is it apathy or genius? This started with a simple idea. Doing work half-assed cause you know someone else has to go behind you to complete the job. I learned its both. I was once that guy that didn't mind finishing everything up. Now i see myself becoming more like them: an apathetic genius.
I was trying to watch that new show that premiered called "The Event", notice i said trying. Everyone is saying that its like LOST and 24, that it is not. i honestly couldn't get past the first 10 minutes of it. its honestly like the movie memento was chopped up and they added more characters and time stamps. 11 minutes earlier to present, 11 days earlier to present, 23 minutes earlier to that past scene. Really? i stopped caring after about 5 minutes and gave it 5 minutes to behave and sit still, but it wouldn't so i'm done.
They should have showed the "event" first and then jumped around, i could give a crap less about jumping around on the promise of something really cool is coming up next. with the way its going now its going to be another Heroes, the end never comes. Or it will end like lost where it stretches on and they make it up as they go making the story so convoluted in its own mythology that it sucks. Heroes and Lost should have been one season with a beginning, middle, and an end. (or end, middle, beginning) And if it was successful, maybe a sequel or spin-off. which would allow for plot holes to be filled with other peoples perspectives.
another long sleep session brings you this........
Stuck in a Zombie filled America, the leaders are all gone and the Zombies keep coming. We are stuck in a house with a few guns but not much else. It's just a constant stream of Zombies.....The Zombies have kicked it up a notch though, they have the same ability from Ringu.
Luckily we only had one old CRT type TV. So in addition to fighting them through the windows we also had to worry about the TV. We ran out of handgun ammo pretty quick (which for some weird reason the ammo looked like quarters), and the shotgun ammo was going fast. I noticed the shotgun somehow jam on me a few times (maybe cause i've never used one in real life), but there was always someone behind me to cover me. It was starting to get late and surprisingly the wave of Zombies was wearing thin outside.
We shut off the lights and tried to be as quiet as possible (been watching too much high school of the dead). For some reason we couldn't win with the TV, it seemed like it was one after the other. Bashing heads in for a while and then we thought we got smart and decided to unplug the TV.....Brilliant!!. Nope. The TV would turn itself back on, (we didn't think about smashing the screen) so we had another brilliant idea....we rolled the TV in front of the window, so whenever it crawled out the TV it fell out the window. finally we could sleep
I post every once in a while, so i check my site when doing so. 9/08/2010 it is noticed that my visitors jumped considerably. seeing has how anywhere from 0 to 8 people view it on a daily basis, looking at 300 visitors is what i would call out of the ordinary. a few numbers for ya........
But it turns out all of a sudden guys from across the globe are interested in this person, and somehow google has my link of the pic in its 2nd or 3rd spot.
a little google analytics for ya.....
it appears the biggest contributor is Google.cl , which is Chile. but if you watch the Revolver map on the right side you may see them from all over.
A little backdrop before I begin. I work nights and usually sleep during the day, so when this kind of schedule is worked its like you almost get screwed out of a day off. So i've come to try staying awake during the day when i should be sleeping, that makes it possible for me to sleep during the night.
So yesterday (9/7/2010) i tried to stay awake but kept nodding off, so i said screw it and ended up taking a 4 hour nap. Which left me wide awake til about 3AM when i finally went to bed. Turns out that earns me 12 hours of sleep cause i didn't wake up until 3PM. But in these 12 hours I was treated to a show, a full length, full color feature. so when i woke up from this double feature (i normally only sleep 5-6 hrs.) I actually remembered most of it, which never happens. Usually i can remember one scene or one line, and that was only if it really stood out. So I had to write down what i could. Understand I'm not a writer nor have i ever claimed to be so Spell Check has my back on spelling, but the rest is all my fault. After reading what i had written, it seemed like it would make an interesting short film, or full length if the right person got a hold of it. So if it means anything, I hold all rights to this story, however crappy it may be....It came out of my head and i earned it.
I'm not really into analyzing dreams so feel free if you wish, if you see any of (these) in there thats me thinking about it after waking up.
