The trailer for Jim Cameron's new film Avatar has come out, and the buzz is that Cameron's film budget has passed $450 million and the 3D effects will be unlike anything seen before. Have a look:





Personally, I think it looks awesome, but I think there's a small problem. It is my belief that they showed a little too much of the film. In fact, I think I can summarize the the film just based on the trailer! Here goes:


Crippled War hero goes to weird Alien world.
Human Scientists are studying Alien specimen. They think if they infuse Alien DNA, War-hero can walk again.
They do it, but ooops! Now he's a Alien hybrid!
Bad guy Military catch on to these shenanigans, decide they want to use new War-hero as a weapon!
New War-hero says "No Wai!" Runs off into jungle and falls in love with Alien chick.
New War hero learns to become like one of their tribe, finds respect among them, & learns their ancient ways.
Bad guy military looks for him & shoots up jungle, kills lots of Aliens.
New War Hero knows his new friends won't last against military, they'll lose their culture and become drunk slaves to the military.
New War hero becomes their new War Chief, leads them into a Geurilla war with the Bad Guy Military.
Both sides suffer huge loses...Alien chick tells War Hero she's pregnant with his kid.
War hero martyrs himself to save Aliens and hurt the Military big time.
War hero dies, Military goes off to slaughter some other ancient alien race because that's what they do.
War Heros kid groes up to be new leader of Alien tribe. The End.


Sound about right? I wonder how far I'm off....guess I'll see in December!

I find it amazing that I haven't posted anything in here since last April (I believe...), and that was just a Watchmen review. To be honest, there hasn't really been too much going on worth blogging over....my "life", if you want to call it that, is pretty dull and horribly mundane. I need to remedy that, but I'll be attending classes this Fall for the LPN course and I have no idea what kind of workload to expect. At this moment I have plenty of free time, but I squander it horribly and need to use it much better...I have plenty of work around the house to do yet it doesn't get done. I'm trying hard not to spend so much time online, for that is the main reason that nothing worthwhile gets done.

Anyway...I promise to have more of a presence in here. Can't guarantee it'll be interesting or exciting, but I do want to chronicle what little is going on and maybe have a little fun doing it as well. As the Governator would say..."Ah'll be bahck."

When I first heard of this film being done, I was sceptical. I'm not a fan of "McG", but I AM a fan of Christian Bale, despite his off-screen meltdown he had with the film DP. This trailer looks teh awesome...all action in broad daylight!

So this afternoon the Mrs. & I went to see the Watchmen, and we saw it in IMAX. I hadn't read Alan Moores graphic novel, so I was totally unfamiliar with the characters, story, etc. This, I think, allowed my mind to be open without any expectations or any preconceived ideas about how such-n-such should be done, etc. This was also the first time that I watched a film in IMAX so there's another first. I was really blown away by the screen size, the sharpness and clarity of the picture, and of course the sound!




Sex and nuclear annihilation......what's not to love?



My thoughts? I really liked it...it was,in my mind, a comicbook movie for adults...totally freed up and unburdened to be safe for kids and family friendly. It was often very violent and quite bloody(which I liked). Some of the villains were truly evil (like the child kidnapper),and some of the heroes were terribly flawed(The Comedian & Rorschach). Dr. Manhattan was interesting and tragic, Night-Owl was more along the traditional superhero vein-an all-around good guy. Silk Spectre II was little more than an ass-kicking chick with boy-friend troubles.

I think my favorite sequence was the flash-back scenes from the '40s. It was interesting to watch an alternate history unfold (Vietnam becoming our 51st state!), and I thought the heroines were very beautiful. I really love the vintage sex-symbols styles....Carla Guginos' outfit was verrrry hot! Silhouette was just a background character, but oh-my-god was she gorgeous. Sadly, the ladies got some real bad treatment during these scenes....Silhouette gets killed in bed with her girlfriend, and in one of the more disturbing scenes...Silk Spectre(the elder) gets raped by The Comedian. This is not your dads' superheroes gang. There's also a fair amount of nudity and sex. Dr. Manhattan gets to let it all hang out(so to speak), and Night-Owl and Silk SpecterII get to knock boots as well.




