The Ten Commandments

So I was taking a shower this morning before I went to work and had an interesting idea pop in my head for a blog. I am not sure what it is but I seem to come up with some of my best ideas in general when in the shower. I find that interesting. Where do your best ideas come to you?
Anyway so I was just doing my shower thing and for some reason I started thinking about the Ten Commandments. Really I don't know why. But I started thinking so like these are kind of like God's Laws right? Like follow these and you are into heaven easy. So while thinking about these I remembered a few of the top of my head and realized that out of the 3 or 4 I remembered I had broken all of them. So this was a bit disturbing to me. I'll admit I am the first one to find a fault with religion, any in general. But some of these are just good rules to follow you know, like moral guidelines, you know.
After my shower I grabbed my Bible(yes I have one, who doesn't somewhere in their house). On a side note my brother has a really cool picture Bible. It's pictures are great. It took me a while to find them I am not exactly a Biblical scholar. They were in Exodus btw. So after looking at the 10 I didn't feel so bad anymore cause there were some I hadn't broken(not many). But now for your reading pleasure I will break down each commandment one by one and tell you how I have broken them or not. Let's go.

1. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me - I don't think I have broken this one. I can't really think of anything that would go with this. SO yay me! 1a. Thou shalt not make an idol or something - This kind of goes with the first one in some religious circles. I don't make anything so I am safe on this.
2. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain - Yeah you can say I have broken this one a number of god damned times. Oops, I did it again! So it's only one so far.
3. Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you - Ok that's two. But no offense to anybody reading this but God don't pay rent, ok. I do. I have to work on Sundays(the Sabbath) because I have a shitty apartment I have to pay for every month. So God will have to understand this one.
4. Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you - The Lord God commands a lot... So this one is a toss up. Sure occasionally I have been mean to my parents and not done what they said or broke a rule they set or something. So that could be perceived as not honoring them. But I don't know. For the sake of argument let's say I have not done this well enough. That makes 3 out of 5 so far.
5. You shall not murder - Simple enough, right? Obviously I have never killed anyone directly. There is the key word though directly. Abortion is considered murder now while I have never had one obviously or otherwise needed someone else to have one I have not stopped it therefore indirectly aiding these murderers. To clear up a point here I am for abortion btw, woman's choice and stuff. What about the car I drive? It is a beast of a vehicle that pumps out toxic fumes like nobody's business causing harmful chemicals to enter our air and that will eventually lead to the deaths of people. I could keep going on here with other things that I do to facilitate murder but don't want to bore you. The question I pose is does God hold some of these against me or is he only considered with deaths cause directly by me? According to this he does "Forbids taking away of our own life, or the life of our neighbor, unjustly; and, anything that tends toward depriving life." That makes 4.
6. Neither shall you commit adultery - Obviously this one is a gimme since I am not married I can't have committed adultery. YAY ME!
7. Neither shall you steal - Well it may surprise you people out there but I have occasionally applied the five finger sale to some of my purchases. I can't really remember what or why. but I can't guarantee you it has happened. A CD here, a cassette tape there, a book. Anyway that makes 5.
8. Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor - Now if this just applies to neighbor's I am cool. Somehow though I think it is a bit more encompassing that that. BRB. OK I am back where was I, oh yeah. So like I was saying I think it encompasses lying in general. Now this may come as a shocker or maybe not. But I think I have lied at least once to every single person I have ever known. Some people multiple times. I have lied a lot. So there is no denying this one. 6 is where we are at peeps.
9. Neither shall you covet your neighbor's wife - Now taken literally I got nothing to worry about. My neighbor's wifes on both sides of my apartment are nothing to write home about. Not attractive in any way. So in that sense I am not coveting jack. Take it as not so literal and there are some women out there I covet, oh hell who are we kidding I have a Top 5 list people. That's called extreme coveting. Again so taking God's word and applying it in a more liberal fashion I get another strike that's lucky number 7.
10. and you shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's - I know it's says 11 so I told you 1 and 2 went together but I didn't feel like renubering everything. So yeah back to the whole neighbor thing. God is big on commanding things and neighbors. So anyway I don't covet anything of my neighbors. He has no field, no servants, no ax and ass. I assume ass is meant to imply a donkey or some other animal. If not all these people in an uproar about gays need to check out this Command. I really have nothing to riff on this one.

So ladies and gentlemen with a score of 7 out of a possible 10 Randy will be spending eternity in HELL. God dammit. That's right people I have in some way or another broken SEVEN of Gods Commandments. There were only 10. Man think about that...
All is not lost though in some religions which btw are all based on the same thing thus offshoots of each other. It is cool as long as I confess and allow Jesus/God into my heart, I am saved. This goes for anybody as well, Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy, Adolf Hitler could all be waiting to party with me when I enter this pearly gates. I can't wait. How about you?

Disclaimer: This blog is in no way intended to offend or disparage anybody's beliefs in any religion. These are just the thoughts of a deeply jaded 28 year old male who likes to think outside the box and come up with interesting topics so that people will leave comments on his blog. He himself does not believe in religion and therefore is particularly biased towards all forms of religion. He does believe in a higher power in some form or another but does not believe that going to church every Sunday is the answer...
"Religion is the opiate of the masses."---Karl Marx

Some new music choices and stuff...

Well, its 1:45 in the A.M. and I have to be up at 6. I have taken a tylenol PM and I can't even concieve of sleep right now. This is the curse of insomnia. Chances are I will fall asleep at 5am, making a 6am wake up after an hour sleep all the more bitter. So what is there to talk about? Why can't I sleep? I don't know, but I know I have three bouts of insomnia in the last four days. I haven't had a drink in two weeks. Saturday was the hardest day. There was nothing to do and I could have started drinking at noon and been nicely toasted all day, of course I was thankful for the absence of headaches and beer shits on Sunday.
I have a new favorite song that I'm listening to right now, its called Shelter From the Storm and its by Bob Dylan. I'm always finding new Bob Dylan that I like. I have to admit my music taste lately is skewing way towards the college radio stuff. Lots of Iron and Wine, Flaming Lips and Death Cab for Cutie. Is this my nearing thirties, everything is too loud phase, or is it just pretentious hipster music to go with my new beard and brown corduroy jacket? I'll let you be the judge. I will say this though, If you haven't heard Iron and Wine's Love Vigilante's you should give it a listen. That dude can sing circles around Jack Johnson and thier lyrics are "very dense, very interesting" (Squid and the Whale...anyone, anyone? moving on.) Enough about me whats going on in your life? I know I've been sabre rattling about cutting folks from the blog, but I'm all talk. You can all stay as long as you want, post when you can, or not at all its all good.
Also, check out a song by the Beta Band called Dry the Rain. It's the song in High Fidelity when John Cusack says "i will now sell 5 copies of the Beta Band EP" he only plays the last part of a five minute song, but the whole song is good if you give it a chance. I'm not sure what I would do without itunes. I don't even know what they are playing on the radio these days. I know Raggeaton came and went, without my ever caring.
So here's an interesting anecdote: I was in Hollywood video looking for Movies to rent. They were playing some Bob Marley DVD on the TV's (Randy will tell you this is against store policy, only G rated movies are allowed.) I was struck by how heavy Bob Marley's patois was. I guess I've never heard him interviewed before. They were playing "Stir it Up" really loud in the store and it sounded really good. There was nothing to rent so I left. It was sunny out and I could still here Stir it Up on my wat through the parking lot. I thought it would be a perfect day to Bar B Q and listen to Bob Marley in the sun. I thought that would be perfect. But then I realized that that moment was perfect. The sun felt good and the music sounded good. Nothing I could have planned would have felt as fitting as that did. It got me thinking about how many times we try to manufacture moments. We think "Today is the perfect day for a Barbaque" and we try to get everyone together and go shopping and get everthing together and in the end , it just feels like a lot of work. Or you think, this would be the perfect night to have a beer and talk, so you go to the Crown, but when you get there, you can't think of anything to say and you just get bored. I realized that every moment where you get that feeling that everything fits is an unplanned spontaneous moment. The best times I've had at the crown are just when you go becasue you have nothing to do and it just so happens that everyone you know is there and you end up having these really fun unplanned converstations. I don't know what I'm getting at except that when you have those moments when things just feel right, you don't have to be doing something special or monumental, just enjoy them as they come. Well its now 2:15 and I'm gonna give sleep another try.

