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The local televison news pushed me over the edge. (again)
Jun. 29th, 2007 | 09:52 am
Greetings all,
Last night I saw about the worst television news I
have seen in some time. There were stories about
sun-tanning (showing only women with large breasts
shaking them), Paris Hilton, and American Idol, but
yet they only covered one of the two Supreme Court
rulings.(on Monday night's news) This is outrageous.
The newscaster in charge of the Paris Hilton story,
Ted Perry (who blamed her for everyone covering her,
not himself for continuing to cover her) pushed me
over the edge. I already wrote Brad Hicks, fellow
TV6 anchor, this year after his fabrication of the
Nintendo DS = tool for child molestors 'report'.
So now I have given Mr. Perry a taste of what I am
thinking. In case you are interested here's the action.
+++
Dear Mr. Perry,
I found your piece on Paris Hilton yesterday rather
interesting. On the one hand, you're blaming her for
'making the media focus on her' while at the same
time, you are sensationalizing Paris Hilton yourself,
in fact doing what you blame her for. I don't know how
to put this any more blunt, but it is 'reporters' like
yourself who are the reason why stories about Paris Hilton
supplant real news. I put 'reporters' in quotes
because I saw stories last night about American Idol,
suntanning, and Paris Hilton, but yet Fox 6 Milwaukee
only covered one of the two Supreme Court rulings
yesterday. The one that was covered was not covered
very well.
Also, Mr. Perry, I am sure you are aware that your
segment, 'Perry's People' is ripped off straight from
a Simpson's episode. In said episode, it talks of how
fluff stories, exactly what are you are creating, are
in fact NOT news, and are detrimental to the actual
content of a news broadcast. I can't even fathom why
you are doing this. When I go to other cities I tell
people about what you are doing and they laugh. They
can't believe it is true.
Please don't think I am trying to be harsh, I just
think Milwaukee television news needs a wake up call.
I work in the video business, and I work with some
real professionals who were in television news twenty
or thirty years ago. They can't stand watching you all
now. You have resources they could only have dreamed
of, and yet somehow the public isn't being served with
adequate information, even on the stories you cover.
Sure, you have a live truck at the scene of every
story. (usually five hours after the action is over)
You have a person in every kind of weather condition
imaginable. Yet the quality of the content you all are
producing is deplorable.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. If you
get a chance please rent and watch the Mike Judge film
'Idiocracy'. It paints a picture of the television
news that I am afraid we will be getting to sooner
than later. (as far as that 'suntanning' story went
last night, sadly I think we might already be there.)
David
+++
more to come...
Thanks for reading.
David
Last night I saw about the worst television news I
have seen in some time. There were stories about
sun-tanning (showing only women with large breasts
shaking them), Paris Hilton, and American Idol, but
yet they only covered one of the two Supreme Court
rulings.(on Monday night's news) This is outrageous.
The newscaster in charge of the Paris Hilton story,
Ted Perry (who blamed her for everyone covering her,
not himself for continuing to cover her) pushed me
over the edge. I already wrote Brad Hicks, fellow
TV6 anchor, this year after his fabrication of the
Nintendo DS = tool for child molestors 'report'.
So now I have given Mr. Perry a taste of what I am
thinking. In case you are interested here's the action.
+++
Dear Mr. Perry,
I found your piece on Paris Hilton yesterday rather
interesting. On the one hand, you're blaming her for
'making the media focus on her' while at the same
time, you are sensationalizing Paris Hilton yourself,
in fact doing what you blame her for. I don't know how
to put this any more blunt, but it is 'reporters' like
yourself who are the reason why stories about Paris Hilton
supplant real news. I put 'reporters' in quotes
because I saw stories last night about American Idol,
suntanning, and Paris Hilton, but yet Fox 6 Milwaukee
only covered one of the two Supreme Court rulings
yesterday. The one that was covered was not covered
very well.
Also, Mr. Perry, I am sure you are aware that your
segment, 'Perry's People' is ripped off straight from
a Simpson's episode. In said episode, it talks of how
fluff stories, exactly what are you are creating, are
in fact NOT news, and are detrimental to the actual
content of a news broadcast. I can't even fathom why
you are doing this. When I go to other cities I tell
people about what you are doing and they laugh. They
can't believe it is true.
Please don't think I am trying to be harsh, I just
think Milwaukee television news needs a wake up call.
I work in the video business, and I work with some
real professionals who were in television news twenty
or thirty years ago. They can't stand watching you all
now. You have resources they could only have dreamed
of, and yet somehow the public isn't being served with
adequate information, even on the stories you cover.
Sure, you have a live truck at the scene of every
story. (usually five hours after the action is over)
You have a person in every kind of weather condition
imaginable. Yet the quality of the content you all are
producing is deplorable.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. If you
get a chance please rent and watch the Mike Judge film
'Idiocracy'. It paints a picture of the television
news that I am afraid we will be getting to sooner
than later. (as far as that 'suntanning' story went
last night, sadly I think we might already be there.)
David
+++
more to come...
Thanks for reading.
David
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Thanks for nothing Best Buy...
Mar. 27th, 2007 | 04:02 pm
Greetings,
I have been having a feud with Best Buy lately. My laptop completely failed January 30th, and it took them till mid March to get it to me. (mostly because the Geek Squad told me they needed things from me only after I would call them and ask how things were going) Eventually they replaced the motherboard and keyboard on the laptop.
Shortly thereafter it failed again, but after showing the Geek Squad member the issues, and having them agree that it badly needs service, two times I have had the laptop returned to me untouched.(they claimed they couldn't 'recreate the condition' although you needed to leave the unit on for 5 or 10 minutes for it to happen, and at those times it happened consistently) Concerning this Best Buy Corporate has told me:
"We encourage you to contact the product's manufacturer for the location
of the nearest factory-authorized service provider in your region. Once
the service is complete, send a copy of the service invoice, a copy of
the PSP brochure, and a copy of the purchase receipt to:
Performance Service Plan
Repair and Food Loss Reimbursements - C8
7601 Penn Avenue South
Richfield, MN 55423"
OK. Well I have a few problems with this.
1. The number one factory-authorized service provider is Best Buy
2. The number 2 is CompUSA (going out of business in this area)
3. I have already paid for service, and don't feel like paying someone else, and having Best Buy cut me a check when they feel like it.
So, since I am some kind of computer uber-genius, (well, compared to the 'Geeks' anyway) I figure if you want something done right, do it yourself. Since I wasn't going to get my money's worth out of the service I paid for, I took a crack at it. Here are the steps I took.
1. Since everything wrong with my laptop screams hardware issues, I first checked the RAM and the hard drive connections. Both, especially the RAM seemed loose. Since they did replace the motherboard the first time, and it was shipped all over God's creation, those connections could very well have come loose. If one or both of those connections were intermittent, that would have caused some of my problems.
2. I checked the manufacturer's website and found a BIOS revision that DEALS WITH THIS ISSUE, and it was one revision past the BIOS currently installed. What I am thinking is that somehow the computer I bought had this revision, but the new motherboard they installed didn't. I'm not saying it's the case, but it's possible.
Both of those solutions so far smoothed things out a little. I was now able to boot the computer, but now it seemed really sluggish, so I check the memory usage and find just booting windows I used 450 megs of ram! (that's a lot) So, I go to step 3:
3. I run a freeware anti-spyware program, and Norton Anti-Virus. I got the spyware program from this invaluable list:
http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-freew
Now, I run these programs often, and usually don't find much. I thought of them sort of as alligator repellent, (you know you don't SEE any ALLIGATORS here in the room, do you?) but when I ran them this time I found eighty seven (87!?!?!?!) crazy programs and viruses. Real freaky $hit. So I cleaned them off posthaste. I tell you when I ran my maintenence programs the day before the laptop failed the first time, (yeah, somehow I knew to back everything up) there were'nt any issues, not to mention '87'. So the only conclusion I can draw is that when these guys were running their 'tests' they were using flash drives and disks that were loaded with CRAP. Yet another thing to be wary of when you take your computer in to be fixed.
The conclusion? Well, as of 1:37am yesterday things are kinda sorta back to normal. I am really worried that crashy crashy condition will rear it's ugly head yet again, but for now things seem pretty clean. Perhaps as early as tomorrow I can be back to watching the show of shows, CSI: Miami!? Time will only tell.
As far as Best Buy goes, they've lost me as a customer. It's a no brainer really, order the stuff online, get a better deal, their service can be marginal and it would still be better than what I was getting. I've been a pretty good customer to Best Buy over the years. That's where I bought my first DVD player, TV when my old one broke, that laptop, my iPod and the list goes on. Well, I've told Ted, Alex, and the whole gamet of customer service staff that I have delt with that how they handle this problem will make or break my future business, and that really didn't go very far. I guess they must have millions of customers just like me, and pissing off (and to a certain extent on) one really isn't so bad. It's not that the laptop broke, that happens, problems happen, it's how you deal with them that counts.
David R.
p.s. if YOU'RE Best Buy computer ever goes down, give me a shout out. Perhaps I can save you a little PAIN...
I have been having a feud with Best Buy lately. My laptop completely failed January 30th, and it took them till mid March to get it to me. (mostly because the Geek Squad told me they needed things from me only after I would call them and ask how things were going) Eventually they replaced the motherboard and keyboard on the laptop.
Shortly thereafter it failed again, but after showing the Geek Squad member the issues, and having them agree that it badly needs service, two times I have had the laptop returned to me untouched.(they claimed they couldn't 'recreate the condition' although you needed to leave the unit on for 5 or 10 minutes for it to happen, and at those times it happened consistently) Concerning this Best Buy Corporate has told me:
"We encourage you to contact the product's manufacturer for the location
of the nearest factory-authorized service provider in your region. Once
the service is complete, send a copy of the service invoice, a copy of
the PSP brochure, and a copy of the purchase receipt to:
Performance Service Plan
Repair and Food Loss Reimbursements - C8
7601 Penn Avenue South
Richfield, MN 55423"
OK. Well I have a few problems with this.
1. The number one factory-authorized service provider is Best Buy
2. The number 2 is CompUSA (going out of business in this area)
3. I have already paid for service, and don't feel like paying someone else, and having Best Buy cut me a check when they feel like it.
So, since I am some kind of computer uber-genius, (well, compared to the 'Geeks' anyway) I figure if you want something done right, do it yourself. Since I wasn't going to get my money's worth out of the service I paid for, I took a crack at it. Here are the steps I took.
1. Since everything wrong with my laptop screams hardware issues, I first checked the RAM and the hard drive connections. Both, especially the RAM seemed loose. Since they did replace the motherboard the first time, and it was shipped all over God's creation, those connections could very well have come loose. If one or both of those connections were intermittent, that would have caused some of my problems.
2. I checked the manufacturer's website and found a BIOS revision that DEALS WITH THIS ISSUE, and it was one revision past the BIOS currently installed. What I am thinking is that somehow the computer I bought had this revision, but the new motherboard they installed didn't. I'm not saying it's the case, but it's possible.
Both of those solutions so far smoothed things out a little. I was now able to boot the computer, but now it seemed really sluggish, so I check the memory usage and find just booting windows I used 450 megs of ram! (that's a lot) So, I go to step 3:
3. I run a freeware anti-spyware program, and Norton Anti-Virus. I got the spyware program from this invaluable list:
http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-freew
Now, I run these programs often, and usually don't find much. I thought of them sort of as alligator repellent, (you know you don't SEE any ALLIGATORS here in the room, do you?) but when I ran them this time I found eighty seven (87!?!?!?!) crazy programs and viruses. Real freaky $hit. So I cleaned them off posthaste. I tell you when I ran my maintenence programs the day before the laptop failed the first time, (yeah, somehow I knew to back everything up) there were'nt any issues, not to mention '87'. So the only conclusion I can draw is that when these guys were running their 'tests' they were using flash drives and disks that were loaded with CRAP. Yet another thing to be wary of when you take your computer in to be fixed.
