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How is it different?

2009-03-25T19:14:00.000-07:00

Here's a question? If there are a group of people being killed for no reason and that group of people were being killed by someone who could kill a bunch of us...is that any different from a group of people being killed over drugs by someone who could kill a bunch of us? I say getting killed over drugs...is fuc*ed up. But getting killed for no reason? I cant even explain how much I think that is worse. I believe 99% of people who think about this would agree with me.

So why do I bring this up? When President Bush sent our troops to Iraq/Afghanistan it was for the first reason, people being killed for no reason. Many democrats and some republicans found this a horrible reason to go to war and they still hold this notion towards the war. Now however in Mexico hillary clinton has come forward and said "We need to help!"

But hillary is classified as a democrat and I believe she vowed that if elected she would "Have our troops home within 6months". If she is so against war, then why would she want us to go help in Mexico? Does she think we're going to go over there and negotiate peace between the police and the drug cartels? Give me a break.

Can someone explain how this makes sense to me?

Im Back

2009-03-07T17:36:00.000-08:00

I know there is absolutely no one in this world that is disappointed I have abandoned my blog, but just in case there is...I am back!!!! And this time stronger than ever...

I can't stand this anymore...

2008-05-02T09:16:00.000-07:00

I need to get out of my house. Ever since I moved back into my parents house it has been nothing but uncomfortable and aggravating. Forget the fact that I'm 24...I still get treated like I'm 16. They still think I have a curfew. They think they can run my life. They think I'm their personal servant. They don't want to accept reality.

Lately It's been worse. It took me 3 months to convince them to get a new washer & dryer...why? Because the last one was 22 years old, to dry something you would have to run it through 8 full cycles!!!!!!

Now my dad wants to clean the garage. The garage that I had cleaned out all by myself after 22 years of junk piled up. My dad wants to rearrange everything and put cabinets everywhere...and get this....SELL MY GYM EQUIPMENT BECAUSE ITS A WASTE OF SPACE!

Now today, after 3 days of constantly relighting our water heater because the damn thing wont stay on, I tell him it needs to be replaced. What does he say..."I paid $500 for that thing brand new, how can it be broke? Call the company and see why it's not working." Of course its me who has to call...what does the company say..."Sir your water heater came with a 3 year warranty that expired it 1978, I'm afraid there is nothing we can do for you anymore."

The water heater is 33 years old and my dad thinks it should work like brand new. Now he doesn't want to pay $250 for a new one. I can't tell you how fucking ridiculous it is to live in this house. He wants me to pay for it because I take long showers and put stress on the water heater which is why it broke. There always has to be blame put on someone and its always on me...nothing breaks or stops working because of old age...always someones fault.

I have to get out of here.

Volume Control

2008-04-19T17:17:00.000-07:00

You know how they put a radio control button on the steering wheel of some cars now a days? Of course you do, well I don't like it there and I don't it there. Lets be honest not very many of us drive with 2 hands so what the point? Either you have to bring another hand all the way over to hit it, or you have to let go of the steering wheel. Not a good idea.

You know where I want it...I want it on the control panel on the door, by the window switches. Yes sir, it only makes sense. When you take the window down you need to turn the stereo up a little so why make me move to another place to do it...put it right there. Plus when I drive with my right hand, my left hand is just chilling on the door anyways...and when that song comes on that you want to hear, yup your right there. And when its a song you cant stand, you can change the radio with minimal effort. This way you can focus more on driving.

Volume controls on the door panel, you heard it here first.

Terius Youngdell Nash

2008-04-19T14:48:00.000-07:00

Who the hell do you think you are? This guy is starting to piss me off. In case you don't know who he is, he is a R&B singer/songwriter. I have no problem with that, what I do have a problem with is this. This kid thinks he can call himself "The Dream". But not only does he call himself "The Dream", he also calls himself "The American Dream".

Really? Dude chill out, you just made it onto the scene last year, who gave you the right to have 2 nicknames, and furthermore, who gave you the permission to take MY name? I've been "The Dream" since ~6th grade, and before me "The Dream" was Hakeem Olajuwon, now I don't remember ever passing the torch down to you. And quite frankly after this stunt, I never will.

Now you can take your little songwriting ass and sit down in a chair and do your thing. I don't care if you go by "The American Dream" but under no circumstance will I be "The Persian Dream". No sir, I am "The Dream".

Big deal, you wrote "umbrella" but if Rihanna hadn't of sung it, no one ever would have heard it. Now condsider yourself lucky and move off of my territory. And if you wanna step up, then bring it.

Microsoft part 2

2008-04-19T14:30:00.000-07:00

Ill keep this short. I love you guys for creating Office, but honestly what other alternatives are there. I am content with Office. But then you go and make Office 2007...why you made that move Ill never know. You took away the "save as" button, and then you changed the file format. Its no longer a ".doc" its now a ".docx", WTF is the "x" for? Xtra stupid? Ok so maybe that last line wasn't as funny as it was meant to be, but you know what, I'm not going to change it because I don't change things for no reason unlike Microsoft.

So now as more people start using Office 2007 because they think its better, more and more people with regular Office, or Office 2003 (its official name) are receiving files made on 07. But guess what, unless you download a translator, YOU CANT VIEW THE FILES!

Had to get this off my chest!

MTV

2008-04-18T06:10:00.000-07:00

I'm not big on TV at all. In fact if my TV gets turned on once in a week, its more than average. But when I do turn the TV on it's usually for sports, now that baseball is back, I'm sure it will be on a lot more. But the other day I was amazingly bored so I decided to see what was on. The answer...nothing, so I got caught watching some stupid show on MTV. I don't even remember what it was. What I realized is this:

Every show on MTV in about nothing, absolute nothing. Ok maybe true life might be somewhat educational and have some merit behind it, but everything else...about absolutely nothing. I dare you to name a show on MTV that differs.

You see all these commercials about parents not wanting things on their TV, you know the one where they get the mob guys in the house, and the mom says they have to go. Lets be honest, thats more real life than the shit on MTV. If anything should be taken off the TV to protect kids, its MTV. It does nothing but fill peoples minds with a false world and false hopes.

And don't be stubborn, you all damn well know that MTV is scripted, and if you don't I'm sure somehow indirectly you know someone who has been on a show there and they can vouch for this.

Go back to showing music video's, at least live up to your name. Or is it no longer Music Television. No, its not, its now Made-up Television.

Microsoft!

2008-04-15T15:06:00.000-07:00

Where do I start. Microsoft o Microsoft, you put out shit. Plain and simple, you put out shit. Your marketing sucks, and your product sucks, so how are you so successful? You have a monopoly, thats how. There are three basic OS's (Operating Systems), Windows, Mac, and Linux. Now one would say sure theres a choice, but unless you really don't have a life then Linux is out of the question. That leaves Mac and Windows...as for me I hate, I mean despise, I mean just flat out cant stand Apple, so that leaves me with Windows.

I have no choice but to deal with your OS. But just because you have a monopoly with OS's doesn't mean everything else you put out has to be shit! First Microsoft Money...what a BS program that cant even keep up with its own updates...had to switch to Quicken, just mad I didn't start with Quicken. Then theres your Internet explorer, does anyone use that anymore? Then you went and created "Vista" out of demand for a more "user friendly" platform. The only thing Vista is more user friendly for is people who have never touched a computer before. Vista sucks and because of this sales of Macs are soaring through the roof...not to mention sales of XP haven't been this high since it was first released!!!! People are downgrading!

I could go on forever with all the stuff you have done wrong, your Xbox used a linux operating system...not even your own. Then there was Zune...Then you tried to buy Yahoo...I think more people use ASK.com than Yahoo...but wait you've been working on that deal for months now...please continue. $40 billion plus is a steal, cant wait to see how you fuck yahoo up.

And now today, I'm buying photo paper a 60ct. of HP's premium was $17. Then I see your premium a 100ct. for only $3.99...get 40 more for $13 less...why not, no sales pitch needed. I get home, print two things and notice how shitty the quality is on your paper. Afraid it might be my printer I run back to Best Buy, grab the HP brand, run back home, print out the same 2 pictures and all of a sudden I'm looking like Ansel Adams. Your paper sucks just like your company.

Now I see why you stepped down Bill, nice move.

My birthday

2008-04-08T17:02:00.000-07:00

So I turned 24 this year, and like most years lately it just depresses me. It feels like I should be something by now, you know have a job? Maybe have a family and some kids. Who knows, something more than I have now.

This year however I really felt old. You know how when people get older, they don't want anyone to know it's their birthday. It was like that. I did something for my birthday this year that I'm sure puts me in a small group of people, who like myself would never wish this upon another person. I had the unfortunate task of carrying my great aunts casket to her grave.

