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Friday, October 20th, 2006
5:53 pm	What I did on my 30th Birthday! I don't know why I'm writing this, anyone that would read it would probably already know all the details.  Maybe not Hillary I suppose.  Anyway, I spent my 30th birthday in the hospital.  I suffered from toxic shock, alcohol poisoning, and pancreatitus.  I made a mistake.  I had a stupid idea and it went wrong really fast and really hard.  I was depressed about Allyson, so I wanted to simply get drunk and have one night of obliviousness.  I wanted to think and sleep without her in my head.  It wasn't her fault, and it wasn't an attempt at suicide.  I just wanted to not feel Ally inside me for a few pitiful hours.  It's just that simple.  I however took it too far apparently.  I don't drink so it made matters worse.  I drank a half bottle of everclear in about twenty minutes.  Then I passed out, and it all gets a little hazy from there.  Quite a few people have messages on their phones of me in the throws of death, pleading for help and laughing.  My pancreas was swelling.  My blood was about a quarter alcohol.  I, in essence, pickled myself.  I begged to die.  I professed my love for nearly everyone, Ally included.  I apologized to Katie for ever tiny transgression and professed my love for her too.  I said she was "The best...western", to which I'm sure Hillary would be proud.  I tried to fight my father and cursed him.  I stood in the hall of the hospital naked.  I asked Katie to make love to me, so I'd feel all better, in front of my mother.  I spent my birthday alone in a room constantly being asked if I was suicidal, and if I was an alcoholic.  I haven't talked to Ally, other than emails, since Monday night.  That conversation was just to assure her I wasn't dead, I was still drunk at the time.  I'm afraid to hear her voice.  I know I'll cry.  I'd like to think that I love Ally so much that being without her would kill me.  But I think I'm just stupid and insecure.  I don't want to die.  I do want Ally in my life though.  Maybe love isn't what I thought it was.  Maybe it is and we'll find each other again someday.  All I know for sure is that any relationships with other women from now on, will seem odd and most likely end badly.  It just hurt so much that Ally could want another guy to hug her, and hold her, and comfort her.  That was too much for me.  I accepted that she needed companioniship at school.  I conceded that she needed physical relationships other than mine.  I just couldn't accept the fact that she could let other guys touch her emotionally.  I mean that is silly of me, of course they will.  I just thought it would happen a little later.  I just thought she'd meet a guy or two and just have meaningless relationships with them.  I thought she'd still rely on me to help her emotionally.  She doesn't need me like I thought she did, and that really crushed me.  She tells me I'm special to her, but now I have no guarantees.  I still want to be friends, we both do I think, but after what I did even that is hard.   I apologize to everyone for what I did, even those I didn't effect directly.  I thought I was a better person, but again I didn't do it all on purpose.  I just wanted to numb my pain, if only for a few hours.  From now on I'll try to be stronger, for everyone's sake.  I'll try to be a better friend.   I'll try to be a better father.  I'll try to be a better person.  Thanks to all my friends.  Thanks to Ally for still talking to me, even if right now it's only through emails.  I wish Ally luck on becoming the person she wants to be, with or without my help.  I wish her luck on finding somebody that loves her as much as I did that isn't as obsessive and fucked up.  I hope Katie works out with Robert.  I hope Woody gets to go to school in San Franscisco.  I wish Hillary luck with becoming a dentist, I'll need help with my teeth in the future.  I wish Ash luck with growing up in a world that is worthy of his future.  Right now I want to call Ally, like I have wanted to about five times a day, every day since the hospital.  It's so hard to have someone so fully integrated into your life and then intentionally exclude them.  Even from the mundane things.  Hopefully I'll be able to talk to her on the phone soon at least.   Hopefully I won't cry.  I told Katie I was fine, but it would be awhile before I wanted to be happy.  That is still true.  I just don't want to try and be happy.  It will come when it comes.  I'm not going to force happiness.  Someday I won't need to.  (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, October 7th, 2006
