The final countdown...

Nothing like an ode to the final 20 minutes of 2009... You sucked but at the same time you were awesome. Here's to the final year of saying it easily.

I'm curious to see whether 2010 be "two-thousand and ten" or "twenty-ten." I still haven't decided on which one to use for the next decade. Saying "twenty" and then the year seems a lot easier, but knowing me I'll probably fluctuate between the two.




And I need to decide whether I'm going to Mardi Gras in the Spring or not. I was invited, after all.

Last day of 2009...

Hard to believe that this year is already on its last day.

This year has been a pretty lousy one for me but at the same time I had a lot of fun. I turned 21, I found some people that I love being around, I found out a lot about myself, and had a lot of let downs. Overall I think it made me stronger, though. I found out that it isn't always worth it to hide. Hiding only causes you to be more involved and get more hurt.

What else did I find out?

- I am tired of being alone.
- What I thought I never wanted is actually becoming desired.
- Being straight-forward about something isn't a bad thing.
- As much as I hate my job I think a part of me would miss it if I left anytime soon.
- I'm eager to leave and try something new.

I'm tired of being in the same spot with the same people and surroundings. I want to see who else is out there. I want to brush myself up a little bit. I want to see what certain emotions are like.

I just want something more.





Happy 2010. I hope it's a better year for all of us.

9...

I forgot how visually stunning this movie was.

If you buy it, buy it on Blu-Ray. It does the animation and sound true justice.

There is so much stuff...

I was just looking at my Nightmare Before Christmas stuff on my shelves and around my rooms and I think it finally hit me... I have a lot of stuff. Granted it is my favorite movie and I love to collect memorabilia, I really do have a lot.

Allow me to give you an idea:

• Pumpkin Jack scarecrow figurine with 4 Jack-o-Lanterns

• Santa Jack figurine with the boy and the shrunken head and evil Christmas wreath

• Pajama Jack figurine with a stack of books and Zero sleeping in his dog bed with the dog bowl

• Pumpkin King Jack figurine with Halloween Town sign and flying Zero figurine

• Jack standing over Christmas Town Hallmark ornament

• Jack sitting with Zero by his tombstone Hallmark ornament

• Santa Jack hiding behind a Christmas tree Hallmark ornament

• Jack sitting in front of the Christmas Town sign Hallmark ornament

• Double-sided Jack face porcelain jewelry box

• Jack head-knocker of him hiding behind a tombstone

• Jack talking doll with Zero head

• Jack dashboard ornament

• Jack shot glasses (3)

• Jack desk lamp

• Jack car antennae topper

• Jack snowglobe of him reading a book about Christmas (plays "This is Halloween")

• Santa Jack snowglobe of him in the coffin sleigh (plays "What's This?")

• Jack pumpkin snowglobe with Sally, Lock, Shock, and Barrell (plays "Kidnap the Sandy Claws")

• Jack mini-snowglobe of him as a jack in the box with the killer duck toy

• Jack coffee thermos (2)

• Jack baseball

• Jack coffee mugs (4)

• Jack car magnets (2)

• Jack fleece throw blanket

• Sally figurine of her sitting in the graveyard with one arm torn off

• Sally figurine with her sewing table and Santa Jack picture

• Sally abdomen-up figurine of her holding a flower

• Sally mini-figurine of her standing with the gift basket for Jack

• Sally coffee thermos

• Sally and Dr. Finkelstein statue

• Dr. Finkelstein figurine with the wheelchair and detachable brain

• Dr. Finkelstein mini-figurine in his wheelchair

• Behemoth figurine with Nutcracker toy

• Vampire Brothers figurines with sun umbrellas

• Hanging tree figurine with all 5 hanging skeletons

• Jack and Sally bust figurines

• Jack and Sally shot glasses

• Jack and Sally statue in the graveyard with flying Zero

• Deadly Night Shade cookie jar

• Nightmare Before Christmas Trivial Pursuit

• Nightmare Before Christmas Monopoly

• Nightmare Before Christmas clear playing cards

• Nightmare Before Christmas conceptual art book

• Nightmare Before Christmas storybook

• Nightmare Before Christmas piano sheet music

• Jack tattoo on my right calf

Add in clothing and two versions of the movie on DVD and you pretty much have it. I'm sure that isn't all of it either.
Has this movie completely taken over my bank account? You tell me.

Merry Christmas...

Remember the reason for the season, people.



With that said, everyone celebrates the commercialized version of Christmas anyway.
I got:

Arrested Development (season 3)
The Hangover (Blu-Ray)
Nightmare Before Christmas Monopoly
Nightmare Before Christmas desk lamp
Nightmare Before Christmas ornament
A leopard print Snuggie
Clue (board game)
Wii remote recharging station
A giant tin full of popcorn
A bag of Skittles
A bag of Gummy Bears

Thats about it. Now to go on iTunes and get the music I was holding on in case someone got it for me. I'll be hitting Amazon sometime next week to do the same thing there.

This I just don't understand...

Why would Jason Marquis leave the Rockies and sign a 2-year deal with the Washington Nationals?

Yeah! Let's go from being an All-Star on a team that made the playoffs for the second time in three years to go to the worst team in the National League!
What is the reasoning? The Nats are worse than the Pirates and that is really saying something. They shouldn't even exist.


Dumb move, kid. Dumb move.

AVATAR!!!

This was an incredible movie. Holy crap.

The visuals were outstanding. The planet was beautiful. The scientific concept was impressive... I could just keep going.

Pandora, and the Na'vi, were the most beautiful at night. The way they would glow and stand out was like being in a room with blacklight paint lit up. It was like an eyegasm.



I'm glad I didn't see it in 3D. It was a little too busy. I don't think my eyes would have been too happy with me, especially during the battle and flight sequences. I saw it on an IMAX size screen so I got the full effect.

Bye bye bye...

We finally did it.

Garrett Atkins is no longer a Colorado Rockie. He declined arbitration, became a free agent, and has apparently signed a 1-year 2011 option with the Baltimore Orioles.

Best of luck to him. He'll be nothing but a DH the rest of his career.

Avatar...

I really want to see Avatar. Like... I really, really want to. It looks so freaking epic.

Hopefully I'm going on Saturday.

LOL...

http://thesnuggiesutra.com/

December 7th really is a bad day...

First the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor then my dad loses his job.

Yes ma'am. He came home early to show his cell phone, badge, and American Express card missing and said he got layed off. They claimed there wasn't enough work to go around and that they had to let go of certain people in specific departments. They are giving him two weeks pay after today and insurance through the end of the year. Seeing that there are only 3 weeks of the year left it won't do anyone much good.

I really should have enrolled in the insurance package through work. I didn't think I was going to need it for another year, or so.

Regret?

I kind of regret selling my guitar. I have been getting the music itch recently and all I have is my drumset and my bass. Those aren't what I want to play, though.

Happy Thanksgiving...

What am I thankful for?



Things being revealed before it's too late. My family. My friends. My gifts and my talents. My job, even if I hate it 95% of the time.

I'm sure there's more. I try not to take anything for granted.

New Moon...

Yeah... that movie failed. It was overloaded with bad acting, drawn out storylines, and shirtless men. Not to mention it was boring. They spend way too much time on one thing at a time.

