tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55901372011-04-21T14:32:45.664-04:00Equilibrium A state of balance between opposing forces, powers, or influences.Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.comBlogger401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1117380885145806012005-05-29T11:33:00.000-04:002005-05-29T11:34:45.150-04:00MOVIES....On the short list to buy:GremlinsGremlins 2: The New BatchCaddyshackSuper TroopersAmerican PieAll good comedies that for one reason or another aren't in my dvd collection....yet. And I *think* all can be picked up for 10 bucks or less each nowadays...Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1116169899305381002005-05-15T11:11:00.000-04:002005-05-15T11:11:40.253-04:00ALL WORK AND ALL PLAYAfter 5 hours of carries, drags, searches and rescue from a smoke-filled tower yesterday my legs are a little sore from going up and down many, many, many stairs and floors. But I’ll be damned if it wasn’t fun! Our class started out doing ladder rescues from a second story window, two guys going in to find a “victim” then passing him out to a third person on the ladder, whoRobert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1115775777155794972005-05-10T21:40:00.000-04:002005-05-10T21:42:57.163-04:00MY BISCUITS ARE BURNING!!It appears my face is a little red, with my hands and arms from a training fire I was at earlier today. I’ll probably be back to normal tomorrow, but it actually makes me feel better to know I wasn’t completely nuts for thinking the fire was freaking hot. According to the temp gauge it was between 600-800 degrees, but I found out later it jumped to 1000 on occasion Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1115650537211583082005-05-09T10:47:00.000-04:002005-05-09T10:55:37.216-04:00FIREFIGHTER CLASS STARTS TONIGHT....I'm looking forward to starting my "1C" class tonight, which is a 120 hr. class over seven weeks that will certify me as a "Firefighter lvl. II." It's one of the larger hurdles towards applying for a full-time job in this area, as more and more deptartments either recquire it or prefer that you have it going into the interview. It'll be nice to have some moreRobert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1115139938608256752005-05-03T12:59:00.000-04:002005-05-03T13:05:38.610-04:00HOT STAGGERING FUCK!The soundtrack for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith arrived in stores today. If you haven't purchased it yet, go do it. Now.Seriously.It could very well be *the* best orchastrated music John Williams has composed in his career. One of the first things that hit me about the soundtrack was just how clear the sound is, because no pun intended it's one of the best Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1114740923513136572005-04-28T22:01:00.000-04:002005-04-28T22:15:23.516-04:00HO-HUM, HO-HUMFor the last two weeks I've been making a pretty good effort of working on some actual writing nearly every day. Barring the days I'm working a 24 hour shift at the fire dept. that is. As I mentioned previously I think I've finally found that "path" to set my characters on, and the general feeling for the setting of my story. But for some reason this week I can't seem to get shitRobert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1114661691594916292005-04-28T00:09:00.000-04:002005-04-28T00:20:29.020-04:00ODDS 'N ENDS IIToo tired today to really make a long post. I've been making somewhat steady progress in writing, mainly outlining. I think I've finally figured out part of the angle I've been missing on some of my main characters though, as well as a major part of the background for the setting. Next up I think is reserch on writing a halfway decent fight scene, and working on dialogue that Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1112883146071170912005-04-07T09:52:00.000-04:002005-04-07T10:12:26.073-04:00IT'S BEEN AWHILE...Since I posted anything to my blog. I suppose I haven't really had much to say, despite having a lot of little things going on. Last time I blogged I was in the middle of season 3 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I've since watched season 1 of Angel, as well as seasons 4, 5, and the first half of 6 for Buffy. At first I was going to alternate seasons of each show, but ended up Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1109529890943049552005-02-27T13:30:00.000-05:002005-02-27T13:44:50.943-05:00DVD REVIEWI'm roughly 1/3 the way through Buffy Season 3, and I'm enjoying quite a bit so far. Joss Whedon hooked me on his writing with "Astonishing X-Men" and "Firefly," continuing to impress me with his characterization. Sure it has it's hokey moments, but for example in Season 2 when Angel loses his soul there are some truly horrific moments for the characters. The resolution is just as Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1108435871384189312005-02-14T21:40:00.000-05:002005-02-14T21:51:11.386-05:00THE SEASON OF DVD BOXED SETSLooking at my dvd collection earlier today, I realize how large my growing collection of television "season boxed sets" is getting. Perhaps one of the biggest pro's of buying shows this way is that I can watch them at my own leisure, without commercials. The biggest con of course being the cost of some of them, which typically ranges from $49-$60 dollars a set. But Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1107566089558961912005-02-04T20:02:00.000-05:002005-02-04T20:31:14.456-05:00ODDS AND ENDS
Nothing major to post today, just worked on a few cosmetic changes in the form of links. After the week I've had if I can manage to at least come close to catching up on my sleep I'll have a few various movie, video game, comic book, and book reviews coming up. I might even post bits and pieces of some revisions that have long been in the works on a short story, as I get back into Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1107282501685124262005-02-01T13:21:00.000-05:002005-02-01T13:28:21.686-05:00WELL WHAT DO YOU KNOW.......
