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Literature › Writing Horror Fiction - Risky Business? by Sisikill(op): 11:17pm On Aug 21, 2008

This is another spin to the Movie Curses – Do you believe thread. It was actually prompted by dreeldee with this post

I don't believe in it, it's all a coincidence, you should run a check of the no of movies (horror, action w/e) that have been made so far since the start of Hollywood. How many of them have resulted into the deaths of the characters due to the parts they played in it? if this was actually true, most of the old actors (even new ones) should have been dead by now because they've all taken part in these types of movies at one point in their acting career. All the same, as human we should believe in something so let him hold on to whatever he believes in.

Sounded like a very good idea and in trying to find out more, I noticed something else. Majority of the famous authors of Horror Fiction have had something terrible happen to them before and/or after they started writing.

Examples

Edger Allen Poe - His father abandoned their family in 1810,[6] and his mother died a year later from Tuberculosis. Poe was then taken into the home of John Allan, who alternately spoiled and aggressively disciplined his foster son. Found out his foster mother had died when he arrived home a day after her funeral, he Lost his brother to alcoholism. He secretly married his 13 yrs old cousin Virginia, who would later be afflicted with Tuberculosis, under the strain of his wife’s illness. . . Poe began to drink heavily. 5 yrs after showing signs of her illness, Virginia died. He became unstable after her death and it was said that his engagement to Poet Sarah Whitman failed largely because of his drinking and erratic behavior. His circumstances surrounding and the cause of his death still remains a mystery and all medical records and documents, including Poe's death certificate, have been lost, if they ever existed.

Mary Shelley (Frankenstein) – Her mother died ten day after giving birth to her, her first child was born prematurely and died soon after, she became depressed and felt haunted by the visions of her dead baby, she lost her 2nd and 3rd at young ages, she miscarried once and had one surviving child, her half-sister committed suicide, her husband drowned when his sailing boat sank, She died at 53 of a brain tumor, after suffering from headaches and bouts of paralysis in parts of her body.

Bram Stoker (Dracula) - Stoker was bed-ridden until he started school at the age of seven when he made a complete recovery. Was personal assistant and friend to Sir. Henry irving, whose death caused Stoker to suffer a stroke (not much here but something)

H. P. Lovecraft (Cthulhu Mythos/Lovecraft Mythos) - His name is synonymous to Horror fiction (There is a sub-genre of horror called Lovecraftian horror) his writing had a huge influence on writers like Stephen King. When he was 3, his father, a traveling sales man went cuckoo in the head in a Chicago Hotel. He was placed in a Psychiatric Hospital for the remainder of his life. Lovecraft was a sickly child, barely attended school because of his undisciplined and argumentative nature. The death of his grandfather and the family’s plunge into poverty had a big effect on him, he contemplated suicide. After high school, he became a hermit and would see only his mother. After suffering from hysteria and depression for a long period of time, Lovecraft's mother had a nervous breakdown and was committed to Butler Hospital like her husband before her. He was diagnosed with cancer of the intestine and he also suffered from malnutrition. He lived in constant pain until his death. He died a very poor man, despite his best writing efforts.

Robert E. Howard (Conan the Barbarian, Pigeons from Hell" – He spent his early life was spent wandering through a variety of Texas cowtowns and boomtowns. He suffered from severe depression from an early age. He lacked confidence and was very shy exacerbated by frequent moves during his youth, His mother contracted tuberculosis taking care of sick relatives, it is also thought that his role of primary caregiver for his increasingly sick mother may also have contributed to his depression. He considered suicide as a valid alternative to an unhappy life and would have killed himself if he didn’t have his mom to care for. He killed himself the same day his mother died.

V.C Andrews (Flowers in the attic, Petals on the wind, If there be thorns, Seeds of Yesterday) - As a teenager, Andrews suffered a fall from a school stairwell, resulting in severe back injuries. The subsequent surgery to correct these injuries resulted in Andrews suffering from crippling arthritis that required her to use a wheelchair for much of her life. Had an overprotective mother who was borderline insane with the way she treated her daughter. She has stated that being a pretty child was not fun, many of her friends fathers made advances, giving her a sexualized perception of herself. This incident can be seen as the reason most of her books are a little on the “wild, immoral” side and why she never got married. She claimed to be psychic and had a vision showing her she would be crippled.

Shirley Jackson – Her story The Lottery, still very much discussed 60yrs after it was published. It is described the most controversial piece fiction of fiction The New Yorker ever published. Shirley Jackson's stories and books arose out of the complex, sad, and joyous magic of her life. Shirley suffered throughout her life from various neuroses and psychosomatic illnesses. She died in her sleep at age 48.

Anne Rice – (Interview with a Vampire) Lost her Mother to Alcoholism at 14, lost a daughter to Leukemia, went into a diabetic coma in 1998, lost her husband to brain cancer. She once stated she felt like an outsider, suffered from anxiety, is afraid of the dark. Her intense fear of death, her longing to live forever and her loss of faith in a Higher being explains why most of her novels reveal a preoccupation with Christian ritual and codes, conflict between good and evil, the twentieth-century loss of faith in God and sense of isolation, the search for human identity and self-awareness, the longing for family ties and community, the fear of death and the human desire for love, power, and immortality.