Kristen Stewart is the worst actress on the planet. I fear seeing her attempt to pull off a honeymoon with a vampire, a dangerous pregnancy, turning into a vampire, and being a vampire. She can't even believably beg for Edward's life and love. Luckily Robert Pattinson wasn't in the movie very much. He's just as bad.
Surprisingly, Taylor Lautner is more than a nice body. His acting is quite believable. They would have been stupid to replace him with another actor. He was lucky to keep that role... regardless of the fact that all the teenage girls do whenever he appears on screen shirtless is giggle, scream, and breathe heavily. I was about to complain to the theater but I knew if I left my seat I wouldn't come back.

I don't know how they're making 3 more movies, though. I understand a lot happens in Breaking Dawn, but they ended New Moon with the beginning of Eclipse. They are going to have to draw out a hell of a lot to fill Eclipse with just Bella and Edward's short wedding and her rapid pregnancy. They should combine the rest of Eclipse with the beginning of Breaking Dawn and then make one more movie equaling 4 total, not 5. They're just making them to earn the money. Seeing that New Moon made almost $108 million in 2.5 days, I'm sure they have nothing to worry about. Add merchandise sales on top of that and you have an unnecessarily big franchise.

Cell Phones...

Why are they so stupid?

Before this morning, my phone worked perfectly fine in my house. I was getting ready for work and tried to send a text and my phone said "service failed, try again?" I tried again like 3 times and it wouldn't let me do anything. I couldn't even make a call. I went to work and it worked all day. I could make calls, send texts, and receive texts. The minute I step into my house at 5:30 and sit in the kitchen I notice that it won't work again. I go into my bedroom and I am able to send some texts. I go into my computer room and my phone won't work at all.
I called T-Mobile and first the girl says they were having network issues. Then she said something about me not being connected to the network and fixes my texting and my outgoing calls, but I still wasn't able to receive calls. She transfers me to tech support. The guy has me dial some number and everything worked fine after that... for like 5 minutes. After I hung up with him, my phone won't work anymore. Trying to avoid calling customer support yet again I start thinking to myself, what if I put my SIM card in my old phone and see if everything works.

It worked like a charm, so it has to be my new phone.


The thing that pisses me off the most is the fact that I got this phone on October 12th. That isn't even two months and I take good care of my phones. In the 4 years I have had a cell phone I have had 3 phones total and I just got the third one 6 weeks ago. What does that prove? I'm not a cell phone abuser and if I take it into a T-Mobile store they will give me a new phone. Not to mention that I spent additional money for phone insurance when I renewed my contract. The girl at the store said that if I had any problems, accidental or not, they would replace my phone at no charge. If that isn't the case I am going to be at war with T-Mobile.

I spent a half hour on the phone with customer support trying to fix my service thinking it was my network which for all I know it could still be. What I don't get is how it randomly chooses to work in specific areas of my house. I have never had a single dead zone in my house before and my mom's phone is working with no problems at all. I baffled both people at T-Mobile because I have 4-5 bars of service strength, my 3G logo is on, and my phone still won't let me text (outgoing or incoming), receive calls, or make calls. My old, beat up Motorola will but my brand new Samsung won't all of a sudden. I didn't even do anything to it.

Yay... yet another unexpected trip to the mall tomorrow to deal with T-Mobile. I'm going in the morning to get it over with as soon as I can. If it isn't my phone after all I don't know what to do. I don't want to keep using my Motorola. I got a new phone for a reason.

Oprah...

So she's quitting her talk show in 2011 and it doing televised farewells with tears now. 2009 isn't even over yet. Oprah, you still have almost 2 years left. Cry when we're actually into 2011.

These people are retarded.

Wtf...

Why and how are people so obsessed with Twilight? I seriously don't understand.

It's a sappy, stupid, predictable story that is ruining teenage perspectives on relationships and love. Sorry, but if some guy was coming into my room at night and tells me that he's been coming in for the past couple of months watching me sleep... THAT IS FUCKING CREEPY!!! All of these dumb kids, and adults, watching these movies and reading the books think that's romantic. That is not romantic.

The thing that baffles me the most is the adult obsessions. People in their mid-late twenties, thirties, and even forties are wearing "Team Edward" shirts and wearing the stupid jewelry. Grow up, people. You're not 14 anymore.

Veterans Day...

I hope all veterans and active duty service members had a wonderful Veterans Day. The day is reserved for and dedicated to them.

I don't take any of my freedoms for granted and I have an indescribable amount of respect for those who have the determination, courage, and strength to serve their country. We are in hard times right now. We're at war, we're trying to rebuild our own government, and we still have men and women volunteering to serve every single day. They are the heroes and reasons we are able to rebuild and continue to be free. One of the main reasons I haven't quit my job yet is because I love feeling like I am serving those who protect my liberty and maybe even my own life.

To those serving overseas in Iraq or Afghanistan, or wherever else, I hope they know their fellow citizens respect them, want them to be safe, and want them to come home as soon as possible. I have friends that have served in both places and luckily they have returned home. One of them has been more than once and has come home each time. I wish this was the case for all of our men and women over there. I want them to be safe and to not be discouraged. Their country loves them and respects them. Those who don't are a minority and need a reality check. Without our military we wouldn't have anything we have now.

I had hoped to serve in the US Navy, but I have a physical condition keeping me from enlisting. I should have stepped up and made a decision earlier but I'm dumb and didn't realize that it would have been a good thing. I hope to be involved in the military somehow, though. I'm looking into civilian service and jobs.


I hope our veterans, and soon to be veterans, know that people do want to continue to join them. To use myself as an example... not all of us can be out there with you, but we are with you in hopes and prayers. Stay safe, come home safe, and never doubt your service. I, along with many others, waive their flags proudly.

La la la la la...

I just found out that MTV has announced a 2010 release for Daria on DVD.

FINALLY!!!



I have waited so long for this show to be released on DVD. No major details yet, but apparently there was a teaser that simply says "Daria on DVD in 2010" on the DVD release of The State. I am so happy.

Halo...

Who really understands the point of Halo?

To me it is just an excuse for guys to hook up multiple Xbox systems to multiple TVs, cuss each other out, drink soda, eat chips, and kill each other. I have been to lots of Halo parties, because I have a lot of guy friends, and I'm always the one person sitting there bored out of my mind. I have actually played the game a couple times and am not only the first person killed, but I am killed multiple times. In the hundred times I have been killed I have only shot and killed one person. The odds are not in my favor.

I imagine this applies to games like Call of Duty, too. My brother plays these games and tells me stories of the loser 12-year old kids on Xbox Live calling grown men pussies and trying to be all bad ass.

Is this really what we're doing with our lives now?

Regina Spektor w/Jupiter One...

