God bless you, George A. Romero

Earlier today I was in a "fuck everybody" type of mood (been getting those a lot lately) and so I went for a drive.

I ended up seeing Land of the Dead by myself, and I realized that:

A. I enjoy seeing movies by myself, and...
B. I fucking love zombie movies.

The grandfather of zombie films, Mr. George Romero, is back and he is still the king. He's the only guy that goes all out and doesn't tone anything down, and I respect the the hell out of him for that. I can't even begin to count the number of exit wounds/chunks of brain/raw flesh being eaten that I saw today.

Of course, a good film has more than just blood and gore, but in a movie about zombies it's required, you see.

Just like in Dawn of the dead (the original) and Day of the dead, it's easy to see the messages Romero throws at us, and just how he views society and humanity, and even in a world he invents, it is all to similar to our world right now.

I remember in the early 90's nobody wanted to give him money to make his films, now I just hope he can get back to doing what he does best...and stay at the top.

Radio is getting slightly better.

Radio sucks, let's be honest. It has for a very, very long time now. You can turn on any station and hear the same old crap being played over and over. It's horrid.

However, the newest Radio Station around Edmonton is Sonic 102.9 And I have to say it's pretty good as far as radio goes. They like to call it "Modern Rock".

I've heard plenty of good stuff like: Matthew Good, Limblifter, Metric, Rage Against The Machine and the Arcade Fire, which alone, makes them pretty cool in my book.

Though they sure do play some crap. Crap such as Oasis, Our Lady Peace, Coldplay (mostly that new song) and Sublime.

Seriously I'd rather listen to an entire Britney Spears album than one Sublime song, there is just something about those guys that fills me with rage. It's just stupid, terrible and AMAZINGLY annoying music.

Though, I recognize everyone has an opinion and taste, and radio stations have the impossible task of trying to satisfy everyone all the time...so they still win out over every other station in the City.

It's also cool 'cause they are the little guys. the underdogs. You gotta admire that.

Still, If given a choice, I'll pop in a CD.

The one that got away.

Yesterday I went fishing with my dad and younger brother. I caught 2 and had quite a time with a third...

It snapped my rod in two, cause a piece, as well as the line, to whip me across my face, and believe me when I tell you, it hurt like a mother fucker. I managed to reel it in, and got a glimpse of the monster before he dived a final time, taking my hook. Seriously, it was one of the fattest, hugest fish I've seen. Which makes sense...I mean fishing rods aren't supposed to shatter.

When it happened At first I thought my face was bleeding, it felt like it was on fire. It was a pretty strange and painful feeling.

Now, there is only a weird looking red mark under my left eye, and the side of my nose, but my face sure is sore, especially my nose.

Oh, and while we were loading the boat back up I asked my brother to pass me my cell phone …and wouldn't you know it, I dropped it in the lake. It was a piece of crap anyway, but still, it just shows you how well my day went.

Oh well, at least I provided my family with some laughs at my expense.

6.21

You know that crappy, stuffed up, puffy eyed feeling you sometimes get when you first wake up? I've had that all day today.

It's the kind of thing that reminds me of why I hate being awake.

I think I'm still sick or getting sick from something else, because this does not feel right at all. I admit to not doing much to try and shake the feeling, but still, it usually fades.

the other CD I got yesterday is titled Blackfield by a band of the same name. It's actually some of the same members of Porcupine Tree.

I think I like it even more, very sullen.

About this time yesterday I went to bed and didn't wake up until 3:30 in the morning. Somehow I think the same thing is going to happen now.

What an exciting life I live.

"God is in my fingers, God is in my head, God is in the trigger, God is in the lead"

A few days ago I was browsing through music on Amazon and decided to purchase some CD's from a few bands I have never even heard of.
I listened to some samples and read a few reviews and got(among other things) two albums from the band "Porcupine Tree" which I admit is an almost humorous name, but the music they make is some of the coolest. They are good at just rocking out as well as doing the whole "progressive rock" deal, so far I really dig them.



Not to mention the inserts are full of weird, cool, disturbing photos.

I really like stuff like that.



I can't wait for my other order. See if I can get lucky again.

It begins! Again!

I just got back from a Midnight showing of Batman Begins and I have to say, I left very impressed.

You know as soon as the film was announced people pretty much declared that it would such, myself included, all thanks to Joel Schumacher pretty much killing the franchise with the crap films he made in 1995 and 1997.

It's called Batman Begins for a reason, that reason being it's the start of a new life for the franchise and this film does pretty much everything the right way.

Hardcore Batman fans might scoff at some of the liberties taken and the way certain things were changed, but for me, this is easily the best Batman film to date.