The conclusion? Well, as of 1:37am yesterday things are kinda sorta back to normal. I am really worried that crashy crashy condition will rear it's ugly head yet again, but for now things seem pretty clean. Perhaps as early as tomorrow I can be back to watching the show of shows, CSI: Miami!? Time will only tell.
As far as Best Buy goes, they've lost me as a customer. It's a no brainer really, order the stuff online, get a better deal, their service can be marginal and it would still be better than what I was getting. I've been a pretty good customer to Best Buy over the years. That's where I bought my first DVD player, TV when my old one broke, that laptop, my iPod and the list goes on. Well, I've told Ted, Alex, and the whole gamet of customer service staff that I have delt with that how they handle this problem will make or break my future business, and that really didn't go very far. I guess they must have millions of customers just like me, and pissing off (and to a certain extent on) one really isn't so bad. It's not that the laptop broke, that happens, problems happen, it's how you deal with them that counts.
David R.
p.s. if YOU'RE Best Buy computer ever goes down, give me a shout out. Perhaps I can save you a little PAIN...
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Not CSI: Miami Related! (yet)
Feb. 18th, 2007 | 04:53 pm
Greetings,
Well, i'm about to do one of the hardest things a CSI: Miami addicted freak like myself will ever have to do...give back my DVR to Time Warner with unwatched CSI: Miami espisodes on it! The reason I have to do this is that my cable box, the Scientific Atlanta 8000 HD only fires the component output when in HD mode, and my technique to capture clips is SVideo or composite only. Boo. Anyway, I did make a test video, and i would like to share it with ya'll.
Vince Condella, local weatherman for Fox 6 Milwaukee and broadcasting pro, lost it the other day on the air, and we all thought it was pretty funny. You see, he does this thing where he has people do something called 'geocaching' and he postes some picture of some guy doing that, stuff. Well, I guess they played the picture of the person they played at 6:00 at 9:00, and Condella just about lost it. The best part is that if he hadn't pointed it out, I don't think anyone would have known it was a mistake.
Way to go! Here's the link let's see how well it works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk_Eci5N
Let's see what happens!
D_R
Well, i'm about to do one of the hardest things a CSI: Miami addicted freak like myself will ever have to do...give back my DVR to Time Warner with unwatched CSI: Miami espisodes on it! The reason I have to do this is that my cable box, the Scientific Atlanta 8000 HD only fires the component output when in HD mode, and my technique to capture clips is SVideo or composite only. Boo. Anyway, I did make a test video, and i would like to share it with ya'll.
Vince Condella, local weatherman for Fox 6 Milwaukee and broadcasting pro, lost it the other day on the air, and we all thought it was pretty funny. You see, he does this thing where he has people do something called 'geocaching' and he postes some picture of some guy doing that, stuff. Well, I guess they played the picture of the person they played at 6:00 at 9:00, and Condella just about lost it. The best part is that if he hadn't pointed it out, I don't think anyone would have known it was a mistake.
Way to go! Here's the link let's see how well it works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk_Eci5N
Let's see what happens!
D_R
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Sexweed, James Blunt, and CSI: Miami
Feb. 16th, 2007 | 12:20 am
mood: 
apathetic
Greetings,
I've always enjoyed the not so enjoyable for some reason. Perhaps because I think it's funny? I don't want to insult hard core R. Kelly or James Blunt fans (actually I'm gonna, right NOW) but their stuff is really hi-larous. Lyrics like 'I'm gonna smoke you down to a roach' or 'Goodbye my Laaaver!' just crack me the heck up. But then I start playing that $hit for people and next thing you know I'm on that and I can't get off it. I had R. Kelly's 'Sexweed' in my head for the last two daze. Every time I needed to pop another tape in the deck, or switch from one computer to another I heard 'Gurrl, your $hit is the chronic!' and I winced, winced in pain.
Well, I guess CSI: Miami has a similar hold on me. I really can't get enough. I'm gonna briefly talk about a couple more episodes today, but just know I didn't watch them today...I watched them last night...after I blogged about the other two. Completely degenerate.
Episode 1.
-This one kicks off with a paniced woman in a car, being hit by another car from the back. She's run off the road into a divider. They imply she was killed in the accident.
- In the trunk of her car was a body of another man.
- They have this ridiculous shot of Horatio looking at the woman's head on the steering wheel, and seeing Horatio's face through the broken glass. Art house I tells ya.
- Through car paint, which they claim is like a fingerprint, they find the car that ran the woman off the road.
- They trace the rented car to a guy at a conference, and ask him a few questions. First he says he didn't have anything to do with anything. Then he says that the dead man was a valet and pimp, and that he got a woman for him, but then tried to blackmail him. Finally, the dead man in the car was a male prostitute who was going to blackmail the guy. (why did conference guy tell a male prostitute his name, or anyting else for that matter)
- While conference guy was strangling the male prostitute, the woman in the car was driving by
- Conference guy needed to keep her from talking (even though she didn't know him, get his license plate, and he was going back out of town that day) so he runs her down and stuffs the prostitute's body in her trunk.
- they find out she wasn't dead after the crash, and they find a diamond in the broken glass.
- diamonds have numbers etched on them?
- she worked for a jewelry store, and a 4 mil necklace was missing
- after she crashed, a man who was on probation drove up to the scene, called it in, but didn't stick around. they question him, but he doesn't seem to be involved.
- the necklace turns up at a pawn shop sold by a leather wearing Russian chick who stole it from the woman's dead body - they figure out the woman was killed by being beaten with a gun
- no gun was found, but one was hawked with the necklace
- the gun was the woman's, but she didn't know she needed to load it in order to fire it
- the guy on probation was really her abusive ex-husband, after the crash he happend upon her, she pulled the unloaded gun, he took it away from her and pistol whipped her to death
Yeah. I think the best part was when the woman pulled out the gun and tried to shoot it, unloaded, even though it was her own gun, and she never knew to load it. CSI: Miami tries to proverbially pistol whip it's viewers with hardcore plot twists so often they think you'll forget the silly facts, but I remember. Oh do I ever remember.
The second episode was kinda weak:
- There was a high profile killing, they never found a body, and the suspect gets off.
- Horatio supposedly knew the woman, but they only bring that up once.
- They find the woman's body, and they match a murder weapon to it, but they can't try the man again because of double jeopardy
- H sees the body and knows it's the woman's right away because she was wearing her 'favorite dress'.
- Everybody marveled that the dead woman was wearing pantyhose, because I guess you just don't do that in Miami
- The murdered woman looked white, but her mother was black, and that was supposedly why her husband killed her, so H made a hate crime federal case
- This other murderer did a similar style murder, and his was supposedly the 'perfect murder' (yet he was in prison) so they guess the suspect used the hardcore killer's techniques to perform the murder
- The suspect wanted this to be perfect, so supposedly he did a 'test murder' on a random person to make sure he could do it right. (but what if he got caught for that murder???)
- They think the first victim was weighted down in a lake, but they find the lake was drained and filled in.
- (this is the best part) the 2 CSI guys get this crappy ground scanner with a two foot radius, in a covered over lake that is acres and acres, and they find the body in minutes, and it looks like they have her excavated in half an hour, and even though she was buried in mud, she wasn't at all muddy
- the suspects new girlfriend was very jealous
- we find out that she was the real killer of the high profile woman
- they know it was the girlfriend, because as she was putting these panty hose on the victim, she pretty much pulled out an entire fingernail and then left it in the pantyhose. (whatever)
So yeah. That's that. Tomorrow I should be getting the all powerful Nerouse OSD and that should help me get some tastes of this stuff up for ya'll.
Can't wait till next time! (*sigh*)
D_R
I've always enjoyed the not so enjoyable for some reason. Perhaps because I think it's funny? I don't want to insult hard core R. Kelly or James Blunt fans (actually I'm gonna, right NOW) but their stuff is really hi-larous. Lyrics like 'I'm gonna smoke you down to a roach' or 'Goodbye my Laaaver!' just crack me the heck up. But then I start playing that $hit for people and next thing you know I'm on that and I can't get off it. I had R. Kelly's 'Sexweed' in my head for the last two daze. Every time I needed to pop another tape in the deck, or switch from one computer to another I heard 'Gurrl, your $hit is the chronic!' and I winced, winced in pain.
Well, I guess CSI: Miami has a similar hold on me. I really can't get enough. I'm gonna briefly talk about a couple more episodes today, but just know I didn't watch them today...I watched them last night...after I blogged about the other two. Completely degenerate.
Episode 1.
-This one kicks off with a paniced woman in a car, being hit by another car from the back. She's run off the road into a divider. They imply she was killed in the accident.
- In the trunk of her car was a body of another man.
- They have this ridiculous shot of Horatio looking at the woman's head on the steering wheel, and seeing Horatio's face through the broken glass. Art house I tells ya.
- Through car paint, which they claim is like a fingerprint, they find the car that ran the woman off the road.
- They trace the rented car to a guy at a conference, and ask him a few questions. First he says he didn't have anything to do with anything. Then he says that the dead man was a valet and pimp, and that he got a woman for him, but then tried to blackmail him. Finally, the dead man in the car was a male prostitute who was going to blackmail the guy. (why did conference guy tell a male prostitute his name, or anyting else for that matter)
- While conference guy was strangling the male prostitute, the woman in the car was driving by
- Conference guy needed to keep her from talking (even though she didn't know him, get his license plate, and he was going back out of town that day) so he runs her down and stuffs the prostitute's body in her trunk.
- they find out she wasn't dead after the crash, and they find a diamond in the broken glass.
- diamonds have numbers etched on them?
- she worked for a jewelry store, and a 4 mil necklace was missing
- after she crashed, a man who was on probation drove up to the scene, called it in, but didn't stick around. they question him, but he doesn't seem to be involved.
- the necklace turns up at a pawn shop sold by a leather wearing Russian chick who stole it from the woman's dead body - they figure out the woman was killed by being beaten with a gun
- no gun was found, but one was hawked with the necklace
- the gun was the woman's, but she didn't know she needed to load it in order to fire it
- the guy on probation was really her abusive ex-husband, after the crash he happend upon her, she pulled the unloaded gun, he took it away from her and pistol whipped her to death
Yeah. I think the best part was when the woman pulled out the gun and tried to shoot it, unloaded, even though it was her own gun, and she never knew to load it. CSI: Miami tries to proverbially pistol whip it's viewers with hardcore plot twists so often they think you'll forget the silly facts, but I remember. Oh do I ever remember.
The second episode was kinda weak:
- There was a high profile killing, they never found a body, and the suspect gets off.
- Horatio supposedly knew the woman, but they only bring that up once.
- They find the woman's body, and they match a murder weapon to it, but they can't try the man again because of double jeopardy
- H sees the body and knows it's the woman's right away because she was wearing her 'favorite dress'.
- Everybody marveled that the dead woman was wearing pantyhose, because I guess you just don't do that in Miami
- The murdered woman looked white, but her mother was black, and that was supposedly why her husband killed her, so H made a hate crime federal case
- This other murderer did a similar style murder, and his was supposedly the 'perfect murder' (yet he was in prison) so they guess the suspect used the hardcore killer's techniques to perform the murder
- The suspect wanted this to be perfect, so supposedly he did a 'test murder' on a random person to make sure he could do it right. (but what if he got caught for that murder???)
