So how hard would it be, and would I get in trouble if I were to sit on his lap and tell him what I want for christmas?

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So many people have stepped up to help distribute the video (I guess that means they like it!) Here are some of the links:

LOTR Vault IGN
Stupid Hobbitsess Videos

Lord of the Rings Online Videos
Stupid Hobbitsess Episode 1
Stupid Hobbitsess Trailer

Youtube
Stupid Hobbitsess Episode 1
Stupid Hobbitsess Trailer

Myspace
Stupid Hobbitsess Episode 1
Stupid Hobbitsess Trailer

And hopefully soon on Machinima.com

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Yay! After much fighting and wrestling with schedules and such I was finally able to finish. Hopefully Episode 2 will not take near as long. So, without further a-do,

Stupid Hobbitsess, Episode One: Going Postal

Youtube version:


Myspace Version
Stupid Hobbitsess Episode 1

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Quite the busy weekend! I am still exhausted from it all. The main that that we did was on Saturday, all day Saturday. My friend Shane Felux, director of Revelations and Pitching Lucas, contacted me (actually his wife and also my friend Dawn) to ask if I wanted to be an extra in a new film project. This one is a 45min long web series that will run as 14 separate 2-7min episodes. It is being backed by a subsidiary of Disney and if it gets a good following it may get picked up as a new Sci-Fi series. So Saturday morning, Andrew and I headed out to the Centerville rock quarry at 6am and stayed out there in the war zone till about 6pm. We were both dressed as war torn futuristic soldiers and were being evac’d from the planet surface. Andrew said he had a blast and he had a few good scenes so there is really good chance that he will be seen when the film gets done. He was excited.


So we got home at shortly after 6pm and took a little bit of a break. The plan was to go see a movie with TG at 10pm. (if you don’t know who TG is, just ask.) She got off work at 8 and came by to meet up at my place. After a few relaxing massages to ease the muscle strain, we left to go catch Hot Fuzz. The movie was great, very funny. The only problem I had was that I was exhausted. Thankfully I had a good comfy shoulder to nap on. I may need to go see it again to catch the scenes I missed. I feel so bad, I have never fallen asleep in a theater before! I guess that’s what I get for stretching myself a little thin. We came home and I crashed hard. I slept like a rock.


Sunday was as much like a typical Sunday as possible. We woke up, played some pool, cleaned the house, I got my comics (BTW, if you read comics you must must must read the Nightwing annual. One of the best reads in a long while). The only downside to the whole day was that I was still tired and sore. But, my house is clean as I am having company over this weekend. Last time I said who it was I got yelled at as I am not going to say. This next week is going to be taken nice and easy. I WILL finish editing episode 1 this week and have it ready shortly. No really!

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On the set

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So as most of you know we have been in development of Episode 1 of Stupid Hobbitsess. Last night I was finally able to sit down and get most of the editing done for it. There are still a few holes and things that I may have to re-shoot, but for the most part it is all coming together. Since I know how I am with most of these things, I am not going to give a release date as of yet. What I have is starting to look good and there are a few things lined up to make it look better. The downside to all this is that I am spending so much time working on the film, I haven’t had much time to actually play the game! Everyone else is moving on in levels and I am getting left behind. Wasn’t I supposed to work on a device that would add more hours to the day? There is just not enough!

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Or at least Ohio. So this last weekend saw a nice little trip to Cleveland Ohio. My friend Don is moving up there and needed some help from the guy with the truck. It was also a nice excuse to get away and road trip. It really has to say something about Don that would make me voluntarily venture into Ohio. Those of you who know me know my feelings about that state. Overall the trip was not bad, radioing back and forth between cars made for a fun drive. I know Don is looking forward to the house that they may be getting as it looked amazing. If they weren’t going to buy it I would be very tempted to. If only I could move the whole house.


While up down over where ever there we hit up the local Dave and Busters where Andrew was in video game heaven. I was a tad too tired to really enjoy it like I should. (The two Smirnoff’s didn’t help with that) so afterwards we headed back to Don’s temporary place and crashed out. You know, sometimes old duplexes can be drafty and scary! The next morning we drove back.


What is it about crappy redneck drivers in giant pickups that feel they need to screw up everyone else? On 66 we had an incident where this butt head in a full size Ford truck was pacing at 60mph with another truck so they were blocking both lanes. They wouldn’t let anyone pass and were sitting there laughing it up. I managed to work with Don and Position myself so that I could maneuver next to them and caught a break when a left hand merge brought in a car that forced the Ford to slow down. This gave me the chance to get in front and slow him down enough to allow the 12 cars he was harassing the chance to pass. Seeing what I did he thought he could get around me and then tried to run me off the road. Sadly he sucked at playing Chicken. Now there is a truck full of rednecks that are giving their driver a hard time because he let a Nissan Frontier get the better of him. (I know they were rednecks due to the Camo and Nascar caps they were all wearing, and I am not sure they had all their teeth, and trust me, I got close enough to see.)


Once I got home I had a billion things to do including laundry, putting away trip stuff, showering off all the Ohio, and grocery shopping. After all (most) of that was done, I had a visitor stop by to watch a movie and sit and talk for a while. (Temporary DVD player while the 360 is still out of commission). I won’t be going into any more details until much later, but suffice to say, things are looking up in the life and times of Steve.

