Dude, I got something like that once. I got really ill on a trip to New York (people blame the huge amounts of caffeine in my system from drinking several Mountain Dews a day for a week, but they are WRONG!) and when I got off the plane my ear was all deaf and stuff.

Apparently I had "Left acute otitis media" and all the tubes in my ear had got full of crap. They gave me some capsules. I cant swallow capsules - ended up pouring the stuff into fruit juice concentrate hehe.

But yeah, took 4 weeks to heal.

FOUR WEEKS.

I hope you haven't got this dude.

[QUOTE=being.crazy.is.not.a.bad.thing]Dude, I got something like that once. I got really ill on a trip to New York (people blame the huge amounts of caffeine in my system from drinking several Mountain Dews a day for a week, but they are WRONG!) and when I got off the plane my ear was all deaf and stuff.

Apparently I had "Left acute otitis media" and all the tubes in my ear had got full of crap. They gave me some capsules. I cant swallow capsules - ended up pouring the stuff into fruit juice concentrate hehe.

But yeah, took 4 weeks to heal.

FOUR WEEKS.

I hope you haven't got this dude.[/QUOTE]

I hope not either. On the other hand, I believe that might have been caused by illness combined with odd pressure changes due to you being on the plane. Mine is only happening in one ear and it feels as though water is just blocked up in it. When I cover my right ear, my hearing power is as if I'm covering my left ear too: it's not totally deaf.

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]I just posted the new Monday Night Madness thread. I also hear Jelle wants to kill me. *quakes in fear*[/QUOTE]

How would he go about doing that? With the bottom of an ice skate and a very hot waffle? :p Good work on the thread, by the way.

So good morning to y'all. My day hasn't gone by yet, but it's going to be good, knowing that I'm out of here in precisely a week. If your day isn't goin' good, I have no pity for you :lol: .

NP: Big Dumb Face (which is way better than Limp Bizkit will ever be, and that's sayin' a lot.)- Burgalveist

Can someone possible explain the whole waffle thing to me please :)

[QUOTE=MXican]Can someone possible explain the whole waffle thing to me please :)[/QUOTE]

In America, there is a breakfast called "Belgian waffles." Fruit can be added on top of it, or chocolate chips and whipped cream, or just syrup and butter and powdered sugar. They look like this:

[url=http://cabe.hotdogcloning.com/images/journal/IMG_0067.JPG]Oh, those glorious Belgian waffles ![/url]

Since Jelle is from Belgium, he is Belgian. Since Belgian waffles are from Belgium, Jelle is therefore a waffle, since he is also from Belgium :)

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]I just posted the new Monday Night Madness thread. I also hear Jelle wants to kill me. *quakes in fear*[/QUOTE]
I want to kill you too... :)

[QUOTE=AntiHero3314]In America, there is a breakfast called "Belgian waffles." Fruit can be added on top of it, or chocolate chips and whipped cream, or just syrup and butter and powdered sugar. They look like this:

[url=http://cabe.hotdogcloning.com/images/journal/IMG_0067.JPG]Oh, those glorious Belgian waffles ![/url]

Since Jelle is from Belgium, he is Belgian. Since Belgian waffles are from Belgium, Jelle is therefore a waffle, since he is also from Belgium :)[/QUOTE]

Is he a Dutch Belgian or a Flemish Belgian?

[QUOTE=zeppelinfan2k3]Right, but who's to say you wouldn't enjoy living a so-called average life?

So I'm going to bed, but ponder that hah.[/QUOTE]

I think he's saying that what he thinks of as a mediocre/average life is one that he isn't enjoying at all. So it's something that can't happen by definition.

[QUOTE=Bartender]I think he's saying that what he thinks of as a mediocre/average life is one that he isn't enjoying at all. So it's something that can't happen by definition.[/QUOTE]
Eh, the way I read the first post it just seemed like he though he couldn't enjoy living a life like everyone else because everyone else is doing it.

Exams were good. Everyone else said Maths was rock hard, but i found it relativly easy, which is good.

Cain, did you ever get a chance to check out my response to you in the Blind Guardian thread? I don't know if it's quite what you were looking for, but I think it's one of the better answers I've been able to put up for that sort of issue.