I don't have the flu after all. I have a bad sinus infection. And a bad cold. Oh and I can't forget to mention pnuemonia on top of it, which explains the horrific coughs I've had the last few days. Fucking bastards. On the ironic side though I'm feeling slightly better at the moment than I have in the last four or five days, which is odd. But then maybe the Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1107046616801167422005-01-29T19:56:00.000-05:002005-01-29T19:56:56.800-05:00THE FLU......
sucks. that is all.
Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1105933758379130342005-01-16T22:29:00.000-05:002005-01-16T22:49:18.380-05:00R.A. SALVATORE
It's ironic because for a few years now, R.A. Salvatore has been one of my favorite fantasy authors. His Forgotten Realms novels mostly starring a dark elf ranger named Drizzt Do'urden have been some of the most enjoyable adventures I've read. Sure they could be considered "standard fair" fantasy, but the man writes some damn fine battles, has had more than a few scenes in his Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1105898013893223122005-01-16T13:41:00.000-05:002005-01-16T12:53:33.893-05:00"GOOD TIMES, GOOD COMPANY"
I joined into a small dead cities chat last night, it was a really good time. There were only four of us the time I was in it, Gabe, Claudia, Summer, and myself (or gabehypermode, Clucky1, Desert Summer Storm, and baylen) but we had some laughs and some good insight I think. We gave Gabe some shit which he took pretty well and in good humor, and discussed a few Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1105148372590764562005-01-07T20:25:00.000-05:002005-01-07T20:39:32.590-05:00DEFINITIVE CLASSICS
With the numerous books on my shelves waiting for me to open their covers, I have a rough list of classics to read this year:
Watership Down
The Once and Future King
Ray Bradbury
Isaac Asimov's Robot Chronicles
I haven't read any of them, although I have fond memories of seeing the animated Watership Down as a child. I have read Asimov's Foundation Trilogy which was Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1104966528739403272005-01-05T17:36:00.000-05:002005-01-05T18:08:48.740-05:00"NEW YEAR, NEW BLOG"
Well not technically a new blog, but at least a hopefully more updated one. For an easy start I will also jump on the copycat bandwagon, and blog a quasi-review of my 2004.....
What did you do in 2004 that you’d never done before?
Lots of things actually, most having to do with Paramedic school. Intubations, IVs, administering meds, defibrillations, and banged my head Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1095018642352722792004-09-12T15:40:00.000-04:002004-09-12T15:50:42.353-04:00"RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE! THE FIRST ZOMBIE MOVIE......WITHOUT ZOMBIES?!"
Yes, I'll admit I paid the full price of admission to see this movie with a few friends last night. It really wasn't *that* bad (certainly not Oscar worthy either....) and it was about what I expected for the most part. A video-game movie with lots of bullets (that do little damage), explosions, martial arts, and of Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1094605214871721082004-09-07T20:55:00.000-04:002004-09-07T21:00:14.873-04:00"I'M NOT EVEN SUPPOSSED TO BE HERE TODAY!!!!"
Clerks: X, the 10th Anniversary Edition arrived on dvd today along with Kevin Smith's most recent movie Jersey Girl. Yes I did purchase both, despite all of the criticism Jersey Girl has been given. I figure if the movie sucks (which I really kind of doubt) it's still worth the 15 bucks for the Kevin Smith commentary. Clerks: X is a whopping 3 Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1093201046136142062004-08-22T14:55:00.000-04:002004-08-22T14:57:26.136-04:00IT'S NOT MY BAG, BABY, BUT THEN FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET....
