The Dart Champion of Vons

December 12 2010

2010-12-12T11:45:00.001-05:00

By the shiny sword of Voltron, it sure is awfully pretty.

December 5 2010

2010-12-05T14:31:00.001-05:00

So I was switching out my ice trays in the kitchen when I dropped one. (The five-second rule does not apply to ice cubes, btw.) This little guy made it all the way down to the far end of the hallway; he's full of gumption and fortitude!

This, of course, is my idea of cleaning.

2009-05-21T16:02:00.004-04:00

My room was in desperate need of cleaning, mostly because I have boxes and cartons of toys everywhere. (I recently got most of my boxes from Mom's, plus I've bought a few things on Ebay recently...) So I went through, dusted, and then proceeded to set up a portion of the collection FOR GREAT JUSTICE.

Top shelf! Mostly kid's meal toys, and the collection of POOPING ANIMALS right in the center. Plus, my favoritest LITTLE BLUE BEAR, PONCHO, is keepin it real with some squat thrusts on the left.

Oh, TURTLE POWER! Plus the Nature Boy is stylin and profilin with some ladies, Wolverine inexplicably has a jetpack, and HELLBOY is about to introduce Doctor Doom to the Five-Fingered Mary. Booyah.

Various mementos, some books, some little doodz, and some Pokeymans.

I need to get some kind of a tier for these guys. This shelf is all little chunky dudes (Galactic Heroes, Superhero Squad, etc. etc.). This is hardly all of them, for what it's worth, hehe.

I need more shelves.

- tj out

What a haul!

2009-05-11T17:41:00.001-04:00

So this is the better part of one box that I brought back from Syracuse. There are two more that are still in the Escape. :)

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2009-03-28T13:30:00.002-04:00

So this is the pinnacle of roundabout nonsense: I give you THE FOOTPATH ROUNDABOUT!

DELICIOUS SANDWICH UPDATE: Peanut Butter and Jelly on WAFFLES

2009-03-08T16:31:00.001-04:00

Fine. I will do one. :P

2009-03-07T16:52:00.003-05:00

... but I won't tag any of you, haha :)

1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For the first question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button TWICE (and keep going)
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool...just type it in man!

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE...?

1. Opening Credits:
BOOM - P.O.D. (Because, y'know, that's what I'm going to medal in, BOOYAH. I don't like this song being here. I want it to be a montage of all the different events that I competed in to win all of the gold medals in BOOM ever. And the song needs to be the Imperial March, like a certain ringtone is!)

2. Waking Up:
How A Resurrection Really Feels - The Hold Steady (Cool song. Cool album.)

3. First Day at School:
Science Fiction Double Feature - Richard O'Brien/RHPS Soundtrack (I wonder if a theater around here plays Rocky... probably in Burlington if anywhere.)

4. Falling in Love:
The Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog (Haha. Yay Kermie!)

5. Losing Virginity:
Louisiana - The Loved Ones (w00t! So, for dinner I am having bratwurst with habanero shells and cheese.)

6. Fight Song:
As High As Wu-Tang Get - The Wu-Tang Clan. (That is all.)

7. Breaking Up:
It's Only Rock 'N Roll - The Rolling Stones

8. Prom:
When You Come Back Down - Nickel Creek (Nice.)

9. Life:
We Will Rock You - Queen (Do I get a cool outfit like The Comedian?)

10. Mental Breakdown:
We Are The Champions - Queen (Sorry, I cheated here and took it off of skip because you can't hear We Will Rock You without We Are The Champions and I haven't merged those mp3s together yet. Rest assured, I would have fitzed with it the other way around too.)

11. Driving:
Spaz's House Destruction Party - Anti-Flag (Is anything off of Underground Network on one'o'dem skateboarding games?)

12. Flashback:
Gravity - Alison Krauss and Union Station (That's someone else's flashback, not mine, heh.)

13. Getting Back Together:
Friendship - Tenacious D (Hehe. Can they be in my movie?)

14. Wedding:
Rock 'N Roll Fantasy - Bad Company (I hope that Journey plays soon.)

15. Birth of Child:
Boys of Summer - Don Henley (I wish this had been the Ataris cover instead.)

16. Final Battle:
Kerosene - Miranda Lambert (Cool, I get to blow shit up.)

17. Death Scene:
Every Dog Has Its Day - Flogging Molly (I AM A PIRATE AFTER ALL! Good, maybe my movie life will be like Sid Meier's Pirates!)

18. Funeral Song:
Good Times, Bad Times - Godsmack (Can't this be the end credits? This cover kicks ass, btw. BOO to diabling of embedded viddies.)

19. End Credits:
Desolation Row - My Chemical Romance (Holy crap, I am in the Watchmen movie after all! QUIS CUSTODIET IPSOS JEREMYS, BEYOTCHS?)
(And then I put on Journey.)

BOO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME WHEN I HAVE TO BE AT WORK AT 5AM!

Straight from the Desert Island Album, baybee

2008-12-08T21:41:00.001-05:00

Track Two, y0

(And boooo Warner Brothers for censoring your version of the viddie.)

Yay, it's snowing!

2008-12-07T13:03:00.004-05:00

I like the snow.

I really want a new digital camera, which is strange, because I'm not really one to take pictures. Most of my pictures are of Zoey, and those were taken with a camera that my folks got me right around the time she was born. Its batteries have shit the bed though, so lately I've been using the cameraphone as my primary camera, which is fine because I usually just like taking pictures of goofy shit that I see. However, I really want the Olympus Stylus 850SW. It's shock-proof and waterproof. I'm hoping that the model we sell at work goes clearance after Christmas; $200+ is more than I'd really like to spend on a camera, seeing as how I don't take pictures, as previously mentioned. :) It's kind of obnoxious that it uses an XD card, since all of my cards are SD, as is the card reader on my laptop, but that's hardly a deal-breaker.

I spent all day yesterday catching up on the new Star Wars: Clone Wars movie and TV series. I like it a lot, actually. The style and animation is mostly awesome (sometimes CGI peeps walk funny) and a lot of the storylines aren't goofy or childish at all. I can see where some of the elements are annoying die-hard fans, but at the same time, it's a kid's show. :P It's been put into the 'remind me when I can download episodes of this' pile of scripts and feeds. :)

If possible, I would rather sit and drink coffee all day instead of going to work tonight.

2008-12-05T10:26:00.004-05:00

I mean, really. It's a lot colder outside than it looks and I really don't like closing anymore. Plus I was off yesterday and I have the weekend off, so the urge to not go in tonight is certainly there. (Also, I really don't want to shave. I wonder if I can get away with having the MANLY SCRUFF tonight.) I'm currently missing a meeting, since it's scheduled while I'm not there. I'd like to point out that I am not upset about this, since meetings are usually just large bitchfests anyway.

In other news, I really want the Marshmallow Gun that is on w00t! today. Not for me of course, it's for, um, ZKAT.

Speaking of things for ZKAT, how freaking awesome is this Playmobil set? I mean, it has an EXPLODING! VOLCANO! for Bob's sake.

And she knows what a volcano is! Our little girl is the smartest and cutest little girl around.

Finally, a big birthday shoutout to the 21st Amendment! Hopefully we won't try to amend the Constitution to take away freedoms anymore. :)

Robots can do everything!

2008-12-04T10:27:00.005-05:00

How To Use The Three Seashells - This is, of course, very important knowledge for the future.

New trailer for the upcoming Ghostbusters videogame - This looks awesome and I need it.

Super sweet SMB3 art done with pushpins! - Way too much awesome time on their hands.

I like this silly wooden gorilla. - I would totally keep him with me at all times, unless he was heavy.

Spy-Tech R/C Blaster - This is kinda sorta like the laptop gun from Perfect Dark, so I need it.

Fucka buncha flying snakes.

In other news, I am building an awesome LEGO robot so that I can have an opponent at Pass the Pigs. The end.

Totally random day.

2008-11-23T15:08:00.006-05:00

I think I'm in love with Katy Perry.