HAPPY EASTER

Happy Easter

They finally left the nest this morning at like 6am! They are pretty clumsy flyers though. The mom calls them from different areas like a training session. Can you believe how big they are? The one on the far left is a bit younger i think. He/she isn't very confident in flying yet. It calls to its mom when its alone. So the babies are all grown up and are finally exploring the big world. My plant is a disgusting mess though. Caked in bird poo. Oh well. A small price to pay for seeing wild animals. Have a Happy Easter everyone!!

Two Blogs, One Day...

Yes yes I am back just hours after finishing up my blog A Climate Change. I am back to waste some time and entertain you with tales of I don't know. Really though it is a Saturday and I want to go home. But this will not be a post of sadness. I refuse to let my situation get me down.
I am not sure of what to talk about today though. I got nothing. This sucks, I have to have something to talk about. I don't want to write a Celebrity Gossip blog because I get the feeling those are frowned upon among this blogging community. I could be wrong but I don't think so.
My co-workers are talking about racism and how they won't date certain races. I say they are stupid that they shouldn't discriminate but they disagree. Well they are weird. I am right, I am an equal opportunity dater. Love is color blind.
Now they are talking about torture of the Japanese and Koreans in WWI. They are really getting into this. This is making me a bit uncomfortable. What am I supposed to say? I can't really relate to the conversation. I am just keeping quiet in the corner.
They have stopped talking now. This was by far one of the worst posts I have ever written. I am so, so sorry there is nothing going on though. I shouldn't have tried to blog twice. Oh well. What's done is done. I am out of here. PEACE!!

All growns up, but not ready to leave.

Well, as you can see the babies are just about grown up. They did some flight training today where one of the parents flew off and then called them. They'd stand up and do some tentative flapping, but thye don't seem quite reeady to leave yet. ( Who would be, with rents the way they are in this city.) It's going to be any day now and Lauri and I will be empty nesters.

A Climate Change

So I was sitting around yesterday with not much to do. I had the day off as usual. A little off topic but you know what the weirdest thing about not drinking is for me. It results in a lot of sitting around with nothing to do. When I was drinking I could go to a bar or call somebody up and go to Happy Hour or just sit on my couch and drink a nice, cold beer. Now I have a lot of down time that is spent in my apartment. I realize I could get up and go out, take a hike, run around the block or some other activity. All that is great but another realization I have come to is I don't like to exert myself very often. Anyway this is all beside the point back to my original thought.
So I was sitting around yesterday with not much to do so I turned on the TV. After all I HEART TV. So I was flipping around the channels. I know what you're thinking no nothing good was on The Disney Channel. I started watching those lame sports shows where everyone has an opinion about someone or something and they all don't agree. So I grew weary of that quickly and kept flipping around.
Then I change it to HBO and "Day After Tomorrow" was on. Now this was only a decent disaster film I mean the effects and visual disaster scenes were awesome but the characters were stereotypical and the story was about as predictable as the sun rising in the east and setting in the west. I sat there though for a good two hours watching this movie that I had seen before and the funny thing was I was entertained by it and actually found myself wondering what would happen if something like this really happened. A climate change so drastic that we would within a day enter a new ice age. I
magine starting anew, knowing what we know now would we rebuild our country exactly the way it is now? Or would we learn from mistakes made in the past? Would we create a country as dependent on gasoline as ours is now? I found myself pondering those questions as well as some others, most fallacies in the film but let's ignore those.
If thrown into a new Ice Age would us and by us I mean the people I know survive? Would we be able to adapt to the change? Would we strive to make the world a better place? Would we relish the chance to start over and shape the world? Or would we just do the bare minimum to get things back to the way they were before disaster struck?
Anyway so as you can clearly tell I was in sort of a philosophocal mood yesterday. I was gonna post all this last night but I got tired and went to bed instead after watching some of my Disney Channel of course. So think about those questions and answer themif you like in a response post or comment. See ya later!!

False Hope (I Think)

Hey guys what's up. I just thought I would blog cuz I haven't and I should. Cuz That's How I Roll! anyways last friday I had a audition for a sprint national commercial. I thought of it like a normal audition and that means no callback or anything. But this week on wednesday I had a callback and I got excited so i did the callback and I think I did better than the first audition. The casting guy said they were gonna make a decision by video. My agent said they were shooting this saturday and I haven't gotten a call yet. I probably wont either. I thought everything could get done easier if I got this but I guess it's not time yet. It would've been great the commercial was Will Ferrell which would've been fun. I know friday isn't over yet but I think I wont get a call. I'M TIRED OF THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now about D&B I know the servivce is bad. But we are not a normal restaurant. We don't have a bunch of servers with tables close together (like Islands). But I'm sorry Tim, Tom, Grace, and Carly. Anyways have to do laundry to get ready for late night Friday work. YAY!

Dave & Busters is the worst place on earth

We went to Dave and busters yesterday the service was horrible. Although I must say that the bus boy was on top of everything it was great. He kinda looked like this guy I see on scrubs now and then. It couldn't have been him he was just to ugly. Anyway I gotta go take a shit.

All Grown Up

I think the birds are ready to leave the nest. They are huge now. Is it actually possible for something to grow that fast in such a short period of time? I've seen them stretch out their wings and they sit on the edge of the plant looking longingly at the big world. The parents come together now to feed them cuz I think they demand more food now that they are bigger. I took some pictures of them this morning because I just felt they that they won't be there when I come home from work. Its so sad. I don't want them to go. I can't even get up next to them cuz they are wild now. They know that I'm "bad". They click their beaks and get very restless. So I can only watch them from a distance now. I'll have Pete put up the new pictures this weekend. I hope the parents come back and lay more eggs. Of course my poor plant needs some poop removal first. I'll keep you all updated on their departure progress.

The Eternal Struggle

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The eternal struggle between ninjas and Pirates continues it seems. Of course the cops are gonna throw a beat down on a ninja. Its because they know a ninja uprising would mean the downfall of thier tenuous hold on society. The ninja revolution will not be televised. It will be in the dark, when you least expect it.

The Great Cleansing??

The Founders (Me and Randy) will be meeting this weekend to discuss the Future of Life Outside the Rat Race. We will confer on who is worthy to remain. Its not looking good. I'm definitely leaning towards quality instead of quantity. I think we're taking a major hit from Myspace. Because I know you guys are busy over there. I won't come on to myspace. Its populated with creepy people who lurk in the digital shadows. No, I'm happy here pouring out text.

I've gone mad!

I have my own addiction these days. My addiction is my apartment. I've realized that i've been in this particular place for over two years now and that's the longest i've ever been in an apartment. So i'm starting to feel crammed and messy and old. First thing i did is made my balcony nicer. I got rid of shit and i stored other shit away. Then i moved on to my closets. I donated stuff and threw away things. I bought a new dresser that i've never had before. The one i had was owned by my grandparents like forever ago. Now i'm on the sofas. They too belonged to my grandparents. The cushions have been flipped so that the springs won't get me, and they are covered up with sheets. Its not cool. So i'm on the hunt for new sofas. The one i really really want is at Ikea. I'm gonna go check it out today and maybe purchase it. Thing is though is that this won't satisfy me. Its like i'm in a weird nesting period and things just won't be right. So my addiction continues to finding a whole new place. A bigger place. A two bedroom apartment. I can't afford alot unfortunately. So the search is becoming desperate. A two bedroom opened up in my complex so i talked to the manager who said that the rent was $1350! Now that may not sound like to much but for this particular place, its a bit extreme. Not to mention that the security deposit is $1500!! Outrageous. Everyday i check out Craigslist. This web site is awesome cuz even if your totally bored, you can search for anything. I check all areas and if i see something i like i stress over it for at least a week. Even if i know i can't afford it. Here are some examples of places i love but can never get...maybe...................ok so i realized that i don't know how to add links and i don't want to put a huge copy and paste thing on here. So just take my word for it. But anyways, the obsession grows. Not only do i internally stress about it but i've started to email these people from Craigslist begging to let me rent the apartment/house for less. They actually write back sometimes. Its degrading, i know. But if i want something i'm gonna try to get it. Life is short. And more times than not, i let things go and wish i'd done something. So i write the lame emails cuz i also figure, no one knows who i am. I actually called a realtor this morning and told my situation, i'm not expecting a call back. The rent is $2650 and i said i could afford $1050. That's a joke to those people. But my addiction continues. What's next for my apartment? I think i'll clean the carpets. Its exhausting being crazy.

Addiction

ad·dic·tion
1. Compulsive physiological and psychological need for a habit-forming substance
2. The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or or involved in something.