I went to a "punk rock/metal" concert of sorts last week where I learned two things the hard way. First *never* and I mean *never* go to any kind of metal/rock concert the day after a 24 hr. shift where you're up nearly the entire time. It's makes learning that punk music is not really my thing that much harder, because of the Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1092440596354625152004-08-13T19:23:00.000-04:002004-08-13T19:43:16.353-04:00ALIENS VS. PREDATOR
I went to a midnight showing last night with mixed feelings of what to expect. This movie is really getting blasted in the reviews, and to be honest the PG-13 rating alone gave me reservations. But more on the rating later. I sat and watched an extremely fast paced movie, that was......well....extremely mediocre. It wasn't bad, but it could have been a lot better. I Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1092319809615697472004-08-12T09:59:00.000-04:002004-08-12T10:10:09.616-04:00"GEORGE LUCAS.....OXYMORON?"
Before I get into the meat of things, I want to start off by saying that I love Star Wars. Always have, always will. I'm a tried and true die-hard fan of all the movies (yes even the prequels), have almost all of the novels published and an ever growing collection of comic books. Then there's even the toys I still have in boxes, which I refuse to get rid of. So Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1092182376635813142004-08-10T19:56:00.000-04:002004-08-10T19:59:36.636-04:00FOR ME TO POOP ON!!!!
This blog......is FOR ME TO POOP ON!!!!! For those who don't know that's the signature line from Triumph the Comic Insult Dog. Triumph first appeared on the Conan O'Brian show, and as of today has a dvd out that collect several hours worth of appearances. Holy shit......it's damn funny. He rips apart celebrities such as Bon Jovi, Kathy Lee, and Al Roper, tears into Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1091903503953238772004-08-07T14:21:00.000-04:002004-08-07T14:31:43.953-04:00"AS THE WORLD TURNS"
In yet another odd turn this week, I started out Wednesday afternoon (or maybe evening) with an itch on my right ankle that I assumed was poison ivy or something similiar. After working a 24 hour shift on Thursday without any itching, I came home Friday morning to peel my sock off and find my ankle swollen and quite puffy. A nasty little dark-red spot in the middle with aRobert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1091667026008568422004-08-04T20:28:00.000-04:002004-08-04T21:47:06.813-04:00"THE WORLD AT LARGE?"
This really could continue to be a rather odd week after all. As I was on my way home from studying and purchasing a new phone, I was thinking of a movie I watched the other night that I haven't seen in a long time. Se7en starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman is still one of my favorite thriller movies, with an especially intense ending that still gets to me a little when Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1091655964147218892004-08-04T17:43:00.000-04:002004-08-04T17:46:04.146-04:00"THE DAY AFTER.....THE DAY AFTER"
It's the day after.....the day after the Evanescence concert. Talk about an......odd couple of days. For starters even though I was *right* at the stage, my ears only rang for a scant few hours yesterday (thankfully) before they stopped. But for some odd reason my neck is stiff today, while my jaw was sore yesterday. From screaming and yelling during the Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1091547840688816872004-08-03T11:25:00.000-04:002004-08-03T11:44:00.686-04:00"EVANESCENCE"
Wall to wall people screamed and cheered as the music roared loud enough to rattle your bones, the sweat soaked fans thrashing and grinding as the lights dimmed and the first band arrived on stage. The deafining screams drowned out the speakers for a split second until the first electric guitar key was struck, and the lead singer of Breaking Benjamin grinned maniancally at the Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1090861414155402742004-07-26T12:59:00.000-04:002004-07-26T13:03:34.156-04:00"FLASH!!!!.......AH AHHHHH!!!! HE'LL SAVE EVERY ONE OF US!!!!! FLASH!!"
So I'm listening to the ultimate in 80's movie/music cheese as I'm trying to write (finally!) and relax. Right this very minute as I'm blogging I have the soundtrack to the 1980 Flash Gordon movie with soundtrack by Queen. Let me tell you it's one of the funnest damn soundtracks from one of the most enjoyable MST3K Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1088807059104216502004-07-02T18:21:00.000-04:002004-07-02T18:24:19.103-04:00DAMMIT....
Why is it every time I feel like I have a good idea for an essay, I sit down to write a draft and suddenly draw a blank? There are two concepts I have had kicking around for awhile that I believe are good material for discussion and critical thinking, yet I can't seem to finish fleshing the idea out. Instead I sit at my desk, type a few sentances, and suddenly draw a blank on Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1088744212267516242004-07-02T00:54:00.000-04:002004-07-02T01:13:22.813-04:00BRUCE CAMPBELL VS.....
Some more "Ash-isms" today:
"Hail to the King, baby."
"Give me some sugar baby."
"Hey! Hey! I don't even know this asshole!"
"You're the leader of jackshit, and jack left town buddy."
"Well hellooooo Mr. Fancypants!"
"Yo she-bitch. Let's go."
"This....is my BOOMSTICK!"
"Hey what's that you have on your face?"