So I assembled the Unicorn Paradise (haha, UNICRON PARADISE would be a lot of fun too... just a bunch of random planets and no Galactus) Playmobil Advent Calendar for MEGA TODDLOR ZKAT today. I love how the sequence of presents goes like this:

12/1- BIRDCAGE (It's actually a pretty awesome birdcage too... it's got a perch and it's all regal with a crown that I neglected to put on until 12/19.)
12/2- BIRD (It's a macaw! He's made to sit on the swinging perch.)
12/3- FLOWER BED (Has some flowers, whee)
12/4- FLOWERY SHRUB (That fits into the big hole in the flower bed.)
12/5- PERSON (I think she is the princess, akshually.)
12/6- HER TIARA AND WATER DISH (To, y'know, water something... dunno what yet.)
12/7- PEACOCK (Tail back and walking)
12/8- FOUR DIFFERENT LITTLE BIRDIES (You kinda have to Tetris them into the box too.)
12/9- PEACOCK (All plumed up, y0. BLINGIN!)
12/10- FLOWER BED (Sound familiar?)
12/11- FLOWERY SHRUB (Yup, repeat! I think I'd get annoyed with the concept about now... a repeat sequence and a day of just accessories for a person. It gets better though.)
12/12- BIRDBATH (Also a really nice birdbath. It's filled with a translucent water piece that has ripples.)
12/13- BIRD STATUE(?) (It's a translucent bird of the same material as the water from the birdbath. I'm unclear if it is supposed to be a bird or a statue.)
12/14- FROG AND LILYPAD (I'm actually surprised that this wasn't split into two days at this point, haha.)
12/15- PERSON (I thought that this was a queen at first, given the next day's accessories.)
12/16- ROYAL CIRCLET AND APPLE BASKET (It looks more like a queen's circlet, as does she.)
12/17- PERSON (Except this is totally the queen, because....)
12/18- HER DRESS (It's a big billowing skirt that snaps around her, revealing her dress to actually be a slip, haha.)
12/19- HER FAN, BOW, AND HEAD THINGY (and....)
12/20- HER UMBRELLA (She's totally gotta be the queen, because her reveal takes FOUR DAYS.)
12/21- FENCE PIECES (They're the corral for the unicorns. Or a balustrade. Or a jungle gym.)
12/22- FLOWERPOT (With nice tulips I think)
12/23- UNICORN (I'm going to tell her that his name is UNICRON haha.)
12/24- BABY UNICORN (He hasn't grown his horn yet.)

It's awesome and I'm super excited. Plus I get to get her other sets too. :)

Of course, that means that I also got myself #3161- Bank Robbers! If they had the Haz Mat team, I'd have gotten that. (As an aside, the Roman Arena #4270! has made me put on Gladiator.)

Cheesy Taco Easy Mac is pretty alright. Night.

I like pizza.

2008-09-25T21:47:00.003-04:00

So MEGA TODDLOR ZKAT came over and hung out today. We ate pizza and played with vending machine ninjas. She has determined that a fairy lives in the bathtub pipe access panel along the right-hand side of the photo above. For real. We had to eat sandwiches up there on the off-chance that the fairy poked her head out. As she was leaving, I promised to make ROBOSAPIEN guard it and call me if anything changed.

:P

Birthdays = w00t!

2008-08-10T20:31:00.002-04:00

Dear Everyone,

Thank you very, very, very, very, very, very much for the party, presents, and birthday wishes. <3 back at all of you. :)

- tj

PS- SMUGGLING COMPARTMENTS!

Road Signs FTW

2008-07-29T12:49:00.000-04:00

I have no idea what's past Vermont if I take this exit. :)

If the power is on at my house, I'll be figuratively shocked.

2008-07-20T15:52:00.001-04:00

Seriously though- some fucking weather we're having, huh? :) i love it.

Summer reading at its finest!

2008-07-08T17:07:00.001-04:00

Girl, my love's gonna last, just as long as my high

2008-06-16T16:43:00.005-04:00

Hi. The Jeremy here. I spoil three and a half seasons of the new Battlestar Galactica at the bottom of this. So don't click to embiggen or stop reading here.

Yay for Snoop!

I went and saw Kung Fu Panda the other day. It's a pretty decent flick, seemed kinda short, but that also meant that it didn't drag at all, ya dig? I also saw Incredible Hulk. I dug it. Ed Norton has that whole Wandering Bill Bixby bit down pat. I could have done without Betsy Ross. Sorry.

TJ here again. I really dunno how long I have to yap so that the Facebook peeps don't see this on their main feed. Whee.

Work was fun, because WE'RE READY FOR A VISIT EVERY DAY! Keep it low and tight. And left-justified, guys.

That should be enough.

EARTH IS THE FINAL CYLON. The end.

OPTIMAL CAT IS OPTIMAL

2008-06-10T19:57:00.002-04:00

I hope you meet someone your height
So you can see eye to eye
With someone as small as you

Haha, I love it.

In other news, Baltimore was a blast. Thanks to everyone who went. :)

Special YouTube Edition!

2008-05-18T17:45:00.003-04:00

And now, time to empty out the feed reader's backlog of video links: (And yes, I'm sorta cheating on the title, they're not all quite from YouTube.)

First, it's a "sweded" version of Jurassic Park. This was done to promote the flick Be Kind, Rewind, which apparently worked really well, since I haven't seen it yet- I've been busy on the movie I just finished, "Revenge of the Run-On Sentence." I used this video for this month's HOORAY FOR DINOSAURS DAY festivities. w00t. (via Boing Boing)

Bunch of Russian guys dancing to Run DMC's "It's Like That." (via Neatorama)

Okay, this takes a bit of explaining. It's from an article on how to live with a LEGO Maniac. The actual clip is a LEGO animation set to the audio of an Eddie Izzard routine about Star Wars. There's a whole series of them, this was just the funniest. (via The Best Article Every Day)

Contains profanity- It's basically a montage of different newscasters and reporters losing it on camera and swearing up a storm. (via Dump Trumpet)

Finally, congrats to all the grads. :) (via Mental Floss)

It is almost HFD DAY again!

2008-05-17T19:36:00.005-04:00

I AM DOOM AND I AM AWESOME!
Seriously, that is the best Doctor Doom ever! He may replace the IRON MAN figure in my heart and pockets. I need to work on a good Doom voice to use over the walkie talkie at work. As predicted, it has rained quite a bit this weekend. In the end, no biggie, since I was in no condition to go ride a bike today anyway. Going into work at 5am tomorrow, because I need the hours and it's a simple 5 hour shift, 3 of which will be before we're even open and the rest will be before the church crowd comes stomping in for Wiis and bicycles. I did not rent BOOM BLOX yet; had a lot of other stuff going on and it would have wasted rental days.

And now I believe it shall be sleepy time. Word.

- tj out

My hat, it has three corners; Three corners has my hat!

2008-05-14T16:26:00.010-04:00

So have I ever mentioned that I really want to steal this boat? er... Commandeer! I want to commandeer this boat. (It's a nautical term.) I figure that all I will need is a smaller and faster boat, a telescope, a potato gun, and a monkey. And a tricorn hat. I mean, seriously, you can pilot that thing with one person? How awesome is that? I'd set up my own floating palace. Somewhere in the Pacific, near GUAM.

This just in: It has been made official- Sanrio now has everything under the sun branded with that adorable little cat. I shall have to purchase a couple kilos as the final touch on my Million Dollar Idea. Perhaps John DeLorean would have bid on it...

OLAF sez, "WHUTUP!"
I was surprisingly not really sore at all after yesterday's bike ride, which is a very good thing. It's apparently supposed to rain all weekend, so we'll see how much of it I spend on the bike. The canal towpath is pretty wide open as far as cover goes, so I'd basically get drenched if I was out for any amount of time. But I'm not sore, so hooray for my muscular awesomeness!

Of course, if it does rain, I can always go catch a movie. Speed Racer is apparently dirt, so I think I want to catch Prince Caspian instead. (Or IRON MAN again!) Really, I've just got a week to kill until Indy comes out. I do want to hit up Big Don's Wild River Adventure for some mini-golf action as well, but the rain would pretty much defeat that notion right away. I also have it in my head that I want to rent BOOM BLOX for the Wii, so perhaps I shall just stay inside all weekend and play that. We'll see. Friday is payday and I have mad text message abilitiez. So hit me up if you have a better idea. Or if you like one or more of the ideas above. Or if you want to get drunk and have wings. Beer and wings is always a plus. Maybe the pool table will be cleared off this time.

And finally, a tidbit that gives me the serious giggles. I've actually been meaning to post about this item for years. We've sold it at work for as long as I can remember and I'm actually kind of surprised that they still haven't changed the package. It's your average, run-of-the-mill, iron-on inkjet transfer paper for home t-shirt making. (At the old apartment complex, the guys down on the first floor made shirts with hardcore lesbian porno scenes on them.) However, all non-sequiturs about porno shirts aside, the really funny part here is in the picture on the package. Those kids are so happy that their parents have sent them to Camp Crystal Lake! (kii kii kii ma ma ma) Makes me giggle. It has now for years.

I got attacked by some geese!

2008-05-13T15:27:00.003-04:00

So it's an absolutely gorgeous day here today, coupled with the glorious occasion known only as "a day off." I decided to take full advantage of this pair of wonders and take OLAF for a long ass bike ride.

