Politikin'

Okay, I'm not really one to toot the horn on political agendas and what-not. I'm pretty content on just flowin' with the currents of life. But I saw (twice) "Sicko" over the last week. Apart from the film, which was amazing, I felt... ... ...oppressed. Not quite the right word, so let me explain. For the first time in my life I really feel like the man is keeping me down, and that man was all of us. We are doing this to ourselves by allowing this to happen. Greed and pride have driven us into the dirt and we take it, we think "Oh well, that's life." When it isn't! I was aware of this, sure, but not this aware. I encourage (look at me, I'm encouraging people, who would have thought) you to go to the web sites. Find a way you can help get bill H.R. 626 to get passed. If it doesn't get passed, then we don't give up. There is no reason I should feel that I have to leave my country to get good health care.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/what-can-i-do/

In addition to my semi-rant above, I fully support this site in everything it stands for and is trying to do...thanks AngelKris

http://www.freerice.com/

I'm crashing...

I was jonzed to see that National Treasure 2 had a midnight movie. i just happen to have a 7.00 dollars off ticket fot National Treasure 2 (you get them with a copy of Pirates 3 two-disc edition from Target only...apparently). So I got about 3 hours of sleep. My boss isn't in today, which is cool since I kinda have very little to do. But, man, am I crashing. I popped a No Doze; I've always been curious to see how my body reacts to it. Caffenine in genral does very little for me, and I seem to have a weird tolarance to medication. So pills have a double effect on me (meaning I need to take half as many for normal effect). And others are half or less strength. Like pain meds, I need to chew down close to half a bottle of Advil for any effect it seems (usually a double dose....not really half the bottle).

Anyway, I'm gonna see Sweeny Todd right after work and then see Golden Compass again (friend wants to see it for their first time). Then Saturday, Sunday, and Christmas I spend about 3 hours a day with my mom so she can get the full effect of the Pirates triology. Also, a dinner at my favorite Korean Resturant on Christmas eve. Its not chockedful of events but enough to make me tired when I think about it.

Alvin and the Chipmunks

So I saw this film this past weekend. And I am not ashamed to say that I thoroughly enjoyed.

Problems: Jason Lee is an okay actor, but this was over the top (he has been playing Earl to much). Dave Cross is funny as always but again, over the top (though I suspect that was encouraged). Weak plot, what else, though, for a kids film; kids become superstars, fame takes over, they can't handle the pressure of touring and new songs enforced by their record company.

I loved Alvin and the Chipmunks when I was a kid, and still do. They had Alvin and Theodore right on but Simon was a little lacking in his condescending tone. Otherwise, it was awesome. It was unbelievably great to hear those voices again; laughing, singing, and arguing with each other. Just bear in mind that there were chipettes too so a sequel could be near.

Review
The Bully: Rockstar's filler between GTA3: San Andreas and GTA4. Sucked balls.
Tomb Raider Anniversary: Other than a complete revamp of the original game it was boring. The controls were beyond awkward.
God of War 2: Still going strong on this one. The game froze, though, because there is a barely noticeable chip in it. Replacement is on its way.

Finished Arrested Development. It got loads funnier by second season (obvious build up from first season), then by third season, it looked like they knew it was ending to it kinda took a nose dive in comedy (repetitive). The ending was a little disappointing too. Everything wrapped up all nice and neat and with a few plot twists that were lame.
Kekko Kamen Returns: This is more sexplotation from Japan. Basically, plenty of manga and Anime have been made about this martial art heroin who fights perverts that are forcing there pervery ways upon uncooperative women. She is completely naked accept for a mask, boots, a long red scarf (for posing effects) and nunchucks (spelling?). Her strategy is that her exposed body is her true weapon since she doesn't fear revealing it in order to stop the perverts. Also, a great distraction when beating up perverts. Well, they made some live action films to this famous manga. Her super final move is her leaping at your face, spread eagle, and smothers you. It is call muffification. It was a decent time. Funny, very typical comedy of Japanese culture.

I am X-mas Pickel

So we have these monthly meetings where they do stupid stuff with prizes and updates on the company. This time they gave us some story of the X-mas Pickle. Then at the end of the meeting they told everyone to look under their chairs and low and behold, I found the X-mas Pickle. I won a 20 dollar gift certificate to Hy-Vee (which is where I was going after work anyway...score) and the shame of holding a glass-blown pickle ornament in the air.

I saw the midnight showing of 'I am Legend" last night. Overall...worthy of matinee prices. However, there are some of the most spectacular scenes I have ever witnessed. There is a moment (I won't give anything away) where you can actually see the shear desperation of Will Smith's character wanting nothing else but to go insane so he wouldn't be so lonely anymore. He wanted to hear the voices; anything to break the silence of the world. I felt that moment, and it was powerful. Not just in the film. That small taste of solitude and separation I had in Korea pales in comparison but with that small sense I could imagine how much more difficult it was for him.

Not for the work place

I probably mentioned an awesome calender I got a while back of nude girls interacting (not in a dirty way) with retro-video game memorabilia or traditional video game playing scenarios; my favorite is still the naked girl who fell asleep while playing Nintendo, any gamer worth his salt has been there...probably not naked...then again.... Well, the people at nerdcore have made another calender for 2008. Some of the same models but the theme for this calender is super heroins and vixens. Although not my favorite nerd aspect, I will still get one.

www.totallynerdcore.com/Enter/index.htm

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H was on the air for 11 years, 1972-1983. Very few series make it that far. For good reason; great writer, great cast, and a great premise. Also, M*A*S*H has been in syndication the past 25 years in every country. It is said that there isn't a time of day that M*A*S*H isn't on somewhere in the world. M*A*S*H is the most popular television series. The broadcast of the final 2 and half hour episode broke the record of the most watch show ever. Millions of people tuned in to watch it.

It wasn't always like this though. In its first season it got ranked number 48. It was going to be cancelled if it wasn't for the wife of the head of FOX. She absolutely loved the show and no one could beat pillow talk. So it ran a for another season and became the hit it is after that.

I case you didn't realize, I finished M*A*S*H. I laughed, I cried, I made sandwiches...

I also finished Wonder Showzen. A lot of shows in the second season I hadn't seen before, like an entire episode devoted to 'Horse Apples', a show within the show similar to 'Laugh In' only with white trash, rednecks and hillbillies.

I finished Zelda: Twilight Princess. Disappointing ending for my taste but pretty good for someone younger. They touched on the dark side of the video game genre but it just kinda faded away and became childish again...symbolic of the Asian culture again. I think that will be my last Zelda game that I play, I'm just not into a game that cuts out some of its target audience for the quick buck.

I also received the first season of Man vs. Wild. Miss Lynn laughed at me when I wanted first to keep all the episodes on the DVR. She something to the effect of why would I need them, do I plan to be stranded in the wild anytime soon...something like that. I collect survival shows, like real survival shows, ones that teach. I feel more at home when I watch these and learn from them. Why, I don't know. I have 2 visions of when I look to the future of my life. One is I have a daughter and I'm raising her alone. The other is I travel, I survive on my own means. These vision don't coincide, just these are what I see when I'm asked. Granted, these may be ideal in my mind, or how I want my life to turn out, but I can't shake the feeling of what I see. So, I watch every honest survival show I can find. And if you are going to retort with Survivor Man, don't. That is a reality show of a guy surviving, he doesn't teach like Man vs Wild does if you get into a trouble.

I started God of War 2 and it is about as I expected. Frelling awesome.

My 2 coppers...

Okay, I live here, so I might as well as talk about it.

School shootings, Mall shootings, gang shootings, terrorism... ... ...it is all senseless violence... ...and I don't care. I don't really know anyone who would shop at Von Maur around lunch hour so I wasn't worried if I knew anybody. Every radio station and News station was covering it because this town has little to report...so why not take our chance and saturate every chance we get about terrible and evil things. Seriously, every report jumped at it like jackals on a fresh kill...like it is world news. Anyway...so it was on every radio station, so I turned it to classical which had a small report and then back to music. I watched some stuff on the DVR and some netflix that showed up, went to the laundr-o-mat, cause I didn't want to get stuck with dirty clothes after the storm hit today, and watch a little more netflix, then went to bed. I get to work this morning and my boss asks if I'm okay. I said 'Yeah, I've requested to keep out of the loop, but informed every now and then to know how he is doing," (thinking she was referring to my dad). She says, "no, no, no, I mean, I'm glad everything is going well with your dad. I was talking about the shooting." I had completely forgot about that. That is how much I care. It happened, It hasn't effected directly in any way, I have nothing at stake, it was a tragedy, I move on. I'm not mad, pissed, upset, frustrated, etc. at the shooter. I do feel a bit upset with the people he knew. People don't do this on a whim, their environment leads them to it, the people they interact with (not necessarily bad people, maybe hard life, hard upbringing, hard times, maybe he saw how things and people treated his friends and family and felt angry and useless), the stories they hear and experience. He didn't do this... ... ...we did, society did, his parents, his friends, his environment, his medication (if he was taking any) or lack thereof, not the lessons he was taught, but how he learned them. They all had a hand in it. He just fired the gun. Speaking of, AK-47?!?!?! Well, he wanted to go out with a bang, that's the gun to use.


You can't stop tragedies like this, you can't protect yourself from them, there are bad eggs out there. True, you may not have a chance to say good-bye, to hold your loved ones close, you may not be ready to die yet. Tough, Death is gonna find you, he always does, so kiss your loved ones, love them like it is your last chance,... ... ...cause it could be.

My recommendation is to make your peace with what you need to. Don't fear death, fight the fear that you may die at any moment with acceptance. Enjoy the beauty in everything, even in the process of life moving on without you. Truly realize the effect you have on the world even if it is your little corner of it. All other worries seem to melt into minor inconveniences, and if you fret over minor inconveniences, then you worry to much about things beyond your control. Life is about living it. So live each day, not as if it were your last, just live it. Find that small piece of enjoyment and hold on to it. Any day is worth enjoying even a bad one. How else are you gonna enjoy the beauty that much more if you don't remember how ugly things can get. Things like this bring out the best and worst in people. And it is sad that it takes things like this to remind us to cherish what we have in our lives and that we are still experiencing it. But that is how our society has evolved. It takes things like this to shake the awareness of the public out of their zombified comas of everyday life, and to see the world again refreshed. Take it from someone who woke up 12 years ago, if you hang on to that feeling of awakened-ness nothing will come as a shock anymore; the world will have death and life all over it and you will see how organized all this chaos is. And it is a thing of indescribable beauty. You will feel like you are one with understanding. You will feel bright. I won't embellish to much; after all, I have succumbed quite often since then, kinda like nodding off in class, but I snapped out of it myself every time.

