DON WILL

Here are two pictures I took from the Godfather video game on my parent's Wii. In the beginning, you must create yourself as a virtual character based on appearance. I there's some resemblance between me in real life and me in the game. The second picture is me sitting in the "Big Chair" with New York behind me. I beat the game when I was promoted to the Don of New York. It's the highest position in the game. I also now have over 2 million dollars and all the weapons you can imagine. If only a life were as cool as a video game.

I've not moved on to Facebook Mafia Wars. I now take back every horrible insult I have ever given to Facebook. It's basically your primary account is transferred over to a new format with health and energy stats. It also keeps up with how much money you acquire. There are many ways to make money in Facebook Mafia. I prefer the easy mugging, which gives you 200-400 dollars. In order to hit the big jobs, you must create a "family" and do the job together. As of now, I still have only one person in my family. I've sent invites out, but I think they're just too scared to get involved with my gang. The other option is to fight other members of Facebook Mafia. The fight is based on health, energy and how many weapons you own. I own a pistol, crowbar and a baseball bat. I need two more members in order to get the shotgun. That kills with one blow. Anyways, you're supposed to get money, and then make sure to deposit it in the bank or else others are allowed to fight you and take all you're money. It's struggle for survival on a network.

I think my recent growing interest in the mob is do to my fascination with power. A new show, which I'm obsessed with, Brotherhood, deals a lot with power. Power in the hands of one person could be the greatest thing, but in the hands of another could be the worst. It's about two brothers: Michael and Tommy Caffe. Tommy is the good one, a remember of the HOR and loving father and husband. Michael, is the bad one: gangster, who comes back in town after being away for seven years; all the while everyone thought he'd been killed. Michael comes back to claim old rackets and kill off old grudges. The arrival of the bad brother creates heat for the good one. My favorite part of the show: (besides the MASSIVE amount of violence: there's a scene where Michael slams a guy's head into the front of a car several times and then rips his ear off) the opposite effect, where even though Tommy is a great guy, the show diverges into the load of corruption it takes in order to get things passed in politics. And at the same time, Michael struggles with his inner self, where the audience catches a glimpse of a good side to him. So, the struggle of good and bad goes back and forth. I keep comparing it to the Departed, and it's just like it. Ethan Embry plays good friend to the brothers, but is also an FBI agent working on a case, which involves Michael. And did I mention they use the word "fuck" in like every sentence? Whether it be a stereotype or not, I love the East Coast. I've finished season one, which has an awesome season finale, and I'm about to start on season two. So excited!