| the ongoing ninja vs pirate propaganda issue |
[Dec. 7th, 2009|03:14 am] |
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| |  amused | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Vanilla Ice, "Ninja Rap" (no, seriously.) | ] |
I went and saw Ninja Assassin tonight. Not bad. It kinda made me feel like I was in my parent's basement and 9 again, watching ninja movies from japan on dish tv. It was pretty well done, all things considered. J Micheal Strazinski wrote the screenplay, so it wasn't lacking in that department.
Not bad, all things considered. A good movie, though my inner pirate is drunkenly swearing about it. My inner ninja seems to be missing, though.... |
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| Adventures in dating 7 |
[Nov. 17th, 2009|12:26 am] |
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| |  tired | ] |
So apparently I'm safe.
And I'm a good friend.
....and apparently far too nice for my own good. |
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| Paranormal activity |
[Oct. 24th, 2009|05:00 pm] |
Saw Paranormal Activity today. Having had more than my fair share of paranormal events happen to me, I don't know why I went and saw it. I try to avoid shows like ghost hunters and such, because they terrify me. Watching Paranormal activity, I could only think of one thing. If it's fake, it's a VERY convincing fake. This is the movie that blair witch should have been. Convincing. Scary. Real.
Don't watch it alone.
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| (no subject) |
[Oct. 10th, 2009|02:50 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  sad | ] |
| [ | music |
| | The Beatles, "Here Comes the Sun" | ] |
I miss George Harrison. |
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| (no subject) |
[Sep. 24th, 2009|04:04 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | calm | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Lonely Island, "Jizz in my Pants" | ] |
Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you. I got this from the Cooperwench, my friend.
1. Brother
Family is something to be treasured, and having people willing to include me in their families makes me happier than most people would think. It implies a bond deep as blood that surpasses race, creed or name. As the older brother, I protect you, and help to soothe the hurts that are caused by life. As the younger brother, I look up to you, I show you that life can be cherished and funny. As the middle brother, I am your friend, your co-conspirator, and confessor, listening to your secrets, and never telling a soul about them. And all of this means that I love you, unconditionally. As a brother should.
2. Respect
Hard to earn, easy to lose. Respect is a slippery slope, and I cherish the respect that I earn. It means that my hard work, my ethics, or my values have earned me a place of honor in the eyes of those I hold in high esteem. But this word has a double meaning, and I hold the other meaning of it just as close to me. To have respect is to show respect. To honor things that are sacred not only to you, but to others as well. in this meaning, respect can mean love, and it could be said that Love and Respect in certain places are interchangeable.
3. Loyal
I was a very lonely child. I never made many friends, as I learned to be very cynical of people trying to be nice to me at a young age. If I know you. If I respect you. If I call you my friend, there is nothing in this world that will shake me from your side in a time of need. I will give you my jacket if you are cold. I will give you my ear when you are sad. I will shield you with my body if you are in danger. My hands are yours if you need help in a task. My heart is yours when yours is broken. I will walk with you to the fires of mount doom, and carry you to the summit if need be, because you are my friend.
4. Love
Love is the most important thing in the world. Love is all you need. I never say I love you without meaning it with every fiber of my being. There are many kinds of love. The love between Family. The Love between two people. The love that a man, such as myself, can have for a chicken club sandwich.....maybe with some fries...yeah...that'd be really nice....love is stronger than death. Love is the strongest force on the planet. Love is something I cling to desperately. It is something I search for, and it is something that I hope everyone finds in their life. True love is beautiful. Love is.....and that's enough.
5. Fragile
I am fragile. There is no doubt in that. I'be been beat and broken in my life. I've had my heart ripped out more than once, and it always leaves scars. To quote the Pogues, "I've been spat upon, and shat upon, and raped and abused."For some reason, It hasn't made me a stronger person for it. I just learned to hide it better.Not having an outlet for those emotions, and trying to pretend they weren't there is the worst thing in the world anyone could do to themselves. I wear my heart on my sleeve, though the spot where it should be is armored. The probelms I have are many, but I've been working on them.
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| Weeee! |
[Sep. 16th, 2009|02:13 pm] |
Guess who's once again a member of the Gainfully employed!
ME!
