The Maniacal Rantings of Lard Bobbo

Friday, October 20, 2006

I should make a show

Last night I had this wonderful idea for a TV show, but rather than talk about it, I'll show you excerpts from two instant messenger conversations detailing my idea.

Ssor1014 (1:52:21 AM): is it bad that the kinda person i want 2 see deal w/ a nasty ghost is a nasty or even nastier human being (and yes i am watching a ghost story show as of now)
Auto Response from Buggles6249 (1:52:22 AM): I forget how to turn this thing off.......
Ssor1014 (1:54:31 AM): i mean c'mon wouldn't u wanna see what a grumpy old man would do in that situation, and see if he'd win, cuz u never underestimate a guy who can get ticked off real esy
Ssor1014 (1:58:07 AM): or threaten 2 burn the house down if he hears one more odd noise, or finds one more thing that has be moved
Ssor1014 (1:59:22 AM): it wolud make good television
Ssor1014 (2:04:03 AM): we'd need 2 find the nastiest person (who can accept that ghost could exist) and put him/her (universal sufferege, very inportant) in the most haunted house we can find, and maybe we can find someone with a sense of humor like dr. vankman (bill murray) from ghostbusters, u can see where i'm going w/ that
Ssor1014 (2:06:47 AM): would u watch it

Ssor1014 (2:04:14 AM): darnit sharon
Norahs1213 (2:04:17 AM): ?
Ssor1014 (2:04:59 AM): go 2 the living room computer and see the handfull af long a** ims i sent ma
Norahs1213 (2:05:18 AM): ummmmm....ok
Ssor1014 (2:05:26 AM): cuz i'm not typing that again
Ssor1014 (2:05:36 AM): no sir
Norahs1213 (2:07:14 AM): you are an interesting young man
Norahs1213 (2:07:18 AM): with interesting ideas
Norahs1213 (2:07:24 AM): but i like them
Ssor1014 (2:09:07 AM): then it's settled, we need 2 find someone who would either get mad or say inappropriate things when others show fear
Norahs1213 (2:09:16 AM): lol
Norahs1213 (2:09:18 AM): yes
Norahs1213 (2:09:23 AM): good luck, though
Ssor1014 (2:09:53 AM): me? THIS IS NO 1 MAN JOB, WOMAN!
Ssor1014 (2:10:12 AM): i really should go 2 bed
Norahs1213 (2:10:25 AM): lol
Norahs1213 (2:10:28 AM): yes, you should
Norahs1213 (2:10:31 AM): night!
Ssor1014 (2:12:25 AM): but c'mon the show i was watching the guy woke up and heard voices, arguing about him (he's mine, no he's mine go away) and he said who's there, whereas our guy would say i'm no 1's b****
Norahs1213 (2:12:41 AM): lol
Norahs1213 (2:12:45 AM): great!
Ssor1014 (2:13:01 AM): that would be so awsome
Norahs1213 (2:13:10 AM): :-)
Norahs1213 (2:13:12 AM): anyways
Norahs1213 (2:13:14 AM): go to bed
Ssor1014 (2:13:43 AM): ok, let me know what the parent's think of my idea in the morning
Ssor1014 (2:13:52 AM): night
Norahs1213 (2:13:56 AM): night
Ssor1014 (12:16:54 PM): we really should make that show
Ssor1014 (12:16:59 PM): and get rich
Norahs1213 (12:17:27 PM): lol
Ssor1014 (12:18:04 PM): i take that as a yes
Ssor1014 (12:32:13 PM): another exmple, on a different episode of that same show this person trying 2 fix a house (haunted by a ghost from the revolutionary war period) heard a story about a previous owner in the 30's eating dinner in the kitchen w/ his wife, when the basement door opened and in the doorway was a cloud of smoke w/ a human face, the wife screamed, and the man reached into a drawer, pulled out his gun and fired 2 shots, and the door slamed itself, i was impressed, it probably really do anything 2 the ghost, but i was impressed
Ssor1014 (12:32:33 PM): how's that 4 an im
Norahs1213 (12:32:59 PM): long
Ssor1014 (12:33:11 PM): would u be impressed
Norahs1213 (12:33:28 PM): a little
Norahs1213 (12:36:06 PM): ok, i'm off in search of lunch
Ssor1014 (12:36:18 PM): good luck
Norahs1213 (12:36:23 PM): thanks
Ssor1014 (1:22:37 AM): but if we do make that show......
Ssor1014 (1:22:45 AM): what would it be called
Norahs1213 (1:22:54 AM): dunno
Norahs1213 (1:23:04 AM): i'll let you come up with the name
Ssor1014 (1:23:13 AM): the only thing i can think of is abnormal paranormal
Ssor1014 (1:23:23 AM): but that stinks on ice
Norahs1213 (1:23:26 AM): lol
Ssor1014 (1:24:14 AM): y'know i'll probably put the whole conversation on my blog
Norahs1213 (1:24:26 AM): go for it
Ssor1014 (1:24:31 AM): it's 2 good 2 let go
Ssor1014 (1:24:38 AM): all right

As you can see from the time stamps, all of this took place in the period of a day, but ideas like this NEED to be well thought out, but goshdarnit, there needs to be a show like this.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Shopping Excursion

Today I walked around Terre Haute trying to find a place within a 3 mile radius of my dorm to buy Star Trek: Encounters which (according to some sites) was released today. My pitiful attempt of breaking my old record of buying the Dune Special Edition DVD about 3 days after I saw the commercial for it. Needless to say, I did not find a store that fit the bill, but I did find where the Rural King is and the location of this town's crappy mall, The Meadows Shopping Center, complete with a branch of the Vigo County Public Library right in the middle of it. No offence, but that was LAAAAAME!!! Who puts a library in a crappy mall? That's almost as pitiful as Dollar General accepting Visa cards now. Who goes to a dollar store and uses their credit card. Come to think of it, didn't McDonald's pull a similar stunt earlier in the year? It sure makes me glad that all I have is a Debit MasterCard.