Moon Landing: Fact of Fiction? 

 

http://www.moonmovie.com/15things.html

 

I personally don’t care about the subject but I found it to be kind of interesting.  You decide. 

 

 

Really Cool Movie Websites

Going the Distance is a comedy in the tradition of Road Trip…but it’s Canadian and doesn’t look half bad.

Check out the site: http://www.goingthedistancethemovie.com/index.jsp 

             Check out the music portion!

SAW is a movie that I mentioned earlier and is described as being pretty fucked up

Check out the site: http://sawmovie.com

Bad Bad Movies that exist for some unknown reason.

 

There are a couple of movies out there that exist for the sole purpose of annoying me to the point of exhaustion.  The funny thing is that these movies are constantly replayed over and over again on TV. 

Over the weekend when I had absolutely no money and nothing better to do that watch TV (feel pity for me), there were two such movies on the boob tube.  Showcase for whatever reason keeps playing a movie that I will call The Ultimate Weapon, mainly because that is the name of it.  In reality it is The Biggest Ultimate Piece of Crap on the Planet Earth and Beyond.  

If you or anyone you know has actually managed to watch this movie from start to finish without trying to a) punch the TV, (b) turn the channel, or (c) go insane, the I will give you $50.  I shit you not.  You have to be stone cold sober as well.  It stars Hulk Hogan (yep) in an edgy role as an elite special forces in the tradition of Commando.  This guy can run in slow motion with a dozen guys shooting machine guns at him with absolutely no cover at all and will actually dodge every bullet and even kill half of the guys trying to kill him.  He is that awesome.   Here is a comment from another poor soul who actually watched this movie:

"This movie is utter and total crap. Flashy catch phrases try to make up for the poor acting and bad writing. The henchmen of the main baddie can shoot, but one of them walks up to Cutter's friend that they think is dead only to get shot by his shotgun. If I had a good five seconds and I was a bad guy I would have shot right away rather then checking if the guy was dead. The added "Man I am good" from Cutters friend made me laugh so sadistically with sarcasm that I couldn't control my utter outrage of funding for this piece of dung. Sitting through the last scene of the movie when the main baddie's friend comes back in a cop car to run over Cutter and is diverted into the barn where the main bad guy is standing on a bomb made the movie totally believable. And if you believe my last line.... you sure are gullible!"

He then went on to say "Check this movie Ouuuuut!"

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ATTENTION: POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT FOR ALL ASIAN FILMS EVER

Okay, now I know that I have just been talking about movies for a while just for the fact that I now have a Region Free DVD player in my Xbox and I can watch movies that have been copied...like every movie that Shane owns, pretty much.  I watched Hero  on DVD.  It was cool, epic, and very colourful.  I loved the part with the arrows and I would have to say my favorite character was Broken Sword.  This dude got killed or wounded in the first couple of stories and I kind of thought he was going to be awesome right off the bat, so I was wondering what the fuck.  But then there was that tale of Him and Flying Snow where they take on an entire army.  Then he takes on the emperor and that one move where he could have taken the emperors head right off but doesn't, is awesome.  It's only one small part of the whole movie. 

I also just saw Shaolin Soccer which was at times laugh out loud funny and at other times really really jaw dropping to look at.  It was an asian film though and you can definitely tell when a movie is asian...not only is everyone asian, but by the way it is made as well.  Even the plot points where the only girl in the movie shows up bald and funny looking at the end after the main character has just told her that they are going to be friends only, so the girl runs off to (I guess) shave her head, and then they get married???  Huh?  Or where they try to enlist their soccer team and all the guys they talk to say say that can't help, and without any further persuasion they all show up at the same time to say there in?  I knew it was coming but...  Over all I liked both filmes.  
I raised one eye brow on that part.

