Ugghh

[Note from Scott: the Angelfire albums mentioned below have been discontinued. Please now visit the new Visual Smorgasbord right here within the Blogger network!]

Ok, so I originally wrote a post asking whether or not I should discontinue my Angelfire photo albums (despite that I JUST started them) since I read on MJ's latest blog post that you could now put images within your blog through blogger. I tried to upload and attach a picture to a post and I feel like I followed all the directions, but I don't see my pictures anywhere...and I'm looking at every single link related to how to post a picture and I can't figure it out! I'm very frustrated right now and feel really dumb.

My reason for liking the Angelfire albums is that they keep all my pictures in one place and not scattered throughout the blog as a whole. However, being on Angelfire, if anyone wanted to comment on the posts there they would have to create a whole new user ID/log in/password/etc for a whole new system, so I can see how that might be a hassle...not that I expect anyone to post comments there. Part of me feels it would make sense just to put a picture with a blog post, which allows for more comments on my end when I post it and would be one less link for people to click on. I don't know...I can't figure out how to post pics on here anyway...anyone have any thoughts?...on anything mentioned above?

"Administer the testicle clamps!"

The Visual Smorgasbord

[Note from Scott: the Angelfire albums mentioned below have been discontinued. Please now visit the new Visual Smorgasbord right here within the Blogger network!]

I got to thinking that I would reserve the Visual Bits & Pieces album for photos taken by myself or family and friends, hence the creation of the Visual Smorgasbord. This new album will feature scans, downloaded images, crap people send me via email...basically random images that I find interesting. A link has been added on the right side of the page and here's the actual site address:

http://www.angelfire.com/
creep2/zombiefood/visual_smorgasbord

"Bring on the fluggegecheimen!"

Owned!

This was just too good, so I had to share. I came across this message board where somebody started a thread asking people to post their favorite "Owned" pics. Some of the pics contain components of pictures I've seen online already and the animated gif of the old lady kicking the baby is something someone sent me back in high school and I still have it on my computer at home to this day. If the site ever goes down or if the thread is deleted for whatever reason, I've saved all the images so I'll be able to post them on my own personal webpage if need be ("not unlike the Backstroke of the West" situation).

Owned!

"Well, hello Mr. Fancypants. I got news for you, pal. You ain't leading but two things right now. Jack and shit. And Jack left town."

Photos!

[Note from Scott: the Angelfire album mentioned below has been discontinued. Please now visit the new Visual Smorgasbord right here within the Blogger network!]

So I finally got around to loading and resizing pictures in my computer to post online, starting with the E3 pics I promised a month ago...yeah, I know I suck. I started a new Angelfire account that I will use solely to post pictures for my blog visitors. The Angelfire Photo Album format wasn't quite what I was looking for as I'm not totally happy with the layout, but it'll do. It allows for comments as well. I don't have a set schedule as to when I'll be posting pictures as I don't want to just post whatever. Although, I am looking into getting a new digital camera so maybe things will pick up after that's acquired. I have posted a link to the album on the right with all the other links, but here also is the address:

http://www.angelfire.com/
creep2/zombiefood/visual_bits_pieces/

"Life is short, life is shit, and soon it will be over!"

Movie Quote Answers

Here are the answers to all the movie quotes I've posted thus far. Doug was indeed correct with every answer he provided. The sad thing is that I messed up on the first quote when I started this thing (and I'm not counting the Brad Pitt speech from Fight Club. I screwed the pooch on the quote from Congo, but oh well, I hadn't seen the movie in probably a year or so when I posted the quote...and I've killed a few brain cells since then.

6/16
"Stop eating my sesame cake!"
The actor is Delroy Lindo in an uncredited role as Captain Wanta in Congo.

6/17
"Workshed..."
The actor is Bruce Campbell as Ashley J. Williams in Evil Dead II. This is actually a famous line among fans of this flick as it is VERY out of sync with the picture.

"I'll swallow your soul!"
First spoken in Evil Dead II by Henrietta's (tranformed) decapitated head. This line was revisited in the domestic theatrical release of Army of Darkness by a deadite who appears in the S-Mart at the very end. The international/Director's Cut version of this film has a different ending sans the soul swallowing line.

