And now the return of The O.C.: Oakland County Berkley-sty-lee.
Many days later.
Tina Fey: Lisa, I think since Sweeps is over we no longer need to be lesbians.
Lisa Loeb: I agree. Our lesbianism was purely a ratings ploy. Let’s get back to our husbands.
TF: Wait, let’s swap glasses and husbands.
LL: They’ll never know the difference.
TF: Awesome.
Me: Does this mean I can take off the wig?
TF: Yeah, I guess so. Let’s get out of here.
Tina Fey and Lisa Loeb exit after switching glasses.
I stand there, confused and lonely, and yet still strangely turned on. I finally get to lie in my own bed and fall asleep.
*Ding dong*
Me: Who’s knocking on the door at 2 in the morning?
I go to the front door, and upon opening it see Rachel Bilson and what looks like the corpse of Mischa Barton standing there.
Me: Summer! Marissa! From the hit Fox show, The O.C.!
I lean over to Rachel and whisper in her ear.
Me: Is Mischa dead? There’ve been a few re-animated corpses wandering around recently.
RB: [surprised] Oh, Coop? She’s not dead, she just doesn’t eat anything.
MB: Mmmmrrrphhh. *whine*
RB: Don’t worry, Coop. He won’t try to feed you.
Me: Is that really healthy?
RB: She’s fine. The corpse look is in this year. Right?
MB: Errrgghuuuhhhh. *pout*
Me: What- [long pause for effect] -ever. So, what are you doing here anyway?
RB: Mischa heard there was hot Sweeps lesbian action going on over here.
MB: [excitedly] Agggrrrrmmmhhhh!
Me: Oh, Tina and Lisa left a couple hours ago. Didn’t you know Sweeps was over?
MB: [dejectedly] Urggghhhhmmm. *pout*
Me: So, Rachel, I hear you’re into guys that like comic books? Do you want to see my collection? I have an issue of “The Dazzler” and a couple of graphic novels.
RB: Meh.
Me: Oh, OK. So, do either of you have a strange addiction to deep frying things?
RB: No. You, Coop?
MB: *shaking head almost imperceptibly* Mmmgghhuuuhh.
Me: Alrighty then. Do you want to come in for a bit?
RB: Nah, I think we’re gonna take off. We don’t have to do anything interesting until Sweeps again in May. So, basically, I think Mischa is going to take lots of painkillers and drink a couple of fifths of tequila, and I’m going to beat up on Adam Brody. Maybe I’ll try the lesbian thing in May. It’s the in thing to do. Maybe we can get Paris Hilton to guest star. She’s a huge slut.
Me: That’d be cool.
MB: Guuurgggghhhmmm! *whine*
RB: Alright, Coop. Let’s go.
Me: Bye!
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Britney Spears is pregnant!
And the worst part is, I don't know why I care. Achh. Stupid pop culture.
Fractured feelings, tattered pieces
Lately, well, not even that, but within the last year or so, it seems like the TNOF group has sort of drifted apart. I know and understand that people are in school or married or whatnot, but even so, it seems like the only people I see anymore with any regularity are Dan and Chris. I'm not even really sure why I'm surprised, but it just kind of sucks.
Monday, April 11, 2005
From the Computer Geek calendar
Computer Geek Quote
-Anonymous
Mac users swear by their computers.
PC users swear at their computers.
-Anonymous
Saturday, April 09, 2005
Release!
Well, last night, Dan, Austin and I went to see the record release party for Thunderbirds Are Now! It was down at the Magic Stick. The Recital opened, and Rescue and The Holy Fire also played.
I thought The Recital was really good, I haven't seen them in a while and I think they've gotten a lot stronger as a group, and I don't think it's intentional, but the singer, Chris O. looks a little like circa '94 Thom Yorke, and the guitarist looks a little like Jonny Greenwood (also of Radiohead). But they were tight, and the singing was much better than I remember. Of course I saw them first about 4 years ago at the Stick, but also when they played a house in Ann Arbor. I think both those times they were opening for Red Shirt Brigade, who are now defunct, but several of whose members are in Thunderbirds Are Now!
