The Journal of NoThInG!

busy weekend ahead

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:08:53 GMT

Tonight is the sabres game... Should be a good time... especially since Phoenix is looking solid right now.

Friday is poker... hopefully... Im sure we'll get a few for it at least...

Saturday is a movie premier. GORE by Adam Steigert. Wasnt involved in this flick, but I am very interested in it... Bitez was his first flick and it was decent, so seeing how he has grown will be nice.

then later that night we are going to a Shot Party... You bring a bottle, everyone does... you start with one bottle, everyone does a shot or two...

Then you hang out, get some food, do whatever... and repeat cycle...

Plan on being not to sober by the end of it... should be interesting.

Sunday is a wedding... Friends of a friend. the woman is the photog so I will be there to help as much as possible.

Monday is a day off... and I will prolly spend it working on the house...

yeah... long busy weekend ahead... will be better than sitting on my fat ass and doing nothing...

Whats new and exciting.

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:25:37 GMT

Well first and foremost, the house is moving forward. Have the paperwork to be signed... meeting up with the 'rents tomorrow to get all that done... then we get an inspector in and we get rolling.

YAY!!!!!

Second... I am writing again... well sorta.

I have finalized the first script I wrote first back in 95/96. It is a short play that i converted into a screenplay. My hope is to have it shot this winter at some point... either the end of this year or early next year.

I have also started to convert the one story I wrote over to a screenplay, as it was originally intended. I needed to get the story on paper before I could put it into the play format. I have about 15 pages typed up right now, with prolly close to the same amount to go. I have no idea when I will be able to get this one made, but if not next year, then hopefully the year after.

This one is a little more violent and sexual. As I write it and set things up, I never realized how many women I have getting naked or having sex in this film. Hell in the opening sequence you have 2 seperate nude women that the main has sex with after shooting nudes of... then one of those makes out with another girl, well sorta... I wont ellaborate on that...

Then finally there is the main female lead that he has sex with once and... tortures late while naked.

Wow this is a violent story... What is wrong with my head :)

Once I get things done with this script I will be sharing it with a couple of friends of mine and seeing what they think. Hopefully we can move on this at some point in the future.

It feels good to be writing again... it really does

Thoughts

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:29:25 GMT

I am playing poker online.. it sux... boredom makes you do dumb things sometimes huh...

its not that bad... just... bleh

I am thinking about maybe taking up the drums again... I need something to do... just to keep me sane...

finally joined the club

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:01:56 GMT

soo....

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:16:39 GMT

last night I was on the news... and despite popular belief it was not for something bad... no I wasnt busted by the cops...

:)

I am somewhere in the middle getting killed by Kealan Patrick Burke... :) Was such a great time being on set all that i could... wish I could have been there more.

Sept 1st

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:50:16 GMT

only 14 days from my anniversary...

2 years now... Marriage isnt that bad... I have a great wifey... Love her to death.

I need to figure something out to get her though. I have no idea what to get her... 2nd year is supposed to be cotton... I was thinking maybe something in a slinky nighty... but then i may go conservative...

I dont know... need to figure that out in 2 weeks...

yay!

The way it is

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:55:34 GMT

Bleh....

Thats it... just bleh.

someone talk to me :P

What a weekend

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:14:09 GMT

This weekend was both shitty and great. So many things went great, some many things went wrong.

The 3rd annual Colvin Ave Pig roast was saturday... and it was a pain in the ass, but one of the best parties we have held so far.

Start with the pig... 5am we get up, get it prepped and on the roaster... It cooks in about 5 hours... Now we know... well... I was used to cooking over an open pit, this roaster took a few years to get used too... but next year, we dont have to get up.

About 3-4 hours into it... maybe by 10... the roaster broke... The grate that holds the pig on came loose, and fell off, lodging in between the drip plate and the side of the roaster... since there was no sheer pin on the spit... it kept trying to turn, which in turn ripped the motor off the mounts... causing all kindsa bullshit to happen.

We got it propped up, and finished cooking, but today after I clean the roaster I will need to try to fix things up... that will be a bitch since I dont have a welder (but hopefully I have that covered)

The night went well... band rocked hard... Everyone enjoyed themselves... the bees were annoying, but we dealt with them...

There was one incident... and I am very sorry it happened... All involved are ... "ok"... from what I have heard... but well it was a rough situation. We'll see what the ramifications are later.

the party started at 2... ended almost 3am... 13 hours straight of drinking, partying and having a good time. It was worth it... It is funny though, after 3 kegs, 6 mags of liquor (plus the extras that people brought) everyone started leaving... bastards... no booze, no more fun... although we had bought 3 30 packs before they started leaving, but well the party was already winding down.