So there is my 2 coppers,... ... ...he can have 'em... ... ...the ferry man needs to be paid.

Update of ulimate power...

First, I would like to apologize. I have been extremely distant. I like it that way when I get depressed; although, I do appreciate company, if you have something else you need/want to do, then do it and don't waste my time. If you think you are helping by just hanging around, you're not. This message is not directed to anyone for this certain bout of depression. No one bothered me this time around (I thank you for that), and if you had the good fortune to call at a time I was home, I was more than willing to talk if you were interested in listening. And for all those that minded their own business but probably gave me well wishes in the privacy of there own mind, I thank you for that as well...even though that was kinda of lazy of you ;). I kid, I kid. To be honest, when I get depressed, I don't want pity, I don't want sorrys, I don't want people feeling bad for me. I am doing more than my own share of that. There are plenty of people in the world who are worse off than I. I can handle it, I'll deal, and I'll pull through. Physician heal thy self, right? Well, a few vacation days with work spliced in, few distractions, and hole to dig myself out of is all that was needed ( the metaphoric 'hole' is excessive eating of nasty foods for my body, i.e. milk products and apples).

Anyway, is my dad doing better? That is a difficult question. The reason his was admitted to the hospital has cleared up. But he is still an extremely long way from recovered, so far that he may not make it. It is his decision though. He has to want to get better.

Okay, well, I have 2 seasons left of M*A*S*H. I am going to miss watching it every night. I've laughed, I've cried, I've sat in amazement at what has been cut from today's broadcast compared to then. Nearly 25 min shows, where today's is closer to 20 mins and 10 mins of commercials. Anyway, there is still the finale and hours of DVD extras.

Stuff I've seen and played:

Games: Shadow of Rome
Eh, it runs on a similar engine as God of War. Caesar is killed. Your father is blamed and you're on the run. Not very enthralling.

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - no, I don't have Wii. It is also on GameCube. Eh, at first it was like any other Zelda game. And then it got dark. It was real interesting for awhile. But the interesting has worn off and now it is a typical Zelda game again. More and/or different things to do. For instance; there are a lot more Japanese cultural signals than before. Also, a few side questing things like normal but not nearly as difficult and time consuming. They also really up-ed the fishing part. It is kinda like fly fishing now.

I just got God of War 2, I'm close to finishing Zelda so I'll wait on this one.

Movies/Netflix:

Most recent: I just saw No County for Old Men. To be honest the whole film caught me by surprise. I was edge of my seat one minute, and relaxed the next. It felt like a long journey to blue balls, but I was tricked into thinking that I was satisfied enough. Kinda like my ex use to do. I did enjoy it though, very well done and well scripted.

My brother told a while back to watch Arrested Development. I finally have seen some of it (I will see all of it eventually) but it isn't living up to the standards he set for me. It's good, just not as good as he said. But, I give his opinion the benefit of the doubt so my final judgement will hold til then.

Wonder Showzen on DVD. I can't explain this show if you have never seen it. It is like Sesame Street on Heroin and Meth...yeah. Anyway, with extended footage and deleted/outtake scenes, makes this experience all the more... ... ...eventful. It ran on MTV for 2 seasons and 16 episodes. All are just as demented as the next.

I also finish Season 1 of Seaquest DSV. I love this show. Can't wait til season 2 is available.

Drawn Togehter: Season 2 - eh, ain't missing much.

Season 2 of Hercules - this is were Bruce Campbell makes his debue as the King of Thieves. He is always entertaining.

And finally, Steven King's The Mist - not to be confused with John Carpenter's The Fog :). I love it. I usually don't get that into Steven King film adaptions. I love Shawshank, I thought Green Mile was good. His others, besides It, are alright, not my kind of stuff, but I watch them. This, though, was awesome. The movie is basically, which doesn't do it justice, SciFi. A mist rolls into a small town that happens to contain creatures from another dimension, trapping 40 some people into the local grocery store. The creatures aren't aggressive, just looking for food as any other animal does. Again, his story revolves around what humans do in dire circumstances. But what really shot this one home for me was the end message. This movie is good all the way up to the end, which is where it turns to frelling awesome. The end will have you going "Oh ...my ...gawd, ... ... ...that is a fucking kick ass story." I can't ruin this ending, it just isn't in my nature to tell you what happens. This is one you have to see for yourself.

And on that note, g-day...

... ... ...

So I have hit a bout of mild depression. First, no one really had any of my stew that I made this Thanksgiving, even though it got rave reviews. Granted no one really ate anything since it was after many had already attended their own Thanksgiving meals. But still... Second, Miss Lynn and J-dog are house-sitting...and everyday, they come back home to do 'something', I can understand getting the mail, but coming home to clean then go back out there. So although the house is to myself it isn't really since they come back everyday. Now, bare in mind, this wouldn't be an issue if it weren't for number 3 on my list, which I'll get to in a minute. I just want some time to be alone and be depressed. I am aware that I'm slacking on my chores.



Number 3. My dad has entered my life again without my full permission. He was admitted to the hospital last week. He is in bad shape (no surprise). ... ... ... ...that's all I feel like saying.

Horrorfest 2007 part 2

I have been insanely busy at work. That and small projects at home. But I got me a long break today, now that I am caught-up. I post the rest of my reviews to the horrorfest below, even though it is late. I give an update soon.

Mulberry Street - Set in an apartment building, that has just told all the tenants that will be evicted, in Brooklyn. There is a disease about to spread. It is unknown how this disease started but what is known is that it is spread through rat bites. And the rats of Brooklyn have become extremely agitated. This disease turn people into rat people. Yes, rat people. Now, that sound completely stupid for a horror film; however, it was really well done for having a stupid plot. It was made similar to 28 days later. It is like a zombie infestation only they are not dead, they're just rat people. But seriously it was really good. I would say it stands a chance against 28 day later, it won't win (cause to many ladies think the guy in 28 days later is hot), but it stands a chance.
Rating: 3 raptors - I was edge of my seat for a few moments.

Nightmare Man - This is another T&A film only this one was corny. Decently shot, good emotion, scary at parts, but when the end came, dear gawd, really?...I mean, really? A woman purchases a fertility mask from Africa. Whether it is a fertility mask or not is never made clear, but it is a mask with horns, and a scary-ish face. Well, she begins to have nightmare about a masked man trying to kill her or rape her or whatever. She believes she has a evil entity inside her and her pills keep the demon at bay but on her way to commit herself she encounters an identical masked man trying to kill her. She runs through the woods, she gets hurt. She comes across a party of 20-somethings have a truth or dare party. She sounds crazy saying the demon got out and she needs her pills (she dropped them in the woods). Anyway, most everyone dies. The killer was hired by her husband who was cheating on her (which never came up, I mean not a hint of infidelity). She turns into this supposed demon inside her, kills everybody else except one girl who manages to kill her. The survivor is possessed and needs pills now. She commits herself and the doctors decide to stop her medication because she is doing better. Almost instantly her transforms into the demon...THE END. Aside from the naked ladies, it was crap. Seriously all three days I went, the first film of the day was crap. I had to suffer through an hour and a half of crap before the good stuff. Anyway.
Rating: Ex-raptor feeding grounds - the naked girls weren't really attractive, but their boobs were.

Tooth and Nail - I had high expectations for this film. And even though it didn't meet them It still was really great. Now, again, I am bias. This film had my favorite actress from year's horrorfest. Rachel Miner from Penny Dreadful. Unfortunately, not her best role this time. She did well in the beginning but she just doesn't do evil very well. Which is odd, she has a look about her that screams evil, its all in the eyebrows. Anyway, and Rider Strong comes back for another horrorfest film in the same year; nice. The film is about a post apocalyptic world not to far off. No war, no disease, no famine, not global warming or any other economic disaster; we just ran out of gas. Most of the American population has traveled south where it is mentioned that it is a constant war zone down there for survival. A small band of about 12 people decided to stay in a hospital in Philadelphia. And, for the adversity, some humans have resorted to cannibalism for food. Leading the cannibals are 2 very good villain actors; Michael Madsen and Vinnie Jones. Also, apparently the world has gotten so bad that everybody has changed their name to a nomadic survival name; i.e. Jackal, Darwin, Viper, etc. And leading the host of survivors in the hospital is no other than the leader of the nerds from revenge of the nerds Robert Carradine. I liked this film. I had a fun time. As for a film though, it was a bit below par. The script was terrible; the acting was good, but with bad lines; very little action, more of a drama/suspense than a horror film.
Rating: 3 raptors - I really liked it but it wasn't that great of a film.

Crazy Eights - Lame. A few old actors. The film is about 6 friends who gather for another friends funeral. He left them a message to visit such and such place. They do. They remember they had a 8th friend that they had forgotten about after they discover her body. Her ghost kills them all one by one. When they were kids, they were sent away to this research facility. They all escaped, but they had to hide their 8th friend cause she had a bad leg. They told her they would be back for her. They did come back but she had already suffocated in her hiding spot by then. So they hid it, and buried it, and forgot about. That is pretty much it. The characters at typical film persona. There is a strong one, a brave one, a smart one, a artistic one, a crazy one, an angry one, blah, blah, blah. It was film well, though. I think by the time I saw this film I just wanted the horrorfest to end.
Rating: 3 raptors - it was a good film, it just didn't appeal to me.

Horrorfest 2007 part 1

This will be a 2 part-er instead of 3. Although it took a lot out of me I really did enjoy it. Also, if you are interested in any of the films they are still on for this weekend. 16th - 18th.

