My Brain Has Dried Up

I've failed.

I can not come up with a single subject to blog about that isn't boring, derivative, or something that will make me rant and scream and cuss in a NSFW manner. Usually I have something to say about something, but not right now. So until the writer's block goes away, there will be nothing of merit here.

I've come to the conclusion that blogs are usually used to either vent anger at all the stupid crap a blogger encounters in his or her's day-to-day, or to show off all the cool things a blogger encounters out there. And since I haven't had alot of aggravations or any interesting things happen to me in the last several weeks, I am now boring.

Personally, I wish I'd had a fraction of the imagination this guy did on his blog. This is one of the kewlest blog ideas ever. Start from the bottom up.

http://micksjarvisislandjob.blogspot.com/2008/04/
happy-april-fools-day-from-jarvis.html


Week Three

So this week starts week three of my No Soda quest. I'm doing just great, with no problems since the headaches went away. Odd thing though, today I actually found myself wanting a Vanilla Coke just for a tasty treat, rather than as a need that had to be satisfied. I, however, remained strong. At the end of this week, I might go ahead and have that Vanilla Coke, but it'll just be one, and that'll be it for a week.

What a Racket

Last week I made the mistake of turning in my library books late. The time flew too quickly, and I guess they've raised the daily fines, because today I logged into my library account to see what the damage was.

Fifty-three, count 'em FIFTY FREAKIN' THREE DOLLARS!!!! F-I-F-T-Y. T-H-R-E-E. 5. 3.

For just a few days overdue.

Now, in all honesty, I did have twenty three books out, but c'mon, there's got to be an upper limit of this silliness.

Garsh! If I'd of only known.

In a Field of Clover

So I re-watched the movie Cloverfield for about the fifth time, and I'm still loving it. As a modern day Godzilla-type flick, the Point of View-style works better than if they had tried to make a straight horror film. The characters seem like real folks, they are all sympathetic, and in way over their heads, and are basically herded to the end of the movie by circumstance and not by their own decisions, a plot device which I like. It feels like real life, where the world does what it wants to and you're just along for the ride. The movie's short, too. Only and hour and ten minutes or so.

In this Youtube generation, the idea of a film entirely shot Blair Witch-style is becoming popular, and for good reason. Seems like more and more, our way of communicating and keeping in contact with others comes from footage and pics shot on home cameras and posted on Youtube vids and email and blogs, so I see Hollywood wanting to cash out on that paticular kind of societal meme (any thought or behavior that can be passed from one person to another by means of imitation, just in case you don't know what a meme is).

And it's entertaining when it's done right.

Of course, it can be done badly. George Romero of Night of the Living Dead fame resurrected his of the Dead franchise yet again with the Cloverfield/Blair Witch-style Diary of the Dead. Although I had high hopes for it, Romero let me down yet again, and DOTD was so full of Fail I will never watch it a second time. And that's saying something, as I'll watch zombie movies over and over, even the bad ones. Crappy acting, corny dialog, unbelievable scenarios (aside from the zombies), Romero's usual overdone preachy-ness, and poorly done camera work make it unwatchable more than once.

You ever see a Youtube vid that was supposed to be real, but was obviously scripted, and acted out badly? So badly you cringe in embarrasment for the people performing 'cause it's Just. That. Bad? That was Diary of the Dead. Avoid at all costs.

Hey, look at that. I had something to blog about after all.

And to all a good night.