New call center, same crap.
however,
Sign up and vote! We need more votes, and voting is over in 2 days! Noooooooooooo!
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| News... |
[Sep. 9th, 2009|04:44 pm] |
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| | worried | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Mal's song, escape key | ] |
"You won't see no tears when I say goodbye
I've still got my family and my Firefly.
Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out into the black
Tell 'em I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
You can't take the sky from me"
I may not be doing as well as I thought. Problems with my health have popped up since I got back from montreal. Waiting on biopsy results. Still Flying though....that's enough. |
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| adventures in dating Vista home Pro, service pack 2 |
[Aug. 23rd, 2009|02:47 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  not sure how I should feel | ] |
You know...Somehow just a simple being stood up is actually refreshing.
Also, today I discovered it's hard to have the eyes of a reporter, but the soul of a poet.
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| Wow! |
[Aug. 5th, 2009|07:50 pm] |
Sam Has a date!
Same has a date?
(Checkes titles for an adventures in dating joke)
Nope, nothing wrong here.....
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| Ho. Lee. Shit. |
[Jun. 22nd, 2009|11:54 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  nervous | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Metric, Dead Disco | ] |
So.
The Kids in the Hall are a canadian comedy troupe that were groundbreaking, not only in their humor, but also in their television show. they broke up years ago, but have been touring off and on. All the actors within the group went on to great things, and they're back in canada, and filming a Mini series in north bay for the CBC.
Guess who has an audition next month for it.
Go on, guess.
I'm. So. FUCKING. Nervous.
This is a career making event. I REALLY need this to go well.
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| Busy busy busy...... |
[May. 26th, 2009|05:16 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | tired | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Alice cooper, "Vengance is Mine" | ] |
Wow. So just after I was in the last notorious show (don't ask me about what a complete clusterfuck that was), I get approached by my sister. She would like me to play a goon for the next show she's in, called Proffessional Military Specialists(or PMS for short). It's sort of a send up on the cheesy '80's G.I. Joe cartoons. I said sure, cause I'm my sister's go to guy. If she needs help, I'll give it. Around the same time, I agree to help out my buddies for a movie they're shooting with Vagrancey Films. I didn't realize I'd be doing both at the same time.
The rehersals have been fun, and I really enjoy working with proffesional actors. But I fall a lot in this play. I've really hurt myself at times. But I'm going to keep doing it. The show starts tommorow, and runs until saturday, and it's at the Palace theater( for those of you who live in london).
The Movie....when I first read the script, the first words out of my mouth were "I am Honored, ashamed, and a little disgusted that I'm involved with this." It's a throw back to the german exploitation films of the 70's. So lots of naked women, and little to no taste. My character was "El Violador", and if you actually manage to see it when it's done, I worked under the name Miguel Sanchez. Sort of a tribute to lionel hutz, from the simpsons. I was in a luchador costume, so you can't really see my face, but if you know me, you know it's me. So yeah. First night shooting they decide to shoot the hardest scene first. Now I'd like to state right now that jake, dave, and the entire Grimm Brothers crew were consumate proffesionals on the set, and were very sensitive to the needs of their actors. At all times there were only a minimum of crew on set, and everyone else was upstairs, helping themselves to free drink and sega games. This was to make certain that the female leads could be comfortable in the.... uh.... limited amount of clothes they had on. My only problem with the entire shoot lays on the producer, James, and Rocco, the person playing the main antagonist. James complained about his duties as producer for the entire night, and stepped on Jake's toes almost constantly. Jake and James were arguing throughout the entire shoot. My problem with Rocco was simple. The more he drank, the worse he got. He skeezed me out something fierce, and my "Skeeze Sense" is rarely wrong. I think that it was because of those two that a shot that could have been done in 2 hours took 5. Between Jame's constant complaining and obsessive need to be in control, and Rocco finishing three quarters of a texas mickey of Canadian Club, it was just a bad scene. When I finally had to suit up, I think it was a relief, because every scene that I was in took maybe about 10 minutes to do, and we usually got them in one or two takes.
The next day we finished up, But James had said some really horrible things to the guy that owned the site, so we had to film the rest at rocco's and around kellogs. I was not impressed, but there's not much I could have done.
