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Broken Scion tC Wind Deflector

So I have found the 1 part on a Scion tC that just cannot be fixed. Last week the wind deflector for my moonroof on my '05 tC busted somehow, still not quite sure... I came out to it Wednesday morning and saw it was cracked up pretty good. It doesn't look like vandalism as it wasn't busted up too bad yet I don't think it happened while I was driving. I haven't had the moonroof opened in months so the deflector hasn't been up and I didn't see any glass fly off the car at any point while driving.

Regardless, anyone have this part replaced yet? I know it was affected by a recall a few years back and I had that work done at that time but I need it completely replaced now. It took me 2 days to get a hold of my normally trusty Toyota service adviser and he told me to bring it in to look at however when I got there they said they don't do glass work. They gave me the part number, 63201-21110, and the phone # to Safelite Auto Glass because they said to get the part through Toyota would cost a lot and they wouldn't do the work anyway so hopefully I could get it cheaper with Safelite. Then I tried calling Safelite and they can't find the part. So then I called the Toyota collision center who worked on my car a few years ago figuring they do everything as they're a collision center but no, they don't do glass either. They have a glass guy. So I called their glass guy. He said I'd have to call a sunroof guy. Ugh. I'll call him tomorrow. I'm sick already.

Not sure what to do at this point. Toyota is so backed up with current recalls they seemed like they couldn't care less about this issue and their service is almost impossible to get a hold of at this point because of it. I don't really want to drive the car in the meantime because the glass can just shatter more at any moment and fly everywhere. It seems to be literally and figuratively a bad break at a bad time. So I have found the 1 part on a Scion tC that just cannot be fixed. Fun.

I'm currently watching: WWE Monday Night RAW

Labels: That's Life, What the hell

6:23 PM |0 comments

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How do you rate yourself?

It seems like nowadays we live in a world where everything needs to be judged. Everything needs a definitive number on where they stand. There have always been ordered lists of top stuff but it seems like in the last decade our lives have been overrun with giving everything a rating. It used to just be ratings for TV and radio but now the power is in our hands. We must be important. Did it start with "Hot or Not" where we actually found ourselves sitting at our computers for what seemed like hours rating random people on whether they were acceptable to sleep with or not? Was there something before? For years now I've been rating music in my iTunes library. Oh, how I put so much effort into making sure I don't hurt these songs' feelings. Better get it right... everything's at stake. My radio playlist will thank me later. And I constantly find myself changing my ratings to make sure I have the playlist perfectly tweaked to hear exactly what I want when I just don't know what it is that I want. Less importantly, in the last couple years, Flixter has us rating movies the same way, except with Flixster there isn't even any reward when we rate stuff. It's just so my friends will know how I feel about something. Last week I signed up for Netflix. It's not intertwined with Flixster so I'm finding myself re-rating the same movies I have already rated before except now there's a reward. Netflix will tell me what I want to see. So how do you guys rate your stuff? Everything's a 5 star system so I'm always trying to find the best way to go. Netflix says the following:

1. star - Hated it
2. stars - Didn't Like It
3. stars - Liked It
4. stars - Really Liked It
5. stars - Loved It

But where's the "It's Just OK" rating? I've been watching movies all weekend and I didn't necessarily "Like" all of them but I don't want to go as far as saying that I "Didn't Like" them. Half stars might help but too many options might just confuse things more. So I'm now using 3 stars for "It's Just OK" and 4 stars for "Liked It". I need to stop putting so much pressure on those 5 star items. 5 stars can no longer mean god status. It just means I "Really, Really Like" something. I sure hope Netflix will forgive me.

I'm currently watching: NFL Football: AFC Championship: New York Jets at Indianapolis Colts

Labels: That's Life

2:19 PM |0 comments

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Goodnight Mafia Wars

In 1997 there was Air Warrior II. In 1998 there was SubSpace. In 2000 and 2001? Diablo II. And now... 2009 will be the era of Mafia Wars.

2010 will not.

