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Sylvia
I Have No Life

Joined: 21 Apr 2006
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[Website] Monster Hunter Club .com
http://www.monsterhunterclub.com/

Update: Monster Hunter Club News

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Anti-Sasquatch discrimination? - Fri, February 2, 2007

So the Today Show will let in a girl in a cookie costume, but not a cuddly, adorable, 7-foot Sasquatch model? What gives? Anthropomorphized edibles make for good TV, but not a species that could be our closest living relative? Clearly their policy is not across-the-board sapienism, hence the non-human, bipedal baked goods. And it also can't be the fact that we were promoting MHC, since I saw some other hand lettered signs pimping the aforementioned cookies, as well as some basketball team. It must just be a straight up anti-cryptid policy. For shame, Today Show, for shame. You're just lucky Sasquatches don't have lawyers (yet.)

I wish I could blame the show for all that happened yesterday, but I really must take some responsibility, even though their cryptozoophobic rules definitely got the snowball rolling.

It all started when show security wouldn't let us bring the Bigfoot model anywhere near where they do the taping. I was a bit bummed, but willing to try to get on camera without him anyway. Problem was, there wasn't anywhere to stash Fluffy in the mean time, so I decided to rush back to the dorm. We still had over an hour until air time, so it would be just a few minutes on the B-train, a couple blocks walking, then haul ass back. 45-50 minutes, tops. No problem. Except...

I fell asleep.

I'm not a morning person to begin with, and the pulse-pounding trip hauling a giant Bigfoot back through the cold left me a bit winded, so I sat down on the couch to catch my breath. Next thing I know, I'm waking up at 8:15 to find seven increasingly angry voicemails from Matt and Sun-Yi. Crap. I called Sun-Yi and told her I'd be back in a few.

They were both pretty mad, and not sure whether they got on TV or not. I apologized profusely and told them I'd treat for breakfast. I wanted them to order eggs benedict, or a crab omelet with real crab or something, to wash away some of the guilt I felt, but they just split a bagel, since neither of them were very hungry. Then Sun-Yi thanked Matt for the birthday e-card he sent her the other day. Sun-Yi's birthday was the other day, you idiot.

On the way back, I popped into a bookstore real quick and found a first-edition, signed copy of one of my favorite books. Suffice to say they didn't really share my enthusiasm. Matt and I kinda got into a bit, and then I crammed my foot in my mouth, oh, about shin-deep. Of course Sun-Yi, ever the film student, captured my graceful moment with her might-as-well-be-surgically-attached camcorder. Nice.

I told Sun-Yi to try to make it up to her, at least somewhat, I'd give another mention of her free screening of The Host, 8:00 PM on Monday, Feb. 12th at the Magno Review Center, 729 7th Ave. (between 48th-49th Sts.) New York, NY, in Room 1. If you're interested, give Sun-Yi a holler: myspace.com/koreanfilmfan (You can check out some Today Show videos on her blog there, too.) I guess it also wouldn't hurt for me to plug Sun-Yi's brilliant new film column over at Twitch (do a search for 'Sun-Yi Park' to find her latest.) And it really wouldn't hurt for me to say HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY SUN-YI!!!

I asked Matt what I could do to make it up to him, but he said, "Just forget it. That's what you're good at anyway." Ouch.

At least I've got Amie's visit to look forward to. She called me again and said she's coming to NY so we can put our heads together on the Jon situation. Whatever. All I know is, I could really use a friend right now, even an, ahem, "old friend" (nice one, Amie.) She didn't really mention where she'd be crashing, but I can't imagine she'd have loads of dough to drop on a Manhattan hotel room. Guess we'll see what happens.

Until then, would you mind handing me that shovel? I'm just gonna dig a hole and crawl in....

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:58 pm
Last edited by Sylvia on Tue Feb 06, 2007 4:40 pm; edited 1 time in total

DeusExMachina
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Sounds pretty bad, Derek really messed up, more story but it doesn't seem like we are any closer to figuring out these puzzles not of mention we only have 5 of at least a nine letter puzzle so who knows....

