Post Christmas Update

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas; actually its AFTER Christmas so its beginning to look a lot like NEW YEARS. Christmas has come and gone and I must say it was the best holiday in my 28 years of life.  Everyone came away from the tree Happy and satisfied with gifts both received and given. 
I am happy to report I received not only the wedding ban I had been waiting on but also an AMAZON gift card, some much needed/wanted books, and a WICKED COOL Shirt... I had a great Christmas and an amazing 1 year anniversary. Life is good right now and I've got to say this has been the best closing to the year I could have possibly envisioned. 

Top 10 Worst Car Names- Yahoo! Autos Article Page

Normally I wouldn't share such an pointless subject as this but I found myself laughing out loud at this writers views on the automobile industry.

Top 10 Worst Car Names- Yahoo! Autos Article Page

The Google Plan

Loving the end of this year.  The wife and I are both working and for once we are looking to have a killer Christmas and of course it'll also be our 1 year wedding anniversary and I know for certain I'm looking forward to it. I have no clue on earth what she's getting me, and I know for certain she hasn't the foggiest idea of what I've purchased for her. That's the way we like it and for the first time I think the secrets may be kept til Christmas. This being said I had to put my GOOGLE life plan on the back burner, well somewhat. I have all the latest and greatest google doings (wave, blogger, gmail, offline gmail, etc.) all I'm missing is an Android phone. Well my beloved Sprint network now has a couple Android phones available for me. So after all the Holiday hoopla dies down I'll be using my fun Xmas check to purchase myself  a brand new shiny HTC Hero so I can complete my GOOGLE life circle.

A little story

we find our hero deep in thought, thinking of today tomorrow yesterday and back around again. All this thinking yet no clear thoughts just a jumbled mass of imagination spewing forth. He doesn't know where he's going nor does he remeber where he went. These clouded thoughts have lead to such clouded judgement he's surprised to find anybody by his side, but there she stands. She's strong she intelligent and frankly she like I have no idea why she's still with him. Each blow against their relationship somehow strengthens her love. Each mistake and every misstep only solidifies her feelings. She's a keeper to say the least its a damn shame that he's a creep. Life is pain as the saying goes and maybe pain is all she knows?

Training over and I'm #1

There is nothing cooler then being told you are the best at something and though it means jackshit its still awesome knowing after all the results were tallied I was the #1 training student by far. The problem is it doesn't reflect on the phone. Yes it is true I may ace the tests but once someone calls all that information goes flying out the window. Hopefully that will change for me soon enough or else this will be one short lived job opportunity. All I can do is soldier on with the knowledge I was number 1 in the class and a joy to be around. I guess its true class reflects life. I definitely strive to be the best me I can be and I'm glad to know it shows

It begins again

Starting tomorrow I return to the life of the cubicle dweller. Its a savage land full of surprises and challenges. Only thing keeping me grounded in this whole situation is knowing that two weeks worth of training keeps me from diving directly into the life I once knew. Actually I'm sure I'm going to be incredibly happy with this job. I don't have to dress up its a completely casual environment; I'm going to have pretty steady hours, unlike my previous call center this one closes at 6pm so no late nights ever. I'm very excited to get my first paycheck, there are so many things I want and/or need and I'm happy to have the opportunity to earn these things. 
With all that said come Monday I'm sad to say my internet time looks to be cut drastically, that is unless of course this call center is SLOW and completely FREE no blocked websites (fingers crossed). I am still determined to write though I have so much on my mind it would be a shame and a loss if all these thoughts didn't make it to the internet and into your eyes. So I promise I'll never stop writing never stop thinking and forever continue this life of creativity while lacking productivity.

Pain

Life is full of trials and tribulations. Everyone deals with life in their own special way. Some drink, some get high, a few sleep with countless strangers on any given night while others follow those who are sleeping with countless strangers on any given night in hopes that on one special night they to can become one of the countless strangers. Since I'm married I gave up most of those former ways to deal and have taken up writing through my ups and downs of life. Happy times call for stories of joy and humor while the truly shitty days may bring about tales of sadness and death, though usualy with a humorous twist. In the end I find writing theraputic and I hope you the reader find it entertaining. All I know for sure is I will not be stopped no matter what life throws at me I shall continue to express myself in the form of the written, more like typed, word. I shall type...text....and on rare occasion hand written though I would hold my breath for that one. So in closin
g thanks to all who read me and to those that don't well they can suck the world's fattest donkey dong... Yeah I said it what they gonna do about the illiterate bastards can't take 5 minutes out of their precious lives to help a struggling wordsmith by reading his blog... They can sit and spin for all I'm concerned.... And to all my newest readers those previous remarks weren't about you at all just everyone else you know.

Halloween

I have thoroughly enjoyed this day frankly it's my favorite holiday that isn't gift related. Dressing up in scary and/or funny costumes, running amok in the streets, poisoning children with candy and other assorted sugary goods; this truly is a blessed day. And by blessed I mean highly evil and/or blasphemous, but that's what makes it so special. Even though all I do is get dressed up to hand out candy I still find it an amazingly entertaining holiday. My favorite are the elaborate costumes and the little kids who truly get into the spirit. For awhile today I thought we would be deprived trick or treaters, but after a long lull we were flooded with trick or treaters, Pez dispensers & full size candy bars made us a very popular destination. My wife and I had a blast and we look forward to being able to do it next year while in a home of our own in Southern California.... I say we have a crazy Halloween party and invite everyone we know. I'm not sure we'll have the space for that, but who knows what the future holds.

Halloween

Plain and simply the most fun holiday that doesn't involve receiving presents. I have no big plans but I have promised to dress up... and NO nothing too embarrassing! Sorry people no pictures of me in a dress as my wife seems to want to happen. (she wants to dress as a pimp and have me be her bottom bitch...HELL NO) That idea aside with T-Minus 2 days and counting I still have to come up with some idea. As of now the front runner would be me getting a yellow t shirt Blue pants pick out my hair grow out my mustache (yes it grows fast so 2 days of not shaving and BOOM mustache man) and using my high voice and magically I will be transformed into CLEVELAND BROWN. Simple idea but Cleveland was the weakest of all the Family Guy characters though I know i can easily pull the look off. I really don't know what I should do. Maybe i'll just wimp out and buy a mask or put a bunch of crazy paint on my face. So if anyone has any advice I'm glad to hear it. What should I do keep in mind I have 2 days and a very little budget.

Where to Now?

