I've always wanted to go to 24 Hour Fitness but they always charge you so much money up front. You can't even get a membership unless you have $200 in your pocket (or debit card) so I've just given up hope. Also I'd have to take 2 buses to get there and wait about 45 min for the bus.
The bike trail is near where the 24 hour fitness is so I could get to the bike trail from home then when I get to Rosedale Hwy I can just start riding on the sidewalk (because it's on the wrong side of the street) until I get there. They have a special right now that is $19 down, $19 a month. Now I can afford it and I can be exercising on the way there then get a couple hours of exercise in before leaving where I will be exercising some more to get home. Good plan. We'll see if I do it when I get my used bike.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Credit Card Theft
I wasn't going to blog about this because I had resolved it with the bank so it was a non issue. But I did a search on it and find that it is a huge issue.
This company who goes by many different names, or maybe, possibly there are many companies doing the same thing. One of the names is MyLiberia.com, another is Digismarket. The name on my statement is Electronic Business Res. They charge you $4.95 for services that are never rendered. They are an online bookstore or so they say they are, selling e-books but you never get an e-book. You don't even get an email telling you that they are ripping you off but in the bank statement it gives me a transaction number and a phone number which is out of service.
As I said I wasn't going to blog about this but I feel that it's something that people really need to know about. Make sure you check your bank statement or credit card statement often to make sure it's not there. Or better yet, call the credit card company or your bank and just request a new card so you can have a new credit card number just in case.
Good luck
This company who goes by many different names, or maybe, possibly there are many companies doing the same thing. One of the names is MyLiberia.com, another is Digismarket. The name on my statement is Electronic Business Res. They charge you $4.95 for services that are never rendered. They are an online bookstore or so they say they are, selling e-books but you never get an e-book. You don't even get an email telling you that they are ripping you off but in the bank statement it gives me a transaction number and a phone number which is out of service.
As I said I wasn't going to blog about this but I feel that it's something that people really need to know about. Make sure you check your bank statement or credit card statement often to make sure it's not there. Or better yet, call the credit card company or your bank and just request a new card so you can have a new credit card number just in case.
Good luck
Monday, March 30, 2009
Deadly Pet Toys
We got our Toy Chihuahua last year so we've had her for maybe a year and 2 months. When we first got her we went to PetSmart and bought her this little toy that is a green frog with a squeaker inside of it. She loves that frog. She's always playing with it and her favorite thing is to bite down on the squeaker to make it squeak.
She's chewed the hell out of that frog and she's even torn the fabric so that she was able to access the squeaker and she chewed the tip of it off. This was like 6 months or so ago. I took the squeaker out and threw it away when I realized what she had one.
About a month ago I found the spare squeaker that came with the frog and there is an access in the back of the frog with Velcro so you can remove the one inside and replace it. Well, even though she chewed the hell out of the stomach it didn't occur to me that she might try to chew the spare squeaker the same way. I don't know why. I forgot that she did it to the first one so it didn't really occur to me to not put the second one in there.
Today Chip was laying on the couch talking to his brother on the phone and our dog Flower was laying next to his feet just going to town on this frog. I saw how passionate she was chewing on this thing and it didn't occur to me that she might have been chewing the tip of the squeaker.
Chip got off the phone and I noticed that she was clawing at her face. I went over to her and picked up the frog and she didn't try to get it back, she was still clawing at her face. She had this look of horror in her eyes. I could tell she was in trouble but I didn't know what to do. I looked at the squeaker and the tip was gone. The part that makes the squeaking sound was laying on the couch where she was laying all by itself next to the frog and I realized she was choking on something.
I put my finger in her mouth and I could feel it in her throat but I couldn't get at it. I accidentally pushed it in her throat and she was struggling still. I knew she couldn't breathe at all. I told Chip to blow inside her mouth to help her out but he didn't know what I meant. He put his lips up to her mouth and blew on them, I grabbed her and put her entire snout into my mouth and just blew and then chip squeezed her chest and you could hear a popping sound, the plastic piece shot out of her mouth and fell onto the floor.
OMFG!!! I was in total panic mode, I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what I was doing when I blew in her mouth, I thought I was helping her but at the same time I would've been hurting her. If it weren't for Chip squeezing her chest she would've been dead.
I immediately threw the frog away and took a picture of the squeaker. You can see in the picture the piece that she had stuck in her throat, it's the thing that the arrow is pointing to.
She's chewed the hell out of that frog and she's even torn the fabric so that she was able to access the squeaker and she chewed the tip of it off. This was like 6 months or so ago. I took the squeaker out and threw it away when I realized what she had one.
About a month ago I found the spare squeaker that came with the frog and there is an access in the back of the frog with Velcro so you can remove the one inside and replace it. Well, even though she chewed the hell out of the stomach it didn't occur to me that she might try to chew the spare squeaker the same way. I don't know why. I forgot that she did it to the first one so it didn't really occur to me to not put the second one in there.
Today Chip was laying on the couch talking to his brother on the phone and our dog Flower was laying next to his feet just going to town on this frog. I saw how passionate she was chewing on this thing and it didn't occur to me that she might have been chewing the tip of the squeaker.
Chip got off the phone and I noticed that she was clawing at her face. I went over to her and picked up the frog and she didn't try to get it back, she was still clawing at her face. She had this look of horror in her eyes. I could tell she was in trouble but I didn't know what to do. I looked at the squeaker and the tip was gone. The part that makes the squeaking sound was laying on the couch where she was laying all by itself next to the frog and I realized she was choking on something.
I put my finger in her mouth and I could feel it in her throat but I couldn't get at it. I accidentally pushed it in her throat and she was struggling still. I knew she couldn't breathe at all. I told Chip to blow inside her mouth to help her out but he didn't know what I meant. He put his lips up to her mouth and blew on them, I grabbed her and put her entire snout into my mouth and just blew and then chip squeezed her chest and you could hear a popping sound, the plastic piece shot out of her mouth and fell onto the floor.
OMFG!!! I was in total panic mode, I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what I was doing when I blew in her mouth, I thought I was helping her but at the same time I would've been hurting her. If it weren't for Chip squeezing her chest she would've been dead.
I immediately threw the frog away and took a picture of the squeaker. You can see in the picture the piece that she had stuck in her throat, it's the thing that the arrow is pointing to.
I can only imagine what might have happened if we weren't home to see this happening, what we might have walked in on one day. I might have been on my bike ride and come home to find a dead toy chihuahua laying on the living room floor or on the couch. Or we might come home from the movies or from going out to dinner. I will never ever buy another toy with one of these things in it ever again. And if I find a toy that has one, I'm going to take it out first.
My aunt Louise takes them out. When I went to visit her for Christmas in Texas someone bought her dogs some toys and she took the squeakers out but I didn't know why, now I know. They are killers. But her dogs are a lot bigger than mine, like Golden Retriever sized dogs. Our dog is smaller than a cat. Like half the size of a cat. I never even imagined this would happen but now I do and I've learned from it.
My MOST Embarrassing Moment in History
I know that every time something embarrassing happens to me I always say that it is thee most embarrassing moment in my life but I have to say that those don't even compare to what happened to me today.
Ok so we went to Albertson's this morning before Chip dropped me off at the doctors off before he went to work. He bought some toothpaste because we were out and he also grabbed a 1 liter bottle of flavored water for himself and 1 for me too. So he drops me off at the doctors office and I go in, sign in, sit down and am watching TV and waiting patiently to be called. Then tragedy struck.
You know when you have a room temperature bottle of sparkling water or soda or something and you unscrew the cap and it starts to fizz up so you have to open then close the lid over and over because if you don't it explodes all over the place? I had already done that and taken a sip or 2 out of the water. Well, I was sitting there just watching TV and I opened the lid and all was fine, no fizzing occurred. I put the bottle up to my mouth and it just exploded all over me. OMG!
My whole front was completely soaking wet. At first I thought it was a dream, I must be sleeping still at home. I'm asleep and the people in the waiting room don't even acknowledge my existence here. Unfortunately, the realization came over me that I was indeed awake and there were other people in the waiting room staring at me. The only thing that I could say was "that did not just happen to me".
When it happened it was just so fast, so all of a sudden. I wasn't expecting that to happen, although I guess nobody does really. I tried stopping it by pressing my lips around the bottle but the pressure built up in my mouth and I had to let go so I put my finger in the bottle as if I were a little dutch boy trying to stop the flow of water in the hole in a dam.
So desperately I went over to the door and started knocking on it and I heard Donna say hang on and I'm like ok, this is sort of an emergency, I need someone to please assist in my suicide lol. So she opens the door and I walk in and she had this look on her face like OMG what happened. I said my water exploded all over me. She said it looks like I peed then threw up all over my shirt (as if I had a liquid lunch lol there were no chunks, just water). I went to the bathroom and blotted as much as I could but no matter how many paper towels I used, I wouldn't come out of it dry.
So then I went back to the door to the waiting room and said please don't make me go back out there. Then Jennifer comes along and sees me and I thought it would be funny to tell her "I'm really nervous today" at which point her jaw hit the ground. She knows that I would never piss my pants and she saw the water bottle so she started laughing. I told her my best course of action is to just pour the rest of it down the front of my shorts to even it out lol.
But luckily it started drying fast and by the time I left the doctors office my shorts were completely dry. So at least I didn't have to ride the bus with wet shorts on. I guess this is my karma for talking trash about the Jonas Brothers the other night. But in my defense I did delete it before anyone could see what a jerk I was. Then again I'm sure a few people saw it in the 2 minutes it took me to decide to delete it, but I doubt it.
Ok so we went to Albertson's this morning before Chip dropped me off at the doctors off before he went to work. He bought some toothpaste because we were out and he also grabbed a 1 liter bottle of flavored water for himself and 1 for me too. So he drops me off at the doctors office and I go in, sign in, sit down and am watching TV and waiting patiently to be called. Then tragedy struck.
You know when you have a room temperature bottle of sparkling water or soda or something and you unscrew the cap and it starts to fizz up so you have to open then close the lid over and over because if you don't it explodes all over the place? I had already done that and taken a sip or 2 out of the water. Well, I was sitting there just watching TV and I opened the lid and all was fine, no fizzing occurred. I put the bottle up to my mouth and it just exploded all over me. OMG!
My whole front was completely soaking wet. At first I thought it was a dream, I must be sleeping still at home. I'm asleep and the people in the waiting room don't even acknowledge my existence here. Unfortunately, the realization came over me that I was indeed awake and there were other people in the waiting room staring at me. The only thing that I could say was "that did not just happen to me".
When it happened it was just so fast, so all of a sudden. I wasn't expecting that to happen, although I guess nobody does really. I tried stopping it by pressing my lips around the bottle but the pressure built up in my mouth and I had to let go so I put my finger in the bottle as if I were a little dutch boy trying to stop the flow of water in the hole in a dam.
So desperately I went over to the door and started knocking on it and I heard Donna say hang on and I'm like ok, this is sort of an emergency, I need someone to please assist in my suicide lol. So she opens the door and I walk in and she had this look on her face like OMG what happened. I said my water exploded all over me. She said it looks like I peed then threw up all over my shirt (as if I had a liquid lunch lol there were no chunks, just water). I went to the bathroom and blotted as much as I could but no matter how many paper towels I used, I wouldn't come out of it dry.
So then I went back to the door to the waiting room and said please don't make me go back out there. Then Jennifer comes along and sees me and I thought it would be funny to tell her "I'm really nervous today" at which point her jaw hit the ground. She knows that I would never piss my pants and she saw the water bottle so she started laughing. I told her my best course of action is to just pour the rest of it down the front of my shorts to even it out lol.
But luckily it started drying fast and by the time I left the doctors office my shorts were completely dry. So at least I didn't have to ride the bus with wet shorts on. I guess this is my karma for talking trash about the Jonas Brothers the other night. But in my defense I did delete it before anyone could see what a jerk I was. Then again I'm sure a few people saw it in the 2 minutes it took me to decide to delete it, but I doubt it.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Go Phones
I've been doing a little research today trying to find a good cell phone plan for the both of us but can't really find something that has a good price. I mean, they are all expensive and I can't justify spending $100 just to be able to call each other for free when he's at work or when he goes on his breaks.
The only reason we need these cell phones are so when I'm riding my bike or I'm at the store or at the mall then he can call me and I'll be able to answer the phone. I think I might have found a solution to the problem.
AT&T has the Go Phone that is a Nokia 2610 for $30 and it's a prepaid cell phone so you pay $25 for the phone card and they basically charge you $1 for every day that you use your phone plus .10 cents per minute. So it wouldn't be very good for using every day if you are strapped for cash. But it does have free unlimited mobile to mobile calling which is what we are looking for. Now, I don't know if that means that we still have to pay $1 per day with the unlimited mobile to mobile, I'm sure it does. But that's ok, it's only $25 a month each phone.
I bought the cell phone that I have now in 2002 when I first started visiting my aunt in Simi Valley because Chip would call me and it was irritating her. So I bought a pre-paid cell phone through T-Mobile and it has served it's purpose but it's time to let it go. The phone got so old that it would just die all of a sudden. I'd charge the battery fully but the phone would still die. I ended up buying another one to replace it last year at the swap meet but this one is shutting off while Chip uses it now too. It's the same model so maybe I should've upgraded lol. So it's time for new cell phone(s).
The Go Phone just seems like the better plan for us right now. At least it has a color screen and you can download ringtones that aren't midi. I hate those old ringtones lol.
The only reason we need these cell phones are so when I'm riding my bike or I'm at the store or at the mall then he can call me and I'll be able to answer the phone. I think I might have found a solution to the problem.
AT&T has the Go Phone that is a Nokia 2610 for $30 and it's a prepaid cell phone so you pay $25 for the phone card and they basically charge you $1 for every day that you use your phone plus .10 cents per minute. So it wouldn't be very good for using every day if you are strapped for cash. But it does have free unlimited mobile to mobile calling which is what we are looking for. Now, I don't know if that means that we still have to pay $1 per day with the unlimited mobile to mobile, I'm sure it does. But that's ok, it's only $25 a month each phone.
I bought the cell phone that I have now in 2002 when I first started visiting my aunt in Simi Valley because Chip would call me and it was irritating her. So I bought a pre-paid cell phone through T-Mobile and it has served it's purpose but it's time to let it go. The phone got so old that it would just die all of a sudden. I'd charge the battery fully but the phone would still die. I ended up buying another one to replace it last year at the swap meet but this one is shutting off while Chip uses it now too. It's the same model so maybe I should've upgraded lol. So it's time for new cell phone(s).
The Go Phone just seems like the better plan for us right now. At least it has a color screen and you can download ringtones that aren't midi. I hate those old ringtones lol.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Everyone's a critic
I have my own taste in what I watch on TV. But what I hate is when people tell me stuff like "don't waste your time on that show" or "OMG that is so lame, you are such a pussy for watching that". You know what. Screw that. I don't give a crap what people have to tell me about how they feel about the shows I like. I don't go around telling people that they shouldn't be watching the stuff they watch. Jeez dude, mind your own business.
I'll give you an example. OK, I like shows like Buffy and Charmed but a lot of people will say that those shows are targeted for girls. No they're not! They are targeted to anyone who likes that world. I just so happen to be that type of a person. I don't care if it's all men burping and farting, as long as they are casting spells and vanquishing demons or slaying vampires, that's all I care about.
Some people will say "oh well that's not very educational now is it? I just watch the home decorating shows and you know, educational programming like the Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel (TLC) and the History Channel. You know, you could be a little more educated if you stop watching those TV shows of yours". You know what, let me tell you something about education. Shove your education up your pie hole =)) I watch those things too. I watch the History channel and Discovery once in awhile, if it's interesting to me. I don't base my whole existence on that crap because they aren't fantasy. I would much rather live in the fantasy world because it's more interesting.
Listen, I have ADD, you know what that means? It means if I don't give a crap about something then I'm not going to pay any attention and I'm not going to remember 1 thing you told me about any of it. I may be sitting there, staring at the screen for an hour but I can guarantee you that I won't hear 1 word being said. And at the very end you can quiz me on it and I'll tell you the same thing everyone time. "Huh? What? Oh I'm sorry, I wasn't even paying attention."
If you ask me anything about Smallville, Supernatural, Heroes, Buffy, Charmed or any of the other many shows that I watch, I will have so much information that you will be like omg I can't believe you remembered that but yet you can't remember anything that you just saw in the last hour that I made you watch on the History channel.