Unfortunately, the GPS Thingy crapped out, so I can only assume that I'm about halfway through seven miles or so. In any case, this is Green Lakes, NY. I had to kick at an angry gander along the Canal Towpath earlier. I'm going to be really sore tomorrow.

TJ out.

Next time, baby, next time!

2008-05-05T16:26:00.008-04:00

It's displayed on the ad board at work. Gotta love it. Makes me giggle like you wouldn't believe: (Mobile Upload peeps have already seen this, whoops.)

In other news, go see IRON MAN. It's awesome. Forgetting Sarah Marshall was pretty good too. I'll use my newly adopted standard scale of review here:

Forgetting Sarah Marshall- $7.50 out of $9.50: Super funny. Could have done without the dong, haha.
IRON MAN- $9.50 out of $9.50: Go see it. Now.

Really though, IRON MAN is awesome and fully deserving of being typed in all caps. Not being a super deluxe fan of the comic, I won't pick the couple nits that my brother does, heh.

In other entertainment news, I got the R4 Thingy for my DS. It's a flash reader that lets me play homebrew games, go online, use the DS as a PDA, watch media, and, uh, test out games for a demo period, haha. Picked up a lot of DS games as a result of this, YAR, some of which are games that I wouldn't have ever touched otherwise.

So here we go with the same review scale: (Using the retail prices of course, avast!)

Professor Layton and the Curious Village- $30 out of $30: I like logic puzzles. I buy logic puzzle books. This is right up my alley. I log on every Monday for the new puzzle and I can't wait for the sequels.
Contact- $20 out of $20(?): I dunno if this game ever actually came out. I remember reviews for it, and I know some people who actually bought it, but I've never seen it for sale anywhere. In any case, it's pretty, nice RPG with a lot of stuff to do. I might not ever finish it simply because I'm getting caught doing recipes and farming for cooking items.
NY Times Crossword Puzzles- $15 out of $20: I wouldn't have ever played this. I love crossword puzzles, but that shit gets left for free in someone else's newspaper in the break room for Bob's sake. However, it's fun for what it is. Makes me curious about the new CrossworDS game that comes out this week.

And finally....
The World Ends With You- $50 out of $30: Yeah, you read that right. This game is a joy to play. The art style is sweet and the music is awesome. (Hope you like j-pop!) The control is fresh, innovative, and spot-on. I'm a few chapters in and the story so far is pretty nifty. Squeeeeeenix outdid themselves with this one. I really only have one problem with it... I really suck at it. I mean, I can't get a decent battle rank for the life of me. At first I was all happy because I was getting E-ranks on battles until I realize that that shit doesn't mean 'excellent'. I might get better, but I can't manage both screens adeptly and leaving the top screen on autoplay doesn't help me get combo bonuses.

As part of IRON MAN WEEKEND, I rented the Wii version of the game. It's pretty well done, but it's really short. Rent it, or wait for it to hit the discount bins.

I also went bowling this weekend. That was awesome too. I started taking OLAF out for rides again. Between yesterday and today, I've probably biked a total of fifteen miles, which isn't a whole lot, but for my out-of-shape ass, it is plenty. Tomorrow I am off from work, so I will probably try to get the GPS mounted on the handlebars and get an actual distance.

So now I shall leave you with a picture of the GREATEST DRUMMER TO EVER PICK UP DRUMSTICKS:

Check out the video too! :D

I wish that I got paid to read or to be introspective.

2008-02-05T18:34:00.000-05:00

I finished the Dark Tower books finally. (Well, sort of. I still have to read the comic trade paperback, The Gunslinger Born.) I may be in the minority on this one, but I actually like the ending.

In other news, the good old employer is opening a location up in Plattsburgh, where MEGA TODDLOR ZKAT lives. That's going to be in October, if I'm going to transfer, I need to make a decision and start the process by July or so. Just have to determine whether or not they're still going to be living there for a few years, because I really don't want to have to move again and then again a little while later. I really should have just moved there to start with when ZKAT was born, but I had the safety net of being able to move in with my parents in Syracuse. Still though, it's a long way away and I'm tired of only seeing my little girl every month or so. I'd rather it be every day or so. :)

I'm a bit worried about moving; it'll have been almost exactly four years since I've been on my own. (Not that I was ever really on my own, I always had roommates, but still... rent, utilities, etc.... BLAH) I need to start saving money now. At least the bills are finally going to be caught up this summer. All I'll have to worry about is child support and the car payment. I'm going to have zero furniture, it'll be awesome! Maybe I'll buy one of those futons when they go on clearance yet again this year, even if they pretty much suck. It's better than an airbed.

Of course, people at work are surprised that I'm considering transferring. I don't quite get that one, but whatever. :) Why wouldn't I want to be where my baby is? Plus there's the added bonus of not having to put up with certain people anymore, which is win/win, if you ask me.

And no, there's nothing to do up there. I mean, there are two things: jack and shit, and jack left town. As long as I have a library, my DS, and the Internets, I'm golden. Maybe I'll buy a boat. And we'll spend our summer days and nights looking for Champ. I'll have a tricorn hat made of leather, ZKAT will have one made of paper. Wanna come? :)

Now if only I could be bothered to organize my photos....

2008-01-15T14:31:00.000-05:00

So, I finally updated my DVD list with all of the movies that I got from Christmas and various discount bins while Christmas shopping.

I know you are super excited!

The updated list is here.

I also went ahead and added a "Now Reading" sort of thingy on the sidebar to the right. I might expand that with an "on deck" book, but I rarely know what I'm reading next. I wonder if they have a site where I can go to list all of my books...

And finally:Cameraphones and Engrish FTW!

A tad bit on the geeky side, say thankya.

2008-01-12T15:06:00.001-05:00

ROBOSAPIEN on the left. ROBOQUAD on the right. Aren't robots fun? :)

I don't even know who half of these people are, haha.

2008-01-08T16:07:00.000-05:00

84% Mike Gravel
79% John Edwards
78% Dennis Kucinich
76% Chris Dodd
74% Joe Biden
73% Barack Obama
72% Bill Richardson
70% Hillary Clinton
36% Rudy Giuliani
34% John McCain
30% Mike Huckabee
28% Ron Paul
27% Mitt Romney
26% Tom Tancredo
19% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

Seriously though, I'm more moderate than that. And they didn't even ask my opinion on whether or not campaign commercials with Chuck Norris are a good idea, because they're FREAKING AWESOME.

I guess I should pay more attention to Edwards. :)

Yay for homebrew!

2008-01-05T16:11:00.001-05:00

Doesn't that look breathtaking and yummy?

I'm pretty excited about this.

2008-01-02T18:40:00.001-05:00

Yay for phone posts! So we were given this for Christmas. It might be the best thing ever, but we have not tried it out yet. I will keep everyone posted, as I'm sure that you all are very excited to know the outcome!

There is a mouse behind this door.

2008-01-01T01:14:00.001-05:00

Really. I saw him last night when I was staying up way past my bedtime on stupid AIM. (Hi Megan!) In any case, the mouse is brown and not very big. I heard him scratching long before I saw him, so his existence was not a surprise to me. I am guessing that his existence was a surprise to someone else in the house, which is probably why the closet is now closed. I love that silly mouse.

Three-day weekend FTW

2007-12-27T16:43:00.000-05:00

I'm off to go see MEGA TODDLOR ZKAT! I have to give her the ultra-cute pink armchair and her GeoTrax awesomeness.

I'll be back late Sunday night. Twitter and text messaging goodness is the way to reach me, y0. :)

Merry Christmas!

2007-12-25T09:40:00.001-05:00

This be my haul of booty, avast! Also there, but not pictured is a sweet tool chest. Plus, the stocking is full of candy and Slim Jims. Have a good one. :)

(EDIT: I also got Dumb and Dumber, but it's in the DVD player and got neglected at photo time, haha.)

Yay for consumerism!

2007-12-18T17:23:00.000-05:00

So today was my day off. As it is my last day off before Christmas, I figured I should do some shopping...

...of course, that means that I ended up buying presents for myself too. I finally found a copy of Zombies Ate My Neighbors, so I no longer have to scour each and every used game shop that I come to for it. The Indiana Jones game was an impulse buy, fueled by my general excitement lately about all things Indy. (Is it May yet?)

The movies are from a tip to look in Walmart's discount bin (Thanks Brentman!), so they were all five dollars apiece. You must have a healthy fear of Tango & Cash. Represent.

While at Walmart, I picked up the Fisher Price GeoTrax Grand Central Station playset for MEGA TODDLER ZKAT. That thing is awesome. I would like to open it up now and play with it. Y'know, to make sure that it works. Really. While I was there, I happened to find one of the Galactic Heroes Yoda toys. This is also for Little Miss ZKAT, who has chosen Jedi Master Yoda as her favorite because of my LEGO Yoda keychain.