Rescue was also pretty good, I hadn't seen them before, but their last song was awesome. The Holy Fire was decent, but I got their promo CD so I'll take a listen to that and see if it grows on me.
And as always, TAN! kicked some ass. They were their typical manic selves, just a total freak-out, but in a good way. Rockin'!
Overall Grade: A-
The Holy Fire was the only weak point. And it would have been an A+ if the Paincakes had made an appearance.
BTW, I really like that they serve the Beast at the Stick now. And it's only 2 bucks a can. Awesome.
-The Geek.
I thought The Recital was really good, I haven't seen them in a while and I think they've gotten a lot stronger as a group, and I don't think it's intentional, but the singer, Chris O. looks a little like circa '94 Thom Yorke, and the guitarist looks a little like Jonny Greenwood (also of Radiohead). But they were tight, and the singing was much better than I remember. Of course I saw them first about 4 years ago at the Stick, but also when they played a house in Ann Arbor. I think both those times they were opening for Red Shirt Brigade, who are now defunct, but several of whose members are in Thunderbirds Are Now!
Rescue was also pretty good, I hadn't seen them before, but their last song was awesome. The Holy Fire was decent, but I got their promo CD so I'll take a listen to that and see if it grows on me.
And as always, TAN! kicked some ass. They were their typical manic selves, just a total freak-out, but in a good way. Rockin'!
Overall Grade: A-
The Holy Fire was the only weak point. And it would have been an A+ if the Paincakes had made an appearance.
BTW, I really like that they serve the Beast at the Stick now. And it's only 2 bucks a can. Awesome.
-The Geek.
I *heart* "I Love the..."
I've been catching up on "I Love the 90's: Part Deux." It's hee-larious. Ok, that's it for this post.
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Monday, Monday, so good to me.
I stayed up way to late Sunday night reading this Partricia Cornwall book my mom gave me. I got to a certain point and "needed" to finish, thus leading to me going to sleep at ~5 am. Needless to say, I was very tired at work the next day.
After work,I went to Sam's Club and picked up some food, steaks and cereal and yogurt and stuff.
Since Spring is finally here, I pulled my grill out of the garage and had the first barbeque of the season. Mmmm... steak-alicious.
Then, at about 9, Coronado calls, asking if I want to go see Sin City.
It was awesome. It is literally like the pages were taken out of a comic book and put on screen. So pulp-y. So hard-boiled. So stylisticly awesomely awesome-ness. Coronado has a very enthusiastic review on his blog. As for me, as I'm neither a film critic or film student, but as a film fan, I say, it's really good.
Grade: A
After work,I went to Sam's Club and picked up some food, steaks and cereal and yogurt and stuff.
Since Spring is finally here, I pulled my grill out of the garage and had the first barbeque of the season. Mmmm... steak-alicious.
Then, at about 9, Coronado calls, asking if I want to go see Sin City.
It was awesome. It is literally like the pages were taken out of a comic book and put on screen. So pulp-y. So hard-boiled. So stylisticly awesomely awesome-ness. Coronado has a very enthusiastic review on his blog. As for me, as I'm neither a film critic or film student, but as a film fan, I say, it's really good.
Grade: A
Sunday, April 03, 2005
Viva el fin de semana
So, this weekend was pretty lo-key. Friday night I watched a couple movies. I watched Taxi which I borrowed from a co-worker. It was ok, decently funny. What I found was more interesting was the fact it was based on a movie written and directed by Luc Besson. Which ties into the other movie I watched, The Karate Kid, written by Robert Mark Kamen, who also wrote The Fifth Element also directed by Luc Besson. Weird.
Back to Karate Kid, it was a total flashback. It was always one of my favorite movies growing up. We had a tape with Karate Kid and Back to the Future on it and I think I watched both of those so many times. What was weird about KK, is that it didn't have the ending I remembered. On the tape we had, KK didn't end until the confrontation outside the tournament, and on the DVD it ended right after Daniel-san won the tournament. Notstalgia-tastic!
