Happy Halloween!!!!

This is a great time of year my friends. The weather is cooling down nicely, the leaves coat the ground, and it just feels nice outside.

This past week I was 1-1-1. Yep, one win, one tie, both in the Yahoo leagues, and a loss in the money league and again losing ground. I've gone from second to fifth. There is a lot of ground to make up now. Thankfully there is still a lot of season to go!

Work is very slow right now so I am spending my time reading Les Miserables. I started it over a year ago actually and for some reason put it down. But with work being the way it is I'm now being paid to read it:)

Yeah and I complain about my job. Actually I really only complain about the lack of a challenge with my job. That is the real problem. I do need a different job I really do and that is what the filmmaking is for. I can do this, I am doing this. I am good at it.

Sometimes I just want to pack up, sell anything I can't take with me and go somewhere else.
No I'm not complaining, well not that much. Things are actually pretty good right now in fact. I am missing my PC though very much. I'll get back to posting on a regular basis when it is shipped back to me.

I do apoligze to my regular readers though for the lack of posts. It is frustrating since I also have an episode of Drinkbusters to edit and get posted as well and no way to do it.

Bonds, Free Agency, And Week 8

Well the world series is over with and no one watched it....again. No one watched the World Series until the Red Sox made it in and no one has watched it since. I can't back this up with anything other than what ESPN radio reported but Dancing With The Stars beat the World Series in the ratings.

That is the state of the MLB. There needs to be some major changes if the league is going to remain viable otherwise it is going to loose ground to the NFL and NASCAR every single year.

Barry Bonds has also filed for free agency. Some team will sign him as a DH and in return he will put people in the seats. The same people who love to go to the side shows at the county fair. The same people who will stop to watch a car wreck. Barry Bonds is nothing more than a freak show and the living embodiment of everything that is wrong with the MLB right now. Some team will overpay for him to be injured most of the next season which in turn will make the prices of the tickets for that team go way up and which also in turn will limit the amount of people who will be able to go to the game which in turn will breed even more disinterest in your miserable league.

See how that works MLB? It really isn't the sport. Minor league teams do well with the fans. There are some indie leagues that do well with the fans. When it comes to the major's, who cares.

Now on to Week 8!!!! My money team will be full strength this week and hopefully will rebound and gain some ground back I lost last week. I was in second overall in points in the league but last week was a disaster and I lost ground to the first place team.

I'll have Bulger, Holt, Moss, Brown for my QB and WRs and Tiki and Laurence Maroney for my RBs. Tiki has been very frustrating for fantasy owners this year. He is putting up tons of yardage but isn't scoring TDs. I've made a huge error though and plan on correcting it this week. I have had Ladell Betts in my lineup and have the rights to Maurice Drew-Jones. So since it looks like he is the real deal at RB for Jacksonville and will take over for Fragile Fred Taylor before the season ends I plan on activating him today.

He'll stay on the bench since Jacksonville is taking on Philadelphia but he'll be an option for those weeks when you play the match ups.
I just need to gain ground this week and see if I can get back into contention again.

A Good Night

The evening went well and we all had a very good time!

The filming went smoothly and the Drinkbusters team was happy to be at "work" again! I can't wait for the return of my PC so that I can edit this one and get it posted!

Filming for the day is about to begin. We are doing two location shoots today. That will be fun, hopefully as much fun as the court house shoot last week!

Celebrity Paranormal Project

This is a remake of a show a few years ago on MTV called Fear.

The real draw of this show is the celebrity meltdowns. Right now Gary Busey is being Gary Busey. Want to talk about a freak. He could just snap at any time and take out everyone.

Hal Sparks, Donna D'Errico, Jenna Morasca, and Toccara I think are in this episode. They are "Investigating" Waverly Hills Sanitarium. The massive abandoned hospital that treated TB is supposedly one of the most haunted places in the US.

