A Taste of things to come? May 1, 2009
Posted by Dan in Monsters, Real Life, books.12 comments
Okay I’m gonna do something a bit different with this post and I hope you guys will humor me while I do it. I’ve toyed with the idea of writing actual stories for a long, long while and with this whole Swine Flu thing I got what I hope is a really cool idea for a story. I’m gonna post a little bit of it here and I want you to be honest with me and let me know what you think of it. I trust my readers and value their opinions so without further adie here is the first part of what I hope will be a much longer story. As always thanks for reading and for any feedback you feel like providing.
If your reading this then that means that I’m either dead or….or one of them. If I am one of them then please do me the favor of putting a bullet in my head, I’ve done enough killing as it is and I don’t want any more blood on my hands.
This is my personal journal, all entries before the start of the outbreak have been redacted, what follows is my account of the zombie outbreak. I hope that if your reading this things have improved to the point where the zombie menace has been contained and not due to the fact that I’m one of those mindless things.
Sincerely,
Alex Prescott
Monday April 27, 2009
Seems like you can’t turn on the news nowadays without hearing about this Swine Flu outbreak. I guess it started in Mexico or something like that and is now in New York, Kansas and California. I’m not sure how many people have died from this but I know there have been quite a few. As long as it stays there I’m not gonna worry too much about it, better them than me right? I got enough on my plate to worry about as it is.
Tuesday April 28, 2009
More Flu outbreaks on the news today, I guess now it’s spread to Canada and even to New Zealand. They say this thing has an incubation period of three days or something like that. Kinda scary if you ask me.
Wednesday April 29, 2009
Well they haven’t officially closed the border to Mexico but they have moved in the National Guard. Not sure what that’s all about. I guess they’re moving the Guard into the cities that are hit hardest with the infection too, something about riots or violence. I didn’t catch what it was for exactly I was brushing my teeth. I’ll watch the news tonight and see if I can figure out what’s going on.
Thursday April 30, 2009
This flu is spreading fast!! We have our first confirmed case here in Colorado today, I hope I don’t get sick!
Saturday May 2, 2009
This flu is hitting Colorado hard! They have more and more new cases each day the hospitals are getting over loaded.
Saturday May 9, 2009
I’ve started stock piling supplies to minimize my contact with the outside world. I don’t want to be a shut in but with this flu thing hitting so hard and people being attacked I’ve decided it’s better to just stay inside. I don’t understand what’s going on with rise in violence lately, it’s on the news almost as much as the stories about the outbreak of the flu! The Guard is supposed to be here in the next day or so. If it helps quell the insanity then I’m all for it. Think I’m gonna head up to my folks and get a gun tomorrow though, just to be on the safe side.
Sunday May 10, 2009
Decided to go ahead and go to Greeley to get my gun. It’s kinda creepy, there are roadblocks all over the place. I was pulled over on my up to Mom and Dad’s and questioned by the Guard. They asked me if I’d noticed or been involved in any unusual activity lately. I told them no but while he was asking me questions there was another guy scanning me with some…I don’t know what it was, looked like something out of Star Trek. They let me through with no issues but I could swear the guy in the car behind me was dragged out of his car and taken into a trailer. Things are getting pretty scary.
Sunday May 10, 2009
Okay I’m not sure what the hell I just saw but if I’m right I just saw someone get….I don’t even know what to call it…kidnapped maybe? I heard these people fighting outside but by the time I got up to see what was going on it was too late to do anything. One of the guys was holding his arm like he’d been bitten by the other guy and had this look of pure and utter shock on his face. I started to go out the door to make sure he was okay but by the time I got outside there was already a…not really a police truck but something similar to it taking the guy who was bitten inside and beating the other guy down! I asked what was going on but was told to mind my own business and get back in my house and lock the door. My momma raised me well enough to not argue with guys with guns so that’s what I did. Something seriously wrong is hitting the fan, I think I need to start getting better prepared for whatever it is.
Your a mean one Mr. Guise!! March 25, 2009
Posted by Dan in Monsters, People, Real Life, friends.8 comments
So since I lack a dependable internet connection at home lately I’ve been dependent on the free connection at the library. I don’t know how long it’s been since some of you have been to the library but they’ve changed quite a bit over the last few years. For starters there are specific sections now just for teenagers which happens to be the area where the tables are for people to set up laptops on.
I’m not sure at exactly what point I turned into a cranky old man but the kids that were at the library that day were loud and obnoxious as hell!
Well let me rephrase that, they were loud and obnoxious until this man showed up!
