Vampires Fact and Fiction Vol.I

I have been thinking about this for a looooooooong time and I can't begin to understand why no one else has brought this topic up when the discussion of vampires comes up. What if the creation of the modern vampire image is just the human minds way of dealing with the blood thirsty, murderers and serial killers in our midst? Everytime I watch some special on vampires on the Discovery Channel or History Channel they mention Vlad Dracula and how he was supposed to be the inspiration for Count Dracula in the book Dracula. But I have thought for awhile that the most Stoker took from Vlad was the freaky name; a lot of what the count in the book does reminds me a lot of Countess Elizabeth Bathory. She is often mentioned as an after thought when talking about vampires but I think she resembles Dracula a lot more than Vlad.Similarities1. A rich aristocrat2. Consumes the blood of the innocent to stay young3. Creepy oogey boogey helpers to keep their secret4. Lives in a huge castle in the middle of nowhere surrounded by peasants5. People go in and never come out6. The surrounding peasants/villagers are scared shitless7. The law never catches on or just decides to do nothing about it Elizabeth has much more in common with Dracula as opposed to Vlad who is and was regarded as a hero by Rumanian's. Yeah he was downright freaky to us westerners, but his crimes do not resemble the counts crimes in the books. The whole blood drinking thing is just a rumor that is starting to fall out of favor. I don't believe Vlad terrorized many peasants, on the contrary he had a thing for taking out the nobility. And Count Dracula didn't impale his victims on stakes.So my theory is that Bram was researching and came across both Vlad and Elizabeth and probably some other peeps and decided to base a character off of their crimes and personalities. He took the majority of his inspiration from Elizabeth and the gender and name from Dracula.

Vampires Fact and Fiction II

I also have another thought, the idea of vampires has been around for centuries no doubt, every culture has some form of obsession with death and life after death. But I have often wondered why on these television shows about vampires no one ever brings up the fact that 9years before the book Dracula came out, England was being terrorized by Jack The Ripper. Is it possible that a inspiration for Stoker's Dracula character was Jack the Ripper himself? A secretive, faceless, man stalking the night and attacking women with an element of sex in between. Eroticism is apparent in Stoker's novel and Jack's victims were prostitutes. No one knows who the man is or what his aims are; he looks just like us and the general public is unable to detect him. And then blood comes into play, if Jack drank his victims blood nobody knows, but as his spree continued his crimes grew more gruesome and bloody, eventually climaxing with Mary Jane Kelly which is the bloodiest crime scene I have ever seen; this final murder, and possibly the four of five before it, have solidified a particular image of Jack the Ripper, most notably the faceless man, walking around covered by a black cape with a bloody knife. Here comes the connection with blood which vampires are famous for drinking. So while Jack can not be proven to have drank blood(he might have eaten some organs) he is still connected with the idea of a blood thirsty killer. Jack and the Count have some similarities which lead me to believe that Bram was possibly inspired by the formers crimes. But, could Bram have also been driven to create the supernatural and evil Count Dracula as a way to deal with the realistic and human crimes of Jack the Ripper? And is it possible that in modern times we are doing the same thing? That the idea of evil vampires is just some people's way of dealing with the horrible things humans all the time? People could not fail to notice that vampires have similar characteristics as John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Richard Ramirez, Ted Bundy and other serial killers. Like Jack the Ripper they live amongst us without causing suspicion, they stalk the night, usually driven by sex as well as blood, they swoop in, do their business and swoop out like a bat leaving little clues behind. Eventually they all get caught, mostly, but hey even Dracula got caught in the end. Vampires are just pretty serial killers, a counterpart to the grossly unattractive Aileen Wuornos' and Henry Lee Lucas' amongst us.