 

 

Earlier this year one of my favorite wrestlers retired from wrestling in order to try a football career with an NFL club.  Brock Lesnar had an amazing career in Pro Wrestling becoming at the time the youngest WWE Champion at the age of 26.  The guy as a monster in the ring and when I found out that he was leaving wrestling I was kinda bummed.  Well, things are looking up as the club that he eventually signed on with is the Minnesota Vikings, my favorite team.  Although he will not be able to play this year unless a miracle happens, I can already pre-order a football jersey with his name on it.  This makes me happy.  Now the only thing that would make me happier is seeing Brock Lesnar doing an F-5 on an opposing Quarterback, that would be real nice. 

 

http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/7535114

 

So far the Vikes are 2 – 1 this pre-season, which is a good start in my books.  Hopefully it will be a good year.  GO VIKINGS GO. 

In a related story, Brock Lesnar has been cut by the Vikings.  But his spirit is still strong. 

 

This past week I was inspired to do some over time at work.  I worked 4 hours on Wednesday and a killer 8 hours on Friday.  The reason for my need to do over time is because I am the brokest I have been in a long long time.  I am officially broke until Friday of this week.  I should be okay though.  Just stretched myself too thin. 

 

Today is the closing ceremonies for the Olympics.  Overall it was great to watch.  No terrorist attacks this time around which I guess is a plus.  There was an incident in the Men Marathon race where a crazy Irish priest pretty much tackled the leader who was 40 seconds ahead of the leader. 

 

Let's give everyone the Byrd and say fuck yeah!

Adam actually kicked me here and then jumped across the fire at the same time I was launched and kicked me again when I landed.  He had just seen the movie Hero with Jet Li.  Hey, I couldn't make this stuff up man. 

There's trouble...I hope Taya isn't going to be driving anywhere today. 


This is the backyard that one dreams about, but not if your Chris or Anastasia...cause this is there back yard. 


Someone told Sean and Brad that the last beer was on this side of the fire.


Best Green I ever putted on, this put was for 43 ft approximately and I drained it.  Sure did.  And then I drank the beer in that beer cup in the background.   

Sunday, August 22^nd.

Back at work and loving it…

 

The start of my three day work week has come and I am currently assisting customers with their DSL service.  Right now it is not too busy giving me time to share my thoughts. 

 

My weekend was uneventful but not totally.  On Friday night my friend Hunter came over to drag my brother and me out to a Stag party for another friend of his.  We all met at the Trax.  That’s the name of the bar that I will probably never go to again.  I have driven past this place countless times and didn’t even know there was a bar there.  It was basically a shack next to some train tracks.  From the look of you would assume that it was right in the heart of EOA, but it wasn’t.  There was one employee who was bartending, waiting, and bouncing all at once.  Has anyone out there been to the Trax or know where it is? 

At least it had a patio. 

 

Saturday was pretty much spent doing as little as possible.  I must save money as I only have a limited amount of the stuff until my next pay day two weeks from now.  I hate living paycheck to paycheck. 

 

Right now the Olympics are on TV and I am sorry to say that Canada has been having a rough go of it this time around.  I think we got our first gold today for floor exercise in gymnastic so way to go.  We should do all right when speed skating comes up though, two years from now.

 

Monday, August 23, 2004

 

It’s day two of my three-day workweek.  We got our shift selections today.  I am ranked 40^th out of 52 agents.  My odds of getting a premium shift are all but squashed and I am pretty much hoping for at least a decent shift.  Fuck me I gotta get out of this place.  I keep saying that I know but this time I fucking mean it.  

Sorry for the language, but FUCK. 

 

I am done now.  I just came across one of the coolest websites to day.  It is the blog of one of my favourite writers Warren Ellis.  This man is a take no prisoner intelligent writer who happens to be a Brit.  Nobody’s perfect I guess.  He is best friends with Garth Ennis who is another fav of mine and author of the Preacher series.  He has written some of my favorite comic series including Transmetropolitan and Planetary.  There is currently a pilot for a show being produced in Vancouver called Global Frequency and if Ellis has anything to do with the writing, then at least the dialog will be good.  I am going to put his Blog on the left side of my blog but here is the link if you want to take a look: http://www.diepunyhumans.com/ and here is another link to his webpage: http://www.warrenellis.com/

 

Here is some examples of his work:

 

I am hopefully playing golf this week. 

