Saturday, May 28, 2005

back again...

StarWars was something I loved as a kid and later as an adult but not something that I could fully enjoy with the lovely action figures from Kenner in my youth. My parents could never afford many toys and if I did have any starwars toys it would be 1 Luke or 1 Han or maybe an R2D2 but never more than one at a time and by the time i'd acquire a new one i'd have already lost my old one or it'd have been stolen by some other fucking kid.


Man thank the maker it's not gonna be as hot as it was last weekend. If I learned anything from the blistering heat and humidity it was that I seriously need to improve the Insulation in out attic. In the afternoon the living room can heat up to 80 degrees. It makes out AC work much harder and costs us more in utilities. I decided to take a look in that attic, something that I had not done at all since moving into this house over 2 years ago. When I went up there I was suprised to see boxes everywhere, i'd say at least 20 medium size boxes and a couple of smaller boxes and a babys crib. Weird. I immediately hopped down cause it was just too hot. A couple of days later a cool day to be exact I went up again and this time i was gonna drag down a box with me. I grabbed one marked G.I. Joe and pulled it down A quickly opened it to find a Planet Hoth Luke Skywalker and a Hoth Han Solo, Not to mention a Storm Trooper a Greedo and a Snaggle tooth. But best of all? A Lando! Rock on! underneath the plastic tray they were in was another plastic tray filled with hundreds of little platic guns and swords and backpacs etc. it was like a supply hut for action figures. I was excited starting to hope there was some vintage Tie Fighters and possibly a Millenium Falcon up there but I was already behind schedule getting ready to go to a friends barbeque so I plan on going up again very soon.

Who left this stuff here? we live in a house that was built in the 80's so any number of people could have lived here and forgot all about their cool toys, I can't wait to see what other hidden treasures are up there.

Sunday, May 22, 2005

A strong one, this one.

Wow, I was so effected by StarWars Episode III Revenge of the Sith that I had to take a few days off from my blog.

The anticipation that day I felt, man am I silly. I could barely eat my stomach was in knots I was so anxious to see this film, I didn't expect to feel this way. The closer it got to be time to go to the theater I was just giddy and nervous at the same time. I can't ever remember feeling quite like this before any film.

Where to start? Ok I'll start off with the theater I saw the movie at. The Parks in Arlington. Holy shit you fucks this is the last installment of StarWars ever and you're telling me you can't crank the fucking sound up? Go straight to Mustafar you cocksmokes. This ruined the first 15 minutes or so for me cause I wanted to get up to complain so bad but I also didnt want to get out of my seat and take my eyes off of the screen.

Then I was sucked in right as Dooku shows up and the Lighsaber duel starts and I didn't think about the sound again till the film was over. Man, this is the first of the 3 prequels where the first thing I thought as I left the theater wasn't what I'd change about the flick, but what the characters could have done differently to stop that tradgedy that took place. This movie really Rocks!

I find it hard to go into everything as I've only seen it once and it demands a second viewing because I know for a fact that good sound in a theater will help even better to suck you into the moments that give tingles up your spine. I loved the emperor, holy shit he's so evil and twisted and just manipulates poor Anakin that he didn't have a chance. The way he turns Anakin over when Mace Windu is so close to killing him. "Mace! why didn't you just run him through with your saber?" One moment that I really loved and will cherish this, was when Yoda hops up on Chewbacca's shoulder. I loved that and when Yoda tells him, "Goodbye Chewbacca I shall miss you." sniff. good stuff.

I keep reading about how this film is dark and all that which I couldn't wait to see and you know what? It's true and the one thing I couldn't understand once the film was over was how profoundly sad I was. I was genuinely moved. This could quite possibly be the last time there is ever a StarWars film. God I hope not, but It might be and that makes me sad. Thank you George you hit one out of the park and I loved it.

I am all over the place I know but I gotta see this again before I go majorly into it. When Padme names the babies I was a mess I wanted to just weep like a youngling but I was sitting next to a friend and wouldn't ever live it down. That's a great scene. More to come...

Thursday, May 19, 2005

WOOT!

Later this evening it's gonna be time to see Revenge of the Sith! I am trying to stay in the state of excited and not too excited lol like that will work. I just watched A New Hope getting ready to be in the StarWars mood. Man the original trilogy kicks the shit out of the prequels so bad it's not even funny. But, I will take whatever starwars I can get.

