February 3rd, 2013
Another rough week at work, up to my eyeballs in purchase orders and little end in sight. Honestly, it has been like this since December/January. Then when I get a little bit of rest, its up to work all again. It’s frustrating, because I can’t relax long enough to feel comfortable at a place I am going to write. At least I can say I had a good weekend even if its never long enough. All right, enough of my troubles, let us proceed directly to some happenings in my world that are actually interesting. Continue reading “February 3rd, 2013”
January 25th, 2013
So, remember how last week I said that I would try to take back my work lunch? Yeah, that did not last. Somewhere between getting slammed and never coming up for air, I realized that during the week for the immediate future is just not going to work unless I basically come home and forget relaxing (though writing may actually relax me). But basically, my mind goes off when the clock hits 4:30 and doesn’t turn back on (except sporadically) until 5:00am the next morning. Continue reading “January 25th, 2013”
January 20th, 2013
Still trying to get this sucker off the ground and have spent a lot of time thinking about my writing and wondering what exactly to do about it. As I contemplate my next move, I spend time with the wifey and also a side effect (at least when she sleeps in) is that I end up playing a lot of video games, or rather a couple with a lot of time put in. Currently, I have spent an inordinate amount of time playing this one free-to-play game. Some people will recognize it immediately and thine name is Happy Wars. Who would have thunk that such a happy game is actually frustrating at least half the time. Continue reading “January 20th, 2013”
January 13th, 2013
This is really one of those weekends where I wonder where the heck it went. Then I kinda think of all I did yesterday and I realize well maybe it did not go that fast after all. Yesterday was moving my 6-7 year old plasma from the living room to the bedroom and putting in a main new television. Sadly, the hardest part of the journey had absolutely nothing to do with my new acquisition. It had to do with ole betsy as readers would expect. The good news is that everything worked, even if it had many unexpected surprises along the way. Continue reading “January 13th, 2013”
January 9th, 2013
To show you how tired work makes me, I think my first blog took about 2-3 days once I put my mind to it. Heck I don’t even think I can come up with a good teaser outside of the fact that at least at home I feel more relaxed lately. I can not say the same for work but we will tackle one thing at a time. Here we go, it is weird, in a way I feel like I am writing a Dare to Play the Game column (but less focused). Okay, let’s try this…old school. *cracks knuckles*
Hitman Trilogy, NBA2K13 Achievement Nonsense, and will Kedrix (yours truly) actually write 100 pages this year? Welcome to the blog that smells something funny, and it stinks like recycled column taglines known as errr…. Oh screw it.
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Kedrix of Aldrianian
(*The Forgotten One*)
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Escape from New York (Blu-Ray) Review
Some of you are aware of this but my favorite movie of all time is Escape from New York. To me, John Carpenter and Kurt Russell represent the perfect director/actor combination. The director knows how to play the actor’s strengths (and minimize weaknesses) and the actor knows how to bring out the best in the direction. It is my sincere pleasure to cover this film on its first trip to the Blu-ray format.
The original copy of this review can be found at: https://upcomingdiscs.com/2010/08/18/efny-blu-ray/
Elvis (DVD) Review
Most people who call themselves friends of mine know that I absolutely adore the combination of John Carpenter and Kurt Russell. Escape from New York is my favorite movie of all time and I even liked Escape from L.A. as well. Now that my credibility is probably ruined, I was delighted to receive Elvis, a mini-series produced in the seventies that brought together this amazing duo for the first time. Kurt Russell is the King of Rock n Roll and I can’t help to enjoy watching.
The original copy of this review can be found at: https://upcomingdiscs.com/2010/02/11/elvis/
John Carpenter’s The Thing Film Overview
There are many movies when you are young that you just never get around to see. Perhaps your parents aren’t into that kind of movie. If it tanked at the box office, then there are probably not any friends that are going to secretly show you the film while their parents are out of the house. But often there are films that we discover in college and wonder where the heck this movie has been all my life. Such brilliance, such deep of thought, this is fantastic. For me, that movie was John Carpenter’s The Thing.
The original copy of this review can be found at: https://upcomingdiscs.com/2009/10/23/31-days-of-horror-john-carpenters-the-thing/
Death Proof (DVD) Review
The style of “Grindhouse” films were something of a cult legend. More often than not, they were crazy over-the-top horror movies or action movies that had insane action that usually involved a body count that could rival an Arrrrrnold flic. These were referred to commonly as “B” flics due to the shoddy quality of the films. Video would be scratched up, missing reels were all over the place and audio would drop at the most inconvenient moment. More often than not they would be shown at some crusty drive-in for the change in your pocket. Fast forward to 2007 where Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez decided to resurrect the forgotten genre and brings us two movies (Death Proof and Planet Terror) to the screen.
The original copy of this review can be found at: https://upcomingdiscs.com/2007/09/26/death-proof-best-buy-3-disc-limited-edition/
