Me Againts The Freakin World..... (aka I Like Queso)

The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody

2009-12-01T17:38:00.001-08:00

Audiosurf Hader,Better,Faster,Stronger

2009-10-05T14:45:00.001-07:00

Hungry, Hungry Kitteh!

2009-02-05T14:57:00.001-08:00

I Am Murloc - Guitar Hero 2

2008-05-09T21:15:00.001-07:00

DUUDE!

Happy First of May!

2008-05-01T13:23:00.001-07:00

'Machete' Trailer - non-bootleg

2008-04-25T14:35:00.001-07:00

Men at work: Land down under!!!! (One of their best songs!!)

2008-04-10T17:28:00.001-07:00

Console World of Warctaft: Molten Core

2008-04-01T10:08:00.001-07:00

PTR Magisters Terrace Cinematic (World of Warcraft)

2008-03-28T15:50:00.001-07:00

World of Warcraft Mr. T Commercial TV ad

2008-03-27T08:43:00.001-07:00

Tom Lehrer - Poisoning pigeons in the park

2008-03-26T23:32:00.001-07:00

lulz

WoW Patch : Fury of the Sunwell Trailer

2008-03-19T15:19:00.001-07:00

The Palace of Righteous Justice

2008-03-16T13:08:00.001-07:00

LOL

Barack Obama: On Net Neutrality

2008-03-14T13:28:00.001-07:00

Looks like I have made up my mind on who I am voting for.

AIE - Duel With The Omen

2008-02-08T11:48:00.001-08:00

Yes Loki Loves Me

2008-02-04T11:17:00.001-08:00

And a thanks to the Interwebz!

Loki Loves ME

2008-02-04T11:06:00.001-08:00

Loki Loves Me
(Sung to "Jesus Loves Me")

Loki loves me this I know,
For last night he told me so.
Little minions march along,
Drive you crazy with this song.

(chorus--sing between each verse)
Yes, Loki loves me
Yes, Loki loves me
Yes, Loki loves me
Last night he told me so

In the circle I did say
Loki send some luck my way
Great big smile all I did see
He said he'd come visit me

Monday morning, I woke up
Found piss in my coffee cup
Dung upon the kitchen floor
Slipped on it right through the door

Tuesday morning I arose
Found matchsticks between my toes
Loki's smile was nice and bright
"Hey there bud, you got a light?"

Wednesday when I went to work
Loki in my office lurked
Heard my secretary scream
"Oh, my GOD that's so obscene!"

Thursday morn, when I was gone
Loki mowed the neighbor's lawn
Even though the job was free
I found out he's sueing me

Friday when my grandma came
I though I would go insane
Found her tied up to my bed
Great big smile and damn near dead!

Saturday I went to lunch
With that same ol' black tie bunch
Loki came with as my guest
Insulted most and f**ked the rest

Sunday morn, a peaceful dawn
I looked around, was Loki gone?
A note upon my kitchen door
Read "Buy more beer, I'll go get Thor!"

8080 Computer playing Portal Still Alive

2008-01-19T21:48:00.001-08:00

AIE Running of the Beef 2 - Part 1

2008-01-19T17:51:00.001-08:00

L70ETC - Power of the Horde

2008-01-01T04:15:00.001-08:00

Leaked Dark Knight Teaser Trailer - FINAL

2007-12-15T13:37:00.001-08:00

The quality is bad but Warner Bros. is hard pressed to stop it.

Real Genius

2007-12-14T15:48:00.001-08:00

I hate to admit it but I miss the 80's.

How to Solve Illegal Immigration

2007-12-14T15:41:00.001-08:00

It is amazing what you can learn from a kitty cat.

Come on Prince! SUE ME!

2007-11-13T15:50:00.001-08:00

Even Darth Vader is being affected by high gas price

2007-11-08T12:28:00.000-08:00

The Guild: Episode 4 - Cheesybeards

2007-11-01T21:02:00.001-07:00

Tin Man Trailer

2007-10-26T11:25:00.001-07:00

Lucha Va-VOOOM!

2007-10-16T13:02:00.000-07:00

Guess where me and the Mrs. are going to be on Halloween night.

Luchadores are GO!

BRAINS parody of SHOES

2007-10-16T08:24:00.001-07:00

Azerothian Super Villains - Episode 1

2007-10-12T01:18:00.001-07:00

gachapin

2007-10-12T01:17:00.001-07:00

WTF!

The Japanese true, true are screwed up.

Flight of the X-Wing

2007-10-08T15:51:00.001-07:00

I cheered and cried after seeing this one.

Stay on target!

Azerothian Super Villains - Episode 1

2007-10-05T11:45:00.001-07:00

Dude!

I loves me machinima.

Mixing

2007-10-04T15:35:00.000-07:00

2007-10-02 17:14:00

hello we have mixed all the tracks and the whole album is shit, so were going to start all over again. ok only kidding...sorry ! its sound pretty good but we have to go back to a few things in the next few weeks though. it sound pretty different from what we have done before i dont think the fondue society will be happy oh well , like the bee joke ends....... fuk em bye geoff

Joe Frank live at Largo Restaurant

2007-10-02T16:00:00.000-07:00

DAMN! DAMN! DAMN!

I found out about this too late to make a reservation.
Grrrrr!

Abandon all hope for Vista! Go back to Xp or OSX

2007-10-02T11:15:00.000-07:00

Technology writer Don Reisinger nails it on the head.

"While Vista was originally touted by Microsoft as the operating system savior we've all been waiting for, it has turned out to be one of the biggest blunders in technology. With a host of issues that are inexcusable and features that are taken from the Mac OS X and Linux playbook, Microsoft has once again lost sight of what we really want."

Read the whole article here

Into the Black Temple

2007-09-21T16:03:00.000-07:00

Into the Black Temple

The Legend of Zelda Theme on theremin

2007-09-21T14:06:00.001-07:00

All Hail Zelda!

And all the geeky things that people do on her behalf.

The Guild - Episode 3: The Macro Problem

2007-09-21T13:41:00.001-07:00

Part three of pure genius!

Talk Like a Pirate Day:

2007-09-19T12:39:00.001-07:00

Yarrrrrrrrr!

Happy Talk Like A Pirate day!

Yarrrrrrr

Robot Tiki!

2007-09-14T12:35:00.000-07:00

I so want these it's not even funny!

TRON 2

2007-09-14T12:26:00.001-07:00

BTW - It has been announced that the project has been green lighted and is in the process of looking for a director.

I wonder if a certain J. Lassiter would be interested?