Sorry, it's how I roll.
I'll give you an example. OK, I like shows like Buffy and Charmed but a lot of people will say that those shows are targeted for girls. No they're not! They are targeted to anyone who likes that world. I just so happen to be that type of a person. I don't care if it's all men burping and farting, as long as they are casting spells and vanquishing demons or slaying vampires, that's all I care about.
Some people will say "oh well that's not very educational now is it? I just watch the home decorating shows and you know, educational programming like the Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel (TLC) and the History Channel. You know, you could be a little more educated if you stop watching those TV shows of yours". You know what, let me tell you something about education. Shove your education up your pie hole =)) I watch those things too. I watch the History channel and Discovery once in awhile, if it's interesting to me. I don't base my whole existence on that crap because they aren't fantasy. I would much rather live in the fantasy world because it's more interesting.
Listen, I have ADD, you know what that means? It means if I don't give a crap about something then I'm not going to pay any attention and I'm not going to remember 1 thing you told me about any of it. I may be sitting there, staring at the screen for an hour but I can guarantee you that I won't hear 1 word being said. And at the very end you can quiz me on it and I'll tell you the same thing everyone time. "Huh? What? Oh I'm sorry, I wasn't even paying attention."
If you ask me anything about Smallville, Supernatural, Heroes, Buffy, Charmed or any of the other many shows that I watch, I will have so much information that you will be like omg I can't believe you remembered that but yet you can't remember anything that you just saw in the last hour that I made you watch on the History channel.
Sorry, it's how I roll.
Primeval
Last year I watched this show on BBC America called Primeval. I thought it was a very good show. They only have about 6 or 7 episodes for each season but that's because it cost so much money to make with all the dinosaurs and special effects. The story is pretty good and I highly recommend it.
Here is a synopsis from scifi.com:
Primeval is coming to Sci-Fi channel starting on Friday April 10th at 10/9C. Catch it if you can. Set your TiVo's or whatever DVR's you have or your old dinosaur VCR's (pun intended). and make sure you don't miss this show.
Here is a synopsis from scifi.com:
World-renowned evolutionary scientist Professor Nick Cutter and his team are recruited by the British Government to investigate a series of dinosaur sightings. From a Gorgonopsid rampaging through the Forest of Dean to a swarm of giant spiders in the tunnels of the London Underground, they find themselves doing the "Monster Mash" with some seriously beastly opponents.
The seemingly impossible becomes a terrifying reality as long-extinct creatures rip through human territory. Meanwhile Cutter and his research assistant, Stephen Hart, struggle to find answers. Enlisting the help of zoologist Abby Maitland and student palaeontologist Connor Temple, the four work to uncover the secrets of the temporal anomalies. Yet it soon becomes clear that all traditional methods of research are extinct.
The team is abetted by shadowy government officials James Lester and Claudia Brown, who instruct them to keep the danger secret from the public. Yet inevitably, the past threatens to invade the present and destroy the future. And Cutter's crew faces a life and death race against time.
Adding to the chaos, Cutter is also struggling with a private dilemma. After disappearing for eight years, his wife, Helen, mysteriously returns with possible answers to help halt the invasion of prehistoric creatures. But is she willing to share the secrets? And if not, then why has she returned?
Combining dazzling special effects of Walking With Dinosaurs and Jurassic Park style, action and thrills, plus a haunting love story, Primeval asks a horrifying question — has mankind come to the end of the evolutionary road?
Primeval is coming to Sci-Fi channel starting on Friday April 10th at 10/9C. Catch it if you can. Set your TiVo's or whatever DVR's you have or your old dinosaur VCR's (pun intended). and make sure you don't miss this show.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Bubble on the Sun
Yesterday I was thrown into a total panic. Just before Chip went to work he told me about this story he saw on the news about this bubble that is on the sun and that by 2012 there will be a solar flare that will knock out all the satellites and will end all life as we know it.
Now, when you hear this what comes to mind? I've watched the Nostradamus specials on the history channel and the discovery channel all telling that he stopped writing about what will happen in the future so they think that since there is nothing after November 2012 that it will be the end of the world. Basically judgment day right? Well, when Chip told me that the sun will "end life as we know it" it put me into a total panic.
I was thinking all day that you know, there's nothing we can do about it. There is no way we can fill up a spaceship and board it with all the humans and animals and leave because we don't have one yet. Stargate SG-1 is just a TV show, not a reality. The government can't just start gathering people and animals and take them to Colorado and bring them to the Stargate and put them on another planet. It's not real.
The government might have some contacts with aliens from other worlds and contact them and ask for their assistance to find us a new planet and come beam us up Scotti and take us to our new planet. But I highly doubt they know any aliens and if they did they'd probably want to eat us.
Chip calls on his lunch break and by then my world is in complete chaos. In my head people are running in the streets looting stores and turning over cars. Digging underground bunkers which would do no good if the earth blew up. I asked him what he was talking about.
He said that the ozone layer wouldn't be enough to protect the satellites and they would basically turn off or be disrupted or something. That the electrical grids would probably shut off too and we would be thrown back in time by 100 years, not literally but as far as our technology. The earth is not doomed to destruction and Jesus is not coming to claim the souls lol.
WHEW! Basically we wouldn't have satellite TV or radio and they would have to find a way of repairing the satellites and/or replacing them and they would have to work on fixing the electric grids to turn our power back on. We probably wouldn't have cell communication or email or tv or whatever. We would have to start reading again and the stores would have to use their brains to sell things instead of a cash register because no electricity and all... And all the food would go bad because they need power to keep cold.
But, time will tell what will happen. Perhaps they will have it all figured out by then and they will have Solar panels more in play than they do now for grocery stores and any other business. People will be able to afford solar panels for their houses. I need that because of my bipap machine. If I have no electricity then I'm going to die because I have to sleep with a mask pushing air into my lungs, no air = no life. I die. So this isn't good for me. Unless I can lose 75lbs in the next 4 years I'm pretty much screwed. That is if the fat is what is causing sleep apnea. I don't know that it is or it isn't.
At any rate, now is a good time as any to start taking this diet seriously. I mean, dead seriously if you know what I mean. Maybe if I can lose all this weight then I won't need the bipap machine anymore. That's 1 less dependant.
As far as my electronics are concerned. I have a little solar charger that I can plug into my electronics to charge their batteries. They also sell backpacks that have a solar charger on them so you can charge things so while I'm riding my bike I can be charging things like my mp3 player, PSP and Kindle (if I have one by then). If the cell phones don't work then it won't matter if my cell phone is charged up or not.
If the TVs don't let us see TV anymore then we can all start talking to each other again and read books and maybe the kids can go outside and play and get skinny again. Perhaps this would be good for humanity to shed all these pounds of fat. If the kids can't play with their PlayStation 6 anymore because there is no electricity then they can go play Basketball 2.0. I mean, that's why people have back yards right?
Maybe the bike trails will be packed with people and they will have to turn it into a 4 lane bike trail instead of it's 2 lane bike trail. Who knows.
All I know is that 4 years isn't too far off. Yeah it might seem like it is to some people but I'm 38, going on 39 in a couple of months. These last 4 decades have gone by too fast so 4 years is nothing to me. 4 years can come in the blink of an eye so be prepared for it.
Now, when you hear this what comes to mind? I've watched the Nostradamus specials on the history channel and the discovery channel all telling that he stopped writing about what will happen in the future so they think that since there is nothing after November 2012 that it will be the end of the world. Basically judgment day right? Well, when Chip told me that the sun will "end life as we know it" it put me into a total panic.
I was thinking all day that you know, there's nothing we can do about it. There is no way we can fill up a spaceship and board it with all the humans and animals and leave because we don't have one yet. Stargate SG-1 is just a TV show, not a reality. The government can't just start gathering people and animals and take them to Colorado and bring them to the Stargate and put them on another planet. It's not real.
The government might have some contacts with aliens from other worlds and contact them and ask for their assistance to find us a new planet and come beam us up Scotti and take us to our new planet. But I highly doubt they know any aliens and if they did they'd probably want to eat us.
Chip calls on his lunch break and by then my world is in complete chaos. In my head people are running in the streets looting stores and turning over cars. Digging underground bunkers which would do no good if the earth blew up. I asked him what he was talking about.
He said that the ozone layer wouldn't be enough to protect the satellites and they would basically turn off or be disrupted or something. That the electrical grids would probably shut off too and we would be thrown back in time by 100 years, not literally but as far as our technology. The earth is not doomed to destruction and Jesus is not coming to claim the souls lol.
WHEW! Basically we wouldn't have satellite TV or radio and they would have to find a way of repairing the satellites and/or replacing them and they would have to work on fixing the electric grids to turn our power back on. We probably wouldn't have cell communication or email or tv or whatever. We would have to start reading again and the stores would have to use their brains to sell things instead of a cash register because no electricity and all... And all the food would go bad because they need power to keep cold.
But, time will tell what will happen. Perhaps they will have it all figured out by then and they will have Solar panels more in play than they do now for grocery stores and any other business. People will be able to afford solar panels for their houses. I need that because of my bipap machine. If I have no electricity then I'm going to die because I have to sleep with a mask pushing air into my lungs, no air = no life. I die. So this isn't good for me. Unless I can lose 75lbs in the next 4 years I'm pretty much screwed. That is if the fat is what is causing sleep apnea. I don't know that it is or it isn't.
At any rate, now is a good time as any to start taking this diet seriously. I mean, dead seriously if you know what I mean. Maybe if I can lose all this weight then I won't need the bipap machine anymore. That's 1 less dependant.
As far as my electronics are concerned. I have a little solar charger that I can plug into my electronics to charge their batteries. They also sell backpacks that have a solar charger on them so you can charge things so while I'm riding my bike I can be charging things like my mp3 player, PSP and Kindle (if I have one by then). If the cell phones don't work then it won't matter if my cell phone is charged up or not.
If the TVs don't let us see TV anymore then we can all start talking to each other again and read books and maybe the kids can go outside and play and get skinny again. Perhaps this would be good for humanity to shed all these pounds of fat. If the kids can't play with their PlayStation 6 anymore because there is no electricity then they can go play Basketball 2.0. I mean, that's why people have back yards right?
Maybe the bike trails will be packed with people and they will have to turn it into a 4 lane bike trail instead of it's 2 lane bike trail. Who knows.
All I know is that 4 years isn't too far off. Yeah it might seem like it is to some people but I'm 38, going on 39 in a couple of months. These last 4 decades have gone by too fast so 4 years is nothing to me. 4 years can come in the blink of an eye so be prepared for it.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Is 17 Mature Enough for Plan B?
There is a new debate about the age limit being lowered from 18 to 17 for buying the Plan B pill without a prescription. They are asking if age 17 is mature enough to buy this new drug. This drug "Plan B" is meant to prevent a pregnancy within the first 72 hours. It is not an abortion pill but merely a preventative measure against pregnancy.
I think that if a 17 year old is mature enough to spread her legs and have unprotected sex with a boy, whether it be consensual or non-consensual, then she is mature enough to buy this over the counter and not need to go to the doctors office and have to get her parents permission. I mean come on, by the time it takes you to get the courage enough to tell your parents that you had sex then you have to wait for the appointment (that is if you don't go in as a walk-in) a week will have gone by and by then it's too late. You can only take this within the first 72 hours for it to work.
Do you really want there to be more 17 year old mothers in the world? Yeah, I didn't think so. I mean, come on, Maury Povich has cornered the market on finding out who the baby daddy is when it comes to girls who are 12 years old all the way to adulthood. If a 12 year old is mature enough to get pregnant I think she should be allowed to buy this too so I think that 17 is way mature enough.
The debate shouldn't be is a 17 year old mature enough but instead it should be how can we make sure all teenagers who are old enough to have sex get this pill?
I think that if a 17 year old is mature enough to spread her legs and have unprotected sex with a boy, whether it be consensual or non-consensual, then she is mature enough to buy this over the counter and not need to go to the doctors office and have to get her parents permission. I mean come on, by the time it takes you to get the courage enough to tell your parents that you had sex then you have to wait for the appointment (that is if you don't go in as a walk-in) a week will have gone by and by then it's too late. You can only take this within the first 72 hours for it to work.
Do you really want there to be more 17 year old mothers in the world? Yeah, I didn't think so. I mean, come on, Maury Povich has cornered the market on finding out who the baby daddy is when it comes to girls who are 12 years old all the way to adulthood. If a 12 year old is mature enough to get pregnant I think she should be allowed to buy this too so I think that 17 is way mature enough.
The debate shouldn't be is a 17 year old mature enough but instead it should be how can we make sure all teenagers who are old enough to have sex get this pill?
All by myself
15-all-by-myself
Since Chip has started working I've been very lonely lol. I'm all by myself now. I figured that while he was away I'd be cleaning or doing something constructive. I do the dishes and laundry when there are some laundry that needs to be done. I mopped the kitchen floor and I pulled weeds but I can't pull the weeds, my allergies are too much for that job.
I figured that I'd get more reading done but today is the first day that I've read my book in at least a week and I only started reading it because I felt like this was the best time to read so why aren't I reading? I only read 1 chapter though, he'll be home in 1 1/2 hours and it takes a couple hours to read 1 chapter, they are long chapters hehe.
Maybe when I get my bike it will be less lonely. Yeah, I'll still be alone but at least I'll be getting some exercise and I'll be outside and on the bike trail. I really miss riding my bike. I don't trust my bike anymore because it keeps shifting gears for no apparent reason so I want to get a new (used) one, a road bike (ten speed) at the thrift store by the doctors office.
I'm glad Chip is working again even though I'm bored out of my mind lol. I have lots to keep me busy though so I shouldn't be too bored. I have my PSP and I got plenty of books to keep me busy and I have friends online to talk to but usually in the daytime even though they are online they are also at work so I don't bother them.
I was thinking maybe now that he has a job I could start playing EQ again. But, I don't know, I'm kinda over it. I also don't want to start spending money on that again because then I'm gonna want the next expansion and then I'll get hooked again and then I'll be on it all the time and won't get anything done and when he gets home I'll ignore him so I think a no on that.
I have plenty of ideas for wood burning but I don't have any wood. I do need to get some so maybe if I had some then that would take care of the boredom.
Maybe I'll write out a schedule for the day. He leaves the house at like 8:30am, he says it takes 10 minutes to get to work. So I figure I''ll leave the house at 8:30am as well on my bike (when I get it) and ride for a couple of hours. Then at say 11am (if I'm back by then) I'll read 1 chapter, that should take 2 hours. Then at 1pm I'll have lunch and do some wood burning for maybe 2 more hours. Then at 3pm I'll clean the kitchen up a bit and do the laundry (if needed).
I don't know, I mean, I don't live my live through a schedule, I do what I want, when I want to lol. I might decide during wood burning that my hand is too cramped up to continue so I'm gonna go do something else or who knows, I might get sleepy after I ride my bike. So let's see how it goes when I get my bike. I also might get sleepy while reading and accidentally fall asleep lol.
Since Chip has started working I've been very lonely lol. I'm all by myself now. I figured that while he was away I'd be cleaning or doing something constructive. I do the dishes and laundry when there are some laundry that needs to be done. I mopped the kitchen floor and I pulled weeds but I can't pull the weeds, my allergies are too much for that job.
I figured that I'd get more reading done but today is the first day that I've read my book in at least a week and I only started reading it because I felt like this was the best time to read so why aren't I reading? I only read 1 chapter though, he'll be home in 1 1/2 hours and it takes a couple hours to read 1 chapter, they are long chapters hehe.
Maybe when I get my bike it will be less lonely. Yeah, I'll still be alone but at least I'll be getting some exercise and I'll be outside and on the bike trail. I really miss riding my bike. I don't trust my bike anymore because it keeps shifting gears for no apparent reason so I want to get a new (used) one, a road bike (ten speed) at the thrift store by the doctors office.
I'm glad Chip is working again even though I'm bored out of my mind lol. I have lots to keep me busy though so I shouldn't be too bored. I have my PSP and I got plenty of books to keep me busy and I have friends online to talk to but usually in the daytime even though they are online they are also at work so I don't bother them.
I was thinking maybe now that he has a job I could start playing EQ again. But, I don't know, I'm kinda over it. I also don't want to start spending money on that again because then I'm gonna want the next expansion and then I'll get hooked again and then I'll be on it all the time and won't get anything done and when he gets home I'll ignore him so I think a no on that.
