Just today, the members of a small religious cult that went missing were found in a small park in Antelope Valley. The group had left letters with their loved ones telling them that they were awaiting an apocalypse and a sighting of Jesus Christ.  The group contained eight children and five adults. Along with letters, the group also left behind deeds to their property and cell phones. A woman named Reyna Marisol Chicas, who is being hospitalized and mentally evaluated, was leading the group.  She showed definite signs of being mentally ill. When she was being questioned, she gave a false name and denied that she had any children. The kids were right next to her.

These people involved in this cult were mislead into believing that there was going to be an apocalypse.  The investigators conducted psychological analysis on the members of the cult. But there may not have been much wrong with them.  Believing that there will be an apocalypse and that Jesus Christ will miraculously appear and save you is no different than what most Christians believe. Most major religions have a belief that some sort of messenger will appear and start the apocalypse. The only difference is when they believe it is supposed to happen. The members of the cult believed that the apocalypse was but moments away.  Christians, for example, believe that this will happen in the far future. They say it will happen when four horsemen appear out of the sky.  The Muslims call it the Al-Malhama Al-Kubra.  So when you get right down to it, what was the difference between the cult and mainstream religion’s beliefs on the Armageddon?

Find the full story here: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-missing-cult-members,0,7900407.story

Love, one of the most misunderstood, complicated words in the English language, has preoccupied our minds since the time we discovered our kindergarten crushes amongst the view of sandboxes and swing sets. We thought it was hard enough when criticism meant the screaming “I love you!” in our middle school years, but somehow the miscommunication only gets worse over time. The missed phone calls, confused signals, and turn of the century facebooking, has now created the most confused generation of classic love birds, best friends, and everything in between. Here I am. No expert in the art of love, but simply, surrounded by the wonders of it.

Brown guy tries to get me to join his blog!

I’ve been listening almost exclusively to electro music lately. I’m moving to the bay area soon and my friend next door started mixing under the DJ name TechYES. It would be pointless to resist. Yes, there will be a lot of electronic music in my future. It’s been a rough transition at times for the adamant indie kid in me, but I’m starting to see the light. Music is music, and good music is great. One of my bros frequents techno blogs, and showed me this gem the other day. The track is a perfect example of how to shatter genre barriers and have a good time.

http://dancingastronaut.com/2010/08/picco-venga-djs-from-mars-remix/

Todays big news was Jose Mourinho, the current coach of Real Madrid F.C., was asked to coach Portugal in the qualifiers of the European Cup. Portugal dismissed their last coach, Carlos Queiroz, and now need a new one. Portugal is really in need of some victories. They have not been playing at all recently. I got the chance to see them play Brazil in the world cup and although they have real talent in the back and in the midfield, they lack a striker who scores goals. In Portugal’s First two qualifiers they had very poor results, tying the tiny island of Cyprus 4-4 and then losing to Norway 1-0. For a country with as much talent and history as Portugal, this is unbelievable. But is “The Chosen One” the answer? Jose Mourinho has won every place he has been however, being thrown into the coaching position of a team which is in total disarray, that might ruin his track record. I believe he could do well with the team but it is not in his best interest to potentially ruin his outstanding track record. None of this matters though because ultimately Real Madrid holds his contract and with the season in full swing and Barcelona playing so well, they wont let him go anywhere. 

Go to http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=823713&sec=euro2012&cc=5901 for more.

In other news, Liverpool beat Steaua Bucharest 4-1 at home. This was expected but it will be worrisome to Manchester United fans like myself that Liverpool have some momentum. This weekends clash looks to be a classic. Both teams now have 18 league titles and Alex Ferguson wants that last one before he hangs up his coaches jacket. As always there will be plenty of drama and hard tackles. Manchester United’s Darren Fletcher said today that the rivalry with Liverpool in still the biggest of the season. This will be the first time United face a Liverpool side managed by Roy Hodgson. I have a feeling that whoever wins this game will finish above the other come the end of the season. With that being said, my money is on United. Rooney should be energized and the team will be looking to prove that they still have the spark after a disappointing tie with Rangers on Tuesday.

For the upset of the day I will turn to the shocking defeat of the reigning UEFA League Champions Athletico Madrid at the hands of Aris Salonika. This will be a wake-up call to the European Super Cup trophy holders. If they are going to lose to a relatively small team from Greece, they will be in for a long season. If they want to have any chance of a repeat they need to get Sergio Aguero healthy fast so they can start scoring some goals.

For the full game report go to http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=307645&cc=5901

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to my first blog ever. This is a truly historic event as we are now currently embarking on quite an adventure together. We will be discussing many topics including former child stars in the slammer, golfers in car crashes, plastic surgeons on twitter driving off cliffs, and everything about current movies, music, sports, and entertaining things as well as, What’s Happening.
Now other than Justin Bieber apparently landing a role on CSI (his bull cut looks as fine as ever,) M Night Shyamalan’s new movie DEVIL, and THE TOWN will be in theaters this weekend. Not much else is going on in my life right now . It’s fun being a senior and my football team has its first game tomorrow, and we all hope to wipe the floor with Trinity.

In the meantime, (this will be a trend with every blog or every other blog, I will leave with a joke or a list or something funny so here’s the first one.

Here now is a list of people I can do without.
a cross eyed nun with a bullwhip and a bottle of Gin, a crying woman with a harpoon gun entering a sports bar , a funeral director who says “hope to see you folks real soon”, a proctologist with poor depth perception, a dentist with blood in his hair, girls who get drunk and throw up at breakfast, a brain surgeon named “Lucky Lipschitz”, a woman who’s head you cannot see in the car at all, a scout master who owns a collection of shrunken heads, and any man who’s arm hair completely cover’s his wrist watch.

It’s a dark day in anyone’s life when they find out they’ve been lied to. That famous stories or famous people turn out to be nothing more than smoke and mirrors. For years we have been taught a song. For years it has been embedded in our head and hummed subconsciously while we walk to class or when we’re about to fall asleep. This song has told us that everything will be okay. That we all share everything and that, in the end, no one has absolutely nothing. “This land is my land, this land is your land,” what complete and utter BS. We have been listening to this song since kindergarten, all the way through middle school and even in parts of high school. We’ve been told that we can do or be anything we want to be, that all the land we see is in some way ours. But then it becomes, “You can do anything you want to do and be anything you want to be… within reason.” And that is what the last verse of “This Land Is Your Land” points out to the world. The last verse of “This Land Is Your Land” that no one actually ever knows, or is ever shown, or ever sings in the shower. The last verse of “This Land Is Your Land, ” that no one ever seems to hear. That one verse that states:

“In the squares of the city – In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office – I see my people
And some are grumblin’ and some are wonderin’
If this land’s still made for you and me.”

Maybe this land really isn’t meant for you and me. Maybe it was all just meant for you.

The student journalists at OVS are embarking on a grand new adventure!

I am excited to see what the intrepid journalists post on this new site. Looking forward to good reads and insightful commentary. Go J-Spuds!