2008

Krissy and I headed down to the beach tonight and the sight before us shocked me. It was the one time that I actually wished that I had brought the video camera with me. The storms this last week completely tore down the fencing and the ocean took down the dunes, there was literally about two feet more beach than normal. It is pretty strange what’s going on with all the weather related incidents happening lately. If only someone would have said something about Global Warming years ago, maybe it wouldn’t be this bad.

My mother can’t figure out how to use her cellphone. She has had the same type of phone for over ten years and still she can’t seem to place a call on the first try without first messing something up, hitting the wrong number, or going into another option on the phone. The problem is that even though the phone is essentially the same design from ten years ago, it has gotten much smaller than the original model and the buttons and screen have gotten smaller along with the phone.

I told her about the Jitterbug a few months ago and she certainly was interested in a larger phone. She doesn’t use the phone like a young person would, so having only 60 minutes a month wouldn’t be bad for her, in fact if they offered less than that then it would probably be better, but 60 minutes for $20 a month isn’t a bad deal, especially for the amount of time she would use it. I think that she might switch over to one when her current contract runs out. I might buy her the lanyard that goes around her neck since she would most likely throw it in her purse and not be able to find it when it rings. If it is n a string, even if its in her purse she would just need to pull the string and out comes the phone.

I have never been a fan of the Guitar Hero franchise. I would still be playing Rock Band had other games not come out and take me away from it. I am liking the sound of the next Guitar Hero game though. Apparently it will have other instruments, like a microphone and a drum set that actually looks like a drum set. They haven’t released details on the guitar yet, they had to change the design since being sued by Gibson, but from what I hear it might actually be a bit more like a real guitar. It has to be considering it will be used for creating your own music and putting it on XBox Live.

That is one thing that I have wanted to do for a while, make my own music, I thought I might be able to on the Mac, and I still might be able to, I just need to finish up open accounts that I have for clients. In the future you might be able to download leprakhaun’s exclusive tracks.

The DVD for Frontier(s) comes out a few days after it is released in theaters, so if I don’t go up to Philly then I might have to wait those few days. I just wish that they would change the rules and allow unrated pictures to go in theaters. How much better could movies like Robocop, American Pie, and Clerks have been if they were allowed to go to theaters with an unrated cut of the movie? Tons of people buy the unrated movies because they have stuff in there that they couldn’t get away with under an R rating.

For a Horror movie, it is a given that you will mot likely have an R rating, and if you have less than an R rating then you had better have a good movie. The thing that I don’t understand about the ratings system though is that an R rating is no one under 17 is allowed in. How is that different than an NC-17 rating? Going to see an R rated movie should be for 18 and older, it is only one year and since everyone is an adult the unrated movies should be allowed to be shown. Who are they to say that just because your an adult doesn’t mean you can watch this type of movie in public?

This television season has sucked aas far as I’m concerned. Lost, Eli Stone, and Terminator the Sarah Connor Chronicles have been amazing, and on CBS The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother were good. With Eli Stone, Lost and Sarah Connor Chronicles being midseason replacements, and Lost and Eli Stone being on Thursday night and Sarah Connor Chronicles on Monday with The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother, the rest of the week had been lacking. All those shows are being renewed for another season and I also find that Scrubs will be moving to ABC Tuesday Nights so that is going to be good. It just looks like next season’s lineup will be a lot better than this year.

The more I hear about the movie Frontier(s) the more I really want to see it. I don’t really want to see it on the small screen though (32 inches), I want to go to a movie theater and see it. If I was in NJ then I would probably take a train to Manhattan to see it, but I don’t even think I could take a train from here to Philly to see the movie. If I did I would need to drive to Georgetown to take the train and I might have to switch trains in Wilmington. Switching transportation has always made me nervous, I don’t think I’ve ever done it because I am afraid I would be stranded there between buses or trains.

