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more "demons"... [Jul. 27th, 2008|02:16 am]


i like to collect films, so when i find a film that i enjoy, i'm happy to find out that there are sequels. it gives me avenues. having already collected demons, i was very pleased to find a cheap copy of demons 2 to complement it. now, because of the dynamics of the way the italian film industry worked in the '70s and '80s, i have three choices when it comes to a third installment in the series.

-"demoni 3 (aka:black demons)"-
looks pretty horrible. umberto lenzi has a habit, like a lot of italian directors of his era, of making films to capitalize on the reputation of other people's decent films. on the other hand, nightmare city managed to be a relatively original zombie film for it's time. demoni 3, however, looks like a pretty piss-poor zombie 2 knock-off, filled with racist themes.

-"demons 3: the ogre"-
a tv movie directed by lamberto bava, the director of the first two demons films, this was probably re-christened "demons 3" when it came to home video. everything i'm reading seems to indicate that while this film is crafted well, it's somewhat plodding, and the one monster shows up very late in the program.

-"the church"-
i've actually seen this one, and it's not really that bad, at all. it's a great effort from michele soavi, who would go on to direct the excellent dellamorte dellamore. like what i've heard of the ogre, its pretty slow, and it doesn't bear much of a resemblance to the previous films in the series. this film wasn't given any official connection to the series, although dario argento, the producer of the first and second films, reportedly wanted to release it as "demons 3". having seen it, to even consider it part of the series, you have to really stretch it and pretend that maybe this film is a prequel of some sort, and in some way explains why evil things happened in the rest of the series.
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d-d-d-demons! [Jul. 26th, 2008|01:45 am]
alright, i had to take a break from watching demons 2, because something is bugging me...

one of the characters, upon investigating a strange scratching noise, goes to her front door and lets her dog in. "i forgot i'd let you out!", she says. okay, that sounds normal, right? is it normal to let your dog out when you live in a large apartment complex?! are we to imagine that this dog has just been wandering the hallways, possibly traveling between floors by elevator, this whole time she's left him out? wtf?!

this movie is '80s-tastic, though. also, a few of the actors from the first film are back, playing different roles. the leader of the coked-up punks is now the security officer in the lobby, and the jive-talking pimp from the first film is instead the tough-love trainer in the gym. weird. they should have gone the return of the living dead 2 route, and had them make some sort of deja-vu comment. speaking of been-here-seen-that, the "movie within a movie" device from the first film is in full-effect here. there was actually one scene, the first one where we see sally's parents out on the town, that looked like the crew used the lighting and cameras from the "within a movie" set-ups, because it doesn't look like it belongs to the over-arching storyline, although subsequent scenes of the parents wandering around the plaza look like they ought to.

oh, anyone who had he-man toys when they were growing up will recognize a close-up on a playset right around the 48:20 mark. niiiice.
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death race 2000 [Jul. 25th, 2008|06:53 pm]
last night i had one of those "HOLY SHIT! why haven't i already seen this?!" moments when i bought death race 2000 for $5.99. it was like a mash-up of charlie and the chocolate factory, the phantom of the paradise, and a clockwork orange. so bizarre.


notes:

-our national hero is called FRANKENSTEIN, but looks like some sort of space-batman-vampire, and drives a lizard-car. WTF?
-a "HAND-grenade"?!
-"people may think yer cute, but i think yer just a big baked potatah!"
-the revolutionary leader is called thomasina paine?! gee, i wonder who they're referencing here. what a clever allusion...
-not enough martin kove.
-OMG don steele had it coming. SO HARD.
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I GOTS MINTY NINTENDO BREATH [Jul. 25th, 2008|03:23 am]
went out for thai food with two coworkers tonight, and afterwards we went to meet up with a boyfriend at a local comic book shop. there were actually some really neat toys in the store, but the one item i needed to have were these nintendo power mints. they're not especially great mints, and bear no markings whatsoever, but the tin is SO FUCKING SWEET. i imagine, that if one were the kind of person who kept dried plants of some sort or other on their person, this would make one heck of a bitchin' container for them.
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[Jul. 23rd, 2008|04:57 am]
by the way, dorks, doctor who: the brain of morbius comes to region 1 dvd on october 7th.