For my 24th birthday, when most people go out and get drunk and celebrate, I had to attend a funeral. And because of this, there was really no attention put on me, it was as if my birthday no longer mattered. As if all of a sudden I was old enough to not expect gifts, a cake, or the tradition singing of "Happy Birthday". That is what shook me that I really need to start doing something more with my life. It wasn't the funeral. It was the lack of attention.

Get a Life

2008-04-02T17:14:00.000-07:00

I'm not going to sit here and pretend I don't have a myspace account. Because you know what I do. But I don't use it everyday and when I do use it I'm hardly on there for more than 1o minutes. There are some people who live off this thing however. You know, the people besides Tom who are always "Online Now!", yea them.

Well yesterday was April 1st, which for my 23 years of life has always been known as "April Fools Day". Well yesterday some dumbass sent millions of people into a deep depression and state of anxiety. Someone came up with the idea to spread the word that this Friday would be the last day that myspace would be free and after that it would be $19.95 a month. They even said this on the radio yesterday morning as I was driving to the park and within minutes the lines where off the hook.

I can not describe how many people were upset and wondering if they could afford that. Kids in high school and middle school were calling in talking about how they have to get jobs now because of this. (Ok, why those kids weren't in school at 9 am...I don't know, but their parents really need to take their myspace away). Anyways this thing got so blown out of proportions that people actually started deleting their accounts and sending bulletins saying "good bye" to their friends.

Anyways once they announced "April Fools!" people got more mad and blah blah blah...lets just say that the Dj's had to call the myspace crisis center today because they were getting in trouble from the amount of emails sent to myspace about this.

To everyone out there who actually got worried that myspace would be $19.95 a month...I say this...GET A LIFE!

This car gives me a hard-on

2008-03-16T15:19:00.000-07:00

If I won Megabucks or the lottery, the first thing I would do is go out and buy this car.

Now a days its common to see Bentleys, and Lamborghini's, and Ferrari and Maserati, hell even Maybach's just driving the streets like its nobody's business. What you don't see is a BMW Alpina B7. Yes thats right a BMW. This car is basically a 7 series on steroids.It's a supercharged beast that can drift with the best and run the quarter mile and win. Putting out 500hp isn't all this car comes with. How about a set of 21" Alpina rims (msrp $22,500)? Not your thing? How about knowing that theres less than 250 of these in the U.S. ?

Face it, we all know 7 series are bad ass luxury vehicles, but did you know they could be this fast? 0-60 in under 5 seconds. Before you say that's not that fast, keep in mind that this car almost weighs 5000lbs and seats 5 more than comfortably.

With a top speed of 187 and a price tag of $117,000, the BMW Alpina B7 would be the first car I would buy if I magically had 10 million plus in my bank account.

More pictures here.

5k Training Update #3

2008-03-15T18:48:00.000-07:00

I ran a mile today. When I started training a few days ago I mentioned my breathing afterwards was killing me. After my run today my breathing was great, my heart rate and my breathing subsided to normal in a matter of seconds. On the other hand however, I had shin splints like a mofo today and it killed me. Usually I get shin splints when I run on a treadmill, but not out in the open so this was really weird.

Oh well, have to keep moving forward and hope my shin splints work themselves out.

March Madness

2008-03-15T15:31:00.000-07:00

Its almost that time again but I'm already seeing some March Madness out there that is pissing me off. Young men everywhere are competing in their conference tournaments to hopefully make it to the NCAA big dance. But heres whats getting me upset...

Blown calls and wrong calls by the refs. It seems like this year has been nothing but bad calls by the refs, in the NFL, the NBA, and now in NCAA basketball? Come on refs these are kids, they get paid with an education, they aren't making millions yet and less than 2% of them ever will. SO WHY CHEAT THEM. Who are you to determine who can or cant play in the National Championship tournament? Stop acting like the selection committee and do your job fairly and justly.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say if we want professional sports to be fair like they should be when it comes to officiating...we need to find a robot or something to do it for us. These refs are biased and it shows. Or maybe we can get people to ref who hate sports and don't care who wins.

How much is your life worth?

2008-03-13T10:03:00.001-07:00

I saw an ad the other day for this new GPS messaging service which will alert authorities when you need them. And when you need them I mean by being lost out in the wilderness about to die. Sounds like a great idea and for only $169 it seemed like a bargain. But thats when this investigative reporter dug deeper...keeping you in mind.

The service runs like this, buy the piece of plastic for $169.
Pay a yearly service fee of $50.
Pay a special additional $8 fee so they can send a helicopter after you if need be. (if you don't get this the day you sign up for everything its $150 a year after!)

So for basically $227 your first year you can get lost in the woods or on a tundra and not have to worry about dying unless an animal attacks you right?

WRONG!!!! This thing isn't even guaranteed to work on land unless theres cell phone coverage! The only time it's good is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. And don't even try using it in Northern Alaska or South Africa or parts of the Middle East.
What a scam, I hope no one really buys this.

5k Training Update #2

2008-03-12T20:03:00.001-07:00

I ran another 1/2 mile today in anticipation of the 5k I'm going to be running at the end of this month. Today my breathing was a lot better, and the amount of burn after my run was drastically less compared to last night however there was still a bit of a residual burn. The 1/2 mile was still relatively easy to run.

Do you know who Kenny George is?

2008-03-12T14:16:00.000-07:00

If you were 7'7" you would be in the NBA right. WRONG! Not if your name is Kenny George. Kenny is in his 3rd year of college at UNC Asheville (Not the Tar heels). Let me remind you that Kevin Durant and Greg Oden went to the NBA after their first season in the NCAA...they didn't stay 3 like Kenny has so far.

People don't really know about this kid and most sports programs don't cover him. I mean the kid is 7 feet 7 inches tall, 365lbs, size 28 feet, and some disgusting 8'5" wingspan, and can dunk without leaving his feet! Why the hell isn't he in the NBA? Well for starters he sounds retarded when he talks and honestly...he kinda sucks. But you can decide for yourselves. Oh ya, I forgot to mention...hes not even a starter.

I recommend watching the entire clip becasue Kenny gets taken to school at the end by Tyler Hansborough...although I'm not a fan of his...what he does in the end is awesome.

P.B. In the picture I believe thats Rayshawn Terry...who is 6'8".

On your marks...get set....GO!

2008-03-11T22:32:00.000-07:00

I decided today that I will be training for a 5k. Thats right, I will be running a staggering 5k. Ok so thats only a little over 3 miles but still.

I started training today by running 1/2 mile. I was able to do such pretty much with ease, but afterwards noticed an increasing burn in my throat of all places. Now I'm not new to running what-so-ever, I loved to run in Reno and Portland but in Vegas its a different story. The air is more dense, it's dirtier, and its dry...the complete opposite of Reno and Portland. So getting used to the difference in the air is the only thing thats going to hold me back but I'm fairly confident that I will be acclimated to it come Saturday.

So watch out 5k here I come, and if anyone else wants in be my guest. You can read about it here.

Billy Crystal?

2008-03-11T15:12:00.000-07:00

I'm sure a lot of you baseball fans out there remember when Garth Brooks was trying out to play pro baseball. Every so often we hear about stories like this, and today was no different. In case you didn't know...Billy Crystal will be playing for the Yankees in a spring training game this Thursday. Thats right, no its not some baseball player with the same name...It's Billy Crystal himself.

They say it's not for publicity but who are you kidding. You choke in the post season and rid yourself of the manager who took you places...and now you might be loosing some fans. So what do you do? Get a celeb to play ball for you. Thats what I would do at least. Best of luck to you Billy, but worst of luck to the rest of the Yanks.

If you don't believe me you can read it here.

Fuck Phones

2008-03-09T15:28:00.000-07:00

So I have a PDA phone, which is supposed to be for business type people right. Well fuck my phone because it was daylight savings time crap last night which means we lost an hour...well my damn phone still hasn't updated its time. So fuck technology.

Drum roll please...

2008-03-05T19:05:00.000-08:00

The list is in. Bill Gates...You are NOT the richest man in the world. No sir, in fact you have dropped all the way to third. Second place belongs to Carlos Slim Helu...the Mexican telephone mastermind, although if you do just a little bit of research you will find that he is LEBANESE!!!! Sorry Mexico, it will be a long time till a Mexican makes this list.

So who won the top spot this year...none other than Warren Buffet. At a stagaring $62 billion dollars the man can change his underwear every time he goes to the bathroom and never have to worry about wearing the same pair twice...what a life.

Congratulations Warren.

Warren $62,000,000,000.00
Carlos $60,000,000,000.00
Bill $58,000,000,000.00
Me $ 132.15

Watch out boys here I come.

Just when you thought you had seen it all

2008-03-04T16:07:00.001-08:00

The other day on the radio I heard you can now rent 30" wheels for your car. Now this wasn't that crazy to me as about a year or so ago I saw a Rolls Royce Phantom lifted somehow with 30" wheels on it. So you had to know it was coming. But today...I saw something I never thought I would see..
Thats right...FORTY TWO INCHES OF CHROME FOR YOUR CAR!!!!! Total cost for a set of 4 and 4 tires...roughly $30,000. Now that doesn't even come close to the real price to have these on your ride. You need to re-gear everything, get a beefier transmission, and upgrade to a much better brake system, so realistically your looking around $50,000 just for these.

