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17 Feb, 2011

BMW 750i – DO NOT DO

By |2011-02-17T21:28:56-05:00February 17th, 2011|My Life|0 Comments

The BMW 750i starts at $85,000. You’ll notice the two bumper stickers surrounding the BMW logo (might have to click the pictures). The one says SAS and the other “I love my wrestle.” The best way to deteriorate the value of a car is to load it up with bumper sticker. If you are driving a shit-kicker anyway, who cares, but for an $85,000 dollar piece of equipment, I’m not going all hokey and adding bumper stickers. My mom likes to put the college that her kids went to school on her car. Are we bragging that I went to Pitt because I’m pretty sure that’s nothing to brag about. Let’s also disregard that I’m taking a picture while I’m driving through a green light because that’s perfectly safe.

17 Feb, 2011

Oh Rachel

By |2011-02-17T12:09:49-05:00February 17th, 2011|My Brain, Sports|4 Comments

I had a feeling taking a Facebook comment, and then calling them out, from someone I know was a risky move. Fortunately Rachel isn’t serious when she calls my blog shitty. To quote Jess Baker “she laughed and said what a prick…” Personalizing blog posts is a way to develop readers though because the reader can assume that I have the ability to put them into a post at any time which creates interest. It’s all in good fun though and I’m probably just jealous because love isn’t winning in my life. She said it was a “SLOGAN” (LOL!!!!!) but I’ve never heard it before. Is it famous? Who said it? Who uses it? I would also like to point out that the insult of “prick” is not used nearly often enough. Also Rachel, don’t write on my wall, that could have been done by a private message. EVERYONE doesn’t have to know. Just kidding. No I’m not.

To answer JKash’s question on why I didn’t post about basketball on Tuesday is a simple response which was summed up perfectly by Bud. We started they game up 4-0 and they went on an 84-37 run. Not only were they bigger but they shot the ball way better. They also played better defense and I don’t think we would beat those guy once out of 50 tries. I think we could maybe get them once in a hundred. I airballed two foul shots which was just as embarrassing as the 40 point loss. There you go Jkash, happy now?

15 Feb, 2011

Facebook Follies Part 2

By |2011-02-15T22:19:46-05:00February 15th, 2011|My Brain|5 Comments

The Click Monkey
If there weren’t stupid click monkey’s in the world, there is no way in hell Facebook could be valued at 60 billion dollars. A click monkey is someone who is just happy to be surfing Facebook and joyously clicking any link that comes their way. Facebook is asking me if I want to “Burn up the Web with 4G,” or if I “need a degree for busy adults.” This entire operation wouldn’t work nearly as successfully as it does if people weren’t so goddamn curious or enticed by stupid ads. There’s no doubt that people who spam your wall with viruses were a happy go lucky click monkey at one point and it’s not such a laughing matter when you have all 600 of your friends telling you you are a tard because you fell for the “I’ve got a crazy picture of you doing something unbelievable…” I also feel like either the older you are or the younger you are you have a better chance of developing these habits. Meaning my mom or a kid in elementary school have a better tendency of being one. Once you realize no good will ever come out of clicking something out of curiosity, the world will be a safer place.

The Liker
I get it, there’s a like button and if someone posts something that you “like”, you click the button. When people post pictures, people like it. When people post quotes, people like it. People feel the need to validate someone’s idea with the old Thumbs Up. Is that what people are doing when they post status updates? They need the approval from the masses that it’s OK what they wrote or did. I don’t give statuses because I’m not insecure and I don’t need people to know what I’m doing so they can “like” it. Just browsing through my updates I see an update “love wins” and then two people like it??? Are they relating to the fact that this girl just got railed and they also got railed so they all like this comment? I’m assuming they are friends so are they liking it because they are happy for the other girl that love is winning. I would look at this comment and just think that this is one of the secret message posters who is trying to hide something in her update, that she really wants to tell everyone about, but it’s not for the public to know, but she wants the public to know that she’s loved, and it wins. Do Not Like.

The Picture Changer
Let’s just understand one thing, these particular types of facebookers are in no way bad, contradictory to the title, but it’s my blog and if it goes against the way I do things, then I consider it off. I rarely change my picture. I feel like it’s FACEbook and my face doesn’t change much and I don’t consider myself exceptionally good looking so I really have nothing different to offer to the facebook community in terms of good looks. I also don’t go many places and I don’t bring a camera so new photos of me are typically when I’m blacked out which don’t lead to the best poses. Anyhow, some people are obsessed with their photos. I assume these people have a narcissistic tendency because they believe everyone is always watching everything they do. Honestly if I were an Adonis, I’d probably change my picture hourly so everyone would have me in their thoughts constantly. I think also that some people feel the NEED to change their picture or else they are being complacent and looked down on disparagingly from the Facebook community. Posh.

