While I’m still wondering what my official first post is going to be, my brain is going into overdrive, or is it overload.

Crowd energy! That’s my latest brain child. A few minutes ago I was flipping through channels and I saw a promo for a Jonas Brother concert. The kids were freaking out, screaming, singing, and it got me thinking, “I remember being a dork at concerts- but feeling quite normal before I got into the energy of the crowd. Hmm.” There is a certain buzz that is contagious when you’re around large masses of people, especially if it’s upbeat. Here’s my plan, sell tickets for a crowd to merely gather. I wouldn’t really say “What” they’re going to gather for- or “why”, but I just want to see if given the proper elements for a crowd, if people in a mass group will wind up getting over emotional at absolutely nothing. Don’t get me wrong, I won’t merely just throw tons of people together and allow them to get confused and then angry for spending $30.00 a ticket- this will take time, effort and body armor should things not go well.

I guess it’ll be like Burning Man without the dust storms and the people will be fully clothed! “NO SELF EXPRESSION ALLOWED- SAVE IT FOR YOUR BEDROOM” 7:10pm October 23rd 2008- The day and time I became a conservative.

I am officially a registered voter but my ballot has yet to reach me! This is going to be the most on the edge election for me! I have it in my head that the entire election rests on MY shoulders. It’s a huge burden I’m putting on myself but it’s exciting at the same time.

I won’t tell anyone who I’m voting for (not McCain) because that would be a little too revealing. There is *one* good thing about this election regardless who wins, “W” will be out of office. I guess if McCain is elected, comedy writers will have an abundance of material to work with. Between him and Palin the riotous laughs from satirical writers would be non-stop!

I am really getting tempted to record my trips to the mailbox should my ballot arrive. For all the issues I had making sure I could vote in the election, I don’t want it to “just be over with”.

Right now Stylista is on and I’m about to change the channel. Superficial, stuck up, one-dimensional snobs are not really my idea of must-see tv. Wow- Ivy League graduates… the future of this country is beyond repair, isn’t it?

My creative juices are not flowing this week so I guess once more I’ll make this short. I haven’t used a night cap to help me get sleepy in the evenings and my muscle relaxers have done nothing to assist. I have not had a decent nights sleep in days!!! I’m tired, off my mark, off my game and unless I get a decent nights sleep tonight I’ll soon be off my rocker. I bought some benadryl which typically seems to do the trick.

I hope *hope* I get a good slumber tonight so I can churn out something mind boggling FANTASTIC for Troll in the Corner. I want the site to start off great and continue the momentum and only get better and better as time goes by until we can dominate the WWW and then WWW (whole wide world)!!! MWA HA HA HA!

Shortly- in fact, three months sooner than I thought… I will begin writing for an awesome site where I will have a weekly column (in addition to regular articles). The only issue is that I didn’t even *think* of coming up with a name yet.

If anyone has any ideas of what a great sounding column would be, feel free to throw it in the hat (the hat is called the ‘Comments’ section below.) I may do a release recap and then state what’s coming out the following week. I may not. More than likely I will though.

My brain will be churning the remainder of the afternoon and the first post on the new site might be tomorrow- or next Thursday (Thursdays are when I’ll be updating MY weekly column on Troll in the Corner) so feel free to toss out random things, who knows, it could create a brilliant combo of words that will make me squeal with excitement as I clap my hands and try to make the column live up to the awesome name.

Was there a lot of inbreeding going on in the past century, nuclear test sites that were hush hush but the radiation leaked, some chemical war that we forgot about?

Every freaking day when I go to My Yahoo, my local new widget has me cringing and feeling disgusted for the people around me (below is a copy and paste from the current feeds)

I just keep thinking, “This is local. I bet every freaking city in this freaking country has the same or worse things going on in their neighborhoods.” Why can’t people just be normal? Seriously people- I’ve managed not to lie/cheat/steal/hurt others/drug addictions etc. It really isn’t that difficult to live a sane life. We all have mommy/daddy issues, dealings with bullies, hardships et al, there’s no reason to be a socio-path. Really. There isn’t.

