The Big Blog Update Volume 1!

What the heck is the big blog update…volume 1? I think it will be the start of a multi or big blog update when I could have or couldn’t have made multiple postings.

We’ll begin with Saturday, October 29th, 2005. Originally (think from April 2005) my friend Bill and I were going to Chiller Theater Expo in East Rutherford, NJ. (Their will be no links in the BBU! Ha Hah). Chiller runs this expo with has been celebs (except for Ernie Hudson) and more 3x a year. It can be a heck of a lot fun, especially when you’re representing Ghostbusters like nobody else’s business in NJ. Unfortunately this year was not my year for any of the Chillers. With my health “situation” and on the verge of my final first appointment with my doctor, I was probably bummed that we’d miss out on the last one. I did think of what Bill told me, how they’d be running 2-3 more next year. Good point.

I still wanted to make some good on Halloween weekend and thought hey maybe some Halloween type movies would do the trick. First up Constantine. I admit that in a generation of “younger” actors, I like Keanu Reeves too much. Not that I go out of my way to see his new films or even make that kind of time to watch his DVDs. Thankfully, I do not own his CDs. I am probably sad for knowing the name of his band, Dog Star. Despite all this I assure you I am comfortable with my “straightness.”

Going back to when Constantine was first out. I had tried to get a copy of the movie in a way I wouldn’t condone. It was awful watching part of it on my iBook and so I bailed. When the 2 disc DVD came out with comic book (extras are usually gooder) I got it. For some reason never watched any of it until Saturday.

Now I don’t know anything about the comic unless the film has the same type of set up. Besides liking Keanu Reeves (yes Rich, we know, you went over this) the movie’s storyline interests me. Its sorta science fiction, it also involves us humans against higher powers. I’m a Christian (was raised Catholic) so the good vs evil vs man thing definitely peaked my interest. I don’t quite totally understand this film. A few more viewings, maybe checking out the extras will help. Just the idea that Keanu Reeves was sorta “the one” (think The Matrix) who acted like a ghostbuster with his cross “nutrona wand” who wanted to go to Heaven (think ala Devil’s Advocate) also sold me on wanting to see this. It also stars Rachel Weisz who is also kinda the one. Plus she fought mummies in ancient Egypt.

Maybe in the future I will review DVDs and movies I see. For now with Constantine I’ll say if you’re into the stuff that makes up this film, check it out if it interests you.

After watching the movie I thought I was going to watch a classic like Ghostbusters. For whatever reason that never happened. I think it might have been dinner time or around it. Either way I did something else.

We skip Sunday which brings us to Monday, October 31, 2005. Now since I was 10 years old (at least) I’ve been a Ghostbuster. My “obsession” is well documented on sites like ghostbustersinternational.com which I run. And I’m apart of my friend Bill’s “franchise” site, Ghostbusters-NJ. Again because of my health (with my hopeful, final first doctor’s appointment only 1 day away) I couldn’t do much. I still decided I’d try to don my black flightsuit with black pistol belt and black tactical boots. Not the combat ones, these are actually what the SWAT team would wear. Keep this visual in mind. It’ll come in handy soon enough.

On Halloween my mom and I went out to run some errands. The most noteable place was the one Shop-Rite I don’t like. While waiting in the express line for an only mom type of price check, another cashie saw my costume. I couldn’t expect everyone to know that in GB2 the characters had darker jumpsuits as well. This woman says to me after trying to figure my costume out, “Are you a security guard?” Now I expected something like this. Ghostbusters never seem to get the right “respect” at first on a new job. Especially when the gear is not in tow. Its Halloween, I usually have fun with this stuff. I continued to. “Security guards can’t catch ghosts or perform spook checks. I’m a ghostbuster. Didn’t the “no ghost” logo at least give it away?” Personally she couldn’t have cared less, she humored me for the moment. And while waiting for mom that brightened the day for the time being. What made being at Shop-Rite worth it, at least for mom was we got the item free. You advertise a sale price, the computer marks it up wrong, make good on it. And they did.

Later on Halloween, in the afternoon I couldn’t run up and down from the second floor of my pilatious estate. Of course this Halloween had to be warm and humid. At least it felt that way to me. Then again I was “sick,” so who knows. By then I wasn’t wearing the no ghost logo, but I did sit on my porch to give out candy until dinner time practically. Costumes and moments of note:

- My neigbor’s 3 year old grandson who was 60s style Adam West’s Batman. The little guy and I are close. We shared some bat stories and I took some pictures.

- Elementary/Middle school kids who were Giants. One kid was dressed as one of the team owners who had recently died. His friend was suppose to be a football player. Wasn’t wearing the costume because he was tired. I teased him about how much candy he would get. I made good.

- Other costumes from baby girls and girls were princesses and babies.

We had more children then the last couple of years. I guess that’s good. It also felt good to do something other then let my mind wander about the “what if” about my health. Which is coming up in BBU, Volume 2!

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