So it's Halloween! I couldn't think of anything to dress up as at work. There were a lot of people that did. I think the best costume so far was a lady who dressed up as Mimi Bobek from the Drew Carey show. She had the clown makeup, the garish clothing, and the hair that looks like a wig (in this case it was a wig).
I watched Saw V last night, it was ok. It had some twists and turns and gore as per usual, but nothing that shocked or 'wowed' me as much as the first one did. When the first Saw came out, there hadn't been that type of movie out before as far as I know. It was fresh, scary, and had so many twists. The ending blew your mind!!
There is something wrong with my eye. Well not my eye exactly, the side of the nose that is right beside my eye has either been bitten by a bug, or decided to become a Stye. Either way it is achy, and it is causing my eye to swell up and look funny a bit.
Hopefully it doesn't get any worse. I am going to try a hot tea bag tonight, see if that works. My coworker told me to keep an eye on it. She isn't a professional comedian surprise surprise :P
Anyways, I've been told we can head out early for Halloween. I am going to go home and set up my fog machine and strobe light. I am taking the kiddo out tonight, so I will have to instruct my sister on how to use it.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
candy mountain Charlie, candy mountain!
I am supposed to make up a song for a friend, but it's hard. The songs I have made up in the past were just randomly thrown together, and now that I have to make one up...... it's not as easy as I thought it would be.
I made a road trip out to Red Deer last night to cheer up my friend whom I made that top ten list for. We went to her weekly name that tune with her coworkers, and low and behold, we actually won!! Usually the people I am with don't like to do any of the bonus stuff, but our table got up and did every single thing asked for bonus points.
It was pretty fun :)
So today I am bagged, I even slept in a bit, but that didn't help at all. Tonight I am going to see "Saw V", hopefully it's better than #2 and #3. I thought #4 was ok, but the other two were lacking.
I really really really want to quarantine, but I promised my Vancouver buddy vegan.vwvixen (aka Laura) that we would rent it when she comes down for Christmas. She was my running and scary movie buddy. I miss her lots, she made me get my ass in shape :P
I got up to 10km, and one time she dragged me out to glenmore reservoir for a 12km run, turns out the glenmore loop is more like 21km. I couldn't walk really well afterwards, but I was proud of that accomplishment. Now I am back to square one.
*sigh*
I made a road trip out to Red Deer last night to cheer up my friend whom I made that top ten list for. We went to her weekly name that tune with her coworkers, and low and behold, we actually won!! Usually the people I am with don't like to do any of the bonus stuff, but our table got up and did every single thing asked for bonus points.
It was pretty fun :)
So today I am bagged, I even slept in a bit, but that didn't help at all. Tonight I am going to see "Saw V", hopefully it's better than #2 and #3. I thought #4 was ok, but the other two were lacking.
I really really really want to quarantine, but I promised my Vancouver buddy vegan.vwvixen (aka Laura) that we would rent it when she comes down for Christmas. She was my running and scary movie buddy. I miss her lots, she made me get my ass in shape :P
I got up to 10km, and one time she dragged me out to glenmore reservoir for a 12km run, turns out the glenmore loop is more like 21km. I couldn't walk really well afterwards, but I was proud of that accomplishment. Now I am back to square one.
*sigh*
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
zombies and friendship
So I am going to talk about zombies in WoW, but first I have to write about my friend Agent EE.
She has had an extremely rough couple of days, but things will always get better :)
I came up with the top ten reason Agent EE is super awesome!
Not that any proof is required, but I just needed to get it off my chest.
#1 Super cute!
#2 Super sense of funky fashion!
#3 Her Love of Cephalopods!
#4 Her passion about everything!!
#5 Best ideas of fun things to do!
#6 Creative in so many ways!
#7 Has experienced life in ways that a lot of people would never even think to try!
#8 Inspires others to seek out passion and fun in life!
#9 Gives hope to those who had very little!
#10 She is the most giving, honest, life filled person that I have ever met! No matter what happens in my life, she will have always profoundly affected me!
Ok, now that that mush is over..... I swear I am turning into a girl :P
So, I have 3+ friends who play the evil and addicting World of Warcraft. I guess for an upcoming expansion that they are releasing, and probably also because Halloween is almost here, they had started introducing Zombies to the game.
I guess there are tainted boxes and cockroaches in the game, if you click on them you get infected. At first the infection would take 10 mins to kill you, and then you become a zombie.
After that, you gain Zombie powers and lose health over time. To gain health you must.... take a guess, attack other players and computer controlled characters in the game. Doing so causes them to become infected, and eventually turns them into zombies. Eventually you can create a small army of zombies who then can roam the land spreading their unique style of culture :)
My friends who first encountered it said it was just like being in a zombie movie. Before they were killed and turned, they said that there were so many zombies coming from all over, that they were frantic and scared.
