Thursday, June 29, 2006
Everyone Needs Someone To Love
Monday, June 26, 2006
Number 100
This is my 100th post on this blog.
That is all.
That is all.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Holy Shit!
When Was THIS Meeting
So when did it all of a sudden become OK to start filming "Day For Night"* again? I mean, it has its charms and uses, but it's really hard to see what's going on and I feel like today's budgets and lighting capabilities would allow for people to actually shoot at night. I'm talking mostly to the producers of "The 4400" here. I've seen it in other stuff as well, but they're the worst. Almost every night scene in the first season seems to be shot "Day For Night." Move into the now people.
Despite that, "The 4400" is totally enjoyable. I'm looking forward to ripping through Season 2 and catching up on Season 3.
*For those of you not in the know, "Day For Night" filming is a process where the scenes are shot in the day, but the exposure is messed with to make it look like nighttime. This seems to be done mostly for budgetary reasons as to not have to worry about lights. Big indications of this technique are when everything looks really blue, and when trees, etc. have very highly defined shadows.
Despite that, "The 4400" is totally enjoyable. I'm looking forward to ripping through Season 2 and catching up on Season 3.
*For those of you not in the know, "Day For Night" filming is a process where the scenes are shot in the day, but the exposure is messed with to make it look like nighttime. This seems to be done mostly for budgetary reasons as to not have to worry about lights. Big indications of this technique are when everything looks really blue, and when trees, etc. have very highly defined shadows.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
I Just Remembered
So I was just reminded of that time in high school where Jeff yelled at me saying he was sick of my stories about child pornography. He did this right in front of a bunch of my dad's business partners.
Ah, youth.
Ah, youth.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Oh Yeah
This Weekend
So as it was my first weekend off in a while, I thought I might tell you about it.
I closed Friday night, so that night was pretty much shot.
Saturday we started filmming on a new short for the site. We were terribly unorganized as usual, but we pulled it out like we always do. I left after our big one take door breaking shot. It looks awesome! Can't wait 'til we put it up.
That night Andrea did some shopping and then had dinner together. She was gracious enough to do makeup for the video we were shooting, and as part of agreeing to do it I promised we could have a date night. Sunday was spent back over at Llama school doing the majority of the filmming for the video. This is where Andrea's makeup skills came into play, and she did AWESOME! We were all really happy with how it came out.
After shooting Andrea and I went home and spent way too much time trying to figure out what to eat and then watched several episodes of Cheers. It's where everybody knows your name.
Man, we are such an old married couple already.
Also, I called my dad yesterday. Since it was Father's Day.
What did you do this weekend?
I closed Friday night, so that night was pretty much shot.
Saturday we started filmming on a new short for the site. We were terribly unorganized as usual, but we pulled it out like we always do. I left after our big one take door breaking shot. It looks awesome! Can't wait 'til we put it up.
That night Andrea did some shopping and then had dinner together. She was gracious enough to do makeup for the video we were shooting, and as part of agreeing to do it I promised we could have a date night. Sunday was spent back over at Llama school doing the majority of the filmming for the video. This is where Andrea's makeup skills came into play, and she did AWESOME! We were all really happy with how it came out.
After shooting Andrea and I went home and spent way too much time trying to figure out what to eat and then watched several episodes of Cheers. It's where everybody knows your name.
Man, we are such an old married couple already.
Also, I called my dad yesterday. Since it was Father's Day.
What did you do this weekend?
Thursday, June 15, 2006
New Strip
GO!
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Troy
This movie is really bad.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
RUN!
So I'm driving home from work the other day. That's it.
Just kidding. Anyway, I'm on the 134 and I look off to my left, and at a brief glance, it looks like the trees lining the freeway have smoke coming out of them. Are they on fire? No. Has the smog gotten so bad that it's starting to form dark clouds above vegetation? Not likely. Upon a longer look (while totally not getting in a car accident I might add), it seems that these are collections of probably hundreds of bugs, closely formed into what literally does look like a small, black cloud. AAAHHHH!!! What are these bugs doing? What could possible be so great about the trees lining the 134 that all these fucking bugs need to be just chillin' above them?