Dean Koontz (Whispers) - He grew up under strained circumstances--an alcoholic, abusive father who was later diagnosed as a sociopath), poverty, rootlessness. Growing up, he thought all families were like his until he read a book and it dawned on him his father wasn’t an ordinary man.
Peter Francis Straub (Co-wrote The Talisman & Black house with Stephen King, Ghost story) - At the age of seven, Straub was struck by a car, sustaining serious injuries.[3] He was hospitalized for several months, and temporarily confined to a wheelchair after being released, until he had re-learned how to walk. His close brush with death is said to have had a profound effect on him

Stephen King (IT, Carrie, Salem’s Lot, Cujo, The Shining) - When King was two years old, his father deserted the family when going to get a pack of cigarettes. As a child, King apparently witnessed one of his friends being struck and killed by a train. This event seemed to have had an effect on him. Had a severe drinking and drug problem, was struck by a van while walking on the shoulder of the road (like something out of his own books). His injuries—a collapsed right lung, multiple fractures of the right leg, scalp laceration and a broken hip. He later bought the van which was later crushed at a junkyard after King had severely beaten it with a baseball bat. He suffered severe pneumonia as a direct result of his lung being punctured in the accident.

Question - It is because of their past they are able to channel this Horror or do they invite this terrible things by going to a place even angels fail to tread? If you are thinking of writing Horror Fiction, does this give you pause and if you are already into it, do you think it’s because of your past?

PS
Please feel free to say I'm reaching! grin

Poems For Review › Re: For Sisikill by Sisikill: 10:02pm On Aug 21, 2008

kay9:
@Sisikill: Howdy?

Oh My! I didn't know you were back from. . . I mean it's so nice to have you back and before you ask, everything is totally under control. Yeah. . . it. . . is. . .

Ex. . . excuse me for a sec. . .

*Runs to the because thread to make sure everything IS under control*

Literature › Re: Lets Play A Game. by Sisikill: 9:59pm On Aug 21, 2008

Toni Morrison! Nice!! grin

Literature › Re: For Nanaboi And Mactao by Sisikill(op): 9:56pm On Aug 21, 2008

nanaboi:
@ Sisikill
Is that your real name? Y d'u like the anonymous thing anyway? I know how long it took u to tell me where u're @? Is that supposed to help u with the morbid, "scary" image somehow?

Tee hee hee! Does it? If it does. . . then yeah, that's what I was totally going for, Totally! grin

I wish my real name was Sisikill, it would have saved me a lot of teasing in primary school. Can you just imagine walking up to someone and going "Yeah, that's right my name is Sisikill. . . emphasis on the KILL, you got something to say? What? I didn't think so" *sniff

God! My life would have been Perrrrfect!! Unfortunately, the 'rents went for a more traditional name all because it held some "special meaning" for them. Special meaning? Really? undecided

mactao:
S[b]orry to disappoint you, but I don't understand what you mean when you say "When will you complete it?" That's the end of the story, there isn't any completion to do. Like you wrote in one of your pieces, don't always expect a happy ending. I'm telling someone elses's story, not mine.[/b]

It might interest you to know that Olaifa is the name of my worst teacher at school (at least up until July). He taught Economics, and boy, how I hated him. Smith is the name of one of our ex-headboys, and, was he cruel! _{He's not unrelated to Musiliu Smith.}

So when I needed someone to kill, and I needed to name the person, I chose someone that would make it easy to channel my hatred. Not that I did that particularly well anyway, I'll have to use other people, perhaps Tom Riddle or Bellatrix Lestrange. _{But then it wouldn't be so Nigerian anymore. And I try too keep all my works Nigerian.}

THE CALIENTE DOES NOT EXIST!!! I just made a weapon up, you know, to accentuate the Zaza sisterhood. I think "Caliente" is the name of a salsa dance hall somewhere off Adeola Odeku. Just so you know how to pronounce it when you're telling everyone that you read it first by the time it blows up, it's pronounced as kal-ee-ehn-tay. _{AAH, I'VE REVEALED TOO MUCH.}

_{Sisikill, see what you caused. Now nanaboi has read it. It was meant for you only!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope no one else has read it, else I'll never post on Nairaland again. I will tell my mummy, I will tell my daddy.}

But on second thought, I'm still blushing and bristling at all those compliments. So I guess I'll keep posting.

No way! That's the end?!!

*bowing down*

Masterful! I sooo did not see that coming!!!!

Well thanks for telling me about CALIENTE, saved me a google search. grin

Sorry about the. . . you know.

Literature › Re: Make A Sentence With 3 "Because" by Sisikill: 7:59pm On Aug 21, 2008

Ohhhh! I am so excited because It's almost time for our August drawing, so send your enteries in because it's the only way to be included in the Because game!! grin

Literature › Re: Lets Play A Game. by Sisikill: 7:55pm On Aug 21, 2008

mykali:

guys, we need more responses. . . .

[size=14pt]YES WE NEED MORE RESPONSES [/size] grin

Why can't we also have our topics on the front page like all other sections. . . it's not fair. This is obviously a case of sectionalism, partiality, nepotism, tribalism, anti-literarism and every other -ism out there that means discrimination. cry

Seun don't ban me oh, I'm only joking[size=5pt] Not![/size]

Question - Can we re-use authors?

Cch3coo:
There you go Sisikill

LMAO! No way! Would you look at that! Honestly last night it was like rocket science trying to come up with an appropriate use of The Shinning.

