Night Stalker

I caught the last third of ABC's remake of The Night Stalker last night. Wasn't impressed. This show has little to nothing in common with the original series. Kolchak isn't a lovable loser anymore -- he's more like Fox Mulder if he was an underwear model. He's also not a loner anymore -- he's acquired his very own Scooby Gang. I can't imagine how the producers thought this reimagining was going to work. At least there's one benefit to this new show -- it got the original classic series released on DVD!

September 29, 2005

Delightful
Breathe in crisp September air
Squint to see a light fragile shower --
Put on a comfortable sweater
Autumn

Fan-buechner-tastic

I just finished off the great book Son of Laughter last weekend. But my hunger for reading Buechner is unabated. So I dug into Brendan. I'm just a few chapters in and am already thinking this may turn out to be even better than Godric. Every sentence is so vivid and descriptive; every paragraph a mini-masterpiece. How does he do it?

P.S. If you're unfamiliar with this Buechner fellow I gad on about from time to time, go get indoctrinated at The Church of Holy Love, Inc.

Van Helsing

Okay... So I finally watched Van Helsing yesterday... Everybody already knows by now that this film pretty much sucked, so there's no point in my writing a review. Let me just make one point about the film that should have been obvious to the filmmakers from day one: If you're making a movie with Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolfman, and Mr. Hyde it should be a horror film, not an action adventure epic. If you can't get that fundamental part right, nothing else much is going to work for the film, either. A wasted opportunity from Universal -- the company that created the horror film in the 1930s.

P.S. Who was the sleepwalker they got to play Dracula? I've seen scarier vampires in Count Chockula commercials!

Day off

Today is the first day off I've had by myself in a quiet house forever. All summer was spent running to and fro from camp, so there was little quiet there. The last few weeks at work have been hectic with short staffing and doing jobs I don't normally do. I realise that I've become so accoustmed to running that I'm not quite sure what to do when I'm not. Except sleep. I've been ill for the last week so I'm sure I need it. It's just that there are so many things screaming for my attention in this quiet house - that I feel more behind here than anywhere. This kind of time is so precious and small, that I hate to spend it sleeping/resting even when I need to. Whoever thought a quiet day at home could seem so loud.

My Million Dollar Idea of the Day

Picture this: Pizza Hut -- open for breakfast. The menu? Cold pizza. How could this miss?

Boogie Nights

Is it just me, or would the movie Boogie Nights been better titled The Next Big Thing?

The Sardonic Plague

"Abandon hope, all ye who enter here." For the plague has come to Experiment House.

Well, not so much of a plague really, but more like a flu. Actually, not so much a flu as a mild biological irritant. Think "The Caffeine-Free Flu", "The Flu Lite" or even "Flu Zero".

THE FLU has one barfing into a toilet at 3 am.
THE FLU LITE just leaves one mildly nauseated all the time.

THE FLU knocks you off your butt for a day or two.
THE FLU LITE just leaves one feeling slightly draggy all friggin' week, but not enough to call in sick or lay in bed.

THE FLU sets your ears, nose and throat on fire.
THE FLU LITE just gives you a little ache in the throat every time you swallow.

THE FLU gets you sympathy from friends and family alike.
THE FLU LITE gets you diddly squat, but keeps you in a constant state of irritation.

So everyone at Experiment House is sick right now, but not in a "singing the choir invisibule" sort of way. More like a "stuck in the dentist chair listening to the Starland Vocal Band" sort of way.

P.S. Plus J.D. won on Rock Star INXS and that hasn't helped our spirits, either.

Air

Air

I've been away too long.
It's like I need to breathe fresh air into this post so that it can live again.
Do I have the air?
Do I have the time?
Can I mix the right amount to make just enough rhythm and not too much rhyme?

I've been away too long.
I've missed this too much.
I'll take a nap, read a book and see what I can eat for lunch.

Then I might have enough breath,
to share them and bring life to these words.

Maybe if my feet don't shuffle too much
and I don't chew my gum to loud,
I could hold an audience and not scare away the crowd.

Crowd in close, don't let it escape.
The air, the words and whats on my chipped plate.

Lamont's dream

I had a weird dream this week that our family had moved into this huge house that never seemed to end. Only the property was plunked down in the middle of a brownstone development. All the neighbors had this huge housewarming party where they brought their favorite foods to share as well as gifts for me and my family. The whole dream had this "carnival' feel to it except I really was not into the whole experience - because people were bringing me things I diddn't want. Like week old lazagana, dead gold fish in a cruddy bowl, and a bunk bed set with torn up mattresses. I was freaking out as the stuff continued to pile higher and higher.
I tried to escape outside, only to find my Pastor setting up in the yard with a huge amout of sound equipment gearing up to do an outdoor church/welcome service.
What?
I was getting soaked by the sloshing water inside of the deceased goldfish inhabited glass dome, as I climbed up a spiral staircase that led to a high spanish style patio... and I woke up.


Let me know if you have any ideas about this one. I don't have a clue.

6 Reasons Why Friday Was Cool

WHY FRIDAY WAS COOL:

1.I was able to help a little with this whole Katrina stuff today at work by answering phones and giving folks info on how they could help the problems down in the gulf.
2. I gave sombody advice on how to further thier education and they took the info decided on a program.
3. I got to play with a 17 moth old baby that had no limit to laughs and energy.
4. I got to visit my friends at the WASU.
5. I had youth group and almost all new students attended.
6. I witnessed a miricle today and a prayer was answered.

I guess that makes any day great, especially a Friday!