I saw give it 2 months and you'll see them rolling around town.

NOOOO!!!!

2008-03-04T13:07:00.000-08:00

There's very few of these individuals in this world. You might be asking who right about now and heres the answer. Michael Jordan & Barry Sanders...two athletes whom you enjoyed watching. They were enjoyable to watch no matter what happened. They brought excitement to the game.

And now...Brett Favre has retired...after 17 season...after every record conceivable, it's all over.

Will any of his records be broken? Probably...Will he ever be forgotten? No.

I'll personally miss watching you Brett.It kinda feels like he just rolled over and died doesn't it.

How Sad

2008-02-21T21:11:00.000-08:00

So as many of you know I was in San Francisco this past weekend to visit my aunt. This means we didn't leave the house much so what else...I watched TV. On the news I saw something disturbing, now I'm not a PETA member or a vegetarian...lord knows I love my beef and I know that the only way to get the beef is for the cow to die, which I try not to think about but after this video from the news...I find it just a little more difficult to continue on my ways.
Call me crazy and all but if you were one of the messed up individuals that did this or ordered it to be done...then you and the same people who molest children or beat them up are all in the same boat. And none of you deserve to live.

Prison is too good for people like you.

My 100th post

2008-02-20T12:59:00.000-08:00

So this is my 100th post and it seems it will be used to defend myself. I have apparently made some outlandish remarks that I thought the Giants would beat the Patriots :::cough Gaytriots cough::: in the super bowl. I believe I called 3 games all season and 1 game I called it something like 10million to 3 so if you want to call that a prediction then go ahead and do so. If not then I called 2 games all season and I went 1 and 1. 50%...thats pretty damn good if you ask me. But anyways...here are my top 10 reasons why the Giants will beat the Patriots...keep in mind this is what I honestly thought before the game.

The Patriots db's are way too over aggressive which will come back to haunt them.
The giants haven't lost on the road the whole season.
The patriots haven't lost all season but should have lost at least 4 times.
The refs will not be able to blow calls or show favoritism as much.
Tom Brady is not as effective under heavy pressure and the giants will bring pressure throughout the game.
Eli manning is coming off the best streak of games hes ever played.
Tom Brady is coming off one of the worst games of his career.
Bellicheck has no respect for the game of football and will coach over aggressively leading to turnovers.
The Giants will go into the game knowing that they should have won the first time and knowing that they can win this time.
The Patriots are full of themselves

Take it or leave it, I was right and you were wrong.

Go sit in a corner and cry because the Patriots are NOT the best team of all time and they did NOT go undefeated.

This is HI-larious

2008-02-10T16:24:00.000-08:00

I don't know how I stumbled upon this but I did and I find it funny as hell. Just check it out.

Weather

2008-02-10T16:06:00.000-08:00

You have got to be kidding me. Consider this a rant, a complain, a venting...whatever you want to call it...call it.

Its February 10th, which means it is still winter. Why the hell is it a staggering 70 degrees here in Las Vegas. I know that it gets into the 100s in the summer and 100s during the night time summer months, but come on!

February 10th and 70 degrees during the day, 50 degrees during the night!

You know what pisses me off more than the weather is the damn news...you listen to the news and during the forecast you hear "Looks like we will see 75 this week, we're finally warming up!" And then the damn newscasters are like "ohh I cant wait."

Go to hell!

Im a gambler

2008-02-08T21:40:00.000-08:00

and I hate it...so today because I'm now broke because of gambling...i did something even stupider. I purchased a game for my computer.

The game:

Chocolatier 2 - A game in which you come up with fancy chocolates and sell them. $20 down the drain.

I need help.

Irate is an understatement

2008-02-04T08:14:00.000-08:00

I walk into my 7am English class just to spend the first 10 minutes talking about the Superbowl and how the Giants won but no one thought they would and those who say they thought they would are full of shit.

Well you know what, fuck all of you people who say "No one thought they would win" because on multiple times I said, and I quote "the spread is way too much, theres no way the Patriots will cover". On another occasion I stated "bet the house on the Giants". And if thats not enough for you I even predicted the score twice on my blog and once on myspace...Giants 24 Gaytriots 17, in those same words. Look it up, their times stamped by the server from when I posted it so I didn't change it. I wasn't far off was I?

So I ask you, if I honestly did not think the Giants could or would win...WHY THE FUCK WOULD I PREDICT THE SCORE THAT HAS THE GIANTS WITH THE MOST POINTS, LAST I CHECKED WHOEVER HAD THE MOST POINTS WINS THE FUCKING GAME!

Yes I called the game, No I don't want a cookie. What I want is for people to stop thinking I'm a liar because I can say "I thought the Giants would win." And no it wasn't a lucky guess, I can list at least 10 reasons why I KNEW the Giants would win but I'm not going to in an effort to save time. If you want to know ask and you shall receive all 10 reasons.

WHOOOOOOO

2008-02-03T19:02:00.000-08:00

When it mattered they choked

at a baby giants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Patriots

2008-02-03T15:02:00.000-08:00

SUCK A BIG FAT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!

Fuck Tom Brady
Fuck Bill Bellicheck
Fuck Teddy Bruschi
Fuck Mike Vrabel
Fuck The whole god damned team

Here we go G-men rise up to the challenge and make 99.9% of this world happy.

Here we go Manning Jr.
Here we go Strahan
Here we go Coughlin

Here we go boys, today is your day.

Giants 24 - Gaytriots 17

A new first

2008-02-02T15:49:00.001-08:00

I've been using a loofah for probably 8 years now...never, and I mean never have I done what I just did. I was doing the usual scrubbing of those 2000 plus body parts when I noticed that the lather was amazing today, just out of this world frothy cleany goodness. Kind of like when you wash your hair with Garnier Fructis...

So I put 2 and 2 together...I put Garnier Fructis, hair shampoo, on my loofah instead of body wash...I felt like such an idiot.

At least now my body hair has more volume, sleek and shine than before...oh wait...thats a bad thing.

Im so pissed

2008-02-01T15:02:00.000-08:00

I ordered a new K&N air filter for my truck from this online company, autopartswarehouse.com. I get the part today and its the wrong model, so I look up what its for, and it turns out its for new model Ford's and Lincolns. Since I have an older model GMC, this obviously will not work on my truck.

I call the company and tell them whats going on, I get placed on hold for 10 minutes until finally the girl comes back and says "sir, the model you ordered is for a GMC so I don't see what the problem is." Again I tell her what happened and then she asks for my vin number. WTF does my vin number have to do with an air filter?!?!

I ask to speak with the manager to which she says and i quote "But sir, hes with another customer right now, I can help you." I say no thanks I'll wait. 20 minutes later the damn "acting manager" gets on the phone and doesn't understand the problem. Once again I explain, the packing list is right, my order I placed is right, the package that was sent to me was wrong...finally he gets it.

So when it comes time to send this back he asks if I wanted to purchase the right item. I tell him I've already purchased it and I want the correct item sent to me. Seems easy right...no, I have to send this back, wait 4-6 weeks for the claim to go through and THEN they will send me my damn air filter unless I want to front the $56.00 for a new filter, then get reimbursed for the return 4-6 weeks from now.

I told them to go to hell and if I don't get refunded within 1 week of me sending the wrong item back I would sue them and report them to the better business bureau. Thats when the guy offered me a free $100 coupon to use on my next purchase.

What a joke. 56minutes and 13seconds down the drain, all because of their mistake.

Boredom

2008-02-01T09:14:00.000-08:00

I've been so bored of late. It seems like theres nothing to do. Superbowl is this weekend, big whoop. How bout dem Giants huh. I need some spice in my life.

Giants 24 - Gaytriots 17

-This is The Dream, over and out.

Kinda weird

2008-01-30T18:39:00.000-08:00

So I signed up for this DAT class (Dental Admissions Test) in hopes of scoring well on the test. Well we had our first 2 classes, then last night after our second class I find out the next class is February 21st....So now I have nothing to do from Wednesday at 10am until Monday at 7am...
...
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I need a job.

P.S. I added a comment board to my path to the NFL site...feel free to drop me an encouraging message or whatever. The Path to The NFL

The broke get "broker"

2008-01-27T14:15:00.001-08:00

I'm only taking 2 classes this semester at UNLV, as opposed to the full load of 5-6. I went and bought my books today...

2 classes - $50.00
books for 2 classes - $411.29
UNLV Education - priceless...literally

This is a joke

2008-01-25T09:09:00.000-08:00

Last night was my first DAT (Dental Admissions Test) class offered by Kaplan. This class is no joke, its basically a comprehensive exam of every science class you would take in a science major, all that reading comprehension stuff, math up to calculus and some other new things that your supposed to just be able to figure out on the fly.

