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November 25, 2008 - Tuesday
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AKZW play review: Night of the Living Dead
Current mood:  amused
Any show that can keep an auditorium full of teenagers quiet on a Saturday night must be good!
As an avid fan of George Romero and the original Night of the Living Dead movie (1968) I have been looking forward to the Ben Eileson School's rendition of the stage version of the zombie classic, and the players did not disappoint. For one hour I was riveted as my favorite movie came (back) to life on stage.
The opening scene was spectacular. Sierra Hart who played Barbra and her real life brother Kadn Hart (Johnny) set the mood with spectacular acting and a sibling dynamic that energized the rest of the production. And the first zombie Jonathon Britton was very creepy as he shambled in true zombie style down through the audience for his encounter with the still living.
A few set malfunctions- or rather, one over and over- allowed Ben Coblentz who played the character Ben to show some excellent improvisational skills as well as superior acting. He effectively captured the character of Ben, a lone survivor just trying to keep his sanity- and the rest of the characters as well- intact. Ben's last scene, where he loses his head, was expertly done, as was the "breaking glass" mime done by Britton, as Zombie 1.
Sierra Hart was amazing as she portrayed the nearly catatonic Barbra, frequently pushing hair away from her face and fingering the lapels of her coat. 10 year old Tyler Young was stellar as Harry, as was the entire cast, especially the television crew.
The set and staging was innovative, with the basement scenes staged behind the audience and the TV scenes acted backstage and projected by TV camera onto a wall. The script was perhaps 90% true to the movie, with a few scenes edited for content (it is a high school) and time. But what remained was significant, including the controversial scene where a hysterical Barbara slaps Ben and is in turn slapped by Ben. There were several amazing directing concepts from director Angela Chiment, such as when the now deceased Johnny is pulled offstage along with the graveyard set by a stage hand. I particularly liked the zombies shuffling past the windows- first just one, and then more as the play progressed. But perhaps most subtle and spectacular of all was that, in homage to an original black and white classic, all of the zombies were in black and white clothing, even the Zombie Barbra at the end!
My favorite part was the end scene. In the movie the show ends with the last survivor being killed by friendly fire from a sweeper squad. Then the cops clear the house and move on. However, in this stage version the police kill Ben and then are overwhelmed by zombies- who then attack the audience!
I was thrilled to see this production, and as "Head of the Undead" I give this play 5 out of 5! Excellent work everyone and I want to thank you all for an extremely fun evening!
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October 21, 2008 - Tuesday
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A few new jokes....
Current mood: amused
Category: Friends
I dont know about all of you, but so far my week has been pretty rough. So I thought I would post a few jokes to try to cheer everyone up!
The Taxi Driver:
A passenger in a taxi leaned over to ask the driver a question and tapped him on the shoulder.
The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over the curb, and stopped just inches from a large plate glass window.
For a few moments everything was silent in the cab, and then the still shaking driver said, 'I'm sorry, but you scared the daylights out of me!!
The frightened passenger apologized to the driver and said he didn't realize a mere tap on the shoulder could frighten him so much.
The driver replied, 'No, no, I'm sorry, it's entirely my fault. Today is my first day driving a cab. I've been driving a hearse for the last 25 years.'
What is God?
Little Johnny goes up to his mother and asks, "Is God male or female?" After thinking for a moment, his mother responds, "Well, honey, God is both male and female." This confuses Little Johnny, so he asks, "Is God black or white?" "Well, God is both black and white." This further confuses him so he asks, "Is God gay or straight?" At this the mother is getting concerned, but answers nonetheless, "Honey, God is both gay and straight." At this Little Johnnys face lights up with understanding and he triumphantly asks, "Mom, is God Michael Jackson?"
