Sunday, August 9, 2009

Michael & I talked more yesterday. I went with him to his cousin's first birthday; his name's Lucas. Lucas's mom Michelle is also Michael's cousin. Her mom Kathy (Michael's Aunt) was the one throwing the party. Michael's mother Vicky & his sister Sarah were there as well; his older sister Rhonda, and his father Gary didn't make it. His other aunts were there (I can remember Terry) except for the youngest one, Peggy, who lives 5 hours away in the middle of nowhere, because her husband who's into contruction got this great deal on a house and is making it a very special place. Kathy & Terry and Michelle all seemed to rock. Michael's mom doesn't approve of the gay thing. Kathy & Michelle don't care and it was Kathy who told Michael that he could bring me, and Michelle introduced us as a couple at one point without blinking. I also met Jim (Terry's husband), and Michael's maternal grandparents who were visiting from Arizona, who both were friendly.

We came home after that a slept a bit, but Mark was cleaning and it was loud and I was hungry, so we got up. Later we wrestled and played and had a good day. Michael eventually left. I chilled. I listend to the BSG Season 4 soundtrack and relaxed. I read some more Watchmen. I slept.

I had awesome dreams again. That often happens when I'm reading good books and watching cool movies. I remember bits and pieces. Mollie & Adam & I at Meijer getting groceries; a cashier offending Adam and him running into the warzone of a parking lot; Mollie chasing him...me getting lost and finding a freezing to death Heath Ledger in an abandoned bus; and me trying to warm him up but knowing he was dying...with him crying on me and Michael trying to calm him. Watching a movie about insane lovers; one laying almost completely submerged in rain water in the gutter. Cat People fucking. A random ghetto dessert. Me sleeping in my old bedroom at my parents house, only it was in the jungle. And finally waking up under the covers and thinking I was still in that room.

I'm all acidy. I forgot to take my prilosec last night which means I can't eat anything for about 12 hours, which sucks because I'm hungry and I wanted to hang out with Michael, Danny & Marc today....Only I don't think I can if I can't eat.

I kind of want to work on my DCAU page. I need to figure out the order for about 17 episodes in the 1993 section and that will help quite a lot. It would be cool if once I have this figured out I could have them print me copies with them in this order, because it's almost nothing like how they were released on DVD. A complete boxed set of the Superman series is coming out this Fall; I have all the sets, but the complete set comes with a bonus disc and it would save me some trouble. If I got the new set I could give the old one to Bryan or someone who likes the DCAU, except that Bryan doesn't like the Superman section as much as me. I don't know why.

Mollie will be here in 5 days.

Oh. Michael & Mark both work on my birthday. They're both upset about this, but I'm fine with it. My party is on Saturday and I'm fine with that. My actual birthday might be a nice time for me to chill on my own. I hope they don't stress too much about it.

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I read more of Watchmen; finished Part IV. I'm really enjoying it. It's slow reading because you have to look at all the details in the pictures while you're reading, and much of the story is very complex. I can see why so many people have come to love it.

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My jaw is giving me trouble today. I can't open my mouth all the way. Didn't notice until now as I was avoiding food...but I was risking a snack. Ouch. A lot. :-0( I took my not worth much muscle relaxers; hopefully they help. I'll start the hot & cold soon.

Having now seen the trailers for "The Lovely Bones" & "The Imaginarium for Doctor Parnassus" I can now confirm I want to see both. I recommend people track down the trailers and see what they think. ;-)

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I watched a LOST webisode. I'm probably not supposed to be watching such material until later in the series, but I have no way of knowing if these will be available when I get to the last season. This new set of webisodes they're doing are interesting; not part of the show so much as...well, it's a fake tv show that supposedly aired on ABC in the 80's. It's kind of cool.

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The trailers I mentioned earlier:

The song in the 2nd trailer is "Alice" by Cocteau Twins; haven't heard that in forever!

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I'm reading chapter VIII of Watchmen; there are 12 chapters all together I think, so I'm over half way through. Really geeked about watching the movie when I'm done.

I just burned another disc for my Lost project; 4 more to go in this session. This will pay off soon I think.

My jaw is no longer locked.

I need to clip my nails. It drives me crazy to not have them cut...except for my right index finger which I keep longer for scratching. I'm odd. lol

I'll be 35 in less than 3 days. Mollie will be here in less than five days.

I'm hoping to finish Watchmen in the next 24 hours and watch the movie. Then get to working on the DCAU page again, which will involve watching several Batman episodes.