Anyways so this class, a $1,300.00 class sends me a confirmation email that I have registered, that my payment has been accepted, and where my class will meet. This is where the joke comes in, It says that my class will be at a location on Maryland Parkway across from UNLV. So I decide to get there 15 minutes early to find the place, class was at 6:00pm, I was there at 5:43pm.

I pull into the place where the class is supposed to be but can't seem to find it. The Kaplan sign is on the sign where they put all the other signs on in the front so I kept looking. Finally after asking 5 different people, they say Kaplan has moved to across Gordon Biersch on Paradise, roughly a mile away. I speed over there, and can't find this damn place. Again the sign is on the shopping center but I cant find this damn place. I'm calling and calling...no answer. Finally I go into this back office building and after walking through a maze I find it.

Guess what....the class has been moved from there as well, It's now at UNLV. At this point I almost just said fuck it. I was going to get my money back and call it a day...but finally I get to UNLV, had to park half a mile away, then I had to find where this stupid class is. By the time I got to class it was 6:51pm, I spent more than an hour looking for this damn class.

You have my home address on file, you have my home phone number and cell number, you have my email on file....WHY WOULDN'T YOU SOME HOW LET ME KNOW THE CLASS HAS BEEN MOVED!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so disapointed in myself

2008-01-24T02:02:00.000-08:00

I know that I can never take a nap. When I take a nap it screws up my entire sleep schedule, if I nap for 1 hour Ill be up 4 hours past when I wanted to go to bed that night easily. Well today...knowing this...I decided to take a nap. I don't know why I didn't just get up and leave the house or start doing anything to keep me occupied, but at 4pm I decided to take an hour nap.
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I woke up at 12:37am...Now what am I supposed to do?!?!

I had just pulled an all nighter Saturday/Sunday so that I could get my sleep schedule to where it needed to be for school...and now this.
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I feel disgusted

pic(I'M)kle

2008-01-23T13:46:00.000-08:00

So I got a letter today from Portland State University (PSU) claiming I owe them $1,287.23 from last semester. I don't know where this charge is coming from. When I call PSU they say it was a portion of your tuition last semester that was not paid, therefor you are being billed for it now and it is accruing interest each month. Here's the thing though, I can show that I payed over $6,000 last semester to PSU, and that was for only 2 classes. Now they want to say I owe another $1300? Where do people get off thinking they can do shit like this. I know for a fact that my account balance was $0 when I transfered out of PSU, otherwise they wouldn't have released my record.

Add this $1300 to the $4000 I owe St. Mary's Hospital in Reno from when I had food poisoning and my "insurance" decided they would only cover $1100 of it and I'm $5300 in debt to NON-FINANCIAL institutions. Just when I was getting over my credit card debt I am dealt a new burden.

I have less than $100 in my bank account, and no sign of significant money coming into my hands any where in the near future. I need a job that pays well fast.

Oh and by the ways...my car is falling apart and needs over $1500 worth of work.

Whoo Hoo!

2008-01-23T12:06:00.000-08:00

So school started yesterday and I'm proud to say that I have done something for the first time in about 6 years. If you guessed I went to all my first classes, you would be right. For the past 6 years or so, not only would I not go to the first class, but I would miss the next 5 or 6 as well. It's something I'm not proud of but thats in the past.

The last time I went to all my first classes, I ended up pulling 5 A's and 1 A-, lets hope this time is the same.

Apparently Im taking off like a 747

2008-01-22T15:36:00.000-08:00

About a week ago I was approached by some individuals regarding my blog. The individuals were from Bigblogcollection.com and they wanted me to be on their site. Some of you may have noticed their link on the side bar of my page under "Blogs of Interest", I'm sure at least one person noticed it. It's basically just a directory of blogs filtered by category. As of today I am officially on their site, you can find it under "Society & Culture", check it out.

I'm also now on Technorati, an online community of bloggers and blogs, so if you get bored check them out as well, it can be quite entertaining.

"The Dream" is moving up in the blogasphere

I'm trying out for the NFL

2008-01-22T09:22:00.000-08:00

The rumors are true, its official. I will be trying out for the NFL and you can follow my path there. I have started another blog in which you will be able to follow my every move. Http://thepathtothenfl.blogspot.com. All the rules are posted and I will need your help to strictly abide to them for the first two weeks. Please help me live my dream so that hopefully I can help you live yours.

Old Persian Men are Crazy

2008-01-21T17:22:00.000-08:00

So I have this uncle who's in his mid to late 70's...no one really knows and those who do know don't tell. Anyways, I decided to show him my gym that I'm currently putting together in my garage. Thats when it all went down hill. I got lectured for 45minutes on various topics...in classic Farsi, as opposed to modern Farsi...I said 2 words in those 45minutes. Here are the main points of what he said:

Weights do not help your fitness, they are bad for your health
Run 3 miles 3 times a week
By the end of the 3rd month, you should be able to run the 3 miles in under 10 minutes every day
Always run in the middle of the day when the sun is at its highest, for that is when the tress are producing the most oxygen
There are 2 Gods that matter in this world, your mom and dad, you must do whatever they say without question
The only thing money should ever be spent on is food
You need to be a doctor, if you become anything else, you are a failure in life
The only thing you need to do in life is be a teacher
No matter what anyone in this world says, they don't know what they are talking about, only listen to what I say and don't be afraid to ask me anything
The only sport that takes any skill is tennis and basketball, everything else is a game for kids
Look at yourself naked in the mirror and determine your goals

The only reason I remembered any of what he said was so I can blog about it. I can't believe what a crock of sh*t my uncle is trying to feed me. I'm sick and tired of my family trying to mold me into what they want me to be. Run 3 miles in under 10minutes? Impossible...I did the research for you and him 12minutes 37seconds is the fastest, when I told him he said thats wrong because 10 years ago he was running it in 11minutes and when he was 30 he was running it in under 8.

I'm laughing so hard on the inside that my thirst has been quenched.

It's Over

2008-01-20T10:18:00.001-08:00

School starts on Tuesday so I'm going to just go out on a limb here and say that the holiday season is officially over. In the past years I have loved the holiday season, when the sun starts going down at around 5pm...I'm all about it. Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years...what's not to love? Well this year I frankly thought the holiday season sucked. Maybe it was the fact that I was back home again, and it wasn't really a vacation for say. Or maybe it was the lack of amazing food. Or maybe the lack of who knows what...but for me, this holiday season wasn't what I hoped.

As the sun beings to set later and later each day, and the 120 degree days of summer inch closer, I regret to say that I am not already missing the holiday season. In fact, as far as I'm concerned...the holiday season never happened this year.

See you next year?

Disorganization

2008-01-19T09:12:00.000-08:00

When you hear the word "disorganization" you think of a child's room, or a pig's pen...some would even say politics. But at a caucus you would expect things to be organized, this was not the case. Nevada had it's first ever caucus today, in fact its going on right now. I attempted to attend such caucus which was set to start at 9am. I got there at about 8:15...at 8:45 there was about 300 people standing around waiting to find out where to go. We moved from the cafeteria of the high school to the gym and back...then everyone was told to go into a room with their precinct number on the door. I went to the room for people who "didn't know" their precinct. Once in there I was questioned about where I live and all that jazz.

After about another 5 minutes of this and that, I was asked to leave because I did not belong at that school. So I left, I don't care to find out where I should have been, and honestly I could care less about caucusing....it's just not for me.

And yes, caucusing is a word.

a legend lost

2008-01-19T06:57:00.000-08:00

The greatest chess player this world has ever seen has passed away. Bobby Fisher died yesterday of kidney failure. There is too much to say about what this man has accomplished to list here, one would need a book as thick as the bible to accurately depict this man. If you've played chess you know how tough of a game it is...Bobby Fisher was playing better than you'll ever be at age 7. May he be missed.Bobby Fisher

(March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008)

No Comment

2008-01-16T03:50:00.000-08:00

I just finished watching a movie and am left speechless, a rare occasion. I'm not sitting here thinking if the movie was good or bad, I'm thinking about whether in certain cases...The Code of Hammurabi should apply. The movie is The Girl Next Door, not the romantic comedy from 2004, but a new thriller from 2007. I don't know why I downloaded this movie or what even made me watch it, I'm usually a drama fan, but it happened and now I have to try and stop thinking so I can sleep.

I don't care if you live in Antarctica, If you don't mind watching a movie on your computer, then let me know and ill burn you a copy and even send it to you for free if you don't live in Las Vegas. It's not one of those movies I think everyone should see, I just don't want to be the only one I know who has seen it.

If I had to rate it I would, but I don't so I won't...
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Is it our businness?