[QUOTE=AntiHero3314]In America, there is a breakfast called "Belgian waffles." Fruit can be added on top of it, or chocolate chips and whipped cream, or just syrup and butter and powdered sugar. They look like this:

[url=http://cabe.hotdogcloning.com/images/journal/IMG_0067.JPG]Oh, those glorious Belgian waffles ![/url]

Since Jelle is from Belgium, he is Belgian. Since Belgian waffles are from Belgium, Jelle is therefore a waffle, since he is also from Belgium :)[/QUOTE]

You just made me so hungry.

/shakes fist

My allergies are killing me today, so I didn't go to class. I feel like a truck ran over my throat.

[QUOTE=Steerpike]Cain, did you ever get a chance to check out my response to you in the Blind Guardian thread? I don't know if it's quite what you were looking for, but I think it's one of the better answers I've been able to put up for that sort of issue.[/QUOTE]

I did see it, and took no issues with it and so I didn't feel the need to reply. It seemed to be a good response. I think I just need to get used to it, and I'm well on my way. :) Anyway, I'm rewriting my prog metal songs based on Lord of the Rings to incorporate some of the cool power metal things I've been exposed to (the original version was written two years ago, and strikes me as rather amateur), and to that end I also went out and bought Rhapsody's "Power of the Dragonflame" and have been getting a lot of enjoyment out of it thus far. :) Good to see you again, BTW, I haven't spotted you recently.

The video for Power of the Dragonflame is so bad, it hurts.

[QUOTE=Cain]I did see it, and took no issues with it and so I didn't feel the need to reply. It seemed to be a good response. I think I just need to get used to it, and I'm well on my way. :) Anyway, I'm rewriting my prog metal songs based on Lord of the Rings to incorporate some of the cool power metal things I've been exposed to (the original version was written two years ago, and strikes me as rather amateur), and to that end I also went out and bought Rhapsody's "Power of the Dragonflame" and have been getting a lot of enjoyment out of it thus far. :) Good to see you again, BTW, I haven't spotted you recently.[/QUOTE]

It's been a pretty busy time for me. I just got an internship at Pittsburgh Filmmakers and might be able to schmooze my way into ushering at a special premiere of Land of the Dead. Tom Savini will be making all the ushers up as zombies, so I'm pretty psyched about that as you can imagine. I'm such a fanboy. :p

I'm also working on some screenplays, and will be shooting my first movie soon. I just need to complete the script. If anyone's interested, I could post excerpts of what I have so far in YSI.

And of course in between all of that, I'm doing research for my spotlight threads. This weekend is a double feature: Diamond Head and Celtic Frost.

And somewhere in the middle of all, I'm looking for a job to make ends meet. :upset:

When is Land of the Dead due out now? I know it was originally October, but hasn't it been bumped forward to June or July?

[QUOTE=Bartender]When is Land of the Dead due out now? I know it was originally October, but hasn't it been bumped forward to June or July?[/QUOTE]

Of 2006? Who knows?

It had better be better than Day of the Dead, though. That movie blew extra hard.

What kind of a budget is this movie on? I've seen stills and it doesn't look very high.

I think the real premiere is June 28, but Romero is having a special screening in Pittsburgh on the 22nd. He shot all the previous films in the area, and it served as his base of operations for years. He wanted to film Land of the Dead in the city proper, but alas it was too expensive and he had to go to Toronto.

To compensate, the set design is all modeled after Pittsburgh architecture, which actually lends itself well to Romero's style of suspense.

... Okay, I think I went a bit overboard.

[QUOTE=Cain]Of 2006? Who knows?

It had better be better than Day of the Dead, though. That movie blew extra hard.

What kind of a budget is this movie on? I've seen stills and it doesn't look very high.[/QUOTE]

This summer. The trailer is available on Yahoo right now. Bear in mind that Night of the Living Dead is a classic flick and had a very low budget.

Watch the trailer, I think you'll be impressed.