Now, days later, it only takes 2 mins or less to become infected. So it makes playing the actual game really hard as there are so many zombies running around raiding the towns and quest areas.
I wish I was still playing the game, and could have experienced the initial invasion, it would have been awesome!
Just in case the infection spreads to the real world, some required reading would be "World War Z" and "The Zombie Survival Guide" both full of stories and tips to help you survive in a zombie filled world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_Survival_Guide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_Z
Oh, and he does have one about robots, but robots aren't that scary are they?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Survive_a_Robot_Uprising
And yes, I google, or Wikipedia everything! It's like a joke I heard, there is no more wondering about stuff anymore like when you were a kid, just google it!
Oh, and I have to give props to my buddy to told me that all she blogs about are top ten lists. Thanks, jodiisallaboutjodi
She has had an extremely rough couple of days, but things will always get better :)
I came up with the top ten reason Agent EE is super awesome!
Not that any proof is required, but I just needed to get it off my chest.
#1 Super cute!
#2 Super sense of funky fashion!
#3 Her Love of Cephalopods!
#4 Her passion about everything!!
#5 Best ideas of fun things to do!
#6 Creative in so many ways!
#7 Has experienced life in ways that a lot of people would never even think to try!
#8 Inspires others to seek out passion and fun in life!
#9 Gives hope to those who had very little!
#10 She is the most giving, honest, life filled person that I have ever met! No matter what happens in my life, she will have always profoundly affected me!
Ok, now that that mush is over..... I swear I am turning into a girl :P
So, I have 3+ friends who play the evil and addicting World of Warcraft. I guess for an upcoming expansion that they are releasing, and probably also because Halloween is almost here, they had started introducing Zombies to the game.
I guess there are tainted boxes and cockroaches in the game, if you click on them you get infected. At first the infection would take 10 mins to kill you, and then you become a zombie.
After that, you gain Zombie powers and lose health over time. To gain health you must.... take a guess, attack other players and computer controlled characters in the game. Doing so causes them to become infected, and eventually turns them into zombies. Eventually you can create a small army of zombies who then can roam the land spreading their unique style of culture :)
My friends who first encountered it said it was just like being in a zombie movie. Before they were killed and turned, they said that there were so many zombies coming from all over, that they were frantic and scared.
Now, days later, it only takes 2 mins or less to become infected. So it makes playing the actual game really hard as there are so many zombies running around raiding the towns and quest areas.
I wish I was still playing the game, and could have experienced the initial invasion, it would have been awesome!
Just in case the infection spreads to the real world, some required reading would be "World War Z" and "The Zombie Survival Guide" both full of stories and tips to help you survive in a zombie filled world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_Survival_Guide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_Z
Oh, and he does have one about robots, but robots aren't that scary are they?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Survive_a_Robot_Uprising
And yes, I google, or Wikipedia everything! It's like a joke I heard, there is no more wondering about stuff anymore like when you were a kid, just google it!
Oh, and I have to give props to my buddy to told me that all she blogs about are top ten lists. Thanks, jodiisallaboutjodi
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
nothing to see here, move along
I haven't wrote anything in while. I noticed I had 8 unique visitors one day, and some might have been from the US. I don't know anybody from there, so hopefully it was just a random person, and not some US stalker.
I watched the new Indiana Jones movie, and I was kind of disappointed. It was watchable, however it doesn't come close to equaling the awesomeness of the old ones. Harrison Ford is what? 66 years old? I don't really buy him jumping and running and swinging and fighting. I think if a 66 year old fell or was punched in the face, they would break multiple bones. Also I don't like the direction the went with the plot. I wont ruin it for you, but lets just say that it fails to suspend my disbelief, and this coming from a guy who watches zombies movies and plays D&D.
Speaking of D&D, we got together and played for 10 hours on Saturday. It was a pretty intense and awesome session, except when we got to the final boss, and our party got wiped out. It was just one of those chain reaction/domino effect type things. One bad decision (not by me thank god), and then things just spiralled out of control from there.
I went to Hot Yoga (aka Bikram Yoga) last night for the first time in a couple of months. It was pretty brutal, buy it was good. I strongly suggest that everybody try it a couple of times. The first time you will feel like your going to throw up. Especially if you eat too soon. I suggest hydrating all day, and having a very light light supper 3 hours before you go. One time I had pizza 3 hours before, and I almost lost it.
As far as the benefits of Hot Yoga, and what it is all about, it is like regular Yoga, but they put you in a room that is heated and humid. Sometimes up to 35 degrees.
