I've been going through a few changes lately. A few weeks ago I saw a post here on SG in the Hopeless Romantics group that was a tribute to the nice guys. It was nice to read and at first was great, but I don't know. If anything, in the long run it kind of made me even less okay with being a "nice" guy. Thing is, I don't even really consider myself a nice guy, I feel I just have common fucking courtesy and try to think of others before myself if whenever I can. But what it really kind of pointed out to me is that it really does suck hairy nutsack not being a fuckwad. And yeah, it's kind of bullshit. I gotta listen to people talk all day about wanting to meet nice people, and when they do it's just a whole lot of, "I don't know, it's weird that he's nice," or my favorite, "It just kind of comes off as desperate."
Let me take a step back, a deep breath and say, Bitch, it ain't being desperate, it's us trying to give two shits about you and what would make you happy. And it's not just women either, I mean, I've worked at this same job for over a year now, and have more responsibility than about half the people there. I'm in charge of(and stand to get in trouble for) an entire third of the warehouse along with all the packages and paperwork that my section provides. I always stay late if my boss asks and will, like tomorrow and Saturday, work 15 hour days. I know how to perform every single task in that warehouse and am one of the few people who no one hates so I can work with any member there. And yet, over a year in, I'm still making Eight goddamn dollars an hour. That is minimum wage. There is some jackass who always gives the boss headaches, always talks back, and whose job is to literally sit on his ass in the parking lot and point to the general area where people should park. He makes more money than me.
So ultimately, I guess I don't really know what's up. I don't think I could ever change who I fundamentally am, which is not a prick, but I'm kind of unhappy that I'm not. It's a weird fucking problem.
In other news I have really intensely started eating better and working out a lot more. This is really the first time I, personally, have decided to do so. Two reasons why, 1) I want to learn some martial arts and you need to be in shape to do that and 2) I need to meet a woman.
For a long time I had held off losing weight because I was and still am afraid that if I lose weight and meet someone, I'll always wonder if they would have ever even given me the chance if I was big.
Guess I just don't care anymore.
Let me take a step back, a deep breath and say, Bitch, it ain't being desperate, it's us trying to give two shits about you and what would make you happy. And it's not just women either, I mean, I've worked at this same job for over a year now, and have more responsibility than about half the people there. I'm in charge of(and stand to get in trouble for) an entire third of the warehouse along with all the packages and paperwork that my section provides. I always stay late if my boss asks and will, like tomorrow and Saturday, work 15 hour days. I know how to perform every single task in that warehouse and am one of the few people who no one hates so I can work with any member there. And yet, over a year in, I'm still making Eight goddamn dollars an hour. That is minimum wage. There is some jackass who always gives the boss headaches, always talks back, and whose job is to literally sit on his ass in the parking lot and point to the general area where people should park. He makes more money than me.
So ultimately, I guess I don't really know what's up. I don't think I could ever change who I fundamentally am, which is not a prick, but I'm kind of unhappy that I'm not. It's a weird fucking problem.
In other news I have really intensely started eating better and working out a lot more. This is really the first time I, personally, have decided to do so. Two reasons why, 1) I want to learn some martial arts and you need to be in shape to do that and 2) I need to meet a woman.
For a long time I had held off losing weight because I was and still am afraid that if I lose weight and meet someone, I'll always wonder if they would have ever even given me the chance if I was big.
Guess I just don't care anymore.
William Finley has passed away at 69
One of my very favorite movies is Phantom of the Paradise, and one of the images you never forget after seeing that movie is that of William Finley as The Phantom. He brought this interesting dichotomy to the character that made him slimy and sticky and just plain creepy as well as instantly likable. If asked my honest opinion I don't think most actors could have pulled off such a performance.
He would then go on to haunt my dreams with freaky as shit small parts in various De Palma flicks like Dressed to Kill, The Fury, and The Black Dahlia. But one performance stands out for giving me nightmares for about a week, and I'm not one who ever gets nightmares from movies. I mean sure, when I first watched Men Behind the Sun I couldn't fall asleep for a bit... like 10 minutes, but this gave me honest to god nightmares.
For being the man behind the man, for Bobbi, Winslow, Woton, Emil Breton, and so many others, I say thank you good sir, may you now rest in peace.
One of my very favorite movies is Phantom of the Paradise, and one of the images you never forget after seeing that movie is that of William Finley as The Phantom. He brought this interesting dichotomy to the character that made him slimy and sticky and just plain creepy as well as instantly likable. If asked my honest opinion I don't think most actors could have pulled off such a performance.
He would then go on to haunt my dreams with freaky as shit small parts in various De Palma flicks like Dressed to Kill, The Fury, and The Black Dahlia. But one performance stands out for giving me nightmares for about a week, and I'm not one who ever gets nightmares from movies. I mean sure, when I first watched Men Behind the Sun I couldn't fall asleep for a bit... like 10 minutes, but this gave me honest to god nightmares.
