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Today's Random Fact: Fasting lengthens your life. A study by the National Institute on aging found that mice that were fed every other day lived longer than mice who ate regularly. In fact, fasting had the same benefits as ultra-low calorie diets. The findings suggest that it's not necessarily eating fewer calories that leads to longevity, but the fasting process itself. "Going without food imposes a mild stress on cells," said researcher Mark Mattson. "It's sort of analogous to physical effects of exercise on muscle cells." Find more info: Here
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Okay, so it's been a while since we last talked, right? Let's see what I can remember.
Christmas Eve: Went to Grandparent's house, but got called into work. Was pissed off about having to work until seeing a terminally ill cancer patient put things back into perspective. We ended up ordering Chinese food and watched A Christmas Story but I missed Church. Exchanged gifts with Lyndz, then came home.
Christmas Day: Stayed home and slept for a while, went to mom's then other Grandparent's for Dad. Came back home, then went to Grandparent number three's party. Went to Lyndz's family's thing from there, then back to her house. Got gifts from her parent's that night too. The 2003 Total Loot List is posted below.
Day After Christmas (Friday): Nothing during the day except work, but afterwards Jason came over. Major Escape Velocity and Freshetta pizza action.
Day after Friday: (Saturday): Went to Angie's with Jason and ate a really long lunch. Watched the littlest bro for a few hours and took him shopping. Mom picked him up and I went over Lyndz's. Fell asleep for a bit, then came back home and stayed up really late...
Day after the day after Friday: (Sunday): ...talked to Rachelle online and told her I'd give her a ride to work. Left around 6am and took her there, then came home and played the guitar for a couple hours fully intending to stay up for Church. Caffeine wore off and I crashed on the couch until after noon. Saw Lyndz quickly, then worked out with Eric. Came home and cleaned and tried to make Pizzelles. Made half a batch, then quit. Picked up Rachelle from her house and brought her back here and Jason and Angela came over. We took the Christmas tree to my former boss's house and ended up staying there really late. Angela and I made New Year's resolutions, but decided not to sleep with each other, Jason was proud of Corey "for going first", and Kelly really needed to wash her jacket. Came home and fell asleep around 6:30am.
Day before Tuesday: (Monday): Said "hi" to Lyndz really fast, then went to work. We were busy, but in a good way. Went back to Lyndz's after work and watched the first half of The Commitments. Good movie, really funny. Almost fell asleep in her basement but came home because I was way too tired. Showered, ate half a pizza, then fell asleep.
Day Before New Years Eve: (Tuesday): Up for work, was almost late because I got sucked into both Star Trek: Generations and The Abyss. Work was slow (I'm here writing the rough draft of this right now actually). Came home, ate my last meal for a while, then finished editing this. And I played some more Escape Velocity.
Day After Today: (Tomorrow): AKA: New Years Eve, AKA: Day I get my wisdom teeth pulled. Sorry, this day hasn't happened yet. Just wanted to throw it out there.
Okay, as promised, here's The 2003 Total Loot List:
Lyndz: Breitling watch and StrongBad CD
Lyndz's Parents: BP Card and Teeth of the Tiger
Lyndz's Aunt and Uncle: Trader Joe's Nacho Basket
Lyndz's Grandma: $15 and chocolates
Uncle M: Swenson's coins
Aunt C: Pirates of the Caribbean and Chicago DVD's.
Grandma W: Sweater
Grandma M: $15 Subway Money and candy
Grandma S: $10 Subway Money and Ireland Cash
Mom: Signed copy of Real America, boxer-briefs, sunglasses, and Ireland cash.
Mom's Fiance/Finance: The Two Towers EE DVD
Brother N: Homemade wood Christmas sculpture
Brother E, wait I can use his name, Eric: "The Worst of Despair" poster pack
Secret Santa at work: Lots of tools
Surprise gift from co-worker: Pizzelle iron!
Notes: After Christmas I had to exchange Chicago because it was Full Screen, and I can't deal with that. I took it back to Target, but they didn't have it in Widescreen, so got Finding Nemo instead. While there I picked up PCU , because it was on sale for 8 bucks and I haven't seen that anywhere. I also got Star Wars: Episode One: The Phantom Menace, because that's been hard to find too. Also, sometime during the Christmas season I caved and broke my DVD buying freeze. After watching Road House on VH1, I saw it on sale, so I bought it. I was weak, I'm sorry.
- Note from Timma: "Todd, in regards to the horses in ROTK - Peter Jackson cut out a whole bunch of stuff before the gates opened - wonder why the orcs in Mordor suddenly start moving toward the gates? How did Sauron know that Aragorn & the others were coming? The EE will explain it all (or you can read the books!)"
