America...

Fuck YEAH!

USA

happy 4

chuck

3.5

City of Human Underground Dwellers

City of Ember

4 stars

RIP3

World's greatest sidekick, Ed McMahon.

RIP2

I'll always remember her like this.

I wonder if Elton John's going to do another rendition of Candle in the Wind for her?

RIP

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idiocracy

Sci-fi comedy by Mike Judge.

Hilarious, almost as good as Office Space.

4.5 stars.

Trekkie

I bought a new bike today. It's a black Trek all terrain 4300 18 speed. Got it at Lee's just down the street and rode it home. This summer, I'm going to start riding it downtown to the gym. I'm hoping to sweat away 15-20 pounds by September. My other old bike project is shelved indefinitely.
I know i haven't blogged here much lately because a lot of things are happening, like my girlfriend stopped calling me about a month ago, I don't know why, so it looks like I'm single again. 2 of my best friends have moved back to town recently but i haven't had time to hang out with them as much as I used to because of work.
I bought Sims 3 for the iPod Touch. It's fun but not as addictive or fun as Sims 2 on the PC. I'd like to try the PC version of Sims 3, but i know it won't work on my computer because my DVD rom has identity issues. It doesn't know it's a DVD rom. It only plays CD roms. I've tried playing DVD movies on it and it doesn't recognize the format. I've bought Sims 2 Aprtment Life and it refused to install it because it is a DVD rom. So that sucks. I could buy a new computer but I refuse to do so until I've paid off my iPod. My dad says he's going to send me an Apple notebook as soon as he can get it refurbished at the Apple store. Hopefully it'll have a lot of memory and a working DVD rom so I can play these games. Sims 2 goes kinda slow on my PC. If it runs better on a Mac, I'll probably switch to Apple next time I buy a new desktop.

resistance is futile

Memorial Day movie!

I liked it. The Tulsa World only gave it a star and a half. I have to disagree, the action was good, and the plot made sense. I liked the really big terminators and the motorcycles. The little black girl was cute and the appearance of the Schwartzenegger terminator was a happy surprise in the middle of things. The ending was kinda unbelievable as far as Connor surviving that kind of heart damage for so long and then living through a transplant in the middle of the desert, but I'm glad they left it open to another sequel 'cuz I'll probably go see that one too. 4 stars.

Day 'n' Night

voyager

Next month is my 2 year anniversary at the sushi bar. It's kind of a big deal to me. I've never worked at any restaurant for more than 2 years. The closest I came to that milestone was at Tucci's. I have been a stagehand for over five years, but that's not a regularly scheduled, day in, day out, full time job. Sometimes I wish it was, mainly because it pays so much more.
So of course I feel restless. I'm used to shaking things up by now. I'll usually have quit or gotten fired by now, but no. The tips are part of the reason I can't leave. They're so much better than at Tsunami or even ITR. Plus I get that quarterly check for the rolls I created for the Brookside menu. Living 2 blocks away is the other reason that leaving is not an option.
I do think I'd be interested in a second restaurant. A part time job during the week, during the day, prepping in the back of some kitchen somewhere maybe. And less hours doing all you can eat sushi for so many clueless assholes. I once considered doing catering, but last time I asked Seth if he needed any help he said no. I wasn't really that interested anyway.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do. Summer is getting ready to start and I want to do some different things. I haven't blogged here much lately because I started writing on my blog novel again. It's over 25,000 words now. 50,000 is the goal, so I'm halfway there.
I could join the stagehand union. My dad said he's willing to pay the initiation fees, and I'd get an automatic $2 raise once I join, plus lots more calls. I should do that. What I'd really like to do is get a job down the street at the local fitness club, so I can work out for free. I could work behind the desk, checking membership cards and handing out towels. Clean equipment and rack weights, whatever. All I know is working six nights a week is getting pretty old and I'm getting ready to do something about it.

Weapon X

Guess what movie I just saw.

3 and a half stars.

Star Trek Episode 1

The Romulan Menace.

My favorite parts were the green chick Kirk was making out with, Kirk's hands swelling up while McCoy follows him around injecting him with stuff, Uhura really likes Spock, and old Spock doing an Obi Wan on Hoth instead of Tattooine. Best of all: Simon Pegg as Scotty! Most awesome Star Trek movie ever.

5 stars.

the good, the bad and the fugly

Here's concert footage of the fat, white rapper I saw in OKC last week. Whoever shot this video didn't see as much of the drunk chick as I saw, but there's a glimpse of her here.