For being the man behind the man, for Bobbi, Winslow, Woton, Emil Breton, and so many others, I say thank you good sir, may you now rest in peace.
Really? There is a campaign started by a bunch of angry homophobes to ban the LGBT relationship options in several recent games. Let me say that again: People, I'm sorry, stupid people are angry because in a fucking video game, you can have the choice to form a relationship with a member of the same sex, IF you should decide to. And here's my favorite part, they're saying the companies were forced and blackmailed into putting LGBT options by extremists... I'm sorry aren't you doing the same thing?
Can't you homophobes just... build a time machine and travel back to the 50's already?
I really don't understand what is so difficult about live and let live.
*Note- It really is taking every fiber of my being not to just yell and scream equally hateful things back at these people.
We live in a world where in school, during an assigned debate that was judged by both the professor and the students, my argument that was pro gay marriage lost to a jock who, and I'm not kidding, bumped two fingers together and said this isn't right. They laughed so hard that they just declared him the winner. Motherfucker got 30 points extra credit and I was called a f*g lover for about a month. AND THIS IS IN "LIBERAL" CALIFORNIA!
Stay strong, not everyone out there is a certified moron.
Can't you homophobes just... build a time machine and travel back to the 50's already?
I really don't understand what is so difficult about live and let live.
*Note- It really is taking every fiber of my being not to just yell and scream equally hateful things back at these people.
We live in a world where in school, during an assigned debate that was judged by both the professor and the students, my argument that was pro gay marriage lost to a jock who, and I'm not kidding, bumped two fingers together and said this isn't right. They laughed so hard that they just declared him the winner. Motherfucker got 30 points extra credit and I was called a f*g lover for about a month. AND THIS IS IN "LIBERAL" CALIFORNIA!
Stay strong, not everyone out there is a certified moron.
Hey! Are you fucking sick of action movies that don't deliver?
Two words for you my friend, The Raid.
Find it and watch it.
And if that didn't sell it for you I wrote a bit about it here
Two words for you my friend, The Raid.
Find it and watch it.
And if that didn't sell it for you I wrote a bit about it here
I re-watched Arrested Development from episode 1 to the series finale... Less then 2 hours later, I started from the beginning again. New episodes need to come out... soon.
Also, those living near Hollywood should check out some of the shows at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, particularly ASSSCAT and Tournament of Nerds.
Also, those living near Hollywood should check out some of the shows at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, particularly ASSSCAT and Tournament of Nerds.
This has nothing to do with me at all but I just find it so utterly amazing I had to post it somewhere.
I'm a big fan of kung fu flicks, and those who love kung fu have to know about the Shaw Brothers Studios. You may remember it as the Chinese logo that showed up before Kill Bill starts.
Shaw Brothers studios is responsible most notably for all the great kung fu flicks out of Hong Kong from the 60's and 70's, and is headed by two men, Sir Run Run Shaw and his brother Dr. Runme Shaw. Both lead some amazing lives, but I'm gonna talk about Sir Run Run Shaw(yes that's really his name, get over it).
He was born in 1907, no one knows the date or month. And I might as well say this now, yes, he's still alive and kicking.
In the 1920's at the age of 19, he and his brother Runme traveled to Singapore and created a chain of cinemas still running to this day.
In the 1950's or so he and his brother create the famous Shaw Brothers Studios, which was the biggest power in movie making in Hong Kong through the 60's and 70's. His impact just here alone would have him marked in cinematic history forever.
Unfortunately he made two big mistakes, the first was passing on a young kid known as Bruce Lee, the second was missing out on Jackie Chan eight years later.
As a result, in the 1980's he focused on television, and created TVB, which is the biggest fucking channel for Chinese programming. Hell, my folks, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, second cousins, 18th uncle twice removed, all living here in the states all watch that channel. That's a Hong Kong channel, not an American channel, or even something like BBC America. Huge.
In 1974 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1977.
He is a member of the way exclusive, way historic London Gentleman's Club White's, whose former members include so much European royalty from the 1600's till now that it boggles the mind.
Lest you think his impact never reached the States, without him a little movie called Blade Runner would not exist. Yeah, you're welcome planet earth.
His wife died at the very full age of 85 in 1987. In 1997, at 90 fucking years old, he traveled to Las Vegas to remarry.
In 2004, at the age of 97 he created The Shaw Prize which is known as the Nobel Prize of the East. The award is to scientists in the field of Astronomy, mathematics, and life and medical science and is for $1,000,000. That's US currency, not HK currency.
Literally less than 4 months ago, at the age of 104, he has finally decided to retire. Let me spell that out, ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR YEARS OLD, AND HE IS BARELY RETIRING.
He has donated hundreds upon hundreds of millions of dollars to charity and has a net worth of $3.5 billion.
If that isn't a very full life, then I just don't know what is.
I'm a big fan of kung fu flicks, and those who love kung fu have to know about the Shaw Brothers Studios. You may remember it as the Chinese logo that showed up before Kill Bill starts.
