Hey everyone. I realize it's been some time since I made a post, school is taking up a lot of my time. Today, I'm just here to ask a favor for anyone out there reading this, to please click the link at the bottom of this post and vote for Coheed and Cambria in the MTV Musical March Madness. Coheed won the tournament last year after a grueling head to head battle with My Chemical Romance, and they're looking to retain their title.

So far, Coheed has taken out American Idol runner-up Crystal Bowersox. This week they're facing Vampire Weekend, a band known for its own diehard fanbase.

Voting takes only a minute. Whether you like Coheed and Cambria or not, if would mean much to me for anyone to take a moment and vote for these guys.

You can vote here!

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past week, you can't have missed the overwhelming and terrifying events that are currently plaguing Japan. A 9.0 earthquake -- the largest in the country's recorded history -- struck, even affecting the whole planet itself. The subsequent tsunami swept through the coasts and has left many places in ruins. And now the country's very existence could be in thanks to radiation leaks caused by the quake. And this is all while the death toll continues to climb higher.

However, America, and a few other countries it appears, have proven yet again that some of their people don't give a damn about anyone but themselves. Today at school, there were at least several people I discovered who went out of their way to spew the most horrifying thing I've heard in a long time: that Japan deserves this for their attack on Pearl Harbor.

Correct me if my history book has been wrong all this time, but I thought we retaliated for that attack long ago. Hiroshima? Nagasaki? Atomic bomb? Ring some bells, people? We took out those two cities at the end of World War II, and the death toll was far higher than what was seen at Pearl Harbor. Since then we've established good relations with Japan. Anyone now who looks to the past and tries to find some supernatural reason for Japan suffering these disasters is disgusting. It's bad enough we get to listen to idiots like Westboro Baptist Church and Glenn Beck spew their mouths (the latest being Beck's claim that God sent the earthquake at Japan for their supposed ignorance of the Ten Commandments), but even some of our ordinary citizens feel the same.

I'd also like to point out how there have been no instances of Japan's people looting and stealing things in the wake of this disaster. How funny, and how heroic. After Hurricane Katrina, there were tons of reports of former New Orleans citizens breaking into shops and taking what wasn't rightfully theirs, all in the name of looking out for themselves. While I would never disregard the damage done to New Orleans due to that disaster, it is clear that Japan is facing a much worse reality. Yet you don't hear about any of its citizens committing such things. No, like a true nation, its people are sticking together. It's not about number one to them.

Japan being in as much danger as it is right now means several things. For one, the country has been responsible for many, MANY products and goods that we often take for granted. The entertainment and gaming industries have roots there. So much of our food comes from that country and the surrounding areas. Their culture is one of the most amazing on this planet, and they've always been held in high regard for a good reason. If nothing is done, either by sheer luck or by the assistance of other nations, Japan will be doomed. And we will have lost one of the most wonderful cultures seen in history. How's that for the history texts?

I realize that these idiots do not represent all of us. Nevertheless, the fact they exist says a lot. This world has been divided for too long. By race, by religion, by prejudices, by social class, and by history. Our cultures may be different, but we're still the same living, breathing human race on the same planet. It's high time we, as a whole, really must shelter our egos and our pride, and help out those who need it. Even if we can't do much, at least we can say we're praying and hoping for the best. Those that instead sit back and cite "karma" or point fingers at God as being responsible for this atrocity, you disgust me.

My thoughts are with you, Japan. I pray you recover really quickly.

It was two days ago, but for some reason I just got the news today. Mike Starr, the former bassist for hard rock/grunge band Alice in Chains, died of a drug overdose on Tuesday, March 8, 2011.

As requested by Alice in Chains, I'm not going into any details concerning his death. Look that up yourselves, there are plenty of sources around the Internet. All I have to say is rest in peace. Starr's death rings a bell. I'm talking of the death of his old friend and the band's original singer Layne Staley in 2002.

Staley's death was obviously much more publicized. I have a feeling Mike won't be getting that luxury, although maybe that's for the best. It's a sad state of affairs... seeing Mike go out in the same way Layne did.

Have a good evening, everyone.

After nearly five months of doing mostly reviews, I think it's time I actually put a bit more personality into my posts, and show you more of who and what I'm all about. You've already seen plenty enough of my music side (although I should probably show more of that side to me that's outside Coheed and Cambria), but I really think I need to do something else.

Besides, I currently have a case of writer's block and I can't figure out what else to blog about. So, without further ado, I present the next project -- well, kind of project -- for this blog. Starting today, I'll be posting on occasion glimpses into some of my favorite things, ranging from all topics. This was partly inspired by my "One Hundred Likes" post, which I realized after writing that there were so many other things I could have -- and should have -- added to that list.

I'm planning on making this a once-a-week thing. I've got a whole variety of subjects I can do. From the broad to the most specific, it's time for Top Ten!

Why a Top Ten? It's simple and short. And it leaves plenty of room to potentially add more to the list in the form of additional blog posts during those moments when I can't think of what to write. Second, I like the number ten.

With that, let's get underway. As the title of this post indicates, today's top ten is television shows.