About Me
So true.
Current Favorite Song:
Funny how I've actually never put up a Kiss song considering what a Kiss fool I am. This song is technically not Kiss, as it's from the Gene Simmons solo album "Asshole" back in 2004. He has a great variety of music styles on the album, including a cover of Firestarter that's actually pretty damn good. This song, however....well, it just rocks. I'd definitely say it's worth a Deuce.
Current Movie Hype:
The Dark Knight
I just saw the trailer for the next Batman movie The Dark Knight, which, if you don't already know, stars Heath Ledger as the Joker. Well, after seeing this trailer, this is really the only movie I can think about now. Heath Ledger's Joker looks and sounds incredible, which makes a comic book dork like me very happy. I absolutely think this going to be the best Batman movie ever made......minus of course that made-for-tv, Adam West-era Batman movie that had all of the villains from the tv show in it. That movie was all the "POW" and "WHAM" glory an adolescent Batman lover was looking for at the time. Ahh, good times. Adam West rules.
But enough about that. This new movie is going to make me shoot bat signals out of my pants! This Joker will be the best and most accurate Joker portrayal we've see yet. And not to take anything at all away from Jack Nicholson's Joker. His Joker was a lot fun to watch, and actually, as far personality, pretty accurate. But in the end, it's still Jack in a Joker costume. Plus, that Joker wasn't dark enough. This one is.
Anyway, I could go on and on and bore you some more with my Joker infatuation and Batman gushing....if you've even made it this far into my ranting and raving. To sum up: excited as motherluvin' hell to see this movie...best Joker ever....I rule you.
Where does he get those wonderful toys?
Ok, so as of 1/22/08, Mr. Heath Ledger has died. So this role will be his last fully filmed movie. This is such a tragedy. Well, hopefully his Joker was very well acted and can be fondly remembered as his last role. Unlike Mr. Orson Welles, who's last movie was the 1986 Transformers animated movie where he played a planet-eating transformer. Nice.
Yes, Optimus and I go way back. It was back in '85 and I was trying to do that Weird Science trick only instead of using a Barbie to make a girl, Ihooked up Optimus and made him into my own Pinocchio. Why a transformer and not a girl? Because I was in fifth grade, and at the time transformerswere way more fun than girls. Certainly today the opposite is more true, although how crazy would it be to look across the room and see a crazylady arming Megatron and Soundwave for a full-scale assault on my heroic autobots. Hmm...only in my extreme dork fantasies.
Also, I've been trying to finally learn how to play and master the guitar. I've started playing recently with the help of Phineas T., who is trulya great talent, but I kind of stalled when I hit a brick wall known as bar chords. Dammit, I have these long fingers and for some reason when I hitthat bar chord it sounds like I wounded a koala bear. I refuse to be limited to Guitar Hero as my only means for playing guitar. Someday I'llconquer bar chords and finally live out my rockstar dreams, but until then I guess I'll just be stuck in my bathroom playing Every Rose Has ItsThorn. The bathroom has good acoustics, you know. Anyway, let's transform and roll out....
This is who I am:
I'm blessedwith the super hero ability to eat everything in sight and not gain a pound. On the outside, I look like a Gap nerd butinside I'm a pierced-up, blood-spitting, blue-haired rock star giving you the best show of your life. In a moment of socialexcitement, I might pick up a cig and
smoke a little and grab some vodka and drink a little more, but I'm never a slave to it. I will laugh as much as I can andtry to make you laugh even harder, until milk comes out your nose. Without humor, you got nothin'. Yes, in ninth grade, Iused to sport a mullet, and I would do it again. It matched my Cavaricci's something fierce. I did some hardcore growingup (puberty) in the 80's, so don't start complaining about my cd player spinning too much Poison, Richard Marx and MichaelJackson. Ah, but let's don't forget, my tenure at high school was spent in the early 90's, so I might throw some StoneTemple Pilots, Mathew Sweet and the Singles soundtrack your way too.
But nothing can compare to my deeply questionable love affair with KISS. Those guys had me at I Love It Loud. I neverenlisted in the KISS Army, due to a groin injury, but it never kept me from rockin' balls to their shallow rock n roll odesto sex and partying. No other band has saturated pop culture with such money-making precision as the "Hottest Band In TheWorld". Don't believe me? I have the Kiss Kasket nestled in my garage waiting for the day I can lie in it and spendeternity rocking out with the gods of grease paint.
The 80's also brought about a love of cartoons that I still have an affliction for. Tom and Jerry might be the bestcartoon ever made. However, Tom and Jerry was never able to capitalize on the marketing end. That all ended withTransformers and a slew of other cartoons that made visits to Toys R Us a holy pilgrimage. Oh, the sweet, sweet smell ofblister-packed toys and two-legged orange giraffes. I gobbled up Transformers, GI Joe, He-Man and M.A.S.K by wagonloads...and that was just last week. I've never stopped liking these toys and even though most of them are struggling forair in a box in my attic, I wouldn't trade them for anything, even backstage passes at a KISS concert....wait. But I stillpick up a new toy here and there, so if you were looking for any last-minute gift ideas, how about a gift card to TRU andsome white cheddar popcorn.
I love computers. I am a computer geek. I'm also a graphic artist with skills beyond your comprehension. Photoshop is myweapon and please pray that you are not the target. I like dark beer, mexican food (dear lord!), all things skulls, bluehair, cold weather, wearing jeans to work and your mom. My spirituality is strong and so is my love of Halloween. I hategetting people's voice mail, but I still leave a message, and I expect my calls and text messages to be returned. I'm likea rabid mule for movies. I love 'em, and I like 'em scary and funny. Netflix loves taking my money...and I let them. Itry to dance but don't always succeed. It seems the more alcohol I put into my body, the better my body moves to themusic....and I'm sorry in advance for showing you up on the dance floor with moves you haven't seen since Patrick Dempseyin Can't Buy Me Love.
My foundation is strong here in Dallas. I've travelled all over, but nothingbeats
Texas. I wear my sideburns low and a virtual 12 gallon cowboy hat on my head.
I love it. I love itall. So many people have come in and out of my life and I've loved all of them for the part they played in shaping who I am today. Some I've known my entire life and others only a few weeks or months, but it's the friends and family that are the constant in mylife that keep me smiling. Nothing keeps me more well-grounded than the wonderful family I have and the friends I've kept all these years. They are the most important things to me, along with keeping a strong spirituality.
I try hard to keep from living in the past. Always trying to look back is such a waste because it takesme out of the present, and NOW is the only thing that is real. The past and the future don't exist. Take care of today.It's all you can do. Now pass the mashed potatoes.
