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03:10 pm
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Updatery, go!
I haven't posted on here in like 3 months! I know there's like 1-2 of you out there that are curious to know what is going on with me so I figure I'll update you guys.
I am at Police Federal Credit Union now and have been for the past year. I kicked BoA to the curb and have not looked back since! (I honestly can't remember if I posted this and I'm too lazy to look back =P)
Emma is 2 already! It's friggin crazy how fast time has flown. Not to mention we are expecting our son James to be born by the end of June. Two and through! lol
Voice acting is coming along slowly. I have been getting more work lately. From people I don't even know too! Still nothing paying which is a blower, but I will take all the practice I can get! ^_^d
Katsucon was a couple weeks ago and I guess I could update you with the happenings:
Tuesday before con: I leave work and grab Khalid, Becca, and Jinkies (aka Nancy) from the airport and we head home for general relaxing.
Wednesday: I get up early to go to the airport to pick up Leonard and bring them home. I stop at the dentist office for an appointment and then gather up Khalid and Leonard for a Gamestop run. Khalid gives me House of the Dead: Overkill and Leonard gives me Boom Blox. We head back to the hacienda and give em a try. Boom Blox ended up owning the rest of the day minus a crazy game of Scategories. (Things in a park that begin with P, Nicknames with the letter N XD)
Thursday: Corinne decides she wants to go to Katsu with us. Neither of us felt comfortable leaving Emma with my parents so she was coming too. I ran this by everyone except Nancy who was sleeping at the time and they were cool with it. We pack up everything as I run down the list of people who could help transport people + luggage. The closest I get is my cousin who was willing to take the group to the metro station. So everyone hopped on the metro while Corinne, Emma and I drove to the hotel. We check in and get settled in our rooms and hang out with Jose for a bit. Scott and Greg get to the hotel and we hang out before picking up our badges and other stuff. Jose and Leeann came to hang out while the group went to Leonard's room to get their drink on. We called it a night and tried to sleep as drunk people stumbled in and out of the room getting what they needed. (We had two connecting rooms)
Friday: Corinne and I wake up at our normal time while Emma surprisingly is still asleep. I mention something to the effect of turning the tv on when Jinkies lets out a loud and uncalled for "NO!" Unfortunately, she isn't aware that I am a huge smartass. I reply something along the lines of, "Too bad, I wasn't the one up until 2 AM drinking (plus unknown hours of hammering on the keyboard to person I will refer to as worst idea ever that can result in death)." and turn the tv on. This in turn sets Jinkies off in a stomping rampage out of the room. Becca politely mentioned that she would like the tv off and would like to catch some more sleep. I apologize to Becca and turn the tv off. Emma wakes up and we head to breakfast. We face the logistics team and open up the LARP room and LARP begins. Khalid proposed to Becca! Almost thought he was gonna chicken out for a second but he pulled through like I knew he could! Hit the dealers room but aside from that not much else happens. That night I go hang out with the group for a bit before going to bed. More drunken stumbling.
Saturday: I wake up to Khalid pacing in the room. Apparently the rum did not agree with him. I turn on the tv and turn the volume down to pass some time. Emma wakes up and we go about our day. More LARP, another trip to the dealers room. I bump into Onezumi and chit chat for a bit. I offer that Jinkies switch rooms with Scott. (This apparently was the 5th time this was brought up to her) She accepts and they switch rooms. Then Leonard and I go to run the DS pictionary panel. We get a turnout of 50-60 people! We call in Becca to help out with the higher attendance rate and deal with 20 minutes of pictochat crashes and disconnects. After that the event runs pretty much smoothly. A bit more LARP before I go watch the Tone It Down panel. Greg made a kick ass multimedia display which helped keep things on topic and moving nicely. Leonard did a great job at mocking anything and everything. He needs someone to bounce off of its just a matter of finding the right person. We call it a night and pass out.
Sunday: Emma decided to be on her normal schedule and was up. We kept the tv off to help keep her volume down and tried to keep her quiet so the rest of the crew could sleep. We wrap up the LARP and I take Emma and Corinne home. I head back and meet up with everyone else and we head to this nearby sports bar for the staff dinner. We get to hang out and talk to Onezumi, Harknell, Colette, and Nick for ample amounts of time which we have been trying to do for a good couple years. Then Greg tells me that he didn't like Emma in the room and the rest of the group kind of jumps in with a yeah. This really blew me away seeing as she was a perfect angel during the entire convention and only woke up early on Sunday. I can understand why they wouldn't want a 2 year old in a hotel room but as far as I knew there was no problems til that moment, apparently. It's also a little sad because I won't be able to room with the group anymore. I am going to have a room for just me and Corinne and the kids if we decide to bring them. I just hope that it won't take away from the good times.
