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3.02.2009

Another Day in the Fort

I realized it's been about 7 weeks since I put anything on here. The main reason was nothing was going on and I didn't have much to say. Dont really have anything to say now either, but oh well.

~ Work in Fort Wayne is still slow, but picked slightly last month. Plus I'm helping out our main office in Indy from time to time, which helps with the extra hours. In fact, I was in San Antonio last week and worked a bunch of hours. Also caught a cold from traveling and climate change to along with the blisters on my feet due to walking all over a convention center non-stop for 12 plus hours over a 4 day time period. Nice. At least those have healed and my cold has subsided.

~ Started my horror movies watched thread again and added horror novels read to it. Probably will only update once a month this time around.

~ I have another short story completed and should have it up later this week. One more read just to be sure.

~ Where is spring? I know it's close, but it's still too damn cold outside. It's time for a change in the weather.

~ I love my DVR and Hulu.com and streaming Netflix. Of course this means I watch way too much stuff.

~ When I buy a stack of blank DVD-R's, then I expect to burn in the DVD Recorder. The last batch dont. There's no explanation why, just an error code that I cant find out what it means. The DVD's burn fine in my PC. To bad most of what I want to transfer is old VHS stuff. DAMN!

~ Daylight Savings happens on Sunday. Still dont like it and feel it's rather dumb concept.

1.10.2009

no work...still

So I'm rather pissed off right now. If you've been reading this blog, then you know that the AV world has been very slow in Fort Wayne since July. Companies just aren't holding meetings that need our services at the moment, thanks to the down turn in the economy. I've spent more hours wasting time at work than being productive. My wallet felt the crunch. If you didn't know these things, now you do.

Our main office in Indianapolis is still fairly busy at the moment. Last month, I told my boss and the guy in charge of scheduling techs in Indy that I am available to go on shows when they need help. Hopefully that would get me out and about earning some cash.

Then I go on vacation for about two and half weeks and come back on Monday. I find out from my boss that Indy had requested help for events this month, starting this weekend. The problem is my boss got the request back in December and forgot about it. I emailed the Indy contact to see if there was anything I could. Not surprisingly, he already filled the techs needed for these events with freelancers.

So in short, my boss cost me money. I could be out working and making some decent scratch for the first time in months. Instead, I'm stuck in the Fort Wayne office doing jack shit. And that pisses me off!!

Maybe I'll get a call for something later in the month. I hope so. I can afford to have my yearly earnings keep sliding down hill. I barely scrape by as it is.

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1.05.2009

Today is my birthday

Yeah...

I turned 35 today. It doesn't seem like it should be so. Certainly doesn't feel like it.


Actually it feels just like another day.

12.31.2008

New Year's Eve

As I getting ready to get call it a day and sleep for a few hours, a thought popped up in my brain. I have nothing planned for New Year's Eve. This is the first time that's occurred in about twenty years.

Originally there were talks with some friends who live in Indianapolis about doing something. But that fell through because of few reasons. Not a big deal.

So that leaves me with three choices.

1. Go to my hometown and hang with friends - This has been the staple of mine since drinking age. A huge amount of us would get together at the local bar, get very drunk, and hang out. Over the last few years the group has gotten smaller and we've moved from the bar to someone's house. While getting drunk has been replaced by a few drinks. But this year, I've heard of nothing. And I'm not heading up there just sit around and do nothing. I've spent a lot of time in the area over the last couple of weeks doing that since my power was out for extended days.

2. Stay at home - It's cheaper. I can drink a few beers and easily go to sleep whenever I feel like it without worry. But I'd be alone, which is is rather sad on New Year's Eve, especially for a single guy.

3. Stay in Fort Wayne and head to a bar - Since I'm not one who generally frequents bars alone anyways, I highly doubt if I choose to do so on one of the busiest nights of the year when it costs more to enter the place. Still, a small part of me is tempted by the thought.


Well I have a few hours to think about it and something fun could still turn up tomorrow. Maybe's it's just getting older, but New Year's Eve doesn't seem like that big of deal to me anymore. Then again, maybe that's because I dont have any plans yet.