Om nom nom nom.....Carla Gugino makes Randy feel all light-headed and tingly inside...


The main villain here turns out to be one of the heroes with his own unique way of bringing about world peace. I'm not sure how I feel about his plan...in a way I saw his point, but maybe I'm used to more traditional villains and I felt Moores twist to be a bit of a cop-out. Actually, I kinda have mixed feelings about Moores alternate reality of the 80's, with Nixon as President,etc. I kinda feel that his world is a character in its own way. Music was used really effectively...I loved hearing the Tears for Fears song Everybody wants to rule the World as Lee Iacocca and another Auto CEO threaten Ozymandias with extortion. Bob Dylans The times, they are a-changing was played during the history timeline, and Leonard Cohens Halleluja played during the sex scene between Night-Owl & Silk Spectre II.

My final thoughts deal with Alan Moore and his loyal fan-boys & other critics. I've heard that Moore refuses to have his name on all movie adaptations of his work. I find this to be just a little hypocritical, seeing as how he surely doesn't mind selling the rights and taking a percentage of the films profits.Yeah! That's showing Hollywood! But, he's a Brit..so I guess that automatically allows him to assume the role of an intellectual tool. Now for his fanboys...grow up, and move out of your mothers basement. I honestly don't see how anyone can expect Hollywood to be 100% faithful to the source material. The end result was a film with a 2 hour 45 minute running time, pretty long for a mainstream film. To be 100% faithful, you'd have a 5 hour running time at least....there's waaay too much material. As for the rest of the critics who whine about the violence,sex/nudity, language etc....grow up. This isn't Spider-Man 5: The search for profits. This is a unique piece of work that took the Superhero genre into a new and more complicated area.

I really enjoyed the film, and the IMAX experience made it even better, in my lowly opinion. Can't wait for the DVD, and all the possible special features.

This is for Booraven22, but of course anyone can read it if interested. She picked 5 things that she associates with me and asks me to elaborate on them. Here goes:


ASATRU: I got into Asatru almost by accident when I was looking into paganism. I had looked into Wicca, Druidism, Shamanism, etc., but none of them really spoke to me. I was doing some research on Iceland when I first found Asatru. I feel it 'fits' me, and I find the Gods and their mythology interesting, and I try to follow the "9 Noble Virtues" as close as I can. I'm not a hard-core reconstructionist or a skin-head 'Folk-ish' type. I consider myself a small 'a' Asatruar.

GOTH BANDS: Back in the '80's when Goth was popular, it got little or no radio play ( with the exception of maybe The Cure). The Goth culture was non-existent, unless you lived in a large urban area. In the small town rural area where I live, everyone was into Heavy Metal(including me)and if someone dared to go out in Goth regalia, they would have been hung. It was in the early-to-mid '90's when a co-worker handed me a Sisters of Mercy CD. It wasn't much later when I went to a now-closed club and heard Cities in Dust by Siouxsie. This was a turning point for me, as Heavy Metal died a quick death and I didn't care too much for the '90's alternative wave. I went dark, both musically and emotionally. I had once been an "art-fag" in the 80's, so it was a good fit. I have never tried to ape the Goth-style, as I could never pull it off. As of now, I've seen the Sisters once down in NYC, and Siouxsie twice.

MUSICALS(non standard): I'm honestly not normally into musicals, but I did LOVE Rocky Horror when I first saw it. It was both funny (in a dark way) and wonderfully subversive. That is probably why I loved Repo! as much as I did. I knew in the first few minutes that I loved it. It's my wife who really loves musicals. Together, we've seen Phantom of the Opera, Mama Mia! and recently Avenue Q. We're hoping to catch a show down on Broadway this summer, and I've heard that Wicked will be coming to a local venue this year.

PHILOSOPHY: Aaarg....you don't really want me to discuss this, do you? I really know nothing about it, and I just use experience and common sense to hopefully guide me correctly rather follow some sort philosophical belief. I suppose you could say I'm a sort-of Social Darwinist, it kind of supports my personal feelings on society and mankind as a whole. If you or anyone else would care to know my true feelings on certain issues, it's probably best to email me to discuss...not in here. :p

FRIENDS: I don't have many friends that live close to me, most live close to an hour away and it's difficult to get together sometimes. Because of that, I tend to form online friendships with people I can connect with in some way. Like 'real-life' friendships, you have to be careful with online friendships with regards to things such as trust. I've been burned many times over the years from people I 'thought' were friends, so now I can sometimes be a bit stoic and aloof which comes across as mean or anti-social (imagine that...who knew?). I now usually keep things very close-chested and I'm much more cautious on what I share with people.