If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the Trailer for the movie. I am warning you, the movie is unrated and has caused a lot of controversy so you might not want to watch the trailer if you don’t like horror movies. Personally I love them. I love having the crap scared out of me, so horror movies or roller coasters are definitely something I love. Speaking of scaring the crap out of me, I still want to play Resident Evil 4, my 360 has been hogging all my time and I don’t think I’ve given my Wii a fair go around. Resident Evil 4 would be a good thing to play after watching the movie though.

I have my first official Girl of the Moment. I originally was going to do Girl of the Week, but after the huge response I got I decided to just do Girl of the Moment and change it periodically. I don’t know when I will start looking for the next one, but I know when I do I will be more prepared. I think less personal contact and more like a form to fill out. I don’t think it will be before I finish up this one person’s work though so it might be a week if not more before I can even get started on the form.

Congradulations to The Tina.

I like the advertisers that SocialSpark has so far, but I wish they would offer more advertisers with more of a range of opportunities.Now I don’t expect Chevrolet to send a car over for me to test drive, but maybe send out an advanced copy DVD of a Sony DVD that has to be written before the DVD hits the streets. Or maybe hooking up with XBox 360 and have people review demos, of video games, that can be downloaded via XBox Live. Even Windows game demos would be nice.

Don’t get me wrong writing a good old review is fine, but sometimes I wish that bloggers could be regarded as more than just quick cheap reviews, I wish that companies would take us more seriously. Like say I wanted to test out a new motherboard, RAM or processor. Even without compensation, if ASUS or Intel sent me something then I would happily review it. I might even put a static link to that company on my website for a while, I might keep it their for the life of the computer if I really liked it.

I like what SocialSpark is doing, I just wish and hope that maybe the sponsorships that they give out will be more like a professional sports team like, where we wear it until we are done with it, or until it is renewed. Afterall the sponsorships that I would receive would go back into my site if they could, which would mean that more and more people would see whose sponsoring it, which would mean more money for the company who sponsors me.

Apparently Scott Summers, AKA Cyclops from the Xmen films and comics will be in the Wolverine movie. I really hope they don’t have Wolverine and Cyclops meet in the movie otherwise the X-men movies wouldn’t make much sense. I think they might do what George Lucas did with Revenge of the Sith though, have Cherbacca appear in it, but not anywhere near the main character.

You know, I always thought that Lenny Kravitz had an interesting style. I mean here he is, in the 21st century wearing bell bottoms and tight shirts. I always thought it was very unique of him, especially when other African Americans are wearing Sean John, or putting out their own clothing line, Kravitz takes an original stance and goes back to the 70’s for his look. It really makes him stand out.

My style isn’t anywhere near Lenny Kravitz’ though. Mine is more like Kevin Smith. I have a trench coat and I used to wear a lot of baseball caps. I would still wear them now, but my hair isn’t as long as it was so I don’t need to worry about it sticking up when I go out. Honestly I don’t even think I own a pair of Dockers and if I do then I haven’t worn them in a long time.

Speaking of Dockers, don’t forget that there is still time to enter the Dockers contest, which is for a TV video commercial, but you don’t want to wait until the last minute to enter, you should work on it and make it as good as you can. The better the entry the more likely you are to win the contest.

Speed bumps are all over the place where I live. It doesn’t slow anyone down except for emergency personnel though. It takes up to 30 minutes extra for police or firefighters to get to people because of the speed bumps. I am not talking about one or two in the complex, I am talking about one per every 100 feet. As it is I am driving sideways on them so I don’t bottom out, or I just drive on the grass. Either way these things have to go.

I am a fan of Smallville, but next season they are loosing Lex, Lana, and now possibly Chloe as main characters. Lex and Lana will be on as recurring characters, but Chloe remains to be seen. Honestly Lex could have been a recurring character for the last few seasons, him marrying Lana and trying to get her pregnant was really far fetched. Honestly after the season finale, I don’t know how they will continue the story at all, but maybe they will jump to more Superman Mythos, maybe Clark will finally fly in season 8. I am guessing he will have to in order to fight Doomsday right?