Oh, and if my london friends can make it out to the Scots on the sixth, I'll be having a late celebration of the memory of my birth. Everyone's invited! |
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| Oh...oh god no.... |
[May. 11th, 2009|04:36 am] |
This has to be a joke....
Dear god this can't be real....
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| why? |
[May. 4th, 2009|09:24 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | crushed | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Fort Minor, Where'd you go? | ] |
Why? Why did you do it? Why did you leave us? Why?
You knew my number. You knew where I worked. You knew that I loved you with all my heart. You knew you were my family, and that I would have beaten the ever loving bajesus out of someone who hurt you. Hell, I almost did with jason.
Why did you leave us Orenda? What did we miss? Why couldn't we save you? WHY DIDN"T YOU CALL?
Why do I still love you, even though you've been gone for almost nine years. |
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| Holy Fuck! |
[Apr. 16th, 2009|02:18 am] |
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| |  shocked | ] |
I just met Neil Young.
I was walking home, and I ran into some friends who had seen him in concert. We went to Kareoke, and I thought that I'd go and see if I could catch him as they were tearing down. I got to the JLC, and I saw a roadie. He looked at me taking a gander, and said "You see the show?" I said no. He said "You wanna meet Neil?" I said YES!
So he takes me to the busses, and There outside is NEIL MOTHER-FUCKING YOUNG! He looks at me, and says "Hi."
I say "Hi, my name is sam."
He smiles and chuckles. "Nice to meet you sam, I'm neil. Did you see the show?"
I say no, and tell him that I was let go, so couldn't afford tickets.
He says "That's too bad."
I say I'm a fan, and so is my dad.
He says "Well that's good, we got a new album coming out. I hope you'll like it."
I say I'll get it when it comes out.
He says they have to go, and says goodbye to me, and shakes my hand.
HOLY FUCK! |
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| random bit of writing... |
[Apr. 14th, 2009|04:49 am] |
And when the people cried, and gnashed their teeth, he just laughed.
And when they wailed, "Why are you doing this to us? He smiled and said "Because you haven't told me to stop". |
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| Therapy |
[Mar. 23rd, 2009|06:24 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | scared | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Colin Ray, "Beautiful world" | ] |
I started therapy today. First time since I was 12.
I don't remember my childhood being as horrible as it actually was.
I didn't think that I had so much hurt in me because of it.
I need to lay down. |
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| For jay |
[Mar. 16th, 2009|03:27 am] |
| [ | music |
| | Angel On fire, Eyes go one way | ] |
My friend jay does awesome ambient music, under the band name Angel on fire. I have two of his albums, Lay Yourself down in a river of wine, and Panic is: Love. I got bored, so I decided I'd design album covers for them.
Nothing too special or difficult. What do you think?
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| GOT IT! HAH! |
[Mar. 12th, 2009|06:09 am] |
| [ | music |
| | P.W.E.I., "Not now james, we're busy!" | ] |
Ok, There is a woman that I know at Kareoke, where I usually spend my saturday evenings. I hate her. Everything has to be about her, and she worms her way into everything to make certain it is. She is, and I don't use this term lightly when it comes to insults, a whore. This is the slut that gives us normal sluts a bad name. I have a friend that I go to kareoke with every saturday, one who has recently come to terms with a change in sexuality, and this whoore (I'll canadian-ize it) flirts mercilessly with her, and ruins any attempt that my friend has at hooking up with another girl, Not realizing that my friend finds her about as attractive as a rawhide chewtoy.
Anywho.
I get so worked up about her because she's a horrible singer, but doesn't seem to realize it. Her voice is shrill and toneless. That in and ove itself isn't a bad thing, but she's consistantly flat. EVRY FUCKING SONG SHE SINGS. Now, I know I don't have anywhere near perfect pitch, but I swear she must be tone deaf. One of the songs she sings is "Mercy", by Duffy, a british singer. I like the song, but I liked that short "Motown Movement" that happened there in Pop music. I was listening to it on Youtube, and there's a bridge in the middle of the song, that when this woman sings it, it sets my fillings on edge. I listened to it in the duffy version, and I finally realized where the woman was messing up. Not only is she singing the bridge flat, but she shifts to a minor key when she sings it. The Bridge is in a major key. So she's flat, and shifts to a minor key. I swear, it makes me want to pull all my teeth out . |
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