Curse you George Lucas you've enslaved me and many others since 1977 and we have yet to escape. Hehe.

I'll write what I think Tomorrow. May the force be with us!

Ugh what a geek.

Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Hmmn, I think someone needs to pull that bug outta their ass.

I think what it is is i've come to accept and even say out loud that I understand why she wants this and I will go along with it and everything is fine. Then, they start to talk about it and I get all upset again. I'll just bring it up here from now on cause i'm acting like a baby.

Kudos to ALIAS and 24 for running the entire seasons without a single re-run. 24 never does but usually has weeks and weeks of being set aside for the likes of American Idol. Ugh. 24 has been incredibly ridiculous and entertaining at the same time, it's had moments of pure annoyance and moments of pure stupidity but I still love it. C'mon Jack Bauer has killed over 40 bad guys in less than 24 hours that's got to be a record.

Alias had a good start and a lull in the middle. Many say this was to help the LOST viewers jump on and be able to get feelers on what was going on. Big Mistake! But they've gotten back on track with the story arc of the Derevkos an all things Rambaldi. Joel Grey as the Sloane clone or as I liked to call him Marvin Sloane was great! Can't wait for the 2hrs tonight!

I dig LOST don't get me wrong but it's really rubbed me the wrong way the way ABC has dragged out the season having weeks of re-runs at a time then airing a new episode then another two weeks of re-runs it got tedious. But I can't wait to see the finale. I hope that J.J. Abrams wrote and directed the finale.

Tomorrow is Return of the Sith day Woot! I am excited and giddy but at the same time wish my daughter was old enough to go too. Oh well i'll show it to her later. I'll post some semblance of a review after I see it. Keep in mind I told myself I liked The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones then grew to dislike them over time. Don't get me wrong I own both on dvd and have watched them multiple times. I'd almost say I can watch the Phantom Menace now and not be bothered as much as Clones just gets on my nerves. Ugh that romantic theme by John Williams gives me a migraine. AoTC is a stinker that I love like a red headed step child as well as Jar Jar laden TPM. Both have great sound mixes though. Hehe

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

sufficiently vented

I feel better now. I will be ok. I will do this for my baby and my Wife. I love them both very much and I just need to get over it.

Out voted

Why am I letting this shit bother me so much? Is it true that I always want my way? That I am a selfish ass-hat? Why is the fact that THEY want my daughter baptised bothering me so goddamn much? Is it because I want her to choose herself? Or is it because I don't want them too cause I think that it's all horseshit? Shoudn't I not care then? If it's all harmless, should I just laugh and have a little smirk as they fill the house of the Lord and watch as blessed (pronounced bless-ed) water is poured on her head.

Maybe it's the fact that I feel like I had no say in the matter. They just waited for the ol' Jastrom to pushover. Pfft.

I need to get over it cause it's gonna happen with or without me and I need to be there for my daughter.

The bridge is burning

There's a guy who lives across the street from us and he is so proud of his fucking motorcycle or chopper whatever you want to call it. It's 8am and my daughter is still sleeping and this asshole is revving his engine over and over, it's so damn loud it's ridiculous. I picture the engine exploding and the guy taking wheel spokes to the jugular or better yet just moving. The guy is probably already deaf. I don't know why people do this to their hearing, it's like these guys in their Bass Mobiles thumping down the street, Just wanted to let you guys know to say goodbye to your hearing at an early age. Just wait there will be news reports around the year 2010, "an epidemic is sweeping the nation, Early deafness has set in for millions of generaton y and x'ers, why? cause they thumped to loud ass window shaking bass in their cars eager to show the other sheep how they pimped out their rides." so sad. Good, serves them right.

There is that instance when you realize that a certain someone in your life that has brought nothing but hurt feelings and pain that you decide you do not need this person around anymore. At first you decide not to talk to them as much, make a conscious effort so they get the hint that you don't want to talk to them, sometimes it can be a little drawn out since people are generally clueless, they want to speak constantly with no interruption so you can't tell them they are full of shit. Then that painful part comes when they finally get it. 'this person doesn't want to talk to me?' and they make and effort not to speak to you. They may play the victim, 'what'd I ever do to him?" but you shall not waver. They get it and they know no matter how much they pretend not to. You do not need this person in your life, you've forgiven and forgotten way too many times to count and you're not going to do it anymore. Goodbye asshole don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out.