Ok, first I'll be honest....I really don't know much about the Steampunk genre but I find it interesting and I'll eventually find some novels in that genre. While surfing around this morning I came across the name G.D. Falksen whom I understand is a writer in the Steampunk genre. He has a quiz up on Hello Quizzy and I took it, not having a clue about the world or societies in which he writes. Here's what I got:

Your result for Test Who You Are in the Steampunk Ether City of Salmagundi...

Arcanist-Major Edmund Ras (the Sorcerer)

37% Cerys, 74% Ras, 20% Bell, 28% Wilde, 57% LeClerc, 13% Kendrick and 8% Fuzzy!

Take Test Who You Are in the Steampunk Ether City of Salmagundi at HelloQuizzy

Seems like an interesting chap. Bloody good, whot whot? Cheerio, old chap.

OK gang, here're some video clips of Robert Reich & Charlie Rangel discussing where Federal dollars should go (in their opinion)to help jump-start the Economy. It's very enlightening, and depending on your personal politics...disturbing. Have a look, if you're interested.

Since it's a snowy crappy day outside, I thought I'd post this....found it on my home page.


Hackers Crack Into Texas Road Sign, Warn of Zombies Ahead
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
By Joshua Rhett Miller


Texas Dept. of Transportation officials confirm a portable traffic sign at Lamar Boulevard and West 15th Street in Austin was hacked into last week.
Transportation officials in Texas are scrambling to prevent hackers from changing messages on digital road signs after one sign in Austin was altered to read, "Zombies Ahead."

Chris Lippincott, director of media relations for the Texas Department of Transportation, confirmed that a portable traffic sign at Lamar Boulevard and West 15th Street, near the University of Texas at Austin, was hacked into during the early hours of Jan. 19.

"It was clever, kind of cute, but not what it was intended for," said Lippincott, who saw the sign during his morning commute. "Those signs are deployed for a reason — to improve traffic conditions, let folks know there's a road closure."

"It's sort of amusing, but not at all helpful," he told FOXNews.com.


That's it...I'm loading up the Kimber and the Ruger. Now I'm gonna watch Appaloosa and wait for the Zombie hoarde.

Yesterday, my LJ friend Booraven22 posted a list of men she finds quite "shaggable"(her words). Today, I present a males version of very shaggable women (in my opinion, of course). This list is by no means complete, they're just the tops of my personal list...you'll also notice that I seem to go for a specific 'type'. It was kinda hard to find good pics that are considered 'safe for work', but I think I did OK. If I knew how to hide this behind a 'cut' to save space, I would...but my html-fu is weak. :( Anyhoo...enjoy!


1) Jennifer Connelly

This is a no-brainer. She began her career as a child model and began acting in her early teens. The first film I saw her in was Labyrinth, and I've been following her ever since. Her career has gone through some ups & downs, but she's shown that she can act as well as look hot. The fact that she doesn't shy away from showing some skin hasn't hurt her career either. She's now close to 40, has kids, and now qualifies as a MILF.





2) Jennifer Love Hewitt

OK, she's really not that great as an actress, but acting skills aren't really needed to be on this list. My wife loves The Ghost Whisperer for the stories, I watch it to gawk at her body. Lately, they've shied away from putting her in clothing that accentuates her figure which is a mistake in my mind. I also disagreed with those who make comments about her body back when those beach pictures came out- she looked just fine to me. I'm also happy to report that her upcomming marriage has either been cancelled or temporarily put-off. Haw!





3) Kate Winslet

Here's another actress who's taken some hits in the past concerning her figure. I'm guessing that maybe the largest she's gotten to was maybe a size 14 which to me, is a fine size... I don't mind some cushioning on my women. She's proven that she can act her ass off too, which is a good thing. She also doesn't shy from getting nakey( a plus to me), and she falls into the MILF category.




