It was bound to happen. Once you start a blog, a place people can find out about you, Who you are, what you do for fun and what your interests are, people will hunt you down and stalk you. Sometimes they try to corner you and get in your underwears. Now I've been tracking the hits on my blog and I get hit 2,200 times a day. Yeah I know, impressive. What's both flattering and scary at the same time is that now I have a fans.
What's scary about having fans? Well nothing if you like your life being watched all the time. When I wake up they're tons of screaming fans, mainly beautiful woman, all over my car waiting to touch a piece of me. It's not comfortable. So I'd like to post a few pics of the fans that freak me out. The fans that feel they they have the need to tear my clothing everytime I walk out of my house. If you see these people around me please, call the police immediatly.
First there's this woman. A school teacher. This woman can be heard screaming my name from dark alley's. I have no idea why.
Then there's this girl. It''s scary because she has this Peanut shaped belt buckle she throws at my head to knock me unconscious. The weirder part is once she has succeeded with knokcing me out she doesn't do anything. She just leaves me on the ground. Then I wake up with a crazy concussion that just throbs for a week. She's even broken a few of my car windows with that peanut. If you see her anywhere near me you must help me knock her down. The only way to stop her is to destroy the peanut.
I don't know about this girl. I wake up, I walk outside my house and there she is. She always finds a way to make it past my security. By securty I mean shitty apartment gate. It's easy to jump. She's the craziest of them all because she always finds a way to creep up behind me when I least expect it. Like a silent fart.
One day I was with my friend Mike and I was going to take a picture of him when,without warning, she came running up behind him and attacked him. You can see the pain in his face. She took him. I havent seen him since. If you know where my friend Mike is please conatct me. My email is located somewhere on this blog. Right now you're very cold. I've found 2 weaknesses for this individual. Inependant films and farmer's markets.
Here's the last of the stalkers. I don't get it. Love letters and naked pictures arrive from him everyday. It's scary and it makes me sick. If you see this man anywhere near me please, shoot to kill. He sucks.
I hate being this popular and cool.
By: Jeans Pants | Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 11:59 PM | |
Guess what happened last night. Yup I didn't sleep again. I'm not good with dealing with death when I know the person that died. We had the window open last night. Our window kind of sucks. Let's just say when it's open it's open. It's not easy to close. Eveytime I layed in bed all I could smell were flowers. It could have been from right outside my window but I don't think there are any flowers down there. It could also been coming from the giant cemetary that's across the street from my house. Either way it made me sad. In case you're new to my blog I should tell you that the smell of flowers make me cry because it just reminds me of funerals and wakes. Last night was pretty rough because of that, the heat, and the thoughts of an old friend. Plus starting at about 6 am we had loud neighbors honking the horn picking people up. So I probably fell asleep around 4 adn woke up at about 6. Last night sucked. I hate flowers. If I ever get sick in the hospital save your money on flowers. Buy me some DVD's or something. Oh maybe buy me a house. That sounds nice. Thanks good friends.
By: Jeans Pants | Thursday, August 24, 2006 at 7:12 PM | |
Mollye had a friend die in a car accident in August 2003. So there's another one for August. This month needs to either end or be deleted from the calender. Maybe I should take my vacations in August for now on. Just sleep right through it.
I do have a question for all of you. When it comes to August, is it more scary to be me, or to be you? To all that know me please be careful. There's 7 days left in this month.
Since 1997 I have connected the month of August with death. In that year I went to 4 wakes. Actually all together that year I went to 7 wakes but that's a different story. The year before that, August 7 1996 my great grandmother died. even though she was 96 she didn't die of old age. She was reaching for something and she fell. That was a pretty shocking day. OK that's also another story. Also in August of 2002 my brother's friend got into a car accident and died. That was the first wake I'd ever been for someone under 40. He was 20. Hopefully that will be the last one of those I have to go to.
Mollye had two deaths in her family at the start of this year. It was her uncle and her grandfather. My friends grandmother died about a month ago and a woman who which I called grandmother as a child died in July. Now this month, August my friend got a call the other day that her grandfather died and now she's gone away for two weeks. If's she's reading this I'd like her to know that we all send our love.
Today I got an email from a friend of mine. He sent me the link to an ariticle about a friend of mine that drowned yesterday morning at about 2 am in a 3 foot pool. His name was Steve. Aparrently he was with some friends drinking when he decided to go into the pool. He went into the pool alone while everyone was still in the house. When one of his friends came out to join him Steve was upside down in the pool. His friends performed CPR on him until the police arrived.
I havent seen him since high school. He was always a good guy. He was the stage manager for my......song and dance troupe that I was in during high school....yeah so what......shut up. I'll just share a good memory I have of him. Our little troupe had a very low budget. We used these risers that were from the 60's and were always falling apart. During one show one of the risers colapsed during a performance. On the video we had of the show you can see Steve dive from the front of the stage and into the risers. He spent the rest of the performance holding up the risers from underneath. That is a funny, happy memory I have of him. That and he loved to do flips. I think he thought impressed the lady's. Does it impress the lady's? Let me know. I'll start practicing.
The month of August sucks and as of right now the year 2006 kind of sucks. When I was told my grandmother was sick I actually started worrying more because of the year. A lot of things happened this year. Now it would appear that August is still a bad month for me. So once I get through this month hopefully things will get a little better. I'll only have 4 months left til 2006 ends. 2006 sucks.
By: Jeans Pants | Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at 7:18 PM | |
The left have been attacking the president for years when it comes to the subject of the war. They say it's in just. They say we're over there claiming oil. Their saying That Saddam Hussein was never a true threat. Well I have a point I'd like to make. Saddam Hussein had oil correct? We went over there and yes we are taking that oil. What does oil assist in producing? The answer is fires. What is fire? But a weapon of mass destruction maybe.
The president is constantly "slammed" with accusations that he doesn't care about the people of Iraq. That stopping terrorism isn't his true goal. Liberals want us to believe that he's nothing more then a C average student whose only real goal is to achieve money for himself and his friends.
Are we supposed to believe that this war hero was AWOL for most of his time in the coast guard? Come On!!! That his daddy hooked him up with the coast guard to get him out of Vietnem? Come On!!!
Are we suppose to believe that our elected president wasn't elected but actually cheated with the assistance of his republican brother from FL and his cousin who worked at FOX news that announced that Bush won the presidency? Come On!!!
So many people by into the presidents act of talking like an unconfident 12 year old child speaking in front of his class when really he's been researching for a role in the upcoming film "I Am Sam 2: Sam's Revenge". Good Luck Mr. President
The war has taught us a lot. Remember before the war we all thought the world was flat? Guess what? Going to Iraq proved the world is actually cylinder. Yup, that is true.
Before the war we were all stuck watching movies with only the full frame as an option. Now we can choose widescreen. Now we can view the movies as the directors intended us to see it.
Before the war we had no idea what it was like on the moon. Thanks to the war we have finally set foot on the moon. Making first contact with....moon rocks.