Okay, that’s really accurate but the guy looked an awful lot like him. Keep this picture in mind when you read the rest of this post.
I know that most of the people who read my blog also read the others listed on my blog roll and are familiar or at least know about Guise. Guise is a wonderful person, he really is! I can’t tell you how much I’ve enjoyed the packages of goodies he’s sent me but don’t let him fool you, Guise is an evil, evil man!!
He comes off as a mild mannered, polite Brit but in actuality Guise will try to get you killed by Creepy Child Molester Man at the first opportunity. I know the blog has been kind of rambling up to this point but what follow is the transcript between Guise and I on one of my reent trips to the library. *Some names have been left out just because I can.
Me (3:00:51 PM): My connections not even safe at the library!! XD
Guise Dugal (3:01:52 PM): heh, revenge of the tweeners
Me (3:02:28 PM): Undoubtedly so!!! Little bastards were waiting for me to be in the middle of something and then sabotaged me!!!
Me (3:03:15 PM): although “Creepy child molester man” just scared all the tweeners off!!
Guise Dugal (3:03:33 PM): like all kids, just waiting to lull you in to false sense of security
Guise Dugal (3:04:23 PM): “creepy child molester man”, now there is a superhero gimmick…”Quick, to the Molestmobile!”
Me (3:05:23 PM): LMAO!! I’m serious he’s creepy as hell!! he’s wearing a suit and tie but carrying a radio and went straight to the kiddie section of the library!!
Me (3:06:01 PM): his exact words (I kid you not) were “What’s up guys? You remember me?”
Guise Dugal (3:06:39 PM): his molester-senses were tingling…and he frequently gets that tingling sensation…
Me (3:07:54 PM): I think you may be right!! And even better? Guess who he decides to set up shop by?
Guise Dugal (3:09:13 PM): heh, just remember “With great molestation comes great prosecutionability”
Me (3:10:02 PM): XD!! That’s too funny. I guess I don’t have to worry too much though, I’m a little old for him
Me (3:10:39 PM): He looks kind of like Martin Short, it’s really creepy!!
Guise Dugal (3:10:55 PM): is it too light out for him to see the MolestSignal in the sky…a silhouette of a hand holding a bag of candy…
Me (3:11:22 PM): your gonna get me in trouble!! he’s decided to talk to me and I’m trying not to laugh!!
Guise Dugal (3:12:02 PM): “so…is that spandex costume dry clean only…?”
Me (3:12:37 PM): XD your an evil, evil man!!!
Guise Dugal (3:12:57 PM): “…not a lot of men can pull off multi-coloured polka dots and gold y-fronts and booties..you amongst them”
Me (3:13:43 PM): If you don’t hear from me after today, tell the police to look out for Martin Short in a suit and carrying a boom box!!
Guise Dugal (3:14:19 PM): that’s one hell of a secret identity
Me (3:14:31 PM): indeed it is!!
Me (3:15:17 PM): God help me!! He’s just weird!!! I just hope I don’t feel a strange hand anywhere on me!!
Guise Dugal (3:16:02 PM): it’s a good thing he’s not a villain…I mean, what if his molestation powers be put to evil…The Fiddler…
Me (3:16:37 PM): You are so gonna get me killed!!
Guise Dugal (3:20:53 PM): “oh no, there are children in the kiddies section reading books without supervision, this looks like a job for… ” yes, mild-mannered Martin Short impersonator by day, but once he plays his magical boom-box he turns in to the superhero “…Creepy Child Molester Man! There isn’t a moment to spare, I just hope I packed enough pocket-warmed jelly babies!”
Me (3:21:57 PM): Yep, I’m a dead man!! I totally lost it on that one!! He’s giving his best Martin Short WTF look right now
Guise Dugal (3:23:26 PM): does this make you an arch-nemesis?
Me (3:24:28 PM): Hmmm what would my villain” name be I wonder?
Guise Dugal (3:25:41 PM): hm, the dastardly, the insidious…Innocent Bystander!
Guise Dugal (3:27:54 PM): Innocent Bystander and Creepy Child Molester Man, locked in constant turmoil as they each try to win the heart and soul of the Library
Me (3:29:19 PM): I just hope he’s not standing over my shoulder reading this with binoculars from the check out counter
Me (3:29:36 PM): Uh oh!! CCMM just made another move on the tweeners!!
