An update of sorts.

So in an effort to prove people wrong that I CAN blog more than once a week (if that) I’m trying to kindle a fire of writing explosiveness.



Speaking of kindle, the Kindle 2. I’m torn. For a year now I’ve suffered and toiled over the thought of buying one. I mean who wouldn’t? They’re awesome, they make buying books cheaper, they last for weeks and you can even blog on them. So why not? I guess it’s because I just love books. I love the feel, I love the smell and I love showing off my vast collection and even loaning books as a clear measurement of my intelligence.

Much like the reasons for putting off buying an iPod, I just can’t fathom spending so much money on something I know will go on sale next week, or have a new model replace it in a few weeks. Am I going crazy here or what? In a perfect world, I would just have both, but then I’m just wasting money. I’m to the point of flipping a coin.



It was pointed out to me the other day that the local college is going to be having a “drive-thru vaccination” day. That’s right. People can wait in line, stick their arms out the window and be inoculated. Something just seems terribly wrong out this both physically and morally. The people behind the event state that it limits contamination and spread of any potential flu outbreaks, but all I see it as is people too lazy and demanding medical treatment as a convenience.

It just goes to show you that if you can put a drive-thru on it, you’re innovating and going to make money. Below the picture kind of puts things into perspective for me.





Yesterday while working on WALE stuff at the local Bucks this came flying at me:




It just goes to show you that it’s all about the people you know. Speaking of WALE, site is going great AND I got a bunch of flyers made for dirt cheap. Time to spread the word.

Other than that, it’s business as usual. I hear the game Borderlands is fantastic so now everyone has a reason to go spend their hard earned money. Also, Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game has become a graphic novel! How awesome right? I’m going to pick it up along with Battle Pope Vol. 1. Can’t go wrong with a beefcake holy man teaming up with a nun-chuck wielding Jesus.

And just so you know, if a man comes up offering you a $100 a day to be an extra in Sons of Anarchy save yourself the irritation and headache and just say no as you walk away.

I'm off to go watch some Fifth Element. Until next time….

Grrrrr is not always Great!

A lot of stuff has been going on so everyone buckle in. Flight attendants, prepare for takeoff.




So to get the bad stuff out of the way, I received a collections notice from Providence Holy Cross in the sum of $1,700 dollars from back in March when my mom had forced me to go in to get x-rays after my St. Patrick’s Day “mishap.”

I guess I need to pay better attention to what it is exactly I pay for within the realm of medical insurance, because this is just plain bullshit. Now, as to not affect my credit, I have to pay them $100 a month for the next YEAR. Grrrr.

In other bad news, my neighboring Hollywood Video just got the axe. They’re closing as of today. I talked to my fellow store manager and he was just as shocked as we were. The way our parent company is handling lease operations is by “strong-arming” them. They refuse to pay their rent in an attempt to renegotiate the lease at a lower rental rate. Sometimes this works, but when it doesn’t you get 24 hours and then that’s that. Store closed and a lot of confusion.

It scares me because, that stores financial operations is close to my own stores. Performance-wise, operation-wise and everything else about my store makes it exceptional except that we’re not making as much money as we should be. Our store (to my knowledge) is still the West Coast’s regional flagship store – the store executives come by and see so they know what a Hollywood Video SHOULD look like- but I don’t know if that’s going to be enough to save us. Plus it doesn’t help when there is a red box on each corner adjacent of my store. Damn you.

Transformers 2 recently released and people keep talking about it as if it’s God’s gift to cinema. These people must be the same people that think the only way to commune with God is to get bitten by a snake.

That movie was a the biggest steaming pile of racism I have ever seen rapped inside pictures of ass shots and sex-humor and than blown up with a nuclear explosion.

I don’t intend to get into the particulars because I don’t want to my brain to hurt more than it already is today, but if you liked it, just keep that little morsel of information to yourself and we’ll get by just fine.

I checked out Super Hero Hype and was gratified by a survey polled on Transformers 2.


How are you buying or have bought "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"?
I'm not buying it. 51.2%
The Two-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray Disc 19.8%
The Two-Disc Special Edition DVD 15.3%
Single Disc Edition DVD 7.4%
The Two-Movie Mega Collection (Blu-ray Disc) 4.5%
The Two-Movie Mega Collection (DVD) 1.8%

Total votes:6967

That’s cold hard science right there people, math never lies. At least some people are still sane.
On to the good news.



Insanity recently went down, and once again the camping trip was a huge blast. People made out with other people, Keg stands happened regularly and someone even blew fire. The only catch? I think we all shortened our lifespan by a year or two considering how much meat we digested. I think we each ate over a pound of bacon, brats, hot dogs and burgers. Sheesh.



Last Saturday was the first annual Zombie Main Street March here in town. I’d like to say it was a huge success in that to participate you had to bring at least one canned food item. 634 people registered for the march resulting in over half a ton of food being delivered to help feed the homeless this winter and holiday season. Go brains!



To make things better, I randomly got a phone call from a counselor at College of the Canyons that I now qualify to graduate with my AA in business studies. Above is a picture of Justin and I (the overachievers that we are) being the only students on campus.

Now, I already have my BA, but I took a class over the early fall quarter to help a friend stay motivated. Apparently it qualified within the last section to complete to graduate and I’ll now be receiving my AA AFTER my BA. It made me chuckle and kind of swell with pride that I actually have something to show for completing that chapter of my life. Now if only I could get a job to show off my sweet skills.

Speaking of COC though, I found this from the Superintendent of the college:



Blades of Glory wants their quote back

Lastly, and this might be a bit dated, but can we talk about how good The Lonely Island’s Incredibad is? I mean pure genius. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard while rocking out since Adam Sandler’s compilations from at least 1995. Good times I tell you.
Lastly and always, check out What A Lame Excuse. ( http://www.whatalameexcuse.com ) It’s growing steadily and maybe…. just maybe it might be as big as sliced bread.

Thanksweenie is almost upon us! Turducken here we come!

Stay tune for more updates, pictures, and recent trips soon!