thanksgiving and all that stuff

Well to all those who venture here i hope you had a good thansgiving. It was a quiet day in our home , Preston and i out did ourselves with the food, we had an intimate dinner just the three of us Cortney said a prayer and we ate ...slept...ate some more then watched War of the Worlds...which i thought was excellent. Tom cruise did a great job as did evryone invovled ....spielburgh got soft in the end though ...the son should have died...but all in all a good choice for that evening.

Shadow of the Colossus

what can i sauy but wow!!!..the amazing team behind the amzing game I C O has come out with their new masterpiece....it is unrivaled in its artistic beauty and gameplay elements . you play as a young man who's love has died . To bring her back he must destroy the 16 colossi that inhabit the land, WHat a bueatiful land it is.... misty lakes sweeping hills , underground temples...green forests, its all here, but the best part are the colossi themselves. Huge is an understatement the picture here to your right is no joke...the little guy on the horse is you and you must find a way to climb your way to the weakpoints of these giants to take them down. i almost feel a bit sorry for them sometimes as they look at you with a curious innocence . ans as you stab them and they bleed and thrash around to knock you off..but the game is fantastic...my only complaint is ive beaten 7 so far and they all have been fairly easy. I hope more challenges are to come ....2 more games to buy on my ps2 before i await the ps3. kingdom hearts 2 and final fantasy 12.......oh what a great time to love games.

rodney and antonio

My friends from pittsburgh came to visit this weekend. Two of them and they arrived friday evening and stayed untill sunday evening. Now having lived with them for years when i lived in pittsburgh i must say that they havent changed a bit...which is good and bad at the same time. We ate, laughed and talked about old times, we had fun. They got a chance to see me as i live. The house, all the stuff that goes on here.It was good to see them. i have one complaint...the both of them , for some reason love to get into arguments with each other about things that they think they are both right about...so they argue like an old couple..ALL THE TIME!!! Rodney is all loud and doesnt realize it while antonio is narcoleptic but i wont tell anyone..... One thing i hope they take from visiting is to both get their acts together and start acheiving some goals....stop the get rich quick crap..and start to work torward something...you cant depend on others and watch Anime forever... one day you'll have to actually do something. On another note congrats to me for landing a job with Corgi-classics, a model company in chicago, im designing marvel superhero statues for them...and i love it .

let there be lights!!!!.....and sound even !!!!

well we did it..... im sorry we couldnt help ourselves ....we had no choice, we have officailly updated our home theater experience.Yes folks i broke down and bought a 1000 watt 5 disc dvd home theater system and preston bought a 32 inch flat screen television and we LOVE IT !!!!!!.....it was a big upward step and its amazing, i love bieng able to watch all my movies again , bigger and better, its like watching them for the first time.....except the sixth sense because once you watch it ..well...you know..... And my PS2 looks amazing and sounds wow!!!!.....but i still have to widdle down to at least 3 remotes instead of the five we got now, its a tough job but i can handle it. I know to some it sounds a bit much but i love my movies and games so for me its the best thing to enjoy them in the best possible way..well im off to watch Aliens again......."Game Over Man!"..never sounded so good.

comedy night!!!!

So preston and i had tickets to the Improv here in cleveland on tuesday. He wants to get out more so i says ok lets go. We arrived on time sat down at out dimly lit table and tried to find prices for the appetizers on the menu...too dark. The first "guy" ...i refuse to call him a comedian...gets up there, and is... horrible. He continues to check his watch throughout his horrible bits about things weve all heard from other comedians, he was a fat guy, but even now in our accepting society thats not that funny anymore. As he checks his watch i check the menu.."how much are the hot wings"? The waitress comes over....guy on stage is fat yeah yeah ..."how much are the wings waitress lady?"....."Order of wings for you two?"...she darts off into the darkness before we could stop her. So the bartender who thinks he's funny gets off the stage and introduces some other guy who has played at colleges!!!....ooooh! he must be good. "Preston where are you i cant see its soo dark, how much do you think the wings were?"....Now i must say this guy was funnier, then again tapioca is funnier than the first guy . You can tell right off that this guy is just a funnier guy in life..looks funny , acts funny , but after 10 minutes not that funny. I smell something and i notice a plate of 7 small....ok pigeon hot wings.... have appeared on the table. Brought in the cover of darkness by a ninja who must be wearing night vision goggles, as i eat one i wonder how much they are. Ok its headliner time..oh boy im ready, this pigeon is scrumptious. So on wobbles a little guy in a flanel short sleeve shirt and a baseball cap, holding a beer. He starts off very funny, he appears to be a redneck country guy making observations...and he starts off great . Preston is laughing...loudly...he likes the rednecks..but then it takes a wierd turn..he starts sweating really badly and seems flustered...and then dead silence..hes staring at the audience and just loses what he was talking about, he mumbles but doesnt really say anything..it was bad i felt sorry for him..well not really....Check please!!!.paid for our pigeon and we decided it was time to make a break for it...and like a WWII POW rescue we snuck out of there in the cover of darkness. bombs going off all around us, we made it out alive..but we still have no idea what we paid for the bird.

