Next Day/Next 20

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Running behind here for oh-so many reasons. This week is gonna fly by as there is just too much going on. Maybe I’ll have my new-ish sofa by the end of the week. That would be cool. Maybe I’ll have that OOP Duran Duran laserdisc that I bought off eBay by the end of the week. I suspect I need to purchase some new porno … and “The Tower Inferno” 2-Disc Special Edition.

And now … the Next 20 from Netflix:
01. “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer”
02. “Resident Evil: Apocalypse”
03. “Nashville”
04. “October Sky”
05. “Wild at Heart”
06. “Angel Heart”
07. “Cape Fear”
08. “Bringing Out the Dead”
09. “Eyes Wide Shut”
10. “House of Sand and Fog”
11. “About Schmidt”
12. “Saved!”
13. “You Can Count on Me”
14. “Bottle Rocket”
15. “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle”
16. “Gangs of New York”
17. “Catch Me If You Can”
18. “The Dead Zone”
19. “Monkey Shines”
20. “Pet Sematary”

Yeah. I am so gonna watch “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle.”

Next Day/Next 20

Weekend Update: Three

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Preston and I went for a wee (and I mean it was really short) hike yesterday afternoon in the Black Balsam Wilderness. We ended up at Flat Creek where we discovered shirtless hikers swimming in the frigid water, fly fishermen and some really sweet campsites that need to be camped at soon. Here’s just a few photos …


Lone Tree


Boots and Water


Some Fly Fishin’


Near Flat Creek with Preston

Weekend Update: Three

Weekend Update: Two

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Yes, yes. I just know that you all are drooling for date details.

We met up at ye ole Mellow Mushroom over in Asheville for lunch. Quite a nice time was had. He ordered a small “Mighty Meaty” pizza (ah, he likes meat products!) and I had a Jerk Chicken calzone (mmmm, spiced chicken). While munching food and chatting, we were both total dorks and showed off our Mac laptops and talked design programs and fonts and music and such. After lunch (and a flat tire change), we cruised in his Mini Cooper on the Blue Ridge Parkway while Billie Holiday issued from the radio. Coolness. Looks like there might be “Date No. Two” sometime in the near furture.

Sorry, there ain’t no photos as it seemed a little weird to start snapping pictures on the first date. Maybe next time.

Weekend Update: Two

Friday Already.

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Amazing how fast the week can zip by when it sucks, sucks, sucks. Yes. This week has sucked … BIG TIME. The weekend should be interesting (and hopefully fun) as I have a date this Saturday afternoon. Yup.

In Other (Good) News:
The release date for “The Simpsons: The Complete Eighth Season” has been announced for August 15th. This season includes one their best … episodes … ever … “You Only Move Twice.” Whoo-hoo!

“The Simpsons” Eighth Season Episodes:

  1. Treehouse of Horror VII
  2. You Only Move Twice
  3. The Homer They Fall
  4. Burns Baby Burns
  5. Bart After Dark
  6. A Milhouse Divided
  7. Lisa’s Date With Density
  8. Hurricane Neddy
  9. El Viaje Misterioso De Nuestro Jomer
  10. The Springfield Files
  11. The Twisted World of Marge Simpson
  12. Mountain of Madness
  13. Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious
  14. The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show
  15. Homer’s Phobia
  16. The Brother From Another Series
  17. My Sister, My Sitter
  18. Homer Vs. The Eighteenth Amendment
  19. Grade School Confidential
  20. The Canine Mutiny
  21. The Old Man and The Lisa
  22. In Marge We Trust
  23. Homer’s Enemy
  24. The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase
  25. The Secret War of Lisa Simpson
Friday Already.

Photos: Fort Clinch/Beach

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Fort Clich Jail Time
Ha! I finally got around to getting a wee photo gallery ready from my trip back at the end of April. That Friday Mitch, Calvin and myself went the the Fort Clinch State Park and to the main beach on Amelia Island. Great day in which I shot about 220 photos. Needless to say, the attached gallery is a select one with about 50-ish photos. A gallery of the next day of the trip will appear in the next few days. Kick it!

Photo Gallery:
Fort Clinch State Park and Amelia Island Beach, April 2006

Photos: Fort Clinch/Beach

Goodbye Weekend

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And just where did it go? Lord only knows as it went by waaaaaaay too fast. My Canon Powershot S1 IS has officially been repaired and is back in my grubby ‘lil hands. So, now I am the owner of two digital cameras. Yow. After the pick up on Friday evening, Franke and Christy and I munched food and drank beer at Hannah Flanagan’s. We also lusted after most of the men in the joint as there were lots of cute guys running around. We settled on the employees as our favorites … the bartender, the orange-shirted waiter (it should be a crime to look that good) and the semi-punk waiter. Afterwards, Jonesy joined us and we people watched and had some coffee (to sober up). Saturday was semi-uneventful. Went out that evening and saw the Music Works production of “The Music Man: Junior Edition.” Good show that the kids did a really great job in. Turns out I knew a lot of the cast members. Work filled up the day on Sunday … poster and newsletter for the next show at the theater … getting materials for “The Full Monty” ready for the rest of the production crew. Whoo. Seems like a spent a lot of time on the phone as well. I wish that I could say that did anything remotely as exciting as hot man-on-man jello wrestling this past weekend … but I can’t.

Goodbye Weekend

“Twelve Days” in December

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Planning is now underway for a movie marathon at my place in December of this year that will last a whopping 12 days. “The Twelve Days of Hitchcock” will be a movie-fest which will feature the viewing of all 30 of Alfred Hitchcock’s Hollywood films over twelve days. Two films will be presented each weeknight and three to four films presented on Saturdays and Sundays.