6:12 pm	I am Jack's paranoia and low self esteem! I am sad and lost.  So I decided to bring in some movies to watch at work tonight.  "Well, good for you Tim", I can hear you saying (You being whomever is reading this).  "It will be nice for you to watch some nice light comedies to occupy your mind, and distract you from your troubles recently", you say optimistically.  "So why did I bring; American Beauty, Annie Hall, Manhattan, and Stardust Memories" I retort whimsically.  "Because Tim, you are an unapologetic sap who wallows in his own pathetic angst", says you in a stern voice.  "True enough", I reply in my unapologetic way.  But, in my defense, (although I need no defense because I am, as aforementioned, 'unapologetic') I'm sure Woody Allen himself would say "Go on, go about living life to the fullest....I'll just set here and watch movies about it".  Ba dum cha!  Maybe that was more Groucho Marx than Woody?  But it kind of loses its effect without the Woody Allen imitation I'm afraid.  Plus he's Jewish, and I am technically making money while wallowing in self pity and doubt.  So the Jew in him would definitely approve.  Ah, if only we could end every conversation on a racial joke.  I think we'd all be better people for it.  Racism is ok, as long as you hate your own race more than the others ;)  Put that shit on a shirt!  Late. :::Update:::   I didn't watch all the movies tonight, I did something productive.  Well, not productive at all really, but constructive.  It didn't turn out as well as I'd have liked, but it doesn't matter.  Maybe it's better it didn't, so I feel like I need to do better next time.  I only had time for one movie, and it was American Beauty.  I cried like a bitch.  Like got choked up cried, not just simple little tears.  If I recall correctly there hasn't been a viewing of that movie at which I haven't cried.  It had nothing to do with how I've been feeling lately.  It's just that movie.  I'd probably have to say it's my favorite movie of all time.  I don't want to say that but in terms of a film effecting me, it's that movie.  I suppose I identified with it, at the time of its release.  It spoke to me as a father, I just felt like that was my future.  And it still very well could be.   Katie's promised to hook me up with the babysitter : (.   I guess that is why I cry.  I cry so much when Mena Suvari says she's a virgin and you see the look on Kevin Spacey's face.  It's life affirming in a way.  And then I lose it hardcore when he says he's happy, and smiles, then dies.  It's reassuring in a way to me.  To think you would die at such a happy moment.  That is the best way to go, I can only wish that for us all.  Damn you Kevin Spacey.  Current Mood: crushed Current Music: The sound of one old man's tears (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
12:41 pm	I thought I Thought I thought if I gave you laughter, the sound of it would lead you back to me when you were too far away. I thought if I put a glint in your eye, the shine would light your way when it your path became dark. I thought if I gave you passion, the heat of our love would keep you warm when you were cold. I thought if I gave you everything you wanted, there would never be a need for change. I thought if I gave you my heart, you would never need another when you felt lonely. I thought if I gave you my soul, it would lift you up when you needed it. I thought I could keep us whole, when we became divided. I thought I could change the world, your world. I thought I knew you well enough. I thought a lot of things... (Comment on this)
Sunday, September 24th, 2006
9:33 pm	Apparently, is still a nurse.  I made Katie mad earlier, well the other day actually, by saying she wasn't a nurse.  I contested that a nurse is someone not arbitrarily in the medical field with a nursing degree, but rather someone that deals specifically with patient care.  The dictionary simply defines it as "a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm".  So I guess Katie is right there, she is in fact a nurse.  I however cite one definition of doctor "a person who has been awarded a doctor's degree".  I disagree with calling someone who has a doctorate in Philosophy, a doctor.  I just do, sorry.  I reserve the title doctor for medical doctors only, as well as psychologists.  They treat patients.  If said M.D. or Ph.D holder does not have a practice, and does not treat patients, I wouldn't call them a doctor either.  That may be considered rude.  I wouldn't call a retired plumber a plumber either.  I'd refer to him as being retired, or say "He used to be a plumber".  I have also always had a problem with people calling a former president, Mr. President.  I know that is a show of respect, and it is duly noted, but I don't practice it myself.  Especially considering it takes more credentials to become a plumber than the President.  Call me a prick if you will but I don't consider all Firemen or Police officers to be heroes either.  I think to label all of one group, any group, as such would be to diminish the true heroes among them.  Willingly taking a dangerous job does not a hero make.  Are there countless hero cops and firemen, yes.  Are there infinitely more that never do a heroic thing and adversely do tainted and evil things, also yes.  So to ambiguously label them all as heroes, degrades the accomplishments of the deserving.  I too, hold priests, preachers, and all representatives of whatever God, to a much higher standard.  I believe that to volunteer for a task that holds with it an ideal, forces one into a position of responsibility that comes with a greater level of scrutiny as well as a greater level of punishment for falling short of said responsibility.   Now back to Katie.  Does she have a nursing degree, yes.  