Ghostbusters
Current mood: nostalgic
Category: Life

I just had to say, again, how I LOVE this movie.  Chris picked it out for us to watch today.  Odd, since I ALMOST picked it out the other day for us to watch, I had gone with "The Usual Suspects" instead as I felt like a crime thriller that day. 
We have this thing where We try and surprise each other with what we are going to watch, mostly I like to see her reaction, she likes it when I can figure out what movie it is just but the company logo.  I've picked out the movie "Cobra" once because I knew the font of the title...I'm weird like that.

I Just have to say that this movie is a classic, just a wonderful mix of great comedy routines, sight gags and good old fashion story telling, truly an original.  This movie holds a record close to my heart.  I am a HUGE fan of films, I love the theater going experience, as do all of you.  However, as much as I love movies, and will watch the same movie over and over again, sometimes even back to back (if I'm doing something else like playing COV) I have only one record that I have never broken, and that is how many times I've seen a movie in the theater.
     I remember when Ghostbusters first came out, and I loved the movie so much that I went to see it with various friends or groups of friends for a total of six times!  No other movie that has ever came out even comes CLOSE to that record.  Back in the eighties, movie tickets were not nearly as much as they are now, even matinee prices are a good two bucks more now, but for a kid that would cough up the money on his own, that was a fortune.  You remember how it was, saving every penny for what you wanted to buy.  Sometimes the folks would help out but usually you found a way to get the 'fix' that you needed.

     I have also learned a bit from this movie.  I can say that this film taught me the fine art of sarcasm, delivered so perfectly by the cast, but I can also say, almost jokenly, that this film taught me courage.  The scene in the library, when they meet their first ghost that transforms before your eyes into a howling beast, was the most terrifying thing I had seen.  I closed my eyes the first time I saw it, and did so the next two or three times.  I had told myself, 'it is only a movie,' and 'if you see it it won't be scary anymore' and I made myself face that fear and watch the ghostly librarian turn into a nasty beast.  I watch the movie now straight through, but every time that scene comes up it brings me back to that darkened theater and the first fear I ever faced and defeated.  I'd like to say that all my fears lay shattered behind me, but I can tell you that there are far more broken than if I never had kept my eyes opened.

The best thing about this film is the the jokes never get old, they are timeless, fit in any era, any decade and only get better with repeated viewings.  Knowing the punchline is all the funnier when you witness the set up.  The truly amazing thing is the subtle things you still pick out even after watching this film tens of times over.  Even tonight I caught something, actually Chris caught it and I had to playback to see for myself.  Even after watching this film as much I as I had there are little joke treasures to discover.  I can honestly say that this film is, and forever shall be, my favorite film of all time.

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Fight for global warming!
Current mood: cold
Category: Life

Friends,

I just want to tell you about a great threat to our lifestyle, and that threat is not terrorists, or AIDS or even the Bush administration, it's this shitty, cold weather....

I had to snowblow my driveway SIX times this year...SIX!  Those of you who have seen my driveway, and I know that it is not many, not due to not wanting you to come to my house, for you are all welcome, but due to the fact that I live in BFE.  Those of you who have seen it know it is sort of steep, and that blows donkey balls to plow.

However, there IS hope, and that hope is through GLOBAL WARMING.  That's right, global warming, the salvation for us all to end this new ice age.  How nice it would be barbeque in December for Christmas or for the New Year.  To take your dog for a walk instead of slamming the door behind them as they go out to pee on your deck, as our dog, Molly, does.

Sure, you might be thinking "But Jon, I want to have a white Christmas."  My answer to you is, just rent the movie.  It's more enjoyable and afterwards you won't be like, "this sucks, now I have to shovel the walkway." 

So please, leave your engine running, use lots of hairspray and burn plastics and styrofoam and fart, fart like there was no tomorrow.  Tell Gore to kiss your ass, you think he plows his driveway or shovels the walk, he has some migrant workers do it for him. 

