I wish I had the guts to really live. I wish I wasn't programmed by this comfortable, modern life.
I wish I lived in 1928, I'd be in Texas with Jim Thompson running from gangsters.
Or in 1901, hanging underneath freight trains with Jack London.
Or in 1969, sipping whiskey in bombed out Irish hotel bars with Jack Higgins.
Or in 1936, freezing in a Spanish trench with Orwell waiting for an attack.
Or in 1934, watching bullfights with the Hemingway crowd.
Or in 1968, partying with Hell's Angels ala Hunter S.
All places and times I'd rather be. Sure, I fit in what adventuring I can. And I do a pretty good bit for my part. But I feel like there is less opportunity for adventure in the world today. And of course, I am trapped by the illusion that there is more to lose today then in years gone by.
Sometimes I wish I had the guts to risk it all.
Of course it is easy to make light of my own stories and experiences when comparing them to greatness. But as I sit here trying to write tonight, coming up with cliche after cliche, I wonder. When (if ever) will my greatness come?
Originally posted on November 3, 2006 on Myspace.
SIGH.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
More babbling about "Lost" (SPOILERS)
That was one of the most unexpected and emotionally shocking deaths of a character I've ever seen in a television show. That whole episode was superior television writing. I am stunned --- is gone.
Bravo to the "Lost" writers for knocking one out of the park. Fans online are going nuts all over the place right now. I wonder if "Heroes" being so good is raising the "Lost" writers' quality and vice versa. Both shows are so good and the writing gets better every week!
And not only did we get the surprise death, we also got awesome machete killings, the return of the "creature", the mysterious eye-patch man, and some fucking awesome byzantine mind-games from "the others".
That's hot damn good tv!
Originally posted on November 1, 2006 on Myspace.
Bravo to the "Lost" writers for knocking one out of the park. Fans online are going nuts all over the place right now. I wonder if "Heroes" being so good is raising the "Lost" writers' quality and vice versa. Both shows are so good and the writing gets better every week!
And not only did we get the surprise death, we also got awesome machete killings, the return of the "creature", the mysterious eye-patch man, and some fucking awesome byzantine mind-games from "the others".
That's hot damn good tv!
Originally posted on November 1, 2006 on Myspace.
I don't believe it! (SPOILERS)
Oh my god! I know I've been raving about "Heroes" like a lunatic for a few weeks, but "Lost" has also quietly been kicking ass all month.
Tonight's episode - oh my god - I can't believe it. "Lost" friggin rocks! That ending was so fucking awesome. Greta was crying. I'm sitting there in stunned, pissed off silence. I am outraged and yet so thoroughly entertained.
I can't believe what just happened on that show. Can't believe it!
Originally posted on November 1, 2006 on Myspace.
Tonight's episode - oh my god - I can't believe it. "Lost" friggin rocks! That ending was so fucking awesome. Greta was crying. I'm sitting there in stunned, pissed off silence. I am outraged and yet so thoroughly entertained.
I can't believe what just happened on that show. Can't believe it!
Originally posted on November 1, 2006 on Myspace.
Zombie Boxing at 2 A.M.
So there I was on Saturday night sitting in the passenger seat of the car waiting for my friends to get back from Yum’s with some dumplings. It’s about 2:30 and I’m drunk and I’m wearing a blood spattered t-shirt as part of my costume for the party I was at just prior.
And then comes a walking by two drunk guys and they are fighting each other. But then they aren’t. Then they are. I don’t know what their deal was, but they were making it down the street beating on each other until they saw the sweet corvette parked across from my car.
Then they start to beat the shit out of the corvette. One guy trying to kick out the headlights and the other trying to smash in the side window with his shoulder. And for some reason this annoys me very much.
So I lean over and honk my horn and startle them both out of their skins. Then one of them runs across the street and starts kicking my car. So I open my door and step out in all my 6’4″, blood-splattered glory. And this drunk guy takes a swing at me while at the same time his friend starts running down the street in fear.
So there I was on Saturday night, covered in gore, beating the snot out of this car-wrecking moron.
After a few rounds I kind of threw him down the street to give him an escape route which he smartly took advantage of running off at full tilt. In the spirit of the holiday I felt like I should have moaned “Brains…brains…” as the jack-ass beat street into the night, instead I settled for scarfing on the Yum’s dumplings which had freshly arrived.
Originally published on October 30, 2006.