Also, daylight savings snuck up on me this year. I guess it does every year, but I still have clocks I have to reset, like the one in my car. Plus I have to buy gas tomorrow. That's gonna suck. Having a high performance car does have it's downside, being having to put in premium. I think I saw it was $2.49/gal now.
Oh, yeah. Saturday night. We went over to John and Julie's 'cause Dan was dogsitting. We watched The Animatrix and Napolean Dynamite on the projector. Awesome. The Animatrix had a couple of very cool segments. I really liked the haunted house one, and the history of the fall of humanity was pretty cool also.
Tonight I'm watching Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy. earlier I went to dinner with my parents. We went to Sila, an italian restaurant just down 12 Mile a couple blocks from me. It was really good. I had manicotti and my mom had this chicken and spinach lasagna that looked really good. She gave me the leftover piece, so, I'll get to try it. My dad had mostaccoli with sausage. That also looked good. It was pretty reasonabley priced too.
Sidenote. On Grey's Anatomy they had a Tegan and Sarah song.
Hm. Anything else. No? Ok, that is all.
-The Geek
Back to Karate Kid, it was a total flashback. It was always one of my favorite movies growing up. We had a tape with Karate Kid and Back to the Future on it and I think I watched both of those so many times. What was weird about KK, is that it didn't have the ending I remembered. On the tape we had, KK didn't end until the confrontation outside the tournament, and on the DVD it ended right after Daniel-san won the tournament. Notstalgia-tastic!
Also, daylight savings snuck up on me this year. I guess it does every year, but I still have clocks I have to reset, like the one in my car. Plus I have to buy gas tomorrow. That's gonna suck. Having a high performance car does have it's downside, being having to put in premium. I think I saw it was $2.49/gal now.
Oh, yeah. Saturday night. We went over to John and Julie's 'cause Dan was dogsitting. We watched The Animatrix and Napolean Dynamite on the projector. Awesome. The Animatrix had a couple of very cool segments. I really liked the haunted house one, and the history of the fall of humanity was pretty cool also.
Tonight I'm watching Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy. earlier I went to dinner with my parents. We went to Sila, an italian restaurant just down 12 Mile a couple blocks from me. It was really good. I had manicotti and my mom had this chicken and spinach lasagna that looked really good. She gave me the leftover piece, so, I'll get to try it. My dad had mostaccoli with sausage. That also looked good. It was pretty reasonabley priced too.
Sidenote. On Grey's Anatomy they had a Tegan and Sarah song.
Hm. Anything else. No? Ok, that is all.
-The Geek
Friday, April 01, 2005
April's Fools Joke Links
I will include a few links here to April's Fool joke sites. I'll update as I find more.
Apple founder Jobs joins IKEA
Bush twins to join Air Force tech unit in Iraq
Google Gulp
Apple founder Jobs joins IKEA
Bush twins to join Air Force tech unit in Iraq
Google Gulp
Thursday, March 31, 2005
Spork!
Wow! Alias was awesome last night. Marshall rules! I was wondering when they were going to have another Marshall episode. It was also good to see Amanda Foreman (Marshall's wife). I always liked her on Felicity. Again, Spork!
I was reading on TVGal at Zap2It.com about how she doesn't have the love affair with Alias that she used to, that it's now more like they were lovers that became good friends. Well, let me tell you, last night's episode renewed the torrid love affair, if you can have such a thing with a non-physical object.
Lost also was really good. They still haven't really explained how Locke lost the use of his legs, but it does give a lot of tantalizing hints. There was also a few WTF moments, and of course Hurley gets in a bit of a dig at Sawyer. Hee-larious.
That is all the TV talking for now.
I will now summon my gang of hot women. I hope this goes better for me than for Dan. Damn Ryan and his summoning skillz. Aight!
*Poof*
Me: Hey! Where are the hot women?
Dustin Hoffman as Tootsie: Over here!
Me: Wha!? Who's that with you?
Tom Hanks and that other guy who was on Newhart but both when they were in "Bosom Buddies": Oh, it's us. All the really great American drag characters.