So many years spent on the road no real destination in mind just traveling through towns cities communities and assorted lives. I call no place "Home". I call everyone "Friend". I lead the life of a gypsy, but after 20+ years I must stop and ask myself where to now? Never before have I known what life had in store for me, yet now I find myself wanting to have a plan. In my past I was never truly aware how long my stay in any location would last, but now I find myself wanting to take root in one place though where that place is I have no clue. Be it age or exhaustion I find myself trying to cling to a vine with which to tie my life into place, but there are no vines for me there is no place I shall ever call Home. No mine is a life made to wander. Now don't you dare go pitting me for I have seen things most will never see. I have experienced things most will never experience. The world has been my playground and I have thoroughly enjoyed running her streets, swimming in her waterways, and embracing the many souls who inhabit her. All these things being blessing and yet I crave something more. Something permanent. Something.... fulfilling. Maybe I should pick a location at random and attempt to set my life up there, but I fear doing that...it would really suck to pick the absolutely wrong location from the draw of a hat. So what to do? Where to go? I know I'll just drink and when I sober up wheresoever I am that's where I shall permanently stay. Just hope I don't wake up on a ship... again; the sea and I just don't get along. My time on the SS Rust Bucket were the longest 3 years of my life. Just me and a ship full of sea men.... after that I knew how Kim Kardashian's belly must have felt any given weekend of her late teens. But I digress that's a story for another day and it gets me off my point. Wait what was my point......SHIT...... I knew i started drinking to early.

guy with time on his hand

Open the door and let some damn air in already. It's very stuffy in this box of a room and I enjoy reminders of what freedom had once felt like. It has been so long since I was free. Hell I'm shocked I even remember that word. FREE! Well its a meaningless concept to me. Now don't get me wrong, I completely deserve what I have gotten. My mistake wasn't so much in what I did, but in how I attempted to defend it. I knew I should have gone with a different attorney "Attempted Murder isn't Murder. It's a failure to commit an act and isn't that punishment enough honor? My client is already a proven failure!" I must have been really drunk on toilet wine when he pitched that idea and I agreed it could work. I guess things worked out for the best though after such a feeble attempt at a defense the judge took pity on me; hiring a mentally challenged attorney definitely earned the favor points; and so here I sit minimum security. How can this be you ask? Its all in who you are trying to kill. You see I wasn't attempting to do anything wrong honestly I was just attempting to do what the world knows needed to be done. So here I sit upset at my own failure reminded on a daily basis my target got away. What the parole board doesn't know is I have not given up on my mission it has simply been delayed. So I write this letter not as a warning but simply as a promise that next time my aim will be true. I will shave that pube faced bastard and pop the implants of his ignorant concubine I will end their torment of this earth for they are a waste of everyone's time. I shall end the careers of these 2 blonde haired fools I am simply a tool of the heavens to bring the world peace and by my hands the death of SPEIDI will bring this world relief. Heidi and Spencer be warned when I'm out in 16 months it'll be my mission to destroy you annoying little cunts. Oh and also know after them Joe Francis is next simply because that douche should have been dealt with ages ago.

Internet Addiction on the rise

Now I may not have STATISTICS or FIGURES or any medical knowledge whatsoever, but dammit the increasing numbers of my Facebook friends who seem to be on at least as much as me tells a different story. As the economy plummets to the ground like a burning cinder from the heavens above more and more people have found themselves spending all their new found free time on the World Wide Web. Yes that's right bad economy lack of work and shitty existences are leading to a flourish in web activity. It's not all the Economy's fault mind you. With the growth of the "Smart phone" industry the web is becoming readily available to a growing number of people, and of course the darling of said industry is the iPhone and its oh so many apps. I mean you can do any and everything on the damn iPhone as their catchy little saying goes there always seems to be an "APP" for that. Sad thing is every other smart phone on the market is trying to follow suit. Its already bad enough we are slowly all learning to live on and/or through our phone. Soon enough we will be able to not only order our food while setting up our guest list planning out what music to play in the background program our DVR to record the programs we are going to miss during dinner and plan an escape route and proper excuse for the inevitable disaster that will happen when the wife and the girlfriend meet at said dinner party. Yes this is the world we are living it. The future is now and it is full of compu-zombies. Living off the mush social networking and celebrity news is turning our brains into. I am both disgusted and intrigued by this rapidly approaching future. I'm not warning you for what is years to come I'm talking about the disaster that is your life in the up coming weeks. Heed my warning friends the world around us is a frightening place full of perils and craziness, but hey lets enjoy the ride while we can.

Positively positive when speaking of Positivity

Never doubt yourself and always be true to you. No we aren't all meant to be amazing, but we are all something special. That's right I'm what you would call an optimist and I'm a whole hearted believer in life works out in the end. Everything is for the best and alls well that ends well. So don't be such a sour puss pick yourself up when life beats you down and just keep moving forward living a life of no regrets.

Just a little food for thought

The world is fucked no doubt, but keep in mind you can't believe everything that the news force feeds you. News is in the business of extremism. HORROR stories sell and sappy stories tug at the heart string, the real world falls somewhere between the two though. I feel that is often overlooked, every creepy neighbor isn't a killer and every soft spoken old lady isn't a saint. Just a little information to get you through the day. Things are as crazy as you make them people. Your world doesn't form itself its up to you to mold your perception of the world.

Come Together Right Now... don't bother me

Well we all wanted to see the world come together, but I doubt any of us truly had this in mind. I'm definitely into this world of social networking and have been so for a long time now. I've had every type of account from Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Friendster, Livejournal, Yahoo360, and obviously Blogger. The list probably goes on and on if I could remember my early high school days on the Internet. My current favorite has got to be Facebook simply because that's where almost all my friends are. It's very quite entertaining to see all these people from a not so distant past come together and converse and chat and act like no time has passed at all. Of course time has passed and things have changed, we have all lived separate lives and now we find ourselves thrust back together and so frequent we act as nothing has changed nothing has happened we have not grown or aged we still like the same things we all loved together back in the 80s 90s and beyond. Don't get me wrong I love every minute and I adore all these people who have been thrust back into my life. Hell its crazy to see how much people have/haven't changed over the years. Its crazier to think they care or are at least interested in how My life is going. Some friends I had chalked up as lost are now returned to me and for that I praise social networking. Of course some not so great people who pose as grim reminders of shitty times are also returned to my life as well, and for that I damn social networking to hell. Weirdest thing is seeing how many people take these new connections offline. How many out there are planning to attend or have attended reunions with Elementary/Jr High friends? How crazy is that to see? Hey guys lets get together for a 15 year Jr High Reunion! Without places like Facebook or Myspace such a statement would simply be thought as ludicrous, but now these things are being said everyday. With so many different way to connect the question is how is it possible to completely lose touch with those you claim to care about? I mean look at all the different sites created to help people stay in touch. Its hard to see how someone couldn't find you if they truly wanted to. Problem is there are some people that you really don't want to meet up again with in this life, but it would seem you'd have to go completely off grid to avoid them. That's right people big brother is watching and he's bringing a lot of old school baggage with him. Hope you are all prepared for the showdown because thanks to 6 degrees of separation we are all someones annoying past they are trying to escape or at least a link to it. No worries though if I'm somehow the bane of your former existence just fill me in and I'd happily drop you from my lists HA!

When She's gone

when she's gone she takes my heart away

When she's gone I don't know what to say

When she's gone I'm but half a man

Well she's gone and I don't know what to do with myself

I see a near future full of DVD watching TV scanning and Internet time wasting activities. If you ever get around to reading this know I love you and miss you and can't wait til you return from training at the end of the month, though its only 2 weeks we both know it'll be rough. In the end though the time away is being used to build up something so our future together will be that much greater. The big move quickly approaches and I can't wait for us to be on our own in So Cal. Our southern California life will be sweet for sure, and I know our life will go on forever more.

