Chicago Comic Con Day 4

Chicago Comic Con Day 3

Yes, it was nasty

Chicago Comic Con Day 2

Chicago Comic Con Day 1

Just a few of my scores for the day
Our beloved mascot always in attendance

A taste of Chicago

Californ-i-gay

People that went to school with me that told everyone they were from California annoyed the hell out of me. I guess mainly because they all moved here when they were four. I completely understand that they're pathetically attempting to make themselves sound cooler but to me they just come off as what they truly are, complete douchebags that are slaves to a system in which they need to essentially lie to everyone to sound cool. To me it is basically the equivalent of having a full blooded german mother that immigrated to the U.S. and got impregnated by your American father and then you tell everyone that you're from Germany. Face it people just because you spent your barney years in a different state it doesn't mean that it even molded you or affected you in any way.

Street Sharks

Big Slammu

Sadly, Big Slammu is the last of the Street Sharks I possessed when I was younger. These brilliant toys were released '94-'95 along with a cartoon series. Sure, they could be seen as a ripoff that was still trying to capitalize on the success of the TMNT franchise but hey, kids at my school sure loved them. I only had a few others but I wish i still possessed them because it is hard as hell trying to track down any of these. I guess I should be thankful that I still have my favorite one. Although I am still disappointed that I never tracked down Moby Lick the killer whale when I was younger. At my elementary if you had Moby Lick, you were the shit. You got to decide the games at recess and kids gave you their fruit roll-ups just to hold him for a few seconds. Oh, what could have been.

ProDouche

So today I decided to go to an open interview with a talent scout agency that was being held at a hotel downtown. I won't say the name of the agency but I will say that they were PROfessional SCOUTs if you get my drift. So anyway I get there and it is mostly a bunch of moms bringing in their little kids, even though the ad said it was open to all ages. So i'm there waiting and they ask me to fill out this laundry list of information ISTEP test style so I accomodate their request even though i've always had trouble with filling in those tiny ass bubbles. My hands shake constantly, had bloodwork run on it before but the doctors have no idea why it happens. My nerves are shot or some BS probably. It is really not noticeable to most people but man when i'm filling out those bubbles I can sure as hell feel it. So I take about 45 minutes to fill out the paper and then wait about another 25 minutes for the doors to open.

So I go in the room and sit down where i'm sandwiched between two generously sized children (which was, of course, a treat not being able to move at all) as this douchebag guy spouts off all this crap about how they are just scouts and not agents and brags about how he knows people that know Dakota Fanning (basically yada yada yada who gives a shit, right?) this goes on for around 35 minutes or so. He then has everyone form a line to be "interviewed" and says that most of the people will not be selected and rambles on about how since we live in the middle of slobknob, Indiana this is basically the ONLY way (and he really did emphasize this) we will ever get noticed by Hollywood. So basically he's a bigger dick than Chet (see my first post).

So he's still rambling as we're waiting, in which time he makes fun of fat kids (not joking) and proceeds to put down all the residents of Indiana by constantly using the word "y'all" and talking like complete trailer trash. Seriously, I have lived in this state my whole life and I heard him use the phrase "y'all" more in a 3 minute period than I ever have in the entirety of my 23 years of living. So he calls me up finally and i'm thinking alright here we go i'm going to finally get a shot to prove I can act. Yeah, not so much. I walk up to him and he says "what are you doing in life right now?" I tell him well, i'm in college and he interrupts me and tells me to leave. Seriously? I have no desire to be the next huge thing to hit Hollywood but come on some of my favorite actors most people have never even heard of because they aren't in much and i'd relish those opportunities.

I'm not looking to get rich, I just want to enjoy what I do. Basically I think talent scouts are a complete joke now. I used to think it was a good idea but if they are just going to ask a person one question that doesn't even have to do with acting experience or what their capabilities are then fuck that. My advice for anyone is to not waste their time with that BS and just find another way. Yeah, I know there will be people out there that think i'm just complaining because I didn't get selected but you know, I would have been satisfied with them actually addressing the issue at hand even if I did get turned down afterwards if it meant that they were judging people's capabilities. I feel bad for anyone else that has ever gone to these interviews that completely devoted their personal time to this just to have some doucheknocker ask them a completely irrelevant question and get told to hit the bricks.

