Wow. Southern Comfort and Sambuca + VnV Nation's Illusion = Massive Depression.

Well, at long last I have posted a new piece for Children of the Storm. And (drum roll please) I've finally posted some new stuff for Redemption! I know, it's been almost two years or something like that, but I've picked it up again.

Hopefully, some of you are still reading this stuff. Sorry if you people have been waiting for so long. Now, if I can only convince the writing monkey to stay on my back this time...

So, I spent today playing video games, watching movies, and drinking booze.

But not at home.

First, I went to go see Wanted at the theater, and, I must say, I really enjoyed it. Not sure how I feel about the ending (no, not giving anything away), but I still liked it a great deal.

Then, I went next door to Game Works and played some games before returning to the theater to see Hancock with my wife and our friend Amul. Again, really enjoyed it. It ended up not being the kind of movie I thought it was going to. Oh, granted, it had some of the elements I was expecting (humor, a little SFX slapstick, that kind of stuff), but with a twist. It ended up being a little darker (not much), and more serious than I was expecting. All in all, I really liked it.

Then, I returned to Game Works, where I played video games and drank Jack 'n Cokes for two hours before going to the theater for the third time to see a midnight showing of Hellboy II: The Golden Army.

That movie was pretty much what I expected it to be. Enjoyable, entertaining, some cool fight scenes. But there was one thing about the film I absolutely loved.

Elves are not pansies.

At least, not in this movie. In fact, they're a little more like they were thought of a few hundred years ago. Frightening, powerful, capricious, and sometimes deadly (well, usually deadly or worse, if you look at the old legends and stories.) The main villain (no, I'm not giving away spoilers, you can tell this stuff from the trailers) is awesome, as far as I'm concerned. And the fact that he's an elf without being a pussified Tolkien-esque (even tolkien elves were much cooler than they are now portrayed to be) flouncing tree-hugging wannabe. No, he's a creature with ambition, power, speed, grace, and a whole lot of angry baggage.

So, all in all, Hellboy II was good, but the villain was awesome.

And that's how I spent my day. Now, I'm off to drink whiskey, smoke cigarettes, and maybe do a little writing.

Yipee!!

So I haven't posted a blog/journal entry in forever. I guess that means it's time for an update.

Hmmm, let's see...Patty and I lost our apartment, a whole lot of BS there, but the short of it is that we ended up staying in an extended stay hotel for a few months. During that time, I got my new computer Redemption. Not cutting edge by any stretch of the imagination, but definitely better than my old one. And I even got the old one up and running again.

Worked my ass off for a long time, and now I have a new apartment, better than my old one. And, best of all, it is mine and Patty's from the beginning! No roommates, just us from the word go. Still have a few issues with the place though. The AC doesn't work (getting that fixed soon I hope), had to buy blinds for the door to the balcony, toilet in the guest bathroom needs to be rebolted down, hot water for bathtub in that bathroom only gives a trickle, have to buy supplies to hook up my new overhead microwave, need blinds for the office, and need to touch-up/repaint the living room (although I love the color for the most part! Just needs another coat on a couple of walls.)

Sounds like a lot, but it's not bad, really. Just little things. And, since it is a lease with option to buy (and I got an awesome deal through a great friend), I'm doing most of the work myself. Big stuff, like the AC and the like, are being handled by the landlord, but I'm doing the microwave and toilet myself. Not difficult, just need time and supplies.

But, I've got internet again, and cable, and a home phone number. (Message me if you need the number!) Hmmm...what else...

Patty and I are planning on getting a kitten, probably next week. Depends on funds (vet stuff, plus pet supplies, of which we have none.) I'm writing again, but it's still hit and miss as to when I have time to do so. But, having a real office again will make it a metric buttload easier. (my wife's term, don't know where she got it.)

Oh, we also bought ourselves our first iPod, and an Amazon Kindle for our anniversary. We both had that week off (I love paid vacation), so we treated ourselves a lot. Spent WAY too much money, especially considering we were still looking for a new apartment at the time, but...

Well, to be honest, she deserved it, after all the other crap we've gone through in the last five years. And, while five years isn't that long to some people, I still wanted to make it something real special.

So, we went to movies, ate out a bunch (including an expensive Brazilian steakhouse were we dropped a little over two hundred dollars on dinner...and worth every penny!), and even stayed in to get drunk and watch movies together. All in all, an incredible week.

But, now we're back to the regular stuff. Working, spending time together when we can, watching movies, reading, what not.

Hmm...what else...Well, nothing that I can think of. Hopefull, I'll be posting more often, now that I have a place to live (with a real office! I can't get over that!). We shall see.

end of apocalypse
My love, my archivist, my librarian, and my councilor on those nights of rage and frustration, has died.



Apocalypse, my trusty steed, blew it's power supply last night during the monstrous set of storms we had out here. I'm not sure, but the power flickering and the like may have fried the motherboard and CPU as well. Working six days a week, I don't have a lot of time to try and identify the problems, much less get them fixed. So, until then, I am reduced to using a machine at work.



Alas, my beautiful Apocalypse, as old as you were, you were still a true friend. We've been through so much. Viruses and storms, moving from one place to the other, always together. You've seen me at my worst, and hold some of my best creations. You shall be missed.



You stupid piece of shit. *kicks computer for breaking*