4 Months Later........Oh yeah I forgot

Okay so its almost 4 months later and all I can say is I forgot about my blog. I have tried to committ suicide 4 times in those 4 months so it hasn't all been well and good. My sister got engaged to Andy in September and are gonna get married on April 10th,2011. Here are my Top 10 Movies of the year(so far)
1.Scott Pilgrim vs The World
2.Kick-Ass
3.Date Night
4.Iron Man II
5.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I
6.The Expendables
7.Toy Story 3
8.Despicable Me
9.Shrek Forever After
10.Faster
I haven't seen Inception or Megamind yet.

I've been having a Futurama marathon making it through 10 discs in 2 weeks,and I have watched plenty of other stuff too. I recently got the new UK Lethal Weapon Blu-Ray box set. Watching the 1st one now. Been playing my 360 more often in the past 3 weeks. Ninja,his brother(Manga) and Dave.Manga likes to do a running jump into a prone position to make it look like he is humping stuff,and it really is funny,even tho it sounds(and rightfully so) stupid. Oh and the game he likes doing it in is Call of Duty Black Ops. Been having alot of fun and laughing my head off when I play with them.

Well I'll try and update more even tho nobody cares,but for now I'm off.

SSI Approved

Yeah its been almost 2 months since my last blog but what can I say? The day I saw Kevin Smith & Scott Mosier LIVE we stayed the night in Columbus and then we headed home with a visit to my therapist 1st and while I was there,my SSI lawyer called to inform us I had been approved and would be getting back-payed to April 2008,and that I should expect my 1st check in 3-6 months. Well its now August and I got a call from the social security office and was asked a bunch of questions....including my bank account & routing numbers. At the end of the call I was told to expect my 1st check in about a WEEK!!!!!! So as exciting as this is,its also weird because I don't know how much I've been approved for per month so I don't know how much I'll be getting in my 1st check after the lawyer takes out his 33%. I owe my Dad $2200 because he let me buy a shit ton of DVDs & Blu-Rays and he also bought me a new Samsung Blu-Ray equipped laptop. I also owe my Mamaw $3,450 for various things and reasons I dont wanna talk about here. Well I have to go but I'll probably be back before the day is over.

Tomorrow I see Kevin Smith & Scott Mosier SModcast LIVE

Well its been a while since my last blog,but tomorrow is the day I get to see Kevin Smith & Scott Mosier in a LIVE NUDE SMOD in Columbus! And I saw Toy Story 3-D saturday and it was good,better than the 2nd,but the 1st is still on top of the Pixar mountain. I want to see Jonah Hex but I may have to wait for Blu-Ray since the box office gross was soooooooo poor that it probablly won't still be showing at the Beginning of July when I planned on seeing it.

August 3rd Kick Ass comes to my Blu-Ray Collection,I know that was random but it is slowly entering my top movies of all time list so I'm really looking forward to it.

Early Return-My Thoughts on the Movies I watched on the Camping Trip

So we came home a day early because my Dad had to make an appointment with our weight-loss surgeon because he has a Hernia. But this blog is gonna be my thoughts on some of the movies we watched on the trip,theater AND DVD,most of which was a 1st time viewing.

SUNDAY JUNE 6TH
MOVIE I-Shrek Forever After at the Drive In
-Ok so this is my 2nd viewing since coming to theaters because I had seen it in 3D at a traditional theater. I don't really see the hate of the Shrek sequels. They aren't meant to be arthouse films,they are for kids mostly,granted with alot of winks to the older people in the audience. I'm 20 and like the Shrek series,so sue me. But I read so many reviews that bashed Shrek the Third and Shrek Forever After,and a few even that bashed Shrek 2,and if you like the 1st what the hell is wrong with the other 3? I don't know. Anyways a thumbs up for Shrek 4.

MONDAY JUNE 7TH
MOVIE II-Damage(Starring Stone Cold Steve Austin) on DVD in the Trailer
-Yeah it was completely predictable,but the action was good,and the story was decent enough. This was my 1st viewing,and liked the movie more than Austin's The Stranger,but not nearly as much as Austin's The Condemned. Thumbs up for Damage.

MOVIE III-It's Complicated on a Redbox-Rented DVD in the Trailer
-So this was another 1st viewing. It was just ok,a few laughs here and there,but with Steve Martin & Alec Baldwin involved I expected better. But I do have a question...why was this Rated R? Theres no nudity or alot of language or anything,and to be honest I've seen more suggestive episodes of Friends(which is my favorite show) than what was in this movie. Thumbs in the middle.