THE DREAM
written poorly by (ME)
(it's night time-how fitting)
Working as Repo men, me and ? (thats his name for now) arrive at a high rise building to recover a piece of artwork. ( i have the picture in my head) Upon exiting the building we were slightly questioned by what seemed to be a cop walking the opposite direction in the parking garage. I urged ? to hurry the fuck up, but he was walking as if he owned the place almost like he was waiting for the cop to come back around. I rush and hop in the car (a convertible), yet ? is still walking slowly as if he wanted to be caught (when i first wrote this down and actually wrote "caught" it pop in that we were actually thieves playing repo men playing ordinary people) (get it) The cop drives up and ? decides to have a quick chat with him and all seems fine, ? gets in the car laughing, "hes the pool security guard" he says. Me not caring either way I sped off just out of wanting to get the hell out of there, thinking "maybe i'm not cut out for this." Hopping on the nearest freeway and heading in the easiest direction just to get as far away as possible. Then I see the strobes of the blues and reds engulf the car and the road. As i look in the rear-view mirror to see the cop face to face, i'm stuck looking at taillights. He's driving the opposite direction, going head on (away from me, but in the same lane...don't ask cause i don't know) into the flow of traffic. As the flashing strobes subside from the car, it felt as if they released the grip they had on my heart. As a loud crash was heard we could relax and continue on. But not knowing what road we were on or where we were going, ? and I stopped at the next gas station (a small town type) to ask for directions and ? was out of cigarettes......2fer.
So After getting directions and nearly paying for my stuff I see someone kneeling by the car. Suspicious, I rush out to find the passenger side rear wheel on a jack and one lug nut removed. Which struck me as odd since there weren't any tools around. The Kneeler was an older woman with a petite frame (think fiona from Burn notice, sorry dont know her real name.) She said,"we couldn't leave, we had to stay" (not like a OMG I love you kind of way, but a holy crap something fucked up is going on here you have to help) She was saying this repeatedly, but as I saw ? walking out of the store I told her that "if she went over to that darkened corner over there and got naked" that i would think about it (don't judge). So as she walks to the corner ? gets in the car. I stay there for a minute waiting for the show, but all i see is clothes coming out of the shadows. I think about getting closer, but think "bump that" jump in the car and again speed away. (film flub-what happened to the car being on a jack and the one lug nut??) Surprised ? asks if I saw that naked chick in the corner as we were pulling away? i say "NO damnit"
Somehow we make it to what I recognize as Irving, Texas. It's familiar yet not at the same time. We are driving in these cliff type roads (even though irving does not have these) I can see the city lights below and identify the mall and the highway, yet we can't seem to make it out. I make all the logical turns that should get us out and still it feels as if we are going in circles. That is until we come to a dead end with a sign that reads "Turn Around, Turn Right." (an official looking sign, not some hobo writing on a plank of wood) Yet i'm stuck, It feels like deja vu. I've been here before, It's not enough to stop me from going on. so i turn around, turn right and fly off the cliff.
We survived, mainly cause we didn't fly completely off the cliff but landed on a lower level. (sucks with a car with no airbags)
Then it's like a camera zooms out of the car and out of my head and we see me telling this story to a child.
(i don't recall if i was an old man doing a crazy grandpa story or if i was the same age telling a "Please, believe me" story, hollywood can decide that part)
I guess i could be considered a Playstaion fanboy......if we are talking only PS3 and XBOX360. The Wii is like Switzerland...neutral. I own a Wii so i don't think that hurts my allegiance (for the lack of a better term) to the PS3. So when i see things like this its nice.
i've posted about this once before (if you want to go down memory lane click HERE), only i've come across something different. Before it was Americans asking for loans 10 times the average, and now its anonymous...
really?
sketchy..sketchy...
either way i think i will stay in it (my lender page). here is where my next loan is going.
try it out. you never know you could be killing two birds with one stone. maybe his kid is on the Feed the Children thing and this way you help both of them out..
While in the toy section at my local Wal-Mart I noticed something was missing. I was in the girls section where the Disney Princess stuff is and I didn't see Jasmin. Of all the different items not one thing had Jasmin's likeness. I maybe mistaken, but wasn't Jasmin the only one to start off as a princess.
Ariel, I guess was too if you consider Neptune to be king of the ocean. So technically she would have started off as a goddess (or whatever you call the daughter of a god.)
Snow White, Cinderella, and that one from Beauty and the Beast were bums
Sleeping Beauty, I am not sure of cause my Disney lore escapes me at the moment and i don't feel like researching it. But I'll fill you in a bit on the true origin of her story. The Prince actually raped her while she was in some sort of coma and she actually woke up while giving birth to the baby. Yea knowledge!!!