Does she have the knowledge to work as a nurse in many different aspects of the medical field, yes.  Does she have the experience to be a very capable nurse, yes.  Does she work with patients, no, or at least to my definition no.  If she were to become a nursing teacher, I doubt she would call herself a nurse and would most likely opt to describe herself as a nursing instructor, or simply a teacher.  So why then, now that she has a job in the medical field that does in fact utilize her nursing skills, but also adds much more to it, does she still uphold that she is a nurse.  If I offended her, which I did, I apologize for that.  I however, uphold that she isn't a nurse.  I think it is just a easy definition for what she does.  In not admitting to her nurse title, I don't mean any slight or degradation.  Far from it.  I just like to call a spade a spade.  I don't refer to myself as a printer, never have really, most likely never will.  I have a degree that I used very little, and when I used it I probably could have gotten the same job without it.  If I passed the bar, and represented clients in court full time, I would call myself a lawyer.  But I wouldn't have a degree.  Labels to me only count if you actually do what the label says.  Same goes for people, I don't discriminate, if someone is black and a prick, they're a prick to me.  If they're white and a prick, they're a prick too.  When people ask me what I do, I say "I work with computers".  My official title is "Computer Operator", and I work in Operations at my job, but I just simply say "I work with computers".  Ashton tells people I work at a video store, because I do once a week, but I think it's mostly because what I do at my other job is so vague that he doesn't even bother to mention that.   Katie actually got angry with me initiallyl because I made a joke about her "boyfriend".  (I put that in quotations because I'm sure Katie will say something about it not being her official boyfriend, or it's not decided, or something).  I make fun of a lot of people, people I consider friends, my family, people I love, people I don't particularly like, and people I down right hate.  That is what I do, I do it a lot, and I will most likely always do it.  That doesn't make it right though, and sometimes I do go overboard, and sometimes I hurt people.  Will I change, no.  Not because I can't admit I hurt people, but because I don't think I am malicious and I don't believe that it's necessarily bad or uncalled for behavior.  I don't like hurting people, and I don't set out to, but again that is no excuse.  Ash and I were playing basketball with some of his friends the other day.  Ash threw the ball and his friend a little too hard to pass it, and hit him in the stomach.  He knew he was throwing it hard, he knew it could potentially hurt his friend, and it did.  His friend doubled over and cried, then went home.  Ash was sorry, realized his mistake and I made him follow the boy home and apologize to his mother.  Everything was alright.  Ashton was my son and I told him the right thing to do and I chastised him for his behavior.  He was wrong.  On the other hand, the boy totally overreacted, and was being totally over-dramatic.  The force of the ball and the time it took him to start crying were not relative to his actual pain.  He stood doubled over for a solid minute and a half, then decided to cry.  He then preceded to cry for far too long.  He wasn't my son, so I accepted his behavior and made Ashton work around it.  If it were reversed I would have told Ashton that it wasn't on purpose, it wasn't that bad, and if he felt it hurt bad enough to cry that he should sit on the sidelines for awhile till he was ready to play.  Was Ashton wrong, yes.  Did he know his potential to hurt, yes.  Did he take that chance anyway, and own up to his actions, yes.  That is how I live my life.  If I hurt people, so be it.  That sounds like a mean thing to say.  But the truth is, I can say something to a person and hurt them and say the exact same thing to someone else and it would never even bother them or it might make them chuckle.  One might say I should simply choose my words and actions carefully with certain people, and that may be right.  However, the problem is, you can say something to someone and they could laugh it off and come back at you, and never give it a second thought.  Then you could say the same thing on a certain day, and they could choose to get pissed about it, and dwell on it for weeks.  That is why I don't think a change is really in order.  People will react how they react to whatever you say, on whatever day, however they choose at that moment.   So Katie was pissed at me making a joke about her "boyfriend", and she turns that into an argument about my constant belittling of her .  It escalates into me wishing to see her life in misery.  Then it concludes with me devaluing her in front of Ashton.  I make a joke about someone, and she takes that as me wishing the worst for her, because somehow my precieved disapproval is derived from my secret wish to mock everything Katie is, and apparently ever will be.  I know that is hyperbolic, but that is the jist of what she said, and it sounded good.  