Guise Dugal (3:31:05 PM): that’s not just the check out counter…that’s his secret lair…where he ‘checks out’ the citizens to ensure that his special molestation powers are not needed…
Me (3:32:21 PM): He’s back and insisting on talking to me!! I think he’s trying to figure out if I’ve caught on to his plans or not
Me (3:32:38 PM): I would take a picture with my phone but I’m afraid he’d kill me!!
Guise Dugal (3:32:55 PM): maybe he wants to make you his sidekick and not his enemy!
Me (3:33:38 PM): 0_0
Me (3:33:45 PM): that’s wrong on so many levels!!!
Guise Dugal (3:34:05 PM): his old sidekick may have been killed or moved on to become a hero in his own right, he’s just looking for a new Indecent Exposure Boy
Guise Dugal (3:36:24 PM): phew, still alive
Me (3:37:02 PM): I think his previous sidekick may have ben arrested!! I kid you not he’s at a table with two pre-teen girls chatting them up!!
Guise Dugal (3:37:48 PM): …are there no adults supervising?
Me (3:38:20 PM): there’s an occasional appearance by the cute librarian but other than that no.
Guise Dugal (3:43:46 PM): “well, gee golly Creepy Child Molester Man, it must be sure fun being a superhero,” “why yes, it is…but it’s also a lot of hard work, in fact, the only way I can keep my molestation powers up are to take my vitamins and drink my milk” “gosh, I never knew it was so important…I want to be just like you when I’m older, Creepy Child Molestation Man!” “Well, why not come out to my van in the parking lot, I’ll show you some of my super powers…by the way, do you like tootsie-rolls?”
Me (3:44:44 PM): He’s literally standing at the head of the table with his leg up on the chair right next to them. Oh and his name is Joseph! (help me!!)
Me (3:58:43 PM): He’s back!!!!!
Guise Dugal (4:00:13 PM): yeah, but you are still alive…which is a huge relief, I think XXXX might be a little miffed at me if I was to get you killed or violated…I mean, I’m sure she’d understand eventually, but I’m not sure how I’d break it to her
Me (4:00:27 PM): Gee thanks!
Guise Dugal (4:01:51 PM): “There was an incident at the Library involving Dan…a costumed character with molestation superpowers…and a copy of the book ‘The Very Hungry Caterpiller’…I’m sorry, I’m so sorry.”
Me (4:02:36 PM): Evidently he’s decided to try his powers of persuasion on me now. Despite the fact that I have headphones on.
Guise Dugal (4:04:50 PM): no-one can resist the Master of Molestation, the Forefather of Fiddling, the Dynamic Diddler…
Me (4:05:38 PM): Remind me to hurt you for this when I see you. He’s giving me the stare again.
Guise Dugal (4:06:29 PM): sure that’s not him practicing the superpower ‘x-rated vision’?
Me (4:06:43 PM): Ewwww!!!!
Guise Dugal (4:08:37 PM): …yes, Creepy Child Molestation Man’s x-rated vision allows him to see through clothes, no matter how many layers to whatever undergarments his mind puts you in or even to just bare skin…with this ability he’s able to seek honesty and see the naked truth
Me (4:09:04 PM): He still lives with Mommy too!
Guise Dugal (4:09:23 PM): stately Short basement?
Me (4:09:47 PM): Undoubtedly!!
Me (4:13:16 PM): He’s a bible thumper too evidently. He’s a molester for God!
Guise Dugal (4:14:07 PM): Diddling for Jeebus?
Me (4:14:23 PM): that’s what it’s sounding like
Me (4:17:26 PM): Oh how I wish you were in the States, I’d call you and let you hear this.
Guise Dugal (4:18:27 PM): would you really, really want me on the phone right now?
Me (4:18:44 PM): XD probably not!! We’d both end up dead!!
Guise Dugal (4:20:33 PM): heh, yeah…pretty sure it’d be a death warrant, and with me dead too who would tell XXXX what happened…she’d never know the truth…or she might become a villain herself to exact revenge on CCMM
Me (4:21:04 PM): The Mad Texan!!!
Me (4:22:52 PM): He’s back to Tweeners now. Thank Jeebus!
Guise Dugal (4:31:11 PM): martin short as mad hatter scares me…scares me baaaaad
Me (4:31:39 PM): And honestly that’s what he kind of looks like!!! The teeth and everything!!!
Guise Dugal (4:31:46 PM): oh man
Me (4:32:07 PM): I was gonna reference that but I wasn’t sure if you’d seen it or not
Guise Dugal (4:33:47 PM): heh, well…i know it now, wish i didn’t…
Me (4:34:33 PM): at least you don’t have the real life version staring at you across the table!!