4) Salma Hayek

No hotty list can really exist without Salma. Most straight women I know would love to roll around in the sheets with her. She has a great curvy figure, can act decently, and did a good job bringing Frida to the screen. One of my favorite scenes in From Dusk 'till Dawn was her snake dance, and she rocked in Desperado. Thank you Robert Rodriquez. Also, she's in her 40's and qualifies as a total MILF.





5) Gina Gershon

OMG...those lips. I could watch her chew gum and lick stamps all day. Another older chick (in her 40's) with a rock-n-roller/bad girl image. Her best film was Bound of course, and she done some voice work on the adult-ish cartoon Tripping the Rift.





6) Jennifer Tilly

Since I mentioned Bound, I really couldn't leave out Jennifer. I must have a thing for that name....she's the 3rd Jennifer on this list. She has a smoking body, sexy Eurasian looks, and a totally nutty personality. She was, without a doubt, the best part of the Chucky 3 movie...she was hillarious. I've watched interviews with her in the past, and I crack up listening to her. I can't help but love her. Some are annoyed by her voice, but I don't mind it at all. Oh, and she's in her 40's too.




7) Eva Mendez

Another smoking hot latina. She's done a ton of films,and with every new movie I end up liking her more. Not sure if you can say she's a great actress, but that's not important here.




8) Anne Hathaway

Probably the youngest in here with the exception of JLH. She's on a hot-streak now, doing a ton of films. She's newly single as well, since her ex got sent off to prison. Shame. Not like I have a chance, but....anyway she's my 'type': brunette,curvy figure,big brown eyes, etc.




9) Monica Belluci

From Italy, she's another super-hot 40 year old with a smoking body. She's been in the Matrix movies, some other lesser action films as well as a ton of foreign films. She's a class-act and a head-turner wherever she goes. BTW...in the pic below, her dress is made of latex! :)





10) Michelle Yeoh

Lastly, we come to 40+ year old Michelle who got her start in Hong Kong action films. Originally a dancer, she's done stunt work as well, which helped her in SuperCop with Jackie Chan. She was a Bond-girl opposite Peirce Brosnan, shined in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and as she's gotten older-started taking more glamorous roles like in Memoirs of a Geisha. Today she still does some action films like the latest Mummy 3: Rise of the Dragon Emperor and the horrible Babylon AD.






So, there it is. I'm sure I could find more, but these are my tops. I'm surprised how many are in their 40's or are close to 40...but considering my age maybe it isn't surprising at all. I doubt I could think of many in their 20's....just not my generation.

Yup, it's my birthday today(loud raspberry), but I also share it with the lovely and talented snog-monster,booraven22! Happiest of Birthdays,Birfday Sis!

*sigh* I'm not much for celebrating birthdays. It's fun when you're a kid, but as an adult...not so much (at least not for me). I'm 45 today....5 short years away from 50!! How sick and stupid is that? I can't age! I've got too much stuff left that I want to do! Grrr....who came up with this "aging thing"? Hmmph. I'm not gonna be doing anything to celebrate...the mood just isn't there, nor is the $$$$. Yesterday however, the Mrs. went to www.proctors.org and ordered a pair of tickets to see Avenue Q for the Jan.24th matinee show, so that'll be fun. Potty-mouth muppets, that's for me!

As for what's been going on at home....well I'm signed up for classes at FMCC, and I'm going full-time this semester. I found out yesterday that my old employer had to lay-off more people yesterday, so I'm wondering what the chances are of actually getting a call-back in April. Can't worry about that now, I guess. I'm slowly developing the mind-set to accept the fact(?) that that chapter of my life is over and it's time to move forward. I'm all for change..change is good, but things go much better and easier with steady pay and benefits. As the expression goes, "We shall see what we shall see". TTFN.

Now that we're near the end of 2008, I guess it'd be a good time to wrap things up, make a few comments about whatever,etc.

