| The naysayer speaks |
[Jun. 30th, 2009|03:02 pm] |
First off, 5 Guys Burgers? Massively overpriced and overrated. $10.52 for a soggy, greasy burger and fries? Fuck you.
Secondly, Michael Jackson? Sorry, don't care. The man hasn't been relevant is over 15 years and the last time he was, it was because of the technology used in a video, not him. When was the last time he was anything more than a joke? He's the next fat Elvis.
Yes, he was the last great pop king and there will never be another like him, but you know what, he stopped being that king at the end after Dangerous, which was nearly 20 years ago, and that's without getting into the mess of his personal life. And if you want to get into his personal life then it's even less of a loss. Being found not guilty doesn't mean you're innocent. No one has a secret kiddie bedroom just for giggles. And the peter pan syndrome was just bullshit, like all the other lies he told, that grew over time. Jackson was a shrewd businessman and knew what he was doing at all times, anyone who claims otherwise is deluding themselves. If you want to separate the man from the music that's fine. But the music continues even after the man is gone then. It's sad when anyone dies, especially a young person with very young children. But let's not kid ourselves, it's no national tragedy.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled bliss and happiness and apologize if the sudden increase in spite has ruined your day in anyway. |
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| Screenwriting |
[Jun. 23rd, 2009|02:55 pm] |
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I started writing again last night. God, it feels good to be inspired again. |
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| Wanna see something cool? |
[Jun. 23rd, 2009|10:59 am] |
From the new trailer for Avatar the Last Airbender:
See his arrow? A little different from the cartoon, huh? That's because it was designed and created by Josh Lord. MY TATTOO ARTIST!
Cool, right? |
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| Sssshhhh |
[Jun. 22nd, 2009|06:27 pm] |
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It's weird being involved in a project with so much secrecy that the contestants can't even sit in my edit suite because they might be seen. |
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| What happening |
[Jun. 16th, 2009|11:59 am] |
I've been limping around for the last couple day since I stepped on something in the dark that tore open the bottom of my foot. The irony is that the main pain doesn't even come from my foot but the muscles in my leg from putting extra strain on them to keep the weight off my foot. Going for a long walk on Sunday, the day after it happened, probably wasn't the best move either.
I saw a guy on the train this morning that I was best friends with in elementary school. I pussied out and didn't say hello though. I was just waking up and so wasn't in the mood to be sociable. He seemed not to recognize me. If I run into him again I will introduce myself. |
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| The times |
[Mar. 26th, 2009|01:18 pm] |
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Last night, My father asked me what twittering was. I told him it was a sex thing. Was that wrong? |
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| Tired and stressed |
[Feb. 27th, 2009|03:18 pm] |
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I just learned that in 6 months I very well might be out of a job. I am less than thrilled about this. Particularly because I was led to believe that the position would eventually become a staff one when I took it. Now I'm being told that I need to work a loophole if I want to continue here past the anniversary point. But the odds of that working aren't good. So I am rather annoyed and put out at this moment. |
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| Chris Moore |
[Feb. 26th, 2009|03:09 pm] |
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I went to hear Chris Moore read from his new book last night. Ironically, he never read a word of it. However, it's always nice to discover that your favorite authors are as witty or funny in person as they seem on the page. So the end result was that no one minded that all he did was talk for about an hour. It was an hour filled with much laughter and I'm glad I made the trip out for it, even if all the seats were filled and I had to spend the entire time peering in through the doorway. |
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| Query |
[Feb. 13th, 2009|11:23 am] |
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What's it called when your wife takes a shit in a plastic bag and puts it under your pillow? |
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| Vivid dreams |
[Feb. 10th, 2009|04:49 pm] |
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You'd think I'd have learned by now but of course I haven't. Before going to bed last night I decide to partake of butter of the peanut, which of course resulted in very intense dreams. So intense that I was actually experiencing tactile sensations in the dreams. So intense that when I woke up I wasn't sure if I was remembering a dream or a memory. |
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| A year |
[Feb. 9th, 2009|09:15 pm] |
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Last wednesday was Denise and my first anniversary (next friday will be nine years though). We made the most of it with a candle lit dinner picnic in our bedroom on wednesday and then a trip out of Atlantic City this weekend. Denise had wanted to try Las Vegas, but, well, I hate it there, and we didn't have the money to do it. So instead we took a bus and Denise got to loose more of my money than she would have been able to otherwise. She actually managed to do pretty well at first, making a profit of over $70. But when there's nothing to do but gamble the money ends up just sliding through your fingers.
