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Sorry it's a bit late.


Midnight Movie-- Really well-made film, and overall pretty good acting. But the plot and dialogue just strikes me as uninspired and did pretty much nothing to hold my interest. It'd be interesting to see Jack Messitt make a film with a better written script, though.

It was pretty cool seeing some of the theatre things, though, since that stuff's pretty realistic, at least from my time spent working at a theatre.

The Batpod's stupid

I've tried to get used to the Batpod from The Dark Knight, I really have. But I just can't, I do not find it appealing at all, aesthetically speaking. It just looks ridiculous to me.

Granted, I thought the same thing about the Tumbler when Batman Begins first came out, but that was different. I was merely upset at the change from the more classical Batmobile, which I adore. But, I got over that pretty quickly and I've come to love the Tumbler, it's badass.

But, seriously, the Batpod is stupid, no matter how many times I watch The Dark Knight.

Yeah, that's all, I just wanted to get that off my chest.

Physical self-examination is much more fun

So, whenever one of my friends would start dating someone I'd get this... bizarre feeling. Bizarre and entirely unpleasant. And for the longest time I've struggled with what the hell it is exactly. I think I finally figured it out.

You see, the most obvious explanation to me was jealousy. This is more for another blog for another time, but, long story short [and with some helpful alliteration], I fall for folk fairly fast. But, jealousy's never sounded correct to me. I mean, I'm a jealous son of a bitch, don't get me wrong, but this is a different feeling entirely. What else could it be, though? I think I finally figured it out.

I've realized it's not jealousy; rather, I'm over-protective. It's a feeling of worry, which I should have recognized all along considering I worry so often.

There have been instances where it is, in fact, jealousy, of course. But it's not jealousy every single time and with every single person. And it's not entirely jealousy even when I am feeling envious. I worry a lot. And I hate seeing my friends get hurt. And when they enter into an intimate relationship with some man or woman I don't know at all I immediately worry for their well-being. This other person is an unknown, to me at least, and they're opening themselves to them. And my mind likes to come up with worst possible scenarios first.

So... I'm a little less shitty than I thought.

Thank you for joining me on this insight inside my mind. Please remain seated until the ride has come to a complete stop, then depart in an orderly manner.

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Babylon A.D.-- It's nice seeing Vin Diesel doing action movies again, and the action's entertaining although Vin's tough guy character is a bit played out nowadays. But the film kind o' peters out near the end, I think.


Mirrors-- Not a bad movie, per se, but not terribly intriguing, either. Honestly, it has several moments where it's downright ridiculous. But! It has one of the most horrifying scenes I've seen in a horror film. You need to see the unrated version of this film just to see the bathtub scene with Amy Smart. You can turn the DVD off after that point for all I care, but, that is a must-see scene in my opinion.

Who dat? Who dere?

I'm curious how many and who read/reads this tripe, so, if you're here and reading this right now, drop a comment in the bottom there. Names would be appreciated, but, you can leave it anonymous if you've any desire to remain unknown. Secret!

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Fear-- I'm not sure how I've managed to never hear of this movie before. Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, and William Petersen are all pretenders whom I admire. How how how? Anyway, it's a very good movie, especially Mark Wahlberg's performance.


Hancock-- I don't understand why people are disappointed with this movie, I loved it. It's very funny and I love the character of John Hancock; I think he's terribly intriguing.
POSSIBLE SPOILER
I was a bit iffy when they introduced the female counterpart, but, it turned out better than I thought. I wasn't much of a fan of how it ended, though. Very powerful, then it cut to the "One Month Later" stuff that kind o' killed it for me.
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Horton Hears A Who!-- I thought it was pretty good. I mean, you're pretty much going to know whether you like it or not before you even start watching it, but, yeah. This is more of a straight-up kid's movie as opposed to something like Shrek with lots of jokes for the adults, as well. So, as long as you dig children's films, you'll probably enjoy it.

So, anyone else seen or heard of PETA's new ad campaign? If not, you should click that funny-colored text right there, it's definitely worth reading. I'll wait.

So, yeah... XDDDD

I'll repeat a couple of my favorite quotes:

"Most parents would never dream of spending a weekend torturing kittens for fun with their families, but hooking a sea kitten through the mouth and dragging her through the water is the same as hooking a kitten through the mouth and dragging her behind your car."
-- Ashley Byrne, PETA campaign coordinator

Now, maybe I'm just an evil motherfucker, but that made me cackle. XD


"I think I may eat some sea kittens tonight."
-- Brian Dixon, National Marine Fisheries Service management biologist

XDD The utter disdain I can imagine in his voice as he makes a mockery of this campaign is wunderbar.

And if you get a chance, look at these "bedtime stories". That is some dark, macabre shit in there. I have never in my life been so depressed by fish. XD

How To Look Less Like A Dork 101

So, I was struck by a random memory earlier that... actually occurs quite frequently, but, whatever. I figured I'd share it.