I'm glad that Christmas is over. I usually feel this way, but this year was different for a number of reasons. First, because of my being laid-off, the money situation wasn't very good- we both had to really reign in our spending, and only bought a few presents for each of us. Family got nadda, which is a first. Also, my in-laws usually come and visit us during the holiday. Not so this year. They decided to go visit my wife's cousin down in Kissimmee Fla. for most of the month. This didn't bother me at all (I'm really not big on large family gatherings in small places), but it did bother the Mrs. quite a bit. She sees this as a break from tradition, and didn't enjoy the holiday as much without them.
I got a phone call from my Dad down in Fla. yesterday, telling me that my 96 year old Grandmother had finally passed away due to complications with pneumonia. I wasn't close to her at all (last time I saw her was back in the early '80's), so her passing away hasn't hurt me in the typical way. I feel bad for my Dad of course, but aside from that......meh. Terrible, huh?

I'll be turning 45 in about 2 weeks, and I've got mixed feelings on that. It seems I'm really getting into character as a angry, grouchy old coot. My age and inherited genetics have been working against me over the past few years in regards to my hair. I have absolutely no problem going gray-that's fine, but I dislike the thinning out of my hair. It wasn't too long ago when my hair was down to my shoulders and I had a goatee. I always told my wife that if my hair started thinning out too much, I'd rather have it all shaved off rather than be vain and try Rogain or plugs/hair transplants etc. So yesterday, I had the Mrs. shave it all off....I'm now a cue-ball. I wasn't sure if the Mrs. would like it at first, but she seems to really like it, so that's good. I like it because there is no care or upkeep involved (aside for shaving it down again in a month). No combing,brushing,shampooing,or bed-head(I was always really bad with bed-head...no amount of brushing or combing ever settled it). The only real difference is how much colder it feels outside in the Winter and I'm never without a hat now!
We have no real plans for New Year's....we'll probably turn in before midnite, I'm sure.
What hopes do I have for the New Year? For me, the most important thing is return to work. Having no $$$ now makes me realize just how wasteful I've been in the past both in spending as well as saving. I plan to remedy that. Melissa will be getting the gastric-bypass done, and I may well have it done too before summer, so that'll be a HUGE change for both of us. I hope to get some traveling done as well. School will play a big part for me as well. Now that I've finallygotten past Chemistry, I can look forward to really getting into the Nursing Program (assuming I get accepted, of course).

As for the rest of the world/country....well, I wish Obama good-luck. Both you and your supporters talked up some mighty big promises about what you plan to accomplish. If your plans can work- great. However, if you fuck it up you can bet I'll be in your face (figuratively), and in your supporters/apologists faces (literally). I have nothing good to say about Bush. I supported his first term, but only supported his second because Kerry was unacceptable. I add this just so whomever reads this knows where I stand. Aside from that, I guess I have nothing else to add. I'll still be popping in here from time to time, commenting on whatever I choose. There'll be wonderful things in the new year as well as horrible things. Many good (some great) people will die, and we'll all see new faces born. Circle of Life, folks...enjoy the ride.

Snurched this from that nice young lady Booraven22. This is a pretty long post, and I don't know how to do a "cut" (my html-fu is weak), so please bear with me. If nothing else, this post may help you to understand me a little better, if not answer a few questions. Enjoy, I guess. :p




TEN things you wish you could say to 10 people: (NOTE: Plenty of these statement will not apply to you dear reader. Consider this a way of cleaning my internal underwear drawer.

1. Please understand...it's not hatred, I just honestly don't want you in my life. You don't bring anything to the table except headaches, and I've had enough already.

2. Long ago, you made your choice, and despite our connection I came up on the losing end. Enjoy the choices you've made. I personally wouldn't have made those choices no matter what.

3. You did something wonderful for me when we were young. It was probably nothing to you, but it meant everything to me. I'm grateful you played a small part in my life, and I'll never forget you.

4. I'm afraid that you still don't 'get' me. Sometimes, I don't think you care to know me, which is sad.

5. All my life, nothing. Now it's the opposite. I'm suspicious.

6. I once made the mistake of referring to you as a 'brother'. After I said it, I regreted it knowing it was a mistake. You haven't proven me wrong yet.

7. I wish we were closer, but maybe it's for the better we're not. Sometimes things look better at a distance rather than close up.

8. Sometimes I wish we got closer....we probably wouldn't have lasted, but it's
kind of fun to wonder.

9. It's amazing how what seemed so right once was so terribly wrong. You killed my trust in people..women in particular. I wish I never met you.