Guise Dugal (4:41:31 PM): well, I’m gonna try and get a bit of sleep…you be careful and take care, hopefully catch you soon
Me (4:42:14 PM): Thanks! I hope you get some rest and get to feeling better. I think I’ll be leaving here soon myself, not crazy about the company!!
Guise Dugal (4:42:32 PM): but the company sure is crazy!
Me (4:42:45 PM): You got that right!!!
Guise Dugal (4:43:08 PM): take it easy, all the best to XXXX…get out of there alive and unmolested!
Me (4:43:26 PM): I’ll do my best! Cheers!
Guise Dugal went away at 4:43:40 PM.
Chips? Crisps? It’s all potatoes to me! March 9, 2009
Posted by Dan in Food, People, Real Life, friends.5 comments
So Guise recently posted a new post about his experiment with new chip flavors exclusive to the UK. After reading his post and seeing the new flavors they’ve introduced it makes me glad that he sent me the “normal” flavors. Granted he sent me these in ‘08 but I’m hoping he’ll forgive me for not posting my write up until now.
Salty AND Vinegary!!
Granted these are no “Cajun Squirrel” but I gotta admit that the Salt and vinegar flavor are a personal favorite of mine. You’d think that they flavor of the vinegar would be more pronounced with these considering the UK’s love of fish and chips with vinegar but these are a lot tamer than some of the American versions I’ve tasted. Overall I’d give these an A-.
Yes you read those right, Turkey and Stuffing and Roast Chicken
You know aside from Thanksgiving and the occasional TV dinner I don’t have Turkey and Stuffing very often but these “Crisps” were actually not too bad! They actually do taste like what they say they do. I have to say though of all the ones I received this one was sadly not in the top three. They were tasty to be sure but just something about Thanksgiving on a chip didn’t seem right to me. I’d give these a B- overall.
The Roast Chicken however would be one I’d buy for sure if they came out here. I’m not sure how we’d go about getting Walkers (Lays here) to bring them over but dang it we totally should. If you’ve ever thought about eating chicken while munching chips..err crisps then these are right up your alley. Final grade A.
Sorry for the lousy picture
Mmmm….Prawn Cocktail!! Now I know it sounds weird, shrimp cocktail chips and all but these things are awesome!!! These are by far my favorite of the batch. I can’t describe the flavor to you adequately, it’s really one of those that you have to try for yourself but trust me these things are yummy!! These babies get an A+!!
Ham and Mustard, well that’s pretty much what they taste like. They were good and definitely a unique flavor sensation but they just didn’t stand out like some of the others did. I wish I could say more about them but what can you say about Ham and Mustard crisps that hasn’t been said? Overall grade C+.
Ploughmans and Worcester Sauce
Worcester Sauce, not just a condiment any more!! These were my other favorite flavor. Now I know what your saying “Dan, Worcester Sauce is used for flavoring not on chips, I mean crisps!” and you’d normally be right but if you’ve never had it on chips, grab yourself a bag of plain chips and a bottle of Worcester sauce and give it a go! Ok not really, that would probably taste really nasty, but if you can score a bag of these then give them a go instead! Another solid A+.
Ploughmans….you know I’m not sure exactly what these were supposed to taste like but they were good. They didn’t really stand out like most of the others did. I suppose if I had a frame of reference for these I’d have enjoyed them more. I’ll give them a B just because I can.
Cheesy and Steaky with a hint of Onion
What can I say I’m a steak and potato kinda guy (Get it? Steak flavored potato chips? Oh c’mon that’s funny!) Ok bad pun aside this flavor rounded out my top three easily. The onion flavor on these two is pretty mild but still noticeable which makes these damn tasty no matter who you are. Well I suppose they wouldn’t be tasty if you were a vegetarian but what would a vegetarian be doing eating steak flavored chips? Overall grade another A.
The Cheese and Onions are the one I’ve had the most exposure to. After Guise had sent me the ones above another friend of mine went to the UK and while I asked for more Prawn and Worcester Sauce flavored I got these instead. Not that I’m complaining because cheese makes anything taste better, or it does to me. I like the Cheese and Onion well enough but when you’ve got a hankering for Prawn Cocktail they just don’t make the grade.
So while my crisps weren’t as exotic as the ones he subjected his victimneers to I think I had a better experience. I can say for sure that when I tried my “crisps” there were no breaks to run to the loo.
So thank you to Guise for sharing and I apologize that it took me so long to put up my take on your generous gift. I know I didn’t review all the things you sent me but I’ll keep that between you and I. 