I have plenty of ideas for wood burning but I don't have any wood. I do need to get some so maybe if I had some then that would take care of the boredom.
Maybe I'll write out a schedule for the day. He leaves the house at like 8:30am, he says it takes 10 minutes to get to work. So I figure I''ll leave the house at 8:30am as well on my bike (when I get it) and ride for a couple of hours. Then at say 11am (if I'm back by then) I'll read 1 chapter, that should take 2 hours. Then at 1pm I'll have lunch and do some wood burning for maybe 2 more hours. Then at 3pm I'll clean the kitchen up a bit and do the laundry (if needed).
I don't know, I mean, I don't live my live through a schedule, I do what I want, when I want to lol. I might decide during wood burning that my hand is too cramped up to continue so I'm gonna go do something else or who knows, I might get sleepy after I ride my bike. So let's see how it goes when I get my bike. I also might get sleepy while reading and accidentally fall asleep lol.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Gothic Kittens
I saw this story in the National Enquirer magazine but looked it up and this is the text from that story from MSNBC but is from Associated Press:
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - Humane officers said a Pennsylvania woman marketed "gothic kittens" with ear, neck and tail piercings over the Internet. Officers with the SPCA of Luzerne County removed three kittens and a cat from a home outside Wilkes-Barre.
Officer Carol Morrison said the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals raided the home on Wednesday after getting a tip that the woman was selling the pierced kittens on eBay.
"It's unbelievable anybody would do this to kittens," Morrison said.
Charges are likely against the homeowner, whose name was not released.
Morrison said the woman has a pet grooming business in the basement of the home.
That is such a shame that this woman would do such a thing to these poor defenseless kittens. She was arrested and she should never be allowed to come in contact with any animals unless they are dinner.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Video Calls
I've seen in tv shows where people are using an iPhone and they are talking to each other and they can also see each other. Like in Knight Rider for example. I'm curious if that really is possible. Maybe someone call respond to this question.
Since Chip has a job now we're both going to get a cell phone plan and new cell phones. He's been taking our only cell phone to work but it's a pre-paid cell phone which means for $25 he gets 2 1/2 hours to talk. He's calling me all the time and he's calling other places and I just have a bad feeling about it. He's going to need a cell phone plan with an unlimited calling feature, GPS and internet. I figured that we could both have them so we can call each other for free.
I'm going to need one too because as soon as I get a new bike wheel I'm going to be riding my bike again and when he calls me I'd like to be on video phone chatting so he can see what the bike path looks like. I think that would be cool.
Anyway, please, if someone can respond to let me know which cell phone has that feature. I'd like to get blackberries but iphones will be cool too. I just need to know which phone is best for video calls. Thanks
Since Chip has a job now we're both going to get a cell phone plan and new cell phones. He's been taking our only cell phone to work but it's a pre-paid cell phone which means for $25 he gets 2 1/2 hours to talk. He's calling me all the time and he's calling other places and I just have a bad feeling about it. He's going to need a cell phone plan with an unlimited calling feature, GPS and internet. I figured that we could both have them so we can call each other for free.
I'm going to need one too because as soon as I get a new bike wheel I'm going to be riding my bike again and when he calls me I'd like to be on video phone chatting so he can see what the bike path looks like. I think that would be cool.
Anyway, please, if someone can respond to let me know which cell phone has that feature. I'd like to get blackberries but iphones will be cool too. I just need to know which phone is best for video calls. Thanks
Changing Focus of Savings
I've realized that since Chip now works during the daytime and my tv programs are on at night that I probably will never see him again. He hates all my tv shows so I watch them by myself in my bedroom while he watches his shows.
The only way for me to spend any time with him and be able to see my shows is to record them and watch them while he's at work. But the problem I faced last night is that I created a program last night to record Chuck, Heroes and Medium but ended up watching them anyway since he was asleep but continued to record them. This morning after he went to work I went to delete the file from the DVD-Ram disc and it was empty. It didn't record at all. That was frustrating.
Tonight I have 2 shows, Reaper at 8 on CW and Mentalist at 10 on CBS. When Reaper is over I have to come in my room and change the cable box to channel 47 for CBS HD so it can record the Mentalist. But I also have to come in and make sure it is recording. Now if he is too tired to stay awake then I will come in here and watch.
My only issue is that on Wednesdays I watch Stargate SG-1 at 3pm on Sci-Fi HD (which is eastern time zone channel) then Ghost Hunters from 4pm-8pm then that one with Linda Blair at 9pm then at 10pm I switch to Comedy Central for South Park. Actually I usually switch to NBC HD at 8pm for Knight Rider. So Wednesdays are usually busy for me.
My new plan for the money I'm saving in PayPal is to buy a TiVo instead of a e-book reader. I've always wanted a TiVo anyway and now I have a reason to buy one. I'm going to wait until I get a widescreen tv though so I can get a HD TiVo.
An HD TiVo is only $200 and if I save $50 a month then it will only take 4 months to save up for it then I can just pay the monthly fee for the plan which is $13 a month. No biggy.
I'm still going to save up for a e-book reader so maybe after I get a TiVo I'll continue saving for the next gen Kindle.
The only way for me to spend any time with him and be able to see my shows is to record them and watch them while he's at work. But the problem I faced last night is that I created a program last night to record Chuck, Heroes and Medium but ended up watching them anyway since he was asleep but continued to record them. This morning after he went to work I went to delete the file from the DVD-Ram disc and it was empty. It didn't record at all. That was frustrating.
Tonight I have 2 shows, Reaper at 8 on CW and Mentalist at 10 on CBS. When Reaper is over I have to come in my room and change the cable box to channel 47 for CBS HD so it can record the Mentalist. But I also have to come in and make sure it is recording. Now if he is too tired to stay awake then I will come in here and watch.
My only issue is that on Wednesdays I watch Stargate SG-1 at 3pm on Sci-Fi HD (which is eastern time zone channel) then Ghost Hunters from 4pm-8pm then that one with Linda Blair at 9pm then at 10pm I switch to Comedy Central for South Park. Actually I usually switch to NBC HD at 8pm for Knight Rider. So Wednesdays are usually busy for me.
My new plan for the money I'm saving in PayPal is to buy a TiVo instead of a e-book reader. I've always wanted a TiVo anyway and now I have a reason to buy one. I'm going to wait until I get a widescreen tv though so I can get a HD TiVo.
An HD TiVo is only $200 and if I save $50 a month then it will only take 4 months to save up for it then I can just pay the monthly fee for the plan which is $13 a month. No biggy.
I'm still going to save up for a e-book reader so maybe after I get a TiVo I'll continue saving for the next gen Kindle.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Dog Fetishes
Can someone answer this? Why do dogs eat cat poop? That is the most disgusting thing in the whole world.
When we got our little Chihuahua, Flower, one of the first things she did was go for the litter box. What? Chip was holding her and then came into my room and asked me to smell her breath and I said no thanks lol. I could already tell that she must've done something bad. Listen, whenever someone asks you to smell or taste something, it's never a good smell or taste. Just say no.
So, I had to put the litter box in the bathtub and make our elderly cat jump into the tub to go to the bathroom but she's old, she craps all over the place because I think she's losing it. So we would still smell cat poop on the dogs breath. I ended up having to put our cat on the patio (it's an indoor patio, it's the area between the garage and our house so it's a patio). My cat loves being out there so she's happy, we're happy, everyone is happy.
When it's cold I bring her in the house and I have to lock her up in the kitchen because if I don't the dog will go for her litter box and also the cat might crap all over the house so she has to stay in the kitchen. I just brought her in and the dog was outside so I brought her back in too and the first thing Flower did was she went to eat some poop on the side of the litter box. LOL Gross dog.
When we got our little Chihuahua, Flower, one of the first things she did was go for the litter box. What? Chip was holding her and then came into my room and asked me to smell her breath and I said no thanks lol. I could already tell that she must've done something bad. Listen, whenever someone asks you to smell or taste something, it's never a good smell or taste. Just say no.
So, I had to put the litter box in the bathtub and make our elderly cat jump into the tub to go to the bathroom but she's old, she craps all over the place because I think she's losing it. So we would still smell cat poop on the dogs breath. I ended up having to put our cat on the patio (it's an indoor patio, it's the area between the garage and our house so it's a patio). My cat loves being out there so she's happy, we're happy, everyone is happy.
When it's cold I bring her in the house and I have to lock her up in the kitchen because if I don't the dog will go for her litter box and also the cat might crap all over the house so she has to stay in the kitchen. I just brought her in and the dog was outside so I brought her back in too and the first thing Flower did was she went to eat some poop on the side of the litter box. LOL Gross dog.
Video Game Videos
Now that Chip is working I can start video taping video game play from my PSP game. I have quite a few actually in my YouTube page but it gets frustrating when I'm talking while playing and then Chip starts calling my name from the other room then I have to stop the recording to yell WHAT! LOL. Or he'll come in here and say who are you talking to?
The only thing that will mess it up I guess is if he calls while he's at work and the phone rings. Although it could be anyone really. But I'm going to work on it. These are the games I already have on YouTube (in the order that I put them on YouTube:
So far that's all the game play videos I have. I still have more games to video tape such as Daxter, Lego Batman, Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters, Star Wars Battlefront II and Untold Legends: Warriors Code.
I personally like to watch other people play video games to see how it's played because it answers some questions before you buy a game. So, I add my game play to give another perspective for people to see. As soon as I add some I will update this post.
The only thing that will mess it up I guess is if he calls while he's at work and the phone rings. Although it could be anyone really. But I'm going to work on it. These are the games I already have on YouTube (in the order that I put them on YouTube:
- South Park the video game for N64
- My New PSP (Game Play)
- Lego Star Wars II: Original Trilogy PSP
- Sega Genesis Collection for PSP
- Namco Museum Battle Collection for PSP
- Dungeons & Dragons Tactics for PSP
- Sims 2: Pets for PSP
- Lego Indiana Jones for PSP
- Beats for PSP
- Lemmings for PSP
- Flow for PSP
- WTF: Work Time Fun for PSP
So far that's all the game play videos I have. I still have more games to video tape such as Daxter, Lego Batman, Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters, Star Wars Battlefront II and Untold Legends: Warriors Code.
I personally like to watch other people play video games to see how it's played because it answers some questions before you buy a game. So, I add my game play to give another perspective for people to see. As soon as I add some I will update this post.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Internet Exploder 8
I downloaded the new Internet Explorer 8 from Microsofts website and installed it last night before I went to bed and this morning I loaded it. I looked at it for a few minutes and it didn't really look any different. Other than the fact that it created a whole new toolbar for the Paypal button on it's own toolbar by itself but luckily it had an X next to the toolbar so I was able to close it.
I wasn't too impressed because it looked just like the previous IE7. I closed the browser and all of a sudden without any warning I started getting this error message and I'd close it and another one came up. I closed that one and another and another over and over again. There must've been 100 all for the same 2 errors. It would warn me about 1 error and it told me the number (which I didn't think to write down) then I closed it and it told me about another one with it's own number (again...).
The only way to get that crap from continuing was I had to reboot the computer. Yeah, I think I'll stick with Firefox, thanks though.
I wasn't too impressed because it looked just like the previous IE7. I closed the browser and all of a sudden without any warning I started getting this error message and I'd close it and another one came up. I closed that one and another and another over and over again. There must've been 100 all for the same 2 errors. It would warn me about 1 error and it told me the number (which I didn't think to write down) then I closed it and it told me about another one with it's own number (again...).
The only way to get that crap from continuing was I had to reboot the computer. Yeah, I think I'll stick with Firefox, thanks though.
Costco
Now that Chip has a new job we can start going to Costco again. You know, the last time we went to Costco I think it was a couple of years ago. I bought a box of garbage bags and you know I still have bags. We use them all the time. Not just for trash but for recycled bottles too. I fill them with bottles and we can take maybe 6 bags of bottles to be recycled and they even recycle those bags and yet I still have lots of bags. And it was just 1 box of trash bags too, it's not like I had bought 4 boxes. They last forever.
I can't wait to start going back there though because we were eating so good. Our pantry was always filled and I was able to get my soy milk which is what I have to put in my cereal or drink in a glass. I can't drink regular milk because I'm lactose intolerant. That is my main cause of most of my health problems. My stomach cannot digest it as easy as anything else and so I end up with some serious cramps that hurt like a mother (shut yo mouth). And I get gas omg the gas is real bad too lol. When I hear Chip coming towards my bedroom and I see him in the hallway I usually have to tell him that he doesn't want to be in here right now lol. Yeah, it's that bad. You know when you have the farts and it hurts to hold them in so you just let it all out. It doesn't make any sense to go outside or go in the bathroom and fart cause you're just gonna have to fart again in a few minutes. So I end up just going to town in my room. Or well, whatever room I'm in lol.
Costco has really awesome prices too. If you compare it all to the grocery store you will see that everything is half price. Because you are buying in bulk and everything is cheaper in bulk. We were buying this certain type of bread that is health nut bread because Chip wants to eat healthy but when we stopped going to Costco we had to stop buying that bread period because at Albertson's it's half the amount of the bread and it cost more than double of what the bigger loaf at Costco was. I think it's like $5 at Albertson's for half the loaf you get at Costco for $2 something.
They have this one thing that I really enjoyed which was roast beef in a can, I think it was roast beef. I can't remember. It's not like sliced roast beef but it's kinda like chunks of roast beef I guess and it's in a can like tuna but bigger can. But you take the chunks out of the can and you can either add the chunks to your food or you can crumble it with your fingers and it just shreds it and so it's like hundreds of strings of roast beef in your food. I like to do that to it because it evens out the odds of every bowl getting roast beef lol.
They have these crackers which are the gourmet crackers that you would normally see in the deli section of the grocery store, not in the cracker aisle. They are expensive at the grocery store and they are with all the fancy cheeses. But at Costco you buy a box and it has I think 5 different kinds of fancy crackers each in their own boxes. If you have company you can serve those crackers and they will think that you spent a fortune on crackers just for them but in reality it's just a few bucks.
Oh and the coffee. Can't forget the coffee. They have these huge bags of coffee beans that if I bought them from the grocery store, you know where you go to the coffee aisle and you see all these different flavors that you pour into a bag then grind it and it's like $8 per lb or something. Well, Costco has the beans I think in 2 flavors but I really only want the vanilla ones anyway so it doesn't matter what they have. As long as they have that one. But it costs about the same for this big bag of coffee beans as it costs for 1lb of the grocery store beans. The down side is that you have to grind it at home but who really cares? You get freshly ground coffee everyday so what's the problem eh?
And they sell the little coffee mate french vanilla creamers in the little tiny cups that you peel off the top. Just like they have at the restaurants. Real cheap too. I used to buy 2 boxes, that lasts a month. Plus a box of like 700 packets of equal for less than $10. You can't get that for that price at the store. I usually have to buy the Albertson's brand equal with 100 or 200 packets for around $3 or something. The Equal from Costco lasts the entire month. I usually have to buy 3 or 4 boxes of the store brand for the whole month, that is if I drink coffee everyday but usually we put it in our tea too.
Well, enough about Costco. We're going to renew our membership so I can start saving money again lol. I can't wait because I love the free samples lol.
I can't wait to start going back there though because we were eating so good. Our pantry was always filled and I was able to get my soy milk which is what I have to put in my cereal or drink in a glass. I can't drink regular milk because I'm lactose intolerant. That is my main cause of most of my health problems. My stomach cannot digest it as easy as anything else and so I end up with some serious cramps that hurt like a mother (shut yo mouth). And I get gas omg the gas is real bad too lol. When I hear Chip coming towards my bedroom and I see him in the hallway I usually have to tell him that he doesn't want to be in here right now lol. Yeah, it's that bad. You know when you have the farts and it hurts to hold them in so you just let it all out. It doesn't make any sense to go outside or go in the bathroom and fart cause you're just gonna have to fart again in a few minutes. So I end up just going to town in my room. Or well, whatever room I'm in lol.
Costco has really awesome prices too. If you compare it all to the grocery store you will see that everything is half price. Because you are buying in bulk and everything is cheaper in bulk. We were buying this certain type of bread that is health nut bread because Chip wants to eat healthy but when we stopped going to Costco we had to stop buying that bread period because at Albertson's it's half the amount of the bread and it cost more than double of what the bigger loaf at Costco was. I think it's like $5 at Albertson's for half the loaf you get at Costco for $2 something.