Katie failed to remember I told her to go out with the guy, I told her he was interested in her when she wrote it off as courtesy.  I stuck around to meet him, and was nice and cordial to him.  I complimented him to her afterward and said I thought he seemed and sounded like a really nice guy.  What was his impression of me?  He said I was really scrawny, or small, or something along those line.  I didn't say I thought he was a bald, fat fucker.  Nor would I, because that isn't funny, it's mean.  Why is it that people go through life, judging people in relation to themselves.  I am 5 foot 9, and the average height of white males is 5 foot 10.  Why am I scrawny?  I don't take offense to it, because compared to him I am definitely scrawny, but in relation to society as a whole I'm completely average.  I weigh 150 pounds, that is the average weight for my height.  So yes compared to a 6 foot 6 guy that weighs like 320 or whatever, I am quiet scrawny.  But when Katie asked what I thought about the guy, did I say "He's too tall and needs to lose weight", no.  Today I made a joke about his weight, because the discussion we were having was about losing weight.  If we have a conversation about hair growth products in the future I might throw in a joke at his expense then too.  Though I like to throw all balding jokes, Travis' way.  Katie called me a prude the other day, and cited my lack of sexual prowess.  I didn't take that as her way to constantly undermine my manhood.  When she was mocking my height the other day, I didn't say "Katie why are you always trying to make me feel like an inferior male specimen?".  Once again, I don't consider myself short, and I am not short on a technical level.  Ashton will probably be at least 3 or 4 inches taller than me.  Just because Katie's life is populated with men of well above average height doesn't make me short other than by comparison.  Erin dated a guy name Wade and he was short, and if Katie dated a 5 foot 4 guy she would still call me short.  That is just how she sees things, because it's a joke, and it's funny and she knows it bothers me.  Do I question her motives and imply she is out to mentally break me down, no.  Does it bother me, yes.  Do I know that being bothered by it is stupid, and quickly overlook it as ribbing, yes.  Katie also managed to throw in the whole "He is nice to me, so don't be mean, because after spending 8 years with you I don't know what nice is, why do you have to try to ruin every good thing in my life".  To hear Katie tell it she suffered through hell, and I beat her and woke her up every morning by pissing in her face?  I don't describe my life with Katie as hell, and any problem I had with Katie then, I still have to this very day.  Yet she's still in my life, she's still my friend, I think she is a good mom and a good person, I want her to be happy and find a nice guy, and I think our relationship is great.  So you'd think if it was so fricking terrible she'd be nice to me just because that part of her life is over.  But hey, what do I know? Anyway, I'm just saying that sometimes you're the kid that hits people with the ball, and sometimes you get hit.  You just have to realize that when you get hit, that you're going to get hit again and again all your life and crying won't change that.  I'll continue to make jokes at people's expense when I deem them applicable, and some of them will most likely sting.  I'll also take a few jokes that sting, and some might sting a little too much, but such is life.  (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, August 13th, 2006
9:27 pm	and it's true we're not immune, when fact is fiction and tv reality... I was flipping channels with Ashton the other day, and I saw the new Jurassic 5/Dave Matthews video for "Work it Out". If you haven't seen it, you can get it off of YouTube. Anyway, in the video it depicts George Bush jogging and it spoofs him and his obvious character flaws. I was watching it, and Ash wanted to switch it to cartoons. I told him to hold on until it was over. He asked who the person was jogging in the video. I said that it was supposed to be the President. He replied with "That is supposed to be George Bush?, that can't be him, he wouldn't do that much work". Ah, from the mouths of babes....    Also, here is a link to a spliced together video of George W. singing, or rather saying, Sunday Bloody Sunday. Enjoy! Current Mood: bored Current Music: Sunday Bloody Sunday (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006
7:18 pm	This Thursday, Joe Quesada (the EIC of Marvel comics) will be appearing on the Colbert Report. I assume to talk about Marvel's Civil War, among other things. I suggest people check it out! (Comment on this)
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006
8:31 pm	I got a new Icon, I got a new Icon... Not to waste this thing solely for the purpose of showing off my snazzy new Icon, I will pose this riddle. It is mainly directed towards Hillary, and if she doesn't answer it I will be sorely disappointed! I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to let me help them. Who am I? Discuss.... Current Mood: bored Current Music: Raining in Baltimore (Cover) - The Junior Varsity (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, July 1st, 2006