- They think the first victim was weighted down in a lake, but they find the lake was drained and filled in.
- (this is the best part) the 2 CSI guys get this crappy ground scanner with a two foot radius, in a covered over lake that is acres and acres, and they find the body in minutes, and it looks like they have her excavated in half an hour, and even though she was buried in mud, she wasn't at all muddy
- the suspects new girlfriend was very jealous
- we find out that she was the real killer of the high profile woman
- they know it was the girlfriend, because as she was putting these panty hose on the victim, she pretty much pulled out an entire fingernail and then left it in the pantyhose. (whatever)
So yeah. That's that. Tomorrow I should be getting the all powerful Nerouse OSD and that should help me get some tastes of this stuff up for ya'll.
Can't wait till next time! (*sigh*)
D_R
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Back on the pipe!
Feb. 14th, 2007 | 10:33 pm
The CSI: Miami pipe...sorry Marion.
Yeah, you knew I wouldn't be gone long.
This really isn't ideal, because I never do a lot of writing. Really not my thing. For me, it's one line e-mails, and phone calls under three minuets. However, when it comes to my addiction to the television equivalent of pork rinds, I just can't stop writing. My friend Erin noticed how my eyes lit up every time Horatio poped on the screen during the s-bowl, and suggested this activity. Well, I hope she's happy...because I am...but I really should not be.
On with the show!
So, tonight I got off work late, I obtained my favorite all time eats, and I had a salvo of CSI (not) goodness on my DVR. So happy times are here again! (accept for the crushing feelings of filth and grime from enjoying such a sub-par product.)
First episode was something. I'll just leave it at that. Here's a breakdown:
- guy gets a super harsh gang beating in a kids park from 5 guys
- guy is dead and turns out to be a pedophile
- didn't die from the beating, instead he died from being stabbed
- ped wasn't well liked, and posters were put up all over the neighborhood telling everyone he was there
- ped lived with his brother and sister in law
- one of the dads was at the park, his daughter was approached by the ped, and the men chased him down and beat him. In a hilarious flashback, the lead dad says, 'hey it's that child molester!' and another dad gets up and says 'let's get him' in the most staged way ever. priceless. gotta put that up on the b-log.
- Horatio questions one of the dads whose daughter it was who was approached by the ped. the girl had blood on her dress
- medical examiner said that the ped died from a stab wound, and that somehow the wound sealed itself up so he wasn't openly bleeding. (but somehow he got blood on the girl...whatever)
- turns out it was the medical examiner that put up the posters because she lived in the neighborhood. this starts a pointless subplot where her boss wants her to distance herself from the 'team' because she's too 'close to them'. whatever. in the end she stays because 'Horatio's at the top of his game'. Whatever.
- another sex offender in the neighborhood sends the ped a 'porno bomb' (to make him go away??? huh?) which they hilariously call a 'pornado'. to simulate this they have a bunch of pictures on his computer very similar to those you find in picture frames when you buy them off the shelf. hi-larious
- then one of the dads threatens the other sex offender (who is not a pedophile) by hitting him with the muzzle of a handgun making a perfect muzzle shaped bruise
- in the end the peds own brother kills him because the ped was snooping out by the park looking for kids and the brother had enough. the brother's wife miscarried and blames the stress from the ped living with them.
- they never explain how the ped interacts with the girl or why they guys chased him whilst he was stabbed. the medical examiner never feels sorry for whipping the people up into a frenzy to gang beat the ped.
Yeah. Gotta get some clips up cuz they were prime.
Round 2:
- Hot volleyball action.
- So hot there are dancers dancing (like 20 choreographed dancers) to urban beats while the somewhat famous beach volleyball girls are playing. Never really heard of that before but OK.
- They were playing all morning, but then one of the volleyball players notices something. Someone is buried under the sand on the court. (about 2 inches) They didn't notice while they were playing. I highly doubt that.
- They unsand the body and find that it was transported in a barrel, which they trace to the maintenance man. After a weak interrogation, he says some guy gave him $1000 to ditch the body. I don't know about you, but I don't think that would be enough for most people to dump a body. This guy seemed thrilled about it. When shown a suspects picture, he said 'all I saw was the green'. Whatever...I would get the best look at him possible, to save my own a$$, but OK.
- They find a key in the victim's mouth.
- They get a clue on a location, and there they find 2 more bodies, and it fits the pattern of a previous episodes killer (see entry from Feb, 7th 2nd episode). At the end of that episode a judge who had it out for Horatio released the killer for no good reason, even though there was evidence of more murders elsewhere.
- Horatio is protecting the daughter of 2 of the victims from ten years ago, the daughter is living in Miami. Because this killer is so active, Horatio has her in protective custody and she's getting sick of it.
- Horatio talks to the daughter, and she's had enough of her protection, and she says she met a boyfriend on the internet.
- The internet boyfriend is the man who killed her parents
- Horatio tells the daughter that her boyfriend is the killer of her parents, but she doesn't believe him and still wants to see him. (what?)
- Horatio tries to link him to the crime but can't find enough evidence, so he lets him go, and he leaves with the daughter. (again, what?)
- they find out that the 2 people killed were frozen for three months, and were from Cincinnati Ohio. (because they ate Chili with pasta)
- They find out the victims of the killer were his foster brothers and sisters
- only one is still alive, they find him, he tells them their foster dad was abusive to the killer
- killer left a clue to where he would be
- it's the killers foster dad's house, and the killer is holding a shotgun to his foster dad. (he never used one of those before)
- the foster dad is an ass, and he insults the killer and Horatio.
- the killer turns to Horatio and H shoots him, then H, for no good reason, stands up to the foster dad, showing that the dad is a 'coward'.
- so Horatio helped the killer with his problems, even though he killed a bunch of people and killed Horatio's girlfriend, and ruined his partner's life in New York, and was probably going to kill the daughter of his first victims. Oh well.
OK?
But, I must say, it was a long day today, and those episodes sure hit the ole 'spot' . Now I still feel filthy...but I do have 2 more on my DVR from last night...hmmm....
D_R
Yeah, you knew I wouldn't be gone long.
This really isn't ideal, because I never do a lot of writing. Really not my thing. For me, it's one line e-mails, and phone calls under three minuets. However, when it comes to my addiction to the television equivalent of pork rinds, I just can't stop writing. My friend Erin noticed how my eyes lit up every time Horatio poped on the screen during the s-bowl, and suggested this activity. Well, I hope she's happy...because I am...but I really should not be.
On with the show!
So, tonight I got off work late, I obtained my favorite all time eats, and I had a salvo of CSI (not) goodness on my DVR. So happy times are here again! (accept for the crushing feelings of filth and grime from enjoying such a sub-par product.)
First episode was something. I'll just leave it at that. Here's a breakdown:
- guy gets a super harsh gang beating in a kids park from 5 guys
- guy is dead and turns out to be a pedophile
- didn't die from the beating, instead he died from being stabbed
- ped wasn't well liked, and posters were put up all over the neighborhood telling everyone he was there
- ped lived with his brother and sister in law
- one of the dads was at the park, his daughter was approached by the ped, and the men chased him down and beat him. In a hilarious flashback, the lead dad says, 'hey it's that child molester!' and another dad gets up and says 'let's get him' in the most staged way ever. priceless. gotta put that up on the b-log.
- Horatio questions one of the dads whose daughter it was who was approached by the ped. the girl had blood on her dress
- medical examiner said that the ped died from a stab wound, and that somehow the wound sealed itself up so he wasn't openly bleeding. (but somehow he got blood on the girl...whatever)
- turns out it was the medical examiner that put up the posters because she lived in the neighborhood. this starts a pointless subplot where her boss wants her to distance herself from the 'team' because she's too 'close to them'. whatever. in the end she stays because 'Horatio's at the top of his game'. Whatever.
- another sex offender in the neighborhood sends the ped a 'porno bomb' (to make him go away??? huh?) which they hilariously call a 'pornado'. to simulate this they have a bunch of pictures on his computer very similar to those you find in picture frames when you buy them off the shelf. hi-larious
- then one of the dads threatens the other sex offender (who is not a pedophile) by hitting him with the muzzle of a handgun making a perfect muzzle shaped bruise
- in the end the peds own brother kills him because the ped was snooping out by the park looking for kids and the brother had enough. the brother's wife miscarried and blames the stress from the ped living with them.
- they never explain how the ped interacts with the girl or why they guys chased him whilst he was stabbed. the medical examiner never feels sorry for whipping the people up into a frenzy to gang beat the ped.
Yeah. Gotta get some clips up cuz they were prime.
Round 2:
- Hot volleyball action.
- So hot there are dancers dancing (like 20 choreographed dancers) to urban beats while the somewhat famous beach volleyball girls are playing. Never really heard of that before but OK.
- They were playing all morning, but then one of the volleyball players notices something. Someone is buried under the sand on the court. (about 2 inches) They didn't notice while they were playing. I highly doubt that.
- They unsand the body and find that it was transported in a barrel, which they trace to the maintenance man. After a weak interrogation, he says some guy gave him $1000 to ditch the body. I don't know about you, but I don't think that would be enough for most people to dump a body. This guy seemed thrilled about it. When shown a suspects picture, he said 'all I saw was the green'. Whatever...I would get the best look at him possible, to save my own a$$, but OK.
- They find a key in the victim's mouth.
- They get a clue on a location, and there they find 2 more bodies, and it fits the pattern of a previous episodes killer (see entry from Feb, 7th 2nd episode). At the end of that episode a judge who had it out for Horatio released the killer for no good reason, even though there was evidence of more murders elsewhere.
- Horatio is protecting the daughter of 2 of the victims from ten years ago, the daughter is living in Miami. Because this killer is so active, Horatio has her in protective custody and she's getting sick of it.
- Horatio talks to the daughter, and she's had enough of her protection, and she says she met a boyfriend on the internet.
- The internet boyfriend is the man who killed her parents
- Horatio tells the daughter that her boyfriend is the killer of her parents, but she doesn't believe him and still wants to see him. (what?)
- Horatio tries to link him to the crime but can't find enough evidence, so he lets him go, and he leaves with the daughter. (again, what?)
- they find out that the 2 people killed were frozen for three months, and were from Cincinnati Ohio. (because they ate Chili with pasta)
- They find out the victims of the killer were his foster brothers and sisters
- only one is still alive, they find him, he tells them their foster dad was abusive to the killer
- killer left a clue to where he would be
- it's the killers foster dad's house, and the killer is holding a shotgun to his foster dad. (he never used one of those before)
- the foster dad is an ass, and he insults the killer and Horatio.
- the killer turns to Horatio and H shoots him, then H, for no good reason, stands up to the foster dad, showing that the dad is a 'coward'.
- so Horatio helped the killer with his problems, even though he killed a bunch of people and killed Horatio's girlfriend, and ruined his partner's life in New York, and was probably going to kill the daughter of his first victims. Oh well.
OK?
But, I must say, it was a long day today, and those episodes sure hit the ole 'spot' . Now I still feel filthy...but I do have 2 more on my DVR from last night...hmmm....
D_R
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CSI: Miami, reruns of reruns? Not in my America!
Feb. 8th, 2007 | 11:35 pm
Greetings,
Well, I had to work late tonight, so I thought my DVR would catch the latest episodes of CSI: Miami on A&E. IT DIDN'T! I was totally PTOed and almost delivered a series of spin kicks the likes of which had not been seen before this side of the Rio Grande! Then I realized that they were repeats of repeats, and I had actually seen them before, so now I can talk about them...yay!
