The Riptide

Earlier this month I got the pleasure of camping at Lodi's very own, Yogi Bear's Campground. All places have their pros and their cons, Yogi Bear's was no exception. In some areas, they exceeded all of my expectations but in others, they fell way short. So here are my pros and cons for if you decide to take a trip to Jellystone Park. PROS: - The entire site is HUGE. It takes around twenty minutes just to walk from one side to another. In fact, they provide rentable golf carts and bikes just for getting around. You could barely walk five feet without being passed by someone on a scooter or bike. - The campsites are grass instead of dirt, which saved our feet from becoming too dirty. It was enjoyable to be able to put our bare feet onto the ground and not become encased in a layer of dirt and grime. - There is a lot of different activities for your little ones to do. Every hour (starting at 10 am) is a craft or activity in the Pavilion. Along with that, there are ...

American rock band, Badflower recently released their fourth music video from their album, ' OK, I'M SICK ' for the song ' Promise Me .' The video came out on June 13, 2019, and has gathered 554,837 views on Youtube at the time of this article. Being their newest video, I decided to go ahead and give it my honest review. The video will be linked at the end of the article. The video tells the story of two lovers growing old together. It is a beautiful sentiment that the band handles well. We see it start out with the couple as children when they first meet each other in a hospital. They lighten the dark and gloomy mood of their location with childhood innocence and playfulness. This plays a huge part in the overall theme of the song and the video, which is living in denial of growing old. The next scene cuts forward to when the duo are young adults, in a bar. The characters still maintain the same innocence as their children counterparts, further i...

This is a review of the American rock band, Badflower's debut album, ' OK, I'M SICK .' I'll be reviewing and critiquing the songs one by one based on their meaning, music, and execution. At the end, I'll share my final thoughts on the album as a whole and give it a number rating out of ten. This review is purely my opinion on the album; no hate to Badflower or anyone else is intended. With that being said, let's dive into the review. Song #1 - X ANA X (Explicit) The first song off of the album deals with strong feelings of anxiety. For being such a tough topic to discuss they do a good job of portraying it in a way that doesn't undermine the effects of mental health. Somehow, they even managed to make a song about mental health fun without joking about the issue at hand. The spoken parts in the track are a nice touch and make it different from other songs like this. It tells the story of someone taking Xanax and wishing they were in control...

                                                                                          (Warning: Spoilers) Going into the theatre, I was a little bit skeptical that this film would live up to the standards of the last two; I was left shocked at the new high bar it set. When you have a movie with sequels, most times they end up getting increasingly worse as the story continues - that doesn't happen with this franchise.  From the get-go, we're thrown into the action and suspense that this film holds. The story began to build up from the second it started and kept a believable feel. The opening scenes showed Hiccup and his friends releasing dragons from a crew of dragon hunters. It isn't long after that when we meet the main villain of the movie, Grimmel....

Spoiler Warning: For the film Beautiful Boy and the TV show U.S. The Office Steve Carell (left) and Timothée Chalamet (right) are modeled on the Amazon Prime original movie poster for Beautiful Boy. The two hour Amazon Prime original movie, Beautiful Boy, directed by Felix Van Groeningen is an unexpected triumph that will tug at your heartstrings and leave you wanting more. Based off of a family by the same name, the story unfolds, as we meet eighteen year old, Nic Sheff, played by award-winning actor, Timothée Chalamet, who at first glance has everything he could ever wish for. From being an aspiring author and artist to being admitted into all six of the colleges he applied for, it would seem that his life was going exactly as he had planned, but it didn’t stay like that for long. We soon learn of his addiction to both drugs and alcohol, which he had been abusing for years. Throughout the movie, we watch his life unravel, as his father David Sheff, played by award-winni...