JohnY
10-11-2000, 08:48 AM
From Coming Attractions:

Tron 2
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy/Sequel.
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures.
Production Company: Unknown.

Project Phase: Script Stage.

Who's In It: No one confirmed as yet.
Who's Making It: Steven Lisberger (Screenwriter, possibly Director).

Premise: A return to the computer world we visited in the 1982 original, but with the magic of modern CGI wizardry.

Release Date: Unknown.

Comments: Released in 1982, Tron holds a special place in fanboys hearts. It postulated a world that existed inside a computer where programs lived and died playing brutal games under the evil reign of the Master Control Program. Tron's then state-of-the-art computer generated effects were never seen before by audiences; keep in mind this was before the term CGI had been defined, and before computers had even been used for creating special effects.

Unfortunately the film wasn't a success at the box office. To studio eyes, the luke-warm ticket sales and a harsh critical drubbing by the media equalled a failure, but the film's dazzling visuals and two immensely popular arcade games brought Tron recognition as a cult favorite. Nearly 20 years after the summer of its release fans still talk about Flynn, Sark and what color was their favorite lightcycles.

Rumors: Unknown.

Scoop Feedback:

[Page draft submitted by Widgett, who wants Deadpool in the games until he dies playing.]

June 21, 1999... All kidding aside, Cinescape Insider reports something a little bird told them, namely that Disney is looking at dusting off the notion of doing a sequel, this time utilizing their friends over in Pixar to realize the world within the machine. [Originally appeared in Cinescape Online; reported by Widgett.]

July 14, 1999... Oh man, we've got it in a print magazine that Disney is thinking about not only Tron 2 but TRON 3. How cool is that? Wait a minute, this is an Electronic Games magazine from the early 80's. Never mind. If you're interested in seeing the proof for yourself, check out the 1982 article for yourself right here. [Thanks to Greg razier, Brian's Coinop History Archive, and of course, Electronic Games. Brought to you by Rosanne Rosanna Widgett.]

August 8, 1999... A few weeks ago Coming Attractions (and other movie web sites) were scooped that there was a sequel to Tron in development. A scooper e-mailed us details about a supposed storyline that saw an older Flynn serve as mentor to four youths who were digitized and entered the video game world, with the title of the premise to this alleged sequel being 'Warriors of Tron'. After doing some digging we turned up the answer: it was pure baloney.

But then as luck would have it our investigation into the matter of a Tron sequel netted us a very fascinating and unexpected side effect: shortly after we had proved to ourselves that the 'Warriors of Tron' premise was false, we were tipped off that Disney was indeed developing a Tron 2 project -- and that they were in the final stages of signing the director of the original Tron, Steven Lisberger, to write the new film's screenplay!

So we now have the exclusive: Coming Attractions can now say with absolute certainty that Steven Lisberger has done a deal to not only write the sequel to Tron but possibly direct the film (with the key emphasis being on 'possibly'.) We called Lisberger's agency to see if they wanted to officially confirm the story but they declined to comment about the matter at this time. For now Lisberger's involvement with Tron 2 is just as the screenwriter of the project and Disney isn't saying a word about it. We couldn't turn up anything else, solid or rumored, about what Lisberger's take on the storyline for Tron 2 could be (if, indeed, he's decided upon one at the present time.) For now, we can at least report to you there has indeed been a positive step forward on making this long-rumored project a reality...and by God, we sure hope there's gonna be some lightcycles in the new film.

October 10, 2000... A year ago Coming Attractions broke the exclusive that Disney was developing a feature length sequel to its 1982 film Tron. We also had proof that the original film's director, Steven Lisberger, had been hired to write the sequel's screenplay, even though Lisberger's agency offered no comment at the time.

Now Lisberger's talking about Tron 2. The VFXPro website has posted an article looking back at the original Tron and interviewed Listberger about his memories working on that project -- and then the article confirms Listberger's involvement working on the sequel.

"It's been an interesting experience for me, certainly, to go back to that film after 20 years and really study it and see what it was about from this perspective," Listberger tells VFXPro. "I learned a lot about my own film. It's going to be interesting on the next TRON to try to create some of the sensuousness that the first film had in terms of the graphics, but to do it in a digital way."

See? We told you so. [First to tell us of the good news were 'Codex Mendosa', 'Aspirin The Fox' and Guy Gordon.]

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Chief Imagination Officer
Intercot & Webdisney
john@intercot.com

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Gotham Bound

2007-08-27T15:24:00.001-07:00

So I am gettng myself ready for my first adult trip to Gotham. I have always dreamed about going to New York City and I finally get my chance to run around and act like a total rube in the busiest city in all the world.

I fly out Saturday night and will be spend a couple of days there after which its off to the city that steel built.

Dancing fool Zappa

2007-08-17T14:27:00.001-07:00

GOD! I love Youtube. =^_^=

The Guild - Episode 2: Zaboo'd

2007-08-15T11:52:00.001-07:00

Creeepy!

I hate to admit that I know guys like Zaboo.

/shiver

I ma gonna go hide in my clset now, kthnx!

WHY!!!! WHY CAN'T I STOP WATCHING THIS!

2007-08-07T16:01:00.001-07:00

/CRY

Dateline NBC 'mole' outed, booted at Defcon

2007-08-07T15:13:00.000-07:00

Dateline NBC associate producer Michelle Madigan was heckled and derided as she ran from DefCon, the world's largest computer hackers conference, and raced away in a car.

"They sent a moderately attractive young lady with a purse cam whose mission was to first capture someone on film admitting to a felony, which is really not cool, and second to catch a fed on film," said DefCon spokesman "Priest."

"She was basically trying to do a slam piece."

Federal agents openly, and covertly, mingle with hackers at the conference, which features a panel discussion titled "Meet the Fed."

"This is the Switzerland of hacking, neutral ground on which hackers and feds meet with a common goal of making computers safer," said Priest.

Dateline did not respond to AFP requests for comment but issued a general statement saying it does not discuss reporting tactics.

DefCon organizers were alerted to Madigan's mission prior to her arrival and contacted her, offering her a press badge that would give her free rein of the conference while letting attendees easily see she is a reporter, Priest said.

Madigan declined the offer.

She opted to attend with a "Human" badge granting access to hackers and other general attendees.

Priest and DefCon founder Jeff Moss, whose hacker name is Dark Tangent, lured Madigan to a packed conference room by putting out word they were going to have hackers finger federal agents in a game called "spot the fed."

After she was in the audience, it was announced the game was actually "spot the undercover reporter."