The Whole Truth: At school Little Johnny was told by a classmate that most adults are hiding at least one dark secret, and that this makes it very easy to blackmail them by saying, "I know the whole truth." Little Johnny decides to go home and try it out. He goes home, and as he is greeted by his mother he says, "I know the whole truth." His mother quickly hands him $20 and says, "Just don't tell your father." Quite pleased, the boy waits for his father to get home from work, and greets him with, "I know the whole truth." The father promptly hands him $40 and says, "Please don't say a word to your mother." Very pleased, the boy is on his way to school the next day when he sees the mailman at his front door. The boy greets him by saying, "I know the whole truth." The mailman immediately drops the mail, opens his arms, and says, "Then come give your real father a big hug." The Breast Stroke: A blonde woman competed with a brunette and redheaded woman in the Breast Stroke division of an English Channel swim competition. The brunette came in first, the redhead second. The blonde woman finally reached shore completely exhausted. After being revived with blankets and coffee, she remarked: "I don't want to complain, but I think those other two girls used their arms." The Elephant: So the elephant says to the naked man . . . "You breathe through that little thing?" 100 Years Old This 60 year old woman was walking along 5th Avenue when she heard a voice from above "You will live to be 100." She looked around and didn't see anyone. Again she heard "You will live to be 100." Boy, she thought to herself, that was the voice of God. I've got 40 more years to live! So off she went to the plastic surgeon. She got everything fixed from head to toe. When she left the plastic surgeon's office, she got hit by a bus,died, and went up to heaven. She said to God "You told me I would live to be 100. I was supposed to have had 40 more years. So how come you let the bus kill me?". God said: "I didn't recognize you". The 3rd grader: Which 3rd grader has the best body, the blonde, brunette or redhead? The blonde - she is eighteen. The Shrink A man goes to see a psychiatrist on the recommendation of his wife. The psychiatrist starts by showing the man a series of ink blots. For each blot the doctor asks the man, "What does this remind you of?" and the man replies each time, "Sex." Finally the doctor concludes, "You're obsessed with sex." The man replies, "Well you're the one with all the dirty pictures!" THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK We've all heard the phrase "you learn something new everyday."
Well, here's today's lesson: Think before you speak!! This actually happened at Harvard University in October last year.
In biology class, the professor was discussing the high glucose levels found in semen. A female freshman raised her hand and asked, "If I understand you, you're saying there is a lot of glucose, as in sugar, in semen?"
"That's correct," responded the professor, going on to add statistical info.
Raising her hand again, the girl asked, "Then why doesn't it taste sweet?"
After a stunned silence, the class burst out laughing, the poor girl's face turned bright red, and as she realised exactly what she had inadvertently said (or rather implied), she picked up her books without a word and walked out of class, never to return.
However as she was going out the door, the Prof's reply was classic.
Totally straight-faced he answered her question:
"It doesn't taste sweet because the taste buds for sweetness are on the tip of your tongue and not the back of your throat."
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September 23, 2008 - Tuesday
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$150 bounty for dead wolves!
Current mood:  bitchy
BULL CRAP.
http://www.happyhippie.com/articles/sarah-palin-kills-wolves.html
I have heard rumors about this for a year now.
Bull crap. If there was a 150 dollar bounty for wolves, I'd be shooting them.
Ok, ok, I do not agree with and have voted againts ARIEAL hunting of wolves. but you guys can easily throw some crap around about kindness to animals when they arent tearing up your pets and livestock or hunting your children in your own yard. They hunt in huge packs you know.
Sure, lets ban all wolf hunting. First the wolves, then the moose can die of starvation and disease! And all those cute little bunny rabbits can too.
i do belive that it is unsportsmanly to shoot them from a plane. A hunter should hunt them, track them, accept the dangers of messing with the wilds. If there is such a big problem, then LOTS of lower 48'ers would love to come to AK and bag a wolf. Shooting them from planes is cheating. But hunting them is not. And a bounty on wolf legs is crap- Alaskan voters would have to approve this, and we wouldn't. We are about conservation, not hunting for sport. That why its $25 for a in state hunting license, and $1000+ for out of state. Wolf pelts go for far greater prices, I can assure you.
Americans do deserve the truth. So ask an Alaskan, dont belive the national media or the internet highway, and dont belive every "happyhippy" you meet. THERE IS NO BOUNTY FOR WOLVES. The only refrence I could find to this was on the sensationalist media websites.
