Amazon is still pissing me off... oh and this is my 100th blog post! Cool!

I finally updated my Amazon a-Store (a.k.a. The B-Movie Film Vault DVD Shop) and what a chore that was. I guess Amazon is redoing parts of their massive site, including their page that earlier today did show the latest DVD releases for the past few weeks. For some reason, the handy lists of upcoming and hot new releases are now gone so I had to go elsewhere for what I needed. Undaunted, I ended up going to DVD Verdict and painstakingly updated my dvd shop over the course of two hours.

With that done, I will now go to bed and end my 100th Blog Post! G'night b-movie fans... err... actually good morning! :-P

Random Thought: Big dudes in tiny cars. What is up with that?!

Tonight at work, a customer that is about six or seven inches taller than me and a lot wider around the waist than I am, drove off in a very small luxury car. This sight jogged something in my brain and I began wondering. Why do big guys always drive small cars? And also, why do smaller dudes drive hilariously enormous vehicles? (Oh yeah, because they're small and insecure, that's why. Well that's one mystery solved!) While this doesn't apply to everyone that owns a vehicle, I'm baffled as to why this guy wasn't driving something that he could easily fit into. My only theory is that he, and like-minded "big dudes" prefer driving in smaller cars in order to make them look even bigger. Anyone else have any theories that they'd like to suggest? I'm all ears....

Well that's my random thought for the day, I'm going to go and watch a flick or play a video game.... or both. Blog ya later!

Argh! Amazon make me angry! Hulk Smash!

I finally decide to sit down and update my Amazon a-Store (which just scored me two sales and about 20 cents in commission.... ok I'm exaggerating a bit, but it's not far off the mark from what Amazon gives us "associates." I agree with my main man Duane that we should at least get 10% of the profit for each sale, rather than 4 - 5 %. I think Amazon can afford it.), and the damn site isn't working! I let the store go for over two weeks and now everything's out of date and there's not a single thing I can do about it until later tonight after work. Grrrr.....

If anyone from Amazon reads this (highly doubtful, but there's always a chance), GET YOUR BUTT IN GEAR, AND GET THE BUGS FIXED ASAP! AND GIVE ME A FREE DVD OR FIVE FOR MY PAIN AND SUFFERING! ;-)

The rumors of my departure were greatly exaggerated....

So, no one answered my good-bye e-mail until late tonight. The result of that e-mail was a conversation with my bud Duane, who basically talked me out of (stupidly) giving up on writing and leaving the Rogue Reviewers. So I'm taking a long break from writing for the magazine (well... after I type up a few things this week and a little something for next month) in hopes that my attempt at running away was just pure unbridled frustration venting itself. So uh... just pretend that none of this happened ok? In fact, this blog post and the two before are just figments of your imagination! ;-)

I have done the unthinkable....

After my friends departed from my house tonight (we had pizza, some chips, some ice cream and snacks, watched "Mystery Men" and played "Medal of Honor: Rising Sun" for hours on end) I sat down at this here computer and wrote out a letter of resignation from the Rogue Reviewers / Rogue Cinema writing staff. I started the Rogues back in 2002 and I'm proud of how far the group has come over the past five years, but I feel that it is time for me to throw in the towel. I'm curious to see how my fellow reviewers react to my letter, and hope that they'll all understand where I'm coming from.... I'll post more about this situation as it develops.

Good night b-movie fans.

The Beginning of the End?!

No I'm not talking about the giant grasshopper flick directed by Bert I. Gordon, I'm talking about my writing for Rogue Cinema, and quite possibly, my partnership with my good friends, the Rogue Reviewers. Over the last few months, I've been doing a lot of thinking, about what makes me happy and what doesn't. Lately, I've decided that writing for Rogue Cinema no longer makes me happy. When I started out with my crappy little Geocities site, I was extremely happy with what I was doing. I wrote constantly (even though I wasn't all that great at it, or at web design... and really I'm still not ;-), it was all fresh and new, and I bragged about it to everyone. Now, I keep a constant vigil on my calendar and dread the end of every month because of the Rogue Cinema deadline, I hardly talk about the magazine anymore, and I just never really have the urge to write much of anything. The joy of writing seems to have almost completely vanished..... :-(

Maybe I just need a nice, long break or perhaps my love of writing about movies is gone and I'm just in denial.... I really don't know. What I do know is that I'm thinking of packing up and calling it quits for a while (maybe even permanently) so that I can focus more on enjoying my spare time. This is definitely something I'll have to think more about, but I feel that (temporarily?) retiring is probably the best thing to do right now.

Well I'm going to go and finish cleaning up around the basement and then I think I'll go and get a little exercise and fresh air, it's a beautiful day outside. Lator gators.

A tiny bit of progress has been made.....

I've begun work on my interview with Sharyn Chen. I typed up an introductory paragraph and managed to type up two questions to ask her... and that's it. I would've probably gotten farther had I not gotten interrupted earlier this morning by a phone call from my buddy Duane Martin (editor of Rogue Cinema and webmaster of B-Movie Central). He's trying his damnest to make me come to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in October for the It Came From Lake Michigan Film Festival. His current plan is to hook me up with event creator/coordinator Wayne ... Newton? Nope, that's not it... dang it I can't remember Wayne's last name... in any case, if things work out, I'll be in charge of promoting the festival here on the East coast. Mainly I'd be sending out press releases via mass e-mails, doing forum posts, maybe making a few phone calls, and just blabbing about the festival to everyone and anyone. If I do a good enough job, I may be able to get a free trip to the festival which would be really cool. I'd like to give it a try, but I'm not sure I have the time (or the patience, or the discipline) to really take on this task. On the other hand, I can finally meet Duane and several fellow Rogues in person and watch some crazy flicks and meet some of the folks I've read (and written) about. This is all up in the air right now, but I'll keep all interested (and uninterested) parties up to date on this film fest situation.

In any case, I've gotten a teeny bit o' writing done, and I plan on finishing up those questions and e-mailing them to Sharyn after work tomorrow night. Then I still have to tackle that interview with Richard Knight, and my two articles, and about four or five reviews..... sigh

Well it's high time I climb into the sack for some shuteye, so good night cult movie fans! Keep on rockin' the "B" World! :-D