I am politically neutral. I am not conservative or liberal. I also believe Christ is our Lord and God. My leanings are towards the conservative side. The feeling that sometimes my friends scratch their heads wondering why I just don't say I'm a conservative.

The reason is simple. Because I know that those fully on the conservative side sometimes do things like this:

Blessed are Conservatives.


I've seen pictures of furry artists drawing on Bible pages, sometimes porn. And yet its not nearly offensive as this.

Ok, the scenes we've seen are pretty bad, so what could possibly take the top spot on Halloween? Who can give us that un-intentional hilarity that has ruined/made many a Hollywood career?

NICHOLAS CAGE, thats who. He is the Chunk Norris of schlocky acting.  The following movie nearly ruined his career and they managed to ruin a pretty good horror movie(so I've heard) in the process of this re-make. There have been many horror re-makes, but even when the re-make sucks, the original version will still shine and be remembered.  This is not the case. The sheer horribleness of this movie has apparently eclipsed the original.

Nicholas Cage: misogynist in a bear suit.



ULTRA BONUS EASTER EGG DIRECTORS CUT COLLECTORS MATERIAL!

Well, stokerbramwell is busy moving house (good luck setting up base, and congrats on the new abode!) He hasn't much time to post horror clips, so I'd thought I'd take a small break from my own horror-slash-comedy vids, and post something more frightening and serious.

HOWEVER, let me set up the clip for all of you who are interested in the horror genre.
This clip is from a movie filmed in the 1980s, and while this era is known for producing laughably hilarious horror movies, and great amounts of pointless gore, it also produced some very scary stuff.  This scene is one of the first in the film and it sticks with me to this day. Although it is a horror movie, it taught me a bit about writing. Like how you can have abject terror, but also an odd sense of hope at the same thing.  Its a scene of keeping promises and un-dying love, but also a scene of fear and death.  It leaves you with no dobut that the intent is to frighten, but it also leaves you with a vague sense of hope and love. Like if bad head-cheese somehow had the after-taste of candy . Sometimes, an excellent writer, director, and actor come together and you have one of those scenes you will NEVER have again the history of film or writing.  You've taken two completely different things and gotten them to harmonize.

This scene is *some-what* SFW, but there is a bit of violence. I'm very sorry but I *cannot* embed it, as this is the only instance of this video I have found.

Horror Movie Moment.

Well since stokerbramwell posted a trippy, artsy version of Alice in Wonderland, I'm at a bit of a cross-roads. As I found it more funny than creepy (should I post something in reply?)  But I have a strange sense of humor so I'll go ahead.


This clip is from one of the "Return of the Living Dead" movies, if you don't know, this is the movie franchise that was a complete knock off of Romero's "Night of the Living Dead". The huge differences are A) Blows to the head won't kill them, B) the dead speak, though its usually "Braaaaaains"  and C) It is schlocky as hell.

Now want you to do me a favor, as your watching this, find the Benny Hill theme and play it softly in the background as you watch. This increases the hilarity

I'm not sure if stokerbramwell 's last post counts are horror or not. It certainly had a dark enough tone.
It almost feels bad to post such a response to such an amazing work of animation and story.
But that’s how horror movies these days are, aren’t they? You can have something truly gothic and terrifying, and then the monster whips out the PG-13 one-liner.  Its painful to watch.

This little snippet is from a movie called Dead Alive.  Which was directed by a young Peter Jackson…..before going on to film hobbits, and wizards and giant gorillas.
Keep in mind that no matter what church you go to in life……. Your pastor will never be as cool as this


Bit of a warning. There are MASSIVE amounts of blood in this scene, and a bit of language..   



Now THAT was a purpose driven life!

Ok, its 3 am here, I am trying to write short stories as a last resort to NOT be broke, but its late, I'm wired on caffeine, and have Johnny Depp as Roaul Duke running through my head.  Its a good thing that Duke and Gonzo didn't have the internet when they searched for the dream. Vegas would be bad enough for people hyped up on hallucinogens. A long ride down the information highway combined with ether and mescaline would have them clawing their eyes out.  Like great big, ivory colored,  peeled grapes punctured and ripped from the gaping sockets of their faces with nails like letter openers.  The harsh, smooth edges of the nails. The soft pulpy, and sensitive ocular orbs. Pulsing and bleeding.

Got that lovely image in your head? Good I can go to bed happy.

I want you to look at something, see this gentleman? stokerbramwell .  He likes the horror genre. So do I. Know what I also like? Playing the devil's advocate.

Stoker has been posting little YouTube snippits of the horror genre. The problem? They are good clips.  But were all smarter than that, we know that for every Patton there are 10  In the Army Now's.  For every Duck Soup there are 10 Nacho Libre's. For every Family Guy there are 10 American Dad's. 
Its almost like making a vacation brochure of the joy of a resort vacation in Colombia.