So, in the fifth grade I was a fat nerdy kid with glasses and a mullet. Struth. And I had this great friend named... Nicole, I'm pretty sure. Now, as everyone knows, all nerdy kids push up their glasses by using the tip of either their forefinger or middle finger to push the center of their spectacles along the bridge of their nose. My friend Nicole saw me do this in the lunch line one day. She stops me and says, "You know, you'd look cooler if you pull them back by the earpiece instead."

No real importance, just felt like sharing.

Funny thing is, that's the only memory I have of her. Can't remember much of what she looked like. Long, dark, curly haired white girl who wore a leather jacket a lot of the time, and that's all I can remember. And I have no later memories of her. I remember that being some time in the first half of the school year. Nothing before or after.

But I always remember that when I push my glasses up on to my face.

Look at the elephant, mommy!

So, Britney Spears' Circus...

Can't help it, every album always has at least a couple good songs that I enjoy. At least, for the past couple. So, I like to give them a listen to hear what's there. I'm only about halfway through it, but, there's one line in particular, on the track "If U Seek Amy":

"Love me or hate me, but can't you see what I see?
All of the boys, and all of the girls, are begging to F-U-C-K me"

I literally rewound the track to double check what I heard. Had me laughing my ass off. XD



In Addendum: If you're gonna swear on your album, just fuckin' swear. Don't edit it out, it's annoying.

Hatchet Review on YouTube

That pretty much says it all, huh?

To make it official

Anyone other than Mr. G remember that bass song I was talking about in a vid a while back? Well, it's gonna be a bit before that is finished. Y'see, I jacked up the... cord that goes from the bass to the amp. I should really learn what that's called. But, that doesn't work anymore, so, until I'm less unemployed, that's on hold.

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The Woods-- I'm growing quite fond of Lucky McKee. May is a phenomenal film, and this isn't bad, either. Nothing terribly astounding, but it's an interesting little supernatural mystery. Plus an awesome little role played by Bruce Campbell.

Woot whoop, bitches!

I have a complete bathroom floor. Hell yeah!

Unfortunately, the toilet tank leaks and the bolts need to be changed. Blaaaah. It's almost annoying having a landlord who actually fixes stuff, haha.

If it's not one fucking thing, it's a-gods-damned-nother

So, I recorded Just Between Us today. What's that, you want to hear it? Oh, that's wicked unfortunate, because I can't clean it up and mix it and make it sound less like butt! For some bizarre fucking reason I'm only getting sound out of the left speaker on the computer I use to record and mix. So, whee, awesome, huh? Yet another in a long line of excuses for why this damned project's on hold. >_<

In a related change of subject, I'm not entirely certain how this will affect vids for YouTube, as sound engineering is far less important for those. I'll get back to you on that. And, I'm still waiting on a few gifts I have yet to receive for birthday and Christmas this year and then I'll be doing a vid showing what I got.

P.S., fuck you technology! At times I'm almost tempted to become a Luddite and be done with it.

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The Legend of Bagger Vance-- First of all, I hate golf. And this movie is set against a golf tournament. Yeck. But, don't hold that against it! It's a good movie; amusing and heartwarming, although I could have done without all the "GOLF IS GREAT!" dialogue.

Pissed off kids are funny

Which is why I antagonize little shits.

So, quick back story, I woke up this morning to my mother yelling at Laurie, my sister, because she took my mother's glasses while we were sleeping and played with them. And subsequently lost them.

So, understandably, she was told she's not allowed to watch anything on television until my mothers glasses are found, and probably not even then. We will instead listen to my mother's choice of music. Well, they will. Laurie is displeased. She's sitting on the couch screaming, and she yells, "I just want a decent life! Without music! I don't even have a nice mom!" XD

And just now! I told her she couldn't play one of my Pokémon games on her GBA because she just walked in and started taking it out of the case without asking. She stomps out of the room to my mother's bedroom and tries to slam the door shut, but she fails in this task because her big, pink horse is in the way. I laugh [natch]. She gets even more infuriated and is yelling "SHUT UP!" while she moves the pink horse and tries to slam the door shut again... and hits something else that was in the way of the door closing. XDDD

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It's still Friday!!


The Simpsons Movie-- Meh. Introducing an actual plotline, drama, and romance doesn't work completely with The Simpsons. Sometimes it really does. For instance, the tape that Marge leaves Homer is honestly heartbreaking. But the first half of the film is boring, with the last 20 or 30 minutes being the only thing exciting or at all interesting. And, surprisingly, not as funny as I expected. Funniest moment, though, is when the polar bear kicks the fox. XD

Holy Hell, I did something

So, I've been making a lot of entries lately, but, son of a bitch, I did stuff today.