6/20
"I'm an American! And we're tough."
Spoken by Denny Sachen while portraying Steven Hillman in Die Hard Dracula. If you ever actually see this film, you'll see how it's almost impossible to believe it was shot in the late 90's. I'd be amazed if they spent more than 1,000 bucks on this steaming cowpie.

6/21
"When there is no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth."
This line appears in the original 1978 version and 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead. Interestingly enough, it was spoken by Ken Foree in each flick, but in two different roles, as Peter and a Televangelist, respectively. Then again, if they got anyone else to speak the line, it would almost be blasphemous.

6/22
"I like Dick."
This line was spoken by Jane Longenecker in Roger Corman Presents: DinoCroc. I have a theory on this one. Let me give you some background info. So a big-ass killer crocodile is on the loose and this local town hires a crocodile hunting expert from Australia to catch said beast...and his name is Dick. Jane's character (Diane) is a glorified dog catcher and she goes to the local bar with her artist boyfriend (Tom) to meet the croc hunter. At the bar, Dick hits on Diane and basically ignores everything Tom says. Later on, when Diane and Tom go back to Tom's place, he complains about Dick and says something along the lines of "He's an Aussie asshole/sonofabitch/whatever"...thus prompting Diane to say "I like Dick." NOW, onto my theory: I'm not going to be surprised if they came up with this line/situation first and then wrote the whole movie around it just so they could get a girl to say "I like Dick" and get away with it. ... ... ... yeah, OK, I'm lame...

NEW QUOTE!:
"Zombies, man. They creep me out."

Another Attempt at the Backstroke of the West

Many apologies to my blog readers for the "Star Wars: Backstroke of the West" link I posted a few days ago since the site it leads to is now 'Temporarily Unavailable' (which I have no control over, but still...sorry!). HOWEVER, I really wanted all of my visitors here to be able to experience the wonder that is the Backstroke of the West so I started searching the net hoping another site had the pictures posted. Not only did I find all the pictures that were originally posted, but I also got the site author's text/comments. I took all that info and reformatted and posted it on a webpage using my Angelfire account. So here 'tis:

Star Wars: Backstroke of the West

"I like Dick."

Rob Halford

I had some time to roam the net during my lunch break and happened to come across this quote from the Almighty ROB HALFORD:

"There's two kinds of music - heavy metal and all the crap they play on radio and show on MTV."

Rob Halford kicks ass.

Also, this is totally unrelated but just before I was about to hit the Publish Post button, I overheard an executive (who shall remain nameless) in the lobby say "Yeah, can I get some down my throat?" Ummmm...

"When there is no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth."

Um...

I had an original post planned for today, but I've got too much work to do. So as a substitute, here's a little tidbit I found when I followed a link from Defamer.com to the NY Daily News website:

"Following the success of the Britney Spears Suite in Boston's Onyx hotel, Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson is getting his own themed rooms at the Hotel Monaco in New Orleans. Guests will be warned they'll be billed for anything that goes missing, including a $1,000 antique brick the Kev-ster donated from his home."

First of all, who cares? Secondly, you do NOT talk about FIGHT CLUB!...Oh wait...umm...yeah... But seriously, a $1,000 ANTIQUE BRICK??? What, did this guy live in some ancient ruins or something? Is King Tut's secret stash of cocaine hidden inside? What in the fiery, pulsating, maggot-infested HELL could make a BRICK worth $1,000??? If every brick in this guy's house is worth a grand then how much is it for the whole kit and caboodle? I curse thee, O brick, may all your visitors go sterile...

And in case you haven't noticed, I've been adding movie quotes to the end of my posts. Feel free to guess the movie in the comments section of the post the quote is attached to. I suppose I'll list all the answers weekly from here on out unless people think that's a lame idea. If anyone gets this one, then damn, I'll be very fucking impressed...and slightly disturbed:

"I'm an American! And we're tough!"

Star Wars: Backstroke of the West

Sorry, but I just had to post this...and I've decided that I will only watch Star Wars: Episode III, Revenge of the Sith if I can get a hold of this version:

Star Wars: Backstroke of the West

Scroll down when you reach the site to see the pictures.