2008-01-15T22:43:00.001-08:00

So here we go again. First baseball now celebrities...lists are being released on individuals using steroids. Now there are certain cases in which one is required to admit to the public on account of doing something illegal (i.e. A convicted child molester informing his neighbors in many states that he is moving into the neighborhood) but when do we draw the line. Does it need to be made known who has taken steroids and when? Now in baseball and professional sports I can see the reasoning...it is looked at as cheating, and God knows any reason to not like Barry Bonds and I'm there. But come on, everyone knows celebrities are notorious for drugs and alcohol, you had to know some where using roids....but the recently released list may shock you. The names are in and being that they are celebrities they are guilty until proven innocent.

Timbaland
Mary J. Blige
Wyclef Jean
Tyler Perry
50 cent

Personally I wouldn't accuse 50 cent of anything but hey thats me!

P.B. (Post Blog) Vote on the left

Oh Hell No!

2008-01-15T17:58:00.000-08:00

Anyone who knows me knows I love the cold...heat get the hell out of here. I'm talking winter time I like it about 20 degrees at night, about 40 during the day. Summertime is a different story, I've been unfortunate to live in Nevada for 22 of my 23 summers, but realistically I like it no hotter than 80 in the day and it has to at least hit 50 in the night...how many times has that happened in this state....maybe 10 and all when I was in Reno. That's why I cant live without Air Conditioning. But now...I might have to...

California, that state to the left, has begun to piss me off. They have begun talking about regulating the publics thermostats in their home. However they decide to do this it just doesn't seem right to me, and if they do do it to my area ever, The first thing I will do is buy a window unit, and if that fails...you better believe I'm moving.

Read about this travesty here

G2

2008-01-15T17:28:00.000-08:00

If you've been watching any TV lately you've seen the commercials for the new Gatorade coming out, G2. We'll I'm here to tell you that G2 is out and it's good. At 40 calories a bottle, how can you go wrong? And in case your wondering where to get it, I'm sure your local neighborhood convienince store can accommodate...but if not, Wal-Mart is stocked to the rafters.

Download speed

2008-01-14T17:42:00.000-08:00

Remember when you first found out that you could download songs onto your computer for free? Remember when it would take upwards of an hour or more to download those songs...that was only what...maybe 10 years ago? Well last night I downloaded a TV show at 400mb (full audio cd's are 700mb) in under 4 minutes. This was the fastest I have downloaded any single item. I've never felt so amazed!

A Tough Morning

2008-01-10T16:08:00.001-08:00

I had to get up at 7am to take my mom to the Dr's. Now usually this wouldn't be a big deal but since I didn't even get home till 4am, and then for some reason I stayed up another hour and a half eating some left-over fired rice and watching some episodes of Jericho, so getting up early was quite difficult.

I dropped my mom off and went to grab some Starbucks for a little hot cocoa. This is where I just lost it. I'm walking up to the door, I'm about 30 feet from the door walking on a straight line when this half-bred Asian woman spots me at about 20 feet away from the door. She glances me the look and speeds up her walking.

Now if you were to make a list of my "pet-peeves" this would be up there for sure. I'm no more than 8 feet from the door when the half-bred opens the door about literally about 3 inches, to the point where everything shes wearing rubs against both the door and the frame and she almost gets stuck. She finally budges through the crack as I approached the door, runs into line and then shoots me back a glance as I got behind her in line.

So I started thinking, maybe she is late so I GUESS it might be somewhat understandable....but NO. She gets her drink and proceeds to sit down in one of those big comfy chairs, you know the ones that you don't sit in for less than 20minutes, and starts relaxing.

I can not tell you how much restraint it took for me not to go to town on this individual. And to think that had I have got to the door before her, even if she was still 15 feet away, I would have held the door.

Panera Bread

2008-01-09T20:26:00.001-08:00

The verdict is in...Panera Bread is legit. Almost didn't even have to pay, from the free bagel samples and pizza samples being given out for free, could have packed the old tumtum for less than a pack of gum. I'm not talking about little Costco sized samples...I'm talking full slices of za and as many pieces of bagels that you could want. The food...not bad itself, the fact that its "healthy" even better. So from now on, anyone who wants to do lunch...meet me at Panera.

American Gladiators

2008-01-08T15:24:00.000-08:00

After last nights second "episode" of American Gladiators, I was left somewhat unsettled. The interviews are really starting to sound scripted...as everything is now a days on all these "reality tv" things. Now I don't have a problem with this but I'm starting to think if the "competition" is scripted as well.

For some reason it doesn't matter if a person has a 2 second lead or a 2 minute lead when it comes to the gauntlet at the end...there has been 3 instances in the 6 races so far in which the person with the lead gets way ahead but can not for the life of them get up the "travelator" and then of course the person who was behind catches up and somehow...makes it up the "travelator" to a stunning, dramatic, impossible, all-odds against them, you cant write endings like this victory. Leaves me wondering...

American Gladiators

2008-01-06T21:52:00.000-08:00

Who can forget those words:
Contestant ready?!?
Gladiator ready?!?
::Whistle::
After 12 years its finally back. Of course the gladiators have changed, some of the female gladiators are gorgeous, and now they play for $100,000.00. Leila Ali and Hulk Hogan host this "revival" but the theme has not changed, one in-shape person and one everyday Joe going against crazy mofos.

Ill be the first to admit that some of the interviews sound 100% scripted but who cares, thats not why we tune in. Glad to see it back and I can't wait till they announce a celebrity edition...can you imagine T.O. out there? or Mike Tyson? or 50cent? or anyone else they can get...I'm getting excited just thinking about it!

It's set to run Monday's at 8pm...NBC...don't miss it again if you missed it tonight!

2007 "Rap"-Up Video

2008-01-06T14:35:00.000-08:00

I heard this on the radio last night and thought it was funny as hell. So heres the music video for it which provides just the right amount of visual to understand everything being said. Enjoy, and remember apparently its the year of the robot.

New Slang

2008-01-05T15:17:00.000-08:00

I was playing some poker on Facebook with this fine little thing from Wales when she started unknowingly introducing me to her "slang". Ive decided that I love this slang and I'm going to start using it...so if you hear me use it, you know where I got it from.

Lush - Instead of saying something is cool or nice or good...you say its lush. (i.e. Roscoe's chicken and waffles is lush.)
Proper - Used to intensify. (i.e. That girl is proper hot. or That hat is proper.)

Proper thanks go out to Abby and her lushness. If your ever in Vegas, hit me up...we'll get some proper drinks.

(post blog) Driving

2008-01-05T14:24:00.001-08:00

The drive back to Vegas from Burbank took some time. We got caught up in the traffic of the Rose Bowl and then some extreme winds running through the San Bernardino Valley. After all was said and done, We made pretty decent time. Unfortunately for some truckers however they didn't. You see when a sign says "High Profile Vehicles not Recommended" when your going through a valley, it means lifted trucks and Semis, just park on the side and wait.
Those are 2 different semis tipped over from the strong winds. We also witnessed a tunnel cover go flying off a truck and across the road.

(post blog) New Years

2008-01-05T14:17:00.000-08:00

Went back to Roscoe's to get the real thing, the place was packed!MmMmMmMm look at that. Fried chicken, Belgium Waffle, Butter, and Syrup...what could be better. Thats what it looks like when they bring it over. And this is what it looks like when they take it away.

(post blog) New Years Eve / New Years

2008-01-05T14:03:00.000-08:00

Ok, girls in California have nothing on Girls from Vegas...I mean it's not the difference in how they dress...its just the girls...they don't compare. But if it wasn't for 2 girls from Australia there, I probably would never remember this night.

For some reason I decided to start dancing, not real dancing, not freak dancing, not ballroom dancing...just stupid "hey look at me" dancing. Joel, sitting on the couch laughing his ass off decides to throw me a bottle which I caught like a champ, you would think i played tight end for the Packers. For some reason though I had to be fancy with the throwback, a simple toss wouldn't do. No I had to go behind my back. My dumb ass hit this poor Australian girl right in the forehead.

I spent the next 30minutes helping her clean up the blood and her wound. I've never felt so bad in my life...yet it still remains hysterical. That poor girl now has to live with a gash over her eye for the rest of her life, and every time she does her hair or make up...she gets to think of me (I guess thats not that bad)

Moral of the story...Not even I can be bad ass all the time.

(post blog) New Years Eve

2008-01-05T13:48:00.001-08:00

Take yourselves back to that day before New Years, that would be New Years eve. Now imagine 3 fresh young men on their way to Cali...you just imagined MMG, Joel, and myself.

We made the drive to Burbank to hang out with some of MMG's old friends and help them ring in the New Year's Vegas Style. Now let me be completely honest, I had no problem staying home alone and just chilling, but with the promise of Roscoe's on the line, I had to go, for those of you who don't know what Roscoe's is, I feel bad for you.

Roscoe's...the house of CHICKEN and waffles just happened to be out of chicken when we rolled in at about 5:30pm. So what do 3 resourceful Vegas guys do? We headed over to KFC and brought some chicken over...KFC chicken with Roscoe's waffles...not bad.