I would almost say Disney is obviously leaving Jasmin out cause of race. They have some Princess and the Frog stuff so the black princess is covered. I guess it could also be that Wal-Mart isn't ordering it. Who knows??
Either way it seems like there is a part of the market someone is missing out on.
or does it look like they used two different people in the Toyota Facebook Commercial. like the same girl couldn't play herself from a year ago because she changed so much
here is the vid:
Here she is giving her story
And here she is a year prior (in their story of her starting her business)
Just wanted to show you a Playstaion 3 controller that will soon be in my collection (when it comes out)
i see a Gran Turismo 5 bundle in the future.
Press Release:
Performance Auto Label HKS USA and InterWorks Unlimited Partner to Innovate Precision Racing Controller City of Industry, Calif.-June 2, 2010-InterWorks Unlimited Inc., the fastest-growing distributor of innovative gaming peripherals, today announced they have entered into an exclusive deal with HKS USA, Inc., the premier manufacturer and supplier of premium automotive performance systems, to co-develop for a line of professional racing video game controllers.
“HKS deploys advance racing techniques through their performance products,” said Michael Kidakarn, executive creative director of InterWorks. “We are sharing these professional racing technologies and precision control processes, such as heel/toe drifting, and integrating into our game controller.”
Only with these advanced racing controllers, gamers can easily execute these real-world racing techniques, gaining the competitive gaming advantage.
“InterWorks passion for innovation aligns with HKS passion for drivingperformance,” said Rick Lafferty, president of HKS USA, Inc. “Their newvideo game controller will take racing games to a new level of challenge andrealism by allowing players to replicate the bets driving techniques used byrace drivers.”
The HKS® Racing Controller for PlayStation®3 computer entertainmentsystem will be shown by appointment only at the InterWorks booth at theupcoming Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, June 15-17, 2010. About HKS USA, Inc. HKS USA, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of premium automotive aftermarket performance systems, parts and accessories. Delivering itsproducts to both the import and domestic car markets, HKS has beenrecognized for its engineering and performance excellence in the automotiveindustry since 1973. Established in 1982, HKS USA, Inc. is a wholly-ownedsubsidiary of HKS Company, Ltd. Japan and distributes its products throughits worldwide dealer network. For more information about HKS USA., visitwww.hksusa.com. About InterWorks Unlimited Based in City of Industry, InterWorks Unlimited Inc. distributes a wide rangeof high-quality gaming peripherals and software under several brands andlicenses, including Eagle3 and Photo World. For more information, please visit
www.eagle3.com.
"We've heard random reports of a few people already waiting in line (see the photo below of two early birds snapped by a reader in Santa Monica), but we're going to stay inside for now and take a look back at June 19th in the history of Engadget below."
i know this is old, but for some reason i remembered it and was trying to explain it to my girlfriend. it magically reappeared on Digg (i swear, i think some people post something and wait a few months then repost)
When I was teenager a car was a necessity. If you didn't have a car in high school, you were lame. If you had a lame car, you were that kid with a car that gives rides. If you had a cool car, you were just cool. (or the haters would call you a rich-y)
In my geographical area, things were few and far between with no public forms of transport. so if you didn't have a car or a good friend with a car, you were stuck out. you stayed home and did nothing but expand your love for video games and BB guns. Though i had a job at 15 years of age (Six Flags FTW) i actually didn't get a car of my very own til i was 17...When i was 17, i drank some very good beer, i drank some very good beer i'd purchased with a fake ID, my name was Brian McGee, i stayed up listening to Queen, when i was 17. (if you know that diddy, you're cool)
So at 17 I had my very own car. what was it you ask? A very beat down 1985 Chevy Blazer with like 80,000 miles, which for a chevy is the end of the line. it got me to and from school and a few places inbetween. So i was the school bus for a few friends, lame car at work.
So at the ripe age of 27, I'd like to think my ideas have changed. Lame cars now are domestic, and cools cars i will never be able to afford. What i look for now in a car is a non-domestic with a good following*, and if the car has a little rarity to it...Bonus!
Where am i going with this???
you will probably laugh, but currently i have obtained a little luxury. I am currently employed and it is a mere 2.5 miles from home. Not as good as working from home, but a little travel and separation keeps "cabin fever" at bay. "cabin fever" is real, i've seen it drive cats crazy. meow..meow..meow all over the place, but i digress. I've entertained the idea of alternative transportation, not public although my area now supports it. I have been looking into Scooters/Mopeds (whatever you like to call them) as a viable option.