Thanks tongue

Literature › Re: For Nanaboi And Mactao by Sisikill(op): 7:44pm On Aug 21, 2008

mactao:
All right. Here it is. Sisikill, I hope you see this quickly. Reply immediately you download it so I can delete it.

Apologies for the lateness. . . I have downloaded and read it and reread it and rereread it! It is BRILLIANT. I want quote my favorite part but I don't if you want it here, so I'll just say it.

The paragraph about "take of" and Euphemism is just beautiful!! Oh my God, I can't wait for you to complete it. When will you complete it? You are gonna complete it, right? Can I read it when you complete it? Pleaaaase!

Thank you! Thank You! Thank you for trusting me with this. I am so honored. . . . you have no idea!!!

Oh yeah, you can take it down now.

Orikinla:
I love your intellectual exchanges.

I want to let you know I have been reading, but as many of you would have noticed, I have been more prolific on the board for Romance since I returned to Nairaland.

The great Cyprian Ekwensi said, we must "Write. Write and write", that is the only way to improve, so let us write, write and write wherever and whenever we find the space online and offline.

Well done.

I have read your work on the romance section and you still haven't gotten back to me on whether or not you are opposed to groupies? Aah, it doesn't matter anyway. . . you got yourself one already. grin

Thanks and we hope you join us in the writing, writing and writing, wherever and whenever. . . online and offline.

TV/Movies › Re: Sick/stupid Adverts You Have Seen On Tv by Sisikill: 1:51am On Aug 21, 2008

For me no commercial/Advert is worse than the Pepto Bismol Commercial.

People chanting heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, nausea, or diarrhea

For Heartburn - They Touch their chest
For Indigestion - They touch the part above the navel.
For upset Stomach - They touch their stomach
For Nausea - They spoil their face like someone that smelt rotten egg
And finally for Diarrhea - The touch the bum and wiggle it at this same time

Did I mention these are ADULTS! Oh my God. . . everytime I see this comercial, I shake my head and think "Father Lord, I hope these people don't have kids" can you imagine going to school and everybody knows your daddy is the Diarrhea man from tv? (((((Shudder))))))

TV/Movies › Re: Movie Curses: Do You Believe? by Sisikill(op): 1:34am On Aug 21, 2008

Chrisbenogor:
@sisikill twas a long time ago cannot really remember when exactly though but the film was about some lady who needed a child and got it from the river goddess turns out the child was possessed with a demon and unleashed havoc on men destroying married men's homes and bunch of stuff like that. Rumour had it that she was later attacked by the demons she played in the movie.
Naija people are superstitious oh they will not touch anything that has a legend attached to it at all.
I actually read the lincoln and kennedey theory all I can say is they all make me crack my ribs same way horror movies do these days, I am pretty sure there is a nut loose somewhere in ma head lol.

Welcome to the club grin

twinstaiye:
Sakobi, the nollywood movie, I remembered well. The snake girl, featuring saint obi and susan patrick. Susan was the snake girl, she was instructed to deal with saint obi in the movie, first by destroying his marriage and later to kill him. But somewhere along the line, Sakobi fell in love deeply with saint obi, and she was unable to carry out the dastardly act her god ask her to do. Sakobi acted by Susan patrick is still very much alive today and I don't think anything of such happen to her. Probably the near incidence could be that of Nneka, the pretty serpent, at one time, the actress (Susan Obi) who acted the movie disappear from the movie world, she has not been frequent in movies anymore as far as I remember.

Thanks guys! Men. . . I wish there was a way to find out more coz this right here is the stuff legends are made of. Seriously, some movies are only remembered for the story surrounding them, not for the movies themselves.

I'm trying to remember a story about this Dwarf Yoruba actor from back in the day (I think his name was papalolo). The story had something to do with his towns people trying to sacrifice him to appease the gods or something. Abeg, don't quote me oh. . . I'm not sure and if any one has an idea, please, please, pleeeeeeeeeease, on my knees begging, please post on it.

Thanks in Advance. kiss

Romance › Re: Where Do I Go From Here by Sisikill: 12:23am On Aug 21, 2008

@ Orikinla
I'm sorry oh but I have a question. You keep saying "they should". . . Who, where and What is this they? Don't you see, she is ALONE in this. Is not when two people are on the same wavelength "THEY" can do something together? The only THEY I can see here is her husband and his family.

I'm sorry but my sister getting hypertension, needing surgery all because of a man's family wahala is a no no for me. For what reason? Why are we making this a life or death issue? Must someone die in marriage before we can say they loved? If that is the case, TO HELL with love, marriage and the whole shebang , I say.

@ OP
You are absolutely right, this is not your marriage alone, why should you have to carry the load mean for 2? If he isn't ready, abeg let it be the back of your head he sees from yonder as you go buh-bye. Seriously, He's out there having his fun, enjoying his life and being happy and you are expected to what. . . Sit around in limbo waiting for him to come to his senses. . . that's if there is even any sense to come back to.

[B]I'll repeat, life is too freaking short to keep twisting yourself into a pretzel, trying to please a man who by all account, couldn't care less about you.[/b]

Haba! angry

TV/Movies › Re: Bad Movies, Who Is To Blame: Actors Or Directors by Sisikill: 9:48pm On Aug 20, 2008

i still maintain producers and studios share the greatest portion of the blame.