The thing is with this show is that I could see it being rigged. I could see it being edited and have some VH1 crew members hiding in the shadows and doing things. I mean that it isn't enough that a lot of the personalities don't mesh....well that is the real draw for me anyway. Mark my words, one of these days Gary Busey is going to snap.

He is one of the most unstable people I think I've ever seen.

Now I've never seen a ghost or even experienced anything paranormal. So I don't know exactly what to think of it. I enjoy watching Ghost Hunters on Scifi though and shows of that sort. I guess I'm just skeptical until somethine changes my mind.

My Drinkbusters and I are about to embark on our pre-show drinking and supper and then film 1x5 tonight!!!! Unfortunately I won't be able to edit it until the return of my PC but we will have it done and it won't take long to get it edited upon its return home!

How Many Of You

Remember my blog on Sun Ming Ming?
Arguably the tallest man in the world and he plays for the rivals of our local USBL team.

Well you can see footage of him and see what I'm talking about.

He is huge.

Yeah I'm off today my friends. I had a late night and an early morning.

Chris called me last night so I waited until he was up and around and returned his call. He works late nights on Wednesdays. He wants me to be in charge of the camera set ups now and the lights. I'm fast and efficient with stuff like that.

So what am I doing on a day off? Watching classic monster movies of course:)

The Wolf Man, Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man, and House Of Frankenstein. Amazingly all on AMC Monsterfest X. Well it is short lived, next up is House:(

Monsterfest X

There was a time when AMC was really American Movie Classics. They showed uncut movies and commercial free. They had an eclectic taste and every October they had Monsterfest, a few days of classic monster movies.

Now they are semi edited, have lots of commercials, and are far from classics. TCM on the other hand is having some classic movies! They aren't showing as many as AMC but they are doing a pretty decent job.

I wish AMC would return to their roots. Commercial free, unedited, and it would be wonderful if they were shown in their original frame ratio instead of the cropped pan and scan versions. It would be nice to see some of the old movies though, the big rubber creature movies. The space invasion movies. The classics, give me Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi.

Yeah. That is Halloween!

Week 7

Well I got whomped pretty good in the money league. I anticipated a loss but the lack of those key players really hurt!

It is alright though, the person who beat me is a very good friend and I am glad that he got first this week. Well there is one other player who can catch him but we'll see what happens tonight. I went 2-0 in the free Yahoo leagues. Well probably. I am 7 points up on one guy and likely to win but I have seen things like this go badly.

I have heard from the builder of my PC. He received it today and will diagnose it tomorrow morning and ship it back upon completion. I am sure it will go smoothly but we shall see.

Remember the old Lowenbrau jingle? "Here's to good friends. Tonight is kind of special." etc. ?
Well that is how I was feeling Saturday night as that kept playing around in my head as I sat there with good friends and enjoying them and the time as we talked over all kinds of things.

Yeah, here's to good friends!!!!

Sporadic Posts

My friends before I get to the post I am going to apologize for not posting more often as is my custom. I try to post every day or at least every other day but with my PC in the shop I just don't do it as much.

It isn't that I don't want to, I do. It is just more of a hassle. Once my PC is back I'll post on a regular basis again.

Well now the shooting went pretty well yesterday. We finished up around 8 P.M. and shot at the court house. That was a lot of fun! To have almost full run of an old court house and a lot of the rooms was a blast!

There wasn't any drama with the exception of one cast member who was steaming hot because his scene took some time to get to. I thought he was going to mutiny and leave but to his credit he didn't and was a real trooper through the process.

Afterwards Beersnob and I went to Callahan's to get a drink and some food. A cast member joined us and we had a great time! Weezy showed up a little bit later on as well as Sass, who could possibly be Weezy's replacement after she moves to LA.

I was hoping that Chris would have shown up, he said he was starving but he didn't make it.

The old Michelob theme kept going through my head, you know the one, "Here's to good friends. Tonight's kind of special." It was just a real good time for everyone involved.