I'm going to take more prilosec soon, and try a almond milk non dairy shake.

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   Monday, August 10, 2009

On chapter X of Watchmen. Less than 3 chapters left; very gay inclusive, though I'm told the movie isn't as much. It's not unexpected as the gay characters aren't the central characters of the story. I'm impressed that any of them made it into the film; not to mention the full frontal male nudity.

Also have 3 discs left to burn and I'll be done for at least a few days.

I doubt I'll be able to stay up to watch the Watchmen movie if I manage to finish the graphic novel tonight; the extended cut is 186 minutes long; 3 hours and 6 minutes.

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2 chapters left in Watchmen...but I think I need to sleep now.

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1 chapter left. Can I stay awake?

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Started the last chapter of Watchmen but fell asleep. Woke up hours later with terrible headache.

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Took some ibuprofin; head feels a bit better already. Finished reading Watchmen. 1 disc left to burn. Might watch the extended cut of Watchmen this morning. I know some aspects of the ending are changed in the movie, but I'm curious how that change translates on the screen; very interested in seeing how it all ends on film. Very dark story.

Underworld 4 will be filmed in 3D.
Scream 4 is on the way.
Resident Evil 4 coming soon (also in 3D).
Spider-Man 4 is in the works.

I'll probably see all of those at one point or another. Underworld 3 was my least favorite in that series and has some bits that annoyed me; there's no word yet on what the story for 4 will be; perhaps it will be better. Scream 4 could be good; just the fun of seeing old characters return could be nice...but if it sucks it could taint the original 3 which ended when they needed to. Resident Evil 3 was kind of pointless, but the ending set something cool up, and Part IV is said to have the biggest budget of the first 4 films which is promising...and Mila's back so I'll watch it - she's just yummy. I think Spider-Man is annoying to some degree; I don't like him as a character and wouldn't rate any of the first 3 films as winners, but the last one was such a mess (parts of it were really good, but the parts that sucked were worse than anything in the other films). Perhaps Part IV will get it right?

How many part 4's are actually good?

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace was horrible. Halloween 4 (The Return of Michael Myers) is my favorite in that series. Bride of Chucky (Child's Play 4) was the best in that series. I enjoy A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 (The Dream Master), though I wouldn't call it the best. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (Part IV) is kind of the best of those movies up to that point. Alien: Resurrection was good (though with the upcoming Alien prequel and Aliens vs. Predator movies, the orginal Alien will be the 4th Alien installment, which is even better. The 4th Predator movie (AVP2) was horrible, but the upcoming Predators movie might change where that movie falls in line. The 4th Omen movie was a tv movie and was pretty good. With the 4th Exorcist movie being a prequel (no matter which version you've seen) #3 becomes the 4th film, in which case it's an ok outing; almost an epilogue to that series. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is well liked, but not even in the top 5 of that series if you ask me. The 4th Star Wars movie could be 'Phantom Menace' or "A New Hope" depending on how you're looking at it, and I don't love either one. Harry Potter 4 was the best in the movie series until the 5th one arrived. Hellraiser IV was the worst in the series (until further sequels arrived). Saw IV took a continuity rich series and screwed it, making further sequels (that never fixed this mistake) almost pointless. The new Hobbit film will be the 4th Middle Earth movie, though when the 2 are finished The Two Towers will stand as Part IV; the extended cut of which is pretty damned good. If you count the original theatrical version of Casino Royale then Goldfinger is the 4th James Bond movie - which is excellent, but if not then you have Thunderball as number 4 which is merely ok. Or perhaps you split those films up by actor in which case Thunderball is Sean's 4th, Moonraker is Moore's, & Die Another Day is Brosnan's - all ok movies; none of them fantastic, but none of them terrible, IMO. I don't remember enough of Critters IV to really comment on it, but I remember not loving it. The Howling Part IV (The Original Nightmare) was perhaps the worst movie sequel I've ever seen. Even 'Batman and Robin' had stuff happen in it, though the stuff that happend was incredibly stupid. I have vague memories of 'The Next Karate Kid' being lame, but it might have been better than Part III. The 2 Scorpion King movies make The Mummy Returns the 4th movie in that series (which I think is actually the best only rewatchable film in that series). Rocky IV was ok though I never need to see it again. With the new Wolverine movie X-Men 3 is the 4th in that series and though many loathe it I actually liked that one. This argument seems pointless though, as there will be another Wolverine movie and probably a Magneto prequel as well (and possibly other prequels and sequels) making it hard to classify which is the 4th film in the series. Jaws: The Revenge (Jaws 4) was the worst in that series; one of the worst sequels ever made. I never saw Rambo (First Blood Part IV) or Phantasm IV (Oblivion) or Beyond Re-Animator so I can't comment on those. House IV was crap. I never saw anything in the Amityville Horror series beyond the original film. Never made it past 2 or 3 of the Texis Chainsaws. That's all the Part IV's I can think of at the moment.