MOVIE IV-Defendor on a Redbox-Rented DVD in the Trailer
-This was underwhelming. Yes it was a Direct To DVD movie,but the reviews and the talent involved got me excited for it. I mean don't get me wrong,I did like it and will buy it one day but not until its $10 or less. It just was sooooooooo slow at times. My Dad HATED the movie and said it was as bad as another movie we saw on a camping trip at the Drive-In a little movie called "Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl" which is one of the absolute worst movies I have ever watched,and had to watch all of it to get to the 2nd movie that night. Oh wait we are talking about Defendor,ok the premise sounded great,a child like man(Autistic) decides to dress up as a superhero due to something that was mentioned when he was a kid and his grandfather owned a comic book shop,but the execution wasn't right. Thumbs in the middle here.

TUESDAY JUNE 8TH

MOVIE V-Prince of Persia The Sands of Time in Theaters
-Ok the 4th movie getting a 1st viewing on the trip. I have never played the POP games and didn't have any idea what I was getting into with only the theatrical trailer in front of Iron Man II,and was pleasantly surprised,not enough to out do my 4 movies(with a tie) in my Top 3 of the year but it was really good. Thumbs up.

MOVIE VI-Marmaduke in Theaters
-Yes I actually went to see Marmaduke. I had never seen a single preview for it,and only saw the poster,and I'm a sucker for Dog movies. And I liked it. I can see why people would hate it,but I have enough kid in me to like it. Thumbs up.

MOVIE VII-Beverly Hills Cop II on DVD in the Trailer.
-Ok so 7th movie on the trip and its the 6th 1st viewing of the trip. I have had the Beverly Hills Cop Trilogy Box Set since 2004,and I hadn't watched any of them until a few months ago when me and my Dad watched the 1st one. So now about 4 months after watching the 1st I finally sit down to watch the 2nd,and it was good but not as good as the 1st one. But still thumbs up.

MOVIE VIII-Beverly Hills Cop III on DVD in the Trailer
-Ok so you should be able to tell that this is the 1st time viewing of this as well. I actually liked III better than II,but that may be because I am a Disney World fan and it was kinda cool to see the story take place mostly in a Disney World Rip-Off theme park setting. Thumbs up.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 9TH

MOVIE IX-Killers in Theaters
-This was the final movie watched on the Camping Trip and man what a crappy ending to movie watching on the trip. The action was pretty good,and there was some good laughs,but what a horribly stupid ending that ruined the entire movie. Thumbs down.

And the rest of the time was spent either listening to my iPod,or watching Family Guy.

Oh and we saw something on the way to go to a movie theater 40 minutes away from the camp grounds. My Dad saw cops up ahead and thought it was a seatbelt road block so we stopped and killed ourselves getting the seatbelts on and it turned out there were 2 cops at a scene of a crash but not just any crash,no a Pick-Up Truck had driven BAM right into a house. But sadly we didn't have a camera,but it was quite the visual.

My Depression-The Beginning(AKA The Year of Hell-1999-2000)

Okay so I have said in the past(well just a couple of days since the blog started 3 day ago,lol) that I have OCD,Bi-Polar and multiple depression issues. While I think my Bi-Polar has been with me my whole life looking back on it,but my Major Depression Problems started on Easter Day 1999,when my Hero,My Great Grandmother known to all as Nanny,was taken to the hospital and she was in bad shape the 1st day,but she seemed like she recovered the 2nd day,then the night of the 3rd day I saw her for the last time,and she was really out of it,so I wasn't able to make a proper goodbye,then in the early morning of the 4th day,she passed away. So besides the fact that I didn't get to tell her goodbye,there was a really special moment that I missed because I was back at home. In between the 3rd night and the 4th morning she woke up and said she could see the Gates of Heaven and her husband and my brother who died in a car accident when I was 1 in January 1992 who she was also very close to(so close even tho she was buried in West Virginia,we got a memorial gravestone at the foot of my brother's grave) saying it was her time and they were waiting for her to come home,and then she said her goodbyes and shorty after she died. Sometimes I have trouble with my Spirituality but I often forget about what I was told that night. But this would just be the start of the Year(and half) of Hell.

Shortly after Nanny died,I did have my favorite vacation of all time when I,my parents,my sister and her best friend,and my grandmother and cousin went to Disney World & Universal Studios in Orlando,which was the 2nd time I had went to DW/US and have been there 3 times since. But then December came along. My grandfather on my Dad's side passed away. Then 2 months later my other grandfather(on my Mom's side) passed away. Then 2 weeks later my grandmother(on my Mom's side) almost died and was in the hospital for 4 1/2 months,but she did finally pull through and due to the death of my grandfather/her husband she couldn't stand to live in their house so she moved in with me,and my parents,and since my cousin with down syndrome lived with them most of the time,he moved in as well. But that wasn't the end.