I expect to lose this week in Fantasy Football. Bulger and Tory Holt are on a bye week and without there firepower my team will really have to find some points from somewhere. This bye couldn't have come at a worst time. I'm currently second overall in my money league and I need to have a good week to gain on the league leader but now I just don't want to lose ground.

Well that just about updates the past two days and soon we'll return you to my regular posting schedule.

Game 7

Well this is supposed to be what baseball is all about. Is anyone outside of St. Louis or anyone who isn't a Mets fan interested?

Well Fox and ESPN don't think so. They have turned over the rights to TBS next year for the baseball playoffs.

Why?

The ratings have been so low that no one is watching anymore. If you aren't a fan you don't care and the fans are dwindling. Minor League baseball is growing in popularity though. That tells me it isn't the sport but the product that the MLB is putting out. You have read about me going on about Barry Bonds and what a disgrace he is to the sport.

I love the USBL and rarely watch the NBA.
I LOVE the NFL though. It is just my sport.

The MLB though? Eh, who cares. I might flip to see a score tonight but I doubt there will be much else.

It is October and I'm enjoying some classic Universal Monster Movies:)

Coke Commercial News

Well as I reported a few posts back the commercial I worked on has made it into the judging round which is in the top ten.

So what happened yesterday is that when I got home from work there was a DHL envelope at my door from Coke. I opened it and inside was a lot of paper work to fill out and have notarized. Lots of release forms and such and a paper explaining the prize.

So why is that a problem? Well it really isn't but I need Bryon, the guy I shot the commercial for to contact me so either he can fill all of this out or find out if he wants me to fill it out and send it back to them. There is a deadline on this and it is coming up so there is a time element in play here.

I'm excited and I hope it wins. I know Bryon will enjoy the prizes which are a new DV Camera and a new PC. Personally if it should happen to win I'd like to see it turn into some kind of opportunity for me to shoot something for Coke. I believe I mentioned this before but it is worth mentioning again:)

3-0!!!!

Yeppers, this week not only did I go 3-0 in all three fantasy leagues but I won first place again in my money league gaining me another forty dollars!!!!

Now get this too, in our office pool we pick the games and whoever has the most wins for the week gets twenty dollars, well I won that too!!!!

There was a five way tie going into last night and everyone had Chicago winning. So it came down to the tie breaker points. I had 43 everyone else had less than that. Chicago came from behind last night to win 24-23 over Arizona!!!!

WOOOHOOOOO!!!!

It was a good day:)

In other news I am shipping my PC back to the builder. He said that it would be very unusual for this power supply to go out but it is still under warranty anyway. I am responsible for shipping it to him and he is responsible for shipping it back. Hopefully it won't take long to fix and I'll have it back within a couple of weeks!!!!

Flavor Of Love Final 2

Oh my....I have never seen this kind of melodrama since....oh yeah, season 1.

What was good about this show? NOTHING....but I couldn't stop watching this train wreck.

It was the same as season 1, it really was but trashier. New York has got to be the biggest drama queen ever with the exception of her mother. New York's mom has got to be the biggest, most spoiled, most pampered, most horrible person ever on this show. I feel for that poor guy who was with her. He seemed like a down to earth nice guy, how in the world does he put up with that?!?!

So what is the appeal to me with this show? No clue. I really have no idea why I am watching this. I have to admit that New York is part of the appeal. I had no idea they still made people this crazy. She is a real nut case and needs to be locked up somewhere. It troubles me that she might reproduce....well not as much as it troubles me that Flav reproduces so much and if they ever got together....wow, it boggles the mind.

Will there be a season 3? I am 98% sure of it. The ratings are too high for there not to be. There might be some kind of twist on the next one but I am sure there will be one.

It boggles my mind that I stayed up to watch the finale. I don't understand my fascination with has been celebs. I really don't but I watch anyway. I can't even find some kind of clever defense for myself watching this dreck.

So what do I do? Bring on the Surreal Life!!!!

Week 6

Is kicking off in a couple of hours now and hopefully I can climb up to .500 ball in the money league. We'll see how it goes but after the very rough 0-3 start it is a lot to overcome, even in fantasy.

