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El Paso born Luis Jimenez studied art and architecture at the University of Texas at Austin in the 1960's. Drawing influence from Latin-American, Southwestern, and popular culture, his 1980 sculpture Vaquero was originally met with resistance by some community members, who perceived it as playing up many negative stereotypes of Latin-Americans.
Jimenez conceived of Vaquero as both a parody of traditional equestrian statues and a commentary on the discounted influence of Mexican cowboys in the American West. "It wasn't John Wayne who was the original cowboy," Jimenez once stated. "That's the myth. This contribution that the Mexican community made to Texas and the image of the United States has been totally overlooked."
In 1990, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC purchased an artist's proof of Vaquero which is now on display at the entrance to the museum, and is now an emblem of the collection.
Vaquero is now firmly woven into the fabric of the Houston neighborhood of Moody Park and is widely considered Luis Jimenez's most iconic work. The statue stands in the 3700 block of Fulton, just east of Highway 45 and north of Quitman Street.
This Hispanic Heritage Month profile was written, edited and produced by Mario Parks, a senior at Texas Southern University.

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Fanboy of the Jester (AKA) James (Previously known as 11top)
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Fanboy of the Jester (AKA) James (Previously known as 11top)
It is Aquamarine, but with a extra wash coat to lighten it up a bit. Aquamarine is mostly blue but has a little green in it, which comes out a touch more when you lighten it either with the extra wash coat, or via sanding.
I dig it!
Here are some other varieties of the same color family that are done with sanding, FYI:
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Thanks for those example pictures. Its cool how different they can make the same color look just by sanding it to different degrees. Thanks again Pete!
I have some new before pictures...just waiting on build completions. One might be done more quickly than I thought.
Thanks for sharing! That board has AMAZING grain in it, fine choice!!
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Of the 4 I have spec'ed, I have the one inbound with 408's. I really dig 408's, want to spec another one with them, but I keep chickening out in spec'ing them into more Private Stock's at time of spec'ing them, LOL. It just seems so permanent to not be able to change later. That being said, I hardly ever actually do change pickups, so what am I worried about?...
On these last two I did uncovered Zebra 5708's on one and uncovered Zebra 5909's on the other. I guess I was in a Zebra mood last week!
Incoming Amethyst SC has uncovered black 5909's.
But all three guitars mentioned with 5708's/5909's have Sig Switching, I dig the two micro-toggles for that versus the push-pull on the tone knob. Also you get some cool tones with both pickups on and one split one full, with the 408's and in the past with 5909's I had in an SC Ted with two push-pulls, wanted to have that flexibility on these.
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This thread needs some love. Show us your wood!
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Sh*tter's full
Yank - nice selections, waiting anxiously
11top - that neck is boss
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Scott D. Studer, 46, a Jackson Township basketball coach, was arrested Wednesday, accused of making videos in the shower area of the boys locker room.
With a Jackson High School basketball coach arrested on allegations that he videotaped nude boys in a locker room, local police and school officials were fielding questions from irate parents Wednesday.
How long had it been going on?
Was my child filmed?
Did anyone else know about the camera?
Were the images shared?
Not all of the questions were answered during a 5 p.m. news conference, when authorities shared what they said they know about the arrest of Scott D. Studer — a fixture with the school's basketball programs for years.
Studer, 46, faces multiple felony counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material. More charges are possible, including federal counts.
He resigned Wednesday from his Jackson Local School District job as a building aide and head coach of the high school freshmen basketball team.
Studer has been a part of the Jackson program as a freshman coach going back more than two decades. In addition to coaching the ninth-graders, he also has been a fixture on the varsity bench over the years.
Authorities, including an inspector with the federal government, used a search warrant to enter Studer's home at 5141 Pin Oak Drive NW at about 6:15 a.m. Wednesday.
The search revealed images of nude boys inside the locker room at Jackson High, according to complaints police filed in Massillon Municipal Court.
Images were downloaded and stored on a DVD, a laptop computer and flash drive, according to the police complaints.
"The cameras were placed at different times when he had access to the locker room," said police Chief Dave Zink. "The information that we discovered (Wednesday) was part of a larger investigation of the (U.S.) Postal Service. For the past eight years, he sporadically brought these cameras to the school."
Zink would not elaborate Wednesday on the details of the federal investigation.
Zink said Studer is facing eight felony counts, though court records showed six counts were filed Wednesday.
The cameras, according to police, were hidden in the locker room and were turned toward the shower area.
As authorities questioned Studer, "he shared certain facts in relation to the case," Zink said.
Roughly 50 people attended the news conference at the township Safety Center to question Zink and school district Superintendent Chris DiLoreto.
Several parents, such as Vicky Smith, expressed disappointment with how school officials handled the matter.
Smith said a proper action would have been "just contacting the families of the boys that were possibly involved, allow us to decide how we should proceed. I don't think the Board of Education handled this correctly."
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Another parent, Shayne Rowlands, said he has two sons who played basketball for Jackson High.
"I want to know if either of my boys are on those videos," Rowlands said. "And where did these videos go? I am sure there must be some kind of distribution."
Zink repeatedly said he does not have evidence that Studer shared any nude images of boys.
"I cannot give you any indication how many people are in these images," Zink said. "These images, to my knowledge, were not shared with others. We are going to continue to try to identify the victims."
But the police chief added, "We anticipate federal charges in addition to these state charges."
During the press briefing, some parents demanded DiLoreto explain why Studer was not fired; why he was allowed to resign.
The superintendent said he did not want to risk violating any of Studer's "rights" by firing the coach who is not convicted of the charges.
"He will not be returning to work," DiLoreto said.
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Philippine Fashion Week October 2012: Burdang Taal
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I was glad to be finally well enough (not sick) to make it to faraway SMX Convention Center last Saturday, October 27, for the Philippine Fashion Week's Burdang Taal: Habing Pilipino show.
I had second thoughts about watching Saturday's show because I still had some coughing fits. I also dreaded riding the MRT standing up from North Avenue to Taft station and back. But I thought I've not ventured out of the house long enough (except for trips to the doctor). Besides, I've looked forward to watching Philippine Fashion Week with a friend for a long time. Too bad that the … Continue Reading →


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Two former Miami Heat stars participated in a Jeopardy-style contest with students from South Florida high schools as part of Black History Month.
"It's a great opportunity for the kids to come see their heroes play and also put their academic skills to work," said Heat reporter Jason Jackson.
Alonzo Mourning captained the team from South Dade High School. Tim Hardaway led the team from Miramar High School.
The students immersed themselves in black history to prepare.
"I learned a lot that I didn't know," said one student.
"We thought we were confident but then we came here and realized how much we didn't know, but it was a pleasure to learn and understand so much," said another student.
"Our history is very broad and we need to study it and understand it each and every day," said Chitira Gotluru.
"I always believed that if you learn about history, you don't repeat the same mistakes in the future and that's important for them to know about black history," said Alicia Hidalgo, the principal of South Dade High School.
The schools battled for bragging rights and $4,000 for school supplies.
South Dade won 710 to 290.
"That's very embarrassing. It's good for the kids, good for myself because it's never too late to learn more about your history," said Hardaway.
The event was part of the Heat's ongoing celebration of Black History Month.


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Chris Zeller enters his seventh year as EWU's head cross country coach.
In 2008, he led the men's cross country team to a best-ever third place finish at the Big Sky Conference Championships. In 2007, the women's cross country team finished fourth at the BSC Championships, which was their best finish in school history at the Division I level. He coached Paul Limpf, who finished 73rd at the 2008 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, and Mattie Bridgmon, who finished 64th in 2007.