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Just got off the phone with Chris after a conversation about my party, BSG, Lost, Watchmen, nudity in film, and the non sexual nature of erections. Fun. Had to let her go as we were on Mark's phone and he had to leave for work. If I'd been thinking about it I'd have gotten ready and driven him so I could get my BSG discs back from Carrie and give them to Chris.

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I watched "Watchmen". It's not a perfect movie, but it's good; probably the best superhero movie. Some of the music choices were annoying. I think I would have liked it better if I'd seen it before reading the novel. They take a lot of the gay stuff out and it seems less balanced; there's no truly positive gay stuff in the movie, while the novel felt more balanced - good and bad, for everyone. The changes to the ending worked. The blue penis that most straight guys seemed to make a big deal about was nothing at all. Straight guys are weird.

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Left Jennifer a voicemail; I missed a call from her earlier. I had a great conversation with Mollie. We stopped so we could eat. I had some heart of romain leaves dunked in some sauce; yum. Now I'm having a shake made with almond milk and non dairy ice stuff. ;-0)

I miss Michael.

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   Tuesday, August 11, 2009

I can't seem to sleep.

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Chatted on gay.com for a bit. Now that I have a boyfriend, I find myself chatting with other guys with boyfriends. It helps us to avoid getting hit up for sex all the time I think. I'm super sleepy. I should go to bed.

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Finally going to bed...or trying to. My stomach was upset most of yesterday evening into this morning. My fault; hadn't taken my Reglan, but my doc has told me to avoid it when I can, so I did. I'll take it tomorrow though. I feel kind of subdued.

Travis & I talked last night. He was drunk. He said wild things that made me laugh. Funny how things turn out.

I'm sooooooooooo exhausted, but I feel like I should be doing more.

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I didn't get to bed this morning until around 8am. I got up around noon. I meant to get a lot of cleaning done today, but I didn't get nearly as much done as I'd hoped. I took the plastic & glass out to the recycle bins. I washed my bedding and made my bed. I cleaned up my room a bit. But that's about it. I had a short visit with Carrie today, which was nice, and she returned my BSG discs which I can now loan to Chris and Bryan. I ate. Even with my pills it's hard to keep salad down; it's not painful coming back up, but it's annoying; not sure what's up with that. I'm currently working on a possible DCAU continuity flaw, but I think it's just one of those cases where information was given on screen that was never expected to be poured over the way I'm doing right now. Wish me luck figuring this stuff out; I'm going to need it! lol

I'm tired. And apparently I'm tired a lot (which isn't that shocking with my meds). I can do a search for particular words in my blog, and I looked for 'tire' the other day and wow, am I ever tired. lol

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   Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Mark got home last night at like 1 to midnight and wished me happy birthday with a card. He'd gotten me some shirts too, which were more his style than mine, but we're working something out on those. lol. It amused me. I slept extremely well.

I woke up from good dreams. Dreams involving family (my cousin Mike White, my sister Jamie & I running from a funny zombie, defending my sister's Janice's honor by beating up a guy I went to school with that took some misleading pictures of her) and school and church friends. It was all very strange but highly enjoyable. I had a slight headache though so I took some ibuprofen and slept another hour, waking up feeling great, well rested, relaxed and ready to drive Mark to work so I could get some groceries.

I shaved and showered. I have some nice facial hair right now; I think it looks pretty good. I dressed. Felt like a million buck. I drove Mark to work and he took some pictures of me to document my 35th birthday. I went to Whole Foods and got my groceries, staying within my budget. I tried some of the new stuff when I got home (kiwi, walnuts and spinach, and some whole mushrooms - I liked all of it); gonna have a non-dairy shake soon. I wanted to try some form of tofu & some cheese substitutes but I couldn't find any - Carrie might have to help me track some down. I answered birthday wishes from friends and family on facebook. And I called to thank my grandma for the card she sent me.

I need to call Janice later and get ahold of Mollie. I may work on my DCAU thing later, or go for a walk. I want to get some more pictures. Michael will be here later too. So far I'm having a very nice birthday.