So a great night... a great time... Cant wait till next year... Need more people next year :)

so yeah... a great time... with problems, but a great time anyways.

Pig is on!!!

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:36:47 GMT

5am this morning, got my lazy ass up and started the pig.

Fucked up a bit, but it'll be good

hmmm

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:11:26 GMT

so playing with digsby today, I added in lj talk as well as my FB talk...

Not sure how many people i would talk to through it... but its there...

we'll see

besides that... 2 days... 2 days until the pig roast... 2 days until drunken debauchery... should be fun despite the rain

Photography

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:59:59 GMT

I really want to get back into taking pictures... I miss it... I have been too busy with other things lately to really set anything up...

you know... working on the bike, riding the bike, working on the house, prepping for the pig roast... so much shit going on.

an old model I have worked with contacted me recently and wanted to shoot again... I wanna set something up with her... I am fairly certain that she will not be down for nudes, but thats ok.

However, I really wanna resurrect the BlackLight project that Jo and I have been working on forever... we have moved into digital, and I really wanna get more done and tweak the ones we have. that and I got some great shots from the holga, I really wanna try with the Rolei.... Really wanna shoot more with that camera

so if anyone reading this wants to get some semi-professional shots done of themselves... let me know
:)

so.....

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:42:26 GMT

I have been re-watching LOST from the beginning. I am 5 episodes into the 2nd season again, and I forgot how good the show really was...

I have been following the story since the beginning... close to it... I mean I missed it when it first started, saw the pilot in rotation and decided to start watching it (yay for torrents)...

I own the 1st-3rd season on dvd... watched most of the extras...

but still... coming back to the series again from the beginning is fun.

Its at least something to do while bored and waiting for saturday and the pig roast to start :)

1 week till the pigroast

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:32:01 GMT

And it is gonna be a blast.

so if you are in the Buffalo NY area... and wanna come to my pig roast, leave me a comment :)

sooo bored

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:28:57 GMT

I hate online poker... really hate it... and now im bored.

bleh...

Wathing old episodes of lost... why not :)

hello there again

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:16:44 GMT

So... I dont really use this that often... as im sure most have noticed... and I have said before that facebook is my blog of choice... so

anyways... life is decent... sis had her second baby, amongst alot of shit... thankfully both mother and son are doing well... he is still being watched, and has dr appt's every so often... but well

I am going tomorrow to find out if i have anything wrong in that area... still havent been able to knock up my wife... and its sad... there have been a couple of times there were "scares" but well nothing panned out.

Besides that, next saturday (the 29th) is the 3rd annual pig roast... Cant wait... stress is getting there, but well... what can I say... it'll be worth it.

so if you are anywhere near buffalo, ny... and wanna go? let me know, I'll get you details... It'll be worth it :)

Ok... so... how long till I update here again? prolly a bit... 2-3 months? I do lurk and comment on friends pages... but not up to posting really.

yeah... thats it

I dont update nearly enough anymore do i?

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:59:49 GMT

So whats new and exciting in my life.

Next week I have a vacation. I plan on spending that vacation putting in my patio in the back yard... should be a fun time... lots of diging, and then laying stone and sand and more stone... yay!

I picked up the Playstation 3 adapter for the logitech harmony... YAY! it is better than I could have hoped for. it handles all the functions of the typical BD remote... and I dont need a new remote!!! 60 bux for it, but well... Im not surprised.

I picked up the movie Taken over the weekend with the remote addon... and I loved it... great flick. Very much enjoyed it.

Lets see... beyond that... my life is pretty boring.... :) yeah.

Hockey, life, everything... :P

Tue, 12 May 2009 12:54:27 GMT

And no those are not all the same thing... although hockey is a dominant factor in my tv watchin... it isnt my life.

Wow... This years playoffs have been a wild ride. Last night watching the Caps win out over the pens with an amazing goal by steckel... Then to stay up and watch PAtrick Kane with the hatty and win it out for the Hawks...

It's not only those games... Every game has been a nail biting, edge of your seat affair... beautiful over all to watch this year, very exciting.

I wanna see what the ratings are for the games... last year was up from the previous, so Im hoping that the trend continues and we get better coverage.

Ok... enough about hockey.

This weekend I am heading out to East Otto NY to help shoot a few scenes from Born to Die. Should be interesting. I am just wondering why the hell he has to go an hour outside of the city to shoot. there are closer places that im sure will work... bleh... but thats ok...