- Follow up from Todd: Yeah, I really should read the books. I heard a bunch of people bitching about how Jackson didn't show Sauron dying. His explanation was that it didn't flow well in the cinema version, but it will definitely be on the Extended Edition DVDs. I'm more of an EE guy myself anyway, I've already got the first two.
This is from last year, but it's still applicable. It's nice how the media will force a fake holiday in your face then conveniently forget some of the small details, isn't it? By the way, did YOU have a happy Kwanza?
Quick bitch: I'm the only person I know who doesn't like his George Foreman grill.
Okay, to finish off this long awaited Holiday WEEKEND UPDATE, I'm going to post my infamous pizza dipping sauce. Use it wisely.
Todd's Perfect Pizza Dipping Sauce:
Ingredients:
- Ken's Ranch Dressing
- Frank's Red Hot Sauce
Instructions:
- Squirt liberal amount of Ken's onto your plate.
- Splash generous amounts of Frank's on top of the Ken's
- Mix together
- Dip your pizza into mixture
- Eat
- Send me money.
Okay, so that's it. Stay tuned, the Classic Rants section will be posted soon. I need to get those organized anyway, because eventually, I too
will have a book deal.
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Current Music: Hard-core Porn. Just kidding, I've wanted to say that for a while.
Today's Random Fact: There is a commonly accepted myth that The Boston Tea Party was held because the British imposed a tax on tea.
- The Truth: The exact opposite was true. The British did impose the Townsend Act, which taxed a number of goods – including tea – quite heavily. However the tax on tea didn't really affect the colonists – they drank a smuggled, less expensive Dutch tea (John Hancock was a big Dutch tea smuggler). To undercut the American tea-smuggling operation, the British rounded up between 15 and 20 million pounds of surplus tea, passed the Tea Act which eliminated taxes on British tea, and priced their huge supply below the price of the smuggled Dutch Tea. Colonists responded to this British interference by dumping the British tea before it was unloaded. That was the event called the Boston Tea Party
So, got all your Christmas shopping done yet? Me neither.
So, let's see; let's see… The week itself was fun. Tim came over for a surprise visit, I called off work in the middle of the week, spent some time with Lindsey, and saw Love Actually in a very sketchy movie theater.
Friday: Was very tired at work and still didn't feel well. Ended up coming home, eating, and falling asleep on the couch. I woke up in the middle of the night and felt like reading, so I read through some classic Blog entries from last year. I'm thinking of posting some of them in a "classics" section. Crashed again and slept until the late morning.
Saturday: Got up and cleaned for a while, it needed to be done. Read the paper, ate a big breakfast, and did dishes too. Finally got moving in the afternoon and did some Christmas shopping at Summit mall. Went directly from the mall to the Macedonia Cinemark for the 8pm showing of Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Check out the movie reviews on the right for more on that. Got out of there kinda late, it's a long assed movie, ya know? Anywho, after much debate we decided to get some wings and salads at B-dubs. Mad thanks to Tim for that. Came here and fell asleep for a while before actually falling asleep for the night kinda late.
Sunday: Got up early for Church. It was the genealogy gospel reading, of which I am not a fan. From church we went to SouthPark mall, to shop at the sporting goods store and get Chick-Fil-A. Um, the sporting goods store doesn't exist anymore and Chick-Fil-A
is closed on Sundays. WTF?!? One of the busiest shopping days of the year and they're not open? I was so F-ing pissed. Left SouthPark pissed. So, then we try to find ColdStone, which is "coming soon" to Strongsville. Well, it doesn’t exist yet, and it doesn't look like it's coming anytime soon. Still pissed. Kept driving until I saw GFS. Turned around and went inside hoping to buy some Fiestata pizzas (Spanish Pizza from High School). They still only sell them by the case, and I can't fit a case in my freezer. DAMNIT! Kept driving until I saw Krispy Kreme. I needed some serious donut action, so we went inside. Not only did we get a few free donuts, but we watched the whole donut making process. I was impressed and happy. From there it was off to Best Buy from a gift card (and one hell of a line). Jumped up to ParmaTown mall (third mall in 24 hours) to get my pictures I had developed and some chocolate from Malley's for a gift. Totally forgot about stopping at Eat N Park for the gift certificate I need, and instead went home. We ate some soup, then fell asleep.
Did I mention I keep smelling sushi on my own breath? Oh wait, I'm getting ahead of myself.