Also if it wasn't for the war I'd still be dating this...
Thank God for the war because here is who I'm dating now...
Yup I'm dating Veronica Mars. We have a pretty strong relationship. Except whenever there's a murder she tends to blame everyone including me. Always turning my DNA in to the police or sneaking behind my back twisting my words to authorities telling them I enjoy torturing people when I really said...Well I enjoy torturing people but that's beside the point. Yeah our realtionship is great except for the whole trust thing.
Last thing I'd like to add or ask is hasn't everyone noticed how gas prices have been going down? It's a miracle rigth? Who cares if some innocent family thousands of miles away are getting interigated in the middle of the night, maybe even tortured. I don't know who they are. With any luck they will have been killed or beaten for a good cause. So I can buy gas $3.00 a gallon and watch a lot of other people get wealthier and wealthier. Keep the Slaughter alive Mr President. We need that oil.
By: Jeans Pants | Tuesday, August 22, 2006 at 10:40 PM | |
Uh Oh. Who did I piss off? Did I intend to? No not really. What's really going on through my head is how we have to fight long and hard to get certain things accepted by the majority of society. Now the majority are Christians. This is true. Maybe half of the Christians are crazy. That is a lot. Notice I said not all. Because I don't believe they all are, let's make that clear.
Let me explain where I’m coming from. Today I read an article titled "Church fires teacher for being female”. This woman from Watertown N.Y. taught at a church for over 54 years and she was recently dismissed due to the churches desire to adopt what it called a literal interpretation of the bible. The interpretation prohibits woman from teaching men. Here is a verse from the Great Book.
"I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent."
One of the ministers from the church who is also on the city counsel states "I believe that a woman can perform any job and fulfill any responsibility that she desires to, outside of the church".
The minister is also a member of the Watertown City Counsel which consists of five members, all men.
A different story, in Maplewood Mnn a church minister is being asked to step down do to him ignoring the communities’ cries for him to mix politics and church. Rev. Gregory Boyd has been asked on many occasions to give his blessing to, and the churches, to conservative political candidates and causes,
The church members have been asking him to announce rally’s for gay marriage during services, introduce a politician from the pulpit, let members set of an anti abortion table in the churches lobby, let the members pass out voter guides that all but endorsed republican candidates, and put up an American flag in the church.
My Boyd himself is a republican but believes that church and state should be separated. During the 2004 election he preached 6 sermons titles "The Cross And The Sword" in which he said the church should stay clear of politics, stop moralizing on sexual issues, and stop referring to the United States as a Christian Nation. This guys pretty cool.
Here's a quote I found to be scary from one of the Church members. "Most of my friends are believers, and they think that if you're a believer then you'll vote for Bush. And it''s scary to go against that".
This is what I mean by the bible shouldn’t be taken that literally. People are only against gay marriage because the bible states it's wrong, but did people forget this verse from the bible.
"Slaves obey your human masters in everything; don't work only while being watched, in order to please men, but work wholeheartedly, fearing the lord" (Colassians 3:22)
"Slaves submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to the good adn gentle but also to the cruel" (1 Peter 2:18)
So as I have preached before, I need a slave.
Another thing people are so die hard against is abortion. Not everyone is against it because of the bible. A lot of people are against it because of their true beliefs, but some people are just because of the bible. Let me sell some more verses to you. Tell me what you think
This verse is right after 2 people have been married
"But evidence of virginity are not found for the young woman, then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones..." (Deutronomy 22:20,21)
"woman should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but should be submissive, as the law also says" (1 Corinthians 14:34)
"one of illegitimate birth shall not enter the congregation of the Lord" (Deuternomy 23:2)
I'm just going to copy and paste just a few more I found. The father even has the right to sell his daughter as a servant (slave girl) to other men:"If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as menservants do. If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. (From the NIV Bible, Exodus 21:7-8)"
"...and the birth of ANY daughter is a loss. (From the New Jerusalem Bible, Ecclesiasticus 22:3)"
"And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.(From the NIV Bible, Leviticus 21:9)"
Interesting. I can sell my daughter, stone my bride if she's not a virgin, call my new born daughter a loss, and again, own a slave. Oh and force my daughter to marry a slave. Hopefully my daughter will be hot, that should make up for al the beatings said slave will have received from me.
For all my friends who are Christians, I am not talking to you. If you happen to be pro-life or don't believe in gay marriage than that's your choice. See I am pro choice =0). I said we have to fight long and hard to get certain things in society to be accepted. Rights for the non whites and non male are a perfect example. It wasn’t until the 60’s that black people slowly started be truly accepted and given the same equal rights as others. Even that mission isn’t completely accomplished. Woman started voting in the 20’s if I’m correct. That’s not that long ago. I really hate it when people feel a woman or a black person or a gay person should be paid less or treated differently all because a book that was written centuries ago by who knows and revised a billion times by who knows said so.
I say let's tear out half of that book. Throw it in the trash. And learn from the teachings from the good half. I already did. It's right here in my hand. Let me take a look at....Ah shit I threw out the wrong half. I better go yell at Mollye. I mean, she is inferior to me right? That's what is says right here.
" I have all power for I am man, and my roar will be heard for centuries to come. And I will have my slave pick me cotton and make me a house of clouds or he shall be beat. Oh and I might stone my daughter because she's woman. And they are inferior." (1 JeansPants 56:67)
By: Jeans Pants | Monday, August 21, 2006 at 2:20 PM | |
Today a customer asked me what the delivery fee was at my store. I explained it to her what it was. I won’t go in great detail but I will say its 50 dollars for 50 miles. Then she asked me “what if I don't live in the 50 mile radius?' I then responed with "well then I believe the minimum you pay is $90 dollars". My co-worker standing across from me told me it was actually $99 dollars. So the customer wrote down $99 dollars. She then said asked me what was the sales tax. I responded with "8.75 percent I think". That same co-worker said to us that it was actually 8.25. The customer then attacked me with "You're not good with numbers at all. Do you know anything?" She was a real doll. Luckily the customer waiting in line after her rolled her eyes and said "what a real bitch."
That didn't really bother all that much. Nor did that ruin my day. What ruined my day was I that it made me wonder how much longer can I stand working with assholes while maintaining my sanity. When I re-read that last sentence it didn't sound rigth. But I think I get my point across.
A woman came in afterwards with her 2 kids. She asked me and that same co-worker to help her design a closet. We both explained that we don't actually do that here at “The Big Yellow Joint" . The customer actually has to design it themselves. We just order it. She then went to work it out on her own. While she stood there her kids destroyed the closet area. They took paper we had that was meant to help the shoppers create a closet and they through them all over the place. There were piles of these papers everywhere. I went over and I told those kids they had to pick them all up and put them where they got them. They did. While I was there their mom kept asking me questions about the closets. That's not a bad thing, asking us questions, but she kept asking the same questions over and over and all her answers were posted in front of her on a big sign.
Customer How tall is this?