They have this one thing that I really enjoyed which was roast beef in a can, I think it was roast beef. I can't remember. It's not like sliced roast beef but it's kinda like chunks of roast beef I guess and it's in a can like tuna but bigger can. But you take the chunks out of the can and you can either add the chunks to your food or you can crumble it with your fingers and it just shreds it and so it's like hundreds of strings of roast beef in your food. I like to do that to it because it evens out the odds of every bowl getting roast beef lol.
They have these crackers which are the gourmet crackers that you would normally see in the deli section of the grocery store, not in the cracker aisle. They are expensive at the grocery store and they are with all the fancy cheeses. But at Costco you buy a box and it has I think 5 different kinds of fancy crackers each in their own boxes. If you have company you can serve those crackers and they will think that you spent a fortune on crackers just for them but in reality it's just a few bucks.
Oh and the coffee. Can't forget the coffee. They have these huge bags of coffee beans that if I bought them from the grocery store, you know where you go to the coffee aisle and you see all these different flavors that you pour into a bag then grind it and it's like $8 per lb or something. Well, Costco has the beans I think in 2 flavors but I really only want the vanilla ones anyway so it doesn't matter what they have. As long as they have that one. But it costs about the same for this big bag of coffee beans as it costs for 1lb of the grocery store beans. The down side is that you have to grind it at home but who really cares? You get freshly ground coffee everyday so what's the problem eh?
And they sell the little coffee mate french vanilla creamers in the little tiny cups that you peel off the top. Just like they have at the restaurants. Real cheap too. I used to buy 2 boxes, that lasts a month. Plus a box of like 700 packets of equal for less than $10. You can't get that for that price at the store. I usually have to buy the Albertson's brand equal with 100 or 200 packets for around $3 or something. The Equal from Costco lasts the entire month. I usually have to buy 3 or 4 boxes of the store brand for the whole month, that is if I drink coffee everyday but usually we put it in our tea too.
Well, enough about Costco. We're going to renew our membership so I can start saving money again lol. I can't wait because I love the free samples lol.
Things we can('t) live without
There are just some things that a person can live without but a lot of those things are essential to daily living.
When we moved to Bakersfield, Chips mom had gardener service. She was in her late 80's, you can't expect her to mow her own lawn can you? Of course not. So she had a gardener. Well, we continued the gardener service for a couple years after she passed away. Not because I'm too lazy but because I have allergies. I can't be out there mowing the lawn because the fresh cut grass smell makes me sneeze, closes my nose up and makes my eyes red and itchy. And this is me sitting in the house with the windows closed too.
We had to cancel the gardeners though because they were costing too much money and the trust wouldn't pay for it so we had no choice but to just cancel it. We went to the local hardware store and Chip bought a lawn mower and he bought an electric weed whacker (which we've only used 1 time lol) and I'm the one who had to mow the lawn every week. I only do it when it grows like from October through February I don't mow it at all because it doesn't grow. From March to the middle of October I mow it. Thank goodness I take Claritin though because it pretty much keeps me from sneezing like crazy.
Our back yard is just filled with weeds that are crotch height and our tenants back yard too so I've got to get out there tomorrow and clean that out.
But as soon as Chip gets his first, maybe 2nd check he's going to start the gardener again YAY!
Another thing we can't live without is a stove top. When Chips mom passed away we moved out of the rental which has a gas stove and we moved into her house which has an electric stove. Well, he was cleaning the stove top one day and he had too much water on the sponge and it got into where the knobs are and it just shorted out. We haven't been able to use it since.
A friend bought us a hot plate stove top which is like for when you are having a party and you need 2 extra stove burners. One has more power than the other but neither of them are powerful enough to even hard boil eggs fast enough. Normally it would take what, 12 minutes to hard boil an egg? This thing takes about 30-45 minutes to hard boil eggs lol. So it's time for a new stove top. We've lived here for about 4 or 5 years now and during the whole time we haven't had a decent stove top. I think it was 6 months before my friend sent me that hot plate. Bless her for it but we need a real stove top lol.
There is 1 thing that we can live without but I would love to have anyway, that's a dishwasher. OMG I've never had my own dishwasher. Ever! In my whole life, even as a kid we never had a dishwasher. My sister or I was the dishwasher. When I was in my late teens, early 20's on my own I never had one in any apartment I've lived in. When I met Chip he had one but it didn't work and we've never had one in the 15 years that we've been together. I want one but there isn't one built in and I don't think they want to build one in to the cabinetry. There are 3 drawers and a cabinet to the left of the sink which we don't need but you can bet that they will not destroy the cabinetry to put one in. Oh well. It would be nice but I guess I'll have to wait until the next place we move to, that is if we ever leave Bakersfield.
When we moved to Bakersfield, Chips mom had gardener service. She was in her late 80's, you can't expect her to mow her own lawn can you? Of course not. So she had a gardener. Well, we continued the gardener service for a couple years after she passed away. Not because I'm too lazy but because I have allergies. I can't be out there mowing the lawn because the fresh cut grass smell makes me sneeze, closes my nose up and makes my eyes red and itchy. And this is me sitting in the house with the windows closed too.
We had to cancel the gardeners though because they were costing too much money and the trust wouldn't pay for it so we had no choice but to just cancel it. We went to the local hardware store and Chip bought a lawn mower and he bought an electric weed whacker (which we've only used 1 time lol) and I'm the one who had to mow the lawn every week. I only do it when it grows like from October through February I don't mow it at all because it doesn't grow. From March to the middle of October I mow it. Thank goodness I take Claritin though because it pretty much keeps me from sneezing like crazy.
Our back yard is just filled with weeds that are crotch height and our tenants back yard too so I've got to get out there tomorrow and clean that out.
But as soon as Chip gets his first, maybe 2nd check he's going to start the gardener again YAY!
Another thing we can't live without is a stove top. When Chips mom passed away we moved out of the rental which has a gas stove and we moved into her house which has an electric stove. Well, he was cleaning the stove top one day and he had too much water on the sponge and it got into where the knobs are and it just shorted out. We haven't been able to use it since.
A friend bought us a hot plate stove top which is like for when you are having a party and you need 2 extra stove burners. One has more power than the other but neither of them are powerful enough to even hard boil eggs fast enough. Normally it would take what, 12 minutes to hard boil an egg? This thing takes about 30-45 minutes to hard boil eggs lol. So it's time for a new stove top. We've lived here for about 4 or 5 years now and during the whole time we haven't had a decent stove top. I think it was 6 months before my friend sent me that hot plate. Bless her for it but we need a real stove top lol.
There is 1 thing that we can live without but I would love to have anyway, that's a dishwasher. OMG I've never had my own dishwasher. Ever! In my whole life, even as a kid we never had a dishwasher. My sister or I was the dishwasher. When I was in my late teens, early 20's on my own I never had one in any apartment I've lived in. When I met Chip he had one but it didn't work and we've never had one in the 15 years that we've been together. I want one but there isn't one built in and I don't think they want to build one in to the cabinetry. There are 3 drawers and a cabinet to the left of the sink which we don't need but you can bet that they will not destroy the cabinetry to put one in. Oh well. It would be nice but I guess I'll have to wait until the next place we move to, that is if we ever leave Bakersfield.
Mo Money
Now that Chip has a job we can finally afford to upgrade some things in our lives. Like for example, we can now toss out all of our holey t-shirts (or use them as rags) and just replace them all. Most of our shirts are too tight for both of us so it will be nice to have some t-shirts that fit. When I lose weight then I can start buying some shirts and pants and shorts that fit me. Especially under shorts which I so desperately need.
My bike is so messed up. It keeps changing gears as I'm riding it which is what caused my accident in November as I was standing up on it while going uphill. Now it's just constantly shifting gears for no reason as I'm going on level street. It shifts at least 10 times in the 2 blocks from here to the grocery store and back. So, on Friday I'm going to just buy another bike at the thrift store for $20. I've been putting it off because that $20 could go towards groceries but now that Chip has a new job I can afford it. I'm not going to get a mountain bike like the one I have though, I'm going to buy a road bike (which are most commonly known as 10-speeds). It's lighter and you go faster on it so I'm sure riding it will be a breeze.
Chip has to pay off his credit cards and his insurance then once those are paid for he wants to buy a huge widescreen tv for the living room for a thousand bucks. It's going to be nice to watch tv on one of those. I'd like to get a blu-ray too for the living room. Eventually I'd also like a flat widescreen for my bedroom. I've had a flat widescreen monitor for a couple of years now and it's way nicer than a regular square monitor. The tv Chip wants for the living room is a really freakin' big one though hehe. I can't wait.
He also wants to buy himself a new computer. The one he has is the one that I built in 2003 so he is due for a new one. I'm sure he won't mind that it has Vista lol. But at least he will also have a widescreen monitor.
Oh, now that he's going to be making money, I can start setting aside more money every month for my Kindle 3. I was planning on saving $30 a month but perhaps I can just start saving $50 a month, then by the time the Kindle 3 becomes available I will have it all saved up and then some so I can buy some books to go with it. Who knows, I might get the LA Times and start reading the newspaper everyday.
My bike is so messed up. It keeps changing gears as I'm riding it which is what caused my accident in November as I was standing up on it while going uphill. Now it's just constantly shifting gears for no reason as I'm going on level street. It shifts at least 10 times in the 2 blocks from here to the grocery store and back. So, on Friday I'm going to just buy another bike at the thrift store for $20. I've been putting it off because that $20 could go towards groceries but now that Chip has a new job I can afford it. I'm not going to get a mountain bike like the one I have though, I'm going to buy a road bike (which are most commonly known as 10-speeds). It's lighter and you go faster on it so I'm sure riding it will be a breeze.
Chip has to pay off his credit cards and his insurance then once those are paid for he wants to buy a huge widescreen tv for the living room for a thousand bucks. It's going to be nice to watch tv on one of those. I'd like to get a blu-ray too for the living room. Eventually I'd also like a flat widescreen for my bedroom. I've had a flat widescreen monitor for a couple of years now and it's way nicer than a regular square monitor. The tv Chip wants for the living room is a really freakin' big one though hehe. I can't wait.
He also wants to buy himself a new computer. The one he has is the one that I built in 2003 so he is due for a new one. I'm sure he won't mind that it has Vista lol. But at least he will also have a widescreen monitor.
Oh, now that he's going to be making money, I can start setting aside more money every month for my Kindle 3. I was planning on saving $30 a month but perhaps I can just start saving $50 a month, then by the time the Kindle 3 becomes available I will have it all saved up and then some so I can buy some books to go with it. Who knows, I might get the LA Times and start reading the newspaper everyday.
Chip's New Job
Chip saw an ad in the newspaper on Friday to work at a store that sells lights (chandeliers, lamps, light fixtures etc) and he typed out his resume and brought it in and basically had his interview right away. The guy said that he would call him in the morning for a yes or a no and he called and it was a yes.
He starts tomorrow morning at 10am and he is really so excited about it. I'm really happy for him.
He starts tomorrow morning at 10am and he is really so excited about it. I'm really happy for him.
Subway Retraction
I have to correct something that I said about Subways $5 footlongs. This is my original post:
We were shopping today for new work clothes for Chip and we had to go to Walgreens to pick up some things and decided that we would go to Subway for lunch. I was bitching about their false advertising and so Chip purposely ordered something that was not $5, Roast Beef. It says on the menu that it's like $6.79 or something like that and he asked is that $5 footlong? And the lady said yes. We got to the register and the total for both sandwiches was $10.
So Subway, I apologize that I made such a quick judgement. But in my defense if any footlong is $5 you should change all the prices on your menu board to show that any footlong is $5. Because I would see the prices and immediately not order something because it doesn't say $5.
We were shopping today for new work clothes for Chip and we had to go to Walgreens to pick up some things and decided that we would go to Subway for lunch. I was bitching about their false advertising and so Chip purposely ordered something that was not $5, Roast Beef. It says on the menu that it's like $6.79 or something like that and he asked is that $5 footlong? And the lady said yes. We got to the register and the total for both sandwiches was $10.
So Subway, I apologize that I made such a quick judgement. But in my defense if any footlong is $5 you should change all the prices on your menu board to show that any footlong is $5. Because I would see the prices and immediately not order something because it doesn't say $5.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
$5 Footlong? Really?
I've loved Subway since the first time I ever went there when I was 18 years old when I moved back in with my parents when they moved to Quartz Hill in the Antelope Valley. We went there all the time and I remember that I always got the same thing. The Cold Cut Combo. To this day that's the only sandwich I ever get. Sometimes I'll be different and get a meatball sub or turkey but it's usually always the Cold Cut Combo. It tastes good to me.
Recently in the last few months or so I've been seeing the commercials for their $5 footlong. They are competing with Quizno's because Quizno's has a good deal too for $5. So they are just trying to keep or lure their customers away from the competition. That's fine and $5 is a good price for a 12" sub.
We went to Subway for dinner tonight and they had their sign (or window sticker) that says "Any" which implies what? All? That's what it implies to me. By saying any that means if I want a footlong meatball sub then it's $5 right? Wrong. The definition of "Any" for Subway means that they have a couple footlong sandwiches for $5. So isn't that false advertising?
I'm lucky the Cold Cut Combo just so happened to be $5 for the footlong because that's what I wanted anyway but it would be nice if they had more of a $5 selection.
I think that if a sign says "Any" then everything should be $5 and not just a select few. There were maybe 5 items on the menu that were $5 footlong. That's not a lot of choice. When we got to the register to pay for our $5 footlongs they asked if we wanted chips and a drink for $2 more each and we were like screw that. $1 for a drink and $1 for a little .50 cent bag of chips? Are you joking? We could go to McDonald's across the street to buy a 42oz coke for .69 cents and then to the grocery store also across the street for a bag of Chips which we ended up doing. We bought 2 large bags of Doritos (buy 1 get 1 free) and 2 bottles of sparkling flavored water for .79 cents per bottle.
I like Subway but I don't agree with this false advertisement. I think it's crappy because they lure you with the promise of a $5 footlong then you are stuck paying $7.59 for the sandwich you intended on buying.
Recently in the last few months or so I've been seeing the commercials for their $5 footlong. They are competing with Quizno's because Quizno's has a good deal too for $5. So they are just trying to keep or lure their customers away from the competition. That's fine and $5 is a good price for a 12" sub.
We went to Subway for dinner tonight and they had their sign (or window sticker) that says "Any" which implies what? All? That's what it implies to me. By saying any that means if I want a footlong meatball sub then it's $5 right? Wrong. The definition of "Any" for Subway means that they have a couple footlong sandwiches for $5. So isn't that false advertising?
I'm lucky the Cold Cut Combo just so happened to be $5 for the footlong because that's what I wanted anyway but it would be nice if they had more of a $5 selection.
I think that if a sign says "Any" then everything should be $5 and not just a select few. There were maybe 5 items on the menu that were $5 footlong. That's not a lot of choice. When we got to the register to pay for our $5 footlongs they asked if we wanted chips and a drink for $2 more each and we were like screw that. $1 for a drink and $1 for a little .50 cent bag of chips? Are you joking? We could go to McDonald's across the street to buy a 42oz coke for .69 cents and then to the grocery store also across the street for a bag of Chips which we ended up doing. We bought 2 large bags of Doritos (buy 1 get 1 free) and 2 bottles of sparkling flavored water for .79 cents per bottle.
I like Subway but I don't agree with this false advertisement. I think it's crappy because they lure you with the promise of a $5 footlong then you are stuck paying $7.59 for the sandwich you intended on buying.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Believe or Deny
I know this falls under the category of something I don't like to talk about but this is just something that has been bothering me for such a long time.
Why do people believe in something that has never been scientifically proven but yet they deny something that has been scientifically proven?
The people in the middle east deny the holocaust yet there are pictures, it's in the history books.
Some people deny the dinosaurs because of their religious beliefs. Hello! Dinosaurs have been dug up. They aren't Styrofoam bones you know, they are real bones. They weren't faked. Some people think they were faked but what would that prove? Science has proven that the earth was hot and had to cool did it not? I'm not an expert but I have seen a few documentaries on the Discovery channel about the big bang theory (no, not the TV show although I do like that one hehe). But just because the dinosaurs were not in the bible doesn't mean they never existed.