Zeller has coached nine athletes to All-Big Sky Conference honors in cross country (top ten). In track, he has coached three Big Sky Champions (Kyle King 11-12, Mattie Bridgmon 08) and 12 All-Conference performers. Bridgmon also went on to NCAA Nationals in track, placing 13th in the 5,000.
Before coming to Eastern, Zeller served as head boys' cross country coach for Port Angeles High School. In his three years there, his teams finished 13th, sixth and seventh at state, and he was voted the Narrows League Coach of the Year in both 2003 and 2004.
Prior to coaching at Port Angeles, Zeller assisted at Ferndale High for one year in 2001. During that season, the FHS boys' team captured the league and district titles.
Zeller earned his bachelor's degree in history-secondary education from Western Washington University in winter 2002. He has his USA Track and Field Level II certification in the distance, sprints and hurdles.
Zeller ran for Western Washington, and prior to that for Pat Tyson at Mead High School where he was a team captain his senior year. He and his wife, Maya, have been married for 13 years. They have a daughter, Zoey (3), and a new-born son Canyon (July 2012).


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Sometimes it's good to be told what to do.
No matter how great you are at cooking, inspiration isn't always going to be right at your fingertips. I find that mine comes and goes in waves. One day I'm incredibly inspired to cook, and all the separate pieces of a dish fall together perfectly with little or no planning. The next day, I'll look at the ingredients in the kitchen and can't see them as anything but ingredients. At those times I can barely work up the energy to Google a recipe, or look one up on Epicurious.
That's just the trouble with recipes on the internet. It's easy to find something you're looking for. Want Julia Child's boeuf bourguignon recipe, or maybe something containing butternut squash? One click and a couple of words in a search engine will get you thousands of results.
But for those days when you don't have the slightest clue what you're looking for, books are there to save the day.
There's something comforting about glossy pictures of food on the pages of a cookbook. Even though I know that I could never make the recipes look as pretty (because let's face it, I have neither the designer plates nor the professional lighting to do that), the pictures remind me of how beautiful food can be, even without the taste and smell. Sometimes just looking at pictures gets me excited about cooking again.
But if the pictures were all I was looking for, I could find that, too, online. Foodgawker comes to mind (if you like to look at food, don't miss it). My recent favorite cookbook, How to Cook Everything, by Mark Bittman, has no pictures, only illustrations.
My favorite thing about cookbooks is the many different ways you can read them. They are, at their heart, reference books. The chapters are organized by type of ingredient or meal, and the index is good for looking up the ingredients you have — not as fast as Google, but it doesn't take that much more time.
And if you're not in any sort of hurry, the recipes you find along the way to what you're looking for can be just as intriguing as the one you're looking for. Cookbooks provide the story of the food — not just one recipe, but many recipes that all, somehow, relate to each other. Every cookbook has a pattern. It tells the story of the many ways ingredients can combine to make something you'll want to eat. Whenever I leaf through a cookbook, skimming the recipes, I find ingredients I've never looked for and combinations I've never imagined.
For me, cookbooks aren't about finding a recipe as quickly as possible, or even about finding one particular recipe. They're more about remembering the pattern, or finding a new one, for the ways food fits together. So at the end of the day, it's always good to have a cookbook there to hold my hand and lead me back to culinary inspiration.


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As reported in this Swift, there are rare occasions where so-called psychics who bilk people out of money are brought to justice. This is an update on one of them.
In this San Francisco Chonicle article, we learn that Janet Adams pled "no contest" in court to the charges that she bilked a family out of more than $80,000 by claiming that they needed to pay her exhorbitant amounts of money for special prayers to save the husband from certain death. She is being held on $500,000 bail.
While the news of her plea might not seem like it's much news, it's important to keep an eye on cases like this as they are rare, and can be used as precedent for more cases in the future. We will continue to report on the case as it happens.
I do wonder why a psychic would plea "no contest." If she can see the future, she should be able to see a verdict of "guilty" or "not guilty." If she sees a verdict of guilty, I can see why should would plead "no contest" even though it has the same result. But if she reacted that way, wouldn't she see "no contest" in the future? I think I'll not spend any more time on this paradox, and continue to watch the case with interest. The good news is she's going to be sentenced, and hopefully it will be a sizable one.


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iotop has been moved to being only allowable to be viewed as root.
iotop is a great program for measuring disk throughput and I am unable to figure the logic of why it has been moved to root-only. To be able to run
iotop as regular user again root permission must be given to the regular user for the program. A good way is to create a sudoers file per-user of allowable programs.
iotop can be invoked by (without need of a password):
sudo iotop
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A_K wrote:Worth keeping in mind that he's 26 years old. While he's new to the system, he's old for his level and will be in his physical prime next year. Unlike most prospects, it actually makes sense to aggressively promote him, so long as he's holding his own.
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IMO there's a big difference between promoting him to Norfolk and bringing him to Baltimore. Kubatko and Melewski have both reported that the team feels that he's not ready in his defense or base running skills. What kind of message would it send to him and all of our other prospects if we promoted someone that we have been telling is NOT ready. I can live with the production we're currently getting from DH. What I can't live with is rushing another prospect where's there's no valid reason to do so.
A_K wrote:But there is a valid reason in this case. He's 26 years old.
ofahn wrote:I would promote him to AAA, but I would wait until he's completely ready before I would show him Baltimore.
OriolesRedskins28 wrote:even taking into consideration that Reimold and Betemit will be back at some point
Jordan Tuwiner wrote:I know the numbers are good, but I don't think people should get too hyped up about Urrutia. He was thought of as a fringe starter, most likely a 4th OF when he was signed. He's average all around.
Not saying he can't contribute, but this guy is not a star.
A_K wrote:In short: he is fundamentally different than every draft pick matriculating through the system, and so should be handled differently.
ofahn wrote:
I understand your thesis, but I don't understand the underlying logic. If he's not ready to be a complete player how is accelerating his arrival in Baltimore going to change that?
Are you saying that you think we should intensify his training and the attention he receives from the instructional staff>?
A_K wrote:I'm saying there's no concern about "ruining him" through rushing him to the show. The moment he reaches the point-- assuming he every does-- that he provides more value for the big league team at any position (DH, 4th OFer, pinch runner, anything) than whoever is currently doing that job, he should be promoted. If he never reaches that point, that's fine. He's not a great prospect in the first place. But if he ever reaches the point that he is a better option for even a part-time role than one of our regulars, he should be promoted.
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Goal 4. Enhance WPU's Sense of Community Throughout and Beyond the University
We would like to include the following on top of what were discussed last time:
1. Have a systematic presence of our programs and faculty at key international, national and local events and conferences where strategic alliances can be maintained or formed.
2. Create visual / aesthetic representations throughout the Valley Road building and surrounding spaces that are representative of the College of Education and William Paterson Community.
3. Utilize wall space in the Valley Road building to further display the College of Education Community and its far reaching goals (i.e. through bulletin boards, flat screen tvs showing candidates in action, etc…).
4. Support a safe Valley Road Community that is representative of the type of School all children should attend with around the clock security monitoring, safe parking lots for the Community, and doors which are security monitored (possibly swipe to enter).
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In Nov. 2011 the Portland, Ore.-based quintet Fruition released its third album, It Won't Be Long. The EP layers raw live energy with its traditional folk-Americana strings and harmonies.