The bridge is buring and there is no putting it out.

Now onto other stuff. I didn't get time to mess with pic.s and links and stuff yesterday, but I will soon. I didn't list the best shows on tv that I am watching either cause I thought about it and I want that on the side panel.

Back in the day being my late teens and early twenties I was a Director freak I praised all my favorite directors from, James Cameron, Sam Raimi, Ridley Scott, and George Miller to John Woo and couldn't wait to see any film they cranked out. Well, over time I've not been as interested as I used to be and I've found myself being more into Television show creators and writers. I still love Movies don't get me wrong but there is an unknown renassiance in television right now of great drama and entertainment going on. I say unknown like I have a secret, hell it's known I just want to sound mysterious, there is alot of horrible television on right now too you just have to sift through the bullshit. Shows like CSI and Survivor and The Apprentice are like fast food for the bloated. I'm not into that shit, I usually watch CSI:Miami cause fucking Caruso cracks me up.

I'm talking about people like J.J.Abrams, Joss Whedon, and Ron d. Moore not to forget Rob Thomas and Tim Minear. These guys have created such great shows as Alias, Lost, Buffy, Angel, Firefly, The new Battlestar Galactica, Veronica Mars and Wonderfalls and the new show on Fox called 'The Inside'. I've found myself more excited to see what these guys will come up next than my old favorite directors and these guys so far have yet to disappoint me. J.J. Abrams Alias is a great show that I highly recommend cathing up on DVD seasons 1-3 are already out and season 4 is about to wrap up. Lost is a great show as well that keeps getting better. Joss's show Firefly which was cancelled early on by Fox was a fantastical show crossing the space opera with the western with an assortment of great characters that is now going to be a major motion picture called, SERENITY. Ron Moore's new take on Battlestar Galactica is some of the best drama and sci-fi on television right now! Don't miss it! Veronica Mars by Rob Thomas is kinda like a cool Nancy Drew with great storylines and mystery and a strong female character that we can all admire. I didnt watch Wonderfalls and apparently no one else did either cause FOX shit-canned it pretty fast, but Tim Minear wrote some of my favorite episodes of Firefly and I hope he hits a homerun with The Inside. Too bad it's on Fox.

Monday, May 16, 2005

Ick Monday

Man it's hard to get out of bed on Monday. Emma even sleeps and hour late. I'm annoyed looking out the back window that I gave up after mowing the front lawn leaving the backyard to be cut next weekend. It's the damn lawn mower it just wouldn't stay on. I topped it off with gas and did the regular routine and the pos wouldn't stay running I got so pissed I just gave up. At least I finished the front though, that's the part people see.

I just realized today getting a pop tart out of the cabinet that Darth Vader is on the box! Darth Vader is whoring Poptarts! The dark lord of the sith! Good grief.

I need to work on my project but I keep putting it off. I had all of friday night to myself and instead of writing I player World of Warcraft all night with my bud Bill. I call him Grady cause that's his characters name. I had fun playing and hadn't gotten to play WoW in awhile it was good to say hi to friends that i've only known online since meeting them in the mmorpg StarWars Galaxies. We had a mass exodus and left that game on account of it not having any content. the starwars theme wears off after awhile but you meet lots of cool people from all over the country you wouldnt' otherwise get to meet. Hell all over the world even.

StarWars has fans all over the 'verse as we outlanders call it. And now we can eat breakfast food while being reminded that our beloved movie franchise likes our money. Thanks Darth Vader for prostituting yourself these pop tarts taste extra good. I gotta get off this subject hehe.

All of TV's shows are having their season finale's and I will have to wait until july to see my Battlestar Galactica return. I can't wait, it's a great show.

I need to list my favorite shows of last season for you. I will later today. Time to feed the tot. Later.

Sunday, May 15, 2005

Neck hurts again!?!

What the hell did I do to this thing that supports my giant head. Well shit I think I just answered my own question. I've been laying against a heating pad from night to night but that's only temporary.

Hopefully by morning it will feel better.

