outta here

for those curious, I'm going to a place where they lose nuclear weapons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tybee_Bomb

i'll be back Wednesday. Enjoy working, suckers!

withdrawals

I have plans to go "off the grid" next week. I was going to the beach, but I'm kind of waiting to see what Fay does. If I don't go to the beach I might just drive somewhere crazy far away, look at it, and drive back home. Something that takes 4 days to do and does not involve work is all I'm after.

The plan is no internet and no smokes. We shall see which I cave to first. I'm going to take some empty notebooks and see what goes into them. Lo-tech.

I had this fantastic idea to write a screenplay adaptation of "Enemy Ace" a war comic about a fictional world war one pilot. I had it all planned out. but then i read about "Flyboys". I totally missed it- but its a WWI air war movie. The first one made in 40 years. And it bombed (yuk, yuk) at the box office. So let's just pretend I wrote what's in my head and somebody loved it who had a shit ton of money- would it get made?

Hell no it wouldn't. Fucking Flyboys. Ruining my first good idea in a long time. I want to see it now, the trailer looked awesome to me.

Anyways, Enemy Ace is excellent. DC Comics sells these black and white reprint books- 500 pages of comics for 16 bucks. Worth every penny.

i'll blog and pictoralize when i get back ad nauseum. sayonara.

a brief respite

but capitalism has returned to my blog! click on the ads! oh wait, you read my feed and not actually my site? well i figured out how to put ads there too! if I had my way you'd be surrounded by delicious ads, all giving me pennies when you click on them!

bwahaahahaahaahahahahhaaha!

(I only need $85 more dollars to get a check from google. All proceeds of this blog will be spent on bourbon.)

From the Unintentional Archives...

So for some reason I checked my ancient email address, eurotrashchris(at)hotmail. This was the address I used for my 1.5 month trek across Europe, and generally anything else from 1999-2003. As I was deleting the thousands of spam, I came across a draft message that I never sent. Probably for the best. It's full of young angst and actually a little embarassing. It was to an unnamed girl who's married now (and most of you reading this don't know her).

so i'm in portland. why am i emailing you? cause i'm drunk. and i came home with ben, in hopes of finding a bar thats fucking open on this side of town.

i just walked about 2 miles. no bars. they're all closing. s

o i'm back at casey's. ben's asleep. casey and monica and ethan are downtown.

thats too far to walk, and the whole scene was getting a little too weird.

no energy to explain. i checked my mail, hoping for someone to reply to, no dice.

except my credit card co. fuck them. so i chose you. i dont know why.

i guess cause i know you'll read this. it doesnt matter if you respond.

i don't expect anything from you. or anyone. damn.

its funny, here i am, 2000 miles away, and this is what i'm doing.

its actually by choice, i could have gone back downtown. but its like anywhere else, just a new location.

maybe location isnt the problem. thats a shattering thought. ugh.

the scenery is beautiful. its like a norman rockwell painting.

its nothing like i thought it would be.

i never told you i read your paper you sent me. it was pretty good.

i think you sent it cause here i was sending you all this shit. and i did.

i think i'm going to move to tibet. that would be pretty fine.

somewhere that i don't see or feel the same shit.

i'm sure you're snug in bed, happily sleeping, dreaming about something wonderful while i write all of this.

you're not even aware of me, or the fact i'm sitting in casey's room, typing like crazy, wishing i had drank  a little more so i would have passed out.

so it goes.

so it goes.

i gotta go, theres people coming in, and believe it or not, this shit is quite embarassing

Things I Shouldn't Do Anymore

1. Drink 10 beers on a weeknight

Enough about Braid. Here's a bunch of other nonsense...

Cause I'm boring people with Braid talk. It was amazing in ways non video game people can't understand. It was a lot like Portal- it made me think but wasn't unfair. Everyone should play them both but I realize my powers of video game persuasion fall on deaf ears. All you people with lives and such- I'm doing the dirty work for you. I'm playing through games and telling you about them. I should get a medal.

Two other things are in my field of vision this weekend. Spaced, a Brit comedy reccommended by Phil, is excellent. I've seen the entire first season, and am looking forward to the 2nd. But tonight, that was topped. I just watched the first episode of Generation Kill.

Ok. Imagine a show about Marines kicking ass. Set it in the 2nd gulf war. Get the guys who created and wrote The Wire to adapt it for a seven part series for HBO (which means some great and creative cussing). I am sold.

The Wire guys are also prepping a show that takes place in Nola called Treme. I will be all about that, as well.

I have also acquired the first episode of Hard Knocks but haven't watched it yet. The "inside the NFL training camp" series is always one of my favorites. It's interesting watching these guys fight for that last roster spot. None of them are guaranteed anything. It's good tv.

I also dusted off the Rock Band today and realized that I need to play it more often. I suck. Rock Band 2 is coming soon, and when it does there will be a gathering. One surrounded by football, beer, and Rock Band. Since John is no longer in the state, we're going to have to figure out how to use the grill, though.

Braid

If you have an xbox 360, download this game now. If you don't have an xbox, then I'm very, very sorry.

Metal Karaoke at Speakeasy

DSC_0805, originally uploaded by ditchell.

It was a good time. this guy tore it up. I took a ton of pictures. head over to www.flickr.com\ditchellpics for more.

Open Letter to Neighbor and Coworker

Dear Sir or Ma'am:

I am not interested in your multilevel marketing plan. I also do not want to sell insurance to my friends or family. I am also not interested in the deep discounts access to your product will earn me. Mainly because I think it is complete bullshit.

Thanks,

Chris