Me 93 inches
customer what colors do they come in?
Me these colors posted right here
customer when do you close
me 10pm
customer how tall is this?
me (this time I pointed to the sign) it is 93 inches
I walked away after her first round of repeat questions. Later on I saw her kid screaming on the main aisle of the store. The mother was walking away and yelled "fine I'm going to leave you here goodbye". Now that presents a problem. A customer could easily hit this kid with a cart or accidentally step on him.
I walked over to the kid as he screamed and cried all over the floor. I asked if he was Ok he kept screaming and pointing at his side. I asked if he was hurt, he just kept doing the same thing. At the same time another customer asked me how to get to a different floor. I pointed "go down there as far as you can go and make a right". I turned back to the kid. "Buddy if you keep screaming I'm going to get security with first aid. Do you want me to do that or are you OK?" He just kept screaming. The same customer from before and asked me how to get downstairs. I looked at her with what I feel may have been the most evil look I could have given anyone and just pointed and said “you need to stay on this path and follow the signs. Im dealing with something right now, I know you can do this on your own. Just go that way. You'll find it". I turned back to the boy who was still screaming and told him I was going to make that call.
So I call security and supposedly they were to understaffed to send anyone up. I told them that someone needs to get up here now. I explained that the kid is screaming, pointing at his side, the mother took off the kid is causing problems. Security then said "well if the mother doesn't have a problem with it then there's nothing I can do". That’s when I snapped back and said "listen if something happens to this kid it's our responsibility. If he sits here and gets hit with a cart, or stepped on or anything we are liable." Here’s my favorite part. I said that the kid was interrupting customers and made them respond with, “we’ll be there right away”. I guess making sure that the shopping experience is pleasant is more important than this kid’s health.
Security never showed up and the kid eventually got up because the mom finally came back. I hate some parents in this world. My favorite part of this story is the ending, and here it is. When I went back to the closet area those same kids had trashed it all over again leaving papers all over the place. This is where the bad day story ends. There's more to it, but this is all I'm going to write about.
A warning to people that know me. While at work I might seem down or upset or just plain gloomy to be around. Don't worry about me. I'm not cravign attention or anything. I'm just running out of steam. I feel like there are a lot of things falling apart around me. I keep whining about my grandmother but I can't get over it. I'm having trouble writing and that's been effecting me a little bit. I'm finding myself caring and not caring about the wrong things. I've been acting paranoid a lot too about weird things. A message to all of you. Forgive me if I get annoying. I might get on some of your nerves and I don't mean too. I'm going to go now.
By: Jeans Pants | Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 12:17 AM | |
I check out certain entertianment sites on a daily basis too see what's new in the world of TV and film. I'm mostly interested in film. As we all know I'm a nerd. Yesterday I got to see pictures of Optimus Prime from the live action transformers movie due out next July and I found out that another member of "The Daily Show" will becoming a regular on "The Office'. I don't learn anything to mind blowing. It's just something I do.
I usually check out the IMDB main page as well as IGN.com and adelphia news to get my info. What I find interesting about these pages is that they not only give me my usless information, but they love to talk about stars relationshipswith such strong conviction.
Here's what I mean. On IMDB they wrote that Jennifer Aniston has "slammed" rumours that she and Vince Vaughn are engaged. They use the word "slammed" all the time which I think is funny. Plus do you really think she "slammed" those rumours. Is she so disgusted by the thought of marrying her boyfriend Vince Vaughn that she would "Slam" rumours?
A month ago they reported that Carmen Electra "slammed" rumors that she and husband Dave Navaro were separating. They love that word. Let's rephrase that. How about "Angelina Jolie has currently closed the door very loudly at the rumours that she and Brad Pitt are having a baby". Or "Britney Spears has just dropped something very loudly at the rumour that she is pregnant with a second child". If somebody asked Britney Spears if she was going to have a second child do you really think she'd be that offended and pissed? Well maybe she would be, because she's a bitch.
Speaking of Britney Spears, IMDB also had an article about how Britney Spears can't wait to have her child because she's sick of what having two babies in 18 months does to the body. It's too bad I need to scroll past shit like that just to see what Johnny Depps next movie is or has Jack Lemmon finally returned from the grave. That's all I want to know.
It does make you wonder though. How many people in the world find out information like this and have their days ruined. Do people call their husbands or wives and say "my God, I think Nick and Jessica are getting a divorce". How many of those significant others respond with " I need to leave early" or "Oh my God are you OK?" or "we better not tell the kids right away". But then again, as soon as I find out Johhny Depp's next project it's one of the first things I bring up the next day at work.
Touche world of useless information
By: Jeans Pants | Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 10:56 PM | |
I can't think of a better way to cheer myself up then to watch some of the great Stephen Colbert. For those of you who don't know who Colbert is he's the host and head writer of The Colbert Report. The whole show is him playing a Bill O"Reilly type character and forguests that go on the show never having seen an episode before, they pretty much have no idea what's going on during the interviews. Here are some of my favorite segments from "The Colbert Report".
First is a music video he played during his show dedicated to a special someone.
Next is an amazing interview with the Deomocrat congress woman from Washington D.C. He really get's under her skin and drives her crazy.
This is a treat to anyone that is familiar with "The Daily Show" segment "This Week in God".
This is an interview with the italian New Jersey Senator who believes that "The Sopranos" gives a bad stereo type for the italians.
This is is from a few nights ago. Its Stephen Colbert in "The Daily Show" attacking Jon Stewart.
This is now Jon Stewart showing up to defend himself on "The Colbert Report"
That's enough to leave you with for tonight I think. Enjoy all the clips.
By: Jeans Pants | Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at 12:19 AM | |
So I guess I should mention this even though it's kind of personal. My relationship is on the rocks. It's been a rough couple of weeks for me. It's involved hairpulling, yelling and "what exactly are you doing with your life"acusations. Oh I should clear this up. It's not my relationship with Mollye that's in trouble. Oh no we're fine. It's my relationship with me that's on the rocks.
Part of my problem is I haven't had a good night sleep in weeks. That's without exaggerating. So I'm sure that's had an effect on me. As most of you know work has been bringing me down a lot. Every year my place of business releases a book with all the products it will be carrying for the next year. Even though this book changes very little year after year, it brings in herds of people/savages into the store wanting to look at the "new" product they just saw in the book. Another thing a lot of people don't realize is that not only is it a lot of the old stuff just rehashed but a good portion of the old stuff is now higher in price.
Another thing that has sucked (and I also mentioned this in an early post) is that the people I work with really don't care about their job. As a result from the call out, that causes their fellow employees (not their managers) to stress out because that leaves them with more work. Supposedly Two employees, (one that's on her final warning and another who has already called out everyday since Sunday) did a no call no show today. The girl on her final I'm sure is terminated and the other person gave her two weeks notice 1 week ago so I'm sure she's not coming back.