Joy part 2

okokok i couldnt help myself, this shot is from the Detroit Free Press....anyway where did i leave off oh yes.. Anita finished her set and said goodbye to us ...but we all knew she wasnt done, she probably went back to check on her boys , just like a mom, and she came back out and talked a bit and took requests from the audience...now at this poit some poeople who sat in front of us left aso there was an open area of us and the stage , so as she was asking what to sing next Preston Stands up and she clearly sees him and he says"Lead me into love"...his favorite song...shes says .."yeah ok (pointing at him)...how does it go she was thinking ..and preston stands up again and shouted the first couple of words and she says "yeah thats it"....it was hysterical. She ended with my favorite of hers "you Bring me joy"...so we stood around a minute after the concert but Preston and the others from the website had a goal...GET BACK STAGE.....ok im thinking there is no way thats gonna happen...so i waited a bit away from the enterence to backstage where people who had passes got through..and i see the group slowly go IN!!!..ok now im thinking im screwed so i called preston and said you need to come up and get me..well not as nice . THey didnt let me through no matter what i said and thats their job good for them...bastards. So finally the guard got a call to let me in . Down some stair sand around a trailer a patio was there set up with tables and umbrellas. we sat at a table and awaited her to come over . When she noticed us she jokingly scolded."how did you get back here"......she was doing a fundrasier for a local church and we waitied patiently for her to finis.She came over to talk a bit and she recognized some of the girls from the website and she acknowledged preston from during the show , she even talked to me about the drawing you see up there, she gave prestonand i a hug and kiss and that was our que to go, and we did . it was great....later on thet night i won $200 dollars at the mgm casino WHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

You Bring Me Joy Part 1

Yes ladies and gentleman that is me giving anita baker a drawing i did of her during the concert........READY Here we go
Preston and i arrived in detroit and checked in to our hotel and had time to kill so we went over to canada..why?..i ask myself the same question evrytime we go, its really not worth the hassle at the borders to go to a country that looks like it just entered the nineties, but anyway. We changed at the hotel and went to eat something before the concert..Max&Erma graciously accepted us into their home. We arrived at the venue and met up with preston's online anita baker fanatics and we all talked and headed inside. We got to our seats which were very close, about 4 rows back , right in the center from the stage..now usually there is some space between the first row and the stage right...not here if you were in the front row( which some of the internet girls were)..you were looking at anitas feet..literally. Most of us were in the same row which was great for me because i had one of them screaming like a girl on my right and a girl screaming on my left (Preston sat to my right if you didnt pick that up). We chit-chatted with the people around us, the audience was made up of everyone possible , young, old, all nationalities, then the lights dimmed ans the band began to play . Anita came out like she does, and began to serenade us with that beautiful voice which still hasn't lost any of its magic. We were so close , she was literally right in front of us singing, Preston twiching with awe was ready. He had bought flowers for her and proceeded to go to the stage to give them . Now Anita is always open to gifts during her concert so evrytime we see her people gave her things and we figured this was our turn...so she knelt down and talked with Preston , said his name in the mic and told him to turn around and wave ..which is what hes always wanted..he was in heaven. My oppurtunity came a bit later i worked up the nerve to get up there and present her my gift. She loved it and asked meif i drew it, i said yes and she asked me my name and made me say it into the microphone, "Scott" i said ...it came out deeper than i wanted but hey. She then said a gracious thank you to which i replied "no thank you " . She then proceeded to wow us again with more of her songs,........Part 2 "saga of the back stage caper" coming later