As you can see these two definitions of addiction have something in common the word habit.
For some people addiction is a serious problem. I never have really had that problem. Either I am too dense to realize I am addicted or just generally speaking don't have an addictive personality. I used to smoke, I stopped. Haven't smoked for a while. I can't say how long cause I forgot. I drink, usually copious amounts. I have not taken a drink fro 11 days and will not for at least 19 more days after that who knows. The closest thing I am addicted to now would be caffeine. Well caffeine and The Disney Channel. I changed the color of that last part to more closely match the background of our blog because it is a bit embarrasing. I am sure you can figure out what it says but if you are really having problems with it just scroll over and all shall be revealed.
I am a 28 year old man who for some inexplicable reason is addicted to The Disney Channel. I don't know what it is, I come home from work and usually not much is on but I could play a game or surf the web or any number of things yet I choose to sit down on my couch and change the channel to Channel 48 on my TV and watch some of my favorite shows. Those shows are

• The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
• That's So Raven
• Phil of the Future

Now these shows if you haven't already guessed by the titles and summaries I have linked to are not geared for the age bracket I reside in. They are more geared to the age bracket I was in about 15-16 years ago. Maybe that. These are just the shows on from the hours of 11PM - 12:30PM. These shows make up a good portion of what I watch on The Disney Channel. What I haven't included is one of the new shows I watch religiously.

• Hannah Montana

I realize what you are either thinking to yourself or saying out loud to yourself. It probably is somewhere along the lines of "WTF"! Which if I have to explain the acronym. Never mind. So I have now told you some of the reasons I inexplicably watch The Disney Channel. Now let me give you some more. BTW I do realize about half of you stopped reading this awhile ago. Your loss. So not only are the TV shows oddly entrancing, but so are the Original Movies slyly coded as DCOM. I am sure by now you have heard of the most popular one ever.

• High School Musical

High School Musical has been tabbed a "Grease" for the generations of tweeners and teens who watch The Disney Channel. This thing has blown up read the article I mean it is amazing what it has done. Anyway it is just another reason I can't turn away from this media giant that has ensnared me.

I know by now you all probably think I am a big weirdo who enjoys watching kids shows. Don't judge me. I am not sure how it all started or why I can't just stop and do or watch something else. I have over 100 channels I am sure something else is on. Oddly I don't seem to care. Oh well. Bye for now!!

Maybe this will light a fire under our asses

So... I've heard a nasty rumor around town. I heard (from his own mouth) that Pete is tempted to delete us all from blogging privileges (except for himself, Lauri, and Randy). People, do you know what that means??? We will only be allowed to comment on their blogs, nothing more. I think this might have something to do with their pact to not drink until Vegas. Are they mad at us because we have not made some crazy decision to not stop stop drinking? So, get it together and blog up a storm so we don't get kicked off this party of a blog.

Feathers in bloom

Yes, That substance in the foreground is Bird shit, and lots of it. But we love them anyway.

Top Ten Sceenplays

Here's the top ten screen plays according to the LA Times Calender section from todays paper, according to the Writer's Guild.
1. Casablanca
2. The Godfather
3. Chinatown
4. Citizen Kane
5. All About Eve
6. Annie Hall
7. Sunset Blvd.
8. Network
9.Some Like it Hot
10. The Godfather II
Here's a list from one who doesn't have his head up his ass (Me.) With a selection of favorite lines from each.

1. The Big Lebowski ("yeah, well...The Dude abides.")
2. Rushmore ("I always wanted to be in one your fuckin' plays." " I know you did mate.")
3. Lost in Translation (The unknown line Bill Murray whispers in Scarlett Johanson's ear)
4. Miller's Crossing ("Whats the rumpus?")
5. The Empire Strikes Back ("Luminous being are we, not this crude matter.")
6. Clerks ("Try not to suck any dick on your way through the parking lot!")
7.Goodfellas ("Now go home and get your fuckin shine box!")
8. Kelly's Heroes("We like to think we can get outta trouble quickern' we got into it")
9. Cool Hand Luke (Ain't ya scared Luke? Ain't ya scared a' dyin'?)
10. A River Runs Through It ( some of the best parts of this movie are unspoken. When Tom Skerrit, as the father goes to raise his hand to wave, but then restrains himself, or when he goes to put his hand on Norman's knee but has trouble finding it.)

Your contributions to this top ten list are eagerly awaited.

Beer Shits (Not necessarily in that order)

There's a major drawback to working in the morning that no one really thinks about. Or maybe they do think about it and no one talks about it. Well I'm talkin about it...Taking a shit. Thats right, If I have to be at work before 9am, I can't take a decent shit in morning. Oh sure, I could rush myslef and try to pinch one off really quick before a shower, but what kind of satisfaction does that bring? My bowels don't wake up until an hour after I do. At my job the morning is the busiest time and I carry a walkie si i have like no privacy until things slow down. And its not like I have a private bathroom. I have to plop down in a public restroom, How barbaric. So most times I hold it, wait for it to pass and put it off til later, all the while making strange faces. I think my co-workers believe I have a facial tic that only affects me in the morning. Should I start to get up early and wait for my bowels to wake up? I'm seriously thinking about that. Anybody out there have any suggestions for a comfortable shit at work? I'm talkin about a long comfortable shit where you can bring the paper and really get into an article and wait for any stragglers. Lemme know. How can I expect to be effective if I can't get a good shit in the morning? When I become supreme ruler of the Galaxy, the rule will be that no one will be ALLOWED to come into work until they've had a nice comfortable shit.
On another note, Randy and I have given up beer for a month. That's right. It was easy until today. I was driving home in friday traffic and God Almighty did I need a beer. But I guess when you NEED it, thats when you have to really take stock in your drinking habits. Its about 7 now and the need is passing. I'll tell you though, I could really use something for my head. (A wiser man than myself once said, "Hard work good and hard work fine, but first take care of head.) It may not show, but I've come to terms with the fact that I'm the nervous type.

Babies First Pictures!

rain & birds, do they mix?

So last night around 4:30am i was awakened by the rain. Did you hear it? Just when i thought it couldn't possibly get any louder from the rain hitting the roof, it did. Finally i got up to look out the window and it was pouring so hard. Then it started to hail. Then the grand finally, thunder and lightening. Have you ever noticed that lots of mother natures events go on at about 4:30am? Thunderstorms and earthquakes happen then. Weird. Anyway, so it hailed and poured buckets. Now if you recall, Pete and I felt concern for the Doves and the then eggs, that they would drown in the waterfall that is my balcony. Well we had moved it out of harms way but the mom didn't come back. So trying to do all that i could, back then, i moved the birdfeeder back to its position hoping the mom would come back. So now that its 4:30am and the babies are born and the birdfeeder is close to its orginal position, i was concerned about the nest and the rain again. I kept an eye on them but didn't move anything. The mom was super puffed up while sitting on her babies and as far as i could tell, they were as dry as they could be. Pictures haven't been posted yet of the new borns cuz the parents keep them pretty covered up. They're eyes aren't open yet and they look fake. Mechanical almost. So maybe this weekend or next week we can take some pictures of them. Apparently the parents started leaving the nest more and more often as the babies get older. That was my evening. And of course i was late to work this morning cuz i'd lost some sleep and i think it was pouring when my alarm went off and i couldn't hear it for like ten minutes. Oh well. Tonight i'm working at the civic and then maybe i'll go to the Crown for a drink...maybe. have a great day everyone!