Here's some footage of Whole Wheat Bread. This is from some other concert they did because I couldn't find any decent video of them from the Conservatory that night.

And of course, the headliner was mc chris. The song is neville longbottom.

it's Star Wars day!

may the fourth be with you

try this at home

mc chris III

Got the day off to go to OKC to see mc chris. Ian decided a week ago that he couldn't afford to go, so I went to this one by myself. It rained most of the way down there and I stopped and ate at McDonalds at the halfway point. Got there early, so I wandered around Quail Springs Mall for a while. Was disappointed by the absence of wifi. Bought Blade Runner for $6 at Suncoast, then went to the Conservatory to wait in line. It was chilly and drizzly and I was glad that I had worn my Darth Vader hoodie and jeans instead of shorts.
After an hour in line the doors finally opened and I went in. Hats were sold out at the merch booth, so I bought a sticker and a pin. I noticed people drinking cheap beer, so I bought a can of PBR. The first act was a local from Norman, I didn't catch his name. He was a fat white rapper, nowhere near as good as mc chris. But what made his show so interesting, was some drunk ass chick jumped on stage and started grinding on him and doing this embarassing stripper impersonation. I say embarassing because when she bent over and pulled up her dress to show off her thong, a white cotton tampon string was plainly visible to everyone in the audience.
Moving on. The next band was a punk rock trio calling themselves Whole Wheat Bread. I wasn't expecting anything special because I'd never heard of them before. Then these three black dudes step on stage. They wore matching red and black suits, the bassist had long dreads, the drummer wore gold chrome headphones and the lead singer/guitarist had a diamond studded afro pick hanging from a chain around his neck. I could tell they had a lot of style. I wasn't prepared for what happened next. They absolutely blew me away. They did a couple of rap songs and a little bit of a Slayer cover. But it was the punk songs they did that really impressed me. Fuck Green Day, fuck Blink 182 and all that radio punk bullshit. Whole Wheat Bread is better than any of those pussies.
Then mc chris played and he threw out about three people for being too drunk and aggressive and moshing. Mostly ranted about video game shit, then had a Q&A session with the audience. I wasn't prepared for that. I would have come up with a good question had I known ahead of time. Oh well. I finally got to hear 10 Year Old live. Got a third autograph for my collection and check out the shitty picture i got of us with my cell phone. He keeps hanging out in front of the pepsi machine where the light is so fucked up. It was more hectic getting out of there this time. The line to meet mc was not as organized and I got to the front sooner. He signed my ticket stub and I snapped that pic real fast and threw a dollar in the CF bucket. Then I had a cramp in my ribs and left quickly, forgetting to buy a WWB album, dammit.
I got gas and realized I was hungry. Bought a burger and fries, wolfed it down and hit the turnpike. The dark and the rain made it a little stressful coming back. I had fun tonight, but it's good to be home. That was friday night.

salad remix

future dance

I saw this a few weeks ago on Boing Boing and I can't stop thinking about it. I used to think that the Robot was the only cool futuristic dance that existed. I mean, other than the slave girl that got eaten by the Rancor, that is.

borrowed ladder

Four stars

imagine

That's me standing next to a trillion dollars.

a beautiful ride

3 & a half stars

easter eggs

Found out yesterday that I had the day off today. So I bought a lottery ticket and won 50 million dollars. So I bought an island and went there and found a pirate treasure trove. I took the treasure and bought a spaceship and I'm blogging this in orbit from outer space.

iBlog

Last week i bought a 16 gig iPod touch. It's pretty awesome. I've probably downloaded $30 worth of apps on it so far, and a shit-load of free apps. My favorites are Sim City, Koi Pond and PBP Football. So far I've only found 2 good free wifi hotspots to watch YouTube videos and surf the net. The BOK center and KFC both have Cox, which seems way better than the crappy AT&T wifi at Starbucks which will only allow me access to the iTunes store.
May first, I'm going on another road trip to OKC to see mc chris again. Same place as last time: The Conservatory. A couple of weeks ago I went into Starbucks to get my frappucino and one of the girls who works there gave me a copy of the new album: mc chris part six part one. She was at the show last time too. The album's shorter than I expected. Half of it is skits. I think my favorites are 006 and IG-88. I'm thinking about bringing a decent camera with film and a flash, so I can get a better pic with mc than last time. Hopefully I'll have more money on me this time too, so I can get a hat and more stickers and other merchandise.