Ok, so actually it's a double episode, and Horatio has to travel to NYC to solve the crime so they pass the second episode off as CSI: NYC. I don't even know if there is a show called CSI: NYC, but I tell you if it existed it would be even more degenerate than Miami. The main lead, I forget the actors name, is an even dryer and more naive version of Horatio, and the supporting cast is pretty bleak. No nifty shelves of unidentified liquid with lights shooting through them at all angles, no interrogation rooms filled with nice clean open spaces or large plate glass windows. Anyway, it is set in NYC, which is a place far better than Miami in my opinion, so I put up with it for an episode.
This double episode involves the CSIs chasing a killer played by that one guy who played 'Chase' on 24 season 3. I watched 24 season 3, and I must say that actor did the worst job of anyone that season, so he was perfect for him to take up the double here on CSI: East coast.
I'm a little foggy on how this one gets going so breaking it down will be kinda difficult:
1. a wife of a record producer is murdered, no one can find the body
2. a year later they somehow get on the case because some other people get killed
3. they're looking for this super killer that was let out of prison named 'Darius'. the NYC cop is looking for him in Miami
4. Horatio suspects him in all the murders
5. they finally find the body of the first woman after being buried around Miami for over a year, and it's not a purified mess, because 'her clothes held her together' (including her face...somehow)
6. Horatio promises the woman's eight year old son that he would find the killer and call him first when he's got him
7. Darius kidnaps a wealthy woman's daughter and disappears. Horatio suspects that this girl is in danger, and they knew she was at a horse stable training. when they get to the stable a spooked horse comes out without a rider. both detectives, Horatio and the guy from NYC stand around the horse for way too long before figuring out it was the girls. They uncover Darius went back to NYC to 'make things right'.
end of episode 1
8. Horatio and the other guy, I think his name is 'Mac' (as in Apple I think, not big) on the show. So now it's CSI: NYC or whatever.
9. The girl that was kidnapped's parents house is the scene of a high school 'pharm party'...which they claim is a party where you take your parents prescription drugs and dump um in a giant brandy snifter, and take um like mad. Excuse me, but what fun is that? In a moment of hilarity, one of the high school guys involved in this says "Will I die?" in the stupidest way possible, and one of the girls says, "That's the fun part." Whatever.
10. Darius shows up with the kidnapped girl and they go upstairs to this super biometric safe lock. The girl opens it, but there's no money inside. Darius gets pretty mad and shoots her right there. Then he goes downstairs, where he shoots each of five high schoolers execution style.
11. The CSIs show up, and they reveal in the most asinine way possible that Darius played in the victims blood. That doesn't even make any sense, and it didn't fit the character, and if he did play in their blood like that, he would have been covered in it, but they don't take any of that into account.
12. Meanwhile, they are also trying to find the killer of the mother of the eight year old boy. They trace the gun that was used to a bouncer, who gives them a description that exactly matches the description the boy gave. They then run it through their computer where they come up with a match that looks just like the boy's account of the killer.
13. They find him and interrogate him, and they find that he was put up to 'scaring' the record executive, (mentioned before) and the wife got out of control so he shot her just to shut her up. (what?!) He said 'it worked'. Whatever. Then they found out the killer talked to Darius in prison. Then Horatio tells the killer that he's bringing him back to Miami. At first the killer seems smug, then Horatio tell him 'we enforce the death penalty'. On this show they make the death penalty seem like a really great thing to have.
14. Mac, the NYC cop, finds out Darius was at his shrink's office, they try to catch him but they can't. Mac gets a clue that Darius will be on a subway train and that he wants to meet with Mac alone. Mac goes to the subway, and has the most forced dialog session ever trying to make it seem like Darius doesn't want to kill, but is compelled to. Mac tries to convince him to turn himself in, but instead stabs a guy in the subway and gets away. No one mentions that if Mac would have just pulled his gun he could have arrested him right there.
15. We find out that Darius is a half brother to the girl he kidnapped, and to her sister. The girls' father is played by Michael Gross, the dad on Family Ties, which is kind of weird. Darius wanted some money the father was going to give his oldest daughter for being "clean and sober" (what? what does sober have to do with anything?). Darius was the dad's illegitimate son which he supposedly didn't know about. That supposedly screwed Darius up and caused him to go on his killing spree. The younger daughter stole the money earlier that day so when it wasn't there Darius killed her sister. No mention to the younger daughter that she cost her older sister, and possibly her five friends, their lives.
16. Horatio and Mac catch Darius.
17. Horatio calls the eight year old to tell him that he found the killer of his mother. In one of the most awkward scenes I have seen on CSI:Miami thus far, Horatio starts apologizing to the boy in some kind of apologizing montage. I wish I could show it to you, it's really weird.
18. Mac locks up Darius, and Darius thanks him for his help. Mac gets really angry and tells Darius off...where before they were trying to create some sympathy for Darius Mac tries to show that his actions were inexcusable. I thought that was obvious.
Yeah, I really need to start getting the ability to get some little clips up here to illustrate how foolish and addicting this show really is. I also can't believe I could recount most of the plot points having seen the show weeks ago!
Anyway, it's been fun. Sure hope my DVR works tomorrow. I also hope I haven't seen all the episodes already! Although, it would be better that way...
D_R
Well, I had to work late tonight, so I thought my DVR would catch the latest episodes of CSI: Miami on A&E. IT DIDN'T! I was totally PTOed and almost delivered a series of spin kicks the likes of which had not been seen before this side of the Rio Grande! Then I realized that they were repeats of repeats, and I had actually seen them before, so now I can talk about them...yay!
Ok, so actually it's a double episode, and Horatio has to travel to NYC to solve the crime so they pass the second episode off as CSI: NYC. I don't even know if there is a show called CSI: NYC, but I tell you if it existed it would be even more degenerate than Miami. The main lead, I forget the actors name, is an even dryer and more naive version of Horatio, and the supporting cast is pretty bleak. No nifty shelves of unidentified liquid with lights shooting through them at all angles, no interrogation rooms filled with nice clean open spaces or large plate glass windows. Anyway, it is set in NYC, which is a place far better than Miami in my opinion, so I put up with it for an episode.
This double episode involves the CSIs chasing a killer played by that one guy who played 'Chase' on 24 season 3. I watched 24 season 3, and I must say that actor did the worst job of anyone that season, so he was perfect for him to take up the double here on CSI: East coast.
I'm a little foggy on how this one gets going so breaking it down will be kinda difficult:
1. a wife of a record producer is murdered, no one can find the body
2. a year later they somehow get on the case because some other people get killed
3. they're looking for this super killer that was let out of prison named 'Darius'. the NYC cop is looking for him in Miami
4. Horatio suspects him in all the murders
5. they finally find the body of the first woman after being buried around Miami for over a year, and it's not a purified mess, because 'her clothes held her together' (including her face...somehow)
6. Horatio promises the woman's eight year old son that he would find the killer and call him first when he's got him
7. Darius kidnaps a wealthy woman's daughter and disappears. Horatio suspects that this girl is in danger, and they knew she was at a horse stable training. when they get to the stable a spooked horse comes out without a rider. both detectives, Horatio and the guy from NYC stand around the horse for way too long before figuring out it was the girls. They uncover Darius went back to NYC to 'make things right'.
end of episode 1
8. Horatio and the other guy, I think his name is 'Mac' (as in Apple I think, not big) on the show. So now it's CSI: NYC or whatever.
9. The girl that was kidnapped's parents house is the scene of a high school 'pharm party'...which they claim is a party where you take your parents prescription drugs and dump um in a giant brandy snifter, and take um like mad. Excuse me, but what fun is that? In a moment of hilarity, one of the high school guys involved in this says "Will I die?" in the stupidest way possible, and one of the girls says, "That's the fun part." Whatever.
10. Darius shows up with the kidnapped girl and they go upstairs to this super biometric safe lock. The girl opens it, but there's no money inside. Darius gets pretty mad and shoots her right there. Then he goes downstairs, where he shoots each of five high schoolers execution style.
11. The CSIs show up, and they reveal in the most asinine way possible that Darius played in the victims blood. That doesn't even make any sense, and it didn't fit the character, and if he did play in their blood like that, he would have been covered in it, but they don't take any of that into account.
12. Meanwhile, they are also trying to find the killer of the mother of the eight year old boy. They trace the gun that was used to a bouncer, who gives them a description that exactly matches the description the boy gave. They then run it through their computer where they come up with a match that looks just like the boy's account of the killer.
13. They find him and interrogate him, and they find that he was put up to 'scaring' the record executive, (mentioned before) and the wife got out of control so he shot her just to shut her up. (what?!) He said 'it worked'. Whatever. Then they found out the killer talked to Darius in prison. Then Horatio tells the killer that he's bringing him back to Miami. At first the killer seems smug, then Horatio tell him 'we enforce the death penalty'. On this show they make the death penalty seem like a really great thing to have.
14. Mac, the NYC cop, finds out Darius was at his shrink's office, they try to catch him but they can't. Mac gets a clue that Darius will be on a subway train and that he wants to meet with Mac alone. Mac goes to the subway, and has the most forced dialog session ever trying to make it seem like Darius doesn't want to kill, but is compelled to. Mac tries to convince him to turn himself in, but instead stabs a guy in the subway and gets away. No one mentions that if Mac would have just pulled his gun he could have arrested him right there.
15. We find out that Darius is a half brother to the girl he kidnapped, and to her sister. The girls' father is played by Michael Gross, the dad on Family Ties, which is kind of weird. Darius wanted some money the father was going to give his oldest daughter for being "clean and sober" (what? what does sober have to do with anything?). Darius was the dad's illegitimate son which he supposedly didn't know about. That supposedly screwed Darius up and caused him to go on his killing spree. The younger daughter stole the money earlier that day so when it wasn't there Darius killed her sister. No mention to the younger daughter that she cost her older sister, and possibly her five friends, their lives.
16. Horatio and Mac catch Darius.
17. Horatio calls the eight year old to tell him that he found the killer of his mother. In one of the most awkward scenes I have seen on CSI:Miami thus far, Horatio starts apologizing to the boy in some kind of apologizing montage. I wish I could show it to you, it's really weird.
18. Mac locks up Darius, and Darius thanks him for his help. Mac gets really angry and tells Darius off...where before they were trying to create some sympathy for Darius Mac tries to show that his actions were inexcusable. I thought that was obvious.
Yeah, I really need to start getting the ability to get some little clips up here to illustrate how foolish and addicting this show really is. I also can't believe I could recount most of the plot points having seen the show weeks ago!
Anyway, it's been fun. Sure hope my DVR works tomorrow. I also hope I haven't seen all the episodes already! Although, it would be better that way...
D_R
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CSI: Miani - Day 2
Feb. 7th, 2007 | 11:52 pm
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content
Greetings,
Well, my co-editor at work asked me if I would help him out with a personal project. He's got a video he needs editing, and since I have an adequate system for such things I offered. This gave me a rare opportunity to not work on the medias and instead take care of some household chores. When the dishes were done, and the floor vacuumed, that left only one thing left to clean up...my DVR of two fresh new CSI: Miami episodes.
Arrg! I feel like such a degenerate for falling for this show's false promises of quality entertainment! There are so many better things I could be doing...or at least better ways I could waste my time. Oh well, I bit deep into the forbidden fruit again, and was quite satisfied!
