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After a night of food, man movies, and video games I had to end the night by editing my brother’s final paper for a class at around 4 in the morning. With numerous distractions I finished around 5 then surfed the internet for a solid half an hour before deciding that I should really go to bed.

It is now 6:37 in the morning and I have yet to fall asleep. I’ve decided to use this random inability to sleep to write a funny blog that I came up with the other night.

If I had to cast the Ghostbusters using only people from my life, who would I choose and why?

Some of these were extremely easy while others required quite a bit of thought. Regardless, I think these are pretty accurate and extremely funny. Let me know what you think.

Also, I’m not apologizing for the size of the images. It’s the morning and I just feel like getting this done.

The Ghostbusters

Ray Stantz - Me

I don’t think this one is too hard to explain. Obviously, if you know me, you know I love Ghostbusters. You know I believe in ghosts, you know I have a great sense of enthusiasm for the field. It’s also likely that I’d blow up a chandelier and conjure up the Stay Puft Marshmellow Man, although the latter would be because if I had the opportunity to do such a thing I would do it because it would be hilarious.

Ray Stantz Quote Terence is most likely to say: “Everybody can relax, I found the car.”
Ray Stantz Quote that best describes Terence’s life: “You never studied.”

Peter Venkman - Mike DeCristoforo

While Mike isn’t nearly as handsome as Bill Murray (nor does he has that fabulous hairline) he certainly pulls off the wit and charm with the ladies. Mike is also the least likely of the three original Ghostbusters to have any idea what is going on at any given time, and even if he does, he is more likely interested in hooking up with Dana, except for when she is a dog….maybe.

Peter Venkman Quote Mike is most likely to say: “I’m going to go for broke…I am madly in love with you.”
Peter Venkman Quote that best describes Mike’s life: “And then she threw me out of her life.”

Egon Spengler - Max Cantor

Thankfully Max doesn’t have Egon’s ridiculous hair (not for a lack of trying) but he certainly has the intellect. Max would no doubt know exactly how much a giant Twinkie would weigh, and would totally sing “Max” during the “Mi” part of the chromatic scale and think it is absolutely hysterical.

Egon Spengler Quote Max is most likely to say: “I think they’re more interested in my epedidymis.”
Egon Spengler Quote that best describes Max’s life: “I feel like the floor of a taxi cab.”

Winston Zeddemore - Mike Rubino

First off, Rubino is the blackest person I know so that pretty much made him a shoe in. Also, Rubino fully represents the everyman that Winston is. Rubino knows the real world, he loves New York, and he has certainly seen shit that will turn you white.

Winston Zeddemore Quote Rubino is most likely to say: “If there’s a steady paycheck in it, I’ll believe anything you say.”
Winston Zeddemore Quote that best describes Rubino’s life: “It’s always the quiet ones.”

Friends of the Ghostbusters

Dana Barrett - Lauren Kalabacas

Lauren slides into the Dana slot almost by default but looking back she actually fits the bill. Mike/Venkman is a sleazeball, she shoots him down (possibly because to a car accident), then falls for his boyish charms when he saves her life. This all happened to Lauren, true story.

Dana Barrett Quote Lauren is most likely to say: “Dana: Okay, but after dinner, don’t put any of those old cheap moves on me. It’s different now.”
Dan Barrett Quote that best describes Lauren’s life: “Well what’s he doing in my icebox?”

Louis Tully - Avi Zacherman

Avi starts out as the socially awkward dweeb that later turns around and helps save the day. He also abandons his quest for Dana and falls face first into suddenly hot Janine, all while talking about how much of a dweeb he is. Only Avi Zacherman can pull of that move.

Louis Tully Quote Avi is most likely to say: “Do you want to play Boggle or Super Mario Bros.?”
Louis Tully Quote that best describes Avi’s life: “I use to have a roommate, but then my mom moved to Florida.”

Janine Melnitz - I have no earthly idea, I have no female friends. I’ll work on this.

