The Year in Review - Horror.com Forums

urgeok2 · #1 03-13-2008, 04:29 AM

For the couple of people who might actually be interested - here's what i've been up to in the last year or so since my last post. I'll try to keep this interesting for horror fans as much of it is related.

DVDs .. I bought a whole bunch, then i slowed down. then i slowly started buying a whole bunch again.. then i slowed down again.
I'm just beginning another slow down period.

I have fallen in love with a piece of technology : the PSP. I bought one used and it has to be the most amazing electronic gadget i've ever owned.

My son was diagnosed with ADHD a couple of years ago. The useless school he goes to weren't prepared to do a damn thing for him. He's a sensitive, bright friendly kid - but he was all over the place - needed 1 on 1 help to stay focused - but the school wasn't doing fuck all but complaining about his behavior. after a lot of researching, soul searching, and speaking with experts - we went the medication route.

its been like day and night. he's doing excellent in school, and in soccer.
he went from being an unfocused kid to being one of the brightesty in the bunch .. and after 3 years of soccer .. he scored his forst goal on his last game this year - quite a milestone for this kid ..

he's also gotten taller (and skinnier)

At the end of last summer - I attended the Toronto fan-con ... met some very interesting people - got a lot of DVDs signed..
Was invited to the Rue Morgue private party that some of the guests attended and spent a couple of hours having a beer at a table with H. G. Lewis.

Also saw one of the members of Goblin with a couple of other fellows play all the major Goblin movie themes live - i almost died - it was unbelievable.
Then - Coralina Cataldi -Tassoni (Demons II, Opera, Mother of Tears) came onstage to sing one of her songs - and then provide vocals ("the witch, the WITCH') to the Suspiria theme. incredible night.
I took photos and presented a disc of them to Coralina at the con the next day and she used them on her private web page as well as her myspace.

here's a couple of samples :

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urgeok2 · #2 03-13-2008, 04:30 AM

looking forward to this years - but on a sad note my friend Chris Alexader wont be there representing Rue Morgue this year as he's moved to Fangoria as a writer there now - so i won't be able to hang with him at this years con.

which brings me to :

Chris knows I love photography and have a half decent camera (i finally graduated to digital-SLR - a Sony alpha 100 which is basically a Minolta)
I am now ready to graduate to a professional quality Nikon for reasons I'm about to reveal - but i dont have the 6 - 7000$ to spend on one yet.

anyway - Chris had an interview to go to for Fangoria - to see Gaslight Studios - the guys who did the zombie work for Diary of the Dead among other things - and he asked me to come along as a photographer - which i did.
On eof the pictures I took was used in March Fangoria - the one that's out right now. Just a small picture - but i took it, my name is in there as a credit ... so after all these years - i got something published in a magazine - let alone a horror rag :)

Since then i went on one more visit : a press junket for Rambo - with the beautiful Julie Benz. (she also plays Rita on Dexter)

this is after Chris got me hooked on Dexter - which i think is the best TV show ever made. (next to SCTV)

here are a couple of pics from the gaslight interview - and Julie Benz :

this is the one the magazine used :

Julie Benz : (they went for a Dexter production still - but i didnt care - it was agreat experience just being there)

Took our son to his first concert this year : Roger Waters - amazing
and his first musical : We Will Rock You - hideous piece of shit - but he liked it

urgeok2 · #3 03-13-2008, 04:31 AM

made friends with a squirrel in the summer - that would sit on my lap and eat out of my hands :

really got into photography over the summer - and bring my camera everywhere. (should we ressurect the Pimp your Photography thread ?)

was contributing on another forum ... but left recently because of all of the dysfunctional personalities.

I dont like fighting.
I avoid it at all costs - it is the most useless endevour one can participate on a forum. I post as a form of relaxation.

Life is tough enough .. dealing with schools, work, traffic, bills, etc
I'm not interested in seeking out negativity. I expect every experience on a fourum to be pleasant or i'm just not interested.

thats my philosophy. took me a while to get here but what i learned is - nothing is gained by fighting on the internet. you CANNOT force people to think the same way you do no matter how right you think you are. so it's best to ignore what you don't like and concentrate on the positives. and when the former outweighs the latter - it's time to move on.

disclaimer ****(racist, sexist, and similar other activities are fair game though. they are the things you can't ignore - as it promotes acceptibility when you do)

anyway - i cant think of anything else that is worth mentioning at the moment.

if i do think of anything i'll add it here

urgeok2 · #4 03-13-2008, 04:32 AM

had to add :

i was made a godfather for the 1st time - this little guy right here :

The Mothman · #5 03-13-2008, 04:34 AM

Welcome back urg!
i think you'll like it here nowadays. its a pretty drama free forum as of now.

Haunted · #6 03-13-2008, 04:37 AM

That was the beginning of the best thread since I've been back (and proof that urge is not a personality of mine:D ). What an adventure. To see Roger Waters would have me in a tizzy. Your son is adorable. Also, I love photography, and am an amatuer. Those pics were incredible. I like nature myself. If I want to branch out, it means driving an hour to Charlotte. (Am going to Columbia this weekend for St. Patricks shennanigans, so we'll se what Heather produces).

_____V_____ · #7 03-13-2008, 05:15 AM