FATHER’S DAY WEEKEND 2009
Before I dive into the rundown of my weekend, I have to give my two cents on the remake of Friday the 13th which I rented Tuesday night on its release date. I liked how they combined elements of the first three original films to cover Jason’s background including the death of his mother, his shrine to her including her rotten head and his finding the hockey mask. That pretty much ended my appreciation of the film as I was just not impressed. No real complaints. Just not impressed.
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The very next morning I had to get up extremely early and head to the Waffle House on Asheville Highway in Spartanburg. I got there around 6:30 and had a terrific breakfast with a waffle, bacon, eggs and hashbrowns to get me going. I then put my game face on and greeted some WH customers before actually getting behind the counter to flip some hashbrowns, scramble some eggs and make a waffle! It was a ball, but I’m no cook by any means!
Friday night Rebecca brought over The Wrestler with Mickey Rourke and a very naked Marisa Tomei. This film was absolutely terrific - and Marisa Tomei naked wasn’t bad, either! And seeing her strip made me really want to go to a strip club myself! The movie made me worry about being a one-trick pony myself as I am really only good at radio. Seriously! Thankfully you can grow old in radio!
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Saturday I went in to do my Saturday morning air shift and then went home and finished watching My Name is Bruce, a fun film starring Bruce Campbell as his campy self who unwittingly takes on an ancient Chinese demon thinking he is just making another bad low budget horror film. For what it’s worth, it’s a horrible exploit into the B-movie genre for which Bruce Campbell is so well known for but, by the same token, it’s meant to be as it serves as a parody for the genre and for the man himself. Fun if you can handle some mindless tongue-in-cheek cheese!
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Saturday night Rebecca and I went up to Boiling Springs for a little shindig at Trevor and P.A.’s house, the owners of BLVD Music, sponsors of Upstate Unsigned - shameless plug in my own blog! LOL! They were having some food and beverages including a delicious low country boil. We had a great time talking with some friends and fellow musicians and tossing back a few vodka and cranberries!
On Sunday, my family gathered at my aunt and uncle’s house for another shindig as my cousin Tonya was in town from Portland, Oregon. We all stuffed ourselves with hot dogs, hamburgers, baked beans and the whole nine yards and waited less than the recommended time before hitting the pool (don’t do this at home, kids!). My cousin Ray and I along with his friend and brother-in-law Mikey all made asses of ourselves trying to dive onto one of the water floats. I ended up getting some sun on my back - a part of me that rarely ever sees the sun!
After getting home I dried off and laid around for a while before heading to Wal-Mart to pick up a few things including the new Ghostbusters video game which Ray and I had talked about earlier in the day. So, intrigued, I went to Wal-Mart on a mission! I got some drinks for the fridge then grabbed a Ghostbusters T-shirt and the new video game of the same name for PS3. So far I’m really enjoying the game though I’m still getting used to the controls. I think it’s time to wind down my rambling and go bust some ghosts!