Current Music: "Halloweenies!" - Ringwald and Molly

Current Location: deeper in the woods...
Current Music: Alice Cooper: "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)

      "The scientologists can't follow one simple bit of internet wisdom: DON"T FEED THE TROLLS."

      The previous issue of Wired magazine had an article about the war on scientology titled "The Assclown Offensive".  It also mentions Operation Slickpubes.  (I never heard of it before.) 
     The planned zombie-apocalypse for San Jose on October 10 did not go fully as planned.  Most protestors stuck to the Guy Fawkes masks.  The Los Angeles zombies however, were very organized in their lobbying for brains. 
     October 17th in San Francisco is documented here. "Someone" called police, claiming that the protestors were smoking pot. 

On another subject, for you Kingdom Hearts fans, Sea Salt Ice Cream!  

Tags: $cientology, war on scientology

      Last year's SF Halloween Festival sounded good.  Wish I went to it.  This link is the only indicator of one going on this year.  Sounds promising but the lack of a working website link makes me worried.  I would like to go this year.  
      I haven't found any Monster Cereals this year at the local markets that would normally carry them.  That is disturbing.  My Frakenberry box is almost gone.  The Halloween Oreos that were on shelves a week ago are also gone already.  Why?  The month of October is only half over.

Current Mood: uncomfortable

Anime FX for Friday, October 16.  5:00pm start.
Astro Fighter Sunred - Ep 22 - 23
Zetsubou Sensei (Season 3) Ep 4
Toradora - Ep 14
Valkyria Chronicles - Ep 5
(15 Minute Break)
Kaiji - Ep 13
Umineko no Naku Koro ni - Ep 5
Kuro Shitsuji - Ep 5
Bokurano - Ep 5 

For those who want to join/rejoinFanime Staff:
"We finally have some meeting dates, so we're kicking-off with a party! Come reconnect with your fellow staffers over pizza this Saturday, October 17th, around 1pm at the 4th floor Vice Presidential Suite in the San Jose Marriott. (This is where you picked up your staff badge last year.) Know someone interested in staffing? Bring them by and we'll bribe them with pizza!

Our first official meeting with be Sunday, November 22nd at the Marriott in San Jose, in Salon III on the 2nd floor. As usual, the general meeting will start at 3pm, with division heads only at 1pm."

     J. Michael Straczynski takes over DC Comics current run of The Brave and the Bold starting with issue 27.  I got my copy about a week ago.  It features a team up between Batman and Dial H for Hero.  I find this issue noteworthy because I like what Straczynski does with comic book superhero writing.  It debuts a new hero called The Star who is a "street level" Paragon superhero; a form of Superman-lite.  In terms of Mutants and Masterminds game stats, The Star would be power level 5 or 6.  Or you can think of him as original Action Comics Superman from the early 1930's, but with flight. 

Tags: nerdtown

      Or I can expect to be called a rapist.  I had such respect for the organization too.  Didn't anyone ever tell them"Don't Feed the Trolls!" ?  There are so many damn trolls of course.  One of my favorite comments that I'm sure will be ignored by Equality Now posted by an anon: 
 
"My friends that play H-games are sociable, friendly, trustworthy, and don't harbor any negative feelings against women.
My old friends that play soccer/football smoke pot, steal, are insanely vulgar and I know one guy has raped a girl and gotten away with it."

ALSO:
"As a woman, and one who considers herself something of a feminist (an admission that will undoubtedly make me something of a pariah for a considerable number of sancon posters -.-) I can understand how Equality Now would be disturbed by images of violence against women in certain hentai. However, the percentage numbers such images being translated into actuality by viewers are undoubtedly low. I wish Equality Now would use its energy to work for (real) women who are in more immediate danger (I'm LOOKING AT YOU AFGHANISTAN)"
- female anon
         Speaking of Anonymous, the month of October brings about a Halloweenish theme by the Anonymous was on the "church" of scientology. Zombie Raid will be the proposed theme for October 10th. (At least in San Jose.)  Zombie costumers were swarming cinema theaters earlier this week when "Zombieland" came out.  San Francisco Co$ orgs have come under anon protest and zombie swarms before.

Tags: $cientology, war on scientology

     Paranormal Activity is in town for 3 nights only.  Metreon midnight screenings.  I think I'll shoot for the one tonight afterAnime FX.  Way to kick off October with a pee-your-pants ghost movie.  