Regina Spektor w/Jupiter One
November 7, 2009
Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO

Setlist:
The Calculation
Eet
Folding Chair
Ode to Divorce
Machine
Laughing With
One More Time With Feeling
Blue Lips
On The Radio
Dance Anthem of the 80's
Bobbin' For Apples
That Time
Silly Eye-Color Generalization
Après Moi
Poor Little Rich Boy
Human of the Year
Man of a Thousand Faces

Encore:
Samson
Us
Fidelity


I had a really fun time. This adorable woman puts on a really, really good show. She jokes a lot with the audience (including saying "I'm meeeelltttiiiing" when someone threw glitter at the stage), swears like a sailor (saying "oh fuck!" whenever she would make a mistake), and will actually start over if she messes up too badly (we pretty much heard Après Moi twice) . I find it very cool that she pauses to thank the audience after every song and looks at everyone while she's doing it. Most bands will just hold up their hand and say "thanks" while the rest of the band is already starting the next song.

She is touring with a band called Jupiter One. I didn't really care for them. I thought all of their songs sounded the same and that they were trying too hard to be "indie." She also has a violinist, cellist, and drummer that played most of the set with her. I think there were only 7 or 8 songs out of 20 that were just her and the piano/guitar.

The funniest moment would be her cussing out a member of the audience. Before every song this guy kept yelling out "COME ON PEOPLE! DANCE DANCE DANCE! DANCE REGINA!" Dead serious. Every single song. Zach and I were fortunate enough to be like 7-8 people away from him. After 2 or 3 songs other members of the audience, including myself, started telling him to shut up. When she started playing Blue Lips he did it in the middle of the song and I decided to release my rage and yell out "shut the fuck up!" Not even two seconds after I yelled it, she paused and yelled "shut the fuck up" into the microphone and then kept playing. That entire place cheered throughout the rest of the song. Needless to say, we didn't hear him yell out again. She also dissed him after the song was over saying something like, "we need to just put him in the direction of a dance class so he can do it there."

I was annoyed with the amount of scenester posers at this show, though. All of the guys in ungodly tight pants and girls in flowered, old lady dresses shouting out the lyrics to songs off Far and then standing there scratching their heads when she would play an older song. It was pathetic and I feel sorry that Regina is gaining those kinds of fans. Price of success and an SNL appearance, though.

However, I really enjoyed myself. I was mega disappointed that she didn't play The Genius Next Door, but that's alright. I'm sure I will see her live again and I might hear it in the future. I would recommend her shows and music to anyone. It is absolutely wonderful.




Oh, and we saw a homeless guy with a shopping cart and a sign saying "savin' up for a hooker." Zach wanted to give him money.

Fort Hood...

My prayers go out to the families of those killed and/or injured at Fort Hood today.

I work on a military base and we were all shaken up after hearing what happened. It could happen anywhere and it's always a wake-up call when it does happen.


I'm reading articles about this officer that shot up and killed 13 people, so far, and wonder how we have so many fucking lunatics running around. The guy worked at Walter Reed, got poor performance ratings, and was now set to be deployed overseas. I have read that he was under suspicion for 6-months prior to today for bomb threats and internet talk of suicide bombings. Why in the hell are we not acting on this stuff? The same goes for these kids building bombs in their basement and taking them to school.

The world we live in is getting scarier every single day. It makes me very sad and my chest tightens just thinking about it.

I might have found a new favorite...

I am a Chipotle/Qdoba addict. I won't even hesitate to admit that. It is the best food ever.

I went to Qdoba yesterday and saw the sign saying that signature tastes will currently earn you double points on your Qdoba card. Being the fatty that I am, I'm always eager to earn that free burrito. I looked at the menu and almost got the queso burrito, but I realized that I'm not crazy about the peppers in it. I decided to try the ancho chile BBQ burrito. Let me tell you... it was one of the best burritos I have ever tasted. That sauce is just wonderful. Not too spicy and kind of sweet.

It's like 40 cents more, but I think I have found a new favorite. I usually just get a naked chicken. I will be adding the ancho chile sauce from now on. You can bet on it.
One more reason why Qdoba is better than Chipotle. They're cheaper and they have more combination/flavor options.

Happy Halloween

Nothing like kicking back blasting David Bowie.

I think I'll go watch the Nightmare Before Christmas now.

Saw VI...

Well... I'm still pretty torn on what to say about this movie. It was an improvement over Saw V (Kevin Greutert is the man, fuck David Hackl), but it still wasn't the same as the first three movies. It carried the same basic complaints that I had with Saw IV and Saw V; it was very rushed and there was too much going on at one time. The amount of flashbacks was insane and it was very back and forth. Thank God for the special filter they use for flashback sequences or you wouldn't know where the hell they were on the timeline.

Main disappointments:
-SERIOUS lack of Amanda. For all the hype and announcements of her return, she wasn't in it nearly as much as she could have/should have been. I bet if you added up her screentime it would total somewhere between 3-5 minutes.
-Bringing Agent Perez back for 10 minutes just to kill her off again. She was splashed with hot coffee and then stabbed numerous times. Coffee? Really?
-Very predictable, in terms of William. Granted I did read spoilers before I went to the theater, but it was quite easy to figure out. A lot easier than previous movies.
-Jill's involvement. Can we all say predictable together in unison next to the Lionsgate offices?
-Hoffman's survival. What the fuck? Now we have to deal with that, now facially deformed, asshole for yet another movie? Thanks a lot.

Angering disappointments:
-The ending. The whole ending just pissed me off.
-The flashback showing Amanda's involvement with the loss of Gideon and the explanation of the letter wasn't enough. Showing her freaking out in the corner for 5 seconds after Cecil slams the door into Jill's abdomen wasn't enough to justify all the hype and the photo release. It just wasn't enough. Making us wait 3 years just to hear Hoffman read the letter was retarded, too.

On the subject of Amanda's return, allow me to elaborate on what exactly was revealed in Saw VI; basically we find out the contents of the letter we see upset her so much way back in Saw III. As we found out in Saw VI, Hoffman wrote the letter and placed it inside of the envelope along with what appears to be a key. The letter was abandoned in Saw VSaw IV. Hoffman states in the letter that if she did not kill Lynn he would reveal this information to John.
Before this flashback, there was one of John trying to convince Jill that his work was superior to hers and that his actually worked. He claimed that addiction was incurable as long as you keep fueling the fire with alternative drugs. Jill disagrees and John makes her witness his "proof" which happens to be a clean and sober Amanda standing in the corner of her office. John tells Jill to take a close look and remember that she once mentioned to him that Amanda was a lost, hopeless soul. Amanda then says that his games work and that he helped her.
We also finally see Amanda and Hoffman interact in a short flashback. Hoffman enters the room with Timothy Young (from the Rack in Saw III) in a wheelbarrow and Amanda is pushing John into the room via wheelchair. Amanda and John both comment on the way Hoffman is setting up the trap and Amanda criticizes the lack of attention to detail. John offers advice on how to quickly improve it. As they move away from John, Amanda asks Hoffman when his test is. He says that he didn’t need one because he appreciated the value of life. Amanda criticizes again and says he knows nothing about the value of life because he is still dragging his knuckles on the ground. She adds on that he needs to get used to her because she’s not going anywhere. As she walks away to attend to John he adds on, “You sure about that?” Amanda then takes John down the hallways of the Gideon building and they run into Jill. John instructs Amanda to go kidnap Lynn from the hospital and to do it quickly. As she walks away she and Jill exchange glances and Amanda is obviously stricken with discomfort at the sight of Jill. and has now been fully revealed... Amanda technically is the reason John and Jill lost Gideon. We see, in a very short flashback, Cecil and Amanda outside of Jill's clinic arguing and Amanda appears to force Cecil to break into the clinic to get her a drug fix. Amanda remains outside and witnesses Cecil slam the door into Jill's abdomen causing her to miscarry. As you see Jill begin to collapse and Cecil run away, you see Amanda begin to freak out and collapse in a corner outside. John runs in and finds Jill on the floor as we see in

Other than shots from previous films (mainly Saw III), that’s about all we see from Amanda.

