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I Am Legend!
Posted on January 1, 2008 by Brian under Flickr.
I took advantage of the holiday to go see a movie that I have been anxiously awaiting. “I Am Legend” is about Robert Neville, a brilliant scientist that could not contain a terrible virus that is unstoppable, incurable, and man-made. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and maybe the world. The story unfolds three years after the holocaust with Neville faithfully sending out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors. However, the virus that was supposed to be the cure for cancer has Mutated the remanding members of humanity, turning them into hyper aggressive night stalkers. Mankind’s last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered… and quickly running out of time. This movie is based off of the book “The Last Man on Earth” written by Richard Matheson back in the 50’s. In 1964 the book was adapted to a movie by the same name directed by Ubaldo Ragona. However, this adaptation was more of a zombie movie set in the future rather than a sci-fi flick, with people coming out of there graves at night and returning to them by day. In 1971 “The Omega Man” was released and was yet again a slightly altered version of the book. Directed by Boris Sagal and starring Charlton Heston. In this adaptation the fall of man was due to a biological war and Heston’s immunity due to an experimental vaccine. I liked the new version better because it was more plausible. It showed not only the depth of or destruction but is gave us a glimpse at how one man can make a difference. The action and writing were top notch and Will Smith played the character superbly as always. In my personal opinion this movie was worth the price of admission and I will most certainly purchase it on DVD when it’s released.
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Out with the Old, In with the New!
Posted on December 30, 2007 by Brian under Life.
Thats right folks, the New Year is upon us, for those of you that have Resolutions that they are going to try to keep to in 08, I wish you luck! Mine were pretty much decided for me, thats what happens when you get married! Everything is divided right down the middle, 80 – 20, 80 percent that she makes all the decisions and 20 percent that you will disagree at some point and sleep on the couch!
All kidding aside, I have a few resolutions that my wife and I have agreed on. First and most important is that we get this dammed house remodeled and on the market by the time she graduates. I told her that starting Tuesday we were going to be working on this house everyday after work till it was done. She agreed and wants out of here as bad as I do. I just wish she would quit looking for houses that are outside of our agreed upon price range. She seems to have it in her head that we can afford a three hundred thousand dollar home just because one of her coworkers can. I am the voice of reason here screaming that its not going to happen. Plus, when we go to look at houses next year, I’m the one that’s driving! So obviously the next thing on our list is to get into a new house next year. We are hoping to have it set up so that by Christmas we are in the new home with the old one behind us. It’s going to be a lot of work but it will be worth it in the end. The last and final thing that my wife is trying to instill upon me is that I stop drinking so much Pepsi! She doesn’t understand that I am not going to be able to just stop, I have been drinking Pepsi since I was a little kid. I have not gone longer than a few months without caffeine in my system. Plus, if I was in the desert and I was given the choice between Pepsi and water, I was choose Pepsi every time. I am a Pepsi addict and I have no problems with that. I know of course that it is bad for me and that I would probably live a longer and healthier life if I stopped, but who the fuck wants to live forever. I don’t smoke, I don’t drink alcohol, I am trying to get us to the point that we don’t eat out so much (thats more of a financial thing) and I think that I am ok in life having this one vice left to me. However, I am going to try! I told her that I couldn’t make any promises and she has said that I am already setting up myself for failure. I wish she could see my side of the subject. Its going to be painful for me to quit, physically painful! The caffeine withdrawal and the headaches from quitting are going to drive me mad! But we shall see what the outcome is for the future of my Pepsi addiction. Stay tuned, my next post might be from the county Jail because I went on a withdrawal induced killing spree!
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Happy Holidays!
Posted on December 23, 2007 by Brian under Family, Life.
Well its that time of year again! The Holidays are upon us and the commercialization of a long standing religious tradition is once again blatantly thrown in our faces with TV spots, Radio ads and now Online Spam. The Christmas music has been playing since shortly after Halloween, the people flocked to the after Thanksgiving sales like the drones that they are, responding to the mass media that filled there brains weeks prior to the 2nd most commercialized holiday of the year. And now with one day left to shop the “Last Minute Sales” are flooding the airwaves enticing folks to spend even more money (that most of them do not have) to satisfy the cravings of friends and family all in the name of……..oh that’s right. Christmas isn’t about counting our blessings anymore, its not about family or tradition or spending time with loved one’s that may not have much time left on this good earth. No, its about products, selling, MONEY! I remember that when I was growing up, my family would look forward to Christmas not because it was a time to give gifts to everyone (we didn’t have a lot of money in those days and my parents did whatever they could and we were very grateful for what we got) but because it was one of the only times of the year that we would all get together as a family and spend a significant amount of time with each other. To this day we still hold that tradition strong. To us Christmas is about family, being thankful for the lives we have and for what we can share. I cringe every time around this year because I see more and more people falling out of this tradition and falling deeper and deeper into that pit that commercialization has dug in the souls of humanity. I weep for what the world brings, but in my heart I know that the family I have and the values we keep will hold us together through anything that life has to throw at us.