I think the producers and studios have more say in how it's marketed. It is in this area they can make or break a movie. Take The Assasination of Jessie James by the Coward Robert Ford, to me this movie was Poetry on reel. My God! The Cinematographer was brilliant but the studios thought it was too long, they wanted to have some parts deleted. . . the director and the star stood their ground and would not do it, thought somethings would be lost and they were also banking on the intelligence of the avarage American Movie goer to appreciate it in all its 3hrs long glor (a gross miscalculation if you ask me). So what did the studio do? They refused to promote it, i mean the movie was shown in less than 300 theaters in the US. Instead they shoved Michael Clayton down our throats, that was just all sorts of wrong.

Literature › Re: Lets Play A Game. by Sisikill: 9:02pm On Aug 20, 2008

Hahaha! I added Cujo. Didn't know how to put The Shinning. It would have been easier if it was the Shiny, then I would have said The Shiny Sword of Darkness

Literature › Re: Lets Play A Game. by Sisikill: 8:55pm On Aug 20, 2008

Stephen King

For Carrie, the attic of[b] The Black House[/b] was The Dead Zone, the Cell where she must make atonement for her sins. Banished there to live in Misery, She hardly eat or drank and her bouts of Insomnia didn’t help none. A Bag of bones, she was called by the few who caught a glimpse of her. No one knows how she got there but gory tales abound, whispered in the dark corners of Salem’s Lot. She was a Firestarter, oh yes she was. . . burnt down The House on Value Street with just one glance, killing little Christine who slept in her crib. No, others countered, she had The Eyes of the Dragon [/b]and the soul of [b]A Dreamcatcher. . . whatever that is.

Only few like Dolores Claiborne knew her as The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon and who in Desperation sought the powers of The Talisman. . . prepared with care by[b]Rose Madder[/b], the town eccentric. Unfortunately[b] Cujo,[/b]The Colorado Kid,,swallowed it whole. Now buried in the Pet Cemetery for he had no one, he haunts Carrie morning, day and night.

Literature › Re: Role Play: Reloaded by Sisikill: 2:20am On Aug 20, 2008

My favorite part

His heart broke. How could he be so selfish, so insensitive, and so unkind as to have slept with another while away in Washington? He didn’t mean to hurt her. It was never planned yet it seemed inevitable. It killed him that she trusted him so much, trust that was truly undeserved. He couldn’t tell her, she wouldn’t forgive him and he couldn’t live with that.

Her heart broke. She never wanted to lie to him, but when his eyes met hers the truth was nowhere near her lips. There are some things a man can’t forgive and she was convinced the truth would bring nothing but destruction. She loved him too much to lose him. She couldn’t lose him now, not after things were beginning to fall into place.

The cool night breeze whistled outside the window as the moonlight snuck through the curtains. They laid in each other’s arms through the night like new lovers. But in their dreams, they struggled to find peace.

We lie to preserve that which we fear to lose…Love.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! I love this!

My goodness Stephen. . . you are such a romantic. Love is never black or white, one person isn't always the baddie and the other the goodie and you have managed to capture that so well. You know how to get to the heart. Honestly, you make me want to steal you fingers (not in a psycho way)

Romance › Re: Where Do I Go From Here by Sisikill: 1:08am On Aug 20, 2008

rampant:
naaaa,no probs,i guess i misunderstood u,but its ok,sorrry too

LiquidMind:
women of nowdays don't know how to submit to their husbands any more.

divorce is not the solution, except you want your child to come from a broken home.

Before you got marrid to your husband, you should have seen it comming

Men of nowadays don't know how to love their wives like they love themselves any more.

Maltreating your wife is not a solution, except you want your child to come from a broken home.

See what coming I beg you, tell me? The inconsideration? The Misery? The Helplessness? Lack of respect and love? The crying, the fear? Is that what she should have seen coming? Well if that's what you meant, then I concede this point to you. You are so right, how could she not have seen it coming?

The silly girl, how much do you want to bet, she had her head in the clouds, thinking of love, respect, adoration, compromise, consideration, happiness, laughter, peace and friendship from the man she married.

Romance › Re: Where Do I Go From Here by Sisikill: 12:16am On Aug 20, 2008

@ Rampant
Lol, oh no! I think there's a small misunderstanding here. I get you, honestly I do. I never said you are telling her to stay in the marriage. If you read my first post on this issue, you'll see that I'm not advocating divorce for OP either.

After my first post, I kinda segued into more general talk about women and how they are told to keep praying that God changes their husbands minds, instead of praying for their own safety, peace of mind and asking God to help them make the right decision. Again, I am not advocating just up and leaving everytime there's a slight problem, that's why I specifically said I'm talking about situations where the other party is beginning to feel life is not worth leaving and they are not motivated into doing anything at all and they feel they are in prison. . . to me this is a fate worse than death.

I'm sorry if my post sounded like was accusing you of something coz I wasn't.

