cartoon, to the new one (which I'm not a big fan of) to the good and bad of the movie franchise. It shows. Leo may not be the best at leading, but he tries his hardest to not only impress his master, but his brothers too.

  Raph can sometimes hold a grudge, Mikey can be a goofball at the wrong time, and with Donatello, he fears that the plans he comes up with, won't work.

    ALL FOUR HAVE FLAWS, and with Leo's more visible to us, it doesn't mean he's the worst leader, he tries his hardest make everything work out right.

Till then, remember, everyone has flaws, and we always try to fix it (even if we are a cartoon) it comes from the minds, of the creators.


   HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!

Headaches of the holidays

  With only ONE WEEK away till Christmas, some people, mostly many, have so much to do and in little time.

 For some of us, we try to relieve the tension by doing it all BEFORE Thanksgiving and relax. Others do it the other way. Some would go shopping, thinking it will come before Christmas, sometimes it does, but there are other signs that read....
WILL COME AFTER CHRISTMAS!

   We shop,
   We cook,
   We clean,
   We help out,
    We work long hours to get paid so we can buy stuff just for Christmas (as well as food)


Sometimes, I wonder how many people suffer from the emotional stress and headaches they endure this time of the year.

I know with me having a birthday, it doesn't help, but after my birthday ends.... I still feel stressed. Having to do shopping and trying to find stuff that I think people would like.

   Some people say that others are stressed out, they would end up over stressed and die, or kill themselves. Hearing that Heart Attacks as well as suicides occur on Christmas, and Christmas eve.

    What I would do is, get everything you can, wrap them up and then have some time for yourself. Sometimes, people would drink to get rid of the 'CHRISTMAS STRESS AND BLUES' I mean having a drink on the holidays, no surprise there but before, well no surprise there as well.


Stress is a killer if there is too much, but if there's not enough, it's still not healthy.
The Holidays is the hugest headache of all to have. But for me, having a birthday and worrying about everyone else, making them happy, that stresses me out the most. I get some headaches because of it, but by the sixteenth of December, it's lighter than it was the beginning of December.

Till then, headaches for the holidays come and go.... I feel on the 24th and 25th, the stress is gone, and by the 3rd of January, it is gone for good.

HAVE A SUCESSFUL AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Hope the headaches go away!

Happy Birthday to me

 Well, it's that time again. December 13th. No, not now but soon... my birthday will come.

     It's true, At least I have survived another year. A year of drama, happiness, sadness... you name it.


Everyone likes birthdays, but sometimes when it's there's, they feel as if all the attention is on them.

     Everyday is a birthday.


I'm not the only one with a birthday on December 15th.
 34 years on Earth and for others born on that day, they too have to worry that ten days later, it will be Christmas.


People that share a birthday with me:

*Miami Vice Actor Don Johnson- I was never a fan of him or that show in particular.


* O.C. Actor Adam Brody- His character was named Seth Cohen. He was also in movies like Mr. and Mrs. Smith and, he's an ok guy. Not much is known about him, only that he shares a birthday with me.


*Carol Burnett show Actor Tim Conway- (It sadly could be his last one) Born in 1933, Conway will be 85 this year. I will always remember him as that dentist (from the Carol Burnett skit) that well...you had to see how funny it was.








  These would be the top three that are mostly heard of actors that I share a birthday with.

         I feel December birthdays can be hit and miss, depending on when it is of course. If it's early to the middle, it can be stressful, but then again, with Christmas being the biggest, most important day in December, it feels we're getting screwed. Maybe getting more gifts or half and half.

   If it's in, or around Christmas, it's worse. After Christmas, still screwed. Even January birthdays can be affected. I feel from Thanksgiving to New Years Day (around January 3rd) are the most screwed with their birthdays.

  And I am one of them. I guess this will be my 34th year on the planet, and I'm ok with that. The years is almost over, and I feel my birthday gets closer, and closer and closer every year.