Snow Blows

Last night we were hit with a small amount of snow, perhaps an inch or two, but flowing into this morning there was about a half inch coating of ice on all the snow. Not too bad, we've been hit with much, much worse in recent years, but still.

Anyway, I just got done shoveling the driveway... which is bullshit, because we are supposed to have a crew come and shovel up the driveways and walkways for us since we are part of a HOA, what the hell are we paying dues for if they don't even come and do what they are supposed to?

Oh well.

Catching Up

Hey Now!

It's been a long ass time since I posted anything on here, but I figured I would start it up again since I have recently been freed up of some time.

As far as life goes, things aren't going the greatest, but they could always be worse. I lost my job and am in recovery mode from a nasty stomach bug that had me wrenching in pain for two days.

The good news is that in between sending out my resume and looking for work, I've been hella busy wasting my time by catching up on a bunch of movies, tv shows, video games and books that I've been meaning to dive into, which is mostly what I wanted to write about.

MOVIES:

Kick-Ass - I read these comic books a while back but never had a chance to see the movie... Well, I finally did and the movie lives up to it's title splendidly... the movie is absolutely kick-ass! I can't wait for a sequel.

The Human Centipede - Oh man, this is one sick movie. It's a good movie, but it's sick. Basically it involves a mad scientist who kidnaps three people and makes them into a ''human centipede'' which is sewing their mouths to their anuses. They are working on a sequel to this as well, not as excited to see that one but will definitely see it anyway.


TV SHOWS:

Larry Sanders Show - This is an older show, but when it aired I didn't have HBO, and since it has recently been offered up on Netflix, I decided it was time to check it out... breezed through 4 seasons like they were nothing, great show!

Lost - Yes I've already watched all of Lost, but the show is phenomenal so I wanted to watch it all again, in as few sittings as possible. I'm already up to episode 8 of the final season and would definitely recommend a re-watch for any Lost fan who has the time.


VIDEO GAMES:

Fallout New Vegas - A vast amount of time gave me plenty of opportunity to play a vast game like Fallout New Vegas and although I already plan to replay it, this game was just as great as Fallout 3.

Lost: Via Domus - My re-interest in Lost and the fact I found this game for 12 bucks got me playing through this very short game. The gameplay straight up sucked balls but the story and a few other elements and references were worth playing it. Like I said though... It was very short.


BOOKS:

I am perpetually reading through Stephen King's Dark Tower books and I just recently got through the third book, The Wastelands. I am excited to read through more, especially since this book has quite a cliffhanger at the end.

Harry Potter - Another saga of books I am reading... for the second time, that is. I am just finishing up book two, Chamber of Secrets.

Wayside School Trilogy - Sure these books are for children, but they are clever and entertaining. It took me about as long to read all three books as it took me to play through Lost: Via Domus... 3 hours, but regardless, I enjoyed them again.


Well, that's about it for now. I have a lot more planned to watch and read, so I better get to it.


-- Posted From My iPad

Monday...Again!?

How could I let this happen yet again?! I was deliberately trying to avoid this, but somehow it seems that Monday has come back to test my patience once more. I thought that I had finally figured out a strategy to avoid this horror, but alas, for what seems like the past 1,484 weeks in a row, there is another Monday just sitting there, waiting for me.

It seems as though it's always there, I could practically set my watch to it's predictable nature, but week after frustrating week, there it is... Monday. It also seems to strike when I least expect it. I will be enjoying my time for almost 72 hours, not a care in the world and then before I know it, BOOM, there's Monday, mocking me and forcing me back into a rigid and lackluster schedule. Why God?! Why are you cursing me?!

It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't happening every single week without fail. I don't understand why it can't miss just one week, take a break, mellow out, come back on Tuesday maybe, but no, it's always there... ALWAYS!

Oh well, there isn't much that I can do so I'll have to learn to deal with it. Hopefully Wednesday will give me a break this week, it's the least I can ask for.

Death Before Dishonor

Hey Ya'll...

Remember how excited I was when I first got my iPhone and I started up a whole blog about it and all that jazz (of course you don't)... well, regardless if you remember or not, I'm killing the iPhone blog because I'm bored with it and it just plain sucks. I have to simplify things in my life and having some boring ass blog that sucks and I don't care about anyway is a waste of my time and patience... so there. R.I.P. iPhone Blog, it wasn't fun.

Movie Ideas

- Some guy hallucinates a magical adventure in another world, with a fair dose of talking trees and the moon and shit, I dunno, some kind of Alice in Wonderland/Wizard of Oz rip-off.