Allow me to point out that lower 48'ers have already killed off most of the dangerous wildlife there. Bears, wolves, coyotes, those things concern you so little that if one bobcat in CA eats a biker its national media. Alaska is still hugely unpopulated and many, many dangerous animals live here. And we protect them. Where are your wolf packs to hunt your kids? Oh, thats right, you built a shopping mall over their home.
Again, I am just defending my great state from the propaganda hounds. Please do not be offended. And I do not support Palin either. but leave my state alone, ok?
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August 30, 2008 - Saturday
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Misconceptions About Alaska- new ones!
Current mood: amused
Category: Travel and Places
Misconceptions about Alaska:
Alaskan women are ugly, . . .untrue, when one flashes a full tooth smile in your direction; it'll melt your heart.
Alaskan men are ugly, . . .untrue, unless your heart winner can't remove his fur coat in the spring; sometimes that can be a problem.
All Alaskan's are fishermen, . . .actually, they just smell that way.
Alaskan's treat their dogs better than their kids . . . when the kids can pull a sled as well as the dogs, things will improve.
There's only two seasons to the climate of Alaska, . . . wrong, we have winter, post winter, not quite winter and pre-winter; that's four.
Alaskan men marry large women just to keep them warm in the winter, . . .untrue, it's a bonus.
There aren't any match makers in Alaska, . . .eh, wrong again, the clerks at our rugged men and women's outfitters keep everybody's sizes and post notices when a couple matches up; a perfect couple wear the same size coat, hat, pants and boots; and smoke the same brand of cigars.
Alaskans don't like indoor sports, . . .where do you think all of our kids happened along from? And where'd we play darts and drink ourselves into a stupor at, out in a blizzard?
Alaska is dark most of the year round, . . .wrong again, it's only for a few months each year, which just happens to correspond with the following spring harvest of kids.
Divorce is prevalent in Alaska, . . .not during the king crab season, cranky spouses are used for trap bait.
The capitol of Alaska is going to be moved, . . .nope, we got them politicians corralled in Juneau with no roads in or out, and we like to keep them there.
Penguins migrate through Alaska, . . .absolutely, they do it on the backs of whales.
Alaskans feed unruly children to Polar bears, . . .the bears don't want them either, not since they discovered seal flavored Haagen Daz.
Well, there you have it, the insider's scoop about Alaska. I got it from somebody else but I dont know who...
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August 26, 2008 - Tuesday
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An Annotated Thermometer
Current mood: amused
AN ANNOTATED THERMOMETER
When the temprature is:
60F 15C 289K
Californians put on sweaters (if they can find one in their wardrobe)
50F 10C 283K
Miami residents turn on the heat (if they have a heating system)
40F 4C 277K
* You can see your breath
* Californians shiver uncontrollably
* Minnesotans go swimming
35F 2C 275K
Italian cars don't start
32F 0C 273K
Water freezes
30F -1C 272K
* You plan your vacation to Australia
* Minnesotans put on T-shirts
* Politicians begin to worry about the homeless
* British cars don't start
* Your boogers freeze
25F -4C 269K
* Boston water freezes
* Californians weep pitiably
* Minnesotans eat ice cream
* Canadians go swimming
20F -7C 266K
* You can hear your breath
* Politicians begin to talk about the homeless
* New York City water freezes
* Miami residents plan vacation further south
15F -9C 264K
* French cars don't start
* You plan a vacation in Mexico
* Cat insists on sleeping in bed with you
10F -12C 261K
* Too cold to ski
* You need jumper cables to get the car going
5F -15C 258K
* You plan your vacation in Houston
* American cars don't start
0F -18C 255K
* Alaskans put on T-shirts
* Too cold to skate
-10F -23C 250K
* German cars don't start
* Eyes freeze shut when you blink
-15F -26C 247K
* You can cut your breath and use it to build an igloo
* Arkansas stick tongue on metal objects
* Miami residents cease to exist
-20F -29C 244K
* Cat insists on sleeping in your pajamas with you
* Politicians actually do something about the homeless
* Minnesotans shovel snow off roof
* Japanese cars don't start
-25F -32C 241K
* Too cold to think
* You need jumper cables to get the driver going