Okay, the Scream 2008 awards are going on and I’m gonna watch and possibly report tomorrow. I’m half wanting to just go to bed and view it in there. Sir Anthony Hopkins just received the Legend Award

Before I head off, I wanted to do a retraction. Last year I made fun of Redbox for putting us one step closer to Idiocracy. I have to admit that I like it. Idiocracy is already here (just look around, 95% of the population has gone to the dumb-side) I’d rather deal with buttons than the people behind the counters. Even when the system freezes up and there’s a glitch, I still wind up getting my movie much faster than if I’ve gone in and rented at a Hollywood Video. There you have it. My apologies to Redbox, the people who saw the future and made it so that I don’t have to deal with moronic employees- I just have to deal with the idiots who stand in front of the machines hitting the side of it while scratching their heads as they try to figure it out.

Thus so far: (I’m watching the awards in the living room with the PC on the television monitor and Spike TV in the PiP)
Best Fantasy film (Kevin Smith and Seth Rogen as presenters- ROCK ON)
Nominees were Dark Knight, Hancock, Hellboy and The Golden Army and Wanted (yes- they changed them to porno names). Winner (and it made sense for the category) Hellboy and the Golden Army

Stan Lee is up now presenting :) I LOVE YOU STAN!
Best Comic
Astonishing X-Men
Hack Slash
Umbrella Academy
The Walking Dead
Y: The Last Man
Winner: Y: the Last Man

**Exclusive World Premiere of Twilight**

Gary Oldman is up (I’m going to say YEE a lot this evening) he’s talking about Heath Ledger who received two awards this evening (sniff) Best Fantasy Actor and Best Villian YEE!!!!!!

Rob Zombie is coming up next.

My own advertisement (I tried the New Herbal Essence ‘Long Term Relationship’ shampoo- niiiice)

The Osbournes are on. SHARON!!!!

Nominees Best TV Show
Battlestar Galactica (meh)
Dexter (cool)
Heroes (cool)
Terminator The SCC (I haven’t seen it)
Winner: Dexter ROCK ON!!!!

As you can tell, my energy is snowballing as the show progresses. I may not sleep tonight! Thank goodness I’m drinking water instead of iced tea- caffeine is NOT needed.
Rob Zombie is on (great talent- horrible film maker, sorry)
Best Sci-Fi Female (figures he presents)
Summer Glau -Terminator (liked her better on Firefly)
Chick from Battlestar
Gwenyth Paltrow – Iron Man (can they mix film/tv????)/
Milla Jovovich (she totally rocks)
Winner: Milla Jovovich! WOO HOO Hmmm, she should stick with scripts. She’s slowly turning to into the Stephen Segal of the acting world.

Kerli is performing

An entertainment legend is going to make an appearance- Who ever could it be??? Breath is bated.
(snif) Bernie Mac’s new film is being advertised w/Samuel L Jackson “Soul Men” RIP Bernie- RIP… unless you’re the entertainment legend making an appearance. Now that’d just be weird.

More Commercials: Oooh the Hunting of Molly Hartley it looks as good as The Exorcism of Emily Rose- which you can see the Boredom of Dawn Masuoka.

Best Supporting Performance:
Michael Caine: The Dark Knight- awesome
Doug Jones: Hellboy 2 and the Golden Army- always good
Shia Labeouf (sp?): Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull (haven’t seen it)
Gary Oldman: The Dark Knight- he rocked it!
Winner: Gary Oldman!! He DID rock it!

Winona Ryder is on- She’s really a one hair cut wonder isn’t she?
Tim Burton tribute- courtesy clap (honestly he should start thinking about retirement- I haven’t like a film of his in over ten years, and we all know the world revolves around me) I think the last film I liked was Sleepy Hollow. When did that come out? a little under ten years ago.

Freaky theatrics- Tim Burton style are going on right now, and now he got his intro where he’s flying in a basket with balloons- pretty cool… pretty very freakishly cool.