And here is a reposting of my ratings; the more the slaughter, the better:
65 million years later - will never die by raptors
Ex-raptor feeding grounds - small chance of raptor death (much like being hit by lightning)
Raptor feeding grounds - decent chance of death but possible survival
1 raptor - will die but not after lots of torturous waiting as it stalks you
2 raptors - will die after they start eating you
3 raptors - will die before you even see the other 2
Raptor nest - will die with a vengeance
Raptor hunting party - signing you soul away could not protect you

Unearthed - Crap, pure and udder crap. This film is about the disappearance of the Anasazi tribe. It starts out decent, well enough for a standard B-movie. But then came the explanation of the plot. It took all of 5 mins from cave drawings. And it wasn't like these elaborate cave drawing, no, it was the people reading the cave drawings. First, it was some intelligent creature, then it was an alien, then it was an alien bent on our destruction, then it was an alien that was peaceful and "something" happen to make it turn on us. Then it turned into a alien researcher that came to investigate our world's species that turned on us. Then there was the alien itself. Was it cool looking? Yes. Was it original? No. So what did it look like? It was an alien from the movie Aliens. Yeah. No, it didn't look kinda like it, it look exactly like it. Next, bad, bad, bad, terrible acting and direction. This movie is crap. If you ever come across it; burn it, destroy your TV, gouge your eyes out. It is better than sitting through an hour and a half of this shit.
Rating: 65 million years later - I don't think I need to add to that.

The Deaths of Ian Stone - I was looking forward to this film. Not high expectations but high enough. And it didn't disappoint. Cool concept. A man dies everyday, and when he wakes up he is in a new life with very little, if any, memory of the previous. And he has to figure out why this is happening to him and who is doing it. Fun stuff. The acting isn't to shabby. Dramatic, sure. But a good time. Granted you can figure out the entire story about halfway into it but it is still good to watch. Bad points. Apparently, the are spirits out there that feed on fear and can kill you whenever they feel like it and you have no control in the matter what so ever. And, at the end, we are told that there is this one spirit who found a way to kill his own kind and he is the only one. And then all the other spirits attempt to take him down; well, if he is the ONLY spirit who can kill his own kind, wouldn't the others try to avoid him at all costs since they don't know how to kill him? Huge plot hole in my opinion.
Rating: 3 raptors - It is an intense film. And even though you may have figured it out you never really know til the end.

Borderland - Out of every 8 films there has to be the best and this is it. This was the best one, of course, I am a little bias. I really like movies about Mexico. Desperado, Once upon a time in Mexico, From Dusk til Dawn, Way of the Gun. They are like people from today, trapped in the old west. Actually, I guess it really is that I like movies in third world economies. Anyway, this is based on a true event on the Mexican border. A satanic cult that slaughter people for rituals of power. Many were caught, many are still at large today. This is about 3 guys who go across the border to have a good time. One gets nabbed and the others try to find him. And, of course, are way over their heads. The first of the 8 to have some stars in it. First is Rider Strong; you may remember him from Boy Meets World on Disney. And second, probably the most under-rated actor (IMO) Sean Astin, Sam from Lord of the Rings. Top notch film, really. If your gonna see any or you debated to see any, this is the one hands down. The thing I loved about it was realism. This was as real as you can get, in a horror film, to a real occurrence of events.
Rating: Raptor nest - not a perfect score because it was still a little corny in some places

Lake Dead - This is the T&A film of the 8. Even though there is only one girl that gets naked and she dies pretty quickly. Well, not quickly, but is dies early on. Cool way too, pick axe through the cheek (her face) and pinned to a tree. Still alive for a while. But this one was bad in plot. The acting was so-so. But gwad the plot. Incest, that is what it boiled down to. Some family wanted to keep the blood line uber pure, so incest was there answer. And anyone who got in the way was killed. Not mention that 2 of the family members (conceived by mother and son) were portrayed and retarded and deformed, as well as freakish-ly strong and violent. It was stupid.
Rating: Raptor feeding grounds - the naked girl was pretty hot IMHO

Before I unleash...

Just give you a small report on the goings on of the past days.


My horrorfest reviews will be in 3 parts again and will start in the next post.


I saw Spamalot twice, I really liked it but the second time was to get a better seat and to grab a CD since I didn't have a cash on me the first time. Yay for better seat for which to see bouncing boobies better... :)


Tori Amos was good; not the best show ever but good. I took out a fellow co-worker, along with Miss Lynn and J-dog with one of their friends. We drank, we laughed, we tripped, we jaunted, we trekked, we drank, we ate, etc.


Netflix/Gamefly


All ladies do it - sexual liberation for women and the struggle of a married woman discovering it. This film has inspired me to think about an American version of it. It is an Italian/French film. What is weird, is that Americans would consider this pornographic, but it is on Netflix. There is visible penetration between the actors. Anyway, I would love to make this in America. Using porn stars (because they are, apparently, the only people who would consider fucking on film in America) and pay them as actors (on top of their porn pay)...hopefully they can act. That is what was great about this film. These weren't porn stars, they were actors who had sex on film. It really is a shame when there is a difference in our society.


Weather Woman - A weather girl becomes famous for flashing her panties while she reports the weather. That is it in a nut-shell. It was suppose to be funny but this brand of Japanese comedy isn't very funny to me. Oh, that and it sucked


Sexy Soccer - A low budget film. Get rich quick scheme of getting girls to play against Chinese boys and distract them so they can win the games. Basically, a bad soft porn from China. Sex for no reason, flash backs of sex for no reason, girls flashing and doing rather awkward dancing (considered sexy I guess), and finally the girls with big boobs don't get topless. It was like A-cup or less got the action. There was a D-cup (at least), and she got ignored the whole film even though she was add to the team because she had a D-cup (at least). Didn't make any sense to me.


Undressed for Success - Um, this wasn't even a film. It was one of those Playboy DVD's of just a girl getting nude. Seriously, It was one girl getting nude; she even gave her bios (measurements, likes/dislikes, aspirations), this btw was the only speaking during the whole thing. Why, why? Why does netflix have this on their shelves but it took forever to put Erik the Viking in their list (just added last week).


That does it for the sexplotation films for now. The next stuff on my list is Seaquest DSV. Sweet. On to gamefly.

BloodRayne 2 - Okay, not gay but lame. No boobs even.

Casshern - interesting, very interesting. Creating the ultimate human, experiment goes wrong, makes evil rulers, make one fighter to take it all down. Typical RPG type Japanese film. But cool special effects.

Captivity - Hot and sexy Eliza Cuthbert...again, not naked, but damn close. We'll break her one of these days.

Bridge to Terabithia - I loved this film. I just wanted to see the extras since I have already seen it and cried.


Castlevania: Curse of Darkness - If you liked Castlevania: Symphony of the Night you'll like this 3D version. A little time consuming but not to bad, not fantastic either. Even though the animation for your character has him running all the time, he un-freaking-believably slow. Either that, or the map is just too huge.


Beyond Good or Evil - So far I like it...kind of. You're a journalist on a far off planet. Take picture of creature for money and to investigative work. You also have a staff to fight with (so far). I played for like 30 mins.

Kagero: Deception 2 - Kinda like Trapt only much older. You are protecting some alien race by killing people as they enter your mansion...yeah.

Deception 3: Dark Delusions - similar to Trapt and Kagero only you have to fight your way out of the mansion and then re-conquer it.

I'll be brief

I'm going tonight to Spamalot; I can see all of the Horrorfest film this weekend and go see Tori Amos on Saturday. And I have a few movies and games to watch and play for review.

The Celts - not as interesting as Sex and the Celts. Actually, it was pretty boring. It was made around the 70's in England. A lot of dry British humor thrown in with a documentary.

Sex is Zero - okay, not Japanese sexplotaion comedy but Korean. To be honest, it wasn't uber funny, but it was entertaining. It made me miss Korea as a whole. There are somethings I really did enjoy and although this film didn't flaunt those things, it still reminded me of them.

I also rented Bloodrayne 2...I know, I know. But I got a coupon in the mail for 1.99 rentals for the rest of the year at Blockbuster because my store (well, they think it is my store) is closed down. So I snagged a few to watch. Bloodrayne in the old west. This is gonna be gay.

November flix

Erotica - about a girl named Erotica (Spanish film) who steals a bunch of money with 2 guys, one of the guys gets caught and Erotica and her beau run away to a small village to sell sponges...yeah. Basically it was your run of the mill bad Latino soap opera. Except the girl of the story wore a rather extremely see through top, that is when she wasn't washing it in the lake, topless. That was about it; 90 mins of crap and an okay-lookin' topless Mexican.

Never on Sunday - old b&w film. An American goes to Greece to discover where the world went wrong. He believes Greece (and Italy, of which he combines with Greece as one country) to have been the pinnacle of civilization back in the ancient Rome days. He wants to know how did things get so bad (his prospective). He runs into Illia, a Greek whore with a heart of gold. Everybody loves Illia. She is her own boss; she decides who she will take to her bed, and she never works on Sunday. That is her day to go to the theater. Well, our American has such high morals that he takes it upon himself to 'help' her change her ways. Old b&w basics, happy people, one man thinks he knows better, changes things, everybody wants back the way it was, he learns to love life in a way he never understood before. Eh. I liked it but...well, nothing bad about it but it was saturated with Greek stereotypes. Not bad stereotypes just saturated with them.

The Dreamers - France during the Vietnam War. An American college student (who loves film), obtains 2 new friends and is brought past the edge of his sexual and moral boundaries. It was good but it was filled with everything I hated about that era (all of it political). But it did have lots of nudity, lots and lots of nudity. And since the film only revolved around 3 people, 2 boys and 1 girl, you get 2 the male nudity as you do of the women. Oh well, that's the French for you. But you do get extreme close-ups of the extremely nude Eva Green. She played Sibylla in Kingdom of Heaven and Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale.

Sex & the Celts - Documentary about the Celts, Sex, and how today's standards came to be. Very interesting actually. It was kind of odd to be aroused by a documentary. All the professionals were very into talking about it. Most of it was like "Wow, that is really cool," and the rest was like "Okay, you are getting way to excited talking about that."

I have a 2 disc documentary on just the Celts to finish and then the next batch is fully of Sexplotation Japanese Comedies. Yeah, I don't know what to make of that either.

