Basically works the way I want.

EventPump/EventPump.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using Mono.Options;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+
+namespace EventPump
+{
+    class EventPump
+    {
+        static ConcurrentQueue<EventLogEntry> events = new ConcurrentQueue<EventLogEntry>();
+
+        volatile bool RunCollect;
+        static List<string> logs = new List<string>();
+        static List<int> event_ids = new List<int>();
+        static List<EventLog> watching_logs = new List<EventLog>();
+        static int verbose = 0;
+        static bool showHelp = false;
+
+        static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            var p = new OptionSet()
+                .Add("v", "Verbosely print internal events.", v => ++verbose)
+                .Add("log=", "Specify log to collect from, may be used multiple times.", l => logs.Add(l))
+                .Add("id=", "Comma separated list of event IDs to filter on", id => {
+                    string[] elements = id.Split(',');
+                    foreach (var i in elements) {
+                        int x = -1;
+                        int.TryParse(i, out x);
+                        if (x > 0) event_ids.Add(x);
+                    }
+                })
+                .Add("h|?|help", "Show this help.", v => showHelp = true);
+            p.Parse(args);
+
+            if (showHelp) {
+                var helpText = @"Usage: EventPump.exe -log Application -id 63,25
+the -id option may contain multiple values separated by
+commas but no whitespace.
+";
+                Console.WriteLine();
+                Console.WriteLine(helpText);
+                Console.WriteLine();
+                p.WriteOptionDescriptions(Console.Out);
+                Console.WriteLine();
+                
+                return;
+            }
+
+#if DEBUG
+            foreach (var l in logs) Console.WriteLine("Log: {0}", l);
+            foreach (var i in event_ids) Console.WriteLine("ID's: {0}", i);
+#endif
+
+            foreach (var l in logs) {
+                var el = new EventLog(l);
+                el.EntryWritten += (s, e) => {
+                    if (event_ids.Any(x => x == e.Entry.InstanceId || x == e.Entry.EventID)) {
+                        events.Enqueue(e.Entry);
+                    } else if (event_ids.Count == 0) {
+                        events.Enqueue(e.Entry);
+                    }
+                };
+                el.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
+                watching_logs.Add(el);
+            }
+
+            while (true) {
+                if (events.Count > 0) {
+                    EventLogEntry e;
+                    events.TryDequeue(out e);
+                    if (e != null) {
+                        Dictionary<string, dynamic> eventEntry = new Dictionary<string, dynamic>(); ;
+                        eventEntry.Add("TimeGenerated", e.TimeGenerated);
+                        eventEntry.Add("EventID", e.EventID);
+                        eventEntry.Add("InstanceID", e.InstanceId);
+                        eventEntry.Add("EntryType", e.EntryType);
+                        eventEntry.Add("EventSource", e.Source);
+                        eventEntry.Add("MachineName", e.MachineName);
+                        eventEntry.Add("UserName", e.UserName);
+                        eventEntry.Add("Message", e.Message);
+                        Console.WriteLine(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(eventEntry));
+                    }
+                }
+                else {
+                    System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(100);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

EventPump/EventPump.csproj

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
     <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
+    <NuGetPackageImportStamp>
+    </NuGetPackageImportStamp>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
     <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
@@ -32,6 +34,10 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="Costura, Version=1.6.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=9919ef960d84173d, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\Costura.Fody.1.6.2\lib\dotnet\Costura.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>False</Private>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.10.0.3\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
@@ -46,12 +52,29 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Options.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="EventPump.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="App.config" />
     <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="FodyWeavers.xml" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Resource Include="..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.10.0.3\lib\net40\Newtonsoft.Json.dll">
+      <Link>Newtonsoft.Json.dll</Link>
+    </Resource>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
+  <Import Project="..\packages\Fody.2.0.0\build\dotnet\Fody.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Fody.2.0.0\build\dotnet\Fody.targets')" />
+  <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Fody.2.0.0\build\dotnet\Fody.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Fody.2.0.0\build\dotnet\Fody.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Costura.Fody.1.6.2\build\dotnet\Costura.Fody.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Costura.Fody.1.6.2\build\dotnet\Costura.Fody.targets'))" />
+  </Target>
+  <Import Project="..\packages\Costura.Fody.1.6.2\build\dotnet\Costura.Fody.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Costura.Fody.1.6.2\build\dotnet\Costura.Fody.targets')" />
 </Project>

EventPump/FodyWeavers.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Weavers>
+  <Costura />
+</Weavers>

EventPump/Program.cs

@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Collections.Concurrent;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using System.Diagnostics;
-using Mono.Options;
-
-
-namespace EventPump
-{
-    class Program
-    {
-        
-
-        static void Main(string[] args)
-        {
-           
-
-            Console.WriteLine("Press Enter");
-            Console.ReadLine();
-        }
-
-
-    }
-
-    class EventCollector
-    {
-        volatile bool RunCollect = true;
-        ConcurrentQueue<EventLog> events = new ConcurrentQueue<EventLog>();
-        List<string> logs = new List<string>();
-        List<int> event_ids = new List<int>();
-        CollectorStatus status;
-        int verbose = 0;
-
-
-        EventCollector(string[] args)
-        {
-            status = CollectorStatus.starting;
-
-            var p = new OptionSet()
-                .Add("v", v => ++verbose)
-                .Add("log=", l => logs.Add(l))
-                .Add("id=", id =>
-                {
-                    string[] elements = id.Split(',');
-                    foreach (var i in elements)
-                    {
-                        int x = -1;
-                        int.TryParse(i, out x);
-                        if (x > 0) event_ids.Add(x);
-                    }
-                });
-            p.Parse(args);
-        }
-
-
-        void Start() {
-            status = CollectorStatus.running;
-
-            Task.Run(() => {
-                while (RunCollect)
-                {
-
-                }
-            });
-        }
-
-
-        void Stop() {
-            RunCollect = false;
-        }
-
-
-        void Pause() {
-            status = CollectorStatus.paused;
-        }
-    }
-
-    enum CollectorStatus
-    {
-        running,
-        paused,
-        starting,
-        stopping,
-    }
-}

EventPump/packages.config

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
+  <package id="Costura.Fody" version="1.6.2" targetFramework="net452" developmentDependency="true" />
+  <package id="Fody" version="2.0.0" targetFramework="net452" developmentDependency="true" />
   <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="10.0.3" targetFramework="net452" />
 </packages>