More importantly, are these bugs actually bugs and not nanotech, learning what a tree is before they move on to mobile, living things? I realize now that this would be a great place to reference Michael Crichton's "Prey," but alas I have not read it.
Emory?
Oh wait, he hates the internet.
Jeff?
Just kidding. Anyway, I'm on the 134 and I look off to my left, and at a brief glance, it looks like the trees lining the freeway have smoke coming out of them. Are they on fire? No. Has the smog gotten so bad that it's starting to form dark clouds above vegetation? Not likely. Upon a longer look (while totally not getting in a car accident I might add), it seems that these are collections of probably hundreds of bugs, closely formed into what literally does look like a small, black cloud. AAAHHHH!!! What are these bugs doing? What could possible be so great about the trees lining the 134 that all these fucking bugs need to be just chillin' above them?
More importantly, are these bugs actually bugs and not nanotech, learning what a tree is before they move on to mobile, living things? I realize now that this would be a great place to reference Michael Crichton's "Prey," but alas I have not read it.
Emory?
Oh wait, he hates the internet.
Jeff?
Monday, June 12, 2006
If This Is Anyone But Steve Allen...
...you're stealing my bit!
So the MTV movie awards were last week. They were pretty bad this year. Worse than usual. However, I did notice something. In the opening film parody, they made fun of Mi-III. They did an extended bit off of the opening scene where Tom Cruise is tied up. Only, it was Topher Grace who had tied up Jessica Alba and put an explosive charge in her head and was threatening to shoot Flavor Flav with his pee unless Jessica told him where the Golden Popcorn was (this makes a lot more sense if you've seen Mi-III, but it does not make it funny).
This bit ends with Topher proclaiming that Jessica is ready to host the MTV movie awards because she withstood his torture. They have a tender moment. Then her head exploads.
THEY STOLE OUR BIT!! Ok, maybe they didn't steal it, since they probably filmed theirs around the same time we filmed ours, but come on! It's like the same joke. At least now we know that if nothing else, we can have a career writing for the MTV awards shows.
So the MTV movie awards were last week. They were pretty bad this year. Worse than usual. However, I did notice something. In the opening film parody, they made fun of Mi-III. They did an extended bit off of the opening scene where Tom Cruise is tied up. Only, it was Topher Grace who had tied up Jessica Alba and put an explosive charge in her head and was threatening to shoot Flavor Flav with his pee unless Jessica told him where the Golden Popcorn was (this makes a lot more sense if you've seen Mi-III, but it does not make it funny).
This bit ends with Topher proclaiming that Jessica is ready to host the MTV movie awards because she withstood his torture. They have a tender moment. Then her head exploads.
THEY STOLE OUR BIT!! Ok, maybe they didn't steal it, since they probably filmed theirs around the same time we filmed ours, but come on! It's like the same joke. At least now we know that if nothing else, we can have a career writing for the MTV awards shows.
Sunday, June 11, 2006
A Little Late
So this is kind of old news, but X-Men did not retain the top spot at the box office last weekend. In fact it had the largest second weekend decline for any memorial day opening ever. Could that be because it isn't very good?
Saturday, June 10, 2006
We Won! We Won!
So we won something at Mayday!
We got "Most Deserving of Assorted Jams and Jellies,"* which we tied for with a pretty cool stop motion animation movie (yes, stop motion animation in 24 hours). And Jeff got best line, which was very deserved.
I'm dissapointed we didn't get "Best in Show," but this was by far the best year, so I'm not complaining. I'm already pretty psyched to do it again.
*We actually got a shovel full of toys as the prize, which will be the catagory for the next contest. However, we did not actually get the shovel, because Paul is slow and dumb.
We got "Most Deserving of Assorted Jams and Jellies,"* which we tied for with a pretty cool stop motion animation movie (yes, stop motion animation in 24 hours). And Jeff got best line, which was very deserved.
I'm dissapointed we didn't get "Best in Show," but this was by far the best year, so I'm not complaining. I'm already pretty psyched to do it again.
*We actually got a shovel full of toys as the prize, which will be the catagory for the next contest. However, we did not actually get the shovel, because Paul is slow and dumb.
Friday, June 09, 2006
New Strip
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
DirecTV
I have it.
