They are, just not the ones you think.  Maybe I'm gruesome but I check out the deaths page in Wikipedia and on the 20th Larry Miller, not the comedian, and Christopher Nolan, not the director, died.

Castro Theatre honored Donald Westlake by showing 2 movies tonight based on a couple Richard Stark novels.  First one was Point Blank, one of my favorite movies and I jumped at the chance to see it at the big screen.  The second movie was The Outfit and the movie schedule made it sound like it was going to be an awesome movie, it is there job, but I didn't give enough weight to the fact that Joe Don Baker was in the movie.  It's not that I have a hate on for Joe Don Baker but seriously, when was the last time you saw a great Joe Don Baker movie.  Totally didn't matter because I loved seeing Point Blank at the Castro Theatre.

And I saw kradical is coming to Wondercon.  Star Trek authors mostly seem to be East Coast folks.  Looking forward to seeing him again.  When he and terri_osborne were signing at the Star Trek Experiance in Las Vegas Claudia and I used that as an excuse to make one of our semi-anual Vegas trips.

Saw Charlie Hunter for the first time in years, since he moved to New York.  Scott Amendola's 40 birthday at Cafe Du Nord.  Fun show.  Before they started we were sitting at the only table we could find, be the pool table.  Some guy asked us if we could move for a second because he had to make a shot, he said he was only asking because it was the 8-ball.  We laughed and moved.   After a few minutes I told Claudia "I think that's Charlie Hunter".  It was.   Music was good but we left after the first set.  We're too told to stand that long in a crowded room.

But it did remind me of all the musicians I used to see here in San Franscisco before they moved to New York.
- Charlie Hunter
- Jenny Scheinman
- Adam Levy
- Mia Masaoka
- Trevor Dunn

I'm sure there are more but that's all I can think of right now.

'nuff said.

While at what I call the "rude bookstore" to my wife today I was told they didn't want me looking at my blackberry.  I told them I wasn't making a call, I was looking over my list of authors to make sure I had everything I wanted and they said I needed to go outside to do that.  I said "Are you telling me I can't look at my shopping list, which I keep on my phone" and he just repeated that I can't use my phone in the store.  I said you just lost a customer and walked out.

I'm not saying I'm there biggest customer or anything but I went there often enough the women who owns the place recognized me when I went in.  Part of the reason I went there was the entertainment I got from them hassling just about anybody who walked in for a wide variety of reasons.  They aren't exactly the best book store in town.  We love our bookstores in San Francisco and these folks rate a 2 on yelp, no one else comes even close to scoring that low.  One of the complaints I heard many many times was how little money they make and I guess they will have to live without mine.  Not a big deal for me but man, those people are sad...

Bob Wilkins, host of Creature Features, passed away yesterday.  I used to watch his show most Saturday nights on channel 3, the NBC affiliate at the time, in Sacramento.  He had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease the last few years and had retired to Reno.  There was a booth selling compilation DVD's of his shows at Comic con last year with the proceeds going to pay his medical bills.  I bought one, it brought back a lot of memories.

SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 films, you have no life. Mark the ones you've seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list and make a post to your journal, marking the ones you have seen.

(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
() Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
() Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
() Boondock Saints
() Fight Club
() Starsky and Hutch
() Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane
Total: 4

() The Princess Bride
() Anchorman
() Napoleon Dynamite
() Labyrinth
() Saw
() Saw II
() White Noise
() White Oleander
() Anger Management
() 50 First Dates
() The Princess Diaries
() The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total so far: 4

() Scream
() Scream 2
() Scream 3
() Scary Movie
() Scary Movie 2
() Scary Movie 3
() Scary Movie 4
() American Pie
() American Pie 2
() American Wedding
() American Pie Band Camp
Total so far: 4

() Harry Potter 1
() Harry Potter 2
() Harry Potter 3
() Harry Potter 4
() Resident Evil 1
() Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
() Little Black Book
() The Village
() Lilo & Stitch
Total so far: 5

() Finding Nemo
() Finding Neverland
() Signs
() The Grinch
() Texas Chainsaw Massacre
() Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
() White Chicks
() Butterfly Effect
() 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
() Robots
Total so far: 6

() Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
() Universal Soldier
() Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
() Along Came Polly
() Deep Impact
() KingPin
() Never Been Kissed
() Meet The Parents
() Meet the Fockers
() Eight Crazy Nights
() Joe Dirt
() KING KONG - i'm assuming they mean the remake
Total so far:  6