It is rainy out now and my dog has camped out on the back porch. I don't know why, he has a great pillow with a heat light in the garage. I still have to find a power supply this week, Staples is out of stock so I might have to order one.

I usually listen to Coast to Coast AM while going to sleep on my laptop through my wireless network and lately I have been listening to a MST3K episode per night. Well they all happen to be stored on the hard drives on my PC so that is not going to happen either until I get it fixed.

GGGRRRRR it is frustrating!

DISASTER!!!!

Alright so after a long day of shooting I walk into the house and what do I find?

A dead PC with two big blank monitors staring at me. I do a check of the power strip, change outlets, all of the technical stuff I know to see what the problem might be and settle on the problem. The power supply has gone bad.

There isn't a lick of power entering through the power supply to any portion of the rig. I call a pc mechanic and he confirms my diagnosis.

So what does this mean? Well for the time being I am laptop bound. Fortunately my wireless network still is working fine and I have a fast working portable PC so I can still have my addiction:)

A power supply isn't that big of a deal on a regular PC. This one happens to be a very powerful PC though and requires a bigger power supply than normal. This is a 500 watt box and it takes a lot of power.

They are reasonably priced so it won't take that much to replace it. The time consuming part will be the physical replacement of it. That will probably take a good couple of hours. I have built my own systems before and for the most part it isn't that hard. This one though is much more difficult since it was a custom built rig and as I said, it is a power hungry beast that connects to so many different parts that it is insane!!!!

Well the first step is to locate a power supply.

Exorcist Three

This is the overlooked gem of the set I purchased the other day. George C. Scott's performance alone is worth taking a chance on liking this movie.

What is unusual about this movie compared to the others is that it was not supposed to have anything to do with the franchise at all. William Peter Blatty wrote and directed this movie and it should have been Exorcist Two.

I really don't think I'll watch the DVD in the set that is called Exorcist Two. I have seen it and that was plenty. It is just a horrible movie all around. Exorcist Three was based on Blatty's follow up novel called Legion and the focus is on two of the minor characters from the first movie.

As I said before it is Scott's performance that makes this movie work. The story is above average for a sequel and will keep you entertained. As I also said before I am holding off on the two prequels to the original until Beersnob has a chance to watch them with me.

Watch Three, it's a good movie especially for October and scary movie month!!!!

The Exorcist

Since this is October and to me that just means that the NFL is in full swing and that it is time for scary movies!!!!

I bought the Exorcist Anthology yesterday at lunch. It is a set that has two versions of the original film, the sequel to that which as I remember sucked a lot, the third movie which had nothing to do with either of the first two and was directed by William Peter Blatty, and the reason I bought the set....the two prequels!!!!

When the original prequel was completed the studio decided they didn't like it so they hired another director and did a rewrite and FILMED IT AGAIN!!!! The second movie hit the theaters while the first has now found its way to DVD. It intrigues me to no end when I was reading about this whole decision in Fangoria last year, why a studio would do that. I mean they have no problems putting out horrible movies now and do so on a regular basis. So why do that with this dead franchise?

It just didn't compute to me. Well soon I feel I will have an answer to that and when I told Beersnob about it he expressed interest in watching as well so I feel that we will have an answer to this baffling question.

Anyway onto The Exorcist. Everyone knows this story and either has seen the movie or heard enough about it I am not going to bother with spoilers. The story is simple, girl gets possessed, doctors are baffled, psychologists are baffled, priests are called in, girl is saved, one priest is dead the other winds up in a bit part in part three.

This movie was out when I was a toddler and yeah I can remember stuff from then. I also remember hearing about how scary this movie was and for that time in movie history, yeah I can see that it would have shocked a lot of people. But by today's standards this movie has good acting, good storylines and subplots, but scary? Not in the least. Creepy? Yeah a little bit.