Better suited for the sports blog...

but this has less to do with my NFL feelings and more to do with my simple feelings as a fan. I want to be outraged that my team signed a QB when they seemed to finally have the whole QB position hemmed up. After last season's contract extension it had seemed the Eagle management finally had regained their faith in McNabb but now the questions have arisen again. The thing that makes this the most difficult is that according to reports McNabb had a hand in the Vick signing. Now I understand he is all about winning and doing what's best for the team, but McNabb has to realize there is no point to bring in a talent as big as Vick to think he will forever sit on the bench behind you. Presumably they signed him as a 3 stringer (sorry AJ), but its clear that Kevin Kolb's injury must be worse then first let on because he was the established back up and seemingly the QB of the future since McNabb only seems to have 2 or 3 years left in him due to all the injuries (Hell if they had won the Superbowl last year I don't think Donovan would have returned this season). What truly stings about the situation is I was one of the most vocal for giving Vick a second chance, but I never expected him to show up on my teams roster thus stirring shit up.

Another big issue I have with the whole thing is the assumption that Vick is now expected to be Philly's QB of the future. Did we all forget Vick was never seen as a truly great QB. He's an amazing athlete, a superb runner, and posses a wicked strong arm; but he never showed an in pocket prowess or the field general mentality that the Eagles have come to demand of McNabb. We don't need a run first pass later QB if we have Westbrook in the backfield. So with this signing it seems maybe the Eagles are questioning McNabb for the long haul, but more then likely questioning the strength of Westbrook as a long term solution. All I know is I'm very interested to see where this signing is going to take my team and if this is the weird kick they need to finally make it to and win this year's championship.

Why must I float

Something in which to spend time doing. No true direction and no goal in mind. A life lead like a leaf on the wind or more like the drunk tubing down the lazy river; he know not where he may end up all he knows is he will be picking up a 6 pack when he gets there. Now that my friends is the ultimate adventure, anytime you can just let yourself go and just BE that sounds like the simplest thing to enjoy in this life. No hysterics no hustle and bustle no worries no fears; all you do is float. As the song says FLOAT ON FLOAT ON and that's all these people do for hours a day possibly entire weekends all summer long. I'd say I'm jealous, but alas I can not lie my life is much more simpler then even there long historic weekends. I've spent 28 years floating and this fact is starting to weigh heavy on me. I have yet to truly apply myself to anything. I've coasted through everything I do. I only put enough effort forth to get by. I'd be the definition of slacker, but on some levels they work hard to keep up that lifestyle where as I don't really give a damn. If this floating there were to end today I'd be better off for it therefore I wouldn't fight the change. Growing up I always thought I was just adaptable or just better able to go with the flow then most people, but I have come to find there is just so much more to it then that. Instead of Slacker or LAZY I feel the best way to describe myself is APATHETIC and Passive. Writing this self diagnosis may be breaking with the code of my life's work, but at this point the apathy has worn me down so far I just don't care. The only thing in life I've cared about have been my relationships with people and my need to write. Sad thing on both friends is I have found myself so distant from friends and family that it makes sense I too am distant from caring about getting publish or being discovered in the literary world. This apathy has been nothing but a burden and frankly I'm just tired of watching it wash everything down the drain. That being sad as of late i have tried to write more to plan things I want to do in this life and to go out and attempt to get them. I'm moving to a place where I'll be much closer to friends and though I don't see them on a regular if at all I have been trying to speak more to the friends who are close by. This is where I take my stand. No more fighting my selfish lazy uncaring nature. No denial will heal anything I must accept my shortcomings and find a way to make them work for me. So much focus is being put on finding work and moving that I have failed to look at the reasons why we are doing so. Its more then just hating the area (STOCKTON sucks the fattest donkey balls ever grown from the hind parts of the beasts), no the move is for the good of us in every way. The need to be close to other people to see other things to be able to get a beach breeze to see water that's not green with mutant fish. This move MUST happen one way or another. I have struggled long enough with this earning the big bucks thing.... Its not about being rich in the material world the spirit needs to be quenched and dammit my spirit is awfully thirsty with the held of my wife and other loved ones I swear come November I shall be in So Cal and taking a big drink

Clinton swoops in to save 2 women

Why am I not surprised, but its good to see Clinton getting in the news for something good. No more dramatics, no more pussy hounding, No just plain and simple Good Samaritanism. Read on to learn what you are suppose to do with political pull.. Both former pres Bushes should take notes from Billy C.

Clinton, 2 journalists depart North Korea for US

By JEAN H. LEE, Associated Press Writer Jean H. Lee, Associated Press Writer

SEOUL, South Korea – His mission accomplished, former President Bill Clinton left Pyongyang early Wednesday accompanied by American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling after North Korean leader Kim Jong Il pardoned the women from their 12-year prison sentences.

Clinton and the two Californians were flying back to the U.S., his spokesman Matt McKenna said, less than 24 hours after the former U.S. leader landed in the North Korean capital on a private, humanitarian trip to secure their release.

Clinton has "safely left North Korea with Laura Ling and Euna Lee" and all three were en route to Los Angeles, where the journalists will be reunited with their families, he said.

The White House had no comment.

Their departure was a jubilant conclusion to a more than four-month ordeal for the women arrested near the North Korean-Chinese border in March and sentenced in June to 12 years of hard labor for illegal entry and engaging in "hostile acts."

Clinton's landmark trip to Pyongyang also resulted in rare talks with reclusive Kim Jong Il that state-run media described as "wide-ranging" and "exhaustive." The meeting was Kim's first with a prominent Western figure since reportedly suffering a stroke nearly a year ago.

North Korean media characterized the women's release as proof of "humanitarian and peace-loving policy." State media said Clinton apologized on behalf of the women and relayed President Barack Obama's gratitude. The report said the visit would "contribute to deepening the understanding" between North Korea and the United States.

While the White House emphasized the private nature of Clinton's trip, his landmark visit to Pyongyang to free the Americans was a coup that came at a time of heightened tensions over North Korea's nuclear program.

The meeting also appeared aimed at dispelling persistent questions about the health of the authoritarian North Korean leader, who was said to be suffering from chronic diabetes and heart disease before the reported stroke.

Kim smiled broadly for a photo standing next to a towering Clinton. He was markedly thinner than a year ago, with his graying hair cropped short. The once-pudgy 67-year-old, who for decades had a noticeable pot belly, wore a khaki jumpsuit and appeared frail and diminutive in a group shot seated next to a robust Clinton.

North Korea accused Ling, 32, and Lee, 36, both of former Vice President Al Gore's Current TV media venture, of sneaking into the country illegally.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged North Korea last month to grant them amnesty, saying they were remorseful and their families were anguished by their detention.

The journalists' release followed weeks of quiet negotiations between the State Department and the North Korean mission to the United Nations, said Daniel Sneider, associate director of research at Stanford University's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.

Clinton "didn't go to negotiate this, he went to reap the fruits of the negotiation," Sneider said.

Pardoning Ling and Lee and having Clinton serving as their emissary served both North Korea's need to continue maintaining that the two women had committed a crime and the Obama administration's desire not to expend diplomatic capital winning their freedom, Sneider said.

