Alexander Pyles's Blog, page 25

Reflecting on the Simplest of Men

Here we are in the throes of Christmas season and medley! Now the question is if we have lost the fervor for the season? Have we already grown tired of lights, cookies, and music? Have we grown tired of the endless debates of wishing a happy holidays versus a merry Christmas? Have we grown tired […]

Breaking Through The Wall…Takes Work

Creativity comes and goes. The muse is fickle, some days she’s a mistress, others she’s a young lover. You can’t depend on her, what you can do is treat her right when she does come to visit. Artists of all types whether it be writer, painter, poet, musician or photographer want to do something new […]

Good Guys Suck: Men Can Do Better

Alright, so I want to make this as un-cliche as possible, but it may still come out that way. Here goes nothing… I spent the weekend with a bro of mine and as we were talking about the normal things; girls, music, girls, life…oh and did I mention girls? My broski expressed, something to the […]

A Boring, Plain Christmas

Every year there is this extraordinary tempo of people for the holiday season that is the Christmas season. I’m not even going to bother going into the debate of holidays versus Christmas etc etc, its all such a bore. Personally, I don’t care. Anyways, as a Catholic I try my best to observe Advent, which […]

Pope Francis and the ‘Murica Media

Over the course of this past week Pope Francis released an exhortation entitled, “Evangelii Gaudium”. The chief topic he mentions in the work, is the problem of rampant capitalism and the injustice that occurs if it goes on unchecked. It has caused quite a stir if you haven’t been paying attention to the headlines and […]

Anxiety Coming in Waves for Finals

So, it’s that time of the semester when the world could be blowing up or going to hell(not to say it sorta is) and college students could care less than they usually do.(well at least a majority of students) In undergrad I was one of those students who sorta buckled down during final time, but […]

Black Friday: The Misguided Day

There may be no end to the Black Friday posts. I have even heard that some people (myself included) on Facebook got a notification saying, “It’s Black Friday, write a post about it”. Whatever that is supposed to mean, I am going to write on it. Hopefully, I will not recycle what has been said […]

A Case for Antagonism

There is something to be said of being a critic or even being critical of something. Personally, I like to think of it as keeping certain things or people accountable for what they are supposed to be doing. Yet, it can at times label an individual as ‘angsty’ or ‘stirring the pot’. I think at […]

Smoking…Why You Ask?

So, I smoke occasionally…well more than occasionally at the moment, more like daily. I still run a few times a week and I care about my health to some degree, yet I guess the hypocrisy (if you wanna call it that) is why do I smoke despite all of this? I think it’s a complicated […]

Review: Man of Steel

Alright, so last night I watched the movie Man of Steel. I personally didn’t like it. It had its moments and great one-liners, but the overall execution of its themes and characters were severely lacking and lacked any emotional impact for me. Of course your own perspective may differ from mine, but I’m just going […]