Friday Update

Gosh. That half-day off yesterday was really swell. Most of you have probably filled in the gaps and properly guessed that I was off on a date with a cute fella. I had a really nice time … so I guess we will see what happens in the near future.

But today, on the other hand has been irritating and I am super annoyed. It appears that I am the most financially stable person in my family, so it’s “Let’s Hit Charles up for Money” Day. Yup. I am a bank and a taxi service.

It’s a three day weekend. So at least that is something to look forward to.

Friday Update

Half-Day Thursday

The week between Christmas and New Year’s is always deadly here at work. Very, very quiet. But things will pick back up. Fortunately I am taking the afternoon off and using up what little of my vacation time (4 hours!) is left for the year. Plus, there gonna be some exciting stuff happening this afternoon … but more about that later as I feel like being vague and annoying you with my vagueness. Whee!

Half-Day Thursday

The Next 20

Do-do-do. Have I mentioned how much I love Netflix? Here’s what’s gonna be sliding my way over the next few weeks.

01. “Visiting Hours”
02. “Marathon Man”
03. “Straw Dogs”
04. “Experiment in Terror”
05. “Fear”
06. “Open Your Eyes”
07. “Horror Express”
08. “Horror Hotel”
09. “Audrey Rose”
10. “The Killing Hour”
11. “House of Games”
12. “The Night of the Hunter”
13. “Logan’s Run”
14. “The Saddest Music in the World”
15. “I’m Not Scared”
16. “Barbarella”
17. “Through a Glass Darkly ”
18. “Scotland, PA”
19. “An Everlasting Piece”
20. “Wag the Dog”

The Next 20

Some Photos

Clouds
Clouds: November 15, 2006

Ian
Ian: November 17, 2006

Cemetery Shadows
Cemetery Shadows (Mary O. & Chas.): November 15, 2006

Jerusalem Garden Drag Show
At Jerusalem Garden: December 22, 2006

Mark at LaRue's
Mark at LaRue’s Backdoor: December 22, 2006

Michelle and Mary
Michelle and Mary: December 23, 2006

Some Photos

Post-Holiday Wrap

Thank the sweet baby Jebus … Christmas is over!

Friday night a group of went to see Mark perform at LaRue’s Backdoor. We had this super frustrating dinner at Jerusalem Garden beforehand and barely made it to the show. Folks in our group showed up a half hour late and we had to rush to order and eat. I want to go back and actually enjoy the food there sometime. Mark’s show was sweet and we had a nice time hanging out and drinking afterwards. Dang. There were some cute fellas at the bar.

Saturday I spent the morning running around and actually buying Christmas presents. I spent the afternoon actually wrapping them. Then it was off with Michelle and Mary to Roger and Cat’s Holiday Open House. Good food. Good company. Definately too much wine. Some things were revealed that night which were kinda interesting. Someone ain’t on our “ball team” as it were. Oh, well!

Sunday morning I had work that needed to get done, so I spent my time doing that while half-way watching the rest of “The Simpsons: The Complete Ninth Season” dvd set. Then it was off to dad’s for the afternoon/evening. We hung out. We exchanged gifts. I tried to keep up with my niece. We ate some food. And then I went home a totally exhausted and totally a nervous wreck. I am soooooo glad I don’t have kids.

Christmas Day was a rainy, dreary day. I slept in that morning and spent the rest of it doing work. I made trips to Grandma’s and Lynnette’s. That afternoon I watched “Scanners.” Nothing quite like exploding heads on Christmas Day! Then I was off to Roger and Cat’s again for a holiday dinner. We had delicious spicy gumbo. Mmmmm. I was the only one there so it was a quite dinner and a pretty nice way to round out the holiday zaniness.

Now … on to Thursday!

Post-Holiday Wrap

Tick-Tock

My watch has stopped working. Fun. Those you who know me know that I am a wee obsessive about time. It’s been 3:15 for two days now.

Time sure does slip by. Just seems like yesterday that I found out I was gonna be directing “The Full Monty.” And here was are two months after it’s closing. It’s just about a week and a half until the new year. Sheesh.

Things here are going okay. Seems like there is just too much to do and no time to do it. I don’t think I have ever really gotten my energy back after the two boughts of strep. Yup. A show to reahearse. Too many dvds to watch. Fellas to date. Some work to do. I guess there are worse ways to spend my time.

Tick-Tock

Hell Yeah! A Release Date!!!

From DavisDVD.com:
Paramount Home Entertainment has at long last announced the Region 1 release of Twin Peaks: The Second Season. Due on April 10th, 2007 the set will include all twenty-two episodes remastered in high definition with new fullscreen transfers, remixed Dolby Digital 5.1 and original 2.0 tracks. Extras are to be announced.

Hell Yeah! A Release Date!!!

I Heart “Black Christmas” (1974)

Black Christmas, 1974
Fuck that new version of “Black Christmas.” The classic version from 1974 is the way to go. Everything about this production is top notch from Bob Clark’s direction to the great acting to that eerie musical score. This movies also contains one of the scariest images I have ever seen in any horror movie. The tone of “Black Christmas” is very plain creepy from the very start. The movie takes it’s time setting up the charcters and then taking them out one by one. The “obscene” phones calls truly are the stuff of nightmares. The killer really is one of the greatest villians ever put to screen. You never really find out his motivations or backstory (a thing I really admire about this movie). When you finally do see “Billy,” you only get to see his eye and one of his hands which makes him all the more terrifying. He’s like that killer that chases you in your bad dreams. You know he’s out to get you, but you never can quite see him.

So, my advice to you is: Get a copy of “Black Christmas” and curl up under a blanket on the couch and make this holiday season a killer one.

I Heart “Black Christmas” (1974)

I Heart Dr. Phibes

Doctor Who: The Complete First Series
Most of you know that I heart Dr. Phibes. He’s the coolest. Now, I must say that I REALLY, REALLY heart Dr. Phibes. He threatened to buy me the Complete First Series of the new Doctor Who for Christmas … and he so followed through on that threat. I got home Saturday afternoon and found an amazon.com box on my porch. Inside that box was lots of British nerdy joy!

So, Dr. Phibes …  know that I heart you big time. And if you ever need a house boy or sex slave or someone to just wash your dishes or mow your lawn, I’ll be there for ya ’cause you rock.

I Heart Dr. Phibes

Whoo-Hoo!

Skinny Puppy: Mythmaker
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New Skinny Puppy on January 30th!!!

Whoo-Hoo!