R.I.P. Peter Steele

For those of you that follow the band Type O Negative, you may or may not have heard that the lead singer and bassist Peter Steele died of heart failure on April 14th. I just only found out today and I have to say I'm a bit heart broken. I have always been a very big Type O Negative fan and will always be. It's kind of lame that we only talk about many different things until after they're gone/dead/whatever but I had to mention this one. So I lift my glass in your memory Pete. I have many, MANY memories that involve the music you've made and I thank you for contributing to my life and memories.

Sacrifice, and pride.

So what's on my mind today? I dunno... let's talk about sacrifice... and pride...

The unbelievable, incredible, amazing personal sacrifices that adults must make when they have children. Most, well some, anyway, adults, when having children, come to the realization, that their life now has meaning, but has no meaning...

Confused?

Good.

Damn those kids and their remakes!

I’m a movie buff. No, that’s not right…I’m more of a movie snob. I like what I like, and if you don’t like it, you are wrong. Period. I would like to consider my taste in movies to be varied, but I think that those who know me best would probably argue that point to the death. I have a huge selection of DVDs, and even though Director Genius probably has a few more ‘Special Edition’ versions than myself, I think most people are impressed when they see the collection. Throughout the titles, you will only find a few movies of mine that have subtitles – I can’t freakin’ stand subtitles. I want to watch a movie, not read. Dubbing the English words over the foreign language is suitable, so long as the timing is somewhat accurate. High Tension is a great example of this, because there is little dialogue – it’s mostly just ass-kicking wonderfulness. In the case of Inglorious Basterds, I’m willing to turn a blind eye because the movie just plain kicks ass. I don’t like chick flicks as a rule, but have made a few exceptions when there is real substance and not just a reason for girls to cry (as a side note, I’ve never understood the idea that ladies sometimes want to watch a sad movie so they can have a ‘good cry’…WTF, seriously?). Don’t even think about having John Leguizamo in your movie – I won’t even rent it, let alone buy it. Sandra Bullock and Julia Roberts bore me to death – they are exactly the same in every role they play. Highly overrated.

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My take on Paranormal Activity

Well, I finally broke down and watched the movie Paranormal activity recently, and thought it was well done, except for the finish. It was finally a new idea, and suspenseful enough, and creepy enough to keep my attention throughout. I mean what was weirder than the girl standing, motionless, staring at her fiance for hours on end as he slept.

I did however notice several inconsistencies that bothered me throughout the movie. Often times the footage shot with their camera had a date/time stamp, yet other times, did not. There was no obvious reason to have omitted it... maybe they just forgot. Anyway, it was noticeable, and annoying. I also picked up on, again what was supposed to be footage shot from an unmanned camera on a tripod, several panned shots, zooms, and close ups... Again this was from a camera that was supposedly on a tripod while the couple slept. It certainly played to the audience, building suspense, but, THIS WAS SUPPOSEDLY FROM A CAMERA MOUNTED ON A TRIPOD WHILE THEY WERE SLEEPING! C'mon now, there are people in the audience that will notice things like this.

Is 30 the new 20?

So I've been on a bit of a weight loss quest now for about 5 years. When I started it took me 8 months to lose almost 100 pounds. Then I gained about 30 of it back and then I see-sawed a bit for a few years. Then something bad happened...DUN DUN DUN. I started working at a pizza place. Which was alright except, like almost everyone, I love pizza. So right before I moved here to NY last July I was up to 240 again. Well I lost a bunch of it to get back down around 220 or so. But there's been a lot of weight lifting involved so I don't really pay attention to my weight. I'm still a bit from my lowest at 205 but I'm in WAY better shape now than I was at 205.