"Who's that?"
"That's Jedi Master Yoda."
"I like him. He's cute."

I was going to give her my regular Yoda figure if I couldn't find one from the Galactic Heroes line, since those were going for ten dollars or more online, and that's just a silly price for something like that. On the plus side, I know where to get them now, so I think I shall buy a replacement for when it eventually gets lost. (Which will give me a pair of Kashyyyk Troopers, hooray!) They also sell a GH version of Grand Moff Tarkin, which might be the best thing ever. I think I may have been doomed by a new (old) line of collectibles that I thought I had successfully avoided. I'd better hurry and get those two Cantina sets from Walmart, not to mention the ultra-l33t Jabba's Palace set that we had at work. I'm probably going to end up with doubles, so they'll be for the kid, haha. :)

- tj out

Damn straight.

2007-12-18T00:24:00.000-05:00

25
I would totally beat all of them down!

In not-even-related news, HAPPY HOORAY FOR DINOSAURS DAY!

Yay for housekeeping!

2007-12-17T17:51:00.000-05:00

I went ahead and did a massive update to the games list over there to the right. (No idea what I'm talking about? Click here and be amazed by the super list of games that I'm playing, haha.)

And yes, Dane Cook is still at the top of The List of Punchings. Although you kettlekorn people are gaining ground. :)

The dreaded nor'easter!

2007-12-16T12:16:00.001-05:00

So we've had this storm pending for two or three days now. I'm on my phone currently to post this, mostly because I want to see how well the photo comes out. I'm very thrilled that the new vehicle rocks in the snow. :)

Mmm beer

2007-12-15T16:56:00.001-05:00

This might be the best kitchen table project ever. :)

Where x=number of armored bears- if x>0, then movie=good.

2007-12-07T19:53:00.000-05:00

(This shall be your Golden Compass movie review, provided in a timely fashion. I'm only spoiling things if you haven't read the book. :D )

The movie sucks unless there are armored bears onscreen.

No, really. This isn't just me spouting off with my Armored Bear Love.

The movie sucks unless there are armored bears onscreen.

Okay, I suppose I can amend that. Sam Elliott rocks in it, so...

The movie sucks unless there are armored bears onscreen or someone onscreen is talking about armored bears.

Also, I know it's a trilogy. (Subtle Knife is my favorite, FYI.) I know they're making movies out of the other two books. However, they cut off the end of the movie before the story actually ends. I know it's so that the audience isn't left with a horrible cliffhanger, but it's distracting. I guess those of you that don't read books probably have no problem with things like this. :)

And finally, I'm not up on my pronunciation of weird letters, so I dunno how the AE thing is actually supposed to be said, but I've always said it 'day-mons'. No wonder the churchers are all up in arms about the movie, with little kids running around with 'animal demons' and all. Because it certainly isn't from any other content of the movie, that's for sure. Unless armored bears are heretical. Because seriously, the 25-30 minutes or so of armored bears were fucking awesome. It just doesn't save the rest of the really crappy movie.

tj out

Larry the Zombie!

2007-12-05T16:49:00.001-05:00

This new Zombie Fluxx card showed up in the mail today. I am super excited about it! Real quick The Jeremy Update- ZKAT is doing fine, there is still snow, and that's all you need to know. ;) Later.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2007-11-22T09:25:00.000-05:00

Hope everybody is having a good one. :)

As most of you know, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I enjoy eating. I'm currently looking forward to a couple weeks of leftover turkey sandwiches, as we have a very large bird that is about to be cooked and dismembered.

I'm not going up to see ZKAT for Thanksgiving, as I have to be at work bright and early at 5:30am tomorrow to watch people fight over HDTVs and cheap DVDs. (Holy shit, I hope the McLane order isn't coming tomorrow.....) I've done the 18 hour, 500 mile roundtrip drive too much; I never get to spend enough time with her, and I'm probably running that gauntlet in December for Lorien's marriage reception.

So today's plans consist of finishing this cup of coffee, having another one, eating, eating, eating, and watching TV all day. On the plate for my television consumption: marathons of Little People Big World, Dirty Jobs, and Foster's. I was hoping for a Twilight Zone marathon, but it would appear that I am out of luck on that one. Oh well. :)

(EDIT: Adding in some links; I may keep adding them as I find funny shit haha.)
Superhero Thanksgiving Wishes
Supervillain Thanksgiving Wishes

I always hoped that Spence would die of dysentery.

2007-11-21T18:00:00.000-05:00

This is the impetus for this.

We were discussing Oregon Trail in the break room at work the other day. Basically, I'd set out from Missouri (Banker from Boston, y0) and then I'd hunt. Of course. Hunting was the best part, everyone knew that. Dem rabbits were hard to hit.

In middle school, we had a Macintosh lab. Five of the computers were networked together with Wagon Train 1848 on them. If you could get to the lab quick enough, you could take over those networked computers (Space Quest IV was also on two of them) and make a mad dash to Oregon and American freedom together. The network let each terminal be a member of the same party, and you knew you were a trailmaster when you could single out members of your party to die.

Only bitches take the ferry. Real men ford that shit.

I figured out something about winter finally...

2007-11-17T08:00:00.001-05:00

It would certainly be a lot more tolerable if it didn't get dark at like three in the afternoon here. :) It's good snowball fight snow too. We probably got about six inches of the DREADED LAKE EFFECT SNOW since yesterday morning. Roads aren't too bad though, I was out past the Land of Oz last night and this morning. I still need a haircut though, haha. Mobile post out!

I want to buy Bullseye Avenue

2007-11-16T12:39:00.001-05:00

In addition, the Target Dog game piece is just as good as my usual piece- the puppy. I like them because they can pee on other people's houses and other shit.

Wanna hear something messed up?

2007-11-11T18:41:00.000-05:00

So, I'm at work today, and we're pretty much right smack in the middle of the Christmas shopping season already. (Yeah, yeah, I know, Black Friday is the first official day, blah blah...) In any case, it was pretty busy today. (Plus, it's threatening snow and certain people insist on humming Christmas songs already. As has been stated previously, my choice for Christmas music is Fairytale of New York, by The Pogues.)

So I'm getting a pair of Christmas trees out of the stockroom for a guest, and I flashback to when I had to decorate the hotel's lobby. Basically, I had gotten all of the decorations at Target, as it was closest, easiest, and relatively cheapest. (Yay budgets!) All of a sudden, I actually missed running that stupid place. The same place that had me there for dozens of hours at a time, two packs a day, and watching my hair consistently turn from brown to gray; and I'm missing it because of the notion of being able to decorate my workplace for Christmas.

I really need to get out more. Or go run another hotel. They can't all be bad, right? Right?

Mobile post!

2007-11-11T14:42:00.001-05:00

If I had twins, I would give them the same name and really mess with people.

YUM! Christmas!

2007-11-10T15:40:00.000-05:00

Just a friendly reminder, I am actually the reason that Hickory Farms giftsets are popular this time of year. I love them. You can buy me 600. I will eat all of them. If you were looking for a gift to get me, this is an excellent idea.

I have 8 in the pool...

2007-11-08T16:01:00.000-05:00

Given all of the recent recalls of various toys, we decided at work today to run a pool.

Here's the deal: The retail-loving, Chinese merch-hawking dog that I work for puts out a toy catalog at this time every year. Much like that toy store that is run by a giraffe, or at least it used to be. In any case, the betting pool is to see how many of the items in the toy catalog are recalled before the catalog's expiration date on 11/21. So far, it's already up to 3 items. I have chosen 8 as my magic number! 6 is also taken.

In related news, joking about Aqua Dots is never going to get old. Sorry, Mary. :)

Just a quick tidbit

2007-11-07T18:46:00.000-05:00

Not that they need my help, but Child's Play is my favorite charity. It's that time of year again! I think I'm going to donate a DS this year.

You drink too much coffee, I drink too much stout.

2007-11-06T02:07:00.001-05:00

I would like to go see American Gangster.

In other news, I am back from my ZKAT visit. She had a good birthday; I won the Best Presents Game, hooray! Once again, pictures are here until I can be motivated enough to rescue them from Flickr and put them into an online album. (Which is something that I have to do, since I need to put them all on a memory card to print them. Ah the perils of auto-uploading from the cameraphone. :))

(EDIT: I kinda like Flickr now that I've actually played with it beyond using it for an image dumping ground. As well as other places, the ZKAT pics can be found in a nifty album here.)

I beat Phantom Hourglass last night. I have not saved my progress, as I still have minor bits to go and collect. (Six gems, ~ten boat pieces, the arrow prize, and the last maze prize. I have 25 treasure maps, which sounds like a good round number.) I have Drawn to Life sitting in my drawer from the Best Buy sale, so maybe I shall play that next. I still have Paper Mario to beat though.

