Well, here we go again.
Long time no see friends. Time passes fast and life gets in the way. That's my excuse anyway. How are things with you and yours? Good?
Cool.
Anyway, as kind of a prequel to the above posts I will talk a little about my four year long distance relationship with the missus. With the use of music videos and the like.
Long Distance Relationships are hard.
Yes.
You cannot be insecure or have trust issues to be in one.
Luckily, the Missus and I are not to messed up so that was not much of an issue.
We saw each other about every three months or so I think and talked everyday.
Here is a few music videos I think capture this stuff, better than I can explain.
http://youtu.be/kI6MWZrl8v8
http://youtu.be/FSCZerzrUmo
http://youtu.be/Nntd2fgMUYw
And the trip coming to finally live with her?
http://youtu.be/zRBl0GPBm4o
Yeah, Hopes and Dreams.
See ya later.
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
This Time Next Year -Guest Blog
That was a guest blog by Catherine Peace. If you want to know a bit more about her. Here is her author bio.
Catherine Peace has been telling stories for as long as she could remember. She often blames two things for her forays into speculative fiction—Syfy (when it was SciFi) channel Sundays with her dad and The Island of Dr. Moreau by HG Wells. She graduated in 2008 from Northern Kentucky University with a degree in English and is still chasing the dream ofbeing super rich and famous, mostly so she can sit around in her PJs all day and write stories. When not being a slave to the people in her head, she’s a slave to two adorable dogs.
Blog: Going from Nobody to Somebody
Blog: The Pen Punks
Reviewer for Indie Books R Us
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Guest Post: This Time Next Year
THIS TIME NEXT YEAR Blog Hop
Behind the Scenes
When I first decided to write This Time Next Year for Decadent Publishing’s 1Night Stand line, I thought, “Yeah, I can do that.” It seemed simple. Bring two people together, drive in a wedge, reconcile for happily ever after.
What I really loved about the line is that it’sdifferent. The concept is the same, but the variety of stories is so vast that you’ll never read the same thing twice—ever. There are a ton of talented people who write for it, so the idea of doing the same was a bit daunting. After all, how do you match that caliber of talent?
I dug in without a clear plan because I’m a pantser and that’s how we roll. As I started writing, I visualized this broken woman who’d let fear dictate her entire life, and when I discovered the reason for the fear, I was ready to roll with a beautiful romancebetween this broken woman and the vampire who encapsulated the event that set all of this into motion.
So…there was my wedge, which set the tone for the rest of the story.
The next issue? How on earth to resolve this in one night? After all, that’s the premise of the entire line—love in one night. A lot of understanding and talking, of course. Oh, and lots of great sex. That always helps, too.
I got all that accomplished. But the hardest part (even to Chuck on Supernatural, and he was God) is the ending. At first, I went from fear/hate to love/transformation in said one night, but my lovely alpha reader and plot wrangler Ava Doran told me that it just didn’t work. She was right. So I kept reading—I have an addiction to 1NS stories and I’m totally fine with that—and discovered that there were a few stories that utilized epilogues. Huzzah! Crisis averted!
To date, I can say that I’m probably the most proud of this story, not because it’s my first solo release, but because of the amount of heart and emotion contained in just a few pages.
And since endings are hard…yeah….
Vampire Kiernan Shaw has never forgotten the night twenty years ago when he’d been forced to stand by while another vampire killed a six-year-old girl’s parents in front of her. He’s spent the better part of the last two decades watching over her, protecting her and hoping for an opportunity to make amends one day.
Ever since surviving the vampire attack that killed her parents, Moira Curran has dealt with the resulting nightmares and abandonment issues the only way she could—by throwing herself into her biochemistry career, preferring a life of a hermit in her lab to facing the reality of her lonely life.
Madame Eve brings them back together for one fateful night. An immediate bond of sizzling chemistry and respect forms, but can it heal her fears and his guilt?
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Super 8 (Review)
Hmmm.
This film apparently frustrated and disappointed many people. After seeing it, I can see why. But it is not a bad film.
Let me explain.
Due to the hype and the trailer of this movie, many people may have thought they were going to get a modern day equivalent of Speilburg's early movies like E.T, The Goonies, and Close Encounters of The Third Kind.
In short, it is not.
I believe it's a good movie about some kids trying to make a movie, and about a kid (Joel Courtney) trying to find a way to carry on after the death of his mother. It's an ok movie about the escape of a monster, after a spectacular train crash.
Two movies in one. The latter movie not being that good, despite the special effects. The former story is where my interest lies.
The kids, Charles (Riley Griffths), Cary (Ryan Lee), Preston (Zach Mills), Martin (Gabriel Brusso) and Alice (Fanning) as well as Joe are trying to make a Zombie flick, with a camera of the movie title. This is the core of the movie and in my opinion the best part. The naturalistic speech of the children is a pleasure to witness.