The Great Slurpee Experiment (or “Kids don’t try this at home!”) February 27, 2009
Posted by Dan in Candy, Real Life, friends.8 comments
So after talking with Deej I’ve realized I’ve been a bad,bad blogger! For what it’s worth though things have really conspired against me. I know that’s a lame excuse but things really have been rough lately, I won’t go into details because it’s not relevant but I promise to try to update more often and with “real” content instead of filler or updates. Some would argue that the majority of my stuff is filler and I wouldn’t disagree with you but you take what you get right? 
So anyway I was talking to Deej earlier and after much discussion of movies, board games and culinary adventures I decided I’d throw up a new blog because…well I miss you guys!!! Besides that Deej said he had like 50 new posts planned and I’ll be danged if I’m gonna let him show me up!!
So I was out running errands earlier this evening and found myself at my local 7-11 store and noticed the were advertising the new Mountain Dew Voltage Slurpee. As frequent readers may remember I tried the three new Dew flavors over last summer and Voltage was my second favorite of the three, I much preferred Super Nova but that’s just me. If your not familiar with Mountain Dew Voltage it’s a Windex blue colored version of Montain Dew flavored with blueberry, ginseng and some other stuff that may work as a soda but does not work well as a Slurpee!
Looks better than it tastes!
You can’t really see the blue at the bottom but there was no way I was gonna get an entire 524 oz. Slurpee with a flvor I may or may not like, in hindsight this was a good decision because the Voltage Slurpee tastes disgusting!! To me it tastes like the Buttered Popcorn Jelly Belly’s and to play on a theme I don’t want to think about buttered popcorn when I’m drinking a Slurpee. Now I know there are those of you saying “But Dan how can you tell what it really tastes like when you mix all the flavors?” Fair enough, two ways I can tell. First of all the blue gunk was at the bottom of the cup so it was the first thing I sucked up when I took a drink and if you look real close at the picture you can also see a little bit of blue on top which I also tried solo. I’m just glad I mixed in regular Mountain Dew and Cherry on top because if I had just gotten blue I honestly don’t think I would have bought it.
My trip to 7-11 wasn’t a total bust though, I also spotted these babies!
Everyone knows red is the best flavor!!
These sport all your favorite red flavors Cherry, Strawberry, Watermelon and one I’ve never tried before Fruit Punch (which is damn tasty!) So if you see these bad boys while your out and about give them a shot, if you like Starburst that is.
Well kiddies I know it’s not much of a post but it’s better than nothing right? I have a few new posts in mind I just need to sit my butt down and type them out. I’m hoping that happens sooner rather than later but we’ll see. Anyways, thanks for sticking with me during my prolonged absence and I should be back soon.
Not a creature was stirring…not even my mouse January 9, 2009
Posted by Dan in People, Real Life, friends.11 comments
Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated. I assure you I am still alive and kicking, just ask the punk I had to beat up last night at the local Wal-Mart!
All kidding aside I do miss all of you and thank you so much for the kind words you’ve left during my (very) prolonged absence, they mean a lot to me.
I’m hoping to be back on-line soon, I’m shooting for the end of January at the latest. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and all that jazz and I’m sorry I didn’t have the chance to tell you all that sooner.
And regardless of what Josh says I still blame him for this, his prolonged absence is what started everyones downward spiral!!
Just kidding Josh!
I hope you all take care and I hope to talk to you all very, very soon!
Blame Canada November 27, 2008
Posted by Dan in Real Life.14 comments
Contrary to popular belief I have not fallen off the face of the Earth nor have I been abducted by aliens (which I guess would be the same thing as falling off the face of the Earth). No, I’ve instead pulled a Josh and had to disappear for a bit. Bills and lack of employment have led to lack of internet on my part. I do access the internet from the library occasionally but I am mostly doing job searches. Rest assured I do keep up with everyone’s blogs and comment when I can but it won’t be as often as I usually do.
I hope to be back on-line soon but honestly I don’t have a time frame as of right now. I hope all of you in the U.S. have (had) an awesome turkey day and I’ll hopefully be back with more snark and sarcasm soon.
Boom! Boom! Aka-laka-laka! Boom! November 11, 2008
Posted by Dan in Denver, Movies, People, Real Life, Tourism.Tags: dinosaurs, history
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For those of you not familiar with the song “Walk the Dinosaur” by Was (not Was), please familiarize yourself with it now to help put you in the mood for today’s post.