Some people deny the existence of ghosts. There is indeed scientific proof of the existence of the afterlife. I watch Ghost Hunters every Wednesday on Sci-Fi channel and they have absolutely caught voices of children, voices of confederate soldiers, voices in other languages (GHI) plus there have been images from the thermo-cam that shows heat.
Speaking of which, I was sitting in my desk chair and Chip was laying in my bed and he asked if our cat jumped on the bed and I looked and said no, she's out on the patio. Then I said did you feel like a cat jumped up on the bed and is walking around and he said yes. His eyes were closed. I've felt that so many times. I've even blogged about our ghost cats.
Yet even though all these things have been proven, the religious people whether they are Muslims (who deny the holocaust) or born again Christians (who deny dinosaurs and ghosts) absolutely will not believe in them yet they believe in a god that they have never laid eyes upon or have never had any scientific proof of "it's" existence. How can you deny something that is proven yet worship and swear by something that has never been proven? I don't understand where the logic is in that.
There has been discussion about how you can't see god but you know he's there. You can't see the air but you know it's there. You can't see space but you know it's there. Uh, actually, yes you can. That again has been proven. You absolutely can see space through telescopes. You can see the stars, planets, galaxies. That's another thing, people absolutely deny that aliens from other planets might exist. Are people that arrogant to think that of all the galaxies and of all the planets in those galaxies that we are the only living breathing thinking beings out there?
I believe in ghosts, dinosaurs, the holocaust and aliens. I'm sorry if that upsets people but that's the truth.
Why do people believe in something that has never been scientifically proven but yet they deny something that has been scientifically proven?
The people in the middle east deny the holocaust yet there are pictures, it's in the history books.
Some people deny the dinosaurs because of their religious beliefs. Hello! Dinosaurs have been dug up. They aren't Styrofoam bones you know, they are real bones. They weren't faked. Some people think they were faked but what would that prove? Science has proven that the earth was hot and had to cool did it not? I'm not an expert but I have seen a few documentaries on the Discovery channel about the big bang theory (no, not the TV show although I do like that one hehe). But just because the dinosaurs were not in the bible doesn't mean they never existed.
Some people deny the existence of ghosts. There is indeed scientific proof of the existence of the afterlife. I watch Ghost Hunters every Wednesday on Sci-Fi channel and they have absolutely caught voices of children, voices of confederate soldiers, voices in other languages (GHI) plus there have been images from the thermo-cam that shows heat.
Speaking of which, I was sitting in my desk chair and Chip was laying in my bed and he asked if our cat jumped on the bed and I looked and said no, she's out on the patio. Then I said did you feel like a cat jumped up on the bed and is walking around and he said yes. His eyes were closed. I've felt that so many times. I've even blogged about our ghost cats.
Yet even though all these things have been proven, the religious people whether they are Muslims (who deny the holocaust) or born again Christians (who deny dinosaurs and ghosts) absolutely will not believe in them yet they believe in a god that they have never laid eyes upon or have never had any scientific proof of "it's" existence. How can you deny something that is proven yet worship and swear by something that has never been proven? I don't understand where the logic is in that.
There has been discussion about how you can't see god but you know he's there. You can't see the air but you know it's there. You can't see space but you know it's there. Uh, actually, yes you can. That again has been proven. You absolutely can see space through telescopes. You can see the stars, planets, galaxies. That's another thing, people absolutely deny that aliens from other planets might exist. Are people that arrogant to think that of all the galaxies and of all the planets in those galaxies that we are the only living breathing thinking beings out there?
I believe in ghosts, dinosaurs, the holocaust and aliens. I'm sorry if that upsets people but that's the truth.
Dumbing Down in Bakersfield
Ok so I'm at the corner market buying eggs and a loaf of bread. I go to the counter and there are 2 women standing in front of the counter purchasing their groceries, I'm on their right and there is a woman on their left. The woman on the left asks "ok how much is 2 plus 6?" and the woman on the right says "um... 12?"
Excuse me? 12? Is that your final answer? I seem to recall covering this in elementary school and although I don't remember everything from when I was in school, I definitely remember how to count and the correct response is 8. But my question is, why are you asking how much 2+6 is in the first place? It's a no brainer. It's an automatic answer in your own head. Sigh.
Excuse me? 12? Is that your final answer? I seem to recall covering this in elementary school and although I don't remember everything from when I was in school, I definitely remember how to count and the correct response is 8. But my question is, why are you asking how much 2+6 is in the first place? It's a no brainer. It's an automatic answer in your own head. Sigh.
Gothic Chess Set
I mentioned the other day that there is this website which sells molds for building model castles. Well, I've been obsessed with looking at all the cool projects that they have to make and I came across one that is a Gothic Chess Set.
This is the project that would probably cost a couple of hundred dollars but in my opinion is well worth the cost. Now I personally don't play chess but I think it would still be an awesome thing to have. Especially if you are Gomez Addams lol.
Here is the page for the Gothic Chess Set:
http://www.castlemolds.com/chess/chess.html
They warn you that it is a monster of a project. Yeah it is. I'm sure it would take forever to make and it is going to cost a lot of money and a LOT of time too. But like I said, well worth the cost, effort and time. The chess pieces are sold from another website and each individual piece are about $7 and the pawns have 4 pieces and they are about $14 and of course you need 4 sets of pawns.
I would like to start buying the parts gradually over time and then just set them all aside until I have everything then I can start working on it maybe in 2012 lol.
This is the project that would probably cost a couple of hundred dollars but in my opinion is well worth the cost. Now I personally don't play chess but I think it would still be an awesome thing to have. Especially if you are Gomez Addams lol.
Here is the page for the Gothic Chess Set:
http://www.castlemolds.com/chess/chess.html
They warn you that it is a monster of a project. Yeah it is. I'm sure it would take forever to make and it is going to cost a lot of money and a LOT of time too. But like I said, well worth the cost, effort and time. The chess pieces are sold from another website and each individual piece are about $7 and the pawns have 4 pieces and they are about $14 and of course you need 4 sets of pawns.
I would like to start buying the parts gradually over time and then just set them all aside until I have everything then I can start working on it maybe in 2012 lol.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Trantasia
We just watched this show on Showtime called Trantasia which is a beauty pageant. But unlike Miss America, it's with transsexuals. The contest was the "Worlds Most Beautiful Transsexual Pageant" and it was from 2006.
I watched it because I thought it was interesting because I am a part of the gay community and so I wanted to watch it. But I found it interesting how these people live their lives as a female whether it be pre-op or post-op.
This one person said, and this really pissed me off too, "my husband of 7 years and I performed homosexual acts" and something to the effect of "I don't have anything against gay people but some day they are going to have to answer for their sins" or something. Uh, hello! You are gay! Don't kid yourself honey, you are a homosexual with tits. Whether you have a penis or a mutilated penis turned into a fake vagina, you are still a dude.
I understand that men who feel like they are really women need to have the surgeries and stuff and I don't have anything against that but I do have a problem when they turn against their own people.
This was supposed to be the "World's Most Beautiful Transsexuals" but most of them looked like crazy drag queens ready to do a show and so naturally they didn't win. The final 8 were picked because they were the most believable looking women. The rest were not picked because they still looked like dudes in dresses with tits.
Naturally the ones who lost were saying that it was rigged and they claimed sabotage and one of the African American ones claimed that racism is still alive lol. Hon, it's not racism, it's not sabotage and nothing was rigged. First of all the one who claimed sabotage looked like the biggest drag queen of the millennium. Don't kid yourself, if anyone sabotaged you, it was you lol.
The winner was the most believable looking one and she deserves her crown and lol title. To the rest of them... dude, what a drag.
I watched it because I thought it was interesting because I am a part of the gay community and so I wanted to watch it. But I found it interesting how these people live their lives as a female whether it be pre-op or post-op.
This one person said, and this really pissed me off too, "my husband of 7 years and I performed homosexual acts" and something to the effect of "I don't have anything against gay people but some day they are going to have to answer for their sins" or something. Uh, hello! You are gay! Don't kid yourself honey, you are a homosexual with tits. Whether you have a penis or a mutilated penis turned into a fake vagina, you are still a dude.
I understand that men who feel like they are really women need to have the surgeries and stuff and I don't have anything against that but I do have a problem when they turn against their own people.
This was supposed to be the "World's Most Beautiful Transsexuals" but most of them looked like crazy drag queens ready to do a show and so naturally they didn't win. The final 8 were picked because they were the most believable looking women. The rest were not picked because they still looked like dudes in dresses with tits.
Naturally the ones who lost were saying that it was rigged and they claimed sabotage and one of the African American ones claimed that racism is still alive lol. Hon, it's not racism, it's not sabotage and nothing was rigged. First of all the one who claimed sabotage looked like the biggest drag queen of the millennium. Don't kid yourself, if anyone sabotaged you, it was you lol.
The winner was the most believable looking one and she deserves her crown and lol title. To the rest of them... dude, what a drag.
Build Your Own Castle
Have you ever wanted to build a castle but didn't know how? I was doing a search on the internet for stained glass window patterns because with my new Versa-Tool I can solder and it says you can make stained glass windows. I was thinking a regular piece of glass, maybe like from a picture frame and maybe Plexiglas or something. Put it in a frame then make shapes with wire or something and solder it to the glass then use that gel paint to add in the colors and texture. Viola you got stained glass.
But I found this instead. It's a website that has these molds you can buy or they teach you how to make your own molds. You buy or make the molds then you pour either plaster of paris (which is cheap but chips easily) or the more recommended dental stone into the molds and you let it dry and it pops right out of the rubbery molds. Then once you have all of your (let's just say) bricks hardened and out of the molds, just bake it and it's all dry and ready to build your castle.
They have detailed instructions on how to do everything like putting the bricks together to form a building and how to glue it all in place and how to paint it all with 3 different colors so it looks authentic. There are videos too.
It's not just castles, it's also regular houses and space ships too. It's really cool. If this is your hobby, like building little houses for your train sets and stuff (like Alec Baldwin in Beetlejuice) then you'll love this website. You can just use your own imagination and build whatever you want.
Their website addresses are: www.hirstarts.com and www.castlemolds.com
The molds are not that bad in price if you think about the time it takes this guy to make the molds and the cost of the materials for the molds plus the very fact that he took the time and talent to make all the items that you make from these molds you are saving a lot by buying them from him. I'm really thinking about buying a mold here and there as I get money for it. Then just make tons of stuff and put them in buckets as if they are Lego's so when I'm ready to make something I have them all ready made.
But I found this instead. It's a website that has these molds you can buy or they teach you how to make your own molds. You buy or make the molds then you pour either plaster of paris (which is cheap but chips easily) or the more recommended dental stone into the molds and you let it dry and it pops right out of the rubbery molds. Then once you have all of your (let's just say) bricks hardened and out of the molds, just bake it and it's all dry and ready to build your castle.
They have detailed instructions on how to do everything like putting the bricks together to form a building and how to glue it all in place and how to paint it all with 3 different colors so it looks authentic. There are videos too.
It's not just castles, it's also regular houses and space ships too. It's really cool. If this is your hobby, like building little houses for your train sets and stuff (like Alec Baldwin in Beetlejuice) then you'll love this website. You can just use your own imagination and build whatever you want.
Their website addresses are: www.hirstarts.com and www.castlemolds.com
The molds are not that bad in price if you think about the time it takes this guy to make the molds and the cost of the materials for the molds plus the very fact that he took the time and talent to make all the items that you make from these molds you are saving a lot by buying them from him. I'm really thinking about buying a mold here and there as I get money for it. Then just make tons of stuff and put them in buckets as if they are Lego's so when I'm ready to make something I have them all ready made.
KFC Dollar Menu
Talk about your false advertising. I've been seeing these commercials on TV for the KFC dollar menu where these 2 guys are in the car and the driver is all "you have a dollar menu?" then he looks back to the people in their cars behind them yelling "They have a dollar menu" while the passenger is laughing.
Then there is the commercial with the "spy" asking if they have the secret recipe and asking how much and the guy inside says a dollar.
They show all these things as being a dollar. Well, we were at the KFC today and their dollar menu had the following products. KFC Snackers in many different flavors, original, crispy, honey BBQ and one other which I can't remember. Then they had 2 biscuits for $1 and 2 pies for $1 and 3 cookies for $1. That's it.
They had several other items for $1.49 and $2.49 but that's hardly a dollar. Why are things that are a buck and a half or two bucks and a half on the one buck menu? That's false advertising.
And speaking of false advertising. We bought 4 KFC snackers, 2 original for Chip and 2 crispy for me. They were so tiny and we couldn't tell which were original and which were crispy. But they were so small, I said to Chip we would've been better off going to McDonald's getting the Chicken sandwiches from their dollar menu because they were twice as big as the KFC snackers.
My opinion, go to McDonald's, you get more bang for your buck buck buck. Pun intended.
Then there is the commercial with the "spy" asking if they have the secret recipe and asking how much and the guy inside says a dollar.
They show all these things as being a dollar. Well, we were at the KFC today and their dollar menu had the following products. KFC Snackers in many different flavors, original, crispy, honey BBQ and one other which I can't remember. Then they had 2 biscuits for $1 and 2 pies for $1 and 3 cookies for $1. That's it.
They had several other items for $1.49 and $2.49 but that's hardly a dollar. Why are things that are a buck and a half or two bucks and a half on the one buck menu? That's false advertising.
And speaking of false advertising. We bought 4 KFC snackers, 2 original for Chip and 2 crispy for me. They were so tiny and we couldn't tell which were original and which were crispy. But they were so small, I said to Chip we would've been better off going to McDonald's getting the Chicken sandwiches from their dollar menu because they were twice as big as the KFC snackers.
My opinion, go to McDonald's, you get more bang for your buck buck buck. Pun intended.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Dell DJ Battery Fixed
My friend Alyce bought me a Creative Versa-Tool Kit as a gift which I totally didn't expect her to do. It has many uses such as wood burning, soldering, cutting, stamping, embossing, shaping (wax) etc.
I've wanted one to solder my Dell DJ battery wires because they snapped off. I was finally able to fix it so now I can start riding my bike again on the bike path. I can start losing weight again yay. That is if I am able to buy a new wheel soon. Now is the perfect time to start riding again because the weather is nice.
Press N' Open Booklight
Have you seen those commercials for the Snuggie Fleece Blanket that comes with a free "Press N' Open Booklight"? Well, I bought that booklight at Albertson's last week and it's crap.
Yeah, it's real neat that you press a button and the light automatically pops out and it looks very cool when it opens but it only shows the page down the middle. It's a total waste of plastic. It was $5 alone at the store and comes free with the Snuggie but I wouldn't waste any time with it.
A friend sent me a Mighty Bright Cobra Super L.E.D. book light and not only does it show the page you are reading but it also shows the other page so you don't have to keep moving the light. It is way better than the crappy Press N' Open light.
Yeah, it's real neat that you press a button and the light automatically pops out and it looks very cool when it opens but it only shows the page down the middle. It's a total waste of plastic. It was $5 alone at the store and comes free with the Snuggie but I wouldn't waste any time with it.
A friend sent me a Mighty Bright Cobra Super L.E.D. book light and not only does it show the page you are reading but it also shows the other page so you don't have to keep moving the light. It is way better than the crappy Press N' Open light.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Actor Ron Silver dies in NYC at age 62 of cancer
Actor Ron Silver dies in NYC at age 62 of cancer
This is indeed sad. Ron Silver has passed away at the age of 62 from Cancer.
The shows and movies that I remember him from were "Veronica's Closet", "Chicago Hope", "Mr. Saturday Night", "Oh, God! You Devil", "Romancing the Stone", "Silkwood", "Hill Street Blues" and "The Entity". Yes, I went through he list in IMDB which is a very long list of credits.
Ron Silver lead a very nice life and tragic that it had to end after 62 years. To the friends and family of this very talented man, I am sorry for your loss. The loss isn't just yours but is also ours. He surely will be missed. My family and I will keep Ron and his family and friends in our prayers during this most difficult time.
Disposible Hearing Aides
I saw a commercial for this new product called Songbird Disposable Hearing Aides. It lasts for 400 hours of active use and lasts up to 6 months. I guess when you can't hear anymore because the batteries have died then you just buy a new pair.
Ok, first of all, why not just change the batteries? Why do you have to buy a new pair? These hearing aides cost $80 for a pair. That's $160 per year.