The bottomline is that the business world is being shaped by Facebook whether we like it or not. The sad thing is that the people who benefit the most from Facebook, don’t even know what facebook is other than there are 600 million people and it’s a huge way to promote Ads or products. These posts are the micro aspect of it and I think it’s funny the way Facebook is evolving. In some sense I feel like it’s losing its luster a little bit. Too mainstream and it’s product has been out for 7 years with minor upgrades. From a social standpoint though, I can’t think of a better way to stay connected and for that reason alone it’s here to stay.

15 Feb, 2011

Lazy and Timid

By |2016-11-02T00:08:07-04:00February 15th, 2011|Celeb|4 Comments

I’ve taken these adjectives from Scott Adams the creator of Dilbert. He uses these two words to describe the average person. I tend to agree with this assessment and this blog and my Celebrity Eyes post proves it. Now, if you went to the website and saw me trying to give away 20 dollars (let’s disregard round 1), what is stopping you from taking a stab at it? 1) It was too hard and you knew you didn’t know any. 2) You are scared to send me an email because then I’ll know you read my blog. 3) You are just too lazy. Here’s one with no contest, no prize, no anything but amusement. Let’s try using the comment section to answer because there is no real point to emailing it to me. I’ve also gotten rather proficient at this and did this in less then 10 minutes.

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15 Feb, 2011

Crossroad

By |2011-02-15T08:33:30-05:00February 15th, 2011|My Life|0 Comments

So I sort of hit a crossroad in what direction I want to take this website. Some people enjoy the celebrity posts and find it a good way to pass the time. Some people like the posts about me getting wasted and doing stupid acts of nonsense. Others only like it when I write about them. It’s just impossible to take a website and fit every person’s interest so that they are satisfied with each visit. I’m not going to go into it again but without a theme I can’t ever expect this site to take off (even though traffic has been better then ever). However, what I will do is maintain the site exactly as I have been. When Ck4 tells me that my blog is in dire straits, I have to laugh because if I tailored my blog around satisfying his interests, I’d have one reader.

Today was Valentines day and I was honestly depressed. Not because of not having a Valentine but because I was preparing my tax forms for my accountant and when I checked back to a bank statement I had in 07′, I have less money now then I did back then. Now my expenses then were practically 0 because I lived at home and had no car so it’s not a complete shock, but due to poor money management and lord knows how else I’ve spent money in those years, it’s just a rude awakening. Plus I wasn’t exactly feeling great from the weekend to boot. So it sort of just made for a lousy day. I did go to the gym and put in 4 pretty good miles which just confirms I’ll be fine for this upcoming 5 miler Saturday. If I can do any time under 30 minutes I’ll be happy but sub 29 would be ideal. I may even consider no alcohol for Saturday for a alcoholess weekend which is as rare as a non wiping deuce.

Some random things that I’ve encountered over the past day or so. I shot out each one of my keyboard keys and cleaned out the guck underneath. I probably have had this keyboard for 10 years and wow did it need to be cleaned. It’s like typing on a brand new keyboard which was long overdue. I also watched the movie Death to Smoochy which I wouldn’t exactly recommend other then saying Edward Norton is a great actor, average movie. I also have Shawshank Redemption on as I’m typing this. If you haven’t seen this movie, seriously do yourself a favor because it’s on tomorrow at 8 on AMC. I honestly put this in my top 10 movies of all time. Schindler’s List is another one that moves me the way this one does. I think it’s funny if you have people tell you their favorite movies and they spew off things like Old School or Step Brothers. Don’t get me wrong, I find Step Brothers hilarious but a good movie should give you that goose bump feeling that you know you are feeling something special. Watch Shawshank if you’ve never seen it.

14 Feb, 2011

Super Genius?

By |2016-11-02T00:08:18-04:00February 14th, 2011|My Brain|4 Comments

I found this to be relatively easy. Find the number that would be the ?.

2 3 4 15 12
3 4 5 28 20
4 5 6 45 30
5 6 7 66 42
6 7 8 ?? 56

13 Feb, 2011

Back to normalcy

By |2011-02-13T22:16:27-05:00February 13th, 2011|My Brain|0 Comments

So my contest was a failure. I think I made the photos too tight and the celebs weren’t celeb enough. I only had few people even submit guesses which is why I deemed it a failure. Jkash said people probably didn’t like the fact I said I was giving a prize the first time and then back tracked on the offer. Shee said the whole idea is just stupid. All I can say is that my idea of generating traffic didn’t work, so be it. I also signed up for an AdSense account so if I experiment with a few ads and see if any money can be made by it, don’t be surprised. My celeb contest idea is also on the back burner so we’ll see where that goes.