As for your children, who cares!  When you are too old they are going to shove you in an old folks home and forget about you.  Think of any nasty repercussions that might happen in the future as a last laugh as you rot in the old folks home being abused by so called "care-givers."  We will reap the benefits now and they can deal with it later, the suckers.

Thank you,
Jonny Whatever

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Why it's Myspace and not Yourspace
Current mood: contemplative
Category: Life

I just read a bulletin from someone on my UberZombie page that mentioned "who my real friends are" and "who's paying attention to me."
What they meant was who is reading their blogs, replying to their posts and making comments on their pictures.  So I sent the following message to them...

It's interesting that you brought this up, because a buddy of mine did it about a month ago.  I'll tell you what I told him, and I'm not being rude.  This is MYspace, not YOURspace.  Alot of people want others to see what cool shit they put up, and for them to comment on it.  I think it's how a lot of people get that "feel good" thing going on for themselves.  Is that bad?  Hell no, people like that pat on the back, "Hey great blog!"  or "Funny picture, where did you get it?"  You wonder why people do that "I'll post something about your picture if you post something about mine" bulletin you see a few times a month.  They want attention, it's the same reason why people dress up nicely, they want others to look at them.  Sense most people do Myspace in the nude, or pajamas or torn up clothes, what you wear is not important, but what you put on your page is.  I go through time to time and try to add things to other peoples blogs, pix etc., but alot of times I just look for shit to put on mine, it's like decorating your room or house or apartment.  Just what I think...

It's not bad if you never post on another persons page, you're not a terrible friend or whatever.  I won't lie, I like it when people comment on my pix or blogs, who doesn't?  I like to come up with funny or interesting stuff to put on my friends pages, and I hope people come up with funny quips to put on mine.  It's all about stoking that ego, but no one I know gets pissed off if they don't get it.  We all like to get that message, just as long as it's not from Annie, or Debra or Stormy and they are upset with their boyfriend, so they posted nude pix of themselves...or they have a gift card for you.  I know who my friends are, even if I hardly hang out or call them or whatever.  They accept me for who I am, a pissed off, Irish homebody, who would hang out more if he had more CASH!  So reply to this if you want, or don't...it doesn't matter.  You're already on my friends list, and that's good enough for me... 

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Transformers 2007 Movie
Current mood: jubilant
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

**font size changed due to Greg's poor eyesight! 

If you haven't seen the trailers to the new Transformers movie, you need to right now.  I am a HUGE Transformers fan.  I remember when I saw my first Transformers comic book.  I was on a Boyscout camping trip and a friend of mine, Paul, showed me the fourth issue.  It was only supposed to be four issues long, but it was so popular it lasted to eighty.  Not only did Paul hook me on comics, but hooked me on Transformers as well.  I still have my own collection, and I played with the toys and watched the cartoon everyday, rerun or not.  Even The Bozo Show would show an episode during their own show.  My friends and I all went to see Transfomers:  The Movie, and laughed when Bumblebee said "Shit" and Ultra Magnus said "Damn."  I even watched Beast Wars when it was on. 

I had heard rumors of a live action Transformers movie for some time, but lots of movies float around Hollywood for years before getting made, Freddy Vs. Jason for instance, I remember hearing about an idea of that when I read Nintendo Power!  Aliens Vs Predator took something like a decade, but it too, finally was made.  When I heard Michael Bay was making the film, I was excited, I do like his movies, they are what I want to go into a darkened theater to see, explosions and action.  I kid you not, I have been looking into this Transformers movie thing since I heard it was coming out.  I check Flickr.com for new picture postings, I have even posted some of my own comments.  I have combed over the WWW for all kinds of info and pictures of this new trill ride that is being made.  Then I saw the first trailer...