If you have read anything that I’ve said about Saw in the past, or know me personally, you know Amanda is my favorite character. How do I feel about these flashbacks and the revelation of the letter’s content? Not too bad, but there is always room for improvement. I was hoping to see a flashback of Hoffman and/or John kidnapping Amanda to put her in the Reverse Bear trap or see more details of her arrest or see more of her addict life in Jill’s clinic, not necessarily just her making Cecil break into it. John telling Jill that she thought Amanda was a lost soul tells me that Jill treated her for a significant amount of time. I’m still curious to see the timeline between Amanda’s jail sentence, her abusive drug habit/lifestyle, her test, and her partnership with John.

What this all does finally prove is Hoffman’s manipulation and framing of Amanda. By him writing the letter and giving her consequences if she didn’t kill Lynn is blackmail. Flat out blackmail. Amanda’s motivation obviously was to keep the sensitive information from John by any means necessary. We still don’t know if Kerry and Troy’s traps were truly rigged by Amanda. Agents Strahm and Perez do state in Saw IV that Amanda couldn’t have gotten Kerry into the trap herself and that she would have required help. How do we know Hoffman didn’t give Amanda yet another ultimatum for that trap and manipulated her to make it unwinnable? We don’t. The same would/could be with Troy. Even if Amanda is the one actually making the trap, it was under influence of another person. In this case it would be Hoffman. That tells me that he is the true killer and that Amanda was the true Jigsaw apprentice. She wanted to please John and fulfill his work. There were a couple questions I had with this; did Amanda stay with John as an apprentice out of guilt? If she would have let Lynn go, as instructed by John, and lived would she have continued John’s work or would she have disappeared and let Hoffman carry it out?

I didn’t think Saw VI was bad, but it wasn’t great. I would rank it right next to Saw IV which would put it behind I-III and far ahead of V. The fact that David Hackl is returning for Saw VII is ridiculous and I will not be seeing it. I mean it this time. His directing and vision of Saw V was the worst I have ever seen… not to mention that VII is going to be in 3-D. Lionsgate, what the fuck? These movies shouldn’t have been continued past Saw III, but I can admit that Saw VI was a pleasant surprise after seeing two bad sequels before it.

Paranormal Activity...

How in the hell are people finding this movie scary?

I saw it last night with my sister and we both spent the whole movie laughing. It was badly acted, badly filmed, and extremely predictable. They show what happens at the end in the previews. If you have seen the previews you have seen the end of the movie that everyone is talking about.

The basic premise of this movie... There is a demon spirit in the house and it is haunting the couple, Katie and Micah. I fell asleep for about 10 minutes at the beginning so I'm no help there, but they say they hear footsteps, water shutting on and off, lights going on and off, and doors creaking. As they continue filming themselves the events become more prevalent and more extreme as they are pissing the demon off more. We find out from a psychic they contact the demon is haunting Katie and wants her. Micah, like a dumbass, gets a Ouija board and attempts to contact the demon and tell it to leave. Katie flips out and from then on the paranormal events get worse. She is dragged out of bed in the middle of the night, has bruises and bite marks on her body, begins to sleepwalk and stand in the middle of the room for hours while Micah sleeps, the doors forcefully slam open and closed, they see footprints on the floor after placing powder down, etc.. The ending is like the 20th night of filming themselves sleep. You see Katie get out of bed and stand over Micah for hours as he sleeps, go downstairs, and then start screaming his name. He jolts awake, runs downstairs to aid her, about 45 seconds of nothing pass, and you see his body come flying through the door frame into the camera. You find Katie standing in the door frame with her shirt covered in blood. She walks over to Micah's body, looks at it, crawls toward the camera (like the chick in the Grudge did), smile and turn her head, and then she flashes demon teeth and jumps at the camera. Things go black as they say Micah's body was found like a week later and Katie's whereabouts were never discovered.

Scary? No.
Suspenseful? No. More like boring.

If I wanted to watch time lapsed sleep I would record myself for a month and edit it appropriately. I don't understand how people are finding it scary at all. It a dumb documentary-style movie with elements from the Exorcist and Poltergeist.
Do yourselves a favor and wait until it's played on TV.

Out of pure, fan curiosity...

I'm actually going to see Saw VI on Friday night. I know I swore after seeing Saw V that I wouldn't do another one in theaters, but I just can't help myself. It's amazing how we can still be addicted and interested in something that has gone so downhill. That explains why people still watch The Simpsons, I guess. That show hasn't been any good in 8-10 years, but it's still going strong.


On an unrelated note, I think I'm finally fully getting over the Swine Flu. Nothing like being sick for almost a full week. I still don't think I'll be better by the time I go back to work/school, but who cares. I'm not contagious anymore.

Obama's Nobel Prize violates the US Constitution...

Indeed, people.

Article 1, Section 9 of the US Constitution states:
"No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince or foreign State."

Let's check the facts here...
-Nobel Prizes come out of Norway.
-Nominations ended in February. Obama was sworn in as President on January 20th.
-Yes, Al Gore won the Nobel Prize... however, he was not a current office holder.
-Even if he was still sitting as an Illinois Senator, it would still be unconstitutional.


Rumors are circulating that it was given as a sympathy award for Obama losing in the Olympic nominations. Who gives a flying fuck? We shouldn't have been fighting for the Olympics anyway. It actually costs more to host an Olympic games than it does gain revenue for the host city/country. We're already billions and trillions of dollars in debt. Not to mention the fact that he wants to push through Universal Healthcare and add yet another stimulus bill that will destroy more small businesses and raise even more taxes.

He's nothing but a teleprompter reading puppet. I'm embarrassed to call him my President.





Doesn't feel too good when the shoe is on the other foot, now does it? People, like me, that supported George Bush have our turn now. The main difference is we actually have reasons to oppose and verbally trash.

Eulogy...

Obama's eulogy today wasn't that impressive, people. It was nothing but a history lesson with the same vocal tone of another damn campaign speech.

Same head movements, same vocal tone, same over pronounced words, same pauses, same disconnected syllables, etc.





I am sick of it and it hasn't even been a year yet.

MUST!!!

I MUST see Star Wars in Concert. It's coming to Denver on October 18th.

It looks so fucking amazing. I must. I just must.

District 9

Now this was a great movie. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I was going to.
Kudos to Peter Jackson for presenting a movie shorter than 3 hours.

Aside from that, I thought it was very well done. You feel a lot of sympathy for the aliens and I think you should. They are the victims this time around. The main alien and his son just grabbed hold of me and wouldn't let go. I loved his character and was glad to see how things turned out.

The other thing I liked was that the aliens weren't necessarily vicious. They were being held captive and that's as simple as it gets. They didn't really understand why and they were perceived as bottom feeding slobs because they were made that way by the government. The people had no choice but to believe it.