So today I decided I was sick of being sick and ventured forth to the Museum of Nature and Science with my niece. It was a school field trip for her and there was a special dinosaur exhibit in town that I was interested in seeing so it was a win win situation.
The trip also included an IMAX movie which is pictured above, “DInosuars Alive!” Sounds exciting doesn’t it? We’ll get to that in a bit, titles can be misleading.
That little beauty up there is a Utahraptor, or at least that’s what the sign says it is. Personally I’ve never heard of a Utahraptor but I don’t know why the museum would lie to me so I’ll say it’s true. I don’t know if the museum is going dino-crazy because of the new exhibit or if this was done during a recent remodel but before I entered the museum I felt like I was being watched and I was right.
That’s the head of a big honking dinosaur, the rest of him is down three more levels but I didn’t get pictures of him because…because I…..well because I didn’t!
I did get a picture of Bruce though! Who’s Bruce? Well I don’t know if that’s his official name but that’s what I like to call him. This is Bruce.
He’s the official museum greeter, or at least he is every time I go there anyway. He always seems happy to see me and keeps asking me about having me over for dinner (or maybe it was having me for dinner) but I haven’t been able to make it yet.
They have this nifty little doodad there too, they say it’s the same type of thing that they used to explore Mars but honestly who can focus on Mars when you’ve got things like this hanging over your head?
That thing is called a plesiosaur, they have two of them hanging from the ceiling and I gotta tell you they’re pretty freaking big! They’re kind of elitist though, they think they’re better than Bruce because they’re hanging from the ceiling and the museum feed them free lunch. Shows what they know though, the fish he’s about to eat? They’re fake!
I know you can’t really tell it from this picture but this fossil was huge! According to the guy who was standing by the cart and ignoring me this is part of the leg bone of a brachiosaurus. What’s a brachiosaurus you ask?
That’s a brachiosaur. Impressive no?
They also had this on display. You don’t know what that is? Bruce would be so disappointed in you, it’s a T-Rex tooth! You can kinda get an idea about how big it is from the picture above, that’s what the kid is holding in his hand.
They also had this raptor claw, not sure if it’s from our friend the Utahraptor or not because Sparky the wonder slug was still pretending I wasn’t there and flirting with the “MILF”.
I think these are claws too but I wouldn’t swear to it.
I wish I could have taken pictures of the special exhibit because they had some really cool stuff there but the numerous “no flash photography” signs as well as the armed security guards pretty well deterred me from saying to hell with it and snapping away. If it comes to your town and your into dinos though I’d recommend checking it out.
Since they wouldn’t let me take pictures of the visiting dinosaurs I figured I’d just go and take pictures of our own local dinosaurs, they didn’t mind posing for me and didn’t threaten to shoot me/kick me out.
You know I like dinosaurs but I’m not gonna lie and pretend I know what these things are. There were tons of signs around that gave out all kinds of interesting facts but when I tried to take pictures of them they came out too dark to read. These two just cracked me up because I love how they staged them fighting over the scrap of bone.
The name of this guy is on the plaque, if you can make it out you have better eyesight than I do.
I had to take a picture of this guy, the stegosaurus is my favorite dinosaur ever and you just know he’s gonna kick this meat-a-saurus’s ass. Besides he’s got his kids standing by he’s gotta look tough!I thought I took pictures of the little stegos too but evidently I didn’t, if you look behind the stego and the other guy you can kind of make them out.
This guy? He’s just appalled at all the violence and is trying to break up the fight. Kinda hard to do that when you don’t have hands though so he just looks down on them and tells them to make sure they stay off his damn lawn.
Yeah I have no idea what these guys are either I just like the fact that there’s a lot of them and I like to pretend they’re racing. The one guys running so fast he ran out of frame.
I can see my house from here!!!
The only reason I took this picture is because it’s supposed to show what Colorado looked like as a rainforest but the only thing you can see is the monkey thing.
This thing here? It’s a..it’s a uh…did you see the monkey??
I actually know what this one is, it’s a mastodon skull. See? I paid a little bit of attention. You can tell from this picture though that he totally doesn’t floss.
So after what seemed like untold hours of dino fun it was time for “DINOSAURS ALIVE!!!” (insert ominous music and thunder sound effects here).
Now the thing about our museum is the person who painted the background murals had a sense of humor. In the animal exhibits there are seven gnomes hidden into the artwork. Well the person who painted the murals for the exhibits also painted the mural or the IMAX waiting room as well. Somewhere in the mural is a Pegasus, Yoda…..oh and this!