It is the interaction of the kids and the evocation of a certain place and time.
The "escaped monster" part of the film is cliched and ultimately unsatisfying.
If watched as a character piece with some special effects thrown in, some enjoyment can be had. It's definitely no Goonies!
This film apparently frustrated and disappointed many people. After seeing it, I can see why. But it is not a bad film.
Let me explain.
Due to the hype and the trailer of this movie, many people may have thought they were going to get a modern day equivalent of Speilburg's early movies like E.T, The Goonies, and Close Encounters of The Third Kind.
In short, it is not.
I believe it's a good movie about some kids trying to make a movie, and about a kid (Joel Courtney) trying to find a way to carry on after the death of his mother. It's an ok movie about the escape of a monster, after a spectacular train crash.
Two movies in one. The latter movie not being that good, despite the special effects. The former story is where my interest lies.
The kids, Charles (Riley Griffths), Cary (Ryan Lee), Preston (Zach Mills), Martin (Gabriel Brusso) and Alice (Fanning) as well as Joe are trying to make a Zombie flick, with a camera of the movie title. This is the core of the movie and in my opinion the best part. The naturalistic speech of the children is a pleasure to witness.
It is the interaction of the kids and the evocation of a certain place and time.
The "escaped monster" part of the film is cliched and ultimately unsatisfying.
If watched as a character piece with some special effects thrown in, some enjoyment can be had. It's definitely no Goonies!
Monday, June 13, 2011
X-Men: First Class. Review.
Well, I finally saw X-Men: First Class.
As many people have already reviewed this movie in much detail, I shall be brief and to the point.
I thought it was very good, but not without flaws.
It was a very brave move, in my opinion setting it in the Sixties and having the climax of the film in as "The Cuban Missile Crisis."
By now you may be aware this was originally going to be a film about "Magneto" and the beginning of the film reflects that very powerfully. I believe the start of the film is it's post effective part, revealing Magneto's motives in the later films after witnessing the worst that humanity has got to offer. Michael Fassbender as Magneto is great, by turns full or rage,sadness and cynicism. On his mission of revenge he becomes almost Bondlike in his suaveness in dispatching his enemies.
James McAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier is a treat too. A person with baggage in his past like "Magneto" too the film hints at when we are introduced to him. Even though he has a very different upbringing than him.
Now I shall describe the films, pros and cons.
Pros
Excellent acting by the two actors I have mentioned above. Without them the film would be so much weaker.
Tackling Nazism and the Cold War was a risky idea for a comic book film and it is done well here.
The character development of the main characters is excellent.
Cons
January Jones as Emma Frost. Not good at all. Not intimidating as a Henchwoman at all. I just ended up waiting until "Magneto" kicked her ass, as it was inevitable.
The fight scenes had no weight to them, similar fight scenes in X-Men:2 were much better and stylish. Compared with Nightcrawler's attack on the Secret Service, Azazel's killing of the various CIA men was unspectacular.
Very bad CGI in places.
In all I think I prefer X-Men:2 to this film as it handles the ensemble of different characters better.
As many people have already reviewed this movie in much detail, I shall be brief and to the point.
I thought it was very good, but not without flaws.
It was a very brave move, in my opinion setting it in the Sixties and having the climax of the film in as "The Cuban Missile Crisis."
By now you may be aware this was originally going to be a film about "Magneto" and the beginning of the film reflects that very powerfully. I believe the start of the film is it's post effective part, revealing Magneto's motives in the later films after witnessing the worst that humanity has got to offer. Michael Fassbender as Magneto is great, by turns full or rage,sadness and cynicism. On his mission of revenge he becomes almost Bondlike in his suaveness in dispatching his enemies.
James McAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier is a treat too. A person with baggage in his past like "Magneto" too the film hints at when we are introduced to him. Even though he has a very different upbringing than him.
Now I shall describe the films, pros and cons.
Pros
Excellent acting by the two actors I have mentioned above. Without them the film would be so much weaker.
Tackling Nazism and the Cold War was a risky idea for a comic book film and it is done well here.
The character development of the main characters is excellent.
Cons
January Jones as Emma Frost. Not good at all. Not intimidating as a Henchwoman at all. I just ended up waiting until "Magneto" kicked her ass, as it was inevitable.
The fight scenes had no weight to them, similar fight scenes in X-Men:2 were much better and stylish. Compared with Nightcrawler's attack on the Secret Service, Azazel's killing of the various CIA men was unspectacular.
Very bad CGI in places.
In all I think I prefer X-Men:2 to this film as it handles the ensemble of different characters better.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Hanna movie review (No Spoilers)
I like this film. It's very different.