I'm trying to think of the pros and the cons of this. On one hand I guess it is good to get a new pair every so often, maybe once every couple or few years but not every 6 months. Why can't they last a whole year?
If you had to buy a regular pair of hearing aides from your doctor that can cost $5000 which is a good reason to buy the Songbird because paying $160 a year is saving you a lot of money. Especially if you... god forbid... pass away in a few years. But I mean, if you are born hard of hearing or you develop hearing problems from your iPod in your teens, 20's or 30's then you are going to need it for the rest of your life. Yeah, $5000 is a lot to spend every few years or whenever you have to buy new ones so $160 a year every year is probably a better use of your money.
My aunt bought hearing aides a few years ago and she had nothing but problems with them and they were the $5000 ones. She said that sometimes when she was at work and they would talk on the loud speaker it was too loud and she couldn't hear the customers that great. And she took them back to the doctor to be adjusted a couple or few times and he was a total douche and would get impatient with her. Uh, she just dropped 5 G's on something that she doesn't even wear out of frustration. Give the lady a break and adjust them you douche bag.
Oh sorry, did I say all that? LOL I guess it had to be said.
I think I will suggest the Songbird to my aunt, perhaps she will get better use out of this at the lower cost of $80 every 6 months. Maybe she won't need to wear them all the time so she can stretch it out a lot longer since she is retired now and doesn't need to listen to people bitching about their problems.
Great job Songbird Disposible Hearing Aides. You got my vote.
Ok, first of all, why not just change the batteries? Why do you have to buy a new pair? These hearing aides cost $80 for a pair. That's $160 per year.
I'm trying to think of the pros and the cons of this. On one hand I guess it is good to get a new pair every so often, maybe once every couple or few years but not every 6 months. Why can't they last a whole year?
If you had to buy a regular pair of hearing aides from your doctor that can cost $5000 which is a good reason to buy the Songbird because paying $160 a year is saving you a lot of money. Especially if you... god forbid... pass away in a few years. But I mean, if you are born hard of hearing or you develop hearing problems from your iPod in your teens, 20's or 30's then you are going to need it for the rest of your life. Yeah, $5000 is a lot to spend every few years or whenever you have to buy new ones so $160 a year every year is probably a better use of your money.
My aunt bought hearing aides a few years ago and she had nothing but problems with them and they were the $5000 ones. She said that sometimes when she was at work and they would talk on the loud speaker it was too loud and she couldn't hear the customers that great. And she took them back to the doctor to be adjusted a couple or few times and he was a total douche and would get impatient with her. Uh, she just dropped 5 G's on something that she doesn't even wear out of frustration. Give the lady a break and adjust them you douche bag.
Oh sorry, did I say all that? LOL I guess it had to be said.
I think I will suggest the Songbird to my aunt, perhaps she will get better use out of this at the lower cost of $80 every 6 months. Maybe she won't need to wear them all the time so she can stretch it out a lot longer since she is retired now and doesn't need to listen to people bitching about their problems.
Great job Songbird Disposible Hearing Aides. You got my vote.
Roast of Larry the Cable Guy
I've been looking forward to this since I first heard it was going to be on. The Roast of Larry the Cable Guy aired tonight at 10pm on Comedy Central. The panel was Zac Brown, Gary Busey, Reno Collier, Nick DiPaolo, Jeff Foxworthy, Toby Keith, Maureen McCormick, Jeffrey Ross, Warren Sapp and Lisa Lampanelli as the Roastmaster.
I kinda felt sorry for Maureen McCormick because of the jokes towards her but she took it like a man. She was very raunchy and I thought she did the best job in this roast.
Gary Busey was.... well, himself. Although he was funny. He was pretending like he wasn't himself and so he was telling Gary Busey jokes lol. Hey, if you can't laugh at yourself then you have no sense of humor.
Bill Engvall phoned in his performance. It was a video, he couldn't even take the time out of his life to show up to the roast of one of his friends. That's ok.
I love these Roasts, I remember watching them as a kid with Lucille Ball as a roaster and Dean Martin and Don Rickles. Those were the days. But, back then you couldn't say a lot of words you can say today. Although, they say a lot of words you still can't say on TV but they just bleep it out. I watch every roast when they have them if I know about it. I don't watch Comedy Central as much as I used to because I'm always on Sci-Fi channel so when I do see a Roast commercial I make time to watch it.
I kinda felt sorry for Maureen McCormick because of the jokes towards her but she took it like a man. She was very raunchy and I thought she did the best job in this roast.
Gary Busey was.... well, himself. Although he was funny. He was pretending like he wasn't himself and so he was telling Gary Busey jokes lol. Hey, if you can't laugh at yourself then you have no sense of humor.
Bill Engvall phoned in his performance. It was a video, he couldn't even take the time out of his life to show up to the roast of one of his friends. That's ok.
I love these Roasts, I remember watching them as a kid with Lucille Ball as a roaster and Dean Martin and Don Rickles. Those were the days. But, back then you couldn't say a lot of words you can say today. Although, they say a lot of words you still can't say on TV but they just bleep it out. I watch every roast when they have them if I know about it. I don't watch Comedy Central as much as I used to because I'm always on Sci-Fi channel so when I do see a Roast commercial I make time to watch it.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Can't sleep
I have to take Ambien to help me sleep because I have ADHD really bad. If I don't take a sleeping pill I'm up all night. I'm a real bad insomniac. I would love to be able to just lay down and bam I'm asleep but I can only do that when I'm so exhausted from lack of sleep lol.
I also have Sleep Apnea which means I gotta wear a mask on my face which forces air into my lungs through my nose and that's also why I need ambien. Believe me, if you were me you would not say jack shit about drug abuse by taking ambien because wearing that mask and having the air forced into your lungs doesn't make falling asleep easy. I've had it for a few years too and I still can't sleep without a sleeping pill.
My problem though is that I think I'm becoming immune to the affects of the ambien which is why I lay in bed for 2 hours with my eyes closed but brain still open for business.
Well, my first ambien I took was only half a pill (for this very reason) so I've already taken the other half and now I'm ready to get back in bed.
Until tomorrow...
I also have Sleep Apnea which means I gotta wear a mask on my face which forces air into my lungs through my nose and that's also why I need ambien. Believe me, if you were me you would not say jack shit about drug abuse by taking ambien because wearing that mask and having the air forced into your lungs doesn't make falling asleep easy. I've had it for a few years too and I still can't sleep without a sleeping pill.
My problem though is that I think I'm becoming immune to the affects of the ambien which is why I lay in bed for 2 hours with my eyes closed but brain still open for business.
Well, my first ambien I took was only half a pill (for this very reason) so I've already taken the other half and now I'm ready to get back in bed.
Until tomorrow...
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
There is a movie that I just heard about that is from Joss Whedon and family that I am head over heals for. It's called Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog which stars Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible and Nathan Fillion as Captain Hammer.
OMG it is so good. It's basically a 42 minute musical (as by the title) comedy all about Dr. Horrible sitting in front of his computer doing video blogs and he tries to rule the city while Captain Hammer always tries to save the day. But Captain Hammer is a pompous prick.
Normally you would root for the good guy but in this movie the good guy is a douche and you root for the bad guy instead because even though he is evil to the core, he's still a sweet lovable guy who just wants to get the girl (gag).
Let's face it, Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion are perfect for these roles. They both can sing. Oh boy can they sing. And they both do such a great job in this as their characters.
Nathan is in his own show on ABC called Castle which is on Monday's at 10/9C and Neil Patrick Harris is still in How I Met Your Mother on CBS Monday's at 8:30/7:30C.
Which ever show you watch you can also watch them at Hulu, that you can be sure of.
OMG it is so good. It's basically a 42 minute musical (as by the title) comedy all about Dr. Horrible sitting in front of his computer doing video blogs and he tries to rule the city while Captain Hammer always tries to save the day. But Captain Hammer is a pompous prick.
Normally you would root for the good guy but in this movie the good guy is a douche and you root for the bad guy instead because even though he is evil to the core, he's still a sweet lovable guy who just wants to get the girl (gag).
Let's face it, Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion are perfect for these roles. They both can sing. Oh boy can they sing. And they both do such a great job in this as their characters.
Dr. Horrible's... was a little movie with 3 acts filmed during the writers strike of 2008. I was told by a friend tonight about this musical episode that it was going to be a new summer 2009 show for ABC but when I went to ABC.com it didn't show anything so I just assumed it was Hulu only. Then I discovered that Amazon has the DVD for sale.
I also Googled the shows title and found the official website. I'm reading the "Master Plan" and I see that it was only going to be available to see on the internet until July 20th 2008 then it's gone from the internet forever. But... it is still on the internet.
If you would like to buy it on DVD make sure you go to Amazon and to www.drhorrible.com to download it on iTunes. They also have some t-shirts for sale for $25.
Nathan is in his own show on ABC called Castle which is on Monday's at 10/9C and Neil Patrick Harris is still in How I Met Your Mother on CBS Monday's at 8:30/7:30C.
Which ever show you watch you can also watch them at Hulu, that you can be sure of.
New Joss Whedon Show - Dollhouse
I recently heard about a new show on Fox called Dollhouse which is created by Joss Whedon starring Eliza Dushku. I liked her as Faith in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I didn't watch her other show but apparently it didn't last long because she is now in Dollhouse.
I tried watching the first episode of Dollhouse on Hulu but I wasn't really that into it. I mean, if I really wanted to watch it I've had the last few days to try since I first heard about it and I haven't tried to watch it again.
It's about Echo who is an "Active" for this illegal underground organization called Dollhouse. They use these women as pawns to do certain tasks for them then they erase their memory. These women can never have a real life outside of the Dollhouse.
I'll try and watch it again.
Tune in to Fox on Friday's at 9/8C for Dollhouse.
Edit: I moved the parts about Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog so it has it's own post. When I typed this it was under the impression that it was going to be a new summer show which is what someone was excitedly telling me. After I typed it all out I did my research and found out it was a movie made in 2008 and it is not a preview of what we can expect this summer.
I tried watching the first episode of Dollhouse on Hulu but I wasn't really that into it. I mean, if I really wanted to watch it I've had the last few days to try since I first heard about it and I haven't tried to watch it again.
It's about Echo who is an "Active" for this illegal underground organization called Dollhouse. They use these women as pawns to do certain tasks for them then they erase their memory. These women can never have a real life outside of the Dollhouse.
I'll try and watch it again.
Tune in to Fox on Friday's at 9/8C for Dollhouse.
Edit: I moved the parts about Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog so it has it's own post. When I typed this it was under the impression that it was going to be a new summer show which is what someone was excitedly telling me. After I typed it all out I did my research and found out it was a movie made in 2008 and it is not a preview of what we can expect this summer.
Xanth
I've finished reading the 2nd Xanth book entitled "The Source of Magic". I'm waiting for the 3rd and 5th book to arrive in the mail and I have the 4th book already.
I really liked The Source of Magic, although the 11th and 12th chapter had me shaken up because of Chester, Crombie and Humfrey, what happened to them. But when I got to the last 2 chapters I felt more at ease. I don't want to give anything away for those who haven't read these books yet. I know this one was written in 1979 (or at least published) and many have probably already read them but I'm just now reading them so I'm sure there are many others who have not read them yet.
A friend of mine, Alyce, bought me the 3rd and 5th book and sent them yesterday along with a few other goodies hehe so I have to wait for those to come before my adventure continues. And I'm sure it will be here on Monday (crosses eyes, fingers and legs).
But what to do with my time while I wait... Hmmmm.... what shall I do?
I really liked The Source of Magic, although the 11th and 12th chapter had me shaken up because of Chester, Crombie and Humfrey, what happened to them. But when I got to the last 2 chapters I felt more at ease. I don't want to give anything away for those who haven't read these books yet. I know this one was written in 1979 (or at least published) and many have probably already read them but I'm just now reading them so I'm sure there are many others who have not read them yet.
A friend of mine, Alyce, bought me the 3rd and 5th book and sent them yesterday along with a few other goodies hehe so I have to wait for those to come before my adventure continues. And I'm sure it will be here on Monday (crosses eyes, fingers and legs).
But what to do with my time while I wait... Hmmmm.... what shall I do?
Friday, March 13, 2009
eBookwise
I went to ebay to find how much the Kindle 1 cost used and it's not that much cheaper. I did find this though. eBookwise 1150 Reading Device for $135.95 +$10 shipping. It has a sad 64mb of internal memory but you can add more with SmartMedia Memory Cards, up to 128MB.
Go ahead and read thier website from that link above. I'm thinking that if I am able to save the money for the Kindle 3 by the time it comes out and I still can't buy it or it still doesn't have the features I want then to heck with it, I'll just buy this one. Or I might just save up for eBookwise e-reader to use as a test e-reader and use it until the kindle goes down in price. There is no sense in spending money I can't afford to spend on something I probably won't be able to use that often. And if I bought books on this new one I'm almost positive I can transfer them over to Kindle if I do decide to get one of those. Then I can give the eBookwise to Chip.
Hehe I'm always giving him my hand me down electronics.
Go ahead and read thier website from that link above. I'm thinking that if I am able to save the money for the Kindle 3 by the time it comes out and I still can't buy it or it still doesn't have the features I want then to heck with it, I'll just buy this one. Or I might just save up for eBookwise e-reader to use as a test e-reader and use it until the kindle goes down in price. There is no sense in spending money I can't afford to spend on something I probably won't be able to use that often. And if I bought books on this new one I'm almost positive I can transfer them over to Kindle if I do decide to get one of those. Then I can give the eBookwise to Chip.
Hehe I'm always giving him my hand me down electronics.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Howard goes to jail
Howard K. Stern turns himself in today for allegedly illegally obtaining prescription drugs for Anna Nicole Smith.
It's about freakin time I say. If he hadn't been allegedly supplying her with drugs she and her son might still be alive today. Although I don't know for a fact that her son died from this but I'm certain it probably had something to do with it.
Every time I watched her reality show on E! I knew something was wrong with her, no normal person acts like they are drugged up if they aren't taking something. She was constantly slurring and walking as if she were drunk. And that crazy clown video should've been proof enough that she was on something.
Despite her crazy behavior, I really liked her and it was very upsetting when she passed away. I felt really sorry for her when her son died but then she died and it was a real tragedy.
I really hope that Howard goes to prison for this.
It's about freakin time I say. If he hadn't been allegedly supplying her with drugs she and her son might still be alive today. Although I don't know for a fact that her son died from this but I'm certain it probably had something to do with it.
Every time I watched her reality show on E! I knew something was wrong with her, no normal person acts like they are drugged up if they aren't taking something. She was constantly slurring and walking as if she were drunk. And that crazy clown video should've been proof enough that she was on something.
Despite her crazy behavior, I really liked her and it was very upsetting when she passed away. I felt really sorry for her when her son died but then she died and it was a real tragedy.
I really hope that Howard goes to prison for this.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Steve Wilkos Show
The episode of Steve Wilkos show called "He beat me in my sleep" was just on and it was about this young, very young couple who are 18 and 19 years old with a 1 year old baby. The boyfriend admitted to beating his girlfriend in her sleep because he was mad at her. What? What the hell was he mad at for? Did she pull the covers off of him? Did she snore too loud? What could possibly make this guy beat his girlfriend while she slept? She ended up going to the hospital with a black eye, split lip, concussion, bruises all over. And yet she didn't leave him.
At the beginning of the episode, the girlfriend told a story of how he beats their 1 year old son. One morning the 1 year old threw the hair brush into the toilet and he got beat for that. He's a frickin' 1 year old douche bag! That's what 1 year old's do, they throw things. They don't even know they are doing it.
He said that he beats his baby or spanks his baby to teach him but a 1 year old isn't going to remember any lesson about anything because he's ONE!
In the first segment, the girlfriend was asked by Steve, if he doesn't pass his lie detector test are you going to leave him and she said I suppose I have to but then at the very end of their half of the show he gave her a choice. Either walk through the door that her abusive boyfriend walked through or go through this other door and have a lifetime of friendship and help with me and she walked through the door to go to her boyfriend. What the hell did she even go on the show for? What a complete waste of time for Steve, for the audience, for me... And what lesson is being learned here? Because I'll bet you anything that as soon as they left and went back to the hotel or wherever, he beat her for bringing him on the show.'