Monday: Take team Iowa (Khalid, Becca, Jinkies) back to the airport and go back and hang out with Leonard. Picked up Left 4 Dead and get exposed to its wonders.
Tuesday: Take Leonard to the airport and head home to recover before going to work the next day.
Now for some shout outs:
Khalid and Becca- Congrats you two! Khalid it's just like old times when we hang out. Becca it was cool getting to know you better this year.
Jinkies - apparently you were not yourself at the convention. My big question to you is why did you spend all that time/money on a trip to a convention when you just hung out in the hotel room the whole time? (You may have done stuff but everytime I saw you, minus sunday, you were in the hotel room) I am willing to give you another shot should we ever meet up again, but somehow I feel our personalities just clash.
Jose and Leeann - You guys are awesome! Emma had so much fun with you guys. It was good to get to know both of you better this year and I can't wait til we can hang out again.
Leonard - Dude, it's always a blast hanging out with you. For some reason I think we bonded a little more this time more so than usual. Every time the originals get together it just saddens me that we only get together once a year. We have the best times.
Greg - It's awesome that you've become a part of the group! And I am not just saying that because of all of the shit you've done for the LARP and Tone it Down.
Well I think that sums it up for me. I'll update again....eventually....
Current Mood:  nostalgic
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07:47 am
[Link] | Wanted to wish all of you the happiest of holidays and merriest of Christmases!
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11:23 am
[Link] | Dark Knight. Wow. Just wow. Never before have I ever been so excited for a movie. It lived up to the hype and then some for me. Ledger's Joker is definitely one of the best movie villains to grace the screen. Honestly for it being a Batman movie Batman had the weakest part in it. Hell Joker made me forget that the movie was supposed to be about Batman. I will not go into details because I know some of you have not seen this movie yet. I highly recommend to go see this movie.
Emma. I don't try to post too much about Emma because a. Corinne posts about her and b. I know how annoying it is to hear people tell you about their kid all the time. She's starting to make 2-3 word sentences and is well on her way to being fully potty trained which is fantastic. We were doing shape flashcards with her last night and Emma really surprised me. (She has only done them once before this particular instance.) We started with the basics: Circle, Square which we said and she repeated. Next came a star and she said it before we did! o_o Same with heart, oval, triangle, and rectangle! I guess I can let the simple ones slide eh? lol
Voice Acting Working on finishing up demo 3.0 and I will send it out to agencies. If you have any voice over/voice acting work and/or the contact info of a good agent please email me. ^_^
That's it for now. Kinda back into a lull until the fall: Football, Hockey, The Shield, Heroes, and new videogames to be played.
Current Mood:  bored
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10:35 am
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How does one become a legend?
The pass away.... Here is one of my favorite bits from one of my all time favorites, George Carlin.
Current Mood:  sad
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03:35 pm
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iron man
For the first time in a long time I went to see a movie opening weekend yesterday. Iron Man to me lived up to the hype behind it. The movie moved along nicely. I actually forced myself to look at my watch only once, to see how long it took for stark to wear Mark I. (30 min not bad.) I felt there was a good balance between Stark and Iron Man scenes. And if you have not seen the movie or had it spoiled for you already, there is something after the credits. It is worth the wait if you are a fan of comics. Ever since it was first printed Marvel fans waited for that moment to happen on screen. Very satisfied with the Iron Man movie even if the end was a bit weak.
Also yesterday I watched Across the Universe and the Golden Compass. Across the Universe I regret not watching while on halucinagens. The movie tended to jump (and at times totally lose me.) The integration of the songs was done pretty well. Story was very very basic though.
Golden Compass. Pretty good. It felt Narniaesque. I had no idea that it was part of a trilogy until after I watched it. The ending seemed really weak still even knowing that there were two more movies to follow. But that is my only real complaint about the movie.
Got a netflix account so I will be catching up on a good chunk of the movies I missed (No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Sweeney Todd, etc.) as well as the ones that I blinked and missed the run in theatres (Diary of the Dead, Day of the Dead, etc.)
Emma goes in for her 18 month checkup soon. >_< Time really flies. Not too much else to update. I'll try to update more frequently......even if its just movie reviews.
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09:48 am
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do people still use LJ?
So the past two weekends have been pretty sweet.
It started off two Saturdays ago when the Washington Capitals beat the Florida Panthers to not only win a spot into the playoffs but win the Southeast division for the 4th time in team history!
The next day was filled with goodness as Corinne and I met Greg and Melissa for some eats and the new Simon Pegg film, Run Fatboy Run. The movie was funnier than what I had expected. Good film.