I think I might even see this one again. I enjoyed it a lot.

Thinking a little bit more...

I was thinking about Saw more...


I think I have started to believe that John (aka, Jigsaw) deliberately screwed Amanda over. I think he began to have more faith in Hoffman and thought that he needed to get rid of Amanda while it was still possible because of her instability, despite how much he apparently cared for her.

His games and determination meant more to him than she did. In the end, I think he wanted someone that could carry the games as close to his style as possible.



However... it was all bullshit because John based everything on Amanda's vengeance and her emotions. Think of it, all 3 of them fell victim to it. John's vengeance led to Cecil, Hoffman's led to Seth, and Amanda's led to Eric and Kerry. They have no reason to blame her for that, but they obviously felt the need to chastise her for it.

I think there was something else with her that we don't know yet. Saw 6 couldn't come any sooner.

Wtf...

My semester hasn't even started yet and I have already had to replace a class. The Music Theory II class I tried to take last semester got force canceled again this year. If no one ever registers for it then why even offer it and get people's hopes up?

Luckily I went to print my schedule this morning so I could get my books and I noticed it wasn't there. I had to scramble to fill the space with another class, like I did last semester. Now I'm enrolled in Art Appreciation. That sounded so unappealing to me but it was the only thing still open. I stuck with music to avoid taking art history and/or appreciation.

I got screwed over like I always do. Damn it.

I think I have figured it out...

My next tattoos.

Am I addicted to tattoos? I don't think so.
Why? I have been of age for almost 4 years. I don't smoke, I don't abuse being a legal adult, and I have 2 tattoos. My first tattoo I got 7 months after I turned 18. My second tattoo I got like 6 months ago. 2 in 4 years is not addicted. I would have a lot more by now if I was addicted.



Going on with my Nightmare Before Christmas theme, I want more Jack faces. I have a little jewelry box with a double-sided face. One smiling Jack and the other side is a sad/confused looking Jack. I'm thinking of getting each face either on my feet or on each shoulder blade on my back.

Damn it all...

I was just researching my books so I know how much money to take out tomorrow and I see that I'm going to need a new calculator for my math class.

What the hell?!?!



I was not expecting to have to add an additional $135 to my budget. I need to go to Target and see if they are having a sale on calculators this week. If I can get one cheaper than that I will be a happy panda.

The other thing I am a little scared of now is the fact that I learned how to do everything on my TI-83. Now I'm going to have to not only learn this hard math that I will no doubt have trouble with, but I'm going to have to learn how to use a TI-84 now.

I am shocked...

Losing both Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson in the same day. Wow.

Farrah made her illness public and it was truly heartbreaking to see how sick she was. The fact that she battled and hung on for so long makes her a badass woman in my book. I hope she went as peacefully as possible and I'm sure she's resting in a better place now. My heart goes to her family and friends.

However, Michael Jackson is a complete surprise. He was about to launch that new tour, he was talking about a new album, his kids are getting older, he was settling some of his debts... it's just crazy. I was at work when a co-worked said, "You know Michael Jackson died?" I just stood there and stared. I know everyone's time comes but Michael was one that you just didn't think about leaving the culture and the world. Personally I just think his body gave out on him. Some reports say that he was given a shot of painkillers at his home and very shortly after he collapsed and wasn't breathing. The guy had been performing since he was 9, so I'm sure he had a lot of physical pain (not to mention his obvious facial reconstructions).
I was, along with my mom, a big Michael Jackson fan as a little kid. I still listen to and love his music. I know and appreciate what a true musical genius he was. The world and the culture will never forget him and his legacy and influence will carry on. As with Farrah, I hope he went as peacefully as humanly possible. I wish the best to his family, friends, and fans.
He was always weird and had a lot of scandals, but for now leave the Wacko Jacko tabloids to rest and celebrate his amazing talent and career. That is what should be remembered.

Hard Rock this...

I went to the Hard Rock Cafe for a friend's birthday yesterday. It was fun and all. The decorations are neat to look at, the food is average, and they had some good music playing.
There were 7 of us as well so that made for some fun times.

We were all enjoying ourselves until the bill came... $140.
Honestly? Since when does it cost almost $200 for 7 people to go to dinner? I blame the birthday girl and her $8 specialty drink. I also blame everyone for getting 50,000 drink refills.

I had one drink, got something that was $12 (that's cheap for the Hard Rock), and I was the one that ended up devoting over $20 to the bill. How is that fair? The 3 people paying with debit cards refused to put any more on their card than they ate. If their burger was $13.95 and their soda was $2.99, they wouldn't put any more than $16.94 on their card. The gratuity alone was over $20!
I put in $20 to cover my $15 worth. I was forced to put in an additional $3 too.

People don't know how to split up checks. Holy shit.

Figuring more...

Continuing on with the Saw train of thought...



Det. Matthews:
John - John picked him, for whatever reason, to be the main test in Saw II. He abducted his son and placed him in the house trap and taunted Eric with needing to know where his son Daniel was. In order to find him, John tested Eric's patience and his ability to follow the rules. All he had to do was sit and listen to him for two hours. John, as he always does, revealed where Daniel was before their game even started, "he's in a safe place." Unable to follow the rules, Det. Matthews brutally beats John, similar to his assault on Amanda, and John tricks him into thinking he's taking him to find his son. What he really did was place him into Amanda's trap where she captured him and leaves him in the bathroom. John also uses Matthews as bait for Amanda in her final tests of willingness to keep people alive and letting them make their own choices. It is still unknown why John picked Det. Matthews.

Paul - Direct connection unknown.

Mark - Direct connection unknown.

Zep - Direct connection unknown.

Jeff - Direct connection unknown.

Det. Tapp - Tapp and Matthews were in the same crime division that followed the Jigsaw murders. Any other direct connection unknown.

Det. Sing - Sing and Matthews were in the same crime division that followed the Jigsaw murders. Any other direct connection unknown.

Det. Kerry - Kerry and Matthews were once partners, as stated in Saw II. It is also safe to assume that they had a love affair resulting in Eric's marriage falling apart as stated by Kerry, "you already lost your son once because you got involved with me." In Saw II the two detectives seem to have a lot of personal tension and anger toward each other. Kerry is the most upset by Eric's disappearance after the events of Saw II. Any further connection is unknown.

Amanda - Matthews framed Amanda for drug possession charges and sent her to prison under false accusations. It is unknown how or why she was framed by him. He is locked in the bathroom after the events of Saw II and brutally beats her after finding her in the hallways in Saw III. He was originally killed by Amanda in Saw III but it was changed so he was saved and held captive until Rigg's test.

Dr. Gordon - Direct connection unknown.

Adam - Direct connection unknown.

Dead Cellmate - Direct connection unknown.

Sgt. Rigg - Was an old colleague of Matthews and worked in the same division that followed the Jigsaw murders. He was ultimately killed by Rigg after he neglected to follow the rules of the Cherish Your Life test.

Daniel - Daniel is Eric's son.

Michael - He was Matthew's informant. It was at the scene of Michael's trap that Eric finds the hint that Jigsaw is looking for him.