Back in April, I began playing Mafia Wars and quickly found myself addicted. Not a day went by for 8 months solid when I didn't find myself doing jobs, collecting loot and fighting random people just because. I lie. 1 day, I forget why... I think I was on vacation but I didn't play. Mafia Wars told me so. It's good at that. Sucking you back in and making sure that the needle hole in your arm is good to go. I got to the point where I only needed to play about once a day for about 20 minutes to keep going but that was never enough. If there was a free minute in the day, I was on Facebook and helping friends complete jobs and fighting strangers. Waiting, just waiting until that 23 hour period was up and I'd get my energy pack. Then the cycle continues.

Approximately 269 days have gone by and today I feel like it's as good a time as any to just stop. There may be some underlying reasons but the main one is I really don't plan on playing this game for the rest of my life so why keep going? For some reason, I find games with absolutely no ending to be the most fun. Games that you can keep plugging along in forever and ever. Maybe it's because I suck at video games and games that never end give you unlimited time and chances to become the best. Regardless, I have blocked Mafia Wars (and Farmville) posts from my Facebook News Feed. I will be deleting all of my Mafia Wars friends from Facebook. I will be back to my lonely old Facebook profile and I will probably have more time than ever for whatever I decide to do. I'm looking forward to playing more guitar. That sure took a hit to Mafia Wars. Perhaps I can even start playing basketball again. I'm not sure if we've played once since last April. Anyway, I'm looking forward to this new chapter in my life. Goodnight Mafia Wars.

What I'm listening to: Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed

Labels: Entertainment, Games, That's Life

1:11 PM |0 comments

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Michael Jackson: 1958 - 2009

It�s been a long time since I heard news that I wished wasn�t true as much as this story. I�ll remember the first time I saw Thriller and being scared out of my mind. I�ll remember waiting for what seemed like forever to see the hyped debut of the Jam video with Michael Jordan. And I�ll definitely remember driving home from the Red Hot Chili Pepper�s concert, �parked� in traffic, cranking MJ while everyone who walked by the car, exiting a rock concert, danced and had a great time.

However, not only did MJ bring fans of different music genres together, he brought the entire world together. People from all around the globe simply loved MJ. Few have had a comparable following and were adored as he was. He IS a legend. So he returned the favor by creating... innovating... great pop music.

There are so many great places you go back to listening to MJ�s music and I actually can�t think of his music being associated with any bad moments in my life. Sure he had more bad than good times over the last 2 decades but I think he definitely has a lot more fans than foes and his legacy will definitely live on in a positive note. His catalog is just too good not to give him that.

There were the early years with probably my favorite MJ song, Rock With You, the ridiculous 80s stuff where everything was incredible, the 90s stuff which could never quite live up to the earlier music but was still great music and there were even some gems like �You Rock My World� that came out towards the end. It was a great career spanning decades.

It was always sad to see MJ pop up in the news in horrible ways but we can always crank up the tunes and forget about those times just as we can crank up his music to escape our own bad times. We can all thank him for that. He was in the spotlight for over 40 years and I guess he simply decided that he had enough. Michael Jackson was not just the King of Pop, he IS pop. Everyone else is in another genre. He will be missed.

I'm currently watching: 2009 NBA Draft

Labels: Music, That's Life

8:45 PM |0 comments

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I want to live to be 1,003.

Some scientists say that today's humans 40 years old or younger can expect to live for centuries. Yay! I can't wait to have to work until I'm 200 years old. Now I just need some scientist to tell me how to win $100,000,000 so I'll never have to work again.

I'm currently watching: Family Guy

Labels: That's Life

5:07 PM |0 comments

Rest and Relaxation

Today is my birthday, the 27th one to be exact. My golden birthday some would say. Because it landed on a Friday I decided to take the day off and try to enjoy a 3 day weekend. I spent most of the day mindlessly watching TV, playing some guitar and mostly working on replacing my 2 150GB hard drives with 2 brand new 1TB WD Caviar Green hard drives. It has taken practically the whole day to shift all the data around.