On to this month's agenda.

I am going to Spamalot. I don't care how or when but I going. It starts tonight and ends on Sunday. Next is Horrorfest 2007. I bought my all access pass but I forgot that I had plans this Saturday night so I will have to push it to next Saturday, the Horrorfest films that is. I will be going to Tori Amos this Saturday. I have 3 days to see 4 movies before they leave the theaters. Evanesence is coming to Lincoln on November 27th. I have Double Thanksgivings. One on the Sunday before and the one out at K&C's, of which I am making my Hot Sauce recipe. Once again, a busy month.

People, I'm gonna take December off.

Horrorfest 2007

Okay, this has been advertising for a while but I just saw it tonight and guess who has two thumbs and is going..."This Guy (points both thumbs at self with stupid smile)" 8 new films. 3 nights. 3 on Friday, 3 on Saturday, and 2 on Sunday. I even bought an all access pass. This is great. I hope this happens every year. This will be like my one big annual thing (next to ren faire/seeing the Jolly Rogers).

Please, Twins!

Not as good as the Please, Teacher!, but still good. It seemed that this series was made by the same guy who made the OVA of Please, Teacher!. It was little more cartoonie. But, when it wasn't, it was just as good as Please, Teacher!. It starts with three strangers, all of whom were adopted and they all have the same picture of 2 baby children playing in front of a house. One male and one female. The main characters have one additional female though. So, who is the twin and who is the stranger? This is the question of the series all way to episode 11, after that the question is how will they continue. During the course of the series the girls find out that they are in love with their maybe brother. And they both hope that they are not the twin so they can be with him, but one of them is the twin. So, they make a pact to not ask him on a date, to tell the other immediately if they find out who is the twin, to support the other in their relationship when they find out which one is which, and make sure that they are the only 2 that Mike has to choose from for a girlfriend. Meanwhile, Mike discovers that he does love both of them and really doesn't want to know the answer. No hanky panky goes on between all the main characters except the accidental 'trip and kiss', the intentional kiss (one of the girls can't contain her emotions), and the accidental 'running into your roommate while they are naked/in a compromising position. There is; however, compared to Please, Teacher!, a lot of nudity. Now usually there is some warning saying that all nudity is depicted as the characters being of legal age. Well, the main characters are all around 14-15 years old (they are all the same age, it just never comes up how old they are; however, they are freshmen or sophomores in high school. That is made apparent since all the main characters from Please, Teacher! are now in there senior year). Anyway.

There is a lot of nudity. But there is so much so often that the fact they are naked kinda washes out. You see, just about every episode the girls have a bath together (Japanese custom) and they talk about...well, what girls talk about. The last episode, though, all the female characters of the entire series are seen naked. But the problem I had is that this runs on the underage nudity (thank gawd it isn't pre-teen). Also, another point about the nudity. I like how they didn't make it the focus. Whenever the girls are naked, you may see their whole naked body but it is like they are dolls. "They're smooth 'round the bend," and they have the faintest of nipples. They have nipples because they point out, but the coloring is practically the shade of their skin so they are barely noticeable. You can see them, but barely. Anyway.

I really didn't want to watch the last stuff. I didn't want it to end. I have been so impressed by both series that I just want the to keep the story alive. I didn't like the ending that much but it was inevitable. Well, I'm done with the animes for a while. On to more movies.

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At a glimpse...

The costume party...
The part was good, saw a lot of people I knew, had fun conversing. Checked out the decorations, excellent work btw. They turned the living room into the milk bar in Clockwork Orange. Very, very good job on it. They turned the downstairs bathroom (which has the laundry room in it) into the computer core room of Space Odyssey 2001; complete with a giant Hal 9000 computer, with blinking eye, looking at you while you poo. The Dining room was the beer game room but it was decorated with army stuff to resemble Full Metal Jacket. And the front room was decked out as the hotel in the Shining complete with room 209 posted on the bathroom door at the top of the stairs. There was a lull in the party about mid-way. Chips, Whit and I felt left out. but that changed when we started with the beer games; beer pong and tippy cup. There was even fire dancing. For real. Not someone on fire, but real Hawaiian fire dancing. Saw some old friends, met some fine ladies. No nookie this time, which is a good thing. They may have been fine but I'm quite certain that a number of other men thought so too well before me.

The birthday party...
Now, although not nearly as good as the costume party, it was just good enough for a wind down party from the previous night. Again, saw some old friends and met some fine ladies. One of them thought she was extra fine. She was good lookin' and I'm really happy I got out of there quick otherwise she would have snagged my ass. In case I have never said so...I'm easy...sort of. I still have my own tastes (which are mostly concepts instead of physical characteristics), but if I squint just right...well you can figure out the rest.

I really don't want to be at work today. This is why I hate when I have to do things on the weekend. I always feel like I missed an entire day of rest. I don't want to see or talk to anybody. I just want to go home. I also really need to work on getting more sleep, but getting up and going to work and having like 5 hours to relax and get chores done sux...so I usually squeeze in 2 more hours, but it kills me for work. I know, I know. But this is my first real full time job. And I put up with the schedule for almost a year now. I love this job, I just really needed another day.

Oh, and I had another fraudulent charge on my credit card. It is a good thing I check that stuff. This time they had my numbers but used a different name. A Mario Nuwega? or something. They used it on a mobile software tech site...and me having no kind of mobile tech...again, you can put the pieces together from here.

Do you notice my apathy? All this, "You figure it out", crap. Oh well, just one more week and I got three days off and work one day then 2 more off due to weekends. I'm really looking forward to that.

Master Chief

I went to go see MC Chris last night. For those who don't know, he is the white rapper for the nerd/geek/gamer. It was a good show but I seem to have a lot of crap on the brain that I didn't get to enjoy it very much. I don't even remember what all of that crap was. Anyway, some of you may know MC Chris from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. He had a few guest spots as the continuously reincarnated rapper MC PeePants. Some stuff I don't like about him and some I do. For instance, you can ONLY get a cd of his if you go to the show. He doesn't restock merchandise; once it is sold, its gone. Eh. Apparently his hard drive and external drive went out on him before the concert so the show was cut short. The opening band was cool enough. A few good songs and they had the end boss fights of Final Fantasy VII playing on the big screen. It was lame though, whoever was playing that game was trying to drag out the fights while the band was on stage. Stupid jack ass dragged it out to long and they had to cut it in the middle of the last boss fight. Rookies. I've beaten that game like 8 times; I could time those boss fights from the grave. Which...would be cool. Zombie T kickin' some major ass in Final Fantasy VII, "He's still got it (thumbs high)".

Anyway, the concert was fun, the opening band was cool. Chips and I got stood up by Dr. B. The concert didn't start til 10:30 (scheduled at 9). Did my best to keep away from the smoke.

I think I was pissed because of the late start time, being stood up, the constraint on my time schedule, not getting the full show, not having enough money on hand to obtain some swag, feeling uncomfortable in my clothes (this is probably the biggie for me; nothing I hate more than not feeling comfortable in my own skin). And I bought the wrong size of fabric for the costume party. The last isn't a biggie but still got to go out of my way to fix it before tonight.

"MC stands for MASTER CHIEF!!!"

Please, Teacher!

Okay, I loved this series. I loved it. I had a great time watching it. Some say it started slow, I don't think so. Well, it did, but it had to. That is how a good story draws you in. What I loved about this series is the context. Love. This is the kinda love I believe in. A love that surpasses all boundaries imposed upon you by what society has said to be right and wrong. It is love people, there is no right and wrong when it comes to love. And this series shows that. The female is a typical career-oriented 23 year-old. Didn't have much in the way of relationships when she grew up because she was so driven. And the male is a little interesting. Legally, he is 18 but still has the mind and body of a 15 year-old. Yet, when he lost those 3 years he seem to grow mentally only. Anyway, a 15 and 23 year get married and hide that fact because she is also his teacher. This relationship stays secret throughout the whole story but it is hiding it that makes the story. In addition, this isn't the only story line. It turns out that one of the male leads friend's also has the same condition he has only she looks 15 but is really 21 legally. So, he helps her from scumming to the disease again, for fear of losing more time, by attempting to love someone else for her. His new wife is torn because she knows that it is important to him but she discovers that she is in love with him. In addition to that story line, there is another having to do with 2 of the friends of the male lead trying to build a relationship and struggling because they both have very different plans for their futures. And on top of that, the girl the male lead attempts to love is very much in love with him but, towards the end of the story, we find out that she has been seeing a teacher also. This is after the male lead breaks up with her, again. But the story always signaled that they this male teacher and her might hook up. And with a jealous sister and over-sexed mother of the female lead and you get a great story with no bias. No one really even mentions the age difference between the couples. Barely do they even mention the problem with teacher and student having a relationship. Even the principle says that that is how he meet his wife. And the mother and sister record the female lead and her husband, the male lead, having sex in order to sell it. And no one is really put off by this. This series is amazing.

I wanted to see this series because it got rave reviews, not a lot of them, but they were very rave. I didn't expect it to be that good. I don't have high hopes for relationship animes. They always seem either over the top or very dull and quite. The series is 12 episodes long with a 13th OVA episode. OVA is basically 'direct to video'. The series had such great reviews that they did an extra episode for the fans. The last episode wasn't written by the same guy nor is the animation the same; close, but not the same. And the last episode has sex in it where the series just makes you presume that it happen. Basically, the 13th episode is a fanboy episode. But still is good.

I'm trying not to get my hopes up for the next series, Please, Twins!. It is a spin-off using the same town and school and even some of the same characters. The story is about 3 people meeting at the same place where a certain photograph had been taken. Apparently they were friends, based on this photo anyway, but they don't remember it. Then they find out that 2 of the 3 are twins. There is one guy and two girls. They all know that the guy is one of the twins, but which of the girls is the other? Problem is that this comes out after the girls have fallen for the guy and he for them. The dilemma here isn't teacher/student but incest. The reviews are just as rave about this one as they are of the other. So we'll see. The next one after that, in the series of relationship anime, is Love Hina. I played a decent game of this one some time ago and discovered the anime not long after that. This time, it is one guy with 7 female prospects.

