Comic Con 2009 Here I come!

Just bought my 4 day pass to Comic Con in San Diego and I can not wait (much needed vacation plus free stuff). Also it will be first time to California and even though I am not going to be in LA it's a start.

Life

Sometimes I love the situations I get myself into. Each time they come at me in different ways, but always seem to end up the same way.

Online stalking that much easier

First there was the Facebook status update now with the help of the internet and phones twitter is making letting the world know what you are up to, thinking, feeling, or planning.

Now I will admit that when I am bored at work (which is all the time) Facebook really helps kill some time. From checking status updates, profile updates, and playing some of the games they have on there. The addition of the status update on Facebook was pretty neat. One could let all their friends know what they were doing, feeling, or planning so people could join, ask, and whatever else they wanted.

However it seems like the Facebook status update has become a means of communication for people and with the help of the Facebook app for iPhones and Blackberry's one can keep the world updated of what they are up to 24/7.

Now there is a site and app that get's rid of all the other Facebook crap and is just a status updater. Twitter is slowly taking over people's most visited web sites and checked/clicked on app on their phone. Of course in this ever changing world one could witness something and right away let their friends know about it.

These ideas are a great way of spreading information, but they can make online stalking that much easier. Also they allow for some pretty boring updates like Hey I'm eating tacos tonight! Come one at least make it exciting like Dumpster diving at Taco Bell for dinner!

O and I totally forgot about Missed Connections on Craigslist.

My current wish list/saving up for

Figure that I would make this little list to maybe help me save up and accomplish these goals.

First and for most is a Job & Place in the city. Like I said before this current job is killing slowly each and every day. That and add the fact that my town and house are eating away at my soul the longer I am in them. With that out of the way now comes the good stuff.



Seeing as how I want to start writing more about video games, I am going to need to get myself one of these. Even though I was against the system at first (mainly because of the $800 price tag for a good version of the system) come September the price for one with an 80 gig hard drive is going to be like $400 bucks. Plus having a blue ray player, PS Home looks promising, and DC Universe you really can't go wrong.



A far fetched idea for me because seeing as how much I use my current camera. However I would really love to start taking some quality pictures and maybe cataloging some adventures. For a decent price the Nikon D40 is basically all I need to do both.



God forbid I am stuck in the job for longer then I can imagine I am going to need a new car. Seeing as how the G is on it's last leg I feel the VW Rabbit is one of the car's I have had in mind for awhile. Plus a nice size car with good gas mileage these days can go a long way.

Star Wars: The Forced Unleashed

So today I played the downloadable demo of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and all I have to say is WOW. Lucas Arts has worked very hard on bring us one of the most impressive games of the end of 08/ start of 09 and in my own opinion a contender for Game of the Year.

Even though the demo is very short (maybe about 25-30% of one of the first few maps) it allows you to gain a basic idea of how the controls work. From combo moves with your lightsaber, force grip, force push, and force lighting the player has anyone and basically anything to destroy at their fingertips. Lucas Arts developed two or three new graphic engines to go along with the Havoc engine for this game in order to allow the player to do so much.

For this mission you are told to find one of the remaining Jedi and kill them being their lightsbaer back to Darth Vader and leaving no witness behind (that means killing the imperils to). As you make your way through you gain a working knowledge of how to use your powers and combine them with others. Little helpful hits pop up here and there to explain certain things. I really don't want to ruin the ending, but all I have to say is that once the animation finished all I wanted was to continue my mission and kill this Jedi.

Graphic wise this game looks amazing and can only wonder what all the other maps look like besides a star destroyer. Lucas Arts really has delivered with this game and maybe now I can but away my 64 and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron.

Thousands of dollars in debt for a free iphone or ipod

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/technology/21iphone.html?ref=technology

Now I really know that my former college sucks. Well not entirely because I can understand the reasoning for not offering free ipods or iphones to students because hey you need to dish out the cash for them and the state doesn't really help out with tuition anymore.But I mean come on you say your one of the leading providers of education in New Jersey, yet you lack so much.

Like honestly I think some things could be sacrificed for the sake of education (maybe the football team that hasn't had a winning season in like 13 years or draw that big of a crowd). Or maybe not building all those new dorm buildings when you can barely fill the ones you have or have students that stay on campus on the weekends because there is NOTHING to do.

Of course what is thousands upon thousands of dollars of debt compared to a $200-300 dollar iphone or $300-500 dollar ipod touch? I have no clue, but if it got me the latest tech for only the price of the calling plan, something to do on the weekends, and a sports team that draws a crowd and national television...it could be worth it.

Why can't I have a Transformer for a car

So this morning as I go to start my car for the wonderful ride to work a few things happen. As I pull out of my driveway and start to come to a stop my car decides to rattle like I was in the middle of LA during an earthquake. Once I stop everything seems fine and dandy so I continue up the street.

Then at the stop sign to get onto 79 my car decides to stall not once but FOUR…yea FOUR times while waiting for traffic to open up. Once I get going it take me forever to get up to speed and o wait stall again at the traffic light for Texas road. Finally after fighting with the car it get going and so far knock on wood is still working at the moment.