It Won't Be Long offers seven original songs written by Fruition's own Jay Cobb Anderson, Kellen Asebroek and Mimi Naja. That trio collaborates on lyrics and harmonies that are as vibrant as they are heart-breaking. Their vocals are supported by Keith Simon on upright bass and Tyler Thompson on drums. Crowd favorites such as "Wastin' Away" and "Bent," both featured on the free EP, showcase the band's ability to effortlessly move from whiskey-tinged ballads of lost love to shoe-stomping traveler anthems that send dance floors into a frenzy. Prior to the release of It Won't Be Long, crowds were already singing along to these seven songs after only hearing them at previous shows, further proving the strength of Fruition's songwriting talent and the devotion of their ever-growing fan base.
It Won't Be Long was recorded by Tyler Thompson at the Woodshed Studio in Enterprise, OR, and mastered by Prince Elwood of Portland Underground Recording. The recording space was donated by the Enterprise Music Alliance. Fans last heard from Fruition with the full-length, self-titled album in 2010, and Hawthorne Hoedown, its debut EP in 2008, and on the 2010 PDX POP NOW compilation.
Fruition originally took shape less than 24 hours after its founding members were introduced in 2008 and has since drawn crowds at more than hundreds of performances in more than a dozen states with a focus on the West coast. Its tours (and detours) are a mix of spontaneous street concerts, rowdy saloon hoedowns and all-night house parties. The band has played nearly every major venue in Portland, as well at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle, Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, the Mystic Theater in Petaluma, as well as the Oregon Brewer's Fest, and headlining the late night stage at Northwest String Summit Friday and Saturday night of 2011. During these shows and festivals, Fruition has had the opportunity to jam with musicians such as Vince Herman and Andy Thorne (Left Over Salmon), Jeff Austin (Yonder Mountain String Band), Zach Gills and Dan Lebowitz (ALO & Jack Johnson), Daniel Stern, and Danny Barnes. Fruition continues to graciously host stages with the likes of their friends they have made along the way including Hot Buttered Rum, Greensky Bluegrass, Elephant Revival, Watertower Bucket Boys, the Quick & Easy Boys, the Clumsy Lovers, Dead Winter Carpenters and more. Members of Fruition have also collaborated on Portland-based recording projects such as The Villains, The BellBoys, and the upcoming LP, Fruition and Brad Parsons, Hole Hearted Fools, to be released and toured in Spring-Summer 2012.
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Actor John Wayne as the Ringo Kid in this photo from John Ford's 1939 film, 'Stagecoach.'
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"I've played the kind of man I'd like to have been," Marion Morrison once said.
Early in his life, Marion preferred to be known as Duke, a nickname he took from one of his dogs while growing up in California. When Raoul Walsh handed Morrison his first starring movie role in the 1930 western "The Big Trail" (it was a big flop), the director gave the rookie actor the stage name John Wayne.
Over the course of his long, 169-film career (it ended with "The Shootist" in 1976), Wayne was frequently criticized for playing himself. He didn't, of course. Very few actors ever truly do, but the criticism still ...


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This poem was inspired by people who confided in me about there past guilts. So I wrote this for them and for anyone else that can relate.
"Our Haunting Sins"
Our time of then that haunts us now,
Of mistakes and wrongs we've made.
though moved on, in shame our heads we bow.
Alas our haunting sins
the grief we brought, the guilt we carry,
ways our soul down low.
We try to change, our sins we burry.
Alas our haunting sins
Many saw our faults and will not let us go,
Forgiveness seems so far away.
Our conscience is weary and full of woe.
Alas our haunting sins
A wrong from long ago now comes to find us,
there is no running there is no hiding.
We remember our foolishness, and youthful lusts.
Alas our haunitng sins
A ghost of nightmares, a resltess woe,
It follows us always.
It will not leave, it will not go.
Alas our haunting sins
From sin we learned and may teach some,
of the turmoil of sin.
we sinners seek forgiveness, we say please come,
Peace from haunitng sins.
- Yesterdays foolishness is todays wisdom-
Hi JJ, you hit it on the head in the last few lines: "From sin we learned and may teach some" -- anyone who has walked this planet for any length of time, is bound to have mistakes and regrets. Strong and productive are those who can recognize them, learn from them, and move forward. Blessed are those who can dismiss the comments of the ones who pass judgement ("Many saw our faults and will not let us go, Forgiveness seems so far away.").
Wonderful write; keep it going! -T
Hi T-Rex, You and I seem to have found some things in common, writting. I am glad you liked it. On your comment of those who pass judgement, I have met alot of those and it always angered me when I saw someone trying hard to mend faults but others made it so very hard for them to move on. I believe if you have faith in someone it will make all the difference in the world. If only we all had someone to do that for us imagine the outcome for so many.


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At the St. Petersburg, Fla., IndyCar Series race, Holly Wheldon waves the green flag to start the race in honor of her brother Dan Wheldon March 25, 2012.
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Logistics mainly. Bills and credit. All my other problems stem from a lack of activity on my part and so are not really problems right now.
Paid my brother yesterday, will pay myself at the end of work today... probably. Need a new laptop which is why I have been away. A customer came by and gave me a picture. It's somewhere safe until I frame it. Got back to running again which helps with my food intake and I just feel better.
Didn't know where to put this and I'll probably make a thread later but here goes: Our first proper comic signing got confirmed.
Jamie Delano (One of Northhampton's comic recluses) will be making an apearance at 1:30 at Niche Comics on the 30th of June. I know a lot of you like Hellblazer so I'll also mention he's bringing Hellblazer vol. 13: Pandemonium with him.
Across: I've been away a while and I'm not caught up yet so blanket applause to everyone for the moment.
Jun 2nd 2012
My wife and I separated a few months back which wasn't my idea. Her reason was that she had mental health issues she wanted to treat and didn't want to drag me through. My desire to help her through it was pretty flatly ignored. Now she's talking about us getting a divorce because she wants me to be able to move on. The whole thing is very absurd to me because the whole point of getting married for me was to share the ups and downs with someone I love and experience life together. Her take on it seems to be something along the lines of "adversity, you deserve better, bye". The thing that eats at me is that I think if she loved me enough or desired me enough, that she would not want these things, no matter how poorly she was treating me. I feel like I am being made an excuse for hard truths that while devastating for me to hear, would be a lot more helpful in my healing. The whole thing is completely devastating to me and I have trouble finding places to really talk about it, or people to talk about it with because she pretty diligently follows me across every social media. So it's more difficult to say put up an SOS on twitter or facebook, and not worry that I might say something that upsets her. It's weird, none of this is unexpected, but it's slow motion and horrible. I knew logically that she would ask for a divorce as soon as she moved me out. But I still sort of even now hold out some bizarre hope that she'll change her mind, come to her senses. It hurts because I've never really cared more about another person. But I feel like I may be some sort of emotional cripple, and I'm just doomed to live alone. Which I grew up in isolation from my family, so it's something I'm used to, but I very much don't like it.
The good:
I finished up the pencils and inks for the comic book I've been working on. It's called Hecate Snake Diaries and the coloring for the pages is mostly done as well. I just need to letter it and finish coloring about 7 pages. I'm very excited about my growth as an artist I always thought of myself as only a writer. But I've really dedicated myself to learning how to draw and make art, and it's all very exciting to me. It's one thing that I can control and improve. Anyways. The whole thing I plan to put out as a .99 pdf in August, and then if it's popular enough or I get a good enough job where I have extra money, I'll do a limited print run of it.
I already have a great idea for the next thing too. So creatively I don't know that there's been a better time in my life. Fun how that works out. My tarot cards say that once I accept the changes of my life and heal, the part after that is pretty spectacular. Which is I guess the occult version of "it gets better".
@flecky recognizing you have a problem and then seeking help is insanely hard to do. So bravo and keep pushing.
@fauxhammer: yeah the important thing is the person not the car. Scary business all the same. It's crazy how close we live every second to it being our last.
