that's the poooooower of love.

Well I finally got my yearly haircut today.

It feels great.

I go from one extreme to the other and whoever happens to be doing the cutting ALWAYS has to make some sort of comment. Last time it was "boy we should charge you by the pound!"

today it was "man, you could have robbed a bank before you came here!" because nobody would recognize me. Get it guys!? hahahahah that's RICH, isn't it!?

I also get the 'whoa, are you sure?" when I tell them to take it all the fuck off.

It also occurred to me that some guy standing over you telling you that you have really healthy hair while you watch pieces of it go flying like in some cartoon is pretty bizarre.

On the plus side, this guy shut the fuck up after that and just did his job. Hair dresser banter pisses me off.

Jason, Freddy, Myers. We All Need Someone To Look Up To.

Movie recommendation time.

Behind the mask: the rise of Leslie Vernon is perhaps the best film I've seen in...well, since the last time I said that.



Been wanting to see it for sometime, and found it at Wal Mart the other day, on the shelf a week early for some reason.

It is about a documentary crew that follows around an up and coming serial killer as he plans his kills and gives away the tricks of the trade. You know, the stuff you've seen Jason and Freddy do countless times.

It's part mockumentary, part comedy, part spoof and part legit horror film.

There ares these times, where it switches from "documentary" style to regular film style and it's like watching a classic slasher film. It's pulled of very well.

The documentary bits are hilarious, especially if you're a horror fan, as Leslie explains how and why certain horror movie cliches exist and continue to exist and so on. It's also quite surreal at times, listening to people go on about his "job" as if he just works at McDonalds or something. Good shit.

Anyway, see it, even if you don't like horror movies. It's smart, funny and just very entertaining.

And no, not overly violent or scary.

boring rant

Well only a week or so after my Manhunt 2 post it seems the game is already in a shitstorm of bad press.

It's been banned in the UK. Yes, banned. Illegal to sell because of its "unremitting bleakness and callousness of tone... which constantly encourages visceral killing with exceptionally little alleviation or distancing".

In North America, it has been rated AO for Adults Only. No console game has ever been rated and released as AO because not only will stores not carry them, but consoles makers won't even licence them.

I think it's bullshit that Walmart has no problem carrying unrated DVD's of films like Hostel and the like, but won't stock and sell an adult rated game to adults.

I also think it's retarded to have such a rating if the games that get it aren't even allowed to exist.

Now I bet they'll have to go and change whatever pushed them past the usual Mature rating and that irritates me. Just as it does when films get cut and edited to hell because some suit wearing prick thinks it's inappropriate.

I want to play the game as the developers originally intended. That's why this is making me angry. It's not about blood or violence. Censorship really gets to me. As does a bogus rating system.

Products like this have their audiences and I see no reason to even be making such a big deal about this, as said audiences know exactly what they are in for and are most likely smart enough to deal with it.

Anyway, it makes me think of the earlier claims that this is the most violent game ever made. I thought it was all hype, but it really must be true, considering how much extreme shit you can get away with in an M rated title.

man I want to see Scarlett Johansson naked.

The other day I was talking to my mom about how I wanted to run for Mayor of Stony Plain. I got to thinking about how some goon would dig up some negative press on me, and then my mind wondered even more and I got to thinking about how if anything or everything I've ever said/posted online was taken even remotely serious I could/would be considered the following:

- racist
- gay
- homophobic
- a scientologist
- a rapist
- a murderer
- suicidal
- a child molester
- a huge fan of sodomy

And so on.

But if you know me you probably realize I am none of those.

I guess it's just that nothing is really "off limits" to me. Not that being any of those is really funny per say. I just enjoy saying what people don't really want to hear from time to time. Trying to shock. Even that doesn't seem to work these days.

Anyway. Random thought. Random blog post.

I'm gonna slice ya!

I was reading about some games yesterday and came upon Manhunt 2 for the Wii, along with this little gem about it:

"Consider for one moment that in Manhunt 2 you can, Wii remote and nunchuk in hands, use a pair of pliers to clamp onto an enemy's testicles and literally tear them from his body in a bloody display; and if that weren't enough, you'll take one of the poor victim's vertebrae along with his manhood. Or, if you'd prefer, you can use a saw blade and cut upward into a foe's groin and buttocks, motioning forward and backward with the Wii remote as you go."

Not only did that sell me on the game itself, but it made me think and do a little more research.

I've been waiting until a game such as this came along for the Wii. Since it's obviously more interactive people are already calling it a "murder simulator" and I have to say, I think it's a little ridiculous.

I'm not sure what exactly is going on here, but it looks like a good time.

The whole violent videogame debate has been beaten to death, so I won't get into it, but to me games are games and the violence here is almost so over the top it's funny. Ripping someones balls off? come on!

I admit some of it sounds downright disgusting and shocking...but I'd venture to say that is the point. Slasher films have been doing it for 35+ years, so why do games get so much flack? Don't answer that. I know the answer, but it's real stupid.

If anything I'm concerned about how much of a boner this game is going to give Jack Thompson in regards to his holy crusade against violence in video games. The Wii is gonna get some negative press from this goon the second the game is on the shelf.

Then again there really is no "negative" when it comes to the press. Publicity like that is going to make this game sell even more copies. It always does.

As for me, I can't wait to rip some guys balls off, provided the rest of the game is fun. I played the original and it got pretty boring after a while, but this one seems more character driven and I dig that. Also blood. sweet, sweet BLOOD.

In unrelated news I have to admit, I think it's time for a haircut. Not only is it just annoying in general, but it's fucking hot being outside for any amount of time. I might take it all off in a few days.

Nokia? more like Shitkia

Just so you guys know my phone is Fubar and I had to get it sent away for repairs.

They gave me a loaner and it really fucking sucks, so don't be surprised if I don't return text messages and the like with any sort of speed.

Although I guess it's mostly Stephanie who sends me messages anyway, but still.

PS. I bet some guy is still jerking off to the pictures of Stephanie I had on there. And the pictures of my dog. Sick fucks.

Hospital Music

Well I just listened to "Born Losers" the first single off of Matthew Good's new album, and I have to say that it is fucking great.

But that's enough for me. I know the entire album is going to be available to listen weeks before it comes out, and I refuse to do it.

Call me old fashioned, call me crazy or even stupid, but I have this thing about waiting for albums from bands I really, really love. I don't stream, I don't download. I just wait.

Matthew Good, especially. I have a sort of tradition of buying the new albums the day they come out, getting into my car, popping them in and taking the extra long way home. Hearing it all for the first time is even better, believe me. I can remember where I was or what I was thinking the first time I heard each song off of Avalanche and those memories, however silly they may seem, mean a lot.

Anyway, this was mostly a post just to say I'm excited.

July 31 seems so far off.