well its Wednesday morning and things have calmed down in life finally , I was sick the week of my babcii's funeral and had went to the doctor before leaving Cleveland to go home, and was given an antibiotic for my troubles. What didn't help was my parents house which housed about 4 cats. a new puppy and my older sister's ( who stayed with us during all the services for convenience) big hairy dog...so I was basically coated with a layer of dog and cat hair throughout my entire stay. Growing up we had cats and dogs and most importantly PROBLEMS BREATHING..now my mother still wakes up and does a daily routine of hacking, coughing and what not to clear the animal hair from her innards. Having lived away for a long time now my breathing difficulties which ranged from asthma to lung infections to general allergies all cleared up id say a year after i moved out..and have been fine since....maybe it had something to do with the animals?...YOU THINK?...now having said that, my older sister and her husband both suffer from chronic allergies, asthma and take medications of all sorts....THEY HAVE
CATS AND A BIG HAIRY FRIGG'N DOG!!!...in there humble abode with a hitch. Now I point blank said.."You know most of the both of your problems would clear up if you got rid of your animals and any carpet in the place"...Oh the look of absolute evil I got when I suggested even a hint of them feeling a hell of a whole lot better if the "godlike' animals were gotten rid of. I enjoyed seeing all of my family again ..All my cousins who like me have escaped out of state, I may elaborate more on a later blog..but ill leave you with this...as we were getting into the car to go to the church on the last day (catholic funerals last for about a month) I noticed m older sister was covered in dog hair..i said "look at all the hair on you "..she said "so ,im proud of my dog"...that you are you big hary weezing fool..that you are.

eggs in the bacon grease

this past Saturday I lost my grandmother. I shouldn't say lost cause she still here with me , but she passed on . She was ill for a while, and over the past couple of years , just got worse and worse. Me living in Ohio I wasn't a witness to her deterioration first hand , and for some reason I am glad. The memories I have, and the memories I like to keep are nowhere near her lying in a hospital bed, or her not knowing who I am due to dementia. We called her Babcci (bob-chi) I guess its a polish word for grandmother.I Remember her as a very strong woman , she worked very hard all her life and raised 4 children, always doing for the familyon holidays and occasions cooking and cleaning. MY memories are of when I lived at home long ago and almost every Saturday my dad and I would go over my grandparents house to do some work, whether it was mowing all the grass or helping my grandfather do something handy. My dad and my granpa would have some coffee and go out and start and my gramma would make me breakfast. She would cook me some bacon and when that was done she would drop some eggs in the bacon grease and cook them till they were done. But she would leave them in until the grease had crisped the sides and bottom of the egg , after she was done she would sit with me while I ate and those were the moments I remember. Those moments just the two of us , goodbye babcii, I love you

Painter 9

well i finally did it ..i broke down and bought a wacom tablet and acquired painter 9. I am absolutly in love with this. above you see a sketch....A SKETCH!!!! i did using the wacom tablet and the pencil in painter 9...im bypassing paper altogether!!!!!....there is still a lot more to learn about this program and i try to spend every waking moment figuring it out....once i get some things tgether ill post some on my website ...stay tuned.

Free At Last

Sometime you have an idea and you think its a good one untill it actually happens and you think to yourself...am i an idiot!!!. I am referring to the decision of having my parents actually stay at the house for fourth of july weekend.....AM I AN IDIOT!!!!, im hoping they had a good time , its just difficult because our lives move at different speeds and paces..and my mom get get on my nerves something terrible.They arrived friday night, whilst i was at work, and saturday we went to an island in lake Erie called "Put-In-Bay"..or as i call it "Pudding Bay"....we also took the boys, Cortney, Jeremy, and James..and my nephew Christian, i think they had a great time.The ride there was a bit longer than my dad wanted,but we arrived and took a nice boat ride over to what the college kids call"Put-Out-Bay"...My mom complained about the wind....having to walk..her hairs...the wind again...and my dad had to pee every 5 minutes, but they enjoyed the little shops that gave them a chance to purchase expensive nick-nacks, and all in all i think it was an ok thing for them. Now you can rent basically golf carts to ride around the island on and we did that , and raced around exploring.....more wind comments......and even ended up in someone's private drive where after we apologized they asked us if we wanted a beer...how nice of the indiginous life of puddding cove. Well the rest of the weekend went smoothly, and tuesday morning they made there way back home and peace was once again restored to the galaxy.