I admit, I was not inpressed with it.  Mars looked more like Nevada, because it probably was, and the robot shown was in shadow (naturally) and did not look very interesting.  I was not shaken from my quest to find more pictures.  Then I saw what some of the robots would look like, and I was taken back.  They have faces like bugs, and way too many parts jutting out all over the place, they'd be a bitch to transform as a toy!  Not to mention that Bumblebee looked like a ship from *Batteries Not Included and what is this about Optimus Prime with a removable mouth guard?!  I saw the Protoform toys, interesting, but not cool.  Nice robot mode, but who wants to play with a meteor?  I remember Tom Hanks from the movie Big when he was playing with the Empire State Building Robot and he said "I don't get it."  Didn't these guys ever see the Rock Lords?  Rocks are not that fun to play with.  Then I saw the prototypes of  the other toys, and again I was not impressed.  They look like Tonka Transformers.  I know they are prototypes, but give me a break, they looked cheap.  Infact, the only really good thing I heard recently was that Peter Cullen would be the voice of Prime, a wise manuever on their part.  But as they said in the animated movie "...An Autobot shall rise in our ranks and use the power of the Martix to light our Darkest hour..."  Well my friends, that day has arrived.  The new Transformers trailer is out, and I have to tell you, I am so goddamned impressed I could shit energon cubes.  Not only do I think this movie will be tits, but I think it could be THE action movie of this decade.  That's a pretty bold statemate to make, I know.  But wait to you see this trailer.  The toys may not be so great, but there is always a trade off.  You can always buy the old toys on eBay, but this live action Transformers movie will be the best thing to come from the Hasbro line in a while.  I hope you all check out Flickr and the Transformers website and check these pictures and trailers out.  There is also a spot for fan art, so I hope to see "Optimus Pimp" on there Jason!  I hope you all can get as excited as I am now, and when the movie comes out..we should all go and see it!  "Transform, and roll out!"

**Update**

Having seen the movie, I can say I liked it, but was not blown away.  Perhaps it's because we are so used to CG now that seeing giant robots fighting just isn't as cool as it would have been 10 years ago.  Oh well, life goes on!

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Pro Choice or Anti Choice?
Category: Life

I'm confused, why is there such a fight over this?  Pro Choice people are NOT Pro Abortion, they are Pro CHOICE...like the right for an individual to CHOOSE what they want to do to their body.  Do the Pro life people think that for one moment, that if Roe V. Wade is overturn, that it would stop abortions?  We would have a backlash of terrible, back alley abortions, with tons of women injured, possibly for life, because they couldn't have it safely done.  They even may be futher abused by these back alley doctors, because if it is illegal, who would they tell?  If a women is raped, should we force her to have a child that reminds her of the night that she was taken advantage of?  How would that child feel growing up that he/she was the product of a night of terror?  If a woman is molested by a family member, she has to keep that child, who may grow up with birth defects due to inbreeding? 

One last thing to all you Pro Lifers out there...Are you on the pill?  Do you wear condoms?  Are you taking any kind of birth control or using any kind of protection?  Don't you think that is a form of natural abortion?  If you were really Pro Life, You should try to get pregnant as soon as you are able to.  Oh, and stop firebombing clinics and KILLING doctors that perform the abortions, because that just shows how hypercritical you really are, especially when you don't publicly come out against such actions. 

Choice is just that, a CHOICE, for people to make a better decision about themselves then YOU can.  It can make it healthier for the person, safer.  How'd you Pro Lifers feel if the condom broke?  Or you were raped?  Or your daughter molested by a family member?  Wouldn't you feel better if there was a CHOICE in your life? 

 This is America after all, land of the FREE.

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Parents need to parent
Current mood: aggravated
Category: Life

This is in regards to Crispy's bulletin, hell, let's call it "bullet" cause it's the shot to the heart that America needs! 