Gus - According to John, Eric planted evidence to obtain a conviction and was Gus' arresting officer. It is unknown what evidence was planted and why. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Xavier - According to John, Eric planted evidence to obtain a conviction and was Xavier's arresting officer. It is unknown what evidence was planted and why. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Addison - According to John, Eric planted evidence to obtain a conviction and was Addison's arresting officer. It is unknown what evidence was planted and why. She mentions after seeing a picture of Daniel and Eric in the house that he set her up. Director comments backed up the theory and said Eric went to her as a customer and busted her. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Jonas - According to John, Eric planted evidence to obtain a conviction and was Jonas' arresting officer. It is unknown what evidence was planted and why. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Laura - According to John, Eric planted evidence to obtain a conviction and was Laura's arresting officer. It is unknown what evidence was planted and why. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Obi - According to John, Eric planted evidence to obtain a conviction and was Obi's arresting officer. It is unknown what evidence was planted and why. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Lynn - Direct connection is unknown.

Jeff - Direct connection is unknown.

Danica - Direct connection is unknown.

Judge Halden - Direct connection is unknown.

Timothy - Direct connection is unknown.

Troy - Direct connection is unknown.

Det. Hoffman - Hoffman and Matthews were in the same police precinct along with Tapp, Sing, Kerry, and Rigg. Eric was re-captured by Hoffman after his fight with Amanda and was kept hostage in the Gideon building until Rigg's test. It is said that the gap between Saw II and Saw III/IV was 6 months. Hoffman placed himself in the test alongside Matthews and Art. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Jill - Direct connection is unknown.

Agent Strahm - Direct connection is unknown.

Agent Perez - Direct connection is unknown.

Art - Eric shared a trap with Art and Hoffman. Art was thought to be a perpetrator but it turns out he handed Eric a gun to make his own choice, not to kill Art or Hoffman.

Cecil - Direct connection is unknown.

Gideon - Eric was held captive in the Gideon building for 6 months.

Ivan - Direct connection is unknown.

Brenda - Direct connection is unknown.

Morgan - Direct connection is unknown.

Rex - Direct connection is unknown.

Dr. Heffner - Direct connection is unknown.

Tracy - Direct connection is unknown.

Agent Erickson - Direct connection is unknown.

All members of the Fatal Five - Direct connection is unknown.

Seth - Direct connection is unknown.




Hoffman (mind you I haven't watched Saw V in a while so I'll do my best):
John - He was recuited by John as an apprentice after he tried to stage a murder of his own to be a Jigsaw murder. Seeing that I explained it already, you get the basics.

Paul - Aided John in capturing Paul in his car. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Mark - Watched through the hole in the wall during the trap. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Zep - Direct connection is unknown.

Paul - Direct connection is unknown.

Det. Tapp - Worked in the same police precinct. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Det. Sing - Worked in the same police precinct. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Det. Kerry - Was on the scene after Troy's game was carried out alongside Kerry and Rigg. It is suggested by Strahm that someone else helped in Kerry's angel trap. Anyone with a brain can see that person is Hoffman.

Amanda - The dynamics of their relationship is still fairly unknown. We know that he wrote her the upsetting letter in Saw III and that he constantly tried to change John's mind about Amanda, examples being while setting up the Saw II house and just before she brings Lynn into the sick room. Hopefully their relationship will be explained more in Saw VI.

Dr. Gordon - Direct connection is unknown.

Adam - Direct connection is unknown.

Dead Cellmate - Direct connection is unknown.

Det. Matthews - Worked in the same police precinct. Hoffman was alongside Eric and Art at the end of Rigg's Cherish Your Life trap. He tried to keep Eric alive throughout the trap but Rigg failed his test.

Sgt. Rigg - Worked in the same police precinct. It is safe to assume that Hoffman is the main planner for the Cherish Your Life test and created it the way he did knowing what kind of a person Rigg was. He warned him about not going through uncleared doors. Hoffman also was the main reason Rigg left the police station the night they found Kerry. He told him he was overworked and had to go home.

Daniel - Helped set up the house. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Michael - Direct connection is unknown.

Gus - Helped set up the house. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Xavier - Helped set up the house. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Addison - Helped set up the house. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Jonas - Helped set up the house. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Laura - Helped set up the house. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Obi - Helped set up the house. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Lynn - Direct connection is unknown.

Jeff - Direct connection is unknown.

Danica - Direct connection is unknown.

Judge Halden - Direct connection is unknown.

Timothy - Direct connection is unknown.

Troy - Was on scene after his death surveying the evidence with Kerry and Rigg. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Jill - Was seen questioning her in Saw IV early on in the Jigsaw murders. It is unknown whether they knew of and/or worked with/against each other (in terms of something other than police questioning). This is another relationship that might be expanded in Saw VI.

Agent Strahm - Strahm quickly grew to be an enemy of Hoffman. When surveying Kerry's murder scene Strahm's questions and answers, that were correct, made Hoffman uneasy. We see in Saw V that he set up Strahm to be captured and killed in the Water Cube trap. It was all part of the design to leave Hoffman the last one standing from the Gideon building. Strahm unexpectedly survives and Hoffman lures him into yet another trap knowing Strahm had started to figure out his involvement with Jigsaw. Hoffman locks himself into the glass box and watches Strahm die. A similar unwinnable theme which suggests Amanda was set up the entire time. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Agent Perez - He also came in contact with her at Kerry's murder scene. He had a brief conversation with Perez about the children's clothing he was carrying (obviously it was for Corbett, Lynn and Jeff's daughter) and quickly dismissed Perez's comments to it. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Art - Was in the Cherish Your Life trap alongside Art and Eric. Hoffman was kept alive by Art during the trap because Eric kept jumping off of the ice block and Art would place him back on. Any other direct connection is unknown. Art was also the lawyer on scene when Rigg punched Rex in the school. Hoffman covered up Rigg's mistake and Art could tell he was lying.

Cecil - Direct connection is unknown.

Gideon - Set up some of the traps in the Gideon building, including the one he was held in. He set up everything to make him the sole survivor. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Ivan - Direct connection is unknown.

Brenda - Direct connection is unknown.

Morgan - Was on scene when Rigg punched out Rex at the school after questioning a child abuse case. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Rex - Was on scene when Rigg punched him out in the school. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Dr. Heffner - Called Hoffman to John's autopsy after the "play me" tape was found inside of his stomach. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Tracy - Direct connection is unknown.

Agent Erickson - Hoffman became tied with Erickson when Strahm began poking around old police files trying to place Hoffman at the scene of each of the victims. Hoffman shared conversations about Strahm's state of mind with Erickson and placed him at the scene of the Final Five. The result of that is still unknown and should be revealed in Saw VI.

The Fatal Five - Placed all of the victims in the trap. Any other direct connection is unknown at this point.

Seth - Seth murdered Hoffman's sister. Hoffman captured him, created the pendulum trap to mock a Jigsaw murder, and killed him. Needless to say he got away with it. The only one to notice was John. Hoffman's actions with Seth led to his recruitment.





And now my mind is blown. I agree with my buddy, though. Guaranteed most, if not all, of these characters will get tied together somehow.

Still trying to figure this shiz out...