So with the vision of being a blogging celebrity out of the way, it’s back to my normal life. I literally did nothing today and not very much on Saturday. I went for a run outside to prepare for the Frostbite 5 miler and it wasn’t as bad as I thought. With the race this upcoming Saturday it means no alcohol throughout the week which is a fine change. Everything else is just business as usual.

11 Feb, 2011

Celeb Eyes #2 – $20 Contest

By |2013-03-15T03:32:09-04:00February 11th, 2011|Celeb|0 Comments

*Edit #1 2/11/11 4:20- I have one group in with 6. I have found there are two that people will not get. I think 8 is doable so the contest will continue until enough time has passed.

#2 is out of place but it’s obviously on the left hand side.
Quick Rules:
First one to correctly give me all 10 wins
Only 1 guess per person
Highest score if no one gets 10 is crowned champ. I’ll come up with a tie breaker if need be.
Answers must be sent to tcs141@verizon.net – I’ll accept texts too if you know my number. Please don’t comment any answers.
Only clue is that they are all female.
Good luck.

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11 Feb, 2011

Celeb Eyes #2 – Contest Details

By |2016-11-02T00:03:45-04:00February 11th, 2011|Celeb|0 Comments

After getting called out for not staying true to my “cash prize”, I’m going to outline everything to make this 100% legit. The celebrities will be more obscure but certainly recognizable. I am offering a $20 dollar cash prize which I think is more than fair considering it is coming out of my pocket. I consider this an advertising budget for developing a loyal fan base. I plan on posting the link on my facebook with a sentence that says “do you want to win $20 dollars for doing nothing” which I’m sure will generate some competition. I plan on posting the “eyes” at 10am sharp on Friday 2/10/11. The first person to get 10 the fastest will be the winner, HOWEVER, you can only submit one entry. Meaning, once you send one it in, that’s your score. So choose carefully but time should be considered. I would be surprised if anyone gets all ten to give you an idea of how long you might have but what do I know. I wrote that traffic is at an all time high and I’ve had 242 visitors today which blows away any record days total to date. I find this as a good way to promote the site in a fun, friendly manner. The 20 dollar prize would be secondary to the status of winning the contest which I plan to post the results after it’s over.

*I’ve also added a blog to the blogroll of a girl I’ve never met before because her posts are well done and she’s a better, wittier writer than myself. The reason is that I feel bad I didn’t shell out any dough for the Brodart crew winning today’s “contest” that I’ll do something nice and she can ride my blogs coat-tails to stardom. Fame is fame no matter how trivial.

11 Feb, 2011

Jersey Shore “Cabs are Here”

By |2016-10-28T15:57:00-04:00February 11th, 2011|Tv|0 Comments

I only have created one Jersey Shore episode post but Amber said she thought it was an entertaining read so I try to write about what people want. For the first time I actually side with Sammi and applaud her decision to leave. Honestly, is Ron a complete moron? He must live on Mars because he is so out of touch with reality. I love how he said Sammi disrespected him by dancing with that guy when he was 10 feet away. At least when he was getting with chicks it was different because, “SHE WASN’T THERE”. I liked the insult of calling him a psycho because that was pretty accurate although his “useless, spoiled bitch” was just as good. Watching him whimpering after what he just did to her room and how he treated her, then at the end he is wondering why she is leaving, like seriously, if he thinks you treat people like that and they are going to stay with you, he’s dreaming. I thought the way Sammi went to the bar was awesome and I had a complete turn-around on my opinion of her. I really think she made Ron look like an idiot throughout the whole episode. Even though she hangs on every little thing of the past, which would be so annoying, I like the way she manipulates the show. She’ll be back.

Just some other highlights. When Ron was confronting Mike and it was getting heated, I thought to myself “just apologize to shut him up whether you believe it or not.” Mike was smart enough to do so which I was happy to see because apologizing is just the smartest way to avoid meaningless situations. He’s not called the Situation for nothing. Pauly calling it a “voodoo trick” Mike used was good too. Pauly had his moments when he was getting too distracted to clean his sneaks and when Ron and Mike were arguing his eyes were just completely bulging out of his head. Also, the more Deena is on the show, the more I just wish she wasn’t there. Absolutely awful casting by MTV and it’s not her fault, but just get someone better. The JWoWW – Roger thing is sort of boring but she did look pretty hot in her S & M gear.

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