(VERY VERY SHORT POST) Happy New Year!

I want to come to my site and say "Happy New Year" to you and my fellow visitors. I will come back tomorrow with a full text. You can click here to see my new year resolution.

My new year resolution...sort of

Okay I'm going to stick this blog even longer...maybe. I maybe planning to write every single day from the new year on. I won't procrastinate. I won't waste time. I won't daydream. I won't get off-guard. And I won't be off-task. I'm gonna focus on what I'm doing, what I'm planing to do, and what I'm going to do. Since I brought a new camera and colored pencils, I planned a few major ones.

Working a new e-novel; New pictures of myself added!

You can also see this photo on Tumblr.
© 2014 Malcolm Franokuski

You can also see this photo on Tumblr.
© 2014 Malcolm Franokuski

Right now, I'm back working a new e-novel, "How To Find The Right Best Friend" (working title), since Christmas Eve Wednesday and I've been very productive since then. I start writing on the computer yesterday after only a few days on my laptop. I found out that writing on a computer keyboard is much easier and faster than a laptop keyboard. But apparently, I fell into procrastination...again.

Anyway as I previous mentioned in my Christmas Day post, I got a new camera. It's called Canon PowerShot SX400 IS. That day, I taken a few photos for testing. Today, I have taken more pictures of myself in an apartment room above the text and after the jump. Unfortunately...I have my beard on but I can't shave for obvious reasons.

Construction work on a college road; taken on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving

Before I got a new camera, I did take a couple of pictures out of my old digital camera, which was actually on low in power since I take unnecessary pictures in 2011 and that AA batteries can no longer power it enough.

The following pictures that I uploaded were taken on a construction road, which is around the Montgomery College Silver Spring campus. The construction workers were working on fixing the road. They were taken on a day-off that day. The pictures were taken on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, Tuesday, November 25th.

I don't know if it's okay for me to post those photos, but that's okay. As long as until the construction workers ask me to remove them.

New pictures tested out from my new camera; Merry Christmas

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Back in my Christmas Eve post, I said the only thing I wanted for Christmas - even though I'm now an adult - is colored pencils to draw great book covers that can help sell books or ebooks online and a better photo camera that doesn't rely on regular AA batteries.

And yesterday, I finally got what it wanted. No Santa Claus inst here. I didn't even tell him what I want.

My Obvious Research of Men and Feminism

It's been less than a month researching Men and Feminism. Unfortunately for me, I can't buy recent books from online. But even that, after reading several articles, I decided that I came to a conclusion that...there's actually no role for men in Feminism.

Okay maybe not.

Feminism means equal rights to both men and women and while feminism is not about hating men, I came to believe that there's actually no role for men in feminism, even though I haven't read the books.

The Men in Feminism book by Alice Jardine and Paul Smith is really hard to understand because to me it's really outdated.

I'm no longer in the mode for listening to Christmas songs

Christmas Tree
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2nd picture of Christmas Tree
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I'm an adult and I'm not interested in Christmas. Okay to be clarify, I do celebrate Christmas but if I have money and got everything that I want, I don't even need Santa Claus or anybody else to get what I want for Christmas. If anybody ask me what do I want for Christmas right now, I would say nothing.

Okay actually this year I only want colored pencils to draw book covers that will make sense for me to sell books or e-books online, and a new digital camera...to post more pictures.

Now to be honest, while I'll do celebrate that kind of a holiday, I'm no longer in the mode for listening Christmas songs since 2011 (nor watching holiday specials since 2006). I was planing to listen to a full month of Christmas again back in 2009, but then another virus infection led to a complete re-installation of my computer in early-mid December; I was instead listening to Selena Gomez songs, particularly "Naturally", which is nice to take break from the Christmas genre.

Even though I listen to Christmas songs again in 2010, the message from the following year is that I don't even have to listen Christmas songs over and over again. And that proves it in 2011 after a year of listening complementary adult pop music, such as Rhianna, Taio Cruiz, Pitbull, among other things as well as other ones such as "Take on Me" from A-Ha.

So today, even though it's the holidays, I still listen to regular music.

I ate three sweets three days apart

In the last couple of days, I eat sweats that I either brought or got in their exact weeks before I eat it

First is the Big Texas Cinnamon Roll, which I brought on Thursday, December 11th (a few days before I got a serious sore throat) from a vender machine on the Student Service Center building at the Montgomery College Silver Spring campus. I ate almost a week ago, Wednesday, December 17th.

