Yeah, I know, I way behind in everything this week. I still haven’t finished moving to a new server (when does one find the time). Hopefully this weekend I will be able to make the move. While you are waiting, here is a bookish Friday Five…..

1. What is the one book that you reread over and over again?
I don’t have a great deal of time to re-read a book since I have a whole bookself of books I haven’t read, but when I do I usually pick up one of the H.P. Lovecraft books I have.

2. What is your favourite genre?
Horror. Most specifically the Cthulhu mythos type horror, the type of great evil and mad gods that are indescribable horrors, and rural-flavor horror.

3. Do you usually buy your books or visit the library?
I usually buy my books. I am the type of person that likes to be surrounded by books and buying books means that you have a book handy when you want to read it.

4. Who is your favourite author?
I’d have to say F. Paul Wilson, with H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, and Ramsey Campbell a very close second.

5. What book have you read that you absolutely hated?
It was a book on modern (at the time of publication) French literature IN FRENCH. Now, I not the best at French and I have trouble speaking it clearly or translating verbal French, but I can do okay when reading it. The trouble was it was a required reading, it was in a language not native to me, and it was boring.

What are your responses to the Friday Five?

Email this post

I’m gonna be a little out of communication for a few days while I move this site to a new server. You will still be able to get to me here for the time being and you will always be able to use www.yogblog.com to get to the current site not matter what server it is on. I will attempt to give updates if it takes more than a day or so to complete the move. Maybe I be able to get all the comment problems and some of the other MT bugs worked out by this weekend.

Email this post

I always seem to be late with everything….

1. Renewal:: policy
2. Someone to talk to:: lonely
3. Count:: Chocula
4. Expiration:: date
5. Upload:: porn (?!)
6. Publish:: manuscript
7. Holy:: s$%t
8. Change in the air:: love is in the air
9. Titillating:: sex
10. Glorious:: wonder

I have some serious issues with sex and bad language!

Try the Unconscious Mutterings yourself.

Email this post

Movie Friday Five…

1) What’s the one movie you’ve seen more times than any other?
It would have to be a toss between Below and Deep Rising. They may not be quality movies, but they are fun to watch.

2) If you could turn one book, comic book or other print story into a feature-length movie, what story would you pick and why?
I would love to put Ancient Images by Ramsey Campbell on the screen. Not only does the book have a female main character but also features a gay couple as a couple who are also gay (as opposed to making it a big deal). The novel has all the spookiness, things that go pump in the night, and dark mood that would make a good atmosphere piece. The story revolves around an old unreleased film starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff called Tower of Fear, a perfectly plausible film that would be a goldmine if it existed, but one that has a dark, almost Lovecraftian secret behind it that leaves a trial of blood, horror, and dead bodies to a small town that would make ‘Salem’s Lot look hospitable.

3) Whom would you cast?
For the main character (I can’t recall her name, but she is a film producer) I would cast Cate Blanchett. After her performances in The Gift, The Missing, and The Shipping News (all fine movies), she would be a natural to play the strong though frightened lead.

4) What one movie would you like to see “updated for the year 2005″? (Ie, a remake)
The Keep from the novel by F. Paul Wilson (link to his new site). Though Michael Mann (of Miami Vice fame) did an excellent job of creating a horror film that not only explored the horrors of war as well as the monster, I’m always left with the feeling that the horror aspect was played down too much and the ending was a bit too flashy and strayed too far from the book. In the movie, everything was final, but in the books The Keep was just the beginning of the Adversary (or as some call it Nightworld) cycle.

Side note: if anyone has a extra copy of The Tomb (which by the way is under development as a movie by Beacon Films), my birthday is at the end of this month… hint, hint.

5) What one movie are you most looking forward to this year?
What else is everyone looking forward to, the new Star Wars movie. I also have a long list of other movies, mostly horror, that I would love to see this year as well.

Do your Friday Five.

Email this post

Bush Resigns
“I’ve f*&%$#d up the world enough for one lifetime”, President says.

Cal Govenator Ah-nold Really Cyborg
Continuously makes references to SkyNet and Sarrah Conner.

FCC Says F&%K This!
Decides that full nudity and sex is OK for broadcast TV.

Microsoft Releases New Mac-like OS
Bill Gates: “It can’t be any worse than Windows ME.”

Dead Walk The Earth
Tired of bad image of zombies in movies sited as reason.

Old People Revolt
Spokesman sites tired of dang kids in yard, no ice cream on Sundays as reason.

Underwear Attacks
Says tired of skid marks.

George Lucas Revisions Star Wars
“Darth Vader was bad idea, will use evil clown instead,” Lucas says.

French Attack On US Ended
French surrender before leaving own country.

Married Woman Explodes
Toilet seat put back down sited as cause.

Devil Cancels Participation In Armageddon
Says Hell is not as hellish as New York.

UN Goes On Vacation
“Spring break in Daytona,” says spokesperson.

New York Sold Back To Native Americans
Price, handful of pinto beans.

America Never Discovered
US just an imaginary country, says King Charles of England.

Public Sex Legalized
Surgeon General advocates booty calls daily.

President Unveils New Sex Health Plan
Calls for creation of free sex, everyday, everywhere.

New Energy Source Found
Can now harness oversize egos of politicians, limitless power supply for whole world.

Invading Aliens Go Home
Spokesperson for aliens says no need to destoy humanity, movie Gigli proof humanity already dead.

Water Found On Mars
Link to picture of water on Mars.

Men Found To Not Think About Sex
“Surprised the hell outta me,” says women around the world.

Email this post