Without naming Madigan, Moss condemned her stealth tactics from a stage. Boos and jeers erupted from hundreds of hackers, one calling for her to be tarred and feathered.

Madigan shoved aside a DefCon "goon," one of the volunteers working at the event, and dashed from the room as the mob called for her to be booted from the premises.

Madigan's flight was followed by hackers and reporting peers openly disapproving her methods.

"If I had 150 people from this place chasing me across the parking lot, I wouldn't be in a hurry to come back," Priest said.

All But Confirmed, Wrath of the Lich King!

2007-08-02T11:50:00.001-07:00

Found this post on The Blue Report

MMOChampion <http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=584.0> broke
the story that Blizzard Entertainment <http://www.blizzard.com> has
filed for three new patents.

*Word Mark* WRATH OF THE LICH KING
*Goods and Services* IC 041. US 100 101 107. G & S: Entertainment
services, namely, providing online computer games; providing
computer games that may be accessed via a global computer network;
and providing online information in the field of computer gaming
entertainment.

*Word Mark* WRATH OF THE LICH KING
*Goods and Services* IC 016. US 002 005 022 023 029 037 038 050. G &
S: Comic books, strategy guides, trading cards, coloring books,
adhesive stickers, rub-on transfers, notebooks, stationery-type
portfolios, posters, greeting cards, calendars, instructional
leaflets, manuals, advertisement boards of paper or cardboard,
catalogues, photographs, art prints.

*Word Mark* WRATH OF THE LICH KING
*Goods and Services* IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Computer
game software and related instruction manuals and guides sold
together as a unit; downloadable software for use in connection with
computer games; interactive multimedia computer game program; mousepads.

Looks like an expansion for the computer game, trading card game and
other such goodies is in the works!

The Guild - Episode 1: Wake-Up Call

2007-07-31T14:55:00.001-07:00

OMG! diz b da r0xxorz.

Come take a look at the rich and fruitful lives of those individuals who interact in the virtual world.

I would mock but I would find myself laughing at my mirror.

CHEEZEBURGER!

2007-07-30T13:30:00.000-07:00

Guilty pleasure.

Lolcatz ftw!

PS3 vs. Wii

2007-07-20T11:45:00.001-07:00

Powerthirst

2007-07-20T11:43:00.001-07:00

It's CATURDAY!

2007-07-17T13:06:00.000-07:00

Alas poor E3, we hardly knew you

2007-07-16T14:51:00.000-07:00

Well the word on the street from those people "privileged " enough to be invited to the formerly spectacular E3 video game conference is that it is "officially" dead.

People had a crap time going from hotel to hotel to airport hanger to view the meager showings of those developers who even bothered to show up.

To all you former E3 fans I leave you this last message in tribute.

http://uk.gizmodo.com/last_year.jpg">

Spinal Tap + Army of Bassists - Live Earth (FIXED)

2007-07-10T12:34:00.001-07:00

W00t! Spinal Tap at Live Earth Concert

WoW on the iPhone

2007-07-09T13:31:00.001-07:00

ZOMG!

Quick get me some bifocals, I am going after MaGtheradon!

AIE Bull Run 2007

2007-07-05T22:54:00.001-07:00

Wee Wii Mii - 22-month old video gamer

2007-07-04T11:39:00.001-07:00

Nintendo Wiimote Theremin with Moog Little Phatty

2007-06-22T11:04:00.001-07:00

Super Mario Brothers

2007-06-21T14:11:00.001-07:00

Just in case you didn't get enough Super Mario geek goodness. I present to you and utter waste of time to the tune of Mario.

*bows*

Enjoy mon petit pois.

If only Walt were with us again

2007-06-17T14:42:00.000-07:00

I found this little gem of a comic form one of my favorite artists Roman Dirge.

What would Walt say if he saw his company now?

Why we should fear the Religious Right.

2007-06-13T11:03:00.000-07:00

Further proof that the religious right will end up destroying our country.

Help combat this menace! Teach your children about the scientific method and the importance of being a skeptic.

http://www.skepticality.com/index.php

Which historical figure am I most like.

2007-06-12T14:20:00.000-07:00

What Famous Leader Are
You?

personality tests by similarminds.com

Amateur - Lasse Gjertsen

2007-06-08T11:46:00.001-07:00

You hear an awful lot of bragging from media outlets claiming that the general public does not have the talent or the expertise to create truly engaging or original content.

This proves otherwise.

Portishead at All Tomorrow's Parties

2007-05-31T11:44:00.001-07:00

Could it be? Is it possible? Is the new Portishead album that has been rumored for so long finally coming out?

Portishead are to be the next curators and will be performing exclusively at All Tomorrow's Parties, Nightmare Before Christmas in December 2007.

They will be playing their first full live set featuring new material in nearly 10 years at the event which is set for December 7, 8 & 9 at Butlins Holiday Camp at Minehead.

"We have always loved the All Tomorrow's Parties set up and we're happy our first shows will be there. It's great to have the opportunity to introduce bands we love or have influenced us. We've chosen a diverse collection of artists to play with us and we're really looking forward to it"

Details of the line up will be announced here and at the All Tomorrow's Parties site www.atpfestival.com where you'll also find details of how to buy tickets, accomodation available and how to get there.

Signing up to the mailing list instantly makes you eligible in a draw to win a pair of tickets for ATP

The first artists we can confirm will be playing are Aphex Twin, Black Mountain, Crippled Black Phoenix, Fuzz against Junk, Julian Cope, Oneida, Seasick Steve, Sparklehorse & Team Brick. More to be announced soon.

We are number 96! We are number 96!

2007-05-30T10:55:00.000-07:00

So the index of Global Peace Ranking just came out.

I hope King George and his "Bushy" flunkies are proud

How do you get people to stop drinking Diet Coke? Why put vitamins in it. Duh!

2007-05-29T15:24:00.000-07:00

Talk about one the most stupidest, ill conceived and downright desperate attempts to get people to drink more soda.

I can't wait to see it fail! ^_^ *squeal!

What Would Happen if You Bought 25 Bottles of Nyquil?

2007-05-29T15:08:00.000-07:00

Just a little story that I thought you might find amusing.

Ever since I was a little girl, I have periodically played a game I like to call ‘What would happen if…’

The very first time I played this game I was 5 years old and riding in the car with my Mother. She had allowed me to sit in the front seat, but the novelty of that wore off rather quickly and I got bored. Almost immediately after we merged onto the expressway, I spied the car door handle. I thought to myself, I wonder what would happen if I opened the car door right now?