The first episode was the love triangle gone so wrong, but so very, very right! It's about three married women going to a 'women's weekend (no sex)'. The no sex part was repeated quite a bit and really didn't need to be. They went to a very expensive hotel, where they have a young man to 'oil the women up'. Ok? The oily young man is found dead in front of the hotel, but the team can't work as a team this episode, no, because there is some underlying serial plot element where they will be 'put to the test' at some undisclosed point in the future. Super. So we get the same story from the three women's perspectives, each represented from a different member of the CSI team, not working together. (huh?)
A couple quick points about the episode. First off there is a totally sweet 'getting off the elevator' scene in which the CSI team is walking to the hotel room. Took about 3 times longer than it should have, but I wasn't minding one bit! Also, when any 'CSIing' took place, the screen tinted yellow. I want to think that's because of the urine content, but that hasn't been verified by two sources yet.
Anyway, here's a little breakdown.
1. pool guy meets the three ladies
2. pool guy is quite attractive
3. pool guy shows up in the room of the ladies and tries to get it on with the woman #1.
4. Sexy pool guy can't get it up so he takes viagra, then, he says he has to take it because the woman isn't very pretty.
5. They scuffle and she hits him with a towel bar three times in the head and thinks she killed him
6. but she didn't, and he is icing his head when woman #2 comes into the room
7. woman #2 sees pool guy is 'all ready' then gets it on with him for 2 hours
8. guy gets woozy and passes out, hitting head on bed
9. woman #2 thinks pool guy is dead
10. woman #3 already had sex with the pool guy earlier, but then he went into her room and stole her wedding ring (after the viagra, getting hit in the head, and getting it on for 2 hours)
11. woman #3 gets man and pushes pool guy over stairs causing him to fall 1 flight onto concrete knocking him out (and making him again, look dead)
12. hotel manger gets a call that their is a body in the room and that he needs to get rid of it. (what?!) he finds the pool boy in the service stairway and somehow stuffs him in the trunk of his car
13. pool boy wakes up and makes a ruckas. he gives woman #3's wedding ring to the manager to let him go.
14. pool boy goes into hotel laundry where he is killed by woman #2's husband, who wasn't mad he had sex with woman #2, but that he had sex with woman #3, his mistress.
I'm breaking these shows down a little to show how much they really don't make any sense. The show just plain isn't good and really is the largest waste of time you could possibly engage in. I find it difficult to think that though when i'm looking deeply into David Caruso's eyes...it's just so hard to say no. I don't get it. I think I am going to be needing an intervention before this is all over.
Episode # 2 was a shocking serial episode. Now I haven't been watching long enough to know what's going on with the serial parts of the show, but they really don't do a very good job of letting you know what things from the past are important in the present. Whatever. Believe me, I don't expect them to do a good job.
In this episode, an unnamed character is found dead, who Horatio (David Caruso) went out with on a date two nights prior. The episode revolves around a master crime evidence manipulator who is trying to frame Horatio. This would be interesting, however, doesn't make much sense. Let's break it down:
1. two unrelated girls are talking about drinking while driving.
2. girls go off the road becuse their tires are burst by road spikes planted by the killer, and they drive into the water
3. the girls are OK but they find a body of a third victim, Horatio's girlfriend
4. Horatio gives up his badge and gun, because he is the prime suspect
5. They find Horatio's blood at the woman's house, but it had a special preservative in it to keep it from coagulating. Later we find that this blood came from a wound Horatio got in New York ten years prior. (ten year old blood?)
6. The CSI team finds that the killer might be at a location. Horatio goes there to find the killer, punches him, but the killer gets away. They then find this place to be the crime scene where the woman was killed thus implicating Horatio further.
7. They find the murder weapon, and it has Horatio's fingerprint, but that also has a substance on it that would show it to be faked. (so, what's the point???)
8. it comes out that this killer's last killings caused Horatio to leave New York
9. Horatio catches the killer and has cases against him from other parts of Florida. Supposedly he only kills happy couples. (?!)
10. In the worst flashback ever, they show that the judge seeing the evidence has a beef with Horatio. The judge dismisses the case and frees the killer, even though the evidence was good, and Orlando had an even better case against him. I'm sorry, but I don't think it's legal to free a defendant when another jurisdiction has proper evidence to convict.
11. not once do they imply that Horatio is in any way sad that this woman he went out with twice was brutally murdered only because she went out on a date with him. also, this isn't the first woman to be killed, that he dated. they portray Horatio as a really caring person, but I guess not when it comes to his love interests...
This episode was so strange it wasn't even funny. However, it was heavily entertaining. I tend to try to convince myself that it's OK to watch when it's on DVR, because I'm not sitting through the commercials. But come on, let's get serious, this show just isn't good. These mini plot synopsis are the proof, it's just a bunch of television nose garbage. The sad part is, the more I watch the more I enjoy it.
There are some sad times a-coming. I can feel it.
D_R
Well, my co-editor at work asked me if I would help him out with a personal project. He's got a video he needs editing, and since I have an adequate system for such things I offered. This gave me a rare opportunity to not work on the medias and instead take care of some household chores. When the dishes were done, and the floor vacuumed, that left only one thing left to clean up...my DVR of two fresh new CSI: Miami episodes.
Arrg! I feel like such a degenerate for falling for this show's false promises of quality entertainment! There are so many better things I could be doing...or at least better ways I could waste my time. Oh well, I bit deep into the forbidden fruit again, and was quite satisfied!
The first episode was the love triangle gone so wrong, but so very, very right! It's about three married women going to a 'women's weekend (no sex)'. The no sex part was repeated quite a bit and really didn't need to be. They went to a very expensive hotel, where they have a young man to 'oil the women up'. Ok? The oily young man is found dead in front of the hotel, but the team can't work as a team this episode, no, because there is some underlying serial plot element where they will be 'put to the test' at some undisclosed point in the future. Super. So we get the same story from the three women's perspectives, each represented from a different member of the CSI team, not working together. (huh?)
A couple quick points about the episode. First off there is a totally sweet 'getting off the elevator' scene in which the CSI team is walking to the hotel room. Took about 3 times longer than it should have, but I wasn't minding one bit! Also, when any 'CSIing' took place, the screen tinted yellow. I want to think that's because of the urine content, but that hasn't been verified by two sources yet.
Anyway, here's a little breakdown.
1. pool guy meets the three ladies
2. pool guy is quite attractive
3. pool guy shows up in the room of the ladies and tries to get it on with the woman #1.
4. Sexy pool guy can't get it up so he takes viagra, then, he says he has to take it because the woman isn't very pretty.
5. They scuffle and she hits him with a towel bar three times in the head and thinks she killed him
6. but she didn't, and he is icing his head when woman #2 comes into the room
7. woman #2 sees pool guy is 'all ready' then gets it on with him for 2 hours
8. guy gets woozy and passes out, hitting head on bed
9. woman #2 thinks pool guy is dead
10. woman #3 already had sex with the pool guy earlier, but then he went into her room and stole her wedding ring (after the viagra, getting hit in the head, and getting it on for 2 hours)
11. woman #3 gets man and pushes pool guy over stairs causing him to fall 1 flight onto concrete knocking him out (and making him again, look dead)
12. hotel manger gets a call that their is a body in the room and that he needs to get rid of it. (what?!) he finds the pool boy in the service stairway and somehow stuffs him in the trunk of his car
13. pool boy wakes up and makes a ruckas. he gives woman #3's wedding ring to the manager to let him go.
14. pool boy goes into hotel laundry where he is killed by woman #2's husband, who wasn't mad he had sex with woman #2, but that he had sex with woman #3, his mistress.
I'm breaking these shows down a little to show how much they really don't make any sense. The show just plain isn't good and really is the largest waste of time you could possibly engage in. I find it difficult to think that though when i'm looking deeply into David Caruso's eyes...it's just so hard to say no. I don't get it. I think I am going to be needing an intervention before this is all over.
Episode # 2 was a shocking serial episode. Now I haven't been watching long enough to know what's going on with the serial parts of the show, but they really don't do a very good job of letting you know what things from the past are important in the present. Whatever. Believe me, I don't expect them to do a good job.
In this episode, an unnamed character is found dead, who Horatio (David Caruso) went out with on a date two nights prior. The episode revolves around a master crime evidence manipulator who is trying to frame Horatio. This would be interesting, however, doesn't make much sense. Let's break it down:
1. two unrelated girls are talking about drinking while driving.
2. girls go off the road becuse their tires are burst by road spikes planted by the killer, and they drive into the water
3. the girls are OK but they find a body of a third victim, Horatio's girlfriend
4. Horatio gives up his badge and gun, because he is the prime suspect
5. They find Horatio's blood at the woman's house, but it had a special preservative in it to keep it from coagulating. Later we find that this blood came from a wound Horatio got in New York ten years prior. (ten year old blood?)
6. The CSI team finds that the killer might be at a location. Horatio goes there to find the killer, punches him, but the killer gets away. They then find this place to be the crime scene where the woman was killed thus implicating Horatio further.
7. They find the murder weapon, and it has Horatio's fingerprint, but that also has a substance on it that would show it to be faked. (so, what's the point???)
8. it comes out that this killer's last killings caused Horatio to leave New York
9. Horatio catches the killer and has cases against him from other parts of Florida. Supposedly he only kills happy couples. (?!)
10. In the worst flashback ever, they show that the judge seeing the evidence has a beef with Horatio. The judge dismisses the case and frees the killer, even though the evidence was good, and Orlando had an even better case against him. I'm sorry, but I don't think it's legal to free a defendant when another jurisdiction has proper evidence to convict.
11. not once do they imply that Horatio is in any way sad that this woman he went out with twice was brutally murdered only because she went out on a date with him. also, this isn't the first woman to be killed, that he dated. they portray Horatio as a really caring person, but I guess not when it comes to his love interests...
This episode was so strange it wasn't even funny. However, it was heavily entertaining. I tend to try to convince myself that it's OK to watch when it's on DVR, because I'm not sitting through the commercials. But come on, let's get serious, this show just isn't good. These mini plot synopsis are the proof, it's just a bunch of television nose garbage. The sad part is, the more I watch the more I enjoy it.
There are some sad times a-coming. I can feel it.
D_R
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CSI: Miami
Feb. 6th, 2007 | 10:33 pm
Greetings,
I haven't posted here in quite some time. Mostly becuase I don't have anything to say. However, now I will be devoting more of my time to blogging...about CSI: Miami. Why? Becuase a friend suggested it, and it sounded like the stupedist think I could do so I'm doing it. Also because actually watching CSI: Miami is probably the stupidest thing you could ever do, but that's another story. Anyway, here you go:
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I make video content for a living. I don't make television. There's a reason for that I think. Televison was forced upon me for awhile, and it was very hectic, and in the end my final product suffered. However, that does not mean I don't enjoy television. I like to think I enjoy non traditional TV programing, but I also think that's everyone's line. Unlike everyone I like to hold my line. My big three right now are Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs, and Intervention. Three very distinct shows, that both entertain and enlighten...at least that's my take.
There is another show that I have recently crept into the dark corners of my DVR. I'll give you a hint: it's both the best and worst show currently on television. That's right, it's CSI: Miami. Now, I am sure that most of you either love a show so you watch it, or don't care for it and don't pay it a second mind. Well, sometimes I like to sample the musky odors and gamey flavors of the not so savory, and in doing so knowingly run the risk of acquiring a taste that was completely unintentional.