My Beard

2008-01-05T13:35:00.000-08:00

Wow, in less than a day there are 7 votes, 5 in favor of cutting it and 2 for keeping it. Let me be honest here for a second, I'm loving the response from this so lets up it to the first to 10 votes wins. I'm also debating "lining-it-up". Let me know what you think about that.

Lack of blogging

2008-01-04T23:10:00.001-08:00

Ive been out of the blogging mood as of late, but here we go. I need some votes on something that actually matters this time. My beard has been growing at a steady rate for the last 2 months and now that I can shave it, I don't know if I want to. So here we go...who really cares about wether or not you want to watch a movie about a gay superhero. I just wanted a poll on my page, now heres a new one and one that matters...answer the poll to the left...the first to 5 votes wins!

P.S. Post blogs are soon to come

Juno You Know

2007-12-30T15:15:00.000-08:00

In a time where it seems slap-stick comedy is all that is made anymore, Juno delivers a fresh mature method of delivering those "lol's". The cast performs superbly making it feel like your in the movie itself while the clever singer/songwriter music sparks a cheerful note within the audience. If you like Indie type movies, you'll love this one.

7.5/10

It's a sad night...

2007-12-29T20:24:00.000-08:00

The great game of football has lost a great deal of class tonight. In case you didn't know the Patriots have gone 16-0 in the regular season. They did it on no class, no morals, no coaching, and of all things, no respect of the game. The Patriots got caught cheating and still were allowed to play.

The worst thing about this whole deal is that when the Patriots fail to win the Super Bowl I have to hear a bunch of Boston Fuchs going "Ey, wat da fuch is your problem, at least dem Patriots went 16-0, what did ur team do?" all that is in a Boston accent by the ways.

Lets be honest, the Patriots have no chance of winning the Super Bowl and if you think they do, your on crack and you haven't seen their last few games and who's in the playoffs. I'll be surprised if they even make it through the AFC.

Go stick a Boston Cream Pie up your ass Tom Brady!

Myspace Backgrounds

2007-12-29T17:23:00.000-08:00

I've been pretty bored lately taking care of my mom sitting at home so I've gone ahead and made some plaid backgrounds for Myspace or whatever else u might want them for. Anyways feel free to help your self to some of these. Just click on it, then when it opens up right click and select save as.

I got robbed

2007-12-28T21:41:00.000-08:00

Ok, not literally but I did get robbed. I was getting ready to leave the Forum Shops with Adam and I realized that I didn't have any bills smaller than a 20 to give the valet. I decided to go back in and get some change. I ended up buying the smallest scoop of gelatto so I could break my 20.

I must admit, gelatto did sound but it wasn't worth it. The gelatto had been refrozen and you could tell by the gritty ice crystals present. This didn't bother me as bad as the price did. I paid $8.63 for this frozen ounce of milk! I got robbed

History of a different kind

2007-12-27T12:43:00.000-08:00

Who cares that the Patriots might go 16-0, they have already made history as the most classless bunch of people to ever put on a uniform. No the history I am talking about is all about watching the game. For the first time since Super Bowl 1, the NFL will be showing a game on more than one network at the same time. This weekends game between the Patriots and the Giants will be shown on the NFL network, CBS, and NBC. Who cares if the Patriots are going for 16-0, we all want them to lose, this just sounds important. I mean think about it, how often is anything shown live on more than one channel? You have presidential debates, breaking news, and...and...and thats it.

Saturday 5:15pm Pacific Coast time, what channel will you watch it on?

Fantasy Football

2007-12-25T13:01:00.001-08:00

Another year of fantasy football has come to an end. This year I took the gold and couldn't be any happier.As you can see there was a semifinal and a final match up. The road was difficult to say the least, after finishing the regular season at 11-3 the last two weeks became a tale of mental exhaustion. By the way I am the "Mo Birias".What you want to look at is the projected numbers for me and my opponent. Then just look at the top two players for my opponent. If you could have bet that Tony Romo and Randy Moss would have the worst weeks of the season together when I needed them to, the odds would have been 1,000,000 to 1. The real hero however was my kicker, Mason Crosby. For the championship I was the underdog againI don't know how I pulled this one out of the hat but somehow I did. From dropping Chicago's defense which had a great game to picking up Tennessee's defense who had an even better game. My kicker had a horrible game but his average for the last two weeks is still amazing. And Adrian Peterson of the Vikings, on my opponents team, having one of the worst games of his short carer.

The streak is over, no more second place!

You heard it here first

2007-12-24T23:40:00.001-08:00

They just did a piece on Fox News of how the single scene in Saudi Arabia is now run by "Toothing". You can't make this stuff up. Just remember you heard about "Toothing" here first!

This is HI-larious

2007-12-24T23:21:00.000-08:00

Apparently this has made it all the way to the Estonian news.

A man crashes his mini-van into a live taping of the evening news.

Heres the story

And here's the video, the guys reaction is priceless, and somewhat "fake" if you ask me.

No Country For Old Men

2007-12-23T10:53:00.001-08:00

It's been a "Hot Ass Minute" since I've seen a movie of this caliber. In fact the last movie I saw of this caliber was Children Of Men. As good as that may sound, Children Of Men ended up loosing to The Departed which I thought was a far less superior movie. For that reason, I really hope that it does not follow the path that Children Of Men traveled.

No Country For Old Men is a movie that leaves the audience thinking throughout the movie and into the next day. It will have you at the edge of your seat and just as you are about to fall out of it, a perfect line or exchange puts your at ease. The Coen Brothers have outdone themselves with this movie. One might say it even resembles Fargo which was also a Coen Brothers superb, yet don't compare it for it itself is its own movie and in a class of it's own.

Theres a reason its #14 on IMDB's top 250. And theres a reason I give it a 9.6/10.

Moo Shu

2007-12-23T02:48:00.000-08:00

It was about 5 years ago when my good friend Jack introduced me to Moo Shu. It was love at first taste but for some reason the pairings of tongue and Moo Shu have been few and far between. This changed today as Joel and I got Moo Shu not once, not twice, but three times from the same place. Okay, so maybe I lied, we only went twice but we were really considering going a third time and thats no joke.

Damn you Moo Shu and your delicious pancake wrapped medley!

A new way to fly

2007-12-17T17:00:00.000-08:00

Im usually a fan of Southwest when it comes to flying, I mean uncomfortable seats, a few peanuts, half a drink, great rewards...who wouldn't be a fan. This time flying back from San Francisco Joel bought tickets from Virgin America so we tagged along. I can see this going big, and can't wait till it does. The seats are comfortable and stylish with black leather. The lighting, romantic yet erotic as subtle hints of black lights and red lighting ambiantly emit from the cabin. Each seat has its own tv with ample freebies of movies and tv shows, not to mention over 300MP3's available. A younger more hip crew of stewards make your flight enjoyable while a dressed down duo of pilots fly the less than 2 year old jets. Hands down in my opinion the coolest thing though was the Google provided maps which were accessible by the push of a button would show you your elevation, location, estimated millage remaining and speed at any moment.

Don't take my word for it, check them out for yourself. They advertise flights to San Francisco for $44.00, how can you pass that up.

(postblog) Popped my Cherry

2007-12-16T23:39:00.000-08:00

It has been a year of firsts when it comes to professional sports for me. First my first NBA game, and now...my first NFL game. Joel and I had ventured up here to the bay area for one real reason...to go see the Colts play the Raiders and thats what we did. The game wasn't extremely eventful by any means but it was still an enjoyable experience. We did some tailgating before hand with some chicken & Apple Sausages and some garlic bread. Ya, thats right, garlic bread at a tailgate...heres an easy way to make it:

Take a slice of Sourdough bread (your favorite bread will do as well) and generously spread margarine (more spreadable than butter) across.
Take a scoop or two of minced garlic and spread across liberally.
Place bread garlic side up directly on grill
Allow to cook until slightly golden brown (bread can cook extremely fast depending on your fire, make sure it doesn't burn)
Remove bread from heat and allow to cool
Enjoy

Our seats to the game were pretty good, angled to the goal line about 30 rows up, 1st tier. They weren't right next to the field but hey no complaints here. Getting home on the other hand...quite the opposite. Of the 62,000 people there, about 20,000 had to take the BART. It took a good 30minutes to walk a total of 100 feet to get to the BART.

On the way to the game I saw this and thought it was pretty funny so I took a picture of it. Enjoy.

(postblog) Santarchy

2007-12-15T23:16:00.000-08:00

Imagine seeing thousands of Santa's going from bar to bar just to drink...thats what Santarchy is all about.

Saturday was the annual Santarchy or SantaCon event in San Francisco. Joel, Witter and I dressed up like half-assed santas and joined in on the phone. We started at pier 39 in San Fran and boarded a ferry headed for the ghetto, Jack London Square in Oakland. The rest of the day was spent going from pub to pub to pub, when the rest of the santas were gearing up to head to Berkley, we decided to call it a day. We were home by 3 in the afternoon, Santarchy is no joke, you meet up at 8am and go all day.