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:09 pm

Sylvia
I Have No Life

Joined: 21 Apr 2006
Posts: 2062

UPDATE -- Cryptid Cover-up?

http://www.monsterhunterclub.com/news/

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Cryptid cover-up? - Tue, February 6, 2007

The saga of mysterious new MHC member cryptidtruth continues, with a new photo and video of the strange fish-creature posted this weekend. But perhaps even more disturbing than the as-yet-unidentified species itself is the controversy allegedly erupting in the community where several of the creatures have been discovered.

According to an encrypted message in cryptidtruth's latest video, some unknown entity is going to great lengths, including harassment and arson, to keep these creatures hidden from the public. Cryptidtruth does not believe the government is behind this, but rather "something worse." According to cryptidtruth's YouTube profile, s/he is 27 years old and from South Korea, but so far has provided no other details regarding location.

An MHC member privately joked to me the other day that perhaps one of these monstrous, toothy fish was responsible for Jon Paine's disappearance. I must admit the idea made me chuckle (especially picturing the fish spitting out such an inky, metallic, unappetizing morsel as Mr. Paine), but for all I know, this may very well have happened. I don't think it's likely, of course, but for as much headway as Amie and I have blazed on his trail (almost none), this hypothesis currently holds about as much merit as any other. It turns out the dazzling array of gadgetry Paine's crammed into himself is largely useless in terms of tracking him electronically (if only he'd registered himself with his veterinarian before skipping town....)

Amie is trying to find someone called "Painted Soul," who may have seen Jon at the Berlin tattoo convention back in December, but so far we haven't been able to track this person down. If you know this person, or have any leads on how to contact Painted Soul, please drop Amie a line or post on the forum. (Ditto if you see Jon Paine himself, obviously--he'll have a nasty scar on his right forearm and will probably be doing something stupid next to a hat with coins in it.) I'm really looking forward to Amie coming to NY, though--we always did come up with good stuff when we put our heads together.

What does all this have to do with those puzzles showing up with my stolen toys? I don't know, probably nothing, although seeing all these weird things unfolding around me lately is making me wonder if I'm jinxed. (Does that telemarketer I snubbed moonlight as a gypsy? Would my fortune be different if I'd only gone on that free timeshare tour?) Some crafty club members have begun to solve these puzzles, revealing a series of cryptozoologically-themed words, but where do they lead?

And do I also have the vengeful Telemarketing Gypsy Curse to blame for fudging up my friendships, or is that all me? I don't know. After the Today Show fiasco last week, I tried to make it up to Sun-Yi and Matt by inviting them out to a nice dinner this weekend. Matt said he was busy, but I think he's just still pissed at me (we haven't really talked in days and he hardly comes out of his room any more.) Sun-Yi agreed, and seemed excited about going, since it's a pretty swanky sushi place we'd talked about trying.

I met her at the restaurant and told her I was sorry, but Matt wouldn't be coming with us. She seemed really disappointed, but I told her two out of three friends ain't bad, and we could still have a good time without Matt. At dessert I gave her a pretty funny birthday card with a certificate I'd made inside: an IOU for one amazingly awesome birthday present. I really did come up with a great idea for Sun-Yi's birthday present, but it's just going to take a little time and legwork to come to fruition, and I didn't want her to think I forgot in the meantime. The IOU wasn't just some scribbled note--it took me like an hour to make the printout look all pretty and fancy--but she still seemed disappointed. Hopefully she'll feel differently when she actually gets her present, though. Let's just hope The Curse leaves me alone until then.

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 4:40 pm

Sylvia
I Have No Life

Joined: 21 Apr 2006
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[update] MHC News and Audio

http://monsterhunterclub.com/news/

Quote:

World: 3, Derek's head: 0 - Fri, February 9, 2007

Dear World: quit messin' with my head! Seriously. I think it's about to explode any day now, which would severely inhibit my ability to wear hats. And I look damn good in hats.