So, we wake up and go to Lindsey's place for some dinner. Her dad calls and says he has tickets for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Well, first a little background: I had already turned down tickets from my mom earlier this month because I'm not really into TSO anymore. See, I had a bad experience. Five years ago, before TSO was popular, I was a massive fan. Then they got popular and started to tour. Everyone I knew got to go, and I didn't. It was school or work or something, but I always got the shaft. Anywho, my interest had definitely dropped off. Okay, back to today. So I totally forgot my mom was going, and agreed to go. Turns out Lyndz's dad also got invited to a backstage party afterwards, very typical of something her dad gets invited to, but we got to go too! Very sweet. So, we eat dinner, then go to the concert. Got there right as it started, and aside from the fact that the metal seats killed my ass, it was an awesome show. After the show ends we go backstage and into the room they have set up for the party. I met the band's manager (Elliot), a bunch of other producer-type guys, and the head guy: Mr. Belkin, head of Belkin Productions. If you're from Cleveland, you've heard of him. His company is the local Clear Channel affiliate, so basically they are in charge of everything that has to relate to entertainment. They were all very nice. Also at this party was an open bar with terrific champagne and a ton of food, specifically, a lot of sushi. Hence the bad breath. The band came down and mingled with everyone, then they did some kind of fake award ceremony that was basically superlatives for the band. I didn't get any of the inside jokes, but it still felt really cool to be there. One thing I noticed, guitar players may look tall on stage, but in real life they're kind of short. All in all, it was really cool: Lindsey looked smokin hot, I got to be around famous people, and I got to be a VIP for an evening. I love shit like that. Seriously, I love it.
So then we came home and fell asleep for a while, then I came here and wrote this in rough draft form. I still need to edit and link it up, and I want to change the template around a bit, so I don't know when it'll be posted. I want to sleep now.
*** Really long F-ing pause... ***
Well, I didn't post this Sunday night. Instead I fell asleep, then I did the Monday and Tuesday work thing. Monday night I watched The Hours, so expect a review on that soon. Wait a minute, this is kinda a new UPDATE on an old UPDATE, so let me do this again...
- Current Music: Figured You Out by Nickelback
- Today's Random Fact: Masturbation protects the prostate, said Australian scientists. The questioned 1,079 men with prostate cancer about their sexual habits and compared their answers to 1,259 healthy men. The more the men ejaculated between the ages of 20 and 50, the less likely they were to develop prostate cancer. Frequent ejaculations may keep carcinogens from accumulating in the prostate, the gland that secrets most of the fluid in semen. "Semen in a very potent and strong brew of lots of chemicals," said researcher Graham Giles, "which, because of their biological reactivity, could be carcinogenic if left to lie around." For more info, check this:
Okay, back to the UPDATE! Well, let's see. So this is Tuesday night right? Yeah. Well, at work today I was greeted with the news that I have to work tomorrow (Christmas Eve). Hooray. Damn I hate my job.
Notice the things on the right? I have big plans for those columns, so stay tuned. Oh yeah, thanks to my ridiculous HTML coding talent, it only took 4 hours to get those on the right side on the page. Oh yeah, I rule.
So anywho, tonight I worked, bought more Christmas gifts, saw Lyndz, wrapped all my gifts, and talked to Jason online. Sometime previous to my posting this I recorded an AudioBlog.
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Keep in mind that I was well into my annual wrapping of the gifts and the drinking of the (Australian) wine, so it's pretty funny. Some background on the wine drinking: I love wine, it's good stuff. Traditionally I pretty much drink a whole bottle when I wrap my Christmas gifts and when I do my taxes. Like I said before, tonight I'm drinking an Australian Chardonnay, (Hardys to be exact) and it's really good stuff. I'm going to get a couple more bottles tomorrow, because it's on sale at the corner store for $4.99 a bottle. I really must specify that it does NOT taste like a $4.99 bottle. Trust me, you should buy some.
So, that's the end of a very long and long awaited UPDATE! I'll talk to you all again after the Holidays. Merry Christmas! -T-
P.S. I either have really nice neighbors or really thick walls, because when I drink I play both music and the guitar. I hope it's thick walls, because I'm not that good. Well, that and I sing with the music. Loudly. Ha!
P.P.S. For a couple hours I had this posted to keep people entertained while I drafted the UPDATE. Since I can't figure out how to delete things that I've already uploaded, I'm going to re-post it: It's my favorite Christmas song! Enjoy Mr Garrison's Christmas song! Okay, seriously, I'm out. Later! -T-
- Current Music: Actually, I'm watching RoadHouse on VH1. When it started I thought it was going to suck, but I left it on as background noise. Then I got sucked in. If I see it on DVD I'll probably pick it up. The blind guitar player is really good, but I doubt that's actually him playing. Ah well.
- Today's Random Fact: The first living creature to orbit the earth was a Russian dog named Laika, who was launched in a Russian satellite on November 3, 1957. The satellite orbited the earth 2,370 times before burning up – with Laika aboard – during re-entry.
So, let's see what's up. During the week? Not so much. Work was crazy, people kept calling off and we were busy as hell. Ah well. Personal life? Normal drama. Thursday night was really pretty awful, and to top it off, the dog pissed on the carpet. I was not happy.