It's pretty relaxing and good for cleansing and self reflection. I've been told that the stretching accomplished during doesn't really transfer to outside of the heated room because when your muscles are cold, they don't tend to stretch as easily. So don't try to be a super ninja after a few hot yoga sessions or you might pull something.
I bought an awesome new shirt for work, so be on the look out :P
Fallout 3 is out, I might pick that up for the PC, it's supposed to be awesome.
Oh, and I will do a separate blog out the World of Warcraft (WoW) zombie infestation later when I have time. I don't play WoW but a lot of my friends are trapped playing the evil and addicting game, and told me all about it. It sounds wild, but not enough to make me tempted to play the evil WoW game again. I have to go home now, I was blogging at work again :)
I watched the new Indiana Jones movie, and I was kind of disappointed. It was watchable, however it doesn't come close to equaling the awesomeness of the old ones. Harrison Ford is what? 66 years old? I don't really buy him jumping and running and swinging and fighting. I think if a 66 year old fell or was punched in the face, they would break multiple bones. Also I don't like the direction the went with the plot. I wont ruin it for you, but lets just say that it fails to suspend my disbelief, and this coming from a guy who watches zombies movies and plays D&D.
Speaking of D&D, we got together and played for 10 hours on Saturday. It was a pretty intense and awesome session, except when we got to the final boss, and our party got wiped out. It was just one of those chain reaction/domino effect type things. One bad decision (not by me thank god), and then things just spiralled out of control from there.
I went to Hot Yoga (aka Bikram Yoga) last night for the first time in a couple of months. It was pretty brutal, buy it was good. I strongly suggest that everybody try it a couple of times. The first time you will feel like your going to throw up. Especially if you eat too soon. I suggest hydrating all day, and having a very light light supper 3 hours before you go. One time I had pizza 3 hours before, and I almost lost it.
As far as the benefits of Hot Yoga, and what it is all about, it is like regular Yoga, but they put you in a room that is heated and humid. Sometimes up to 35 degrees.
It's pretty relaxing and good for cleansing and self reflection. I've been told that the stretching accomplished during doesn't really transfer to outside of the heated room because when your muscles are cold, they don't tend to stretch as easily. So don't try to be a super ninja after a few hot yoga sessions or you might pull something.
I bought an awesome new shirt for work, so be on the look out :P
Fallout 3 is out, I might pick that up for the PC, it's supposed to be awesome.
Oh, and I will do a separate blog out the World of Warcraft (WoW) zombie infestation later when I have time. I don't play WoW but a lot of my friends are trapped playing the evil and addicting game, and told me all about it. It sounds wild, but not enough to make me tempted to play the evil WoW game again. I have to go home now, I was blogging at work again :)
Saturday, October 25, 2008
BUI: Blogging under the influence
I don't think I have ever really drunk dialed, or drunk facedbooked before, so this is a first for me.
Hopefully I can keep my "dont say anything really stupid" filter on while I do this....
Anyways, I went to the Scarefest 2008 at Canada Olympic Park. It cost 18 bucks, and we only went through 3 of the 5 scary areas.... the lines were massive.... I guess every pre teen and teenager that got out of school this Friday afternoon went down there tonight :P
The ones we went in were ok. Some had cheap scares that were fun. Some had cool ambiance to them that others didn't.
Also the people who work there who randomly walk around and scare the crowd were pretty good. they had a lot of dark figures lining the road.... most of them were just staked into the ground, but a few were alive and lunged at us as we walked by.....
They also had a girl on stilts walking quickly around and sneaking up on people. She had a mask and black cowel, she looked sort of like the took fairy from "Darkness Falls", and I think thats sort of what she was going for.
It looked pretty awesome.
My friends who I went with, one T-man, and one Cliona, had fun. It was probably more fun laughing at Cliona who was terrified of everything the whole time.
Afterwards we picked up Cliona's BF who bussed in from some far away place up north. Then we went to the Kilkenny pub in Brentwood for some drinks and food.
Hence the BUI your faced with at the moment :P
I am pretty tired now, after only getting 5 hours sleep last night... not sure what else to blog about atm.... maybe I will add more tomorrow on another page :)
Hopefully I can keep my "dont say anything really stupid" filter on while I do this....
Anyways, I went to the Scarefest 2008 at Canada Olympic Park. It cost 18 bucks, and we only went through 3 of the 5 scary areas.... the lines were massive.... I guess every pre teen and teenager that got out of school this Friday afternoon went down there tonight :P
The ones we went in were ok. Some had cheap scares that were fun. Some had cool ambiance to them that others didn't.
Also the people who work there who randomly walk around and scare the crowd were pretty good. they had a lot of dark figures lining the road.... most of them were just staked into the ground, but a few were alive and lunged at us as we walked by.....