Double LetDown

So anyone who knows me is well aware of the fact that I love sandwiches and that i'm crazy about different types of meat. So when KFC started advertising their new Double Down Sandwich I was ecstatic. We're talking two slices of cheese and bacon sandwiched between two strips of chicken in original recipe or grilled. Naturally when I finally decided to try one of these glorious concoctions today I went with the original because grilled chicken at a KFC has always thrown me for a curve. I understand the concept of variety people but at what cost? So I swing by the drive-thru get my double down and some mashed potatoes and i'm on my way to glory, right? WRONG!!!! The mashed potatoes and gravy were spectacular as always but the Double Down was smaller than the palm of my hand (by the way I have dainty womanly hands for those of you out of the loop). Seriously this thing was like 1/3 the size as the ones being paraded around in the commercial. The Colonel usually treats me good but today I think he was bored and so he decided to tease me and then not put out like he should. Damn you chickentease damn you to hell. So tomorrow Ash and I are will be trekking to Rallys so I can get some of their sweet bacon ranch fries to make up for this tragedy. Way to drive me into the loving hands of another fast food establishment KFC. Now I need comfort food to make up for your unsatisfying performance in my mouth.

Pigs vs Sheep

Pilot Fluff Pendleton Commodore Fleece Cardigan

Private Side O'Bacon


Lieutenant Sureshot Shearling

Does anybody remember Barnyard Commandos(1989-1990)? Essentially they were sheep and pigs dressed up with tattoos and assorted military gear. Man I loved those things when I was little and I suppose you could say that I still do considering I still own five of them (two pigs and three sheep). They issued two waves, one in '89 and the second in '90 for a total of sixteen characters. The animals were rubbery like bath toys and sure they were cheaply made but I still think they were kick-ass. I only had a couple when I was little but Ash helped me track down some more that were still carded. I think after this post I will randomly do little editorials on some more of my favorite toys over the years, especially from my childhood.

Free Comic Book Day!!!!

I've been training for this all year.

A Dog's Breakfast

So for awhile now i've been wanting to watch A Dog's Breakfast but just never got around to doing it. At the beginning of the week I noticed that it was only $3.98 on Amazon and so I could wait no longer and placed the order. Yesterday it arrived along with a copy of Doctor Who: Tomb of the Cybermen that I scooped up for an impressive 9 bucks. A Dog's Breakfast wound up being even better than I had thought it would be. I was afraid that my love for David Hewlett's character of McKay on Atlantis would cause me to adore the film regardless of its quality. Luckily for my peace of mind it was well written and directed. Paul McGillion gave a brilliant performance as Ryan. I especially enjoyed his scenes when he's outside on a ladder jamming to some tunes, cleaning cobwebs whillst wearing a santa hat. Needless to say I would recommend this film to anyone, even if you have no idea who the actors i'm talking about are. On a side note if you're completely out of the loop; Paul McGillion will be appearing at the 2010 Wizard Chicago Comic Con in August. I will definitely have to search him out and get him to autograph my copy of the film.

Chet is a Dick

Chet the Dick
Hello fair people of the world. I am going to finally establish a blog that I will at least attempt to maintain on a consistent basis. That being said I do hope that some individuals will stumble across this page and enjoy a little humor and get their geek on so to speak. I read comics, I love movies and I collect toys that strike my fancy. I have an amazing girlfriend that I had the honor of celebrating a one year anniversary with today, but more on that later. I am an aspiring writer, mainly focusing on a particular comic book idea at the moment, but I don't want to turn into one of those douchebags that rambles on and on about all of the things i'm going to do in life but never accomplishes anything at all. That would indeed be a great tragedy to me. I won't promise that i'll update this every single day and hell there might even be days that I make three or four posts but I do hope that nerds across the land stumble across me.

So for our one year anniversary Ash and I journeyed back to the Indianapolis Zoo. Which is actually where I took her one year ago today. We had a pretty sweet time except for one section. You see, if you've never been there, the Indianapolis Zoo has a section they call "Encounters" which they probably thought was a sweet name considering it's just farm animals in that section. Although I will say that they do have a pretty sweet scottish highlands cow but I digress. In this section of the zoo resides a pony. This particular pony goes by the name of "Chet". Ash wanted a picture of me standing next to this pony but he kept retreating to his tiny little building whenever we came near. However, if anyone else came near, mainly small children, then this pony would come out and greet them and allow all the younglings to pet him. So my question at the end of the day is short and sweet: Why is Chet such a dick?