My Mom & Dad had broken up for about a year before I was born,which means that Dad even tho he has ALWAYS been my Dad in my heart,was not my biological father. So the first 10 years of my life I had my Dad and then "Daddy Scott",with "Daddy Scott" being my biological dad So even tho I had 2 Dads,my biological dad was always "Daddy Scott" and never just Dad. But why am I bringing this up? Well re-read the part about the first 10 years of my life,and then remember that I'm 20,which means in 2000 something happened. During the time my grandmother was in the hospital my Mom was taking me to spend a weekend at his house,we drove up there and he wouldn't answer the door. So we eventually stopped knocking on the door and left. Then we tried to call him a few times,and no answer. Then we go to pick some movies we had rented for him up and,he was gone. He had moved out of his house,and didn't tell us. (However 2 years later he would send me a Christmas Card with money in it,and saying he will always love me,and gave me his phone number,and I would call it and I saw him 1 last time for a meal at Taco Bell,where he told me what had happened to him in the past 2 years,like he got married,and had a step-daughter,and that I had a Step-Sister,and then I told him what had went on in the past 2 years and we ended the dinner and he said call me tomorrow to setup another meeting where I could meet his new family,so I called the next day and guess what? The number had been disconnected,what a douche)

But back to the Year(and a half) of Hell,my Sister would move out of the house in March,and then get married in December. And I missed my sister because she was basically my best friend,and when she got married,I was perfect for the rehearsal(I was a groomsmen)and on the night of the rehearsal her husband to be(Matt) gave me a little treasure box with a golden plaque on the bottom of it with a letter to me his future brother,and how special I was to the both of them. And inside the box was a few things to put pictures in,and it was really nice and I didn't expect it. But then came the Wedding Day,which was one of my favorite days of all time for some reason running around the church and seeing my Sissy cry and all the people who had come to the wedding,but when it came time to walk one of my sister's bridesmaids down the aisle,the fact that my Big Sister was getting married finally sunk in,and even tho I had been complemented with how I did the walk down the aisle at the rehearsal so well never having been to a wedding before,I lost my grip,and came pulling the bridesmaid as I basically ran to get to the end of the aisle and take my spot besides Matt and his best man and other groomsmen. And when my sister walked down the aisle,I was choking up,and finally when the preacher started I lost it and broke into tears which in turn made my sister cry and which in turn made my Mom sitting in the front row cry and a few people saying "awwwww". So after the wedding the reception came,and there I was told by Matt's father that I was the worst groomsmen he had ever seen. Yeah telling a 10 year old that was real smart. Then came time for embarrassment as Matt and my sister did this little mini-strip when Matt took the garter off her and threw it out to the guys and which Matt made it a point to throw it to me,and he hit the mark and I caught it and I came home and put it in the treasure box he had given me.

So that was the Year(and a Half) of Hell. And what has happened with my Sister & Matt since then? Well Matt's family started showing that they were all douches which was already assumed about his Dad after the "Worst Groomsmen" comment. So after 5 years of breaking up and getting back together,they finally got a divorce,and not 3 months later she was engaged to someone else. And what happened to Matt when he found out about the Engagement? Well the next day he would tell his parents off like he should have when he was with my sister,and he would drop off their dog at his sister's house. And then 2 days after being told,he committed suicide and jumped off a bridge and died. This is one of the things that was the hardest to deal with because I was fond of Matt,but due to the fact that they broke up and I was 15,when we went on a trip with her and Eric who would a few days later ask her to marry him,I joined with my sister on badmouthing Matt and praising Eric,and shortly after the suicide news came about,and I have felt guilty ever since,even tho he never heard what I said,I hate the fact that I said the things I did,only to hear that earthshattering news a couple weeks later. And I can't even begin to think how hard it was on his brother and sisters and parents. But what made this even worse? Well a month and a half after the suicide my sister married Eric in Gatlinburg,TN on horseback. Well 3 months later my Sister & Eric would move all the way to TEXAS! Why? Because his kids from his 1st marriage were moving there because his first wife got a new job,and he didn't want to lose his kids,so...

And then 2 and a half years after getting married,they file for divorce and my sister eventually moves back to Ohio,and then begins to talk about how horrible Eric was,and the rest of my family start talking about how they Loved Matt but only just liked Eric. And now a year after moving back to Ohio,she has been dating a guy for about 10 months,and they have already moved in together. And while I love the new guy as we both have a love for Stand Up Comedy & Wrestling(oh and his name is Andy) I can't help but think if I'm getting so close to him(and his 2 daughters from his 1st marriage) what impact will it have if they too break up? I mean I hope(and pray) it doesn't happen because he really seems head over heels in love with her in a way that Eric and even Matt never seemed to be,and she is the happiest I have ever seen her but I got so close to Matt,and got semi-close to Eric that its hard to think about losing him to a break up,and I am in love with his 2 daughters,as I am much closer to them as I ever was with Eric's 2 kids,and consider them to be my nieces even tho they haven't gotten married yet(or even engaged).