Cast of To Wong Foo: Yeah, we're awesomely gender-bending.
Me: Uh, this isn't what I imagined. I sure hope not.
Bugs Bunny in a dress: Say, what's up Doc?
Me: This is not babe-alicious.
Me: *bangs head against wall to knock myself out*
Later
Me: Lilly Kane? Laura Palmer?
LK & LP: Yes?
Me: Aren't you both dead?
LK: Yes, but I keep appearing in flashbacks. That's what this is.
Me: Dammit. Wait, but that means somehow, in the past, there were hot babes?
LP: Well, maybe, but maybe you actually killed us.
Me: I don't think I would kill hot babes.
LK: Well, we sure didn't kill ourselves. I mean, look at me, I'm young and hot.
LP: Besides, you are probably hallucinating this whole thing.
Me: Crap. I forgot.
Much later
Me: *Opens one eye slowly to scan room for either hot chicks or men in drag.*
Me: Whew. I'm alone. Well, that's not that much better.
The door opens. In walks Tina Fey and Lisa Loeb.
Me: *pointing at Tina Fey* Hey, you're Lisa Loeb!
Me: *pointing at Lisa Loeb* And you're Tina Fey!
LL: Oops. We must of somehow switched glasses in the dressing room. Here's yours.
Lisa and Tina swap glasses.
Me: Oh. Sorry, I totally was confused there for a minute.
TF: Eh, don't worry. It happens all the time. So, how about hot sex?
Me: Awesome.
LL: She meant just her and me. You can't join because you're not a hot brunette with cool glasses.
Me: Can I at least watch?
TF: I suppose. But at least put on this wig and these glasses.
Tina hands me a wig that looks like it's halfway between their haircuts and a pair of black horn rim glasses.
LL: That's better. Now let's get to it.
Me: But this isn't even my prescription! I can't see anything.
TF: Shut it! That's what we wanted.
Me: *squinting at Tina and Lisa* Awesome....
I was reading on TVGal at Zap2It.com about how she doesn't have the love affair with Alias that she used to, that it's now more like they were lovers that became good friends. Well, let me tell you, last night's episode renewed the torrid love affair, if you can have such a thing with a non-physical object.
Lost also was really good. They still haven't really explained how Locke lost the use of his legs, but it does give a lot of tantalizing hints. There was also a few WTF moments, and of course Hurley gets in a bit of a dig at Sawyer. Hee-larious.
That is all the TV talking for now.
I will now summon my gang of hot women. I hope this goes better for me than for Dan. Damn Ryan and his summoning skillz. Aight!
*Poof*
Me: Hey! Where are the hot women?
Dustin Hoffman as Tootsie: Over here!
Me: Wha!? Who's that with you?
Tom Hanks and that other guy who was on Newhart but both when they were in "Bosom Buddies": Oh, it's us. All the really great American drag characters.
Cast of To Wong Foo: Yeah, we're awesomely gender-bending.
Me: Uh, this isn't what I imagined. I sure hope not.
Bugs Bunny in a dress: Say, what's up Doc?
Me: This is not babe-alicious.
Me: *bangs head against wall to knock myself out*
Later
Me: Lilly Kane? Laura Palmer?
LK & LP: Yes?
Me: Aren't you both dead?
LK: Yes, but I keep appearing in flashbacks. That's what this is.
Me: Dammit. Wait, but that means somehow, in the past, there were hot babes?
LP: Well, maybe, but maybe you actually killed us.
Me: I don't think I would kill hot babes.
LK: Well, we sure didn't kill ourselves. I mean, look at me, I'm young and hot.
LP: Besides, you are probably hallucinating this whole thing.
Me: Crap. I forgot.
Much later
Me: *Opens one eye slowly to scan room for either hot chicks or men in drag.*
Me: Whew. I'm alone. Well, that's not that much better.
The door opens. In walks Tina Fey and Lisa Loeb.
Me: *pointing at Tina Fey* Hey, you're Lisa Loeb!
Me: *pointing at Lisa Loeb* And you're Tina Fey!
LL: Oops. We must of somehow switched glasses in the dressing room. Here's yours.