So I will do the opposite. Every time he posts a really cool horror vid. I will post my version of crying SHENANIGANS! To the horror film industry.  

Its going to be tough, hes seen a lot more films than me.

I shall start with prime example of WTFery, a small scene from the movie Cabin Fever. Not entirely safe for work btw, bit of strong language. Which is natural after being bit in the hand by a small hungry aryan.





 

The people over at cracked.com  continue to impress me with their occasional insight while writing Top 10 lists and using 1980s college movie humor.

You may remember my previous post about their article "10 Things Christians and Atheists Must Agree On",  Well this one is an interesting article entitled "10 Things You Think Will Make You Happy, but Won't"


While I'm very wary of statistics and "research" on the web (or any other form of media for that matter)  their reasoning, logic, and a bit of empathy are well thought out..

BTW, yes there is a reason for all the cute animal pictures.

Allright, this is a bit odd considering who it comes from (Cracked.com) but its very well written and VERY true.  So because someone showed interest in it here is

Ten Things Christians and Atheist Can and Must Agree On

I got new job. I'm going to start work at Barnes and Noble, starting in the cafe.   I've put in two weeks notices with the current place of work.  But I've almost had it with this town. Long rant short, this town is full of spoiled snotty teenage-cows who like to make smart-ass remarks and be all around little jerk offs.  The parents are just as bad.  It is a rare and wonderful treat, that some customers will look at me, or put down the cell phone and talk to me like a human being instead of a machine, or worse....as "help". 

I don't like people.

I saw something yesterday that I've seen a plenty of times, or at least something like it.

I was at the cafe, on my day off, and was going to order a smoothie, there was a family in front of me with small children.  I noticed that the mother was texting away on her Blackberry. Her younger daughter came up to hug her, and she simply reached around with her other arm and patted her on the back.  I've seen thing like this plenty of times,

but for some reason, this time I've ever wanted to take the device out of their hands, and then smash it into their face, leaving them to bleed from the embedded shards of plastic.

Something less bitter and more beautiful.

Your make your typical furry like this,

You take the sexual awareness, un-supervised life, and digested,watered down philosophies of an adult
and you combine it with the mentality and moral compass of a 12yr old.........


Saturday is a fine day to be bitter and hateful.

I can't keep serious for long.

What happens with Victorian Era steam-punk meets Japanese Anime concepts? Good short films.

    Much is made in literature and other media about those individuals who have, as the cliché goes, “the ability to see the good in everyone”. Much is made of it because in the back of the gleaming white mind, in the thick chemical mist of disinfectant is an implication. (An implication is truth on credit.) This vapid little implication is called “This means that I am a good person, I just don’t know or show it” 
   
   What irritates me is that the other side spectrum is completely ignored and in some cases reviled.     On that other side are people like me, who can see the cruelty, selfishness, and stupidity in people. People who can almost hear the thrumming of your vile little thoughts as they course from your scabbed hearts into the world through a flurry of words and actions as you live from day to day.   Its like some sort of invisible alien that only a poor few, who are believed mad, can see. 
   
    People are now conditioned from an early age to ignore this. To focus on the good and beautiful. There is little of this in our world that can be readily appreciated , but thanks to the actions of artists and the humanistic ideal, our concepts of good and beautiful are vague and blurry, and our expectations low. For, the elephant has been in the room for so long that it is now part of the family.
   
   For the others, a sad life usually their fate. Their lives sloping further and further into hatred, bitterness, loneliness, and paranoia. If you spend too much time without light, you eventually become blind. 
  
  However there are these fish, these hideous fish that live in the black deeps, under the crushing weight of the dark ocean. Nightmarish is the only word that can really apply to them, and if you ever see them you will know what ‘nightmare’ really means. Many of them have this bio-luminescence  in their blood and organs that cause them to glow and shine in the deeps. They use it to attract prey, because they are drawn to the exact same light that they exude themselves, because that in turn may mean food and therefore life. They are vile, cruel, and vicious creatures, and the beauty of a soft glowing light is their greatest commodity. 
 
   One night, as I lay in bed, I let my mind wander and graze. I let it feed off the thistles, briars and poisonous vines that the world so happily provides for it. Suddenly, for one moment, for on second, everything clicked. The lights shifted into the right positions, and the notes fell into the right order. For one divine, God given moment I comprehended. I comprehended that this is what God sees. That my heart is completely transparent to Him. That He can see, and still loves me. It is something so beautiful it both heals and shatters your heart at the same time.  As Christians, we know this. We say it to those who need the message, who know the message, and who reject the message.  However, I think that we only understand  it in the same way we understand that there is an Egypt, and that there are pyramids in it. We understand it only in the sense that we understand the Roman Empire.  We know that it is there, we have proof, but we don’t comprehend. We don’t see the sights, the smells, the sounds, the culture, the thoughts and feelings of these places and things.  A young child quickly comes to understand that the stove is hot. He knows, because he is taught, that the sun is hotter than the stove, but he cannot touch the sun so he cannot comprehend.
  