Tonight we're going out to see Daniel Tosh. It's only been a year since we saw him last but hopefully he'll have some new material in his act. The stuff is so hilarious though that it should be just as funny the second time, plus I don't remember much regardless. It should be a good time. He's a funny man.

The Where the Wild Things Are trailer is out. I don't really remember anything about the book other than I enjoyed it as a kid but the movie looks amazing. Looking forward to it.

I'm currently watching: Seinfeld

Labels: That's Life

4:23 PM |0 comments

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Brain decline begins at age 27?

Say what now? You're kidding me, right? Sigh... What a thing to read about a week and a half before my 27th birthday. A new study shows that 'Brain decline' begins at age 27. I really don't know why I'm so upset though. I thought that my brain has been deteriorating since I was 22. That's when they say you're at your peak and they're probably right. I was a damn genius at 22. So then they go on to say that memory should be good until you're 37 but again, my memory has been total crap for years now. Some trend. Heaven help me if my memory starts getting any worse. Get to work brain people. You keep working on those stem cells. After you get me another Shakey's Pizza, I want that new and improved body you've been promising me.

I'm currently watching: American Idol

Labels: That's Life, What the hell

9:40 PM |0 comments

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Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everybody. I know it's almost over but it's been a hell of a day and definitely ended on a great note. Definitely a Thanksgiving to remember. I'm stuffed to the gill on double doses of turkey, mac n' cheese, stuffing, biscuits, assorted pies and deserts and Rolling Rock. I can barely move and I may never eat again (today). However, this Thanksgiving was a little different than the rest. Sure I didn't get to go to Main Street Station's buffet and I sure as hell wasn't in the Bahamas this year but I did get blessed with an Eagles victory this Thanksgiving that I don't think we'll ever forget. 4 days ago I was miserable and was certainly not looking forward to this game against a top NFC team. Today we still don't have any hope but it's still a team I love led by my quarterback, Donovan McNabb. I'm not gonna get into all the garbage I've had to put up with over the last few days. No. Instead I'm just gonna give us something that we haven't seen in quite some time. The postgame Donovan McNabb that even the bitterest of Eagles fans can't hate. Donovan at his best. He sure as hell played like it tonight and as always, it shows.

I'm currently watching: The Incredibles

Labels: Sports, That's Life

9:44 PM |0 comments

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Yes I'm Ready For Some Football

So the Timbers we used to go to for Eagles games, what was one of the only Eagles bars in town, was bought out and is no longer an Eagles bar. We found this out a few weeks back when we wanted to go out to watch one of the preseason games that was not on national TV. We called them up and they were no longer an Eagles bar. They had no team affiliation and it sounded like we would no longer be able to go there as they wouldn't even have the football package. It was pretty devastating but we quickly found another Eagles bar that looked good. However it was so far away, and supposedly got packed real early, so we had to get there really, really early. Like 7:30AM early for a 10AM kickoff. Not too thrilled with that. Especially since it's a bar bar and mostly for drinking and watching the game and not for eating breakfast and watching the game. I don't know about you, but I don't like drinking and driving ever let alone at Sunday morning/afternoon. Regardless, we had no choice. We were going to have to go to this bar.

Until now! I just called The Creek, formerly Timbers, back and they said they do indeed have the football package. Even better, the person who answered the phone is the same waitress that we used to get every Sunday and she said she'd try her best to make sure we have the game on with sound. She even remembered how we drink iced teas and Pepsi for 3 hours. I mean even if we don't have the sound on the overhead speakers, we can still turn the TV sound up. And it certainly beats waking up at 6AM on Sunday. I'm extra psyched for the game tomorrow now. Sweet.

I'm currently watching: College Football: Oregon State at Penn State

Labels: Entertainment, That's Life

1:58 PM |0 comments

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Summer, Olympics, done.