"Nobody wanted this to be a distraction from the more substantially difficult issues we have with North Korea," he said. "There was a desire by the administration to resolve this quietly and from the very beginning they didn't allow it to become a huge public issue."

The families of Ling and Lee said they were "overjoyed" by the pardon.

"We are so grateful to our government: President Obama, Secretary Clinton and the U.S. State Department for their dedication to and hard work on behalf of American citizens," the families said in a statement. "We especially want to thank President Bill Clinton for taking on such an arduous mission and Vice President Al Gore for his tireless efforts to bring Laura and Euna home.

"We are counting the seconds to hold Laura and Euna in our arms," the statement said.

Lee, a South Korean-born U.S. citizen, is the mother of a 4-year-old. Ling, a California native, is the younger sister of Lisa Ling, a correspondent for CNN as well as "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and "National Geographic Explorer."

They were arrested as they reported about the trafficking of women. It's unclear if they strayed into the North or were grabbed by aggressive border guards who crossed into China but recent statements suggested they admitted to deliberately crossing into the country.

The Committee to Protect Journalists also welcomed their release.

North Korean state media said Clinton and Kim held wide-ranging talks, adding that Clinton "courteously" conveyed a verbal message from Obama.

In Washington, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs denied Clinton went with a message from Obama. "That's not true," he told reporters.

"While this solely private mission to secure the release of two Americans is on the ground, we will have no comment" until the mission is complete, Gibbs said in a statement. "We do not want to jeopardize the success of former President Clinton's mission."

Clinton was accompanied by John Podesta, his one-time White House chief of staff, who also is an informal adviser to Obama.

Clinton was accorded honors typically reserved for heads of state. Senior officials, led by Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, who also serves as the regime's chief nuclear negotiator, met his private unmarked plane as it arrived Tuesday morning.

Video from the APTN television news agency showed Clinton exchanging warm handshakes with officials and accepting a bouquet of flowers from a schoolgirl.

Kim later hosted a banquet for Clinton at the state guesthouse, Radio Pyongyang and the Korean Central Broadcasting Station reported. The VIPs and Kim posed for a group shot in front of the same garish mural depicting a stormy seaside landscape that Clinton's secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, posed for during her historic visit to Pyongyang in 2000.

But not long ago, North Korea's Foreign Ministry had harsh words for his wife, describing her as "a funny lady" who sometimes "looks like a primary schoolgirl and sometimes a pensioner going shopping."

In the past, envoys have been dispatched to Pyongyang to secure the release of Americans. In the 1990s, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a congressman at the time, went twice on similar missions: in 1994 to arrange the freedom of a U.S. pilot whose helicopter strayed into North Korean airspace and again two years later to fetch an American detained for three months on spying charges.

Richardson, Clinton and Gore, Clinton's vice president, had all been named as possible envoys to bring back Lee and Ling. However, the decision to send Clinton was kept quiet, revealed only when he turned up Tuesday in Pyongyang.

The trip was reminiscent of one 15 years ago by former President Jimmy Carter when Clinton was in office, also at a time of tensions over North Korea's nuclear program.

Carter's visit — he met with Kim Jong Il's father, the late Kim Il Sung — helped thaw the deep freeze in relations with the Korean War foe and paved the way for discussions on nuclear disarmament. Clinton later sent Albright to Pyongyang for talks with Kim in a high point in the often rocky relations with North Korea.

Discussions about normalizing ties went dead when George W. Bush took office in 2001 with a hard-line policy on Pyongyang. The Obama administration has expressed a willingness to hold bilateral talks — but only within the framework of the six-nation disarmament talks in place since 2003.

North Korea announced earlier this year it was abandoning the talks involving the two Koreas, Japan, Russia, China and the U.S. The regime also launched a long-range rocket, conducted a nuclear test, test-fired a barrage of ballistic missiles and restarted its atomic program in defiance of international criticism and the U.N. Security Council.

Last month, the U.S. Navy tailed a North Korean cargo ship as it sailed south suspected of carrying cargo banned under a U.N. resolution on board until the vessel turned around and returned to port.

Kim inherited leadership of impoverished North Korea upon his father's death in 1994, 20 years after being anointed the heir apparent. Kim has not publicly named his successor but is believed to be grooming his third son, 26-year-old Jong Un, to take over.

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Associated Press writers Anne Gearan in Washington, Samantha Young in Sacramento, Calif., Lisa Leff in San Francisco and AP researcher Jasmine Zhao in Beijing contributed to this report.

Just a friendly reminder of the fucked up situation we're in

Surfing around Yahoo! I came across this truly interesting story which reminded me just how bad most of the country has it at this time. Don't get me wrong I'm not doing great and though this story is messed up at least this family has a home. Many People aren't able to say the same thing at this time. Personally I'd be happy to have an affordable mortgage no matter the situation. Though I didn't listen to my old man much he did bestow upon me this simple bit of knowledge... PROPERTY OWNERSHIP is one of the keys to a successful life.

Florida highrise has 32 stories, but just 1 tenant
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO,

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Vangelakos' southwest Florida condominium has marble floors, a large pool overlooking a river and modern furnishings that speak of affluence and luxury. What they don't have in the 32-story building is a single neighbor.

The New Jersey family of five purchased their unit four years ago, when Fort Myers was in the midst of a housing boom and any hints of an impending financial crisis were buried in lofty dreams of expansion and development. They made a $10,000 down payment and eagerly watched as builders transformed an empty lot into an opulent high rise, one that now symbolizes the foreclosure crisis.

"The future was going to be southwest Florida," said Victor Vangelakos, 45, a fire captain who planned to eventually retire and live permanently in the condo.

Most of the other tenants in the 200-unit condo didn't close on their contracts, and the few that did have transferred to an adjacent building owned by the same company because more people live there.

The Vangelakos' mortgage lender will not allow them to do the same.

That leaves them as the sole residents of the Oasis Tower One.

"It's a beautiful building," said their attorney, John Ewing, who is representing 27 others who made deposits on units. "The problem is, it's a very lonely building."

When the Vangelakos' travel from Weehawken, N.J., to spend a week or a few days in their Florida home, they have exclusive use of the pool, game room and gym, but they miss having a few tenants around.

"Being from the city, it's very eerie," Vangelakos said. "It's almost like a scary movie."

A large, circular fountain in front of the building is dry. The automatic glass doors that lead to the front lobby are locked. On the front desk is a guest sign-in sheet. The last entry: Feb. 13, 2009.

"It's like time froze here six months ago," Ewing said.

Vangelakos said they closed on the apartment in the fall, unaware the other tenants had failed to follow through. When they visited around Christmas, they didn't think much of the emptiness. They were just happy to be there.

"We wanted to believe," Cathy Vangelakos said. "We were looking for what we were offered."

On subsequent visits, however, the building grew more deserted.

The lights on the pool and palm trees were off. Their garbage shoot was sealed, a trash bin placed in front of their unit instead.

Despite the empty units, they faithfully parked in their assigned spot on the second story of the parking garage. Then those lights went off, too.

