SF Public Transportation

All I have to say is...

Ok, maybe I have a bit more to say.  Not to dwell on the nightmare (see what I did there) that is riding PT in SF, but its tragic.  I imagine better cities like NYC don't have to wait 20 minutes for a train to 3 stops.  Before I moved here, I had this elaborate fantasy of the fantastic rides on the underground commuters.  Sadly, I just get colds more often.  On the upside, I think I have picked up a few languages.

A Bit Of Trivia

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984):

Wes Craven first came up with the basic idea for the movie from several newspaper printed in the LA Times over a three year period about a group of Cambodian refugees from the Hmong tribe, several of whom died in the throes of horrific nightmares. The group had had come to America to escape the reign of Pol Pot, and within a year of arriving, three men had died, with the situation the same in each cases; the young, otherwise healthy, man would have a nightmare then refuse to sleep for as long as possible. Upon finally falling asleep from exhaustion, the man awoke screaming, then died. Autopsy results revealed that they had not died because of heart failure, they had simply died. It was this lack of cause that intrigued Craven so much. Medical authorities have since called the phenomena Asian Death Syndrome, a variant of Sudden Unexpected Death Syndrome (SUDS) and Brugada Syndrome.

Favorite Horror Sountracks

As any horror fan knows, the trick to any good horror movie is a great soundtrack. As someone who has way too much useless music on my Mac, I decided to dig through my soundtracks and pick out my favorite scores. I tend to listen to these all year and that is probably why I am single. List after the break.

I can play just about any keyboard but I can't read or write a note. - John Carpenter.

10. The Lost Boys: Various

Ok, so this is not really considered a horror movie by most standards but it had vampires so I threw it in the stew. Growing up on this movie and the score, I can remember listening to it and just loving the album. There are so many good songs on this CD.  It is kind of total cheese, but I loved Cry Little Sister by Gerald McMann. We also have some INXS to spice it up a bit. Random site note: one of the first things I did when moving to SF was make a trip to Santa Cruz to visit the boardwalk used in the movie. It was very surreal. I pretended I was Jason Patric and kept saying "star" over and over. Where was Kiefer by the way?

The rest of the list after the jump.