season 2 day 57

oh my it's been a month?  I really lost track of things. 
The last few weeks, I've been working on a new manuscript. It was suppose to be a short story, but it's turned into a novel.
Other then that, I've been having a lot of headaches, mostly due I think to the late hours at the computer typing on the manuscript.

The weekend was busy for my wrestling blog. As it was Wrestlemaina weekend.

As far as my vampire movie a day project, dude, I'm in so much trouble. I haven't worked on it or the side projects in over a week.  I've become the type of person I hate. And I have no excuse for it.

Sorry to my readers, till later

season 2 Day 55

I think I just had a full blown panic attack.
Ever have one of those days when life is going along smooth and then suddenly some small thing just booms up out?  Total rock bottom roller coaster emotions.  Yeah it was one of those days.  And again, it had to do with the internet.  I'm starting to hate the web in general.

So sitting here now, a cup of earl grey tea and just had some chocolate cake. Still feeling slightly out of sorts but it's a nice day outside here.

Hoping to get to the cinema next week when our city starts the matinees for spring break. 

hope everyone is having a relaxing day

Seson 2 Day 53

I was just hanging out on a scrapbooking site, and I've noticed before a common project title.   "project life"   which seems to be done in weeks.
So I started to flip through some of the pieces people have done and even went looking elsewhere online to see their versions on blogs and in videos.

I really like this idea. 
They take a photo a day for a year and scrapbook it. 

I've wanted to do something similar, but at the moment I don't have a colour printer.  When I bought my current printer, I was only thinking about using it for my writing, and sadly it's only a black ink.

Every so often I come across some really creative and beautiful scrapbook pages and ideas.  Today, my hat's off to those who are in the process of creating a 365 Scrapbook

Season 2 Day 52

Short note, getting ready to go for groceries in a few minutes.
Is it just me, or when you have something planned for the day no matter what it might be, that's always when things go wrong in your schedule/routine?   It never seems to fail that every time I've got something to do outside of the apartment, those are the days I have to deal with people knocking on my door, email or internet issues, etc.

At the moment the weather seems to be okay, so here's hoping it holds out for another few hours while I'm out.

And with tomorrow being Valentine's Day, just wanted to say to everyone hope it's a good one for you.

season 2 Day 51

It's been about a week since I checked in on this blog.
This was always meant to be the drama free blog.  So, I suppose not having much to rant about is a good thing.

The vampire challenge is not going as smoothly as I was expecting it to. It just seems that last year's one movie a day challenge, even with all it's faults moved along better.
That makes me a bit sad.

It's funny how we end up living our lives on the internet.  Here I have something- the challenge- which last year was originally meant to be blog only and it expanded to a scrapbook, and changed how I viewed my life, how I interacted with my family, how I planned my day.   And this year's  challenge, which is meant to be more offline, has fallen into a giant crack.  None of the secondary projects connected to the vampire challenge are working proper.

It's all making me think I should go back to the idea of the original challenge.

But anyways, that's where my head is right now. Somewhere between a life online and one in the real world.

till later

Season 2 Day 49

It's a Thursday.
means nothing really. 

Been very addicted to the tv show MI-5 (Spooks)   well, just seasons 7-9 the ones with Richard Armitage.  Cause, you know he's hotter then hell in a bathtub. Spent most of the last week watching all the episodes from those three seasons of the show.

And I've run out of British shows on Netflix Canada to watch.  I'm really hoping that BBC Canada gets  the new show Ripper Street.  Or Global or CTV or one of the Canadian channels, cause it looks pretty groovy.

Seriously, the only British show left is Doctor Who.... and I don't think I could handle that.  I've avoided that show for most of my life, only having to sit through maybe three episodes ever when I was a kid. My cousin and uncle loved Doctor Who.

I'm babbling, but that's okay cause it's my blog.  Speaking of vampires, the vampire movie de jour is up. Day 10 over on the vampire blog...  it was a movie I'd never heard of until yesterday.

okay time for coffee
till later

Season 2 Day 48

Another week, and few days into a new year.

So the vampire themed project is well under way.  You can catch up here if you haven't already.
I'll be doing a weekly round up on the movie blog every Friday, with the links and such. Cause that's just easier on me.

Saw the Hobbit... loved it. Talked about it sort of on the movie blog I say sort of cause... well you'll see if you read the post.

Looks like it will be a big year for me book wise too. Joined some book challenges on GoodReads.  Plus, as I mentioned on my main blog last week, have also got my own book clubs this year again.

That's the small catch up today, I'm hoping to make the vampire blog the "main blog" for the year, sort of like how the movie blog was last year, but plans are plans and things turn out the way things turn out so we'll just have to see.

till later

Season 2 Day 47

it's New Yea's Eve Day

And it's been over a week since I posted on here.  But, it's been the holidays.

So today will mark the end of the One Movie A Day For A Year Challenge over on the movie blog.  And I plan on spending much of the day doing posts on there. 
I have to still watch the last movie.  And find a few bonus posts to blog about.