Synopsis

Years ago, the Time Lord known as Morbius tried to lead a revolution but was executed for his ambition on the planet Karn. When the Fourth Doctor and Sarah arrive on the planet, they discover that, thanks to Dr Solon, the dead may rise.  (from wikipedia.org)
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[Jul. 23rd, 2008|04:02 am]
dunno if any of you are steve martin fans, but i'm getting a few giggles out of a bargain-priced audio book of his, called "pure drivel". it was $5.99, but with my discount, it cost me $4.01. pretty sweet.

also, i bought the current issue of doctor who magazine, issue #397. each issue is bagged with a "vintage" doctor who book. mine came with "...and the green death" by malcolm hulke. this actually appears to be a legit vintage book that they must have discovered in a warehouse somewhere, some of the pages being a little brown around the edges. sort of charming, if you ask me.
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warning: gore movie clip [Jul. 21st, 2008|01:07 am]
is it just me, or right about 1:30 in this clip, doesn't the background music sound a lot like kane's original theme, starting at around 0:40?
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THE BIG PENIS BOOK [Jul. 18th, 2008|01:50 am]
so, a new arrival at the bookstore is causing a little bit of controversy. as soon as we got a copy in stock, we slapped our "spider-wrap" anti-theft device on it, mostly to keep people from over-browsing it. it's really sad, but people do spend a lot of time snickering and guffawing in the aisle that houses the "erotic/sex instructional", books when they probably ought to be a little more mature and astute about it. (yeah, while you're laughing, your wife is rolling her eyes and thinking about that talented ex of hers...) YAY, SEX IS A JOKE!

also, as disturbing as this is, it's only a matter of time before some frustrated housewife leaves this book on the table in the kids department under a bunch of celebrity gossip and hair style mags.

stay classy, america.

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yay, horror movies! [Jul. 15th, 2008|05:46 am]
i've been going hog-wild on youtube these last couple of days watching b-movie reviews. there's just something fun about shitty movies. they never get old. here's what i've been watching-

gangrene widescreen-
unfortunately, the vids don't include any voice audio from the creator, just clips from the flicks, with goofy music slapped over them in spots. still, you have to love anyone who doesn't mind people knowing they've sat through voodoo black exorcist.

cinema apocalypse-
this dude creates the vids for a cable access show in minneapolis, but they're perfect for youtube. i really admire his enthusiasm for some of these films. the majority of his comments are positive.

the cinema snob-
pretty much equivalent to the original slew of "angry nintendo nerd" videos. not a lot of special effects or anything, but lots of opinions, and plenty of gratuitous profanity. comes across as very cynical and negative, but clearly enjoys subjecting himself to the torture of b-grade schlock.

i've also compiled a playlist of joe-bob briggs clips. i think i've got every single one on youtube in there, with the exception of some short, 30-second, "plugs" clips. unfortunately, that only means there are 15 videos to be seen. most of them are from his stints hosting his shows on tnt and the movie channel, but there are a few from home videos there too. i wish someone would post clips of his commentaries for films like samurai cop, i spit on your grave, blood shack, and the incredibly strange creatures who stopped living and became mixed up zombies.
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wrestlethoughts [Jul. 15th, 2008|02:15 am]
so, john cena is apparently forming a stable with the members of cryme tyme, called "CTC", which reportedly means "cryme tyme cenation". to me, that's a stupid-ass name. i don't think "CTC" is a bad stable acroynm, though. personally, i think "cena tha' cryme" would be much better. thoughts, wrestlefans?
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coast to coast am... WITH JESUS... [Jul. 14th, 2008|03:55 am]
so, there's this radio show called coast to coast am. you may be familair with it. i don't actually listen to it as it airs. i often download the episodes the following day if the episode summary strikes my fancy.