Yes folks the Millennium Falcon herself!
The movie itself…kinda boring. T
he preview showed CGI dinosaurs fighting each other and all kinds of other cool things. In a 45 minute movie that was about maybe 10 minutes worth. I do have to say though, the IMAX format is simply amazing! I’ve never been the type to splurge on the extra money on seeing new releases in IMAX but after seeing the detail and clarity of this one I might have to give it a shot one of these days. All in all it was a blast and I’d do it again in a heartbeat. If you haven’t gone to the museum in a while do yourself a favor and go, you’ll have a better tie than you think you will.
Till next time!
We’re off to see the Wizards! October 30, 2008
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So I was talking to Deej last night about cartoons from our childhood that we’d like to see again and that brought to mind one of my favorite movies that used to creep the hell outta me when I was a kid. It’s a little flick called Wizards.
Ever seen it? Not many people that I’ve talked to have but if you have it’s one of those movies you either love or hate. I know I just did a movie post yesterday but the post I intended for today isn’t ready yet and while this isn’t technically Halloween related it was scary (to me anyway) when I first saw it.
Rather than try to describe what Wizards is about I’ll let you watch the trailer instead.
Like Heavy Metal this was aimed at an adult audience instead of kids but kids still found ways of seeing it. I don’t remember how I saw it the first time but it’s been one of those movies that has stuck with me for a long, long time. I think what made Wizards such a different movie was it combined live action footage with animated but it was done in such a way that the live action looked animated as well. I don’t know if that sentence made any sense or not but if you watched the trailer you saw what I mean, if you didn’t watch the trailer then use your imagination!
The coolest part about Wizards (asides from Elinore’s perpetual nipple shot) was Peace. Peace is the guy up there on the poster, he was originally an assassin for Blackwolf but is zapped by Avatar and turned to the side of good. The other cool thing about Wizards? The character of Sean is voiced by Mark Hamill, pre-Star Wars, pre-Batman.
If your interested in watching Wizards, they actually have it on YouTube and I even saved you the trouble of looking for it!
Part 1
part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7 , part 8
I know this post is pretty light on content and I apologize, I’ll try to make it up to you on tomorrow’s post. Until then I’ll leave you with another bit of animation that creeped the hell outta me when I was younger courtesy of Heavy Metal.
Monster Chiller Horror Theatre October 29, 2008
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So I recently did my yearly Zombie-thon movie marathon, it’s basically an excuse for me to get together with friends, drink too much alcohol and watch really bad zombie movies. I figured since I’m wrapping up tomorrows entry tonight I’d give you a review of two of this years cinematic “gems”. If your looking for entertainment for the big night for God’s sake stay the hell away from these stinkers!! But if your looking for background noise to have on while your handing out candy to the kiddies then these would be perfect, well one of them would be anyway.
You know the name pretty much says it all for this one. Zombies on a plane. Of the two I’m gonna review this one is definitely the superior one but honestly that’s not saying a whole lot, like I said I find intentionally bad movies and this one is bad!! It’s a good bad though, I mean it’s not gonna win any awards by any means but if your looking for good background noise/filler this is it!
Okay, here’s the plot, these two scientists bring a third scientists dead wife back to life. They store her in a cryogenic box and put her on a commuter plane to Paris. Why a commuter flight? It’s because these are bad scientists who brought back the wife using an illegal experimental drug! Why are they flying to Paris? I don’t know I missed that part. They did somehow convince the airline into letting an armed guard in a bio-suit onto the plane to guard said box though!
I’m not gonna give away too much more of the plot because A) I don’t want to ruin it for anyone who might want to see it and B) I had slammed like six beers and three margaritas on an empty stomach by this point so I don’t remember just a whole lot about it. The one thing about Flight of the Living Dead is it stars this guy.
Recognize him? I’m sure you do, he’s been in a crap load of movies, but I betcha don’t know his name do you? It’s okay if you don’t, I didn’t until I looked him up. His names Erick Avari, so now when some homicidal maniac is holding a gun to your head and points to his picture and asks you his name you can tell him and save your own life!!
The other movie we subjected ourselves to was this one.
What can I say about this one? Wait let me rephrase that, what can I say about this one that’s good? Let me thing about that for a second…..still thinking……I could say….no that was the other movie. Nope can’t say anything good about this one at all.
The plot of this one…you know what screw it, here’s what IMDB says about it. “Eighty Two years ago a viral outbreak turned three quarters of the world population into the walking dead. Now, Bounty Hunters are humanity’s only salvation.” Sounds pretty good right? That’s what I thought, turns out we were both wrong.