Max von Sydow is the expert priest who is called in to do the exorcism. His part is brief but powerful. He is a wonderful actor and has a great screen presence. Jason Miller who plays Father Karras is actually the real star of the movie even though Linda Blair is the possessed girl and has the most demanding job. Miller is the priest who is questioning his faith and has come to a crossroads in his life. He wonders what he should do about his ailing mother and then this case is dropped into his lap.

One thing leads to another and then the climactic big finish that everyone knows.

If you haven't seen it, don't worry about it. It is an OK movie but not a great one. It was probably more known for its groundbreaking special effects and the acting of Linda Blair who does an outstanding job.

I'll get back to this when Beersnob and I have had a chance to watch the prequels!!!!

....And Here I Sit

Watching the little blinking cursor and wondering what to write about today. Well that was easily solved. I mentioned this last Saturday to a friend and let it go, just forgot about it until now, I can't let this go further.

One of the icons of 80's metal and one of the best guitarists of his genre has done the unthinkable. He is now doing Volkswagen commercials. Yeah my friends Slash, star of the former Guns n Roses and now of Velvet Revolver has decided to hock Volkswagens.

Slash was part of the baddest band in the world, they defined rebellion of that time and still have one of the greatest albums EVER recorded. They broke the rules and then rewrote them, caused riots, were arrested many many times, had their stereotypical bouts with substance abuse and then burned out like the brightest stars should.

And now....we come to Volkswagen. My friend, Beersnob told me that everyone needs a paycheck. I'm paraphrasing of course because it went on for a couple of minutes but I'm wounded none the less.

Can you call Slash a sellout? Yeah maybe but does it diminish his incredible body of work and all of the hours of enjoyment I have had listening and watching Slash play?

Not a chance. Slash is still one of the best.

A Little Rainy

And gloomy yesterday, otherwise it was a nice day. You can really tell that Fall is here now, it just seems to be in the air.

I love the Fall and Spring. I like the other two seasons but not as much.

I had some weird dreams last night but darned if I can't remember anything about them now. I know I had the feeling that something was going to go right though. Maybe that is good huh? Well we'll see.

It is Wednesday already, well that happens on a short week, you wake up and BAM you are almost at the weekend again.

I am itching to do another Drinkbusters but there is some news about the Coke Commercial that I shot for that friend. It has made it to the Judges Round!!!! That means I have to get a hold of Bryon somehow (it is hard since his phone rings and rings) and tell him. He will be thrilled about this. I really hope he wins, it would be a nice boost to him. He could use the camera and PC too.

If I got anything out of it maybe they might hire me to do some Coke commercials! I'd be thrilled with that! That might lead into some beer commercials which I think I'd be great at! That might lead into some music videos which might lead into what I want to do full time which MIGHT lead into me being a little bit happy.

We'll see:)

First Place!

This week I held onto first place for a nice forty dollar payday!!!!

I believe that both of my Yahoo league teams have tanked yet again.

It is raining out right now and my three day weekend was pretty eventful.

So all in all I guess I am about the same right now, just forty dollars richer and I have a bit of a headache. I can't stand waking up with a headache. Kind of sets the tone for the whole day.

Oh well, this is now officially a short week and this payday will have one week of our yearly raise on it. I need coffee right now. Maybe I need to get a coffee pot again and start making my own here.

That'll give me something to think about today...

Leading The Money League

Well for the week anyway.

I have a whopping 38 points and have my D and Special Teams yet to play tomorrow night. The second place team has 35 points with his kicker going tomorrow night and LaDanian Tomlinson going right now.

So there is a good chance I will be in the money this week but not a good chance I will win first. I have no idea how the Yahoo leagues are turning out at the moment but I'll know in the morning.

Well today I was invited to watch the TO Bowl at Chianti's house, she is a big Dallas fan and it was a close game until a crucial turnover that probably sealed Drew Bledsoe's fate as the starting QB. I expect that Tony Romo will be starting next week.

Yaawwwnnnnn!!!!

Well after a full day of filming today I will still have two days off!!!!

Alright I have a confession to make.