I am debating actually heading to my land to spend some time with the parents, get some rocks for the patio in the back yard, and let my puppies have some fun.

Life... yeah... interesting to say the least. At least I am getting to see my wife every once in awhile. This new job is gonna drive her nuts for the first few weeks, at least till she gets done with the old job. But this getting up at 7, going to work at 9, getting home from work at 12:30... thats am... not pm... so thats 15 hours straight of work... 9-3 at ritz, 4-12 at the new place... fun fun fun...

I cant wait till ritz folds completely so she can be done with them... It will be nice. Then its just me getting home from work and her leaving for work... but... set days off will be nice, at least we can work around them.

Vacations will be a bitch, cause she wont be able to take weekends off... although with the business she may have to anyways... but whatever.

Speaking of photography... I really wanna get out and work with some new models... I need to come up with some ideas and get out there... the still work for the movies is fun, but I miss the one on one interaction with models... It's... well it's alot of fun. :) meh... i'll get back into it soon enough

bored.

Sun, 10 May 2009 19:28:26 GMT

i is bored... very very bored... bleh

Well then...

Tue, 05 May 2009 13:57:53 GMT

I dont really have any place to write about my mind and going ons any more... No place but the LJ... I would write about them on FB... but too many co-workers are added there and I cant post most of the shit on my mind there.

so... What am i bitching about?

I am just tired... Mildly depressed... and sick of life. I am not happy right now.

I dont know if its the fact that I cant knock up my wife... or the fact that I hate my job to the point that I dread getting up in the morning to go to work.

I dont know if its the fact that I have been too depressed to get off my ass and do things that need to be done. I have a ton of work to do around the house, and while im getting it done slowly, thats the problem... slowly...

Honestly I think most of it has to do with my job. I am not happy here right now. I think it boils down to the fact that yet again I have been forced to give up what I enjoy doing to do something I dont enjoy doing. and it seems that that is the norm.

What am I talking about? I liked helping people, and fixing things... I had that taken away from me to develop the shitty help desk software replacement we had at hte time (remedy)... Eventually I was pulled off of that and given something I enjoyed again, programming.

then what happens? Im sent over to college relations to put up with lofty expectations and horrible management. I get out of there, come back here, and continue to do what I enjoy.

until now... where instead of pulling together the programs I have written into a cohesive CMS package, we have to use one that is open source... and on top of that, we cant even choose the one we think is better because of certain people in a certain department. YAY... so we have to re-invent the wheel with a CMS package that none of us know... and on top of it im forced to do the one thing I ABSOLUTELY DISPISE about web devlopemnt, design. I cant design. I am not a designer. I am a programmer.

I dont know css... I hate css... I like coding database applications and deliver data to the web for use. I wrote some damn good programs, despite the bullshit that I have to deal with on a daily basis... and they are being thrown out? because they dont work? no they work great... then why? because the same person that is forcing us to use a CMS that we have to practically develop from the bottom up instead of using one that is established and has a huge following.

Yet again our skills are thrown to the side in order to keep the peace, with no worries about our feelings or our lives...

and it fucking sux... I am sick of it.

I honeslty want to quit... and if it wasnt for the fact that I have good money and good stability, I would.

What do i wanna do? Honestly, I want to own a bar grill. I want to open a restaurant witha bar, that has a stage to put on shows. I want to entertain. I want to cook. I want to be done with computers for the rest of my fucking life.

it is to the point where I hate my job so much that I dont even want to use computers at home... and that is sad because I have been one with computers since the dawn of time. I have been using computers for as far back as I can remember. I love computers... and this job has made me hate them.

why do i game on the 360? because I dont want to be on a computer... and it sux.

bah...

What should i do?

Movies, Documentaries... General reviews

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:15:58 GMT

Ok... so... I have watched alot of movies in the last few weeks so I decided I wanted to review a couple on here... It has been a long time since I have done this, but what the hell right?

So... I love netflix. I have hundreds of movies and shows in my queue waiting to be watched. Recently I picked up Max Payne and Death Race. I was going into both movies with the idea that they would suck. I have seen many of reviews stating exactly that.

So.. Max payne was first. For those that dont know, this was a movie based on a game from a few years ago. The game followed Max Payne around as he tried to track down his wife's murderer. It was just glorified violence. Nothing wrong with that, but the fun thing was the bullet time action during the game.

The movie... Was loosely based on the video game. Marky Mark is max payne, a brooding cop in NY looking for the killers of his wife... However it all revolves around this battle drug that was developed by the company his wife worked for... Go figure, she was killed for finding out the drug had side effects.