Work Day

I woke up about at about 7am this morning, not at all happy about the hour or the prospect of putting a tie on. I know 7 isn't that early but i still hate mornings. I didn't get any coffee before I left so I don't really remember the drive to work. Getting to work at 8am, when you have no Events going on is kind of interesting. My job on those days consists of returning phone calls and cold calling people to get the info for thier upcoming events. But who wants to answer my questions that early in the morning? So I just kind of open up a worksheet and stare at it until about 10am, when reasonable people will start to take phone calls. Of course on the East Coast 10am is already 1pm so I keep some people waiting all day for a phone call. I keep forgetting that and try to call back east at like 3 and wonder why I'm not getting return calls. How embarassing to have to have client remind you of that. So anyway tuesday is meeting day so at 10am we had this strange conversation about how having outlines ready "2 weeks out" really meant "4 weeks out". But that we should continue to have events ready "one week out". huh? My pleas for logic fell on deaf ears. That little meeting I think actually took place at 11 because now that I think of it, we had lunch right after that. PF Chang's Chow Fun noodles, Kung Pao Chicken and a discussion whether its appropriate to tip the to go guy. Lunch went right up to the finance meeting at 1:30 where we find out who owes us money and why they probably won't ever pay us. Right into the Events meeting where we present event outlines and pretend that 1,2, or 4 weeks away we have all the info we need. From Events we go into the catering meeting. Where events that are now 1,2, or 4 DAYS away are changing thier food and beverage needs. The catering meeting takes you to 3pm and the long dark tea time of the soul that is the 3-5 stretch as I like to call it. A stealth exit will be required at 5pm if I want to avoid a retirement party from 5-7pm. Sure its overtime but its also awkward conversations with the people higher up than you. 4:45pm the call comes from 2 cubes over, the one right in front of the bosses office, "Hey Pete! You going to the retirement party!?" and then from the boss, "It would be appropriate for you all to go, the board of directors will be there....." DAMMIT! Okay a quick handshake and I'm out by 6pm. Just as I'm plotting a stealthy getaway is when the CEO takes to the Mic. 5 teary sets of eyes later it's 6:30pm and the presentations are over, my office mates have long since faded into the background (even the boss is no where in sight...) I shake hands and slip out. I console myself with the fact that I just got paid a shitload to eat hors d'ourves and drink a beer. SHIT! I just broke a pact with Randy not to drink for a month and didn't even realize it til I'm driving home. Great. Well that was my work day. Bored? Not as much as I am.

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Baywatch: The Movie yes ladies and gentlemen it is here. The moment we have all been waiting for I am not sure if anything could possibly top this. Unless they cast Jessica Simpson to play one of the busty icons who run in slow mo to save people's lives. What's that you say...? She signed on, well I must say my life is now complete. Well even though pretty much nothing else I give you could top the news of the decade but alas I must try. On we go.
Before I bor all you with lots of entertainment gossip and what not. Here is a little quiz I think is pretty cool. How Geeky Are You? I was deemed Seriously Nerdy and I am comfortable with that. Moving on...
These photographs from the new issue of W magazine depict Kate Moss posing as Marilyn Monroe. Though I was impressed by the portfolio, be warned: She's topless in several of them.
Aren't you glad the Red Hot Chili Peppers have stuck it out all these years -- more than two decades after the band formed, they're still putting on captivating stage shows and cranking out the hits. Go here to listen to the band's new single, Dani California, on their website. In this video interview, the four Peppers explain the song's influences (the Wu-Tang Clan, among others) and meaning (it features the same female character from By the Way).
RHCPs new album, the two-disc Stadium Arcadium, hits stores May 9. The band kicks off a U.S. tour after headlining Lollapalooza Aug. 4-6 in Chicago. Whew...
By now you've probably heard about the Simpsons movie, but you might not have seen the new trailer. Go to this YouTube page to watch it. If it doesn't load, the teaser is posted on several other pages as well.
I don't know how the rest of you are feeling, but I can't wait to see this. It's "The Simpsons" for god's sake.
In case you don't watch TV or read Jeff's blog The Office ran some fake "The More You Know" public service announcements about bears, office relationships and the average male height. NBC.com has posted a ton more that are equally hilarious.
You wouldn't know it by looking at this kid, but he actually caused quite a commotion last weekend at a pizza joint in Austin, Minn. It seems Devin Haskin, 3, wanted a toy from one of those "claw" machines so badly, he climbed into the machine. Firefighters removed him safely, and Devin's parents now have an amusing story to tell at parties for the next 30 years while other parents take notes on how not to parent.
If everything we witnessed in the movies were true, this year dolphins would be leaving Earth and the war between Autobots and Decepticons would still be raging. Five years from now, a virus would kill 99% of the world's population.
This is the cool concept behind The Movie Timeline, an attempt to chronicle the history of the world using only movies as evidence. "Who'd have thought that while Gangs of New York's Amsterdam Vallon was killing Butcher Bill, down the road Abraham Lincoln was being kidnapped by Bill and Ted?" one reader writes.
The site takes submissions, so if you see something missing, send it in. The list already includes some recent flicks, like V for Vendetta and Brokeback Mountain, so be on the lookout for possible spoilers.
Nick Lachey may or may not be dating someone you've never heard of. I have though.
A trailer and website are up for United 93, Paul Greengrass' film about Sept. 11. The film, due in theaters April 28, focuses on the plane that crashed near Shanksville, Pa. According to the site, it was made "with the full support of the families of those on board." (Oliver Stone is also making a movie about 9/11 starring Nicolas Cage. That will be released in August.)
One question these films prompt is whether we're ready to watch movies about Sept. 11. More than four years later, is it still too soon? Do we want to see "a re-enactment of events," or is it enough to have the images from cable news channels forever in our memories?
Gnarls Barkley has been getting almost as much press as the Arctic Monkeys lately: It seems the hip-hop duo has become the UK's first No. 1 single based solely on download sales. To hear what all the hype is about, go to their MySpace page to listen to four tracks. I have to warn you, though -- after you hear Crazy once, it may stay in your head for the rest of the afternoon.
LiLo is back in news again for the wrong reason though. At the Kids' Choice Awards while bounding onstage to accept her award it would appear she flashed a bit of her bum. Personally I don't see what the big deal is what I do think is a big deal is do you think she was commando or maybe her thong just rode up her crack...? BTW somebody buy that girl a sandwich, Jesus!
How about some TomKat news? Yeah, sound good? No...too bad here is some anyway.
Is Tom Cruise trying to make Katie Holmes more comfortable during her allegedly noise- and painkiller-free delivery by offering her ditties instead of drugs? In a story I urge you to take with a boulder of salt, the London Sun says the grin-happy daddy-to-be has given his glassy-eyed fiancée, who's due to blow any second now, the gift of music to help her through the birth.
"Tom gave Katie an iPod loaded with 300 of her favorite songs," a "source close to them" tells the tabloid. "He wants her to listen to calming music -- but to use earphones so there's no noise in the delivery room." Tom Cruise and all his Scientologist friends are kooks and Katie Holmes must be freed before it is too late. Who is with me!?
And finally, I think it's safe to say Oprah has officially run out of show topics.
Well kids that is it for today I hope you enjoyed my post as much as I enjoyed researching it and writing it. Don't forget if the computers win the terrorists win. Have a good night or day depending on when you read this. Later!!

Once upon a time

There was a blog. There was a man named Randy who posted what he viewed as interesting news about celebrities and gossip involving celebrities. However one day (today) he was in the process of finishing up his fun blog when his computer at worked crashed thus losing all Randy had been working on. He had been working on the blog for over an hour it was filled with links to pictures and sites and music and generally cool stuff. But now all had been lost. He pondered whether or not to start from scratch or just scrap the whole idea and jump into oncoming traffic. Surely that would show the computer who was boss. No that was no good after all the computer was just an inanimate object with no feelings which had wiped out an hour of work. So clearly broken-hearted over what had transpired it was with a heavy heart he decided to abandon his blog. As he bellowed in the hallways, "Damn yous damn you all to hell!!" It was then he realized that was what this beast of a machine wanted. It wanted him to quit, it wanted him to give up. He knew then he had to fight if not...The machine had won, and if the machines won the terrorists won. His hand was forced HE HAD TO WRITE HIS BLOG AGAIN!! But now it was too late he had to leave work in minutes. So...HE WOULD WRITE HIS BLOG AT HOME!! Yeah that's the ticket. See ya soon.

Is anyone out there?

Pete, you were so right. Except for Lauri this place is a blogging desert. Where has everyone gone? I come to the rat race every morning to get the scoop. I don't search us weekly for new about Britney and K-Fed. I come here to read stories about baby doves and drunkin' karaoke with porn stars. Give me something people...anything, make up something I don't care. I'm begging you, provide me with stuff to brighten my day.

Happy Birthday!

Pete and I are the proud parents of two Mourning Dove babies!!!! Born this morning...we think. More to come and pictures too. :)

Sad News

This is a birdie update.