All in all, we had a really good time still. There was plenty of laughing, drinking and fun, which is all your can really ask for from a celebration. |
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| AHHHHH! |
[Feb. 2nd, 2009|05:07 pm] |
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Right now there's a cameraman in Maryland that I want to hit in the face with a 2x4. Don't care if you've never used the camera before, don't set the timecode generator to external time again. Otherwise I will come to your house and eat your children. |
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| Fuck |
[Jan. 22nd, 2009|12:06 am] |
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My laptop crashed, taking the harddrive with it and, more importantly, several irreplaceable photos of mom. I am not pleased to say the least. |
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| Odd occurance |
[Jan. 15th, 2009|10:20 am] |
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This morning I dreamed that I was dying and hadn't had the chance to say good-bye to Denise. At that point I woke up and a moment later Denise came in to kiss me good-bye before she left for work. |
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| Year end post... oops |
[Jan. 6th, 2009|12:02 pm] |
I've been meaning to write a year end post because that's what you do at the end of a year. Yet, I couldn't really bring myself to do it. Perhaps because I kept coming back to the same thing. At the end of last year, I had significant things on my mind, mainly putting the shitstorm that had been putting 2007 in my rearview mirror and moving on. That didn't happen, the shit sloshed over the rim of the bucket and into the new year. That is not to say that positive things didn't happen in 2008 though.
I guess the difficultly in writing about 2008 is that almost all of the really significant events took place at the beginning of the year and were ultimately tied to 2007, in some way still a part of that previous year. Once 2007 was finally swept under the rug there isn't much to say about 2008. It was a basically uneventful year in its own right.
At least it feels that way, because, in truth, there were several rather big events in it that weren't jumbled into its beginning. Denise finally graduated with her masters, rightfully taking Best of Show with her. We finally went on our honeymoon 6 months after we were married. My short film was accepted to a bunch of festivals and I even made a trip out to Sacramento to attend one.
But the elephant in the room, the one under the rug so to speak, tends to block those out when thinking about the year. 2008 will always be the year my mother died. It will also always be the year I married the woman I love. Yet, that is a evolving date. After all 2009, in just a month in fact, will be the first year I was married to her and 2010 will be the second and so on and so on. 2008 will always be the year my mother died.
I was not desperate to be done with 2008 in the same way I was with 2007. 2008 was a year of resolutions. So much came to an end during it that by the time the year itself ended it was no big deal. So good-bye 2008, you will never be forgotten that's for sure. And hello 2009, hopefully big things are in store for you, hopefully of the positive kind. I have some goals I'd like to accomplish. Not resolutions so much as eventual destinations, things that may take more than a year to see to completion but which I am dedicated to getting there.
There feels like there's more to write but I don't know what it is right now. So more posts maybe coming in the near future. Or I may drift away from Livejournal as I normally do for some reason. We'll just have to see what the new year holds. |
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| Counter-counter-programming |
[Dec. 25th, 2008|04:15 am] |
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I just realized by Valkyrie is openning Christmas day.
Someone expects the jews to go see a movie about trying to kill Hitler. |
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| Ratatouille |
[Dec. 22nd, 2008|05:42 pm] |
Denise and I watched "Ratatouille" last night and I was really surprised at just how negative the film's message was. Essentially, the film's main point was that hard work and study are irrelevant because talent is innate. At first, it seems as though the film is about how anyone can accomplish things no matter what their background. However,by the film's end narration, it becomes clear that what it really means is that background has no bearing on someone's innate talent. It's the stressed innateness of talent that I found particularly disturbing. Only the main character, Remy the rat, with his pre-existing heightened sense of smell and taste is good enough to be a true chef. While the female chef, who has studied, practiced and worked her ass off to get to where she is in life, is only good enough to take Remy's instruction.
Admittedly, Brad Bird's previous film, "The Incredibles" had a similar message, i.e. when everyone is special no one is. That film at least had the reconciling of a family and super-heroics to cloak its intents. "Ratatouille" only had the friendship between a rat and human, which is nowhere near as endearing. The film is much like the old Disney cartoon about the mouse that wants to fly, whose message was not try to expand outside your role.
All in all, very disturbing. |
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| Failing the test |
[Dec. 15th, 2008|10:51 am] |
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I just told a co-worker, "I find the idea of Amy Winehouse going anywhere near my anus terrifying." |
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| Chandni Chowk to China |
[Dec. 10th, 2008|06:23 pm] |
I think I've honestly just found the film I most want to see over the winter. It's a Kung-fu Bollywood musical comedy.
I was down with the music and the humor and then they had to go and add Gordon Liu, one of my all-time favorite martial arts stars. Yes I think I just started crying and cumming at the same time.
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