A lonely sleigh ride

Working at Universal, holidays come and go like daily meals. Most just trudge through the seasons not really caring. "It's just a job" most of them say. Even though I'm 26 in my own home, I still want to enjoy the holidays. Halloween made a huge impact in my lifestyle (most cannot say that.) As a kid my father showed me monster movies and took me trick or treating. It taught me that if the world can be scary for a month, why can't it be scary all year round? I never stopped loving Samhain and I now pretty much experience it 365 days a year, so that's the 4-1-1 on my favorite holiday.

This doesn't mean I dislike Christmas in the least. In fact I love it! Though it is true that the holiday season is a lot more fun when you have someone by your side. I can remember taking past girl friends out window shopping and going to winter parades and festivals. These past few years I have not been so lucky with the ladies. The only reason my holiday spirit was up so high last year was due to my old roommate Pez. This was her holiday and she made sure to help me out with anything possibly Christmas related around the house. Well girl and guy roommates are totally different! It seems like I'm the only person in the house this year that really cares. And that's fine. The Christmas season isn't for everyone and I totally get that. It's just kind of lonely I guess.

So I throw a Christmas gathering every year to kind of bring that joy and warm feeling to a lot of my friends who work nonstop and are kind of stuck in their own world. Scary horror movies and monsters aside, I'm a very kind hearted person who enjoys dressing descent, smooth jazz and a nice glass of chardonnay. I just like to break the basic Keenan mold every once and a while.

Why do I keep doing this? Why do I put tons of Christmas lights on the house, decorate the tree next to the fire and buy presents every year even though I'm getting older and should be enjoying my bachelor life style? I really think it has to do with wanting a mini Keenan. I want to keep the spirit alive for my future son or daughter. I couldn't imagine being in a family that didn't celebrate a joyful and fun holiday like Christmas. So I guess you could say you all are my children at this years party until I acquire one for myself, haha! But really, I just want experience these months through my child's eyes. I think this would uplift my spirits and remind me that this is what the holidays are for.


Here are a few pictures form past Christmas gatherings:

Shit Talkers

It has come to my attention that I've been getting shit talked and ragged on more now then ever before. Sure everyone does it. I do time to time. Hell most of us do! But the things I'm hearing now are just hurtful and down right awful. I sit and rack my brain wondering what I did to these "friends" to deserve all this back talk. The answer is simple. Nothing. People shit talk to make themselves look better. Is it jealousy or just conversation? Or maybe both? The fact of the matter is I could now care less.

For years I hated when people were mad at me and hated me. I would do everything in my power to make sure everyone of my friends liked me. One day I just woke up and didn't care anymore. If they are really my friends they wouldn't talk bad about me. It just hurts to hear negative things about someone you really felt was a great friend. Though in the Orlando production world everyone here pulls the two faced act like they matter in the industry. This is a reason I don't want to move out to California for work. If I think it's bad here I KNOW it can only get worse there. Now I'm not saying everyone in the production industry is fake. It's just now rearing it's ugly head at me. I just hope I get proven wrong in the near future.

Couldn't have said it better myself...

Are we saying goodbye to Elvira's Movie Macabre???

So I had a chance to chat one on one with mistress of the night herself, Elvira in Atlanta a few weeks ago. We talked a bit about her new TV show, Elvira's Movie Macabre. She was so excited to tell me about future plans for the shows next season and where things were heading in the near future. I'm now sadden to hear that Movie Macabre is in limbo with the CW. This really pisses me off! There are no more late night horror hosts showing cheesy yet classic horror and sci-fi films anymore. Elvira's show was always on top when it came to making fun of classic low budget films next to Mystery Science Theater 3000. If Movie Macabre is not picked up for a second season you can expect me to raise some hell on Bloody-Disgusting Radio show. We have many listeners in the horror community and they (along with myself) will raise some hell!

You Don't Know What Death Is

Halloween II perfectly captured that particular feeling of a late Halloween night, long after trick-or-treating has ended, when you can sense that Halloween is coming to a close. It's a neat couple of hours, before it's officially November 1st. Teens walking to parties (or back home from parties), porch lights getting turned off, pumpkins burning down on tiny wicks, and that cold dampness making it impossible to get warm. And the silence.

You can feel that something wonderful just walked across your path, and moved off into the trees. And you were the only one who saw it.

-Watching: Halloween II

First fall beer of the season (Magic Hat's HEX)

As some of you may know, I'm a beer junkie. Especially for fall brews. I go gaga when I see Shipyard's Pumpkinhead in stores. I love the taste of pumpkin beers to death! After a while though, the taste starts to get to me since I don't stop drinking them once released from the breweries. (they started shipping two weeks ago to store and won't stop till Oct 31st) That's why I've been on the hunt for rich tasting fall ales that are not loaded with pumpkin. Magic Hat tends to put out a seasonal package called the Night of the Living Dead 12 pack. It's pretty much a Halloween party pack. It includes Magic Hat #9, hI.P.A., Humble Patients and of course Magic Hat's fall beer Hex. Hex is not to bad. It has more of a bitter taste then most fall beers but keeps that Magic Hat rich taste. But after the first beer it can get kind of bland.

MAGIC HAT'S HEX: OURTOBERFEST get's a C+

I think I may post a review on all the fall beers I drink on here, so keep an eye out!

Come meet me this Friday!

Not sure if some of you know this, but I host an Asian horror panel at AFO (Anime Festival Orlando) every year. It's pretty much a clip show of some the best and goriest scenes to come out of Asia over the past year. Since I screen so many of these films for myself over the year I figure it's my way of giving back. And it's fun to see the looks on kids faces.

So come on out! It's this Friday (Aug 5th) @ 11pm in the Wyndham hotel on iDrive. (It's the same hotel as Spooky Empire)

And as always, I always have a special treat at the end for everyone. After that you will probably find me by the pool with a drink in my hand. Sayonara!

Eating a baby backstage.

Gotta do something to pass the time during guitar solos.

Hey I'm singing in a music video!

The horror themed band I sing for here in Orlando (SHARKTEETH) just uploaded our new video titled THEY LIVE. Check it out and let us know what you guys think.



Also be sure to tune into Bloody-Disgsuting Radio this Sunday for your first chance to hear our new song LEATHERFACES POOL PARTY (Freddy and Jason aren't invited).

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What happened to social networking?

When you'er in the press and media lime light it seems like you have no real place to type out true thoughts. Facebook, Twitter, even the lost and forgotten Myspace is now cluttered with people I hardly or don't even know at all (granted that's my fault for adding fans of the radio show and band).

I had a conversation with a close friend the other day talking about just this topic. I may want to express things in my life that are a tad private but not necessarily let anyone see them. Sure, I could open word press and just start jotting down stuff. But it's just not the same. Back in high school I had a Livejournal and would type everything in it. From film and video game news to problems in school and life. Seems like nowadays everything is 140 characters or less. You cannot really express yourself anymore. Twitter is a good tool for getting quick and easy news out and about without cluttering a feed, but I need the alternative sometimes.

Times like now.