unfortunately, a lot of the callers and i think both of the regular hosts, are believers in god/christ. this often leads to stupid exchanges with callers like this:

c: ...and you know, when i got home, the image of a bird was inbetween the panes of glass in my window! that same bird i'd seen!
h: you know who put that there, right?
c: OF COURSE! IT WAS THE JEEBUS!

wtf? i mean, a good amount of the subject matter discussed on the show is bound to be horseshit, of course, but these seem like especially illogical suppositions. the callers are fuckin' retarded from time-to-time, as well. someone will come on the show to talk about "guardian angels", and when they don't start spouting about god/christ, the callers will chime in and ask questions like "how can your guest suggest that we have guardian angels when he doesn't seem to be connecting this to our lord and savior?!"

it's like - uhm, dude... just because you believe that the concept of angelic beings is connected to a higher power or creator, doesn't mean that this dictates the beliefs of others. one could even say that, perhaps, "angels" are real, and have been watching over us for thousands of years, and that we've invented the rest of what goes along with it ourselves. or, hey - fuck, perhaps the guest is using the word "angel" as shorthand to communicate a concept?

that reminds me of the whole "if there's a satan, there has to be a god"-type of argument. frankly, who the fuck actually believes in satan without believing in god, anyway? who rebels against something they don't believe in? personally, i rebel against the people who follow that which i don't believe in, ya' dig?

eh.

i had a rant in me, apparently. sorry.
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[Jul. 10th, 2008|02:41 am]
alright, so i finally got with it and started a last.fm profile. werd it up.
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[Jul. 6th, 2008|02:14 am]


"grower not a shower"
(NOT SAFE FOR WORK)


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i no want cheezburger [Jul. 6th, 2008|01:10 am]




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[Jul. 6th, 2008|12:01 am]
saturday's "customer of the night" was the mumbling half-goth who wanted to know if we had bella morte and apoptygma berzerk, and then got all bent-out-of-shape when i told her that we didn't have releases by either band. somebody call the whaaaaambulance. hide all the razor blades, morticia over here doesn't understand why a state peppered with 55+ housing communities doesn't have the latest releases from her favorite bands in their bookstores. nevermind that i had to ask her to name the bands three times because she couldn't stop clenching her jaw long enough to utter nine syllables.
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OH SNAPZ! [Jul. 4th, 2008|06:04 pm]
i totally know what i'm going to get myself for my birthday.



it's perhaps worth noting that there never was a film called "curse of the avenging disco zombie pimp", and that the tombstone portion of the artwork used on the reverse side of the workshirt actually belongs to a film called j.d.'s revenge, aka "the reincarnation of j.d. walker".
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[Jul. 3rd, 2008|05:44 pm]




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[Jul. 2nd, 2008|02:49 am]
so, did anyone else notice that spanish parliament granted "human rights" to great apes? (reuters)
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dreamflash [Jul. 1st, 2008|06:35 am]
had this crazy dream last night, and it all came back to me when i finished that last entry.

some co-workers and i were all working on this film with some associates of theirs. there were quite a lot of people involved, and as everyone was sort of bringing in people from their circles, so to speak, there were a few groups coming together that otherwise wouldn't have been coming in contact with eachother. my group of friends and i could sort of sense a general feeling of un-ease coming from one of the cliques.

one of my coworkers, we'll call him jayce, was there, and he's a very "fabulous"-type gay. cool dude. well, while one of the scenes was being shot, he was supposed to move one of the lights, for some sort of effect. someone bumped into him, the rig fell apart, and the bulb broke when it hit the floor. everyone on hand was sort of frustrated, as we really didn't have a lot of lights on hand, and time was short, etc. well, while most of us brushed it off, the one group that we were getting the bad vibes from started scoffing and making some "limp wrist" sort of gestures, and mumbling epithets to eachother, between their jockish chortles.

well, everyone broke for lunch, and while our little circle gathered, no one really spoke a whole lot. we weren't damning jayce, we just didn't know what to say, or how to react to what'd gone on. well, apparently. we'd been filming for a while, and one of us got the idea to check to see if payroll was available, as we were apparently getting paid on a regular basis, maybe even daily.