I hope that this makes you think and I wish everyone a very safe and Happy Holiday and a blessed New Year.
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The 80’s Baby!
Posted on December 20, 2007 by Brian under Movies.
My co-workers and I had a lot of time on our hands today with the holidays closely approaching and what not. A lot of folks are off on vacation and the calls are somewhat slow. During the downtime we started talking about old 80’s movies and it had me thinking about the movies I had seen in the 80’s and the one’s I hadnt. So I found a list and decided to test my memory. If I have seen it the will be a “*” next to its name, otherwise its left balnk. Test your memory and tell me if you can equal my list!
8 Million Ways to Die*
9 to 5*
10 to Midnight
100 Ways To Murder Your Wife
18 Again*
3 ‘O Clock High*
48 Hrs*
9½ Weeks*
About Last Night*
Abyss*
The Accused*
Action Jackson*
Adventures In Babysitting*
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai*
Aenigma
After Hours*
Against All Odds*
Akira*
Always*
Airplane*
All About Ah Long
The Allnighter*
All of Me*
All The Right Moves*
Aliens*
Altered States*
Amadeus*
Amazon Women On The Moon
American Gigolo*
American Scream*
American Flyers*
American Werewolf*
Angel
Annie*
An Officer and a Gentleman*
The Apple
April Fools Day*
Arthur*
Autumn’s Tale, An*
Avenging Force*
Baby Boom
Back To School*
Back To The Beach*
Back To The Future*
Back To The Future II*
Bachelor Party*
Bad Boys
Bad Taste
Band of the Hand*
Batman*
Battle Beyond the Stars*
Beastmaster*
Beat Street
Beetlejuice*
Best of The Best*
Best Little Wh*rehouse in Texas*
Best Seller
Better Off Dead*
Beverly Hills Cop*
Beverly Hills Cop II*
The Beyond*
Big*
Big Business*
The Big Chill*
The Big Easy*
Big Shots*
Big Trouble in Little China*
Bill & Ted’s Exc. Adventure*
The Black Cat
Black Rain*
Black Widow*
Blade Runner*
Blame It On The Night*
Blind Date*
The Blob*
Bloodsport*
Blow Out*
Blue Lagoon*
Blue Thunder*
Blue Velvet
Blues Brothers*
BMX Bandits*
Body Beat
Body Double*
Body Heat*
Born on the 4th July*
The Boy who could fly*
Brainstorm*
Brazil*
The Breakfast Club*
Breakin’ [Breakdance]*
Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo*
Breathless
Brewster’s Millions*
Brotherhood Of Justice*
Bull Durham*
The Burbs*
Caddyshack*
Can’t Buy Me Love*
Casualties of War*
Catholic Boys
Casual Sex?*
Cat’s Eye*
A Certain Sacrifice
Cherry 2000*
Children of the Corn*
Child’s Play*
The Chipmunk Adventure*
Chorus Line, A*
Christine*
Christmas Story, A*
Circuitry Man*
City of the Living Dead*
City on Fire
Class
Class of 1984*
Clue*
Cobra*
Cocktail*
Cocoon*
Color of Money*
The Color Purple*
Coming To America*
Commando*
Communion* <em>( I hate this movie)</em>
Conan the Barbarian*
CondorMan*
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
Contraband
Creepers *
Creepshow*
Creepshow 2*
Critters*
Crocodile Dundee*
Crossing Delancey
Crossroads*
Crystal Heart
Dance Academy
Dance ’til Dawn*
Dangerous Liaisons*
The Dark Crystal*
Darkman*
D.A.R.Y.L.*
Day of the Dead*
Deadly Friend*
Dead Heat*
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid*
Dead Poet’s Society*
Dead Zone*
Death Wish 2*
Death Wish 3*
Death Wish 4*
Delta Force*
Desperately Seeking Susan*
Detective School Dropouts
Die Hard*
Diner
Dirty Dancing*
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels*
Disorderlies*
Doctor Detroit
Doin’ Time on Planet Earth*
Don’t Tell Her It’s Me
Do the Right Thing*
Double Switch*
Dr. Alien
The Dragon that Wasn’t
Dream a Little Dream*
Dream to Believe
Dreamscape*
Driving Miss Daisy*
Drugstore Cowboy*
Earth Girls are Easy*
Easy Money*