() A Cinderella Story
() The Terminal
() The Lizzie McGuire Movie
() Passport to Paris
() Dumb & Dumber
() Dumber & Dumberer
() Final Destination
() Final Destination 2
() Final Destination 3
(x) Halloween
() The Ring
() The Ring 2
() Surviving X-MAS
() Flubber
Total so far: 7

() Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
() Practical Magic
() Chicago
() Ghost Ship
() From Hell
(x) Hellboy
() Secret Window
() I Am Sam
() The Whole Nine Yards
() The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far: 8

() The Day After Tomorrow
() Child's Play
() Seed of Chucky
() Bride of Chucky
() Ten Things I Hate About You
() Just Married
() Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
() Sixteen Candles
() Remember the Titans
() Coach Carter
() The Grudge
() The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
() Son Of The Mask
Total so far: 10

() Bad Boys
() Bad Boys 2
() Joy Ride
(x) Lucky Number Slevin
() Ocean's Eleven
() Ocean's Twelve
() Bourne Identity
() Bourne Supremecy
() Lone Star
() Bedazzled
(x) Predator I
(x) Predator II
() The Fog
() Ice Age
() Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
() Curious George
Total so far: 13

(x) Independence Day
() Cujo
() A Bronx Tale
() Darkness Falls
() Christine
(x) ET
() Children of the Corn
() My Bosses Daughter
() Maid in Manhattan
() War of the Worlds
() Rush Hour
() Rush Hour 2
Total so far: 15

() Best Bet
() How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
() She's All That
() Calendar Girls
() Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
() Event Horizon
() Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3
Total so far: 22

() X-Men
() X-2
() X-3
() Spider-Man
() Spider-Man 2
() Sky High
() Jeepers Creepers
() Jeepers Creepers 2
() Catch Me If You Can
() The Little Mermaid
() Freaky Friday
() Reign of Fire
() The Skulls
() Cruel Intentions
() Cruel Intentions 2
() The Hot Chick
() Shrek
() Shrek 2
Total so far: 22

() Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
() Old School
()The Notebook
() K-Pax
() Krippendorf's Tribe
()A Walk to Remember
() Ice Castles
() Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old Virgin
Total so far: 24

()Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
() Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
() Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
() Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
() Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total so far: 25

() Baseketball
() Hostel
(x) Waiting for Guffman
() House of 1000 Corpses
() Devils Rejects
() Elf
(x) Highlander
() Mothman Prophecies
(x) American History X
() Three
Total so Far: 28

() The Jacket
() Kung Fu Hustle
() Shaolin Soccer
() Night Watch
() Monsters Inc.
() Titanic
() Monty Python and the Holy Grail
() Shaun Of the Dead
() Willard
Total so far: 28

() High Tension
() Club Dread
() Hulk
(x) Dawn Of the Dead
() Hook
() Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
(x) 28 days later
() Orgazmo
(x) Phantasm
() Waterworld
Total so far: 31

(x) Kill Bill vol 1
(x) Kill Bill vol 2
() Mortal Kombat
() Wolf Creek
() Kingdom of Heaven
() the Hills Have Eyes
(x) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
() The Last House on the Left
() Re-Animator
(x) Army of Darkness
Total so far: 35

(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(x) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
() Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
() Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total so far: 41

(x) The Matrix
() The Matrix Reloaded
() The Matrix Revolutions
() Animatrix
(x) Evil Dead
(x) Evil Dead 2
(x) Team America: World Police
() Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
() Hannibal
Total so far: 46

guess i do have a live,  who'd have thunki it

1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times: Sleuth. (1972 version)

2. Name a movie that you've seen multiple times in a theater: 2001.

3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie: Kim Cattrell when I was WAY younger, after ST:Vi, not anymore though.  i'm more into directors and writers than actors

4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie: Adam Sandler I guess but again I tend not to focus on the actors

5. Name a movie that you can quote from: 2001 (that's a joke)

6. Name a movie musical that you know all the lyrics to all the songs: none.

7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with: none.

8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see:  control room (A documentary on perception of the United States's war with Iraq, with an emphasis on Al Jazeera's coverage.)

9. Name an unusual movie that you own:  my grandmother with soundtrack by beth custer

10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops: can't think of any

11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in? Yes.

12. Ever made out in a movie? Yes.

13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven't gotten around to it: Milk.

