With the exception of one line from Bill Hollweg (he had the accent on the wrong word, changed the meaning of a line), and Laura Post finishing her part for episode 3, it is almost done.

That's right. All I have to do is go to Bob Jump's house tomorrow (yes, that is his real name), to record his lines as Magic Man. He agreed to reprise his role in Assault II (and if I need him for further Assault adventures), but scheduling is a bitch.

So I take the "studio" (i.e. the mic, the laptop, the script and the spit guard) to Bartonville tomorrow night to get the last lines I need to complete parts 1 & 2, and as soon as Laura gets caught up with all her stuff (she's been doing a LOT, especially with her job), she'll get me Fathom's lines for part 3 and this puppy will be FINISHED!

In other news, I have two strippers to recruit (voices only, don't get excited, boys) to be able to finally finish the latest Truck story. I'll be working on part 3 of that this next week as well as moving the office to the living room and turning the office into a nursery. Yep, it's getting closer (less than 4 months till due date). Neither one of us can wait to lose a lot of sleep, spend all waking moments caring for our first baby.

Stay tuned...

Introducing James Bond: charming, sophisticated, handsome; chillingly ruthless and very deadly.

Casino Royalé finds Bond on a mission to neutralize a lethal, high-rolling Russian operative called simply 'Le Chiffre', who has lost 50 million Francs of his nation's money on a private venture, and unless he can recoup his losses, a SMERSH assassin lies in wait. James Bond 007 is sent to beat Le Chiffre at the casino and ensure Le Chiffre's death comes at the hands of his own people.

Produced/Scripted by Michael Dougherty and Justin J. Milliner

People who live in apartment complexes (like Georgetown Commons) should not be allowed to have dogs. Especially little annoying yappy dogs who pitch a freaking FIT every time they see another dog.

Like today for example. Someone new has moved in with a big black lab/Dane mix (what it looks like anyway), and it seems like a nice dog. It doesn't bark. However, the people who own at least two little yappers still don't quite understand the concept of "Strange dog, I must make as much noise as possible at it" and let their little freaking yappers yap away because they aren't smart enough to know how to control it.

And this has been going on

All

freakin'

DAY.

As of midnight last night, episode 1 of Casino Royale hit 3,000 downloads! (3,003 to be exact) WOO-HOO! It is our most downloaded show.

I attribute it to the number of James Bond fans out there who have spread the word about Circus-13 as well as the wonderful production quality of Mike Dougherty! Hats off to you Mike!

Kraven the Hunter has taken Spider-man's place, but a more brutal, violent Spider-man! Vermin continues to kill and devour women, but will Spider-Kraven stop him? And why? Mary Jane continues her search for her husband! Listen to Spider-man: Kraven's Last Hunt part 3: Descent to find out more!

Flash Gordon and Dale Arden are kidnapped by Prof. Hans Zarkov and taken to the planet Mongo, ruled by the evil Emperor Ming the Merciless. Flash fights back and escapes, thus starting his adventures!

This was done as a class project for Audio Production from the original radio serials from 1935. We changed nothing from the original script (which is why it sounds cheesy and weird). Be looking for more episodes of Flash, Dale, Dr. Zarkov and Ming the Merciless from Circus-13 Productions!

I finished my last Audio Production class today, just got finals to take and I'm done with the semester. Anyway, the class is in the Agricultural and Technology building at ICC, where they also have the classes for ASE certification, mechanics and such. And I saw something quite odd today.

I watched a man wash his hands BEFORE he peed.

I understand that working on cars your hands can get greasy, and I also understand that he didn't want to put that grease.... anywhere else on his body but on his hands, but it still struck me as odd.

Also because he didn't wash his hands AFTERWARDS.

I just posted Iron Man 2 to the podcast page, having mixed it over the past 2-3 days in a marathon mix session. The original post producer of the show, Dave Sobkowiak has been putting me off since he did the first episode (which was released last JUNE), and I finally had enough. If he can't be bothered, I can move on. I have a new producer for the show, but I wanted to get at least one more episode out before the movie, and I had all the lines I needed to mix it, so I did.

Timmy Schmidt will be taking over with episode 3, so be watching for casting calls! In the meantime, head over to circus13.mypodcast.com to give a listen to Iron Man 2: Hulk Smash!