Lisa and Tina swap glasses.
Me: Oh. Sorry, I totally was confused there for a minute.
TF: Eh, don't worry. It happens all the time. So, how about hot sex?
Me: Awesome.
LL: She meant just her and me. You can't join because you're not a hot brunette with cool glasses.
Me: Can I at least watch?
TF: I suppose. But at least put on this wig and these glasses.
Tina hands me a wig that looks like it's halfway between their haircuts and a pair of black horn rim glasses.
LL: That's better. Now let's get to it.
Me: But this isn't even my prescription! I can't see anything.
TF: Shut it! That's what we wanted.
Me: *squinting at Tina and Lisa* Awesome....
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
I did it... d'oh! Not going to use their stupid slogan
So, I have an iPod, but since most of them do not come with the remote these days, I've been trying to buy one off of eBay. Unfortunately, people keep sniping them out from under me. Well, having had enough of that, I decided to look for automatic bidding software. I had heard of it somewhere, so I looked at a bunch of different ones. Most of them require you to pay for either a per bid fee or a subscription or just the program. I did find one free one, called JBidWatcher and I'm having it snipe a couple auctions for me today. We'll just have to see how it works out. It's Java based and supposedly it's under active development. I just read on the website it got a 4 Mice award from Macworld. Cool.
iPod Remote, here I come.
-The Nerd
iPod Remote, here I come.
-The Nerd
Monday, March 28, 2005
More randomness
I saw The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou last night with Chris. It was really good. Very quirky, maybe a bit slow in parts, but very cool. I wasn't annoyed by the cutaways or the surreal imagery. It's definately not for everyone, but I liked it.
I also am just finishing watching Grey's Anatomy. I think it holds a lot of promise. None of the characters annoy me off the bat. And it's got Katherine Heigl. So Hot! The main character's backstory is also pretty interesting. It's sort of "Scrubs" but drama-y instead of sitcom-y. There were a couple things in the episode that I sort of saw coming but it made sense. I haven't watched ER in years, but it seems like that show has really gotten gimicky. I can't remember where I read it, but the person said that saying that the episode will be what everyone is talking about doesn't make it watercooler TV. I think that's what bugs me about ER is that now every episode has really annoying promos, "The episode you can't miss!" or "The last 5 minutes you won't believe!" Garrghh! Hopefully ABC doesn't start doing that to this show. Watch it. It's good. I swear.
In other news. I finally got an iPod this week. It wasn't from the free iPods thing I've been talking about, but I bought it off a co-worker for a really good price. It's so cool. Now I really need to look into putting a different radio in my car. I have one of the FM transmitter doo-hickeys, but it only gives so-so sound. I want hi-fidelity. Mucho sound-o. I also want to get my XM radio in the new car, but that also requires a workaround. There is a way to do both, and a cheap way and the cooler, more intergrated, much more expensive way. I would prefer the cooler way, and depending on what I do, it could be done in stages so as to decrease the cash layout.
Also, I recorded a couple movies this weekend. One was the original, good, version of The Ladykillers and the other was a cheesy Sci-Fi original movie starring Bruce Campbell, Alien Apocalypse. I've only watched a little bit of The Ladykillers to make sure it recorded correctly, but what I watched was good. The little old lady is awesome.
[Nerd Alert]
I'm 6 weeks behind on watching Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Battlestar Galactica. I'm also 6 weeks behind on MI-5 (which was on A&E). I've been slowly catching up on stuff, because during sweeps there was just too much new TV on. Maybe I watch too much TV, but because I can watch stuff whenever I want, I don't just watch whatever's on, I watch what I want to. I guess that's less random. I watched SNL from this weekend (it was a repeat w/Paris Hilton hosting but I hadn't seen it) and they had a pretty funny sketch about phone sex lines and who calls them and marketing to certain nerd subcultures, i.e. Trekkies, Star Wars dorks, Lord of the Rings nerds and D&D geeks. They even had a Dr. Who chatline. Hilarious.
I should really see how much TV a week I watch/record. I know there's a lot.