You know, this guy totally reminds me of my step-dad when I was a baby. He met my mom when I was 18 months old and basically moved in right away, they didn't even know each other and he moved in. He assumed the role of dad to me and my sister and of course with the dad role that meant child beater role too. He would beat me in front of my aunts, uncles and grandparents to show dominance. To show who the alpha male was. He was trying to show them how tough he was and all he showed was how much of a coward he was. And these times he would beat me in front of other people, my aunt told me that I was just sitting there, not doing anything. I totally didn't deserve that but he did it anyway to me.
I am so sick of coward men beating women and children but what I'm mostly sick of are women who stay with these men because they are not just hurting themselves, they are also hurting their young children who don't deserve to be involved in that abuse. That is when I say that not only is that guy a coward but that girl is a coward as well and their child should be taken away from them and put into foster care. He would be better off with another family.
At the beginning of the episode, the girlfriend told a story of how he beats their 1 year old son. One morning the 1 year old threw the hair brush into the toilet and he got beat for that. He's a frickin' 1 year old douche bag! That's what 1 year old's do, they throw things. They don't even know they are doing it.
He said that he beats his baby or spanks his baby to teach him but a 1 year old isn't going to remember any lesson about anything because he's ONE!
In the first segment, the girlfriend was asked by Steve, if he doesn't pass his lie detector test are you going to leave him and she said I suppose I have to but then at the very end of their half of the show he gave her a choice. Either walk through the door that her abusive boyfriend walked through or go through this other door and have a lifetime of friendship and help with me and she walked through the door to go to her boyfriend. What the hell did she even go on the show for? What a complete waste of time for Steve, for the audience, for me... And what lesson is being learned here? Because I'll bet you anything that as soon as they left and went back to the hotel or wherever, he beat her for bringing him on the show.'
You know, this guy totally reminds me of my step-dad when I was a baby. He met my mom when I was 18 months old and basically moved in right away, they didn't even know each other and he moved in. He assumed the role of dad to me and my sister and of course with the dad role that meant child beater role too. He would beat me in front of my aunts, uncles and grandparents to show dominance. To show who the alpha male was. He was trying to show them how tough he was and all he showed was how much of a coward he was. And these times he would beat me in front of other people, my aunt told me that I was just sitting there, not doing anything. I totally didn't deserve that but he did it anyway to me.
I am so sick of coward men beating women and children but what I'm mostly sick of are women who stay with these men because they are not just hurting themselves, they are also hurting their young children who don't deserve to be involved in that abuse. That is when I say that not only is that guy a coward but that girl is a coward as well and their child should be taken away from them and put into foster care. He would be better off with another family.
Monday, March 09, 2009
Tech Geek
I get these emails everyday for this company or that with basically a catalog of what is on sale this week or next. There are some neat products though that I have to give them credit for.
The website is The Tech Geek and as the name says, they have technical things for geeks lol. Of course you don't have to be a geek to shop there but it usually helps if you are so you know what you are looking for. I mean, obviously Paris Hilton would be totally lost on the index page of this site but Bill Gates probably navigates it as if it's just like a magazine catalog.
Here are a couple of products that I liked:
Those were just 2 things that stood out in the email, to me that is. But what doesn't stand out to me may be awesome to you. I can't look at prices during this economy because if I see something that is cheap that I know I'd like I think my head would explode because I can't buy it. But I thought that other people who read my blog might be interested in some of those things. So Cheers!
The website is The Tech Geek and as the name says, they have technical things for geeks lol. Of course you don't have to be a geek to shop there but it usually helps if you are so you know what you are looking for. I mean, obviously Paris Hilton would be totally lost on the index page of this site but Bill Gates probably navigates it as if it's just like a magazine catalog.
Here are a couple of products that I liked:
- 1.5 Inch LCD Royal 24950V PF Memory Cup Digital Photo Frame Pencil Cup/Desktop Organize - no description required, link says it all.
- Eclipse Hand-Crank Weather Band Radio Classic - This is perfect for storms when the electricity goes out, you can listen to the news or music while you wait for your power to come back on and it needs no batteries.
Those were just 2 things that stood out in the email, to me that is. But what doesn't stand out to me may be awesome to you. I can't look at prices during this economy because if I see something that is cheap that I know I'd like I think my head would explode because I can't buy it. But I thought that other people who read my blog might be interested in some of those things. So Cheers!
Worst Fears Realized
I just woke up out of the worst dream a nerd could ever have in his ENTIRE life! Have you ever had a dream where you worst fears have been realized? I just did.
Chip and I were traveling... somewhere which I still am not clear with. I was leaving my Aunt Louise's house in Texas and for some reason Chip was with me. So we were going to go on another trip but the only way to get to the airport was by city bus. So we had all of our things on the bus with us, he pretty much just had clothes. He's not real into nerdy things like me. I on the other hand had some clothes but for the most part all my electronics.
List: I had my laptop, psp, cell phone, video camera (dvd cam), bi-pap machine and my Dell DJ which doesn't work right now lol. I also had some books in my suitcase. If I had a Kindle I would've been totally screwed but my bags would've been lighter lol.
The bus runs a red light and we get pulled over. All the passengers are taken off the bus and put onto another bus for a few minutes. Then the police come to the bus we were taken to and says we can get on our bus now. The bus pretty much empties and I'm the last one off. I get off the bus and look around and the bus I was originally on was nowhere to be seen. It was totally gone... with ALL of my stuff. Chip was gone too.
I had to think... real hard... maybe Chip will keep an eye on my stuff and when he gets to our destination he will bring it with him. Although, I finally catch the next bus and get to our destination which for some odd reason is another bus but it's a totally different kind of bus which I would so love to explain except that I can't because it was so strange I literally have to draw you a picture to describe it. And since I can't draw let me just say it was strange.
I get on that bus and say please tell me you have all my stuff and Chip says "what stuff?" AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! What do you mean what stuff? OMG I cannot believe it. So I pick up a cell phone which by the way makes no sense. It wasn't my cell phone but I look at it and it has "property of...." and it says a name that I can't recall and I realize that the person who took all my things have already assimilated it all. But how could I know that by looking at "a" cell phone? Hey, it's a dream sequence, what do you want?
We end up at someones house and Chip is sleeping in a bed and I'm trying to use the phone to call my cell phone and my cousin Brandi is on the other line and she won't get off the phone. And so I keep picking up the phone and instead of a dial tone I can hear her talking and she tells me to get off the phone.
Ok, I realize that all these things can be replaced. My cell phone is actually just a pre-paid cell phone. I've had it since 2002 and pre-paid gives you a crappy amount of minutes. I think for $25 I get 2.5 hours to talk. I think that the newer pre-paid are different.
Anyway, I can always get a new everything else but come on, all my pictures are on the SD card in my camcorder, all my saved games are in the memory stick in my PSP and my simms card in my cell phone with all my phone numbers. It's a hassle to have to get it all back and it costs way more money than I have to spend. It took me years to get all of those electronics and all by pure luck too. Some were gifts and some were things that took me years to save up for.
Thank goodness I woke up because I would've died in my dream of a heart break lol.
Chip and I were traveling... somewhere which I still am not clear with. I was leaving my Aunt Louise's house in Texas and for some reason Chip was with me. So we were going to go on another trip but the only way to get to the airport was by city bus. So we had all of our things on the bus with us, he pretty much just had clothes. He's not real into nerdy things like me. I on the other hand had some clothes but for the most part all my electronics.
List: I had my laptop, psp, cell phone, video camera (dvd cam), bi-pap machine and my Dell DJ which doesn't work right now lol. I also had some books in my suitcase. If I had a Kindle I would've been totally screwed but my bags would've been lighter lol.
The bus runs a red light and we get pulled over. All the passengers are taken off the bus and put onto another bus for a few minutes. Then the police come to the bus we were taken to and says we can get on our bus now. The bus pretty much empties and I'm the last one off. I get off the bus and look around and the bus I was originally on was nowhere to be seen. It was totally gone... with ALL of my stuff. Chip was gone too.
I had to think... real hard... maybe Chip will keep an eye on my stuff and when he gets to our destination he will bring it with him. Although, I finally catch the next bus and get to our destination which for some odd reason is another bus but it's a totally different kind of bus which I would so love to explain except that I can't because it was so strange I literally have to draw you a picture to describe it. And since I can't draw let me just say it was strange.
I get on that bus and say please tell me you have all my stuff and Chip says "what stuff?" AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! What do you mean what stuff? OMG I cannot believe it. So I pick up a cell phone which by the way makes no sense. It wasn't my cell phone but I look at it and it has "property of...." and it says a name that I can't recall and I realize that the person who took all my things have already assimilated it all. But how could I know that by looking at "a" cell phone? Hey, it's a dream sequence, what do you want?
We end up at someones house and Chip is sleeping in a bed and I'm trying to use the phone to call my cell phone and my cousin Brandi is on the other line and she won't get off the phone. And so I keep picking up the phone and instead of a dial tone I can hear her talking and she tells me to get off the phone.
Ok, I realize that all these things can be replaced. My cell phone is actually just a pre-paid cell phone. I've had it since 2002 and pre-paid gives you a crappy amount of minutes. I think for $25 I get 2.5 hours to talk. I think that the newer pre-paid are different.
Anyway, I can always get a new everything else but come on, all my pictures are on the SD card in my camcorder, all my saved games are in the memory stick in my PSP and my simms card in my cell phone with all my phone numbers. It's a hassle to have to get it all back and it costs way more money than I have to spend. It took me years to get all of those electronics and all by pure luck too. Some were gifts and some were things that took me years to save up for.
Thank goodness I woke up because I would've died in my dream of a heart break lol.
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Andy on US of Tara
I just finished watching next weeks all new United States of Tara. How? I don't know why but they always have new episodes a week early in the On Demand channel only. I only found out by accident when I first started watching the show.
I won't give anything away but next weeks episode will answer any and all questions about Andrew Lawrence's character on this show.
I won't give anything away but next weeks episode will answer any and all questions about Andrew Lawrence's character on this show.
Satellite Clocks
I bought this satellite clock from Publisher's Clearing House last year because I wanted to increase my chances of winning money hehe. I know, buying doesn't increase your chances blah blah blah.
So I've always wanted a satellite clock ever since they came out but I really don't NEED a satellite clock that much so I just never bought one. I don't really look at a regular clock, I always look at a cell phone or the cable box or the clock on the computer and all those clocks are basically satellite clocks.
I didn't have an alarm clock though so I bought this from PCH. I haven't had it long enough for it to require a time change from the stupid twice a year time change. Right now it's "Spring Forward" but my clock didn't spring forward like it's supposed to. I took a picture to show that it is still at 11am when it should be 12pm. I put it outside and pressed the sync button to see if it syncs or not. Here is a picture of what it looks like so you can beware not to waste your money on it.
The only way that the camera was able to take a picture of this so you can see the display was from an angle. In fact, the only way I can see what time it is is to tilt it so I can see it from this angle. Otherwise the LCD display looks blank. It always looks like the batteries are dying even though it has brand spanking new batteries in it. It does have a lovely blue light when you press the snooze button so you can see it better in the dark.
I could set it manually but that's not way I bought it. I bought it so I wouldn't have to. I'm going to go check on it to see if it's changed or not. It's been out there for about 10 minutes.... OK good, I just went and got it and the time has indeed changed to the current time according to my cable box. It is currently 12:23pm.
It would be nice if it set itself in the house and I wouldn't have to take it outside to have it set itself properly. But you know, it's only twice a year and during battery changes that I have to deal with this crap. So I guess I take it back. Buy it but beware, you have to tilt it to see what time it is and you have to take it outside to sync with the satellites.
So I've always wanted a satellite clock ever since they came out but I really don't NEED a satellite clock that much so I just never bought one. I don't really look at a regular clock, I always look at a cell phone or the cable box or the clock on the computer and all those clocks are basically satellite clocks.
I didn't have an alarm clock though so I bought this from PCH. I haven't had it long enough for it to require a time change from the stupid twice a year time change. Right now it's "Spring Forward" but my clock didn't spring forward like it's supposed to. I took a picture to show that it is still at 11am when it should be 12pm. I put it outside and pressed the sync button to see if it syncs or not. Here is a picture of what it looks like so you can beware not to waste your money on it.
The only way that the camera was able to take a picture of this so you can see the display was from an angle. In fact, the only way I can see what time it is is to tilt it so I can see it from this angle. Otherwise the LCD display looks blank. It always looks like the batteries are dying even though it has brand spanking new batteries in it. It does have a lovely blue light when you press the snooze button so you can see it better in the dark.
I could set it manually but that's not way I bought it. I bought it so I wouldn't have to. I'm going to go check on it to see if it's changed or not. It's been out there for about 10 minutes.... OK good, I just went and got it and the time has indeed changed to the current time according to my cable box. It is currently 12:23pm.
It would be nice if it set itself in the house and I wouldn't have to take it outside to have it set itself properly. But you know, it's only twice a year and during battery changes that I have to deal with this crap. So I guess I take it back. Buy it but beware, you have to tilt it to see what time it is and you have to take it outside to sync with the satellites.
Cell Phone Popcorn
I was just sent this video that shows these people with cell phones sitting in a circle on a table with about 5 or 6 pieces of pre-popped popcorn and they each call their perspective cell phones and all of a sudden these pieces of corn just start popping. Then they show another group doing it then another group doing it all getting the same results, popcorn.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pXg0TifZpQ
However, I went to YouTube so I can get the video so I can embed it in here much easier than just putting in a link and I found this one instead. It's from a radio show called "The Regular Guys" on 100.5 FM in Atlanta, Georgia. They try the same thing but get no results. I don't know if it's because one of the cell phones was vibrating away from the corn or not but the corn did not pop thus debunking this myth.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC4eeB2M7hk
There is a spoof video of these guys trying it with a steak. Check it out it's so funny.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=przkFZJSkOc
I went to Snopes.com to get the whole truth about this and it's false. The snopes page that I actually went to was about cooking an egg with a cell phone but towards the bottom of the page they showed these videos about popcorn. They show a CNN news story where they talk to the guy who created these videos for a blue tooth company who basically made this up to sell his product and these stunts are all for a commercial. Not meant to scare people but meant as a joke and to sell their product.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOZZ6dJiIgo
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pXg0TifZpQ
However, I went to YouTube so I can get the video so I can embed it in here much easier than just putting in a link and I found this one instead. It's from a radio show called "The Regular Guys" on 100.5 FM in Atlanta, Georgia. They try the same thing but get no results. I don't know if it's because one of the cell phones was vibrating away from the corn or not but the corn did not pop thus debunking this myth.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC4eeB2M7hk
There is a spoof video of these guys trying it with a steak. Check it out it's so funny.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=przkFZJSkOc
I went to Snopes.com to get the whole truth about this and it's false. The snopes page that I actually went to was about cooking an egg with a cell phone but towards the bottom of the page they showed these videos about popcorn. They show a CNN news story where they talk to the guy who created these videos for a blue tooth company who basically made this up to sell his product and these stunts are all for a commercial. Not meant to scare people but meant as a joke and to sell their product.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOZZ6dJiIgo
Saturday, March 07, 2009
Michael Jackson's Final Curtain Call
Michael Jackson is doing his final curtain call by doing 10 concerts in London. He says "this is it" no more after that. Is this supposed to be a come back? Because I'm not seeing come back when he says it's his final curtain call. Why is he doing this? Money! He's broke because of all his financial problems due to his court issues a couple of years ago.
He has to do 10 concerts so he can have the money to buy a new Neverland in London because his Neverland has been sold and all of his possessions are being auctioned.
I really do feel sorry for him. He was a gorgeous black man once upon a time and now he's a gross skeletal white woman. I really don't understand what is going through his mind. His nose is so small and it looks like he doesn't have a nose. I don't want to trash Mike because I like him but come on dude, stop doing weird shit. You are a very talented person but your BDD is way out of control.
I have BDD also but I don't have the money to fix my issues. The only issue I have is my weight so all I'd need is a treadmill and possibly a personal trainer and I'm done. Maybe go to the hair club for men and get some contact lenses but that's it lol.
I wish Michael Jackson the best of luck with his final 10 curtain calls and I hope he makes enough money so he can be comfortable even though our shitty economy is spreading like wild fire to the rest of the world. Good luck taking all the English peoples money away from them, making them homeless so you can get rich again.
He has to do 10 concerts so he can have the money to buy a new Neverland in London because his Neverland has been sold and all of his possessions are being auctioned.