Here's something really embarrassing I'm going to mention. I've been finding myself sneaking off the floor a lot. Sometimes to the bathroom, other times to the label room. Sometimes I sit there, contemplate my life. Or sit there and think about how horrible people. Or I sit there and think about how some of the employees have been acting about there job. Or I sit there and cry a little. Yeah I said it was embarrassing
I haven't been happy with my neighborhood lately. My neighbor downstairs must have just bought a new sound system so my floors shake once in a while. One of those times was 9 am on a Saturday morning. When their not playing their bass music the other people around me are. The weird thing is the people around me play the same song over and over again. One of those songs that's played sounds a lot like Dr Dre's "Nuttin But A G Thing" (but it's not) and the other is "Ghetto Superstar" and the songs are on repeat. FUCK!!!
Another thing about my neighborhood is the fruit truck. It's this big white box on wheels that reads Gabby's Produce on the side and it used to play that Pee Wee Herman "Tequila" song every time he pressed the horn. It was that song all day long since I moved here a year and a half ago. It's so loud that I need to turn up my music/movie every time it drives by. It also backs up into my apartment’s driveway to turn around. Because the truck is so heavy it always bottoms out and makes this huge scraping sound. He starts everyday at 8 am and stops at about 9pm. You suck Gabby. Fuck you!!!
A funny thing that involves the fruit truck is that across the street from my apartment there is a tall wall. Behind that tall wall is one of the biggest cometary’s in all of LA. Now I wonder how many funerals involved the sound of "Tequila" playing loudly over a service. Forget funerals. Imagine visiting a loved one and hearing that sound the whole time followed by a loud scrap. If that happens to you yell my name. Most likely you're in my neighborhood. I'll come over and we'll say goodbye to that loved one together.
My apartment itself is fine. It has Mollye, my cats and all my stuff, so that's happiness right there. It's weird though, there something about it that sometimes makes me want to not go back to it. When I used to run, and I think this might be why I've stopped, I found myself running from my neighborhood to a really nice one just a few miles away. When I'm there I don't always want to turn around. Again it has nothing to do with Mollye or anything else with the apartment. I think it's just me wanting to be settled in a home with a yard. It's me being selfish. Wanting to magically make something out of nothing.
We also have lots of ghetto bird (helicopter) fly overs where the police are obviously taking down somebody.
There is a plus to where I live. I live in a hot location for where they film the TV series "The Shield". If you've never seen "The Shield" before then you should know that it's a mixture of corrupt cops and the taking down of drug lords. What a better neighborhood then mine.
Lot's of people would tell me "if you're so unhappy then move". Well I'm unhappy but not comfortable. I think any one bedroom I move into I'll be pretty depressed. I'm not afraid to go on walks or say hello to my neighbors. I just want to finally take that next step and I'll be in this apartment until I can take that next step. Whether it's a house or a 2 bedroom, I don't see a point to move until I have more money.
With my grandmother being sick, customers acting selfish with a touch of bitchy, loud music playing around me, no sleep and having that urge to move on in life, I'm going through a weird time. I'm not asking for attention or sympathy I'm just warning those that know me. I could be a little weirder then usual. If I succeed at being weirder then I already am then I will have achieved something no one could challenge.
I think this is my ending. I need to go find something funny to watch or read. So...The END
By: Jeans Pants | Tuesday, August 15, 2006 at 8:54 PM | |
I'm taking a shit in a public restroom. Ok that's a little gross to talk about I know. It's grosser for all of us when we have to do it. We feel kind of gross and dirty and we all just want it to be over. So when a time in my life came where I had to do the duty (HA!!! Get it?), someone I knew came in, not a bright individual, and started talking to me.
Now it's not like when you're in your own bathroom and you get to put you legs up, maybe light some candles, kick back with a magazine preferably with a lot of pictures. What ever I read needs to be something that doesn't have words because I hate to read. Then you pop in something nice and smooth to listen to like some Manilow or some Avril Lavigne. Then you just kind of kick back and let yourself go...literally.
In a public restroom you don't want to touch anything. Usually the floors are wet because for some reason people miss. How do you miss when you're sitting, Come On!!! Sometimes there are dirty tissues all over the place and it smells and the doors being held shut by your hand because the lock is broken from somebody kicking it for no apparent reason what so ever. Public bathrooms are miserable. So when someone comes and they try to have a conversation with you prepare yourself for a good time. There's nothing more relaxing then a conversation like this...
Person Hey J.C.
J.C. Yeah?
Person Good meeting eh?
J.C. What?
Person Good Meeting?
J.C. Yeah, great. One of the best.
Person What are you doing later?
J.C. I really don't know right now
Person Wow I think someone drew all over the walls
J.C. Ya think?
Person Yeah they did.
J.C. Ok
Person It's a beautiful day out
J.C. I know, you should go enjoy it.
Person Yeah I think I will. Ok catch you later
J.C. Yeah
Can't say it wasn't a thought provoking conversation. I think I learned something from that talk. I'll let you all know what it is when I figure it out. I guess it could have been worse...
Person Hey J.C.?
J.C. Yeah?
Person What are you doing in there?
By: Jeans Pants | Monday, August 14, 2006 at 9:01 PM | |
When I was in high school I had a thing for a girl names Stacy. She was someone that was always on my mind. She was also a really good friend of mine. We ate lunch together, went to the movies, talked about current relationships we were in etc. To make a long story short one day in like January, we were eating lunch. Neither one of us was in a relationship at the time. I took a leap of faith and asked her out. She let out this laugh and said "of course'. We both smiled and were kind of speechless for the rest of lunch.
Skipping ahead we went out for only a month. After that month I mentioned to her that something didn't feel right. She was a little stunned hearing me say that. She asked me what it was. I told her that I felt that we were better being friends then being in a relationship. That didn't end well. We didn't eat lunch together anymore, no more movies, no more talks. The everything we had was over.
A few months went by and we started talking again. Not like we used to but more when something would happen, one of us would comment on it. Sometimes we'd say "hey that reminded me of..." or "kind of like when..." She would visit my lunch table a couple days a week then that little bit became everyday. Then after a while her group was sitting with my group and it was a little like old times again, except in a bigger group. High School was 10 years ago for me. I still talk to her once in a blue moon but we talk.
It takes time to heal. The best thing to do when in a break up is break off contact for a bit. If that situation has you in the same class, or working, or share some group with that individual. The best thing you can do it just say your hello's, and goodbye's. Those situations do suck. Try and be strong and hang in there.
Yes I bitch about my job a lot. I bitch about customers even more. I'm coming to the conclusion that I need out of my department. First money is an issue so if I were to leave my department I would only move to one that pays more. Second, some of my fellow employees are starting to get on my god damn nerves.
I would like to say that if you call out of work you better not let me find out you were having a good time or better yet, I don't want to hear you say to me "Oh you should have been there". Oh I should have you're right. The only problem with that was I was working double duty covering your sorry ass so you could have a good time. Now if you call out and you were to tell me “oh man i just really needed a day off" I'm cool with that. Don't give me any shit about parties or people being in town you havent seen in a while. I know for a fact that getting days off is easy, why? Because last week 4 people were on vacation during one of the busy weeks of the year for us. That week sucked and it looks like it's spilling over into this week. I just want everyone to be considerate to the people they work with especially if you like those people.