[QUOTE=Cain]Is he a Dutch Belgian or a Flemish Belgian?[/QUOTE]
I don't think you have been answered, he is Flemish

[QUOTE=Steerpike]It's been a pretty busy time for me. I just got an internship at Pittsburgh Filmmakers and might be able to schmooze my way into ushering at a special premiere of Land of the Dead. Tom Savini will be making all the ushers up as zombies, so I'm pretty psyched about that as you can imagine. I'm such a fanboy. :p

I'm also working on some screenplays, and will be shooting my first movie soon. I just need to complete the script. If anyone's interested, I could post excerpts of what I have so far in YSI.

And of course in between all of that, I'm doing research for my spotlight threads. This weekend is a double feature: Diamond Head and Celtic Frost.

And somewhere in the middle of all, I'm looking for a job to make ends meet. :upset:[/QUOTE]

I recently found a job serving breakfast at a hotel in my town. It appears that I'll have to go to my first day with a deaf left ear, however, since the doctors said they can't do anything until Thursday. :(

Good to hear that you're keeping busy at least. Good luck with the film premiere. :thumb:

[QUOTE=Cain]I recently found a job serving breakfast at a hotel in my town. It appears that I'll have to go to my first day with a deaf left ear, however, since the doctors said they can't do anything until Thursday. :(

Good to hear that you're keeping busy at least. Good luck with the film premiere. :thumb:[/QUOTE]

Wow, that sucks.

Thanks for the good wishes though. If I get in, I'll be sure to send you guys some pictures from the event.

[QUOTE=MXican]I don't think you have been answered, he is Flemish[/QUOTE]

Ah, I'm friends with Dutch Belgians and full Dutch. They hate the Flemish. There's all sorts of stuff going on with that. They think that Flemish Belgians are literally retarded. It's kind of an amusing situation actually. :)

[QUOTE=Cain]Of 2006? Who knows?

It had better be better than Day of the Dead, though. That movie blew extra hard.

What kind of a budget is this movie on? I've seen stills and it doesn't look very high.[/QUOTE]

No, of this year. And by Day of the Dead, do you mean the remake or the original?

The budget for this movie is actually decent. I don't really see how it can fail - it's got Romero back directing it (and he's got a real budget to work with), along with Asia Argento and a cameo zombie.

[QUOTE=Bartender]No, of this year. And by Day of the Dead, do you mean the remake or the original?

The budget for this movie is actually decent. I don't really see how it can fail - it's got Romero back directing it (and he's got a real budget to work with), along with Asia Argento and a cameo zombie.[/QUOTE]

Dawn of the Dead was the one that was remade: I don't think they've remade Day of the Dead yet. I could be wrong, but in any case I'm talking about the original. The overacting in that movie is preposterous, as is the variety of costumes Romero puts on his grey-faced legions. It's just way too much camp to see ghouls dressed in Hawaiian shirts with the sunglasses and hat still on, or to see a zombie teenager still dressed in his full football uniform including helmet. Just silly.

Oh yeah, you are right. Sorry, misread.

I like that film as well, though :)

[QUOTE=Cain]Dawn of the Dead was the one that was remade: I don't think they've remade Day of the Dead yet. I could be wrong, but in any case I'm talking about the original. The overacting in that movie is preposterous, as is the variety of costumes Romero puts on his grey-faced legions. It's just way too much camp to see ghouls dressed in Hawaiian shirts with the sunglasses and hat still on, or to see a zombie teenager still dressed in his full football uniform including helmet. Just silly.[/QUOTE]

There are really two reasons people still watch that movie.

1. Tom Savini's gore effects.
2. Bub.

I am quickly becoming the biggest Arsis whore on Audioscrobbler. At this rate, i will be the user with the most Arsis plays by the end of the week.

Fanboy ++

[QUOTE=88_Fingers_Joe]I am quickly becoming the biggest Arsis whore on Audioscrobbler. At this rate, i will be the user with the most Arsis plays by the end of the week.

Fanboy ++[/QUOTE]

I've been digging Arsis, as well.

Pretty soon I'll be the person with the most Radiohead played probably :)

Can you link your profile?

But this week alone i played 55 Sevenfold tracks :/

[QUOTE=Steerpike]There are really two reasons people still watch that movie.

1. Tom Savini's gore effects.
2. Bub.[/QUOTE]

I think the subplot with Bub is kind of silly though. The "science" surrounding their explanations for why zombies are animate even though they're dead is rather weak. And the movie isn't really that scary. There's just too many zombies, and they are all dressed in retarded clothes. The story could have been much cooler, but in ways it was also a retread of "Dawn of the Dead," except instead of a mall, they're stuck in a boring bunker. And the ending? Give me a ****ing break.