UPDATE: Missed my chance.  Tickets sold out right in front of me while still in line.  10 minutes made one heck of a difference. DEMAND it in order to maybe brign about more screenings. 
      Speaking of missed chances involving spooky October stuff, I am miffed by how books from Cemetery Dance Press keep on going out of print.  I'm hard pressed to start the Orangefield series of Halloween books.  

      Anime Destiny by the Cal Animage Berkeley Alpha chapter is coming up next Saturday on October 10th.  Who else is going?    
  
      I should really think about doing a local vampire walk or ghost tour this year.  Maybe the one in Chinatown?  Or walking the Haunted Haight?  I could even visit theIsle of Spirits at night.
 

      UC Berkeley is having another Anime Destiny this October 10th on a Saturday.  It's been 4 years since the last one.  It's about time they had another one. Looks like it starts at 10 am and goes till 8pm. 

     Next year in late January 2010 isA.O.D. in Japantown this time.  It's nice that an anime con is back in San Francisco's Japantown.  I should make it for Saturday, when more stuff happens.  They also have a MySpace and Facebook with moar updates.

     I saw the Saturday Night Live season premier last night with host Megan Fox.   Can be seen nutshelled here.  I personally have to insist on watching the Megan's Roomate SNL Digital Short.  Somehow as a Transformers fan, this totally out-of-left-field short is just..so...,   

      I missed some emails about Anime FX.  I don't check e-mail as often as I used to.  But, the schedule tonight is as follows:
San Francisco State University
HSS 153 and 154
Time: 5:00 PM to 8:30 PM

Astro Fighter Sunred - Ep 17 - 18
Zetsubou Sensei (Season 3) Ep 2
Toradora - Ep 11
Valkyria Chronicles - Ep 2
(15 Minute Break)
Kaiji - Ep 10
Umineko no Naku Koro ni - Ep 2
Kuro Shitsuji - Ep 2
Bokurano - Ep 2 

The website isn't updated at all.  That doesn't help much.  I missed last week's but was rather busy.  I should show up this time.  

      I am sending a letter via Yes to Freedom  to CEDAW (Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women), subsidiary of the United Nations in charge of gender equality issues about their push against hentai games in Japan.  My views on Freedom of Speech compel me to.  That and there are much worse things done against the human female in places like Sudan.  Or Yemen.   Don't even get me started on the Wahabi paradise of Saudi Arabia. (Buncha pedophiles...)

      I thought of this Libertarian-esque bumper sticker when I read this article online and in today's paper.  A college boy defends himself against a burgular with a Japanese sword.  The criminal's hand was practically cut off.  He died.  The police call it self defense in the home.  I think that crook was a dumbass.  He should've fled.  He'd be alive at least. 

      The Comic Outpost website as of this posting hasn't been updated on the event.  But word at the shop and on it's TWITTER page is that actor/music star/writer Tyrese Gibson is supposed to show up this Wednesday to sign autographs and promote his new comic book: MAYHEM.  The comic is about a violent crime fighting vigilante who looks like Tyrese under the mask.  Lots of blood and bullets. 
       I will be stuck at work at that time.  Maybe I'll go see Shane Acker's 9 later that night?  I've seen the original short film online already.  See how our world ends. 

From the Twitter page:
The one and only Tyrese Gibson @Tyrese4ReaL Will be appearing @ The Comic Outpost Wed. 9/9/9 to sign your copy of Mayhem 5-7pm Stay Tuned!
 

      September 19th has been dubbed Operation Donkey Punch by the Anonymous.  The idea is to "expose" David Miscavige for what he is.  There is some talk of a "side raid" at Burning Man.  Dress up in a business suit, Guy Fawkes mask and just show up. 
     There is also a note on how Halloween falls on a Saturday this year.  The potential to do something HUGE is there.  After all, everyone is in costume on that day.  The month of October will see shops selling Guy Fawkes masks everywhere. 

"Scientology tricks you, Anonymous treats you (to delicious caek)."
                                                                                                                        - Anonymous

Tags: $cientology, war on scientology

Current Mood: charmed

      I saw District 9 last night.  Excellent film.  If this is what the HALO film could be like, I sure would love to see that.  You can see Neil Blomkamp's original short that was the basis for "District 9"  on YouTube here. The feature length film gives the power armor quite an upgrade.  I'm a little surprised they didn't use the term "poleepkwa" in the fil,/  (The local South African native term for the aliens.)
      Off to the BAAS barbeque today.  I think we'll bring watermelon and some pasteries. 