If you have any ideas, get a hold of me.

Horror Movies Watched and Horror Book Read in 2008

Here's a list of all the horror flicks I've watched this year. Why? Because sometimes I tabulate stupid things for no reason at all. And to be honest, the list isn't as bad as it first appears. I get bored easy and tend to fast forward though flicks if its not working for me.

I've also give my rating (out of 5), depending on who much I enjoyed the movie and if it held my interest. And on occasions, really bad movies hold my attention.



THE MOVIE LIST
1/2 - Black Christmas (2006) *
1/3 - New Years Evil (1980) 1/2
1/6 - Are You Scared? (2006) *
1/7 - Shietan (2006) ***1/2
1/8 - The Girl Next Door (2007) ****1/2
1/11 - Solstice (2007) **1/2
1/12 - Creature Unknown (2003) *
1/13 - Art of the Devil (2004) **1/2
1/17 - Isolation (2005) ***
1/18 - The Messengers (2006) **1/2
1/19 - Antibodies (2005) ***1/2
1/21 - The Roost (2005) ***
1/22 - Time (2006) ****
1/25 - Incubus (1965) **1/2
1/26 - Happy Birthday To Me (1981) *1/2
1/28 - The Cello (2005) **1/2
1/30 - Halloween (2007) **1/2
2/4 - Perfect Creature (2004) ***1/2
2/6 - Accion Mutante (1997) **
2/7 - Wind Chill (2007) ***
2/8 - Sunshine (2007) ****
2/9 - Dead Mary (2006) **1/2
2/11 - Black Sheep (2006) ***
2/12 - Bloody Reunion (2005) **
2/16 - Burnt Offerings (1974) **1/2
2/17 - Day Watch (2006) ***
2/20 - Art of the Devil 2 (2005) **1/2
2/22 - Saw IV (2007) ***1/2
2/25 - Arang (2006) ***
2/28 - 30 Days of Night (2007) ****
3/1 - Succubus: Hell Bent (2007) 1/2
3/2 - Mr Books (2007) ***1/2
3/4 - Undead or Alive (2007) ***
3/6 - Witchfinder General (1968) ***1/2
3/8 - Death to the Supermodels (2005) 1/2
3/10 - Nightmare (2000) ***
3/12 - Doomed (2007) *1/2
3/14 - Castle of the Walking Dead (1967) **1/2
3/15 - See No Evil (2006) **
3/18 - The Eye 10 (2005) **1/2
3/20 - Spiral (2007) ****
3/22 - Nightmare Man (2006) ***
3/25 - Mulberry Street (2006) ****
3/26 - The Number 23 (2007) ***1/2
4/1 - The Deaths of Ian Stone (2007) ****
4/3 - I Bury the Living (1958) **1/2
4/4 - The Last Quarter (2004) ***
4/7 - Disturbia (2007) ***
4/9 - Them aka Ils(2006) ****
4/10 - Crazy Eights (2006) **
4/11 - Joshua (2007) ***
4/13 - Sublime (2007) ***
4/15 - The Covenant (2006) 1/2
4/16 - The Red Shoes (2005) **1/2
4/19 - Premonition (2006) **
4/21 - Wrestlemaniac (2006) **
4/22 - Nightmare Detective (2006) ***
4/24 - Children of the Living Dead (2001) *1/2
4/27 - Catacombs (2006) *
4/28 - The Lost (2005) ***1/2
4/29 - Sweeney Todd (2007) ****1/2
5/3 - The Orphanage (2007) ****
5/4 - Candy Strippers (2006) 1/2
5/6 - The Plague (2006) **
5/8 - Borderland (2007) **1/2
5/9 - Fingerprints (2006) **1/2
5/11 - The Dorm (2006) ***
5/12 - Dead Heist (2007) **
5/16 - Cloverfield (2007) ***1/2
5/17 - Die My Darling! Die! (1965) **1/2
5/19 - Perfect Witness (2007) ***
5/20 - Frontier(s) (2007) ****
5/23 - Hollow Man 2 (2006) *1/2
5/25 - This Night I Will Possess Your Corpses (1963) **
5/26 - The Boston Strangler (1968) ***1/2
5/28 - Beauwolf (2007) ***1/2
- Lost: Season 4 (2007-2008) *****
- Supernatural: Season 3 (2007-2008) *****
- Reaper: Season 1 (2007-2008) ****1/2
6/1 - A Lizard in Women's Skin (1971) **1/2
6/3 - Scarecrows (1988) **
6/5 - Cinderella (2006) **1/2
6/7 - Teeth (2006) ****
6/8 - Blood Trails (2007) *
6/9 - The Last Sect (2004) **
6/10 - Sleepaway Camp (1983) *1/2
6/11 - Jekyll + Hyde (2006) **1/2
6/12 - Eaten Alive (1971) **
6/14 - The Slaughter (2007) **1/2
6/17 - Big Bad Wolf (2006) **
6/21 - Dead Silence (2006) **1/2
6/24 - Benny's Video (1992) ***
6/26 - Tales from the Crypt (1972) ***1/2
6/29 - Final Draft (2007) **
6/30 - Inside (2007) ****1/2
7/1 - Botched (2007) ***
7/2 - Wishing Stairs (2003) **1/2