[/Nerd Alert]
I should go to bed. I have to work tomorrow. Even though I think the Big 3 are off, most everybody else isn't. Hopefully my drive home doesn't suck too bad. Blah.
-The Geek
I also am just finishing watching Grey's Anatomy. I think it holds a lot of promise. None of the characters annoy me off the bat. And it's got Katherine Heigl. So Hot! The main character's backstory is also pretty interesting. It's sort of "Scrubs" but drama-y instead of sitcom-y. There were a couple things in the episode that I sort of saw coming but it made sense. I haven't watched ER in years, but it seems like that show has really gotten gimicky. I can't remember where I read it, but the person said that saying that the episode will be what everyone is talking about doesn't make it watercooler TV. I think that's what bugs me about ER is that now every episode has really annoying promos, "The episode you can't miss!" or "The last 5 minutes you won't believe!" Garrghh! Hopefully ABC doesn't start doing that to this show. Watch it. It's good. I swear.
In other news. I finally got an iPod this week. It wasn't from the free iPods thing I've been talking about, but I bought it off a co-worker for a really good price. It's so cool. Now I really need to look into putting a different radio in my car. I have one of the FM transmitter doo-hickeys, but it only gives so-so sound. I want hi-fidelity. Mucho sound-o. I also want to get my XM radio in the new car, but that also requires a workaround. There is a way to do both, and a cheap way and the cooler, more intergrated, much more expensive way. I would prefer the cooler way, and depending on what I do, it could be done in stages so as to decrease the cash layout.
Also, I recorded a couple movies this weekend. One was the original, good, version of The Ladykillers and the other was a cheesy Sci-Fi original movie starring Bruce Campbell, Alien Apocalypse. I've only watched a little bit of The Ladykillers to make sure it recorded correctly, but what I watched was good. The little old lady is awesome.
[Nerd Alert]
I'm 6 weeks behind on watching Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Battlestar Galactica. I'm also 6 weeks behind on MI-5 (which was on A&E). I've been slowly catching up on stuff, because during sweeps there was just too much new TV on. Maybe I watch too much TV, but because I can watch stuff whenever I want, I don't just watch whatever's on, I watch what I want to. I guess that's less random. I watched SNL from this weekend (it was a repeat w/Paris Hilton hosting but I hadn't seen it) and they had a pretty funny sketch about phone sex lines and who calls them and marketing to certain nerd subcultures, i.e. Trekkies, Star Wars dorks, Lord of the Rings nerds and D&D geeks. They even had a Dr. Who chatline. Hilarious.
I should really see how much TV a week I watch/record. I know there's a lot.
[/Nerd Alert]
I should go to bed. I have to work tomorrow. Even though I think the Big 3 are off, most everybody else isn't. Hopefully my drive home doesn't suck too bad. Blah.
-The Geek
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Am I here to amuse you?
OK, it's Wednesday, but I meant to post about this earlier.
I finally saw Goodfellas this weekend. I don't know exactly why I never had seen it before now, I was probably given the chance, especially because Jared was such a freak for it, but at least I now have. I have to say that it exceeded my expectations and they were pretty high as I had heard from everyone that this was a great film. Scorsese got robbed at the Oscars, I can't believe that Dances With Wolves won over Goodfellas.
[Theory]
Let me share my Scorsese snub theory. I think that Scorsese's natural focus on New York may have been the reason for Oscar voter's inferred bias against him. Although I think the fact that he made a movie this year about someone from Hollywood and didn't win points to the movie apparently sucking.
[/Theory]
Back to Goodfellas. I really thought Ray Liotta was excellent. I also like the whole food motif throughout the movie. That seems to be a common theme in Italian and/or mobster movies. I'm sure that someone probably even wrote their thesis on it.
Food movie links
Food Films: Goodfellas
Pasta on Film
Term Papers
FindArticles.com - Imagism and Martin Scorsese: Images suspended and extended
Literature/Film Quarterly, 1998, by Castellitto, George P
Anyway. In conclusion, (although what I'm concluding has no real point) I really liked Goodfellas alot.