Mayor Lenny Clotch - Carmine Sarno

Carmine is certainly the kind of guy to sneak his way into political office only to find out that his reign of awesomeness is ruined by some moly-Babylonian god who is choosing to tear up the city. That’s Carmine’s luck. The other end of the luck, however, is that he’s got the four Ghostbusters to come save the day for him AND get him re-elected.

Mayor Lenny Quote Carmine is most likely to say: “Being miserable and treating other people like dirt is every New Yorker’s god given right.”
Mayor Lenny Quote that best describes Carmine’s life: “What is this, some kind of slumber party?”

Slimer - Jo Canning

Nobody knows how Jo got to be a ghost but what we do know is that he loves to fly around, eat food, and leave his mess all over the place for one of the Ghostbusters to clean up. I’ve also seen him slime Mike, although I’d rather not talk about that.

The Villains

Walter Peck - Chris Gallagher
First, the facial hair, what’s the deal? Plus, Gallagher’s strict to adherence to anything involving rules and regulations immediately causes him to be Walter Peck, even if those rules restrict the fun of whatever it is the Ghostbusters are doing. Plus, if Chris were to make a stand in the Mayor’s office Carmine would definitely through him out, even if he had a valid point (which he doesn’t).

Walter Peck Quote Gallagher is most likely to say: “I’m not interested in your opinion.”
Walter Peck Quote that best describes Gallagher’s life: “Don’t patronize me, I’m not grotesquely stupid.”

Janosz Poha - Adam Teitelbaum

Adam is easily the only person I know could so easily be possessed by a Moldavian tyrant and choose flying through the New York Nightlife as a ghost in a weird looking feminine outfit. Plus, who else is as socially awkward? Nobody.

Janosz Poha Quote Adam would most likely say: “You are like the buzzing of flies to him!”
Janosz Poha Quote that best describes Adam’s life: “Why am I dripping with goo?”

The Scoleri Brothers - Nick Dorman and Brad Golashesky

These two are never up to any good, and neither are my brother and Brad. Sometimes they have to be put in their place, especially by me and Mike.

Gozer the Gozerian - Itself

Vigo the Carpathian - Himself

I have not posted in just under 5 months. I thought I should just come on and let you know that nothing of importance happened today. I did, however, drop my sock after I got out of the shower. That sucked. I figured you’d all want to know that.

There is nothing else important, nothing at all.

Be sure to check back here, my blog, for future updates!

: )

My reason for not posting as much as I should be is because my most recent project is bagging, boarding, and organizing all of my comics collection. It turns out I have a shit load of comics so it is going to take quite a while. After committing two days to the project, though, I’m glad to say that it is probably not going to take as long as I thought it would. I’ve already bagged/boarded and organized 12 long boxes and I have 8 to go. I figure I’ll split those 8 up into two days so I don’t go crazy. After that it’ll just be the process of merging all the boxes and keeping them up to date from now on.

Needless to say I’m never going to let this happen again. I’m easily 3 or 4 years behind in organizing my comics and it is disgusting. If I didn’t take the time over the break to organize everything by publisher this would probably be the most painstaking project imaginable.

A few other quick notes:

1. I began writing my 2nd novel. I’ve only written a page (the first chapter) but its a start. Now I just need to find the main conflict and I’ll be able to take off with it.
2. I came in 3rd in a 5 person tournament last night. Mike and Nick ultimately split the pot after playing a few rounds after knocking me out. Mike busted my KK when he chased an inside straight draw and caught it. Shit happens.
3. I hate Valentine’s Day
4. School is going well. I’m up to date on all my classes and haven’t fallen behind (yet). Lets hope I can keep that up.
5. With the weather as nice as its been I’m hoping we have an early Spring (weather wise) and I can get cracking on the Ecto 1T. It’s been too long since I’ve done anything to that car and I really want to start gutting it as soon as possible.