Big Texas Cinnamon Roll
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Second is the Twix chocolate bar that I brought from the ShopRite grocery store on Friday (the same day I got a sore throat would last a week). I eat it in the following Saturday, which is December 20th

Twix chocolate bar
I'm sorry the pictures are blurry, but it's also has to do with batteries*
and also the entire camera.
(*this camera uses regular AA batteries instead of its own cartridge battery)
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The third one is a leftover chocolate cake (I didn't a take a photo for some reason). A cake that was brought over on December 11th (the same day I got an aforementioned cinnamon roll), I eat two pieces the following day. Usually, everyone - including me - would eat the cake off, just all of us would drink orange juice or a big bottle of soda off. There was an leftover cake, but I wasn't actually gonna eat it, until I heard that my family member left it for me.

So I was planning to eat all sweets one by one in one night after dinner as usually do with two packs of honey buns, but instead I eat one sweet per day, which is unusual for me.

The Fallout over "The Interview" and the Misinfomation About North Korea

Though I may not like the movie, I do like the logo
© Sony Pictures Entertainment

Writer's Note: I'm currently not checking updates for when and where will "The Interview" will be released...or whether North Korea is the real hacker...because this will take a few days or weeks to answer it...and I needed a break from this; It's increasing becoming a distraction to me.

Please note that almost all links open with a new window.

Alright time for me to write the fallout over "The Interview". If you missed the beginning of it, click here.

Just 24 hours after Sony Pictures' cancellation of the Christmas Day theatrical release of "The Interview", which I'm actually not interesting in seeing it, the press - after reporting tons of private information because Sony Pictures is a Hollywood studio - suddenly realized that this hack is very serious. Some people like the people in the MPAA suggests that the press should be focusing on who hacked the Hollywood studio.

When the WikiLeaks happen or Edward Snowden leaks happen, the press only focusing who's responsible and what will the country do to take action. They didn't gossip about the leaks

Okay while that sounds like a lesson, in the sensitive nature of the Sony, I think a better lesson is: Be careful...what you report or gossip in the news. Because when you report hacks like these, the hackers will read them and follow in their footsteps. And therefore, you're a journalist helping the hackers. And that's what Aaron Sorkin blamed the media for the cancellation of "The Interview".

The Beginning of a Fallout Over "The Interview"....and Sony Pictures

James Franco and Seth Rogen at the L.A. premiere of "The Inteview"
Photo Credit: Frazer Harrison © Getty Images
Source: nydailynews.com

Writer's Note: I was originally title this post "The Confusion and Frustration Over "The Interview", but I felt that this post didn't fit the title so I figured that I changed it. Please note: Almost all links are open in a new window.

Okay, I didn't pay attention to movies that much since...gosh I don't know, September 2013. I was locked in a room. Slightly locked. No punishment or anything, just don't want to get distractions. And this holiday season, I didn't pay attention that much on which movie will be released...like "Annie" released this weekend. Or the final chapter of "The Hobbit", which I believed it released on December 12th. Or a new "Night at the Museum" movie (I don't know what that squeal is called and I don't want to look it up)...which is release...well I don't know. Maybe the movie is competing with "Annie", I don't know.

© Columbia Tristar Movie Group
Sony Pictures Entertainment

But I focused on one movie that is the talk of a nation.

Okay I'm not a fan of Seth Rogen...because they're too gross. But I like him. I think there's one Seth Rogen film that I know mostly and that is "The Guilt Trip" which also stared Babara Streisand. I know James Franco from the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy. But I first heard his name when I was watching the CinemaSins videos; I was never a fan of the Spider-Man films nor the superhero genre as a kid. Nor I didn't watch any of them. But since I'm writing this, I have to kudos to him for his best performance as Harry.

However I'm not quite interested in seeing "The Interview" because it's...gross (I even see a just-now deleted tweet containing bathroom humor, which disgust me), though I wanted to see if any movie theater to reserve a decision or if any online store, cable company, video retailer, or a video-on-demand provider willing to STEP UP!

Part 3: I have a sinus infection...both from my throat and my nose

This is not an ant. Not an incest or a small bug. This is - and I can't believe I'm saying this - a booger
A dead booger. And no I'm not kidding; a booger from a sinus infection.
By the way this is taken on a bathroom by a Cannon digital camera.
© 2014 Malcolm Franokuski

You know what actually, I have written part 3 already. But I didn't talk about the nose. Yes I have a sudden strange nosebleed since Sunday night. And it continues for two more days. Wednesday I found an article on how to stop a nosebleed. So I follow the instructions: I pinch my nose and hold it for about ten minute. Did it work? Maybe.

