Review of the "Killing You" Music Video by Asking Alexandria

Before I let give you my review of anything, I always recommend you try it for yourself. This music video is no different, watch it before reading my review. For easy viewing, I've embedded the video below.
However, I would like to warn you that the below version of the music video is age-restricted on Youtube, and it is the censored version of the video. It's pretty graphic.



Assuming that you have now watched the video, I have no issue giving me opinion of it.

I'll start on a good note, I am really enjoying all of these Asking Alexandria music videos bearing a sense of inter-connectedness. The "Killing You" video specifically alludes to the "Through Sin and Self-Destruction"* video (Specifically, the "To the Stage" part of the video) and to the "Death of Me"** video.
The inter-connectedness between their music videos, to me, provides an over-arching story that adds a lot of depth to Asking Alexandria's videos.

Now onto a content review of this video. For starters, holy eff! This video is graphic! It didn't bother me too much (Maybe I'm just a really calloused person and that's why these things didn't really bother me too much). Asking Alexandria's videos have been getting progressively "worse and worse" when it comes to their content, so I guess I shouldn't have really been surprised.
I like that the video takes the lyrics of the song and really does make them visual. The video, to me, perfectly represents the lyrics of the song. The video takes and materializes the pain, frustration, and loneliness of the lyrics. It makes them tangible. Granted, they're rather grotesquely portrayed in the video, but I feel as though they are still accurate.

A musical review of the video: "Killing You" is one of my favorite songs off of "From Death to Destiny," so I am rather biased when I say that find it to be a rather great song. Musically, there is something worth noticing at the very beginning of the video when the woman is in her room; A remix of "Someone, Somewhere" is playing in the background. I have always appreciated "Someone, Somewhere," it's a song that has always spoken to me. Maybe I just relate to it in a way. The remix makes the song into something fun, which was a rather pleasurable change.
This remix, produced by Popkong, was released alongside the music video of "Killing You." In fact, the only legal way to download the remix is to purchase the "Killing You" video off of iTunes.
The music video ends with my absolute favorite song off of the album, "Poison," playing in the background of the credits. Is it weird that the credits were my favorite part of the music video?***

Overall, I give the music video an 8.5 out of 10.0


* - The part playing on the projector in "Killing You" is the scene where the prostitute (I think that was her occupation) attempted to kill Danny using drugs in the "Through Sin and Self-Destruction" video.
** - Right before the credits roll in "Killing You," the woman the video focuses on ends up trapped inside a vending machine. In the "Death of Me" music video, a young boy finds himself in a room full of vending machines that have women in them, and they look just like the one the woman ends up in.
*** - It's only my favorite part of the video because my favorite song of the album is playing along with the credits.

It's Been a While... How 'Bout Some Pics?!

Background Change!

I changed the backgrounf to Hokusai's Great Wave. I love this art piece. I just wish I could have found an image that actually fit Blogspot's file size and dimensions regulations. Because I couldn't, I'm stuck with the wave being tiled.
Oh well, it still lokks cool.

Giving Face Hugs

The above picture is a facehugger from the Alien movies on my face. No, it's not a real one, though that'd be terrible and awesome at the same time! This is a plush that I bought off of eBay, along with a chestburster counterpart. At the time, this seemed like an awesome buy, but I've realized since then that this was kinda a pointless endeavor.
After a while of realizing that I'd wasted my money, I began attempting to sell the facehugger, since it wasn't half as cool as the chestburster. Well, it was just my luck that I got a buyer by the name of Davis! He payed twenty-five dollars for it, which payed for half of the chestburster+facehugger plush package. Well, for some reason, Davis always left the facehugger at Heroes and Villains. When he got fired, the facehugger remained at the store, so it's previous owner (Me) reacquired it! To be honest, I did it out of spite and with a whole lot of selfish pride in my heart.
Yep, I'm human. A prideful, spiteful human. Sorry world, I was made that way, most humans are/were.
Recently, I befriended a Special Ed student named Langdon. I'm not entirely sure what his condition is, but regardless of that, I really enjoy talking to Langdon. One day, I brought my facehugger to school and I showed it to Langdon. He thought it was so cool, he was throwing at people and freaking other people out with it.
I went home that day thinking about how much Langdon enjoyed playing with something that I had absolutely zero need for, so I decided that I'd give it to him the next day. And that I did! He was so shocked that I was just giving it away to him! It was so uplifting to see him get so happy over something so simple.
Every afternoon after school, Langdon is playing with the facehugger, and all I can do is smile.