The award for best SciFi movie is coming up. There’s a new Friday the 13th Movie? Oy. I’m starting to think there was a deal with the devil in that creation “I will give you the minds of 98% of the country if you give me a 30 film deal for Friday the 13th” And boom- reality tv and cheesy talk shows were born.

Another ad for “The Strangers” omg I saw that the other night- Again, it’s NOT a film to see if you live alone, or at least as a single parent of a quiet child (quiet at night- not during awake hours, especially with his Bruce Lee impersonations and when you tell him Scream 2008 is on (he screams))

Best SciFi Movie:
Cloverfield (nah)
Wall-E (yawn)
I am Legend (hmmm)
Iron Man (YES YES YES and DUH!)
Winner: IRON MAN! Seriously though- those were the competitors? It was rigged, they could have put a better class of film along side and it’d still win.
I love Jon Favreau- he’s up and Robert Downey Jr is doing a thank you- pre recorded he rocks. I’m using rocks a lot.

Friday the 13th stuff is up: A scene… I am waiting… how come the audience freaks still look like gothy posers from 96? Do they only have one hair style and clothing line to pick from? I’m waiting to see a velvet choker. Ooops I was so busy ranting I didn’t see the Friday the 13th clip… Wait I did- it was just THAT forgettable.

I’m going to watch the rest from my bed. When I start to get catty to a television program, it means I’m really tired and should probably go to sleep.

Before I go: Wes Craven is going to be up next- awesome!!!!!… they’re getting into the horror portion of the night. I’ve always been a Wes fan. Mastermind Award. Deserved!

Most Memorable Mutilation presented by Marilyn Manson
Hellboy (something about fairies)
a movie-missed it- (I was setting up Jonathon’s pull/pump night drip)
Saw IV the autopsy
Teeth- penis bit off by vagina
Winner: Teeth

G’night!!!!

Or not- I’m still here. Julie Benz is up now (from Dexter, but if you’re cool like me you’ll know her as Darla from Buffy and Angel)
Best Director:
Tim Burton Sweeny Todd (haven’t seen it, I want to… might make me apologize for the put down. I forgot about  that)
Guillermo del Toro: Hellboy and the Golden Army
Jon Favreau: Iron Man I still love him (in the he rocks way)
Christopher Nolan The Dark Knight- OH HELL YEAH- he better win
All four are great, two more so than two of them
Winner: Christopher Nolan YES!!!!!!!!!! AND Best Screen Pay- with his brother Jonathan!

Ron Perlman is up wearing his human costume (so Jonathon decided when he was at Comic-Con)
Best Horror Actress
Julie Benz -Dexter, horror??
Helena Bonham Carter- Sweeny
Jenna Malone- The Ruins (haven’t seen- looks good)
Liv Tyler- The Stranger (chilling!)
Winner: Liv Tyler- I just saw it, I can agree

Watchman premiere is coming up- and I will be watching from my room for reals this time!

(hopped out of bed to write the big award)

Ultimate Scream Award
Cloverfield (huh?)
Hellboy 2 and the Golden Army
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Winner: THE DARK KNIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Samuel L Jackson on behalf of Comic-Con is presenting best mo’ fo Comic Con Icon Award to George Lucas!!!!
Storm troopers and marching down the aisle- rock on and there is DA MAN!!!! Special effects look pretty awesome, the crowd is going wild and I will continue to ignore his prequels.

First non comic artist to get the award. That means I still have a chance for next year!

My name is Dawn and I am a full fledge geek.

With my car in working order *today* (the ‘Theft System’ went off when I did a test start this morning, but not when it counted, so that’s good.) I decided to pop over to Walmart because it’s a really close one stop shop and it’s not a place that I care to stay too long at (I figure they charge around $100 an hour, at least that’s what it costs me).

All in all in wasn’t a bad trip, even after the cashier thought I was Mexican and spoke Spanish when he didn’t hear me return his greeting. I told him, “You were busy gabbing to your co-worker. I actually said hi a couple of times.” Damned gringo.