One day I was extremely dizzy and wanted to leave work early. I felt as if the room was spinning and since it's been busy at my job, I started feeling intimidated when people approached me. I couldn't leave early that day because there were 2 call outs. Now some people might say "hey if you’re sick your sick, if you don't leave it's your own fault". That is true, but what I will say to them is I care about the people I work with. I don't wish hardships on any of them. Well, maybe some of them I do now, but if I think I can some how tough it up I will. The thing about that day though was I kept sneaking off the floor and sitting down trying to maintain my composure.
A message to you all. When you call out to go to the beach, a party or whatever, and you work in a kind of job I work in, you're only hurting the people you work with not work for.
Mollye rented this movie from netflix and it is an amazing documentary. This movie is about a down to earth christian texas girl living in a crazy christian society. The movie shows her experiences from sophomore year to senior year in high school. We watch her argue with abstinence speakers, and super christian groups over gays, safe sex, and abstinence. Her argument is that you don't have to follow every rule to be a good christian.
The christian groups all believe that you shouldn't use condoms, not teach sex education at all, and stay away from sex until marriage. She says, how am I going to know what to do when I get married if no one teaches us about anything. Those weren't her exact words but it was something along those lines.
I just want to say that there are many posts where I say I hope something bad happens to customers that shop where I work. I really don't. In this movie they had one of those moments where some super anti gay preacher came to Texas with a group of followers and they all protested in front of a courthouse. One banner they held said 'Aids Cures Fags" and another had a picture of Mathew Shephard and said something along the lines of " He's burning in hell". I just wanted to say, these are the people I hope die. Don't get me wrong I know some people just need to be educated, but anyone who is happy someone else is dead just because of the way he or she lived should be the ones that burn in hell. No ones face should be used on a banner unless it's to support them. I know that if God exists, they will be the people who will feel God's wrath.
I highly recommend this movie. Please watch it and tell others.
By: Jeans Pants | Saturday, August 12, 2006 at 11:06 PM | |
What is it, about some of you, that makes you wake up in the morning pissed off and think to yourself "Hey,I'll go shopping at some retail store and let out all of my emotions on some down on his luck employee.
What is it about some of you that wake up and say " hey hunny, where would you like to go on this beautiful Saturday? Should we take the kids to the beach or a pool, or should we go to a retail store where its obviously super busy? One place we can swim and get a tan. The other place we get sweaty and miserable and just get angry". And how many of those significant others respond with "Lets go to a retail store until we're completly pissed off and take out our pain on some employee who we don't know or give a shit about. While we're there we'll fidn a way to run in his face that we're rich and he's not."
What is it about some people that make them throw what they want at you and say (with attitude) "I want this, how do I buy it?"
Maybe I'm done with people. Maybe I'm just done with the people that live in the area of the store I work at. Maybe it's time to go back to acting. I've applied for a position that would allow me to be off the floor and in front of the computer. I'd be right at home. But if that falls through acting maybe a way to cut back my hours about 2 days a week and try and book myself on shows and movies. I always feel bad when I did extra work because Mollye and my good friend Danny got their degrees in acting and I hate being that guy that's like, "oh hey I can do that too". I just feel when I'm on set that even though I'm making shitty pay, I’m actually doing something. I'm a part of something where millions of people might actually see me. Sometimes in acting, depending on what set you're on, the people in charge can treat you pretty shitty too. In fact sometimes you can get treated like cattle, but at least it's just a few people treating you that way, and you might even learn their name. The customers that shop at my store treat me like shit and I'll never know their name.
Me Mam, what your looking for is right there
Customer 1 Where
Me It's on the other side of the gentlemen in the yellow shirt
Customer1 Ok so it's right next to him standing in the yellow shirt
Me Yes
Customer1 Thanks
(she started heading in the wrong direction)
Me Where are you going?
Customer1 I thought you said it next to the man in the yellow shirt?
Me Yeah, he's standing over there
Customer1 Oh I thought you meant the other guy
Me Which guy
Customer 1 Oh I don't know Where is it again?
Me Jesus it's over there
That last line didn't happen.
Customer 2 How much is delivery
Me It's $40 dollars for the first 150 pounds and the first 30 miles
Customer 2 So what if I live a block away
Me So that's less then 30 miles right?
Customer 2 right
Me What do you think?
Of course I didn't say that last line again either, but here's my new favorite part of my job. It's when I'm standing in the middle of my department and a line forms around. Since the line is round I have no idea where it begins. But I explain the delivery to a random person in the circle. They finish and walk away. Another member of the circle then asks how much delivery is, I explain once again. Then they ask how much is the product Im standing next too. The product has 3 tags because it's sold in 3 parts. Then they walk away. Another voice from the circles asks how much is delivery and how much is that same product and this happens again, and again, and ...well then that's it. There were only 5 customers in the circle but man, why the hell couldn’t any of them pay attention if they all had the same fucking question.
Here's another good one from today
Customer 3 Can I get the " " dresser?
Me What's the price on it?
Customer 3 It’s 250
Me How many drawers does it have?
Customer 3 Oh I don't know
Me Alright then was it white or antique?
Customer 3 Huh, I really don't know. I think antique
Me Antique? Well Ok ummm , this color your stadning next to is antique
Customer 3 Oh it's the white one then
Me Wow you really coudln't tell me if what you wanted was white, or not. Interesting
Really, even if you're not sure what antique looks like, you know what white does dont you?
One more quick scene for you. I completely understand customers that are bad with english. There's no rule that says you must learn english before entering the country. I just want to say that sometimes this can be annoying and it can make a short line longer.
Me Ok is there anything else I can get for you
Customer 4 Yes
Me Ok what else
Customer 4 What?
Me what else can I get for you?
Customer 4 Yes
( I then realize we're having a communication barrier so I figured out a way to make my question work to my advantage)
Me So you're all finished shopping
Customer 4 Yes
Me Good
Last thing I want to say is people need to leave there savage little animal children at home especially when it's 9pm at night. They dont want to be there and you should be putting them to bed. Stop letting them tear apart what ever the hell they want. People, you also need to start letting yourselves evolve. Stop acting like the slobby little monkeys your ancestors were and start acting like a human being. Try putting whatever you picked up away or at least stop tearing shit up like you're a fucking caged animal. You're an asshole!!!
Oh one more thing. If you ever whistle to get my attention again...
"I will end you" ~Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting
By: Jeans Pants | Thursday, August 10, 2006 at 10:39 PM | |
There's been a lot of talk lately as to why things are the way they are. Why people seem to be suffering so much pain in the world. Of course the big question on everyone's mind is whose responsible? Why does this stuff keep happening? I recently had the chance to sit down and talk with Stuart Christ, Jesus's older brother, to see if he can answer any of these questions.