All the supernatural, angels vs demons that you saw in the trailer, well they were really hallucinations that the drug brought forward. A nifty concept. Honestly, I didnt mind the movie. It was not a horrible movie by any point. Yes Mark was very dry, but thats the character. I loved the cinematography and angles they used... The plot was very straight forward, not many twists and turns... but it was a solid story.

Worth a watch at least...

Then Death race. I expected this to be a big budget B film... Guess what? It was a big budget B film. It had no pretenses. It had no delusions of being a A-list film... it started as a B film, it ended as a B film.

I like B films.

This movie was pretty good for what it was... the car race scenes were great. Car wars in real life. The concept of setting up cars with switches for the guns and defensive weapons was great... and it was implemented to be a video game in the real world... you drive over a marker, you get the weapon.

It was a fun violent movie that had a bunch of actors I like in it. It was alot of fun to watch and I recommend it to anyone that enjoys films where cars blow each other up. :)

Ok... now that the movies are out of the way... some documentaries.

End of the Century: the story of the Ramones. I taped this the other night and had a chance to sit and watch it last night. It was a telling of the trials and tribulations of the ramones through their career. It was a decent documentary, but it got a little slow at times. If it was edited a bit better you could have shortened it down to 1:30 and it would have been much more watchable.

Now... it was a good flick. went into everything that was the ramones. You got to see where they came from, the problems they faced through their career... and how they ended. It was worth watching, but it was hard to sit through it all and not get fidgety.

So... While on the subject of Documentaries... I also watched "Global Metal". This was a continuation of sorts of "Metal: A headbangers journey" which was an anthropological look at metal and what it means to its fans. Global metal expanded on the concept and followed Metal across the globe to see how western music influenced people of different countries around the world. And boy did it.

We start in Brazil and end in the middle east. Spanning the globe, looking at different scenes in different countries and how metal influenced they lives, music, and cultures.

In comparison to Metal: it is on par. It is almost a direct continuation of the original documentary, just going deeper into the sub genre's of metal but only on a case by case basis.

I liked it alot. Any metal head should see this movie.

Ok... thats alot to read... if you even read it :P

Til next month when i remember I have a LJ :P

sitting alone watching this game

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:28:43 GMT

and thinking to myself... where was this effort when it mattered. They had a chance to be in the playoffs... and they can play when they need too... but its like when the weight of getting into the playoffs is off... they start playing again.

Its sad to watch...

God I lvoe this team.. The sabres dont deserve to be in the playoffs with the way they have played lately, but watching them blow away a contending team...

now... given that the canes have a berth already... they dont need to over extend themselves... but you dont wanna slow down now... not in the last 2 games... you need that momentum... simple as that

now... there is a slim 2% chance of us making the playoffs... and it is looking like it wont happen in any event... but if they do make it... will they fold in the first round? or will they show up and play like tonight?

bleh... whatever.

I dont post as much anymore...

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:23:50 GMT

Although I have posted a few times this past month... they have been kinda small...

So... life is progressing... Im mostly happy with it.

Work has been kinda bleh... I am un motivated lately. I want to work more... unfortunately I am just bleh.

Photography has been on hold... Although I have started doing some work with movie productions. been a still photog for some shoots... its fun at least... I just wanna work with women again. Do some artistic shots instead of documentary style shots.

I could push to get some women to shoot with... just havent been in the mood for it... I mean... I dont know what I mean... I have been lazy... I need to get outta this funk.

anyone wanna help?

movies...

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:14:12 GMT

So... last night I caught Vanishing Point. This is the movie that Quentin Tarintino praises in Death Proof (the car, the 1970 dodge challenger rt that they drive is the same in both flicks)

So... I wanted to see this... I like chase movies. This is just a chase movie. I heard it explained as smokey and the bandit without the comedy.

Yeah... that sums it up nicely. Guy gets a car, has to go from colorado to cali by monday. He drives up and gets himself a healthy dose of speed and makes a deal with the dealer to make it by saturday or sunday (cant remember which)....

So... he goes, gets into it with the law, and races to the end...

The end... yeah... that was the roughest part... very abrupt ending... didnt expect it. but it worked.

It was a decent movie... But not great... check it out if you wanna, but I wouldnt push it

something to see

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:20:37 GMT

http://www.jakeanddinoschapman.com

this is absolutely beautiful

Indie Sex

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:22:25 GMT

There was a 4 part show on IFC called indie sex. it is all about sex in the cinema... the censorship, the explicit nature of it in the begining.

It is interested. check it out if you can... its on netflix, and netflix on demand :)