Jun 2nd 2012
@mercurialblonde, I've been in the position of not wanting to burden someone with my craziness. A lot of someones. It's not something that can be argued away, but I came to my senses and came back to my friends and family (and boyfriend), so ... hold out hope, make your intentions clear, and give it time. I knew I'd be accepted back whenever I decided I could stand it, and that helped a lot.
chris g
Jun 2nd 2012
fuuuu i dunno. i have been struggling to be and stay vegetarian for a few years now and it's stupid to me that it has to be some kind of uphill battle. everytime i mention it i get criticized. my mom and sis brought tacos earlier and i ate that cuz if i didn't they'll make a big deal about me refusing fud and I dunno, my mind feels dizzy inside my skull right now and I'm a little pissed at myself for go against one of the few things I actually believe in. i can feel the mental block in place in my mind and heart; i want to quit teh m34ts but nooooo ppl will think i'm a big fayg for it or something. I've also quit drinking as of February too so basically I'm adopting new ways to say "Fuck you!" and be a disciplined mother fucker. It's a work in progress!
Also I turned 27 on the 18th, I didn't want anyone to do shit for me but my lil family got pizza and cake for me so that was nice of 'em. I was going to get into pro-wrestling school but spent the money for new boots instead.
*lol I've had the above chunk in my email for 5 days.
Nothing too mopey going on this week. I went out Thursday for groceries (cat fud) and the mall for a flash drive so I could d/l Harley Quinn's Revenge to teh xbox. Turns out there are lots of cute girls, and they smile back and everything gets horny and pheromone-y DO NOT WANT. Anyway, been getting my comics groove back; slathering ink at the drawing table feels fucking fun as shit again. Also there's a wrestling show happening in my shitty hood next Sunday featuring ex-WWE guys and then some. The sport of kings (and folding chairs) is the only true sport :P
Also Intergalactic San-Diego Nerd Summit 2012 is fast approaching. I'm as excited and terrified as I was last year. Can't wait!
PS: pee farts
Jun 3rd 2012
Thanks for the good luck posts guys, much appreciated.
Today I had to delete two of the best songs by one of my closest friends from his two hip-hop EPs on my site. He's a mental health nurse, and the teenage kids he works with have found links to his videos on YouTube. The songs mention smoking weed, so he could have risked being in a position where one of the kids found his work online, and got him fired. Deleting those songs felt like killing puppies. It's such a ridiculous position to be in...
I mean, it's not like these songs were advocating smoking weed, and it's not like he couldn't have said, if challenged, that it was based on past experience, or that he was using artistic license... But he couldn't risk it. That's his job, it pays his rent. The music, unfortunately, doesn't pay much, if at all. It's just a fucking shame because he is one of the most talented rappers I know, and those were two of his best songs.
I could elaborate more on why it pisses me off: the general attitude that weed = drugs = bad; the rules which say people who help people with drug and mental problems are themselves supposed to be above reproach, with clean records... I mean surely some experience of being a weed-smoking layabout is going to actually
in this scenario? It's all just fucked in the head.
And then of course I start thinking about why I'm not getting callbacks for interviews... I'm pretty unguarded on my social media feeds... so my name has now been changed / deleted from the most obvious social media spots... and it's just making me feel like, c'mon, what's the fucking point of all this? Where's it leading? Self-expression only possible through pseudonyms and hidden IPs?
It's parter of a larger malaise that I've grappled with many times over the last few years. I barely mention any of my freelance journalism, music promotion or fiction publishing when I go for a job, because you know what? Most employers are threatened by it. They don't want to employ someone who works hard for little recompense on their own time to do something creative. Because to them, all that says is: "He isn't focused on selling insurance / answering banking calls / teaching IT." The fact I did all this crap off my own back and on my own dime means little or less to prospective employers. I have to lie to make myself look boring, only then will I get a job. I mean come on, how depressing is that?
Anyway it's not like I didn't know all this. File under The Way Things Are So Deal With It, rather than OMG Why Is This Happening.
Big love @Ricochet welcome back, glad the health issues are stabilising / clearing up. Big love to @chris g too, happy belated birthday mate!
government spy
Jun 3rd 2012
Hey gang, sorry to break format, but I have to ask, what's with the general pissiness recently? On a few threads, it just feels like there's been a lot of bickering and bad attitudes going around. Is it just me? We've had a couple honorable moderators step in and hush it quiet like Mama & her whisky, but I kinda feel like they shouldn't have to. This had been a place where we self-policed for quite some time. I know we were used to Warren spontaneously closing a thread or two when his kids got annoying, but we generally were too afraid of arse-eels to make that too common. We're supposed to be a community here right? And I know we're always going to be fairly disfunctional no matter what; we're such a crazy mix of demographics that it's probably the most complicated venn diagram in the world to explain how we're all connected, but can't we just cool off on the bitchiness, for just a little while?
Jun 3rd 2012
There's been some mild drama at work, but I think most of it has been more or less settled. My mom has been struggling with her depression, and it seems like I'm the only one in the family who understands her. My dad has this mind boggling ability to have loads of empathy for strangers, but when it comes to his own family, especially his wife, the empathy just isn't there. It might seem like he has it, but when push comes to shove... nope. Is it really too much to ask for a guy to have empathy and understanding for his wife? And if he's not sure how, why doesn't he make a point of trying to find out how to? If there's any one thing that has put off my desire to even bother with dating and romantic relationships is the amount of crap that my mom has had to put up with from my dad, and the amount of people saying "well that's just how men are". Really? I suppose I could add that I got a fancy kind of birth control put into my arm that lasts for 3 years (implanon) for free, thanks to Wisconsin government being happy to cover family planning stuff (at least on that level), which is great, except that it has killed my libido. Which would bother me more if the concept of dating doesn't really appeal to me anymore. What's the point anyhow? As much as I'd like to believe that most men aren't assholes, there sure are a ton of them.
I get along with all of my co-workers. I managed to get extra hours, so my coming paycheck should be good. I managed to pay rent without dipping into savings. Extra woot! I'm interviewing for a second job that is probably going to be unpleasant, but it's only every other weekend. It should hopefully be enough to make saving a lot easier. I might be doing some fun music things with a co-worker. I've been playing my uke. I went out last night and danced, and hand out with a different co-worker. I'm going to get my mom to see a counselor, because she needs it. We went on a walk to return a dish to a neighbor and ended up taking some chives home. So some got planted in a pot (for me!), and some in the garden, and my mom found a robin's nest and I got to take some photos, watching hummingbirds at the feeder, etc. My mom's house really is in such a beautiful place, and it's so nice to visit and hang out whenever I feel like it. Unlike Fresno (CA), late spring and summer here is a delight. Well, except for the ticks. The weather has been generally lovely and everything is so
. It never got properly green in Fresno. It's one of my favorite things about this area, and I'm so glad I get to enjoy it.
@texture: I know it's not news, but it's still frustrating. It's one of the reasons I don't use my real name online. Unfortunately, a double life is often needed for creative people. Shame.
@mercurialblonde: I'm so sorry to hear it.
@razrangel: *hugs* It seems kind of cliched to say it, but you're stronger than you give yourself credit.
@JP Carpenter: Fuck the depression. I hope you can beat the hell out of it. As for wildlife... if you have problems with slugs and snails, I've been told that digging a small hole in the ground big enough to put a bowl in and filling it with cheap beer is a great way to kill them off. And doesn't require snail bait which is deeply evil and wrong (dogs can get into it, and the seizures and almost dying that I had to watch of a sweet dog as a result was just heartbreaking). I don't know if it gets used there, but there's a shitton of wildlife here, and just about everyone uses electric fences. Or those mesh fences (that go really high because of the deer).