It was on the way out that had me blowing a stray hair out of my face in defeat. I made it through the doorway and set off an alarm. I looked down at my bags puzzled and remembered I had diet pills in there. The lady grabs my receipt and confirms my theory, “Ahhh. Diet Pills.” She calls over to some man who was probably a security guard… or at least was one when he was still alive (he was old and hard of hearing.) “It’s just code 5108 (I’m guessing at the code)” she repeats herself “”It’s a code 5108!!! Diet pills.” She screams louder to the man who is obviously deaf while everyone is looking me over “DIET PILLS SHE HAS DIET PILLS!!!! CODE 5108!!!!!!!!”

I put on a fake “F you very much” smile, and head out of the store wondering if the automatic doors will allow me to pass or if I need to take garage exit.

Todays blog will about some of my purchases that had me ooh’ing, aah’ing and arching a brow. Oh, and I sat through a Sex in the City episode for the first time- hmmm. If you said I didn’t hate it, you wouldn’t be wrong. Her man situation was oh so too familiar.

Alrigh, product reviews.

I’m going to start with Bliss by Hershey’s. Jonathon had one and gave me a funny look and didn’t want any more. I had one and my eyes lit up and I actually said, “Oh my GOD this tastes good!”

Feria- They reiterate the stupidity in America but they’re break-throughs are kind of like when a 1st grader has a realization that turning the cold water on first and gradually introducing the hot water causes ‘warm’ water and it doesn’t hurt as much. Well this break through isn’t quite the same, but it’s a props to them. “Bravo.” If you color your hair then you’re familiar with the packaging. The bottle has a regular cap on it that swap for the long/pointed lid. In the past they would have you place that long/narrow/pointed lid on first while you shake up the mixed ingredients. It made no sense to me because the condensed liquids would get stuck up there and the mixture wasn’t well blended. Well NOW they made the top of the developer bottle with a special lid that you put back on when you shake the ingredients and THEN put the pointy lid on. It only took them 30-40 years to figure it out- however long home coloring kits had been around. In another 30 years they’ll suggest washing your gloved hands, take them off so it’s inside out and then all them to dry out while your timing your hair so you could use them when it’s time to finish your hair… or maybe they’ll just put in an extra pair of gloves. Seriously- who keeps the stupid gloves on while their timing their coloring process? I cook, clean, type, work on my car (if need be), pet the animals, feed the animals, save the animals, play video games etc. I need glove free hands.

PURE mints. It boast that it has a mirror inside. I opened the tiny container- you just slide the lid over and sure enough… mirror. It’s like your own portable cocaine set up. I’m sure if I turn it over I’ll find a hidden deptartment where there’s a razor blade attached.

That’s all I have to write for now.

Weekend wrap up: Stan Lee- rocks (the man AND my cat), hair dye kits aren’t getting smarter, but they’re getting logical. 3 video games and 6 movies added to my collection, Jonathon does a freaking awesome Bruce Lee, I am not Mexican and I have a large ass.

Stan discovers the hand strap on my camera while I’m taking pictures.

Friday seemed to be a foreshadowing of my weekend when I went to start the car and nada. Dead. I didn’t have a lot of time to waste, so not knowing what  the problem was- I dialed up my friend/co-worker while figuring out the car issue just in case I needed to ride in with her to work. While I’m talking to Chel I’m glancing at the moisture on the windows, the fog, etc. and wondered if there was condensation under the hood- perhaps in loose cables from when my battery was changed out in August.

Chel of course was still in bed and not wanting to be removed from there until absolutely necessary- and thankfully my theory panned out and she able to fall back to sleep. I jiggled the cables, slammed down the hood and it started. Yay! I thought there’d be no more issues but I was wrong. DEAD wrong.

The cables kept loosening, causing delayed starts and a grounded weekend. It was perfect timing though because when I was talking with a man I had dated a few years ago who knows a lot more about cars than the computer geeks I call friends he brought up that the battery can also be the issue with the Theft System. Since it’s based on the computer chip in the key and if I have a faulty battery connection- well think about it. It makes sense. If it’s not battery, then I need to see about getting a new key due to the age of the key I currently have. It’s only a $30 replacement, hopefully not much more for programming it- still, it’s about $500.00 cheaper than my timing belt problem last year on the Camry. 