Case in point: Mr. or Mrs. Toy-Stealing, Under-the-Door-Envelope-Slipping, Mystery Puzzle Stalker! Dude! What is your major malfunction? First you steal my toys and mail them out to people with puzzles attached, and now you've slipped a couple other puzzles under my door. What is this all about? What are you trying to say? Have you thought about, oh I don't know...sentences, maybe? With words? I've been told those are pretty good for getting your point across.

Exhibit B: Painted Soul, aka Gemalte Seele. Monster Hunter degravity figured out how to get in touch with this guy, the last known person to see Jon Paine before his December disappearance. I'm not sure if something's getting lost in der translation, or if he just likes messing with peoples' Kopfen, but nothing he's said so far has given me any clue on how to find Paine, except the vague suggestion that "When you are ready and make such desire known, a way is provided." Excuse me for a moment, while I listen to the sound of one hand clapping. o_0

Exhibit C in the case of [/i]People v. Derek's Head: cryptidtruth's cryptid cover-up claims, which are still chiseling away at my brain. (blog) Given the frustrating lack of details and teasing way cryptidtruth's photos and videos have been dribbled out into the public, skeptics wouldn't be blamed for thinking they might be a hoax. The dramatic and sensational nature of cryptidtruth's latest post had me seriously considering this possibility, too, until Sun-Yi brought to my attention a South Korean news broadcast. (See Sun-Yi's blog for the video.) The reporter says the sightings occurred in Ochon Village in the Chollabuk-do Province. Questions still remain, though: if indeed [i]someone is trying to keep the existence of these creatures a secret, who are they? And why do they see public knowledge of these strange fish as such a threat?

One thing that should not be kept secret and is not a threat to the public, however, is my new song! (Yes, that was the worst segue ever.) Check it out in the Multimedia section, it's called "Yellow Eyes." I was going for kind of a Young-Cave-Cash murder-ballad sort of feel. Anyway, hope you guys enjoy it, let me know what you think (preferably via words, not puzzle grids.)

And from http://monsterhunterclub.com/multimedia/audio/

Quote:

Yellow Eyes
Date: 2007

Description: A song about my 1995 Allegheny River Incident. You'll see I took some poetic license to make it sound good (the "Yellow Eyes" actually belonged to the true "monster," a jerk named Karl; more words rhyme with "lake" than "river") but I think it captures the spirit of this defining childhood moment.

Download: Yellow Eyes (4.0 MB mp3) - Lyrics Coming Soon

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:12 pm

Mountain Girl
Unfettered

Joined: 16 Sep 2005
Posts: 650

From MHC audio page:

Quote:

Some ear candy for you to enjoy and discuss.
Dee Snider saying "MonsterHunterClub.com

Date:February 9, 2007

Description: So Sun-Yi got bumped from Dee Snider's Fangoria Radio Show, but woohoo! anyway, because she still got in a plug for her FREE screening of The Host, this Monday, Feb. 12, in NYC (there's plug #2, by the way, you're welcome.) AND! Dee Snider said "MonsterHunterClub.com" on the air! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go listen to Stay Hungry for the 11th time today.

Download: Dee Snider saying "MonsterHunterClub.com (184k mp3)
Download: Plug for Sun-Yi's screening of The Host (1.4 MB mp3)

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Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:13 am

Mountain Girl
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New blog post:

Quote:

Well thanks anyway, RedHatty, but I think I might be a lost cause. This caring and concerned MHC member emailed me over the weekend to try to help heal the growing rift between me and Matt. She tried to explain to me what it's like to be in Matt's shoes, having felt the incredible loss and sorrow he has, since I really can't even imagine it. How his emotions still must be so raw, that certain things I say or do can really get to him, even if I don't mean them to.

Sorry, RedHatty, but it looks like I did it again.