Eating Raoul
Eddie & The Cruisers*
Edge of Sanity
Electric Dreams*
The Elephant Man*
ELVIRA, Mistress Of..*
Elvis & Me
Empire Strikes Back*
The Entity*
Escape from New York*
E.T.*
The Evil Dead*
Evil Dead II*
Explorers*
The Exterminator*
The Fabulous Stains
Fame*
Fast Times At Ridgemont High*
Fatal Attraction*
Fear City
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off*
Field of Dreams*
Firestarter*
First Blood*
Fish Called Wanda, A*
The Flamingo Kid*
Flashdance*
Flash Gordon* <em>(One of my altime favorite movies)
</em>Fletch*
Flight of The Navigator*
Flowers in The Attic*
The Fly*
For Keeps*
The Fog*
Footloose*
For Your Eyes Only*
Frankenweenie*
Friday the 13th*
Friday the 13th part II*
Fright Night*
From Beyond*
Full Metal Jacket*
F/X*
The Gate*
Gates Of Hell*
Gandhi -New*
Ghostbusters*
Ghostbusters II*
Ghost Writer*
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun*
Girls Of Summer*
Gleaming the Cube*
Glory*
Going Undercover*
Golden Child*
Good Morning, Vietnam*
Goonies*
Gotcha!*
Grandview, USA*
Grease II*
Great Balls of Fire*
Great Mouse Detective*
Gregory’s Girl
Gremlins*
HairSpray*
Halloween II*
Happy Together
Hardbodies *
Heathers*
Heaven Help Us*
Heavenly Kid*
Hello Again*
Hellraiser*
Hiding Out*
Highlander*
The Hitcher*
House*
House II*
House By The Cemetary
House of Games*
Howard The Duck*
The Howling*
The Hunger
Ice Pirates*
Igor and the Lunatics
Illegally Yours*
I’m gonna get you Sucka *
Indiana Jones Trilogy*
Inferno*
InnerSpace*
Into the Night*
Iron Eagle*
Irreconcilable Differences*
Jack’s Back
Johnny Dangerously*
Jumpin’ Jack Flash*
Just One Of The Guys*
K-9*
Kansas
Karate Kid*
Karate Kid Part II*
The Killer
Killer Klowns From Outer Space*
The King of Comedy*
The Kiss*
Krull*
Krush Groove
Labyrinth*
Ladyhawke*
Lady in White
Land Before Time*
Last American Virgin
The Last Dragon*
The Last Starfighter*
The Last Unicorn*
Lean on Me*
Legend*
Legend of Billie Jean*
Less than Zero*
Lethal Weapon*
Licence to Kill*
License To Drive*
Lifeforce*
Light Of Day
Like Father, Like Son*
Lisa
Listen to me*
Little Darlings*
The Little Mermaid*
Little Monsters*
Little Shop of Horrors*
Live and Die in LA*
The Living Daylights*
The Lonely Lady
Loose Cannons*
Lost Boys*
Loverboy*
Lucas*
Mad Max 2*
Mad Max 3*
Making Mr. Right*
Making the Grade*
Manhunter*
Mannequin*
Man with One Red Shoe*
Man with Two Brains*
Married to the Mob*
Mask*
Masquerade
Masters of the Universe*
Mausoleum
Maximum Overdrive*
The Meaning of Life*
The Mean Season*
Meatballs*
Micki & Maude*
Midnight Madness*
Midnight Run*
Millennium*
Miracles
Mischief
Mississippi Burning*
Modern Girls*
The Money Pit*
Monkey Shines
The Monster Squad*
Moon Over Parador*
Monty Python*
MoonWalker*
Moving Violations*
Mr. Mom*
Muppets Take Manhattan*
My Best Friend is a Vampire*
My Bodyguard*
My Mom’s a Werewolf*
My Science Project*
My Stepmother is an Alien*
Mystic Pizza*
Naked Gun*
Name Of The Rose*
The Naples Connection
Nat. Lampoons Vacation*
Near Dark*
Neon Maniacs
Never Ending Story*
Never Ending Story II *
Never Say Never Again*
The New York Ripper
The Night Before
Nightmare on Elm Street*
Nightmare on Elm Street II*
Nighthawks*
Night Of The Comet*
Night Of The Creeps*
Night Of The Demons*
Night Shift*
Nine to Five*
No Man’s Land -New*
No Retreat, No Surrender*
No Retreat, No Surrender 2*
North Shore*
No Way Out*
Oliver & Company*
Once Bitten*
One Crazy Summer*
One Dark Night
One from the Heart*
Options
Ordinary People*
Outrageous Fortune*
Outsiders*
Overboard*
Over The Top*
Oxford Blues*
Paperhouse
Pass The Ammo
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure*
Pennies From Heaven*
