Rifftrax

I want to take a minute to make sure you check out Rifftrax!  Rifftrax are commentaries that make fun of movies while you watch them.  While there are a lot of older movies and shorts you can buy all ready to watch, for many of the recent films you are just buying an MP3 file to sync up with the movie.

Some movies have a riff player file you can sync with and watch it riffed on your computer... but they don't seem to have a lot of those.  If it sounds too complicated for you, a simple search will reveal ways in which you can make your own rifftrax enabled disc but it works fine manually seeking everything up.

Wondering what kinds of jokes they do?  I really can't explain it... they'll make comments based on what's going on to random references to 90's pop culture... really, you'd have to watch one to know. There are samples of each one on their website and there is a vast library of commentaries to choose from... so if you like to laugh... I over-watch them and I still laugh so hard that I do a spit-take into my cream soda ending up with cream soda in my face... and if you like any of the movies they do... which is a wide array... check them out!

If you do decide to try one out, I'd start off with the Matrix... or The Fifth Element... they are early on so you won't find too many references to other Rifftrax and they are one solid file that is easy to sync with the movie... plus the movies stand on their own, so you won't get stuck wondering what happens next.  If you are still unsure of the whole syncing thing you could always try out one of the DVDs they have... they aren't recent films but they are still pretty funny!

Prove Me Wrong

Believe it or not, I don't want to bring anyone down... I just seem to be at a point in my life where not a whole lot of good things have come my way to talk about.  I have several other blogs and many of them probably have cheerier stuff than this but I guess I just need to write it down.

I am tired of feeling this way... I am tired of putting myself into something and getting nothing out of it.  I was thinking about it... I haven't been really excited about anything since 2007!  That's like four years!  I mean, what's up with that?  People have told me to stop my complaining because people have it worse.

I agree, alright... but no matter who you are, there is someone who always has it worse.  I feel unkind suggesting it, but at a certain point you have to wonder "What about me?"  I'm fairly certain if everything magically starts looking up for that person who has it worse, they'll continue not to think about me.  And that's fine... if I don't affect some guy's life then why should he put any thought towards mine?

My beef is with the mechanics of life.  I keep trying new things to stay afloat... and I think that what I do is of note... but it doesn't help... life wants to sink me. Sorry, I wanted to stay with that metaphor.

Still, I look at the week ahead... the month... the year... and I'm not sure that anything will change for the better. I have too much time and nothing to do with it.  Some might think it's a blessing... no one is making me wake up and drive to some daily grind... I can do whatever I want right? Wrong... I'm in a hole and I can't get out... yes, a lot of it is my fault... but some of it is out of my hands to fix. Someone needs to take an interest or I am doomed to go through the same things over and again... I can't look forward to anything because no one sees me!  The real me... the me that can be fun and good...

And I have to laugh because people tell me to be optimistic... optimism is what got me to this point.  I mean, pessimism won't really help either but optimism hasn't been my problem.  I think if you look into my work that'll show.  It makes me wonder whether anyone wants to really know me... I know that I'm not some famous celebrity or anything but at least my friends might want to see who I am.

I don't know if I really fit into anyone's life anymore.  I will still put my all into it. I'm afraid though, that I'm just taking up space.  Prove me wrong.

Have good nights, and take care!

Social Drop-Outs

I just read that it's National Day of Unplugging so this topic isn't likely to get a lot of hits.  I was planning on discussing my feel regarding this whole 'Green Movement' anyway, so I'll bring it up on Justin On... a blog I host over at Wordpress.  For now, I'd like to bring up my other topic... the original one for which I had planned this post.
   
What happens to make people not as socially minded on the weekends?  I am inundated with posts about a bunch of stuff everyday... especially on Facebook.  But come the weekend, the chatter almost entirely shuts off and it's almost like I might as well not post anything.  I don't really have any sort of answer for this... maybe it's some kind of having free time thing I just don't get spending most of my free time using the computer.  I don't understand it... I just know that starting every weekend, hits on all of my sites go way down.  Well, whatever you're all up to, I hope you're having a ton of fun!

Store Or Shop

     Okay... this probably isn't all too important but I've pondered it for awhile... I think I prefer the word "shop" over the word "store".  I'm not really sure why... shop just sort of pops more.  Don't you agree?

The End of My Rope

Hey, that's a good name for a song.. at least I think it is.  Anyway, this post is rather dreary, so it won't hurt my feeling if you only scan it.  I get that people tend to like their writings on the cheerier side of things here... and this won't be cheery.  I'll try to make it short though.  The thing is... I'm stuck... it's like being stuck in a dark tunnel... people say there is light on the other side but I don't think I can go much farther.  I'm not planning to hurt myself or anything like that but at a certain point everybody wonders if anybody want them in their life.  Generally this stuff passes with time and I've put it from my mind... but it's been hanging around me for a long time and though I've tried very hard (Some Jedi might even say I've done or done not) I don't seem to have a place here.  To make it worse... I don't think anyone can help.

It'd be easy to say that no one understands but I'm sure that's not true.  I mean, everybody has their own bad patches, right?  But again... my bad patch doesn't seem to have any sort of ending.  I don't seem to be able to find work... despite great efforts I can't even get a shred of an interview.  It's almost as if a judgment was made on my name without any knowledge. It's not like I apply to jobs way above my own qualifications... I have a B.A. in Film and TV and you'd think I'd be able to get at least an interview for a job as a P.A. at the company I interned at!  Or a file clerk at some smaller studio... but my best interview of late was for Best Buy for the Geek Squad and after a little going around I couldn't even get in there... and the head of the department liked me! (Well, that or he lied... but unless this guy was also an actor... a really good one... he seemed to like me).  So yeah... this whole thing is about money... but it's more than that really.

Since my interview I don't put in as many applications... I plan to start up regularly applying again soon... but I'm not sure I have much faith in the job hunt anymore.  I've started designing pictures and putting them on things for sites like Zazzle and CafePress and I'm more active with my web site but I get the distinct impression that no one cares.  I know that everyone has their own lives to deal with but you'd think someone might actually take an interest in some piece I've done... not everyone has time for practical art but I do more than that... from practical art to written stuff like poetry and scripts to music and videos.  I do A LOT!  But no one recognizes me... and honestly, I don't care about the fame or power... but I can't go any further.  Well, I can and will at least go as far as I can... but it feels like I'm overextended...

It matters very little.  I'm after life, Love, passion and happiness and my time is almost up.  What does that mean?  Well, back in school, I figured it'd be a few months but I would find a job easy  and so I got into a little debt thinking I'd just spend a few years paying it off... then the whole people not wanting me comes into play... and here I sit... almost two years later... nothing has changed except the fact that I don't have money... I guess I didn't have money then but I was at least able to get by... now, that is gone and I am only just barely getting by... and eventually I'll be saying goodbye to what little I have.  And this whole thing sounds petty and just all around sad... but it scares me... 'cause what little I have is all that I have and if I lose it... I think that's the end.

I sincerely hope that I'm wrong and that something works out for me. I'd like nothing more than to write another blog about how wrong I was.

To happier times, my friends!
~ Justin