The Annekenstein Monster

It was 42 years ago today that I decided to pack my bag and leave the first home I’d ever known.  I’m sure my mother was glad for me to go. Yes, it was a pretty sweet life I was leaving.  After all, free womb and board isn’t something to sneeze at. But, I was out-growing my environment and just felt it was time to see the rest of the world.

Some new-ish videos from Sketch22 are up and at ’em way over there on the YouTube.  Go check ’em out.

And, yes, Anne, Peter Peter is among the riches.

Here’s a link to make is super easy:  Sketch22 on YouTube

Went to see this last night at the local cinemaison (did I just coin a new term?  I doubt it.  Probably as old as the hills.)

Out of five bullets, I’ll give it:  Three to the chest, one in the stomach, and one that wings the non-shooting arm.

A big “way to go!!” to my pal David for being nominated for a Gemini for the writing he did on an episode of Robson Arms.  That is pretty frickin’ cool.  Because, like, we used to write stuff together.  So, really, it’s me who’s been nominated.

Seriously, though, that’s a pretty cool thing to have happen to someone you occasionally go to movies with.  To someone who you used to write plays with.

David’s been pretty involved with Robson Arms over the past couple of years, and I feel guilty for not watching the show.  However, it’s just not caught on with me (admittedly, I haven’t given it too many chances).  I blame CTV for part of this.  Because it seems they aren’t properly promoting the show.  Anytime I see a promo for that week’s episode, they try to sell it as a comedy, it seems.  And the few episodes I’ve watched, they weren’t really comedy.  They were more dramatic, with elements of comedy.  I find this a bit confusing, and in this world of too-many-things-to-see-and-do, sometimes “a bit confusing” is all it takes to turn someone away from a program, even if your pal is a writer on it.

When I went looking through the list of categories of Gemini awards to see if Robson Arms was nominated for anything, I honestly didn’t know whether to click on the Comedy or Drama links.  Turns out it’s in the Drama category.

Anyway, guilt aside, I’m totally thrilled for David and hope he wins.

I’m a pretty big fan of the Urban Eatery, the new “food court” at the Confederation Court Mall.

Since Phase One opened, I’d been going there at least once a week at lunch.  At first I’d mostly been choosing between the soups of the day (haven’t had one I didn’t like yet, and each day seems to have two new varieties, haven’t noticed repeats yet) or a pizza slice.  Couple of weeks ago, I started experimenting with sandwiches, which I’m very much enjoying.  While the old Grandma’s Kitchen sandwiches tasted okay, I was always miffed with the small amount of meat for the price ratio.  I think that’s what made me wait so long to start getting sandwiches at Urban Eatery.  I gotta say, the 1/4 pound sandwiches are great.  Lotsa meat and fresh, delicious bread and fixin’s.

Phase Two opened last week, and today I tried the burgers and meat place.  Pretty good burger, but a bit expensive ($6 for burger only – add $3 more for fries, for example) for my taste.  It was very tasty, though.

Overall, I’m really glad the Urban Eatery is up and running.  And hopefully it’s doing well.  I’d like it to stick around for a while.

It may be too late for some of you grown up “gays” to get healed, but maybe the words and illustrations in the book at this link can save a couple of younger ones.

If there’s anyone who still reads this thing and wants to join in on another season of picking who will win NFL games each week, head to this link and sign up:

The Weekly NFL Picks Page

Once you sign up (they probably require an email address, but after a number of years being involved, I can attest to the fact that they don’t do anything with your address), search for the group The Annekenstein Monster.  The password is sketch22

You don’t have to be into football, or knowledgeable about the teams, really.  Since each game is based on the betting line, it’s really pretty much a crap-shoot as to whether you’re right or not each game.  That’s what I tell myself, anyway, since I basically suck at it.  Those who win tend to think that their skill gets them their victories, but they are wrong.

So, sign up and see how you do.

So, I’m reading where WalMart in Mexico has been paying some employees $0/hr.  That is zero dollars per hour.  It is also zero dollars per week.  (is it bad that I don’t bother to provide a link to the story?)

Well, I have some work that needs to be done around my home, and I hereby state that I will promise to pay those same workers three times their WalMart wage to come to my home and work for me.  Just imagine!  Your wage will instantly be multiplied by three.

You’ll have to provide your own transportation to and from Mexico, though.  And you cannot pitch a tent on our lawn.  Still, though, three times your current wage!!

Apply by clicking on this link.

I saw a site that rewrote famous poems as limericks.

I thought it’d be fun to do the same with films.

Here’s two to start with:

Psycho

A woman steals money at lunch hour
Gets surprisingly killed in the shower.
Balsam investigates
And meets Mother Bates.
Poor Norman ends up in Nut Tower.

Saving Private Ryan

Starts and ends with guns and bombs flyin’
In between is the search for bro Ryan.
Tom Hanks wonders why
He needs to die for this guy.
Old Ryan remembers, starts cryin’.

It’s A Wonderful Life

There once was a man named George Bailey
Who tried to leave town almost daily.
“End my life!” he insisted.
Saw his life not-existed.
His friends rallied round, all sang gaily.

Wanna play along?  Add your own movie limericks in the comments. 

Challenge:  Be the first to turn the entire LotR trilogy into a single limerick.

So, last night Jason Rogerson, the extraordinary producer/writer of Sketch22, subbed on stage for Harmony, who is away this weekend learning about positive energy and such.
A big crowd showed up to see Jason’s return to the Sketch22 stage (he was also on stage for our Christmas show), and it was a great night.  Lots of fun, some honest screwups by pretty much everyone, and perhaps the biggest corpsing I’ve suffered on stage for a number of years (let’s just say that in that super-tight “Journey” costume, there was little doubt at one point that Jason is indeed a man.  A circumsized man by the look of it).

Anyway, Jason returns to the stage tonight before things return to normal next weekend.  Check it out if you have the opportunity.