the batman

It was a spur of the moment decision by preston and i to go to the movies last night, so we packed up cortney and headed out to see Batman Begins i knew what to expect and it was great, they got everything right, the characters, the setting, it was all done masterfully. Bruce Wayne was explored like never before , we see all the things that make batman, batman. The pain, the vengeance, and a little bit of pleasure Bruce Wayne gets out of his alter ego. I was not ready for the scarecrow..i must admit...when he first shows us what he can do in the prison with the crime lord.."do you want to see my mask?" he sprays his toxin and all hell erups!!!!!screming deep devil voice , the shaking demon effects..i must say it scared me a bit. All the amazing actors in this movie is just astonishing and they all became the characters they were supposed to play, It was all so perfect......please PLEASE!!!! do not change anything.I know they set up so much stuff for a sequel ,,i know rumors abound on who will be the joker, but please let these guys make another one the way they want....but i fearr like all things once money is to be made..the old big wigs will stick there fingers where they shouldn.t...lets hope we at least get one good seqeul before that.

in the beginning.....

Before i moved to Cleveland i had gotten on a regimen of going to the gym 3 or 4 times a week.it all started when i was walking along Christopher St. in NYC .where apparently they have started genetically engineering gay men with abs, i was feeling sad about not keeping up my end of the gay bargain. YOU MUST LOOK GOOD, its so clearly stated at the bottom of the contract....so i was looking pretty good there for a while..now after moving to cleveland i had to put that off for a while, so then i went ahead and started back up after purchasing a home gym....then i had an accident which sent me to the hospital for a little over 2 weeks, since then its been eating away at the back of my mind to get back into things because i felt like i was wasting away..getting flabby and i hate myself flabby...so recently i started back ,sort of ..i started running and my god i hate it...i hope i will become accustom to its odd way of making me feel ill, i did research on how to start running and i got good advice which i am following BUT it would have been helpfull if someone told you the truth like.."your first few times attempting to run, you will be tired, hurting and want to throw up...just to warn you" i also do a bit of weights on the days i dont run. Most importsntly i try to stay away from anything at starbucks that isnt a plain cup of coffee...thosr frappuccino's will kill somoeone yet.

the first prize 

the centipede

As i stumbled along a dirt road about twenty miles south of Zhangjiakou in the Hebei province of China i noticed the remenants of a path leading west, off of the road. It was barely visible, overgrown with weeds and shrubs.As i ventured further i saw glimpses of red through the brush and there just a ways from the path was a shrine near an old tree. It was about four feet tall, the red and black paint that had once been used to decorate it had all but worn away except for a few spots here and there. A large insect adorned the top, long thin and wormlike with what looked like a thousand legs. In the middle of the shrine was an indentation of a door. I slowly pulled the piece of wood open and knew then the secrets i had coveted for years, the patience, the sacrifice, had finally paid off.

number 1 the centipede

well its late thusday night and i have been drinking margaritas so im a bit tipsy...ok a lot tipsy it is taking immense concentration to type, anyway i have begun a project i have had in mind for a while now......creating the masks of the Five DEadly Venoms......that would be ...centipede, snake, scorpion, toad and lizard...one of my favorite kung- fu movies of all time.....i happen to collect kung fu moveis that the company Shaw Brothers made in the seventiwes and early eighties..i have sculpted the centibedes maks , mask from plaster strips and a plastic mask....it has t o dry then i will sand it a bit and paint it ....then mount it on a piece of wood make it look all old and beat up like i found the mask long ago.. i will post a pic when i have completed it ..i love it it looks cool so far ....i hope i dootn puke i usually dont drink like this but i fugure hey whet athe hey so idid and i drank it all up...preston is cute
scott

hey its me finally 

oooh that pictures sucks

pain in my toukis

editing this blog is now the bain of my existance.....i want to put up pics and things but i had to download this program to do it and now im trying to figure it out ..ill get it eventually so in the meantime just imagine this blog with pics..you can always check out my site http://www.geocities.com/scoabrat2000/ for pics but i want to put up some photos so youll probaly see something within the next 2 days....