Friday whilest I was at work I got a call from Jason saying he's in town for the holiday break. After work I called him and met up with he and Jeff at Dirty Nelly's. There were a lot of Abercrombie Army recruits there, but they were Poser-Parma Abercrombie Recruits, and I swear half of them were in the closet, there was far too much male-to-male contact. Needless to say, they were hilarious to watch. Also while we were there I saw my arch-nemesis for the first time in months. She ran up and gave me a hug causing me to spill half my beer on the table and onto Jason. She also weighs about 70 pounds now. Still attractive, but still absolutely out of her f-ing mind. We didn't talk very long, I didn't want her getting back in my head. Also while we were there, the place got raided by the cops checking for underage drinking. Something happened with someone trying to run out the back, but I wasn't paying attention at the time. It didn't last long and Jason, Jeff, and I took off shortly thereafter. When I got home I read a bit, but I couldn't fall asleep. Doesn't make a lot of sense considering how tired I was.
Saturday I woke up kinda late. I did some dishes and laundry so I could procrastinate studying, and got ready for my work party. Since it was BYOB, I stopped at GE on the way and got a sixer of Bud Light bottles. I've been frugal all this week because of the Tire-Kingdom thing, and I figured there was no way I'd drink six beers, so that should be plenty. Remember this, it comes into play later. I got to the party fashionably late, pretty much the same time everyone got there. Started off the evening by almost falling on my ass in the parking lot. Shut up, it was icy.
Everyone kinda stood around and talked for a while, and since these Christmas parties are known to get pretty wild, I stuck with Pepsi for the first few drinks. Dinner was pretty good they had it catered. After dinner I had a glass of Riesling, it was excellent. We sat around and talked for a while, and everyone got progressively more inebriated. Then it was time to play Name That Tune. Out of everything that was promised for these parties, Name That Tune was talked about the most, so I was excited. We divided into teams and started to play. I named a few, but there was a lot that I didn't know in the beginning. The nurse who was keeping score kept saying it was tied and the teams started to really competitive. As the game got closer to the end I was on quite a roll, and pretty damn into it. I got the last three and won the game, it was hilarious. The last song was "Ode to Joy", the 4th movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th symphony. Screaming out "ODE TO JOY BY BEETHOVEN!" to win the game was seriously a blast.
After the game the ladies started dancing, so we moved everything out of the way and made a pseudo-dance floor. We also gathered all the co-workers in the kitchen area and did Jello shots. Someone made Toomey Syringes full of Jello shots, and I have to tell ya, that was awesome. I had one of those Toomey-syringe shots, one creamy shot that tasted like a cough syrup flavored creamsicle, and one fruit punch flavored Jello Shot. Did I mention I don’t even like Jello shots? While I'm on the subject, let's check the total for the evening. I nursed three beers during the party, drank two more at the same time after winning the game, and did a cranberry Stoli shot with a co-worker's husband from the other team. (He pulled a Godfather on me and said that I could either be on his team next year, or sleep with the fishes. Good times.)
I realized something tonight. I'm a cheap date, it only takes two drinks to make me feel good. But from that point on, I don't think it's possible for me to get drunk! Seriously, look at the total, I drank quite a bit. Now admittedly, I did eat dinner, plus three more rolls with butter during the evening, but I didn't get drunk! Come on! I don't know if it's genetics or what, but I was almost trying to get wasted, it wasn't happening! (Seriously there's been drama this week.) Anywho, there was no getting wasted for me, and combined with a little coffee, I was sober before the party ended.
What else happened at the party? I smelled pot, and someone confirmed they saw people smoking. It seemed really out of place considering everyone I work with is older then me (most by a lot). I dunno, it was really odd. Speaking of old people, they stop partying early. Seriously, we had the lights on and the party cleaned up by one in the morning. I was in one of the last groups to leave, we stayed to help clean up. Also, we got the spoils of war! This is where that beer total comes in. Remember, I brought six Bud Lights right? Well, when I left I had a back pack full of eight Coors Light, two Bud Light, and two MGD. That's right, I came with six drinks, I drank nine drinks (ten including the wine), and I left with twelve. That my friends, is the kind of math to which I subscribe. Oh, I also got an unopened bag of Doritos and two pockets full of peppermints.
When I got home I goofed on the computer, then read for a while. Talked to Lyndz sometime after four, then fell asleep.
So, as I came home Saturday night it started to snow. When I woke up this morning, there was five inches of snow on the ground. I woke up to my cell phone ringing. Upon answering it I was greeted with news from Eric. He said to turn on the news. Yes, that's right, we captured Saddam alive. That stupid MF who preaches suicide attacks surrendered without a shot fired. Oh yeah, he had a pistol on his belt. These guys are all the same. Let's see how powerful he is when the Kurds rip him into pieces.