Would the door fly open? Or would it stay closed since the car was in motion? If it flew open, would the wind rip the door completely off of the car? My seatbelt was secure, so I was pretty sure I wouldn’t fly out of the car, but would anything else fly out? What would my Mother do?

I looked over at my Mother who was paying careful attention to the road and vaguely singing along with the radio. Then I looked over at the gleaming car handle. I knew that opening the door while we were driving was a very stupid and potentially dangerous thing to do, but it was almost as if the handle was calling my name. It wanted me to open it. I tried to resist, but my curiosity overwhelmed me. Slowly, I reached over…and opened the door.

Turns out the only thing that happens when you open the car door on the expressway is your Mother screams, “OH MY GOD! HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?” pulls over, closes your door, and then goes homes and bitches to your Father about her vehicle being unsafe and demands he buy her a new one.

It wasn’t the most exciting outcome in the world, but at least I knew.

This past Friday evening, I found myself inadvertently playing another game of ‘What would happen if…’

My husband has been dealing with a particularly nasty summer cold and it’s making it difficult for him to fall asleep. Shortly after midnight one evening, he asked me to run to the store and pick him up some medicine. I agreed because I’m nice like that.

After selecting a bottle of Nyquil and my Husband’s favorite brand of ice cream, it was time to check-out. I elected to go through the self check-out lane because the group of kids who normally jockeyed the registers looked thoroughly engrossed in a conversation about their parents sucking or their jobs sucking or who de-friended them on myspace recently or whatever and I didn’t want to interrupt them. Besides, I have two fully functioning arms. I am capable of scanning and bagging my own ice cream.

However, after I scanned my items, the computer started beeping.

“You have selected an age restricted item. Please wait for a cashier,” it said.

“What the Hell?” I mused, “Ice cream and Nyquil is age restricted now?”

A teenager with a lip piercing and bad dye job came rushing over. “Can I see your ID?” she chirped.

“What did I order that needs ID?” I asked.

She looked over my purchases and shrugged. “I guess it’s the Nyquil.”

I sighed deeply and handed her my driver’s license. She glanced at it quickly, typed my birthday into the computer, handed it back, and scurried away. Even though I didn’t show it, I was all kinds of annoyed.

I mean, what kind of nanny state am I living in right now? I can’t even buy cold medicine anymore without the government all up in my shit? Why is my right to privacy being invaded in favor of incompetent police officers who lack the ability to catch drug dealers without spying on the average law abiding citizen?

Then, out of nowhere, I thought, I wonder what would happen if I tried to buy all the Nyquil on the shelf?

Would they laugh? Would they get angry? Would they sell it to me? Would they call the cops? Would they interrogate me until I told them what it was for?

No matter how many years pass, I remain easily seduced by my curiosity. The harder I try to shake the wondering thoughts from my head, the more they burrow into my brain and demand recognition. By the time I got home from the grocery store, I simply had to know what would happen if I tried to buy an entire shelf full of Nyquil.

The next morning, I woke up bright and early with the intent of carrying out my plan. Now I’m not really sure how the typical Meth Head dresses, so I took a guess. I clad myself in an old T-shirt and a ripped pair of pants that were covered in paint. I pulled my hair back in a ratty ponytail and slipped on a pair of dirty sandals. My goal was to look as shady as possible without overdoing it.

Upon entering the store, I grabbed one of those hand-held shopping baskets and walked with single minded purpose over to the drug isle. I then proceeded to fill my basket with every bottle of Nyquil sitting on the shelf. There weren’t that many and I really wanted to be obvious, so I decided to buy all the generic versions as well. Then I marched my ass right over to the cashier and emptied my basket onto the conveyor belt. At first she wasn’t really paying attention as she grabbed bottle after bottle and flipped them through the scanner. Then a little light must have gone off in her head because she suddenly paused.

“Are these on sale or something?” she asked.

“Nope.” I replied noncommittally.

“I’m going to need to see your ID,” she responded.

“Sure.” I said as I handed it over.

“I’ll be right back,” she told me as she scampered over to the customer service desk to show my ID to who I assumed was the manager.

The guy in line behind me asked, “Someone sick?”

“I’m having a yard sale,” I replied. Yeah, my answer didn’t make much sense. But it was none of his business, so fuck him.

After about 10 minutes, the cashier came back and gave me my ID. Then she finished ringing me up and handed over two bags of Nyquil. “Um, have a nice day,” she said.

I thanked her politely and headed out to my car thinking to myself that the whole scenario ended up being fairly anticlimactic. This time, bending to the will of my curiosity earned me nothing more than 10 minutes of inconvenience and 25 bottles of unneeded Nyquil. Fucking fantastic.

I went home, unloaded my spoils onto my kitchen table and decided to take a nap on my couch. Right before I fell asleep, I thought to myself, I really need to stop playing that game.

A couple of hours later, my brother and his girlfriend woke me up.

“What the hell is with all the Nyquil?” he asked.

I told him about my game and how nothing really exciting happened. Then, he said, “Probably because you bought the wrong shit.”

I said, “Huh?”

With a smirk on his face, my brother explained, “The ingredient in Nyquil that is used to make crystal meth is called pseudoephedrine. But these don’t have it in them. Look! It even says right here on the front, ‘Now Made without pseudoephedrine.’

“Then why did they card me for them?”

“How the hell am I supposed to know? All I know is that you can’t make meth out of these.”

“Son of a bitch!” I exclaimed.

“You are the worst fake drug dealer ever,” my brother admonished.

His girlfriend cut in, “You know what you should get? Sudafed. They sell it behind the counter at the pharmacy and they probably won’t give you more than one or two. But it might be funny if you asked to exchange your Nyquil for 25 boxes of Sudafed.”

For me, failure tends to make me more determined, so I decided that was exactly what I was going to do. But, this time, I wanted to start my adventure with a bit more planning. I decided to call the grocery store and ask if it was even possible to return Nyquil since it was technically a medicine. The manager I spoke to assured me that as long as I had the receipt and the seal wasn’t broken, they would take it back.

So the next day, I packed up my bags of Nyquil and headed back to the grocery store. I plopped the bags on the counter of the customer service desk and amicably said, “I’d like to return these, please.”

The cashier looked shocked. “All of these?”

“Yes please,” I answered mildly, “Here is the receipt.”

“How many bottles are in here?”

“25.”

“25? You bought 25 bottles of Nyquil? Why would you do that?” she asked.

“I wasn’t feeling well.” I answered.

“So why are you returning them now?” She countered.

I slightly hardened my voice. “I’m feeling better.”

“Normal people don’t buy 25 bottles of Nyquil!” she exclaimed.