seen revenge of the sith ....i have

we decided to take all the boys to the show, out in valley view to see star wars. we arrived around 845 pm hoping to see the 915 show ..we were greeted at the doors by storm troopers, clone troopers and even a couple jedi dressed in full uniforms and everything, jeremy and cortney were loving it. the show was sold out and the only thing we could get was the 10:05pm ...cool we could wait ..we got in line and waited...they sat us down around 945 we got awesome seats and were all readyto go with greasy food and drink.....as the movie played on, i kept thinking how sad this movie is ..not just the story but its the LAST STAR WARS MOVIE...that thought kept playing over and over in my mind...anyway i loved it..i hated it, i laughed i cried it was a great movie experience...my thoughts are this....anakins turn was too quick...and the emporer wasnt portrayed as evil enough!!!...he didnt seem like the bad guy in the movie ..help me if im wrong here, he seemed genuine in his interest in anakin..to help him, council him when even the jedi would not .even at the end when skywalker lay burnt and broken the emporer senses anakins in trouble and goes to help...when he gets there he lays a sympathetic hand on his forehead...like a father .. after this i need further proof that the emporer is evil...he certainly didnt seem so to me........one last bitch and im done..the lightsaber battles.....what happened..remember the episode one , maul, qui-gon, kenobi, battle how elegant and beutifull the fight was done and filmed...WHAT HAPPENED!!!!!!....these fights were shot too close up...and very blurry ..bad bad BAD!!!! we never get to see some really good swordfighting cause we cant friggin see!!!!!i know these are minor complaints for some ,but for me they are important..im glad my favorite character kicked ass ,obi wan kenobi is the man. and in the end its a great story anyway ...i know await the next incarnation of the star wars universe...TV show????????

its up to you E3..eeeeethreeeee!

so its wednesday ...and E3 has started ..unfortunatley i am not there....wimper....but its still exciting..my excitment over e-3 has overshadowed my excitement for star wars..can you believe it ..thats madness.so for the next couple of days i will wander online looking at all the streaming video of games and the new systems and all that...it reminds of the E3 i did attend in LA oh way back when the debut of mario 64 was ..it was a magical experience to say the least ..i hope to attend another soon ....

last night before going to sleep i turned on the computer to check my e-mail as i usually do , and there before my eyes it was..the PLAYSTATION 3......WOW!!!! , i ended up watching the sony press conference last night it was about an hour of excitment....sony doesnt have an official site yet but if you go here http://ps3.ign.com/ you will see it in all its glory.......im so impressed with it technically and look wise i cannot wait to put one on hold....

online killed the video star

ladies and gentleman here it is http://www.xbox360.com/ ..yes the new x-box is here and it is a beautiful thing to behold ..great design work here folks my hats go off. now the debate will rage in my head about which console to buy..of course we have yet to see the PS3...we will this weekend at E3 the entertainment expo in LA, the only thing that turns me off about the 360 is its focus on online content... i guess you could say....microsoft is really pushing the online capabilities, and communities and all sorts of crap....I dont want online communities, for me..my vidoegame experience is a private thing. a stress reliever. a zen moment if you will. Now granted there are those times when you want to beat the "shiitake" out of your friends ...and you do ...with your friends "IN THE ROOM" not across the world , that to me is more isolation than community, you strengthen the ties you have with your friends..maybe one of them brings someone "new" over for an ass whuppin and you get to meet people that way..face to face...but for the most part im not a "VS" kind of player i like to adventure on my own..action , rpg, strategy thats me, its not in my nature to be competative like that.....unless its TEKKEN!! then ill beat your ass bitch BRING IT ON!!!!!!...ahem.......all im saying is that the one player game is become a thing of the past now you MUST play online with high school kids with no life, no responsabilities, and they get way ahead of you and dont listen and dont help if you need it aaaarrrrgghhhhhhh!!! dont let me down Sony.

hold on..i need some coffee....ok there thats better, ok so first off bye bye Federov, its been fun but i couldnt take looking at that divot in his neck from surgury..sorry it creeped me out...speaking of creeped me out ive come accross some really wierd things online recently and i think there is a reason for this although i havent deciphered it yet ..but 2 things ..http://www.rubberjohnny.tv/ now at first it loks really gross and disturbing but if you read about it it sounds playful and cool...the strangest thing ive seen is this http://www.fat-pie.com/salad3.htm i cant describe how much this just was on my mind after i saw it..just complete wierdness ..its finallly nice outside here in cleveland so im going to run around out there till i find some nettles..then rub them ...well im no sald fingers......