"I'll swallow your soul!"

Unnecessary Censorship

To help ease you into you weekend (or if you're reading this after Friday, it will enchance your weekend or will be a great way to start next week), here's a "Best of Unnecessary Censorship" clip from JimmyKimmel.net as featured on his Jimmy Kimmel Live! show. Some of this is so wrong, but it's very hilarious and technically SFW (no, not 'so fucking what'...er...I mean 'f***ing')

Best of Unnecessary Censorship

I suppose this is especially amusing to me since I work in the TV/Airline department at Miramax Films. I read scripts and watch movies and prep films to be edited for content so they can be shown as in-flight movies or to be broadcast on major networks. Sorry for all these short 'pseudo-posts' in the blog this week...I'll continue the real posts next week.

"Workshed..."

Pac Man turns 25

I heard on the radio this morning that today is Pac Man's 25th birthday. To celebrate, here's a very brief history of Pac Man as told by Scott Ramsoomair:

So Very NSFW

"Stop eating my sesame cake!"

Mmm...fetus.

I adopted a cute lil' death fetus
from Fetusmart! Hooray fetus!

Wrong Number

I just got a call (I'm at work) from a lady who works at a restaurant within the 310 area code which shall remain nameless. She was calling to confirm so-and-so's reservation for 12:30 today. The last name of the guy sounded very much like my boss's husband's first name, so I asked if the reservation was for (fill in my boss's husband's first and last name). Then the lady repeated the name and questioned whether or not she actually had the right number. I asked "Are you calling Viacom Consumer Products?" (where I work) and she said "Uh...maybe"... I realized at that moment that that was a seriously retarded question to ask. What I should've asked was "Are you calling (fill in my work number here)?" as normal people don't say "I'd like to make a reservation...and I work for (fill in name of prestigious company here)!" As it turns out, she was calling for someone here on the lot but got her numbers mixed up. What happened on my end is that I went into 'auto-mode,' so to speak, as I get quite a few wrong number calls of people who get transferred incorrectly by the switchboard here on the lot...and then there's the random people trying to get through to anyone on the lot or even fans who want us to publish their Star Trek books. Yeah, I'm retarded, but it's too damn early (11:00AM!)...

Currently Undead

Sorry I've been away for a little while. Things got super-busy on my end with my never-ending workload and finals and...stuff. Whenever something notable occurred in these past two weeks, I would think "That would make a good blog subject"...but I had no time to formulate/type my thoughts. I also didn't have any time to check out anyone else's blogs. Even though I have quite a few things to talk about, it's all old news now...although I may still address one specific topic from that mix of material. So I'm back, alive and somewhat well, but also still kind of out of it. So I won't be blogging everyday for the next few days at least as I need to get reorganized, but I'll post something new in a day or two...stay tuned!

X3: All Signs Point to Ratner

I wasn't going to post this as a blog entry because I didn't want to detract from another round of Tritia's questions, but Doug convinced me in a very simple email response that this was good blog material...so here's the email I sent in its entirety:

Here's a link (below) to a story from Ain't It Cool News that gives pretty good clues linking the notoriously hacky and uber-asshole Brett Ratner as the new director for X3...and all I can say is if that's the case, then kiss this franchise goodbye.
For those who don't know, Ratner's previous work includes the Rush Hour movies (his biggest success although I wouldn't say he deserves the credit for those films's success)...his most recent flick was After the Sunset which did poorly at the box office domestically. The only film he did which I actually liked was Red Dragon, but again he wasn't the driving force of that movie as it had Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, and Harvey Keitel in it...with all that talent they probably could've got the guy who did Gigli and it still would've been good. I'm still wondering what Ratner spent $78 million on for Red Dragon...unless they paid Hopkins, Norton, and Fiennes $20 mil a piece...

AICN EXCLUSIVE!! Wanna Know Who’s Directing X3 Now?!