Now, to be honest, I think the remade Night of the Living Dead is terrifying. The setting is very eerie, and the zombies move incredibly slowly (one of the reasons I was less than satisfied with the remade "Dawn of the Dead.") They're all very gory and disgusting, and the atmosphere is incredibly eerie.

And IMO, regardless of how scary it is, I consider 28 Days later to be a brilliant movie. Thoughts?

28 Days Later is scary as fu[u]c[/u]k. The addition of the army is just genius, especially the caged zombie dude. I like it when the blood drips into his eye, that is funny.

[QUOTE=88_Fingers_Joe]Can you link your profile?

But this week alone i played 55 Sevenfold tracks :/[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/karmapol1ce/[/url]

[QUOTE=88_Fingers_Joe]28 Days Later is scary as fu[u]c[/u]k. The addition of the army is just genius, especially the caged zombie dude. I like it when the blood drips into his eye, that is funny.[/QUOTE]

**** straight. :)

[QUOTE=Cain]Now, to be honest, I think the remade Night of the Living Dead is terrifying. The setting is very eerie, and the zombies move incredibly slowly (one of the reasons I was less than satisfied with the remade "Dawn of the Dead.") They're all very gory and disgusting, and the atmosphere is incredibly eerie.

And IMO, regardless of how scary it is, I consider 28 Days later to be a brilliant movie. Thoughts?[/QUOTE]

It's interesting how things like this work in zombie horror.

Romero's mythos of uber-creepiness and suspense that eats you alive requires the zombies to be slow, shambling juggernauts.

Conversely, you have more action-oriented movies like 28 Days Later that require something speedier.

The Dawn of the Dead remake has to be divorced from the former and taken as the latter to be enjoyed. It's all in the stylistic approach. You can't have it both ways.

Interestingly, pre-dating Night of the Living Dead was an Italian film called Zombie! that played off a lot of different world cultures' perceptions of zombies. The creatures in this film were basically brainless killing machines, but not only could they run, they could also swim, leap, and some even flew. One of the most famous scenes in the film apparently is a zombie fighting a shark.

I haven't seen it myself. Yet. But a friend of mine at college owns a copy so I plan on watching it this Fall.

[QUOTE=88_Fingers_Joe]28 Days Later is scary as fu[u]c[/u]k. The addition of the army is just genius, especially the caged zombie dude. I like it when the blood drips into his eye, that is funny.[/QUOTE]

Best scary movie i've seen. It was eerily realistic too, which made it so much more effective.

And a killer soundtrack. Post rock in the movies :thumb:

Wow, thats alot of Radiohead man :/ Nice to see Aesop Rock on there, he is awesome. Cant think of a rapper i enjoy as much as him.

I didn't like 28 days later. Atleast not the army addition, the beginning was probably the best part. The army was a unique idea and saved it from being just another zombie movie, but that is where I started not likeing it. I really liked the movement of the zombies though, it actually made them seem like they were sick.

[QUOTE=88_Fingers_Joe]Wow, thats alot of Radiohead man :/ Nice to see Aesop Rock on there, he is awesome. Cant think of a rapper i enjoy as much as him.[/QUOTE]

Aesop is great. Some people can't deal with his voice, but I think it's unique.

[QUOTE=Cain]
And IMO, regardless of how scary it is, I consider 28 Days later to be a brilliant movie. Thoughts?[/QUOTE]

I thought it was pretty good (apart from the "rage-infected" explanation bit) up until they met the army guys. Then it all went to hell.

[QUOTE=Steerpike]
Interestingly, pre-dating Night of the Living Dead was an Italian film called Zombie! that played off a lot of different world cultures' perceptions of zombies. The creatures in this film were basically brainless killing machines, but not only could they run, they could also swim, leap, and some even flew. One of the most famous scenes in the film apparently is a zombie fighting a shark.

I haven't seen it myself. Yet. But a friend of mine at college owns a copy so I plan on watching it this Fall.[/QUOTE]

That's Fulci, isn't it?