“So?” I snapped.

She started stammering. “Well….its just that I don’t….I don’t know…if we can take this many back. We’d have to throw them away and….I….uh….”

“I called and spoke to a manager yesterday,” I informed her, “And he told me that as long as the seal wasn’t broken and I had the receipt, you would take them back.”

“Well I’m sure he didn’t know how many you bought!”

“Does it matter?” I questioned, “Is there some sort of store policy that states you can only return so many things at a time?”

“I’m going to get my manger,” she replied.

“Fine.”

The manger came over, obviously perturbed, and we argued back and forth for a few minutes. Finally she said, “I’ll take them back this time. But next time, I won’t.”

“That’s fine by me,” I agreed.

I filled out a form with my name, address, and phone number, got my cash back and walked directly over to the pharmacy.

An older lady walked over to wait on me. “Can I please buy some Sudafed?” I requested.

“Sure!” she said as she held out her hand, “I’m going to need some proof that you’re over 18, though.”

“That’s fine,” I told her, “But I’m going to need more than one.”

“How many do you need?”

“25.”

“25 tablets?”

“No, 25 boxes.”

I’m not sure if my answer extremely shocked her or extremely angered her, but her response was to shriek, “NO!”

Calmly, I asked, “Why not?”

“NO!” she bellowed again.

“But why not?” I repeated.

“BECAUSE OF THE METH!” she hollered.

I smiled a little and said, “I promise I won’t use it to make meth.”

Again: “NO!”

A concerned Pharmacist walked around the counter. “What seems to be the problem here?” he questioned.

“I’m just trying to by some Sudafed.” I answered.

The cashier squawked again, “NO! YOU CAN’T HAVE ANY!”

And I was supposed to be the crazy one!

The Pharmacist gave her a confused look and she said to him, “She wants 25 boxes!”

“Whoa, wait a minute, ma’am!” he said to me.

Just then, out of the corner of my eye, I realized that the manager who did my return and a couple of stock boys were walking up behind me. They were closing in on me!

I thought to myself what better time to walk away, all shifty, like I was a real drug dealer than now. So I abruptly did an about-face and briskly started striding towards the door.

The Pharmacist tried to stop me. “Ma’am!” he called after me, “Ma’am! I’m going to need you to come back here! Ma’am!”

Seriously, I couldn’t believe he actually thought I would fall for that. I mean, what am I? 12 years old? Did he actually think I would be naïve enough to believe that a goddamn Pharmacist had the legal right to forcibly detain me in a grocery store?

But the ridiculousness of the situation was only a fleeting thought in my mind. At that precise moment, I had more pressing matters to concern myself with. Namely, how I was going to shake the manager and the stock boy goons who were in the process of following me out of the store.

I increased my walking speed a little and made it outside. I paused for a second, thinking the chase was over, but I was wrong. The manager had tailed me into the parking lot. Frantically, she started waving the cart boys over to her and pointing in my direction. Before I knew it, I had a small army of grocery store employees following me around the parking lot. It was fucking surreal. I felt like I was starring in the deleted scenes of one of those Terminator movies.

My theory was that they were waiting until I got into my car so they could write down my license plate number. To me, this was odd, considering the fact that they had my name, address, and phone number written on a slip of paper behind the customer service desk.

Anyway, I finally thwarted them for good by electing to simply walk home. Because I live a couple of miles from the grocery store, I decided to call my brother.

“Hey, if the cops show up at my door, do not let them in without a warrant,” I told him, “That’s a violation of my 4th amendment rights!”

“No problem.” He said. He’s learned to quit asking questions.

The end result of my little escapade, however, produced no angry police officers ruthlessly pounding on my door. In fact, outside of a couple of grocery store employees who briefly pretended to be Rambo, nothing really exciting happened at all.

All in all, I ended up fairly disappointed with my most recent game of ‘What would happen if….’ You see, that’s the problem with letting yourself become randomly consumed by curiosity. Things rarely live up to your expectations.

Engadget Founder Plans IPod Challenger

2007-05-24T09:58:00.000-07:00

By Adario Strange EmailMay 24, 2007

Rjasegd The idea that originated as a joke on Jason Calacanis’ blog that had Dave Winer and Engadget’s Peter Rojas putting together a podcast player is still very much alive as a real possibility.

“We saw so much interest and excitement about the prospect of building one, it’d be awesome to get a bunch of smart, creative people all in the same place at the same time to talk about it.”

Here’s the original idea for the device, as originally fielded by Calacanis: “what if Peter designed a wifi-enabled media player for geeks. Like something with built in podcasting software and the ability to sync podcasts whenever and IP device is detected?” The idea then ballooned into a kind of open source project that would include input from various volunteers. The dream gadget seemed like idle speculation at the time, but Rojas’ recent comments indicate that we may eventually see the product become a reality.

World Of Warcraft: Dancing

2007-05-23T14:42:00.001-07:00

I always wondered where the Blizzard developers got the dances for players avatars for World of Warcraft. They definitely seem to be an ecletic group but makes me wonder, when are they gonna allow players to create their own dances?

I can see my blood elf paladin doing the cabbage patch.

Profit-Driven Viver Trojan Hits Smart Phones

2007-05-22T10:08:00.000-07:00

*New Trojan horse variants steal money from smart phone users by sending
text messages to premium-rate numbers.*

*Matthew Broersma, Techworld*

Antivirus researchers have turned up three Trojan horse variants that are the most successful attempts yet to steal money from smartphone users.

The variants on the Viver Trojan (short for Trojan-SMS.SymbOS.Viver) send text messages to premium-rate numbers in Russia, a tactic used by some previous malware. But Viver is more sophisticated, according to <http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/archive-052007.html#00001194> Kaspersky Lab, which discovered all three Trojan variants last week.

Viver was uploaded to a popular file-sharing site and was downloaded by hundreds of users before it was removed, according to Kaspersky senior virus analyst Aleks Gostev.

The first pieces of malware to try the premium-number tactic were RedBrowser and Wesber, but those were written in Java and required user interaction for each message sent.

Because the earlier programs made use of Russian premium-rate numbers and didn't include a country code, they were only able to function properly from within Russia.

The Viver variants remove those limitations. To begin with, they are written for the Symbian platform - specifically Nokia's S60 version of the operating system, second edition and earlier versions, according to antivirus firm F-Secure.

"Viver is coded to run on phones with Symbian, making it the first Trojan of this type for smartphones," said Kaspersky's Gostev in a research note.

The new Trojans still text to a Russian number but use correct international dialling codes, and thus can work from any country, Gostev said. They don't require any user interaction, but simply begin sending texts as soon as they're installed.