Knowing what the problem is and being able to fix it were still two separate things for me. I had plans today- a couple of plans actually and neither panned out because both of them required me putting Jonathon inside the car and DRIVING. When I went to start the car this morning it was completely dead again. It got to the point where I could get the interior lights on, but as soon as I tried to turn over the engine, it killed the battery. I couldn’t get a decent connection! After hurting my fingers from once more associating with the stripped bolt and crappy tools, I got everything as tight as I possibly could and got the car working again… and then put on my running shoes and walked to the nearby stores with Jonathon to see what titles they had at GameStop.

Last night I had run in to pick up LEGO Batman (any game that causes me to choose to pay a late fee in order to keep and STILL find myself wanting more after the extra week is up is a must have). With that in hand I saw the best movie sale ever. EVER!!!! (okay, not as good as when VHS films being tossed out- I didn’t buy any of course… because I’m an idiot.) GameStop is apparently discontinuing to sell used DVD’s there so they’re selling what they have in stock for “Buy 2 Get 4 Free” No, the titles weren’t that impressive but for Jonathon and myself I walked away with mine: Scent of a Woman, Disturbia, Resident Evil Extinction and Spider-Man 3, Spy Kids 2 and Stan Lee’s Mutants, Monsters, and Marvels (for both of us).

Today I didn’t pick up any additional films because I think I grabbed the last of the watchable films and although you can’t beat the price- I had to remind myself of the last time I bought into the price hype and wound up with  ‘The Oh in Ohio’. After viewing that tripe, with a dirt stained face, wind whipping through my hair, I stood up and announced “As God is my witness, I shall never purchase a dvd JUST because the deal looks too good to pass up, again!”

Nope, no more films today. Instead I picked up two more steals for games: Bruce Lee on Xbox (only 4 bucks- campy fun, crappy graphics, but who cares.) and then God of War on PS2.

When I went up to buy the games, the guy was obviously new… He informs me that God of War is rated ‘M’ for mature. I couldn’t figure out why he was telling me this… The manager, who is a female and has seen me in there for the past couple of years, she was standing behind him and stopped whatever it was that she was doing and looked over at us in amusement apparently due to the look on my face (she knows I’m a gamer). I asked the guy to repeat himself, “The game is rated ‘M’ for mature… he nodded his head towards Jonathon who, yes, looks rather young and yes, he obviously thought I was buying the game for my son because I was pretty much dressed like a soccer mom in running gear with a high ponytail etc but in my world- there ARE no assumptions. I looked at him insulted and said, “Umm the game is for ME.” I mean when I buy films there and I have Spy Kids mixed in with Resident Evil, they assume the ‘R’ film is mine and PG film is my sons, why isn’t it the same with games- THAT and he assumed I didn’t know what the rating system on games were “Listen sonny, I’ve been playing video games long before you were a little sperm in your daddy’s…” Okay- nevermind with that lol but the manager smirked as the guy apologized and I told her, “I loved the second one…” and she nodded “Yeah, playing it backwards, I do that…” Then we went on to talk about the third one coming out on PS3 next year and I how I need to get that system and BOOM- boy was school on ‘Women are gamers too on more than cutesy games or Rock Band because those do not a gamer make- beyotch!” 