Well, it is the start of a very long weekend coming up and the roommates are gone as of this morning. They did a spot clean of the place. Decent, but I will do better. And one more day of work til weekend, even though it feels like it is here already. They are getting more involved with work stuff so I feel more part of the team and not so much in fear of losing my job since I did very little.

I'm also a little anxious about this costume party. I hooked up at the last one. This time I invited a few people that I'm kinda interested in as well as few other having been invited by others that I kinda was interested in also. Oh, well. I'll just have a some fun and worry about it in the morning, I guess.

Passin' the time

So my car's rear window was broken yesterday. But was fixed and now I'm 350 poorer...sort of. Anyway, almost 3 weeks down and 2 left with a fantastic 3 days of during the last week. I'm going to enjoy the hell out of those days. Also this weekend the roommates are gone, yay! Place all to myself for a few days.

Okay, Netflix update. Well, I left off at Flesh Gordon I think. A fun show but not fun enough to watch at normal speed. The planet Porno is hitting the earth with a sex ray causing everyone to spontaneously have orgies where ever they are.

Open Your Eyes was the latest flick. This is the original version that spawned Tom Cruise to make Vanilla Sky. Aside from a few small changes, it was the exact same movie. Penelope Cruz even plays the same character in both movies. However, with one small alteration. Boobs. I never really liked Penelope, attraction wise. Way to skinny. But damn does she a pert rack. If you ever wanted to know what prefect breasts look like it would be hers. Now, I don't believe in perfection when it comes to the massive flaw that is man, but on an artistic view of what perfectly sculpted breasts would look like, she has them. I can see her beauty, always have been able to, and I still don't find her all that attractive (still to skinny); but those tits are an 11 out of 10.

Now, the next stuff. Please Teacher! is an anime series i just started watching. I didn't know what to expect but it got rave reviews so I put it in my Queue. It is about a half alien human comes to earth to watch over things and if discovered by a boy who has a rare medical condition. So rare, that he is the only one with it, ever. He has episodes he calls 'standstills'. He goes into comas when he is stressed out and during these comas he frozen in time...sort of. He went into a coma at the age of 14 and didn't come out of it for 3 years. During that time his body didn't age at all. So, today is pretends to be a 15 year-old kid (which he is mental wise) but is really 18 years old. And through a series of 'unfortunate' events he and the alien (which also his new teacher) got married. Interesting so far, only 4 episodes in. The next series is Please Twins!. we'll see how that one pans out.

I need to get to the fabric store for some toga gear, today. As well as some sewing thread. New pants and they are already tearing.

I will never get to play Haunting Ground. I just got Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on PS2. Being playing the hell out that. At least it will be done tonight.

All Before Noon

So I wake up today and wouldn't you know it. My roommate decided to shower at the exact time I do every morning. Okay, no harm no foul. But then I get to my car, close the driver side door and my back window smashes all over the back seat. Someone or something had hit my window causing it to spider-web. I drove it to a glass shop next to my mom's place and was going to borrow her car. Turns out, her car wouldn't start. So we car around for a jump. We get my brother but he doesn't have jumper cables. So we take the battery to a auto store to get it charged...battery is dead so we need a new one. The car works now, but my mom wanted to fill the tank and tires before I took it...she worries. Then we get a call that my car will be ready by noon. We got that call at 11am. I have been late enough so I decide to go to work and pick it up later. What a day, what a day. Now I have three files to enter into the system of which I have practically no clue how to do but the others here feel confident in my ability. I think I'll pass on that and just say I don't know for today. Whatever I can do to lesson the stress of this morning. Besides, I would feel very comfortable going over this again...and again.

Grinding to the nub

Well, half of the week gone and nothing interesting really. I beat Battle for Middle-Earth. That was fun. I went out a bought my own copy and found a Battle for Middle-Earth anthology. That's one, two (the collector's edition), and the expansion for two (the rise of the witch king). I'm eager but I am told that the gameplay is all sorts of different from the first, which is one quality I really got into and which set it apart from other strategies games i.e. starcraft and warcraft. I also pick up the entire FFXI with 3 expansions, playonline (?), and tetra master (??) for 20 bones. Don't know if I'll play it though. This mainly for my collection of Final Fantasy. For 20 bucks, yeah, I'll pick that up. Also, I had been meaning to pick up the last of my favorite four of eight horrorfest films; Reincarnation. A Japanese flick about a killer who kills like 12 people in a hotel and to test to see if they'll meet in the next life. Cool concept, a cool film for Japanese horror/suspense. Nothing flashy, they tend to get a lower budget for their films. This is what makes some of the appeal to Asian cinema. Small budgets mean creative story and direction.

Anyway, I finally buckled down and went to get some new clothes at Goodwill. I had been meaning to go for over a month. I had a plan to hit every goodwill to find the right stuff. Well, I've only went to one and got over 70 bucks worth (which as you know is a shit ton...and a shit ton is about the size of a ton of crap but bigger than a shit load). I might hit the others to find if I can get anything else that fits. I think I have rounded out my wardrobe for now, though. Oh, also got my highlights again. All set to look pretty for the up coming gatherings.

My next batch of netflick will arrive today. Finishing off the Reiko set with Girl Boss Guerrilla, Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess, and Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom. This part of the Girl Boss series, which is in reference to the female Yakuza gang leader. The others are Intimate Games, a sexplotation comedy from England (a lot of these came out in the 80's and 90's. Sexplotation is in reference to action with topless girls) and Flesh Gordan. That's right, Flesh Gordon. I've always been curious. And even though when it came out is was listed as XXX, it is now considered soft core with today's view on pornographic films. Anyway, I am a fan of the crapfest that is Flash Gordon. It is so bad that you just have to swallow your shame of watching it and just enjoy how hilarious it is, kinda flick. So, why not add porn to that mix. Let's see how funny this is going to be.

"And I said, 'Liked it? I loved it!' HAHAHAHA"

You will only get that title if you watched as many Chris Seaver films as I.

So, I nearly a month later and guess what? I got to watch Quest for Egg Salad. That's right, 6th time is a charm. Compared to Chris's other films, it was pretty tame and boring, but I was determined to enjoy every minute of it...and I did. We also had the Drawn Together: Season 1. I wanted to find out if was more entertaining without all the bleeps and censor bars. Nope. I was more entertaining on Comedy Central. And last was my Hercules films. Flashback city.

I popped, briefly, back into social circles and in less than 10 hours, I was getting wrapped into drama city. Jeez people. Anyway, one week down, approximately four to go.

Long Month

Okay, so I have plans out the wazoo. I had a doctor appointment yesterday, and hair cut (but had to re-schedule due to a long doctor appointment). I have a 'talk' tonight that I must conduct. I have dinner (supposedly) tomorrow. I have the re-scheduled hair cut on Tuesday. I have a small game night next Saturday (supposedly). A Halloween party on the 19th. A B-day party on the 20th. A dead line to meet by the 22nd. The Jolly Rogers are going to be a Val's on the 27th, which, btw, I don't care where or what else is going on...I'm going to that. And (hopefully) 3 days off starting the 30th for a wedding.

Now that may not seem like a lot, but combine it with trying to chew through 8 seasons of M*A*S*H, as much Netflix as possible, and try to beat HauntingGround so that I can move on to the next game a finish these lists, as well as clean and re-arrange my room to how I like. Get the house on a bit of a clean schedule. Shop for new clothes at the Goodwills (I really need it. I'm almost down to rags). And counsel a few friends. This is what takes a lot out of me. It's just that most of the time all they want is company and very little advice. The stigma of a counselor. You never understand why people don't listen; kids don't listen cause they don't know how (well, fully how yet); adults...well, I think it is because they just want people to tell them they are doing the right thing and effing up all the time. Now, I take everything people tell me, about me, to heart. You think I'm effing up, tell me. I either know and do so cause it is funny to me, or am completely oblivious to it. I do enjoy the people that want me to listen, hell, anybody to listen. They just need to vent. This I like. This I enjoy. And usually I offer a different POV for them to look at or think about. But man the ones who just...in one ear and out their ass.

Anyway, I had my little sabbatical from the world and now time to re-enter a few circles. And wouldn't you know. I take a little time off, and when I come back it is like all hell broke loose. Well, it feels like that. In truth, it is more like I am re-entering hell. Oh, let me make one thing clear. My definition of hell and yours are 2 completely different things. It isn't fire and brimstone. It isn't torturous. It isn't an eternity of anguish and suffering. It just seems like it. My hell is life itself. The struggle of day to day. Some days to take 2 steps forward and some you take 5 back.

I have a few sayings from my ancient wisdom calender.

Unless we agree to suffer, we cannot be free from suffering.

If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.

All wisdom is rooted in learning to call things by the right name.

If ordinary people know, they are sages. If sages understand, they are ordinary people.

To understand the currents of the river, he who wishes to know the truth must enter the water.

He who knows others is wise: he who knows himself is enlightened.

To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.

A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.

And my favorite:
If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?

Accomplishments

I finished Season 3 of M*A*S*H. Only 8 more to go. I got the first 2 movies of Hercules, unbroken this time, from Netflix. Ahh, good memories. I also, accidentally, got the Xena chronicles of Hercules didn't really care to listen to them, fast forward through them. Street Fighter II: the animated movie. Ehh. And Quest for Egg Salad, which was broken again. I am committed to this, now. I didn't get to play Haunting Ground but I did play The Battle for Middle Earth. It is Warcraft/Starcraft type. Build an army to beat the bad guy. Well, I really like being able to play the bad guy and conquer Middle Earth. I have even killed Frodo already and recovered the ring. All that is left is to destroy Minas Tirth. I have killed the whole fellowship except Gandalf; haven't encountered him yet. I'm currently going around and collecting all the points from conquering the surrounding regions so that I may be able to summon a Balrog for the final battle. If you can follow me, don't worry. The best was fighting in Shelob's Lair. I had no money for new troops and I had to stave off wave after wave after wave of Gondor Troops while trying to find Frodo while he was invisible. I had to use The Eye to spot him. I was cool. And Helm's Deep. I blew up the wall for shits and giggles, but didn't need to. Its a lot of fun. After I win, I'll try the good side.