2:52 am	The beginning of a downward spiral? Hillary, this is mostly directed towards you. I just watched the second episode of Venture Brothers season two, and I was disappointed? None of the episodes of season one ever disappointed me. The one with Steve Austin was weak, but hell it had STEVE AUSTIN or a reasonable facimile. The pilot was weak but who cares, it's the pilot. All the rest of season one had specific scenes or dialogue to make even the slowest episodes kick ass. This new one however had little in that department, it was rushed, too much was crammed into it dialogue and plot wise, and Dr. Girlfriend seemed slightly out of character to me for some reason. There was really nothing that grabbed me here, other than the scenes with #'s 21 and 24. If the most minor of characters on the show are the best things in it, what does that say about it? Brock was disappointing, and I find myself literally disliking Phantom Limb as a character all the way around. So anyway, what did you think of it? If you watched it that is, if not reply when you do. Edit: I suppose upon a second viewing, that the Henchmen's scenes make up for the rest of the lackluster episode. But I'm still disappointed with Brock, and Dr. Girlfriend. And Phantom Limb is a queer! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, May 8th, 2006
2:29 am	Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things - they save you. I just finished reading "Haunted", by Chuck Palahniuk. I was waiting for it to come to paperback or I'd have read it sooner. Anyway, it was really good. It was weak in a few places, I thought the last story was the worst, a bad way to end to book in my opinion. Sort of anti-climactic, and misplaced. Though I understand what it was meant to convey, it just seemed unnecessary. But overall it was really good. I didn't read "Guts" in it though, since I'd read it long before. I read the afterward and he tells about all the people fainting as he toured and read Guts aloud. I will admit, I too nearly fainted upon reading it. I remember vividly breaking into a cold sweat and I stopped reading. I didn't think it had anything to do with the story. After a few minutes I was fine and continued to read. Then it hit me pretty hard. I was reading it at work, alone. When it hit me, I stood up to go to the bathroom because I felt nauseated. After about two steps I fell, I fell hard. Then I got up and went to the bathroom, which is a ways away. I was dizzy and slow, so it took what seemed like hours to get there. When I finally made it I just laid on the floor for about fifteen minutes, then I got up and splashed some water on my face. After that I came back, finished the story and everything was fine. I then found out it was a somewhat common occurence. I made a few people read it to see if it affected them, but it didn't. Some people refused to read it based upon my experience though. Regardless, the book is good, if somewhat mish-mashed. I do recommend it though. Enjoy! Current Mood: awake (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 7th, 2006
8:46 pm	75 Bands!!!! I found this and it may be old, but it's new to me. Go to the links to check out this picture and see if you can find 75 band names... http://omega.med.yale.edu/~pcy5/misc/75bands/75_Bands_upscale_1500x877.jpg http://omega.med.yale.edu/~pcy5/misc/75bands/75_Bands_magazine_scan_middle_cut_1627x1008.jpg I will post my 75 picks in the comments and you do the same with your guesses. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, April 30th, 2006
11:13 pm	It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a FAKE!!! Though it is pretty damn cool... (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, April 2nd, 2006
7:11 pm	In regards to V for Vendetta... Though I'm sure the movie is good, and worth seeing. Even if I saw it and had problems with it, given the current state of Hollywood I'm sure it could have been much worse... (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, March 19th, 2006
6:00 pm	Weekly Media Forecast! Here is the the second installment of my weekly comic and movie outlook.  This week in comics is fairly slow for me and everything I have pulled is from Marvel.  There are a couple honorable mentions that I don't personally buy though.  Let's get to it... Comics Pull List - Wed, March 22nd Marvel comics: Captain America #16 - $2.99 Daredevil #83 - $2.99 Exiles #78 - $2.99 New Avengers #17 - $2.50 She Hulk # 6 - $2.99 Ultimate Fantastic Four #28 - $2.50 Honorable Mention:  I don't buy these because I am planning on getting the trades when they come out.  I bought the first issue of both storylines and they're very good.  Warren Ellis writes Nextwave and it's very funny.  The Hulk is in the Planet Hulk storyline, it is great and ties into Civil War loosely.  Check out the trailer for Marvel's Civil War here!   Nextwave: Agents Of Hate #3 - $2.99 Incredible Hulk #93 - $2.99 Image Comics: Gun Fu: Showgirls are Forever #1 - $3.50 I didn't reserve this, so I probably can't track down a copy.  I have the first Gun Fu book and it's sweet.  I highly recommend it.  