Life was going well on the way home and then DA DA DA!!!! I opened the mail box to find NOTHING. Online and in the mail, my registration disappeared. I’ve still no idea how I ever dropped off being registered (I hadn’t moved since the last time I voted) I got everyone else I knew who moved within the past four years to quickly register- and they’re all showing online… except me I may not be able to vote this year. I called election head quarters for the state and my local one, they can’t find me *sigh*

With my head hanging low I made into my apartment to find my plant knocked over by the evil cats and soil all over the place- OPERATION KILL CATS! I was JUST getting all snuggly wuggly with little Stan Lee again because he’s been acting super sweet and let me clip his killer/painful claws- ACK. I think it was Mila who knocked it over though. I tried to shoo her away and girl was not having it! She hissed at me! We had a stand off as she remained on the windowsill and I wanted her to get the hell off of there… so I took a glass of water that was next to me and threw it on her. She jumped off the window sill, I cleaned up the plant mess after screaming at the damn fur ball (I guess there was a fly they were chasing) and now all is well. She’s loving, I’m less homicidal and all is right in the world (today). OPERATION: Love those crazy cats!!!! Stan Lee is awesome though. I say I hate him, I say I’d like to turn him into a tennis racket, but he’s my boy and I love that damn cat (and Mila too). While I’m writing this Stan is on my lap and Mila is calling him out because she wants to sit with me. I feel loved.

After everything calmed down I ordered pizza (food shopping is tomorrow) and Jonathon and I wound up watching Bruce Lee clips all over the web. It was cute, Jonathon has the Bruce Lee sounds DOWN! Awesome! I need to record him one of these days- Jonathon, not Bruce Lee. I told Jonathon that while most little girls were watching Disney films, I was watching Bruce Lee films, so it was touching to have Jonathon think freaking rocks as well

Things are going so okay that I don’t even care any more that the guy who was in my apartment Wednesday no where near resembled the guy who was here just a few weeks before- I don’t really like the guy from this past week, pretty much an asshole and pretty much the way I remembered him being when we used to date. A-typical salesman I guess.

Anyway, tomorrow will be a brand new day and I’m looking forward to driving/or walking… depending on if I can get the car started.

Pics posted: I took a few pictures on my morning walk and wound up leaving out all the ones that show where I work because I don’t want to post that and then wind up getting in trouble- I’ve no idea why or how, but I’d rather not risk it. It sucks too because I had great pics of our returned product all lined up and the newer product leading the pact. I was doing a product remake of Braveheart. It was awesome! There are also pics of the gas station prices that are all out of control. Mere blocks from each other there are 20 cent per gallon differences!

Okay, enjoy… I am going to pop in a movie or a game or watch television or find something else to make a Braveheart film with and then I shall head to my room.

Update: 12:31 a.m. Jonathon woke up and is now making Bruce Lee fighting sounds in his room. I cracked up, told him he needed to go to sleep because it’s after midnight… he continued for a few more minutes, I chuckled for a few more minutes and here I am.

I had *no* idea that Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men and W and married to Diane Lane was the older brother in Goonies. He looks much shorter than 5″11 and his body is stocky- so now it clicks… but wow, I had no clue.

I’m writing a lot more than I anticipated. I think it’s the Universes way or self sabatoge that causes me to constantly go against my word or intent. Last night I wound up missing Heroes because the thought of laying my head on my soft pillows and falling asleep under my covers was more appealing. The odd thing was that I could not get warm. My body was shivering cold- I don’t know if it was from being injured or perhaps there was an odd worm hole under my covers that was sending Artic air to me from another place and time- obviously to a time before global warming. I was almost wishing I let the animals in my room for body heat. Almost… I wasn’t *that* desperate.

(they aren’t scary creepy, Chel!)

Tomorrow night is the 3rd and final debate. Anyone out there going to tune in? I’m definitely planning on it. What might prevent me from watching it? 1. My television blows up leaving a massive hole in my living room and heart. Considering I have three televisions so the odds of all three televisions going out… hmm pretty good considering all it would take would be for the cable to go out, which isn’t an impossible scenario.

Yesterday was my Barenaked Ladies kick, today I’ve moved onto The Killers (Hot Fuss). It was interesting though watching Jonathon mentally trying to figure out why they’re called Barenaked Ladies.

My coffee is now kicking in, my brain is waking up- and I’ve got work to do. OOOH! Before I forget, if any readers are gamers, enjoy Sci Fi film etc., please drop me a line and your e-mail address. I’ll explain later… I’ve gotta get some work done right now.