Everyone who knows me knows that I gave up on baseball after the strike year. After that I couldn't have cared less about baseball. Both sides were squabbling and being very petty and most of America as well as myself were fed up with it.

Well I now admit that I watched the series between the Yankees and Red Sox in 04 as well as the World Series. I also admit that last night I watched the Yankees get destroyed by the Tigers.
This closet watching hasn't really rekindled my former love for the game. I do still follow the major stories since I listen to sports radio during the day like the disgraceful Barry Bonds who should be banned from baseball in Pete Rose fashion. Other than that the season is too long and the games are meaningless and the players/owners are spoiled by a forgiving American public.

There is no parity and most of the teams are eliminated from contention early on in the season. It is still my belief that the MLB needs an NFL style of collective bargining agreement. This would dictate to the teams how much they can spend and would bring parity to the sport. It would bring salaries under control and by doing that it would allow ticket prices to drop which would bring more people to the park.

Now let me be clear on this, I would rather watch the two worst teams in the NFL than watch a MLB game. I'm NOT a fan. If I'm not doing something else, if nothing is on, then I will watch a playoff game.

Baseball still has a lot of work to do to be interesting again and if the Barry Bonds walking affront to the game is allowed to top Hank Aaron then I'll probably stop watching what I am watching.

An Amazing Demonstration Of Grace

I usually don't write about current events but I have to write about this one. It is such a tragic shooting that has weighed heavily on my mind since the day it happened.

Late last week a small single room Amish school house was the scene of a tragic school shooting.
Charles Roberts decided he was tired of living and dealing with some deep personal guilt so he thought he would just go and destory the world of some of the most innocent and forgiving people in the world.

He killed five girls after barricading himself into the schoolhouse. One of the girls, thirteen year old Marian Fisher, asked him to be shot first in hopes of saving the others.

Friends she was THIRTEEN!!!! Can you imagine that kind of bravery and love for your fellow classmates to request to be murdered so others can live?

That my friends is grace.

Now do you want to talk about forgiveness?

The killer's widow, Marie Roberts, was invited by the family of the first little girl buried to attend her funeral. Can you imagine that kind of forgiveness in your own life? Are you holding a grudge against someone? Bet it seems pretty petty right now in relative terms.

Imagine the world as it is now and then imagine how different it would be if everyone was as forgiving as that Amish family.

I don't know if I was in the same situation what I would do. I would hope that I had it in me to do the same. I pray I never find out but more than that I pray this never happens again but since it has let us all take a lesson from this family and this brave thirteen year old girl.

A Three Day Weekend!!!!

Yes my friends I am headed into three days of not being at work!!!!

I wish today was payday as well but I'll take the time off:) See that is the real way they hook you at work, to retain you they give you more time off. It is a devious trap. The longer you work there the more benefits you get and they more time away from there you get. I'm pretty close to being topped out in all of the benefits you can get so I'm deep into the trap.

Tomorrow I'll be filmming on Chris's project and then Sunday is NFL day and then Monday is whatever I want to do day!

I have received some good recipes for the next Drinkbusters which we will be shooting on or within a few days of the 20th! That is the next time all of our schedules line up:) I'm excited about it! I think we will have some real good ones to try this time!!!!

Actually I'm real excited about the next Drinkbusters, it is becoming something I'm enjoying very VERY much and I'm really getting that sense of creative fulfillment that I've been craving!!!!

Can't wait!!!!

Busy Day At Work

For once.
It was nearly a nice change.

Picky Eater returned yesterday but was gone half of today for a funeral so basically I ran the show yet again.
The night shift production has continued to decline since Inc has gone to nights, things have gotten even sloppier if that is possible....well it is possible since it is happening.

There hasn't been much on TV to keep me interested so I have been actually watching baseball again. I have sworn off the sport since the strike year but from time to time I do watch some of the playoffs when there is no NFL on.

Now let me set the context of this statement so we are clear. I would rather watch the two worst teams in the NFL than watch a baseball game. The problem is that the NFL isn't on every single day.