Other then that, I put off studying by watching a lot of VH1's We Love the Eighties Strikes Back. Tonight I'm going to watch Kid Rock's Christmas special.
What else is going on?
On Monday I was blasting AC/DC's Back in Black as I pulled into the parking garage at work. There was an attendant standing near enough to hear the music and she started dancing. It was really amusing, made me smile for a couple hours.
Why do dogs have to find that perfect spot to take a dump? I mean honestly, it's freezing cold outside, you can go anywhere!
Why is it that you can hear a song on the radio and you'll listen to it, even though you have that exact song, on CD, in the player at that exact moment. Why does it seem special that it's on the radio? Is it something about not being about to skip it? Seriously, I know you done it. You've chosen FM over CD. Admit it!
Okay, while I was watching "We Love the 80's Strikes Back" on VH1, they informed me that Donkey Kong was in fact NOT a donkey, he was a gorilla! That didn't seem like that big of a deal until I realized that for all the years I've been exposed to Donkey Kong, in all it's forms, I've never noticed. WTF?!? I swear, sometimes I can so damn oblivious.
Aaron Karo posted this on his last Ruminations. I find it applicable for Finals Week: "… I have again begun hearing people say they are 'bad test-takers.' Mind you these are not people who are dyslexic or have other learning disabilities, it’s just that when it comes to test-taking, they are 'bad.' This has got to be the sorriest excuse in the world. How are you going to be a lawyer or an MBA if you can’t pencil in bubbles within an allotted time period?"
Something I read in Consumer Reports: About $4 billion worth of plastic gift cards to retail stores were never redeemed last year. Many people put them aside after Christmas and lose them. No wonder companies hawk these things, it's instant cash in the bank that they probably won't have to honor!
Kid Notorious is seriously my favorite new show on TV. Count on me buying it on DVD as soon as it comes out. The writing is so damn hysterical, it reminds me of Sportsnight (which I already own on DVD). "I was Adam, she was Eve, and the serpent, well, he was a little tender, but he was working just fine." Ha!
I was on a Flash cartoon kick this week, and found Madness Combat. Click the link and go to Toons. They're absurdly funny.
I've been doing a lot of random Blog reading. Go to the freshly updated sites on the left here. I have a little advice for the newbies. If you're not going to use those links on the template, delete them! It looks silly to have an empty link that says, "Edit Me!"
Finally, I've got a new site tracker. It allows me to see how my site is found through search engines. Some of the things you can type into Google to have my site pop are: "kid rock feel like making love song clip", "panniculectomy", "hous bin pharteen", "tire kingdom problems","thin lizzi", "scott tinerman", "baby you're all that i want techno", "church", "paris hilton snl weekend update clip", "dave attell black eye woman", "paris hilton snl dialogue", "stiny danish sound", "benjamin the sauce blog", "neosporin nose", "scott tinerman", "kim blog jon waitress", "paris hilton video full version", "ruminations aaron karo archive", "aaron karo and paris hilton", "elliot in the morning paris hilton", "dog fucking", "donnie whalberg", "nextel commercials", "jimmy levino conan", "macgiver television show", and "paris hilton oops".
Ah yes, good times. Well, I'm off to study (again). Later, -T-
I got a call from the general manager of the store this morning. I guess my e-mailed complaint didn't take long to get where it needed to go. Anywho, he apologized that I had such a bad experience and genuinely seemed to want to fix the problem. He explained that I should have been told that the original brake calipers and pads had a 3 year/36,000 mile warranty, and that's why they they took money off the bill. He said he was going to talk to the salesman who worked with me regarding it took me raising an issue with the original estimate before I was given that discount. He also said he'd find out why they never told me the parts were under warranty to begin with, because that would've solved a lot of problems. Like I said, he was very apologetic and said he didn't want me to feel like I "had the wool pulled over my eyes." I have a feeling that if I would've dealt with this general manager when I brought the car in, none of this would've happened. He sounds like the way they used to run things over there. Maybe I just got a bad apple when it came to the salesman I dealt with. Ah well, at least they called to apologize, that was nice.
Oh, he never said why the cost of the parts was double the retail cost. That might be standard operating procedure, but it still sucks. Later, -T-
Did someone say something about a song? Don't worry, it's on its way. But first, you get a WEEKEND UPDATE!
Current Music: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is on in the background. Seriously the best Christmas movie ever.
Today's Random Fact: My ass hurts.
Well, let's see, what happened to me this weekend? Hmmm, I can't really think of anything that interesting. Oh wait, now it's coming back to me...