Romance › Re: Where Do I Go From Here by Sisikill: 11:24pm On Aug 19, 2008

rampant:
how r u so sure that she has missed Gods warnings,every relationship will always stand d test of time,that test brings out the real u and puts your heart to action

im not telling her to mve out,neither im i telling her to stay,one thingi knw is that we all should not conclude just like that,this is marriage that has produced a child,a child that has known a man to be his father and then will be told one day by his mother that 'i am no longer married to daddy"

d poster really needs to think,the only thing is that she has been to soft wt her inlaws from d onset

im saying this because im married,i know what its like to just packout of your husbands house like that,a man that uve shared so many things wt,i wouldnt want my son or daughter to go through d pains of been separated from either one of us,this is emotions we r talking about here

I wasn't talking about this particular case, I was talking in general about how women are told to keep praying for their husbands despite the fact she has one leg in the grave.

I believe if we pray and open our ears, we can hear His voice, directing our path, I believe He warns us about future dangers. . . I mean we've all heard stories and testimonies where people say they were about to drive one way but something told them to go another way and later they found out there was shooting on the other road or they were gonna take a flight but "one mind" was telling them to change it and they did only to find out the first flight changed, so why not in a marriage situation?

The fact that a man is someone's husband does not mean he can't cause her harm physically, mentally and spiritually and my hope is that if I were in a situation like that and I am Prayerful, God will tell me "Pack your bags and run 4-40. Do not pass go, do not collect $200" Yes God does not like Divorce but I believe His love for His children and wanting them to be safe from harm takes precedence over divorce.

Another mistake, In my opinion, that people make is thinking Divorcing a Spouse means divorcing your child or falling out of love with a spouse means falling out of love with a child and this is where the telling a child "I'm no longer married to daddy" becomes an issue. I don't think a child will care about a piece of paper as long as he still feels loved by both parents. A man who always does anything in his power to make sure he spends time with his children will always do so, regardless of what happens and a man who doesn't won't. . . It's as simple as that.

I have heard so many stories where people say they would rather their parents had divorced instead of staying together and bringing them up in HELL. I think I would rather my child heard "I'm no longer married to daddy" than the fights and the lovely things that comes with it.

Please I note that i am not talking about your usual marital ups and downs, I understand those come and not expecting it will be naive. No, what I am talking about is problem so deep, one party in the marriage is beginning to hate life, not even motivated to do anything at all. I'm sorry but to me, that is a fate worse than death.

The truly sad part about all of this is there is no doubt in my mind her husband was very much like this. . . I mean dismissive of her feelings, her wants, her needs, her thoughts when they were dating and if she had opened her eyes instead of letting it be blinded by the "I love yous" she would have seen it. Still, it's not too late. . . that's what I say.

Christianity Etc › Re: Is Religion A Hoax? - Watch the "truth" about The Greatest Story Ever Told by Sisikill(op): 10:47pm On Aug 19, 2008

Chrisbenogor:
I wish we could just take a post and debate on the issue and 99% of the time here it almost always shift to personal attacks. I totally get your drift sisikill I cannot understand why some take it personal truth of the matter is we almost all come here with a position and we are not looking for anybody to change it true.

Your post has got loads of info I loved it, if I may ask though what do you think of christianity nowadays and this idea of go and read your bible yourself when obviously it would be difficult to understand most of it given the translations and context with which they were written.
I was reading about banned from the bible have you seen it?

Thank you and I’m glad you enjoyed it and for also proving one will not burst into flames from reading something contrary to ‘the doctrine”. . . Lol.

I enjoy history, my one regret is that History was not made fun in our Nigerian Schools, instead we learnt about dates and months and who was wearing what and why! Ughhh!

Anyway, I find the whole looking at past to kinda see why we are here today thing really interesting. Sometimes I fear the old saying about Curiosity killing the cat will apply to me very soon.

Re: Banned from the Bible
I didn't read it, I saw it on the History Channel. If you are interested, I'm sure I can find a link with the complete video somewhere. . . this IS the internet. Lol.

My thought? I’ll quote one of the researchers feature on the program because I agree with her.

When we have only the cannon to work with, we tend to see early Christianity very narrowing-ly but the reality is when we go back, when we look at just this amazing variety of texts, then we understand that people had various different ways of looking at who Jesus was, what is relationship to God was, what is relationship to the individual believer was and that to me is the tremendous loss of only having a select few books which have traveled through history in the Cannon

My feeling about the whole go study your Bible yourself. . . comes in two folds. There have been times when I read something and I come to a conclusion so far from the "normal or widely accepted interpretation" I'm left wondering if I missed something but then I think, well. . . maybe this isn't a bad thing, after all we are supposed to have individual relationship with God, right and if the Bible is is way of communicating with us, then it only makes sense we all get different messages.

In theory, yeah that make sense but how many people do you think have the guts to voice their own interpretation of God's message? Not a lot, so what happens is we all follow one person's interpretation (The Pastors). You see. . . . undecided

Let me know about the Video.

Romance › Re: Where Do I Go From Here by Sisikill: 10:12pm On Aug 19, 2008

[quote author=Ruby_Pearl link=topic=161512.msg2679955#msg2679955 date=1219177284]You forgot "Ask and it shall be given. . . . .etc"[/quote]Lol, yeah. . . thank you, I was too pissed off.

KarmaMod:
Lmao seriously. some people are just creepy.

I don't get it, honestly I don't. Don't get me wrong. . . I have nothing against prayer but when people use it as an excuse not to be proactive, it gets annoying.

He will slap her - They tell her Pray God changes his mind like he changed Paul's or is it Saul's, whatever on the way to Damascus.