Then there were security concerns. One night, someone pounded on their door at 11 p.m. They called the front desk at the next door building, which contacted police. A search turned up no one, though a pool entrance was open.

Another morning they awoke to find lounge chairs in the pool.

The parents and their children sleep with their cell phones by their beds.

"I'm not a chicken, but this is a big building," Cathy Vangelakos said.

Betsy McCoy, vice president and associated general counsel with The Related Group, which sold the family their unit, said they have tried to help find a solution — even offering them a unit in the building next door, free of cost, while the situation is resolved.

"They haven't wanted to take us up on that," McCoy said Friday. "They frankly rejected every solution and offer and proposal that we've come up with."

McCoy said some of the interested buyers who put down deposits lost their jobs, others were unable to get mortgages and some were just nervous when the financial collapse came.

The Cape Coral-Fort Myers metropolitan area in Lee County has some of the worst economic stress — a combination of foreclosures, unemployment and bankruptcies — in the country, according to The Associated Press' monthly analysis of more than 3,100 U.S. counties.

The latest AP Economic Stress Index, which assigns each county a score from 1 to 100 with higher numbers reflecting the greatest stress from the recession, found Lee County had a score of more than 20. Anything above 11 is considered stressed.

Victor Vangelakos said they don't want to move to the tower next door because they would still be paying the mortgage and maintenance costs on the condo they own. They paid $430,000 for the unit and took out a $336,000 mortgage — essentially spending their life savings.

He'd like for The Related Group to buy them out.

"They want us to be refugees in Tower II," Victor Vangelakos said. "That's not how I expected us to live here."

The family's attorney said he has filed two lawsuits on behalf of would-be tenants because the building wasn't finished as promised. He said they expected a clubhouse, marina, private cinema and restaurants.

McCoy said those amenities could be developed, but were never promised.

On Friday evening, the pool area was dark, most of the doors locked. Cathy Vangelakos and her 19-year-old daughter, Amanda, stepped into an elevator to head up to their unit. "Going up," an automated voice chimed.

"Going up," Cathy Vangelakos said. "That's all we hear."

Adult Swim: The greatest place for Horrible adults

I thoroughly enjoy watching adult swim and I figured I'd give my loyal readers a few examples of what makes adult swim great. Now everyone knows about ROBOT CHICKEN and many people remember the stupidity that is Aqua Teen Hunger Force, but Adult Swim has many more examples of awesome comedy for the immature to offer. Take of example the ultimate show that BET wanted to see killed... The Boondocks.

That was my personally favorite offensive character A Pimp Named Slick Back which is the only reason I still laugh everytime I hear Kat Williams talk. Now this is personally the best clip in the entire history of the show

Another great example of what makes adult swim great is my personally favorite cartoon since Looney Tunes as a child.... The Venture Brothers. Yes i know its nothing more then a fucked up take on a Johnny Quest family gone wrong, but dammit the show is just too funny.

and finally one of the more obscure shows that is truly great MORAL OREL. I find this show truly enjoyable because of my christian school days and how if it were up to the administration this is what American life would be like.

and now this is one heck of a sermon

Korea does it again

I love foreign film. I adore zombie and vampire movies. While surfing around hulu I came across the best trailer I have seen this year. Its a movie telling a vampire story the way I like it. Sex, Violence and RELIGION; those are the best ingredients for any Vampire gorefest and the movie THIRST out of Korea has all that and then some. I personally can't wait for my chance to see this movie. Hell even if it turns out to be a horrible horrible horror movie it will still be entertaining seeing as there is no such thing as a HORRIBLE horror movie. They are ALL bad it just comes down to the level of horrific violence they contain. I know many out there may disagree, but in my experience all Horror movies are good for what they are suppose to be. Most times someone speaks of an absolutely wretched Horror movie I have found that movie to be an attempted Thriller and a bad THRILL does not a horror movie make. No my friends all horror movies no matter how low the budget are doing what they are suppose to do. Bad acting Bad storyline No real direction that's FINE in the realm of horror as long as with those negatives comes a ton of blood and maybe a laugh or two. On the other hand Thrillers can be bad simply for the fact they are trying to either keep you in suspense or make you jump when they tell you to jump. There is too much direction in the Thriller Genre. Horror is about the freedom they don't tell you when to scream they give you enough blood guts and gore so YOU can make that decision for yourself. You may not be freaked out initially, but after 1.5 or 2 hours of gross out factor you will feel like you are finally getting what you paid for. Well anyway I love horror for the sake of you get what you pay for. You may not get a story or even a thrill but you will get to see what a person's insides look like and what more can you ask from any low budget crapfest?

at 28 I shouldn't feel old

28 is so far from old its funny. Hell even 30 isn't old, but I am finding myself more and more out of touch with what the YOUNG are finding cool. Hip and Popular just aren't making sense to me at all these days. Now I've never been what you would call HIP, also I have never gone out of my way to be considered cool; but with that being said what the hell IS COOL anyway. I mean has anyone really paid attention to POKER FACE chick LADY GAGA? Singing self admitted soulless POP music and dressing as bizarrely as humanly possible. What does she do it for you ask? I have no freaking clue outside of wanting the attention of the masses. Now personally I'm all for someone wanting the attention of the masses, but I believe in getting it and using it for something productive. Don't dress like a crazy half naked person just because you want the women to find you stylish and the men to want you naked (which I don't understand those who want to see her bare it all, she's just not all that). Now my lack of connection to what's now doesn't just end with music. I may not understand GAGA, MILEY, DRAKE, T Pain and all their popularity; but what people are reading baffles me as well. The ultimate issue with the WRITTEN WORD is the fact BOOKS and MAGAZINES no longer rule the roost. The written word has shifted to the forum that I myself have been working for years at this point... THE BLOG; and it pains me to say I'm far from being the king of the blogging community (which comes as such a shock to me). No the man that rules the web when it comes to BLOGLIFE is a shit talking celebri-holic who spends so much time either pointing out every ones flaws or simply forces what he thinks is COOL down our throats (lady Gaga, Mika, Beth Ditto, etc). I have never had more disgust for one person then I have for Mr Hilton. I swear every time I see this douches smile I just want to see him popped in the grill by several angry celebs who are as fed up with his shit as I am. I think the biggest knock I have on the guy is the simple fact that whenever I have seen him confronted by an angry celebrity all he does is back down and kiss ass. My feelings when it comes to writing is if you have balls enough to print it you should balls enough to back it up plain and simple. Over the years I've written plenty of things that people have come across and had strong feelings against what I said. I didn't back down I listen I process their view and I express my view and my feelings on how I could have said such a thing. That's what you do when you have beliefs and opinions you don't fold up everything you believe in and kiss someones ass simply because they make more money then you. Who gives a fuck you sorry ass pussy stand up for yourself. If you are and ASSHOLE then be an ASSHOLE it's just that simple. Now movies are the only place I don't feel like an OLD MAN i just feel like I'm "SENSIBLE". Me not liking some of the big blockbusters of the year have less to do with my age and more to do with me possessing common sense. The best example of common sense is the fact that I'm one of the what 30 maybe 50 people who refused to see TRANSFORMERS 2. It amazes me a movie as badly written, badly acted, and with such horrible reviews has been able to rake in 370+ million dollars to date. If you doubt me and my so called SENSE well I suggest you read the best review I have read of the movie and it will all become clear to you: Topless Robot Review
Once I read their review I was shocked and astounding that I knew so many people who went, but of the people I knew that went few seemed to truly enjoy the movie outside of the fact they got to see a bunch of shit go boom.
All this being said I love my age I love i grew up in the 90s and became an adult in the beginning of this new Millennium. I fear for my little sister (12 years old) and her generation. What will become of this young generation with guides to life like Miley Cyrus (16 year old Diva who dated a 21 Man with parental permission); books/films like Twilight (Its nothing more then Vampire porn for kids. Oh but he won't suck her he's abstaining... All i can say to this is BITE ME ass munch pick up an Anne Rice book or go rent "Let The Right One In" if you want to see a REAL VAMPIRE story bitches). Damn youth I'll take my late twenties over any of these young kids early teens.