I watched Saw IV again last night and was just thinking of the character connections. I watched with a friend that had never seen Saw IV and he made an interesting comment. He said that he thought they were just continuing the saga by connection every single character to someone else in whatever way. I thought about it and started thinking about all of the connections.

Mind you these also include Saw: Rebirth because it was better than the story of IV and V. I'll try to get all of this down correctly, at least for John and Amanda right now.


John/Jigsaw:
Paul [Razor Wire trap] - Met in rehab hospital in Saw: Rebirth. Showed his capture in Saw V. Died from his trap.

Mark [Flammable Jelly trap] - Met in rehab hospital in Saw: Rebirth. Died from his trap.

Zep [Allison & Diana Gordon trap] - Met in rehab hospital in Saw: Rebirth. Zep was also John's orderly in Saw and obviously knew about John, "he's a very interesting person." Killed by Adam in the bathroom.

Jeff [Screw Chair trap] - Connection unknown. He is, to our knowledge, alive after being saved by Det. Sing. We don't know why he was captured or what other trap, if any, he was to be used for.

Det. Tapp - Direct connection unknown. Killed by Zep.

Det. Sing - Direct connection unknown. Killed by shotgun trap in the Jigsaw lair.

Det. Kerry - Direct connection unknown. Killed by the angel trap supposedly designed by Amanda.

Amanda [Reverse Bear trap] - Met in rehab hospital in Saw: Rebirth. Amanda was there from a drug overdose. Without Rebirth we wouldn't have any clue as to why she was selected by John for the bear trap. We still really don't... Amanda went to become the new apprentice as revealed at the end of Saw II. Killed by Jeff by gunshot after she killed Lynn.

Dr. Gordon [Bathroom trap] - Was the doctor that diagnosed John with cancer. Cut off his foot to escape the bathroom. Status is unknown, but he is assumed dead.

Adam [Bathroom trap] - Direct connection to John is unknown. Killed by Amanda in the bathroom.

Dead Cellmate [Reverse Bear trap] - Direct connection unkown. However, he is seen exiting Jill's drug clinic in Saw IV so that is a potential connection that is still left open. Killed by Amanda.

Det. Matthews - Direct connection unknown. Part of the grand scheme in Saw II. John knew of his shady police work and revealed his connections to those in the house trap. He also placed his son Daniel in the house trap. Killed by Amanda in the original cut of Saw III but officially killed by Rigg in Saw IV.

Sgt. Rigg [Cherish Your Life trap] - Direct connection unkown. Was part of the SWAT raid on Jigsaw's lair before the knowledge of the house trap in Saw II. Placed in the Cherish Your Life trap for his need/want to save everyone. Killed by Det. Matthews.

Daniel [House trap] - Direct connection unkown. Det. Matthews son. Was the only other survivor of the house trap.

Michael [Venus Fly trap] - Direct connection unknown. Was also seen in Jill's drug clinic in Saw IV. Died in the fly trap.

Gus [House trap] - Direct connection unknown. He was another one seen in the drug clinic along with the Dead Cellmate, Michael, and Troy in Saw IV. Died from the shotgun door trap.

Xavier [House trap] - Direct connection unknown. Killed by Daniel.

Addison [House trap] - Approached John at his car window outside of Jill's drug clinic trying to whore herself to him. He told her to go home. Died from the Razor Box trap.

Jonas [House trap] - Direct connection unknown. Killed by Xavier.

Laura [House trap] - Direct connection unknown. Died from the nerve gas.

Obi [House trap] - Direct connection unkown. Is said in his tape that he helped capture the others in the house. He is seen walking past Jill in John's surgery dream in Saw III. Died from the furnace trap.

Lynn [Shotgun Collar trap] - Consulted with John about his cancer and told him there was no treatment for him. Any other connection is unknown. Died from the shotgun collar.

Jeff [Gideon trap] - Direct connection unknown. Killed John by a taking a powersaw to his neck. Killed by Agent Strahm.

Danica [Freezer Room trap] - Direct connection unkown. Died from the freezer room trap.

Judge Halden [Pig Vat trap] - Direct connection unkown. The judge was initially saved by Jeff but he died from the shotgun box during the Rack.

Timothy [The Rack] - Direct connection unkown. Died from the rack.

Troy [Classroom trap] - Direct connection unkown. Died from the classroom trap.

Det. Hoffman - The second apprentice, alongside Amanda, to John. He is a part of the police force that has been chasing Jigsaw since the beginning. He tried to frame John for the Pendulum trap and was put to the test and recruited. He is shown to be involved in the capture of several victims, including Paul and Rigg, and has been involved since Saw. He set up the Gideon building to be the only survivor and failed. He also creates unwinnable traps, such as the Pendulum and the Water Cube. As of Saw V he is still alive.

Jill - John's ex-wife. She first appears to John in a dream during his brain surgery. She is shown to own the drug clinic that so many of John's test subjects were a part of at some point. She is shown being interrogated at nauseum by Hoffman and Strahm. She receives a box with unknown contents as dictated by John's will after he is dead. She tells the FBI that she is being stalked and harrassed by the FBI, specifically Agent Strahm. As of Saw V she is still alive.

Agent Strahm - An FBI agent assigned to the Jigsaw cases. He and his partner Agent Perez are introduced in Saw IV and reveal a connection to Kerry. They said she was their liason. He begins to realize the grand scheme of the Jigsaw murders and begins to suspect Hoffman more than John and Amanda. Direct connection still unknown. Killed by Hoffman.

Agent Perez - An FBI agent assigned to the Jigsaw cases. Partners with Agent Strahm. Direct connection unkown. Died after injuries sustained from the exploding Billy puppet.

Art [Mausoleum trap/Cherish Your Life trap] - Was a business partner and friend of John and Jill. He tried to convince John not to walk away from their housing projects after Jill lost the baby. His profession was a lawyer. Placed into the Mausoleum trap and Rigg's trap in Saw IV for unknown reasons.

Cecil [Knife Chair trap] - Was a regular at John's wife Jill's clinic. He accidentally killed John's unborn son Gideon after attempting to rob the clinic. Was John's first test subject. Assumed to have been killed by John.

Gideon - John and Jill's unborn son. Cecil accidentally killed the baby by slamming a door into Jill's abdomen. John came into the building after seeing Cecil run frantically outside. By the time he got Jill to the hospital it was too late. The child was named after John's first property, the Gideon building. That is the building where the traps in Saw III and Saw IV, and who knows how much more, took place.

Ivan [Hotel trap] - Direct connection unkown. Died from the trap.

Brenda [Hair Pull trap] - Direct connection unkown. Thrown into a glass mirror and presumably killed by Rigg.

Morgan [Main Artery trap] - Direct connection unknown. Pulled the metal rods and let her husband bleed to death. Saved by Rigg in the classroom.

Rex [Main Artety trap] - Direct connection unknown. Killed by Morgan via the trap.

Dr. Heffner - Performed John's autopsy. He found the "Play Me" tape inside of John's stomach.

Tracy - Direct connection unknown. Rigg's wife. As of Saw IV she is presumably alive. Her pictures were in Rigg's test but she never appeared again after leaving to visit her mother.

Agent Erickson - Direct connection unknown. As of Saw V he is still alive.