And then tomorrow a new year, and a new set of topics for the movie blog, vampire blog and etc.
I've decided to do a year of blogging on my vampire blog starting tomorrow. Originally all vampire movies, but I decided to do little bit of everything, vampire movies and tv shows. plus a few other items.  Mostly because I have about 165 vampire films in my collection which is not enough for a full year of just movies. But I do have about 6 complete collections of vampire tv shows. So... you get the idea.

And for those who do follow the movie blog, I will be posting on there a few times a week still.

Happy New Year, stay safe, DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE!

Catch up tomorrow...

Season 2 Day 46

Wake up, check emails, find that there is yet another someone telling me I've been added to yet another site that connects bloggers to ads by one of their users.

Dude, that's so wrong. I'm starting to think that the internet is becoming hell. Hell on earth. 

With that said, I woke up to snow this morning. I knew the the heatwave we have been having that's melted everything was too good too last.

That's about it for now.  Down to 13 days - I think- on the movie de jour blog. Then when the new year starts,  whole new set of movie related projects.

Catch up later

Season 2 Day 42

Back at mom's. Staying for the holidays.

Catching up on WWE's NXT, as it's something I can't seem to find online. But thankfully, mom let me keep that in the DVR after I left. Nice, I know. 

Got very hooked on the BBC Sherlock. Watched all of both seasons on Netflix Canada. Now, need to find another show to fill the void.

That's about it for right now.   Need to get my Seth Rollins aka Tyler Black fix.

Till later

Season 2 Day 38

I know it doesn't always seem it lately,but I'm a big believer in positive thinking.

There is one thing I've learned because of my disability, there is no healing without positive thinking.

And anyone who has managed to make things happen in their life will say the same thing, you put so much of your energy into something and the rest is believing in it.  That goes for everything from work to relationships to finding a really rare issue of Batman #14.   Okay I'm guessing on the comic, but you get my point.

So, I'm part of this forum, and there are a few people on there that when you bring up certain topics, they tell you to stop dreaming. Now, let me just say that the topic they're so negative about is the main topic people end up on the forum for. 
But that's not the point I'm trying to make, the point is for as much positivity a person builds around them and puts into the universe, there are three times the people sending out negativity into the world blocking things from happening.  
And lots of times it's something they don't even realize they are doing.

s2d35 continued

I am not for sale.
My blogs are not for sale.

I got a few offers for a couple of my domains asking to buy me out.  I know a lot of people sell off their domains when they stop updating all the time, but when I buy something it's for a reason.

So yeah, little pissed off right now.
I've been getting a lot of people trying to get me to add their brands to my blogs too with the click to sell links.
I won't do that either.

I do what I do because I like to, not because I am looking to make profit. If that were the case, I would have sold out when I first started blogging. These things would be up the waszoo with click adds and advertizements in general.
I don't even like the idea of giveaways.  I've had to do giveaways in the past when I was doing the book reviews, and it sucked balls.

When did the world become about nothing but money?  Isn't there any soul left?

I know this blog -Another Year I Lived Off Of Ramen Noodles-  was originally meant to be a drama free zone, but the last year has been anything but.

This today, was the last straw. It might seem silly to many of you reading right now, but seriously dude I've had enough of the materialistic people in my life.

I've been used and lied to, and people trying to buy me off and I'm just ready to punch someone. From the editors who were less then honest, to the publishers who were less then honest, to the cover artists who were less then honest, it just makes me mad.

Season 2 Day 35

I am starting to hate mornings.

Think I will start sleeping during the day and staying up all night, like a good little vampire.

Another day to wonder what I'm doing, what I should be doing, what I want to be doing?  All while wondering why my computer isn't keeping a charge like it's suppose to?  Battery is suppose to have 5 hours but I'm getting around 2 and a half and the computer is only 6 months old.

More snow, grey skies and sinus headaches to deal with ontop of the other issues.

I really need a vacation after the last few months.

Season 2 Day 28

Listening to the Lost Boys soundtrack.  I can't get over the fact this cd is almost 30 years old. Timeless.

Been trying to spread my blogging love around to some of my very neglected blogs. Did a post on the cooking blog the other day, on the wrestling blog, had three days with a short few sentences each on the main blog.
One of these days I'll have my blogging life together.  Just not today it would seem.

Also, was just working on a new story.  Another new story.  Page 8 on it, so this could be promising. I find if I can make it past the first 10 pages, the story usually has a better chance of really getting developed.  Otherwise, it fades into nothingness and I end up forgetting all about why I started to write it to begin with.

Tomorrow, I'm going to see the last chapter in the Twilight Saga.  So I only have to avoid spoilers for another day.