 

Tuesday, August 24, 2004

 

I should be happy today because it is my Friday and I have the next 5 four days off.  I just checked My budget and I am coming up short in paying some bills.  I hate when this happens because now I am pretty much broke until my next payday.  This is not how things are supposed to be.  What can I do though, I guess I have let this happen to myself I know.  I over extended my budget and now I have to pay for it.

Working at the same rate of pay for going on three years will no advancement is getting to me.  I am going to see what I can do to get out of here.  Again.

Today is Tuesday and I am tired a hell.  Not the tired you feel at night when you want to go to sleep.  Well, there is some of that but the tired I am talking about is the whole body tired.  Yesterday my bro and I hit the links and golfed 18 holes straight at Oxbo Glenn golf and country club.  We walked it.  That is the most walking I have done so far this year.  I did better than last time but I am pretty frustrated at my short game.  My shots when close to the green are the worse part of my game, actually I should probably through in my putting as well, cause I should never ever 4 put on any freaking golf green.   So anyways.  I shot 110 on a Par 72 golf course.  Ugh.  But it is only my second time out this year. 

 

One good story is we were asked to play through a group of 6 guys who were having a pretty hard time of hitting their golf balls straight or very far for that matter.  I was up first.  My drives that day had been very hit any miss, I would either slice it or hook it.  It was pretty much a coin toss.  I don’t think I had hit a fairway yet with my Driver and this was going onto the 15^h hole, a Par 5. 

 

One of the guys who had been drinking was talking a lot and arguing with his other buddy’s when they told him to shut up.  This is pretty distracting when trying not to fuck up your tee shot.  I hit the worse shot I could, I sliced that ball to the right, far to the right, two fairways over and then into the woods.  It sucked.  I hate when people are watching me tee off.  My brother shot next and hit a pretty good drive down the left side of the fairway.  Not willing to setting for that piece of shit shot I had just hit I asked the guys if I could go again.  This time no one was talking and I smacked that golf ball straight down the middle of the fairway.  I was my best shot of the entire round(not counting the 25 ft putt that I nailed on the 9^th whole).  When I get a hold of the ball and hit it straight I can nail it with a result much to my liking.  The moral of the story?  When you hit a shitty shot, hit a good shot next.  It’s easy. 

 

Thank the good Lord above for payday tomorrow.  I am almost of the opinion that payday should be capitalized.  One more day and I get to spend money again. 

 

My Journal of Taking the Steps required to buy My First house. 

 

Approval for Down-Payment

I am waiting to hear back from some woman about my approval for a down payment on a house.  I talked to my good Uncle Pat last week and he referred me to this woman who gives some good rates, is local and a good friend of his.  Trusting my uncle I called her up on Tuesday of this week and we had a talk.  She was pretty nice and we talked about how we could make this work.  She took down my info and said she would get back to me.  So far there is no word. 

 

I really have to be honest and say that the idea of finally getting my own house/property is very appealing to me.  I hope that I am not getting in over my head but at this point in my life it is the only “next step” that I am willing to make.  I have lived in my current apartment for the last three years with my brother Brad who in that time has become one of my best friends as well.  Our apartment is a bit slow though and I am not willing to move into another apartment.  My Bro and I get along pretty good and we are going to go in on this adventure together, putting the house in both our names.  I will try and document what steps I go through so that it may help others if and when they ever want to get a house.  There is a lot of responsibility in owning a home but I think I am ready.  Time will tell. 