What about a motorcycle you say? i heard you thinking it, see you are already showing your negative images about scooters. (i guess that name doesn't help) I don't picture myself in the "i-ride-a-motorcycle" category. i guess that shows my closed minded thoughts about stereotyping people by that factor, but i must be true to myself.
I'll lay out what i can off the top of my head:
Harley Davidson: Old guy that is single/married that wants to be away from home and automatically belong to a group. Also, possibly the "Old guys" wife that also enjoys not giving her husband a moment to himself. Oh, and people trying to find an excuse to wear odd leather articles of clothing.
Crotch Rockets: Douchebags and Douchebags' friends. or on the odd occasion an IT guy that wants to look cool carrying a helmet in front of Karen from accounting. I will admit that normal people do enjoy riding/owning crotch rockets, but thats not me. contradicting i know
Those are my two categories for motorcycles. I'm sure if you read this and you own/ride one of these, you either laughed or automatically expressed your hatred for scooters. I understand, but you have to understand my reasoning.
1. I'd rather not deal with changing gears
2. Those others are serious characters in the two-wheel world. I'm whimsical
3. Those (i think) are only enjoyable on a longer commute
4. Those cost more. I'm a cheap bastard
5. Not sure i have enough garage space, and no i won't park it in the house.
6. I want a Scooter (said with a manly tone)
See its all logical. Though number six should say: i want a scooter that looks cool. I don't want to look like the goofy nerd from American Graffiti. after looking at current models of scooters i have only seen a few that look decent. Out of those my favorite is..........the Yamaha Zuma 125
it looks like an ATV mated with a Vespa. I can dig that.
If the title confused you, its because i had a brain fart and went off on a tangent. I was just going to show you this and say "Do Want."
but its a little more than that. I want to live/grow-up where that is abundant, and by "that" i mean creativity. Everything we get is second-hand and regurgitated to death, also usually from Japan. whether its Movies, Cars, Clothes.....everything seems like it originated overseas. Once the good ol' US of A got its ass handed to them in the 70's with the Cars and in the 80's-present with the Advanced Technology. It's like America said "whats the point" and gave up. Well you say, "America has the Camaro and the iPhone/Pad"....bah. The Camaro is a re-design, from when? class....Thats right, the 60's. That lovely iPhone/Pad is only designed here, but "say it with me class" Made in China (with Chinese/Japanese parts)
"We kicked their ass in Dubya Dubya 2" you say? well maybe we should have kept that WMD to ourselves, for all we know we created a mutant race of super geniuses. A little far fetched?..... how about maybe they took our design of the Atomic bomb and reverse engineered it, improved it.......you know, because they weren't in a hurry to create it to kill a large amount of people.
Now that i think about it, there probably is no such things as Aliens from Space. It's just the Japanese messing with us. Think about it.......small beings, advanced technology, being perverted and probing people. It all makes since now.
FLCL is a 6 episode anime and if you would like to educate yourself to a great series click HERE
I didn't make this and yes the video is old, and so is the show so its fine. and if you have ever been awake on saturday nights you might have seen an episode on Adult Swim.
Well, when i lived near there....the hip thing to do was have a death wish and go into on-coming traffic. Luckily no one died (that i know of) in this accident. I guess this guy fell asleep or he was playing with his iPad. He freaked out and swerved, then freaked out again into this lovely Pepsi truck. Which he guided into on-coming traffic. Was that description bad enough? check out the vid below
Good to see people stop and check on the guy that freaked out. Not like those vids you see of people dying in the street and all the people just walk by.
you will have to go to the link since there is no way for me to embed it here.
I have just renewed my ownership of this domain name for another year. I think I have put up enough things to justify the extension. 177 posts + this one in this past year, it's not really half but it's not like i have a lot of sponsors and this is like my job. I would really have to grow a journalistic muscle then. In this new year (which starts June 6) I will try to post more and write more, maybe you want to know what I think about it other than I think it's funny. And I will try not to post anything that has had over 500,000 views.(videos mostly) Then again for having this up for a year, I've never received a comment on anything so It really appears that this is for my own sanity anyway.
here is the very first post(when i still had a job) blah blah blah
i'm a simple guy that likes to keep busy. i wish i had a steady medium, but mixed media and anything new i can get my hands on can be made into something. i'm a fan of nonsense....the why?'s and WTF's are fun. which always leaves me looking for something new.