-30F -34C 239K
* You plan a two week hot bath
* The Mighty Mongahela freezes
* Sweedish cars don't start
-40F -40C 233K
* Californians disappear
* Minnesotan button top button
* Canadians put on sweaters
* Your car helps you plan your trip South
-50F -46C 237K
* Congressional hot air freezes
* Alaskans close the bathroom window
-80F -62C 211K
* Hell freezes over
* Polar bears move south
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June 10, 2008 - Tuesday
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Check out this event: Zombie Walk
Current mood:  animated
Hosted By: Marcus Mooers
When: Saturday Jun 14, 2008
at 12:45 AM
Where: Immaculate Conception Church parking lot
Fairbanks, AK 99709
United States
Description:
Marcus Mooers
Click Here To View Event
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June 3, 2008 - Tuesday
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June 14 Zombie Walk map
Current mood: Zombified
Category: Zombified Dreams and the Supernatural
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Elect the Dead
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Serj Tankian
Release date: 2007-10-23
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April 17, 2008 - Thursday
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Space sympsoium, Spring, Finals, and coming home
Current mood:  adventurous
Category: Blogging
Hello again everyone!
I made it back from the 24th National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs! No, it was not a Start Trek convention, although there were some Wookies and such…. More on that later.
This symposium is the one event every year that EVERYONE in the space and aerospace industry attends. There were two huge areas for exhibitor booths, like yours truly, and then a giant auditorium for the seminars. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy opened the symposium with a show....
I attended 2 seminars, one called Mind the gap which was about the fact that the shuttle will be retired in 2010 (only 11 more missions!) and America's next manned craft, the Orion, wont be ready until 2013, and then only by a long series of small miracles. The seminar consisted of NASA administrators and a retired astronaut. Also discussed was the future of NASA and expected moon and Mars missions.
The other seminar I attended was on Operationally Responsible Space, which means being able to quickly and efficiently put things into and remove things from Earth Orbit. In other words, the last GPS satellite went into orbit in March. It took 2 days to remove it from storage to the launch pad, 4 to test it and ready it for launch, and it was launched on the 10th day. That's pretty fast! And thus operationally responsive. However, that satellite sat in storage for 8 years…. Not responsive. See the difference?
So what was cool about this seminar was that it was a panel of 3 Strategic Command military types and Gwen Shotwell from the commercial space company SpaceX. The first three men were very dry, with lame single slide PowerPoint presentations. However, Mrs. Shotwell's presentation was all rockets launching and views from the "rocketcam" attached to the fuselage. (These videos are available on the website www.spacex.com) It was awesome! Good for commercial space- making science cool again!
Speaking of cool geeks, on Wednesday we got out "early," at 5 pm. I forgot to mention that this event was held at the Broadmoor Hotel, a very nice 5 star hotel in Colorado.
So anyway, back to Wed…. At 6 a coworker and I went to a penthouse on the 5th floor of this hotel where they started in with the free wine and magnificent food. I rubbed elbows with the elite of space while being treated like an equal, and eating 5 star hotel food! It was awesome…. But it turns out that all the big aerospace companies (Boeing, Northrop Gunram, Harris, etc) all throw these big parties all over the hotel! I staggered around for five hours enjoying the company of fellow geek and getting hammered on free wine. Oh, and making contacts! The Harris group had a room with a life size Chewbacca, a Darth Vader, 4 screens showing Star Wars, Aliens, and some old 50's alien movies. Oh, and girls in white spandex alien costumes dancing. Boeing had a live DJ and lasers.
We also took some time to go to The Garden of the Gods.
That's right, space nerds know how to party!
So I had a great time. There's plenty more, but too much for here.
Anyway, back at the ranch, its BELOW ZERO today! On Monday it SNOWED A FOOT! Hello- its spring?!?!?