Anyway, I can do more at work now but the boss is on vacation which means I have less to do again, seeing as how she is the one who gives me stuff to do. Oh well, back to work.

Your credit card number and CMV code please

I feel I have been ordering like crazy from online stuff. I get the random catalog in the mail and due to a few events coming up, I started to order stuff for them. We have a Halloween party on the 19th to go to, Kubrick theme; a birthday party on the 20th, I stumbled across a funny T-shirt for that; and a wedding on the 31st. Now I haven't really dished out for that but I found a few things to help make my costume more realistic. I even went so far as making a new idea for the Halloween party on the 19th. I'm gonna go as Spartacus, but I won't be dressed anything like him. I found a cute idea. You know that line "I'm Spartacus!", well, I found a button that says that, so I bought that as a costume. I thought it would be funny. I probably will do a toga for the ambiance of the idea, but still have the pin. That way, when anybody asks what I am suppose to be, I point at my pin. Also, before I had a real job and was working for the scrapes of a paycheck from my college years. I always bought some food for the holiday break, seeing how I would be making any money over that time. The food I bought didn't make me pay til February, which was fine cause then I would have my student loans for the next semester. Well, the catalog came again, this year. I bought a few items. Mostly interesting meat. They were selling Deer, Elk, and Buffalo jerky, so...I just had to find out. Also, some cool fudges flavored like Kahlua and Jim Bean. And I also got the same Ham I got last year. A 7lbs honey glazed ham. Oh my god, was this good. Yeah, I have been ordering way to much. There are just 2 pieces I want to buy, for my costume, left. I'll wait for next pay check. Well, one of the them isn't really for the costume. Ever since my first Ren Faire, I have always wanted a black full length cloak with hood. They usually run about 100 smackers, but damn it I can afford one now so I'm gettin' while the gettin's good.

Soldiering On...

I have noticed that I and only I have been blogging recently. No biggie. Just feels like I'm talking to myself...which is pretty norm (even though I still hold back seeing as how this is a public site).

Anyway, Female Yakuza Tale: Inquisition and Torture. Wasn't as good as Sex & Fury. A little more over-exaggerated acting (like kabuki theater). More of the stuff that I can't stand about the Japanese culture, whining. I hate Japanese whining, especially when grown men do it. Anyway, it was more raunchy. It didn't go 5 mins without booby shots. It is about revenge and using women for drug trafficking. I have noticed that Reiko Ike is where Quentin got his Oshi character for Kill Bill. Female Japanese mob boss. The film ended with a huge battle royal of gangs and every woman involved (30+) was completely nude.

M.A.S.H. season 2 down.

Not as angry since we have little to do. I did find a fun site, though. We had this 'All Staff' meeting a while ago and the theme was state capitals, which led me to think that they were going to ask questions and hand out prizes if you knew the state capitals, so I went digging and found this site.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

If I had this site while growing up...man it has everything for elementary/middle school/high school/college learning. Some of this stuff is beneficial all the way through. I some of this stuff I didn't even know. Anyway, it is oriented for kids, but love doing the games.

Anybody got any bactine?

Today has been the slowest work day in a while. It is so slow today that the Internet is even struggling to make it to the next page. It feels like I'm draggin' ass but the reality is that since my fast I'm so jazzed on energy that I feel I'm moving and blinding/break-neck speeds. There is one thing I could do, which is guaranteed to put me to sleep, and I would do it but I am the only one here, which means I have to stay and answer phones. The other job would require me to go into another part of the office where I can't hear the phones. Also, I'm not really the only one here, it is just that my boss is in meetings all day, my sidekick Robin is out to lunch for a long while, and our admin left because she is feeling sick. So it is all me by my lonesome. I would freak out but this happens often enough that I'm use to it.

Anyway, Female Yakuza Tale is coming today. It is another Pinky Violence film. The last one was great I hope this is one is just as good. However, I have a few errands to run and I'm staying late to make up some time. So we'll see.

I past out early last night. It is weird, I'm not tired but as soon as I sit down to watch M.A.S.H. I pass out. I must be runnin' on overdrive. I'm extending the fast, btw. We'll see how long I can go. This merely because I feel freakin' amazing and I don't want to shift gears by going and getting a burger. Little portions. I have been eating since off the fast, though, but it has been like a hand full of chips and a healthy dip I really wanted to try (hummus, salsa, and black soy beans; spicy and sweet). I found some non-dairy cream cheese (tofuttii), so I had to get some hard salami and make little roles of cream cheese wrapped in salami (old family appetizer from my dad). But that has all I have been eating.

You know, there was this guru in the middle eastern area (unknown) that claimed he had not had a single thing to eat or drink in 60 years. All he did was meditate and feed off the energy of the earth. I saw a small portion of this story. It had these doctors surrounding him and checking his vitals. The guy looked scary dead, but he apparently is in a constant state of trance and deep meditation that he can be interacted with and undisturbed. That was all I heard on the topic. I didn't hear anything on confirmation of his claims or what the doctors discovered, but I know a lot about energy flow and chakra, well, I know a lot about the theory of that stuff. And in theory, it is possible but even in theory it is unbelievable. Anyway, I don't plan to do that, or anywhere near that, just very slowly reintroduce food. See where I go from here.

I didn't get any time to play Haunting Ground yet, I really want to but every time I pick it up I feel like I need to do something else, so I don't play. Oh well...just keep swimmin'.

Disgruntled

I had a hard day at work yesterday. For the first half of the day I was on my own, with the admin, answering phones and dealing with 20+ donor files, ensuring the correct letters get to the correct people. I also had to deal with 3 exception reports and 2 PDI cases. Not to mention being the gopher boy for all people requesting things as if the world would end if they didn’t get now. Anyway, the reason for all that is because the other counselor and the boss were in a phone conference for half the day. Well, I'm still feelin' a little residual frustration from yesterday. So, I didn't answer the phone or talk to many people this morning and just did paperwork, work related and my own. But now I'm caught up from yesterday's drama. Monday's are always the worst. And it mainly because of the weekend. Something happened and someone freaked out, and they couldn't get answers cause no one was here cause it is the weekend. Friday seem hard to but that is just cause everyone wants to hurry home and get all there crap done.

Good news, I'm caught up with my personal paperwork. Semi-good news, I'm half way through season 2 of M.A.S.H.

And now netflix/gamefly. I have been so busy that I haven't had enough time to play Haunting Ground, so we are doing that tonight...maybe. So, ...Quest for Egg Salad...arrived broke again. I am determined to see this film now. Also, Hercules the TV show's movies, was also broke. But Mezzo Forte: DSA season 2 was this time so I finished that. No biggie. Wasn't that great of a series. But, I also had Sex & Fury. Now, I slam a lot of 60/70's stuff. But these "Pinky Violence" flicks are sweet. Only twelve minutes into Sex & Fury, our badass heroine Ocho (Reiko Ike) duels a dozen men in the snow with a samurai sword--stark naked! And it was an awesome fight. It also stars sexy Sweden star Christina Lindburg of Thriller: A Cruel Picture. This is the film where Quentin got his One-Eye girl in Kill Bill. But back to Sex & Fury. The blood was obviously fake. The story is revenge. And all the men ate sleazy and need to die...so they do. By thieving women who happen to pop out of there garments as they fight. Makes sense since that clothing is so loose and bulgy. Anyway, it was a good ol' time. Might go into my collection.

Extinction

I had fun at the movie; however, I am wiling to admit that the film sucked. As a matter of fact, I am more than willing I will even tell you why it sucked.

Resident Evil is a survivor series. Basically how will you get out of situation; how will you survive. The third film answer this in the first 15 mins. We didn't. Which is cool in its own right. However, from the here the movie got intense. Lots of cool scenes, a decent story. But lack of plot. There was a lot of character development that didn't go anywhere. Like, we learn a lot about these characters and then they either die (which is fine) or they all just leave. Nothing about it other than they left.

This was a movie about Milla's character, Alice. This is where we learn all about her, which is fine and dandy but it needed more, it needed to be longer. It felt like this film was either a filler or a very weak and poor ending. Like they didn't want to even do it but decided 'fine'.

Barring this, the film was awesome. It included a lot of what was in the games. Rage zombies, crows, dogs, and even a mutated form from taking to much serum.

But again, the battles were to short, the characters just disappear, you leave with a sense of un-fulfillment, and again they leave it open to another movie...kind of. More like a kick ass ending that we will never see.

I was disappointed in the end result, but I had fun. It is intense and; although the director used to much of the 'cheap thriller' card, it is a little scary.

My friend stated it best. "It is suppose to be a survivor story. Not a horror story, not a thriller story, but a survivor story".

Snail's pace

I expect today to go slow at work. Seeing as how I negotiated to get out early and for the movie Resident Evil, that I am currently hooking my balls up to a DIEHARD just to keep me distracted, which is coming out today. I am going with JoeJoe, maybe. I bought my ticket online. It might be sold out when he wants to buy one. Either way Resident Evil is out today and I won't be missing it.

No Quest for Egg Salad yesterday. So I finished season 1 of M.A.S.H. as well as watched the Res Evil movies. This fast keeps my energy up, which is kind of a bad thing considering how much work there isn't for me to do.

Speaking of silhouettes

I was driving to work, down dodge, and I'm about to drive under the bridge at around 60th, just after UNO, and I see this girl standing on the bridge. Well, the sun was kinda in my eyes and behind her, which made her just a dark, well defined, figure. She was standing with one hand on the railing, facing north, probably talking on her phone, one leg cocked back and balancing on its toes. She was wearing a 'proper' school girl outfit, skirt down past the knees a little bit and a blue-ish top, and she had braided pig-tails and large backpack on the ground.