UPDATE: I have to see someone about my cell phone.  Seems that some buttons stopped working making teh phone unable to call out but can receive incoming calls.  

August 22, 2009
1:00 pm	to	10:00 pm

Come One Come All to the 18th Annual BAAS Summer BBQ!

Hosted by: The Bay Area Animation Society (BAAS)
When: Saturday, August 22 from 1pm to 10pm
Where: 733 Santa Maria Road, El Sobrante, CA
What to bring: Your appetite! Snacks, sodas, ice, etc. are always welcome though.
Why you should come: Fun, food, friends, and the annual raffle.

MENU:

So far… we have 16 slabs of Ribs, to be followed by some Chicken and probably
a Beef or Pork Roast.

For those who are not so meat-centered (why not?) Mrs. Brown’s Collard Greens and World Famous Deviled Eggs will making a comeback. And Tracy’s not so famous Broccoli Slaw and OMG! That’s Big! Cheeseball. A more detailed list will be available the week before the BBQ.

As always, we ask you to please bring drinks,ice,games, snacks and movies to watch.

Also, bring a jacket. Expect the temperature to drop with the sun.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110749671495

Current Music: "I Luv Hamburgers" - Hamm from "Bust a Groove"

      First I'm going to hit the Pistahan downtown for Pinoy goodness.  I won't enter the Balut eating contest because I know I'd lose.  Also, I need to save room for when to jaunt over to the Nihonmachi Street Fair.  Maybe I'll shop for anime that day as well.  I need to find original ADV DVDs of "Nerima Daikon Brothers".  THe FUNimation version doesn't have as many extras.  
      That means no time again to watch the local monthly Anons vs. Scilons spectacle.  I don't even know what the SF Anons are up to.  I do know of the big raid in San Jose this Saturday.  "Cult Fiction" is the name of the game.  Sounds like a cheesey sci-fi con on the streets.  
      In other news, there seems to be a lot of focus on the "White House Beer Fest", because of what led up to it as well as the fact that it's the White House.  I'm surprised 'Dubya never did one of these things.  Nor did I expect President Obama to approach a national incident in such a manner.  Anyway, I was intrigued by the beer choices.    Red Stripe could capitalize with one helluva TV ad.  "Boo to getting arrested for trying to get in your own home!"   Personally, "Boo for Obama endorsing Bud Lite!" .  It's not even American owned anymore.  I doubt it make the LCDs who voted against him like him.  Shoud've picked a local domestic microbrew.  Or at least another domestically owned beer that wasn't Bud anything.   

Tags: $cientology, war on scientology

August 1st  Saturday 10am - 7pm EndGame's parties are always our biggest event of the year, and this one is special to us for a few reasons. We will use this year's party as a way to say goodbye to EndGame's Pater Familias. Aaron Lawn will be leaving daily life at the store for a for a life of adventure and shenanigans on the East Coast. At the same time, we want to celebrate Chris Ruggiero's new ownership in the store, and welcome him on full time. We want you ALL to come down and join us for the thing all five of us enjoy the most: a full day of gaming and fun. As always, we will have some fun door prizes, and Top Dog will be out front with a fine selection of grilled faire. The Festivities will begin at 10am, and go until 7pm. We know we will see you there. This is our favorite event all year.  We get the excuse to invite members of all the different EndGame communities to one big shindig.

EndGame 921 Washington St Oakland, California 94607 510-465-3637

Tags: nerdtown
Current Music: "Halo Legends" trailer

...Anime Expo does have online coverage of sorts in the form of AX Backstage.  At the con, our convention hotel room had a TV channel dedicated to materials that were said to be part of AX Backstage.  I much prefer the real thing.  I only wish I had more time in the dealers room to spend more money if you can believe it.  I don't say that often as I usually find a way to "tap out".  But encumberance does become an issue still, no matter my financial situation.  
     Speaking of cons, Otakon is this weekend, across the country where I can't get to it.  I'll have to settle for a couple days of Azkatraz 2009, the San Francisco Harry Potter Symposium and con this weekend.  I have a wand and holster to go with it.  It's July 18-21 at the Parc 55 Hotel at   55 Cyril Magnin Street in downtown San Francisco.  (I think I had brunch there once years ago.)