Street Fighter: Legend of Chun Li (Japanese trailer)

Hmm...the trailer for this movie looks ok.  It has to be better than the Van Damme Street Fighter movie from the 90's.  I'd rather see this than Dragonball Evolutions, that's for sure.  But I expect this to be crap as well.  The casting of Kristin Kruek as Chun Li doesn't seem right to me.  But hey, it's Hollywood and that's about how Asian they'll let someone be in a starring role (which is not really Asian looking at all).  Here's the trailer -- judge for yourself...

Is it just me...

...or do Youtube videos load incredibly slow now?  I guess the ability to play HD and high quality videos has really slowed down the load times (for me, anyways).  Even in normal quality, videos will pause to buffer many times throughout.  It's getting annoying.  I can't even watch a 2 minute video without at least 6 pauses.  Hopefully this gets fixed...

Confession

I haven't been to confession in 4-5 years and went today.  I don't like going, but it was surprisingly quick and easy.  Good stuff.  I just needed to go because I pretty much owe it due to all of the good fortune in my life lately.

See you in another life, brotha...

Recently, I found out that an old friend from high school passed away.  I just want to take to time to remember him and wish his family well in this tragic time.  God rest your soul, my prayers are with you.

Paranormal

Finally, it's done!  Taking about a month due to various reasons.  That's why you'll notice continuity problems.

Fun fact: the line "I want my son back!" is taken from the trailer for the movie "Changeling".  That is why it is said that Fofo is a changeling.

To see one of the freaky unexplained murders, see the prequel "Valentine's Day Haunting".

Below is "Paranormal"

Oh yeah, I forgot

In the midst of getting the Rock Band 2 drums with cymbals, I totally forgot about the Christmas carolers yesterday.  As soon as got back from buying said items, a guy approached me.  I thought to myself, "Oh great, it's a Jehovah's witness or something".  But no, he was just a guy wanting to let his Boy Scout troop sing for me.  I said OK.  Another guy rang the doorbell and announced that Boy Scout 505 wanted to sing Christmas carols.  A whole bunch of kids and their parents were there.  They all sang one song and wished us a Merry Christmas.  It was all very nice.  Definitely puts you in the Christmas spirit.  But my mom kept saying, "We need to give them money, that's why they're doing it".  I said they aren't going for donations, but she didn't believe it.  So she sent my niece after them with money after they left.  Needless to say, they didn't take it.  It was all for the celebration of Christmas...nothing less, nothing more.

I treated myself today...

In a totally indulgent fashion, I decided to buy myself the Rock Band 2 drumset along with the Mad Catz Double Cymbal Expansion pack.  Was it selfish of me to buy myself during the holiday season?  Nah, I'm pretty much done Christmas shopping already! 

Was it worth buying a new drumkit and cymbals?  (purchase price about $130 w/tax)  Even though I own the Rock Band 1 drums already?  Well, it's hard to say.  I haven't totally gotten used to them yet.  It takes a bit of playing to adjust to using the cymbals.  It is a bit confusing at first when you go from red + yellow then see your first blue note then have to go back to yellow.  You don't know which to hit -- the cymbal or the pad. Having the green crash symbol, on the other hand, feels really natural -- more so than the original green pad on the kit.  Hitting the crash is extremely satisfying.  As for the noise the cymbals make, they are LOUD.  That's a major complaint for me.  They are almost as loud as the thwack made when hitting the original Rock Band drums.  The Rock Band 2 drum pads are definitely quieter than the first ones (but not as quiet as the Rock Band 1 drums with the drum silencers).  The velocity sensitivity is pretty cool.  I don't know how effective this is when playing songs, but you can definitely tell during the Drum Freestyle mode and at the beginning and end of songs.

Again, a totally extravagant purchase for me, especially seeing as I have a perfectly good set of Rock Band 1 drums.

Giddyup N Go Pony...

OMG!  While looking up the "horsie" my niece wanted for Christmas, I stumbled upon a video of it while on Amazon.com.  It is too funny!  You have to bounce up and down for the horse to move -- just watch the video!  Not only does it have wheels, but it has locking brakes, adjustable footrests, easy steering, horse sounds, and a wagging tail!  LMAO!  The music is killer in this clip...haha!

Kamehame...hahaha! Dragonball Evolution movie looks terrible!

Are you freakin kidding me?!?  This is the worst idea to come out of Hollywood in a long time -- a live action version of Dragon Ball?!?  As someone who grew up watching the anime series, it pains me to see such a mockery of it.  This is worse idea than the Van Damme "Street Fighter" movie!  Look at the casting... who is playing Goku?  Totally does not fit the original character.  And don't get me started on Master Roshi...they are sooooooooooo off.  Chow Yun Fat?  Roshi is supposed to be old, bald and short with a turtle shell on his back!  Aaaaaaghhhhhh!!!  And poor Emmy Rossum plays Bulma...has her career reached such a low point that she had to do  this movie?!?  You're better than this Emmy.  I can understand Real World alum Jamie Chung doing this film (hey, she did that crappy ABC Family TV mini-series "Samurai Girl").  And why is this film even being made?  Dragon Ball was popular, oh I don't know, 10 years ago!!!  I think everyone has moved on to either Naruto Shippuudden or Bleach.  If you wanna torture yourself, watch the trailer for the Dragonball Evolution movie below...

It's my birthday...

Yay.

ShamWoW!

So I was at Walgreens last night and while I was perusing the aisles, and what should I see but some boxes of ShamWoW!  Ok, now I always see these commercials and they always claim that these are not available in stores...  well, I just saw these in stores.  Explain that you smarmy ShamWoW guy!

Not a good sign...

If it takes me more than a month (or close to it) to finish a video, chances are that it won't get many views.  The video I'm working on now ("Paranormal") has been in the works for a month or so.  Reason is that I keep having to do reshoots due to problems with continuity, only being able to film stuff on Saturday nights, etc, etc.  The same thing happened to "Insanity in Chaos' Shadow" -- I planned a whole other half to the video, but since someone involved couldn't be in it, I had to make the decision to finish it as an unfinished half.  And the viewership isn't great for that one-- about 280 views :(