Now, I may be watching a little to much anime. But she looked just like some main female lead or heroine of some anime. And it got me thinking about anime in general and how most of the characters are kids still in school. Even of the big movies that everyone sees, not just the cartoons animes. Anyway, it got me thinking about their culture and how it seems that the reason kids are portrayed in anime (beside the revered young and beautiful of most societies) is that kids seem to have it the hardest in Asian culture. Not all Asian culture, of course. But it seems to me that it portrays the concept that kids have to do school work (and get good grades for the success of the family) on top of everything else like, chores, relationships, sports, health, and extra classes for stuff not taught in school. When I was teaching, most of the kids came to school at 7am and were in classes (of various schools) til 8pm. And it is no wonder these kids go crazy for games because it is their only outlet that isn't required and isn't pressuring them to do well. I think anime portrays kids as the heroes because it is advertising for kids, sort of. Hear me out. "If these kids in the cartoons can do all their heroic stuff and get good grades, then you can at least get good grades". But not quite as harsh, more like encouragement. Like, "let them save the world, you just do your part and be successful so that their sacrifice has meaning" sort of like. Although this has bled into today's cartoons in America (seeing as how we are showing a lot of anime now), but when I was growing up I had Transformers, He-Man, GI-Joe, Thundercats, Mask, Silverhawks. Cartoons about adults, or young adults. And even comics (the real heroes) portrayed adults; Superman, Batman, Wolverine, Spiderman. Although, most mutants discovered their abilities when they hit puberty it wasn't until after they grow up that we see their story. Interesting, it makes sense, really. Just never REALLY looked into it...all because of an anime girl in real life.

Okay, on to what has occurred since last. So, I get vol2-3 of Mezzo Forte yesterday and guess what; Vol 2 has the same crack as Quest for Egg Salad did. This one didn't break when I bent it, though. It just bent. So, now that there is a speed bump on the disc, I cut in half and mail it back as well as reported it. I'm starting to hope I run into more so I can break them, you know, helping out the man sort of thing. Making sure they don't mail off a bad disc to other customers. Quest for Egg Salad comes today, heh, we'll see. And 2 discs down for M.A.S.H. Almost through the first season.

I forgot that I had bought a ticket to go to a dinner on Sunday, well, dinner/raffle. And right in the middle of my fast. I'm going with my mom and she will be bringing something to take her dinner home in, sounded like a good idea for someone on a fast to do as well. You know, I always wondered if I get looks from people because I am a little off norm. You know, not embarrassed about things I do or don't. Like people think I have no shame or something. Well, I do, it is just not the same as 'societies standard' view of what to be shameful for. I am ashamed of a few things, things I consider dark in my past. Some people know what they are (at that is how it will stay) but I notice that when it comes up, like at a party or a big group conversation (just a topic, not like my stuff personally) the people who know about my shame always shift one eye on to me to see my reaction. And I always catch them lookin'. Sometimes I ignore it. I have a great ability to act like I am a different person and that stuff has never occurred in my life (all those years of people watching, I mime pretty well). And sometimes I'll shift an eye back and give a silent nod or cheers. Everyone who knows me has seen this sort of thing. Especially when you do something in a crowd and I am the only one who saw you or heard you. We give a slight smile to each other. I usually catch that stuff, as you all fully know.

Anyway, I can not tell you how excited I am that it is only one more day 'til Resident Evil: Extinction. At this point, I don't care if it sucks, it is gonna rock my kazba. Feel These Nipples.

::EDIT:: This entry below is in anger and frustration. Just feelin' the moment. Also, this is not caused by one person but by hearing many (and I mean many) stories about it; and most were just this morning::EDIT::

Okay, I decided to post this here instead of in the comments section of someones blog. I am really getting tired of this taser crap in the news. A college student got tasered at a rally, a drunk got tasered in front of his home, taser this, taser that. Who the fuck cares. I am in full support of the use of tasers. There are a lot of fucking idiots who just need to get tased. And I'm sorry, but you get full warning from the police that they will taser your ass. They give you 2-3 warnings. Saying, "Sir/Ma'am, if don't calm down I will taser you". If a cop says he will taser you, he will. Don't test his patience. He is in full right, as long as he gives warning, to taser you. And cops practically have to now in days with all these people resisting arrest. That is why they taser you, they don't want to be injured while escorting you the cruiser. And don't talk to me about how it injures you. It doesn't, tasers cause pain not injury. They cause PAIN. You're fine after you recover. If that isn't a fucking good enough explanation then go to med school and learn the difference between pain and injury. These are non-lethal ways to sub-do a person resisting arrest. Everyone is like, "Oh, my god. That is so terrible, that's not right". You know what, it is. How about you stop being a jerk-off and then you won't get tased. Btw, yes, I'm evil. I have no compassion for idiots. You deserve what comes to you if you're being an idiot, and that goes for me as well. If I'm fartin' around and I break something, that is my dumb-ass fault and I will give myself a mental ass-reaming for it. Gawd, when did society turn into such pussies.

::EDIT::

So get this

I got Quest for Egg Salad last night, 'cool a whole day earlier' sort feeling was washed over me. I open it up and wouldn't you believe it. IT WAS THE SAME BROKE DISC THAT I REPORTED AND MAILED BACK. The very same crack in the disc. So, taking Johnny's advise, I promptly snapped it in half and reported it again. That was last night. Today, I check my account and they are sending me a new one today BEFORE they receive the broken one, this time.

Well, as I suspected, my box set of M.A.S.H. came and wow. This box is huge, I'm talkin' huge. And the T-Shirt, thought a Large size, was packed in this little tiny package. Like, if you see a standard brick of cheese at the market, decrease that size, proportionally, by about 50%, that is how small this package was. And I got my tags. Not to mention, 36 DVDs of M.A.S.H.. I haven't even finish one disc yet.

Haunting Ground also arrived. I looked into it. It was apparently suppose to be part of the Clock Tower franchise but that got nixed. Anyway, you start as the heroine, having just awoke inside a cage and only a satin sheet to cover herself (which, of course, clings to her body in just the right fashion to not reveal anything, yet given the lighting her silhouette can be seen). There is one scene where she is walking up stairs and the light shines behind her and the camera is focused on her crotch/legs. Yeah, you can see the 'lines' of her body. Also, after she is clothed, the game has the same boob engine as DOA. Lots of jiggle and bounce and rather large breasts for her body frame. Though this game has a prevy quality to it, there is a sense of it belonging there. The characters are kinda prevy in their own right. The grounds keeper is a large 'special person' who wants to 'touch' her. The maid is jealous of her because she and have children and enjoy sex. The care taker want to breed with her and very little is known about the owner of the castle. So, in context of the plot of the game a natural prev element is sort of needed. Good times, though.

Weekend Review

Mezzo Forte was not as expected. A few funny parts. The creator made a hit anime called KITE. In the first 5 mins of Mezzo Forte there is a conversation between to cops on the street and one mentions some killings (which happened earlier in the film). Well, as they talk, KITE, a female assassin from the first film, is seen walking by, she stops listens for a second then hurries out of scene. It was a cute little nod to the first film. Well, as I dreaded, the film was edited for content. There were 2 graphic sex scenes left out. Now, one of the scenes was a dream sequence and has no further effect on the film...so I can forgive that. The second one, although you are aware something transpired, should not have been taken out. This whole scene is referenced later a couple of times. Granted it was taken out because it was graphic (XXX style), but it was still needed for the flow of the film. Anyway, the series is not panning out to be very interesting. There's only like 13 episodes total so no biggie but they are not as good as the film.

Mulva 2 was freakin' awesome. The verbage was great seeing how Quentin's script is spliced throughout, but some of it was obviously Chris's handy work. Teen ape can't be written by anyone else other than Chris. They also brought in a B-movie ringer, Debbie Rochon, to play Mulva. And she was awesome. Anyway, a great wrap to the Seaver series.

Still waiting on Quest for Egg Salad. Supposedly, it will be here tomorrow. Today, seeing as how I didn't make it to the Post office in time, I will pick up my entire series of M.A.S.H. collection; complete with T-Shirt and dog tags. I know you don't care but M.A.S.H. is a special show for me. One of very few good memories of my Dad and I spending time together. Also, Haunting Ground should come today. Haunting Ground is a lesser known survival horror. It follows the same type of game as the Clock Tower series. Basically you are a completely defenseless character, no weapons, no blocks or tumbles, no nothing. And you have to survive the constant hit and run tactics of a serial killer on your tail. It this game, though, you have slight advantage than the others because you have a dog that will help you. Best it can do it is attack the killer while you run away. I'm curious to play. Should be alright. It didn't get attention, usually that worries me, when in association with the gaming world, but I'm excited either way.

A correction to a previous post. I only get 24 hours of online viewing with netflix.

Also, I had to do it, I went to Dragon Wars. Luckily I didn't pay for it. Horrible. No point. Just Horrible.

Netflix review

Okay, it is only my, like, second week of Netflix and already it sucks. Turns out Mulva 2 is not in their warehouse but in some other one, no big deal. Well netflix has this thing where it gets movies to you fast. So it shipped on Wed. They say it won't arrive til Sat. Meanwhile, I watched Doom Asylum- horrible. I had to fast forward through it, fortunately my DVD player has this 1.4x fast forward speed which still allows the sound to be heard as it is fast forwarding. Kick ass when you want to finish watching something painful. Patty Mullen was alright but this was a film with a bad script, bad director, bad everything. It was just painful to watch. Not to mention that about half of the film was of the killer watching old b/w horror flicks. We get it, he modeled his killing spree off of them. Seriously, he would kill them go back to his shows, kill again, then watch some more. Ugh, it was just bad.

The double feature was alright. Funny but just sort of repetitive. Again, good times if you just don't fell like thinking at the moment.

As I was saying, Netflix sucks. So not only am I not getting the fourth film in time but the Quest for Egg Salad was cracked. A big freakin' crack that seemed more like a break with the decal holding the disc together. I report it and they send a replacement. Meanwhile I mailed the others back the night I got them. And now it looks like I will get the next 2 films by the time I get Mulva 2 and Quest for Egg Salad.

I am looking forward to the new ones though. I have been wanting to see Mezzo Forte forever. I have a small, 2 min, sex scene saved on my computer but the whole scene was very intriguing and entertaining since it is anime. Oh, its anime, btw. They also made a little series(OVA) off of it which is also coming. Good times. I did find out that Mulva 2: Kill Teen Ape is a spoof of Kill Bill, which will be cool.