So, I admit it, I'm hooked. Hooked like a WoW addict on the eve of the Burning Crusade, quivering outside the storefront at 11:59pm with the laptop already running. I was hooked on the first episode I watched. I don't know if it was the fingerprint tinted green projected on a giant wall, the bottles of colored liquid on every shelf with lights shimmering through their uselessness at angles that would drive any normal lab worker insane, or David Caruso's cold, cold performance, but I'm hooked, and I am hooked hard. The worst part is the show couldn't be written or acted any worse! The plots are boring and predictable. The actual CSI content completely outlandish and dabbling borderline into buffoonery. The acting by all the principle players might be better done by CG done by the creators of 'Polar Express'. But having said all that, while I am watching it, feeling guilty the whole time, (Catholic guilty) I am thoroughly entertained. Totally and completely. Like no other show on television. I don't get it.
One plus to my new obsession is that it must have been on the TV for awhile, therefore there must be a bunch of episodes already produced. I cannot and will not watch this on it's parent network CBS because that would involve me watching something on CBS.
I don't know if this is common knowledge but CBS stands for 'Certainly Beats Sucking [Ass]'. The only problem? That is not true! Anyone who watched this past weekend's Superbowl knows that CBS executes everything like it's the first time it's ever been done ever. The whole concept of 'broadcast televison' is very new to them. They can't hold a shot, keep focus, or keep crap off the lens for more than 10 seconds. They have a rotten national news department, locally they can't drive their own news van, and their shows lack everything from good production value to relevant or somewhat modern content. So, of course, this would be the perfect place for a stilted show the caliber of CSI: Miami. It would, in fact, be perfect. Which is exactly why I won't give them the satisfaction of flipping my cable box to their network, even if I am not in the ratings game. (yet.) No, I will watch it on A&E. Not only because it's not CBS, but also because it is on five nights a week and has two (yes count um, two) episodes a night! Double your pleasure, double your fun. Or, in my case, 'fun'.
So, now comes the point when I talk about the shows I watched tonight. Well, I wasn't feeling very productive this evening, so I did end up watching both episodes. Were they ever satisfying! The first one was about an 18 year old girl who got drunk then went missing. Some of the neato plot twists were:
1. the car she rented had a wireless laptop installed which unknowingly broadcast video of her in the car to what turned out to be her step father over the internet
2. the place that rented the 18 year old a car (weird?) had an 'ethics policy' that supposedly prevented her from drinking or doing anything 'wrong' (double weird)
3. the person that rented her the car also sold her drugs (completely negating #2)
4. her step dad saw she was getting it on with some random guy in the car, somehow found her, but then let her go back into a bar with two skeezy guys.
5. she gets really trashed and one of the guys kills her, but they find out which one did it from 'reclaimed water' that sprayed out of the sprinkler in a kids playground. Because according to them, reclaimed water is just as good as a fingerprint. (?!)
6. Beach sand =! (does not equal) Playground sand. also common knowledge to Crime Scene Investigators.
Now, if none of this makes sense that's OK. It's not supposed to. In real life none of this $hit goes down this way. There is another show on A&E called 'the first 48' where they follow police trying to solve real murders. It involves a lot of luck, and some skillful questioning. Questioning involving little to no actual evidence. Here they can do DNA tests like they come out of candy machines, (in seconds, not weeks or even days) unlike in real life where they take months.
Episode 2 wasn't quite as insane, but just as entertaining. A woman is shot to death on her boat, and a young man is running from the scene, covered in blood. Horatio's partner (Horatio is played by David Caruso) chases the kid down, and the partner wants 'first crack at him'. The kid confesses under harsh interrogation, but Horatio isn't convinced he did it. He never reprimands his partner for forcing a confession, he just cooly starts the investigation. Throughout they keep working the case like no one confessed, even though I would think all investigations should stop at this point unless there is reason to reopen them fully. There is also quite a bit of browbeating when people don't bust their seat to get detailed investigations done on this case, even though someone confessed.
So, now there are two plots. Horatio trying to prove the young man didn't do the killing, and the young man in jail getting manhandled by some prisoners in the normal 'prison way'. So, here's what went down:
1. The woman who got murdered was getting a divorce from her husband who just turned gay.
2. The the woman who was murdered was trying to sell her boat, and the young man who was running from the scene was having an affair with her.
3. A couple wanted to check out the boat which they could not afford. The girl was approached by the CSI and threatened with them taking a lipstick sample so they could get DNA. (I didn't know DNA was in lipstick, but OK)
4. While aboard the boat taking a test drive, one of the prospective buyers, the man, finds a gun on board the boat (?! wouldn't you keep that hidden) the gun is loaded, and the man shoots the boats owner for no reason. (seriously, no reason) The couple then drives the boat back to the dock with no boating experience, then leaves 'without anyone seeing them'. Sure. Also pointless.
5. Meanwhile there is a prison riot, and the young man, who hasn't ever killed anyone, previously fashioned a turkey bone (don't think they give prisoners meat with giant bones in it) into a knife and kills one of the inmates that was harASSing him.
6. They find that the woman on the boat did not die from being shot, but rather being suffocated...by her newly gay husband. (even though there was a three gallon pool of blood on the boat)
7. They then tell the boy, who by now acts as a hardened criminal, to be truthful at all times. That's the positive message the show ends with.
8. Horatio cares about this young man for some reason, even though all he ever does is lie, and now kill.
Great stuff I tell you! This show really has to be seen to be believed. But I don't recommend you watch it. No, no, this is an addiction I would not give to my worst enemy. At least with crack you get high, here you get confused, and entertained, at the cost of incredible guilt, and shame, more than I could ever impart to you. Nothing makes any sense in this sick wonderful world, and that must be why I enjoy it so much. I don't know, but I tell you, my DVR is set, and the next chance I get, CSI: Miami here I come!
B_W
I haven't posted here in quite some time. Mostly becuase I don't have anything to say. However, now I will be devoting more of my time to blogging...about CSI: Miami. Why? Becuase a friend suggested it, and it sounded like the stupedist think I could do so I'm doing it. Also because actually watching CSI: Miami is probably the stupidest thing you could ever do, but that's another story. Anyway, here you go:
+++
I make video content for a living. I don't make television. There's a reason for that I think. Televison was forced upon me for awhile, and it was very hectic, and in the end my final product suffered. However, that does not mean I don't enjoy television. I like to think I enjoy non traditional TV programing, but I also think that's everyone's line. Unlike everyone I like to hold my line. My big three right now are Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs, and Intervention. Three very distinct shows, that both entertain and enlighten...at least that's my take.
There is another show that I have recently crept into the dark corners of my DVR. I'll give you a hint: it's both the best and worst show currently on television. That's right, it's CSI: Miami. Now, I am sure that most of you either love a show so you watch it, or don't care for it and don't pay it a second mind. Well, sometimes I like to sample the musky odors and gamey flavors of the not so savory, and in doing so knowingly run the risk of acquiring a taste that was completely unintentional.
So, I admit it, I'm hooked. Hooked like a WoW addict on the eve of the Burning Crusade, quivering outside the storefront at 11:59pm with the laptop already running. I was hooked on the first episode I watched. I don't know if it was the fingerprint tinted green projected on a giant wall, the bottles of colored liquid on every shelf with lights shimmering through their uselessness at angles that would drive any normal lab worker insane, or David Caruso's cold, cold performance, but I'm hooked, and I am hooked hard. The worst part is the show couldn't be written or acted any worse! The plots are boring and predictable. The actual CSI content completely outlandish and dabbling borderline into buffoonery. The acting by all the principle players might be better done by CG done by the creators of 'Polar Express'. But having said all that, while I am watching it, feeling guilty the whole time, (Catholic guilty) I am thoroughly entertained. Totally and completely. Like no other show on television. I don't get it.
One plus to my new obsession is that it must have been on the TV for awhile, therefore there must be a bunch of episodes already produced. I cannot and will not watch this on it's parent network CBS because that would involve me watching something on CBS.
I don't know if this is common knowledge but CBS stands for 'Certainly Beats Sucking [Ass]'. The only problem? That is not true! Anyone who watched this past weekend's Superbowl knows that CBS executes everything like it's the first time it's ever been done ever. The whole concept of 'broadcast televison' is very new to them. They can't hold a shot, keep focus, or keep crap off the lens for more than 10 seconds. They have a rotten national news department, locally they can't drive their own news van, and their shows lack everything from good production value to relevant or somewhat modern content. So, of course, this would be the perfect place for a stilted show the caliber of CSI: Miami. It would, in fact, be perfect. Which is exactly why I won't give them the satisfaction of flipping my cable box to their network, even if I am not in the ratings game. (yet.) No, I will watch it on A&E. Not only because it's not CBS, but also because it is on five nights a week and has two (yes count um, two) episodes a night! Double your pleasure, double your fun. Or, in my case, 'fun'.
So, now comes the point when I talk about the shows I watched tonight. Well, I wasn't feeling very productive this evening, so I did end up watching both episodes. Were they ever satisfying! The first one was about an 18 year old girl who got drunk then went missing. Some of the neato plot twists were:
1. the car she rented had a wireless laptop installed which unknowingly broadcast video of her in the car to what turned out to be her step father over the internet
2. the place that rented the 18 year old a car (weird?) had an 'ethics policy' that supposedly prevented her from drinking or doing anything 'wrong' (double weird)
3. the person that rented her the car also sold her drugs (completely negating #2)
4. her step dad saw she was getting it on with some random guy in the car, somehow found her, but then let her go back into a bar with two skeezy guys.
5. she gets really trashed and one of the guys kills her, but they find out which one did it from 'reclaimed water' that sprayed out of the sprinkler in a kids playground. Because according to them, reclaimed water is just as good as a fingerprint. (?!)
6. Beach sand =! (does not equal) Playground sand. also common knowledge to Crime Scene Investigators.
Now, if none of this makes sense that's OK. It's not supposed to. In real life none of this $hit goes down this way. There is another show on A&E called 'the first 48' where they follow police trying to solve real murders. It involves a lot of luck, and some skillful questioning. Questioning involving little to no actual evidence. Here they can do DNA tests like they come out of candy machines, (in seconds, not weeks or even days) unlike in real life where they take months.
Episode 2 wasn't quite as insane, but just as entertaining. A woman is shot to death on her boat, and a young man is running from the scene, covered in blood. Horatio's partner (Horatio is played by David Caruso) chases the kid down, and the partner wants 'first crack at him'. The kid confesses under harsh interrogation, but Horatio isn't convinced he did it. He never reprimands his partner for forcing a confession, he just cooly starts the investigation. Throughout they keep working the case like no one confessed, even though I would think all investigations should stop at this point unless there is reason to reopen them fully. There is also quite a bit of browbeating when people don't bust their seat to get detailed investigations done on this case, even though someone confessed.
So, now there are two plots. Horatio trying to prove the young man didn't do the killing, and the young man in jail getting manhandled by some prisoners in the normal 'prison way'. So, here's what went down:
1. The woman who got murdered was getting a divorce from her husband who just turned gay.
2. The the woman who was murdered was trying to sell her boat, and the young man who was running from the scene was having an affair with her.
3. A couple wanted to check out the boat which they could not afford. The girl was approached by the CSI and threatened with them taking a lipstick sample so they could get DNA. (I didn't know DNA was in lipstick, but OK)
4. While aboard the boat taking a test drive, one of the prospective buyers, the man, finds a gun on board the boat (?! wouldn't you keep that hidden) the gun is loaded, and the man shoots the boats owner for no reason. (seriously, no reason) The couple then drives the boat back to the dock with no boating experience, then leaves 'without anyone seeing them'. Sure. Also pointless.