RedHatty's email olive branch seemed like it helped at first. Yesterday Matt and I sat down together and chilled, played some video games and actually talked. Really talked, not just the nods and "Hmmph"s we've been communicating with lately. I told him Amie was coming to NYC later this week, and asked if he'd mind if she crashed on our couch for a few nights, since I doubted she had much money for a hotel, and I knew I didn't either. Matt said he'd be happy to pay for a hotel room for her while she's in town, but I said I couldn't ask him to do that. I promised Amie wouldn't be any trouble, and he agreed she could stay here.

Then Amie called me from LAX, saying she'd found a cheap last minute flight and would be coming in around 9:30PM. She'd call me for directions when she landed. I planned on still going to Sun-Yi's screening last night, but the more I thought about Amie flying into a strange city all alone, still worried and scared, I felt bad for her. Especially since she said she'd be "traveling light." (Picture a city bus with a handle on top, and you've got an idea of the luggage "traveling light" used to entail for Amie back in the day.) She'd definitely need help lugging all that crap on the train.

So I told Sun-Yi the situation and that I was sorry, but I've already seen The Host anyway, and now my seat could go to somebody who's dying to see it. She seemed cool with it.

I took the train to JFK and met Amie near the baggage claim. She seemed kind of shocked and taken aback, but glad to see me, nonetheless. I told her I didn't think I could deal with turning around and getting right back on the train for another hour and forty minutes, but really I wasn't sure she could. She looked exhausted. So I hailed a cab. Amie said she didn't have enough money, but I told her it was my treat. She insisted on paying for half once we got home, though.

I opened the apartment door to find that Mystery Puzzle Stalker(TM) had left another envelope under my door. "What's that," Amie said. Sigh. So I had to explain all the weird stuff that's been happening to me lately, showing her the puzzles and cryptidtruth's videos, which led to all the weird stuff Matt's been discovering lately in the piles and piles of papers and stuff in his room, which led to her saying, "Interesting, can I see," which led to her looking in Matt's open door, which led to her sitting on the bed looking through some of his grandfather's papers and stuff. Not really looking through his stuff, as in, opening drawers and snooping, but just looking at stuff that was out. A lot of it was stuff Matt had already posted on his site anyway, or looked like he was preparing to post, so I told Amie it was probably okay. Plus, her Dad fought in Vietnam, so I thought she might know something useful about this stuff.

I went in the kitchen to grab some food, and when I came back she was asleep on Matt's bed. I was about to wake her up, but she looked really peaceful and I could tell how tired she was, so I figured I'd let her sleep for an hour or two until Matt got home. Probably not the best idea in retrospect, but you also didn't see the smile on her face (plus, she can go from zero to psycho killer in 3 seconds if you wake her up from a good dream.)

I was feeling pretty tired myself, so I laid in bed to watch TV until Matt came home, at which point I would explain the situation, apologize, and then help him kick Amie out on the couch. The next thing I know, I'm waking up this morning, Amie's fixing a bowl of cereal, and Matt's not here. Amie slept on his bed the whole night and I don't know if he ever came home. Normally he'd be in and out on a Tuesday, but I haven't seen him all day. I've called him and Sun-Yi, but neither of them are answering my calls.

WTF have I done? I was just trying to help one friend, but I apparently ended up pissing off two others. I've already left a bunch of apologetic voicemails, so I don't know what else I can say, guys. Unfortunately though, I can't spend too much energy worrying if you guys are pissed or not, because my friend needs me. Much as I really can't stand the dude, this whole Jon Paine thing really is a matter of life and death. And the sooner I help Amie find him, the sooner she can go back to LA and we can all just go back to normal. Matt and Sun-Yi, I just hope you can bear with me until then.

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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:31 pm

Mountain Girl
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Feb. 16
MHC News

Quote:

oh, wait, here she is! This week just gets better and better. Okay, lemme back up a bit...