14. Ever walked out of a movie? emerson, lake and palmer.  people i were with were totally bored.

15. Name a movie that made you cry: don't think i've cried at a movie

16. Popcorn? yeah

17. How often do you go to the movies? Once a month, once every couple of months.

18. What's the last movie you saw in the theater? Slumdog Millionaire.

19. What is your favorite/preferred genre of movie? i like a lot of types

20. What was the first movie you remember seeing in the theater? computer wore tennis shoes

OK, maybe I'm a jerk for saying this but Claudia changing her mind about wanting to go to her companies Christmas Party, we didn't go, made me happy.  And we had dinner at Tommy's Joynt, one of my favorite places to eat even if it is only a hofbrau.

But that happiness was wiped out when I found out about Majel Barrett Roddenberry's passing...

guess i'll do the meme everyone else is doing.

tuesday - claudia made reservations for us to go through the neon sign museum in las vegas when we go there for the new years weekend.  i've been wanting to do that for awhile.  she sent an email with the reservation info saying if i didn't want to go we could cancel.  i wrote back saying "ARE YOU KIDDING? I so want to go".

wednesday - while moving some of the wedding gifts around, ok, we haven't unpacked all the dishes yet but we're starting, i found the cover to the star trek comic book dvd i thought i had lost.  i had the dvd but it was kind of annoying thinking i had lost the cover.  not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things but i'm glad i found it.

We were going to to Jenny's place in Hidden Valley Lake but Jenny had some minor surgery and we weren't into going by ourselves much then Claudia got sick.  We ended up just hanging out at the house having a Fringe marathon to finally catch up.

Today I want to the gym, been skipping it all week, and Kayo Books.  I didn't know the stairs led to more books.  I thought it was storage but that's where the science fiction is.  And I finished up Masks, an old TNG book.

where people will trample someone to death to fucking go shopping?  This story is just making me say What. The Fuck.

Snurched from </a></b></a>terri_osborne:

Copy this sentence into your livejournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage, and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.

Claudia and I got married this morning.  I never thought I would be typing that sentence, about anybody, not just Claudia.

The ceremony was very nice, with Sheldon as a great officiant, and I wasn't nearly as nervous as I thought I would be.  The reception was great too.  Claudia's planning, and it was all her planning, I'm not stealing any credit, was fantastic.  The band, the florist, the garden where the ceremony took place and the jazz club where the reception were held was all wonderful and Claudia did a great job with everything.

I'm not really tired, it's not even 8:00PM, we got married at noon,  but my legs are beat from mid thigh down.  We're just hanging in the room.  Claudia's reading and I will be too soon.

I'm very relieved it's over.  I don't really feel comfortable being the center of attention but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be because it's all about the bride.  (The part in italics was added on Claudia's insistence.)

Now it's off to Kauai on Tuesday for the honeymoon...

Wedding is days away and I'm starting to get nervous.   I'm just a shy guy and going to big parties isn't my favorite thing.  Throwing a big party, which is basically what a reception is, is just nerve wracking.

Take a picture of yourself right now.
Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair...just take a picture.
Post that picture with NO editing.
Post these instructions with your picture.

My fiancee wants me to shave more.  After I showed her this photo she said "if that doesn't get to to shave more nothing will".

1. Comment on this post.
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Think of 5 fictional characters whose name starts with that letter and post their names and your comments on these characters in your LJ.
4. Link back to that entry here.

bill_leisner  gave me a J.  At first I thought "why didn't he just make it a Z" but it turned out to be easier than I thought.  (btw, check out his new book, I loved it)

James T Kirk - An obvious choice, our hero from the show that still takes a lot of my attention

Jules Winnfield - The cool guy from "Pulp Fiction".  After Reservoir Dogs then this I thought Tarantino was a guy I was going to look forward to seeing his movies for years to come but I've enjoyed each one since then less and less

Jack Shaftoe - "Half-Cocked" Jack, King of the Vagabonds, Jack the Coiner, arch-nemesis of Issac Newton in The Baroque Cycle.  Had to include a Neal Stephenson character since I saw him tonight and got Anathem sighned.

John Steed - The main guy in The Avengers but we all watched that show for the women.

Jordan Collier - Played by the best actor in the series.  Always added something to every episode he was in.

Uploaded a photo while watching season 4 of Columbo when I should be getting ready for work.

Just stuck at the colo waiting for someone else to something while I learn how livejournal works. And reading TIME'S ENEMY in my quest to read all the DS9 books, along with too many other Star Trek books.