What, ANOTHER Distraction?

Well, yes and no.

Yes, this is a new endeavor and will take up some time. However, me spouting off my opinions about things I watch or made my girlfriend watch will take far less time than that invested in actually watching them.

No because any writing is liable to spawn more writing. I mean that seriously. If I finish a movie and decide that I'm going to blog about it, that puts me in front of the computer. If I finish watching The Mummy and decide that I am going to play Drake's Fortune into the wee hours, I am still in front of the television. A place where I am subject to overly aggressive inertia and even invisibility.

My Girlfriend (who many of the people who eventually read this will probably already know) says that I am invisible once I pick up the Playstation 3 controller. Something I don't think is true, or she wouldn't know where to direct those resigned expressions. The ones that seem to wonder if I would notice if she were naked. (Duh! Yes, I would notice. This is why you follow the rule of "Save early, save often." So you can drop the controller and chase the girl. Oh, and just in case the power goes out.)

I have also given Alessia access to this blog. Because many times she has things to say that are far more interesting than what I have to say.

With more than 5000 hours of video available to me already (not counting games, which are hard to measure) I have plenty to write about. And I am well aware that I will not stop buying more. I love storytelling. I am visually oriented. Thus, movies and television are a good thing for me.

While I love going to the movies, that happens less often then I would like. So the majority of the blog content will revolve around entertainment available at home. DVDs, Games, Webcasts, Television. The common thread will be that I am going to maintain a focus on visual/cinematic media. Books and music are important to me too... but will rarely be featured here. Never say never, right?

I'll do posts on old favorites and new obsessions. While I have a love of science fiction and fantasy, you will find that they are only part of my interests. Don't be surprised if I rave about both Casablanca and Battlestar Galactica in the same paragraph. I am a sap, in the old terms. I teared up at the end of Titantic. Yes, I liked Titantic. And The Phantom Menace.

I'm a dude, though. I'm more likely to cry over Field Of Dreams or Saving Private Ryan than I am Terms of Endearment.

Guys who want to take me to task for crying are more than welcome to meet me behind the barn for an ass-whooping. If you kick my ass instead, that's fine. You can think about how bad I look while you are picking up your teeth.

What you'll discover here is completely random. Join me soon and find out.