5. Meanwhile there is a prison riot, and the young man, who hasn't ever killed anyone, previously fashioned a turkey bone (don't think they give prisoners meat with giant bones in it) into a knife and kills one of the inmates that was harASSing him.
6. They find that the woman on the boat did not die from being shot, but rather being suffocated...by her newly gay husband. (even though there was a three gallon pool of blood on the boat)
7. They then tell the boy, who by now acts as a hardened criminal, to be truthful at all times. That's the positive message the show ends with.
8. Horatio cares about this young man for some reason, even though all he ever does is lie, and now kill.
Great stuff I tell you! This show really has to be seen to be believed. But I don't recommend you watch it. No, no, this is an addiction I would not give to my worst enemy. At least with crack you get high, here you get confused, and entertained, at the cost of incredible guilt, and shame, more than I could ever impart to you. Nothing makes any sense in this sick wonderful world, and that must be why I enjoy it so much. I don't know, but I tell you, my DVR is set, and the next chance I get, CSI: Miami here I come!
B_W
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Live from DragonCon.
Sep. 2nd, 2006 | 09:50 pm
This Con is NUTS. NUTS NUTS NUTS. Unfortunately I haven't taken many pictures, mostly because I have been overwhelmed the entire time. The action's been pretty juicy. Very closed in though. So far I have seen panels with George Takei, B5 characters, Summer and Allen from Firely (with a call in from Nathan 'Captain Tightpants'), Mythbusters, and I got to see a very frisky Anthony Daniels look very closely at women's breasts at a costume contest.
Right now I am sitting in a comedy music show & Brian is about to perform!
So far the times are fast, and wild here. Just don't be claustrophobic, because the ceilings here are very, very LOW!
However, I will say this, there is a liquor store kitty corner to the main hotel, and you can drink openly anywhere you go. Yes. Oh yes.
Right now I am sitting in a comedy music show & Brian is about to perform!
So far the times are fast, and wild here. Just don't be claustrophobic, because the ceilings here are very, very LOW!
However, I will say this, there is a liquor store kitty corner to the main hotel, and you can drink openly anywhere you go. Yes. Oh yes.
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M_Effing Snake on a Plane!!!
Jul. 14th, 2006 | 04:35 pm
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Dude, your Dell is gettin blazed up!
Jun. 21st, 2006 | 02:52 pm
Greetings,
Now this is worth an update. At a business meeting, a Dell laptop supposedly catches fire and, "The damn thing was on fire and produced several explosions for more than five minutes". Yeah. Now that's a 'hot' PC.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=325
B_W
Now this is worth an update. At a business meeting, a Dell laptop supposedly catches fire and, "The damn thing was on fire and produced several explosions for more than five minutes". Yeah. Now that's a 'hot' PC.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=325
B_W
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Treat your Mother Right (remix) & "The Hoff"
May. 19th, 2006 | 09:11 am
Greetings,
Well, here are some fine things to convey you to the weekend:
1. you might have seen this before, but it doesn't hurt to see it again.
http://www.devilducky.com/media/26951/
2. and as was conveyed to me this morning:
"awww, snap! here's a sweet remix!"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KsKtcr7N7Yk
and finally...
3. Here's a clip of 'the legendary David Hasselhoff'.
It's the 5th video down on the far left.
http://www.reelinintheyears.com/video_c
These were all provided to me by 'the Benzinator' aka Chriz. He's got a good eye for the 'good stuff'.
B_W
Well, here are some fine things to convey you to the weekend:
1. you might have seen this before, but it doesn't hurt to see it again.
http://www.devilducky.com/media/26951/
2. and as was conveyed to me this morning:
"awww, snap! here's a sweet remix!"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KsKtcr7N7Yk
and finally...
3. Here's a clip of 'the legendary David Hasselhoff'.
It's the 5th video down on the far left.
http://www.reelinintheyears.com/video_c
These were all provided to me by 'the Benzinator' aka Chriz. He's got a good eye for the 'good stuff'.
B_W
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Zombie Walk?
May. 14th, 2006 | 08:30 pm
Greetings,
Well, a friend wrote me on Friday and said, "Hey, did you hear about the 'Brew City Zombie Walk'? That sounds like a good time." I hadn't heard about it, but was intrigued, after all what better thing to do that get all zombied up and hit the streets on a rainy May evening? On Friday night I went to the 'club' to see Stromkern, and inquired to my friends if they were 1. going and 2. dressing up. Well, most said yes to 1, but not anyone I knew was dressing up. I told my friend this, and she said she was dressing either way. So, I went along with it, and wow, were we surprised!
The fun started happening as we were riding down to meet our fellow zombies at the Palomino. We weren't too crazy dressed up, but people in other cars were a little freaked. There was one group of young men, who decided to show their approval of our outfits by passing us on the shoulder of the road, while the driver fired up what appeared to be a marijuana pipe. Yeah.
So we arrive at the specified time of 7:00 (a little early don't you think?) and found about 10-15 dressed up zombies. Then they started arriving...and arriving...and arriving. I'm not the greatest at estimating numbers, but there were A LOT of us there. There was some shooting for a public access show going on, and something tells me it was some of the best footage they have ever gotten. So after a couple of drinks they let us loose on the town and we were on to the next location. It was amazing to see zombies filling the streets of Bay View, and some faux attacked cars and pedestrians, all in good fun. I couldn't stop laughing for much of the night, because it was just ever so crazy. Each place we went filled up with Zombies, and most of the proprietors and regulars didn't quite know what to make of it. After a few stops, we were at the Cafe Lulu bar, where there was a jazz band playing. They were a bit confused, but hopefully appreciative of one of their largest and most enthusiastic crowds they've probably ever had. ;)
Anyway, it was great, spontaneous, and random all at the same time. One of my most memorable Milwaukee nights out for sure!
Here are some pictures of the event. Some aren't very good, because I was too busy laughing and enjoying to remember to take pictures. ;)
Here I am after work on friday...I mean after I got all Zombied up for the walk on Saturday.
This is my partner in crime for the evening...doesn't she make a great zombie?
Here we are at the Palomino, ready for a long night of terrorizing Bay View.
Yeah...this was pretty effing cool.
This is more fashion photography than zombie walk, but whatever.
This is quite the crowd for dancing.
Here's that band that didn't know what hit um.
So that's that. If you're interested there's plenty more pics at www.myspace.com/zombiewalk . It was a lot of fun.
B_W
Well, a friend wrote me on Friday and said, "Hey, did you hear about the 'Brew City Zombie Walk'? That sounds like a good time." I hadn't heard about it, but was intrigued, after all what better thing to do that get all zombied up and hit the streets on a rainy May evening? On Friday night I went to the 'club' to see Stromkern, and inquired to my friends if they were 1. going and 2. dressing up. Well, most said yes to 1, but not anyone I knew was dressing up. I told my friend this, and she said she was dressing either way. So, I went along with it, and wow, were we surprised!
The fun started happening as we were riding down to meet our fellow zombies at the Palomino. We weren't too crazy dressed up, but people in other cars were a little freaked. There was one group of young men, who decided to show their approval of our outfits by passing us on the shoulder of the road, while the driver fired up what appeared to be a marijuana pipe. Yeah.
So we arrive at the specified time of 7:00 (a little early don't you think?) and found about 10-15 dressed up zombies. Then they started arriving...and arriving...and arriving. I'm not the greatest at estimating numbers, but there were A LOT of us there. There was some shooting for a public access show going on, and something tells me it was some of the best footage they have ever gotten. So after a couple of drinks they let us loose on the town and we were on to the next location. It was amazing to see zombies filling the streets of Bay View, and some faux attacked cars and pedestrians, all in good fun. I couldn't stop laughing for much of the night, because it was just ever so crazy. Each place we went filled up with Zombies, and most of the proprietors and regulars didn't quite know what to make of it. After a few stops, we were at the Cafe Lulu bar, where there was a jazz band playing. They were a bit confused, but hopefully appreciative of one of their largest and most enthusiastic crowds they've probably ever had. ;)
Anyway, it was great, spontaneous, and random all at the same time. One of my most memorable Milwaukee nights out for sure!
Here are some pictures of the event. Some aren't very good, because I was too busy laughing and enjoying to remember to take pictures. ;)
Here I am after work on friday...I mean after I got all Zombied up for the walk on Saturday.
This is my partner in crime for the evening...doesn't she make a great zombie?
Here we are at the Palomino, ready for a long night of terrorizing Bay View.
Yeah...this was pretty effing cool.
This is more fashion photography than zombie walk, but whatever.
This is quite the crowd for dancing.
Here's that band that didn't know what hit um.
So that's that. If you're interested there's plenty more pics at www.myspace.com/zombiewalk . It was a lot of fun.
B_W
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Tokyo Highway Battle
Mar. 16th, 2006 | 01:49 pm
Greetings,
Well tomorrow I light off for the far east. However, I will not rest till then, so the next time I lay my head down, it will be once I have reached my destination. Fortunately I have good friends to be a great boon during the journey, and about 15 movies, (most starring Christopher Lee) to help dull the boredom/tedium of the flight.
I am sure once I return, I will create some massive webpage with every image lovingly manipulated to maximize it's color spectrum, and also cleverly captioned. But until that time, wish us luck, and hopefully this experience will fully and completely blow my mind away.
Now I will leave you with this review of our hotel, as is printed in the "Lonely Planet Tokyo":
"Maybe the Ibis knew what it was doing when it chose wall covering that looked like cracked, gray leather. This place isn't as new as it used to be but it has ripened into a noir little spot, the kind of place you might come to drink liquor and bet on horses, or maybe start your novel."
Here's to it.
Well tomorrow I light off for the far east. However, I will not rest till then, so the next time I lay my head down, it will be once I have reached my destination. Fortunately I have good friends to be a great boon during the journey, and about 15 movies, (most starring Christopher Lee) to help dull the boredom/tedium of the flight.
I am sure once I return, I will create some massive webpage with every image lovingly manipulated to maximize it's color spectrum, and also cleverly captioned. But until that time, wish us luck, and hopefully this experience will fully and completely blow my mind away.
Now I will leave you with this review of our hotel, as is printed in the "Lonely Planet Tokyo":
"Maybe the Ibis knew what it was doing when it chose wall covering that looked like cracked, gray leather. This place isn't as new as it used to be but it has ripened into a noir little spot, the kind of place you might come to drink liquor and bet on horses, or maybe start your novel."
Here's to it.
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One does not merely walk into MarsCon...
Mar. 7th, 2006 | 01:42 am
Greetings,
Yeah, it's been awhile since I posted...that's because I didn't have anything worthwhile to say...till now!
The darkNES and the :EYG: were nice enough to invite me along on one of the most pleasant weekend adventures I have ever had...MarsCon! I have been to Cons before...GenCon...FilmCon...but this one was different. Not too big, not too small, packed with funny tunes, interesting people, and BOOZE BOOZE BOOZE! The 13th floor of the hotel was mostly themed room parties, which I had not experienced, and much of the content was very creative and well executed. Everyone was generous with their food, drink, and conversation. Actual 'Con' activies were pretty light. I went to a panel discussion on classic gaming headed up by darkNES. :EYG: and I bought Soviet era flasks, which we brandished with abandon. (especially during Luke Ski's many, many, many musical numbers)
Minneapolis was a very interesting town to explore, and I greatly enjoyed the eating experiences we in Dinkytown. I was amused at the vast number of near ninety degree turns they have in their interstate highway system.
