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2012 New Year's Resolution

2011-12-18T23:23:19-05:00

I do plan on trying to lose weight... again.

My Top 3 Hobbies

2011-12-08T23:59:07-05:00

1) Collecting comics
2) Reading
3) Writing

The Worst Parts of the Holiday Season

2011-12-07T00:51:45-05:00

christmas 2007

I do have to admit I am not really a big fan of the Christmas season. At least, I am not a fan of the season as it stands right now. The problem I have with the season is that the message of the season, that of peace on earth and good will towards all mankind, is lost in an ocean of commercialism and senseless acquisition of stuff.
Case in point. On Black Friday (a concept that depresses me tremendously), a woman used pepper spray to make sure she got an XBox. This woman did not see that it was wrong to attack other people physically just so she could get a video game system that, let's face it, is probably going to be upgraded to the next generation my March anyway.
Every time I hear about a story like that. Every time I hear about someone shooting someone else because the victim bought the last Hillshire Farms summer sausage box set, any of these atrocious acts, my Christmas spirit dies a little.
At this point, I should not have the Christmas spirit until sometime next decade.

A Reality Show I'd Try Out For

2011-10-17T00:50:35-05:00

I honestly have to say that I would try out for Ghost Hunters.... not in the sense that I want to be a ghost (though come to think of it....), but rather, I would like to go one one of their investigations just to have the experience of going on one.

Today's Technology

2011-09-22T03:43:38-05:00

I personally love it that I can carry almost all of my CDs on one device so that I do not have to worry about listening to crummy music on the radio ever again... unless I choose to listen to it.

If you pay me enough, I'll sing these songs at a karaoke bar

2011-09-19T02:48:51-05:00

There are probably a few songs that the right person could convince me to sing at a karaoke bar (who those right people are is the subject of another blog). But these are the three that I would pick from first.

Witch Doctor by Dave Seville

Red Right Hand by Nick Cave

In Time by Mark Collie

Cake vs. Pie

2011-09-17T03:57:58-05:00

Cakes later on...

I would have to say that I prefer cake over pie, mostly because the only types of pie that I like are variations of apple. With cake, there's chocolate, ice cream, angelfood, and so on...

I'm Working Up the Courage to...

2011-09-05T23:53:18-05:00

I'm still trying to build up the courage to ask this realy cool, really attractive woman I met out. The problem is that I met her some time ago and the window of opportunity has passed.

The Most Destructive Force to Mankind

2011-09-05T23:50:19-05:00

Hatred is mankind's most destructive force. More evil has been committed because of hatred than anything else. If you dig down into any sort of malicious act, you will find hatred there, either in plain sight, or disguised as something else.

Truth or Dare?

2011-08-21T22:58:35-05:00

Truth... I know too many people who get too many ideas for dare.

An Text Message Sent to Me on Accident

2011-08-07T03:54:40-05:00

I would not say the text messages were all that amusing, but for the first few months I got my new cell phone, I was inundated with text messages. Apparently, the person who had my number before me was extremely popular, and had not told any of her friends she had gotten a new phone number. A few of these texters, when they discovered I was not little miss popular, even asked me if I knew her new number. Eventually, nearly all of her friends got the message that she had a new number, though they were getting it from me instead of her.

Thank goodness for unlimited texting or else my phone bill would have been through the roof.

My first job:

2011-08-07T03:48:55-05:00

My first job was working early morning stocking at a local department store for the summer. To be honest, I hated it. It was low pay and horrible hours (5 to 10 am). Worse yet, some of the customers were extremely difficult to deal with.

The Best Celebrity Voiceover in an Animated Movie

2011-08-06T03:13:40-05:00

Mark Hamill at the Main Event

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Mark Hamill was the perfect voice for the Joker in the Batman animated series. He managed to capture the maniacal psychotic so well that they have returned to Hamill over and over whenever they have needed a voice artist for the clown prince of crime.