Nevertheless, despite believing that my sore throat will calm down after taking another two tablets, I was unfortunately told to come to the doctor's office with my mom. When the doctor sees my nose, he didn't say 'something's wrong with you nose did you notice it?' like I expected. There were no gaps in the room. No, he said 'yep, he has a sinus infection through his throat and nose'. And there was no shock whatsoever. My mom knows this.

As a result, I have to take a different kind of tablet. But only once...for the night...after I eat pizza; I have to take that kind of tablet twice...after I eat. In the morning and in the evening. Yes progress is going, but next time I will try to be careful not to be sick.

P.S. I was about to upload the pictures of blood from my nose on the tissue, but I decided against due to Blogger's terms of use.

Part 2 of my 2nd sore throat experience this year - Saturday and Snday

Okay here's part 2 of my second experience..with my sore throat. If you haven't read Part 1, click here. Otherwise...well you can read the rest of what I wrote.

Saturday, December 13th, 2014, I woke up with a sore throat. *sigh* Shouldn't drink two glasses of cold water before I go to bed the preceding night. That morning, me and my family go out to a IHOP restaurant for breakfast. I was not excited that we have to go out for a casual dinner for a birthday; we've been doing that for years.

Anyway, back to the situation, in attempt to soften the sore throat, I try my best to zip my winter jacket up to my neck over my vest. And I have it on for the most of the time. Despite this, unfortunately it doesn't help. So when we came home in the early evening, I took two tablets to sallow with water. I also have a cup to spit in.

Be prepared if you going to take an exam someplace else

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Okay can I talk about what happened when I came into the Assessment Center (at the Student Service Center building of the Montgomery College Silver Spring campus) to take my final exam?

On Thursday, December 11th 2014, like I said in a few previous posts, I have a Computer Management exam been given in the Assessment Center (because it was in my college obligations) so I have to immediately go there. I came here about ten minutes before 8:30am - the time that Assessment Center opens - and I was the only one there at the time. By the time it opens, there were only three to four people in line. I was in first.

Story of my 2nd sore throat for the 2nd time of this year - Thursday 12/11/2014 and Friday 12/12/2014

Editor's Note: I was supposed to be writing my sore throat story two days ago, but I was once again procrastinating.

It all started on Thursday (12/11/2014), I was walking around the Montgomery College Silver Spring campus buildings as usual. And yes it is winter. My nose is running. Sometimes when it's like that, I take out napkins from bag or go inside the Student Service Center to get napkins and wipe off the sinus of my nose.

And usual on regular college days for this semester, I went to the Mathematics Pavilion - where I attend my Critical Reading Skills II class - whose air moisture calms down the nose.

But over the past two weeks, it's actually exam week...and I have a Computer Management exam been given in the Assessment Center (because it was in my college obligations) so I have to immediately go there. And when I came in, my nose is actually still running. While the Assement Center does have temperature, it wasn't enough to calm down my nose. So I had decided that I had enough and ask one of the administrators to get napkins to blow my nose.

(VERY SHORT POST) An Update on my sore throat .... and there's something about my nose

Okay I have to apologize for being absent yesterday. But I'm giving you guys an update on my sore throat. No, my sore throat - and apparently my nose, since it got into the sinus infection - wasn't getting better from last Monday. And unfortunately today, I went for a doctor. More on that in the next days.

Just to let you guys know that this is my second time that I experience this. My first time happened after my birthday. I have written it in one of my other blogs but I would rather retell it than putting a hyperlink in there.

Hopefully my sore throat will go away tomorrow...I believe

As I'm writing this, I just taken a third round of two tablets of Tylenol Extra Strength to smoothing my sore throat. It's painful. It's the third day that I have a sore throat. Yesterday, I was trying to make things better by trying not to sallow, but I failed because I can't control my body. I did try not to sallow...by walking in the night.

I realized that besides taking very few rounds of two tablets, the other step for me to stop the sore throat is to not lie on the bed on my back. Overnight, my throat was actually better. At that point, I was thinking is this a dream or it's my throat is actually getting better.

(SHORT POST) writing "How To Find The Right Best Friend" since last night

Last night I put the Mrakunski Material (which turns out to be hard to write) aside and start working story that I think it might be easy. The document has the working title of "How To Find The Right Best Friend".

It's about a teenage boy - who has no interest of sports nor video games - trying to find the right best friend.

No release date has been given yet.

Putting the Mrakunski Material aside and start writing "How To Find The Right Best Friend"

Right now, I was supposed to write the Mrakunski Material all the way till late-January 2015. However I decided to put it aside - because even though I love to write action-oriented stories, it wasn't who I am - and write another story with the working title of "How To Find The Right Best Friend".