Questions! Issue IV, First Edition

Welcome to yet another round of questions from Tritia, complete with a bonus 'rant.' Please feel free to post your responses in the comments section. On a side note, I still haven't done the E3 picture thing yet, obviously. As usual, I've been busy...but I also can't really decide on how I want to post the pictures. I'm contemplating creating an online photo gallery that I could link to this page so if ever there's a picture to share, it'll all be in one place as opposed to having people scroll through so many posts to get to something they want to see. I looked into Yahoo! Photos as well as some other service which I can't remember the name of right now. One of the problems I have with those services is that they also make your pictures available for sale, unless you specify to make the online photo album private and viewable only by those who are invited. It just kind of rubs me the wrong way, I guess. I could probably make an Angelfire site or something and just do it all from scratch by myself but then it's not going to look all that great as my knowledge of HTML is very basic. So yeah, I don't know, hoepfully I'll resolve this this weekend...until then I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter. But for now, here are the questions (in bold) and my answers (in plain text):

1. What is your biggest pet peeve?
People.

2. What is your favorite candy?
Dark chocolate.

3. Finish this sentence: "I love it when . . ."
The first of a few questions I won’t be able to give my primary answer to. So what I will say is: I love it when the sky is gloomy. Living in L.A. with bright skies most of the time is actually kind of annoying and even depressing in a way. It’s nice to see a sheet of grey above every once in a while.

4. Finish this sentence: "I hate it when . . ."
Do you really want me to complete this sentence? Seriously, I could write volumes on this…

5. Finish this sentence: "The bear, while eating his lollipop, and the penguin, while holding her umbrella, . . ."
So, might ‘lollipop’ and ‘umbrella’ be code for something else?
Anyways, getting back on track but not really:
“…fucked anything that moved.”

6. Would you rather be fat or bald?
With my eating habits I don’t think I’ll ever be fat. But getting back to the question, I’d rather be bald. My weight generally sticks to around 110 pounds. The most I’ve ever weighed was 120 and even though that’s not much more weight than 110 (although I guess that all depends on how you look at it, as 10 pounds is almost one tenth my body weight) I could feel a difference in the extra weight I was carrying around. It just wasn’t as comfortable, but I don’t eat enough to hold the weight on, so I quickly dropped back to 110. Hell, I might even go bald on my own volition if I ever get really tired of having to deal with all this long hair. Hopefully I’ll be one of those guys who look cooler sans the hair, like Rob Halford.

7. What's worse -- paper cut or splinter?
Hmm…paper cut, because not only do they hurt, they are less interesting. Once I had a splinter that I didn’t take out right away and I guess it got infected because the splintered area got puffy and pus-filled. So I started picking at it and the splinter and pus all came out in one squirting spectacle of absolute disgustingness.

8. Pencil or Pen?
Pen, blue, medium point

9. If you answered pencil -- Mechanical or Traditional? If you answered pen -- Ball point or Roller ball?
Ball point.

10. If you had to give up one or the other forever ever, would you rather give up television or movies?
The ever growing shit machine that is television.

11. If you had to give up one or the other forever ever, would you rather give up (insert what you would rather keep from your answer to 10, above) or music?
I’m sure you specifically designed this question to trap me into this horrid dilemma. Damn…but I’ll go with the Rob Zombie ‘perspective’ and say movies as it is a medium that encompasses all the arts.

12. What is your favorite saying?
Well, here’s my favorite quote of the moment (now on two posts in a row!) which you are all now familiar with:
Listen up, maggots.
You are not special.
You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake.
You are the same decaying organic matter as everything else.
We are the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.
We are all part of the same compost heap.

13. What talent do you wish you had?
Hmmm…don’t think I should say what’s really on my mind here. So what I will say is that I would love to be able to play guitar at the creative level and proficiency of Galder from the Scandinavian black metal bands Dimmu Borgir and Old Man’s Child.

14. If Doug doesn't let you get Tritia a bunny for her birthday (or any living animal, for that matter), what will you get Tritia for her birthday?
A present.

15. What is the best (preferably non-offensive) joke you've ever heard?
This is the best one that came to mind at this moment:
What is the difference between a rottweiler and a Jewish mother?
(I’ve listed the answer as the first comment to this blog post)