  Call it being grim, or dour, or pessimistic.  I assure you, that the better you understand and respect how large evil really is and what it can do, can you understand and appreciate how beautiful, and pure good is.  Humanity is prone to blind itself with its own attempts to outshine God, but lighting its own candles to huddle around, to re-assert its’ self importance.  But God’s light is infinitely more beautiful. It is beautiful, because it is lit in the dark. 

Yeah I knew the anthro-fox would get your attention.

I am a bit shocked that eric_hinkle  hasn't posted anything about this yet, nor stauros  or literary_equine . 

So here you go ya damn furries.   I'm already bracing myself for the sleazy "fan" art.

Mowing the lawn gives you great time to think to yourself.

 

I've reached a decision. And that decision is to pick up after my family.  This is something that has happened before, but I always get pissed and say to hell with them and let them wallow in their filth.  But after thinking, I've come to decided that its morally wrong to do that.

I'm not entirely sure *why* I think this but I do.  The reasoning is not all there so I can't call it sound.  
The strongest grasp I have on it is this bit of arrogance, "Not everyone has the blessing of the learned behavior of cleanliness and order. Charity isn't given out to those who deserve it"
 

From Webster's Dictionary

1. the quality or state of being audacious: as A: intrepid boldness B: bold or arrogant disregard of normal restraints <had the audacity to defy his boss>
2. an audacious act = usually used in plural <her worst audacities did not seem to surprise him - Edith Wharton>

My mother, and younger siblings live like third world pigs. Her room is full of clutter, and garbage. You can't walk through it hardly, on the bed next to her are countless useless items and empty food bags.  After aquiring a good deal of money to help fix bills and the house, she begins to spend it on needless appliance after needless appliance.

My sister has a pet rat in her room which is incredibly appropriate because it looks like a damn rat's nest, with bits of paper and tape all over the wall and garbage on the floor, and a musty, mildewy smell. Her emo fashion fits as the self-centerdness of the emo attitude meshes so well with her prima-donna air.

My brother I don't believe has vacumed his floor in five years, keep in mind that a corgi with a heavy shedding problem lives in there. If there is a surface, in there is covered with something. Instead of cleaning up a mess, he thinks its easier to just lay out any-traps.

This family once ate off of paper plates, because *washing* dishes was such a chore. This stopped only after it was apprent the paper ones cost money. Its not uncommon for them to find dog-piss on the carpet but do nothing about it. Hoping that I will. (This is assuming that I will come across it in my busy schedule.

If you clean a room up (this will be a all-day event) *NOTHING* will be said. Nothing should be said as it will surely fall into garbage within the week.

So here I am, arguing and fighting and being treated like a bully because I expect the sister and brother to help out (I've long since stopped expecting help from mom) and I'm using my four day weekend, to clean room after room, use my money to buy paint for the kitchen (which was prepped for painting three years ago but never done) paint it, mowing the lawn, ect.  *I'M* the bad guy. I'm grating against thier peace.  Only to have it all destroyed again by thier standard of living which is, "whatever is easiest".   

Why am I doing this? Why am I the only adult?

Should I even bother? I'm tempted to let it all just rot and hold up in my room, as its the only clean place here.

 

I try not to be self-centered (feline trait) but I'm constantly wondering what people see me as, as I have no idea what I'm like. I saw stauros post an interesting meme called "Words!", and as I was watching Riff trax and thinking about it, an idea hit me for a meme, so I thought I'd try it out. *clears throat*


Below are five pictures of my bedroom. List five things it tells you about me, don't be afraid to post the negative! Then take 5 pictures of your bedroom from five different angles, *as it is* don't straiten up or change anything! Post them on your blog, and I'll tell you five things your bedroom tells me.


First Picture

Second Picture

Third Picture

Fourth Picture

Fifth Picture

Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.

From stauros 


tiger-large cat known for its hunting prowess. It means power, passion, strength, sensuality, and sleep/dreams.

writing-the art of forging words that harmonize and resonates. Burning though that part of a person that only art can ignite.

badger- short, evil tempered mustelid related to wolverines. It means independence/isolation, fortitude, rage, and home.

movies- stories made visual. Sometimes well.

dreaming- acting on the urge of the human mind and soul to make and forge fantasy, even in sleep. Except that dreaming often goes along with the mind rather than the will.