Rantings of a dangerous mind

the ongoing ninja vs pirate propaganda issue

2009-12-07T08:16:12Z

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....

Adventures in dating 7

2009-11-17T05:26:34Z

So apparently I'm safe.

And I'm a good friend.

....and apparently far too nice for my own good.

Paranormal activity

2009-10-24T21:05:45Z

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.

canajunsam @ 2009-10-10T14:50:00

2009-10-10T18:51:28Z

I miss George Harrison.

canajunsam @ 2009-09-24T04:04:00

2009-09-24T08:52:47Z

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.

Weeee!

2009-09-16T18:17:37Z

Guess who's once again a member of the Gainfully employed!

ME!

New call center, same crap.

however,

http://www.torontourbanfilmfestival.com/films/txtin

News...

2009-09-09T20:50:37Z

"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.

adventures in dating Vista home Pro, service pack 2

2009-08-23T06:52:53Z

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.

Wow!

2009-08-05T23:53:10Z

Sam Has a date!

Same has a date?

(Checkes titles for an adventures in dating joke)

Nope, nothing wrong here.....

Wom-Wommmm(that sound when someone gets it wrong on the Price is right.)

2009-07-28T22:37:17Z

I did not get the part.

The only reason I did not get the part, is because I'm not a member of actra. They have to go with guildies before they go with non members.

Understandable, yet disapointing.

Ho. Lee. Shit.

2009-06-23T04:00:32Z

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.

Queue the Chorus of Angels...

2009-06-15T17:27:49Z

They are bringing back Wraith.

Busy busy busy......

2009-05-26T21:45:58Z

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!

Oh...oh god no....

2009-05-11T08:39:12Z

This has to be a joke....

Dear god this can't be real....

why?

2009-05-05T01:30:06Z

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.

Holy Fuck!

2009-04-16T06:23:29Z

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!

random bit of writing...

2009-04-14T08:51:09Z

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".

Therapy

2009-03-23T22:27:58Z

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.

For jay

2009-03-16T08:00:29Z

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?

GOT IT! HAH!

2009-03-12T10:24:27Z

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 .

An open letter to my next door neighbors

2009-03-07T14:53:46Z

Not to be insensitive, or anything like that, but It's only quarter to ten....

STOP FUCKING!

I've only been asleep for 4 hours!

adventures in dating: Vista Home Edition

2009-03-07T05:38:53Z

You know what's worse than being laughed at?

Being laughed at, then watching her go over to another guy, kiss him, and have BOTH of them laugh at you.

EDIT

You know what? I'm sick and fucking tired of this. Fuck the world, I wanna get off. I'm sick and tired of being lonely. All of the women in my life that I loved(save family) have left me. What? Am I not allowed to be close to anyone? Am I not allowed to get close to someone? And Why do the people I like treat me like shit? I feel like Bill fucking D'Autre from King of the hill. And I'm sick and fucking tired of being treated like I am.

You can't relive your childhood

2009-03-06T04:40:25Z

Was I on crack when i was a child? I know it was the 80's, but that's no excuse. I've been watching tv on surf the channel.com for a little bit now, and I realized that all the kid shows that I remember from when I was growing up are...well...

Bionic six. GAYEST OPENING CREDITS EVER! Good god!
Mask: This show is so '80's it makes the 80's go " Whoa, geez....we were just kidding there, but you went for it, huh?"
Pee Wee's Playhouse: It's fun watching the closing credits looking for Rob Zombie, but really. I can't take Lawrence Fishbourne Seriously as an actor now.
Bravestarr: Did I seriously watch this shit when I was young?

I could go on, but I'm not going to. Was I retarded when I was young? I don't remember being retarded

Writer's Block: Deal or No Deal

2009-03-05T23:59:13Z

What's on your list of dealbreakers when it comes to romantic relationships?

View 501 Answers

Urine Fetish.

Trust me. You only need that sprung on you once before you start asking.

I started something....

2009-03-05T23:54:02Z

RULES:
1. Put your MP3 player, iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
4. Tag whomever you want.
5. Everyone tagged has to do the same thing - unless you've already done it. Then, you can just read mine, and go do something more productive with your time.

IF SOMEONE SAYS 'ARE YOU OKAY' YOU SAY?
How soon is now?, Bobby Gold

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Bohemian like you, The Dandy Warhols

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Atlas, Battles

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Nobody knows you(when you're down and out), Eric clapton

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Dark Angel, VNV Nation

WHAT'S YOUR MOTTO?
Foreward, VNV Nation

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
The Killing Moon, The Distants

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Because it's Midnight!. Limozeen

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Weighty ghost, wintersleep

WHAT IS 2 + 2?
Feel Good Inc., The gorillaz

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Crazy, Seal

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Inmates(we're all crazy), Alice Cooper

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
King of Pain, The Police

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Give me a reason to love you, portishead

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Accidentally in Love, Counting Crows

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Solsbury Hill, Peter Gabriel
(wow....I kinda hope they DO play that at my funeral)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
This is Hallowe'en, maralyn Manson

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
Walk away, Tom Waits

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Red Right Hand, Nick Cave and the bad seeds

WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?
Chocolate, work

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Hey Jude, Joe Anderson

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
I started something, Bow wow wow