First off, I don't have kids, I know it is not an easy job, but I feel confident enough that if I did, my wife and I wouldn't raise some sort of monster.  That's because we'd raise the little rugrat(s) like we were raised, with parental supervision.  I'm tired of all these half assed, dumb ass parents who blame EVERYONE but themselves!  Anytime there is a school shooting, rape, beating or some sort of violence or destruction, the parents are quick to place the blame elsewhere.  Where do they place it you may ask?  Why the video game industry, or the film industry, or now...the internet.  If these parents did ANY kind of parenting, they would know what is going on in their kids lives.  When I was growing up, I would be out till way after dark in the 'burbs of Detroit.  You know what?  My parents still knew where I was!  This was because 1.) they raised me to know right and wrong 2.)  They knew the neighborhoods where we lived 3.)  They knew the parents of my friends 4.) They actually spent time with me and my three siblings! 

      These kids have computers and internet IN THEIR ROOMS!  Kids don't need to have that!  What's worse than that is the kids are still in the HOUSE when this bad shit is going down.  The parents don't know what their kids are doing in their room for seven hours?!  Here's a clue, check on them!  Peek your head in the door!  TALK TO THEM!  We had family dinners where we all sat down and talked.  We had our share of fights and stuff, but we sat as a family.  Placing the blame on other things beside yourselves is bullshit!  I remember long ago when some white trash family blamed Beavis and Butthead and MTV for their five year old burning down their trailer!  How did a five year old get a hold of matches to begin with?!  Where were the parents when this five year old was setting fires in their own trailer?!

     I feel bad when these things happen to kids, but it goes right out the window the moment the parents play the blame game.  Parenting isn't perfect, you may make mistakes, that happens, but you have to take responsibility, responsibility is a GOOD thing.  I keep hearing this radio commercial on 96.1 about a guy who will teach you how to manage your child.  If you let your kid get to the point where you can't control them anymore, then you were not doing your job right to begin with.  They don't wake up one day and freak out for no reason.  Parents simply have to parent. 

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Who's your favorite superhero and why?

Each society has ther version of superheroes, the greeks had their Zeus and company, the Vikings had Thor, Balder and the like, hell, even Jesus could be considered a superhero!  Now and days, we have a larger variety of heroes then ever before.  From real life, like firemen, police and our soldiers over seas, to the fictional like DC and Marvel characters, even movie characters like Bond, James Bond.  Who is your favorite?  If I had to pick, for the Marvel Universe, it's Spider-Man, hands down.  Why?  He started out so young!  Teenagers have their angst that they deal with.  Who  likes me, who doesn't?  Who will I ask out and how?  You all remember how it was when you were a teenager.  Those problems may seem trival now, but when you lived it, it was the WHOLE WORLD to you.  Now add in the fact that you have super villains coming after you.  The fate of the city, or even the whole world, or universe depends on you doing your part, either alone or with a team of other heroes!  Spider-Man is the strongest character in the Marvel universe BECAUSE he dealt with all this and he was a high schooler.  He may have made mistakes, but all these heroes do.  He is making them at such a young age, he will learn from them sooner and be able to be a BETTER hero when he is much older.  My point?  When Spider-Man is in his 20's, 30's hell, up to his 50's, he'd probably be able to hand the ass to any superhero or villain that comes along.  He practically does that NOW.

As to DC, I don't read alot of their stuff, 'nuff said.  But I know two of their characters that I think are the best.  Batman to start off with.  He is only human, but look at what this guy can do!  He goes toe to toe with some crazy, tough fellows.  The fact that he has SO much money might translate into having a "super power," he can buy, have built or research whatever he wants to take on any threat.  The difference is it's him in the suit that is taking those punches, kicks and overall beatings, and still coming out on top.  You want proof of how tough he is?  Read Knightfall with him up against Bane.  Bane literally sends all of his rogues gallery after him, gets his back broken, and still comes back to take the mantle of the bat back! 

The other DC character that is tops is Hitman.  The only character from DC's "Bloodline" that was worth a damn.  He had powers, but rarely used them, just his sharp wit, guns and an AWESOME supporting cast that kept him going.  Storyline wise, Hitman is at the top of my list.  If you can pick up an issue or novel, do so, you won't be disappointed!  So who do you like?  Let me know...

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