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So anyone who really knows me knows that Fate and I don’t always get along. I have had far too many things happen in my life where it all fell right into place and everything went along swimmingly only to be pulled out, crashed down, spiral out of control on me. Needless to say I have not had kind words about mister Fate in the past. But yet I always seem to follow along down whatever path he sends me. I guess this would be the definition of Fate, wouldn’t it?

So things are really looking up as of late. I am getting back into my daily routine, feeling good about myself, and lots of new happenings on the horizon! Good and Happy events!

So here are a few important dates coming up

End of April – My Sister is coming to visit! My Nephew is playing a concert in the area and my Sis is going to visit. Guess I should clean the house up eh?

May 4th – Spiderman 3. Of course this is huge!

May 14th – If you don’t know, shame on you

May 18th – Shrek the 3rd

May 25th – Pirates of Caribbean 3

June 30th – National Symphony Orchestra: Video Games Live. Yeah, gonna be Awesome

July 13th – 15th – ShoreLeave! Room reserved and good to go.

August 30th - September 3rd – DragonCon. Room Reserved and good to Go!

Did I miss anything?

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So just when I started to get my Rock on with Guitar Hero II a problem decided to show it’s ugly face. My 360 started to lock up. Bad. Right in the middle of a song or even other games the screen would just freeze up. When I tried to restart the machine, sometimes it would work, sometimes it would start flashing 3 blinking red lights. I tried every type of trouble shooting before finally giving up and calling the big M. They said that it was dead.



But there is good news! It’s fully covered and they are sending me a box to ship it to them. All the repairs are free for me and it should be back in about 12 days. The downside to this is, of course, now I have no DVD player out front. Ah well, guess it’s time to read a book or two.

In other news…..Well….there isn’t really any other news. This last weekend was pretty slow. Lots of relaxing and just doing home things. Oh, and it snowed. What’s up with that?

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rocking out on the x-plorer

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For those who are about to rock, we have the carpel tunnel wrist braces ready for you. Yes, this means I picked up the latest 360 Title, Guitar Hero II, and yes…..


It Rocks!


Andrew is obviously picking it up a lot better than I am. Give me a drumming game and I will be happier (Rockband coming to a console near you!) but over all this is an awesome game! After the first few songs my hand was killing me! Finally an activity that exercises my LEFT arm! (Cause you know the Wii does the right arm) The downside is that I am only playing on easy mode! I know, I am so bad. On easy it only uses 3 chords and that’s about all I can handle at the moment. Andrew has been doing Medium and rocking out with it. The plus side is that it actually helps him with finger exercises for his real guitar.


Doc also picked up the game and we have talked about getting together this weekend to try out the multiplayer mode. Maybe I will be better as a back up guitar or maybe Bass. Right now, I suck as lead!

This....is not me:

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Ok so a lot of things have been weighing down on me as of late and I have been pulling my hair out and getting stressed out and confused and blah! So I figured it would just be best to lay it all out there and get it all off my chest.

H: You have been an incredible friend and more for so long that I can’t imagine what my life would be with out your influences. It is because of you that I have changed the most and become more of who I am today than anyone else. That being said, I am glad that we are as good of friends as we are. We had done more, and that apparently didn’t work for us, and less was not much better (at least not for me). The level we are at right now seems to work the best.

A: How can I say that I am both proud of what you have done, but also a little disappointed as well. I have to admit that you have come a long way in the time I have known you, and whether you choose to admit it or not, I know that my actions have helped you in the long run. But your work is not yet done and there is more you can do if you apply yourself. What worries me the most are your actions and words as of late. Things are still a game to you and you feel the need to remain clandestine in what you do. You have said things in the distant and recent past that makes me call into question your real motives about what you are doing. I don’t mind being just a friend, but for that to happen you have got to come clean and stop playing games.

E: Your life is topsy turvey. I understand that. I have been in the situation where I didn’t know where I was going to be in the next few weeks, much less the next few months. I also know that when things happened, it was a bad time with too many events all going at once. Because of this I feel that things went faster than they should have and emotions flared over things that shouldn’t have mattered. For that, I am sorry. I don’t want another chance at what we had. (Frankly what we had started great and ended horribly bad). What I wouldn’t mind is a chance at something new. Not any time soon mind you. Things are still in flux that I feel would only make it worse. You never know what’s around the bend. If things look up, I may just be there.

S: You are a really interesting person. You have a flare of a personality, you just need to let it out a little more often. I often enjoy our talks but I am worried about what may come of them. You are young, bright, and a wonderful person, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. (Especially yourself). I am a battered worn old man (It’s my blog I can say what I like) who has been around long enough to see things that may only be implied. You are a good friend, and I hope that you stay one. Just stay away from the P’s of the world and you will do fine.

MB: Some times are hard and it’s hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Sometimes those difficult moments are best faced alone. Sometimes they are better with friends. It’s always good to know that you have people who are there for you for when you are down, and will help you get back on the up and up. It’s a road that many of us have traveled. We know the pot holes and the wrong turns. Soon you will be ready to venture back out, and those friends will be there to help you along the way.

MW: Your council keeps me sane! (Could use a little more of that sanity please). You are indeed one of the special women in my life, now if only I were to listen to you more often. Never ever change!

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