Penn & Teller Get Killed*
Phenomena*
The Pick-Up Artist -New
Pink Floyd: The Wall*
The Pirate Movie*
Plain Clothes
Planes, Trains & Automobiles*
Platoon*
Playing for Keeps*
Police Academy*
Poltergeist*
Poltergeist II*
Poltergeist III*
Porkys*
Predator*
Pretty In Pink*
The Princess Bride*
The Principal*
Private Benjamin*
Private School*
Prom Night*
Pulse*
Purple Rain*
Purple Rose of Cairo
Quest For Fire*
Quiet Earth*
Rachel Papers
Rad*
Raging Bull*
Raiders of the Lost Ark*
Rain Man*
Raise The Titanic*
Raising Arizona*
Rambo*
Ratboy
Raw Deal
Re-Animator*
Real Genius*
Real Men *
Reckless*
Red Dawn*
Reform School Girls*
Remo Williams*
Renegades
Repo Man*
The Rescue*
Return of The Jedi*
Return Of The Living Dead*
Return Of Living Dead II*
Return to OZ*
Revenge*
Revenge of The Nerds*
The Right Stuff*
Risky Business*
Road House*
The Road Warrior*
Robocop*
Rock & Rule*
Rocky III*
Rocky IV*
Romancing The Stone*
Rose Petal Place
Roxanne*
The Running Man*
Running Scared*
Rumble Fish
Ruthless People*
Sakura Killers
Santa Claus: The Movie*
Satisfaction*
Savage Streets*
Savannah Smiles*
Say Anything*
Scanners*
Scarface*
Screwballs *
Secret Admirer*
Secret of My Success*
See No Evil, Hear No Evil*
Seems Like Old Times*
The Sender
Seven Doors Of Death
Seven Minutes in Heaven
Shag: The Movie*
Shanghai Surprise
She’s Having A Baby*
The Shining*
Shock Treatment*
Short Circuit*
Silver Bullet*
Sixteen Candles*
Six Weeks*
Slamdance *
Sleepaway Camp*
The Smuggler*
Society
Solarbabies *
Some Kind Of Wonderful*
Something Wild*
Somewhere In Time*
Sorority Babes in Slimeball
Bowl-O-Rama
Soul Man*
Southern Comfort
Spaceballs*
Space Camp*
Space Mutiny
Spinal Tap*
Splash*
Spring Break*
Spring Fever *
St. Elmo’s Fire*
Stakeout*
Stand By Me*
Starchaser: Legend of Orin*
Starman*
Star Trek II:*
Star Trek III: The search for Spock*
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home*
Staying Alive*
Staying Together
Stewardess School*
Stop Making Sense
Strange Brew*
Streets of Fire*
Stripes*
The Stuff*
Suburbia*
Sudden Impact*
Summer Rental*
Summer School*
Superman II*
Superman III*
Superman IV*
Supergirl*
The Sure Thing*
Switching Channels*
The Sword and the Sorcerer*
T.A.P.S.*
Teen Witch*
Teen Wolf*
Teen Wolf Too*
Tenebre
Tequila Sunrise*
Terminator*
Terms Of Endearment*
Tex
Thief
Thief of Hearts
The Thing*
They Live*
This is Spinal Tap*
Thrashin’*
Three for the Road
Throw Momma From The Train*
Thunder Run
Time Bandits*
Times Square
To live and Die in LA *
Tokyo Pop*
Tootsie*
Top Gun*
Top Secret*
Tough Guys*
Toxic Avenger*
Trading Places*
Trancers*
Transformers: Movie*
Tremors*
Trick or Treat
Troll*
Tron*
Troop Beverly Hills*
Tuff Turf
Turk 182!*
Twilight Zone: Movie*
Twins*
Two Of A Kind
UHF*
Uncle Buck*
Uncommon Valor*
Under The Cherry Moon*
The Untouchables*
Urban Cowboy*
Used Cars*
Valet Girls
Valley Girl
Vamp *
Vibes*
Vice Versa*
Victor / Victoria*
Videodrome*
View to a Kill*
Vision Quest*
Voyage of the Rock Aliens*
Wall Street*
WarGames*
War Of The Roses*
Watcher in the Woods
Weekend At Bernie’s*
Weird Science*
Welcome to 18
When Harry Met Sally*
White Dog
White Nights*
Who Framed Roger Rabbit*
Who’s That Girl*
The Wild Life
Willow*
Winners Take All*
Withnail and I
Without a Clue*
Without a Trace*
Witness*
The Wizard*
Wizard of Speed and Time
Wolfen*
Woman In Red
Working Girl*
The Worst Witch*
Worth Winning
The Wraith*
The Wrong Guys*
Xanadu*
Youngblood*
Young Einstein*
Young Guns*
Young Sherlock Holmes*
Zapped! *
Zone Troopers*
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WOW Withdrawal!
Posted on November 25, 2007 by Brian under Games, Life.
