Random Detlef Schrempf

Top creepiest celebrities for Halloween (link)

Saw School musical (video)

Thrill the world - Los Angeles (video)

My Super Not Chill Ghost Roommate Ep. 1 (video)

Thriller as a 64-Voice Acapella (video)

66.6 seconds scary film festival (video)

Michael Myers Is pretty cool (video)

Hulk at the Tropicana, 1965 (video)

Joe McCain calls 911 about traffic (video)

Louie Armstrong sings "Super Mario World" (video)

Halloween is a blessing for single men out there, but torture for non-single men. Why? Because of what girls nowadays wear for costumes. This is the season when girls have an excuse to dress slutty isn't it? Whatever the costume is, it usually starts with the word "sexy..." This week we're having Halloween parties at work, and recently I saw this girl with a spongebob squarepants costume that made me think "well, that's a cartoon I'd like to see," if you know what I mean. I swear, this season is evil.

This is the first year that I can think of, when I'm actually not going to be at home passing out candies to the trick or treaters. I'm actually going to be at Las Vegas for the weekend. Hopefully the kids aren't going to choose "trick" to my home, which is actually something that I'm paranoid about, and will be a thought that'll remain in my head until I return from Vegas. The dogs are going to be mostly left at home all alone too, which is a bummer for me. Somebody is going to swing by to feed them though, so that's something. Poor dogs.

Recently at work, a co-worker of mine told me that he saw somebody that could be dead. Wait, let me explain that some more. There's a dimly lighted break room on the other side of this fence that we drive by at work, and supposedly there's this guy slump over this table for over an hour from when he first noticed it. I drove by to take a look and it appears that the guy is just sleeping. We were in a far enough distance from where that break room was, that we couldn't visually notice any movement, so it was awfully odd looking. I told my co-worker that if he is still in that position in an hour, I would check it out. After a half an hour, I decided that I wasn't going to wait anymore and decided to actually find out if that person is alive or dead. To get to that break room, I had to walk through this dark alleyway, and turning the corner, it looked very eerie seeing the person slouched over on the table, in a secluded dimly lighted area. To be honest, I thought I was walking into a scene from one of those scary movies. I approached the guy going "hello? you awake?" and all that. I couldn't get a reaction, and I really did not want to poke the guy. However, at that close distance, I did notice the guy was in fact breathing. Then I left the scene, without looking back... He's Alive! Alive!

After what feels like years of campaigning, it's now just one week away from the Presidential elections. Finally finally finally we can get this over with. At this time, it looks like the momentum is shifted towards Barrack Obama becoming the next U.S. President, and John McCain is now clearly the underdog hoping for the upset win. That outcome seems predetermined at this point, so it's the results for the propositions that'll be the ones to watch. California Proposition 8 in particular is the most talked about and most controversial out of anything out there. Just mention Prop 8 to anybody and I guarantee an instant discussion or argument that'll last you for hours.

There's a bunch of things to vote for, and it's foolish to assume that everybody is actually going to do the research before voting on a judge or a state measure. Is it better to just vote anyways, even if you don't know anything about it? Is it better to just leave it blank? I heard some people saying "Vote No, if you don't know," which is admitedly a catchy slogan. Either way, the results of this election season is going to be something to look forward to.

No Ones Gonna Love You Random

Halloween Theme Song (video)

halloWindow (video)

pumpkin faces (video)

the Dark Knight meets Superman (video)

indecision 2008 (link)

if the world could vote (link)

Obama and McCain dance-off (video)

paper stains (audio)

Olivia Munn Halloween costumes (video)

my zombie pinup (pix)

bleah, still feeling a little bit of pain from roller blading and being under the sun from yesterday. Leg hurts and skin is a bit burned. Oh, and my neck is aching from head banging too much from the concert. gawd I'm old.

My cousin is visiting from New York, and she decided to join me for the "Iced Earth" concert I was going to. Since she's here, I may as well take advantage of the day, and do other things before the concert.

First thing we did was go to Santa Monica, where I taught her how to roller blade. I was wondering if I could still do it myself actually, because it's been about a decade since I've used roller blades. After finding a rental store, it turned out that it's still in me to roller blade after all. My cousin had some experience ice skating, so I told her that it was pretty much kinda the same. It took her maybe one or two tries, to find her balance to stand, which is already impressive since a lot of beginners tend to have a hard time with that. Her speed skating was a little slow and she did not know how to brake properly, but she was a quick learner. At one point however, she considered going back to rent a bike instead, but she braved through and stuck with the roller blades. I'm glad she did, because by about 2 1/2 hours, she was confident enough to say that she knows how to roller blade. She only fell once, and that was partly my fault, because I was pushing her forward, and she lost balance.

Besides the Santa Monica Pier, we did go to Venice beach, on those roller blades. My cousin got herself a henna tatoo of a dragon over there, and we even saw a film crew shooting a scene for an AXE body spray commercial. We also did end up going to a bar in one of the restaurants at the pier, and ordered some drinks. Afterwards, we decided to take the scenic route to Hollywood, by taking Pacific Coast Highway and then all the way on Sunset Blvd. I've never done that kind of drive before, and besides the traffic, I was rather enjoying myself driving through those hilly and curvy roads, surrounded by a lot of trees and expensive looking houses. At Hollywood, we walked around a bit at Sunset/Vine & Hollywood/Vine a bit, where my cousin was surprised to find out that the city has a subway system. Not only that, but we were bought surprised at how fancy and clean the subway station looked. We were just about two hours from the concert, so we ended up eating some sushi, sashimi, and rolls at this Japanese Restaurant on Vine.

