Hot Damme! Dammaged Goods on Facebook

It only took a year but Dammaged Goods has made the leap to another wave of the Internet Ocean, Facebook!  Thanks to non-solicited shares from the likes of Jean-Claude Van Damme himself, Lance Henriksen, Drew Struzan and Jennifer-Blanc Biehn among others, this little pastime has exceeded my non-expectations like an Elbow Rocket to the face.  This will usher in a new phase for the site as I'm working hard to expand my horizons with live events, attending more conventions and beyond.  Check out the FB page https://www.facebook.com/dammagedgoods and give it a Like.

Thank you for reading and stay tuned for more Damme good stuff.

Now that's enough talk, time for battle:

Elbow Rocket! Theodore Roosevelt, Jr

We throw around the term, The Man, a lot but it really applies to one Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.  A sickly kid growing up, The Roose would live a robust life that saw him become a nature expert, soldier, author, politician, President, reformer and Nobel Prize Winner among much more.  Oh and one time, he got shot before going on stage to deliver a speech but persevered through.  So whenever you're feeling down on yourself or things aren't going the way you want, take a few minutes and read up on this guy and remember, it's all out there, you just have to take it.  Over the top.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

Elbow Rocket! Accountability

Looks like a busy week, time to bust out the Action Item aka To Do list so I can spend equal time on each project.  Back in the 80's, writer/director/cinema savior James Cameron had three projects going simultaneously; rewriting his directorial vehicle, The Terminator, then as a hired gun on the sequel to Alien (which he would go on to direct, with Michael Biehn and Bill Paxton starring!) and the second installment of the Rambo franchise (where little of his contribution made it on screen).  He set up three different typewriters, figured out how many pages he needed to write for each per day, played different music for each project then got to work until he was finished. Seems easy enough right?  So remember, some people are given lists to do while others make the list.  Go out and make yours, internets.

"Yeah, yeah, I know about the P.T.A., but this is just parents who don't want to take responsibility for controlling their kids.  They work or are divorced or something.  They think they don't have the time."
    - Arnold Schwarzenegger on blaming others instead of being accountable

Arnie's Twitter buddy James Cameron on being The Man:

Elbow Rocket! Monument Man

Nothing like coming into work at 7:00AM to meet a contractor only to have them run late, ah Monday...I could be bitter or upset but I choose not to be.  Shit happens.  Now if people do something to intentionally harm or agitate you then yeah, it's time to take it all the way.  Because it's not one eye for one eye, it's two eyes, for one eye!

Take Monday down, down to Chinatown.  And maybe one day you can touch the ass of a statue of yourself.  Go forth, internets!

Let me ask you something:  "Do you like, my ass?"  It is nice!

Hungry?

Hologram Fist! Pacific Rim Tuesday

Oh yeah, my Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital HD copy of Pacific Rim showed up today via Amazon.  If you'll recall, Pacific Rim was my favorite film of July, the summer and so far is sitting comfortably at # 2 on my Best of the Year list behind Pain & Gain.

The loaded disk (featurettes, commentary, Director's notebook) comes complete with snazzy hologram cover featuring Jaeger Gipsy Danger and Kaiju Scunner, a Category IV monster with four arms and heavy bio armor used for battering the shit out of stuff.  Rim was one of those casualties of the summer where poor tracking, no movie stars, an original concept and a known if not household director all combined to make an extremely entertaining film that got lost in the summer shuffle of sequels, reboots and adaptations.

All together now:  Oooooooooooooh!

 

I'm sure this is on the disk:

Elbow Rocket! Van Damme Week! With Arnold and Stallone!

Monday, October 14th, 2013.  Just another day?  Not quite, for today marks the start of Van Damme Week!  Co-Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone.

On Friday, October 18th, Jean-Claude Van Damme will turn 53 (still ripped) years old.  Also, the King of Kings, Arnold and the Italian Stallion, Stallone's latest film, Escape Plan (formerly The Tomb) hits theaters.  If this isn't cause for you to be motivated already I'm bout to give you Samoa (Get it?  You don't get it.)

So anytime your day gets tough, things aren't going your way, you feel the world is against you, you think you're being overlooked, just remember:

"Hey, this is the American dream here.  This is the land of opportunity.  Anyone can come over here, marry a Kennedy and become a millionaire."
     - Arnold Schwarzenegger

Now get out there and take what's yours, Internet.

Escape Plan is out on Friday.  It's a fun flick with solid roles for Sly and Arnie:

Elbow Rocket! All Heart

Welp, see ya later weekend, back to the world we go.  It's Monday so most of us are back to the grind, thinking about all we have to accomplish for the week while looking ahead to the next bastion of weekend freedom.  It's not so bad right?  No Garfields reading this right?  Things are what you make of them so make them great.  It sure beats making them self inflicted shitty.  Remember to get some rest, plan out your week in regards to work, exercise and social activities and when you get to the job, get something small done right away so you're off and running.  So settle in, make that "to do" list and remember:

"The best things for your health are pumping and humping."

    - Arnold Schwarzenegger

Or punch an invading alien monster full in the face using rocket technology.  Let's do it, Monday!