It was at least 4-5 months ago when I started getting excited for the Olympics but so much else was happening this Summer, like the wedding and honeymoon, that it really turned into a Summer of anticipation. But July came and went and with it the wedding and honeymoon. It was okay. I only waited over a year for those things; and I had the Olympics to look forward to a few weeks afterward anyway.

2 weeks ago, the Olympics finally started. I watched so much Olympic coverage the last 2 weeks and I still couldn't get enough. Swimming definitely consumed me, as well as the rest of the world, for the first week but there was so much other great stuff to watch around Michael Phelps. Regardless, today is the last day of the Olympics on TV. They're showing everything that happened yesterday because, as I've come to live with, nothing's ever live. Except for the Men's Basketball gold medal game. I was actually able to watch that live last night at 11:30PM. Great game.

By the way. As I'm typing this, women's group rhythmic jumprope? gymnastics is on. When on Earth did this become a sport? I looked it up, it's called Five Ropes. Never heard of it. Wait, what the hell is this? Now they've replaced ropes with hula hoops? It's called Three Hoops + Two Clubs. They give out gold medals for this crap? People in China live off of rice and they're wasting precious medals on 5 girls that can throw hula hoops around a mat?

Anyway, now I guess the Summer is officially over. The closing ceremony will be on tonight, kids are back in school tomorrow, traffic is bad again in the morning and TV shows will be starting up in a few weeks. And I think there's some election coming up soon for some government role. I had more to write about here but that rhythmic gymnastics stuff really hurt my head and I can't think of what I was going to say. I guess I'll leave on that note. Only 2 more years til Vancouver. Then we get to watch curling on Tuesday at 3:18AM. Hey, at least it'll be live, right?

I'm currently watching: XXIX Summer Olympics: gymnastics, rhythmic group final

Labels: Sports, That's Life

1:56 PM |0 comments

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2008 Summer Olympics

Alright, I've been practically watching nothing but the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing since the Friday night opening ceremony. I love the Olympics. Can't get enough of them. I've always been fascinated by the spectacle that is the Olympic games, be it Summer or Winter. However I just made a Twitter regarding the diving events and the way it's been turning out for the American divers that goes something like this,


It was right after I made that statement when I realized that it doesn't just seem to hold true to only diving. We're also getting hosed in the gymnastic competitions that are held up to the judges scores. Completely hosed. Maybe I don't know enough about anything regarding to diving or gymnastics, but I do know that the scores just don't seem to be fair. When 2 teams both do a crappy dive, the scores should be about the same and when 2 teams do something good, the scores should be about the same. It just doesn't seem to work like that this year.

It could be because I'm a whiny American, but if you agree with that, you're probably a Communist and should either leave America or not be allowed in. The only events the Americans are winning at the moment are the timed events and the other events where we physically beat down opponents. And in those events, we're not just winning, we're physically beating down opponents. It's great. But something just doesn't seem right here with the way judges are scoring us. I don't like them. They should care about my opinion, take it into consideration and just do it... whatever it may be. And it in this case, it, is give us justified higher scores.

I'm currently watching: XXIX Summer Olympics - W. Beach Volleyball

Labels: Sports, That's Life

9:31 PM |0 comments

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Back to School Day 2

So I had training again today. It's great. Both days I've gotten to go home for lunch because it's only about 12 minutes away from home. My round trip time is considerably less than 1 way to and from PH. This is how life is supposed to be. Leave the house at 8:40AM, get to work easily by 9AM. It's like I'm thinking Gorgonzola and it's actually Gorgonzola time.

I'm currently watching: Ice Road Truckers

Labels: That's Life

6:16 PM |0 comments

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Back to School

I'm taking a 3 day class this week and after day 1 I can confidently say that I miss the classroom environment. My father always said school was way better than work but I never believed him. Even after a year or so of work I wasn't changing my opinion. However, after only 4 years, I think I may start believing. Maybe it's this class and the subject matter or maybe it's this job but I enjoy learning stuff and I enjoy learning stuff in a classroom environment; not learning stuff as things break and you need to fix it immediately. Today I worked from 5:30AM, yes AM, until 9AM, and then went to a class until 4PM, and the day flew by. Almost looking forward to tomorrow. It beats work.