They should be though. I'd watch a game every night if they would put one on.

Just Me

Since last Thursday I have been the only person in the shop. Picky Eater has been sick and well that leaves me.

It has been nice. Yeah I work a bit more than normal but it is worth it for the peace and quiet.
Scandal seems to have developed a weird obsessive fixation on Picky Eater, he mentions his name often and it is starting to just get weird.

I imagine though that Picky Eater will be back at work today, he has been concerned about his leave balance lately and he has taken off four days in a row. That probably cuts his leave in half right there. I have around one hundred fifteen hours so I have some time to burn if I want it.

The really bad thing is that I know he won't take off now for quite a while or at least until his leave builds back up some. So I am in for a long stretch of Scandal and Picky Eater stories.

Some good news is that I received a light bulb I ordered a few days ago!!!! It is a replacement bulb for the light kit that Beersnob owns. I broke one of the bulbs in a key light and now we won't be short a light. It would have helped shooting Saturday if this light had been intact.

So that is a very good thing!!!!

1-2

Yeah, 1-2 this week in fantasy play.

Well the good news is this. The one victory I did score also scored me third place overall this week in my money league. That means that I am going to get ten dollars back!

Woohooo!!!!

However you can balance that with two losses in the fun Yahoo leagues so I still feel I have lost my fantasy touch. We shall see what happens the rest of the season, it is only a quarter over with.

I can't afford another loss in the money league if I am going to have a small shot at the end of the season but in order for that to happen Tiki is going to have to step up and be the RB I drafted.

In other news I reviewed some of the footage we shot Saturday on The Passing Drummers. I was pretty happy with it and Chris seemed to be happy for the most part as well.

That is good and something to build upon.

Alright So There You Are, Thinking About

How bad things are for you right now and how to post yet another whiny blog about it when life smacks you upside the head.

I had to stop for groceries after work today and doing that very thing, rolling around my own self pity and trying to make it into a post when I see a man that I am going to call J.A.

J.A. retired last year and I have known him for a few years since we pretty much saw each other on a daily basis. So he was there with his sister and they were doing the same thing I was doing. Well except for the thinking about my self indulgent blog.

So I ask him how he was doing and he didn't recognize me right away. He played nice like he knew me but you can just tell that he didn't remember me. So I tell him to have a good day and head down the freezer isle. I meet them again and then a light goes on and he finally remembered me. He whole demeanor changed at that point and we chatted for a few more seconds.

So why did this little encounter change my day?

J.A.'s father died when he was nineteen I believe.
The last thing he told J.A. was to take care of his sister.
J.A. has taken care of his sister every single day of her life. His whole life plan completely changed at that point and he made her the focus of his life. He sacrificed everything for her and to keep her safe.

J.A. did exactly what his father asked of him. Good or bad, that really doesn't matter. What matters here is that the act itself was one of such beauty and grace.

So I have posted a positive story on my blog as I said I would.

I wish I could do that every day.

A 0-3 Slide Has Got To End

Hopefully it will end today.

Did I mention that this is the worst start I've ever had in ten years of fantasy play? It has got to come to an end, it just has to!!!!

This just can't go on forever. I'll have to turn in my Fantasy Football Card.

I dropped T.J. Duckett and picked up Ladell Betts. I am now hoping Clinton Portis stubs his toe and has to ride the pine for a few games.

In other news while we had some downtime in the marathon shooting day yesterday a few of us watched Drinkbusters 1x4 and EVERYONE LOVED IT!!!! They thought it was hilarious!!!!

I am very happy for that!!!! Drinkbusters has been a great project. There are just so many positives and the negatives are few and far between.

Dare I say it is nearly a perfect project to work on in our spare time? I think it is!
I've gotten very comfortable with the Greenscreen Keying process. I can edit a episode in about an hour now two at the most. I'm not counting the rendering process.

I can say though that I have experienced a lot of fulfillment in this very very simple project.