we all got our checks, and sat back down in our area. jayce opened his check, and seemed really disturbed. while the rest of us got paid our usual amount, his was totally cut, and he actually got a bill for a new light. somehow, in the dream, i knew that the light wasn't even that expensive, and that he still should have gotten a major portion of his check. just then, the rude crew group noticed our growing confusion, and made some sort of "thats what you get, faggot!" comment at us, from across the lot, in front of everyone. no one seemed to object, either.

i just remember being really hurt by what they said, and when i woke up, i was really bothered by it, even though i knew it hadn't actually happened. i guess it's because it's not all that far-fetched. sad.
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[Jul. 1st, 2008|06:09 am]
so, the other day i was randomly attacked by someone from my past that i can only describe as a ghost of a cave-dwelling bat fart. it's really sad too, because when i say "past", i mean that i haven't had contact with this person in 5 years or so.

anyhow, it got me to thinking how much i've changed in those 5 years. in all honesty, most of that change has come just since i moved to sarasota from clearwater, but there have surely been little bits along the way. most recently, and i'm talking just within the last two months, i've had a pleasant change in attitude. i think it's mostly to do with having a job where i can see real results from my work. while i always have something to do, it doesn't feel like the never-ending pile-up of banality that some of my previous jobs were.

don't get me wrong, it's not like i'm gonna find christ, formulate a 5-year plan, or join the peace corp, or some shit. not that those are pointless exercises (well, the last two out of the three ain't bad...), mind you. i'm just starting to find a brighter outlook on the day-to-day shenanigans we call life. people still seem absurd and obtuse to me, but now i'm like "whatever", where up until recently i would have been cursing a bloody pox on them and their offspring. water off a duck's ass, man.

i think, perhaps subconsciously, i gained a bit of self-awareness out of a quote i heard from george carlin in an old radio interview that i listened to about a week before he died. he said, and i'm paraphrasing here, "beneath the surface of every cynic is a scarred optimist", and that really articulated a feeling i've had for quite some time now. it kind of got me past the point of wanting to be enigmatic and impossible, and become more of an accesible, identifiable person.

it's easier, and more emotionally rewarding, so far. so, that's what i get for opening up a little.
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song lyrics time [Jul. 1st, 2008|01:47 am]




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somewhere, a flip phone is sending thousands of texts... [Jul. 1st, 2008|12:07 am]


+ = awesome


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[Jun. 30th, 2008|04:04 am]
so, we've been getting hit hard with theft at work lately. i mean, people are always stealing from every store, but it's been really bad these last few months. one of the more obvious targets are any sort of collectible miniature we stock, such as heroclix. it's especially frustrating, because kids don't just steal the whole fucking package, they slit them open along the side with a razor and pick out the one or two that they want, so we find the remnants stashed all over the fucking place.

y'know, if i worked in a grocery store, and i saw some opened packages with missing food items, it'd be one thing, but these ain't grapes, and these kids aren't starving, ya' dig?

anyhow, i'd just had enough of it today, and i took it upon myself to consolidate all of our music boxed sets into two shelves of the locked case, and leave the rest of that one case empty. then, i went to my service manager, and i was like "we should just do it. that way, it's just done. if someone above us wants to put the kibosh on it, and tell us to take them back out, that's all on them. this way, it's fixed, and it'll take more work to make ourselves more vulnerable..." and she was like "yeah. do it. fuckin' a."

so, i guess that kind of makes me a hawkish dick, but i felt REALLY satisfied with myself as i was placing all these items behind lock and key. for the first time, i was cognizant of my ability to take charge of a situation, and help guard not only myself, but the livelihoods of my co-workers.

i'm still not sure if this means that i'm a total corporate tool, or if i'm just doing right by my associates, though.