@dorkmuffin: Holy Shit. I'm glad that creepy guy has been dealt with, but holy shit. Kudos for standing up for yourself in the ways that you did.
@Ricochet: Wow, that's some intense stuff. I hope you keep getting better soon. And that your dad stays cancer-free. Also, Nepal! Awesome! I ended up printing both the comic and article for shoving in the faces of guys who don't think it's that bad. (Actually, locally it's not that bad. Benefits of living in a small town area? But just about everywhere else? Yeesh.)
Jun 3rd 2012
*Warning: if you'd rather not read me getting all mushy and emotional about a boy that's really mostly old news, skip this post.*
I joined Whitechapel about 2 years ago. The first time I posted anything in an Open Mic thread, it was (mostly) about a boy. Said boy had just left to be a Mormon missionary for 2 years in New York City. This was, of course, just after I'd fallen in love with him. He comes home in 2 1/2 weeks.
Since then, we've written letters. I've dated one other person, and got into strange sort of non relationships with a couple other guys so I could have someone to have some physical contact with. But all the while, all I could think about was the boy in New York.
It's really just been platonic. I sent him letters as soon as I got one from him, mailed fudge at Christmastime, all the sort of things I'd do for any missionary friend. At one point, back in the spring of last year, I was going to the city and decided to try and meet up with him for a visit. That's sort of against the rules, but it worked out okay. We sat at a park that had a nice little view of the Manhattan skyline and I looked at his sketchbook as we chatted for a bit and waited for the rest of the group I was with to make their way to P.S.1. We sat on the same concrete bench, close enough to have our legs pushed together a bit, which I know really is nothing. But as I've come to know how I act around men in romantic situations, how much I push to get to the next thing, how really in most circumstances a man can't hold my hand without making me want to jump on top of him, this moment has become more notable in my mind. Not because I could have or would have pushed further at all. I wasn't about to take that opportunity to tell him how much I cared for him or anything. But the way I felt, it was like I could just sit there next to him, not ever having to do more, and I'd be happy forever.
I told the missionary boy that I was in love with him in a rather straightforward manner a few months ago. I was planning on letting the subject rest until his return. But after well over a month of no communication, while all sorts of other craziness was happening, (most notably my mom threatening to cut off financial help unless I took down a piece of art I made about my ex-boyfriend from my blog) when I finally got a letter I felt like it was time to be upfront with things. I told him everything that I would have waited to tell, expecting that he knew most of it already. And he did know most of it. All except the important bit. He wrote me back quickly this time, and I was in New Orleans when I got the reply. My sister opened his letter, took pictures with her phone and texted them to me, promising not to read it. "Know that I do love you, though probably not in the romantic way you would hope," has since been a sentence on repeat in my brain nearly every moment.
I'm not giving up. Most young men who go on LDS missions, after 2 years of not being allowed to be alone with anyone of the opposite sex, or not even allowed to so much as hug girls while in group company, are a bit less interested in women for a bit after they come home. They're usually nervous or even scared, and some are just not interested in romance with anyone at all. It's temporary, and it sounds like this is the case with him. Maybe I'm a fool for holding onto this, but I am. It hurts to fall in love with people. I don't want to have to do it again if I can help it.
Two and a half weeks. I'm getting more nervous every day. And I don't even know when I'll actually get to see him or talk to him. That's just when he'll be back in Utah.
So, good things.
My sister gave me a haircut yesterday, and it's much better than the last one I paid for.
I have a job in an art museum. I'm working security, but I have not problem at all with that (installing shows is more fun and there's lots more museum work that's more glamorous, but this job honestly makes me happy). Tomorrow the job is having a staff party. My sister will be my date. I'll just be able to enjoy the exhibit and the 19 cars that are worth 50 million dollars and not have to figure out dinner for a night. I'm also hoping they'll need a few more guards for the event with Jay Leno in July and I might be able to work that night, but we'll see. I have a few more hours in my regular weekly schedule than a lot of folks, so they'll probably ask other guards for that one.
The job is part time and nearly minimum wage, which means I'll be poor once it ends in September. But it means I get to live in Salt Lake instead of at home with my parents for the summer. Seeing how depressed I got the last two summers, and knowing how much more tenuous things are these days with my mom, that's worth a lot.
@razrangel Ugh, people. I hope you passed your test.
@oldhat I don't think I told you anywhere else yet that I'm sorry to hear about your friend, but I am. *hugs*
@mercurialblonde I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope that, given time, she'll let you help. I guess all you can do is let her know you're there, no matter what, even if that means letting her have her way for a bit. I really hope things turn around.
@texture I know it's how it is, but I really wish it wasn't. Sad that your friend's work had to go down. I guess sometimes, the less reasonable ones among us win. Still sucks, though. And there's really nothing that will make it stop sucking.
@trini_naenae Seeing unpleasant things in parents relationships is no fun at all. But somehow, they must be making something work, otherwise they wouldn't still be together. At least, that's what I tell myself when I'm home and it's nothing but constant nagging and arguments between my folks. There's got to be a good in there that outweighs the bad, but we're just not in position to see it.
Jun 4th 2012
I'm trying to focus on the good in people, instead of obsessing on the bad things in this World. I've learnt that I'm powerless over the way I feel at times, but that I do have a choice over how I react to emotions and situations I sometimes find myself in. If I'm around stand-up, decent folk, and feel awkward, shy, angry etc. I'm realizing that the problem isn't them, but me. This is a positive thing, as it's a start in doing work on myself. Though I do get upset about greed, evil, corruption and the bad stuff, I'm only one man, and can do little to change any of this. I guess it's all about accepting life on life's terms, the good and the bad.
Because I'm expecting important phone-calls, I can't change my number at the moment. I still keep getting random messages and calls from fucking dealers, people I used to use with, a woman I was involved with, supposed friends who can't get their heads around the fact I'm trying to change etc. The easiest and insane thing to do would be to get angry with them, tell them all to fuck-off, but I'm finding that if I stay calm and just tell that I'm not interested, that they are slowly getting the message. When I've dealt with the important calls I will change my number.
I've got no kids, and most of the time I'm glad, even though people said I would have been a good Dad when I was clean. Lots of stuff keeps coming into my head about my warped childhood. My Dad, who was a cop, got fucked-up on booze, pills, black-magic, was a mason, and worked in the porn industry. He fucked my Mother's married sister and went to Oz when I was three, leaving a damaged woman with two kids. When I went off-the-rails in my teens, my Mom was always moving around, so I never had anywhere to return to for help. At times it's hard for me not to assign blame on them for what happened to me, but getting resentful isn't going to help. There's three sides to every story, and I keep in-touch with my Dad now. My lovely Stepmother is really ill with dementia, and I hope she's OK.
Sorry about the history moan, but I feel I need to get this out. I believe honesty is the best policy in this life. Hanging around with old mates who are drinking and using just feels...wrong, even if I don't wan't to join in, so I'm a bit of a loner at the moment. I'm grateful for the few people I've become friendly with from meetings.
I'm starting to feel a bit of a liar when I tell people about all the work I did when younger. I became a workaholic in my twenties, and at one point I believe I was holding down five part-time jobs, from being a barman to a teacher in a rehab. It feels like another life.
Things are slowly progressing towards getting into rehab, and I'm being patient with the process. When I hopefully get better, I'd like to do work with younger people who are going through what I've been through, so maybe they don't have to get to the lows I've been to. I used to work for the Probation Service, and I was quite good at it. Something I heard recently that made some sense to me was:
When I think about my life, it's shit! But if I actually look at it, it's quite good!