Simplify

Life my friends is all about balance whether it be balancing school & work or career & kids or simply slacking off & sleep; BALANCE is the delicate fabric on which or existence sits. Most people in this world feel odd out of sorts or just plain crazy. These feelings are all the result of living an off balanced existence. I have learned this from experience. For I am living a life that is definitely askew. At this very moment I find myself searching for balance or at least clarity. Life is definitely an adventure its up to you whether its an EPIC or an instructional PAMPHLET. Their is nothing wrong with either, but personally I'm going for an Epic in the style of Homer. I want to stand toe to toe with the greats to stare the gods in the eye and demand all the answers mankind has been too scared to ask. Now that is what I call a truly fulfilled life. That life is one with balance and I can only hope to truly find NIRVANA as I pursue in the quest for the way of the Yang.... No worries for I have already found my YING

Back home but the memories REMAIN

Had a great time getting to know my future home. The sun the surf the freeways the people all the good and even some of the bad I experience just helped me see why my Wife is so wrapped up in the place she continues to call home. I had plenty of time to take in all the sights, now it was hardly my first trip to Southern Cali not even close; but it was the first time I truly looked at the place with an open mind. I still hate the damn freeways don't get me wrong I'll take San Francisco freeways anyday over the craziness that is LA drivers. Bad driving and road rage aside it was such a fun adventure running around the various coastal communities. We spent a large amount of time in my Nikki's beloved Huntington Beach which was a beautiful community though crazy crowded. I had fun looking at the sand the surf and all the sick people crowding Main Street like they'd never seen shops before. I did find myself daydreaming of wealth and riches for the opportunity to live along the Southern California coastline just for the simple beauty of it. Only thing that stands out to me about it though is I have a distinct feeling to truly take advantage of some of the Locales we were looking into I'd have to take up surfing in order to truly feel like I belong. I don't know if I'm meant to surf, but I'm pretty sure my ass will never be able to balance on a little board atop a wave. Yeah surfing doesn't look like its in the cards for me, but I do feel that it would be a necessary evil in order to truly blend with my Environment.

Fun in the Sun

This has been the best vacation I've had in years. Being in the site of my future home (Southern California) has been extremely good for me. I've been able to learn a little more of the landscape I know my way around well enough not to get totally hopelessly lost. Frankly I'm enjoying the sights and sounds of the area. Don't get me wrong I'll always be a San Francisco lover and if I had the real opportunity to buy a place and live there happily I'd do it in a second, but cost and economy stand forever in my way. This past weekend has been pretty good spent time with the in laws (Mom, Dad, Brother & Great Grandma) and finally saw a close friend I've been away from for like 5 years. Yes that's right half a decade away from friends, so time spent here has been great for me. I am truly looking forward to moving here so I can be close to the people who have meant a lot to me friends and family wise. Tomorrow I hope to cap off this great trip with a Dave & Buster evening like
no other I just hope that its a possibility and not just a delusional dream

LA, LBC, HB, the OC all this fun is infront of me

There is no question I am a NorCal boy through and through. Ive spent my whole life shuffling between the bay area and central valley. Ive lived in San Francisco, Oakland, Antioch, Stockton & Hayward. I've Worked in Concord, San Mateo, San Rafael, Pinole & El Sobrante. I've been shuffled off to see family in Modesto, Fresno, Hanford & Sacramento. Needless to say I live and die NorCAl, but that was until I ventured off to Las Vegas, NV and married a SoCal girl. Now I am happy to say I'm good with just being a CALIFORNIA. No more North vs South no more HELLA vs THE (followed by a freeway) No I'm proud to say I now see AMERICA as CALIFORNIA and the West vs all points east. Is that wrong? Well anyway as I write this I am preparing for my wife and I's trip to her beloved Southern California. It will be our first trip there without it being about a holiday or a special event. We are going just to go and I feel that is what will make it fun.

I am so excited to be heading down to LA; so we can see our friends and families. In our trips prior I was never able to catch up with my So Cal bound friends, and Nicole was never able to spend quality time with hers. I feel all our former trips were simply about her reconnecting and me getting to know her family. This time I want to have fun with Friends or at least adventure out and have fun together. No home bound time, we will have little choice but to be out and about be it with friends family or all alone. This is the time to "Basque in the ESSENCE of SoCal GLORY!" - Niktovis Butlerari aka Nikki's crazy ass. All I know is NorCal has been my fun past but its time for me to prepare for my SO CAL future. I know it won't be at all bad with all the friends and family I have living in the area, but I know there is much I need to prepare for. One thing is for sure next time I make this trip we are FLYING there. An Hour flight is much better then a 6 or 7 hour car ride. See America my ass; I'd be much happier to be soaring through a cloud then roaring down Interstate 5.

Rest In Peace

This has been a sad few weeks full of death and tragedies. Every time you pick up a paper(not that anyone does that anymore) or turn on the news or check your twitter page there is another dead celebrity or fatal accident taking place. It saddens me on a few different levels, not just the fact that another life was lost, but also the fact that it forces me hell all of us to face our own mortality. As much as the death of the original MJ was a shock and truly sadden me nothing could prepare me for the MURDER of Steve "Air" McNair. McNair was one of those amazing athletes that made you realize talent and skill can come from anywhere. To this day he still holds records in division I-AA football. He was one of the black QBs that made even the harshest stand up and take notice that a black man can be a success under center without just being a flashy gimmick a la Kordell "Slash" Stewart or a runner a la Randall Cunningham. McNair truly was an all around talent and though his career had long ended (well not that long he retired after the 07 season), he still did humanitarian works to make a difference in his community. This was a man to be admired but know that he's been taken away from the world a lot of murky details of his life are being pushed to the forefront. Now is it just me or does it seem after the angel of death has kindly removed you from the hell that is LIFE on EARTH all your secrets find their way out into the public. I don't know about you my kind hearted readers, but I would hate for any and every skeleton that's been stashed deep inside my closet; I'm talking way in the back behind the shame of a first kiss gone wrong and next to a premature ejaculation setting a la American Pie; to be presented to the public as if that's what I would want to be remembered by. America is a sad place for how we treat those we deem CELEBRITIES especially how we feel the need to invade every part of their lives especially after they are dead. It's bad enough that over the course of the last week I've heard every possible fucked up story about Michael Jackson and his kids and his money and all the other things he was barely able to keep private while living, but now I have all this horrible news about McNair and his after hour activities so to speak. Thanks to his murder apparently at the hands of his 20 year old lover I now know this revered humanitarian sports hero was cheating on his wife betraying his 4 sons and been doing so for awhile. Also he seems to have been associated with some shady people; all I know is if i walk into the condo i co-own with a buddy (don't get me started on two grown mean sharing a booty shack/non-bachelor bachelor pad together) and find said buddy bloody on the living room sofa with the girl he's been seeing bleeding from the head I'm not going to call our OTHER friend to see what should be done. Now I know I've never been in the situation and I know our bodies and minds go through shock when confronted by such an extreme scene, but i think by reflex I'd dial 911 I mean COME ON what the hell was that about.
Well I don't have any kind way to close this out like in life this post comes with no happy endings all I can say is its been a hard few weeks full of sadness and loss I feel for all that have pasts family and loved ones. Also as a friend of so many Disneyheads i can't not mention the Disneyworld tragedy and send out my condolences for the loss of the Disney family as well as the conductors family. Mind blowing few days I tell you absolutely mind blowing.

