Finally some time... I took time today... I couldn't resist. I HAD to go see Revolutions. I left with my head spinning. It was action packed and told the end of the story well. To those us looking for the deeper meaning the question abound. To compound the matter there is no next part to look forward to with promises of answers... I will have to see this alot more to figure it all out.
No time to blog today. It's unreal the way things have been going lately... I swear I'm amazed I have any hair left on my head! If I have time I'll throw in a bloggy later about the latest events and what not... screamin'samu
The day after ... there is so much to tell. First the build on my house is not going well. They have left us with no gas one night(no hot water) they delayed the framers for 2 solid days, they steped through my roof in my kitchen, and when they turned on the water they left a faucet running in Dade's upstairs bathroom overflowing the sink filling the floor and finally leaking though to the bottom bathroom. at this point we have not had gas in the kitchen for 3 days. some of this I expected, most has been a nightmare!
Speaking of Nightmares! Halloween was a huge success! Wow wow wow! The Haunted House was bigger than ever my fmaily all worked it and had a blast... we did not get a good head count this year but we had groups of 4 going every 30 seconds for about 2 hours straight. I'm guessing a minimum of 500 but probably more like 800-1000 people went through. I know we handed out 400 glow braclets. I know that most of the parents did not take one.
The house was very spooky this year, tons and tons of screams, more than a couple of cryers, I think 3 pee-talities as well. More than a few people commented on the quality of the props and build year and how this was the best we'd ever done. It wouldbe good to go out on top, I'm not sure I'm going to do it next year, this year really took it out of me. I'm exhausted! I have to thank my family for all of the help, my mom, sis, sis's bo, dad and T all helped a ton and I would not have made it without them. As soon as I get the pics from E I'll post a link to them, with any luck I'll even get some video this year.
Well color me exhausted, I'm shuting down for a few hours, then it's back to work on other things... bostly this damn box.
Another day and another no show for my contractors... it's not as if I do not have enough stress in my life already but please. How do I make such bad choices... now I have to deal with them impacting the Halloween display I have being set up. Excuses excuse abound too... it's all looking quite bad at this point.
Y'all know I dig Star Wars in a big way... hell I started collecting light sabers a couple of years ago. I ran across this video today that was done by two guys with a camcorder and a little free time. The coreography is awesome... this would have blown people away just a few years ago... amazing.
There are some very cool images of the solar flare that is as big as the earth that is hitting us today here.
You've all heard the theory that a butterfly flapping his wings could cause an earthquake halfway around the world. Well this guy shows you how the events would unfold for just a thing to happen.
This is a freakin hillarious ebay auction... just read it.
I know this site is impossible to read due to the language but it's basicaly Screenshots of toilets in videogames, just in case you needed that source.
Ok really quickly ... the guys started on the house today! I am excited! Right now there is a huge hole and I'm exposed to a whole bunch of money but it's all good for now. We'll see tomorrow.
D and K came by yesterday and helped me with some Halloween stuff. I have built out the garage at this point to the point that it is very close to being ship shape. I need to dress it out, light it, sound it and make a couple of quick repairs. I also got out and tested some of last years props. other than a busted cylinder mount, everything looks like it's working primo! Coffin will get dressed tonight and after that it's nothing but setup.
If you have ever thought of coming to one of my haunts, this will be the year. H is on a friday night making it a good TOT night. Next year it will be Sunday and then midweek for a couple of years. Due to the stress of putting this on I think after this year I'm going to scale way back. I think this will probably be the pinnacle of the haunts for some time. I know that when it's midweek I'll not do anything major, and next year is a toss up. This year is it! So come on out!
Fox is sueing itself???!!? Over a Simpson's episode that makes fun of FoxNews... WTF???
Would you like to be able to change that traffic light from Red to green with the push of a button... sound to good to be true? read that!
It started out as a great night! My friend G and his daughter went with Dade and I to Frightfest. Dade was great, he wanted to go into every Haunted House. I got lots of ideas. We met Angie there but she left after a while, we stayed to 11, someone even gave Dade a giant iguana animal thingy. It WAS a great night.
The funny thing is G and I always see things, maybe it's a wreck or someone driving their car into the ditch or who knows what but we do see stuff... we made it all the way to Baytown, we were one block from the turn off the highway. We were the only car on the road, right at the light in the center turn lane, a body that had obviously been run over. It was pretty mangled, so much so that there was no way he was alive. We quickly pulled off the road and jumped out. G called 911.
The strange thing is our friend D is a BPD officer and G had been trying to call him just before this knowing he was on duty, he did not answer, but he was the first one on the scene. The look on his face when saw G, terror. During the time between the call and the time the police and fire and rescue showed up more than a few people showed up and a bunch came out of the bar that was right there. Also a young couple came walking up... they were walking from a truck that had stopped 100 yards down the road, I noticed it when we first stopped and I thought maybe they had passed and seen the guy in the road and were coming back to see. It didn't take long to realize that they were the ones who had hit him. When the paramedics arrived they did not even work on the guy.
It's odd but when G and I are out we see things believe it or not this NOT the first time we've been the first to drive up on a dead body. G said he was thinking about that just 2 minutes before this. I hope this doesn't haunt my thoughts. I am going to try and sleep now. Sam
Frustration is the word of the day! ... I broke our web server with a coding mistake... rebooted it and inadvertantly turned on SMTP which then kicked out a flurry of about 60,000 emails which really flattened the server. GAWD!
In a true X-Files like mantra "the Truth is Out There!"... The Sci-Fi channel is looking to get some documents that NASA has been hiding... and they are willing to sue NASA to get them... v.interesting.
There are gobs and gobs of game commercials here. Some are old!
Whoa! how about a 10' high video screen portal thingy this thing is possibly going to come out in England soon. It looks mega cool!
The word Nanotube may become a common word very soon! this article should give you a good primer so you don't sound like a nimrod the when the subject comes up.
I love the blue ice with bubbles on this site ... beautiful work here!
Remeber Rustboy? Well now there is a book about the whole Rustboy phenom!