I also have Heroes Season 1, Discs 5 & 6 to watch too. Plus I need a haircut. Busy busy day on Tuesday.

I go back to work on Wednesday. Ick. It's going to start snowing here pretty quick, I think. Double ick.

Mobile post!

2007-11-05T09:08:00.001-05:00

I wonder if Asian people get Western characters as tattoos. Someone remind me to do a web search when I get home. :)

Hooray for vacation!

2007-10-29T17:06:00.000-04:00

Yup, I have ten days off from good old work. :)

I have to go see the cutest little girl in the world turn 3.

(Yes, I'll have pictures when I come back.)

I'll have my phone, so feel free to text, call, or IM me while I'm gone. (Minor edit: I'll probably be uploading pictures from my phone throughout the week, since it only holds 80 or so. They'll go right here when they get sent.)

Finally, just something I snapped at work; you know those sets of Christmas things that spell out words? This one is supposed to say "PEACE":

Scuttling other ships for treasure is FTMFW

2007-10-23T11:13:00.000-04:00

I was stuck on a puzzle in Zelda for two days, so I cheated and got through it. It was such a bullshit answer too, yet I was kicking myself at the same time, because looking at it the way that I did, it was so damned obvious how to solve it. (The lever puzzle in the Ghost Ship, if you were wondering. No spoilers!)

Just going to dump some links today.... I'm worried about my friends and family back home, it's shitty out, and I'm a bit moody. I suppose I could finish my laundry and eat something.

Buy me this for Christmas please!

Or this!

10 Kick Ass Facts About Bruce Lee
To be followed immediately by: Why Was I Not Informed About Bruce Lee?

Ten Reasons Gay Marriage is Un-American

Note to self: Command-S does not save your blog draft....

And finally, a damned good quote:

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin (via Neatorama)

Time to go catch up on Heroes so I can send it back to Netflix. Later. :)

Mobile post!

2007-10-20T23:35:00.001-04:00

Damned if it isn't nice to see someone else uncomfortable for once. :)

All you see are zeroes and ones.

2007-10-20T19:48:00.000-04:00

I'm going to have to protect my Million Dollar Idea somehow.

I figured out how to make it to the Northern Sea!

2007-10-16T10:39:00.000-04:00

I finished The Subtle Knife, it made me cry. :P Going to jump right into The Amber Spyglass, because those books are just that good. I'm still hoping that there will be some armored bear figurines being sold with the release of the Golden Compass movie later this year.

After doing a few cleanup chores in my ACDS town (all weeds gone!), I immersed myself in Zelda for the rest of the morning. (Currently on cereal break!)

I just have to make it to the Northern Sea first, which is a task that I am being distracted from, because first I have to explore a previously uncharted island that the BOI-OING rock told me about. Whew.

In related news, on my nifty little blog sidebar, I'm going to start posting relevant friend codes and the like, because I can never remember where I saved them on my computer and people ask. First up is the Wii code, feel free to shoot me a message, I have two friends on there. :) I'll add ACDS and Clubhouse Games later, once I save Hyrule some more.

It's my day off today, so I do believe I shall try to go have super-mega-fun. Plus I have to do some shopping.

Just click 'publish' and be done with it.

2007-10-15T23:29:00.001-04:00

Disclaimer: Don't read this if you don't give a shit. It's about me, me, me. The alternative is to go and watch a girl swinging an onion while singing in Polish.

You know how many half-written posts I've saved and not published about this whole mess? Three. I'm angsty, emotional, hurt, neurotic, and pretty damned miserable. I need to get it off of my chest somehow, and writing it down is the only way that I know how. In doing so, I've tried to be coy, I've tried to be vague, hell, one of those unpublished gems is just a flat-out narrative in which I am flawless and always in the right, of course.

I'm worried about airing dirty laundry though, even when I know that approximately two people read this. Everyone has different advice on the matter, everyone has a different opinion. (Flowers? Are you serious?)

So in lieu of that, this is for some of you:

If you've put up with my long-winded emails, IMs, and texts about anything, thanks. :)

Thanks for offering to listen.

Thanks for giving me something to do.

Thanks for taking me into consideration.

Thanks for being aware that I'm hardly perfect and mostly human.

I know I'm not totally in the right here, but I'm hardly fucking wrong either.

TJ Things & Miscellaneous Junk

2007-10-09T10:11:00.000-04:00

That makes me giggle.

So, things are going pretty okay. Had a super action-packed three-day weekend last weekend, in which I did not actually sit around the house for the whole thing. (Really! I was only here to sleep and for dinner on Sunday night.) I've got my vacation coming up at the end of the month, so I'll probably be out of town for most, if not all, of it to go celebrate ZKAT's birthday.

I'm currently hoping that the rain stops for at least tonight, since I'm going mini-golfing and Big Don's Wild River Adventure closes on a rainy day and they're almost closed for the season anyway. (This Sunday, I believe, hurry up and go!) Although, if the alternative is playing some board games all evening, that is perfectly fine with me too. :)

On a random note, I'm updating the List of Punchings to include those of you that can't keep clocks all on the same time. You're all getting atomic clocks for Christmas.

So, as you're all aware, I like pirates and pirate things. Stupid Vit got me hooked on this game. I suppose it's payback for Desktop TD, huh?

And with that, it is now time for miscellaneous junk!
I kinda really want this game.
I also want this game, but those reviews do look kinda iffy. We sell it at work now, so maybe it'll go on temporary pricecut or clearance.
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA POODLE!

And finally, for those of you that haven't seen it:
The Cantina Song Penguin Dance is the best.

You never lose in your razorblade shoes.

2007-09-26T23:08:00.000-04:00

Awwwww yeah! Solar powered flashlight!

No wonder that shit went clearance.

Wildflowers is still my #1 choice for Desert Island Album, FYI.

2007-09-25T13:30:00.000-04:00

I really, really, really want to see 3:10 to Yuma. Period.

Fair warning, I figured out how to automatically cross-post this directly to the Notes section on Facebook, so some of you may see this a few times, heh. Sorry. Same with the pictures, jokes, and anecdotes... you spend enough time around me, you get a lot of repeats. Right, Justin? Amanda?
So I went up and saw MEGA TODDLER ZKAT over the weekend. I've got pictures all over the place. Of course, the memory card that I loaded with both camera pics and phone pics wasn't recognized by the stupid picture machine at work, but what else is new?
Speaking of work, they're opening another new store in just about three weeks. My old boss wants me to go and help set up their entertainment department, not unlike how we did with the Vestal store last May. On one hand, I'd like to go to see the few coworkers that did end up transferring there, but on the other hand, it's a fairly busy week for me as it is. I've got nine straight days of work, so anything that I did at the new store would basically be on top of that, for six hours at a time after the time that I went to lunch at my store. Plus, as I've mentioned on numerous occasions, I don't particularly care for the old boss in a boss regard, haha. I may or may not end up doing it; I told them that I would discuss it tomorrow, when I'm actually working.
The new vehicle is still awesome. I got a chance to really break it in this weekend when I went up north. Better gas mileage than what I expected: 27mpg on the highway, with cruise control and some AC. Looks like I can expect around 400 miles per tank, which is better all-around than the Mustang was. I was a bit worried about the mileage, since it is a much larger vehicle than what I'm used to, with an automatic transmission to boot. However, it is only a 4-cylinder, which is probably the major saving grace there.
I'm just about to finish Golden Compass (couple chapters left, I just am being lazy on this, my day off), which I wanted to read before the movie came out and have done so. Hooray! Great book, can't wait to get right into the rest of the series. I'd also really, really like an armored bear, a fact that I'm sure that you are very aware of. I also have to finish one of the Heroes discs and send it back to Netflix so I can be caught up there too. (Yeah yeah, I know, the new season started last night. I'll figure it out somehow, haha.)
TJ out.

Holy shit! This is important!

2007-09-24T18:24:00.000-04:00

So this came in the mail today. ZOMBIE FLUXX is almost here!

VROOM VROOM

2007-09-19T18:32:00.000-04:00

My new car!

Are you happy? It's a 2005 Ford Escape.

YAR! AVAST! (Part two)

2007-09-10T23:09:00.000-04:00

The ultra badass pirate ship is now complete!
It still needs a name though.
In totally unrelated news, this darling piece of machinery is Betty the Minor Squisher. The minors aren't allowed to touch her because they might fall in and get squished and their heads haven't fully formed yet and that would be bad. So you have to be 18 to caress Betty. Statutory squishing, otherwise.

EDIT: Iron Man trailer!

I blame Avril.

2007-09-09T22:21:00.000-04:00

That shit was warmer than "warm" haha.