Tonight I had a very close friend of mine call me, crying. This was a shock because for as long as I've known her, I've never known her to cry. Ever. She's in love with a douche bag who doesn't appreciate her.

Example:
"When you get out of the weigh-in, call me so I know you're done."
Later, when she comes home to find him asleep on the couch and he never called her....
"Why didn't you call me?! You were supposed to call me!"
"You mighta been in the movie theater. I didn't want to disturb you."
"I TOLD you to call me, no matter what!"
"I didn't want to disturb you."

Yes. He actually said that.

He NEVER shows her affection (just saying "I love you" without any emotion behind it doesn't count). When he comes home from work, he doesn't kiss her hello, he barely says Hi. He worries only about himself.

Example:
The other day, she was supposed to come over to visit with Emilie and I. She was driving her van with transmission problems and was supposed to call me when she got home so we'd know we could come get her. I told her when we were leaving our other friend's house, we'd call to let her know we were on our way. I tried both phones (her home and cell) multiple times on our way to her place, and she never answered either. When we got to her place, I called the home phone (which he doesn't answer, he only talks on his cell, which is another big issue) and listened to it ring while we stood on the porch. So I knocked. He answered the door. I asked where Amber was. "Oh, she's sick, lying on the couch."

Now, I ask you. If you told someone repeatedly that you loved them, and they were sick on the couch (she had been throwing up for over an hour), and the phone rings and you know it's for her because anyone calling you would call your cell, wouldn't you answer that phone call so she wouldn't have to get up to answer it? Wouldn't you, at the very LEAST, take the phone to her so she wouldn't have to get up, knowing it would be for her anyway?

He sat there and let it ring, but answered the door because THAT might be for him.

This girl does EVERYTHING for him. She does his laundry, his cleaning, his cooking (and even brings him his food at the couch so he doesn't have to get up), and he can't even answer a phone for her when she's fucking SICK.

So that's what she's been going through (I'm not even going to get into his conversations with his ex) for the last 4-5 months, and it finally broke her down.

Me, being big brother to her that I usually am, went over to sit with her and give her a shoulder to cry on, literally, after an hour of figurative shoulder crying. We sat and talked of other things (of shoes and ships and sealing wax, cabbages and kings) and it helped. She went with me to the post office to mail a check for an eBay item, and because she had been drinking, she was hungry.

We went across the river to Hardee's and got food, then went behind the Wal-mart to the park on the river where looking at Peoria looks nice and we could relax, it was quiet and out of the way enough where we wouldn't have traffic coming by.

And I'm sure that the couple having sex in the car when we got to the park had thought the same thing before we pulled in. No lie. Gotta love the warmer weather that brings out the best in people like that.

I finally got around to listening to the Big Finish audio of Dr. Who in Shada, originally written for television by Douglas Adams. It was updated and adapted for the 8th Doctor (rather than the 4th) on radio. Because it was written by the late, great Douglas Adams (of Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy fame), there is some dry witty humor here and there. The most memorable one so far to me is:

"Would you like milk in your tea?"
"Yes please."
"One lump or two?"
"Two."
"Sugar?"
"Wha--?"

It cracked me up.

That's right, I just finished scripting the end of Assault II: Enmity and Armor part 3. It has been sent off to the editor for proofreading and consistency and once it passes muster....

THE FUN BEGINS!

I have already cast a lot of the roles. So far I have one role open I think, in all three episodes. That's it. Just one. For a male character, brother to a female played by my wife Emilie. He also has super powers, but none of them are brought out at ALL in this story, but his characterization is. He'll be a big part in Assault III, whenever I get around to writing it. But for now, I'll have to see who I like for the role of Tommy Warner, aka Gold.

But for me, the big part is over. Writing it out. It took a couple weeks and all told, the whole thing is about 70 pages. Too short for a screenplay, but perfect for three short episodes of a radio play. Now I just have to wait for lines to come in, record a few people, and mix it all together. I'm thinking I should have all three done by the end of May.

Now I turn my attention elsewhere, to another original project and see where I can take it...

The Wolfman Journals!

