...and now, a few [hundred] words from KWILL...

It's been awhile since I posted any kind of detail on occuring events. So, here we go (be forewarned; this may be long-winded):

Not this past Thursday, but the Thursday BEFORE last, Question was in St. Louis for one night only. It wasn't planned, he was passing through on his way to other things, but I got to hang out with him anyway. Damn it was great to see that guy. I got to catch up with him a bit and see some of his new drawings for the comic strip. I hope he drops California and moves back to St. Louis or somewhere closer.

The next day was the Gravity Kills show. Great fucking show, too! If you missed it...well, you missed OUT, plain and simple.

The following week was full of exciting work-related things. I attended a pre-bid meeting for a project we might be bidding at the Saint Louis Zoo; I helped with getting our bid together for the School of Journalism project in Columbia, MO at Mizzou (Mye-Zow! Goat-cream!); in general, it was a great week at work.

This past week was also Halloween. Becky had a party, and there were lots of good things to eat (and some other not-so-good things, but it's "girl food" - whatcha gonna do?). Right after that, I went over to Nix's "den" and chilled with him for a bit. He had invited some people over; no one bothered to be curteous enough to show up or call and say they weren't showing up (which was extremely rude, but then, that's to be expected from some people nowadays), so I was glad to be there for the guy.

Hung out with Scott Thursday night, along with Corey. Fun times. Funny things. Non-drama, non-high-school-bullshit times. Oh, Discordia, how I miss those times being ALL THE TIME.

Been thinking about those "good old days" a lot, lately. I'm beginning to think things seemed so grand back then because everyone was on the same page and at the same level of immaturity - therefore, childish baby games were less frowned upon. Now, some of us have grown past that (not many, though) - and some of us have absolutely not (quite a few); and some teeter-totter back and forth from maturity to immaturity at random.

Here's hypocrisy for you: When you get dropped by an entire group of "bad" people for whining and bitching (which upsets you greatly and hurts you, no less), and then years later drop an entire group of AWESOME people and give one person's [completely phantom and imaginary] "whining and bitching" as one of the main reasons for doing so. (Now, just go ahead and guess which of the aforementioned categories a person like this would belong in, hm?)

But hey - it's certainly not a loss, is it? No; no, it's not.

Saw "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". Taken by itself, it's so-so. Compared with the original, it's pretty lamsorz. Don't get me wrong, Depp did a good job in the role; and I understand and appreciate that this incarnation is "closer to the book"; however, Gene Wilder's Wonka was worlds creepier than Depp's - mostly because you expect Depp to play a creepy guy, but when Wilder pulls it off, it genuinely creeps you the fuck out. That, and I didn't like the way they handled the Oompah-Loompahs. Oh, for the days when midgets could get work as Oompah-Loompahs, Munchkins, and Ewoks. Now, everything is CGI-ed out the ass. Fuck that milk.

I'm going to cut open your throat and use your blood as syrup on my pancakes! Yay!! Gotta love Mr. Happy Face...

Got some new stuff, too, bi-atches! They are:

Willard (DVD)
The Watcher (DVD)
The Amityville Horror [re-make] (DVD)
Son Of Godzilla (DVD)
Constantine (DVD)
Duel Collector's Edition (DVD)
A Perfect Murder (DVD)
Fear Factory - Archtype [Digipak] (CD)

Tuesday I'm going to be at the Pageant, seeing Disturbed for the first time. I love Disturbed. I know this is going to be a great fucking show, too. Tonight, I'm going to the hockey game with Scott, Corey, and Murph. Yes, you read that correctly - we're going to go to a sporting event, unbelievable as that may sound.

Party announcements, like deaths, come in threes. (Shut up, yes they do. I'll prove it...right now.)

As many of you know, I got a new job. The company I work for is Kozeny-Wagner (and quite an awesome company it is, too; check it out)...but that's not as important as my actually getting this fantastic new job that pays me very well. This is, of course, cause to celebrate, so - you guessed it - there will be a party forthcoming. I'm waiting to plan this shindig until Scott and/or Nix can attend, but it will happen, and there will be, as always, much fun at the Quill house.

"Mighty Meatfest" is going to happen early Spring. There will be a nominal fee for each person, but with that fee you will receive unlimited food and drink, and any "proceeds" will go to fund the Night Of The Living Loaf film project, currently in pre-production.

Last year's "Ultimate Guys Night" was a resounding success. Because of this, it is going to happen again. It'll be the same deal as before, only better, impossible as that may sound. More details on that in the near future...

I've decided that in the interest of time and money, QUILLCADE is going to change a bit. It'll still be the total-machine-o-awesomeness that I've been talking about, just done in such a way that allows it to be more feasible and, overall, realized faster.

I finished the sixth book in Stephen King's Dark Tower series, "Song Of Susannah". Excellent read; this thing just keeps getting better and better with every fucking page. Speaking of The Dark Tower, Marvel is putting out a comic book that takes place between the events told by Roland from Mejis in "Wizard & Glass" and "The Gunslinger" (if you don't know what I'm talking about, read). It's been awhile since I collected any comic book with any regularity, but...this is an exception to that.

Well, I've said much and either enlightened or bored you. Until next time, my Quillmaniacs...


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