This was produced by Nott Entertainment, and to be honest that’s about the most truthful thing in this movie. It’s that bad! The make up is like something you could throw together at a Spirit store or at a Party City. The acting….I’ve seen better acting in a porno, or at least that’s what my friend said, I don’t watch porn. You believe me don’t you? There are just so many bad things about this movie it’s not funny, not even funny in a good way! So I guess what I’m saying is rent this puppy if you dare but if you do know it’s really, really bad!
It’s the Great Pumpkin (Patch) Charlie Brown!! (Part Two) October 28, 2008
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I think I’m doing pretty good with this blog a day thru Halloween thing but the week isn’t over yet so we’ll see how things end up. With that being said it’s time for part two of my pumpkin patch adventure!! If you haven’t read part one (and if you haven’t why the hell not?) then click here to do so now.
Back? Okay, now that that’s out of the way let’s continue with part two shall we? I know I said we were gonna get on the hayride before it got too crowded but I forgot about something pretty cool that should have gone in part one but will go here instead.
See thos things? Those are pedal powered tractors. The idea is you get on one of these things, pedal like made and race other people around an oval track. Did I do any of those things? Oh hell no! Now in my defense I did try to sit and pedal one of these things and it didn’t work so well. They were clearly not intended for adults because the seat leaves much to be desired. Instead I settled back on a tire and watched the kid pedal like made around the track like a madwoman.
I know you can’t really make it out that well but if you look in the upper left hand side you can see the tractor we’d be climbing into for what we thought was just a hayride. Boy were we wrong!
Nothing like the smell of wet, moldy hay to start your morning!! Add to that the metric butt load of people crammed into the back of the wagon on a warm sunny Colorado day and the “fragrance” from the llamas and goats and you get an interesting aroma combination.
Despite what you think it’s tough to get a good shot of things when your packed like sadines in a stinky wet wagon so you’ll have to excuse the random hands in the above picture.
Lucky us we were also in a convoy of other wagons equally packed with people but our wagon ended up lagging behind so it all worked out for the best. The corn you see in the pictures here? I’m not sure if all of it was Indian corn but when we ended up stopping we were told to grab a bag and pick as much Indian corn as we liked. I wish I would have taken pictures of the Indian corn I picked but I didn’t, needless to say the ears I picked were far superior to anyone elses. Don’t believe me? Look at this face, would I lie to you?
What we thought was a simple hay ride turned out to be a pick your own produce extravaganza! We started out with the Indian corn and the next stop on the trek was potatoes!
I know you can’t really make it out that well in this picture but if you squint you can see some little brown things in front of the big yellow thing, those would be the potatoes. Fortunately the had already dug them up for us because I don’t see wagonloads of kids and adults digging up their own potatoes.
The kiddo returns with the spoils of war
Next stop on the wagon train?
Onions! One of these days I’ll have one of those high quality, 50,000 mp cameras that lets you see the nose hairs on a fly. Until then you have to put up with these lower quality pictures, but trust me when I say those are indeed onions in the dirt.
No that’s not a field of weeds (or even Dreams), those are carrots, dill and parsely. I don’t know if you’ve ever had the chance to pull your own carrots but the ones we pulled out that day were monsters!
This was pretty much standard size for that day.
After what seemed like hours we finally got to the pumpkin patch proper, all the big ones were picked and on sale at the market but there were still quite a few decent sized ones to pick from.
The pumpkin patch was the last stop on our wagon ride and we pulled back into the main area to unload, between the kiddo, her mom and I we ended up with a pretty respectable stash of produce.
I don’t know if all pumpkin patches are as awesome as this one was but if you’ve never gone to one I’d highly recommend going to check one out. If you don’t have kids, borrow one to take with you, it’s more fun to watch them run around like mad than anything else, I know I had a blast watching the kiddo.
I know I mentioned celebrities in the last post and that may be stretching things a bit but I do have to give them kudos for trying.
Yes folks it’s Herbie the Love Bug! If your not familiar with Herbie or if you’ve just seen the Lindsay Lohan version do yourself a favor and check out the older movies, they’re well worth it.
Okay so maybe Herbie was before your time, how about something a little more recent?
It’s Mater from Cars! Okay not really but pretty close. They had quite a few of these Cars mock ups out front and the guy who did them actually did a pretty decent job of recreating them. Take a look and see what you think.
Not too shaby huh? If your in CO next year around this time take a trip out to Miller Farms, you won’t be disappointed.