Housecleaning

2007-09-08T11:20:00.001-04:00

So we have various posters all over the employee areas at work. They range from "Dude, we give lotsa money to charity" to "You should be feeling obligated to take part in the aforementioned charity events." This one is some Red Cross thing that says we should have first aid kits in our pockets or something. I promise you, I did not write "ZOMBIE", someone else did. :) I did find it overly funny, so here it is.
Some kit we sell at work in the toy department. It says "petrified poo" on it.

And now, LINK DUMP TIME:

Bro, You're A God Among Bros
120 Minutes Archive
Can I borrow a microwave? :)
How to Fold a Cruise Ship Towel Animal

And finally, I require this for *insert holiday here*: Leatherman Skeletool

Or this: Zombie Fluxx

YAR! AVAST!

2007-09-08T00:29:00.000-04:00

So, for my birthday (which was last month, you still need to buy me presents), I got a Pirateology Pirate Ship Construction Kit that we sell at work. It's pretty nifty looking. If you remember those old balsa wood dinosaur skeleton kits, then just substitute "pirate ship" for "dinosaur skeleton" and you get the idea.
This is how it comes. It's six sheets of pressed balsa wood parts, as well two sheets of cardstock that have the sails. None of them are labeled. This is important. See that sheet of instructions? It has diagrams of all eight sheets with each part lettered and numbered.
The "instructions" are as follows:
1. Copy the numbers from the sheet onto the parts.
2. Remove all of the parts from their sheets.
3. Match the letters/numbers up and put the ship together.
4. Take a look at the picture on the package if you have any questions.

You can't see it yet, but I've already screwed up the construction. The 20 ribs that make up the hull of the ship are held together by the two planks. The fore and aft decks are supposed to go on before those planks, but I won't discover this until I've got the decks, rails, and masts assembled and in place. Luckily, no glue was involved, saved for the ladder piece that I broke later. :) (That anchor is badass! It's right around this time that we dropped anchor and went and got dinner.)

It's hard to see it because the ship is the same color as the counter, but there is a quarter inch gap between the side rails and the porthole section. This is the mistake from above. :) YAY MASTS!

See the candle in the background? That was bought at the mall when we had dinner. I think it is pumpkin.

And here is the completed body of the ship. It still needs sails and sail rope, but I needed a beer more. So it's on the counter still. YAY BEER!

Holy shit! It's the Weinermobile!

2007-09-02T20:16:00.000-04:00

I wish that cool cars like this were at work every day. In other news, the local PD pulled it over on its merry mission of delivering happiness to me. I still don't know what it did wrong.

6am is almost never funny!

2007-08-29T17:57:00.000-04:00

I always stack water on top of paper towels.

I got a new cameraphone!

2007-08-26T21:42:00.000-04:00

Here is a picture from it. Aren't you proud?

It's not bad for a picture of a moving carousel. The light exposure is from the big bay window behind me, not the flash, which is puny.

Decepticons > Autobots, bitches.

2007-07-01T15:40:00.000-04:00

You fear Chunk.

In other news, I played with the iPhone today. No, I didn't buy one, I just played with it at that very bright store in the mall. I would buy one though, if only so I could flash it from my pocket anytime one of those mall cellphone hawkers bugged me to change my plan/phone/etc. In any case, that shit is sweet. You should buy one for me and pay the bill too.

New job starts tomorrow, followed by a nap, and then Transformers at midnight. Hooray for giant robots breaking shit!

I like nachos!

2007-06-30T01:03:00.000-04:00

I am drunk and getting drunker.

I'm off this weekend, hooray. I don't have to work at the electronics counter anymore, hooray. I don't ever have to close again, hooray. I switched departments at work. I now get to go in five days a week at 6am and run around and essentially fill the empty spots on the shelves with whatever we have in the store. That's my new job description in a nutshell. I won't have to take telephone calls about telephones. (It's so goddamned redundant and pointless that I want to scream.) No more iPods, no more Wii questions, no more explaining the difference between fullscreen and widescreen, and no more dealing with that fucking Kodak POS Picture Maker.

It shall be excellent.

It's ZKAT Time once again!

2007-06-19T09:53:00.000-04:00

I got back from visiting the cutest little girl in the world. Still have a bit of news that I'm sorting out in my head; you've probably heard about it if you've seen me in the past two days. In any case.... pictures!That chipmunk is probably doomed!
I think I'd never shave again if I could.
She's very fond of her Uncle Jim, who she doesn't see all that much. I'm glad she's taken to him.
NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPING ON THE BED!

Over two days, she took four baths while I was watching her. I think she gets dirty on purpose just so she can take them.
She looks impossibly older than two and a half here. It's the hair, I know.

She knows she has them the wrong way. "You're small, Daddy." *flip* "Now you're big."
Haha, she's planning out her day on MINI BABY PALM PILOT! (It's a Sudoku thingy. Touching it makes beeps.)
Although it looks like it, she's actually not up to mischief here.
So she has these little plastic toy cats. There is a mommy kitten and a baby kitten. They're each probably about the size of a quarter. It was a minor to-do when the baby kitten was misplaced somewhere in the house, which has a lot of places for baby kittens to get lost. Luckily, she was found the next day, right where ZKAT said she was, even though I had looked there about four times the night before.
See, here the two kittens are getting buried so that they get dirty, so that they all have to take a bath later. It's a vicious cycle.
That's all for now. I'm off to go attempt to remove the dustball that has become my room. Yay allergies. In other news, I'm looking at trading the car in for something that's a little more winterish (and less expensive) than the Mustang, since NY won't let me drive it anyway, haha. Maybe I'll test drive something while I'm out later.

Just because you're going forwards, doesn't mean I'm going backwards

2007-05-26T21:09:00.000-04:00

I picked up Pokemon Pearl the other day. It is excellent. I love it. Also, I got a CYLON MINIMATE, because that is the most important thing that I could ever get.

In other news, I'm pretty sure that I got The Death Glare from a coworker's boyfriend today. Just wait until next week when SHINY MUSTANG gets back on the road. I'll run him over, y0.

So Ford finally complied with my wishes and sent me the two pieces of paper that I need. I wouldn't have known what to ask for if it hadn't been for the most helpful DMV employee that I've ever encountered in my life. Henceforth, I shall refer to him as "my homey from the dizzle mizzle vizzle." This, of course, was after Ford tried to give me a letter that gave me POWER OF ATTORNEY. I told that lady that power of attorney was the last thing they wanted to give me at that point. So now I just have to get all of the papers in order, take care of DMV crap, and then the car is back on the road. Just in time for Baltimore on the 8th.

That's all. I'm drunk and I have a crush on a bartender. It's a good state to be in.

Days off FTMFW!

2007-05-15T10:43:00.000-04:00

So I totally just fibbed to work. They tried calling me in at 7:00AM this morning. (Mike and Brian both called out, no doubt.) I ignored the phone, rolled over, and went back to bed. I called back about three hours later and said that I had just gotten up (partial fib) and that I had stuff going on and could not come in (total fib, all I have planned today is to lay in the sun, which I guess is not really a fib then). So now I have coffee, a bagel, and I'm cranking Swagger. Word.

Besides, a lot of my coworkers have been all angsty-pants lately because of the new stores, promotions, and transfers; and I'm sick of hearing about it. I'm not leaving simply because the other two new stores are too far to drive, especially in winter. There's a slight hope that when everyone else leaves, I can take one of their jobs, but this is me not holding my breath. In related news, it was annual review time again- mine turned out pretty decent. There are basically five levels of superiority, haha, I'm a four. In real people terms, this means I get a pay raise and I now make more than I did at Arby's, which is pretty excellent, all things considered. More real people terms put promotions as follows: getting bumped up to a specialist nets a $1/hour, team lead is $2/hour. The guaranteed hours are the nice part about those positions, especially in first quarter and early fall.

Spent most of last night figuring out Facebook, which I'm still pretty much a dunce at, but at least I know how to find/add people now, haha. Woke up this morning to find yet another Myspace friend request for my HS reunion, so I vented about that for while (again) and now I feel better. Rest assured, with less than two months until the reunion date, they'll try to add me a good two or three more times. Block them, you say? Why? Then I wouldn't be able to get all pissy about it. :D

(This damned phone needs to stop fucking ringing.)

So, about two weeks ago, I bought a couple starter packs of the Pirates of the Spanish Main game to test it out (and because it has cool little miniature pirate ships!). My brother and I got a kick out of it, so now he's been adding to our fleet.See? It's pretty much an armada at this point, especially considering that his birthday is this weekend and he's getting another haul of ships equal to that from our folks. Cardboard booty does not stand a chance! (Plus now we'll have a metric assload of TINY DICE, which is always excellent.)

Three days until HOORAY FOR DINOSAURS DAY!

OMG ZOMBIES!