@government spy: Well put, Sir. Life is too short to be bitchy. Politics make strange bedfellows, principles before personalities, and if the ties that hold us together are stronger than those that would tear us apart...we are invincible! (I nicked that shit from NA!)
Jun 4th 2012
So, a couple of years back I got a pretty good tax return because my employer fucked up. This month they paid me less because they seem to have realised that they actually fucked up when they gave me the money back, so hey will be paying me less every month until the debt has been paid off...things are pretty tight, therefore, and not conducive to peace of mind...
It was my birthday last week and I was on the phone with my friend Gonzalo, who lives in Madrid and whom I hadn't seen in over 10 years. While we were chatting, he decided to buy me tickets to Madrid as a birthday present, so I went there for a long weekend and stayed with him and his amazing family! Got to jam with his band, ate insanely good food, met the loveliest, coolest four-year-old ever (his daughter) and saw Madrid for the first time. Friends, eh?
I don't like singling out people, so mental heartfelt hugs to all of you guys! Love and awesomeness :)
Jun 4th 2012
Man, Alex, that is outrageous. A couple of
ago? And they think they can make you pay for their mistake now? That shit ain't right.
Jun 4th 2012
HMRC never sleeps, Allana, they spend their nights and days trying to figure out creative ways to screw you. I am waiting for their so called calculation before I proceed with anything drastic. We'll see.
How are you doing?
Jun 4th 2012
Oh, y'know, I have my
ups and downs
Bombus Hortorus
Jun 4th 2012
@alanna yeah, that's the way hmrc roll... I've always been on the right side of their cock ups so far, but they're bastards
@trini cheers, I think I caught it before it got a grip this time, the cbt clearly seems to have given me enough self awareness to see it coming and stop it. Re snail bait... No dogs will ever go near my garden as long as I'm breathing and armed with sharp instruments... I tend to use the iron based ones that are meant to be safe for pets as I don't trust Ruby not to eat them. Not tried beer as I have always struggled with the idea of giving booze to molluscs...
Jun 4th 2012
@ allana
I loled
Alan Tyson
Jun 4th 2012
@allana... yeah, yeah I guess you do!
Jun 4th 2012
Right then. The cheers and toasts and hugs for you beautiful people sharing yourselves with any passing voyeur...
@faux – so glad your wife is ok. Scary, scary when someone else is in danger.
@flecky – keep fighting the good fight. Every moment you spend on it is not wasted, no matter what happens later.
@JP – fucking depression. Your brain is trying to help by kicking you in the nuts after you've been kicked in the head. I know it the feeling...and at least you know the situation for what it is. *hug*
@sleestak – I know it's rough when you feel like you're just a half step in front of everyone and you can't keep it up, but it sounds like you have a good environment, one where you can ask questions and get useful answers. That's an awesome position to be in. Keep slugging away and find a way to believe in yourself!
@texture – good for the attention. Not something to put in the bank, however something to cultivate for a nice little payday later. And also good to know that you're going in the right direction. }:>
@oldhat – sorry about the friend who passed away. It is very weird, those waves of "oh wait he's gone. What? No that can't be right. Wait, no it is. He's gone..." and only sort of appreciating what that means. Even if you've lost people before, it's still...weird.
@dorkmuffin – I hope your anxiety has gone down by now. Good on you for being proactive in not letting another sleaze get his way.
@govSpy – happy your wacky fantastic life continues to grind away.
@ricochet – yikes and yay and then yikes and yay some more. }:>
@darkest – congratulations on your first signing!
@mercurialblonde – this isn't going to help, but sometimes people who end up an internal mess emotionally push away the people who might help, who've promised to help them. In other words, to get what's going on don't listen to her excuses, but try to see why she's making those excuses. I say it isn't going to help because if she wants a divorce that's all there is to it, but those mental health issues are precisely what makes her think that's the best option.
@chris g – happy birthday past and good for keepin on with your ideals.
@trini_naenae – it's tough isn't it? You want to think good things about men, and disregard the broad generalization about their emotional immaturity and casual cruelties to women, and then you get to know guys who fit that stereotype just too damn well. So frustrating. (and thanks for the kind words!)
@Fishelle - ugh that's rough. Please allow for the possibility that he and you may have changed in the past two years and the nature of your relating won't be the same it used to be. Ugh. *hug*
@nigredo – sucks about the financial fuckup other people did. But Madrid!! I'm jealous. I've been eyeing Spain as a touring destination for over a decade. Sweet...
first day off after six days on. I can feel my nerves standing down, tension lessening. It's weird. I can literally feel my spine lengthening as I move. But we still have a week to go to get through opening the show, all three performances, and the company meeting after. Averaged four hours of sleep this week, a little to socialized. Time at the theater is time spent with artists and though we're working, we're (theoretically) working together and thus talking/chatting/collaborating...there's a strong social element. Then I go "home" to my friend's couch. And the house is full of people - artists & Burners - and they're up at all hours, hanging, listening to music, watching stuff on Discovery,
smoking stuff of which I do not partake
and they are very very awesome people, but it's more socializing for me. As much as I've gotten used to being friendly with cool, artistic people, I'm still very much an introvert and desperately need time to myself, space where I can be alone not have to smile at every person who walks in and just... I don't know, concentrate on naval gazing.
I wasn't going to get today off, initially. But tech got kind of fubar'd and it's too much effort to go into all the nitty gritty, so I'll just say I get frustrated by people who don't understand the nature of collaboration. And that on the upside I got to sleep in my own bed last night instead of my friend's lumpy couch. Back at it again tomorrow.
Jun 4th 2012
@razrangel: Wow, and I reckon I speak for everyone when I say thanks. You know, I'd really like to see some of your theater work someday.
Jun 5th 2012
Fuck Yeah: Just got my paycheck from Amazon from That Weird City. It's not enough to quit my job on, but it's symbolic. I'm a professional.
Fuck You: Mild backache is about all I got, which owns.
Fuck All Y'all:
@nigredo: That's some buuuullshit.
@razrangel: Not a thing wrong with needing to be on your own turf.
Jun 5th 2012
@fleck Well mate, just come out to sunny Los Angeles. How hard could that be? };>
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I came home craving some bourbon, I was desparate enough to make a quick dusty stop while jonesing and picked up a late 80's Old Charter 7 yo. But I went home and and wanted to put together some tasting notes. I poured some Lot B first then continued a second pour of 46 in tribute to the evenet I bailed on. (usually when I do tasting notes I sample two for reference, then do notes on it alone just because then I get to drink it twice).
I am not going to give the full notes here, but I enjoyed the sweet similarity to Lot B, the 46 had a strong front side sweet and mellow back bitter. The major difference was that 46 did not hold up at alll with water, while the Lot B did OK. Once the 46 took some water the sweet really disipated and the bitter back became prominent. Now I love me some bitter flavors, so thats not a bad thing.
All in all, I would drink it, but it is at its best bottle strength, I am interesting in finding out if it would do any better stronger (barrell strength).


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Combined Federal Campaign donations plunged 19 percent about $49 million from fiscal 2012 to 2013, according to numbers reported to the Office of Personnel Management by local campaigns.
The donation totals were compiled by the Workplace Giving Alliance, a collaboration of national and local federations and show federal employees and service members donated about $209 million in 2013 down from $258.3 million in 2012.
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I think we are experience a perfect storm of difficulties experienced by the federal workforce, Strauss said. Its a great surprise that so many federal employees still pledged.
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Whether the bearded rock band drew their inspiration from Stanton is unclear, but one thing is certain: Edwin Stanton would have made a fine rock star, playing by his own rules and shaking things up in Washington. In fact, perhaps the most fascinating thing about Edwin Stanton's beard is that it's the least fascinating thing about a man who defined three US presidencies.