thoughts?
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i do stupid things [Jun. 30th, 2008|02:57 am]
so, i was just picking through this bag of "oriental" snack mix, taking all the wasabi peas out. i just happened to have a plastic bottle near my bedside, which still had a tad of orange flavored beverage left in the bottom. just because i didn't want to waste them, i scattered them onto the lawn for the birds and squirrels.

after doing so, i thought "gee, the residue left in this bottle has got to smell HORRIBLE.", and of course, i had to check. yep. horrible.
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from endomorph to ectomorph [Jun. 29th, 2008|01:36 am]
although, i do have some mesomorphic qualities, like my wide shoulders, but i digress...

so, i weighed myself for the first time since i moved to sarasota, and i was 50lbs lighter than i was in clearwater. for the record, that means that i currently weigh in at 180lbs. i figured i had dropped some weight, seeing as i'd had to notch my belt down twice in the last couple of months, but i had no idea the loss was so great.

i'm actually doing a load of t-shirt laundry right now, because they'll actually fit. on the other hand, nearly every pair of pants/shorts that i have has to be cinched up a bit for me to wear them. in fact, a couple of pairs of shorts that i have will just plain fall off, if left to themselves.

so, while having a bike for a month or so now surely has something to do with it, it's probably more to do with the fact that i'm constantly walking while i'm at work. that, and certain habits have changed since moving to sarasorta. for example, in clearwater, i was just around the corner from a shop that had an awesome selection of ben & jerry's flavors, as well as a sub shop, and a pizza shop inside of it. on top of that, my roomates and i, on a once-every-other-hourly basis would find ourselves with an unnatural need for snacks. (how mysterious, no?) we also drank a shitload of soda, sometimes up to 2 or 3 12-packs a day, just between the 3 of us.

so, somehow, without really trying, i'm turning into a somewhat healthy person. GODDAMN YOU, KASHI GRANOLA BARS! YOU OWE ME SOME NEW PANTS! *shakes fist*
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[Jun. 27th, 2008|07:21 pm]
should i be bothered that i have an anonymous gay admirer? obviously, being gay-friendly, the gender of the sender isn't objectionable. i'm not exactly enthused about it, though. in all honesty, i wouldn't be excited about having a heterosexual admirer either. when i go to work, i'm there to get shit done and help people, not to be ogled.

perhaps i should print this out and show it to my manager. "see, 'always too busy'... remember that around annual reviews time..."
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[Jun. 25th, 2008|11:33 pm]
did you know that dwight yoakam has his own line of snack foods?! oddly, they're pretty good, and cheap, too. the little single boxes i found at my local walgreens were $1 each. of course, you can probably get a whole banquet microwave dinner for $0.80, but these are actually a little higher in quality, if only marginally. i tried the "chicken licken's" chicken fries, and the "take 'em's" macaroni mouth poppers.

i sort of have to take issue with that last item, though. "mouth poppers"? was there some confusion about where these are supposed to go? if you're perhaps a fan of food-obsessed comedian jim gaffigan, you might argue that they probably ought to go straight into the toilet, but that's a bit unfair.

i dunno about you, but i'm looking forward to a future that includes lyle lovett pizzas, or some willy nelson eyedrops...
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you caught me in mah' birthday suit!!! [Jun. 25th, 2008|03:40 am]
so, this morning i was just out of the shower, in my room, starting to get ready for work. all of the sudden, i heard glass breaking from the vacant/unrented room in our house. i heard someone coming towards my room, so for some reason i assumed that someone was hurt, or just didn't quite know what to think just yet.

well, i'm standing there, reaching for my doorknob, when a short little dude in a blue t-shirt and spiked black hair opened my bedroom door. being totally nude, i covered my junk with my hand. (i wish i could say that both hands were required, but hey, i just got out of the shower, okay? ; P) i was like "WTF?!", and the guy just said "OH SORRY SHIT!" and went back from whence the noise came.