7/3 - I Know Who Killed Me (2007) *
7/6 - Snoop Dog's Hood of Horror (2007) *1/2
7/7 - The Mist (2007) ****1/2
7/8 - Diary of the Dead (2007) ****
7/10 - Weirdsville (2006) ****
7/13 - Hellboy II (2008) ****1/2
7/15 - Night of the Living Dorks ***1/2
7/17 - The Devil's Rain (1975) **
7/21 - Resurrection Mary (2005) **1/2
7/25 - Otis (2007) ***1/2
7/27 - The Burning (1981) **1/2
7/28 - House of Usher (2007) **
7/31 - The Feeding (2006) 1/2
8/4 - Noriko's Dinner Table (2005) ***
8/6 - Red Water (2003) 1/2
8/7 - Return to Horror High (1987) 1/2
8/8 - The Reaping (2007) **1/2
8/9 - Alien vs Predator: Requiem (2007) **1/2
8/10 - The Ruins (2008) ***1/2
8/11 - Devil's Den (2006) **1/2
8/12 - The Red Skulls (2006) **1/2
8/14 - The Last Winter (2007) ***1/2
8/17 - Boy Meets Girl (2006)***
8/18 - Who Could Kill a Child (1976) **1/2
8/20 - The Mad (2007) ***
8/22 - Alien 3, Director's Cut (1992) ***1/2
8/23 - Return to the House on Haunted Hill (2007) **1/2
8/24 - The Eye (2008) *1/2
8/26 - Curse of the Komodo (2004) 1/2
8/27 - Driftwood (2007) **1/2
8/28 - Nekromatic 2 (1991) *1/2
8/30 - The Ghost of Mae Nak (2005) **1/2
8/31 - Angst aka Penetration Angst (2003) ***
9/1 - Jungle Holocaust (1977) *1/2
9/2 - Cutting Class (1989) *
9/3 - Clawed: The Legend of Sasquatch (2005) 1/2
9/4 - Vampyres (1974) **
9/5 - Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973) *1/2
9/6 - The Gathering (2002) **
9/7 - The Iron Gate (1973) **
9/9 - Frostbitten (2005) **1/2
9/10 - Dr Phibes Rises Again (1972) *1/2
9/11 - The Chambermaid aka Lovesick: Sick Love(2004)**1/2
9/12 - Twisted Sisters (2006) **1/2
9/15 - Madman Marz (1982) **
9/16 - Nympha (2007) **
9/20 - The Haunting of Julia (1977) **
9/22 - The Victim aka Spirit of the Victim aka Phii khon pen (2006) ***
9/25 - Mother of Tears (2007) ***
9/28 - Rogue (2007) ***1/2
9/30 - Pathology (2008) **1/2
10/3 - Blood for Dracula (1972) **1/2
10/5 - The Locals (2003) ***
10/7 - Bloody Murder (1999) 1/2
10/10 - Horror of Dracula (1958) **1/2
10/12 - Halloween 3: Season of the Witch (1983) **1/2
10/13 - Wilderness Survival for Girls (2006) ***1/2
10/15 - Death Note (2007) ***
10/17 - Ring of Darkness (2004) *
10/18 - The ReCycle (2007) ***
10/19 - Campfire Tales (1992) ***
10/21 - Hikoru the Goblin (1990) **1/2
10/22 - Deranged (2005) ***
10/24 - Blood Car (2007) ****
10/27 - Drive Thru aka Hellaburger (2006) **
10/28 - The Wisdom of Crocodiles (2000) **1/2
10/30 - Machine Girl (2006) **1/2
10/31 - Twice Told Tales (1958) ***
11/3 - Slaughter of the Vampires (1970) **
11/8 - Gangs of the Dead (2007) **
11/9 - Nightmare in Blood (1978) *1/2
11/11 - Outpost (2007) ***
11/12 - Timber Falls (2007) **1/2
11/13 - The Signal (2007) ****
11/14 - Maniac Cop 2 (1990) **1/2
11/15 - The Secret (2007) **1/2
11/18 - I, Monster (1971) **
11/22 - One Missed Call 2 (2007) **1/2
11/23 - A Dead Calling (2006) *
11/27 - Sisters (2007) **
11/28 - Day of the Dead (2007) *1/2
11/29 - The Tooth Fairy (2007) *
12/1 - Gimmie Skelter (2007)**1/2
12/2 - Dead Space: Downfall (2008) **1/2
12/4 - The Rats (2002) **
12/5 - Home Sick (2007) *1/2
12/6 - Demon Hunter (2005) **
12/7 - Midnight Meat Train (2008) ***1/2
12/8 - Pact with the Devil (2001)**
12/9 - The Marsh (2006) **1/2
12/10 - The Garden (2006) **1/2
12/11 - Slash (2003)**
- Dead Like Me: season 1 (2003) ***1/2
- Dexter: season 3 (2008) *****
12/12 - The Cradle (2007) **
12/14 - The 4th Floor (1999) **1/2
12/15 - One Missed Call (2008) *1/2
12/22 - The Maid (2005) **1/2
12/23 - Cold and Dark (2005) **1/2
12/24 - Blackwater Valley Exorcism (2006) **
12/25 - Maléfique (2002) ***
12/26 - Funny Games (2008) ****
12/28 - 11:11 Hell's Gate (2004) **
12/29 - Gruesome Twosome (1967) **
12/30 - Doomsday (2008) **1/2






