Top Ten Heroes

Blog No. 97: Top Ten Heroes

I decided I'm going to update my "heroes" section on my myspace. I'm doing a Top Ten style of it to make it more interesting and give an in depth analysis of what I like. 

Note that I'm not including family and friends. Here's why: Kaylah would easily be number 1, then I'd give my reason, she ROCKS!, then I'd give others, like my mom, she provides for me, my sister, she's awesome, Piper, she stalked me, Taka, She's asian, JT, he's my "lover", Kaylah's boobs, they make great goal posts, and so on! It gets too cliched if I do it that way.

In essence, if you get the DNA of these 10 people and combined them and cloned the result, you'd get someone I would aspire to be/who I am today.

Top Ten Heroes List (Letterman Style):

10) Zeno, and his multiple paradoxes.

For people who don't know, Zeno lived in Aristotle's time. He was like a combination of a philosopher and a mathematician. There are a few noted statements he brought up that are really radical and would disprove theoretical mathematics as we know it in terms of theoretical mathematics. (I'll let you as the readers research the arguments. XD) It would make sense that my favorite math teacher, Mr. Humphries, introduced these paradoxes to me. XP

In summary: Zeno frikken disproved the concept of movement and time!

It would take some real wit and cajones to do that. Ad infinitum! XP

9) Kat Von D.

She's an artist in her own right. Sure she's a tattoo artist, but an artist nonetheless. I've watched her show, LA Ink, for some time now and I'm convinced she's Leonardo Da Vinci reincarnated. The tattoos she makes aren't always the cliched pin-up girls and flaming skulls. Most of her art, as well as the art of her cohorts on her show, make artwork on the skin that pop out at you and attack you with an appreciation stick, if you catch my drift. :D

I decided that, when I get my tattoo, I'm going to get it from her! I've been thinking about it for awhile and I'm planning to get a left sleeve tattoo. It involves so much stuff in the design of it all; I'm going to have to write a seperate blog on it! XP

8) Sasami.

The shrimp, blue-haired girl on the anime, Tenchi Muyo! I remember the good old days of Toonami on Cartoon Network, where they ran this series a couple of times. The character I remembered most was Sasami.

Maybe it reminded me of Salami...?

Either way, it feels like she's one of the permanent residents in my head. I think she became the iconic symbol of what my inner child would be... I don't know if that's sad or right on the bullseye... Well, she was shrimpy, compassionate, critical when she needed to be, and able to cook delicious meals in bulk! Hmmm... It reminds me of a certain blonde someone I just can't put my finger on... XP

7) Turk & JD.

From Scrubs, naturally. The doctors with a little bit too much time on their hands for eachother. I don't know who I like more, either the stereotypical frat boy, Turk, or the sensitive easy going guy, JD. Their love is "a love unspecified", much like my love with JT or Dustin, apparently... It's funny because I would be the JD character next to JT, because I would be the more clingy, huggy, unicorn loving guy. But I would be Turk compared to Dustin, because he wouldn't be black enough. Talk about identity crisis! XP

It wasn't the "My Musical" episode that dragged me into this series, surprisingly. My sister, Audrey, watched it pretty much from the beginning and it turned out to be both of our favorite sitcoms. XD

6) The Mythbusters.

What possible fun would you get out of a major in the field of science? Mythbusting. XP

Jackson I think got me into the Mythbusters. Who wouldn't like explosions and applying tests to urban myths, like could a stick of dynamite be an efficient way of cleaning a cement truck? or can you leave a trail of gun powder that, when lit, would lead to up to the barrel your holding? or could you die by "flatus"? 

My favorite, still, would be the Franklin's Kite episode. Something about electricity just entices me... XP

5) The Grim Reaper.

The perfect childhood hero, right? XD

Well, he was my childhood hero because I would always use him in stories. Back when I was a writing freak in elementary school, I would always write these stories where the Grim Reaper was the evil villain lurking around in the shadows. Ever since, my writing has spawned from that, playing homage to those beginner's stories. Even if he wasn't right out in the open, he would be there still in the corner of my mind, either incognito, in a picture frame, or as a random person on the street. No matter what form, he's always there...

Kinda sad if you think about it. XP

4) Alice Cullen.

Of all the Cullens, Alice is my favorite. :D

I mean come on! Who wouldn't want their best friend/LOVER to be able to see into the future? Who wouldn't want to be kidnapped by her and be endlessly pampered by her? Who wouldn't want to stroke her spiky dark hair, stare into those deep golden eyes, and kiss the benevolent beauty that is a vampire?

...

BTW, she's from Twilight, the goth high school girl and goth mom bible. Those goth people beat me with those bibles to get me to read it, so something good had to come out of it right? XP

3) KT Tunstall.

My favorite song and album, as well as the revival of my love for modern music, came from the brilliant mind of KT Tunstall. She made the song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" (My FAVORITE!) and "Suddenly I See" which was in that The Devil Wears Prada movie.