well, a moment later, i hear "WHAT THE FUCK?! WHY'D YOU BREAK THAT WINDOW?! YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN!!!" apparently, the landlords and an associate were nearby when all of this went down, as they were next door rehabbing another house they're going to rent out just like they do with this one. things seemed to be quiet for a few moments, when this intruder apparently started dashing away. well, he only got a block away when one of my landlords totally fucking chased him down and threw him up against a fence. he was then dragged all the way back to our lawn, where my landlords and their associate contained the intruder until the cops could get there.

it wasn't even 5 minutes before 4 police cruisers and an ambulance were on the scene. i dunno if this dude got cut up coming through the broken window or what, but something tells me that the police presence had something to do with a sheriff living about a block from here.

of course, since this went down this afternoon, all the different ways this all could have panned out have gone through my mind. had he showed up only minutes earlier, he would have gone right into my unlocked bedroom. seeing as he was likely already fleeing when he tried to charge through my room, i don't know if he would have taken the time to steal any of my belongings, but he sure could have. the laptop i'm using to make this entry right now probably would have been the most likely victim of his lifty hands, given that scenario.

i'm also thinking that he might not have been fleeing when he came towards my room. y'see, we just had a tennant move out a couple of weeks ago, and he was sort of a shifty, weird dude. i know that he used coke and crack on occasion, for example. i don't think it would be entirely unthinkable that he could have informed an associate of his that i had thousands of dollars worth of dvds in two easy-to-carry cases sitting in my bedroom. unlikely, but not out of the question, really.

of course, i was dying to get to work and tell all of my co-workers about it, seeing as it was the most exciting thing that's happened to me in a while, which is sort of sad, in a way. as you can imagine, everyone was wildly entertained by my being naked as a jaybird when this went down, and i agree. i love absurd shit like that, myself.

well, as the cops were talking him down, processing him and whatnot, i rode by on my bike and just gave him a disappointed glare. of course, who's to say he recognized me in all of those clothes. perhaps i should have given him a hint, and said something like "YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A WHOLE LOT OF NAKED MEN FRESH OUT OF THE SHOWER WHERE YOU'RE GOING, DUDE!!!"


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[Jun. 24th, 2008|02:27 am]
so, for some reason we had a copy of the 2-disc triple h: the king of kings dvd on our advance readers/screeners shelf at work. if it weren't for me, it probably would have stayed there for years before being tossed into a dumpster, too.

say what you want about the guy, but some of this is actually fun. maybe it's just me, though. i mark out a little bit when he talks about coming up out of the new england area. i was especially entertained by the disc 2 extra, his first professional match, where he wrestled as terra ryzin, at an arena in burlington, vt.  i'm like "shit, that was my back yard, man!"

in all honesty, i'm skipping most of the matches and just watching the interstitials. funny thing is, with this being his dvd, he sure does put a lot of other people over. he speaks shiningly of both john cena and edge, for example. also, with the way internet fans run him down, it's easy to forget that he put batista over three times in a row in championship matches.
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[Jun. 23rd, 2008|03:52 am]
holy fuck in a basket of hats.

i was sorting some new merch today at work for the tuesday new dvd and cd releases, when i came upon a copy of liz phair's exile in guyville. well, not the regular version. a 15th anniversary addition. wow, did that make me feel old.

anyhow, i went and downloaded totally bought a copy of the oldschool version, and it's every bit as good as i remember it being. you don't even know how many nights i spent in the basement of my parent's house, setting small fires with my childhood friend chris, listening to either this, or beck's mellow gold.

we were like "OH MAN! SHE SAID CUNT! AND BLOWJOB! I WANT TO MARRY THIS CHICK!"...
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[Jun. 21st, 2008|03:20 am]
went to hollywood video today, to see if they had any decent used dvd titles on sale. they had this one group of films, looks like they were all mgm titles, that were 3 for $18. i picked the fall of the house of usher, candyman: farewell to the flesh, and invasion of the body snatchers (1978), because they were three of the best horror flicks included in that promotion, and because each one offers a commentary track. (i ♥ commentaries, if you havent already figured that out.)
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[Jun. 19th, 2008|12:11 am]
yikes. i bought a bike a couple of weeks ago, and in the last few days, there has been an explosion of idiocy on the craigslist sarasota rants & raves, from motorists who are making blatant threats to run cyclists off the road. some of them are even attaching pictures along with their posts of cyclists who have been struck by vehicles. twisted.