2007-05-12T08:26:00.000-04:00

Bluebear totally has it right there, OMG ZOMBIE! indeed.

Stop reading this and go see 28 Weeks Later. Now.

I got high off of a cardboard box!

2007-05-10T15:34:00.000-04:00

There I was, all ready to give another fossil to my main man, Poncho, when I got a super surprise! I walked into his house and saw this:

That little blue bear was cracked out on angel dust or something.

So I've spent the better part of the last week helping Poncho get through the shakes and the shivers. Mostly that meant getting him a lot of medicine, but occasionally he asked me for a pizza as well. He is all better now and completely, 100% off of "the rock."

In other news, I have a bunch of TINY DICE! They are good for TINY CRAPS, TINY YAHTZEE, or really any game that requires some bones to be thrown. I issued a challenge to everyone on my friends list thingy (Target Dog included!) that involved these dice, however, I may have outsmarted myself, as I completely forgot about TINY YAHTZEE, which is a game I hate, no matter what size it is. Hopefully they shall challenge me to something else instead.

At work, we sell the movie Bongwater, which is apparently ten years old and I hadn't ever heard of it until last week. In any case, the DVD case has a sticker that says something along the lines of "super special limited edition scented package." We took turns smelling it. Ken and the newspaper reporter gal both smelled it, but I didn't at first, so I took the cardboard sleeve off and waved it towards my face and it instantly smelled like the green room back in CHS Drama. Woo. I then proceeded to not climb ladders or operate heavy machinery for the rest of the day. I wonder if that packaging is made of hemp?

I live in Marker A

2007-04-24T13:39:00.000-04:00

So to go see ZKAT, it's a 220 mile drive upstate. Takes about four hours, which is a longass time to be in a car, but it's a hell of a lot closer than San Diego, heh. The route below is the short way, which goes straight through the Adirondacks. It's sometimes a beast to get through in winter, but the long way is to take the Thruway (I-90, $5 or so) down to Albany, and then take the Northway (I-87) on up towards Zee Quebecois and their wonderful poutine.

It's a nice drive though, lots of trees, lakes, rivers, etc. We saw a moose once! (I tried to get a picture, but the flash was off because I didn't want to upset the very large moose, so it turned out blurry.) However, it's the boonies. And there are some weirdass things. I need to take the GPS with me and get a waypoint for the very large fishing guy or the house that has a boat through it, because I always forget where they're located along the route and can't get a picture.
This is an old picture, but rest assured, the town of Floyd, NY (Marker B, word!) is still very much for sale. Maybe the Goonies will be able to find another treasure so that they can buy it back. It should also be mentioned that I really, really love the town name. If I had lived here in high school, I'd have stolen their city limits sign and hung it next to the Wish You Were Here LP cover. But alas, the only city limits sign that I ever saw stolen was San Anselmo's, for a friend who was big into Pantera.
It's the best road sign in the world! It's currently not there because people are forever sliding around the turn and knocking it over, but it will be there again, mark my words!
This sign was posted right after the aforementioned turn. (Marker C on the map above, if you give a shit, haha. It was a happy accident that put the marker there.) It's really amusing mostly because it's in NY, not Ohio. Also, the picture was taken on the afternoon of the 20th, right around 4:00, heh.
This sign has always amused me. (Just after Marker D, pbbfft) Shiver me timbers, if my business were there, I'd be at work! Also, it's in a lakeside swampy tree marsh alongside a two-lane highway. It makes me giggle.

I didn't grab a picture of one, but I'm forever laughing about the signs that read "CAUTION SNOWPLOW TURNAROUND" simply because a little bit of punctuation turns it into a really weird Thomas the Tank Engine-esque warning. "CAUTION, SNOWPLOW! TURNAROUND!" is a lot funnier and cracks me up everytime. And there are approximately fourteen million of these signs along the way, so I'm pretty much giggling the whole time.

Will somebody buy me this? Please?

OMG ZKAT LOL

2007-04-24T13:03:00.000-04:00

I finally had a weekend where I wasn't working, sick, or broke. So I went up north and visited SUPER TODDLER ZKAT, hooray! I took lots of nifty presents with me: the new Charlotte's Web movie (with book!), some clothes, a super fun book about pirates, and a cup shaped like a monkey! (Whew! HTML soup... linkies pop and everything.)

Here be some pictures, mateys:

These pictures are among the best of 178 really terrible pictures. It's next to impossible to get pictures that aren't blurry or of the back of her head, haha. Note to self: when buying new camera, take ZKAT to store to test it. I've got her attention here with the age-old photographer parent's trick: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. It should be noted that this trick has a difficulty rating of 5; as I tend to forget to unwrap the candy first before trying to juggle viewfinder, zoom, candy wrapper, etc. etc.
These first few shots were taken at my grandparents' house. ("Grammy and Pop Pop" since you were wondering, haha.) It's wonderful, comfy, and has lots of things for her to play with. Plus there are a lot of ladybugs, which she thankfully no longer enjoys eating like she did when she was crawling. She does know that they stink though, "Daddy, ladybugs P U stinky." One of my favorite anecdotes is about how there's nothing worse than a baby's breath after she's eaten a ladybug.
Talk about comfy! I mean, look at how comfy that recliner looks! And there are two of them! I can, have, and will again fall asleep in those and stay there until morning.
Through the magic of The Patented Technique For Showing The Best Pictures Last, I'll bet you didn't even know that this first set were actually the last pictures taken this weekend. Haha, I fooled you! ZKAT didn't even make it up to my grandparents' house until Sunday afternoon. In any case, she has some fuzz here in this last one. Yay for fuzz.
The pictures in this next set are from Lorien's parents' house. ("Nonny and Poppy," duh.) It's right on the shore of Lake Champlain, which can be seen through the big bay window.
Look! She has fairy wings!
I should take a moment to point out "Blue Bunny," who is in several of these pictures. He's a Dollar Store Easter Bunny, and ZKAT adores him. In all honesty, he's fairly hideous, which is why Lorien tried hiding him from ZKAT, only to be thwarted by Nonny, who left him right out in plain sight, haha. Blue Bunny pretty much goes wherever ZKAT goes.

I've got good news and bad news. The bad news is: If you work with me, you're going to see these pictures again. Over and over again. The good news is: She's adorable.

Snow and games, hooray!

2007-04-14T21:03:00.000-04:00

Foot and a half of snow. Pbbbbbbbbbbbbffffftttttttttttt.

However, I won the Flower Fest! Hooray!

Also, we're pretty close to getting a boat in Puzzle Pirates, so that is pretty nifty. I should probably log back in at some point to collect my money and play some more, haha. Driving a boat in that game isn't the easiest thing in the world to do though, so hopefully we'll do okay with our pillagin, yar!

Avast, tomorrow be HOORAY FOR DINOSAURS DAY!

BIKINI PIE FIGHTS!

2007-04-13T20:18:00.000-04:00

This might be the greatest thing that I've ever seen. It's probably not the best thing to be watching if you're at work.

Been sick pretty much all week. Yay for not working, boo for coughing up multiple lungs. I haven't done much of anything besides watch TV and catch back up on ACDS. (Flower Fest, natch)

Sleepy time! Working all weekend.

ROBOCOP FTW

2007-04-08T12:35:00.000-04:00

"They celebrate Easter the exact same way we do: commemorating the death and resurrection of Jesus by telling our children a giant bunny rabbit … left chocolate eggs in the night. Now, I wonder why we're fucked up as a race. Anybody got any idea? You know, I've read the Bible. I can't find the word "bunny" or "chocolate" anywhere in the fucking book. Where do they come up with this shit?"

Happy Easter from me and Bill. :P I'm having soft tacos for lunch, which is how they list the tradition in the Gideon Bible, I think. Otherwise, it's a lazy, cold day off from work.

As previously mentioned, I purchased the Robocop three-pack from work the other day. I didn't actually end up watching it the other night, I went to bed instead. So I watched the first flick today instead.

I had forgotten how funny the movie is. Funny story about that, Robocop came out right around my eighth birthday. My mom was dating my soon-to-be stepdad, who took us all to see it. I was eight. At Robocop. Which was pretty damn close to being rated X. I loved it- had a bunch of the toys, watched the cartoon, played the arcade game whenever I could. Speaking of which, was the arcade game as good as I remember it? In my mind, it's right up there with Spy Hunter, Wrestlefest, TMNT, etc. in the pantheon of Good Arcade Games From When I Was A Kid. Perhaps I shall ~~download it for MAME~~, er ~~go find an arcade~~, er download it for MAME and see if it rocks the way I think it does. All I remember was that you pretty much needed the Cobra Assault Cannon powerup to fight the bosses. Or a shitload of quarters, as you did in every arcade game back then.