And then comes a walking by two drunk guys and they are fighting each other. But then they aren’t. Then they are. I don’t know what their deal was, but they were making it down the street beating on each other until they saw the sweet corvette parked across from my car.
Then they start to beat the shit out of the corvette. One guy trying to kick out the headlights and the other trying to smash in the side window with his shoulder. And for some reason this annoys me very much.
So I lean over and honk my horn and startle them both out of their skins. Then one of them runs across the street and starts kicking my car. So I open my door and step out in all my 6’4″, blood-splattered glory. And this drunk guy takes a swing at me while at the same time his friend starts running down the street in fear.
So there I was on Saturday night, covered in gore, beating the snot out of this car-wrecking moron.
After a few rounds I kind of threw him down the street to give him an escape route which he smartly took advantage of running off at full tilt. In the spirit of the holiday I felt like I should have moaned “Brains…brains…” as the jack-ass beat street into the night, instead I settled for scarfing on the Yum’s dumplings which had freshly arrived.
Originally published on October 30, 2006.
Horror Has A New Head
Just in time for Halloween comes the internet debut of the 90's horror movie classic, Tarpinhead!
Tarpinhead is a short film some friends and I made in the summer of 1999. Our movie features an all DC cast (including Metroblogs' own Jenn Larsen) and made its theatrical debut back in 2001 at the now definct Visions Theater.
I wrote Tarpinhead (in about an hour), co-directed it, and play two parts in it.
Thanks to the wonders of YouTube - our tale of inter-species romance, shrine desecration, and bloody carnage - lives on!
View segment 1 and segment 2 if you dare!!
[Running time is about 16 minutes. Content is work-safe except for some bad language]
Originally published on October 30, 2006.
Tarpinhead is a short film some friends and I made in the summer of 1999. Our movie features an all DC cast (including Metroblogs' own Jenn Larsen) and made its theatrical debut back in 2001 at the now definct Visions Theater.
I wrote Tarpinhead (in about an hour), co-directed it, and play two parts in it.
Thanks to the wonders of YouTube - our tale of inter-species romance, shrine desecration, and bloody carnage - lives on!
View segment 1 and segment 2 if you dare!!
[Running time is about 16 minutes. Content is work-safe except for some bad language]
Originally published on October 30, 2006.
"The Prestige" (2006)
I went to see "The Prestige" for a second time tonight.
This is one of my new favorite movies. I think I will watch it over and over again for all eternity. I recommend it to all of you. It has a wonderful, twisting plot that seems fun at first but really gets nasty by the end. The whole thing is pulled off with a movie magic ease that really dazzles. Jackman and Bale act the hell out of their parts, constantly one-upping each other scene after scene (much like their characters do).
This movie transports you to its setting - which is an end of the old-world dawning-of-the-new scenario. I would almost call this movie steam-punk in that it uses technology of the day in a really fantastical way.
I don't want to ruin any of the plot here, but they do some really cool stuff I did not expect from the previews. In a way this movie reminded me of "The Godfather" - in that endless cycle of violence way.
The story is just really original and fun (if you ask me) and even though I knew all the secrets of it - I still found it exciting and deviously fun watching it again tonight. When you get right down to it this is a mean movie - which some might find depressing - but to me it is perfect entertainment.
Originally posted on October 26, 2006 on Myspace.
In 2012 this still stands as one of my favorite movies.
This is one of my new favorite movies. I think I will watch it over and over again for all eternity. I recommend it to all of you. It has a wonderful, twisting plot that seems fun at first but really gets nasty by the end. The whole thing is pulled off with a movie magic ease that really dazzles. Jackman and Bale act the hell out of their parts, constantly one-upping each other scene after scene (much like their characters do).
This movie transports you to its setting - which is an end of the old-world dawning-of-the-new scenario. I would almost call this movie steam-punk in that it uses technology of the day in a really fantastical way.
I don't want to ruin any of the plot here, but they do some really cool stuff I did not expect from the previews. In a way this movie reminded me of "The Godfather" - in that endless cycle of violence way.
The story is just really original and fun (if you ask me) and even though I knew all the secrets of it - I still found it exciting and deviously fun watching it again tonight. When you get right down to it this is a mean movie - which some might find depressing - but to me it is perfect entertainment.
Originally posted on October 26, 2006 on Myspace.
In 2012 this still stands as one of my favorite movies.
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