Fin
I finally saw Goodfellas this weekend. I don't know exactly why I never had seen it before now, I was probably given the chance, especially because Jared was such a freak for it, but at least I now have. I have to say that it exceeded my expectations and they were pretty high as I had heard from everyone that this was a great film. Scorsese got robbed at the Oscars, I can't believe that Dances With Wolves won over Goodfellas.
[Theory]
Let me share my Scorsese snub theory. I think that Scorsese's natural focus on New York may have been the reason for Oscar voter's inferred bias against him. Although I think the fact that he made a movie this year about someone from Hollywood and didn't win points to the movie apparently sucking.
[/Theory]
Back to Goodfellas. I really thought Ray Liotta was excellent. I also like the whole food motif throughout the movie. That seems to be a common theme in Italian and/or mobster movies. I'm sure that someone probably even wrote their thesis on it.
Food movie links
Food Films: Goodfellas
Pasta on Film
Term Papers
FindArticles.com - Imagism and Martin Scorsese: Images suspended and extended
Literature/Film Quarterly, 1998, by Castellitto, George P
Anyway. In conclusion, (although what I'm concluding has no real point) I really liked Goodfellas alot.
Fin
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
"Free" Stuff
So, anyways, lately I've been caught up in this whole "Free" stuff craze. I've signed up for 5 different things, for which I've spent ~$100 to get. Now, the actually value of the iPod photo, Sony PSP and the Mac Mini is way more than that, and I'm actually closest to getting the Sony PSP which will be sweet. I had to order cartridges for my printer to qualify for one of the offers, and what pisses me off is that's the one that didn't give me credit.
Let me lay it out if you haven't been following. It may not interest you so you can skip this post.
1. Sign up using a referral link (like mine in my sidebar) or by joining what's called a "conga line" (explained later.)
2. Complete an offer, usually signing up for a credit card or Blockbuster. (Ratetheoffers.com is a good site to see which offers are the least hassle/expense)
3. Get others to complete referrals.
The FreePSPs.com requires 5 referrals completed, Mac Mini is 10, and they vary from product to product, based on the price.
These free product sites get from $40-90 for each person they get to sign up for an offer, so that's how they can offer the stuff.
I haven't necessarily given the best explanation of this but if your check out some of my other links, there are better guides and whatnot, just in case you're interested.
I've been paying freeipodsandflatscreens.com to put my link up for a day, and during that day, everyone that clicks on that free products clicks through my link. I had 10 people sign up under my link for the 3 days I had it up, but unfortunately not everyone that signs up actually follows through and completes an offer.
Very important You should click on the link and make sure it has the referral number rather than typing in the website, otherwise I won't get credit for the referral.
Congas: I was actually kind of confused by the conga concept at first, but it goes like this. The first person starts the conga, and the next people sign up with that person's link, and after the first person gets all the referrals he/she needs, the next person gets his/her link put up as the link people sign up under and once the fill up, the next person under get their link put up, and so on and so forth. Good if you're at the top of the list, although there are other conga systems out there.
Ok, enough with the begging or whatever. Just working out my personal obsession of late.
Let me lay it out if you haven't been following. It may not interest you so you can skip this post.
1. Sign up using a referral link (like mine in my sidebar) or by joining what's called a "conga line" (explained later.)
2. Complete an offer, usually signing up for a credit card or Blockbuster. (Ratetheoffers.com is a good site to see which offers are the least hassle/expense)
3. Get others to complete referrals.
The FreePSPs.com requires 5 referrals completed, Mac Mini is 10, and they vary from product to product, based on the price.
These free product sites get from $40-90 for each person they get to sign up for an offer, so that's how they can offer the stuff.
I haven't necessarily given the best explanation of this but if your check out some of my other links, there are better guides and whatnot, just in case you're interested.
I've been paying freeipodsandflatscreens.com to put my link up for a day, and during that day, everyone that clicks on that free products clicks through my link. I had 10 people sign up under my link for the 3 days I had it up, but unfortunately not everyone that signs up actually follows through and completes an offer.