Experimentation

I'm not the most computer savvy yokel around so I have to play around with this here thang and learn to post my favorite links and Pictures of stuff. I am an artist and once fancied myself a comic book poser. I wanted to draw comics but was way too lazy to practice enough to learn stuff like anatomy. So maybe I will post some of my artwork. I'm mostly writing right now though. I've been working on a special project that I becomes something bigger. I'll let you know about that later.

Sunday mornin' so good to me

One of my favortie rituals of sunday is my wife bringing Emmabear to the bed and we all talk and watch cartoons. We then make our way to the living room where we eat breakfast usually oatmeal and pop tarts, don't forget the frosted flakes with Yoda helping Tony the Tiger sell them. Oh Yoda say it ain't so.

I need to motivate myself to mow today before it gets hot, sometimes while mowing when I get all sweaty and the wind hits me just right It takes me back to California ti's almost like I step through a portal. I am there instantly. Isn't that weird how the mind can remind you of something and you are instantly back. It's awesome.

Then I realize I am in Texas and hot and need a shower and feel like i've been swimming all day congested hehe. Hey that didn't happen in California.

I am anixiously awaiting Thursday to see Revenge of the Sith. I hope it doesn't suck. Time to get ready to mow. :(

Sleepy

Well I lamed out and didn't go to the party. Once My wife and child got home we were all tired and just wanted to have some dinner and watched Shrek 2 on HBO that I tivo'd.

I had some fried Catfish at the Restaurant 'Texas Grill' on Camp Bowie blvd. and man was it tasty!

We got into a discussion about my daughter being Baptised soon. My wife and her Mom are very excited about this. I am not. Why? Well, she's 14 months old. She should make the descision herself when she's older whether she wants to have water sprinkled on her head in the name of the Lord. I think anyway.

That's just the way I feel. I gave in anyway and now my Wife tells me we're are gonna have to have a sit down with the pastor first. Christ. I don't wanna talk with that jackass.

He's gonna ask us if we're gonna raise our daughter in the church or whatever and if we say yes we are liars. What if we say no? What if i say no and my wife says yes? We're not gonna go to church on sundays it's just not gonna happen.

I am confused about all of this, I just wish we could wait. I wish she could make up her own mind. I could make a big deal out of it and upset my wife and her mom or I could just shut up and let it happen even if it makes me sick to my stomach.

Hypocrisy, Conformity, Passivity, push-over...

I mentioned how I'm not sure What I believe about God and that I do know that I despise organized religion and think church is a joke. I believe relgion holds people back and ruins peoples lives especially when families share more than one belief, Which they all fucking do! She asked my why then do I celebrate christmas and I replied. "For the presents!"

Saturday, May 14, 2005

Sorry for the confusion

I just posted all my blog entries from another blog to this one and they all have the same date and are posted minutes apart LOL. Oh well I'll mess with it later.

Contemplation...

Should I go or should I stay. I fought the urge to write the Clash lyrics cause that woulda made me a pretensious fuckwad and all around poser to name drop a band that I don't really listen to. I am contemplating whether to go to the exedra party or not, Since the wife and baby are visiting family today I have the day to myself. I could veg out and watch my just arrived other region copies of 'Kung Fu Hustle' and 'Layer Cake' or go and meet with friends I haven't seen in a while and chill out. I havent had a beer in like 2 freaking years and if I had one it would either make me A. Sleepy. or B. longing for a second. or C. guilty. so maybe I would just stick with diet soda pop. I say soda pop by the way cause I think it would be cute form my daughter to eventually say "soda pop dada". Everyone would think she was from the midwest though hehe. I just like saying that better than Coke, which most texans use to describe every brand of soft drink, or at least I do. Man I just fucking lumped a whole state of people in with me. Wow I got off subject there.Should I stay or should I go? na na na na na na na na Whoa! Pretensious fuck!Eating some Frosted Flakes They're Great! The box has Yoda whoring himself on the cover. Wow George did we really need to sellout out Jedi master Yoda to that pimp Tony the Tiger? Don't you have enough fucking cash?

Rise and shine Asshole!