Each text costs the user 177 roubles, or about £3.50 (US$7).

Gostev said Kaspersky discovered the Trojans on a popular file-sharing site for mobile users, presenting itself as a photo editor, set of video codecs or other utility.

He said one of the Viver variants was downloaded by around 200 people in less than 24 hours, before the site administrator removed it.

Security experts said the Trojan represents a worrying trend.

"Prior to 2003 there was little for-profit malware on the PC platform, and now almost all malware is written for one or other profit motivation," said F-Secure researcher Jarno Niemela on the company's blog <http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/archive-052007.html#00001194>. "It is very likely that more for-profit malware will also appear on mobile platforms."

Kaspersky's Gostev said for-profit mobile malware already seems to be proliferating quickly. "This month alone we've logged three similar incidents," he wrote. "We can only guess how many more of these Trojans are out there, but one thing is for sure - if there's money to be made, virus writers won't be slow to take up the opportunity."

Mario: Game Over

2007-05-11T14:22:00.001-07:00

ZOMG!

It looks like our boy Mario is fallen on hard times. With Link stealing the show on the Wii is a stint on a reality television show next?

Pirate Bay Hacked! Ohhh the Irony...

2007-05-11T10:07:00.001-07:00

Pirate Bay hacked, database stolen by ZDNet's Ryan Naraine -- According to an alert posted on The Pirate Bay's blog, the stolen user credentials were encrypted but the site is still urging users to immediately change usernames and passwords to avoid the risk of identity theft.

OMG! I finally found it. DEADSY!

2007-05-10T00:26:00.001-07:00

After years of searching for this gem of a disturbing animated short.

Please enjoy Deadsy.

Happy Medieval Friday

2007-05-04T10:33:00.000-07:00

Tired of casual Friday?

Why not start a new trend, introduce Medieval Fridays.

Because nothing says comfort and global commercial domination than a spiffy set of pauldrons.

Where do you live?

2007-05-03T11:25:00.000-07:00

Digg Rebellion Shows That Crowd Is Law

2007-05-03T10:22:00.000-07:00

Reposted from Information Week

Allowing the posting of the "processing key" for HD-DVD and Blu-ray video signals the rise of social computing as a countervailing force.

By Thomas Claburn
InformationWeek
May 2, 2007 06:00 PM

In late 1999, law professor Lawrence Lessig published a book called "Code Is Law," exploring how the technical architecture of the Internet -- the code -- would regulate the Internet, in conjunction with the legal system. His aim was to counter the notion that the Internet was somehow beyond control -- a view that emerged as the Internet came of age in the 1990s -- and to clarify the choices faced by the Internet community going forward.

Lessig revisited the issue in a follow-up book, Code 2.0. "We can build, or architect, or code cyberspace to protect values that we believe are fundamental," he wrote. "Or we can build, or architect, or code cyberspace to allow those values to disappear." Since then, countries like China, not to mention the companies that do business there and supply governments with technology to censorship and monitor, have demonstrated that the Internet and its users can be brought to heel, mostly.

But social computing -- blogging, commenting, messaging's movement beyond e-mail, and other group-oriented, collaborative systems -- is emerging as a countervailing force. When everyone is an individual publisher, they are vulnerable as individuals. But when they band together in groups, when they form communities, when they connect, they become powerful, both politically and economically.

This has always been the case. It is the reason that governments try to limit public assembly. Now, thanks to Web 2.0 and social networking technologies, the crowd has become self-aware and self-protective.

For Digg at least, crowd is law.

On Tuesday, Digg users rejected the community news site's effort to censor posts that revealed a 32-digit number, the "processing key" that can be used to open the digital lock protecting HD-DVD and Blu-ray video discs. Digg tried to remove posts containing the number in order to avoid liability for publishing information that could be used to facilitate copyright infringement.

The rebellion is rooted in longstanding contempt that many members of the online community have for digital rights management (DRM) technology. "What the revolt speaks to is the frustration of consumers' ability to control a property that they purchased," said Gregory Rutchik, founding attorney at the San Francisco-based Arts & Technology Law Group.

In dealing with this broad dislike for DRM and the state of copyright law, Digg faces the same problem that confronts YouTube: How do you deal with user-generated content that's really generated by someone else? In YouTube's case, filtering technology should eventually be able to identify infringing submissions. Digg, however, faces a much tougher problem due to the nature of the information in question: How do you censor a number?

The short answer is you don't. And that has implications for would-be rebels everywhere. It shows that given the right circumstances, systems of censorship can be overcome. Coordinated group efforts like this may well become the virtual equivalent of standing in front of a tank in Tiananmen Square. Others have likened it to the Boston Tea Party.

"It turns out that the 'government' of Digg's community gets its power from the consent of the governed," Princeton computer science professor Ed Felten wrote in a blog post about the uprising. "Users of other Web 2.0 sites will surely take note."

As far as the law is concerned, however, nothing has changed. And Digg, by openly throwing in the towel and siding with its users, may be inviting a lawsuit. It would be a difficult lawsuit to win because the courts have already ruled on a very similar case.

"It reminds me of the 2600 magazine case on the DeCSS code," said Rutchik. "In 2002, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals basically held that the magazine could be banned from publishing or linking to the DeCSS code."

The DeCSS code, like the processing key code that has been plastered all over the Net, served to decrypt encrypted video content, an act that violates of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's anti-circumvention provision.

Rutchik observes that the Digg insurrection may prompt some reconsideration of copyright law. "It's through revolution that business and government often change," he said. "Plaintiff lawsuits made cars safer, they made pajamas fireproof. Revolt bought about the birth of this nation."

But as Rutchik sees it, flouting the law isn't the answer. "This is a capitalist economy," he explained. "And copyright owners are entitled to put up fences. They remind people that the yard of another can only be entered with permission. And boundaries in a capitalist society are necessary to incentivize creators."

The problem is that Hollywood's fence looks like shackles to many in the Internet community. And evidently this rather vocal group isn't into bondage.

My sister in-law and the lil bruiser

2007-05-02T15:47:00.001-07:00

Week 1 011
Originally uploaded by amhas@sbcglobal.net.

So I just wanted to share a picture on my sister in-law Mari, and her new little bundle.

What would Spock say?

2007-05-02T14:12:00.001-07:00

Spock
Originally uploaded by ExtraLife.

Just screwing around cuz I am bored.