More later.

I haven’t posted in quite a while as I was rather busy this weekend with Comic-Con (update on that later), poker (update on that later), writing (update on that later) and hanging out with my friends. i think it is safe to say that I will probably never make a post on the weekend unless I have a lot of free time.

This post comes to you from my car as I sit during my break from classes. My next class starts in just under an hour and I managed to steal an internet connection from someone on this block so I figured I’d throw out a post while I had some free time.

Since I’m going to write some longer posts later I’ll make this one a short one that I thought up over the weekend. Its simply going to be a list and since I don’t have much more to say about it I’ll just say enjoy!

Terence’s 5 Rules for Success at No Limit Texas Hold’em
1. If you can’t spot the first sucker during your first half hour at the table then you are the sucker.
2. The key to No Limit Texas Hold’em is to put a man to a decision for all of his chips.
3. Leave emotion at the door.
4. You can’t lose what you don’t put in the middle, but you can’t win much either.
5. Always be vigilant.

Oh, I don’t care that these are all stolen from something, they work.

Ever since I finished my book I haven’t been writing anything for myself. Sure, I’ve had the school assignment here and there but other than an assignment for one of my two Creative Writing courses I have not created anything in a few weeks.

I see that as a problem.

The reason for that is that I’ve always been of the mindset that the more I write the better I will become at it. This implies that I need to write as much as possible to hone my craft. Clearly I have not been writing as much as I wished I was otherwise I wouldn’t be writing this post.

So what is there to do?
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My Intro to Creative Writing course was cancelled yet again. This means out of four scheduled class meetings (which doesn’t count the two Fridays we have off because it is the online section of the course) we have only met two of those times, one being the first class.

Am I not allowed to learn how to write better? I guess time will tell.

Since I finished my first book last Friday I’ve been thinking about what to do with it. At the moment I have two copies of it printed out and sitting in two binders. One is sitting in my closet on top of my Highlander: The Reason script and the other follows me around in my backpack in case I feel like editing or proofreading it.

What the hell should I do with it? I figure I have three options. \

Option 1: I can let it sit in my closet and never see the light of day. I’d be the only person who ever knows what it is about and I’d be the only person to ever pass judgment on it.

Option 2: Let people I know read it, see what they think, then put it back on the shelf to never see the light of day again.

Option 3: Let some people I know read it and then try to get it published.

What should I do?
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I recently caught an episode of Poker After Dark during one of my many late nights and was pleased to see that it was the episode before one of my favorite YouTube poker clips. In said YouTube video we get to witness the great Phil Hellmuth lay down QQ pre-flop while he was the short stack with about 12 BB left.

It was a hand impossible to fold unless he had the most amazing read that told him his opponent had AA or KK (his opponent actually held AQ off). Mike Matusow, knowing that he folded QQ, immediately went on to berate Phil and call him the worst player ever.

It turns out, however, that this particular tournament on Poker After Dark was a special one. This tournament was called “The Dream Table” in which Paul Featherstone (the player with AQ off) got to pick his five dream opponent’s to play with him in the tournament.

So then I asked myself, who would be at my Dream Table?
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Final Crisis #7 hit the stands this past Wednesday finally putting an end to the major DC event of the year as well as the clash between the two titans of the comics industry. With both events spanning the better part of 2008 it was clearly another point in which the big events of both Marvel and DC would be compared to each other leading to many fan debates and online articles.

Luckily for you I am both a fan and an online writer so now you get to hear my opinion on the subject.

Who won? Which company’s big crossover event of the year was “better”? The answer may shock you.
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Last night in the Dorman Poker Tour we ran our first ever Heads Up Tournament. To say the least it went a lot longer than expected and I don’t think we are going to run one again for quite a while.

The main reason it ran so long was that I personally underestimated how aggressive everyone would play. I figured the matches would see rapid fire action and that each round would last a maximum of an hour.

I couldn’t have been more wrong.
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