J. Colbert Sir thank you for taking the time to sit with me. (I reached my hand to shake his but recieved no reaction)
Stuart .........
J.Colbert Sir? (I'm staring right into his face which is covered in yellow Cheeto stains. He's also wearing sunglasses. I can only assume he's asleep under there)
Stuart ......
J.Colbert Are you asleep under those sunglasses? (That's when I heard the snoring, to get this interview moving I decided to think of something drasctic to yell)
J.Colbert Your fathers banning all forms of alcohol in heavan.
Stuart What?
J.Colbert What?
Stuart What?...Who are you?
J.Colbert (I reach my hand out yet again) Hi I'm Justin Colbert you let me in about 10 minutes ago, then sat on the couch and passed out
Stuart Oh....(he reaches his hand to greet his) I'm Stuart
J.Colbert I know. May I take this time to ask you some questions?
Stuart Sure, but why are you here?
J.Colbert To ask you a couple questions...I thought I just said....forget it.
Stuart Want some Cheetos? I might even have a sandwich lying around from the other day
J.Colbet No I'm good
Stuart How bout a beer?
J.Colbert No I'm good I think I'll just start
Stuart Well I'm going to get a beer
J.Colbert Great. I'll wait
( he returned 20 minutes later and sat back down)
J. Colbert That took a little while
Stuart Well I was out of beer so I went to the store
J.Colbert you left?
Stuart Yeah I was out of beer....I thought I just said that.
J.Colbert Let's begin
Stuart Can I go push one out?
J.Colbert Push one what?....Oh wait, forget it. No Just sit there please
Stuart Fine
J.Colbert When were you born?
Stuart About 20 years before the Moses incident
J.Colbert So you were King of the Jews back when Moses parted the red sea?
Stuart That is correct
J.Colbert Were you in charge of the plagues?
Stuart I was, funny story. I asked my Dad's advice way back when and he sad put on some plays , you know to see if it would bring people together.Make them laugh. Well the cell phone service back then sucked. Cell phones back then weren't like cell phones today. Back then we used burning bushes to talk to each other. What I thought he said was put on some plagues and well. A lot of children died that night
J.Colbert You used burnign bushes? Couldn't he just talk to you through you mind or something
Stuart We're not X-Men Mr Colbert
J.Colbert Christ is the greek translation of the hebrew word Messiah Should your last name actually be Christ?
Stuart Oh no, hold on one ( he throws up all over himself)
J.Colbert Are you alright?
Stuart Yeah I think so, Yeah I'm ok
J.Colbert You puked everywhere. It's all over yourself. Do you want to go change?
Stuart Nah I'm good. this happens a lot when I'm drinking
J.Colbert Ok, in that case would you answer my last question
Stuart I was the first messiah
J.Colbert Yes but you're not anymore
Stuart Yes but I was
J.Colbert Are you still considered Lord?
Stuart On occasion, When Jesus or Pops needs time off or has to maybe go create a new earth, one not to be ashamed of, I'm in charge
J.Colbert So do your relatives all live in heavan
Stuart Yup. They Got a wonderful place up there. They have a 130 inchDLP TV. It's amazing. All the food you want to eat and get this, you can imagine whatever size pool you want and it will appear. Their place is great
J.Colbert Why do you live in Minnestota?
Stuart Well..
J.Colbert That seems like hell all on it's own
Stuart I uh, I don't really know
J.Colbert And this apartment is kind of small
Stuart Yeah I guess it is
J.Colbert and shitty.
Stuart Are you done?
J.Colbert Almost. This place smells like feet.
Stuart Done?
J.Colbert Yup
Stuart Next question please
J.Colbert Are the gays responsible for the uprise of Satan?
Stuart No
J.Colbert How bout the Jews?
Stuart I am a Jew?
J.Colbert Oh, Are you responsible for the uprise of...
Stuart No!!!
J.Colbert Why did Jesus convert to Christianity?
Stuart He's still technically Jewish
J.Colbert I find that interesting...wait what's that smell? It doesn't smell like puke anymore? It smells worse (Stuart starts smiling) Was that you?
Stuart Maybe it was you?
J.Colbert Don't be Stupid. What did you eat?. You know what forget it Last question. Rumour has it your responsible for all the bad days we the human race receive. Is this true and why?
Stuart I don't think so
J.Colbert I heard from the grapevine that last time you were in charge you spent the day ina nudey booth paying to watch woman take their clothes off for a quarter
Stuart Come on if I'm in charge I don't need money. I just command them to take their clothes off
J.Colbert I heard that on November 2nd 2004 you were in charge that day
Stuart The day of the elections, yup I was
J.Colbert Thank you for everything you did that day
Stuart What?
J.Colbert And thank you for taking the time away from your couch to talk with me
Stuart Your welcome
J.Colbert Feel free to go push one out
By: Jeans Pants | Wednesday, August 09, 2006 at 11:25 AM | |
As people may know already I'm a huge fan of the Halloween movies. This franchise consists of 8 movies. I am a fan of what I call the Halloween trilogy. It's parts 1, 2 and 7. Yup I said 7.
Halloween 1 and 2 were about an escaped mental patient who (when he was 6 years old) killed his sister on Halloween night with a butcher knife while she was sitting in her bedroom. He was locked up for 15 years and then one Halloween night he escaped to kill his other sister(played by Jamie Lee Curtis). Michael is hunted throughout both movies by Dr Loomis who was his care physician for his 15 year stay in the asylum.
Not much too it. A simple story with now dated scares. But back in 1978 when the movie first came out and back in 1986 when I was way too young too have seen it, both of these movies were scary as hell due to it's plain, white emotionless mask and it's music, which again back in the day , was pretty scary.
(SPOLIER ALERT) In Halloween 1 Michael Myers was just a regular killer up until the ending. Michael was shot 6 times and fell backwards out of a second story window. The movie ends with the body disappearing giving the audience the implication that Michael is some how not completely human and is still alive. This was the first time a movie had ever done this. Actually this is a negative statement to make but Halloween is responsible for Jason and Freddy and their constant returns to the big screen year after year. Jason especially is a copy cat of Michael Myers.
Halloween 2 continues on the same night as part one and picks up right where it's predecessor left off. (SPOILER ALERT) I'm just going to cut to the end of the movie by saying that Dr Loomis gives his life and blows both Michael and himself up. Two movies, a little dated, but with great endings.
"Halloween 3 The Season of the Witch", since Michael was dead, tried taking the franchise someplace completly different but telling the story of a mask factory owner is a witch and everytime a child puts a mask on and watched one of the companys comercials the kids would get eaten by bugs and snakes. It was a fucked up movie. IT SUCKED!!!
Now we come to "Halloween 4 The Return of Michael Myers". This is a movie that critics felt was decent and fans loved. I remember being 10 years old when I first saw this movie. Now when I was 10 I liked everything I saw. I didn't have any taste. The 10 year old me didn't like this movie.