Digg This: 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0

2007-05-02T13:30:00.003-07:00

"But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you’ve made it clear. You’d rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won’t delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be."

read more | digg story

HD-DVD key fiasco is an example of 21st century digital revolt

2007-05-02T13:30:00.001-07:00

It's the most circulated number of the week. Sixteen hexadecimal digits that unlock the wonder of most currently released HD-DVD titles from the surly clutches of the AACS revenue content protection system. Sixteen digits that have been posted in so many places -- and in many cases, removed only to be reposted -- that they're hard to avoid.

read more | digg story

Jonathan Coulton in LA -03-First Of May

2007-05-02T10:52:00.001-07:00

Have a happy First of May!

Make sure your brush the ants off.

I came, I saw, I Wii'ed!

2007-04-23T14:27:00.000-07:00

FINALLY!

After searching high and low, I finally got the Wii.

I did it without having to get up at some ungodly hour and waiting in line in freezing temperatures.

I did it without having to BRIBE a Best Buy employee to let me know when it was being shipped or to hide one for me in the stockroom. But it comes with a price. I am no longer mindless, happy, shinny Nintendo fan. I am now a cynical fan of Nintendo.

Xavier V. Gomez

2007-04-20T12:08:00.001-07:00

Xavier
Originally uploaded by Moe.

Awwwww

They look so sweet right now, but just you wait.

We are gonna make him an ub3r l33t h4xx0r.

My brother and sister in-law are gonna hate me.

AEMMA

2007-04-19T15:12:00.001-07:00

This is a freaking hilarious commercial for AEMMA.

If you were born 500 years too late then this is for you.

Pictures of the n00blet

2007-04-19T13:01:00.000-07:00

So here are the first images of the new addition to the Gomez clan.

Xavier Valentino Gomez
Looks like he's gonna be a bruiser and Moma and my brother are doing well.

More later

Meanwhile in the political world

2007-04-19T11:16:00.000-07:00

As the saying goes, if a friend of yours votes Republican "Give them a boot in the head".

Paul Wolfowitz Scandal

It is unfortunate that people's attention is centered on other tragedies because vipers like Wolfowitz and his Bushie pay masters count on people being distracted by other things.

OMG! We are multiplying

2007-04-19T09:37:00.000-07:00

Well it is official.

My branch of the Gomez clan has officially spawned.

The as so far unnamed n00blet son of my brother was born around 9:30 am, thus cementing the continued growth of the family name.

This is going to be fun as I now get to hear my brothers stories of
perpetual lack of sleep, spit up stories, pee in the face moments and
the never ending stream of dirty diapers.

Only 13 years from open defiance and insurrection.

I so can't wait to fill this kid with complexes and idiosyncrasies.

David Sedaris on Letterman

2007-04-17T14:59:00.001-07:00

And people wonder how I got so twisted.

I point and blame Public Broadcasting. Ernie made me do it!

Wii envy

2007-04-17T10:36:00.000-07:00

I want a Wii! ><

Since Christmas I have been asking around trying to get one of those hydro cephalic trogs that works at the big electronics stores to let me know when the next shipment of Wii's come in.

Each time I get the same answer.

Me: When is your next Wii shipment?

Trog with finger up his nose: Uhhh, we do not know when the next shipment is coming in.

Me: Is there a way for you to let me know when they do come in?

Trog sniffing his finger: We sorry first come first serve.

Me: So let me get this straight, you do not know when it's coming in and you can not tell me when it comes in and I can not pre-buy it either/

Trog licking finger: uh, yeah.

Now do not get me wrong. I could have gotten it a long time ago. I did not buy it then because I did not want to spend and additional $300.00 American above and beyond the base sticker price.

I mean who does that?

Who is willing to spend that much money on a Wii?

Honestly, If you have nothing better to do with your cash, buy that steaming piece of turd the PS3. Do not continue to allow hardware vendors to prey on your desperation (and or stupidity) and allow them to jack up the price 2X or 3X of what it usually is. Do not buy the bundles systems either, those are a total waste of cash as they stick you with a bunch of titles that you will never play, sell or give away.

I'm going to go play Wow now.

Muwahahahaha! I am evil in a "Good" way

2007-04-16T11:46:00.000-07:00

Just something that I did to prove to myself that I am not the norm.

You scored as Chaotic Good. A Chaotic Good person is someone
who has little intrinsic respect for laws or authority, seeing them

as insufficient to sustain what's right. These people work according

to their own moral compass which, while good, is not necessarily always

aligned with that of society. Despite their chaotic tendancies, these

people are good at heart.

Chaotic Good

70%

Neutral Good

60%

True Neutral

60%

Neutral Evil

55%

Lawful Good

50%

Lawful Evil

50%

Chaotic Neutral

45%

Chaotic Evil

45%

Lawful Neutral

10%

What is your Alignment?
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Yes I am a geek!

2007-04-12T15:35:00.000-07:00

So I admit I play World of Warcraft.

*waits for the laughter to subside*

Yes it is true. The reason for my chronic lack of sleep is that I log in 2 or 3 times a week and kill tiny lil' electronic monsters and make fun of pimply faced teenagers for their abilities in mangling the English language.

pwnD u st00p1d n00b!

lol

Well I just found out that Blizzard Entertainment is having the second Blizzcon this August in Anaheim.

Yes I want to go.

Yes I am a geek.

So now I am planning to spend time with other Blizzard game playing dorks and ogle at girls dressed as Blood Elves and make disparaging remarks about the Disney Parks.

/sigh

Now powered by Jaiku!

2007-04-12T14:54:00.000-07:00

Now you can see what I am doing and pester me to no end.

Ain't the Interweb grand!

Wow! went a whole freakin year with out posting

2007-04-04T15:38:00.000-07:00

Let me see, what happened during that time.

1. Wife graduated with her Masters Degree
Yipeee!

2. Wife has a lot more financial aid debt.
Jesus freakin Christ! 0.o
I wonder how much I will get for a kidney.

3. I am back in school and on my way to FINALLY getting my degree

4. Work still 5uXX0R5

5. Our dog Odo passed on

6. We got a new cat named Vincent (after Vincent Price)

7. Got a newer to us junker car

Learned to appreciate the little things in life. (yeah right!)

Christmas time has come and gone and all I have is a lousy t-shirt

2005-12-28T10:20:00.000-08:00

I remember a long time ago when I was just a small child, a happy time of songs, smells and sights.

My heart would skip a beat at the mention of this magical time.
Everyone you knew from mean old man upstairs to your best friends actually became nicer. I mean really nice.

People would say please and thank you. Total strangers would wish you a good day, and the smell of spiced cakes and pies were everywhere.