10. I'm not sure what to say to you....I think something is wrong, and I doubt anything will change for the better.


NINE things about yourself:

1. I was an Art major in HS, and took some Art courses in College, but in all honesty...Artistic ability is highly overated.

2. I can curl my tounge and wiggle my nose.

3. I once saved a girls life...she almost drowned.

4. I'm left-handed, and write 'down'. I tell people I was Japanese in a past life.

5. As a kid, I was once in the Boy Scouts.

6. I uesd to believe in Bigfoot when I was a kid. I'm more sceptical now, and I would shoot and kill one to prove their existence.

7. I considered a career in Law Enforcement.

8. If I could afford it, I'd move to NYC in a second.

9. I believe in capital punishment. If asked to, I'd throw the switch.


EIGHT ways to win your heart:

1. Stick up for me when others put me down.

2. Don't nag or criticize.

3. While not a deal breaker, I got a thing for brunettes.

4. Accept the fact that I may not agree with you on everything. I don't expect you to agree with me.

5. Cook a meal on occasion.

6. I'm a neat-freak. Please pick up after yourself.

7. Take my side on an argument.

8. Earn my trust (not an easy thing to do).


SEVEN things that cross your mind a lot:

1. A lot of people are fakes and phonies.

2. I don't have enough money to live the lifestyle I want.

3. Anne Hathaway is mighty hot.

4. My cats are weird.

5. How bored I am.

6. There's nothing worth watching on TV.

7. I need new music.


SIX things you do before you fall asleep:

1. Take out contacts.

2. Put the cats in their room, make sure they have food & water and their heater is on.

3. Check alarm.

4. Snuggle up to the Mrs. and give her kisses.

5. Also give the Mrs. a neck and back-rub

6. toss & turn and get comfortable.


FIVE things that frustrate you:

1. Slow people

2. The bill pile is taller than the $$$ pile

3. Intellectual laziness

4. People who are clueless

5. While talking to someone, they start talking to another person. Grrr!

FOUR things you love to do on rainy days:

1. Take a nap

2. Read

3. Watch TV/bum around online

4. XXX rated activities with the Mrs.


THREE biggest turn-on's:


1. Short skirts and long legs!

2. Self-confidence and intelligence. Smart is sexy.

3. The freedom and ability to do whatever I want!


TWO things you want to do before you die:

1. Get a respectable career.

2. Travel to exotic places


ONE confession:
There have been times when I would have killed someone in their sleep. It was very long ago (I was just a kid), and I won't say who it was.

I found this on Fark today, and it was so spot-on I had to share. I tend to be anti-social at times, and this justifies why I am.

10 Reasons to be Antisocial
Everything important in your life, the correct decisions, the perfect work, the life-changing realizations, they all come when you are alone. Being antisocial provides you with the time for these.

1. Genius is antisocial
This does not mean that by being antisocial you automatically adopt the status of genius, but it does mean that if you, by some slim chance are, in fact, a genius, you will have no patience for average and below-average humanity. You will see it as annoying and distracting like a high-schooler being forced to endure a day in pre-school. You will seek to isolate yourself and work. Again, the choice to isolate yourself and work does not necessarily indicate genius, just a slightly higher possibility of it. Very slightly. Writing, painting, working on complex math problems, all solitary work for the most part. Genius needs room to concentrate.

2. Less drama
Which is not to say no drama. If you are human and you live around humans you will have drama. It does not matter if you mind your own business and keep to yourself, trust me, the cunts and assholes will find you. Being genuinely antisocial ensures that you will run into this less, which is not to say, never. Be ready for it, but going under the radar means that you probably won’t have to dig more than one shallow grave per decade.

3. You gain insight
You cannot ever be rid of people entirely. I know this, I have tried. Hell, even Howard Hughes, the modern prophet of anti-socialism still had to deal with his lawyers. People, however, will be reduced to bite-sized chunks. You will be able to analyze them as you take your breaks from analyzing more important things. Spend enough time thinking about enough data and you come to some pretty interesting conclusions. The fact is that most people reveal far more than is immediately obvious in the course of a casual conversation, you just have to put it under a microscope, which means it needs isolated, and you need private time look at it.