I think I'm getting sick. My throat's been sore since yesterday, which I was hoping was just due to dust in the house. I woke up today and I've got a nice sinus fog and my throat is worse. Go me. I don't ever get sick, so it's time to overmedicate and then laze around the house some more. And probably be better in time for work tomorrow. Maybe.

Easter Sunday text message update! ZKAT is good, cute, and full of sugar today. (Pink and yellow Cinderella dress with silver shoes, for those keeping track.) There is apparently a egg hunt later that she will be partaking in. It's cold up there too, but the egg hunt is in the mall, I guess. I picked up Charlotte's Web for her last week; we were selling it with a copy of the book, which is always a bonus. BOOKS: CHECK EM OUT.

Did you see that someone beat me to the LEGO Mindstorms Wii Bowler bot? Perfect game like woah. Way to go, guys and/or gals. That seriously rocks.

Their design is pretty close to how I saw it in my head, although I saw it as being less squat and more tall, probably because that's how I figured the Wiimote would have to move in order to emulate a human playing. I wonder how much trial and error it took to find out that the Wiimote could spin around the axis and emulate the throw... I figured I would have to have it swing down like one of those pirate ship rides at an amusement park and then reset itself after every throw, which would have made it more tall, Tower of Terror style!

They released the program code for it, which is terribly, terribly, terribly simple. Good Lord... keep it simple stupid. I was curious to see how they handled the loop, which I was going to terribly complicate. I was thinking that you'd have to have the bot listen for the chime that the Wiimote makes when it is a player's turn to bowl, and then start the loop, which is fine up until the tenth frame, when the three throws cause the remote to stop chiming. Fifteen second loops, infinitely. I need more programming practice. I really was going to make that a lot more complicated. It presses A, it grabs the trigger, it swings, 0.25 seconds elapse, it stops grabbing the trigger, it stops the swing, back to start.

(PSA! Ben and Jerry's has Free Ice Cream Day on April 17th. This notice is mostly for me to remember, and I'm not even sure there is a B&J around here, haha.)

I have a beer. It's not the first today.

2007-04-07T00:37:00.000-04:00

I bought the Robocop boxset from work today. Robocop for the damned win.

I had a bunch of beers tonight. I am still drinking teh beers, haha.

Plus, I had cheese sticks!

After I hit "Publish" I'm shrinking most of these windows and watching Robocop bust mad capz into ED209 and the dad from That 70's Show.

Sometimes, at work, I walk around doing the Robocop voice. Today I was threatening the donuts with "Dead or alive, you're coming with me." A guest was laughing and waiting for the donuts to come out. I had to inform them that the donuts were not for them, that they were, in fact, for us. Just like the PBJs from PBJ DAY a couple weeks ago. I probably ate five donuts today.

I also went out. We were going to go see Grindhouse, but I still need a nap. It was a long day at work. Corporate visits are fun, because it is amusing to watch the bosses hyperventilate into bags, haha.

TJ ON THE FLIPSIDE, WORD

fourteen rivers, fourteen floods

2007-04-04T08:36:00.000-04:00

It's about time that the good state of NY posted my tax return. I was about to have to board and pillage those bitches, YAR.

First thing on the agenda is the midget pirate action figure from the POTC3 toyline. I mean, he comes with a monkey wearing a kimono. And he's a midget. And a pirate. I may actually always have him in my pocket. After that, some sushi. Too bad Mary's on vacation, because it grosses her out and that's almost the best part.

I've been playing way too much Puzzle Pirates (and you can still join!) lately, so pretty much the only internet thing I've seen lately is the Robocop vs. Terminator video over here at Zombies Can't Blog. And while we're on the subject, the two of you who aren't Nick should go check that site out. :D

In other news, I've issued a fatwa on that groundhog. Snow forecast in April? Fuck that.

I have the munchies.

2007-03-31T01:21:00.000-04:00

Work sucked tonight; all of the idiots were getting their full moon style warmed up and ready for next week. We've been out of cameras for weeks and weeks and weeks, which basically just pisses everyone off, because they'll "have come to a long and hard decision" about a camera and then we don't have it. Of course, their decision is generally based on which camera is TEH CUTES, so really, who gives a shit about what they think anyway? :)

I miss Infocom games. I really do. We were just talking about them on IRC because I compared (the super excellent) Hotel Dusk DS to them. People who make games need to remake Suspended, Starcross, etc. for the DS. Let the touchscreen handle most, if not all, of the important feelies and we'd be in business. The bots in Suspended could be on the touchscreen map of the complex, tapping them would pull up a pulldown menu of commands for the bots to execute. Any output from the bots would show up on the top screen. And no, I never beat it. Stupid Poet bot.

In other news, I'm terribly hooked on Puzzle Pirates. Hunter Ocean, me pirate name be Beal! Shiver me timbers!

I've decided that I'm going to make a movie. It shall be Alien vs. Jurassic Park. It shall be excellent. So off to Ebay I go for some props, me hearties. YAR!

(Big ups to Blogger for realizing that my drunkass is incapable of closing HTML tags.)

Lazy rainy days

2007-03-27T15:39:00.000-04:00

All I did today is eat and play Desktop Tower Defense all day. (If you haven't been subjected to this yet, sorry.)

So, with that in mind, it's linklog time!

Trailer for 28 Weeks Later (quicktime, largish) - Hooray for zombies! Err, "the infected" haha. Hopefully the new director can do as wonderful of a job as Danny Boyle did on 28 Days Later. His sequence with the emptied London streets towards the beginning was hauntingly beautiful. (via Dethroner)

Romance of the Three Kingdoms on Virtual Console - I guess the 11th game in the series just came out. I had rented this one as a kid and could never figure out how to play. This will probably go on the list of VC titles that I actually need to buy. (via Joystiq)

New York Times Crossword Puzzles DS! - 1000 puzzles, co-op/competition 2-player modes, I love it. I hadn't heard of it until the boxart was posted on Go Nintendo, so yay for them!

LEGO Batman video game confirmed - I had forgotten that this was announced a few months ago. LEGO Star Wars 1&2 are both extremely fun... err, I mean, WAY TOO KIDDY! We should be blowing things up and maiming cats and not playing cutesy games like these. Bah. :) I'm looking more forward to this one than I was LEGO SW2.

Hacking John McCain - I do like McCain, I really do. I especially like him now that he is down with hot lesbian marriages. This is way too funny. Note to self: Hotlinking bad. (via Kottke)

Hey Man Nice Shot

2007-03-26T20:33:00.000-04:00

Tomorrow's plan is to sit at home and re-read all of the Bloom County books upstairs. And get donuts. With coffee. It's supposed to keep raining, so my day off is: Rain, Coffee, Donuts, Bloom County. Maybe some Calvin and Hobbes. Beat that.

I came up with another Million Dollar Idea on the way home from work today. I have to do some research, but this one seems like it will be as big of a winner as my previous MDIs have been. In preparation for the eventual legalization of marijuana, I'm going to copyright and trademark all of the cool phrases that pot sellers will need to have access to in order to sell their product on the open market. Phrases such as "Northern Lights" and "phat chronic blunt" will now have © or ® after them, with a little "2007 The Jeremy" down at the bottom of whatever it is. I think I shall add a bit of cybersquatting to this scheme and really clean up. I wonder if www.mauiwowie.com is registered... crap, it is and that chicken looks tasty as hell.

To change the subject entirely, I'd like to say that I think that you should buy a parachute instead, Sarah.

I snagged mad rainchecks for DS games at work today. $24 for Custom Robo Arena, FF3, and there are probably going to be a few more out-of-stocks before the week is over. 45 days to pick up games is excellent.

I'm currently super annoyed with Myspace's bulletin thingy, because it isn't posting. How on earth am I supposed to spam the blog changeover with it not working? :) I'll bet that if I was posting some re-re forwarded survey, it would post it immediately. I think it's a conspiracy against me, haha.

YUM! Got a whole pan of these waiting. The glass of milk is key.

Later.

Bonus Download! Billy and the Boingers - I'm A Boinger

BERZERKER!

2007-03-25T13:52:00.000-04:00

This is OLAF. Much like the Mustang, he is coming out of his wintery home this weekend. The weather here has finally (kinda sorta) gotten warm, so maybe that douchebag groundhog was right after all. In any case, I spent yesterday cleaning chipmunk bits out of my air filter and getting the battery all charged up and ready for action. In related news, the speedometer pins out at 120 and the country backroads around my house are no longer icy.

Now I just have to get the inspection and registration taken care of.... apparently I still don't live in California anymore.

The cooking show in the background was just showing recipes for fish tacos. Damn, I miss Rubio's. Next sunny day, I think I shall try this recipe out, get a sixer of Corona, and throw on Songs You Know By Heart. Hooray!