"Huh?"
*THUMP* (shovel full of dirt lands on Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1088433577187832312004-06-28T10:25:00.000-04:002004-06-28T10:39:37.186-04:00HAIL TO THE KING BABY!
That's right, "give me some sugar baby!" If you don't know who those two quotes are from, then you simply can not call yourself a cinema fan. Bruce Campbell is one of the most under-rated and funniest actors of our time. His deadpan, sarcastic drawls are some of the funniest and most quoted lines in movies history. The Evil Dead movies, Bruce Campbell vs. The Army ofRobert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1087618340596530212004-06-18T23:59:00.000-04:002004-06-19T00:12:20.596-04:00THE WALKING DEAD
I picked up a what's known as a "trade paperback collection" of a comic book series titled "The Walking Dead." To be honest I've seen an ad here and there for it, but really haven't given much thought to it. Then I started to read some buzz about it, and the buzz piqued my curiousity. I was pleasantly surprised to find one of the sleeper hits of the year. Written by Robert Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1087168412856654802004-06-13T18:53:00.000-04:002004-06-13T21:20:10.056-04:00EQUILLIBRIUM?
I'm noticing the irony of my blog title today, because of quite a few little and not so little things that are suddenly happening at once. For example I'm less than two weeks away from finishing paramedic school, which has been a majority of the last year of my life. A written exam this week, a written exam next week, and a practical skills exam next week is all that I have leftRobert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1086833246775760142004-06-09T21:57:00.000-04:002004-06-09T22:07:26.776-04:00IS DVD IT'S OWN WORST ENEMY?
Something that's been nagging in the back of my mind for awhile, and I'm just now getting around to putting down in words. Is the dvd it's own worst enemy, and the "enemy" of the movie industry as well? More and more often it's becoming a common practice for filmakers to not only direct films for a theatrical release, but to save "extras" for the "definitive Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1086572187870556342004-06-06T21:26:00.000-04:002004-06-06T21:36:27.870-04:00THE ONLY GOOD BUG...
Is a dead bug, of course. At least according to the Roughnecks! I previously mentioned the mediocre quasi-sequel to the movie Starship Troopers. However I neglected to mention an often over looked and underrated Starship Troopers sequel of sorts that's actually been out for a few years. A few years ago there was a completely CGI series titled "Roughnecks: The Starship Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1086188296294855522004-06-02T10:49:00.000-04:002004-06-02T10:58:23.053-04:00DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE?
That's right everyone, you too can be a citizen of the Federation! Join your friends and help us wipe out the bugs that took out Buenos Aires! Do you want to know more?
For those who don't know this had been a nod to the Starship Troopers movies. Yes, believe it or not they actually made a sequel to the movie called "Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation." Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1085795766184808032004-05-28T21:36:00.000-04:002004-06-13T18:50:28.776-04:00UNDERWORLD: THE UNRATED DIRECTOR'S CUT!
I've finally watched the "Underworld Unrated Director's Cut" and am therefore blogging my review of the movie with "23 minutes of new footage." While the movie is still very enjoyable to be honest the "23 minutes of new footage" ended up being not what I thought it was going to be. Not necessarily a bad thing, but certainly not as much of a change as IRobert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1085679986429556652004-05-27T13:31:00.000-04:002004-06-13T18:52:36.396-04:00DEAD CITIES OR DEAD HORSE?
It appears the phrases "beating a dead horse" and "ignorance is bliss" really do go hand in hand. Recently at one of the message boards I used to visit a thread was started by a published author, whom was wondering the other authors who used to post there all went. After a few days of not much activity on the thread I made a reply suggesting that other authors be Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1085540188222512382004-05-25T22:47:00.000-04:002004-05-25T23:09:25.450-04:00One item of some interest is the cicada invasion currently happening in southwestern Ohio. Yes that's right, I'm in the middle of being invaded by small dark blue bugs that take 17 years to hit puberty by the thousands. They really aren't so bad or even annoying, but I find myself thinking about how....well dumb they actually are. I'm starting to lose count of how many times I've seen a cicadaRobert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590137.post-1085462295363691962004-05-25T01:06:00.000-04:002004-05-25T11:04:17.123-04:00For the occasional person who comes across this blog, you'll notice the "2.0" across the top, along with a new template. I've attempted creative revisions of this blog several times before, but since I'm nearly finished with paramedic school I should be able to follow through a lot better this time. Taking a hint from replies on another new blog by none other than Matthew Woodring Stover I'm Robert Jamesnoreply@blogger.com1