One last look at the SMDM Bionic Bigfoot
Turns out Matt actually did come home Monday night. Sun-Yi came with him after the movie screening, to meet Amie and hang out for a bit. Except the apartment was dark and quiet--and Amie was sleeping in Matt's bed. Apparently Matt mentioned the stiff back he'd have to endure in class the next day from sleeping on the couch, and Sun-Yi kindly offered him the cozy bed of her roommate, who was out of town. Okay, so that struck me as a bit odd at first, but whatever. He didn't really need to keep this info from me for three days, but he said it was because he and Sun-Yi had been discussing the best way to "get through to me," as if I'm some kind of wayward street urchin or something. Evidently they're "concerned" about my recent "involvement" with Amie. Gimme a break. Yes, we have a history, but that's all over and done with, and now she's just a friend who needs my help. Oh, but it gets better.

As if another visit from Mystery Puzzle Stalker� yesterday weren't already enough of a pen jab in the shaken beer can that is this week, guess who else showed up unannounced? Yup, my Mom. She just "happened to be in town" and wanted to check in with me and see how I was dealing with my new "distraction free" semester. I said everything was fine, that I'd gotten rid of my silly, childish collectibles, had gone to every class so far and had been doing some studying (note that I said "some" studying, and that very first class where they just hand out the syllabus doesn't count.) Cool. Good deal.

Then Amie walked in.

Seeing the look on my Mom's face was almost worth dealing with all the burglary, stalking and freaky military dealers. I would've given away 1,000 Bigfoot action figures to have gotten a snapshot. I told Mom not to worry, that I probably wasn't going to get anything pierced, sliced or tattooed, that Amie also just happened to be in town (gotta love that instant karma!) and had stopped by for a visit. I so wanted to tell her about all the weird stuff that's been happening lately, just to see if it would crack through the patented Suzanne Young, Salesperson Of The Year Smile, but I bit my tongue--the dorm was already feeling a bit cramped without a paramedic unit wheeling in a defibrillator.

"Can we go get something to eat, honey? I'd like to have a chat with you."

"Sure Mom, Amie and I were just about to go grab a bite, why don't you join us?"

Yes, I'm evil, but I just couldn't help myself. I imagine I'll be getting a frantic phone call any second now, because I can't imagine my Mom urgently needed to talk about the weather for 45 minutes, but it was worth it. It was nice being the one making somebody else squirm for a change. Amie thought the whole thing was pretty funny, too, although she kicked me under the table when I told her to show my Mom her latest ink masterpiece.

Speaking of, I've seen the inside of more tattoo parlors than any sane person should the last few days. So far nobody's seen Jon Paine in the past few months, or the mysterious doctor known as The Miller, but Amie and I are working through our list pretty efficiently. We did talk to one guy named "Pork Chop," who had met Jon at a convention years ago and been impressed by his sense of showmanship. He said he'd also heard mentions within the body mod community of some crazy doctor called "The Miller," who performed all kinds of freaky, extralegal, back-alley procedures, but he dismissed these whispers as urban legend.

Amie showed Mr. Chop one of the "implant" videos on her PDA, but he just laughed and said, "What a crock of shit!" He said even if the guy was using a surgical scalpel instead of a razor blade, there was pretty much no way he could cut that part of his arm that long and deep without bleeding to death. He patted Amie on the back and said he was sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but she was probably just an unwitting pawn in Paine's most elaborate publicity stunt to date, which pissed her off royally.

Pork Chop's "publicity pawn" thought had crossed my mind before, but after seeing Amie so distraught, I can't imagine somebody who claims to love her putting her through all this. If Jon Paine would do something like this just to advance his career, he's an even bigger turd than I thought.

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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:40 pm

Rogi Ocnorb
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Just gotta say, I love the writing on this.

Like:
"a pen jab in the shaken beer can that is this week".

Good stuff.

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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:52 pm

Cross_
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Re: Feb. 16
MHC News

Mountain Girl wrote:

He said even if the guy was using a surgical scalpel instead of a razor blade, there was pretty much no way he could cut that part of his arm that long and deep without bleeding to death.