- As a lawyer, he once remarked "Why did you bring that damned long armed ape here?" about an attorney on his law team. The man was future President (and boss) Abraham Lincoln.*
- In 1859, he was the first American lawyer to successfully use the plea of temporary insanity to protect his client, future Union General Daniel Sickles, from the charge that he killed the son of Francis Scott Key.
- In 1860, President James Buchanan appointed Stanton as Attorney General, and it was Stanton who is largely credited with keeping the Buchanan administration in check during its final months in office.
- Following Lincoln's assassination, then-Secretary of War Edwin Stanton was ultimately responsible for the fate of John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators as they were tried in military, not civilian courts.
- When Andrew Johnson assumed office, Stanton stayed on as Secretary of War much longer
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I watched a neat little creture feature called HYOTHERMIA night before last. Two families are camped out on top of a lake in Maine for ice fishing season. One group is a humble factory worker, his wife and son, and the son's girlfriend. The other group is a father and son team who have money, loud music, and no clue what they are doing. All six of them wind up being stalked by a ferocious predator under the ice that has eaten all the fish in the lake and is still hungry! The creature is NOT CGI - it is a guy in a pretty impressive looking rubber suit. Overall, this one was pretty fun to watch, even if the ending was a little weak.
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Titanic II (2010) - so the Titanic II is on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic and a huge chunk of ice falls off a glacier and creates a tsunami that drives an iceberg into the side of the great luxury liner. The story follows the owner of the ship and his ex-girlfriend as they make their way through a hotel's conference center and the basement of some building...er I mean through
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as they try to get to safety. Characters were mediocre at best, CGI was of the bargain basement variety and the plot was as predictable as it was ridiculous. Made for a rather boring experience overall. 2.5/5.
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"Con Air" (1997)
Nicolas Cage is a parolee who's just hitchin' a flight home on a prison transfer plane that happens to be loaded to the brim with some of the nation's most notorious criminals. They, of course, stage a takeover of the plane in mid-flight and Cage has to play hero so he can get home to see his wife and daughter. Silly as hell, but it's got a great cast (including John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Dave Chapelle and Danny Trejo) and an extensive amount of mayhem. Tons o' shoot'em up, blow'em up fun!
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Deathdream (1972)
I was greatly impressed by this low budget film from Bob Clark (Black Christmas). We have a small family that get news that their son Andy was killed in Vietnam. Surprisingly a few days later Andy hitchhikes into town and moves back home. His bizarre behavior and withdrawn attitude tears his family apart. Soon enough people start showing up dead and were off to the races.
This movie definitely holds up and actually manages to be quite scary. There is a truly bleak and depressing atmosphere that envelops this whole film and there is no comic relief in sight. The actor's do a good job of treating this material seriously and the result is quite a disturbing little horror film. Kind of reminded me a bit of another Canadian horror movie "Pin a Plastic Nightmare" in it's atmosphere if not subject matter. My dvd comes from Blue Underground and has quite a few extras which I look forward to checking out.
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Quote from: fulci420 on November 23, 2012, 05:56:07 PM
Deathdream (1972)
This is my favorite Bob Clark movie, even more so than Black Christmas (which I never thought I'd say). I also love the bleak depressing tone of it. An undeniable classic in my book.
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agreed Deathdream is cool as hell
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Quote from: voltron on November 23, 2012, 06:41:11 PM
Quote from: fulci420 on November 23, 2012, 05:56:07 PM
Deathdream (1972)
This is my favorite Bob Clark movie, even more so than Black Christmas (which I never thought I'd say). I also love the bleak depressing tone of it. An undeniable classic in my book.
I have yet to see either Black Christmas or Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things, but will have to check them out due to the strength of Death Dream. I have seen Bob Clark's "Rhinestone" however of which the less said about the better!
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With the kids earlier this evening...
"Baby's Day Out" (1994)
In this "Home Alone" variant from John Hughes, a trio of inept crooks kidnap the baby of a wealthy Chicago family, planning to hold him for ransom. Unfortunately the baby slips out of their grasp and goes on an adventure through the streets of Chicago. When the bad guys attempt to recapture him, cartoonish mayhem follows their every move and they end up falling from tall objects, getting hit in the head, whacked in the crotch, and otherwise abused a whole lot.
My kids thought this movie was a absolute
, esp. when "Baby Bink" set Joe Mantegna's most tender area on fire with a lighter and one of his fellow crooks puts it out by stomping on it repeatedly. OUCH!!
Harmless fun for kids, painless for their parents.
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Quote from: fulci420 on November 23, 2012, 05:56:07 PM
I have yet to see either Black Christmas or Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things, but will have to check them out due to the strength of Death Dream. I have seen Bob Clark's "Rhinestone" however of which the less said about the better!
You've probably heard a lot of hype surrounding Black Christmas - it deserves it because it's a brilliant proto slasher that delivers genuine scares. CSPWDT is VERY talky with very little action. I've heard some people call it a "horror comedy" which is BS. It's a very quirky film but I enjoyed it. Having said that, it's not a movie for everyone.
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"The Bounty Hunter" (2010)
In this light romantic action comedy, Gerard Butler is a down on his luck bounty hunter who thinks he's finally going to get some long-overdue revenge when he's assigned to bring in his ex-wife (Jennifer Aniston), who's skipped bail. Unfortunately she's a reporter who's investigating a story involving crooked cops and mobsters, which makes them both targets. Bullets fly, cars crash, and do I have to tell you whether or not the mismatched pair will fall back in love during their adventure?
A fun flick that gets a little too cutesy-poo around the halfway mark but is mostly entertaining. Oh, and Aniston looks smokin' hot in a little black dress for nearly the entire movie. :D
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Octop***y (1983) - Roger Moore stars as James Bond, investigating the theft of a Fabergé egg which leads him to India where Maud Adams runs a jewel smuggling ring composed entirely of beautiful babes and villain Louis Jourdan plans on setting off a nuke on a US air base in Germany. One of my favorites though I've seen it so many times now that it's getting a bit dull. Absolutely gorgeous scenery, plenty of tongue-in-cheek action, babes galore; everything I look for in a Bond movie. 4/5.
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"Total Recall" (1990)
Classic sci-fi action flick w/Arnold Schwarzenegger as a 30th century construction worker who finds out that his memories are a lie, implanted in his brain as part of a conspiracy that stretches all the way to Mars. Lotsa stuff blows up as he travels to the Red Planet to uncover the truth.
One of Arnold's best flicks, directed by Paul "RoboCop" Verhoeven and featuring Sharon Stone at her absolute peak of hottie perfection.
Still a great ride even after all these years.
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Paranormal Incident (2001) - a group of college kids goes to a supposedly haunted insane asylum to conduct paranormal research. Once they get all their cameras set up, you've basically got an episode of Ghost Hunters with everything being filmed on night vision cameras, they have a few EVP sessions etc. This is one of those movies that begins at the end, with the sole survivor lying in a hospital bed being interviewed by an investigator who thinks he killed all his friends. They keep cutting back to this hospital room throughout the movie, which relieves any tension that may have built up (though there really isn't much) and kind of diminishes the scariness down to about nothing. There's really not plot at all; the kids hear a noise in a hallway so they investigate, then there's a really loud noise right next to them that scares the crap out of them. Just ratchet that up over the course of the movie. I guess we're supposed to wonder if the place is actually haunted or if the guy in the hospital bed is really a psycho who killed them all, but that's completely ineffective as a plot device. The characters were a somewhat likable bunch I guess. 3/5.