He beats her - They say take heart, the Lord is your strength. Pray the Lord cools his heart like ice water.

He breaks one hand - They tell her prayer is the Key, keep praying that the Lord soften his heart like cotton wool.

He pushes her down the stairs, she breaks her neck and dies - Ha! If only she had prayed very very well for him enough.

Do you notice they keep telling her to pray for him? So what happens, she's too engrossed with praying for him, she misses God's warnings telling her to pack her things and flee from danger fast. fast. . . had she been praying for herself.

Romance › Re: Where Do I Go From Here by Sisikill: 9:12pm On Aug 19, 2008

The Lord is your strength?
Take heart?
Be strong?

You have got to be kidding me?!!!

@ OP
First of all, you need to get yourself away from ALL of them. I’m not talking about divorce but you need some alone time. There is no way you can think rationally when you have these people invading you mental space. I’m sure you have friends. . . except of course you are one of those women who abandoned their friends after marriage, then go to a family’s house. How is you relationship with your parents? Are the typical Naija parents who will tell you to “fi ori gbe?” If they are, I beg you. . . look somewhere else.

Secondly, you need to STEP UP and I don't mean fight or be rude or whatever but you need stop behaving like a woman who didn’t have bride price paid on her head; they didn’t beg him to marry you, now did they? One thing is for sure, YOU and HIM need to talk, my advice, is to do it when you are mentally prepared. I say that because it is very easy for men to convince a muddled mind. Please, please, please don’t let all this talk of love cloud this thing, it’s not about who loves who and who doesn’t. It is about getting the respect due to you as his wife, if he has a problem with that, well then let him marry his sisters.

Third, your son would rather have a HAPPY single mom than a MISERABLE married mom, so please all that talk about thinking of your child is just another form of emotional blackmail. Don’t you get it, how can you pay attention to your child’s needs if you are too busy worrying what some twit of a sister in law is going to say or what she is saying and what she has said or if today’s sex with your hubby is the one you, god forbid, get infected with whatever STD he is bringing from outside? Who has time for that?

Do you know what the most important thing here is? It is not your husband is thinking or what his family thinks or what your family thinks or what will become of your marriage. . . it is YOUR PEACE OF MIND. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, we’ve been programmed to believe the happiness of others (our parents, our husband, our children, and our in-laws) should be happiness enough for us. Give me a break! You are a human being in your own right, demand your happiness. Whatever comes out of your talk with your hubby will determine what you will do next but make sure it is YOUR DECISION not anyone else.

Then Pray. . . yeah, put everything - A place to move to where you will have peace of mind, how long should you be gone for, what to say to your husband and to have a clear mind to make the right, solid decision that will benefit YOU.

I’m sorry but life is too darn short to be saddled with a guy who does not think much of you enough to put your feelings into consideration.

TV/Movies › Re: Bad Movies, Who Is To Blame: Actors Or Directors by Sisikill: 6:45pm On Aug 19, 2008

KarmaMod:
Lmao. I think Alciia casted as BatGirl was better than Swchernigger or whatever the hell he calls himself playing Mr Freeze

[size=4pt]I still love Clueless [/size]

Lawd-a-mercy! I forgot about "Awl beee Beck" as Mr. Freeze. What were they thinking, seriously? huh

[size=4pt]Me too, saw it on Bravo last week. . . back to back. grin

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TV/Movies › Re: Help: Nigerian Movies Are Depreciating My IQ! by Sisikill: 6:39pm On Aug 19, 2008

I guess you didn't get the memo from [b]The Association for the Protection of The Nigerian Movie Watcher's Sanity (APNMWS) [/b]or maybe you did but you didn't read it coz if you had you won't be here complaining.

Let me see if I can recreate the memo

Dear Nigerian Movie Watcher,
Over the last decade, we noticed an alarming increase in the number of people roaming the streets, with dirty clothes, unkept hair, eyes wild as the devil, talking to themselves. After observing them closely, we were able to get down what they were saying

"It does not make sense, he was was 10 and now he is 40 yet nothing changed"
"The same hairstyle after 20 yrs"
"The mother is not the mother but the sister and the brother is really the cousin and the father? How?"
"I have to see part 21, maybe it will make sense after Part 21. Lemme see part 21"
"He got hit by a car but only his head got hurt? Is his head on his leg?

To put a stop to this, we are sending a warning out to everyone.

For your MENTAL SAFETY, The APNMWS advices that before watching a Nigerian Movie, Please check your BRAIN and anything remotely close to COMMON SENSE at the door. Unlearn every and any form of LOGIC [/b]and [b]SCIENTIFIC FACTS you've ever learnt. We assure you that this is the only way you can live a normal life afterwards.

We also promise your brain and common sense will be waiting for you after the movie and our highly trained brain checkers will make sure you get what is rightfully yours.

If you have any question or concern, please feel free to contact us at 1-800-save-ur-mind or visit our website www.naijamoviemakersthinkwearestupid.com

Thank You
Signed APNMWS Representative.

Unfortunately, they are still working on how to unwatch Naija movies, until they do. . . I guess you are on your own.

Best of luck sha.

TV/Movies › Re: Bad Movies, Who Is To Blame: Actors Or Directors by Sisikill: 6:03pm On Aug 19, 2008

KarmaMod:
George Clooney played Batman once.