I'm currently watching: Africa's Last Eden

Labels: That's Life

4:40 PM |0 comments

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A Wise Man Once Said...

It's not every day in a man's life that he gets to open up a box of QTips. So treasure these few moments people. Remember.... Next time you open up a box of QTips, it could be your last.

What I'm listening to: Silence

Labels: That's Life

6:54 AM |0 comments

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I only got 4 minutes to make this post.

You know... What if there's ever an emergency and I only got 4 minutes to save the world? What would I do now? If I ever alerted someone to that fact, they'd probably just think I was quoting Justin Timberlake and ignore me. Everyone would be in grave danger and no one would care; they'd probably just break out the glow sticks and start a light switch rave. Talk about the wrong way to cry wolf. So I promise you all, I will never Twitter "I only got 4 minutes to save the world" unless I really mean it. I hope you will all do the same.

What I'm listening to: Silence

Labels: That's Life

7:57 AM |0 comments

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Random update.

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. Well I'm not really sorry. Ok, maybe a little sorry. It's just that I've actually talked to most of you since my last post and didn't really have anything that I needed to document on here. Work sucks. After it, I spend most of my time relaxing by playing Wii. Well like an hour a day at least. I'm up to 6 golds and 3 silvers in Wii Fitness. That's out of tennis, baseball and bowling. I own baseball.

Speaking of baseball. It starts this week. The fantasy baseball draft was this last Saturday. It was a good time. We actually had 8 out of 10 people show up. I can't wait for baseball to start. Oh yeah Rob, you said you had something to tell me regarding baseball. Here's your reminder. Anyway, that's about it. Nothing else really going on. Gotta buy Daniel Tosh tickets.

I'm currently watching: South Park

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7:27 PM |0 comments

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The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire.

Figures, the only place on the strip that I really go to on a regular basis catches on fire and is closed indefinitely. It happened on Friday and it looked pretty bad. I was able to go check it out from the front of PH and the smoke was ridiculous. Apparently it could been seen across the entire valley. Then we watched it streaming online and just watched the place burn. Crazy. Maybe it was karma for MGM ruining the Pub & Brewery. Bring back High Roller Red there Monte Carlo. Do it... Do it. But hopefully it'll open back up fairly quickly because as we all know, I still love the Monte Carlo breakfast buffet.

I'm currently watching: Miss America Live 2008

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10:52 AM |0 comments

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Shoulders that go on forever.

Yeah, so on Saturday I went out shopping for some new shirts for work because I need them. Earlier that day I got fitted for my tux so for the first time in my life I didn't have to just buy a Large. Anyway, after about about 3 hours, I hadn't found 1 shirt. Frustrating as hell. So I get to dinner and get laughs because I can't buy a shirt. I didn't realize why I couldn't find any shirts until the next day. I went back out shopping and got fitted again. 16/37. The guy is about 70, has seen it all, and pretty much laughs at me and wishes me luck finding a shirt for my awesomeness. I'm neither big, nor tall. Just massive. I have the bone structure of a silver back. Yeah, that's right, I'm pretty huge. All these years getting laughed at because my shoulders go on forever, and yep, they certainly do. Take that Taylor.

I'm currently watching: Scrubs

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7:36 PM |0 comments

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Let's Vote

I'm currently watching: Carpoolers

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7:00 PM |0 comments

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Sunday, Sunday, Sunday

So I decided I wanted a Wii for Christmas right about Thanksgiving but then I went away for Thanksgiving and yeah, it was just a bad time. So 2 weeks ago, Kristin went to Best Buy at like 7:30AM when it opened at 10:00AM but was too far back in the line. They had a minimum of 18 but ended up having 23. The last person who got one got there at like 6:30AM. So last weekend she went at like 6:00AM or something but it turns out they weren't selling Wiis last weekend; they were holding them all for this weekend. Yay.