Although Pete and I thought we were doing the right thing, we may not have. I stayed home yesterday and while i was there i kept an eye on the nest to make sure it wasn't getting flooded. Now you have to understand where this bird made its nest. I have a huge homemade bird feeder that is tall and made of wood. In that is a plant with the leaves drapping down. When i rains, especially when it pours, the balcony becomes a waterfall. Throughout the day the area around the plant, in the bird feeder, statred to fill with water at certain times. So at about 7:30pm, Pete and I decided to move the birdfeeder a bit. Now i know what your all thinking, you shouldn't have touched it. Well we didn't technically. We figured that since it was going to rain again this weekend and perhaps again when the babies are born, its worth the risk of having the mom fly away and not have to worry about the soil in the plant getting soaked. So we moved the birdfeeder just enough so that it wouldn't be near the waterfall. It was seriously maybe 3 inches. The mom flew away of course, and she had before when i took the pictures of the eggs. She had returned the last time in about an hour. This time though, she didn't return. It was devestating. It was weird cuz we went through all the emotions as if we lost a relative or something. First we were very sad, then angry, then we kinda accepted it. Nature took its course. The mom abandoned the nest. We kept looking outside to see if she'd returned. We finally went to bed and she wasn't there. The poor eggs were now out in the open cold rainy air for over 4 hours. I woke up at about 2:30am to pouring rain and still no mom in the nest. At 5:30am she was there. Did she get lost? I don't think so. Was it maybe the dad that came to the rescue? Doubt it. Why she felt it necessary to leave the eggs for that long is beyond me. So when i woke up this morning she was still there, sitting on the eggs. Pete and I aren't experts on wild animals and nests and eggs, but we're pretty sure that its a loss. Eggs have to be incubated. Its freaking raining outside. So the due date is/was maybe Monday or Tuesday. I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens. I'm not expecting an miracles though. We're pretty bummed about it and now we aren't having any babies. So i wrote this blog to keep those who care in the loop and for those who don't care, no comments please. We are very sad.

Desert Rats

Lauri and I had a fun adventure on sunday. We went to Joshua Tree National Park wondered around there all day. Some pictures can be found Here.

Something To Blog About

Hey there everybody. I wanted to blog about something that none of you have ever done. But I'm sure none of you want to do it. Well I went to Sardo's last night. I know some of you have sang karaoke before but that's not the big thing. I did sing Good Charlotte again. But the people there were different. They looked familiar but I just couldn't put my finger on it. Until a girl called Eva was called up and sang The Donnas song "Take It Off". Now I knew who that girl was ahee was Eva Angelina a FRIGGIN PORNSTAR!!!! Now I realized this and asked why are there pornstars here (I noticed there were more when she joined her friends who were also pornstars). He informed me that tonight was a special night called PORNSTAR Karaoke which usually happens Tuesday but had it Saturday this week. I was out of my mind I couldn't believe this. Later Dani Woodward came up and sang very good Michelle Branch "All You Wanted". After some drinks I got the courage to talk to Eva and she was a regular cool person. She didn't take off my clothes or not talk to me. We talked about the entertainment industry mostly and NO I didn't talk about PORN. Now this was cool Reggie I think was trying to get with Dani cuz he loves redheads (even though her hair is dyed). I also danced with Eva when they played a song I hate called GOLD DIGGER. She pulled me on the dance floor so I did my best to look halfway good (I can't be a full good dancer). After a little while longer I had to go because I was getting tired. But before I left eva gave me a kiss on the cheek and a hug and whispered i have something for you. Now before you go crazy or call me a liar it was just a signed DVD. I had to go and said goodbye and good luck and she said the same to me. Now this isn't a girl I would get with mostly because of her past. But she was cool but I don't see myself being in a porn movie so i might not see her again. But I might at Sardo's again because even though she lives in Orange County she has friends in L.A. County. Anyways it was a crazy and fun time. Now you might want proof... I don't have any except the DVD which I'm not going to show anyone. That night you couldn't take pictures because you could use them for profit. You should just trust me. Later on I will post some tasteful pictures of the two pornstars I mentioned above but Randy needs to show me how to work a link. Later!

hi

hey everyone. is this my first post from tejas?... i think so. i just happened to check the blog right after pete said no one ever writes anymore. guilty as charged.

myspace has moved in on the weblog world. i always say i'm going to delete my stupid page but i never do! my sister, leslie, was actually the one who added all those fancy graphics (background and music video... lol, that sounds lame) so i feel bad. last night i was searching for old friends like a freak... i came across one who is apparently married with two kids. i don't get it! i fell behind somewhere. i guess i'm happy for her (whatever) so i sent her a little message. the crazy thing is, i can't remember why we lost touch in the first place. so maybe she hates me?...

i've been seeing this guy who i met during my stint on match.com. (haven't i told you guys about him? wow, it's been a while since i've blogged) anyhow, his name is john, he's a teacher, he came out here to visit already. fortunately he'd planned on moving to texas even before meeting me so he'll be out here in july or something after the school year ends. yay!

speaking of match.com, four coworkers at my new job (which i heart) met their husbands there! isn't that funny? we're like living advertisements... lol. lookout e-harmony!

so my new job is coincidentally the only one i applied for... phew! and i really like it there. everyone is so nice and my supervisor is hi-larious. their dress code is business professional so i have to wear suits to work which is such a far cry from my days of t-shirts and jeans with lauri at imm. we get tons of bonuses and you can't beat their benefits. i'm very lucky.

i'm gonna clean this pigsty apartment of mine. tonight we're taking my mom out for dinner... it's her birthday. i'll write again soon... bye! (p.s. when's the due date, lauri?)

Cuz i wanna!

I'm not posting this morning cuz Pete said something about no one posting. Just thought i'd get that out in the open.

What's been up with me? Well a few things i guess. Let's start off with last weekend. I worked my freakin ass off! It paid off in two ways i think. One, cuz i actually got paid. My $/hr was almost doubled just to come to work and "save the day" if you will. And two, i made quite the impression around the Civic. People like me there and that's a good feeling. Unfortunately i see myself having to play hard ball with the bosses and i don't think i'll be working there much longer. We'll see. At my other job i've been busy. People are taking time off all over the place and leaving me in a lurch. That's the price you pay when you work with who i work with. Speaking of! I know i've talked about this before, but my staff are from a temp agency. They aren't the brightest or most focused people. I've always kinda known this but its actually come out that at least one of my employees is not legal. I'm talking fake ss# and everything. Now my disclaimer, they are from a temp agency, and my boss knows about this, it isn't my deal! Anyway, they listen to Piolin "por la manana" every day and he's getting them all riled up about this proposition or something that makes family members who are illegal in big trouble if you house them (i'm really not sure of the specifics, maybe Pete or Jeff can help me out here). So there's gonna be a march tomorrow in Downtown LA and they are going! Like i said, they are all riled up! On a side note, i'm glad its on a Saturday, that was smart of Piolin! This one employee, Maria, tried to compare me and my family to this ordeal. Like i'm on her side or something? A bit of background here: The girls have recently been told that my dad isn't a citizen and now they feel i am connected to them or something. Far from it my friends! Although my dad may not be a citizen, he has always been up to date on his green card. Something these folks refuse to do. So i bet your now getting the sense of where i stand on this issue. So to wrap it up, they are going to the march tomorrow. Good luck to them. That's about all from the work aspect.

I still have a birdie in my plant! I went around work yesterday showing pictures like a proud parent to be showing the equivalent of a sonogram. I'm so excited! I wish it would happen sooner though. This morning i was running a bit late, no surprise, and i heard the cooing of what i assume was the "father" coming to take the next shift. I can't wait to stare at them all weekend long. I wish i could set up a video camera and be like National Geographic on my balcony.

I expect this weekend to go by very slowly. Which is great with me! Since last weekend was a bust. I think i'll hit the town tonight, cuz that always stretches out the weekend, and do it again on saturday. On Sunday, Pete and I are trying to plan a little getaway. Unfortunately we can't think of anything to do. Morongo again? Drive somewhere and then turn around? Waste the whole day trying to think of something to do only to realize the day is gone? Its not looking good. So that's all for me. I hope today goes by fast cuz its a gorgeous day outside and i know your all outside basking in the sun. I'm jealous. Ok so i hope to see you all this weekend, some way or another.

Just a Post

I am going to keep drinking until I am petrified and then maybe these tears will leave my eyes...

I know WHATS going on...