A terrible choice but it was still done

Oh God, please noooo! Don't remind me! That was the awfullest, most baddest casting of all time. Jeebus! As if that wasn't bad enough, they used Chris whatshisface as Robin and Alicia Silverstone as batgirl or whatever the heck they called her!!! This was at the height of her popularity, she just finished Clueless and they thought oh since America loves her, let's use her. . . that is sure to bring in the teeny boppers who liked her in Clueless! Wrong!!!! Those Teeny boppers (I was one of them, hate to admit but I can not tell a lie) were turned off.

Okay, at first we were confused "What is Cher doing writhing around in a skimpy Halloween costume?" huh

Then we went from confusion to shock "What. . . is Cher supposed to be a hero with super powers?" shocked

After shock came the turned of part "What the hell? Are we supposed to believe Cher in an action movie? What Crapity crap is this?" angry

And that was that for Alicia Silverstone. . . a career cut short by miscasting. cry

TV/Movies › Re: Bad Movies, Who Is To Blame: Actors Or Directors by Sisikill: 5:52pm On Aug 19, 2008

OpeLovely:
Directors are to blame.

They are supposed to be professional and have a degree in cinematography as well as work hand in hand with a casting director to know the suitable actors that best fit a role irrespective of audience approval.

For example, the director of Spiderman could have used Brad Pitt or George Clooney but they instead chose a less known/unknown guy who later did justice to the role.

[size=15pt]Our Nigerian directors have a lot of work to do.[/size]

I agree!

The one thing Naija directos need to learn is telling a story from the story's point of view, instead of Money's Point of view, that's why we have people like RMD playing someone who is supposed to be 21 yrs old, when there's a real 21 yrs old actor out there who could have done the job convincingly. . . but he is not popular.

Like you stated, the directors of Spiderman could have easily gone for Brad Pitt or George Clooney. . . guaranteed to bring in the money but how convincing will they have been? God! I shudder at the mere thought of it. Instead they used an unknown who will stay true to the heart of the movie.

TV/Movies › Re: Bad Movies, Who Is To Blame: Actors Or Directors by Sisikill: 5:37pm On Aug 19, 2008

Actors are clay ready to be molded into whatever the potter sees fit or to bring it down to the basic, Actors are puppets on strings and who pulls the string? The Director.

Writers live in their imaginations, they can cook up wild things but it doesn’t mean it can be done, someone has to bring down back to reality and the dream buster? The Director, it is his job to see what can be done and what should just remain the dreamers head.

The director is like a potter, it’s his job to shape the actors to fit his vision of the movie. If the clay is bad, throw it out and get a new one. He can’t finish the work and when it comes out bad, blame the guy who bought the clay.

At the end of the day, the movie is really the Director’s movie.

The reason why Nigerian Movies are terrible is because they have terrible directors. . . that’s if they have director at all. I’ve sort of imagined it goes something like this

“Bobo, bo si bi mehn. Shoo ri to ba ti wole bai. . . you will jack am and ask say where you wife dey, him go kon talk say me you leave and commot for him house. You get?

Oya 1, 2, 3 Go!"

Nothing about setting the mood, the lighting, the sound, the emotion. . . nada!

Please don't kill me oh, I am just a little bit not joking and sorry for the pottery analogy. I followed my niece to pottery class on saturday and now it's all i can think about. I swear, people are so talented.

TV/Movies › Re: Movie Curses: Do You Believe? by Sisikill(op): 5:28pm On Aug 19, 2008

Chrisbenogor:
Y'all heard lol when e go start to happen for naija na like i heard gist sakobi was affected after her movie who knows with all these conspiracy theorists around lol.
I tell you what if you look well there just might be some sort of similarity with Abacha and Mubutu.
Nice post though sisi.

Thanks

Tell me more about this Sakobi. . . please, please, preeeeeeeeeety please.

I'm actually surprised Naija movies don't have superstitions surrounding it with all their [i]Okunkun parada [/i]business.

You know, your mention of Abacha and Mubutu reminds me of something i came across awhile back, a bunch of coincidences between JFK and Lincoln. I would so love to post it but I'm not sure what section it belongs.

TV/Movies › Re: Movie Curses: Do You Believe? by Sisikill(op): 5:22pm On Aug 19, 2008

kadman:
Are you kidding ? I love Perez,but Dlisted first anyday !
Hohan is my favourite nickname - simple and to the point. You forgot Vagde after Madonna's you know what. Caption This & Hot Slut of the day are just crazy !. And the funniest things he's ever said -

ON LINDSAY HOHAN'S TACKY LEGGINGS

Built-in knee pads can really help a true slut out when she's in a jam. When you're in the back alley, about to blow some cock for an 8-ball, you don't have to worry about looking for a piece of cardboard to put down to protect your knees. She is a genius! I'm sure there's secret pockets in her leggings to hide a coke baggie, the morning after pill and a tube of KY.

ON MADONNA & GUY RITCHIE NOT SLEEPING IN THE SAME ROOM

If you were married to Vadge, you'd have to sleep in a separate room too. You know her vagina snores like a choking walrus. Besides, the bed isn't big enough for Vadge, her blackberry, her laptop, her money bag, a life-sized cardboard cutout of herself AND Guy. There's just no room for him!"

ON A DRESS ELLEN POMPEO WORE

The upper part is totally pill-popping Republican and the bottom half is something out of Janet Jackson's tour closet.