..now just where did I read this before ? Oh yes, it was right in the forums Smile

Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:43 pm

degravedi
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I had sent Amie an email a while ago asking if she'd actually seen the scarring/wound. Annd never got a reply back. She can get online to update her website but can't reach her email.. 0=x

Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:21 pm

Sylvia
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Joined: 21 Apr 2006
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Quote:

Librarian, your Goofing Off Dept., please? - Tue, February 20, 2007

Amie and I were at the library this weekend, and guess who just happened to show up? (Yeah, there have been a rash of just happened to's lately, it's really getting epidemic.) Matt and Sun-Yi popped in shortly after we did, and after a moment of awkward and terse hellos, he pulled me aside to give me another talking to (lotta those breaking out lately, too.)

He said he wanted to clear the air about some stuff, since it's looking more and more like our paths are intertwining with this whole M-A-R-A thing, and we should be on the same page. He said he crashed at Sun-Yi's dorm the night Amie got into town, which I already knew. Then he told me that he also got Sun-Yi a little gift on Valentine's Day. I found myself blurting out, "WTF?!" (but without the abbreviated nicety.) In retrospect, I was upset that he was keeping something from me, since we've always been really honest with each other. I wonder what else he's keeping from me.

He said the Valentine was just a friendly gesture, though, and that he really only did it because he knew I'd forget and he didn't want to see Sun-Yi get hurt. I told him, whatever, man, he could get her a present if he wanted to, it's a free country. Plus, why would I get her a VDay present? It's not like we're dating or something. He said I was being a shitty friend to her after all she's done for me and the club; she's even trying to help me get another music video made, and I haven't even paid attention. And she did let me use her Drift to help Amie find her way back to the dorm the other day (although she did seem annoyed afterwards that I had to add Amie as a BuddyBeacon.)

I was starting to think, maybe he's right, Sun-Yi really has been a good friend, and maybe I didn't appreciate her like I should. Then Matt said, "Yeah, and it doesn't help that you've been goofing off with Amie for a week straight."

Oh okay, NOW I see what this is all about. Amie used to party back in the day, and doesn't have a trust fund or a college education, so it's "goofing off." What, do he and Sun-Yi think we've been hanging out at the mall or something? Golfing, perhaps? Matt said sorry, but he just didn't trust her, and thought I was being used. I told him he was right, I was being used--by whoever stole my toys so they could point him in the direction of this M-A-R-A crap. And that I didn't really care if he didn't trust Amie, because frankly, I didn't really trust him any more, either. So I guess that's that. But whatever, I'll be outta there after this semester anyway.

I went back to get Amie, and she and Sun-Yi were sitting across from each other, reading. Amie shot me a poison-darts look for some reason--she must have heard me yell--and asked me what was up as we walked away. I told her it was nothing, just some crap about the roach problem in the dorm. I just didn't feel like getting into it then, since we hadn't even started doing any research yet.

The hours we spent at the library were pretty much fruitless, as were just about all of our tat shop queries, and no enaxor, we didn't even get the pleasure of running into any Bald Britnies. Lerinth has been contacted by Painted Soul again, who says our inquiries have "rubbed some the wrong way." Despite the apparent danger, however, our ol' Teutonic Tattoo Meister just might be able to set up a meeting with someone who saw Jon Paine when he was in NY. Maybe this guy's for real, or maybe, as some have suggested, his elliptical prose is just yanking on meine Kette. How can I be expected to trust Painted Soul when I don't even trust my best friend? I guess we'll see what happens.

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:27 pm

Mountain Girl
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Quote:

Well, I may as well upload the mp3, since I put the time into recording and mixing it, but my heart's really not in it any more. A few weeks ago I wrote another song, called The Gorgon's Head, basically about my mean old Mom making me pack up my toys. But hearing it again after all that's been going on lately, it feels like I wrote it when I was 14. It almost makes me pine for the days when my biggest problem was some missing toys. Man, I could use a juice box right now.