Fast forward through the week. (I had a cold, blah.) We get to friday. I only mention friday because Caps started their playoffs and beat the Flyers 5-4 after being down 4-2. I also mention this because during said playoff game I hear some familiar voices....really familiar. It's a House of Pop Culture commercial and it's one of the ones I did voice over for! I flipped!
Saturday came and Corinne and I grabbed Emma and we headed to the Sakura Matsuri Festival in D.C. We got off the metro around 11 and began to take in the sights. Bout an hour later we met up with Greg and Melissa and got some lunch. (Delicious chicken teriyaki donburi!) It rained really hard for about 2 min then stopped. We tried to teach Emma how to use chopsticks, got Emma's name in kanji, and saw some of the Mitsumassyu concert. The crew met up with Jen and Kawa's crew and Corinne and I said our goodbyes. We picked up some Pocky, Koalas, and a Hello Kitty mask for Emma and we headed for the metro. We stopped for a bit to watch some old school samurai archery and then headed home. I have pics in slidshow format/music vid on my myspace page.
Sunday we grilled some burgers, hot dogs, chedarwurst, and chicken and got ready for game 2 of the playoffs. The food was good. The game.....not so much. Caps really played bad and lost 2-0. >_< Now the team heads to Philly for games 3&4. Hope those go better. Well that's all for now. Hope to get some demo work done this week. My allergies have subsided and my cold is gone so my throat should be good to go!
Current Mood:  tired
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10:49 am
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updates
So we are moved into the new place and starting to adjust to it. Emma loves having grandpa and grandma so close now. ^_^
Started a new job last week. I kicked BoA to the curb and started being a teller at police federal credit union. They are so laid back here. Much more my style.
Katsucon is this weekend I am pumped!
Current Mood:  excited
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04:46 pm
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They're coming to get you Barbara!
My buddy Greg and I made this lil diddy for the Heinz Ketchup commercial contest at www.topthistv.com. Finalists are chosen about 8/27/07. Please vote for us if we make it!
Current Mood:  accomplished
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09:53 am
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overdue update
This post is long overdue. Katsucon was v successful. We had a pretty nice turnout this year for the LARP. DS pictionary went well also despite the last minute rescheduling.
Leonard got me a copy of the new mc chris album dmoc which is awesome. Big thanks to L-bass for that one.
Got a new comp....finally. So here's hoping that I can finally get time to make the voice demo that is worthy to send out. Keep a lookout at http://pjsimmers.voice123.com/ for the new demo!
New pics of emma to be posted soon, she's getting big!
In the D&D world my sorcerrer Tharakis/Frosty ended up in a snowglobe in possesion of a fallen angel. We started a new campaign in the underdark where I am playing a Lolth Touched Drow Corrupter. So far I am enjoying this character. I'll probably post the story thus far tomorrow for those of you that might be interested.
For those of you still reading I have two words for you: Hot Fuzz!!!!! The awesome people that brought you Shaun of the Dead are making a movie starring Simon Pegg (Shaun) and Nick Frost (Ed) will be playing cops. Looks like they will be dominating two genres now, check out the trailer at: http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/hotfuzz/trailer/
Birthday is in two weeks...I'll be 25.....ancient >_< Well that's it for the update for now. Word I'm out!
Current Mood:  creative
Current Music: check the ring yo - mc chris
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12:49 pm
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Merry Christmas!
Current Mood:  christmasy
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11:02 am
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Happy Holidays!
Happy Decemberween everybody! I'll try to put up emma's 1st christmas pictures this weekend.
My parents and Corinne went in and I got a Wii for christmas (I had to get up at 3 am and stand in line for it). No games except wii sports at the moment but Greg is letting me barrow Zelda. This game is a must have for everyone..... That's it for now. Enjoy your holidays!
Current Mood:  peaceful
Current Music: mc chris - evergreen
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06:54 pm
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cleaning is bad for you
So we were set to be enduced on monday at 6 am. Sunday we were cleaning the upstaris whilst watching the Redskins pull some miracle victory over the rival cowboys. Corinne started saying how she wasn't feeling well and all the dust we kicked up started her sneezing. Soon after the game (5ish), Corinne starts getting bad contractions. We time them for an hour and call the OB who says to come into the hospital. We check in by 6:20 and Emma popped out at 7:54 pm. It all happened so fast that she had to give birth naturally. There was no time to the epideral. She came out at 8lbs 6.5oz and 21inches long. Her cord was around her neck 5 times and body once. Despite all of that, shes perfectly healthy. I'll post a picture probably by this weekend. We just got home today by about 11am. I am hella tired because hospital beds are hella uncomfortable. So thats the update for now except I am off from work til after christmas.
Current Mood: tired
Current Music: geek - mc chris
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09:51 pm
[Link] | Watch Heroes......just do it.
