IT'S OFFICIAL: THE UNIVERSE IS SERIOUSLY F**KED UP!!!!

I've been a bit vacant on this here blog lately.  I know that it is especially strange since the Halloween season is starting to rev up and I'm usually blogging like a fiend during this time.

The truth of the matter is that our Halloween season has run into a bit of a snag.  Actually one big, huge frackin' snag!  To put it in a nutshell without divulging too much personal info, some people I care deeply about and who help celebrate the holiday with me every year are going through an unexpected, quite harrowing time in their lives.  The news of the situation had us all decrying "THE UNIVERSE IS SERIOUSLY F**KED UP" (origin of quote goes to my friend Iris Von Beaverhousen).  Though I'm more than confident they will be more than capable taking on this challenge that life and the f**ked up universe has put in front of them, I still feel a little silly celebrating Halloween when they're dealing with their life altering situation.

Originally I was all out going to not celebrate the holiday at all.  No pumpkins in my windows, no local haunts visited, no pumpkin carving, no decorations, hardly anything at all except for a few horror movie rentals (since I already had them in my on-line movie club queue (pronounced queef for those of you not in the know.)

I wasn't quite sure how to approach Halloween this year and not much in the mood to do anything at all, when a wise sage told me, "John, you're Mr. Halloween!  I'm pretty sure your friends would want you to celebrate Halloween, still."

I thought about this for a while and came to the decision that Zangz's Blog of Geekdom  will still celebrate Halloween here!  It might be somewhat more subdued compared to years past, but I'm still going to throw up some Horror movie reviews, perhaps a spooky tale or two and maybe, just maybe, at least one local haunt review if luck should shine my way.  One thing I do plan on doing is attending the Type O Negative concert in late October!!!!!  They're making a special Halloween tour of 10 cities and Milwaukee is one of them!!!


At the end of the day it all comes down to my friends kickin' ass and taking no prisoners in their great challenge.  I'm not sure that by my sitting on my ass in a state of depression and Halloween deprevity will make things any better.  Hopefully they'll be checking out the blog and get a good dose of the Halloween spirit (pun lame, but still intended) here.  I'm still not completley sure that this is exactally what they'd want, but a geek has got to get his undead love on durring this season.

Hope it's all good.


In other news, I've been told that my buddy Bruce is putting his finishing touches on his review of this year's DragonCon and could be posted here within days.  So keep a heads up for it.  God, I've got to go one of these years.  Anyone have any extra lottery money lying around?


Also, I've finally finished the main quest of Fallout 3. I've also finished the extra content of Operation Anchorage, The Pit, Point Lookout and am currently starting up on Broken Steel.  I'm hoping that they come out with a disc for Mothership Zeta.  'Cause that would complete the whole game for me.

That's all for now, kids.  I know it's short, but I wanted to fill you in on the situation here in the blog.

Before I go I want to ask one quick question to you all.  Is it wrong for an adult, heteralsexual male geek who usually listens to the likes of  Iron Maiden, Dream Theater and Type O Negative to pick up a copy of Lady GaGa' "The Fame"?  It's not like I have, or anything.  Honest!  It's a...er...a freind of mine who has.  Your thoughts? 

Zangz.

A Meeting of Legends!

There are certain points in history that have remarkable power that last well into the future of mankind.

One such moment took place this weekend at an event that many of us geeks refer to as a incarnation of Geek Valhalla. DragonCon ran from this past Wednesday night through Monday evening in Atlanta, Georgia.

To call it a Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror or pop culture convention would not be doing it justice. To say the least it is a grand explosion of the imaginatively blessed who converge on the city of Atlanta and let their geek flag fly high and mighty! It is a cornucopia of fantastical delights!!! Not only do the fans of the genres gather to become one there, many of the celebs, actors and actresses of the genre TV shows and movies also take part in panel discussions and meet and greets while rubbing elbows with the fans.

One such panel discussion was an event that will live in wonderment for time to come. I'm am speaking of the William Shatner / Leonard Nimoy panel discussion that took place.

Sadly, there was no possible way either financially or logistically that I could attend (and besides, there's no way I was going to miss Robahin). And I'm pretty sure thousands of other geeks were in my same situation this weekend.

That is why I was thrilled when I was cruising YouTube yesterday and came across the Shatner / Nimoy panel discussion that a very wonderful person called WhatJaneSays posted for those of us that missed out on the event of a lifetime.

I highly suggest that if you have about an hour, you'll want to check out the links of the panel discussion below. It is not only very humorous, you're also given a glimpse of Shatner and Nimoy's friendship and how well they bounce things off one another. It's pretty hilarious! So if you need some cheering up (and I know a few people who do right now!) have a gander at these......

William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy Panel Discussion at DragonCon 2009
Brought to you by WhatJaneSays @ YouTube.

PART I
PART II
PART III
PART IV
PART V
PART VI
PART VII

In a DragonCon side note, I'm hoping to get a report out of my buddy Bruce who got to attend this weekend. Hopefully he'll have some pretty cool stories that I will post here soon. We'll have to give him time to settle down a bit upon his return home. DragonCon is a 24 hour, 5 day party for geeks and I'm sure it took a bit of the piss out of him.

On another subject, we celebrated the birthday of my good friend Roberto with the annual Robhain festivities (see last post) were we always joke that someone will eventually end up in the hospital. Again it involved construction and destruction contests as well as trivia contests. And there was the ever plentiful amount of wondrous food and beverages. A good time was had by all.... until someone actually did have to go to the hospital. It's nothing that will involve any litigation concerning Robhain, however, I would ask all readers of the blog (2.5 of you) to send good vibes out my friend Iris' way. It is much appreciated.


I'm heading out to run some errands before I return to work tomorrow. So take care and remember those good vibes!

Zangz.