Well my friends this is what it has come to. Its like a blogging desert out here. We have 9 members and only three regular contributors. In fact my post have become so sparse that I hesitate to include myself. Even Randy's post have degenerated into the reader's digest version of US Weekly. Don't think I don't know what you're all doing out there either, because I know. You're all working like busy little bees, going back and forth on your myspace accounts, adding pictures and telling everyone where you'll be on friday night. Oh yes the secret is out. Am I jealous? Do I sectretly wanna be on everyone's "top 8"? I wish I could honestly say I didn't. But will I give in to peer pressure? NO! I still value substance over style. So what if this modest little blog doesn't have a "sound clip" or graphic feature that will crash your computer. What it does have is some damn good writing when people have time to put in the effort. "So," I hear from the collective din, "what's been goin on with you Pete?"
"Ah nothin' really. Just had my head up my ass these last ten weeks trying to balance 50 hour work weeks with another quarter at Cal Poly." I'm the flavor of the week at work. The young turk who comes in to work on time and thereby whos everyone with his ceaseless dedication. There are those that say, "It's a jungle out there.." Not really, show up on time when everyone else is late, don't freak out when things get hectic, and you're in there like swim wear. Because I was doing this at night when less people are around to see, people assumed I was sleeping. Now that everyone knows I got the skills to pay the bills, they actually wanna pay my bills. We'll see. Next month I'll be the guy who makes everyone looks bad, and I'll have a target on my back. You wanna know the secret to managing Events? You probably don't but I'm gonna tell you. You need to be able to communicate equally well with the security guard that makes $7 and hour and the professional meeting planner that makes $100,000 a year. Simple right? You'd be surprised at how people are incapable of this simple task. It's actually funny to watch when socioeconomic differences come into conflict. Have I written about this before? i'm having bloggin dejavu.
I watched Capote today. I thought it was an interesting character study, but outside of that didn't have much value for me. There's a great scene in the movie where Harper Lee asks Capote what he thought of To Kill a Mockingbird while he was drunk. He reamined quiet until she walked away and finally said, "I don't see what all the fuss is about." In that moment you lose all sympathy for the Capote character.
Thats it for now. Talk to you soon.

Musings of the Mooninites

"We're here to take your pornography and sodomize our vast imaginations..."

Spring is Here!

I'm gonna be a "mommy"! Well this bird is anyway. Pete and I have named her and there's gonna be babies! It's a Mourning Dove that decided to make a nest in one of my plants on my balcony. It says that the eggs will hatch in about 14 days and then there will be little ones! I can't imagine chirping birds right outside my window. So i'll keep you all updated and then take pictures of the babies in a couple of weeks. Its freaking Spring people!!!!! This Post was written by Lauri not Pete. To learn more about Mourning Doves Click Here

Romance & Assorted Trivial News

Hello everybody. I have a lot of time to waste and am not seeing anything too exciting to blog about. So we'll see how this goes.
First of in romance news we have actually got quite a bit to chew on. Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber may be head to splitsville. The duo which have been dating for a little less than a year ago are experiencing what sources are calling "a rough patch". A snitch reports Liev has been telling people he's having "girlfriend trouble", while Naomi is telling friends to keep an eye out for new boyfriends. Of course both sides are denying any problems and the the two couldn't be happier. Liev and Naomi aren't the only ones battling off rumors off going kaput. The hypermammiferous Carmen Electra is denying the persistent chatter that she and Dave Navarro are on the fastlane to splitsville. Electra says though if they ever have problems she will not be one to hide it. She will take off her wedding ring. Oh my!! She maintains though they are doing fine and having no problems. That's apparently not the case with our favorite hellenic-addicted celebutante Paris Hilton who is once again rumored to be kaput with teen Greek billion-heir beau Stavros Niarchos. The New York Post says the self-promoting starlet was "trolling for hunks" at the "Godfather: The Game" launch in Los Angeles last week. At one point she turned to her pal and asked, "Are there any hot guys here? I need a hot guy." Luckily Paris is keeping her options open, a few days before the "Godfather" bash, she was spied looking friendly with ex-fiancee Paris Latsis at a Los Angeles eatery, reports the London Mirror. Apparentlyaccordingg to a mole the two Paris were getting quite close and personal. The exciting adventures of Paris Hilton to be continued...
There may be slightly less cash for Nick Lachey to collect when the dust finally settles in his prenup-free divorce from Jessica Simpson, at least if her current spending habits are any indication. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the benevolent bombshell tipped a whopping $300 on a $380 bill Saturday at an eatery in Albuquerque, N.M., where she's been filming the romantic comedy "Employee of the Month."
In related news, Kristin Cavallari has decided to clam up about her reported romance with Lachey. According to TMZ.com, paparazzi confronted the "Laguna Beach" blond, 19, as she returned home on Monday, supposedly after spending time at Nick's new $5 million Bel-Air pad. "When are you going to see Nick again?" asked a shutterbug, prompting Kristin to sing-song, "I'm not going to talk to you about that."
There's been much talk in recent days about how much more appealing Kevin Federline looks now that he's gotten a haircut, with some going so far as to bandy about the word "sexy" (it should be noted that everyone looks better without cornrows or Pebbles-style ponytails, so let's not go nuts here). But it turns out K. Fed's refreshing interest in grooming is for a good cause; his hard-working new publicist helpfully pointed out to the New York Daily News that his much-mocked former mane was donated to the children's charity Locks of Love.
In related news check out K.Fed's MySpace page where you can hear his new song. It's for the haters. Knowing that K.Fed has a MySpace page makes me reconsider me creating my own MySpace page. This will cause me some thought tonight.
I've told a few of you about the World Series of Pop Culture before -- which tapes April 28-30 in New York. Unfortunately the in-person tryouts have passed.
So because VH1 is so nice even though you missed the in-person tryouts, though, you still have a chance to participate. Next Wednesday at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. EST, VH1.com will hold timed tests to determine who makes it onto a wild card team for the World Series. Go to this page to learn more details, take a practice test, sign up for an e-mail reminder and more. Good luck, and let me know if you make it!
I actually did pretty well on the sample test so I signed up for an e-mail reminder. I have to study. I got a lot of useless pop-culture news in my head but I need more.
This is starting to become overly long and I think you guys are growing tired of me talking about entertainment news and gossip and linking to pictures and what not. So I might be trying something else. I haven't decided yet. So in what may be my last entertainment post I will leave with a link to a Natalie Portman Music Video that can only be defined as "stalkerish". A new word I came up with, you like? Anyway here is the link Oh Natalie. The supremely sexy Natalie Portman ladies and gentlemen. Here is one more "stalkerish" video this time of the fabulously gorgeous Keira Knightley. Link here Oh Keira. Ok kids I am done for the night over here. I am tired of typing and linking so I am going to watch Natalie and Keira over and over and over till it's time to leave here.
Have a good night or day depending on when you read this. Bye.

Happy Benito Juarez Day

That's right kids it is Benito Juarez Day. Wow how time flies...First St. Patricks Day now Benito Juarez Day. I mean the holiday season is officially upon us.
Ok now that the important stuff has been taken care of onto more non-important stuff. I was gonna talk about famous people whose birthday is today. But it's really only Benito Jaurez. Man that just threw my whole first half out the window. Shit.
Ok well hmmm...Here we go. It seems like NBC has pulled the plug on the unfunny Four Kings. This according to a report from The Futon Critic. Repeats of My Name is Earl will be shown in it's place.
Let's talk about sequels. There are quite a few out there on the horizon. Here are just a few sequels either filming now or set to begin filming. First up we have Evan Almighty a sequel to the Jim Carrey film Bruce Almighty. Carrey is not attached to this idea so the film will instead focus on Steve Carrell's character. We'll have to see how that pans out. My guess...Ughhhhhh. Next up Batman Begins I have heard some rumors they are considering Dane Cook as The Joker. Please God say it ain't so. First of all I realize that while The Joker is a BIG Batman villain. He should be off-limits in these new movies. Nobody can do The Joker like Jack Nicholson did The Joker. Say what you will about the older Batman movies. But Jack in the first one was The Joker. Frankly if you ask me, any post-Jack Nicholson attempt to portray The Joker is a disaster waiting to happen no matter who plays the part.
Of course you already knew another Narnia is on the way. Disney is never one to turn it's back on a sequel. In more exciting sequel news it seems like the Weinstein Bros. are interested in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon movies. And finally, it sounds like we'll finally see a Spider-Man 3 preview when Talladega Nights hits theaters this summer, even though Spidey isn't scheduled to return until 2007.
Who is excited about Superman Returns? Someone at Ain't It Cool News has seen footage of the new flick and has posted what he saw. Now be fair warned I am linking to this review but there are spoilers galore so only read if you don't mind not being surprised. Go here for the review but you can't say I didn't warn you. A new trailer for the Vince Vaughn & Jennifer Aniston vehicle The Break-Up is online and actually looks funnier than I expected. That is still not saying much though considering what I expected.
This is possibly the most bizarre yet intriguing thing I have ever seen.
SNAKES ON A PLANE. Please watch this trailer.
This is an actual movie people. Hey it starts Samuel L. Jackson so it can't be bad, right? One thing you can say about Sam Jackson, by the time he retires from movies he will have starred in more crap than anyone else on the face of the planet. I actually though caught myself thinking, How did the snakes get on the plane? How are there so many? Is it really that easy to shoot a snake with a taser? So many questions. I must see it again.
OK I could talk about some more news like the latest on Nick Lachey & Kristin Cavallari which is all the rage now. But I am tired of typing and worn out from SNAKES ON A PLANE. So I am going to take off for now. You will just have to wait till tomorrow for more exciting news.
Have a good night or day depending on when you read this. Bye.