So yesterday I check the ad and they have a minimum of 21. Last night I go to Best Buy and talk to a guy. He says get there by 4:00AM. I think the man's crazy, but alright, I want one and what else am I doing at 4:00AM on Sunday so I say what the hell. They open at 8:00AM now anyway. I woke up at 3:45AM and got there by 4:15AM. I didn't get a Wii this morning. I was like 52 in line. The guy 2 in front of me was there at 3:20AM and didn't get one. Probably the 12 or so people in front of him who got there before 3:30AM didn't get one. They had 70 but were only giving out 27. I guess they were holding the rest for next weekend. When youll probably have to line up Friday night and stand there for 2 days to get one. To say the least, I won't be having a Wii under the Christmas tree.

It's pretty assanign that you could wait probably 5-6 hours in 30 degree temperatures and not get a Wii, that is in the store, just so Best Buy can tell people that they're gonna have 50 of them the Sunday before Christmas. A sale is a sale. This my friends is why I hate Best Buy.

In lighter news, Matt got a Rock Band. I think that's what I'll be doing until I get a Wii. I can't complain.

And the Eagles won their Superbowl this afternoon, beating the Cowboys and injuring a lot of them. It was a great game and it pretty much defines the season of what could have been if we had gotten some breaks. Tony Romo had a career-low QB rating of 22.2, bumb-ass Terrance Newman played like Terrance Newman and Roy Williams, of course, played crappy while Roy Williamsing Donovan. When will the NFL do something a little more severe to this man who continues getting fines for committing the Roy Williams tackle??? He obviously doesn't care about the fines.

I'm currently watching: NFL Football: Washington Redskins at New York Giants

Labels: Purchases, Sports, That's Life

6:48 PM |0 comments

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Worst day ever.

Days don't get much darker than this. Jessica Alba is expecting her first child AND it's not mine. Terrible, terrible news.

What I'm listening to: The Strokes - Reptilia

Labels: That's Life, Women

9:46 AM |0 comments

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Happy Hanukkah

Happy Hanukkah to my 0 Jewish readers.

I'm currently watching: Eyewitness News at 5PM

Labels: That's Life

5:24 PM |0 comments

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Topps no more.

Topps Meat is going out of business after their massive recall last week. It's kind of sad. I don't eat them anymore however I grew up eating these burgers and man did I eat a lot of em. We used to barbecue em up all the time during the summer. Always had a box of Topps in the freezer. What a shame.

What I'm listening to: Lifehouse - No Name Face - Sick Cycle Carousel

Labels: That's Life

9:00 AM |0 comments

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Nevermind... I'm just too old.

It's insanely disturbing but the baby from the Nevermind cover is now 16 years old.

I'm currently watching: Haunted Philadelphia

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5:03 PM |0 comments

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Live Earth

I've been listening to and watching Live Earth throughout the day and I have to say it is one hell of a great show. It was on Sirius so I got a chance to catch a few of the acts and then when I got home it's been on NBC and UHD most of the night so I've now gotten to see a bunch of great acts. I mean Roger Waters doing almost half of Dark Side of the Moon, Foo Fighters, John Mayer, RHCP and THEN the Smashing Pumpkins, Bon Jovi, Genesis and a Police set. I mean this is most of the best acts of the last 20-30 years. There were tons of other great acts and then even some of the stuff I heard from people I didn't even know was decent. The NY and London shows were just incredible. Kinda actually makes me want to do more. I mean I like those funky lightbulbs more than regular lightbulbs anyway.

I'm currently watching: Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis

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11:03 PM |0 comments

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Guide to Philadelphia English.

I stumbled upon an interesting read entitled Phillyspeak that really breaks down what it takes to speak like someone from Philadelphia. I've read a lot of chain letters and things of this nature before but I don't recall reading anything that discusses our language quite this well. It's actually a pretty educational article that had me laughing quite a bit but. They should be teaching this stuff in schools; Not that Shakespeare crap. I barely read any Shakespeare in school and did done OK.