- Microscopic Aliens attempt to take over the planet, but no one seems to notice.

- A war movie that turns out to be just some kids playing "war" in their backyard. Eh.

- A group of scientists go back in time and accidentally kill themselves as kids, they have to cope with living in the past and the potential paradox that may occur, or something.

- Some kind of alien thing lands in a city and it baffles the citizens and eventually makes them do crazy things, no actual aliens though, psychological shit.

- Cloverfield/Blair Witch type movie about a guy filming his kids baseball game... most boring movie ever, but drama escalates as the concession stand runs out of hot dogs.

- A duo of burglars break into a house only to find that the house has been deserted, so they just sit around and reminisce about their past, then they set the house on fire.

- Two lifelong friends fall in love with the same car so they have a falling out, but neither has enough money to buy it anyway so it turns out they buy it together, but then the one dies in a car accident. The hilarity ensues.

- An off-the wall movie about a Pizza Shop... Think 'Clerks' combined with 'Waiting' combined with 'The Big Lebowski' combined with 'Matrix' combined with 'Hunt for Red October'.

- A 'fake' true story about one of those guys that runs the zemboni at hockey games and his addiction to cartoons.

Huh?

Trying to think of some ideas for a screenplay. I have probably started writing about 20 screenplays of various lengths, but I only finished one of them, and that was co-written by a friend in High School and I'm pretty sure he has the only copy of it... Wish I could read that one again, it was some funny shit.

Basically, it's a time thing. If i had enough time to actually focus on an idea, I would definitely be finishing these damn things, but with life comes...well life. Work, wife, family, blah blah blah... Not enough time to just write, and apparently when I do have time to write I'm posting pointless things on a blog. Sheesh, I need to prioritize my shit.

Anyway, I forget what I originally wanted to write about but I don't think it was screenplays, or maybe it was... I did just get a pretty good screenplay app on my iPad, so I was probably thinking about that.

Oh... And another thing. Mystery Science Theater 3000 is one of the funniest shows ever. I've been spending a lot of my "screenplay writing time" watching old episodes of this show and cracking the fuck up over and over again. It really was a great idea to just have a whole show of people mocking crappy movies, wish I would've thought of that. One complaint though is that the theme song has been stuck in my head for about a week now... all three versions of it.

I think that's all I care to speak about at this time, leave me be please... leave me be.

My TV Habits

Lost Update

So I plowed through every episode of every season of Lost, got caught up just in time to watch the last 3 episodes live and now the series is completely done.

My feeling is that it was a good series. Regarding the finale... it was definitely a polarizing episode, while it didn't wrap up all of Lost's mysteries, enough were answered and enough closure was given that makes me satisfied.

I think many people's expectations were set too high and when they weren't given what they expected, they were disappointed. I really try not to get high expectations anymore, and just try to be happy with what I'm given (in terms of things like TV shows, etc...) What else can you do, you have to just accept what the writers have written. I understand not liking it, but well... I dunno... I'm probably wrong... moving on...


The Office

This show has been increasingly disappointing in my view [maybe your expectations are too high]...(shut up!)... anyway... the show has turned from a documentary style filming of a wacky office which seemed slightly plausible, to a totally scripted looking and feeling sitcom with unbelievable premises and character actions.

Steve Carrell has announced that the next season will be his last and he expects the show to carry on without him. Sorry to say that I was losing interest in the show for the last 2 seasons anyway and if Steve Carrell leaves, it will be a deathblow to the series, at least in my household. R.I.P. to what was once a great show.


Big Brother

One of my all-time favorite reality shows is coming back on soon, next Thursday, July 8th to be exact, and I couldn't be happier. I don't have any info yet... no news on who the cast will be, no news on what changes to the rules or the house will be... I know nothing. I won't even be getting the live feeds this year because of financial reasons, but I'm still excited for the show to start.


True Blood

This show started up again a few weeks ago, and so far it's not doing that great of a job capturing my attention. The first two seasons were amazing, but 3 episodes into season 3 and I'm not feeling the same excitement.

I will admit that the most recent episode brought me back into the world a bit more, but overall this season is feeling a bit, blah. Crossing my fingers and hoping they get back on track with this series.


Other various shows that I have been watching include: Wipeout, Hell's Kitchen, Modern Family (which is over for the season,) Judge Judy, iCarly and Victorious... I have also been watching some older shows... Sopranos (again,) and old episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000... That's my television consumption in a nutshell.