It's about a John Wooish Asian cop, fighting nazis in the 40's, and he speaks in hip hop slang that no one else seems to acknowledge. Movies releases for Tues, March 21st Nothing is coming out this week I'd purchase, or really want to even watch.  Possibly Derailed for Clvie Owen, we'll see.  I took Ash to see Chicken Little when it was in theatres.  I don't know, Everything is Illuminated sounds like it might be worth watching. Derailed South Park Season 7 Paradise Now Ten Commandments (50th Anniversary) Dreamer The Dying Gaul Chicken Little Everything is Illuminated I forgot to mention that these movies came out last week: Marebito Remember the Titans (Director's Cut) Basic Instinct (Ultimate Edition) Ice Age (Super Cool Edition) Duece Bigalow Male Gigolo: Little Black Book Edition The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Capote The Squid and the Whale I really want to see Capote and The Squid and the Whale, it looks very Wes Anderson like.  I picked up The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio at the video store Tuesday.  It could be good but I don't think it will be great.  I had a crush on Julianne Moore from The Shipping News, and she was sort of skanky hot in Boogie Nights, other than those she isn't that hot though.  Current Mood: bored Current Music: Fallout Boy - Roxanne (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, March 18th, 2006
4:16 am	Damn the man, save the Empire! I think upon further reflection I will choose not to see V for Vendetta. I was recently discussing with Ally how in all the reviews, and press, I've read for it Alan Moore's name was suspiciously absent. Then I came across an interview from last November. Apparently Moore wants nothing to do with the movie, and asked for his name to be removed from it. He even gave all his royalties to David Lloyd the artist. He went so far as to ask for his name to be removed from all future copies of the book. DC didn't take his name off the book, and I do believe his name is still in the credits. Because despite League of Extrodinary Gentlemen, his name still sales books/movies. So I think in defiance to DC, though I doubt it will affect anything or disuade anyone else, I won't see this movie. I get to watch movies for free at the video store, so I won't be contributing when it comes out to rent. My small seven dollar part to support Moore, and in turn the comic industry as an art form and not a farm for movies. Sometimes I think that I don't really like superhero movies because I can't be detached to the subject matter that I am familiar with, or that I can't suspend the disbelief like I can while reading. However, it could be that these movies just aren't good. I think that comic movies aren't really that good for the same reason that the new Star Wars films weren't good. People set out to make the best, most widely enjoyable, films they can nowadays. When back in the day they just made the best movie they could. Sometimes doing your best is more than enough, and sometimes going beyond what you need to do is the wrong decision. Now they do things because they can, not because it's the right thing to do. Just because George Lucas can go back and digitally throw some X-Wings into A New Hope doesn't make it right. That is why I don't own any Star Wars films. I know Lucas owns Star Wars, and I know Alan Moore doesn't own V for Vendetta. I think Warner Brothers fucking up Moore's work, is just the same as Lucas fucking up his own work. Art is as much a product of the environment as it is a product of the artist. If Van Gogh touches up one of his paintings it no longer conveys the same message. I can't support that. I wouldn't approve of doing it myself. Regardless of my feelings, and my decision, go see the movie. My not seeing it is ineffectual anyway. Anyway, here is a link to the article if you want to read it. http://www.comicon.com/thebeat/2006/03/a_for_alan_pt_1_the_alan_moore.html UPDATE!!! I read a review in the weekly arts & entertainment section or GAZZ, from the Charleston Gazette, for V for Vendetta. It never once mentions Alan Moore, and sites David Lloyd as the creator of the book. It was written by David Germain of the associated press. I guess Alan Moore got his wish, but I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing? Current Mood: disappointed (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, March 12th, 2006
6:45 pm	Weekly Forecast! I'm going to start doing this new thing every Sunday. Ally writing all these articles, and me writing things for her to re-write has gotten me in the review mood. I think each Sunday (My slowest day of three slow days at work) I'll write my pull list of comics, and a list of movies released for the coming week. So here is the first one: Wed, March 15 Pull List DC Comics: Nightwing #118 - $2.50 Image Comics: Walking Dead #26 - $2.99  (Wrote a review for this for Ally, don't know if she'll redo and run it?) Body Bags: 3 The Hard Way One Shot - $5.99   (First Jason Pearson in a long time, highly recommended!) Marvel Comics: Annihilation: Prologue - $3.99 Marvel Knights 4 #28 - $2.99 That doesn't seem like much, but last week and this week were slow weeks for me and comics.  Plus this isn't all I'd buy if I had the money to get more.  