This morning I wake to the sound of hair drying. It's the annoying whirr of a hairdryer and it's my wife in the bathroom blowing her hair dry with one of our wonders of technology. With all of the advances they still haven't managed to invent one that doesn't awake husbands amidst enchanted slumbers. I forgive her cause that's what husbands do and get into the bathroom to begin my morning routine. The bathroom is about 90 degrees probably because of all of that hairdrying with the door closed. I look for the entertainment weekly that's been in the bathroom for the past week but remember I put it into the closet to keep my daughter from tearing it up. It's the one with BATMAN on the cover. I've skimmed through this issue every morning all week and I am to the point where I can't look at it anymore anyway, but I need something to read. I actually leave the same reading material in the bathroom for so long that I get pissed when I start flipping through familiar pages. Grrr. I need some magazine subscriptions and a few perscriptions. Seriously though...Flush. Shower rinse repeat. Dry my Beautiful set of locks.(i.e. hair) You see since my daughter was born I am the master at getting showered and dressed before my daughter wakes up. I couldn't take a shower if she was crying in her crib when she was an infant, so I started getting up earlier than her and did my stuff before her so I didn't have to stress her or I in the mornings. I'm probably not a morning person cause I cried in my crib every morning wondering where the hell my parental unit was. But maybe not I can't remember that long ago. I go and turn on the PC and the TV and get my morning Diet Soda Pop (Doesn't drink coffee). I push the indian out of the way and grab a S'more flavored Pop Tart out of the Cupboard. YUM! I skim through my usual sites, (see my links page) and wait till my daughter lets me know she's up and then after I change her Dipe Dipe We share a Pop Tart while watching Barney!!! He loves you he loves me we're a dysfunctional familllleeeee!!! I got nuthin'

Neck hurts, Yowch!

I don't know what I did in my sleep but my necks hurts like hell and it hurt alot worse yesterday but today I swear the pain has moved lower. What the hell? I do have one of those therma things on that heats up while you wear it. it's like a giant band aid that pulls the hair on your back, talk about Yowch. Luckily I'm not Gorilla hairy or anything. Last Night my Mother In-law which is a nurse used some shock therapy on me hehe. You put the two rubber suction things on your sore muscle and then the electrodes massage it. at one point i moved to sit up while it was on and it started zapping me! It felt like needles poking me, I started yelling at my wife 'TURN IT OFF TURN IT OFF!" my wife thought I was being a jerk yelling at her but I wasn't I just wanted it OFF! After I explained she forgave me and I watched LOST in the guest bedroom of her parents house. My Daughter would wander in to see me wired up on this contraption and would laugh, She's 14 months old and I love making her laugh and now I didnt even have to try hehe. Lost was pretty good but who's the asshole that put the ceiling fan on high in here. Man i'm freezing, I pull my cellphone out of my pocket to call Heather who is in the other room. No answer, Damn it's probably on Vibrate so she never hears it. Ugh. after about 10 minutes I'm about ready to call THIS house i'm in to get somebody in here to turn the fan off, I'm not about to risk moving and being zapped again. Just then Heather walks in with a nice cold Diet Coke and want's to know if she can bring me dinner. I say 'HECK YES!" It's Chimichanga's and mexican rice with nice red tomatoes all over. YUM!After stuffing my belly I doze off missing most of ALIAS, luckily I tivo'd that fucker!

Tivolution

The tag line says 'It will change your life.' Has it? Well yeah kinda, I can watch all of the Futurama's i missed When FOX kept moving it around and screwing with a great show, Hell I can also record show's I don't really like that much (CSI) just to watch when nothing else is on. I will never miss Conan again so that's a good thing and will get to see every single episode of LOST. I also have both tuners hooked up so I can record two things at once or watch something while recording something else. It's great. Highly recommended. The best thing about tivo is sundays when nothings on and i have all 4 Law and Order's to watch hehe.

Proverbial 'New to Blogging' first post...ugh

I'm just gonna talk about random shit, whatever comes to my mind really, Controversy? hell yes, er..I don't know if i'm very controversial, was Corky a sellout to the retarded community? I think so, Controversial thing to say? Only you know. I'm gonna talk movies and tv and books and such. I will talk about my everyday family life, my adventures with my daughter as we learn things anew from day to day. First thing I need to learn is to just BLOG whenever I feel like I may put random entries in one day or may just once a week, I will though not forget about it. I will keep up with it. I hope you enjoy reading it. When I can I will post some links to my favorite sites when I am not so lazy hehe. Well 90210 reruns are coming on the soap network in a few minutes so I need to....Oh god shoot me now.