2008

I just tested my Bills IQ and I have to say that I am surprised. I never thought about many of the things that they had asked me on the test, I guess because I am still relatively young and don’t think about retirement or anything like that. After taking the test I realize that I need to get my credit cards paid off once and for all. They are all right for emergencies, but when you have to maintain your credit, they can be the one downfall you have.

I guess my first thing to do is see if I can do some Debt consolidation, this way I can just send out one low payment with a lower interest rate than I have now. I really need Debt relief, especially if we plan on moving. It just sucks because my income seems to be the only one right now, but that is really no one’s fault. I wish we lived closer to the middle of the US though, I found out my friend in Texas is only paying 394 dollars a month for a one bedroom apartment all utilities included. I thought Texas was just as expensive as here, I guess I was wrong.

Unfortunately I do not live in Texas so I need to figure out how to pay everything off. Maybe I need to look for Debt help, though I really don’t want to.

By now I am sure you have heard about the Family Guy spinoff, that stars his buddy Cleveland who leaves town to be with his ex. I love Family Guy, don’t get me wrong, but I don’t think that Cleveland can hold a show of his own, but we’ll see because the characters on Family Guy are really only funny because of the supporting cast, so maybe Cleveland will be the same way. I just hope that it doesn’t turn into something as bad as American Dad, bring back Futurama before that happens.

It has been 25 years since WarGames came out. In case you haven’t seen it, it is about a teenager who accidentally hacks into a government computer thinking it is there to play games. The government arrest him thinking he is working for the Russians, who they believe are launching missiles. The best part of the movie is the ending, which in order to stop the computer from playing the game, and essentially launching real nukes at Russia, they need to teach it that not all games are win or lose. To do that they have the computer play tic tac toe, with itself. Eventually the computer learns that not everything is black and white and decides to stop playing the games.

I love this movie, I think it has more significance now then it did back then. If I can I am going to try and go to the one night only screening of WarGames on July 24th which includes never before seen interviews with the cast and crew. They are also showing a making of WarGames 2, which is out now, I believe.

I am stuck here because my water pump blew and I need a serpentine belt. I have an appointment on Tuesday to get it done, but it just sucks that I need to wait until then, especially considering I made the appointment on Tuesday. The mechanic comes highly recommended though, so I can understand why he couldn’t take me until then. It is just sucks not having a car, though Monday and Tuesday I guess I will be preoccupied with E3 conferences to even notice. Monday is the Microsoft one, which is what I am most interested in since Bungie has been hinting at something, and Tuesday is the Sony and Nintendo one. I am interested to see what Nintendo has to bring to the table since Reggie was teasing E3 back in April. Hopefully it will be something as big as Wii Fit. As for Sony, I can’t imagine they are going to do anything more exciting than Home, and that doesn’t excite me at all. I know they are rolling out Achievement like things known as trophies and that all games will eventually have them, it might prompt me to buy a PS3, especially if I can display my trophies online.

Many people are still spending hundreds of dollars on glasses. I guess they don’t believe that ZenniOptical is the real deal and could save them literally hundreds of dollars. Nevermind the fact that you can watch Zenni on Fox and see it for yourselves that it isn’t a scam and they aren’t going to rip you off. Maybe if people watched that then they would save money on their eyeglass prescriptions.

I have always loved the idea of a home theater. I am not ust talking about a television room, I am talking the works, a huge high definition television, maybe possibly a projection one, surround sound system, carpeted walls for sound proofing, and of course home theater seating. Now you may ask why not just a couch? Well the answer is simple, a couch is not home theater like. I have seen some of the home theater seating that actually has the speakers in the chairs so you can feel the surround sound from all around you, even right behind you. Definitely, home theater seating makes any home theater complete.

If you put a vw turbocharger in a Volkswagon it is going to run and sound better. The reason it runs and sounds better is because it increases the amount of air entering the engine and in turn gives it more power. I thought about putting one in my Beretta, and I would if I had the money, but right now I don’t. As it is I more than likely need a new Serpentine belt and I hear it would be a pain to install it myself, so I would need to get that installed. I love my car and there is so much I would want to do to it, even if I could afford a new car, I think I would just keep spending money on getting mine upgraded and fixed. I would love it if I could get a new paint job, make it black with flames, put in some racing seats and a nice stereo system with built in Ipod dock and CD player, maybe even a built in computer. Of course all this would be nice, but I need the money first.

I need new glasses and I don’t have insurance, so what I might do is get them from zennioptical. They have really good priced glasses, I just need to get the prescription, or better yet get an eye exam. It isn’t a totally far fetched idea, I just need the money for my prescription. I wonder if I can call up where I got it before and request that information? It’s worth a shot.

E3 2008 is one week away. Last year Nintendo announced the Wii Fit, this year I am hoping that they announce more compatible games for it, like Tony Hawk. Bungie has been hinting at E3 in their latest podcast, so maybe we will hear about a new game from them, or maybe see something from the Peter Jackson Halo project. I know I am going to definitely be checking out every bit of Halo Wars screen videos there are, though I don’t know how well an RTS is going to be on the 360.

I am also hearing rumors that Microsoft will reveal a motion sensored controller similar to the Wiimote, so maybe that will be announced. I just hope none of the big three announce a new console because the console wars are still going strong and taking it to another level would be horrible in this economy.

Krissy says that my car is making some odd noises and starting to die. Now while my Beretta isn’t my first car, it is the car that has lasted me the longest. As of right now we are on vacation so hopefully we will be able to make it back home safely, if not we may need to figure out a way to do a car rental, but that might be difficult considering you need to be at least 25. Advantage is having a 50% discount on Luxury and Convertible car rentals, I hope they have that when I turn 25 because I might just rent a convertible for the hell of it.

The place we were looking into has been rented out so we need to come up with somewhere else to live. Since I am sick I haven’t really been out much, I have been mainly sleeping, but I don’t want to do that today since I have some work to do. I am kind of happy that the place isn’t available, it was kind of small and there wouldn’t be a place to have Sectional Sofas, which I find to be the most comfortable. When have you ever seen Sectional Sofas where you don’t just sink in and can fall asleep? Plus they are good because if you do fall asleep, someone else can still be sitting on it too. I guess we are going to have to keep looking for a place, there might be a few out east, but they’d be more expensive. I guess we’d just need to wait and see.

I have been sick the last few days. I think I have a sinus infection, but I have no money to go to a doctor and I don’t have insurance, so that is out. If we lived someplace else, like Canada, Cuba, France, England then we’d have a universal heathcare system would have insurance, but because we live in the greatest country in the world we have no form of universal healthcare. Are we not entitled to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness? If we do not have health insurance doesn’t that threaten our ability to live and the ability to pursue happiness?