Team D&B

hey guys this is just a quick post with a update for you on my 2nd job interview. I said it was a kinda 2nd interview it turned out to be a full interview. Then at the end they said they would like me to join their team (meaning I got the job). It's pretty much the same job I had at Islands. Hopefully it's better and it doesn't end in 8 months unless I choose so. I'm still gonna have my agent and do auditions and sometimes do extra work on my free days. Well that's it my orientation is tomorrow. Oh yeah since I work there you guys need to start going there..please.

Remember Me?

Sorry guys I haven't blogged in a hella long time. Nothing exciting has happened. But I did have some fun on St Patricks day. As you know I didn't go to the Crown. I actually went some friends from Joan Of Arcadia to Sardo's which is a Karaoke Bar in Burbank. I drank around 6 beers and a kamikaze shot. Sang 2 songs. It was all fun. About 60 people cheering while I sang Good Charlotte's Lifestyles Of The Rich and Famous. That really happened. Something exciting might happen soon. I haven't a kinda second interview at dave and Buster's tomorrow. Also for all you Scrubs fans it was picked up for another season not sure if it was NBC or who picked it up. I just joined My Space and hope all of you guys want to be my myspace friend. I'll talk to you later.

A shout out to all you myspace nerds. "The innocent shall suffer...big time."

Imogen Heap

Are you guys familiar with the band Imogen Heap? I just discovered the song Hide and Seek in Randy's iTunes Library. It is fucking amazing. Hypnotic. But only if you're willing to sit sitll and listen.

As per our conversation

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Contributors

I just noticed how many contributors there are to this fine Rat Race blog. Its like everyone i know! And most of us actually contribute. I hope that those who don't write as much as we'd like will challenge themselves to start writing every now and then. Tonight is the big nite. St. Patrick's Day! Someone bring a camera so that pictures can be posted on the Rat Race. Cuz tonight we are going to be escaping the actual rat race (not me though) and its gonna be great. But be careful cuz its Friday and it might get a tad outta control. Enjoy the day and night!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!

life is epic

Greetings good people of the Ratrace- I have been v. busy what with my three jobs (only get paid for one though), two bands (one of which is a drumming group called 'weapons of mass percussion' the other you can see on myspace- 'electroswingmovement') and occasional herculean intake of drink and drugs. I shall find time or a longer blog soon. mwah mwah.

MySpace

So somehow i've been sucked into the MySpace world. I'm very upset with myself for making a page and making contacts and even filling in all the stupid info. I just get so bored at work ya know? My sisters are on it and some co-workers and i like to see what they are up to. I still can't believe it though. I almost feel like i joined a dating web site or something. Well look me up if you want to. And another weird thing is that there are tons of "Lauri's" around. Who knew?

Yesterday was my sister Leslie's birthday! I don't know how old she is though. Early twenties for sure. Growing up i thought it was impossible to not know how old your siblings are. But now i can barely recall my age. Its odd. But anyways, Happy Birthday Les! It was also Tim's birthday on Monday. There was a trip to Big Bear and i have yet to hear anything about it. Is it one of those trips where "what happens in Big Bear, stays in Big Bear?" If so, it'll come out one day. When your all drunk and telling stories. It always does.

This Friday is St. Patrick's Day!!! whoooo hooooo! I have to be careful though, gotta work saturday. I hope everyone will be there, at the Crown that is. Wear your green. Its also the second day of March Madness. I've filled out my pool and given my money. We seem to be doing it every year here at work. There is one co-worker who really enjoys basketball so he's always in charge. Oh and Sheila, Michael said that i can't win this year cuz you won. I had to remind him that you won two years ago. I swear, he'll say anything just to hear himself talk. THINK MAN THINK, then speak. Anyways, it'd be sweet if i won. The money will go towards VEGAS!!!!!!!

At work we make stuff that has an expiration date of 11 weeks. What comes in 11 weeks? The Vegas trip. So i keep thinking its right around the corner. But its not. I think everyone should focus on working up the alcohol tolerance so there isn't any drunken drama. That's my plan. NO CRYING IN VEGAS!

Ok its almost 11am. I can start thinking about work now i guess. I've had my two cups of coffee and played on the internet and Rochelle brought me a ham and cheese croissant, yummy. I'm good to go. Is anyone thinking about Happy Hour tonight? I can't decide if i wanna go yet. We'll see how the day goes. Have a great day everyone!

Slow Day

Hi everybody. I'm back online, I know it was a long five day wait. But as they say good things come to those who wait. So let's get going...
First off I want to rant about the quality of movies out right now. I was looking at the Top 10 movies this weekend and I can say without a doubt it is horrific. The movie Failure to Launch was number one and reading this review makes it clear to me at least that it shouldn't have been. Reinforcing my view of America as a nation of movie going dumbasses who wouldn't know a good movie if it hit them on their god damned head. Sorry. Number two was the equally embarassing remake The Shaggy Dog. Call animal control this dog of a movie should have been caged and locked up forever. Yet somehow it wrangles number two. Coming in next we have The Hills Have Eyes a remake of the 1977 Wes Craven movie. Another remake, I am sensing a trend here. This movie is best described as...I can't even come up with anything. Typical horror movie shit. I am going to stop here because I don't want to keep linking to reviews of the remaining dismal movies out now. Now you are saying to yourself once again, "Randy you didn't see these movies maybe they aren't as bad as you think." BTW I hope to God no one I know is really thinking that. Because nobody in their right mind should be subjected to having to see these movies. Anyway one last thing the only way Hollywood is going to start to put out good movies is if people don't see the shit they put out now. If nobody saw these top 3 movies this weekend maybe Hollywood would think maybe romantic comedies that aren't funny and remakes aren't the way to go. Let's come up with an original idea. Alas that won't ever happen because half of America is made up of dumb ass moviegoers who will see anything. That was my rant for the day.
Moving on to more pleasant news...How much would you pay for this Lego version of Han Solo in your apartment? I won't go into all the reasons this would be one of the ultimate coolest things ever. Because you should know. What else is happening? Apparently Britney Spears has had it with K-Fed's freewheeling spending of her money. Below is an excerpt of the story:
Ok there was going to be an excerpt of the story below but Blogger is pissing me off with this blockquote shit not working. So no excerpt instead a link. No never mind. The moment has passed. Basically K-Fed can't spend all his wife's money anymore without her approval.
That was annoying...moving on here is another pic of Salma Hayek for Joe after dissing her last week. What's next...man it is a slow day for news today. Oh here is something kinda cool. How well do you know your dead musicians? Take this Dead or Alive Quiz and find out. I scored a six out of eight. Not bad should have done better though. Oh well. Anyway I can't find anything really exciting to talk about today I am sorry.
Here are 5 DVD's out today that are definitely worth a look at:

1. A History of Violence
2. Good Night and Good Luck
3. Domino

Sorry I can actually only find 3 this week and technically "Domino" came out last week. But I had five movies so I pushed it to this week. It may not be one of the best movies ever but I have three words for you Keira Knightley nude that should give you all the reason you need to rent that movie.
Well I am afraid that is it for today. Sorry about the shortness and not very linkable post. I will try harder tomorrow. For now I must bid you all adieu. Have a good night or good day depending on when you read this. Bye.

Not the worst idea in the world...

I have 50 pages of writing to do this week. Literally 50 pages. Incentive to finish? Drink through it. It wasn' t the worst idea in the world.