Speaking of vampires and movies... If you have been a regular reader of any of my ramblings, then you know I've been hinting at something themed blog-related for the new year.
Well, part of that is every Tuesday starting in 2013, I'm going to do a post on the movie blog about vampire movies.
There's a shocker for ya eh?   I'm coming to the end of the year for the one movie a day for the year challenge- damn that's a mouthful- and am thinking of how to continue the blog over there.  I'm also going to be doing a second year challenge.
Which I'll talk about when I get it all straightened out in my own head. I've got ideas and need to organize how to do most of them.

catch up later

Season 2 Day 27

I posted on my main blog last night with a painting I was working on -on the computer.  I spent some time yesterday puttering around with ideas for a project.
Well, actually, I spent about four hours yesterday going through iStockphotos and clip art sites looking for something to use in an post but couldn't find anything suitable.
Not totally true, did find a few cool looking photos that would have worked, but they had been downloaded hundreds of times and I've seen them everywhere on book covers and dvd covers and other websites so I didn't want to use them. 
This lead to me spending some time trying to draw something for the project.   Ended up making this really cheesy cartoon, but it will do for now.

And the project itself, is part of the movie challenge. Well, a mix of the movie challenge and one of my goals I was talking about earlier in the week.  Only I suppose since I was talking about it on that website about reaching your goals/dreams it might not make sense for those of you reading this here.

Don't worry, all this will start to make some sense in a few weeks, once I have more pieces in place. 

Succeed or fail.

Season 2 Day 25

Goals and dreams.
We all have them. Even if we only have one in our lifetime, or if we have hundreds.  Lately, I haven't felt like I have had any at all.

The other week, I joined a website that deals only with your goals in life, and how to make them come true.
And as I wrote up the first round of my goals, I started to notice a pattern. I had five things in life I want to do, that all came down to the same thing.   Writing. 
At first glance, they all seemed to be completely different goals, but when you look at them all grouped together, it was basically the same thing.

As things progress, I'll let you know. 

Season 2 Day 22

Movies movies movies.
This year I had chosen for me to be the year of movies.  But it wasn't until just a minute ago, when I was reading some of the comments from people on GetGlue about the new Twilight movie, that I realized, this has unwittingly been the year of the movie.

For everyone.  Everyone seems to have had a movie this year that they really are/were looking forward to.  Whether it was the superhero movies like Avengers or Spider-man, or the horror films like Sinister or Paranormal Activity,  or the vampire movies like Dark Shadows or Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter  everyone had a movie this year that they would/have done anything to see. 

Odd that.

I read once that in years when there were massive world traumas movies did better.  People want to escape the reality of how bad things are and movies are the best way to do that.

Looking back on this year for me, that's more then fitting.

Could be why this was such a good year in television too for shows like Once Upon A Time.  The chance to tune out and just escape reality for a few hours.

But Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 2.  Holy hell man.  I am starting to think it's the most anticipated movie of the year. Maybe even the last five years. I'd say decade, actually. 

Season 2 Day 21

It's a Sunday.  Yeah, 4 days since I blogged last. Pretty much anywhere other then the movie challenge blog.
I'm becoming a really bad blogger. I have to break that habit ... or you know use the offline time to do something worth blogging about more.

Funny thing that. When I started blogging all them years ago, I had such a busy life, tons of stuff to blog about now, I just babble about nothing really.

So, the last week, been totally into the British tv show  Being Human.   Spent all my time watching it on Netflix Canada.  All four seasons. 
I am going to have to get it on dvd or something and try to find a way to see the new season in a few months when it airs.

yeah, totally addicted.

Season 2 Day 20

Happy Hallowe'en!

If you follow the movie blog, I'll be posting on there later in the evening.  The plan, is a movie marathon and a Rocky Horror Picture Show party. 
Yeah, I didn't think that totally through, but I posted about doing it earlier in the week, so I'll give it my best shot.  But not until trick or treat time.

I joined Netflix the other day, and spent all of yesterday watching the first season of the British tv show Being Human.   I'm hooked.
I tried looking up the american version but, it just didn't do it for me.  Then again, I've always dug British television. Honestly, I swear I was born in the wrong country, I should have been British.
It's someplace I still hope to visit in my lifetime. 
Both England and Ireland actually.

So, it's been Hallowe'en Week here, which I have done my best to cover over on the movie challenge blog.  Guessing, I'll have to totally swing the blog in the other direction on the weekend, to sort of differentiate that Hallowe'en is over. Which I have no idea other then a complete chick flick fest for a few days... 

There is just too much to get done today, before supper time.  It's like this city officially has Hallowe'en marked as starting at 6pm EST.  All the normal business stuff seems to shift into Hallowe'en at 6pm.

later

Season 2 day 19

Once again, back home. Came home yesterday morning.
Survived almost 24 hours. 

There is a new neighbour living in the apartment below me, and I already want to strangle her.  Party person. Enough said.

The movie challenge blog, movie de jour makes Day 304. Knocking down those days. Already have a plan for the new year in regards to the challenge. Which I know I've hinted at already.

And now, I don't know what to do with myself.  I keep sitting down to write, but I end up looking a blank pages.
It's going to be one of those days I think.  Me puttering around in circles again.

later