Been a while...

I've been sick...

I got a HDTV with Cable, and a new DVD player.

Andy C just left for Iraq and Jason D is still in Afghanistan. That sucks

Work is good

Cate is good

Life is getting better

more to come later

-c

Live Free or Zeitgeist

Finally, after 5 attempts since it's release, I saw Live Free Or Die Hard. I was pissed going into it because it's tagged with a PG-13 rating. Why, you ask? Because, DH has more than a cult following, John McClane is an icon for action movies. Forget Arnold and Stallone, John McClane was the first 80's action hero to have A.) A good sense of humor, B.) A caring heart, and C.) A receading hair line. The PG-13 cut was very noticeable, well for me anyways. I'm not putting myself on a high horse, but normally I can catch most goofs, continuity errors, or dubbed voices in the first sitting. You could tell numerous times that dialogue was replaced to get that PG-13 rating. A rating that only does what, sell more seats. Statistics have shown most R rated movies do weaker at the box office because of it's age restriction. There are exceptions to the rule (Matrix Reloaded & Revolutions, Bad Boys II, and so on). Now if they would have done a pre or post, summer, release, they probably could have kept it at an R rating, because it wouldn't have any competition. For those of you out there who have no concept of how the film industry runs, here's a quickie. Summer is reserved for top billing, normally, mind numbing shit storms, as of late, either sequels or remakes of 60's, 70's, & 80's tv shows or movies. Most of that shit wouldn't bank as much, and make their money back if it was in a fall slot. Something about summer sells. Mostly it's because kids are out of school, and families take vacations. Any who, even though I had my convictions, because I am a Die Hard, Die Hard fan... I I couldn't resist... fuck off... Die Hard 4 was fun. It had Action, Suspense, a straight forward plot (Rare these days I know). Which brings me to another point. Say I make a movie (let's hope one day), and it's a total mind fuck, wins some awards, goes on IMDB's top 250, the whole fucking taco. Would I assume that my success was because the general population consists of rocket scientists, or, can I credit the writing, the script, the direction, and for that matter, the entire production team for making a smart, film, whatever it may be? For those of you who went with the Rocket Scientists, just fucking stop reading. I have no time for your ignorance and imaginary world. The whole point of this rant is simply this... "Hollywood... *ahem* stop making movies that leave the audience in a coma from lack of brain cells to process "WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?"" It's fucking lame, that I now, never had to before, pay for a movie, that establishes a plot, (completely leaving us to come up with our own story about the characters, because the plot comes first apparently,) and leaves that safety circle that is "the plot" at least 40 billion fucking times in a 120 minute movie. Um... fuck you. Obviously the talent is exhausted right now in Hollywood. I'm not saying I'm better, but we need a change of scene. Cate bought me Little Miss Sunshine for my birthday... it was fucking awesome. I heard rants and raves about its potential awesomeness for me, and my friends were right. LMS was made with 8 mil. That may seem like a lot of money for some of you, but trust me, it's a shoe-string budget with no room for error. According to IMDB it has grossed close to 60 Mil. Now that's a hell of a profit don't you think? Transformers, Michael Bay's latest cash cow, according to IMDB was made for 147 Mil. Right no the US domestic take is 223 Mil, and rising. Is that fair? You take account that the 147 went to all aspects of production, from actors, CGI, and even craft services. The Domestic will be split into percentages that go to the producers, distributors, maybe even actors, depending on the contracts. They still way too much money being split up for ruining one of my childhood's best memories. Bay has always been a cock. His movies can, CAN (I emphasize it well with CAPS on) be entertaining. But it's always 50/50 with him. Pearl Harbor... moving on. Bad Boys 1 and 2. Oh holy shit, a buddy cop movie!!!! and the cops are Black? Will Smith and Martin Lawrence? Oh damn it's going to get hot in dis bitch dats fo sho... The Island... can anybody say "HUGE "LOGAN'S RUN" RIP OFF?!" The Rock, well that had Sean Connery in it and Nick Cage was as big of a douche as he is now. Armageddon... well, the only thing good about that movie was 3 new Aerosmith Songs, including their cover of "Come Together" originally by the Beatles.

I watched Die Hard... and thought of all that. I'm assuming they make a killing releasing a "Unrated" version on to DVD.

Real quick, because I bought seasons one and two of the Venture Brothers (For those of you who don't know it, it's a comedy throwback to Johnny Quest) and I want to watch them all, I downloaded Zeitgeist, the Smashing Pumpkins (which apparently is Jimmy Chamberlin on Drums, and Billy Corgan, well... doing everything else) latest album, off of iTunes, and I must say, it's fucking cool, I still have 4 tracks to listen to, but so far... Fucking Cool

Sick Moves

I am so fucking sick right now... when I come down with something... it hits me like a blitzkrieg. I just want it to go away... maybe if I stab my throat the pain will stop.

Another Day... Another Crappy Dinner

Guess what I'm eating right now? Grilled Spam and Cheese. Yum a dum dum. It's actually not bad. My Grandfather used to make spam and potatoes for my mother when they had no money. Now... he has a two story house in Pleasant Prairie with an in ground pool and a nice new 2007 Cadillac... and he still makes spam and potatoes. It's just like having ham and potatoes... it's the same damn thing. So I had a can sitting in my pantry, dated circa ... who knows. Well I had to finish this loaf of bread and cheese... why the hell not. As I'm typing this, the sandwich is tasting better and better. So to all you spam haters out there... FUCK YOU!!! I'm broke

Chad Back in Action

There are pivotal points in a person's life where they can look back and say "Yeah... that was fucking cool." That day would be today. I finally, after 10 months of having a technological dry spell, have a working computer. It has Windows Vista as an OS but I'm starting to get the hang of it. It reminds me of when I used to have a computer... and the OS never worked. So I'm back where I started. Eventually I'm going to customize this bitch for some kick ass video editing and special effects. I do have to say that this HD Computer Screen is kick ass... Now If I can hook up my 360 to it... I'll be in.