Friday I spent the evening at work watching the snow. I was seriously pissed off. See, I was supposed to go to NY to watch Lindsey perform in a show and we were going to have a really fun weekend. Instead, two separate massive blizzards nailed both the Midwest and the East-Coast at the same time. So, I drove home from work feeling very dejected. I got here and looked at my packed bags, looked at my empty apartment, and got back in the car. Well, I showered first, and then I got back in the car and I stated driving! It wasn't that bad until after I got into Pennsylvania. After losing all visibility, trailing trucks, watching people drive off the road, and almost wiping out a couple times myself; I called Lyndz and we both decided that it wasn't safe. I turned back and made it safely home around 5am. While driving, I recorded my first AudioBlog. Scroll down to Saturday's entry to listen to it. Anywho, if you want to see what I was driving through, and how far I got, check this out. Look for the red line and the arrow that shows where I turned around.
Saturday I got up early to go watch my bro play basketball. It was his first game of their season and they won 26-16. He played really well! His practicing with Eric has really helped. From there I took both my youngest bros back here and they played with the dog for a while. Then we got some Subway for lunch. We dropped them back off at their house, then Eric and I went to work out. We worked out really hard, and I'm really sore from it today. On the way home my car started to make a really loud grinding noise. Eric and I took it to Tire Kingdom and dropped it off so they could take a look at it. From there we went to the mall with his girlfriend. She had to carry a baby doll around for her parenting class and they got some hilarious looks. This one guy in the food court stared at them for over 20 minutes, he looked really pissed off! It was really fun.
Then Tire Kingdom called my cell with the estimate.
I'm not going to post the entire experience on here because it'd take up too much room, but you can read the letter I sent them if you like. Tire Kingdom Letter. In a nutshell, they charged me a lot of money to replace the parts they used the last time I had work done (which I was also charged a very large amount for). These parts failed much faster then they should have and I am very upset about that. I feel that the original parts I received that were promised as "new" were either not in fact new or they were defective. In either case I expected the parts replaced free of charge because of what I thought was an obvious problem. The store did not share my views. I do not agree with how this situation was handled and I feel I have been taken advantage of.
I was really really really pissed off. I didn't have anything else to do, so I took advantage of my extremely mediocre guitar playing ability, grabbed my cell phone, and wrote a song about it. After I did that I felt much better. I watched a few episodes of 24 and updated my running commentary. I talked to Lyndz for a long time, then crashed.
Today I got up and I could barely move. It took a while, but I made some breakfast and read the paper. Eric came over and took me to get the car. That whole situation sucked and I'm glad it's over. Eric really helped out a lot though, so mad props to him. Ha! I just used "Mad Props" in a sentence! I came home and watched some more 24 and did some homework for Angela. I really should start a little business on the site looking stuff up on the internet and doing other people's homework. It's much more fun then mine, plus it pays a lot better.
Oh, I forgot. I had really bad gas Friday at 2:40 in the morning. I think it might've been because I had spicy southwest chicken and bean soup for dinner at work. Then I came home at midnight and ate two hotdogs with hot sauce and half a box of left over macaroni and cheese. Then at 2:45am I drank a giant chocolate milkshake. Yeah, that might've been why.
Ya know, there's been a lot of speculation about Britney Spears' breasts. Well mostly drool, but none the less, some speculation. Well, I found some flash animation that sheds some light on the subject, er, subjects.
Hey, check it out. This is from Aaron Karo's latest Ruminations:
- The worst advertising campaign of the year has to go to Nextel. You know, they have those myriad commercials where there are a bunch of people in the same room using the walkie-talkie function on their cell phone to talk to each other. Uh, what? Why are they even using cell phones if they are in the same room? Oh, wait, it's counter-intuitive...is that the point? I don't know, but someone's ass needs to get fired over there.
Then this is from me back on 10/27/03
- So, what’s been bothering my lately? Those Nextel commercials for one. Stupid business people using their phones as walkie-talkies. Who the hell thought of this as a concept? Do they really think it’ll sell phones? I think it’ll get them fired.
I feel validated. And violated. Actually I feel both, but only in a good way.
Okay, NBC keeps showing the Fear factor commercial. Seriously, that needs to stop. I mean, I get it. People eat shit for money. It's not a novel concept anymore, and commercials are not going to attract any new viewers.
Over 100 years ago, Andrew Carnegie donated $10,000 (a huge sum at the time) a year for ten years to a cause known as simplified spelling. Anywho, I was thinking, there's still this struggling society that still exists trying ever so hard to promote their cause right? HAVE THEY EVER TALKED TO A TEENAGER USING INSTANT MESSAGEING? HELLO! AIM, Yahoo Instant Messanger, MSN, and now CELL PHONES! It's already here!
Remember how I mentioned buying rather large bags of dog food? Well I've discovered some problems that come with buying two 50lb bags of dog food:
- Moving them onto the cash register counter to be rung up.
- Moving them back into the cart from the cash register counter.