I enjoy the fact that it focused more on Bruce Wayne/Batman than it did on the villains like the other films. This movie is about a dark, disturbed and very angry Bruce Wayne struggling to use those emotions to become the hero we all know, and in that respect, it is perfect.

Quick notes:
- The Scarecrow and his "scare tactic" scenes were fucking great, but he needed WAY more screen time.
- The new Batmobile isn't as stupid as I used to think it was. The chase scene is one of the coolest parts of the movie, and that thing just kicks ass.
- Bale makes a good Batman, but I have to admit it was hard to get used to him a first.
- Swordplay!
- The rest of the movie was pretty much cast perfectly and all the actors did great jobs.

This one is worth your money, in my opinion.

Batman is back.

More like Silversucky

For months and months now I've been waiting for the release of a film called High Tension (Haute Tension). Posters have been plastered around Silvercity, my main movie going theater and previews have been seen before several other films...Yet I checked showtimes and the goddamn movie isn't even playing there. Talk about a piss off. They've done this before too, with other films such as Fubar. Why advertise and hype a movie you aren't even going to show or make money off of?

there is a small chance the release date for Canada is different, or that something is wrong with their showtimes list, but I doubt it. I'm getting screwed again.

It seems they really like to do it with smaller or foreign films, which, strangely enough are the ones that I'm most likely to spend my money on.

Idiots.

Your retard president got re-elected by retard people.

So I was having a chat with that American girl (Stephanie) about politics and how retarded George Bush really is and I got to thinking...

How is it Americans and American Government type folk thought it was necessary to impeach a president for having oral sex in his office, yet they see no bad when their current leader commits (or has others) commit murder on a massive scale for absolutely no reason (other than money)

Why do they think there is nothing wrong with a president making outrageous (and proven false) claims that weapons of mass destruction exist in another country and then proceeding to bomb it into the ground?

How do they justify the spending of millions and millions on a fake and well advertised "war on terror" when their unemployment and homeless rates, not to mention debt, are through the roof?

Honest to god... has everyone except me gone fucking nuts? How the fuck is this lunatic still in power?

How and why do the American people sit around and not care? I've sat here for hours thinking it over...I just don't get it. I never will. How the fuck can they sleep at night knowing someone like George Bush determines it all for them?

I would flip out. I would go insane.

This world is completely fucked up.

6.4.05

Alright.

I've never been one to call myself "depressed" in fact, I think it's a horribly overused word people think they need to say whenever they are in a slump.

for 21 years whenever I've been in a "slump", the answer to the question "what's wrong?" has always been "nothing"

I wonder how long a person has to feel like I do to be able to say they are depressed and not be made fun of or be seen as simply in a "mood".

I also wonder how long it's supposed to take before the "happy face" I wear (we all do) gets dissolved and seen through.

Why is it that the only time I feel truly at peace is when I'm sleeping? And why is it that the first thing I feel when I wake up is that strange uncertain feeling eating away somewhere deep in my stomach?

Feeling crappy (physically) and having time off work does very little to help anything. I'm sitting here, my throat completely numb, and all I can do is juggle the same old thoughts and feelings around in my head.

I've tried to fix it. I've tried going out and being alive. It does nothing for me. And people wonder why I am the way I am.

I'm not one to ask for help. I'm not one to place everything on the table and say "here I am" and "here's what is bothering me" and I think that is a problem. I feel I don't need anyone.

People come and go, anyway, so it matters very little.

I've put faith into people, ideas, thoughts and so on and have seem a great deal of them disappear altogether, but not before offering a false sense of something that just might be a reason to stay put together.

It's like one step forward and two steps back. The fact that this happens repeatedly is even more crushing.

I never learn.

I guess this has now officially become that generic internet blog that features a depressed, sad 20-something writing for no reason and to nobody in particular.

Tough shit, because like so many other things, I don't give a fuck.

Goodnight.

Nonsense

Well, the guys went camping and I, for many reasons, decided it best to stay home. My main reason being the fact that I've been nearly coughing up a lung for a few days now. It's terrible, I'm just feeling like shit in more ways than one.

It's raining off and on here, hopefully it's nice wherever they ended up.

James and I went on a quest today to find old Sega Saturn games. We had no luck, I think Ebay is now the only way to go. Sadly, it's often overpriced as fuck, that is the price I pay for collecting such toys.

I did pick up a cool comic, however. Volumes 1-3 of NYX



It's pretty damn "edgy" for a Marvel comic. That is, it's got a real mature storyline and the art is a whole lot different than most other books. It's also very entertaining. Looking forward to the others.