Shaw Brothers studios is responsible most notably for all the great kung fu flicks out of Hong Kong from the 60's and 70's, and is headed by two men, Sir Run Run Shaw and his brother Dr. Runme Shaw. Both lead some amazing lives, but I'm gonna talk about Sir Run Run Shaw(yes that's really his name, get over it).
He was born in 1907, no one knows the date or month. And I might as well say this now, yes, he's still alive and kicking.
In the 1920's at the age of 19, he and his brother Runme traveled to Singapore and created a chain of cinemas still running to this day.
In the 1950's or so he and his brother create the famous Shaw Brothers Studios, which was the biggest power in movie making in Hong Kong through the 60's and 70's. His impact just here alone would have him marked in cinematic history forever.
Unfortunately he made two big mistakes, the first was passing on a young kid known as Bruce Lee, the second was missing out on Jackie Chan eight years later.
As a result, in the 1980's he focused on television, and created TVB, which is the biggest fucking channel for Chinese programming. Hell, my folks, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, second cousins, 18th uncle twice removed, all living here in the states all watch that channel. That's a Hong Kong channel, not an American channel, or even something like BBC America. Huge.
In 1974 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1977.
He is a member of the way exclusive, way historic London Gentleman's Club White's, whose former members include so much European royalty from the 1600's till now that it boggles the mind.
Lest you think his impact never reached the States, without him a little movie called Blade Runner would not exist. Yeah, you're welcome planet earth.
His wife died at the very full age of 85 in 1987. In 1997, at 90 fucking years old, he traveled to Las Vegas to remarry.
In 2004, at the age of 97 he created The Shaw Prize which is known as the Nobel Prize of the East. The award is to scientists in the field of Astronomy, mathematics, and life and medical science and is for $1,000,000. That's US currency, not HK currency.
Literally less than 4 months ago, at the age of 104, he has finally decided to retire. Let me spell that out, ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR YEARS OLD, AND HE IS BARELY RETIRING.
He has donated hundreds upon hundreds of millions of dollars to charity and has a net worth of $3.5 billion.
If that isn't a very full life, then I just don't know what is.
First day of Wonder Con today. Was a good bit of fun that was mostly just geeking out, but nothing could have made this kung fu movie nerd geek out more than getting an Enter the Dragon poster signed by Jim Kelly, John Saxon, and Bob Wall... until Jim Kelly signed it, "You come right out of a comic book."
Back tomorrow
Back tomorrow
I would say I'm probably barely able to call myself a Christian. I mean, really, to me it's more of a pointless title than something I truly wholeheartedly believe, if at all.
But for fuck's sake, when you spend hours piling shit onto the belief I have to wonder which is the more intolerant.
Yeah I get it, there are people out there being killed in the name of a religion, and that's a fucking load of shit that sucks to no end. But who do you think you're impressing by posting all this anti-religion anger online? Are the people out there killing in the name of their god gonna read your facebook updates? How about the Fred Phelps followers? You know, the God hates fags people.
No, all you are doing is shoving your agenda in the faces of people who are just living their lives trying to find answers just like anybody else. Guess what, the Phelps people are still out there, people are still being murdered, but it's okay cause now everyone knows you're postmodern and ironic.
Yeah, it's a pain in the ass when you're just trying to go about your business, and some religious representative starts shoving their beliefs in your face, but guess what? That goes both ways.
Whether I'm walking down the street, or working, or watching tv, or getting high and swinging a knife at the imaginary man in my head, don't shove your agenda in my face.
That's a courtesy I extend to everyone, and yet no one seems to extend to me. If you're gonna look at me differently because I go to church when I feel lost or confused... or if it's FUCKING CHRISTMAS, then I have good news, you don't have to talk to me. I wish you all the luck in the world, just please try to live and let live.
But for fuck's sake, when you spend hours piling shit onto the belief I have to wonder which is the more intolerant.
Yeah I get it, there are people out there being killed in the name of a religion, and that's a fucking load of shit that sucks to no end. But who do you think you're impressing by posting all this anti-religion anger online? Are the people out there killing in the name of their god gonna read your facebook updates? How about the Fred Phelps followers? You know, the God hates fags people.
No, all you are doing is shoving your agenda in the faces of people who are just living their lives trying to find answers just like anybody else. Guess what, the Phelps people are still out there, people are still being murdered, but it's okay cause now everyone knows you're postmodern and ironic.
Yeah, it's a pain in the ass when you're just trying to go about your business, and some religious representative starts shoving their beliefs in your face, but guess what? That goes both ways.
Whether I'm walking down the street, or working, or watching tv, or getting high and swinging a knife at the imaginary man in my head, don't shove your agenda in my face.
That's a courtesy I extend to everyone, and yet no one seems to extend to me. If you're gonna look at me differently because I go to church when I feel lost or confused... or if it's FUCKING CHRISTMAS, then I have good news, you don't have to talk to me. I wish you all the luck in the world, just please try to live and let live.