And my recent squabbles with Matt? Yep, more junior high bullshit. I guess I got a little jealous that he gave Sun-Yi a Valentine, but that doesn't mean I can't trust him. He's my best friend and I know he's just watching out for me, I've just been too blind to see it. His claim that I've been "goofing off" with Amie may even have a kernel of truth to it as well.

Wow, I must sound like a rescued cult member being deprogrammed here, but bear with me.

I don't mean Amie and I have been goofing off, as in beer-for-lunch, Judge-TV-shows-all-afternoon goofing off--quite the contrary, we've spent countless hours making calls, scouring the Net and pounding the pavement looking for Jon Paine. But if I'm really honest with myself, I can't say I would have devoted this much time and energy if it were for anyone but Amie. When I heard she was coming to NYC, part of me (okay, several parts) got a little excited, thinking maybe we'd get back together. And the irony is, the way things are going since she got here, I probably have a better chance than ever at making that happen, but I don't think it'd be right.

Amie and I are both slowly coming to the realization that Paine might have faked this whole thing, just like he faked putting that implant in his arm. His disappearing act could very well have been just the final smell ya later to a girlfriend he planned on dumping anyway. Perhaps Amie flying cross-country, spreading his name around was just an 11th-hour bonus, more free publicity before he makes his magical "escape" and reappears at some car dealership opening. Like I said, these are just possibilities, not documented facts (yet), but the soul-crushing dearth of clues (nobody's seen this guy?) coupled with the way this Painted Soul person keeps stringing us along (still no word on this alleged meeting after almost a week of squirming), lead me to believe we're trudging towards a dead end. (Mccinny, I think I see an "I Told You So" in your future.)

While I've been doing donuts in a cul-de-sac with Amie for the past two weeks, Matt has somehow drifted into the fast lane. And like it or not, I'm getting towed there right behind him, so I may as well put my hands at 10 and 2 and pay attention to the road. When the bombshell dropped that Cryptidtruth's secrets go much deeper than just a curious guy with a camera, where was I? In a bar in Hell's Kitchen, running up a $75 tab for some dude with neon-orange contacts and a forked tongue who might've seen Jon Paine at some point. Where was I when the creepy guy in the green coat just "happened to" show up where Sun-Yi was all those times? Probably walking out of my 11th, 26th, or possibly 33rd tattoo parlor. In a word, goofing off.

I'm not saying I'm dropping Amie like a good habit and sending her packing back to LA toot sweet or anything. I know this is hard for her, either way. Not too long ago, I would've relished seeing her dumped by Jon Paine, not unlike the unceremonious way in which she ditched me to be with him. I even fantasized about it, wondering how much it would cost to have a skywriter spell out, "AIN'T KARMA A BITCH, AMIE?" when the glorious day finally came. But now that it seems to be here, I don't feel any...well, at the risk of sounding like Painted Soul, schadenfreude. Just empathy, really. It sucks that Amie has to go through this. I told her she can crash at our dorm as long as she needs to get things in order, since she's not really sure what she's going to do when she goes back to LA--she'll probably lose the place she and Jon had together. But as far as the focus of my attention, it really needs to be with this whole M-A-R-A thing. These strange fish, which I thought were just a zoological curiosity, now appear to be connected somehow to Matt's past, and both of our futures. Matt and I seem to have discovered a much bigger and more dangerous conspiracy than we'd imagined. Consequently, he and I need to stand together, otherwise...well, ya know.

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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:23 pm

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New blog entry from Derek. He comments on a little bit of everything. Interesting that he's accepted the Civilizationmutation site as a valid find, even after just one clue.

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A Call to, ahem, Arms - Tue, February 27, 2007
Well, after a few bumpy weeks, things are finally starting to get...well, I can't say smooth, exactly, or even less bumpy, necessarily...let's just say the bumps are different now. That's progress, right?