Music I've Been Listening To Recently

2011-08-05T03:02:55-05:00

I always listen to a wide range of music, with the possible exception of hard core rap. Lately, though, I've been focusing more on more ecclectic bands. Currently in Heavy rotation are Nightwish, Leaves' Eyes and Skillet.

Currently, my top five songs on my iTunes playlist are:
Living in a Dream - Pseudo Echo
My Destiny - Leaves' Eyes
Let You Down - Theatre of Tragedy
Skintight - Liv Kristine
Everything Burns - Ben Moody featuring Anastasia

If I Could Predict the Future

2011-08-02T02:46:05-05:00

Assuming that it is possible to know the future (which I am not sure is entirely possible), I do not think I would want to know what the future holds with one caveat. If I were to know the future, I would also want the ability to change it for the better, which would preclude that I would be able to see all possible futures.

Case in point, a lot of people would show no hesitation in saving the life of a child who would have dies in a future car accident that he are shown. But, what if in saving the child and altering the future, you manage to save the life of someone who would grow up to become a serial killer, or someone who will lead the world into destruction? if I were to be able to change the future in saving the child, I would want to know that in doing so, I was saving the life of the future doctor who cures cancer, and not some horrid man bent only on destruction.

My Favorite Place to Read and Write

2011-08-01T04:15:30-05:00

I don't have a favorite spot, I read just about anywhere I get the chance to read.

Books Versus Their Movie Versions

2011-07-27T03:44:41-05:00

In probably 99% of the time, the book is better than the movie. Books can just go into so much more detail that movies' limited run time cannot possibly touch upon. In a number of cases, movies will leave out scenes, or combine them for the length of time, or they lose nuances of the book because they don't think a broad audience will like them.

Naturally, there are always exceptions to the rule. Usually, these exceptions come from books that are based on movies. Many times, the novelization of a book will fail to capture what happens on the screen, or match it so closely that it doesn't really matter if you're watching the movie or reading the book.

That Special Book in My Life

2011-07-25T02:50:33-05:00

I have read Phantom of the Opera at least 4 times (5 if you count the audio version I listened to in my car for a week).

Why I'm Going Digital

2011-07-25T02:45:23-05:00

Being I have one, I think the answer would be yes.

Actually, I got it because it could handle pdfs. Since the program I use for my writing can export to pdfs, I can (with some tweaking) put one of my projects on my ereader and be able to take it with me for editing.

My High School Reunion

2011-07-25T02:41:29-05:00

I did attend my 10 year reunion, feeling that I finally had something to show for it. My 5 year reunion felt too soon after college. And, I did not have anything really substantial to show for it. I was working two jobs, both part time, and just felt like I needed to show more for myself than that.

I did go to my 10 year reunion, as I mentioned. By that time, I had moved onto a full time job where I actually am still employed, so I felt like I had something to show for myself. Heck, I even had business cards. It was not much, but it was something. The only problem with my 10 year reunion was that so few people from my class actually came. I don't think that we had more than 10 people show up at the first two events that were planned for the weekend. By the time they started taking class pictures, I think I was the only one left there. I ducked out so I could make sure I knew how to get to the location of the last class event. I never made it. A big thunderstorm moved into the state, and the location required me to go over Avon Mountain, which can be dangerous enough when the weather is clear. Besides which, most of the people who did show up were not people I had actually been friends with in school.

As you may think, the whole experience soured me on reunions. Since the 10 year reunion, I skipped the 15 and the 20 without any deep regrets, and have no plans to go to my 25th either.

How Music Affects My Productivity

2011-07-24T02:49:00-05:00

A lot of times, the only way I can get work done at all is if there is something on. It can be either music from my itunes library, or the radio (usually late night fare like Coast to Coast AM). It stimulates the creative side of my mind and gets things going sometimes. Sometimes hearing just the right song will give my creativity a super kick start and I'll increase my production.