I Hate You So Much Right Now

I hate men so much right now...or more specifically a specific man. This bastard guy who I haven't seen since December tells me that he is very busy this semester in school and with work. So I give him his space for 5mos, I only call him a few times so as not to seem clingly. HE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND Then May comes around and I expect to hang out with him and see him in the summer, only for this asshole to tell me he is moving to another state at the end of the month. I want to kill him while at the same time cry. I want to see him and talk to him about what is going on. He tells me he will call me and set up a meeting between us so we can talk, that was 2 almost 3wks agI hate men so much right now...or more specifically a specific man. This bastard guy who I haven't seen since December tells me that he is very busy this semester in school and with work. So I give him his space for 5mos, I only call him a few times so as not to seem clingly. HE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND Then May comes around and I expect to hang out with him and see him in the summer, only for this asshole to tell me he is moving to another state at the end of the month. I want to kill him while at the same time cry. I want to see him and talk to him about what is going on. He tells me he will call me and set up a meeting between us so we can talk, that was 2 almost 3wks ago!I hate him so much right now yet at the same time I can't stop thinking about him. I refuse to call him because it is always me who has to extend the olive branch and I am sick of doing it!o!I hate him so much right now yet at the same time I can't stop thinking about him. I refuse to call him because it is always me who has to extend the olive branch and I am sick of doing it!

America Got It Wrong

I have never watched American Idol in my life until a week ago and yes it was because of Adam Lambert. Not only do I love Adam but I can't believe that anyone in their right frame of mind can honestly say that Kris Allen can singer better than him! What happened on Wednesday has shown me why our democracy will never get rid of the electoral college.
I thought American Idol was supposed to be a singing competition and Adam Lambert is the most talented singer to grace that stage since the beginning of the show; the only person who I can think comes close to him in the pipes region is Kelly Clarkson.
People have been calling Kris the underdog but was he really the underdog? I've recently discovered that all of the American Idol winners have been from southern states(if you count Arizona); Adam was born and raised in California. And while I do not want to automatically scream homophobia like some people, I do think that a select few in America would rather vote for mediocore and safe as opposed to fantastic but dangerous...and not dangerous because he is gay. 1. Adam oozes sexuality 2. He wears makeup and nail polish and has dyed hair 3. He wears weird clothes 4. When it comes to his singing he hits high notes that a lot of women can't even dream of hitting. If Adam were straight and you brought him home to meet your parents their jaws would drop and daddy would go running for the shot gun. Even without the pix of him kissing his boyfriend Adam is too different for some people to swallow.
To be fair, Adam didnt need the title of American Idol, he will have people fighting to sing him even as runner up...that is not the case with Kris who, unfortunately, even with the title will probably end up going the way of Fantasia, Taylor, and Ruben. Not only does Kris not sing as well as Adam but he also has quite a forgettable personality. He just isn't a star, he is a singer/songwritter and those are usually two different things. Just like in Hollywood, you have stars: Tom Cruise and Jennifer Lopez ,you have actors: Sean Penn, and you have actors who just so happen to be stars: Johnny Depp and Jack Nicholson.
Now about Kris Allen, Kris is a nice guy and he is talented and has a nice voice; his version of Heartless was incredible, if this were Kris v Taylor Hicks I would definitely want Kris to win. But Kris is just not on the same level as Adam and that is where the problem lies. It's like comparing Larry Byrd to Michael Jordan; one of them is good the other is fantastic.

American Idol

I have never watched one episode of American Idol, first because I have no interest in the show nor in televised karaoke or people embarrassing themselves. I can't even watch figure skating for fear someone is going to fall on their ass and embarrass themselves. Then it changed to me not watching American Idol on principle because I never understood what the heck America was smoking to never let that show get cancelled. I mean how many winners have there been? And how many people can name five of them? American Idol is like America's Next Top Model, you are known for awhile then people forget about you eventually. Anyway, I do listen to Kidd Kraddick in the Morning Podcast and on the 22 of April they were talking about American Idol and they played clips of the people's performances. And now because of that I am addicted to damn Adam Lambert. This guy is on the verge of making me call or text or whatever you are supposed to do to vote for them. And it isn't about his apparent good looks or sex appeal seeing as how I heard him sing "If I Can't Have You" before I saw what he looked like. His version of "Mad World" is fuckin unbelievable. He is the best Idol contestant since Kelly Clarkson. I feel so bad that he did not get a record deal before this so he wouldn't have to deal with the stigma of being on this show, but now that he is on it, he better damn win!