And by stuff, I mean I was bombin' around a variety of shopping centers with some friends.

We went all over the place: Heroes Your Mom Threw Out [comic book shop, which was fuckin' closed!], Rite Aid, Walgreens, Toys 'R' Us, the Arnot Shopping Mall [FYE, GameStop, a couch and recliner store, Waldenbooks, Spencer's, a pet store, Victoria's Secret, JoAnn Fabrics], Dix Sporting Goods, Kohl's, Wal-Mart, K-Mart... I think that's every place we went.

Not really any amazing stories from the day that I can think of... I know there are some, I'm just drawing a complete blank. Which is good, because in truth there are probably so many amusing tidbits that I'd have way too much typing to do. We did, however, get lost on the way to the comic shop. Only because they had moved their place of business and left a note on the door with the address. Finding it was sooo much fun. XD

But, yeah, I had quite the adventurous, entertaining day. (^_^) Unfortunately, I think I missed my chance for an awesome phone call. :( Bummer of a way to end the day.

Bathroom Exploits

So, spent the majority of today helping [read, mostly watching and learning while helping where I could] Tim [the maintenance guy] work on the bathroom floor some more. Replaced all the floorboards that needed replacing, put down floor leveler, and started putting down the tile, which I think looks really nice by the by. Got more than half of it down, so almost done. Also, lifted the corner of the tub so that it doesn't leak over the edge anymore. Woot! So, the problem won't repeat itself any time soon hopefully.

Unfortunately, the toilet's leaking now and needs a new hose. At least it's the clean water running into the tank that's leaking and not sewage. Whew. But, not a huge problem, we've just had to turn the tank on to fill and flush then back off again. Not a big deal, had to do that for years at the old house, haha.

But! The current problems are almost fixed! I'm sure more will go wrong. The lighting fixture worries me, but, we'll see, we'll see.

I Suck (Not A Gay Topic)

Yeah, I stole it from you, G. What're you gonna do about it? =P

So, I've fallen into a sedentary lifestyle. Hell, falling is too active a word, allow me to rephrase: I've slowly slipped, purely through gravitational pull and no exertion on my part, into a sedentary lifestyle. I've just stopped working on damn near anything: vids, music, reviews, anything. The only thing I still maintain is the weekly mini-reviews, and that really is the least I could do; it requires nigh no effort. The only thing I do is play vidgames, watch movies, and listen to music.

My hopes are, though, that now I'll shake that off and get back to work on something. I've been sitting on this spoken word album for one excuse or another, the latest is that I have no artwork involved whatsoever, but fuck it, I'll just record it, zip it, and put it up for all five of the people who'll listen to it. I've got vids I want to get done [I'm sorry to everyone who've been waiting on me for vids, Shep, brody, I still want to do that vid with you Franny, I promise!], and some other ideas I don't want to get into in case they fall through for whatever reason.

But, the more I think about it, the more I wonder if any of this'll actually happen. The biggest reason for my sudden apathy and lack of activity is a direct result of my severe lack of motivation. It's really one of the few major problems I have in life, I just don't see a reason to do things. For instance, why did I drop out of high school? Well... actually, because I had just stopped going so it only made sense to get the paperwork out of the way and make it official. But I stopped showing up in the first place because I just didn't see the point and couldn't find a good enough reason for me to go. The only reason I kept going as long as I did was because of my girlfriend at the time and the friends I had. But after breaking up with the girlfriend and the majority of my friends stopped wanting to spend time with me, I had no reason to go anymore.

Or take my inability to gain employment. I'm really not that upset about it. What's the point? Yeah, I'd like to have a paycheck, but, not terribly. I'd just buy vidgames and movies, after all. Sure, I could save up and get an apartment, get out on my own. But to what avail? So that I have someplace to sit by myself and watch movies and play vidgames when I'm not working? I don't see people for days as it is, I really don't think that would change if I had a different place of residence. I just play vidgames and watch movies alone, unless I see someone on Xbox Live, and then I'll play a vidgame with them, but still ostensibly alone. I can do that now, and without having to deal with the general public. So why bother getting a job and moving out to do the same things I do now?

There are numerous examples of my apathy and... what's an antonym for motivation? I can't think of one... anyway, there are many examples, but I think you see my point. If I can find no good reason to do something, I find it very difficult to motivate myself, even if I know I should. If I don't know why I should... *shrugs*

So, what was I saying? I think I got distracted, this whole entry is kind of train-of-thought writing that I'm not even bothering to reread... oh, right! Getting around to working on things, music, vids, life. I'm not sure if I'll ever actually do these things as it's becoming increasingly difficult to find reasons for motivation. But I hope I do, maybe starting tomorrow, in fact.

Okay, that's enough. I hope this entry makes sense to someone and isn't too much of a jumbled mess. XD