I'm looking forward to Annihilation, as well as the Body Bags thing.  Marvel Knights 4 is ending soon.  Next week will be a heavy week for comics.  I'm starting to consciously buy less comics, especially mini-series, and plan on buying the trade paperbacks.  It's hard to not buy things you want and wait for them in the long run but the benefits of trades are worth it.  It's cheaper to buy trades, it's easier to store them, and you get the entire story or storyarc in one sitting.  I'm definitely leaning this way.  But some things like Annihilation and especially Civil War are too cool to wait for. Tues, March 14 DVD watch list: A History of Violence (True Cronenberg, it's a must see, and a must buy!) Good Night and Good Luck (I plan on watching it, never got around to it in the theatres, recommended) Also a slow week for movies.  This thing didn't turn out as cool as I thought it might be?  Maybe it will pick up in the coming weeks. (Comment on this)
Friday, March 10th, 2006
10:21 pm	Something that will piss off Hillary! I think it's a good idea.  The direction of the NEW JAMES BOND!!! Also, quotes that make the Boondocks kick so much ass: (As voiced amazingly by Mr. Ed Asner)  "Every morning I wake up and put one foot on the ground, and the other up the ass of a twelve year old Indonesian girl". "You think ignorance is cute, well I suppose you think mental retardation is down right adorable" "How old are you?  To-to-to-to damn old to be writing your E's backwards" "Now we can handle this like some gentlemen, or we can get into some old school gangster shit" (Honorable mention not voiced by Ed Asner) "We just want everyone to know this was not racially motivated, everyone is welcome to come to Woodcrest, including the African Americans" "Just don't stay too long Darkies, hahaha, just kidding...not really" "It's lemonade, but without the biting sting of injustice"  "Its lack of cruelty makes it look delicious"  "And I know it's cruelty free because it says so on the label" When I think of Ed Asner I think of the Mary Tyler Moore show and the lovable Lou Grant.  Also he does voices for the Justice League cartoon, and a voice in the X-Men Legends video game.  Anyway, back to the Mary Tyler Moore thing.  He is a living testament to the fact that women get the short end of the stick.  He was 41 when the Mary Tyler Moore show first aired in 1970, and he's now 77 years old.  He hasn't changed much in about 50 years.  Now Mary Tyler Moore on the other hand was 34 when that show was on, and was 25 when the Dick Van Dyke show first aired.  In those 9 years between those two shows Mary Tyler Moore aged more than Ed Asner has in his whole 77 years of life.  Women just don't age well.  It hurts to watch the Dick Van Dyke show with Mary dancing around with her tight ass in her black capri's and her perky wool sweater clad tits, and then flip to The Mary Tyler Moore show.  Those were the hardest 9 years of her life apparently.  Man I always wanted the Dick Van Dyke era Moore, she was fucking hot.  Then she moves in with Rhoda and it all goes to hell. Current Mood: working Current Music: Does Everyone Stare - The Police (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, February 26th, 2006
7:09 pm	Tim's nostalgia filled, super cheesy, retro, trip through time!!! FIXED THE LINKS!!!!.  I recently purchased some bootleg DVD's from various places. Once I got one I had to get a few more. I don't normally like bootleg stuff. I only get bootlegs if the real thing is too expensive or, in this recent case, if the stuff isn't available on DVD. I like the real thing because I like the box. Ally's friend Grant has like 300 DVD's on blank discs, in 3 folders. Now he probably didn't pay even half of what I have paid for my over 200 DVD's, but I just like cases. Anyway, the bootlegs I just purchased were old 80's cartoons. I got Visionaries, M.A.S.K. (not The Mask), and Dungeons and Dragons. I also bought Fillmore, cause I just love that cartoon, it's like Law and Order only animated and with CSI diaolgue. I find CSI level dialogue is great, if it's supposed to be funny and bad. I also plan to get Darkwing Duck, cause that show rocks ass on so many levels. The other planned bootlegs I want to get are Exo Squad, Clone High (It's on a real DVD but it's rare and expensive), Fastlane, Weird Science (the usa show, with Vanessa Angel, ROCK!), and That 80s Show. I think I am the only person that actually liked That 80s Show, or at least the only the one who'll admit it. I'm sorry but it spoke more to my generation.  Anyway, onto the cheesy, multimedia extravaganza. Here are some video links for those unfamiliar with my recently acquired bootlegs...  Visionaries Show Intro, Dungeons and Dragons Show Intro, M.A.S.K. Intro, Oh, and here is an intro for Inhumanoids, it was a decent show, the toys were pretty cool.   Here are some sweet toy commercials to go along with the nostalgia overload.   A M.A.S.K.  toy  commercial, Dungeons and Dragons Commercial (I love how they do not even make an attempt to make the kids in this commercial look remotely cool.  They know anyone playing this is a nerd and they gear this commercial to their target audience.  