I guess at it's heart it is a film about revenge.
The film is about 16 year old Hanna, (played brilliantly by Saoirse Ronan). She has been brought up in total isolation by her father Erik (Eric Bana) in a forest and taught survival and hunting skills. He has been training her to become an assassin.
When given the chance to explore the outside world she leaps at it gladly. This sets into motion events that are unpleasant for all concerned.
In other hands, this could have been a Bourneesque Spy thriller. But the director Joe Wright has approached the film like a dreamlike fairytale, in fact it is like a Grimm Brothers fairytale.
One of the many highlights of the film is a four and a half minute steadycam shot, that is simply awesome to behold.
I say fairytale like, but don't get me wrong, the action is top notch! The fight choreography is done by Jeff Imada of the Bourne trilogy. Plus some scenes really push the PG-13 rating.
Saoirse Ronan owns this film! I will be keeping an eye out for her in the future.
I guess at it's heart it is a film about revenge.
The film is about 16 year old Hanna, (played brilliantly by Saoirse Ronan). She has been brought up in total isolation by her father Erik (Eric Bana) in a forest and taught survival and hunting skills. He has been training her to become an assassin.
When given the chance to explore the outside world she leaps at it gladly. This sets into motion events that are unpleasant for all concerned.
In other hands, this could have been a Bourneesque Spy thriller. But the director Joe Wright has approached the film like a dreamlike fairytale, in fact it is like a Grimm Brothers fairytale.
One of the many highlights of the film is a four and a half minute steadycam shot, that is simply awesome to behold.
I say fairytale like, but don't get me wrong, the action is top notch! The fight choreography is done by Jeff Imada of the Bourne trilogy. Plus some scenes really push the PG-13 rating.
Saoirse Ronan owns this film! I will be keeping an eye out for her in the future.
Friday, April 15, 2011
On leaving London. Part 2.
Getting through Customs and Immigration was stressful even though all my papers were correct and I had never been in trouble with the law. So I was very relieved to get that over and done with. But even then my journey was not over, I had to get on second plane to my final destination.
This is always fun, as you have to go through security yet again, find your terminal and gate, then get there in time to get the plane. Considering you have to wait in line in a quite massive queue to get through Customs and Immigration, sometimes it can be touch and go! But this time I got there with plenty of time.
It's about this time that you really start to realise that nearly everyone has an American accent (Yeah I know, I am in America, right? D'oh, no surprise there!) That's when it hit me, I wouldn't be seeing London for awhile and life here would be a little different than before. The unwritten rules of London would not apply here, I could be polite to people if I wanted without being stared at like some sort of crazy guy.
One of the first things I noticed as I walked steadily to my gate was the fast food joints had relatively cheap prices compared to London. I mean, a foot-long sub from Subway could cost you nearly eight Pounds (about $13) in London. Plus customer service was infinitely better than in London, where your server rarely smiled and just stared at with you with contempt while reciting the agreed corporate greeting of the Brand.
Well the short domestic flight was uneventful, and I listened to music on my Ipod while gazing happily at the fluffy white clouds below us. I was thinking about my fiance and I was happy. There was some turbulence, but nothing crazy.
Is there anything better than being picked up in an Airport by someone you love and have missed alot? I don't think there is much that beats that! It was night when I landed and my fiance and I indulged in our routine of going to get something to eat from Taco Bell. Then we drove to our new home, where I washed up and promptly fell asleep.
This is always fun, as you have to go through security yet again, find your terminal and gate, then get there in time to get the plane. Considering you have to wait in line in a quite massive queue to get through Customs and Immigration, sometimes it can be touch and go! But this time I got there with plenty of time.
It's about this time that you really start to realise that nearly everyone has an American accent (Yeah I know, I am in America, right? D'oh, no surprise there!) That's when it hit me, I wouldn't be seeing London for awhile and life here would be a little different than before. The unwritten rules of London would not apply here, I could be polite to people if I wanted without being stared at like some sort of crazy guy.
One of the first things I noticed as I walked steadily to my gate was the fast food joints had relatively cheap prices compared to London. I mean, a foot-long sub from Subway could cost you nearly eight Pounds (about $13) in London. Plus customer service was infinitely better than in London, where your server rarely smiled and just stared at with you with contempt while reciting the agreed corporate greeting of the Brand.
Well the short domestic flight was uneventful, and I listened to music on my Ipod while gazing happily at the fluffy white clouds below us. I was thinking about my fiance and I was happy. There was some turbulence, but nothing crazy.
Is there anything better than being picked up in an Airport by someone you love and have missed alot? I don't think there is much that beats that! It was night when I landed and my fiance and I indulged in our routine of going to get something to eat from Taco Bell. Then we drove to our new home, where I washed up and promptly fell asleep.
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