The NES and the :EYG: rocked the 'hizzy' with their show, incurring the first ever 'standing ovation' I have thus seen, however this was also the first concert where most of the people were sitting. ;) (with a few exceptions) I think we need to get some more chairs in to the Inferno Nightclub, so that we can have more standing ovations...or perhaps some sitting ovations if we want to get fancy. ;)
The other musical acts were quite humorous, my favorites being Sudden Death's 'We don't need a plot, we've got CGI', and Hot Waffles impromptu 'Song about Eggs'. The latter concluding with a near riot shout of 'Eggs! Eggs! Eggs!'
I had myself a blast this past weekend, and I can't thank The Gothsicles enough for bringing me along! I could keep talking about this, or I could show ya'll some pictures. Pictures with captions. Because captions make funny things funnier.
This is a man with a trunk stocked and ready for a Con.
:EYG: and the darkNES are not ready to go yet.
Now they are ready.
The darkNES gets his gameface on before the "Really Big Show".
Those crazy kids 'cut it up.
NES takes his smooth lyrical stylings 'to the people'.
:EYG: takes satisfaction in a 'show well done'.
The first ever standing O for the Gothsicles...or was it?
After a successful show, it's important to get in touch with your inner alien.
We ate at this place. Big surprise there.
The NES headed up a panel discussion on classic gaming.
I am reminding everyone that Assistant Donuts are very important to our society.
Gretchen the Yodel Princess tells the best stories.
There was also geekery present. The number of levels of geekness in this image are countless.
The event ended like it should have...with :EYG: yelling at her phone.
Thanks for taking a look!
B_W
Yeah, it's been awhile since I posted...that's because I didn't have anything worthwhile to say...till now!
The darkNES and the :EYG: were nice enough to invite me along on one of the most pleasant weekend adventures I have ever had...MarsCon! I have been to Cons before...GenCon...FilmCon...but this one was different. Not too big, not too small, packed with funny tunes, interesting people, and BOOZE BOOZE BOOZE! The 13th floor of the hotel was mostly themed room parties, which I had not experienced, and much of the content was very creative and well executed. Everyone was generous with their food, drink, and conversation. Actual 'Con' activies were pretty light. I went to a panel discussion on classic gaming headed up by darkNES. :EYG: and I bought Soviet era flasks, which we brandished with abandon. (especially during Luke Ski's many, many, many musical numbers)
Minneapolis was a very interesting town to explore, and I greatly enjoyed the eating experiences we in Dinkytown. I was amused at the vast number of near ninety degree turns they have in their interstate highway system.
The NES and the :EYG: rocked the 'hizzy' with their show, incurring the first ever 'standing ovation' I have thus seen, however this was also the first concert where most of the people were sitting. ;) (with a few exceptions) I think we need to get some more chairs in to the Inferno Nightclub, so that we can have more standing ovations...or perhaps some sitting ovations if we want to get fancy. ;)
The other musical acts were quite humorous, my favorites being Sudden Death's 'We don't need a plot, we've got CGI', and Hot Waffles impromptu 'Song about Eggs'. The latter concluding with a near riot shout of 'Eggs! Eggs! Eggs!'
I had myself a blast this past weekend, and I can't thank The Gothsicles enough for bringing me along! I could keep talking about this, or I could show ya'll some pictures. Pictures with captions. Because captions make funny things funnier.
This is a man with a trunk stocked and ready for a Con.
:EYG: and the darkNES are not ready to go yet.
Now they are ready.
The darkNES gets his gameface on before the "Really Big Show".
Those crazy kids 'cut it up.
NES takes his smooth lyrical stylings 'to the people'.
:EYG: takes satisfaction in a 'show well done'.
The first ever standing O for the Gothsicles...or was it?
After a successful show, it's important to get in touch with your inner alien.
We ate at this place. Big surprise there.
The NES headed up a panel discussion on classic gaming.
I am reminding everyone that Assistant Donuts are very important to our society.
Gretchen the Yodel Princess tells the best stories.
There was also geekery present. The number of levels of geekness in this image are countless.
The event ended like it should have...with :EYG: yelling at her phone.
Thanks for taking a look!
B_W
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Birthday Bash, 2k6
Jan. 16th, 2006 | 02:09 pm
Greetings all,
Well, I feel so fortunate these daze, because in the last three weekends, I have the opportunity to present a new set of insane pictures of our wild/fun times. That is truly something to behold. Currently the 2k6 is what some might called 'kicking'.
Anyway, it was indeed my birthday friday, and even though I was a tad under the weather, it was my birthday on a 'friday the 13th', so you just can't stay home that day. Therefore, I took drugs and hit the streets, and the results shall follow.
This is what we in the industry call a 'Boozeathon'. A Boozeathon, is a very intricate event, involving the hitting of many locations, leveraging the buying power of your large group of revelers, and a very complicated system of name tags and 'leaveables'. Usually one is held for a special event, such as a birthday, or in honor of some great achievement. All of this will be explained fully and completely in the future, probably in a video.
Until then, please enjoy these images of our debauchery:
http://www.boozeathon.com
B_W
Well, I feel so fortunate these daze, because in the last three weekends, I have the opportunity to present a new set of insane pictures of our wild/fun times. That is truly something to behold. Currently the 2k6 is what some might called 'kicking'.
Anyway, it was indeed my birthday friday, and even though I was a tad under the weather, it was my birthday on a 'friday the 13th', so you just can't stay home that day. Therefore, I took drugs and hit the streets, and the results shall follow.
This is what we in the industry call a 'Boozeathon'. A Boozeathon, is a very intricate event, involving the hitting of many locations, leveraging the buying power of your large group of revelers, and a very complicated system of name tags and 'leaveables'. Usually one is held for a special event, such as a birthday, or in honor of some great achievement. All of this will be explained fully and completely in the future, probably in a video.
Until then, please enjoy these images of our debauchery:
http://www.boozeathon.com
B_W
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The Beautiful People
Jan. 9th, 2006 | 02:24 am
Greetings,
Well, I returned to the scene of the hot times again last night. That being the Inferno Nightclub. Needless to say, with DJ :EYG: at the controls, all was well with the world.
As also is my tradition, I only take pictures of the 'beautiful people', and of course I share them with the world...well at least the three people that read this. ;) So let's not waste any more time:
These two look like they might be going to Japan. I don't know how we can tell. Perhaps by their powerful smiling...eh. ;)
I believe these lovely ladies were having a good time. I will have to get confirmation on that.
EYG lights it up oldschool. You can see the shadow of Osaka looking on from behind. (Yeah, this is dark.)
EYG kicking it V2
I asked these 'electro club kids' to give me a representation of the 'drama masks'. (happy and sad) I do believe they will be getting an 'A' in drama this semester.
Laterz,
B_W
Well, I returned to the scene of the hot times again last night. That being the Inferno Nightclub. Needless to say, with DJ :EYG: at the controls, all was well with the world.
As also is my tradition, I only take pictures of the 'beautiful people', and of course I share them with the world...well at least the three people that read this. ;) So let's not waste any more time:
These two look like they might be going to Japan. I don't know how we can tell. Perhaps by their powerful smiling...eh. ;)
I believe these lovely ladies were having a good time. I will have to get confirmation on that.
EYG lights it up oldschool. You can see the shadow of Osaka looking on from behind. (Yeah, this is dark.)
EYG kicking it V2
I asked these 'electro club kids' to give me a representation of the 'drama masks'. (happy and sad) I do believe they will be getting an 'A' in drama this semester.
Laterz,
B_W
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Big Sex in the '06
Jan. 5th, 2006 | 10:00 am
Greetings,
The organization for the 'Naming of Years and Decades' has put out their theme for 2006. As a quick reminder, you might remember that 2004 was, "Rudeness 2004", and 2005 was "Brutal Honesty 2005". Well, they have also come up with their theme for 2006, which is "Big Sex in the '06". Anyways, I have capitalized on this theme, and created a website in honor of our good times at Club Inferno on New Year's Eve. You can find the effluent for that at:
http://www.bigsexintheohsix.com
Enjoy.
B_W
p.s. that was a REALLY effing good time.
The organization for the 'Naming of Years and Decades' has put out their theme for 2006. As a quick reminder, you might remember that 2004 was, "Rudeness 2004", and 2005 was "Brutal Honesty 2005". Well, they have also come up with their theme for 2006, which is "Big Sex in the '06". Anyways, I have capitalized on this theme, and created a website in honor of our good times at Club Inferno on New Year's Eve. You can find the effluent for that at:
http://www.bigsexintheohsix.com
Enjoy.
B_W
p.s. that was a REALLY effing good time.
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*sigh* Happy New Year!
Jan. 2nd, 2006 | 12:53 am
Greetings all,
Well, the 2k5 was a little weak, but all in all I got some stuff done and had a good time doing it.
Ringing in the new year was definitly one of the highlights of ending the old year. This was by far the most incredible new year's eve I have thus experienced. Thanks to all who at the establishment and made the evening what it was.
Now that the Korporate event is over, all the media I needed to create is done,and the holidays are over, (well, accept for my birthday, the ultimate holiday ever...not ;) I can finally start with my next set of projects. I want to dive full into VJ Visualization, creating the final Korporate DVDs for 2k4-2k5, and getting the e-commerce action running full scale on Korporate-Media.com .
Anyway, it's been a good run so far, let's keep the streak alive!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! BWWWWAHAHA! ;)
B_W
Well, the 2k5 was a little weak, but all in all I got some stuff done and had a good time doing it.
Ringing in the new year was definitly one of the highlights of ending the old year. This was by far the most incredible new year's eve I have thus experienced. Thanks to all who at the establishment and made the evening what it was.
Now that the Korporate event is over, all the media I needed to create is done,and the holidays are over, (well, accept for my birthday, the ultimate holiday ever...not ;) I can finally start with my next set of projects. I want to dive full into VJ Visualization, creating the final Korporate DVDs for 2k4-2k5, and getting the e-commerce action running full scale on Korporate-Media.com .
Anyway, it's been a good run so far, let's keep the streak alive!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! BWWWWAHAHA! ;)
B_W
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Success!
Dec. 12th, 2005 | 12:28 am
Greetings,
The Korporate-Party was a smashing success. Thanks to everyone who helped, came to the event, or both. To those that didn't, I will be making the 'private show' tour starting...now. Anyone who wants to see the content, tell me where and when and I will be happy to show them. I am very proud of this year's content...everyone involved went above and beyond. ;)
However, that being said, it was the most insane production process that I have thus experienced. I had one computer go down, two hard drives, my editing systems were consistently flaky, and burning the DVD was a pain. (the first run had half of the videos 'out of format', they were playing back 4x3 squished instead of 16x9, then it came up at 4518mb, when DVDs can only hold 4500 even, which would not burn...arrrg...) I ended up getting to the party rather frazzled at about 10:15...yeah. But these are the things that make you a more conscientious video producer...I think...I hope. ;)
Anyway, time to pass out.
Later,
David
The Korporate-Party was a smashing success. Thanks to everyone who helped, came to the event, or both. To those that didn't, I will be making the 'private show' tour starting...now. Anyone who wants to see the content, tell me where and when and I will be happy to show them. I am very proud of this year's content...everyone involved went above and beyond. ;)
However, that being said, it was the most insane production process that I have thus experienced. I had one computer go down, two hard drives, my editing systems were consistently flaky, and burning the DVD was a pain. (the first run had half of the videos 'out of format', they were playing back 4x3 squished instead of 16x9, then it came up at 4518mb, when DVDs can only hold 4500 even, which would not burn...arrrg...) I ended up getting to the party rather frazzled at about 10:15...yeah. But these are the things that make you a more conscientious video producer...I think...I hope. ;)
Anyway, time to pass out.
Later,
David