Rotflmao!!! Oh my freaking goodness! You owe me my sanity back! This is hilarious!!! "Choking Walrus? Built in Knee Pads" Where does he come up with this stuff?? I so do not want to be a fly in his brain.

Did you read his rant on some cough syrup last week? Apparently he wasn't feeling too well and his sister recommended something. Well just incase you didn't, I copied it for your reading pleasure and if you have. . . laugh again. I was on the train reading this and I was laughing so hard, I thought the Conductor will throw me out and if he had, I wouldn't have blamed him.

It's Worse Than Awful

I interrupt your regularly scheduled program of bitching and moaning to, well, to bitch and moan some more. I've been trying to fight off this horror show of a cold for a few days now. My sister told me to get this shit called Buckley's. She promised me that it works miracles. Well, the bitch must really despise me, because this shit is the ugliest thing I've ever put in my mouth. And that's saying a lot.

I figured Buckley's would taste like every other cough syrup. You know, they all taste like a delicious Lifesaver dipped in formaldehyde. Buckley's is nothing like that. I can't explain it. It's seriously Satan's sperm. That's probably the secret ingredient.

Whenever I swallow it, my nipples clench. Not only does it taste like sex club ass, but it's not pretty on the eyes either. It sort of looks like yellow jizz. It's like when a dude has to cum and piss at the same time, and it both comes out. Yeah, that's what it looks like.

I've been taking it the past couple of days and still hasn't fixed shit! The only thing it's done is improve my gagging reflex slightly. Hmmm, that's not such a bad thing.

Okay, rant over. And now I'm off to gag on some Buckley's.

Bwahahaha! Satan's Sperm. . . I bet Buckley people are not finding it funny grin

Oh yeah I forgot. . . Tori the Hutt cheesy

Perez's head has gotten to big for his shoulder's jare. He's too busy becoming a celeb, he's forgotten he is supposed to be reporting on them.

Romance › Re: What Will I Do? My Girlfriend Forget My Birthday. by Sisikill: 2:03am On Aug 19, 2008

sayhi2ay:
@smlafolabi

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!

LOL, Very Good! wink

stillwater:
No, I'm a peace maker. I spread peace wherever I go like a flower girl sprinkling pretty flowers to herald the bride

I know, I know! Ah, I didn't mean it like that, I meant let's sprinkle more flowers. I'm sorry, I made you feel bad. cry

Romance › Re: What Will I Do? My Girlfriend Forget My Birthday. by Sisikill: 1:29am On Aug 19, 2008

Stillwater & Sayhi2ay
Okay, you guys are not helping matters now, the poor thing looks like he's about to commit and you people are adding fire to it. He came here for support and by god, support he's gonna get. Who wants to start us off with the birthday song?

Romance › Re: What Will I Do? My Girlfriend Forget My Birthday. by Sisikill: 1:24am On Aug 19, 2008

sayhi2ay:
lol,
and what could she be occupied with ?

Don't you know? Okay here it is

Step one - Pretend she forgot his birthday.

Step two - Act like forgetting is not a big deal

Step 3 - Get angry over his anger (making him angrier. . . which is better for when every screams

At least I hope for his sake, it's what she's planning. God help us if she really forgot his birthday. Ay lipsrsealed

Romance › Re: What Will I Do? My Girlfriend Forget My Birthday. by Sisikill: 1:04am On Aug 19, 2008

Here, Happy Birthday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j82MERQy00

Can ya stop ya whinning now? Jeebus

TV/Movies › Re: Movie Curses: Do You Believe? by Sisikill(op): 11:20pm On Aug 18, 2008

kadman:
Sisiskill
Wow,you've ready read Valley Of The Dolls ! Nice one,I've read it eight times now,it never tires me,my copy is worn out[b]. If Jackie Collins & Danielle Steele ever had sex and had a child it would be Jacqueline Susan.[/b] Have you read Shadows Of The Dolls ? It's the continuation,not as good,but not too bad either.

You dlisted loonie too ? I'm crazy for that site,it's not for the faint hearted o ! The guy's name is Micheal K and he is a lunatic. The guy is madly funny,I'm on it right now,the guy NEVER has anything nice to say,if he's being nice,there's a punchline somewhere

PHOEBE PRICE for HOT SLUT of THE YEAR ha ha !

LMAO! Oh man, that is funny!

I'll take your 8 and raise it by 2. LOL. I haven't read the other one, I guess it's because I know there's no way it's going to be as good as Valley.

Dlisted Loonie? Nah, not yet. . . Faint-hearted right here. My visits are twice a week. grin

I swear Micheal K single handedly made Phoebe Price HOT again. . . his muse he called her. LMAO. What I like about him are his little write ups, oh my God. . . I'll be laughing with tear running down my face before I realize I'm laughing at a child or someone normal people shouldn't be laughing at. Remember when Katie Price debuted her daughter and he called her Princess something because of her mis-shapen head? Lawd, I almost died laughing.

His nicknames for start - Eva LongWHOREia, HoHan, Wonky McValtrex (Paris Hilton), My little Pony Parker (Sarah Jessica Parker), Maggie GyllenHAG and my all time favorite - The Olsen Trolls.

Micheal K is INSANE.

Don't tell me you like Perez Hilton because I'll just give up on you totally.

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