Restart

This morning is one of those mornings where I'm praying for wisdom. I did that all day yesterday too. This morning's post isn't really a worthwhile read as really all it is something to say, I've edited two of my four previous posts to remove small things from them that may make people think one thing that is no longer true. I'm in the process of changing my Facebook to match up with my blog. I don't want to flat out say what I'm changing, because I'm really not ready to change it. But it needed to be done.

I'm sorry this post isn't as lively as my previous four, but I needed to clear stuff up.

The Power of Coffee

This morning is a relatively normal day... Well alright, it's a heck of a lot better than "normal," but that's another story for another day.
It's pouring, so I really don't want to walk to school. But it's Mum and Dad's day off, and I don't want to wake them up. So, I'll discuss the nectar of the gods: Coffee!
Essentially when I get up in the mornings, my day begins like this:

I wake up feeling like a zombie, and I mindlessly go take a shower immediately after turning my alarm clock off. A failure to reach the shower, for whatever reason, could prove to be the downfall of mankind. Though, it more than likely just means I'm going to make everyone else's morning a living hell, all because things "didn't go my way."

After my shower, I get dressed and remove my retainer. I then do the most important thing of my morning... I turn on the stove. You see, this is the most essential component to my morning because this begins the coffee-making process. Turning on the stove means that I am slowly heating water to it's boiling point.
Do you know what happens when water reaches its boiling point at five-thirty in my mornings?

It gets poured ever so graciously over freshly ground coffee grounds inside a coffee filter. It is this holy union that creates coffee!
About thirty minutes after I consume my coffee, I feel one-hundred percent whole. Caffeine, what would I do without you?
With coffee in my system, I feel much better. This probably comes from a caffine addiction I've developed from drinking it for so long.

I've realized I really enjoy making other people's coffee too. So I make my parents' coffee in the mornings, and if there was ever anyone else that wanted coffee at this house, I'd make it for them too.

Well, that's kinda all I have. For today*, I hope it at least made you laugh. I'll leave you with this, which did make me laugh a bit:

*I said "today" meaning Friday, because that's when I had the majority of this written. But I didn't actually finish it until today (Sunday, Feb. 24).

Redemption Morning

So last night I couldn't sleep... There were a few reasons why this was.

1. I was (Still am, at the time of writing this) sick, my sinuses are really bothering me.
2. I hadn't really talked to Heart. I've gotten into the habit of not going to sleep until I've at least talked on the phone with her for a little bit, especially on nights that I don't get to see her after she gets off from work.
3. I had someone on my mind... Someone who I've been angry with lately. Well okay, angry is an understatement. I hated this person. I'm going to leave her name out, mainly because I don't want to create any drama.

Three weeks ago, the pastor of the church I attend, Christ Chapel, preached on mercy. He said a lot of the time, we're going to be unable to forgive ourselves and accept the forgiveness of others and God if we don't forgive the people who have hurt us in the past. Well, the person mentioned in Reason Three has been on my mind since Andy preached that message. I have utterly refused to forgive this person. I've typed up a draft text four times, and each time, I've deleted the draft.
Last night though... I just couldn't stop thinking! I thought maybe it was guilt of holding onto the anger I felt towards this person. So I typed up the following message and sent it to her:

"Hey *Insert her name here*. It's Alex.
I need to confess that I've been angry with you for a long while. I first can pinpoint it to when you quit. At the time, you were my best friend, but you didn't give me any warning or anything.
However, I decided to bottle up my anger and frustration rather than let go of it. When I started to see you and *another person who it'd be better if I left out* about a month ago, that bottled anger came back. But it came back as hatred. I hated you *Insert her name here*, I wanted in everything to be better than you. But I'm tired of holding onto this, I've realized it's stupid on my part and I should've let go of it a long time ago. So this is me forgiving you, not that you really did anything, it was all me.
I'm sorry I grew cold."

She responded in a way that brought up other things that probably could've been left alone, at least for now. But she also responded intially by saying:

"I would like to say thank you for talking to me. It seems people lack the courage to tell me they really have an issue with me. Instead, they talk behind my back and let it build with no positive solution in sight.
I'm sorry for abruptly leaving you begind..."

There was more, but I'll leave that between me and this person, and the few people I'll personally share this with (which will probably be mainly Chris, Brandy, my parents, and Heart).

This morning, I feel lighter.

It's been a good morning thus far. I was greeted upon waking up with a text that said "I love you so much" from Heartly. My toast was marvelous, for no reason at all, except for the fact that it was already ready for me by the time I got out of the shower. And I'm sipping on my morning coffee! No morning is complete without coffee!

I'm about to go to school, after I trim my goatee and moustache. We've been off since last Thursday, so it's had plenty of time to grow.

Thank you for reading!
- Alex