personally, this probably won't be an issue for me, seeing as i insist on riding on the sidewalk, but last saturday night, on the way home from work, i was yelled at by two seperate motorists, for seemingly no reason whatsoever.

also, there was a big mess of an accident near my work the other day where, reportedly, a large truck hit a cyclist. i've actually noticed how dangerous that intersection was myself, and i've been walking my bike across for a while now. somehow, people tend to notice someone walking a bike, whereas they don't seem to see someone riding it, however the fuck that works. i actually had one woman, riding by herself in a bigass black sports/utility vehicle, flip me off when i pointed at the crosswalk sign when she turned in front of me. wtf?!
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[Jun. 17th, 2008|01:31 am]
ah, bugger. i just learned of the june 15th passing of stan winston, one of the most accomplished and highly-regarded special effects designers in film history.

i'm sure some of you would recognize his work from great films like the monster squad, galaxy quest, big fish, iron man, the thing, edward scissorhands, terminator 2: judgement day, jurassic park, aliens, predator, batman returns, indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull, and many, many more.
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[Jun. 16th, 2008|03:03 am]
so, saturday morning i was woken up by the noise of one of my roomates having breakfast with some company he'd had overnight. a child was whining, not wanting to eat the food. i'd just gone to bed at 5am-ish, and this started around 9am. i was so disturbed by all this noise that i got up, and downloaded a 60 minute long "white noise" audio track, and set that shit on repeat, so that i could make a decent attempt to drown the racket out, and catch that additional 4 hours of sleep.

interestingly, the white noise seems to cause me to have WILD dreams. dreams that make me laugh, to myself, as i was having them.  for example, last night i had a dream about a sort of futuristic cat, who lived on a little sandbox that floats in space, and i named him "bricklayer". as i was having this dream, i thought to myself "hah. bricklayer. 'cuz of the poo, and the sand. hah. OH SHIT WHAT TIME IS IT IN REAL LIFE?!", and when i snapped awake, i flipped out, looking at the clock on my phone, which i had in my hand. it was about 8:30, and for some reason, i was conviced that i was supposed to be at work already. i'd even called the cab company before i realized that i didn't have to be awake until at least 12 noon.
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[Jun. 14th, 2008|12:58 am]
hindu chaplain rajan zed, of nevada, is making a big stink over the new mike myers film, the love guru. apparently, his complaint is that the film makes light of hinduism, and that his faith, and the lifestyle of a "guru" is above parody.

sorry, dude. not the case. in fact, by complaining about it, you're making your way of life an even more valid source of mockery by taking yourself too seriously.
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[Jun. 13th, 2008|04:32 pm]


"as i turned the corner, i felt muscular and compact - like corned beef..."
dr. rick dagless, m.d., "garth mareghi's darkplace"


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mp3 players [Jun. 10th, 2008|06:07 am]
can anyone recommend a nice, cheap mp3 player? mine just shit the bed. just as well, because it was a piece of crap. don't get me wrong, when i had XM, it was pretty sweet. unfortunately, when i reformatted it, i only had the option of partitioning 50% of the drive for mp3 storage. wank.

so, i want to get something really simple. a couple of points:

-doesn't need to have a screen.
-must run on a rechargable battery.
-capacity: lots.
-under $80-$100.
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[Jun. 9th, 2008|01:11 pm]
glad to hear that a chicagoland wrestling scene favorite, mickie knuckles made her debut in tna during last night's slammiversary during the knockouts tag team match. that chick is legit tough. if you don't believe me, check out the headbutt chris hero gave her during chikara's tag world grand prix 2005.