Sometimes Random Events can be soo cool

As Much as this is nothing particularly special seeing a plane BREAK the sound barrier is a breath-taking experience. We all know you are suppose to hear it, but to actually see the SONIC BOOM is a very cool thing. Only place I thought I would get to see a sonic boom was while playing Street Fighter.. good Old Guile and his throws and kicks. That is hardly the only amazing thing that can be seen in the sky these days life in general is full of amazing images that can leave a grown man speechless. I love finding these sights in the natural world around us. Certain cloud formations or the way a tree leans after years of snowfall all seems so blah, but can be down right fascinating to a truly open mind. A mind open to the wonders around us rarely walks away disappointed. Wonder is all around us, and I for one am happy that this is so. Life would be boring without a little mystery intrigue or wonder. Could you imagine going through everyday without ever experiencing something you simply can't explain. Yes that maybe cool for a little while, but for a lifetime to never experience anything outside of the humdrum ritual that has become daily living; YAWN; that's a very sad state and I for one am happy to not living in such a world

Rebel Assault

The longer I stay unemployed the more news i watch, and the more news I intake and digest the more disgusted I get with how things are run in this country. The more i deal with the EDD and their false sympathy and fake assurances that they understand the plight of the unemployed and they are just there to help the more I feel like burning down buildings and jabbing preppies in the eye. There is so much stupid shit that goes on in this country on the daily it just blows my mind. Land of the FREE home of the bravado. My favorite thing about this great place we live is the fact that I have every right to bitch and complain about my surroundings, but in doing so I really don't need every annoying ass bitch to remind me how LUCKY i am that I get to do so. I know this is a great place to live compared to some third world countries or some countries with a stifling government beating their citizens down into total submission. Yes life in this country could be a lot worse, but let's not kid ourselves it damn sure could be a lot better people.
The ultimate problem is there are plenty of people who recognize the problem, but so very few who can come up with a true solution. I feel the ultimate thing holding us back from all being able to prosper and succeed are the needs of special interest groups and lobbyist. As much as we'd love to believe there are such things as HONEST POLITICIANS lobbyist make that idea impossible. We will never be able to separate our government from OIL, TOBACCO, ALCOHOL, or anything else deemed bad by the masses but worth a ton of money. Those industries are not so secretly running things. Why do we allow this i say NO WAY well unless I can get a well paying job in any of those industries. I mean I have morals but I can be bought I'm just being honest

Traps for the unemployed

Weird things you notice while out of work for a minute. You spend the day searching for a new place for employment but keep finding your attention being spread elsewhere things like Twitter, Facebook, and various other social sites are productivity deathtraps known the world over. There are plenty of other deathtraps that seem to slide under the radar sites like AdultSwim.com, the well advertised HULU and of course a bevy of webcomics some of my favorites include Cheer Up Emo Kid, Explosm, and Sinfest. All these things make these days outside of work bearable, but when viewed in excess seem to gurantee a long time without employment. It seems like a pretty fucked up catch 22. With the internet as in life There's Always Something. Around each corner there is an obstacle set up to test you and your resolve. I find myself RESOLVING to be happy no matter what the costs.

Check My Style Out

RAP SONG RAP SONG.... OK only like 1 or 2 people would even get that joke so that was semi pointless. Honestly don't have much to blog about these days. Super pissed I didn't hang onto an extra 400 in order to get my Pre this weekend but that's fine I'll get it with the next 2 weeks without fail. Most of my time these days has been spent working a job with no future and stealing moments away in my work day to Tweet my clever or useless thoughts to all who would listen including a few comedians who seem to find me entertaining but have no way to help me launch a career outside of the computer but OH WELL one day I'll figure out how to make this all work out for me. Till then all I will have are my RANDOM WORDS which is what my tweets can best be described as. I've tried making use of them and try and turn the twitter account into something. First seeing how many bots were invading the thing TONS then seeing what celebrities i could get to follow me like i'm someone FEW and finally seeing all the funny porn people TONS but my follows from that industry make me clicking on my followers page NSFW so yeah it has been an interesting adventure this world of twitter, but I say find out for yourself its highly entertaining I definitely can say that much about it. Want to read my words then just hope on over to HERE

I get annoyed real easy

This being the case it really doesn't take me to long to get real tired of a subject when being force fed people's opinions. Now I can't say I'm not on a clear defined side when it comes to the gay marriage debate, but I can say I don't see it as clearly as others. I see two human beings loving each other and wanting to make the ultimate commitment to each other and that love. I say that's great. If they want to be married who am I to stop them, but I tell you one thing I'm sick and tired of the whining moaning and bitching coming from both sides about it. With civil unions forced to be recognized, by most then what this boils down to is how the word MARRIAGE is somehow a sacred word. Now personally as an adopted child whose BIRTH family abandoned and adopted parents divorcing while I was young I don't see what's so holy about the word MARRIAGE.
I Married my wife because I love her want to spend my life with her and its the only way the STATE and FAMILY would be forced to RECOGNIZE and ACKNOWLEDGE that fact. Would I be so pissed if i could only be seen as a UNION? No i wouldn't but that's just me. I do recognize how the word Marriage seems so important, but I can't say I understand why.
Now on the flip side of the coin are the people who have the nerve to deny someone their right to use the word. I really don't understand why they are fighting for it so hard. More then half of the couples they deem "normal" don't end up honoring those vows they see as so sacred. With that being said it seems to go back to the Bible (as it so often does) and what is "Moral and Just" according to God's word (not that the words came directly from God but rather scholars or God and stories passed down GENERATIONS before ever being placed in book form). All I know is in all my LOVELY years as a Christian school student followed by Catholic High School the Bible isn't to be taken so damn literal. As my mom says about my beliefs "you can't pick and choose", but as I've pointed out to her on more then one occasion everyone who says they 100% follow the Bible at its word are either LIARS or they too are picking and choosing. How can you tell me the BIBLE says marriage is only between a MAN and a WOMAN. Actually most cases in the bible show marriage between 1 man and SEVERAL women, but we shun that now which i find funny. Also that whole DIVORCE thing wasn't happening. You got tired of your Husband/Wife you had to kill their ass to be rid of them. Are we really trying to go back to the "OLDEN TIMES"?