The Iced Earth concert at The Wiltern was the last thing to do for the night, and it was pretty awesome. We stood at the back of the room, which turned out to be the wisest decision, because there weren't a lot of people standing with us there. I took advantage of that extra space, and ended up headbanging and thrash around to my heart's content. I wouldn't have been able to do that closer to the stage, because of the no-mosh piting policy of the venue. At the beginning of their set, I was complaining about how loud the drums were over the guitars and vocals, that I was a little bit disappointed. After the third song, the sound was finally adjusted properly which allowed me to enjoy the songs a lot more. While there, I even got to see an old friend of mine whom I haven't seen for a long time now, so that was pretty cool. Iced Earth's set ended after about 1hr40mins.

We went to get some In and Out burgers, and called it a night. I think until now, my ankles are really feeling a bit tired from roller blading. It was a fun day though. Fun day.

Random Ode to LRC

Elite XC MMA Taps out (link)

SNL Palin rap (video)

Lil O'Reilly vs. Barney Frank (video)

Hollywood Director Attack Ads (video)

Terry Tate: Reading Is Fundamental (video)

nunchuku baseball (video)

Chimpanzee rides Segway (Video)

Bill Cosby on ESPN 2, 5, and 6 (video)

Did Referee Tackle South Carolina's Quarterback? (video)

89 year old steals football (video)

Movies I've seen recently...

Quarantine  (2008)  B-

"The Blair Witch Project" meets "28 Days Later"
meets "Cloverfield," and that's what "Quarantine" is. Actually it's a
near shot by shot remake of the Spanish movie "REC," but judging this
movie on it's own merits, I have to say that it's a good intense scary
horror film. This movie does use the "real time footage camera
perspective" format, but thankfully this shaky cam is quite tolerable.
The plot is pretty straightforward, but because of the shaky cam angle,
it's easy to get sucked into that sense of isolation and fear of the
unknown, of being trapped in a building with the possibility that you
will be killed by one of the crazed feral hyper zombie type creatures.
There are tons of moments where we get that shot of a hallway and you
just know that something bad is at the end of it, and it can be pretty
suspenseful waiting for that gotcha moment to happen. I thought the
cast was fairly believable in their actions being in a hopeless
situation, but wow did I want to yell "why aren't you looking for
something that you could use for as a weapon?!" I'd also like to point
out that Jennifer Carpenter; who plays the reporter, raised the bar on
how hysterical a person can be on screen to the point of almost being
campy. Quarantine does have one of the most memorable and unique
moments I've seen on a movie screen yet, when the cameraman was beating
down one of the infected with his camera, keeping in mind what
perspective you are watching the movie in.

Sex Drive  (2008)  B-

Just by watching the trailer, you can tell that "Sex Drive" is your typical teenage road trip outrageous coming of age comedy. It's not original that's for sure, but the movie still makes it work well, and I did find it pretty entertaining. The movie comes with what you expect to see in movie like this, hot girls, gross humor, outrageous characters, crazy situations, some romance, and even action. The three leads played by Josh Zuckerman, Amanda Crew, and Clark Duke do a good job on screen, with some really good chemistry. However it's the bully big brother played by James Marsden, the sarcastic Amish auto mechanic played by Seth Green, and the mexican donut costume that steals the movie. Sure Sex Drive is more or less predictable, the humor aren't exactly comedy gold, and there are some unbelievably ridiculous moments, but just suspend some disbelief and just have fun with this one.

Choke  (2008)  B

There are many frank talk about sex and several outrageous sex scenes in "Choke" that you will either find funny or offensive or sad, but then that's just what's to be expected from this film adaption of Chuck Palahniuk's novel of the same name. The movie focuses on Victor Mancini played by Sam Rockwell, who does an outstanding job acting as the sex addicted con-man who embraces the fact that he isn't a "good guy." However after meeting Paige; played with a witty dry humor by Kelly Macdonald, who becomes a potential love interest, as well as him finding out a revelation about himself that he did not know about until now, makes him question whether he is suppose to be a good guy after all. The thing is, he doesn't really want to be good guy. "Choke" is an interesting, insightful dark comedy that is worth experiencing just to see the great performance by Sam Rockwell.

Y. P. F.  (2008)  B

Boldly exploring the different types of couple relationships in a sexual encounter is what "Y. P. F." is all about. Clearly the abbreviation stands for Young People F*****, although it's mostly about twenty somethings, which would really be more about young adults. The movie moves along by following the different stages of sex, from the introduction, prelude, foreplay, sex, interlude, orgasm and the afterglow. There are five separate stories to fill up the movie's progression, and each one of them are thematically different. You've got the best friends looking to include some "benefits" to their relationship. There's the exes who are still in very friendly terms. We've got an exclusive couple who have grown tired of each other sexually. There's the womanizing man who is about to get lucky on a first date. Finally we've got the roommates who is taking that sexual step in a quite unusual way. The situations presented are quite believable, that I found the movie quite funny because of the awkward realism. There is more talking in this than what you would expect, although I found it and how the people react to each other to be quite fascinating. With a movie like this, it has to be mentioned that the nudity and sex may be a bit explicit, but it's definitely no where near porn level as the act are mostly off-camera.