also, it sounds like matt sydal, another midwest pro, is going to be making a name for himself on wwe programming soon. i think he was on smackdown a couple of weeks ago, but i'm sure you'll be seeing more of him soon. he's one of the most well-rounded performers in his weight class that i can think of.
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recommended manga reading [Jun. 7th, 2008|02:53 am]


from katsuhiro otomo, the creator of akira



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new muxtape [Jun. 6th, 2008|06:22 pm]
butt trumpet - decapitated
beck - soul suckin' jerk
claudio simonetti - demon
cradle of filth - sodomy & lust
queen - lazing on a sunday afternoon
mercyful fate - curse of the pharaohs
rasputina - the new zero
acid bath - paegan love song
x-cops - zipper pig
marilyn manson - fundamentally loathsome
cry baby soundtrack  - king cry baby
butt trumpet - funeral crashing tonight
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wheels [Jun. 6th, 2008|06:13 pm]
for the first time in my adult life, i have a vehicle.

nope, not a car. a used schwinn mesa runner. i've just gotten tired of needing to pay for a cab when the bus doesn't run the usual schedule on sundays, the holidays when it doesn't run at all, and needing a ride home from co-workers 4 nights a week.

my workplace is about 4.5 miles away, and i can make it there in about 35 minutes, when taking two busses takes about a full hour, because i have a 20-25 minute wait in between.

also, this might even be a good way for me to attain some modicum of healthiness. i used to bike all over town when i was a kid, so i can see myself getting some use out of the bike other than just for work transit.
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[Jun. 4th, 2008|07:37 pm]
from time to time, in my dreams, i see myself with long hair. i sometimes wonder why this is, as i don't really miss my hair at all. it was, for the most part, a hassle. so, why would i picture myself with long hair in these dreams? perhaps, i was thinking, i should attempt lucid dreaming, and give my dream self a haircut.

speaking of crackpot insane bullshit, i've been having a lot of daydreams about thunderbirds, and i'm not talking about a "bitchin' set of wheels", but rather, the mythological and cryptozoological beast. i've also been fixating on lycanthropes, in that i've been watching a lot of werewolf movies, such as the howling, howling II: your sister is a werewolf, and howling III: the marsupials.
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[Jun. 4th, 2008|04:31 pm]




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[Jun. 2nd, 2008|02:14 pm]
last night's new metalocalypse, dethcarraldo,  was fucking awesome. despite what the title might lead you to believe, it was seemingly more of an homage to cannibal holocaust, than to fitzcarraldo.
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[May. 26th, 2008|03:53 am]
updated my muxtape again. guess what? it's all really loud, obnoxious, hateful music! WHEE!!! i noticed a loose theme to the tracks as i uploaded them, and after just a bit of rearrangement, they formed a sort of story. follow along with me, whydon'cha'?
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i am not your son - I AM YOUR LORD [May. 26th, 2008|02:17 am]
thanks to the magic of the glorious internet, i'm currently being reminded of how awesome an album foetus: gash is. can you believe i found this in a used cd bin in vermont only a few months after it was released, way back in ol' 1995?
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[May. 25th, 2008|02:14 am]
i had this weird dream where i found out that odge's yellow submarine, at chicago and damen, in  chi-town, used ground beef hearts and livers in their burgers.
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[May. 23rd, 2008|06:53 pm]
oh teh shizzle. mute witness is free, ondemand. (free movies/m-z) granted, it is pan & scan, but it's better than nothing. also, it sort of makes the title screen look artsy. unfortunately, it's one of the fearnet titles, and they put trailers and commercial breaks in their ondemand titles.

i recall being really impressed, seeing this during the month of october on ifc, in either 2001 or 2002. the whole series of films they showed that month was hosted by tom savini, and included greats like dario argento's tenebre, the company of wolves and haxan (aka: witchcraft through the ages).
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[May. 23rd, 2008|01:10 pm]
does this katy perry chick sound like a dude to anyone else?
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[May. 22nd, 2008|09:24 pm]
uhh... has anyone seen the commercials on spikeTV for their upcoming airing of the cronenberg film, a history of violence? i hope you've already seen it, because they blow one of the most pivotal moments in the film in the first 10 seconds of the commercial. WHAT THE FUCK?!
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