The rest of the day was pretty chill, got some Buster's Cheesestakes and played some Simpson's Xbox 360.

Crazy Day

2007-12-15T02:37:00.000-08:00

It's been a long day. Got up around 7:30 to pack for this trip to San Francisco, didn't leave till around noon. Took a long ride from Vegas to San Fran in a 2007 Corvette with Joel. It was like 2 Tiger Sharks in a sardine can. The funny thing is according to the manual, the Vette is only supposed to hold 400lbs of total weight (cargo + passenger), let me be the first to tell you the Vette can easily take more than 400lbs.

We get to Vallejo to drop off the Vette and all of a sudden the car won't shift into park, an hour later the Vette is sitting in the service bay of Chevy and we're in Brian Witter's Jeep heading into the city. Unload the goods and hit the local Italian joint around the corner to see the Giada look alike. Joel got his Anchor Steam and all was good. Tomorrow is some sort of Santa pub crawl, should be interesting.

I Am Legend

2007-12-14T02:13:00.000-08:00

I've been waiting for this movie to come out for sometime now. I've never gone to a 11:59PM showing before but had to make an exception for this movie on 2 accounts:

It was being shown on the IMAX screen
I'm leaving for San Francisco tomorrow (today) in the wee hours of the morning

I went into the movie expecting a 10 however am disappointed to say that I believe I only received a 7 at max. The movie had its moments but over all I think there was a lot that could have been done differently. Aside from the theater being overly warm, watching a movie on the IMAX screen is out of this world. If they would show "You Got Served" on it, I would be there.

I hate to say it but the screen made the movie somewhat enjoyable. Not a movie I plan on seeing again but definitely worth seeing once.

I was going to come up with some fancy rating method like crowns or arrows or something, but I am not legend and I am tired so take it how it is 7.0/10

Last Night

2007-12-13T19:47:00.000-08:00

Turned out pretty eventful for a Wednesday night. Met up with Adam and MMG n headed over to Sedona. Then to the Road Runner. Then we decided to meet up with Joel and some of his friends at the Suncoast to play some Bingo. Talk about fun. While waiting I hit another Royal Flush, 2nd in 2 weeks, this time on Nickels so it was only worth $200. Oh well, I'm not complaining.

Bingo on the other hand was somewhat of a disappointment. I had no idea what I was doing so I just gave the lady $50 and told her to hook it up. Next thing I know, I'm playing 84 cards. Good thing they have these new tablet like systems which allow you to do nothing but sit there and wait to yell "BINGO!" Somehow, I'm still trying to do the math on it but somehow, none of the 6 of us got a single win. There was maybe 30 people there for the 11pm game, and we had 6 people. A total of at least 200 cards between us 6, and not once did we win. It was still fun though and can't wait to do it again next Wednesday, this time I'm only going to spend $20. Who's in for next Wednesday?

And I thought I was bad

2007-12-12T13:03:00.000-08:00

You don't have to be a football fan to know who Joe Namath is. If you live in America I would say 99% of everyone in this country has heard his name. I'm not here to tell you about his carer, no, I'm here to tell you that he is graduating. Thats right, Namath was 15 credits short of a degree when he left for the pros back in the day. He has since gone back to Alabama and taken classes to finish his degree. The legend was only 15 credits short, but took a staggering 5 years to earn those 15 credits. At a pace of 3 credits a year, I can say even I am better at something than Joe Namath.

On another note, Congratulations Joe.

Think about this...

2007-12-11T12:20:00.000-08:00

A pine cone falls to the ground somewhere in the world every 0.24 seconds.

This is Bullshit

2007-12-09T01:02:00.001-08:00

Can you believe that there is no flashlight in my parents house? None, Nada, Zip!

You know what else is bullshit? In 2004, $27 million worth of Wal-Mart gift cards expired unused! Thats right, Wal-Mart WAS GIVEN $27 million dollars ($27,000,000.00) for no good reason! "Pre-paid" gift cards should not expire! In October of this year Wal-Mart released the following:

its (Wal-Mart's) core low-to-middle-income customers "remain concerned about their finances, especially the cost of living," in light of the housing slowdown and a tighter credit market.

Well when you can somehow rationalize taking $27 million from your customers without return of a service or a good, how concerned can you really be.

Wal-Mart ought to be ashamed of themselves, and to think they claim to care about the community.

You have got to be kidding me

2007-12-07T22:01:00.000-08:00

Im 23 and my mother just yelled at me because I have a beard. You think they would let me do whatever the fuck I want but no! My dad doesn't mine the beard, but hates it when I line up my chin, says either I cut it off or he'll do it for me when I'm sleeping. My mom doesn't mind when I line up my chin but when I have a beard she starts thinking I'm doing something illegal and putting my life and theirs at risk. I cant believe this. What the hell made me decide to move home again. Someone please remind me.

This is weird

2007-12-07T18:17:00.000-08:00

So I've been looking at hats online lately, well right now I just found out that you can buy NFL (football) hats online at MLB.com ... baseball's official site...weird.

A Reminder

2007-12-07T13:14:00.000-08:00

Fuck Tom Brady, Fuck Bill Belichick, and Fuck the Patriots!

I miss Portland

2007-12-06T19:35:00.000-08:00

It hasn't even been 3 weeks yet but I miss good old PDX. I miss the fact that there was no tax, I miss the weather, I miss the roads, I miss the foods. Fuck I miss Portland.

I'm stuffed

2007-12-05T20:48:00.000-08:00

Just filled up on some Amarillo Cheese Fries with no bacon and a 12oz San Antonio Sirloin cooked medium rare, served along side a baked potato with butter, sour cream and chives, and an all too perfect salad with ranch dressing.

You must be saying to yourselves right now "He must have had Lone Star"

You're right...I just had Lone Star...and it was spur kickin' good

Bullshit!

2007-12-04T12:00:00.000-08:00

I'm getting sick and tired of these fucking Patriots who think they can go undefeated. Anyone who watched last nights game knows that this team is NOT who people think they are. The game was handed to them and everyone knows that, from stupid penalties to missed/wrong calls. You would think that after almost losing last week to the Eagles, the Pats would come out and want revenge. If thats the kind of ball you play you want when you revenge then your team sucks. The game was biased towards the Pats winning and no matter how great the Ravens played, you just knew somehow something would happen that would give the ball back to the Patriots. Ive been saying it since the beginning and I'm still going to say it. THE PATRIOTS WILL NOT GO UNDEFEATED!

The Steelers have been looking amazing lately, shutting down the passing of the Bengals just this past Sunday and they are playing for the post-season. We have all seen what happens when the Patriots try to run the ball and thats almost nothing. Steelers over Patriots 10,000,000 to 17.

Fuck the Patriots and Fuck Tom Brady!

Whoo Hoo!

2007-12-02T23:14:00.000-08:00

For the first time in my life I hit a Royal Flush on those god damned video poker machines. My parents and I went to dinner at the Cortez Room in the Gold Coast. I had no intention of gambling but my dad did. So after dinner he put in $20 and lost, went and got some more money, put in $20 and it was taking forever so I asked to borrow $20. I lost it in a matter of seconds. After a minute I asked for $20 more. He had owed me money because I had payed for dinner, so anyways I get down to about $4.00 left in the machine when I hold a Jack and Ten of Spades. Hit the deal button and I swear to god that it took about 2 minutes for the King to turn over, then the Queen, then the Ace...it was like it was in slow motion. I know your supposed to act like it happens all the time, like when you hit a home run in baseball, but the first time is the first time is the first time. And the first time is special so the first thing I could get myself to do was grab my dad and put him in a head lock. So ya, I hit my first royal tonight and it took a good 30minutes to collect my lavish winnings. All $1253.75 of it.

Congratulations

2007-12-02T18:07:00.000-08:00

go out to the Wolf Pack. After the win against La Tech yesterday the Wolf Pack of Nevada became bowl eligible. And thanks to Hawai'i going undefeated last night they received a BCS bowl bid which means there was 3 WAC-tie in bowl games available, the pack being the 3rd team down the list got a bid to play in the New Mexico bowl on December 22, 2007 at 4:30pm. The game can be seen on ESPN and ESPN HD. If your any kind of football fan I urge you to watch this game as Nevada is one hell of team, coming within seconds of beating both Hawai'i and Boise St. this year. Nevada will be ranked in the next two years so watch them when you have a chance to on TV, it doesn't come often.

Go Pack!

I had a dream

2007-12-02T09:41:00.000-08:00

Its 9:41am 0n Sunday, Football starts in roughly 19minutes. I just work up from a cold sweat. Ok maybe not but I had a dream that someone made a 80yd field goal. Now I know that an 80yd field goal will not happen but I have a feeling that someone today will set a new field goal record...but its just a feeling, don't go betting on it.