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   Saturday, August 15, 2009

Thank you Mark, for fixing my computer. I couldn't reach the ball on my mouse to turn on any sound files and I would never leave anything out to intentionaly hurt you. You know that. Mollie was there and saw the whole thing. I think you were tired and exhausted and upset. I'm so happy to have a working computer; my computer with all my info to work on all my projects. Thank you!

Michael. Thank you for coming out to help me clean on Thursday! Thank you for throwing me this party! You sounded sad on the phone but wouldn't tell me why. I'm very grateful for you bringing Mollie out here; she's been back with me for less than 24 hours and I've already had so much fun!!! It means everything to me...

Mollie. It's so good to see you and be near you again. Thank you for making me laugh so much. You make me so happy without even trying and I don't know anyone else who can do that. You listen and I'm blessed to have you in my life no matter how long between visits.

In the last few days, my computer has been thought dead, only to now return. I had a great visit with Michael (he made me feel extra good), but then he ate and got sick. I was worried about him. He went home while I was out getting food and picking up Mark from work.

Michael joined me on Friday to help me clean. I cleaned the shower and the toilet, and did laundry - and did dishes. Michael cleaned the kitchen, touched up the bathroom, took out the trash, and all sorts of things. Michael left me feeling saner than I'd been in hours (having my computer 'die' on me was more stressful than anyone knew - I kept it together pretty well). Mark came home early from work to clean up his room for Mollie. I went to bed around 9pm and slept until 1am. We picked up Mollie from the bus station at 6:30am on Friday morning, came home and went to sleep.

We all got up around 1:30pm. Mollie & I went to Whole Foods and Kroger, then back home. I tried a bunch of new stuff, and will be trying more new stuff today & tomorrow. Later we 3 went to the storage place, Little Caesars and Taco Bell on the way to Mark's work to play poker; I left them there to go to my grandma's. Grandma took some clothes that don't fit me or Mark, and fixed my shorts and shirt, then I came back to the poker game - I don't play, but it was fun to laugh and watch them play. Mollie one a few hands and got like $17.00. We went to Whole Foods again and I got some more stuff; frozen stuff. I got Tofu Dogs, and fake cheese products, and flatbread, and these cool vegie chips. It was a good time.

When we got home Mollie & I played Wii (sports and boom blox), while Mark worked on my computer. So much laughter. So much fun. Mark fixed the computer, despite my clumsy disaster ridden nature. It was all good until it was bedtime. Then exhaustion was setting in, and it got kind of ugly. Hopefully it all blows over.

We're going to the party at Michael's tomorrow. We're taking Chris & Adam. My cousin Joy is supposed to be there too. I hope it goes well.

I'm tired.

There's been some movie news in the last few days. The new Predator movie "Predators" is hoping to start filming on September 28; good news. Also, Kate Beckinsale is rumored to be returning for Underworld 4. A new Godzilla movie is in the works. Bryan Singer is doing yet another new version of Battlestar Galactica. I think it's a mistake so soon after the recent tv version; it will be confusing for the audience, and it seems rude to make a remake less than a year after the recent one ended - with at least 1 tv movie and a spin-off series coming soon.

I've seen interresting movie trailers for "The Fourth Kind" & "Legion". New images from James Cameron's "Avatar" are awesome.

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Woke up early. Took a shower and shaved. Spoke to Mark. Woke Mollie up. The party was delayed an hour, but we headed out. We went to the candy store for a hat, the comic shop, Meijer, Adam's, Chris's and off to the party. We were late, but it was nice. Jennifer arrived after us. The whole party; the whole day was beautiful; so good to see Michael. So good to see everyone. So good to hear new Jennifer / Mollie / Adam / Chris stories...but it was hot and I hadn't gotten enough sleep so it was exhausting too, but I deeply appreciated all of it. It was a great day.

After the party we headed back to Ann Arbor (which Chris driving as I'd mixed Midrin with alcohol), and then stopped at GameStop to get some Wii controllers and a game - dropped Chris off, where I got my BSG discs back (and borrowed Lost Season 4) and then headed back to our place, where Michael also arrived. I took a shower and wrote this; everyone else is playing Wii downstairs. I need to get dressed.

I'm tired. And though I'm very, very happy to see everyone, it was nice to have a bit of alone time, as I cherish that too. I'll be happy when I have a day this week when I can work on my DCAU page again. Maybe I can do some of that tonight, but I'm afraid Michael will be annoyed if I don't pay complete attention to him...I just need something to wind me down.

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