I was in a slump for the longest time, looking for some good music artists. In high school, it was a LOT of Britney Spears or Avril Lavigne. I found KT on the login page of Myspace. It's funny, when I saw that on the login page, I thought Well, if I don't like what I hear, then I'm going to hate music from now on. Luckily, that wasn't the case! I did research of KT and found her album, before it was released in the US, as well as some YouTube videos of her doing Black Horse live! 

If you have yet to see Black Horse live, then I'm going to kill you! INSTANT DEATH! Well... Maybe death is too harsh a punishment... All I know is that, when I showed it to Kaylah, she instantly fell in love with it too! It literally became our song! XP

2) Sora.

My idol that embodies everything that is RPG gaming, cliched dramatic storylines, and Disney. XP

Sora is from the Kingdom Hearts Playstation games. Basically, darkness sucks his home world and his girlfriend, so he travels with Donald and Goofy to other Disney themed worlds searching for her while defending himself with a giant key.

At first, I thought I wasn't going to like this game! Blasphemous, I know. But, ever since I played it with my cousin, Ruben, I was hooked! I remember for the longest time getting stuck at the Alice in Wonderland world. If he didn't get me passed that level, I wouldn't have continued.

My sister also found a keyblade necklace on one of her trips with John to Sacanime. She sent me a pix message, asking if I wanted it. I quickly replied an all caps YES!!! When she got home, she opened the box and I immediately screamed like a fangirl on the inside. Ever since, KH fans have been pointing out my necklace, asking where I got it and remarking on how cool it was that I got it! 

This is why my sister's awesome! XP

And finally, 1) Lauren Graham/Lorelai Gilmore.

Hold it!, you might be saying. Don't be alarmed. You are reading it correctly.

There was a phase during high school that involved no television. Nada. Zilch. Until one day, I decided to flip through the channels, away from my comfort shows, like Dexter's Lab or Fairly Oddparents. I decided one day that I should be open to new things. Then I scrolled over a Gilmore Girls episode.

Nothing was ever the same.

The first episode I saw was the ending of it, where Rory and Lorelai Gilmore decided to throw deviled eggs they got as left overs from a party at Jess's car. I thought ZOMG That's such a cool and random idea! If I ever hate anyone I will remember this Gilmore Girls moment! Then I started to ask these questions, like what party did those eggs come from? and who's Jess? Then, when I saw the episode again, I was completely thrown out of the bus. I did not comprehend it because I was looking at it out of context. At this point, I wouldn't bother pursuing it because it would've been too much work. It would mean seeing the entire series from the beginning! But I didn't think that this time. I liked this part enough to continue this quest of curiosity.

From then on, I DVR'd episodes of it. And I got hooked! I only now need to see the last season.

Point being, from there, with newly renewed faith in TV, I was able to expand. I got to see Will & Grace and Reba, as suggestions from Kaylah. CSI's and NCIS were my mom's regular shows. Alex Garcia, I think, suggested House, my all time favorite series, to me.

And from the Gilmore Girls, I found my favorite character, Lorelai Gilmore. She encompassed everything a role model should be and more. I loved watching the Gilmore Girls just for her. Not only that, but I also looked up episodes of talk shows with her on them. Lorelai Gilmore = Lauren Graham. 

She also had this presence around her that made he more... what's the word... Attactive? Glowing personality? An aura of awesomeness? Plus, she was always a little flaky, a lot of sarcastic, and a good wit on her shoulders. Add male genitals, and you basically got me. XP

What I wouldn't give to see Guys and Dolls in New York right now! XDDD

Heroes that did not make the cut but were pretty darn close!:

Reba & Kelly. They were awesome as a duet. They combined a little country with pop in that "Because of You" song. Seperately, they weren't half bad, but put them together and you got a top-selling single! XP



Quest Crew. Sure, they're dancers. But why don't you try to do some of the tricks they do? They pretty much met every challenge and were able to combine music and dancing in their final "for voting" performance! (found in blog OrQUESTra and Rover for your convenience)

Iruka-sensei. The orphaned kid turned sensei that conveniently gives the Naruto character someone to relate to. Everyone would prefer Kakashi to Iruka, but I'd root for the underdogs! XP

Ellen DeGeneres. Somehow I got into watching her daytime talk show. Her comedy is simple, no bad mouthing words, no major references to sex, just simple, yet funny punchlines. I'd prefer her anyday compared to Oprah. XP

Pirates. Granted these are dancing pirates from the musical "The Pirate Queen" but still... XP

Molly Weasley. Read HP7: The Deathly Hallows to the final battle. When you reach the showdown between her and Bellatrix, you'll know why she made it this far! XP

Josh Groban & Lucia Micarelli. Groban has a wonderful tenor voice, both live and recorded, that popular music should have, and Lucia is the most awesome vioinist I ever heard! XP

Dr. House. Come on! Its Dr. House!

Snoopy. For a time, I would post newpaper comicstrips on my notebooks, all of Peanuts cartoons. My grandma got me into those when I was little. For the longest time, I did not see how Snoopy was supposed to be a beagle. Where's the brown??? XP

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That's it, I'm blogged out! TTYL