I am currently working on a second draft of my demo. Once its finished I'll send it out to a few places....heres hoping.
Current Mood:  calm
Current Music: white and nerdy - weird al
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10:39 am
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I can't believe it...
Here you go folks, my first take at a voice actor demo:
http://pjsimmers.voice123.com/
Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: fuck you i'm drunk - flogging molly (?)
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07:31 am
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SNOOCHIE BOOCHIES!
So Clerks 2 comes out today. At first I was like "Sweet! It's prolly gonna suck, but I don't care!" Then I saw the promos for it and it just changed to "Sweet!" Then I found out that Kevin Smith got an 8 minute long standing ovation for it after it premiered at the cannes (sp?) film festival. Now I feel I might have extremely high expectations for it and might leave disappointed. Reguardless I plan to see it in the very near future, hopefully this weekend. I'll be sure to post my review afterwards.
"There's only one return, and its not of the king."
Current Mood:  hopeful
Current Music: firestarter - prodigy
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07:36 am
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please leave all overcoats, canes, and tophats with the doorman....
....from that moment you'll be out of place and under dressed.
Superman Returns was pretty good. It was very comic bookish. Complaints I have about it are minor. Spiderman 3 looks great. I also cant friggin wait for Clerks 2! "There's only one return, and it ain't of the king!" Other than that nothing new really...still working on voices when I can and hopefully get to doing a demo in the near future.
Current Mood: creative
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07:31 am
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stuff for you to do to kill time
ok so heres 7 songs I'm into atm:
1. I write songs not tragedies - panic! at the disco
2. where'd you go - fort minor
3. geek - mc chris
4. the way I am - eminem
5. in the end - linkin park
6. don't stop me now - queen
7. king nothing - metallica
alright I am supposed to tag 7 people for this but I think I have about 7 on m friends list...2 of which have already done this...so if your on my friends list...tag! lol
heres another..lets see what you know about me
My name:
Who am I in love with:
Where did we meet:
Take a stab at my middle name:
How long have you known me:
When is the last time that we saw each other:
Do I smoke (weed or cigs):
Do I drink:
What was your first impression of upon meeting me:
Do I have any siblings:
What's one of my favorite things to do:
Am I funny:
What's my favorite type of music:
What is the best feature about me:
Am I shy or outgoing:
Am I a rebel or do I follow the rules:
Do I have any special talents:
Would you consider me a friend/good friend:
What is a memory we have once had:
Have you ever hugged me:
Do I have any pets? If so, names?
Do you miss me:
Do you think i miss you:
What is my favorite food:
Have you ever had a crush on me:
If there was one good nickname for me, what would it be:
Who do I like right now:
What is my worst habit:
If you and I were stranded on a desert island, what would i bring?
What do you suppose i am doing at this moment?
When is the last time that I got in trouble?
Am i a lover or a fighter?
Will you repost this so I can do it for you?
thats it for now! peace out!
Current Mood: bored
Current Music: bicycle race - blumchen
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07:29 am
[Link] | So we found out last week that we are having a girl once the end of October rolls around. As Leonard told me, this will bring nothing but mucho stress for me later on in her life. Thats a bit of a ways off, so I'll enjoy it until that happens. We already have a name: Emma Ruth.
The hills have eyes is a good flick, I reccomend it.
I hate hearing a new catchy song that I like.....because I become obsessed with it.
Current Mood: discombobulated
Current Music: panic! at the dicso - I write sins not tragedies
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08:46 am
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o_O
Seeing as there's nothing I can really think of to post I will give my opinion of the movies I have seen within the past 2 months.
Wolf Creek- pass on this one, you'll thank me for it
Hostel- definitely different, better than wolf's creek, worth a rent
Grandma's boy- it had its moments (ddr scene for example) nothing really special, play "spot the video game shit" with it, rental worthy
The ringer- not as funny as I would have liked, pass on it
The producers - i had no idea it was a musical, let alone a mel brooks musical. I really enjoyed this one and will most likely add it to the library
Memoirs of a Geisha- A good drama even though the ending was kinda weak, worth a buy/rental
Layercake- if you liked snatch, watch it again instead of this. the movie went so slowly and it was hard for me to keep interest. good ending though
Silent Hill- very true to the game series......which is why I knew the ending of the movie not 5 minutes in. Even though the ending was ruined for me I still thoroughly enjoyed it. Definitely adding it to the library.
In other news, I can't wait for the Wii to come out. That's all for now!
Current Mood: bored
Current Music: blues brothers
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07:08 am
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new icons
I got me some dragoon dragon icons. ^_^d
Current Mood: blah
Current Music: superbeast - rob zombie
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