In the Glass-Half-Full file, it seems that all of my friends are pretty much getting along, with me, and each other. Even Sun-Yi and Amie seem to have formed a truce of sorts. Not that there was a war going on between them or anything, but my finely tuned lady-vibe sensors definitely picked up on something there, especially since their mutual consensus about each other was, "Yeah, she seems, um...nice?"

It's a good thing we're all one big happy family now, because here comes the ol' empty half of the glass....

After enjoying some terrific entries in Sun-Yi's Yellow Eyes Video Contest, I saw one that disturbed me (and not in a good way), submitted by none other than Cryptidtruth. As I watched it, I thought at first, how clever, he's added some of his own "thing in the water" footage. Then there was Sun-Yi's footage of me making my infamous Bookstore Faux Pas...ouch.

Then I got chills as I saw footage of Matt and Sun-Yi at the comics show this past weekend, obviously unaware they're being followed. Then footage of Sun-Yi walking, being followed by the Green Coat Guy that keeps popping up around her lately. Then a shot over Sun-Yi's shoulder as she's fiddling with her Helio--so close it looks like the cameraman is practically on top of her. Cryptidtruth posted that this video "is just something that needs to be seen." Why is that, Cryptidtruth, so the world can see that you're a creepy stalker? Or a stalker of stalkers, perhaps?

I was so freaked out by this that it took a third viewing before I noticed a new shot of what appears to be another Thing In The Water, this time sporting what appears to be...an arm. Yes, a fish with an arm. There was also another flash-frame message in this video, which when decoded, leads to a website, CivilizationMutation.com, which features a graphic of...a hand.

As Sylvia pointed out, there is a word hidden within the graphic on the site--"admission"--but apart from that, I can't figure out why Cryptidtruth wanted us to find this site. Could Sylvia's theory be true, that Cryptidtruth was not touching a fish in that last video, but Jon Paine's arm? I don't know. One thing is certain, though, we're all in this together now--me, Matt, Sun-Yi and Amie.

Hopefully we'll find some answers this week, with Matt meeting Nate from M-A-R-A, and Sun-Yi agreeing to meet with Painted Soul's NYC contact. After what's gone on the past couple of days, though, Amie and I both told Sun-Yi that this rendezvous might be dangerous and that she didn't have to do this. But she insisted that she's a big girl, and wants to. I think she's as curious as the rest of us as to what this is all about.

I'm just trying really hard to forget that old saying about inquisitiveness and felines. Gulp.

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:53 pm

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Matt confirms a lot of pieces that we have been putting together in a new post on MHC.

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Man, that is messed up.

Derek and I have been talking about this stuff all day, trying to wrap our heads around it. It definitely seems like the Dr. Genero mentioned in my grandfather's journal was a Nazi expatriate from Operation Paperclip, who did weird experiments on animals. Genero isn't that common of a name, plus the similarity of the dog photos in the Plum Island section of M-A-R-A and the photo I posted yesterday, not to mention the whole German bank books thing, are too much to be coincidence, we think.

Is it possible that Dr. Genero = Erich Miller = The Miller? Wow. I wouldn't think so; in the journal entry about the King cobra, my grandfather says, "But to see a man of Dr. G's age do it was downright jaw-dropping." I haven't seen a specific reference to Dr. G's age, but my grandfather was 36 at the time, and for him to say "a man of his age," I'd imagine he probably would've been at least 50-60 years old, which would make him 90-100 now...?! But who knows?

I definitely think cryptidtruth has some 'splaining to do. If this Genero psycho, or someone associated with him really is tied in with Painted Soul's NYC contact somehow, you're right, it could be quite dangerous. Derek and I are really wrestling with this whole Sun-Yi meeting thing. Of course, she's gung-ho, just like she is with everything she does, but I just can't shake this bad feeling I've got about it.

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:53 pm

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Sorry this is so late, I was sleeping very nicely on my own bed Embarassed

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