Anyway, the fast is going well. I start the non-eating process today. My fast is 2 weeks long and the first 2 days and the last 2 days I get to eat but only fresh fruits and vegis, with my vitamins, herbal teas, and clean water. Now, I'm on herbal teas (2 a day), water, vitamins, and 2 juices which are freshly juiced fresh fruits and vegis for the next 10 days. The suckiest part of this whole thing is that I won't get to have my movie snacks when I go see Resident Evil: Extinction next week. And of course, I will be playing Resident Evil DVDs and games all week up til then. Lets see if I can beat all of them by then. 0-3 won't be hard but 4 takes awhile and then there are the 2 shooters, not to hard, and the 2 co-ops, of which I still haven't beat either one.

I know this sounds kinda full of myself, but...I really am diggin' not hanging out with people. I'm doin' my own thing and havin' fun. I'm sure I will get bored eventually, but right now it is all cool. No compromising, no 'fine I'll go have a drink', no 'fine lets go do what you want to do and ignore that I have an opinion on the matter'. Yeah, good times. I think this is why, ultimately, I'm not in a relationship. Why would I go do something if I don't want to? Because you love them, right? Well, what if you don't love them that much? Then, why continue the relationship? This is roughly what happens every time. If I don't enjoy doing things that you like to do and I don't love you enough to bare through it, then what are we doing? Fuckin'? Yeah, not it is all cracked up to be when you aren't into them much. Alcohol helps that though. I have intimacy issues, that obvious, but every time they think it is commitment issues. I try to help them understand my POV, but how can you reason with someone when they are angry and you don't really care anymore since they aren't willing to listen? Wow, lot of questions in that paragraph. Rhetorical, of course. I know why I'm messed up, I do have the training after all. Just thinking out loud.

Let's get you up to speed.

Okay, almost a week since I blogged...must be slippin'. So I did join the ranks of MySpace. Did a fancy to do to my webpage...I think I'm good for now.

I took a few days to recoup after the well mannered frivolity of Fish and Chip's B-day. :/ Anyway, I was good by Monday but I, fortunately for me, took the day off...and what a day to take off. Nice rainy day to sit inside and watch movies. I'm banking on Netflix btw. Four movies every delivery and a 100 hours a month online to watch movies. The 100 hours might go to waste but not the four flicks. The first batch was Space Camp, And Now for Something Completely Different, Gwendoline, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High. I loved Space Camp as a kid, now, it was too short. And Now for Something Completely Different was just Flying Circus only about 2 hours of it...same skits just redone. Fast Times is, well, a classic. But the shining star was Gwendoline. Starring Tawny Kataen (the girl from a few 80's hair band videos...mostly White Snake), in her second (and most important of the time since she gets naked) film. This film is a bit like Romancing the Stone and Jewel of the Nile, only it was done by a French director who loves the female body, apparently...LOTS of naked chicks in non-pornographic and some very sexually suggestive scenes. By far the winner of the four. Just that it has the making of having been a classic romance novel of today. I enjoyed it a lot, not just because of the many naked (possibly French, oui?) ladies.

The Second batch is a bit more lewd. Undead, A Virgin Among the Living Dead, Frankenhooker, and a double feature, Mulva: Zombie Ass Kicker/Filthy McNasty. I've seen Undead but fell asleep last time, now I know why. A Virgin Among the Living Dead, I had to fast forward through...old film with the gratuitous nudity but the problem was WAY too long scenes of people walking and no talking...just walking. And it had a bad habit of doing the Dragon Ball Z stuff of flipping back and forth between two characters faces for like 20 scenes in a row each about 5+ secs. Frankenhooker was just fun. It was a movie that knew it was going to be bad so it had fun doing it. The big thing about Frankenhooker is that it starred an ex-penthouse girl Patty Mullen in her second of 2 films. Normally this isn't big news, what is is that she died in '96 in Chicago. She apparently was very overweight by then, was called the 'fat lady' by her neighbors, and was a mother of 3 girls, which were the ones who found her body. However, the biggest news is that this was a big case in Chicago because of what happened after she was found. When the police found her body, naked in the tub, after forensic stuff, they dragged her corpse into the living room, completely exposed, and sat in her kitchen raiding her fridge, then they dragged her body out into the front of her lawn, also completely exposed, and neighbors were overheard saying 'the fat lady is dead, quick raid her kitchen'. The family sued the CPD for extreme misconduct. Unfortunately, the courts had it tied up for so long that by the time the courts decided in favor of the family all the cops involved were no longer working for the force also, a recompense was established in the fining the police involved a month's salary. But since the family had also moved away by this time or had passed on, the notice was never delivered and currently resides in the CPD return mail box. The 3 daughters are living with a friend of the family. In light of this atrocity, an organization was built for the mistreatment of obese people, with this case being their flagship. Frankenhooker was funny,...she was a funny lady.
And the double feature. Man 'o man. You know, I've seen and love the humor of Troma, a NJ independent film company, but man. These 2 films were made by the same man Chris Seaver and by a company called Low Budget Films, which works with Troma,...and we are talking very low budget, like $500. Both were hilarious though, even though they over use the 'running gag'. Highly entertaining though. Mulva is about a girl's first time going trick or treating, at the age of 23. And a zombie uprising happens. Annoying,... very annoying voice (suppose to be), but entertaining. Filthy McNasty is about 2 girls want to be pretty and use a demon, call Fil (Phil), to make that dream come true. He does and promptly kills many people in the process, some through sex. Also entertaining. Basically two films to watch when you are in the mood to not take anything seriously.

The next 4 come today: Filthy McNastier/Filthy McNastiest (double feature), Mulva 2: Kill Teen Ape (Teen Ape is a running character in all Chris Seaver's films), The Quest for Egg Salad (a mock of Lord of the Rings, also by Chris Seaver), and Doom Asylum (Patty Mullen's other film). Lots of fun in store.

You may ask, why so many films? Well, I have a shit ton of stuff I just want to see on my wishlists, not buy, just see. And Netflix has finally gotten a broad enough range that they have about 95% of those films so that is why. Why so much at one time though, well, I don't really want Netflix and I have over 250 films I want to see. So, crunch time.

And as a cliff hanger; for the next 2 weeks, starting today, I will not be in contact with anyone. I'm doing my fast gawd damn it. I'm no going out, I'm not hanging with friends, I'm not socialising. I realize this doesn't mean much for many people but I'm tired of starting and stopping this fast. So, sorry for all I have made plans with, but I need to finish this before I go crazy.

Halloween

I don't care what people think. Rob Zombie is becoming my most favorite director.

With a remake of Halloween, quite possibly John Carpenter's masterpiece, I was very leery. Then I heard it was going to be done by Rob Zombie, well, to tell the truth, all skepticism flew out the window. If there was ever a movie remake I would trust Rob Zombie with, it would be Halloween. Rob Zombie has a way of keeping the evil evil but showing you a softer side of it, while maintaining the original evilness. Now, Rob Zombie is showing an early director's forte of always casting his friends/actors he has previously worked with. All of his regulars are in here with, albeit, smaller parts; except his wife. Now, I think the lady is awesome, but she can't act very well. I do see her getting better through each film. But she didn't hold the candle close enough here. She tried, which is obvious, but you could tell she didn't have a 100% hold of the character. And, leave it to Rob to cast her into an important but semi-large part. She plays Mikey's Mom. Which, in the original, didn't matter much, but here we see Mikey progress into the psychopath.

Rob Zombie has done nothing to the story, btw. He made a few changes to how certain things play out, but has not changed the story, the characters, or the nudity at all. Yup, just like the old film, 3 girls show their boobs and what lovely boobs they are. But, they are shown in probably the best way titty flashes can be done, with realism. Unlike the first, titty flashes are not the best thing on the screen, and, unlike the original, the girls don't worry about putting something on while trying to get away from the killer; they just try to get away like any real person would. So, yes, during one girl's scene she is topless cause she was just making out when her boy toy was snatched from above by Mike. And none of that creepy 'he is lurking in the darkness waiting for you when your done and alone' crap. He waits for a second then moves in. Rob Zombie has brought realism to this film which really helps draw you in.

Also, I think Rob was perfect for this direction because he has a fascination with 70's clothing and music which help bring out the creep factor. He also helps bring to light the true aura of the 70's. I really hate it when people revel in the 70's culture; thinking 'it was a great time to get high and love one another'. True, but there is a huge down side to that sort of freedom. Mainly the people who take advantage of this type of situation. The people who are sick in the head and cause violence and pain wherever they go. These people slipped through the cracks of this time and Rob Zombie helps bring that to light more so than anyone else has done. S.O.S. for example (Son of Sam). This guy roamed around killings tons of people and no one really took it seriously. The guy had to turn himself in to be caught for crying out loud. The 70's weren't great, they were a time to be afraid and Rob helps point this out better than anyone.

I don't know. All I really know is that I identify with Rob Zombie's directing taste. I feel satisfied that I have seen everything I wanted to see out of his films, and didn't even know it. Well done Rob, well done.

Keepin' up with the communicay

Once again, my fast has been put off with the sudden and inevitable planning to do things with people. So this Saturday is like wall to wall things to do. First, family reunion (which I never go to but might this year), second, movie night; I must make an appearance if that is all I can manage. Third, Aussie's b-day this Saturday and it is ALL DAY. Gawd.

Well, things are going a little better at work. The biggest thing (other than the lack to do stuff since I am still in training) is my new boss/old supervisor. Ever since she got the new position, she has been a bit of a downer. It isn't her fault though. The previous guy knew he was going and just sort of toss stuff around and ran a very lax ship. Now she has a lot of people breathing down her neck about stuff and she, unfortunately, does take it out on us a bit. But, these past few days she is getting better at not taking it out on us, letting us converse instead of instruct with her. We'll see how long it lasts.

Big news for me, though. Sept 21st. This is quite possibly the biggest day of my year so far. Res Evil 3 is coming out to theaters. I have been syked since I got back from Korea and found out about it. Which, as of tomorrow, I will have been back for a whole year. I can't believe so much time has gone by and so little at the same time.

Around this time next year I planned to have 2 vacations. One, I will be going to Gen Con next year with Chuckles and whoever goes with him. and B, I will visit Rose and Johnny for a kickin' good time. Aside from that, just the random vacation days.