Hey call me ignorant call me whatever you want frankly at this point I just no longer care. I feel everyone should have the right to be married, No i don't believe the next step is us marrying our animals (u gotta be kidding ultra conservatives) and I damn sure don't justify pedophilia (that's wrong on every level throughout most of history) all I know is if you're beliefs tell you GAY is WRONG and they are going to hell then why are you feeling the need to make a HELL ON EARTH for them. Remember the GOLDEN RULE or NO MAN SHOULD JUDGE LEST HE BE JUDGED or HE WITHOUT SIN CAST THE 1st STONE. Once again if you don't follow those basic biblical rules I damn sure don't want to hear your take on marriage

Pre concern

May 8th fast approaches hark do you see the messenger has he brought us the good news?.....

Look at it? Can you see the future.... of course you can you are looking into the face of the future. iPhone killer I think not, nothing is going to dethrone the iPhone until Apple decides to change something drastic about it, but the Pre will bring something new and innovative to the table. WebOS is going to change the way smartphones operate. I'm excited for some of the more fun features and all the programmers out there who are most definitely going to contribute to the phone seeing as its a whole new system for them to deal with.

As an avid net surfer, texter, and social site user I love love LOVE the fact that I'll be able to cleanly switch between apps without having to restart the abandoned application. Also ver interested in using the touchstone docking station/wireless charger. I think everyone out there needs to check the specs of this bad boy and try and tell me nothing about it excites you whether or not you like the phone; alot of the things it's bringing to the market for the first time can be used by carriers and phone companies you do like. So I say check out the site and come to your own decisions: http://www.palm.com/us/products/phones/pre/index.html

All I know is I am keeping my fingers and toes crossed and saying all the prayers that can be said to every wish fullfilling diety on this planet because on May 8th I am desperately hoping to recieve word from Palm telling me I've been chosen in their "Real Reviewer" program. I would get first crack at my beloved pre for free for 6 months as long as I give my honest opinions about it to all I'm exposed to (which I would be doing anyway). I am so incredibly hoping that I get the call... Centro to Pre that is in MY FUTURE

Tuesday Television Viewing

As Tuesday night draws to a close I come to realize how pathetic the television viewing options are. Once I hit primetime I get some of the most horrible mind melting pop culture crap on the planet. American Idol (especially this season) is some of the most ridiculous, indulgent shit on the planet. 2 things that are killing me this season

1. Adam fuckin Lambert – This kid got praised for destroying ring of fire for making mockeries of the song he has chosen to sing each and every week and yet the American public is eating it up. I’m not saying the boy can’t sing he definitely has a voice, but the thing about singing you are suppose to know how to perform the songs well not OVER THE TOP like he has done week in and week out.

2. Simon assmunch Cowell – i get that he’s suppose to be the “mean” judge, but at this point it’s just coming off as so fake. Now the format of the show is the other 3 judges love someone and Simon find something to knock them on. Randy just says something about them being his Dawg DAWG; then Paula says or does something that makes you question her sanity no matter how much she fights the rumors; the New Judge tries to make sense and give good insights, but all we are thinking is YOU ARE WHO?; and then here comes Simon being a petty bitch with petty bitch observations. Of course Simon often knows what he’s talking about but NOT ALWAYS and when he doesn’t he just comes up with something to make the crowd boo

Then with the 9 o’clock hour comes the most ridiculous remake of a show EVER since Degrassi… 90210.  There was so much hype and the show showed so much potential and promise but in the end we got another pointless teen drama with storylines better suited for soft-core porn (all the 16 year olds in this school are boning EVERYONE and the teachers are getting play) or an adult themed cartoon (when it comes to the dumb wacky storylines and side storylines; actress Grandma is too over the top). Anytime you watch the show you realize its an hour of your life you are desperately waiting to get back

After that painful 2 hours of TV programming you finally start getting choices of things to watch, but nothing that redeems television as a whole:

 Housewives of… (I’m so happy New York is coming to a close next week this show contains some of the worst examples of ADULTS on the planet. OC is still the most entertaining but the moms are getting worse though they still have a long way before they reach the pathetic level Atlanta reached and New Jersey is looking to surpass).

College Hill (plain and simple this show is rock solid proof that BET is trying to convince everyone on the planet that this is how all black folks act. All college aged black men and women aren’t this ignorant and they have yet to show that fact. All they show are the most repulsive black images on television. We have come a long way but to watch this show it makes you wonder for what? I’m in no ways a Militant Afro Centric individual, but anyone with any type of sense could tell you this is a horrible example of black America and its beamed into millions of households weekly).

My Boys (easily the best of the shows mentioned in this blog, but there is still a downfall. Though it’s still funny it has had an incredible drop off from where it was the first season to now. Now this happens a lot with popular shows, but not normally between season 1 to 3 and that’s a real shame because this show was so incredibly awesome in the first season. I have not officially given up on the show as of yet, but with my attention span growing shorter and shorter and the laugh coming farther and farther apart I don’t know how much longer my interest will last).

Madden bids ADIEU

It is truly a sad day that we've all seen coming for years. John Madden has stepped away from the announcing booth. He's a legend on the field as a coach in the booth as an announcer and on your favorite gaming systems with the all time best sports gaming franchise PERIOD. The 2009 - 2010 season is going to be incredibly weird without hearing his voice Sunday nights. The last good thing to come from Oakland Madden has vaulted past all things RAIDERS to become all things FOOTBALL. There are plenty of great coaches many with more championships, but he does hold the distinction of having the best Winning Percentage of all NFL coaches.
Now that I've quoted all the crap anyone who reads this would already know its time to get real. I think Madden was fun to listen to. He knows his shit, but you must admit there were plenty of times he did not get his knowledge across smoothly. He was known to babble and what the hell is with the man's love for turkey legs. I refuse to eat any bird with as many legs as a Spider I mean how can you trust that really? "Oh Dustin they just sew the extras on" Oh that makes it so much better? Fucking cadaver splicing is ok with you people? As far as the game i stopped caring in 98 then I became a HUGE fan of the NFL 2k series which I very much miss. I have to admit Madden games are fun and REAL as it can get, but the 2k series was just much more fun to me.
All that aside it's going to be sad to see him go especially because the best replacement they could find was Chris Collinsworth. I don't Hate Collinsworth, but entertainment and knowledge factor he will never be Madden. I think Chris' ultimate downfall is the fact his football experience was being a wide reciever for the damn Bengals. I mean that's like being a kicker for the Lions its a big who gives a rats ass situation. So anyway gonna miss John Madden and I am very interested to see how the season will unfold without him in the booth. I tell you this season is going to be an adventure T.O. in Buffalo, Bengals cutting the cancer, Plax jail bound without a team to support him and the leuding threat of Vicks return and all the angry close minded fans sharpening their claws. ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL???