Hollywood IS Hard...

.... especially for Kimmykim and Frutron. So I've seen a few of their video's a couple months ago, but since working overnights at paradise has put my sleep cycle in a talespin towards either insanity or insomnia; dunno yet though since I haven't reached the fork in the road, I've been up all night and I purged through ALL of their videos. If you trust my opinion, because I've given you so much of my credentials, you should check them out. They're two hilarious chikoritas, who are on the rise and can only get funnier.

     Well I guess this fanboy post is shorter than expected. I always plan to have my thoughts elaborated and colourful, but usually end up three sentences. Better than useless irrelevant ramblings of the insane and depraved, no?

     P.S. They are really funny.

Set Sail Young Man, Adventure is Beyond the Horizon

     As of late I have IMMERSED myself into dubstep (and other remixes and such), with all my findings from YouTube. I didn't just get into it, I've enjoyed the stuff for the better part of a year or so. But the past few days I've become almost addicted. I do nothing but sit on YouTube searching for dubstep remixes of theme songs to shows and video games of my beloved childhood; Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, Legend of Zelda, Mario, Donkey Kong, Pokemon,  Street Fighter, Thundercats, and many, many more. Me only working part-time with not much else to do has done nothing but to incubate this habit for me. Luckily, I don't think that I am in too deep as to where I become an elitist and do nothing but eat, sleep, breathe dubstep, especially since I've never become that way with anything else in my life, outside of a few days and never outside of my home. 

     But in my "travels" through, what I am right now creating and copywriting the term, the Dubsterverse, I have discovered a device for sound mixing called a launch pad. And no its not Launchpad McQuack from DuckTales and Darkwing Duck. It looks like a prop for a sci-fi keyboard, and seems absolutely awesome! The Novation Launchpad for use with Ableton Live software seems really cool, and I have no experience in producing electronic music but this thing is tempting me to venture into that field. 

Novation Launchpad

Two Jobs, Too Many; Mo' Money Mo' Problems

     So I work two jobs at the moment, one of which is at the Aztec Hotel the other being Toys R Us. I've been at the hotel for eight months now since October, and I worked at Toys R Us back in December but was a seasonal worker but was recently rehired. I'm not sure if having two jobs and no car is a really good idea though. 
     I work a full 40 hours a week at the hotel and less than 20 a week at Toys, but my hours are so sporadic that it takes its toll. Earlier this week it seemed I worked nonstop going back and forth betwixt the two employers causing my feet to blister more so than an overcooked hotdog in a microwave. I did however, get two days off in a row to recuperate. I also decided to replace my old sneakers and get gel insoles to prevent further hotdog feet.
     To give you an example of how hectic the beginning of my week was here's how it went down: 

                Works Sunday 11pm to Monday 7am at the Aztec, then works Monday 8am-12pm at Toys R Us,     then back to the Aztec Monday 3pm - 11pm. Then Tuesday 7am-11am at Toys R Us, then Tuesday 3pm-11pm at the Aztec. Then Wednesday 6am at Toys R Us until 12pm then back to the Aztec 3pm-11pm on Wednesday.

     As you might have guessed, I did survive.

Sun God: Another Year for Good Times

    Some of you may have read my post last year on the subject of Sun God: 

UCSD: Best Party School Ever! And if you didn't you can follow the link that I just gave you. Also here's the line up for this year's festival. So I got back from San Diego today after a wonderful four day weekend down there. It was my third year doing this wonderful event and I wish I could do it more than only once a year! It's so much fun and its only better in the company of my friends I spent this weekend with. 

Chiddy Bang

Made It, Cause Why Not?

I stumbled upon the image last night and decided to "engrave" it myself, haha. And so I though I'd share.

Le Vortex de eBay

     Over the past two weeks I've been perusing through eBay. It started with finding a watch, and has lead to, luckily only, a few more purchases. I've made a total of four purchases these past two weeks, but the reason I keep going back is because I have yet to receive my orders. Since I haven't received them yet, I keep checking their tracking progress, and then look at other things and because I see things, I want these things, and I have money at the moment so I can buy things; a vicious cycle I'm hoping to break soon, since I don't need anything else on eBay. The reason I have yet to obtain my orders is because three quarters of them are coming from China, through the China post, which I now despise (term used loosely) since I am way to anxious to receive in the mail. Its better than Christmas! 

Watch I purchased on eBay, coming from China.

Another watch from China on eBay, only $3.00, basis of said addiction.

Copper cigarette case from China, wanted for business cards.

Stainless steel cigarette case, which came with a free personal engraving, from California.

     So these are my four eBay purchases over the past two weeks. Hopefully I can show some restraint now since the stainless steel cigarette case and the golden mechanical watch should be arriving on Tuesday. I seriously get too excited from this. The other watch should be here before May 18th at the latest, just in time for Sun God! Another thing I'm excited for, well both the watch and Sun God.

Like A Baus!

     So yesterday, as I ventured back into my old stomping grounds and hung out with old chums, I decided to purchase a Nintendo 3DS. The friends I was visiting already had ones of their own and were very enthusiastic about the idea of me also having one, but when I said to go out and buy one right then they had a look of shock on their faces, as if getting one without pining for it for months was peculiar. Even though I've shown interest in getting one and have been goaded by them for the past two months. But I guess because I decided to do it right then and there with no prior thought of when to obtain one was odd. Later that evening, one of my friends said that I purchased my 3DS like a boss cause I just went out and did it. So moral of the story kids, being spontaneous is still appreciated in our society, and is looked on in awe and amazement, but usually only if it involves more than $40. Anyway, I'm a boss and I have a new gizmo to fiddle with since it has all these gadgets and pieces to tinker with. 


#NeverTooOld

When attempting to purchase said 3DS, I wanted a special edition one either for Mario or Zelda (which was a bundle pack including the game accompanying its theme), but after three GameStops, a Best Buy, and Fry's, I learned that the special edition was a limited edition for the holidays. So I settled for cosmos black and a clear case with a holographic, interchangeable Megaman decal.

Everytime!

Made it myself :D

Catching Up, Uninspired

     So I haven't made a post in awhile, two months precisely. I now have myself a laptop, after over six years going without my own computer, I dished out a grand and I have not regretted it. 17.3" screen, i7 intel processor, blu-ray player and so much more. I no longer have to weasel my way onto others to peruse the intarweb. I am now the proud owner to sport a HP Pavilion dv7.

     Also, in December I picked up a second job, in addition to my desk clerk position at the Aztec Hotel, at Toys R Us as a back of house specialist. Though due to only being a seasonal employee, I was let go. I had a great two week span working there.




    Random pics for kicks and giggles:

"Saying Goodbye, Why is it Sad?"

    

     The other day, I had to take my 12 year old cat to get euthanized. She had stopped eating and drinking for over a month and was in a steady decline of health. So the other day my mom made the call that it was her time and Salem was telling us she was ready to go. Enough details about that.

     So this isn't my first rodeo, I've owned nine cats over my lifespan, and had four pass away on me. It doesn't really make it any easier, the death of a loved one is always tough and hard to deal with. I lost a cat about a year and a half ago, and that one hit me really hard, didn't help that I had to work that day and couldn't be in his company during his last hours. I was with Salem when she was taken in, but had to work later that night. The first cat I lost was back in 2004, I was in eighth grade and was on a band field trip/ concert at Disneyland. When I was returned to the school and being picked up by my mom, she broke me the bad news. It was tough, not just because it was my first lost cat but, because she had been in the hospital for a few weeks, again that lost time to treasure those moments you'll regret not cherishing when you had the chance. 

Today at Work...

This is a true story.

All Hallow's Eve, Cyberspace to Asgard

     Back in January I wanted to create my own personal Tron costume for Halloween. But due to my lack of employment, receiving all the necessary components became an issue. In May, due to the release of the movie, Thor, I was bombarded with comments of how much I look like the title character. From there on my plans for October's last day were to dress up as the son of Odin due to its lack of fiscal investment. All I need is a Mjolnir, and I'm rearing to go, because I'm just going to wear a plaid shirt as stated in my previous post, Thor Dilemma. But all this pondering upon Halloween's guise could be to no avail due to my lack of actual plans for the day in question. *le sigh*

    

     On a not-so-totally-but-still-completely unrelated note, I've gone from looking like Jesus in tenth grade to looking like Thor. I guess there's a godly presence about me huh?

     Final note, I am no longer unemployed and am happy to work at the Aztec Hotel. Yay money!

The Day Has Come!

     For my avid followers, I have finally replaced my old EnV3 for the LG Octane. After many months of waiting, and numerous out-of-stock-when-I-go-to-the-store moments I have a new phone! Bully for me! And just in time, for my EnV3 has been putzing out on my by either withholding my texts or never letting me see my outgoing texts along with only working on speaker phone. Either way, I'm quite excited about and all is good!


For shits and giggles:

Thor Dilemma

     This past May I was barraged on Facebook with numerous notions of how I look like Thor, the Norse god of thunder. At first I didn't see the resemblance and thought they just saw we both sported beards, then I looked up the actor, Chris Hemsworth, and saw how he looked unThored and saw how much we looked alike.

Chris Hemsworth

Me...

      So for Halloween I am planning to dress like Thor, very cheaply though, by just purchasing the hammer and wearing a button up plaid shirt like he wheres on Earth. But nonetheless, I would be easily recognizable as Thor. But I have a problem, my hair is not long enough yet and I'm not sure it will be by Halloween. So hopefully my hair will decide to grow the extra inch or so in the next few weeks so I have a Halloween costume this year.

Also, I don't think I'll be that well physiqued
 by Halloween either.

Surviving Burgergeddon

     So as many as you know, Burger King had a huge promotion yesterday selling Whoppers at the reduced price of 88¢ due to it being August eighth (8/8). Now if you went to one of these establishments you would have most likely saw a horrific scene of cars backed up from the drive thru for almost a whole block, people swarming the inside of the restaurant, and employees frantically flame broiling burgers in the back. And due to all this chaos, the average order took about a half hour or more to finally get your food. I personally waited an hour, the main reason was because they lost about 50 of the order tickets. They were calling "20" and then orders were being called from "74". I could see that the tickets out of the machine were being neglected and ended up piling in the trash can below it. So anyway, getting a Whopper yesterday was a huge fiasco that wasn't thought about in advanced too well. But I did get my Whopper for only 88¢.


On a side note, Burgergeddon was totally worse than Carmegeddon. 

Why Not? We Already Do It To Sheep

     Cloning, some say its unethical and playing God. Maybe it is, I'm not the person to say, only because I forgot to sign for the credential over the interwebs. Anyway, we've successfully cloned (to my knowledge) sheep, kittens, and puppies. Life's necessities right? Why don't we clone endangered species? I found out the other day that the Northern White Rhinoceros has only seven, SEVEN, left on the planet, all of which are in captivity. That should be species numero uno to clone, or at least top ten. Also, I believe that pretty much any large animal on the planet today is either endangered or in danger of becoming endangered, except for maybe grizzly bears, haven't heard much disastrous news about them. But despite my tangents, I think that cloning endangered species is a good task to put our world's geneticists to. 

Is that your horn, or are you just excited to see me?

Generic [90's?] endangered species wildlife puzzle, for the kids.

And of course, we must preserve the North American Idiot. Our country's prized possession.

The End is Over

So a few hours ago the Carmegeddon contsruction ended and the 405 opened up a good 12 hours ahead of schedule, kudos to the workers. And as you might have guessed, I did infact survive. The media went overboard with predictions of the “diaster” that Carmegeddon was going to be, and scared everyone stupid. But due to all those overhyped tactics, most everyone seemed to stay home and off the freeways leaving it wide open for me to clear across all of L.A. With no problems. My mom kept saying, “I wish it was Carmegeddon every weekend.” And if the freeways weren't clear due to everyone staying home, then maybe since it's Carmegeddon everyone else was just raptured?

Are They Really That Much Faster?

     The large square above that reminds you of missingno, is a QR Code, or Quick Response Code. They started off used as marking auto parts for Toyota, but have spread onto other products. I'm sure you've seen one somewhere, on a flyer for a store perhaps? On a package from FedEx maybe? Either way, all they are are barcodes. Now I don't have all the facts, but I'm not sure how slow old fashion barcodes are. Are QR codes going to replace the barcodes we've come to know and love within the next decade or two? Only Time will tell.

The End is Near!

     So for those of you not in the Southern California area, today is the eve of Carmegeddon. Which is what the media has dubbed this weekend since a 10 mile stretch of the I-405 through the Sepulveda Pass will be closed due to maintenance. 

     Los Angeles has been going mad for the past month talking about this. I've heard such claims as the 405 will be backed up in traffic as far as the Mexican border. As for me, I don't know how long I'll survive during Carmegeddon, but I hope I survive as well as I did on the rapture in May.

A little early there buddy.

Now You Can Have Your PSP and Make Phone Calls Too

The PSP as we know and love it has been around for awhile competing with
Nintendo's latest Game Boy installments fondly know as DS's.

And a year or so ago I saw one of these bad boys at a Best Buy.
This is the PSP Go, because the PSP wasn't portable enough. I admit though,
I do enjoy the sleekness of this sliding model. I don't, however, like that you
have to download all the games you want to play on it because its too sleek to hold the UMD's its predecessor could, but I believe the added an attachment for though so its all good now.

And these are a pair of Sony Ericsson phones, which in my personal experience have been really cheap phones that you usually get with an under the table contract that shadier than sitting under a tree. 

And so now Sony has put a PSP Go into their newest Ericsson phone (Xperia Play). Its available through Verizon Wireless (I believe exclusively) and seems pretty cool. Again you have to download the games, unless that UMD attachment works on it. 

Here's a pic I took while looking for a new phone  of this new Sony Ericsson. And in case you're wondering about my new phone from my post a few months ago, I don't have one yet. I've been due for my upgrade since late April but had to wait due to financial difficulties, then when I had the opportunity to get a new Octane, that I had my eyes on, they ran out of them in the store. Just my luck, so now I'm waiting to see what new phones they might get in in the following weeks.