4. Relationships require effort
Usually of the non-rewarding kind. Relationships with chicks involve doing things that serve no practical purpose whatsoever, as gestures. Chicks love gestures. You take this much effort it means that you love me this much. The idea that there is no correlation between love and effort for a man never occurs to them. I think this all started with that old Percy Sledge song “When a Man Loves a Woman” in which the singer tells all the things men will do for women they love. It was BS made to sell records. Effort is what men put out when there is a tangible reward at the end of the job. Like sex. The gestures are all about sex, not to show affection. Those flowers are not merely because I know you like flowers and I want to make you happy, they are because I know you like flowers and I want to fuck you.

5. Conversation-padding
A 2-hour conversation usually only consists of about 10-20 minutes of actual worthwhile information sharing. The rest is padded out with small-talk, awkward pauses while somebody thinks of something to say, and boring droning that blends into the background for the listener. Long conversations usually only happen when both people are stuck in one place together and want the satisfaction of “having shared” at the end of their sentence, meaning that they want a conversation for the sake of having one, not because it actually makes sense to communicate. This results in a lot of your life being wasted talking to people and needless stress as you share meaningless nonsense.

6. Low expectations
Nobody expects you to be the life of the party, nobody comes knocking on your door at 3am looking for a shoulder to cry on. This means you don’t get invited to tedious functions and you get to avoid the truly thankless job of being a free therapist to your friends and acquaintances. Being antisocial means that people see you as a closed door, one that they might as well pretend is not there. This might sound like a bad thing, but it is not. We have been taught that happiness depends on being social, but there is no happiness, just the pretense of it. Why waste time looking for something that does not exist?

7. You get balls
What it is is that you don’t care what people think of you. It may bug you that some piece of trash out there has the balls to insult you (different from taking offense at the insult itself), but then you know they are a piece of trash and you get over it. Being insulted by someone you have no respect for is very different from being insulted by somebody who matters, who you at some point thought highly of. I will give you an example: your neighbor’s chihuahua barks at you from his owner’s front porch, does it offend you that this dog does not like you, or are you just irritated by the bark and annoyed that it does not know how small and contemptible it is? For the antisocial person everybody but a very select few (with whom you have limited contact) are chihuahuas. Fuck ‘em.

8. You don’t miss out on a whole lot
Most people have little to offer aside from the psychological comfort of being around another human being. They are not fun or interesting to anybody, least of all for the people who settle for them. In all but a few instances you could lose a relationship and feel very little, but even when you do, it’s pretty much always survivable. You lose that comfort from being around a particular person, but that’s more about adjusting to change than anything else. The point is that people are not all that important, not all that interesting, not all that fun, not all that essential. You would be making a better use of your time doing a crossword puzzle or learning a few words in a foreign language than hanging out with them.

9. Comforting self-deception
If you are just an antisocial moron, then it’s probably a good idea to isolate yourself so that you can tell yourself that you are, in fact a genius and that nobody recognizes what you are because they are all so stupid. Self-aggrandizing delusion needs isolation in order to reach it’s full annoying potential. It’s annoying to everybody else, but rewards the bearer with a tremendous sense of martyrdom which, in many cases, is the only reason they have to not commit suicide.

10. It helps you deal with loneliness
The most sociable, chatty, clingy, blowhards out there, the ones who try to spend as little time alone as possible, for them being alone is the same thing as being lonely. For the antisocial loneliness is very different from the sensation of being alone, they are two distinctly separate feelings. The anti-social can feel loneliness, but it’s rare. You treasure the moments with no distractions, no background movement, no responsibilities beyond what you have in front of you. That is largely, I suspect, a learned reaction to being alone a lot, but it’s good since everybody has to be alone at some point and it’s best to see it as a gift rather than a burden.

It's a blah rainy day, and I am wallowing in teh gloomies. What better way to fight off gloomies than to post some LOL Catz? I can't think of anything betterz. See? Even effekz my spellingz!


First, Roomba-Cat! I keep expecting his tail to get caught.