I recently watched Halloween 4 again to see if maybe there was something about this movie the 10 year old me missed and the now 27 year old me might like and at least respect the movie that all the fans seem to love. After watching it again he movie was still shitty. Not only that but I watched the making of with my friend Danny and we coudln't believe some of the dumbest shit we heard from these film makers.
Let me start off by saying that somehoe in Halloween 4 the Dr who gave his life and blew both Michael and himself up is still alive with Minor burns to the face and hands. Already their insulting the fans. Then because Jamie Lee Curtis was such a huge name they decided to kill her character off in an unseen car accident and give her a 7 year old daughter so that way Michael has something to go after. I thought it was interesting that Michael wanted his sister dead but now his niece? Why doesn't he want to find his parents and kill them, or his cousins etc?
In the first 2 Halloweens Michael Myers had sort of a basic body type. It wasn't huge and it wasn't muscular, it was average. In this movie he's huge and buff. They also added (what they felt was) eleborate death scenes to make it, I guess, cooler? Michael throws a construction worker in the the city power plant and that causes the whole city to lose power. He also took a shot gun and stabbed a victim through his chest and used the gun to hang him from a wall. Michael was scarier with subtle deaths and an average body. Now the movie that's responsible for giving birth to Jason is now copying Jason.
During the making of Halloween 4 the directors explains what the date Halloween is. Its the last day in October right before winter yadda yadda yadda. Are you for real? Thanks for explaining.
Then the composer talks about how he didn't want to use the Halloween theme right away. He wanted to let the audience get settled in before revisiting old themes. Then he said I quote " that's why you wont hear the theme until 4 and a half minutes into the movie". Wow that's great since 2 minutes was used for opening credits adn the other 2 minutes were of an ambulance driving in the rain. He really held off.
The screenwriter talks about how the replaced a prison bus with an ambulance but forgot to change the dialogue. That's why in the movie the ambulance is reffered to as a bus. Shouldnt a major motion picture have noticed that?
The movie also uses whats known as a "Hitchcock-ian" shot or a "Vertigo pull". It's when you pull the camera back but zoom in. You know this shot from Jaws when the boy gets eaten on the raft and the camera zooms in on the chief. Anyways the director likes to make clear more than once that he didn't invent that show when he used it for a brief and shitty scene in Halloween 4. He mentions that fans always commend him on how brilliantly used that show was. A little full himself? Maybe.
This movie is so sloppy; they get Michael's middle name wrong which I think is silly. There's (what they call) a climatic pick up truck scene where it's foggy out and Michael is killing people in the back of a pick up truck one by one and because it's so foggy, no one else in the truck realizes Michaels there killing his friends one by one. And last the Dr's scar seems to get better and better throughout the movie. Come On!!!
Here's my favorite thing said in the making of. They said they killed Michael at the end in a way that would leave the audience to believe that it would be impossible for Michael to come back. Want to know how they kill him? They shoot him to death. Didn't they already try that?
After that the franchise got worse and worse. Halloween 5 involved Michael Myers takes refuge with a guy for a year until Halloween approaches once again. He's also somehow telechineticly linked to his niece and why explain it, it just sucks.
Halloween 6 tries to explain why Michael is the way he is by saying Pagan witches gave Michael a curse to do their bidding and live forever. That sucked too!!!
Then came Halloween H2O also known as Halloween 7. Jamie Lee Curtis came back for this 20th anniversary movie that erases Halloweens 3-6 because, well, they sucked. The movie explains that Jamie Lee's character went into hiding and faked her death in order to hide from her brother Michael. She now lives in California and runs a private school. She's forever nightmared by the night way back when her brother slaughtered all her friends and tried to kill her. This movie achkoweledges that Michael and the Dr blew up it just says that Michaels body was never found...dun dunn dunnn. This movie is a good 20th anniversary tribute with an ending that kills Michael Myers in such a way he could never come back. Spoiler Alert!!! She chops off his head.
Then they made one more. Halloween Resurrection. This movie is another slap in the face to fans because it explains that Michael broke someones vocal chords and swtched outfits with him in part 7. So Jamie Lee's character killed the wrong person. Everytime this franchise seems better itself it then insults itself and its fans.
The producers name was Moustapha Akkad. He promised that he would never allow Michael Myers to die and maybe he would let it end at part 13. He said when Jamie Lee Curtis took control in part 7 and killed Michael he needed to find a way to fix it so Michael could come back. Akkad died a year ago and the franchise has been given to Rob Zombie. His plans are to not re-make, not make a sequel but to re-inven the franchise. At this point , whatever. Anything will be better than most of the already made sequels.
By: Jeans Pants | Tuesday, August 08, 2006 at 12:39 PM | |
These are all things you would be saying if you went to an "A Faulty Chromosome" concert. This group consist of people I know so yes you can call me biast. Yes you might say I only support them because I know them. Yes you could also say I may have never given them the time or day if I didn't know them. But it's a good thing that I do know them because it has introduced me to music which is unlike anything I've heard before. It's different, fresh and genuinely fun.
I've been to about 6 shows they've performed in and I'm not going to say that each show get's better and better but the instrument sound does. Performance wise each show is different from the rest. It's hard to differentiate if ones better then the other. Sometimes they improv different lyrics. Sometimes transistions are better then others. Sometimes the vocals are better at different performances(not the actual pitch of the vocals just the sound quality).
Each show is more fun then the previous. I enjoy following the X's and Y's from place to place. I'm a groupie who would like to be promoted to a roadie.
If you would like to hear their sound then go here...
I highly reccomend you check out one of their free shows that are coming up. There's a section on their page that has the upcoming shows posted. If you go to a show and like it then I recommend you spend money and go to their non free shows. Usually they get called back to clubs the more people that show up to see them in particular.
I will forever support them. They're a group of talented, good people and I am proud to be a "chromy" or a "Chromosome" or and "X" or whatever their groupies are called.
...wait let me repharase what I said. I will forever support them unless they become a group of pig headed assholes who wont let me move in with them in their giant rock star mansion and swim in their pool once they make it big.
By: Jeans Pants | Monday, August 07, 2006 at 11:53 PM | |
Netflix has this new deal where you can rent pilot episodes for TV shows that havent aired yet. There all episodes that will air the upcoming season. Last night I rented "Studio 60", a show created by Aaron Sorkin who is best known for creating "The West Wing" . The show mixes elements from 'The West Wing" mixes it with 'Network" and has a touch of "As Good As It Gets" humor.
Studio 60 is is about what it's like to run an SNL like TV show. It's starts off with the head writer walking on stage during a live taping and he starts ranting about how the sketch he wanted to air is being censored and instead their going to do another Bush/Cheney sketch which if anyone who watches SNL would know, those sketches are run into the ground. He also goes on about how television is a sellout and the only things network television wants to air is stuff that is safe and stuff that is pure shit. So needless to say he get's fired by the president of the network. That's when they call in Mathew Perry and Bradley Whitford, whose characters are are writers that were fired from the show by the netoworks president years before but are now well known award winning writers in Hollywood, to come and save the show.