Hitchcock’s Hollywood Films: 1940-1976
Rebecca (1940)
Starring: Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine
Adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s famous novel of a couple tormented by the presence of the husband’s dead wife.
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Starring: Joel McCrea and Laraine Day
An unsuspecting crime reporter gets swept up in an international espionage conspiracy in this fast-paced adventure.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
Starring: Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery
Hilarious screwball comedy about the merry mishaps that befall a couple after they discover they weren’t legally married.
Suspicion (1941)
Starring: Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine
Subtle suspense and fine-drawn tension in this mystery of a wealthy woman who suspects her playboy husband wants to murder her.
Saboteur (1942)
Starring: Priscilla Lane and Robert Cummings
False accusations of murder and sabotage leads to some surprising consequences in this chilling film.
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Starring: Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright
Woman suspects her loving uncle of murder. Hitchcock’s own personal favorite.
Lifeboat (1944)
Starring: Tallulah Bankhead and William Bendix
Psychological thriller about survivors trapped on a lifeboat with limited supplies. Features nail biting suspense and fine performances.
Spellbound (1945)
Starring: Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck
An amnesiac impersonating a famous psychologist. The doctor who wants to save him– even if he is guilty of murder.
Notorious (1946)
Starring: Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman
A classic tale of love and betrayal– an FBI agent must send the woman he
loves to seduce a Nazi conspirator.
The Paradine Case (1947)
Starring: Gregory Peck and Alida Valli
Courtroom melodrama about a lawyer who falls for his client.
Rope (1948)
Starring: James Stewart and Farley Granger
Compelling tale of murder between friends, famed for its basis on Leopold & Loeb case and experimental cinematography.
Under Capricorn (1949)
Starring: Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten
Period drama details saga of an English lady who falls in love with her cousin.
Stage Fright (1950)
Starring: Jane Wyman and Marlene Dietrich
Drama student accused of murder must battle to prove her own innocence.
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Starring: Farley Granger and Ruth Roman
A must-see classic, this tale of strangers who take on each other’s murders builds to a nail-biting climax.
I Confess (1953)
Starring: Montgomery Clift and Anne Baxter
Thoughtful character study of a priest who hears a murderer’s confession – only to fall under suspicion himself.
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Starring: Ray Milland and Grace Kelly
An heiress and her husband’s oh-so-perfect plot to kill her make up this taut thriller.
Rear Window (1954)
Starring: James Stewart and Grace Kelly
One of the Master’s finest– a photographer laid up with a broken leg finds himself caught up in his neighbors’ lives– and one of their murders.
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Starring: Grace Kelly and Cary Grant
Romance and intrigue combine in a seaside resort when a reformed jewel thief is suspected of a rash of burglaries.
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
Starring: Edmund Gwenn and John Forsythe
In this black comedy, a small town has a big problem– a body that won’t stay put.
The Wrong Man (1956)
Starring: Henry Fonda and Vera Miles
It’s noir à la Hitchcock in this stark, gritty tale of a wrongly-accused jazz musician.
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Starring: James Stewart and Doris Day
Hitchcock’s edge-of-your-seat remake of his own 1934 movie involves Americans caught up in an assassination plot.
Vertigo (1958)
Starring: James Stewart and Kim Novak
Considered Hitchcock’s masterpiece – caught in a never-ending spiral of deception and obsession, a private detective must discover the truth behind the death of the woman he loved.
North by Northwest (1959)
Starring: Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint
Heart-stopping suspense abound in this tale of an innocent man mistaken for a notorious spy.
Psycho (1960)
Starring: Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh
The seminal horror film of a young man tormented by his past– and his mother.
The Birds (1963)
Starring: Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren
Terror strikes out of nowhere when birds begin mysteriously attacking anyone and anything in their way.
Marnie (1964)
Starring: Sean Connery and Tippi Hedren
A beautiful kleptomaniac and the man who loves her clash in this psychological thriller.
Torn Curtain (1966)
Starring: Paul Newman and Julie Andrews
Bewildering his wife, friends, and colleagues, an American physicist defects– or does he?
Topaz (1969)
Starring: John Forsythe and Frederick Stafford
Danger and intrigue abound in this complex espionage thriller.
Frenzy (1972)
Starring: Jon Finch and Barry Foster
The Master at his most shocking in this black comedy about a series of strangulations.
Family Plot (1976)
Starring: Karen Black and Bruce Dern
A phony psychic faces off with a jewel thief in this thriller/comedy.~

“Twelve Days” in December

Bombshell News …

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… for Star Wars fans that is! This is absolutely the last thing I ever expected to see announced. This announcement is a little irritating for those who have already popped for the Trilogy DVD Box … but not unexpected as Lucas is gonna milk the fans for every single cent that he can.

The shock news today is that Lucasfilm and Fox Home Entertainment has announced plans to release the original theatrical incarnations of the classic Star Wars trilogy. In response to overwhelming demand, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release attractively priced individual two-disc releases of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Each release includes the 2004 digitally remastered version of the movie and, as bonus material, the theatrical edition of the film. That means you’ll be able to enjoy Star Wars as it first appeared in 1977, Empire in 1980, and Jedi in 1983. This release will only be available for a limited time: from September 12th to December 31st. The International release will follow on or about the same day. Each original theatrical version will feature Dolby 2.0 Surround sound, close-captioning, and subtitles in English, French and Spanish for their U.S. release. International sound and subtitling vary by territory. Make sure you stay tuned for further details.
[via dvdactive.com]

You can get the Official Announcement here.

Bombshell News …