Next- Slinky-cat (or Lazy-cat)

Your result for The Who Would You Be in 1400 AD Test ...


http://helloquizzy.okcupid.com/tests/the-who-would-you-be-in-1400-ad-test




The Usurper
You scored 53% Cardinal, 18% Monk, 32% Lady, and 68% Knight!



You have both the lust for war of the Knight and the wicked morals of the Cardinal. You are truly a dangerous one who likes power and will stop at nothing to get it. If the king dares stand in the way of your ambitions you will have no qualms about removing him from the throne and placing yourself there instead.
You scored high as both the Knight and the Cardinal. You can try again to get a more precise description of either the Cardinal or the Knight, or you can be happy that you're an individual.

Not many people realise that after he did "Rocky Horror Picture Show", Tim Curry attempted to have some kind of a music career. I remember seeing this music video way back in '79 (when music videos were a very new thing), and finding it on Youtube brought back memories (I can has old age?). Enjoy it...I think he's trying to be a little Mick Jagger-ish.

Well the hellish Presidential campaign is FINALLY over, and we can all go back to living our somewhat mundane lives. Since I now have more free time than I'd like and very little scratch coming in, I'll probably morph into some bitter, angry hermit with a bad case of cabin fever (and Winter hasn't even set it yet!). Seriously...I'll be standing in front of my living room windows praying for a huge Nor'easter to dump an assload of snow just so I can use my snowblower. It's either that or surf the 'net for porn and I'm not 16 any more.

OK, Obama won. Wasn't my guy, but I knew long before the election that McCain wouldn't win. I'll be civil towards the Obama supporters who continue to act like asses over their win. I'm hoping he'll be able to do some good...I'm allowing myself to be open to seeing things his way. Hell,I even changed my status on Facebook showing my support... talk about exposing yourself. However,what'll probably happen is: He and Reid and Pelosi will over-reach somewhere and trigger a HUGE Repub/Conservative backlash like Clinton did in '94. I guess we'll see what we see.

On a sad note (to my writer friends in here), Michael Crichton died today. I liked alot of his books, though some weren't so good such as "Next" or "Prey". I'd say "Congo" and "Eaters of the Dead" were my favorites.

I got laid-off this morning.

I suppose I got a fairly decent deal...4 weeks severance pay, then I can apply for unemployment in December. I'm promised to receive a call-back later next year, though how long I'll be out of work is unknown. Aside from myself, there will be five other people let go, but I was told there'll be another lay-off after Thanksgiving. Merry Christmas!

So, will this affect how I'll vote tomorrow? No, not really. I have very little faith in the abilities of the candidates to really have any effect on the economy- I believe the economy will eventually right itself. Yeah, I'll still give Johnny Mac my vote, but I'm not expecting him to win. Obama will have to really prove he can back up all his talk about "Hope" & "Change". I won't be holding my breath.

Well Happy Halloween or Samhain if you're paganish. Today is my most favoritist Holiday Evar (always has been ever since I was widdle). Tonight is also our 5th wedding (OK, Handfasting) Anniversary, and so far it's been wonderful, but I gotta go back in time 24hrs.

OK, yesterday my wife got a call from one of the local radio stations- WFLY92.3fm-http://www.fly92.com/ - and was told she (we) won an overnight stay at a local Hotel named the Glen Sanders Mansion. This place is supposedly haunted, and the station was hosting a paranormal investigation along with dinner and lodging for the night. We got there a little after 6pm last night and had a wonderful time. We got to know the DJ's, and I'm pleased to say that they weren't the douchbags I thought they were. See, WFLY is a Top40 station and I loathe Top40/Pop music. I've heard their broadcasts often (wife loves them), and I always roll my eyes and make snarky comments as I listen.

We met the paranormal investigators from ISIS (www.isisinvestigations.com), and while they certainly looked like they were 'out there', they were decent enough. We were given a paranormal documentary DVD in which they're featured, as well as a DVD Boxed set of the 3rd season of Supernatural! Purty sweet, eh?

Tonight, we're having dinner at Houlihans, then we're off to see "Mamma Mia" at Proctors, which was my anniversary gift to the Mrs. Sorry to say we'll miss the Trick or Treaters, but we live out in the sticks and get only a few kids anyway. I think we're gonna plan on throwing a party next year. Hope all have a good Spooky Halloweenie!