SO I have a birthday coming up…. Saturday I am having a party with a fellow Aries to celebrate both birthdays. Sweating Honey will be there until 10. Going to have moose-bobs and Megan is making a cake and lots of other food. Its going to be great!
Then on the 26th I am hosting a downtown Fairbanks zombie walk called Thaw of the Dead. Wooo! Lots to do.
2 weeks of school left, that means 1 paper, 1 webpage, 3 semester exams, 2 final exams, and a partridge in a pear tree.
But then I get to come to NC for a week and half! C'mon folks- who's going to come see me?
Oh- Oreo, my dog, had surgery yesterday on her leg for a tumor. All went well and she is fine, although she hates having to wear her cone…..
Ok, more later!
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April 3, 2008 - Thursday
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Returning to NC
Current mood: excited
Category: Travel and Places
Hi everyone! Sorry I have been the lousy comment-backer or blogger lately. I have, of course, been very busy!
For one thing I am getting ready to go to Colorado Springs this weekend to attend the International Space Symposium. For a week I get to geek out with other space freaks- I mean, scientists, and try to sell my buissness and products and ideas to them. Cool, yes? AND I get to visit an alternative energy lab in Boulder thats been there since the 70’s.
But the exciting news is that Megan, as a birthday present, has gotten me a ticket to North Carolina for about 9 days. I will be there in the middle of May and I am going to visit both Asheville and Wilmington for a bit. So if anyone there wants to say hello, let me know!
Allright, I must go pack. Laters!
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March 12, 2008 - Wednesday
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My Moosey Fate
Current mood: accomplished
Category: Food and Restaurants
With all the excitement the past few weeks I haven’t managed to keep up with my "Blogging." I kinda needed some time to get over the loss of my dog Timber, but a lot of other things have been happening too!
For one, there was the Zombie Dance that went really well! I was shocked to find out I had to MC the show, but I think I warmed up to it by the end. We gave away a bunch of cool prizes; we had about 50 zombies and about 350 uninfected show up. It was awesome!
Then there’s the moose hunt! Shawn and I went out a couple more times, weekend after chilly weekend. One morning we got there very early, got started really well, then one of the pins holding a trailer on got lost and we spent 45 minutes trying to rig up a new one. By the time that was done we were way too late for moose.
But the next morning everything went perfect and we had downed a nice big buck by 8:30 am. Three hours of gutting and skinning and quartering, then we loaded up and headed home. It was... interesting. I have been up to my armpit in moose guts trying to cut away at tissue I can’t see. When my hands got cold I would dip them in the blood to keep them warm. You know things like that.
Anyway, back at the farm, we hung ole "Bob" up for four very warm days, then Shawn and I butchered him up and Tarah bagged him. Then the next weekend I got a super awesome meat grinder and we spent 7 hours making ground moose and 5 different recipes of moose sausage.
Meanwhile, eating a meal that I hunted, cleaned, and processed myself has proven to be the most satisfying meal I have ever had. And Bob is really damn tasty too! (Interestingly enough he still had his antlers from last season, and apparently had some kind of accident because he had no balls.) So I am not a hunter for the sport, but I love to feed myself in a more traditional way. And I have a lot of meat!
But then while we were getting ready for the second moose to be hunted I rolled a sled over on my leg and bruised my knee while destroying the front fork of the sled. This caused us to miss the second moose and the season ended before I could heal. Oh well. Two moose would have been a lot anyway- Bob was enough work as it is!
But I am eating well. And officially an Alaskan!
As for work I have been busy preparing to go to the National Space Symposium in April. It’s in Colorado Springs, for a week! What fun. but there has been a lot of work going into it.
School goes well, although its exhausting trying to get work and school and zombies all organized.
So for anyone who feels I haven’t been around the internet much lately- your right. Sorry!
But I did also recently luck my way into a 50’ HD LCD TV, so I have to admit I have been playing a lot of video games lately.....
Ok, that’s about all for now! I might add some pictures to this blog later...
Miss y’all!
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None Shall Pass
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Release date: 28 August, 2007
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Gender: Male
Status: Single
Age: 34
Sign: Aries
City: Fairbanks AK
State: Alaska
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