Airborne (2012) - about a dozen people (half of whom are complete a$$ holes) get on a plane bound from London to New York. It's not long before people start disappearing and they find the flight crew has been murdered. Is it some bizarre hijacking, or is there something supernatural going on? There is after all an ancient Chinese vase onboard. The first half left me wondering why I was even watching this; the characters are just so detestable that even killing them off wouldn't have been sufficient payback for having to endure them in the first place. But the second half actually managed to be somewhat suspenseful. Taking the good with the bad I suppose it's about a 3/5.
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) - after a big superhero CGI action sequence at the beginning, our lead character Alice gets injected with a serum that kills the T-cell virus in her and turns her back into a normal human being. She eventually meets up with some people who have taken refuge in a large prison, surrounded by thousands of zombies. There's a cargo ship not far away and they're receiving radio transmissions form it which promise them safety and security. Is it true, or just another trick from the Umbrella Corporation to lure survivors to their doom? First our characters have to fight their way through hordes of zombies just to get there. I like these Resident Evil movies (except the second one which sucked). I enjoy the way the bleak visual style contrasts with the big-budget CGI, and the way Alice's superhero persona contrasts with her quiet little voice. And they're just fun. The characters were pretty good, especially Claire Redfield (Ali Larter), who is just smokin' hot. 4/5.
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IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL (2004): Documentary on Henry Darger, the reclusive Chicago janitor who secretly wrote a slightly insane 15,000 page novel about a child slave rebellion mixing the Civil War, Christianity and children's fantasy stories, illustrated by hundreds of incredibly detailed full size paintings. A solid introduction to Darger, whose utterly unique and slightly disturbing oeuvre has made him the poster boy for the outsider artist. 3/5.
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Kiss of Death (1995)
Remake of the 1947 Film Noir of the same name (which I have not seen) this film is a rather typical tale of a man (David Caruso) coming out of prison and trying to live a crime free existence with his wife (Helen Hunt) and baby daughter. Before you no it Michael Rappaport is knocking on the door and he needs a driver for a robbery. Before you know it Caruso is back in jail and the only way he will ever get freedom is if he goes undercover and takes down Little Junior Brown (an unhinged Nic Cage). The plot is more complicated than that but as a viewer it is relatively easy to follow the multiple twists and characters.
This film has a truly terrific cast and if anything it's limited by having Caruso in the lead. No I am not a Caruso hater I think he has an interesting screen presence and has delivered good performances in the past (King of New York, Session 9 etc...). The problem is that he is not convincing as a gangster, he looks and sounds weak. When he threatens Ving Rhames with "Do you want to dance, cuz I love to dance" the result is comical rather than threatening. In a worse cast he would probably be fine but here the supporting cast outshines him. Nicholas Cage is outrageous as a musclebound gangster who bench presses strippers, hates the taste of metal and loves acronyms! Samuel L Jackson, Ving Rhames, Stanley Tucci and others are all terrific here.
Overall though this is a very enjoyable film. I really enjoyed the pace of the whole thing and the large amount of plot twists worked for me keeping the film from being completely predictable. The director Barbet Schroeder was also behind the excellent "Reversal of Fortune" and the good "Single White Female" prior to the film.
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I don't mind long movies, or slow movies, I just feel that there was some unnecessary stuff and slow directing.
Yeah maybe but that doesn't bother me. Nothing bothers me really in films, it's entertainment after all so it's normal that some stuff is different and slower or bad sometimes... My exigeances are WAY low.
I just watched Shock (1946) one of Vincent Price's first films. It's a film noir that centred around a woman who witnesses a murder and goes into shock. The murderer himself is a psychiatrist and ends up being called to help her and convinces everyone she is crazy and doses he with drugs night and day.
^^^Should check it out I love Noir stuff and Price too. OF COURSE!!!
THE TRUMAN SHOW [1998] rewatch
Man what a wondeful masterpiece this is. EXTREMELY hilarious but also EXTREMELY touching...Carrey is once again OVER the top in this, brilliant totally. And I love Laura Linney and Natascha McElhone.
And the insanely cool ending man, DAMN amaFREAKINGzing as H3LL!!!
Never get tired of it, too great...
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I enjoyed Shock. It was a good movie like most Vincent Price movies are. It was also redone into a Tales from the Crypt episode. The episode was pretty good too.
A Goofy Movie (1995).
Long-time favorite of mine. It's a happy film...brilliant colors.
Damn great CLASSIC!!!
Punk to the bone. Like me. Hahaha
Just watched a couple DC comics cartons. Superman: Unbound and Justice League: Flashpoint. Both were awesome, like the rest of DCs cartoon full length films, but Flashpoint was a little better, despite having lower quality animation.
Redemption (2013), starring Jason Statham.
Really bad.
End Of Watch 9.5/10 I watch this movie a lot because I think it is just a masterpiece of a movie and I love it every time
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NAPOLEON DYNAMITE [2004] rewatch
Man dude is so freaking weird it's just HILARIOUS. What a great funny as mad comedy. Enjoy everytime.
I putting it here but it definitely as a huge bunch of Horror elements to it.The Scrunt Grass Wolf is amazing... AND CREEPY AS MAD!!!
LADY IN THE WATER [2006] rewatch
Man, this to me is the best the hugely talented Shiamalan as ever done. And he's not a bad actor either. In fact, loved it so much that after watching the Bonus on the DVD, I bought the book which has some insanely beautiful drawings.
Wonderful shots, wonderful acting by Giamatti and Bryce Dallas Howard especially but all the others are great too. And man, what a fantastic mysterious story it is.
He wrote it for his kids, a bedtime story he was reading them. Sweet.
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DICK TRACY [1990] rewatch
What a beautiful one this is, colors over saturated I love.
And damn man, THE POP QUEEN MADONNA!!! Enough said, that explains it all. Aside nice story and great acting.
The Haunting of Julia (1977)
Who's That Girl? (1987), starring Madonna. Back when Madonna still had a little baby fat on her and didn't tweeze her eyebrows to the width of razor blades. Not a great flick, but I like it regardless.
Dredd (new one) and Expendables 2.
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^^^How were they, looking forward to them so your toughts would be interesting...
And here ya go for the effort:
Looks like we're on a Pop Queen Donna kick you and me today. Razor blades eyebrows, hahaha.
But I like it much more than the weird and not very good SWEPT AWAY [2002]. Which I still love, Bikini Madonna = Enjoyment.
I have no qualms admitting I love old-school, Borderline/Crazy For You/Get Into the Groove/Like a Virgin/Open Your Heart-era Madonna. I still vividly remember her writhing on the stage during the 1984 MTV Video Awards. Like most kids my age who were neck-deep in puberty at the time, Madonna was a literal wet dream.
Prisoners absolutely amazing, like a was speechless through this movie. Jake Gyllenhaal has become an amazing actor!
Mwahaha H3LL yes, I'll remember this ALL my life.
Here's my VHS of the french version... They kept the english title. Like they mostly do with Madonna's stuff. Weird.
Man of Tai Chi (2013). Keanu Reeves' directorial debut, and he stars as the villain. Lots of kung fu fights but way too much wire work and no real rhythm to them, and the lead actor has the screen presence of a sheet of drywall. Big thumbs down on this one.
Reach For The Sky (1956), a wartime drama starring Kenneth More.
SUBURBAN MAYHEM [2006] rewatch
This is a movie that I truely freaking enjoy like damn H3LL. Crazy and violent story, hilarious but most of all, an INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE by the sexy cute Emily Barcly. Damn the scene where she fucks naked is truely a nice visual enjoyment. Hahaha
Story is totally sick and the cinematography is just too damn beautiful. Luv luv luv...