- Lifting them from the cart and placing them in the trunk.
- Lifting them out of the trunk
- Trying to keep them out of the snow while closing the truck (this one was tricky)
- Carrying both bags, at the same time, from the car into your apartment. (I did this while fighting the flu. I'm an idiot)
- and of course the daily lifting of the bag to pour into the dog food bowl.
Postscript: It took weeks for me to realize that I could use an old cup to scoop and pour food into the bowl much more easily.
Okay, they’ve been trying to build this damn convention center for a couple years and they don't seem to understand that nobody wants the fucking thing. Now they come up with this. Fuck them. Seriously, fuck them. If this passes I will NEVER eat another meal in Cuyahoga County again.
Okay, let's pound out a few other links, then I'm out of here.
I've been sent this a lot, but if you haven't seen it, its pretty funny.
Buy me this. Please. I'm begging you.
Rachelle hopes you get something nice for Christmas
My boy Dennis made it into another editorial cartoon. Hilarious.
Test your response time. It's fun if you've had a drink.
And finally, Support Crut, because Jon and I were going to do this, but we're lazy.
Yup, so that’s it. Enjoy the song, I'm off to watch another episode of 24. Later, -T-
I attempted an Audio Blog posting. It did work! -T-
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P.S. Everyone except moms should click here.
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P.P.P.S. This guy got blogcanned just like I did!
P.S. I'm very psyched about this. Expect audio posts soon!
Current Music: The "Behind Blue Eyes" Limp Bizkit cover of The Who.
Today's Random Fact: I'm currently on a buying freeze. It's the hardest thing I've done in a while, but I'm not letting myself buy any DVDs until after Christmas. It's my luck I'd buy a bunch, then get them as gifts.
So, did you enjoy your turkey? I had mine with a slice of drama. Let's discuss!
Tuesday Night:
– I got off work over an hour early. SCORE! Lyndz flew in from NY earlier in the evening, but she wasn't expecting me to get off work until 11 like normal. I took advantage of the extra time by coming home and showering. The smell of being me being awake and moving since 6am combined with the hospital stank isn't exactly a welcome thing to come home to. Anywho I went to Lyndz's house and said hi to the folks. Lyndz and I came back here and talked for a long time. Being apart for almost over ten weeks took its toll, there was a lot to discuss. I took her home around 5am.
Wednesday:
– Go up late. Picked up Lyndz, and we went to get her Passport. I didn't get mine yet because it costs 80 bucks to get one! Well, that and the fact that I didn't get my picture taken. Regardless, after that we got some cheap Mexican food at Cozumel's, then came over here and napped. I took her to her hair appointment that was right down the road, came home, and watched some Second Season 24. On the way to picking her up I talked to Rita from work and we decided that running a race in the freezing rain didn't sound like a really cool idea, so we canceled that plan. Anywho, then it was free food (chicken) at Lyndz's house. We stayed there and watched The Animatrix. (Lame, lame, lame...) I think I would've liked it a lot more if I did acid beforehand. Maybe. Otherwise, it was a complete waste of time. We were going to watch The Animatrix, then Reloaded, then go see Revolutions. Well, The Animatrix was painful enough on its own, so we stopped there. We couldn't decide what to do, but ended up coming back here and watched Finding Nemo. I was told this was a good movie. I was told this was a cute movie. I was told everything about this movie was gold. I was expecting a let down from all the hype. I was expecting to want to punch the speakers from hearing Ellen's voice so damn much. I was very pleasantly surprised. I'd like to buy this movie and watch it again. The 'virtual aquarium' things are a nice touch. I didn't watch them long enough to see any fish though. Shortly after the movie I took Lyndz home, but then I couldn't sleep. I ended up cleaning and doing laundry. I think I watched more 24 too.
Thursday:
– Thanksgiving. I slept in quite a bit. I went over Lyndz's for dinner. We ate the usual appetizers (cheese and crackers, shrimp cocktails, salsa and chips), then dinner and dessert. After dessert we went to my Grandma's and talked to my relatives a bit. I got one of my younger guy cousins in the gift exchange. I think I'll buy him blank DVDs, he's big into downloading movies. When people started to leave we went back to Lyndz's. We played "chase the ace." Her relatives left but we stayed and watched Glengarry GlenRoss. She fell asleep during it. I was pretty tired too and left soon afterwards.