 

I am guessing that the best I will be able to hope for getting is something along the lines of a bungalow.  I would really like a three bedroom two story home with a backyard, a double sink in kitchen, and a basement.  I have been looking at a couple of websites to see what is out there and there are some promising properties available.  I originally considered a condo but my uncle talked me out of it saying that you are still susceptible to condo fee that can be raised at any notice as well as a lack of what you can do with your property.  I know a house will provide its surprises along the way but I am looking forward to the challenges this will provide.

 

I will keep you posted. 

Great to be back at work again on Monday.  I am bored.  Today is the second day of my 3 day work week and it has only just started so while I only have to work today and tomorrow before I get 4 straight days off, I still don’t want to go through with it.  But I need the money, so I guess I should do it. 

 

I had 4 days on last week too, the first two days: Wednesday and Thursday were pretty boring as I did not have any money, but when Friday (Payday) came around I treated myself to some new golf shoes, a big bucket of balls at the driving range, and Ring a Wing for supper.  Oh yeah. 

 

Saturday I spent most of my time outdoors and it was great.  I woke up at 9 AM to go golfing for the first time this year.  I waited a long time before I went golfing this year because my clubs were shit and I did not want to use them anymore.  When my parents went away on vacation I borrowed my Dad’s clubs and on Friday he said that I could actually have them.  My Dad doesn’t really do too much golfing anymore anyway so I am glad that I have some nice clubs again.  My first game out I shot 57 on a Par 37.  Pretty bad.  I did have some really good drives that made me happy, and I had quite a few cobwebs to get out of my system. 

 

After golf was done we headed out to the McKeen residence for some KEMF IX action and had a blast. I was pretty drunk though and paid for it the next morning, believe me. 

 

I hope to go golfing again this weekend coming up, maybe I can string together a foursome, but we’ll see.  I

I need to get back to the driving range though so I can work on my short game, it needs a lot of work. 

 

In other news, I am seriously considering getting a condo or a bungalow.  I have been pre-approved for a Mortgage so the wheels are turning and soon I hope to be putting my own money into my future instead of into someone else’s pocket by renting.  Here’s hoping.  

 

Well, back to work. 

 

Take care. 

Movies

 

I have not written in my Blog for a while I know.  You know.  We all know.  It’s a fact.  The reasons?  No time, nothing to say, it’s nice outside, I’d rather be bored doing nothing, not interested, didn’t feel like it, a repeat of Seinfeld is on, etc. etc.  

 

The time: 7:24 PM Monday July 26^th, 2004. 

 

The place: My new desk at Teletech, right beside my old desk.  Why did I move?  I don’t really know, just that I was told to do so.  I don’t ask questions because I already know the answer. 

 

This past weekend we say the Bourne Supremacy.  I am a big fan of the first movie and was really up for the second film hoping that the awesomeness of the first one would continue, and it did.  My only complaints are as follows:

1)      We were sitting in the third row from the front on the far left at Silver City…meaning that the next morning there were some kinks in our necks. 

2)      The camera work was at times very hard to watch, really shifty, using hand held cameras.  Think the opening scene in Saving Private Ryan but taken to the next level. 

3)      Combine points 1 & 2 together and the movie was pretty hard to watch cause I could only see glimpses of what was happening. 

Other than that the movie was great. 

 

Friday we went down to Barney Patio and hung out with beer in hand.  Now I am starting to realize that Barney’s on Friday night has an older crowd.  I truly believe I was the youngest person there after 6 PM.  At least there was beer. 

 

Saturday we hung out around the pool in the hot summer Sun, I worked on my tan, which is coming along nicely thank you.  I will get to work on it again come Wednesday when I head up to Baetz’z cottage. 

I also made my Lemon Spaghetti for a bunch of people and it was a big hit.  I think I will be making it again for another bunch of people a bit North of Sauble beach this week. 