What I'm listening to: Silence

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5:19 PM |0 comments

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Update

I started looking at rings a year ago April but decided to buy a house first. Fast forward to this April. I bought a house, started looking at rings again, went home, bought one, came back, gave it to Kristin, and yes, she did say yes. It happened that fast. Some other fun facts? I've now been to Shea. Even thought it was probably colder than the Meadowlands in January, I can knock one more ballpark off my list. I want a Wii pretty bad after playing hours of it at Taylor's while I was home. I now have my Phoenix trip booked and 2 weeks from right now I'll be checking off Chase Field from my ballpark list. Tomorrow it should be 85 degrees outside and I'll be playing Wiffleball for the first time in like 10 years. If it's still hurricane season outside like it feels like it's been for the last week, Ultimate Alliance is always calling my name.

What I'm listening to: Silence

Labels: Purchases, Sports, That's Life, Vacation

5:25 PM |0 comments

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Gorgeous.

It's February 7th and I wore shorts and sandals because it's been creeping up into the 70s. ::Borat voice:: Nice!!!

I'm currently watching: American Idol

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9:40 PM |0 comments

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I got keys.

Ok, I'm now a 10% homeowner. I got my keys and I've been in the place unescorted.

In other news, Pandas are even more feebler.

I'm currently watching: The Insider

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6:55 PM |0 comments

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I'm an in limbo homeowner.

Yesterday, I walked through the condo, having Mart�n and Jason paint and fix everything that wasn't up to par, signed the not so insane amount of papers, put down the insane amount of money, but don't get the keys until Tuesday. Then I will be a 10% homeowner.

What I'm listening to: Silence

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11:08 AM |0 comments

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Chistmas? Bah Humbug!

So another Christmas has come and gone and yet this one didn't even feel like Christmas. I still can't believe it happened because it really doesn't feel like it. For the first time ever it was completely lackluster. December 25th this year was a great Eagles game and a good dinner. There was no waking up happy it was Christmas. It was only waking up worrying about which jersey I should wear for the Eagles game.

There was no fun opening presents. Even after almost 25 years, people still somehow don't realize not to buy me stuff before checking with me first. So I got a whole bunch of stuff I didn't want and some of which can't even be returned which makes it even more depressing. Opening up gifts is really no fun when you have to fake liking stuff so you don't hurt feelings. It's like a bad dream that you can't wait up from. So now I just have stuff taking up space.

And then there was the Eagles game which I waited for all day like it was the 2nd coming of Christ. That was great. However it didn't end until just about dinner time and most of Christmas was over. So I ate till I was sick and went to bed so that I could wake up for work the next day.

3 days later and I'm finally thinking about what I actually got and it's just like... blah. I guess I can look at it like there are a lot of kids that get nothing, however I can't do that. That would make me sane. I have to look it like people completely wasted hard earned money on me, money that I could have spent much wiser, but there's nothing I can do about it. That is why the only thing I asked for this Christmas was money, so that I could put it towards my guitar... the only thing that I really want and am still going to buy in a few weeks, just without that extra money. I think if the Eagles would have lost, I'd need medicine for depression right about now. Jeez I need a drink.

And no, I'm certainly not talking about the Rocky glove. That makes me feel bad but only because I don't feel worthy of such a gift. Not because it's not completely awesome.