I just got finished making a couple new wallpapers for some new Circus-13 shows and such. Here are the thumbnails to the new desktop wallpapers below.














Go to www.circus13productions.com/wallpaper.shtml and download these and many others!

I love going to the laundromat in Sunnyland on Thursday nights after school.  One gets to meet all sorts of wonderful characters.  Like tonight.

I absolutely LOVE Sunnyland "white boys" who dress and talk ghetto to appear tough.  And some of the dumb-ass things they say.  "Hey, dawg, you know what dis place needs?  We need some mo' girls up in dis mug."  For those of you who don't speak Sunnyland ghetto, allow me to translate.

"Hey there, my friend.  I was thinking about what this establishment could use at a time like this for us young suburban white males.  We need some people of the female persuasion to frequent this establishment while we are partaking of its facilities.  That way we can impress them with our tough ghetto speak and show them what manly men we really are."

So, upon hearing the above comment, and understanding what it meant (I worked at Club 112, Tonic and Diesel before it came out of the closet again, those of you not in Peoria area won't know what I mean, they were all hip-hop/dance bars with a clientelle that consisted mainly of urban black "thugs", for lack of a better term), I told this young man, "You should be here on Wednesday nights, that's when all the single moms come in."

"Yeah?" He grinned.

"Dude, there was seven women in here last night, none over the age of 25, only two had kids, and they were ALL talking about how they needed a young guy they could use for sex.  Didn't have to work, she'd support him."

"No SHIT!"  His grin was a full-on smirk, he smacked his grinning buddy.

"Yeah, and they like it when hip-hip guys come on strong.  Makes 'em feel like a real woman."

I so want to be there next Wednesday about 7:30-8 and see what happens, but I'll be in class.  Anyone want to go there with a video camera for me?

True story.  Just happened tonight.  

Kraven the Hunter has killed Spider-man! Vermin is on the streets killing women! Mary Jane is worried for her new husband Peter Parker and goes looking for him. What she finds is NOT what she's looking for! Listen to Spider-man: Kraven's Last Hunt part 2: Crawling to find out more!

Jonah Hex: bounty hunter, Civil War veteran, all around tough guy. Sit back for a rompin', stompin' Wild West tale of comedy, action and suspense!

Shadows West puts Jonah in Buffalo Will's Wild West Show with Long Tom, a dwarf sharpshooter, where he runs into his old Native American pal Spotted Balls. Jonah learns some things about this traveling show and decides to stick around, for now.

WARNING! This show uses explicit language!

I know, it's not that big a deal, but I finally got new strings (and a new strap) for my bass before our gig this weekend. This is about the closest we'll be playing to Peoria for a bit and we'll be in Washburn. Some of you who haven't wanted to drive an hour plus just to see my band 3 Jack Voodoo might want to consider coming to Washburn (Webb's Roadhouse) to hear us play.

So the new strings. Guitar players are supposed to change their strings about once a month, otherwise they get worn out and lose their crisp sound and can break easier. Bass players are supposed to change about every 3 months. It's been about a year since I changed 3 of the four (got a set from a buddy and the low E was missing), and about 4-5 years since the low E has been changed. Man, do new strings make a difference.

I can't wait for this gig. We've had like a month off due to various vacations and honeymoons, we should be in good form this weekend.

Oh, and our newest member (he's been with us like 6 months now, wonder when I'll stop thinking of him as "new") has breathed some new life into the band. For some reason, the other band members (and our sound guy) don't think I know anything about being in a band or getting gigs or anything, even though I used to do it for my old band. Granted it was over 10 years ago, but the other guys have NO experience. Yet they don't listen. And when Danny G came in back in September and started saying the same things, they're listening to him. As if I never said it.

Anyway, he's been bringing in some new songs. And I don't just mean songs we didn't play, I mean songs written after 1980 (a running joke about our guitarist Tim, he doesn't think any music was written after 1980). We just learned Paralyzer by Finger 11 tonight and might even be playing it this weekend. Now that we are learning some new music, and a lot more of it (and some heavy stuff too like some Metallica and Tool) we might be able to get some gigs in Peoria. Finally.

All right, off to bed to dream of playing in Peoria and not having to drive over an hour to get to a gig.