It is awesome.
It holds 100 hours of TV as opposed to just 20.
F Adelphia in the A hardcore.
It is awesome.
It holds 100 hours of TV as opposed to just 20.
F Adelphia in the A hardcore.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
What The F Southern California
So June is the beginning of summer. It's when all the flowers have bloomed from all the rain during the spring. School is out. It's the time when everyone starts to enjoy the beautiful weather. Except if you live in Los Angeles. If you live in Los Angeles, you get to enjoy "June Gloom." That is where for most of the month you are treated to crappy gray haze, a combination of clouds and pollution. In a place where it's beautiful pretty much the rest of the year, the one month that everyone else is enjoying nature we get to enjoy...the traffic? I probably shouldn't complain. But I am.
Does anyone know what weird weather phenomenon causes this shit?
Does anyone know what weird weather phenomenon causes this shit?
HUZZAH
Monday, June 05, 2006
Nice
It's nice when my sports world and my nerd world collide like this.
Things That Have Made Me Laugh
What happens on Earth-2, stays on Earth-2.
It has to be good. There's bacon on it.
There's a big difference between an adorable, twenty something actress in a movie and labored prose.
When someone unexpectedly signs off of AIM, do you ever wonder if there's been a nuclear holocaust in the city where they live and you may never see them again? And more importantly, are you relieved when they sign back on?
It has to be good. There's bacon on it.
There's a big difference between an adorable, twenty something actress in a movie and labored prose.
When someone unexpectedly signs off of AIM, do you ever wonder if there's been a nuclear holocaust in the city where they live and you may never see them again? And more importantly, are you relieved when they sign back on?
Mabye It's The Weather
So Jeff says he's been in a bad mood lately. And I've been in a funk the last couple of days too.
What up Universe?
What up Universe?
An Explanation
So why do I hate Adelphia so much?
Well, it's simple. They suck.
A longer explanation would be that after six months of dicking me around on DVR on whether my apartment was set up for it or not, which included having an appointment that at the last minute was canceled due to the technician coming to my apartment and realizing I didn't have the setup, I finally got it on Wednesday only to discover that the system I got, which is the only one available in my area, will only hold 20 hours of televsion.
WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!
Needless to say that on this Wednesday, a mere week after getting DVR from Adelphia, I have an appointment with DirecTV to get a dish with their DVR that holds 100 HOURS!!!
I hope all the executives at Adelphia die of ghonoria and rot in hell.
Well, it's simple. They suck.
A longer explanation would be that after six months of dicking me around on DVR on whether my apartment was set up for it or not, which included having an appointment that at the last minute was canceled due to the technician coming to my apartment and realizing I didn't have the setup, I finally got it on Wednesday only to discover that the system I got, which is the only one available in my area, will only hold 20 hours of televsion.
WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!
Needless to say that on this Wednesday, a mere week after getting DVR from Adelphia, I have an appointment with DirecTV to get a dish with their DVR that holds 100 HOURS!!!
I hope all the executives at Adelphia die of ghonoria and rot in hell.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Fucking Fucking Fuck
Fucking Aldelphia fucks!
Fucking cocksucking fuck buckets!
Fuck!
More later.
Fucking cocksucking fuck buckets!
Fuck!
More later.
Saturday, June 03, 2006
And Yet Another Thing
Tomorrow USA is replaying most of the first and second seasons of "The 4400" in preperation for the third season which starts next Sunday. Since I have DVR I will be able to record all of them. Yet another reason DVR rules.
You thought I was complaining about X-3 huh?
SUCKERS!
You thought I was complaining about X-3 huh?
SUCKERS!
Friday, June 02, 2006
DVR
Oh man. Oh man. It's the greatest. My life has just become so much easier and so much more entertaining. If you can, get it. You WON'T be disappointed.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
New Atrox
Go see!
A Question For The Actors
OK, I'm not an actor. I mean I act sometimes, but I have no training and I never plan on doing it professionaly. So this is my question. Is there some kind of technique that is taught where you are supposed to dart your eyes back and forth? I mean, is it supposed to look like you're thinking? Or is it that you are actually thinking about your next line?
Anyone?
Anyone?