 

While at work today, I came across the following information about a certain movie that will be coming out next year.  I believe that this movie is going to kick so much ass that I would cripple my own mother to see it before anyone else.  Just kidding Mom.  I would actually just take a sledgehammer to my brother’s knees instead and maybe the knees of some friends while I am at it.  

Sin City is a movie being worked on by Frank Miller who was the original writer of the graphic novels on which the stories are going to be based.  The cast is amazing and quite large. 

Most of the actors that have signed on are:  Jessica Alba, Maria Bello, Rosario Dawson, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Clark Duncan, Josh Harnett, Jaime King, Michael Madsen, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Marley Shelton, Nick Stahl, Bruce Willis, and Elijah Wood.  Possibly even Christopher Walken. 

 

Probably one of the better casts I can remember since Pulp Fiction. 

 

Directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriquez with Quentin Tarantino possibly coming on to work on the third act. 

 

The cast is so large because the movie will be in three large stories with possibility for some smaller stories.  The three big stories are the original Sin City story featuring the character of Marv (Rourke),  The Big Fat Kill featuring the character of Dwight (Owen),  and That Yellow Bastard with the character of Hartigan (Willis). 
  The whole movie will be shot in black and while with lots of shadows being cast and it may almost be as accurate to the comic book as you can get, frame for frame at some points. 

 

I have read these comics.  I love these comics.  If you want to read them, you can.  Just let me know.

 

There will hopefully be a preview or short coming out in the next few weeks titles The Babe Wore Red. 

 

Three other movies that are generating some buzz in my brain are: 

1)      The demented movie called “Saw”, starring Cary Elwes and Danny Glover.  It looks demented. 

2)      Blade Trinity starring the Nightstalkers (Blade, Abigail, and Hannibal)

3)      Aliens Vs. Predator…cause it looks awesome and just seeing the Predator on big screen again will be wicked.

                                            3½) Ray…starring Jamie Foxx profiling the life of Ray Charles.  Looks good. 

 

Three movies I could care less about are:

1)      The Village…doesn’t look spooky or scary but I could be wrong, it could be good.

2)      Resident Evil: Apocalypse…the preview wasn’t that good and after seeing Dawn of the Dead, this movie will have to pull out all the stops to not be cheesy.

3)      Uh, uh.  I guess I will put in the movie Wimbledon next, just cause I don’t like Paul Bettany.  I think he sucks bawls. 

 

Star Wars Episode 3 was named this week as well, The Revenge of the Sith.  Not a bad title.  I only hope I like it better than I have the previous two movies.  My biggest beef with the new Star Wars movies is the space fights.  Can anyone anywhere argue with me that the space battle at the end of Return of the Jedi was not the coolest space battle ever?  Now it’s all computer generated and moves way too fast that you can’t see what the heck if happening.  I say, go back to using the models and who cares how long it takes or how hard it is.  Come on George.

 

What else’s going on?

 

I went to the dentist this morning for the first time in 6 years.  I think that’s about right.  Since I was about 20.  The verdict is…no cavities baby, but he recommended I get my lower wisdom teeth removed.  I told him I need all the wisdom I could get to make it through my days.  He told me this whole story about how my wisdom teeth didn’t really make me smarter and that they are only called wisdom teeth because they come in when people are generally 17 to 21 years of age.  I knew all along that he was only trying to make me dumber so he could get more money out of me, but I smiled and said I would take it under consideration and then got the hell out of there. 

 

Wednesday I am heading up to Shane Cottage for some R & R and I am looking forward to it.  It’s shitty that not all my friends could come up but with the restrictions Shane’s parents have put on him, there is not much that he can do.  

 

It is now 9:35 PM.  I am still at work and working tickets.  But I am done writing in this thing and I guess I will try and actually help my customers out. 

 

I will bid you all a fond farewell. 

 

Ward. 

Hey all, I had this big entry to put in here but it didn't copy properly so I will do it next week.  Hope everyone is having fun.  Cause I am.  Yeah.