Friday:
– I slept in a lot (running theme this weekend with me staying up late and sleeping in isn't it?) I picked up Lyndz and we got in huge fight trying to make plans for the evening. At one point she socked me in the shoulder (and it hurt! But there's another reason I'm mentioning this, so keep reading.) We drove around in the snow storm while fighting for a while, then went to dinner at my mom's. We were definitely not the happiest couple at the table. I was also totally not fond of my youngest brother calling my mom's boyfriend's parents "Grandma and Grandpa". Seriously, the kid had got enough issues already (asking me to move back in so things can be "normal again" was a HUGE sign of that…) They're really nice people, but that is not right. Next thing you know he'll be calling her boyfriend "dad". Shudder… *SECTION DELETED* During the meal I was antagonizing my mom and she tried to hit me with a dessert treat thing. Lyndz joined in because she was still pissed. I repelled both attacks, but my mom wasn't finished. Later in the evening she tried to playfully punch me in the stomach. I still had quite a defensive attitude and threw my arm up to block the punch. So, she ended up punching my forearm and had to ice her hand. Oops. After dinner Lyndz and I came back here to talk and chill out. We left after 10 and got to drive through the snow storm. Good times.
– We went to The Blind Pig and saw Run Avril Run with Aaron, Shawn, and Olena. Did the whole dancing after drinking thing and good times we had by all. I almost got in a bar fight with some 30-something asshole that was blocking our table early in the night. I know I have anger issues because thinking about it now still pisses me off. I really need to chill. Lyndz was such a cheap date, two drinks and she was feelin' good. I had a tall draft of Bud Light, two bottles, and another tall and I was sober within 20 minutes of dancing. I am what you call an expensive date. Ah well, I was completely lucid for the drive home and that's all that matters. I'd rather not get a buzz then get a DUI. We closed the bar after 2 and went to Denny's for some post-drinking grub. I slept well with greasy food in my belly.
Saturday:
– Got up around noon (I almost never sleep more then 8 hours after drinking, it's very odd.) and tried to plan a fun night of tobogganing but that fell through really quick. I also watched some 24 while waiting for Lyndz to wake up and come over. Eric and Lyndz both came over and we played a little Mario Party. Eric and Lyndz fought hard for first place, and as usual, I got bent-over. We left for dinner around 6:30, but not before getting in a huge fight about a purse. In hindsight it was ridiculous, but we weren't getting along well all weekend. We forgot how to be a couple. It sucked. After stopped the fight in the parking lot, we went into the restaurant. (Beau's) I ate duck. On a whole the meal itself really sucked. Everyone's food was raw, the service was ridiculously slow, (over three hours for the entire meal, me ass was numb), and our waitress was obviously annoyed that she had to keep filling out water glasses. Ah well. After dinner we made an appearance at my Uncle's surprise birthday party for a little while. Ending up coming here after the party because it was too late for a movie. We really wanted to go see a movie in the theater sometime this weekend, but it never happened. We ended up watching SNL (not funny, way too much Justin Timberlake). We fell asleep and didn't wake up until after 4am (and that's only because I had to pee) Took her home and fell asleep as soon as I got back home.
Sunday:
– Got up early for church and made it there EARLY! That's a first in a very long time. I think not taking a shower and not eating breakfast played a major role in it, but whatever. After the service we stopped at the store, then got some breakfast at Corned Beef on Rye Café. Came back here for a nap, then I took her home to say goodbye. Came back and did a little cleaning and paperwork while watching the Browns game. (no comment) My mom called out of no where and invited me to Outback for dinner. I wasn’t all that hungry, but I still polished off a cream of broccoli soup and garden salad with a tall Bud. It was a really nice end to the weekend.
What else have I been thinking about this weekend?
- There were no coupons in the paper this week. I think it has something to do with it being a holiday weekend, my Grandma told me something about that once. Seriously, I get the Sunday paper for the comics and the coupons. Everything else is landfill. Who gets their news from a paper anyway? That's so archaic!
- Over the course of this long holiday weekend I took exactly zero pictures. I am so pissed at myself.
- Have you ever had to piss so badly that when you actually do relieve yourself your teeth itch? How about one where you feel hungry afterwards because now your stomach has room to expand? Yeah, I had one of each of those this weekend.
- I found a site that's got some cool DVD Easter eggs. If you know of any other sites like this one let me know. I love DVD Easter eggs. There's a bunch for Finding Nemo. There's also one for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Extended Edition. You can check the list for other movies, but I want to point out one more. Glengarry Glen Ross. I shit like that. I don't need featurettes or commentary from the writer's perspective. I want behind the scenes stuff people didn't expect to be publicized!
Hey, have you read The Davinci code yet? The comic Get Fuzzy was all about it today.
The cover story of this weeks' Cleveland Scene has an article about Bill Watterson, the reclusive artist of Calvin and Hobbes. It has a lot of quotes from Jef Mallett, the creator of Frazz. Since Frazz first debuted I have maintained that Mallett is Watterson working under a pseudonym. If you've read both Calvin and Frazz, I think you'll agree.
Well, that's it for this long Thanksgiving Holiday WEEKEND UPDATE. It's after 2am and I have to hit the sack. Later, -T-