They also had a girl on stilts walking quickly around and sneaking up on people. She had a mask and black cowel, she looked sort of like the took fairy from "Darkness Falls", and I think thats sort of what she was going for.
It looked pretty awesome.
My friends who I went with, one T-man, and one Cliona, had fun. It was probably more fun laughing at Cliona who was terrified of everything the whole time.
Afterwards we picked up Cliona's BF who bussed in from some far away place up north. Then we went to the Kilkenny pub in Brentwood for some drinks and food.
Hence the BUI your faced with at the moment :P
I am pretty tired now, after only getting 5 hours sleep last night... not sure what else to blog about atm.... maybe I will add more tomorrow on another page :)
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Insert Title here Later
So ya... watched another scarrrieee movie last night. "The Strangers" with Liv Tyler and Scott Spedman. I was supposed to be in it, but I was busy working full time.
It was based on true events, but I always take that with a grain of salt after doing some research into the "true events" that the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (TCM) was based on. Basically the real life guy killed 2 people, and used to dig up bodies and make stuff out of them. Whoopee frigging doo. The TCM movies were wayyy worse and creepy and gory....
Anways, "The Strangers" was pretty good, the built the tension well, and there were some jumpy scenes and creepy stuff....
I also am heading to Screamfest 2008 at Canada Olympic Park. It's usually pretty good :) pretty scary stuff.
For some weird reason, Wenesday and Thursday felt like Friday... so I wonder what Friday is going to feel like... I hope it doesn't feel like Monday.
Also, everyone who reads this should go to the following link, your life might depend on it!!!!!
http://www.kwanzoo.com/social-trivia/the-horror-movie-survival-handbook.shtml
It was based on true events, but I always take that with a grain of salt after doing some research into the "true events" that the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (TCM) was based on. Basically the real life guy killed 2 people, and used to dig up bodies and make stuff out of them. Whoopee frigging doo. The TCM movies were wayyy worse and creepy and gory....
Anways, "The Strangers" was pretty good, the built the tension well, and there were some jumpy scenes and creepy stuff....
I also am heading to Screamfest 2008 at Canada Olympic Park. It's usually pretty good :) pretty scary stuff.
For some weird reason, Wenesday and Thursday felt like Friday... so I wonder what Friday is going to feel like... I hope it doesn't feel like Monday.
Also, everyone who reads this should go to the following link, your life might depend on it!!!!!
http://www.kwanzoo.com/social-trivia/the-horror-movie-survival-handbook.shtml
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
my brains are safe, for now
CRAP!! I forgot and completely missed the 2008 zombie walk!
I usually don't participate, but I took my kid last year to see if he would be scared or how he would react to a mob of zombies walking towards him.
Zombie walk is a global phenomenon where people spontaneously organize (yes i know oxy moron), and wander around the city attempting to freak people out and eat there brains.
Last year, me and my son went down to 17th were their zombie walk route was supposed to take them, and grabbed some food as we waited. He almost missed them because he does get focused and distracted on things, but I happened to point out the zombies. He took a pause, didn't act scared, and said something like, "what are they doing?". I tried to play along and convince him that they were real zombies, but he wasn't buying it. Either way we had fun watching the crowd walk by, and even though he knew they weren't real, some of the scarier and gorier costumes did make him get a bit scared.
Hopefully I will remember for next year, and take him again to see if he will fall for it. After two years, maybe he would have forgotten. A word to the wise, it's never a bad time to try to permanently traumatize your children.
Links to zombie walk information and pics.
http://calgaryzombie.com/blog/2008/10/10/24-hours-later/
PICS
http://www.zombiewalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39
I usually don't participate, but I took my kid last year to see if he would be scared or how he would react to a mob of zombies walking towards him.
Zombie walk is a global phenomenon where people spontaneously organize (yes i know oxy moron), and wander around the city attempting to freak people out and eat there brains.
Last year, me and my son went down to 17th were their zombie walk route was supposed to take them, and grabbed some food as we waited. He almost missed them because he does get focused and distracted on things, but I happened to point out the zombies. He took a pause, didn't act scared, and said something like, "what are they doing?". I tried to play along and convince him that they were real zombies, but he wasn't buying it. Either way we had fun watching the crowd walk by, and even though he knew they weren't real, some of the scarier and gorier costumes did make him get a bit scared.
Hopefully I will remember for next year, and take him again to see if he will fall for it. After two years, maybe he would have forgotten. A word to the wise, it's never a bad time to try to permanently traumatize your children.
Links to zombie walk information and pics.
http://calgaryzombie.com/blog/2008/10/10/24-hours-later/
PICS
http://www.zombiewalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39
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