Yesterday, I finish for the semester and get back on to writing

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Alright I'm back. So yesterday is the Computer Management exam (it's actually Computer Use and Management) and it was shorter than the English exam. I finish the English exam at almost eleven o'clock and it was for two hours. This exam, I finished it one hour earlier (ten o'clock) because it was shorter. 

VERY SHORT POST: I'm back on the Mrakunski Material

Hello. Right now I'm come back home and I'm back working on the Mrakunski Material. Like I said, I'm going to be writing the Material through late-January 2015. I'm going to be back on this blog tomorrow.

I'll be back writing the Mrakunski Material tomorrow if I can

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Hello. Right now I'm studying for my next exam, which is my Computer Management exam. That's tomorrow. When I come back home after finishing my test, I will try to go back into writing the Mrakunski Material and I'll be writing it through late-January of next year.

Today I ate pepperoni pizza at eleven in the morning

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Okay usually when I was eating lunch at the cafe of a Montgomery College campus building, I was eating two packs of Cheetos, two cookies and tall Pepsi cup of orange soda.

That was around ten o'clock. The cafe didn't serve lunch until eleven - the time my Computer Management class starts - sometimes early as 10:30.

Today it's actually day 2 of exam week here in college but this my first day taking an exam, an English exam. I only have two exams (I only have two classes this semester).

You know what there's not going to be a post today so I'll be back tomorrow.

A Lesson: Carry the milkshake while wearing one glove off (sometimes it may be hard)

As I'm writing this, I thinking to myself should I write this...like now. Because a few minutes ago, I was walking home with my family member when the milkshake in a McDonalds' paper bag slipped out of the bag and spilled on the sidewalk.

I do aplogize to my sister (the milkshake is for her; she also wanted a sandwhich) but what was I thinking?

First of all, when  me and my family member went back to the car after exited at a fast-food restaurant, the paper bag got torn slightly; my family member is holding it. I take the paper bag from him as usual to carry home, unaware of the slipperiness of the bag.

When my family member drop him off...yeah this on happens.

Let this be a lesson to you all if want to McDonalds to go: if you want a milkshake, carry it with you hand that doesn't covered with a glove. The milkshake and the sandwich were put in the paper bag together as usual when we eat at this fast-food restaurant, but never like this.

What I had for lunch at college so far

That's my two packs of Cheetos, two sugar cookies and a tall drink of an orange soda.
© 2014 Malcolm Franokuski

Okay can I talk about what I had lunch so far in college?

Okay personally, I don't originally want to eat lunch because I'm not hungry or not interested. But because my family members believe that I'm gonna starve, I just went reluctant and had given some money from them.

So I obviously eat lunch at around ten o'clock in the morning. The reason I said obviously is because the cafe in the Montgomery College Student Service Center building in Silver Spring, MD serves lunch (at eleven o'clock) at the same time as my next class, which is my Computer Management class.

Still researching Men and Feminism; study for a test

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Well hello there. Well I'm still researching Men and Feminism online but I also found to a lesser extant that pro-feminism may be the nearest discovery to my research. I may look back to the e-book that I found last night, even though it might be boring or outdated.

I found a book, titled Men in Feminism, but I don't know if I can read much longer

Hello, I've been researching Men and Feminism about much of the day. I found an e-book that is over two hundred pages. However as I read some of the pages, I started to feel like this book is just plain boring or maybe outdated. The title is actually called "Men in Feminism". Maybe it's me, but this e-book was first published in print over two decades ago. Maybe I could read those pages again and try to read much of the e-book to try understand it. If not...oh well.

VERY VERY VERRRY SHORT POST!

You know what, I have been procrastinating...again. Come back tomorrow.

I'll continue writing the Material today

Today I'll be contining writing the Material from last Sunday. The Material, which is currently untitled, may be an action-mystery novel about a fourteen-year-old teenage boy who's on a quest to find the person who sended him a strange email.

The Material will have unconventional elements; I can't tell you what it is because I haven't write it that much and I'm not sure if this means no romance at all because romance is a conventional element in not only young-adult novels but also teen films and TV shows as well.

I'll continue to write the Material tomorrow

Okay let me explain some things. I haven't blogging for a while because of other things. I can't tell you what other things are because it's not that interesting. However I will talk about what's coming tomorrow.

Tomorrow I'll try to continue writing the Material (no official title yet). The last time is last Sunday. This document has only ten pages so far.

I have to apologize for not blogging yesterday. I forgot to blog yesterday. I started to feel like I might take a hiatus from the blog sometime this week.