Its been three days since my WOW account stopped and I am already having withdrawal. I am so board without my WOW that it’s almost unbearable, its so bad that I tried to make a deal with my wife today so that I could get my account reactivated. She was wanting to put the T-Mobile bill on the Bank of America card because she wanted to accelerate our World Points Collection. I have been reluctant because I don’t want to get into the habit of using the credit card again. I am still not wanting to use the credit card but she wants to use it for everything and then pay one bill every month. However, I foresee the possibility of the spending getting out of hand and thats what worries me. So today I decided to make a deal with her, I told her that I would put the T-Mobile bill on the card if I could reactivate my WOW account. She said fine (very reluctantly) and waited till I started to input the information for the bill and then asked me if I could wait till after the holidays to reactivate my account because I had asked for a 60 day card for Christmas. I was like “fine, you hate me playing that game anyway” in a rather pissy tone, I was actually excited that she agreed to the deal. I went ahead and input the credit card information because I was already there and knew it would cause grief if I said “fine, no WOW no Credit Card”. She is afraid that I wont work on the house if I have my WOW account active. I know I have better will power that that but I can see her concern, I have a tendency to get very lost in that game. It’s not a game that you can just sit down and play for a few minutes then move on to the next thing its something that you set aside several hours to play. If you go into a RAID or an Instance you could be playing for hours. This is going to drive me crazy because I just got to 70 and this is when things start to change. I don’t play like the other WOW geeks, I cant grind for hours on end to level up so I quest and try to find groups for instances. I thought I would have more time to play in the Battle Grounds to upgrade my Armor but I ended up running out of time just as my Honor Points reached enough to get a new piece of armor. I was trying to get good armor so that I could get into a Raid group to get better armor so that I would have a fighting chance when the expansion comes out next year. The last time the expansion came out I had just hit 60 and all my gear was weak. I figured that I would work up my toon or get a second toon up to 70 so that I could have options in the next expansion. I have a hunter that is at mid 40’s and I figure that if I can get my account reactivated then I can work to get it up to 70 and that would make me a more valuable player. Listen to me, I sound like one of those addicts, “Just one more fix is all I need”. I gave my dad my X-Box to watch over for a while so that it wouldn’t get messed up in the remodel so I don’t even have that to fall back on. I have had to resort to an online text based game called O-Game to play. I may just have to look into some of these new Free MMORPG’s that I see coming up. I have already played one but I didn’t like the game play, it didn’t play well. In the end, I guess I need to use the withdrawal that I am experiencing to drive me to finish the remodel and get this house done. We will see if I can hold out or go insane from the lack of WOW play. I got to give it to the people at Blizzard! they made a game that if maintained with Expansions and Patches, will go on for a life time and I will be one of the faithful Zombies that religiously plays.
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