Shadow Gods

Sunday, July 27, 2003

It's a comedy movie, a horror movie, a comic horror movie and a horrific comedy. Holy Shit! It's the man himself: Xena's Favorite Thief BRUCE CAMPBELL in a movie from the creators of Phantasm and Army of Darkness (uh-oh) Bubba Ho-tep. Be careful, characters include an Elvis impersonator, an ancient Egyptian evil and a black JFK.

I am so hooked on Farscape. The Chrichton character is soooooo handsome and funny. It is like a witty, intelligent Star Trek, instead of Patrick Stewart it is a young BRAD PITT. Hmmm, indeed. Sexy geekiness for a brave new milennia. It is another example of my favorite kind of story: loner person in wonderland. Something like Alice, Dorothy in Wizard of Oz, the girl in Labyrinth, the boy in Never Ending Story, Neverwhere, The Sixth Sense, etc. all share a variation of this theme. The truth is weirder than they tell you. Deal with it.

Whoo-hoo! Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights will come out in February 2004. This is a trailer for the truly patient ones. I liked it, doesn't make you expect too much from the movie, and Puerto Rico looks beautiful, if I may say so myself. The timing is great, what with Celia Cruz dying and the salsa music boom this will most probably generate. Also it will be realeased by Valentine's Day, smoochy chick flick in cold weather. I hope it does better than Maid in Manhattan. I don't care if I don't appear in one shot. They already paid me the $150. Jesus, there is a 75% that he will appear, he is one of the dance contest judges. He got paid $800 for sitting around looking judgemental during 2 weeks.

No news is bad news. Complete and utter silence again. Oh, well, guess I will have to deal with it.

Tuesday, July 22, 2003

Sorry about the delay in updating. Too many things.

Bought the plane tickets so it is final: I am going to Horrorfind. I am rooming at two hotels because the one I wanted was totally full and then someone asked for a roommate. So I have 2 rooms. Lots of people I have met recently online are going to be there so my time will be spread somewhat thin. Geoff Cooper, Roger Range, Jenny Orosel, Ann Laymon, Chad Savage, Brian Keene, Lisa Lowrance, Meghan Fatras, Alice Cooper (no, I don't know him but I must stand in line for him to sign my Neil Gaiman comic) must all be given quality time attention. They have been very cool and fun to chat with. So 5 days I predict will not be enough. Here's a toast for it to be happier than Hotel California.

The scar is taking its damned time to heal. It still bleeds, hurts and I feel a lump of the same sebaceous shit to the side. So after Horrorfind I will get in touch with a dermatologist to see if they can fire salycilic acid into it and kill it.

Work. How many times have I said that work is hell? Well, I was kidding before. Now it has become hell. New manager without an ounce of humanity inside. District manager believes there are too many supervisors so pressure is going to come down on the 3 of us so two of us resign. I need to find another job as soon as I email corporate a letter explaining the abuses commited against us. Oh, yeah, I will make someone cry. They reap what they deserve.

You see why I don't update. Everything is a disaster. I know, I know it could be worse...

Thursday, July 03, 2003

1) go to google
2) type in this: weapons of mass destruction
3) DO NOT hit the Search button. Hit the I'm feeling lucky button.
4) Read the error message and laugh your @!# off.