The Book List
1. Rant - Chuck Palahnuik ***1/2
2. Baltimore or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire - Chris Golden & Mike Mignola ****
3. Infernal - F. Paul Wilson ****1/4
4. Riders In the Sky - Charles Grant ****
5. Anno-Dracula 1959 aka Dracula Cha-Cha by Kim Newman ***
6. Heart Shaped Box - Joe Hill ****1/2
7. Harbingers - F. Paul Wilson ****1/2
8. Hell House - Richard Matheson ***1/2
9. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Irving Washington ****
10. The Man Who Was Thursday - GK Chesterton ***
11. Insomnia - Stephen King ***1/2
12. Classic Short Horror Stories - various authors ***
13. The Body Snatchers - Jack Finney ***
14. Monster Island - David Wellington ****
15. American Gods - Neil Gaiman ****
16. House of Leaves - Mark Danielewski ***1/2
17. Demon - Hubert Selby Jr. ***
18. The Goon, vol. 0 ****
19. The Goon, vol. 1 ****
20. The Damnation Game - Clive Barker ****
21. The Keeper - Sarah Langan *****
22. The Association - Bentley Little ***1/2
23. Hellboy: Seed of Destruction - Mike Mignola ****
24. Unspeakable - Graham Masterton ***1/2
25. Infected - Scott Siglar ****1/2
26. Created By- Richard C. Matheson **1/2
27. Hellboy: Wake the Devil- Mike Mignola ****
28. Black Butterflies - John Shirley ****
29. The Long Walk - Richard Bachman ****
30. The Running Man - Richard Bachman ***1/2
31. Hellblazer: Original Sins - Jamie Delando **1/2