I knew I wasn't the only one

2007-12-01T21:02:00.000-08:00

A good portion of my stint in Portland was spent being lost, driving that is. Now I don't mind being lost, I actually somewhat enjoy it when I have ample time, but when I'm in a rush or in traffic....I hate it. But in Portland, I was lost more than usual, well today I came across this interesting tidbet:

Due to the majority of one-way streets and the inconsistent freeway on-ramps, at any given moment 12 percent of drivers in Portland, Oregon are lost or off of their intended path.

Good to know

Updates

2007-11-30T17:43:00.000-08:00

It's been about a month since I decided I would not get a haircut nor shave my facial hair and this sucks. I cant wait for January 1st, but its worth it in the long run. My dad bet me I couldn't go until then so If I do, I get $100.00 which I will donate to a charity or spend the $100.00 on grocery's, make food and pass it out to the homeless. I look like shit and feel like shit...heres what I look likeand NO the glasses aren't part of the deal but come one, look at how sweet those look!

2. After struggling to get the video footage of the SupaDupa Marimba boys up (Portland Saturday Market entry), I have finally managed to do so. I'm going to post the shortest one here and if your interested go to my youtube page and you can watch the rest.

The Man Behind the Mask

2007-11-30T11:07:00.000-08:00

You had to know it was coming. Perry Moore, the man behind "The Chronicles of Narnia", has come out with a new book. This book is sure to raise some eyebrows and be the talk of many to come at it has already been picked up by the makers of Spiderman to make it to the big screen. The books name...Hero. The part that makes it open to scrutiny is that the "hero" is openly Gay, as is Perry Moore. I'm not saying I have anything against this, lord knows I try to keep this blog unbiased, I'm saying that is "Brokeback Mountain" received such an uproar, what will a movie that kids will want to go see bring. I haven't read the book nor do I plan on it, "fantasy" type material just doesn't appeal to me. But if you've read it or plan on it, let me know. Answer the poll with as well, I want to know what other people think, and it is anonymous, I wont even know who voted for what.

Come on Panda

2007-11-29T22:32:00.000-08:00

Who needs a Range Rover when you can have a Panda. With a name like that it could be the ugliest thing possible and still be cute. Check out this video of the Land Rover Range Rover vs. the Fiat Panda. Its quite remarkable what this little mammal can do at a price of just over $19,000 versus that of the Range at $77,800.

Great Googly Moogly

2007-11-28T18:16:00.000-08:00

Holy jumpin jehoshaphat this is the greatest thing I've ever seen, well not really but its pretty damn amazing. Now that I'm living back at home I took it upon myself to splurge the family fortune a little (if only there was one), I upgraded to 10MB service from Cox and I am not disappointed. Usually when I "upgrade" internet service I end up disappointed because I know it could be faster and I want it to be faster. Well I still know it can be faster but I'm perfectly ok with it being what it is for the meantime. I am pleased to say that I am satisfied with my internet connection so bring on the customer feedback questionnaires Cox, nothing but good reviews on the internet side of it from me!

Helio! Helio! Helio!

2007-11-28T00:42:00.000-08:00

Last night it all came to an end...another season of ABC's hit reality show "Dancing With the Stars". I was without cable for much of this season so I only got to see the last two episodes. In case you don't know Helio Castroneves took home the hardware. Let's all be honest, thats who we wanted to win...1) because hes just awesome and 2) because he was dancing with the hottest girl, Julianne Hough.

Congratulations go out to Helio but more importantly to Julianne, this is her second season on the show and her second title, last year with Apolo Anton Ohno. Which begs the question...Is she that good? There's only 2 ways to find out.

Somehow she can make me look good dancing
She wins it again next year

Since we both UNFORTUNATELY know that number 1 MOST LIKELY will not happen, the only way to find out is to watch next season

Professional Athletes

2007-11-27T22:40:00.000-08:00

As most of you who follow sports know, The Redskins safety who had 5 interceptions this year, Sean Taylor, died earlier this morning due to a gunshot wound. All who knew him said he had finally started changing his life for the better. What I don't understand is why professional athletes in any sports don't think logically. We always hear about athletes getting caught doping, or in possession of marijuana, or crashing their Lamborghini's into light poles, and recently shootings. It started with Darrent Williams getting shot earlier this year on New Years, and now Sean Taylor. Both dead in the peak of their NFL careers.

One could say that athletes are young and doing what young people do, having fun. I don't think this is the case because if we take a relative sample of people in accordance to the percentage of athletes caught doping or on drugs or getting in trouble, it would translate to nearly 1 out of every 4 friends you and I have, would be doing the same thing. I just cant seem to buy this theory. I think that these athletes are making too much money and letting it get to their heads. They think that they are invincible, more so than celebrities. It's great to think that but you also have to realize that you really aren't and that its ok to have fun but there is a limit.

Its simple, your paid a ridiculous amount of money to do one thing and one thing only. With today's talent out there, the average carer in sports is roughly 10 years unless you are one of the best (I.E. Brett Favre, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Lebron James), you know the "name brand" players. Otherwise you have your peak and you are forgotten about slowly. So basically you have 10 years where you get to be a kid and play sports, its almost every persons dream. Heres what every professional athlete needs to do:

Invest your money!
Stay at the top of your game and perform at the highest level
Keep out of the negative public eye
When you retire if invested properly your 12million + should be at least 30million
Spend your money!

If you have an affinity for marijuana, take your money AFTER your retirement and move to South America and grow your own weed and smoke until you cant smoke anymore. As a professional athlete you are the role model of millions of children around the world, act that way.

Its a shame Sean Taylor started changing his life so late.

Sean Michael Maurice Taylor
(4-1-1983 - 11-27-2007)

Its Finally Done

2007-11-24T22:54:00.000-08:00

My longest "road trip" to date has just come to an end. It is a road trip that spanned a week, while not driving everyday the week, I still consider it a week long road trip with a short plane ride in between. So it goes a little something like this:

Friday (11/16) Portland to Reno
Saturday/Sunday (11/16 / 11/17) Reno to Las Vegas

Then after a plane ride on Monday morning back to Portland:

Tuesday (11/20) Portland to Klamath Falls, OR
Wednesday (11/21) Klamath Falls, OR to Reno
Thursday (11/22) Reno to Sunnyvale, CA
Saturday (11/24) Sunnyvale, CA to Las Vegas

A total of 2333.77 miles. I don't even want to calculate how much I spent on gas, lets just say my bank account it close to empty :(

Now the real reason I did all this is for a reason almost none of you know. In fact only 2 people know...you see I took the truck below, a 26' Uhaulon a scavenger hunt to find all my belongings and move them all back to Las Vegas. Thats right, after 5 years of being out of this city, I am finally back to this oasis in the desert. Thanks to Joel for taking the amazingly boring drive from Portland to Vegas in the Uhaul with me.

Thanksgiving

2007-11-23T15:57:00.000-08:00

I've always heard that Thanksgiving is about Friends and Family. Well for me its always been Family, and to be honest I'm getting sick and tired of it. It's always the same fucking shit when I come to The Bay Area, "Omid, you need to lose weight", "Omid, stop eating", "Omid fucking do this, fucking do that." Last night I had 20 people lecture me on how I should or should not have facial hair. On top of that I asked if I could help with anything only to get laughed at...as if I'm no good. The last 3 times I have come here have been nothing but hell, to the point where I just want to get up and leave. Fuck the turkey and everything else, it's not worth it if i have to come here. If it wasn't for my 95 year old aunt I wouldn't even come. And to think I passed up going to Phoenix.

The best part of Thanksgiving anyways isn't the dinner, its the leftovers for the next week. I can't believe that I'm 23 years old and I get lectured like I'm a 10 year old kid. On MY weight, on MY appearance, on MY schooling, on MY truck. It's like everyone just comes here to lecture me as a means of making themselves feel better about themselves.

When can I spend the holidays with Friends and NOT Family?

2007-11-20T20:40:00.000-08:00

It has come to my attention that people do not know how to drive A)in the fog and B) at night. I'm not saying I'm the authority of driving but I do know some stuff. Lets start out with driving in the fog:

Use your fog lights if you have them. (thats what they are for)
DO NOT turn on your high beams on!

Thats all I have to say about driving in the fog. Now night time driving is a different story:

Just because your in an area that doesn't have street lights does not entitle you to use your high-beams whenever you want!
When you come within 100 yards of another vehicle, TURN YOUR HIGH-BEAMS OFF!
No matter what the message it is NEVER appropriate to flash your high-beams at another car when your 3 feet away.
Please wait until you have completely passed the car you are passing before you turn your high-beams back on.

For some reason people have seemed to forget these rules of driving at night. Its irritating, annoying and just plain stupid. I'm tired of being blinded by fucking jack asses who think they own the road. Learn how to fucking drive!