And this is is sunny Los Angeles.

People where just happier back then, or so I remember.

Of course I'm talking about Christmas past...

I have just survived another budget busting, blood pressure popping, big o' piece of steaming reindeer turd of a holiday.

Am I ever glad its over.

Christmas has lost all its shiny luster this year. I have been yelled at by old ladies. Harassed by skater punks and insulted by sales people as they make off the cuff remarks about my choice of "gifts" to my loved ones.

Mmmmmmm beeerrrr!

2005-07-06T13:27:00.000-07:00

I like beer. I love beer.

I wan't to be buried encased in a giant bottle of beer with a best before this date sticker.

I love beer so much I wrote a haiku to celebrate:

Ahem!

The serene purity of beer

Look how it happily fizzes and pops

so much joy I cry

This past forth of July weekend I got a chance through work to tour the facilities of on of my favorite little Microbreweries, Craftsman Brewery. Thi place was found in a garage of a former JPL worker Mark Jilg, and yes ladies and gentleman he was a rocket scientist at one time.

The place was full of giant brew kettles, fermenters, kegs full o'beer. I almost teared up it was so simply and beautiful.

Burn the House Down (aka I'm never Buying Anything at Home Depot Again!!)

2005-06-22T11:43:00.000-07:00

I feel crappy.

I have had buzzing in my head for over a week now. Stoopid head…

My wife bought me a gas barbecue grill for papa’s day. No, I am not a father. I’d hate to think what kind of dad I would be if I was. I’d probably be one of those weirdo Vincent Price type dad who’s children grow up to be fascist Republican’s just to rebel against their father.

Shiver….

But any way my wife said that we had some money to burn (Aha! literally) and that she wanted me to get a gas grill for our patio. Oh, the joy, the rapture!!! I was to join my ancient ancestors in the art of charring meat to an unrecognizable lump of carbon. Sp began my task of shopping and comparing grills and I decided to go to the Home Depot to purchase it as they had a grill that would offer me the biggest bang for my buck. I arrived at the Downey store and asked the indifferent woman who was working the department. She looked at me as said “You are going to have to wait as I am swamped.” Ok, I can understand that but after waiting twenty minutes I was starting to get miffed. I finally got a clueless looking assistant to start looking for the grill and that went nowhere as they did not have the grill in stock and wouldn’t have until next Monday. I asked if they could call the store in Monrovia (as it was reasonably close to my house) to see if they had any in stock. He did and told me that according to the stock clerk they had 23 in stock. 23 in stock!!! So off I went to Monrovia to pick up my grill.

I arrived at the Monrovia store. Found another haggard employee, was told to wait as she would send someone over to help, waited, meet the assistant and he began to search for the grill. Remember that they told me at the Downey store that the Monrovia store had 23 grills in stock. I was told that they had no such grill in stock. Beyond pissed I commented that on the phone that this store had 23 in #$^%$ stock and that I had driven all the way from Downey. The Home Depot employee unmoved and told me too bad, I should have had the stock clerk to check visually as the one listed on their system may be the one yet to be unpacked from the stock area. Those grills were not going to be unpacked until Saturday afternoon at the latest and that the only way was to have will call, call me if they were the ones I was looking for.

I walked to will call with the grill SKU number told them my story. The nice stock clerk was incensed at my story, took my SKU number and told me to wait. After ten minutes she came over and apologized as she could not find any even though her system said she had 3 in stock. She told me that I probably would be better of finding the grill I needed from someone else as this is unfortunately too common an occurrence.

After that debacle I made up my mind to never again set foot in a Home Depot went to OSH and found the runner up grill that I had also researched. It only took five minutes to purchase the gleaming stainless steel beauty and have it sent to my car. Hmmmm…

Anywho, I spent the next day assembling my grill which kinda looks like a demented R2-D2 and proceeded to test fire it and picked a piece of salmon as my first sacrifice to Kwaj, god of fire.

I burnt that fishy to a crisp…

Muwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, cough, ack…

The crazy wacky white bread world of Minneapolis, MN

2005-06-16T15:17:00.000-07:00

I’ve recently been sitting around and musing about what I have learned after voyaging to my youngest brothers wedding in Minneapolis…

This part of the country is actually very picturesque, green and beautiful with a great sense on architecture and style.

Then why is it that I hated every minute of it???

I think my new sister in-law summed it up best.

Welcome to Minneapolis, land of ten thousand lakes and ten thousand rehab centers.

Everywhere I looked in this burg I found bar, after bar, after, mega liquor mart, after overpriced coffee shop. Geezus!

And don’t even get me started on the minister (Who was married!) who kept hitting on my wife (Who was sitting next to me!!) all during the rehearsal dinner.

Or the colony of perfect Stepford women who have made this city their central hive.

Makes me appreciate what I have here in crowded and corrupt sunny California.

On Culture and Soft Shell Crabs

2005-04-27T12:47:00.000-07:00

It’s my Birthday.

And oddly I feel ok…

It’s an uncharacteristically gloomy, soggy day here in Los Angeles. It’s quiet and uninteresting and that’s just fine. Just the kind of day you want to have on your natal day. Go figure.

But anywho back to the story.

My wife was sitting in a meeting yesterday when she heard the following…

Small asian woman at work: “You don’t want marry a Mexican. All you’ll get to eat are tacos and burritos.”

My wife was flabbergasted! My wife who married a Mexican! Who has to beg, plead, and make bodily threats so that I can make her a real Mexican diner.

Response from small ANGRY wife at work: “Are you kidding me! My husband wants to eat anything other than Mexican whenever he gets a chance!”

Small asian woman: “Huh???”

Wife: “My husband LOVES Japanese, Chinese, French, Thai, Southern, Outer Mongolian and Inner Mongolian. There isn’t a cuisine (Maybe Chilean and Guatemalan) he doesn’t like. He grew up eating Mexican food and likes it but he’s become enamored with every other cultures food. For goodnes sakes, he’s learning to use some God awful contraption to make his own Sea Salt for Parisian Mussels!!!”

Small fearful asian woman who now has the fear of God in her: “Huh???”

Age & Ambivelance

2005-04-26T14:39:00.000-07:00

My birthday is coming up soon.

I will be turning 30. I’m not going to lie and say that I’m looking forward to it and in fact I’m feeling very ambivalent about the whole thing.

*Sigh*

In the meantime I got a copy of one of my all time favorite games. Final Fantasy VI is about as old school as you can get. I plopped this little gem into my old Playstation and about three hours latter my wife woke up and told me it was 1:00 am.

Reminds me of the old times.

Moises