I really do feel sorry for him. He was a gorgeous black man once upon a time and now he's a gross skeletal white woman. I really don't understand what is going through his mind. His nose is so small and it looks like he doesn't have a nose. I don't want to trash Mike because I like him but come on dude, stop doing weird shit. You are a very talented person but your BDD is way out of control.
I have BDD also but I don't have the money to fix my issues. The only issue I have is my weight so all I'd need is a treadmill and possibly a personal trainer and I'm done. Maybe go to the hair club for men and get some contact lenses but that's it lol.
I wish Michael Jackson the best of luck with his final 10 curtain calls and I hope he makes enough money so he can be comfortable even though our shitty economy is spreading like wild fire to the rest of the world. Good luck taking all the English peoples money away from them, making them homeless so you can get rich again.
Eye Video Camera
Filmmaker shows off eye-mounted wireless video camera
Check this out. This filmmaker invented a eye mounted wireless video camera that he can plans to use to film a documentary. He lost an eye as a child and so he has a prosthetic eye.
This would have a very good use for blind people, that is if it had a chip that attached to the brain so that the blind person can see everything that the bionic eye can see. They could remove the blind eyes and put in 2 prosthetic eyes with the camera installed into them. I don't see how you would be able to move the eyes though so I don't know how that would work. Although, they could just remove 1 eye because you probably only need 1 good eye to see.
I can see some other uses for this like for example video making, since it's wireless you can have it recording to a hard drive in your pocket like the size of a USB drive then when you are finished recording you can put it on your computer to edit.
But the con side of that is you could be intimate with someone and they won't know that you are video taping and then you could put it all over the internet and that person would be humiliated forever.
But, I can also see a good side. If you are robbed at gunpoint or maybe even killed the police can look at the video to see who robbed and or killed you.
Piracy would be so much easier with this too. People would go to the movies and be video taping it with their eye, they'd have to keep real still, don't sneeze. Then put it out there for all to see. Same with concerts. It's bad enough that there are too many pirates out there stealing money from the movie industry by selling illegal DVDs, I can just imagine that they would find out that they are using a bionic eye then they would have an eye scanner all over the place so you can't record. But what if you are blind? What then?
There are many pros and cons to this and I'm not exactly sure if this will ever happen but who knows, it might be sooner than you think. I'm sure it will cost several thousands of dollars and it will only go to those who can't see and there probably won't be a hard drive for video taping but more a chip attached to the brain for blind people to see. That's fair enough. If they knew it could be used for illegal purposes then they would become illegal to have very fast.
Check this out. This filmmaker invented a eye mounted wireless video camera that he can plans to use to film a documentary. He lost an eye as a child and so he has a prosthetic eye.
This would have a very good use for blind people, that is if it had a chip that attached to the brain so that the blind person can see everything that the bionic eye can see. They could remove the blind eyes and put in 2 prosthetic eyes with the camera installed into them. I don't see how you would be able to move the eyes though so I don't know how that would work. Although, they could just remove 1 eye because you probably only need 1 good eye to see.
I can see some other uses for this like for example video making, since it's wireless you can have it recording to a hard drive in your pocket like the size of a USB drive then when you are finished recording you can put it on your computer to edit.
But the con side of that is you could be intimate with someone and they won't know that you are video taping and then you could put it all over the internet and that person would be humiliated forever.
But, I can also see a good side. If you are robbed at gunpoint or maybe even killed the police can look at the video to see who robbed and or killed you.
Piracy would be so much easier with this too. People would go to the movies and be video taping it with their eye, they'd have to keep real still, don't sneeze. Then put it out there for all to see. Same with concerts. It's bad enough that there are too many pirates out there stealing money from the movie industry by selling illegal DVDs, I can just imagine that they would find out that they are using a bionic eye then they would have an eye scanner all over the place so you can't record. But what if you are blind? What then?
There are many pros and cons to this and I'm not exactly sure if this will ever happen but who knows, it might be sooner than you think. I'm sure it will cost several thousands of dollars and it will only go to those who can't see and there probably won't be a hard drive for video taping but more a chip attached to the brain for blind people to see. That's fair enough. If they knew it could be used for illegal purposes then they would become illegal to have very fast.
No Energy Today
I was woken up by the doorbell today at like 10 something am cause this guy wanted to mow our lawn since we have let it go lol. I had already planned on mowing it today and so Chip told him we were going to do it today. I got in the shower to wake up then sat and watched TV for maybe 20 minutes and decided OK, I'm going to go mow the lawn.
I did our tenants lawn then I did the front of our lawn but not the side, I filled 1 green can with just all the cut grass but I really didn't feel like I had enough energy to finish. Besides that the lawn mower kept stopping and it won't turn back on now so I'm going to leave that to deal with tomorrow. The green cans go out tomorrow night so I have a full 24 hours to get it done (git-r-done hehe).
I went to the kitchen to make a ham sandwich for lunch and I got all the dishes from yesterday that I had no energy to do plus there is a dryer full of t-shirts that I have to fold and a washer with whites I need to dry. I really need to get some energy. I don't know what's wrong with me, I just feel very lazy today.
You know how when it's a crappy gray day outside with storm clouds and you tend to feel depressed and it makes you lazy? That's how I feel but the sun is shining and it's nice outside. I don't know why I'm feeling this way.
I also want to read but don't feel like it and I have to watch the first 3 episodes of Dollhouse on Hulu so I can talk about that.
Maybe I'll go make a latte. I'll have to go to Albertson's on my bike to get some creamer because a latte isn't a latte with just milk, it tastes so much better with flavor. Yeah, I'll go do that, I bet you then I will have so much energy I won't know what to do with myself.
I did our tenants lawn then I did the front of our lawn but not the side, I filled 1 green can with just all the cut grass but I really didn't feel like I had enough energy to finish. Besides that the lawn mower kept stopping and it won't turn back on now so I'm going to leave that to deal with tomorrow. The green cans go out tomorrow night so I have a full 24 hours to get it done (git-r-done hehe).
I went to the kitchen to make a ham sandwich for lunch and I got all the dishes from yesterday that I had no energy to do plus there is a dryer full of t-shirts that I have to fold and a washer with whites I need to dry. I really need to get some energy. I don't know what's wrong with me, I just feel very lazy today.
You know how when it's a crappy gray day outside with storm clouds and you tend to feel depressed and it makes you lazy? That's how I feel but the sun is shining and it's nice outside. I don't know why I'm feeling this way.
I also want to read but don't feel like it and I have to watch the first 3 episodes of Dollhouse on Hulu so I can talk about that.
Maybe I'll go make a latte. I'll have to go to Albertson's on my bike to get some creamer because a latte isn't a latte with just milk, it tastes so much better with flavor. Yeah, I'll go do that, I bet you then I will have so much energy I won't know what to do with myself.
Friday, March 06, 2009
Distrations
How is it that some people can read like the newspaper or a magazine with the TV on and people talking nearby? I don't read the newspaper because it's just too much information to read. I'd rather watch the news to know what's happening in the world. I can barely type this without having to look at the TV.
Chip can sit there reading the newspaper with the news on the TV lol. I try to read my book and every little noise distracts me. If there is no noise then the silence is deafening and that is distracting.
I have ADHD so every little thing distracts me. I am able to read a book if I try hard enough to ignore all the little things but it's hard. Especially when the ice cream truck goes by. The whole time I was reading the Harry Potter novels I was so into them that I was able to ignore noises but there came a point that I had to buy all the Harry Potter soundtracks and it made reading easier. I would try to hum the main titles in my head while reading, it would help me but I had to buy the soundtrack so I wouldn't have to think lol.
I'm reading The Source of Magic which is the 2nd book in the Xanth series and I had to go outside today to read it because the TV in the living room was just too loud and the lighting in my room sucks so bad but then it started to sprinkle. Yeah I was under a roof but the rain drops were coming down so hard on the fiberglass roof it was too DISTRACTING! LOL
Chip can sit there reading the newspaper with the news on the TV lol. I try to read my book and every little noise distracts me. If there is no noise then the silence is deafening and that is distracting.
I have ADHD so every little thing distracts me. I am able to read a book if I try hard enough to ignore all the little things but it's hard. Especially when the ice cream truck goes by. The whole time I was reading the Harry Potter novels I was so into them that I was able to ignore noises but there came a point that I had to buy all the Harry Potter soundtracks and it made reading easier. I would try to hum the main titles in my head while reading, it would help me but I had to buy the soundtrack so I wouldn't have to think lol.
I'm reading The Source of Magic which is the 2nd book in the Xanth series and I had to go outside today to read it because the TV in the living room was just too loud and the lighting in my room sucks so bad but then it started to sprinkle. Yeah I was under a roof but the rain drops were coming down so hard on the fiberglass roof it was too DISTRACTING! LOL
Skype Used on TV
A couple of weeks ago I go into the living room and Oprah Winfrey is on the TV and I see these tall TV screens (widescreen tv's turned on their sides) and you see women in these screens. At first I was like what the heck? They have audience members in giant sideways widescreen TV's now?
Then Oprah was asking them questions and they showed them talking but this time in the regular size on my screen and on the side of the screen it said "Skype". These women were in the audience via webcam lol. I thought that was genius that Oprah is incorporating this into her show.
But just this morning I woke up and go into the living room and Fox News is on and they are talking about the GM problem and they show this guy on a tv screen and on the left side of the screen I see "Skype" LOL.
The Skype streams seem to be pretty fast, a lot faster than cell phone video calls and I can see this being used in place of regular news cameras. Pretty cool.
Then Oprah was asking them questions and they showed them talking but this time in the regular size on my screen and on the side of the screen it said "Skype". These women were in the audience via webcam lol. I thought that was genius that Oprah is incorporating this into her show.
But just this morning I woke up and go into the living room and Fox News is on and they are talking about the GM problem and they show this guy on a tv screen and on the left side of the screen I see "Skype" LOL.
The Skype streams seem to be pretty fast, a lot faster than cell phone video calls and I can see this being used in place of regular news cameras. Pretty cool.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
California Supreme Court
Today was the day that EQCA stood in front of the California Supreme Court which by the way is in San Francisco to over turn Prop 8. I didn't watch it from the beginning but as soon as I realized it was going to probably be on TV we quickly looked for it and watched it.
I think we only got to see maybe 2 hours of it but it was quite informative. Well, boring really. It was very informative for those who actually understand what they were talking about. I frankly didn't know who was for or against it because they weren't even speaking English. They were all talking lawyer English which I don't understand. I would need to go to Harvard just to get what they were talking about.
The oral arguments ended and they left and we changed the channel to Fox News to see what they were saying about it which wasn't really much. Kenneth Starr was one of the people talking and I wasn't sure which side he was on. Kenneth Starr is the guy who wrote that report which was bigger than 3 of the last Harry Potter novels stacked on top of each other about Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky.
I did see Gloria Allred but she didn't talk at all and I was hoping she would.
One of the things I did understand is that Prop 8 isn't just about saying gay people can't get married but it's saying that it's OK to allow discrimination into our constitution and I don't think that any discrimination should be allowed into our constitution.
Anyway, I'm done thinking about it. I hope they come back with something positive for all the gay people in California.
EDIT: LMAO ok, I'm dumb. We just saw a news story on Fox News and they showed a little clip of Kennth Starr talking and he clearly said that he is against gay marriage. We sat there watching everything that he said and at no time did we hear him say what we just saw him say. That's how much we didn't understand anything that they were talking about, we couldn't even decypher when they were talking in plain English.
And there was a "man" named Shannon P. Minter. He was bald just like I am on top but apparently he lived his life as a woman for the first 36 years of his life. How could we have missed that? Good god, talk about ADD. You would've thought that I would've caught that. He was so convincing as a man. Wow, good for him.
I think we only got to see maybe 2 hours of it but it was quite informative. Well, boring really. It was very informative for those who actually understand what they were talking about. I frankly didn't know who was for or against it because they weren't even speaking English. They were all talking lawyer English which I don't understand. I would need to go to Harvard just to get what they were talking about.
The oral arguments ended and they left and we changed the channel to Fox News to see what they were saying about it which wasn't really much. Kenneth Starr was one of the people talking and I wasn't sure which side he was on. Kenneth Starr is the guy who wrote that report which was bigger than 3 of the last Harry Potter novels stacked on top of each other about Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky.
I did see Gloria Allred but she didn't talk at all and I was hoping she would.
One of the things I did understand is that Prop 8 isn't just about saying gay people can't get married but it's saying that it's OK to allow discrimination into our constitution and I don't think that any discrimination should be allowed into our constitution.
Anyway, I'm done thinking about it. I hope they come back with something positive for all the gay people in California.
EDIT: LMAO ok, I'm dumb. We just saw a news story on Fox News and they showed a little clip of Kennth Starr talking and he clearly said that he is against gay marriage. We sat there watching everything that he said and at no time did we hear him say what we just saw him say. That's how much we didn't understand anything that they were talking about, we couldn't even decypher when they were talking in plain English.
And there was a "man" named Shannon P. Minter. He was bald just like I am on top but apparently he lived his life as a woman for the first 36 years of his life. How could we have missed that? Good god, talk about ADD. You would've thought that I would've caught that. He was so convincing as a man. Wow, good for him.
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Prop 8
Tomorrow is the day that EQCA which stands for Equality California will stand before the Supreme Court to overturn Prop 8. Nobody should be discriminated against and what Prop 8 does is it puts in the constitution that gay people SHOULD be discriminated against. This starts with being told we can't get married but when does it end? Next they will say gay people shouldn't be allowed to have jobs and make a living and have medical coverage then they will say that gay people have no right living in California. When does it end?
Gay people have been around since the beginning of time and I don't want to hear any of this Adam and Steve BS because I don't believe in Adam and Eve. I believe in evolution and I believe that gay people were born gay for a reason. I don't know what that reason is, maybe it was for population control, who knows. But it's not a choice and I'm so sick of hearing people calling it a choice and a lifestyle. You don't call being straight a lifestyle choice because it's not a choice. You are either gay or you are straight or you are bisexual. There is no choice. But the religious nuts are choosing to take away our freedom because they don't agree that we don't have a choice.
Here is a video from EQCA showing men in World War 2 in concentration camps with their pink triangles in 1938. That shows that gay people have been persecuted along with the Jewish people in WWII. And they show a picture of gay men being arrested in the 70's and Matthew Shepard who was beaten to death in 1998.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXI2zlhIk3s
Here is a 4 min 25 second video talking about how Prop 8 is discriminating peoples rights to marry.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skNOnUzhLsk
I don't care if you are gay or straight, nobody deserves to be told how to live their life. It wasn't more than 50 or 60 years ago that people of different races weren't allowed to get married. All gay people want is equal rights and not have their rights taken away from them.
Most of America passed the right to marry but California, the state with the most gay people is banning it? How is that fair? It's 2009, why are we going back in time to when it was OK to discriminate against people? We should be moving ahead instead of stepping back. Walk a mile in the shoes of a gay person then see how fair it is to be discriminated against.
Gay people have been around since the beginning of time and I don't want to hear any of this Adam and Steve BS because I don't believe in Adam and Eve. I believe in evolution and I believe that gay people were born gay for a reason. I don't know what that reason is, maybe it was for population control, who knows. But it's not a choice and I'm so sick of hearing people calling it a choice and a lifestyle. You don't call being straight a lifestyle choice because it's not a choice. You are either gay or you are straight or you are bisexual. There is no choice. But the religious nuts are choosing to take away our freedom because they don't agree that we don't have a choice.
Here is a video from EQCA showing men in World War 2 in concentration camps with their pink triangles in 1938. That shows that gay people have been persecuted along with the Jewish people in WWII. And they show a picture of gay men being arrested in the 70's and Matthew Shepard who was beaten to death in 1998.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXI2zlhIk3s
Here is a 4 min 25 second video talking about how Prop 8 is discriminating peoples rights to marry.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skNOnUzhLsk
I don't care if you are gay or straight, nobody deserves to be told how to live their life. It wasn't more than 50 or 60 years ago that people of different races weren't allowed to get married. All gay people want is equal rights and not have their rights taken away from them.
Most of America passed the right to marry but California, the state with the most gay people is banning it? How is that fair? It's 2009, why are we going back in time to when it was OK to discriminate against people? We should be moving ahead instead of stepping back. Walk a mile in the shoes of a gay person then see how fair it is to be discriminated against.
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