Two Vaders, One Room

The Star Trek convention (now called Sci-Fi Summit) is back in town and I'm working it this weekend. I was in the men's room when in walked two guys, one dressed as Anikin Slywalker, the other in full on Darth Vader. I freaked out man. It was like the deleted dream sequence or somekind alternate reality going on. It took me a little while to get re-oriented to reality after that. I had to ask myself later though (as I am wont to do) who would win in a fight? Anikin in his Prime or Vader in full on "more machine than man" mode? I'd like to think Vader would wipe the floor with that whiny little pansy but I suspect it would not be so. Maybe I should get a couple bucks together and have those two impersonators go at each other for a while. Just so y'know I could visualize it in my mind. I wouldn't want anyone to get hurt or anything. well...maybe a little hurt, someone has to lose a hand right? Isn't that the motif? Now I'm thinkin how homie in the Vader suit actually used the bathroom and If the real vader ever had to take a whizz. I don't remember a zipper on that suit...And does Vader eat? I gues he can eat we saw him without the helmet in Empire didn't we? Does he bathe? How long can he be with out the suit? Man my whole reality is coming apart here. I'm like a kid in Disneyland that sees Mickey without his head on....

Slow Day

Its Friday (TG) and its only 11am. Since i arrived at work i've done nothing but play on the internet. Did you know that you can go to MySpace and search old classmates? So i decided to check out my high school and i found a few people that i've been wondering about. Almost all of them have children and they are successful too. I even saw two girls that were my best friends way back when. (Jessica and Alda...FOR SHEILA) I don't have a MySpace account and i don't plan on getting one, so i can't communicate with them. And then i think about it...do i want to talk to them? Not really. I figure we'll all cross paths eventually. This year is my 10 year high school reunion. I have no idea if anything is planned and do i care? Would i go? Hell yeah i'd go! Cuz checking out those girls, i'm super thin! Ya gotta go when it comes to that. So check it out if your as bored as i am.

Yesterday i went to Ikea during my lunch break and i bought a new dresser. Going alone to Ikea is a gamble. I picked one out but then decided that i would go look at how it was boxed before i bought it cuz i was alone. It was a two box item and they were thin and very long. I got them on the cart fine but getting it into the car was a different story. I struggled for 20min while men walked by and didn't help. I was working up a sweat. Finally i decided that in order for the other box to get in i would have to open it. So i opened it up and took some stuff out so that i could bend the cardboard and slide it in the car. It worked and i was finally on my way. Pete and I put it together last night. I think it took about 3 hours to complete. My old dresser will become firewood for those going to Big Bear. Hope it keeps you warm.

Wednesday nite Happy Hour was very fun i thought. Lotsa people came out. It wasn't even a special occasion. I think we all had a hard day and needed a drink. I wonder what tonight will hold. It is Friday! I gotta work tomorrow nite at the Civic. Call me if anyone goes out! And i'll do the same.

Its supposed to be a crazy weather weekend. Right now the rain just started in Pomona. Its very windy out. Something everyone knows around here at work is that if its raining, let Lauri know. I'll be in my office and the receptionist will call me with the status of the rain fall. Its great. I think they secretly make fun of me though, but i secretly make fun of them for continuing to update me. Either way, it works out.

Earlier this morning i was in need of a second cup of coffee. I went to the lunch room only to find that the coffee was all over the floor (that's right Sheila). Somehow, and i don't know who, but the spout handle thing was lodged down and the coffee was left in an open position just slightly enough to drain all the coffee out. It was so sad. i got a couple of people to help me clean and the coffee was still warm and everything. It was under counters and in drawers, it was a mess. I wanted to ring out the towels into my cup (not really). So by 10am there was hardly any coffee. Not a good thing for a slow day.

Guess that's about it for now. If anything else happens i'll let you all know. Otherwise, stay dry and warm and maybe i'll see you tonight. :)

Need a title...

As you can see by my title I am struggling to come up for a name for this little blog idea of mine. Any ideas? All submissions will be viewed equally. Now on to pressing matters.
First, to Joe I was not dissing Salma Hayek in any way she was super hot on Sunday night. Unfortunately I just think Kiera Knightley overall was hotter. However due to your comment just for you here she is the beautiful Salma Hayek as she looked on Sunday night at the Oscars. So you know Joe and anyone else, that picture took me a half hour to find. Insane. Moving on though... I have gontten a few inquiries as to where our quote below our blog title came from. A song by John Mellencamp is where. A little ditty about Jack and Diane. Just in case you were wondering.
I was thinking about condiments today. Like if you could only have one condiment for the rest of your life what would it be? Most people would likely choose ketchup. But I thought about it and I would so choose BBQ sauce. BBQ sauce makes everything taste better while I think ketchup is just an addition to most dishes. Sure there are the detractors from BBQ sauce but come on. When you go to eat ribs do you get them covered in ketchup, I think not. And frankly chicken nuggets in ketchup is worthless to me, I would rather have them plain if that's the only option. Besides there are like how many different types of ketchup. It all comes down to the same ingredients whether it's catsup or ketchup it's basically pureed tomatoes. BBQ sauce on the other hand has slightly different nuances. There's Mesquite, Sweet and Spicy and Original just to name a few. So next time you think about ketchup on your burger or whatever else you eat reach for the BBQ instead. Thank you. Paid for by Americans for the advancement of BBQ Sauces.
Ok now for some entertainment news
I have some bad news people but after I reveal this we must keep ourselves together and press on. Take a breath here we go...It was confirmed yesterday that "The Bachelor" couple has called it quits. The romance is over and frankly if those two can't make it what hope is there for the rest of us. For more info click here.
Gimme a sec I am still getting over "The Bachelor" news. Ok I am over it what's next...
The Weekly World News is a great source of news such as disturbing, informative or amazing news. I strongly suggest taking a look at these articles or picking up an issue at your local news stand. And we're moving...
Alex found this little bit of coolness it's a Superhero Quiz. No offense meant to Alex though but I don't think it works very well. I was Spider-Man but amazingly enough so was Alex. And we are not that similar. So go ahead take it and let me know the results. NEXT
Paris Hilton is in the news today. Are you surprised? It appears as if a man named Brian Quintana pictured there with paris Hilton has successfully obtained a restraining order again the celebutante ordering her to stay at least 100 yards away from her unless they are both at a party then it is shortened to 25 feet. For a more in depth review of this story click here.
What else is happening... Teri Hatcher reveals in the upcoming Vanity Fair that her uncle sexually abused her 35 years ago. How do you respond to something like that? You don't.
Remember when I informed you the newly single Nick Lachey and his gal pal Miss Kentucky USA were an item. Well this just in, I may have jumped the gun there because yesterday he was seen with Laguna Beach star Kristin Cavallari. I will definitely be keeping my ear to the ground for more info on this turn of events.
Men around the world rejoice Uma Thurman is once again single. The Kill Bill star has announced she and hotelier Andre Balzs have split. It is actually quite a change from Thurman's statement in Februrary when she declared, "Everyone constantly taunts you that rebound relationships aren't a good idea and that they don't work. But mine is working, surprisingly." Guess not, huh.
Some more about Paris and this time it involves former BFF turned bitter enemy turned contractually obligated co-star the painfully skinny Nicole Richie. Filming on the fourth season of "The Simple Life" began this week in Los Angeles. Basically the premise is "Wife Swap" but with Hellenic addicted hottie Paris and skin and bones Nicole being swapped. The participating clans, will then vote on who handled the household better (read: who caused the least amount of destruction and trauma). Hilarity is hoped, will ensue.
One last bit of entertainment news this one for country music fans like myself...
Brad Paisley led the list of nominees for the 41st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards with six nominations, including top male vocalist of the year.
Brooks & Dunn and Sugarland received five nominations each, while Rascal Flatts and Carrie Underwood had four apiece.
Rascal Flatts and Underwood announced the nominations Wednesday.
Kids that is all I got for the day...I am sure if I wanted I could dig up some more dirt; however, I gotta have something to dish about tomorrow, right?
This is Randy signing off and wishing you all Good Night or Day whenever you read this...Bye!

What ever happened to these Motherfuckers? I'd give at least one nut to be that thin again.

I AM ANGRY WITH TECHNOLOGY

Now I'm pissed. I just wrote this whole post and when I went to post it and guess what? It disappeared. Now you will never know the greatness that I wrote. It's gone forever!

Don't even say "Why didn't you save the draft?" Simple, I don't do that kind of stuff , this isn't a paper for school (is it really that serious?). And if you say that I'll get more angry, it might even drive me to drink. Ha! Let's not even joke, I'll drink anyway. Speaking of drinking I'm expecting to see you all tonight at the Hump Day happy Hour!

Cheerio