So the Year and a Half of Hell was bad but it has brought so much more heartbreak since with the multiple break ups and of course the suicide.

Well thats my story of how my depression issues began. This is my last blog until Friday,so till next time Good Afternoon,Good Evening,and Good Night for 5 days to all!

A Link to My DVD & Blu-Ray Collection

Wow,looking at my DVD & Blu-Ray shelves I kinda got the feeling I was way off at how many DVDs and Blu-Rays I had. I actually have not 1200 DVDs but OVER 1400 DVDs,and not a little over 100 Blu-Rays but over 220 Blu-Rays. I have had my DVDaf site for ages and always keep it updated but I just didn't pay attention to how many I have,until I hit the "My Home" selection and saw the big numbers.
Here is the link to my Collection....
http://tnajason.dvdaf.com/

A DVD Talk Forum Post about Commentaries-Extended Edition

Well I am a fan of the Funny commentaries. I occasionally listen to just technical or informative ones but I make it a point to listen and in some cases re listen time and time again some of the funny ones.

My favorite commentaries are by Kevin Smith and his View Askew crew,Bruce Campbell,Edgar Wright and/or Simon Pegg,John Carpenter,George Romero and/or Tom Savini and The Rock. My 1st commentary I ever listened to is still my favorite tho. The Evil Dead II commentary. It was hilarious and very informative. But all of the people mentioned above always get me to listen to a commentary,and sometimes buy stuff I wouldn't otherwise(like Thou Shalt Not Kill....EXCEPT with Bruce Campbell being the most prime example as quite frankly that movie is AWFUL,but the commentary is hilarious and informative much like the Evil Dead II track). And after watching the films,and listening to the Commentaries of Kevin Smith,I have over 200 hours of entertainment(probably closer to 300) when you consider his films,the fantastic documentaries,and the hilarious commentaries,then add his Podcast-SModcast which is at about 120 episodes(at the moment) all at least 52 minutes in length,and some going over the 2 hour mark,and then due to that it leads to even more hours of entertainment in SModcast's "Sister" Podcasts TellEmSteveDave and The Mo & Glo(ria) Show Podcasts. So if it wasn't for commentaries I would never have found such a love for Kevin Smith,and wouldn't have all those hours of entertainment. So I guess Commentaries mean alot more to me than I ever realized.

Sorry for the rant :)

Okay so I posted that on the DVD Talk Forum in the DVD Talk subsection of the DVD Discussions section of the board in a thread as to what the appeal of Commentaries were on June 5th at 4:09am.

Wow. I meant it when I said I never realized that commentaries meant that much to me. I mean having almost 300 hours(if not more) of entertainment just related to Kevin Smith,and I owe all of that to listening to a commentary track. I guess I'm glad I listened to the Evil Dead II commentary 1st and found that the tracks can be so funny and informative,and not some of the other tracks I have listened to,even tho off the top of my head I can't think of 1,but I know there are some commentaries that I have either started listening to and turned off or listened all the way through even if it wasn't that good. And things always seem to lead back to Suncoast when it comes to entertainment and friends. I bought the Evil Dead II dvd at Suncoast,and pre-ordered Jersey Girl & Clerks. X at Suncoast. So not only has Suncoast brought me 3 of my very best friends who are still friends(unlike friends I have made elsewhere) to this very day,but it also brought to me 100s of hours of entertainment in Kevin Smith Movies,Commentaries,Documentaries,and Podcasts as well as 1000s of hours with all the DVDs I bought there over the years meaning more Movies,TV Shows,Documentaries,Commentaries. Then theres the fact that in relation to Suncoast bringing me 3 of my best friends and all those hours of entertainment,but then add the fact that if it wasn't for Kevin Smith's SModcast I would have never have bought an iPod,and if not for Kevin Smith's commentaries I may not have gotten a Blu-Ray player yet,since I bought my 1st Blu-Ray player because they had announced that the Catch & Release DVD would have NO features while the Blu-Ray had a few features including a Kevin Smith commentary track,even tho once released the DVD turned out to have that commentary but not the Making of,Deleted Scenes,and Auditions,but the commentary opened my eyes to what Blu-Ray had to offer and shortly after buying my 1st Blu-Ray player(the PS3) I would then feel inclined to buy a 52 Inch HDTV(only 720p tho,but it was below $600,and 52 Inches,but its still a fantastic TV)

So there was another boring rant about how much Suncoast brought to my life,and basically saying how much I miss it.