monday morning comes again ...day 2 of the basement repair..we had some water in there so its bieng waterproofed and all that goes along with that, after that preston and i will finish it ourselves. hes a bit cautious when it comes to that but i think its exciting to do it ourselves. well star wars fever is hitting me as you can tell from my website http://www.geocities.com/scoabrat2000/
and i cant wait...i love all the movies , i accept their faults and enjoy them anyway. other than that not much exciting is going on .

the morning arrives with the sound of birds chirping..the sun peeks through the blinds and the world signals another begining......SCOTT SAVOL IS FINALLY GONE!!!! thank all that is decent and holy that hes gone....ill write more tomorrow

hit me

well i was at church tonight..i know i know you ask yourself what on earth were you doing at church.....well preston's brother is a local deacon at a baptist church and he was having some sort of class or something and he wanted us to be there so i was there to support him....my flesh burned only a little...as many know im not a big fan of the church..well of any church for that matter but it was my duty as family, and i went.......Constantine is out of the idol comp....sad sad sad...i am dissapointed each week ....i cannot nor will not be a part of that nonsense next year..if there is a next year for american idol..lets hope not.....anyway i picked up Onimusha 3 at the game store for 12 dollars!!!!! and so far i havent played it im still trying to make my way to the ending of GTA san Andreas and killin all sorts of ho's.....the shield this week was good...not great..im a bit dissapointed in this season's lack of tension..it took three episodes to build a mild sense of drama where two seasons ago..hell last year it was torture waiting till the next episode..for me its too late to save this season, it can only be saved by a good lead in story for next season......
scott

well monday morning is here and theres is about a foot and a half of snow on the ground....folks its april there should be no snow on the ground..something is wrong with the weather. Anyway the schools here in cleveland decided to close today , so Cortney is home, he is upstairs playing a star wars game on his ps2., i have some bad news, my grandmothers is very ill and it doesnt look like she will recover., so im slowly preparing myself for an inevitable trip back home for a funeral, and all that that sort of trip entails..seeing relatives, answering questions about what im doing, and so forth. thats all for now.

friday woes

its friday i have off today , meaning there is nothing on the schedule...its going to rain..and its cold. Tomorrow its supposed to snow, its april and its going to snow. its funny what a lake above your state will do to the weather..its like an evil scientist with a weather machine., but ill probably get some artwork done today, which is basically the reason why i am here on this cold earth...i just need to focus this summer and market myself more aggressivley. i need some coffee

scott

so, Anwar is gone!...did i think he would win?..no...did i think he would be there longer?...yes. Still not as big a shocker as last years fiasco..but hey ill say it again ..i won't watch it next year. april is winding down and i feel i bit wierd since i am having a birthday on the 30th..i will be 31..31!!!..my god i have been here a long time...well it seems like that anyway. Ineed to get my act together..
I guess i should comment on the pope....who cares...im sure hes all excited to be pope..its a cool job i must admit, but it has no bearing on me.. im not catholic, my only complaint , if im allowed one bieng a non catho-holic, is that hes to old..hes 77? ....pope john was 58 when he was selected..thats a great age....but 77??? were going to go through this whole thing again in about 12 years...in my opinion it doesn't show us a growing church..it shows me that the there was no one else...that their ranks are old , and getting older ...hey but who am i ..im not much for religion ..i think its a major evolutionary roadblock, spiritually and mentally, we need to form a jedi council and start a new "way"....one thing is for sure i would kick ass with a lightsaber
scott

so after watching american idol last night ..i keep thinking..why the hell is scott savol still in the competition?? i cant figure it out..i live here in cleveland and it sucks when you try to look objectivley at the world..."go scott he's from cleveland!!!!"...is that the only reason we like him??...is that the only talent he needs , to be from shaker heights??....he is clearly not the most talented kid there.....and i still hurt from nadia going home..

im learning more and more about this blogging site ..soon i will post all or my words here and all of my pictures at my geocities site http://www.geocities.com/scoabrat2000/