I'm currently watching: Borneo's Pygmy Elephants

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5:55 PM |0 comments

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When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

So when in the Wild, Wild, West, do as the westerners do. I just went horseback riding for the first time ever. It hurts. Not pleasant one bit. My coccyx is feeling a tad under the weather, even hours later, and when I got off the thing my whole lower regions were in pain from my back down to my toes. I felt like I rolled my both ankles. I think my stirrups weren't set right or something. We rode in pitch black for over an hour, and me and my horse, Copenhagen, became as one. Seriously. I think I felt my legs fusing on to his sides. That's what the pain felt like. And let me tell you, it didn't help my already pulled groin one bit. But it was fun. The horse listened to me, or he at least made me feel like he was listening to me. I don't really think he gave to craps what I was telling him to do. He just kept doing his thing. I liked it though. Under the stars and it was nice and cold. Being all bundled up in the middle of the desert. Then afterwards we get some nice hot chili and cookies, hot chocolate and get to toast marshmallows even though I was too full for any. I think I'd do it again. And if not, there's always just the wagon ride like we did 2 years ago. As long as I had some extra padded underwear on or something I don't see why I could ride the horse again. Well that and having my stirrups set to the right height. But this was a different change of pace; something out of the ordinary and enjoyable

I'm currently watching: MAD TV

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11:11 PM |0 comments

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What accent do you have?

What American accent do you have? Your Result: Philadelphia Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak! If you're not from Philadelphia, then you're from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington. if you've ever journeyed to some far off place where people don't know that Philly has an accent, someone may have thought you talked a little weird even though they didn't have a clue what accent it was they heard.

What American accent do you have? Take More Quizzes

I'm currently watching: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

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7:38 PM |0 comments

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I guess I just been busy.

Sometime late last week we lost all power in the neighborhood which led to the shutting down of my server. I have a feeling the entire power outage was aimed at destroying my server but I have no proof. I'm on to the man though. Oh yes, I'm on to all of the men. After that, the computer was all out of whack and finally this weekend it totally hit the fan. So I've spent the last few days just trying to fix my network and then finally, tonight, spend a few hours fixing my server. My server's what stores my email, my Terententen.com files, hell, even my money records, so to say the least, I've been a bit out of it. To top it off, before it totally hit the fan, I formatted my primary computer so I was spending time reinstalling everything I need here. However I failed to mention I keep all of my setup files on my server so that just made it all more difficult. Well everything's back up now and I can finally get back into the swing of things. Phew.

I'm currently watching: NFL Football: Oakland Raiders at Seattle Seahawks

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8:23 PM |0 comments

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Damn it feels good to be a gangsta.

Looks like I get to keep my job a little while longer. I've now gotten all the certifications I need to not get fired in November. I think I'll roll into work tomorrow kinda like this. Until they need me to work on Saturday. Yeeeaaaaaaah.


I'm currently watching: NFL Football: Pittsburgh Steelers at Jacksonville Jaguars

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5:51 PM |0 comments

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The Exterminator Came Today.

Dan the Bug Man finally came today and sprayed around the inside and outside of the house 2 times. He might even come back tomorrow and do it again just in case. You know what that means? I can finally go to the kitchen at night to get a drink of water without putting my shoes on, but only after checking them for scorpions, when I'm dying of thirst. No more scorpions! Oh, and dead bugs.


Whammy!

I'm currently watching: NFL Football: Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys

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5:18 PM |0 comments

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$0 Reward

How come I never know who the guy is that killed that other guy so that I can get some of this reward money that the man is always telling me about? Doesn't seem so fair. I want some of that damn money.

I'm currently watching: Friends

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8:02 PM |0 comments

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Bathroom Break Organizer

*Updated on 4/28/09

THON isn't even here yet, and I'm already tired of it. It's all I heard about for the last week, and it's probably all I'm gonna hear about this week. Yay, let's drink up this week because THON is coming up in 5 DAYS!!! Woooooooo. I'm important because I'm the Bathroom Break Organizer, who is by the way Girl Incognito ([email protected]). I do not know her personally, but I'm gonna naturally assume that she is worthless. "I think I'll stop being completely involved in myself for 1 weekend a year so I can tell you all how to go take a piss. Yay, I'm great! All bow before me."

Damn, I just can't wait til the weekend when I can go to the bars and not have to worry about them being packed by all the freakin' Frat and Sorostitute tools.

I'm currently watching: Dogma

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4:40 PM |0 comments

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