I'm just giving you a rundown on what it's about. There's a lot more too it but saying more could give away too much. If you have netflix rent Studio 60, otherwise when it airs on NBC this fall, 10 pm Monday nights, give it a shot.
Am I too picky with my movies? I watched "The Ring" the othe day. A movie taht people have been reccomending to me for years. I won't be reccomending this movie to anyone. There are some movies that rely on the pacing and the acting to sell the plot. For me the acting was fine but the pacing was wrong.
It's starts off with two girls discussing a tape one of them saw during a little getaway she had the weekend before. She explains that you watch the tape, get a call that you will die in 7 days and 7 days later you, die. Well of course that night is the 7th night and were treated to the usual "what"s that sound?" and 'whose there?" until something we only get a glimpse of finally kills her.
Here's my favorite scene in the movie. They go to the girls funeral and the mothers standing there crying. Her line are something along the lines of " I searched the internet and I couldnt find anything on a girl whose heart that just stops beating". Apparently she doesn't have google. Also I like how this girl dies from some sort of heart failure and no one's concerned as to why the girl looked the way she did when she died. She looked like this
She died of a heartattack?
I also saw "The Village" the other day which I found to be predictable but interesting. It was predictable for me because when the movie first came out I heard there was a horrible twist at the end. When I thought horrible all I could think of was (SPOILER ALERT) what ever is beyond the woods is actually today's society and the movies actually doesn't take palce in the past but rather in the present. After I developed my theory I debated on reading the ending to the script. I finally decided to risk blowing a twist and read the script. My theory was right. Give me a medal. As a result I unfairly didn't give the movie the time or day. I finally did the other day. I didn't think it was horrible. I did find it silly that they sent a blind girl into the woods to get medicine, and I did find it weird that the town was small enough to eat at the same table but for the wedding scene the town suddenly grew, but it wasn't that bad.
Then I saw a movie called "The Mango Kiss". Not a bad movie again it just had some problems. The performances were a little over the top almost as if they were performing on stage for people in the back of the auditorium. It also seemed as if the director didn't know what he wanted out of the film. It was dramatic, silly, funny and low budget. Low budget isn't bad, It's just that the movie had these little cut scenes that were cute but I felt the movie could have done without because it really defenied the budget.
Then in a review I wrote earlier I've also seen all three Final Destinations and I will just say I wont wish that hellish experience upon my worst enemies.
By: Jeans Pants | Friday, August 04, 2006 at 1:33 PM | |
I recently borrowed "Lost" season 1 from a friend of mine at work. I knew I would like it I just didn't realize how much I was going to like it. The whole season is like one long good movie. Since Hollywood seems to have trouble making good movies, finding an escape with my remote control is a pleasant surprise.
"Lost" is doing something successfully in comparison to a recent trilogy that came out a few years back. Guess which trilogy. The Matrix 2 and 3 were two of the most anticipated sequels in film history. People were excited to see the return of Neo and watch him stop the computers that have taken over the earth’s surface. Plus people were anticipating getting some questions answered but instead were treated with more questions with little to no answers. They were possibly the biggest disappointment’s in sequel history. People left the theater with the feeling of “was that it?".
I compare "The Matrix" to "Lost" because "Lost" also tends to bring up more and more questions every week. A big difference is that "Lost" tends to trade its new questions by answering old ones. The show also created characters that are interesting and engaging. The characters have strong chemistry with each other and their relatable.
The show has a lot of flash back sequences to incidents that happened to people before the plane crash. Most of the time their interesting but there are some times when I'd rather get back to the island and see what's happening in the present and not the past. But the flashbacks tend to payoff later.
I just want to close by saying that a lot of television is pure shit. In fact most movies are pure shit. I kind of wish I had started watching "Lost" and 'Six Feet Under" when they originally aired. Back then I would have been in television heaven because there would have been those 2 shows, The Simpsons, The Office, and the recently canceled Arrested Development all airing on different nights. It's shows like those make wonder if TV is surpassing movies in quality. But TV did cancel Arrested Development so Fuck TV.
By: Jeans Pants | Wednesday, August 02, 2006 at 11:45 PM | |
The new Batman film has a new name. 'The Dark Knight". ooooohhhhhhhhh sends shivers down my spine. As mentioned in an earlier post Heath Ledger has been cast as the Joker and Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber are in the runnings for Harvey Dent aka Two-Face. A new name in the running for that role is Ryan Phillipe, an actor I like but I don't know if I'm digging him as Two-Face. Batman is becomming the series of beautiful people. Not that I find Christian Bale and Heath Ledger beautiful...I mean that I'm not into....just because I called them...Im not gay.
I should also add that Christpher Nolan (the director) wants there to be cameos from all kinds of Batman Villains. Right now Phylip Seymour Hoffman is in negotiatians to play The Penguin.
Here's some old news. J.J. Abrams the genious behind "Lost" and he also created "Alias" is directing the next Star Trek film. Yay for nerds like me. The thing I don't like about Star Trek's return is that it's a prequel. Not to the series I liked which was "The Next Generation" but a prequel to the original series with Kirk and Spock. Its about them and how they met at Starfleet Academy and yadda yadda yadda I don't really care. I like Kirk and Spock and I liked the movies they were in but I don't really care about their history before the Enterprise. Star Trek gave us 25 years of them and their crew. I feel done. ...but I'l be first in line.
Rob Zombie, the insane writer and director behind House of 1000 Corpses and The Devils Rejects is now the man behind the helm of the next Halloween movie. It's not a remake or a sequel but what Zombie calls a Re-imagining of Michael Myers. You know after they killed Michael Myers in such a cool way in Halloween 7 and then spit it back in our faces in Hallwoeen 8, I'm up for a change for Michael Myers.
George Lucas has been in the works creating a Star Wars TV series. I really haven't been very interested in it so all I know is that there's suppose to be more then 1 series, I heard one is set with clone troopers and the other is set before "The Phantom Menace" about Jedi "a long time ago". Oh and their live action. My DVD burner is on stand by.
Friday the 13th was due out this Friday, October 13th but I haven't heard anything in months on this project. It's another prequeleque movie which I don't support. The Jason movies are all about the hockey mask and mindless killings. Parts 2-4 all take place within the spand of 4 days all on the same lake, all on different camp sites located on different parts of Crystal Lake, and all the movies ended with police on the scene of the crime and their all aware that there's a killer still on the loose. Not just that but Part 8 shows us that Crystal Lake is connected to the ocean. This movie doesn't need a prequel. It will be boring. Plus they want to explain the origins of Jason and answer the question that's been on everyones mind since 1983. Why does Jason wear a hockey mask? I'll tell you why, it's because he killed someone in part 3-D and took it from him. Yup I said part 3-D. Mystery solved. I'll be first in line.
By: Jeans Pants | Tuesday, August 01, 2006 at 10:28 PM | |