Brit [Fatal Five] - Direct connection unknown. Found bleeding to death by Erickson after the hand-saw box. She was one of two remaining from the Fatal Five. Her living status is currently unknown but she is presumably alive.

Luba [Fatal Five] - Direct connection unknown. Died from electrocution during the Fatal Five.

Charles [Fatal Five] - Direct connection unknown. Died from a bomb during the Fatal Five.

Mallick [Fatal Five] - Direct connection unknown. He is the other person remaining, alongside Brit, from the Fatal Five. He was also left bleeding to death after the hand-saw box. His living status is currently unknown but he is presumably alive.

Ashley [Fatal Five] - Direct connection unknown. Died from the neck trap at the beginning of the Fatal Five.

Seth [Pendulum Trap] - Seth was used by Hoffman to frame Jigsaw for another murder. Neglecting the fact that John does not murder, he used the pendulum trap as a motive to capture Hoffman and test him. After he passed John recruited Hoffman as a new apprentice.


Amanda:
John - Met in rehab hospital according to Saw: Rebirth. Placed in the Reverse Bear trap by John. Recruited as an apprentice after her questioning. He took her under his wing and is said to be the closest companion to Amanda, like a father/daughter relationship. She cared for him while he was ill, captured victims, and created traps. It is also said that her traps were unwinnable and were just meant to kill people which did not follow John's doctrine. She was placed in the house trap in Saw II to protect Daniel and to make sure the rules were followed. She was ultimately tested in Saw III to see if she had the will to keep someone alive.

Paul - Placed in the same rehab hospital according to Saw: Rebirth. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Mark - Placed in the same rehab hospital according to Saw: Rebirth. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Zep - Placed in the same rehab hospital according to Saw: Rebirth. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Jeff - Direct connection unknown.

Det. Tapp - Was questioned by Tapp after she survived the Bear trap.

Det. Sing - Presumably also was questioned by Sing after her escape.

Det. Kerry - Was said to have placed Kerry in the angel trap that killed her. Strahm differed saying their weight difference contradicted the theory and suggested Amanda had an addtional person helping her. Kerry was also partners with Det. Matthews at some point and was part of the crime division that chased after Jigsaw.

Dr. Gordon - Witnessed her testimony in the police station after his pen light was found at Mark's test. It is also assumed that she captured Dr. Gordon in the parking garage.

Adam - She captured Adam in his apartment by hiding in the closet dressed in the cloak and pig mask. A deleted scene also shows her having a previous encounter with Adam where he flirted with her and took her picture as a memory. She placed Adam in the bathroom, put his leg in the ankle brace, gave him the key in the bathtub, and wound up performing a mercy killing after he was deserted in the room.

Dead Cellmate - She killed him to retrieve the key to release the jaw trap. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Det. Matthews - Was framed for drug posession charges by Det. Matthews resulting in a prison sentence of an unknown length. She reveals in Saw II that she began using heroin while serving her sentence. She blames Matthews for her life being such a mess and captures him at the end of Saw II to place him in the bathroom to rot. He escapes, finds her, brutally beats her, and she escapes. Originally she had killed him after trying to walk away but it was changed so he survives. She also makes it known to John that he learned nothing and was the exact same person before his initial test of sitting and talking with him.

Sgt. Rigg - Direct connection is unknown.

Daniel - Placed in the house trap with him. It was her job in the house trap to protect Daniel throughout the duration so he could be placed in the safe and revealed to his father, Det. Matthews. She reveals to Daniel what his father did to her in a subtle way saying that she started heroin in jail and was arrested for possession. She takes him to the bathroom to hide from Xavier where he defends her by killing Xavier when he comes toward them.

Michael - She is seen during a deleted dream sequence in Saw III designing the Venus Fly trap mask. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Gus - Placed in the house trap with him. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Xavier - Placed in the house trap with him. She was always obviously frightened by him whether it's a previous unknown connection or his intimidating presence. He tossed her into the needle pit, meant for him, and then carried anger toward her for the rest of the movie after failing to open the door after she swam through the needles to find the key. She tried to work with him to find out the combination to the safe with the antidote but he refused and cut his number out of his neck. He went after Amanda and she was protected by Daniel who cut his throat open with a hacksaw.

Addison - Placed in the house trap with her. Any other direct connection is unknown

Jonas - Placed in the house trap with him. Any other direct connection is unknown

Laura - Placed in the house trap with her. Amanda always seemed protective of both Daniel and Laura. She carried Laura around and seemed upset when she fell severely ill to the nerve gas and eventually died in Amanda's lap. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Obi - Placed in the house trap with him. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Lynn - Captured Lynn from the hospital locker room dressed in the cloak and pig mask. She was very untrusting of Lynn and didn't understand why John picked her to be a part of this test. She was also left in the dark about Lynn's marriage to Jeff. Amanda grew jealous and angry toward Lynn when John seemed to be paying more attention to her resulting in her cutting scene. She revolted against John by refusing to remove the shotgun collar and shooting Lynn in the abdomen.

Jeff - Amanda was shot in the neck by Jeff after she shoots Lynn. John reveals their marriage to her just seconds before Jeff pulls the trigger. She bleeds to death from the injury. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Danica - Direct connection is unknown.

Judge Halden - Direct connection is unknown.

Timothy - Direct connection is unknown.

Troy - It is said that Troy's classroom trap was one of Amanda's unwinnable designs. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Det. Hoffman - Hoffman is the other apprentice working with Jigsaw alongside Amanda. Their relationship is still pretty unknown. It can be safely assumed that she was set up by Hoffman in the Gideon building to fail her test. It is also possible that her unwinnable traps were designed by Hoffman and not by her. He also is shown writing the letter that upset her so much just before she revolts against John and shoots Lynn. It has been semi-revealed that we will find out a lot more about the Hoffman/Amanda relationship in Saw VI.

Jill - There isn't much of anything known about Jill and Amanda's relationship. It is possible that they knew each other but we don't know for sure. John's surgery vision of Jill where he deliriously mistakes Lynn for Jill made Amanda angry and jealous. It is theorized that Amanda could have been another person connected to Jill's drug clinic, but that is just a theory. Any other direct connection is still unknown. This is another relationship that we will hopefully learn more about in Saw VI.

Agent Strahm - Holds the theory that Amanda couldn't have set up her traps alone, specifically Kerry's angel trap. Any other direct connection is unknown.

Agent Perez - Direct connection is unknown.

Art - Direct connection is unknown.

Cecil - Direct connection is unknown.

Gideon - Other than living in the Gideon building with John and aiding him with his illness, a direct connection to Gideon is unknown.

Ivan - Direct connection is unknown.

Brenda - Direct connection is unknown.

Morgan - Direct connection is unknown.

Rex - Direct connection is unknown.

Dr. Heffner - Direct connection is unknown.

Tracy - Direct connection is unknown.

Agent Erickson - Direct connection is unknown.

Brit - Direct connection is unknown.

Luba - Direct connection is unknown.

Charles - Direct connection is unknown.

Mallick - Direct connection is unknown.

Ashley - Direct connection is unknown.

Seth - Direct connection is unknown.





I'll continue on with Det. Matthews and Hoffman at another time.