You have to commend them for that alone)   Here is a sweet Lazer Tag commercial, and that was my generations promise of the future.  Fuck the flying car, I want battles to the death, where the stadium's are sold seperatly!!!  It's full on 80's face makeup, teased hair, Cheese!!! And look at this creepy Simon video.  The band in this ad makes REO Speedwagon look like Iron Maiden, it's sad.   Finally, here are some Public Service Announcements...Levar Burton likes reading, but he hates crack, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tell you to close the fridge, The Barenaked Ladies tell you to do something, or maybe to not do something?, Everclear talk about the best times in their lives, and my personal favorite... Don't drown your food! If you enjoyed this trip down MY memory lane, I suggest you take your own, at Retrojunk.com and X-entertainment.com, both good.  UPDATE!!!! Look Darkwing Duck in English, German?, No Lyrics at all, and Swedish? I'm not good on the foreign languages that aren't Romance so they could both be German, or Swedish, or hell Ukranian? But I'm betting German and Swedish. Funny stuff though. Current Mood: nostalgic Current Music: 80s cartoon theme songs! (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, February 18th, 2006
8:51 pm	I just took an IQ test... I took this thing once before, not at the same website but it was the same test. I think the last time I made a 136, but this time it was 131. That I will attribute to my wanying mind in my latter years of life. Go take it and see what you get. I'm sure everyone will do better than me. It's kind of easy, only a few of them gave me problems. Mainly the word problems involving math. I vowed to not use paper, so I did a few in my head quickly, and sort of gave educated guesses. I mean can you truly have a multiple choice IQ test anyway? I mean for the math. I think that is easy in itself. Some stuff obviously needs to be multiple choice, but math isn't objective. Anyway, take it and see what you get. Where is 131 on the IQ scale anyway? Regardless, it said "Your Intellectual Type is Visionary Philosopher. This means you are highly intelligent and have a powerful mix of skills and insight that can be applied in a variety of different ways. Like Plato, your exceptional math and verbal skills make you very adept at explaining things to others — and at anticipating and predicting patterns." The Classic IQ Test http://web.tickle.com Also, I still expect some LIFE ANALOGIES from everyone  >:o Oh, and did I ever mention how "She's Always a Woman (to me)" by Billy Joel describes Ally to a tee!!! Current Music: She's Always a Woman - Billy Joel (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, February 5th, 2006
5:56 pm	When I think of all the education that I missed, but then... This is for Hillary, who motivated me to finally get a sixth icon. She stuck by me when it looked like I'd never be able to do it. She pushed me when I fell short, and never let me give up. I owe her a lot for her support. Without her I would probably have never had the strength and courage to get this icon. So to you Hillary, I say thank you. Not really, she didn't do anything to motivate me. She just sat there on her high horse, lording over me like some Dental Dictator. A Hygiene Hitler if you will, with her Oral Morals, and her smug sense of self righteousness. Yes Hillary, we all get it, you're better than us. With your ceramic teeth, your little mirror on a stick, and your tiny metal hook that you poke at us with arbitrarily. YOU MAKE ME SICK!!! Ok, not really. But it felt good to go off. Hillary is much cuter than Hitler though. Anyway, onto the Icon goodness. I stole this from some random person on a forum, so FUCK THEM! It is mine now. Van Halen in all their glory, or Eddie in all his glory I guess. Enjoy. Current Mood: geeky Current Music: Ass Kicking Van Halen! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, January 28th, 2006
6:22 pm	Go Go Spider...ma...han! Everybody should check out this clip. http://i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=15401 I'm sure everyone will enjoy it. It's a clip from a Spiderman show from Japan. Pause it and let it load all the way before you play it, but it's well worth the small wait. What I learned from this clip: Well for starters, Mariachi's originated from Japan. No joke. Secondly, if you are a superhero of any kind Japan will welcome you openly and provide you with a sweet fucking ride (with a remote), and an Ass Kicking giant robot. That shit comes standard for everyone, as long as they sign the contract that obligates them to use said vehicles to battle anyone that should grow to Godzilla size for no apparent reason. And lastly, all giant robots need giant swords or else they just aren't cool! Oh, and spiderman's sticking powers work on loose mounds of dirt, just as well as they do on buildings. Though he can't really swing from dirt mounds, hence the car and shit. I also never realized that Japan is essentially Tokyo, and the rest of its land mass is comprised of barren wastelands of dirt. But now I know, and knowing is half the battle. Half the battle against Giant dudes, with my kick ass sword weilding Robot!!! Current Mood: working Current Music: NONE! (Comment on this)