Of course this happens when I have no money for anything because my student loan repayments have kicked in, my dad is asking me to get him every f**king thing he sees on TV for him and wont give me the money till it comes in the mail so my credit card bill is getting higher, my glasses break, and god only knows what else is going to happen.

This week just needs to end hopefully on a high note with a certain phone call I have been waiting for

I need to work for G4

Honestly I am this (/--/) to moving to Cali and trying to get a job at G4. Every time I watch attack of the show all I can think of if how much fun it would be to work for it. Every day the show is new and fresh (which is hard for some of these daily shows :cough:TRL:cough: and RIP The Sauce) especially with the ideas and concepts they come up with. Plus a channel that deals with nothing but video games what more could I ask for. Working with the two things I love the most (start a music segment and I will be in heaven) and getting paid to do so.

P.S Friend Zone can suck it.

Give us a break already

Usually I am not one to let things like this get to me, but enough is enough. For the past 2 months give or take the world or I should say the US has had this compelling interest in the lives of two athletes. If you do not know who I am talking about well I mean Brett Favre and Michael Phelps.

Now in no way shape of form am I knocking what these guys have accomplished in their careers because god knows I would love to do it, but I mean come on enough is enough. Do I really care about what they eat, listen to, or how they are feeling…no. Of course there is no escape from either right now because one has the greater New York City area breathing down his neck and the other has the world in aw.

One thing I do understand is that for some this is the chance to see their team (yea right!) make it or even WIN the Superbowl. May I just remind Jet fans that they are in the AFC and have 2 of the best defenses in the entire NFL in that conference (Vikings and Chargers). And for the other it could be a few more weeks or four more years of what he did.

For now I take watching ESPN and any other local news with my remote in hand because I do not know how much more I can take. Plus with Ninja Warrior on G4 all the time who cares what Favre or Phelps do, because I don’t think either of them could make it through all four stages.

One hit wonders that live on forever...well at least on my ipod

Last night while I was watching Major Payne, I decided to go through my itunes and listen to some one hit wonders I myself enjoy.

1. Little T & One Track Mike - Shaniqua -. While watching MTV some years ago before it was filled with The Hills, My super this my super that, and some great (I mean that in a hey let me make fun of these people way) this music video came on and opened my mind to Little T & One Track Mike. From time to time I need to be reminded that Shaniqua don't live here a no more.

2. Bad Ronald - Let's Begin (Shoot The Sh**)- Again some night that my mind was opened to Shaniqua and her dirty pirate hooker ways my mind didn't know how to react to the Mr. Rogers inspired video. When the video begins you don't expect to be brought into a world with girls in pj's, a giant condom costume, puppets that look like they belong in the Saves The Day "Freakish" video, and a creepy old man that should meet Chris Mathews. However I love the video and the song even more and think it should still be a mandatory party song today.

3. Skee-Lo - I Wish - One of the first rap songs I liked. Video was alright just an average little guy wanting to get the girl and be able to play ball. Let alone the fact that he makes a great point through out the song and one of my main wish's...I wish I was a little bit taller, wish I was a baller, I wish I had a girl who looked good I would call her, I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat, and a six four Impala.

4. Biz Markie - Just A Friend - Not only does this song basically sum up my life, but it is also amazing. Come on I mean Biz dressed up in a powered wig and 18th century clothing.

5. Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's - I don't know why, but I love this song.

6. Spacehog - In The Meantime - Great song.

New phone

Going from this




To This



Seems like my sidekick decided to crap out last night so I figured it was time to upgrade a little bit. As much as I love my sidekick it lacks so much (like my work computer) which limits what I can do or research.

Little rant

Jim Halpert: Because right now, this is a job. If I advance any higher, this would be my career. And if this were my career, I'd have to throw myself in front of a train.

That quote right there speaks so much about how I feel right now. Over the past 3 months I have come to realize that if I do not get out of my current job, I will be miserable for the rest of my life. There is no way I can do something that I do not love or my heart is not in it. Everyday when that alarm clock goes off it is like torture (recently my clock has been setting itself back like 3 hours so I never wake up on time, ghosts maybe?)

Recently I have had a string (and by string I mean a tiny thread) of luck with 2 straight weeks with an interview. One I thought was for a talent agency….Wrong! The other was for this production company and hopefully I will get it because the place was great. From the people I meet who were really cool, a laid back office (goodbye dressing up), great location in the City, and a dog just chillen in the office. What more could a person ask for? Even if I don’t land this opportunity I know that at least my resume is being looked at by some places.

My only problem is that it is coming down to the wire for me. I really don’t know how much longer I can do what I am doing or pretend that I am enjoying it. If it weren’t for the people I meet in my class chances are I would have gone insane, became depressed, or all the above plus more.

That and seeing as how I can’t stand my town anymore because there really isn’t anything left for me there. Friends have come and gone and honestly I can no longer pretend to be or give my all to “friends” who can’t even be bothered by me. Yea I know I am not the best person around, but I don’t think I burned that many bridges with my actions or how I feel about some people. Hopefully by getting out I can finally be happy again.