Very important You should click on the link and make sure it has the referral number rather than typing in the website, otherwise I won't get credit for the referral.
Congas: I was actually kind of confused by the conga concept at first, but it goes like this. The first person starts the conga, and the next people sign up with that person's link, and after the first person gets all the referrals he/she needs, the next person gets his/her link put up as the link people sign up under and once the fill up, the next person under get their link put up, and so on and so forth. Good if you're at the top of the list, although there are other conga systems out there.
Ok, enough with the begging or whatever. Just working out my personal obsession of late.
Friday, March 18, 2005
Neat stuff
I found this cool site that lets you spell words using images from Flickr
I found the link through ForeverGeek.com
I found the link through ForeverGeek.com
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Erin Go Braugh and all that stuff. I am seriously ready to do some hardcore drinking tonight. Ya' know, it's not a good St. Paddy's if some doesn't get sick. I will leave you with a few words and a couple links.
Happy Drinking!
St. Patrick's Day -- Customs and History
www.St-Patricks-Day.com
The History Channel - The History of St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Festival 2005 - Dublin, Ireland
"I'm not from Dublin, I'm from just outside of Dublin..."
Happy Drinking!
St. Patrick's Day -- Customs and History
www.St-Patricks-Day.com
The History Channel - The History of St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Festival 2005 - Dublin, Ireland
"I'm not from Dublin, I'm from just outside of Dublin..."
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Zombies...
Stolen from Tess
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I'm middle of the road... Squish, like grape
Stolen from Coronado
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Monday, March 14, 2005
4 (5?) Big Beers + Car Bomb + Red Head = Hangover
I awoke sometime Sunday morning, my arm achy in that fell-asleep-on-it kind of way, but that's because it had been hanging off the couch. I half didn't remember where I was, but slowly realized I was on Tess's couch. That was because there was no way I would have been able to drive home Saturday night. The title describes what I drank. I passed out on Tess's floor, but eventually was shepherded to the couch. I had a wicked headache in the morning.
Also, I saw Dear Frankie with Tess earlier on Saturday. It was really good, sweet without being schmaltzy. The kid actor was really good. Gerard Butler (who is the reason Tess wanted to see the movie) was also really good. The pacing of the movie was maybe a little slow in parts, but I think it was very deliberate. It was filmed in Scotland, once again reviving my want to go to Scotland. I had planned on making a trip there before Caitlin passed, but unfortunately that was not to be. It looked so beautiful there in the movie. I will go to Glasgow and Edinburgh eventually, but the exchange rate now is just not in our favor now.
Also, I saw Dear Frankie with Tess earlier on Saturday. It was really good, sweet without being schmaltzy. The kid actor was really good. Gerard Butler (who is the reason Tess wanted to see the movie) was also really good. The pacing of the movie was maybe a little slow in parts, but I think it was very deliberate. It was filmed in Scotland, once again reviving my want to go to Scotland. I had planned on making a trip there before Caitlin passed, but unfortunately that was not to be. It looked so beautiful there in the movie. I will go to Glasgow and Edinburgh eventually, but the exchange rate now is just not in our favor now.
Friday, March 11, 2005
FREE MAC MINI
Ok, this is blatant post whoring, but I'm trying to get my Free Mac Mini from Gratis and maybe some kind of Google bomb post will get my blog up high enough in the results to get a few more referals. I'm also signed up for Free Photo iPods, Free PSPs and Notebooks 4 Free.
I got a couple of referals by getting my link for my Free Mac Mini at FreeiPodsandFlatscreens.com and also FreeAppleStuff.com
Click here to sign up for your own Free Mac Mini
Um... pR0n. There. That should get some traffic. And um... WareZ
Free Mac Mini!
Free Mac Mini!
Free Mac Mini!
I got a couple of referals by getting my link for my Free Mac Mini at FreeiPodsandFlatscreens.com and also FreeAppleStuff.com
Click here to sign up for your own Free Mac Mini
Um... pR0n. There. That should get some traffic. And um... WareZ
Free Mac Mini!
Free Mac Mini!
Free Mac Mini!
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