Wednesday: Seeing Dark Knight tonight! And, AWWWWW! cute hugging lion post

I'm seeing Dark Knight tonight! Finally! And on IMAX....

This one is for you, mom. so so so so cute. and great story

Tuesday Night

more cat pictures

So LA had an earthquake. The news is making it a big deal. It was funny because my boss and another colleague were in my office and CNN is on. They looked at the television and the news was literally scanning the shelves of a store.....and nothing had fallen off. Slow newsday.

Have you watched Dr Horrible sing-along blog below? Why not?

I usually don't blog on pop culture that is on every blog, cuz everyone else does it. But the Shia Lebeauf (who?) DUI arrest after he got rammed by another car is interesting. All the gossip press reported that he was arrested for DUI. (yes, you should never drive while drunk). But than the cops reported that the guy who hit him and overturned his truck ran a red light. (reports said Shia was showing signs of intoxication and therefore arrested. Think - if you just got hit and your truck turned over, wouldn't your brain show some signs of disorientation = intoxication?)

I'm not a lawyer........but this will never see a courtroom.

This is a perfect example of don't ever drive if you have been drinking. You may be the perfect drunk/sober driver in the world. But someone else is worse, and they sideswipe you. Guess what? You still get arrested for DUI.

lesson learned.

Have you seen the headline of Extreme Makeover people being in foreclosure? Here is an analysis.

I don't know what to say about the market. It sucks. Are we looking for a pre-1929 recovery? I doubt it. The people who bought homes they couldn't afford are getting bailed out. But the lenders and politicians (senate and house) are responsible.

And we, the responsible ones, are going to pay. Fuck the government bailout.

Sunday zzzzzzzz

I dropped my Blackberry into the toilet last weekend. It lasted a good week, but I think it is dead. Now I have to convince my boss it is really dead. It doesn't get any emails. The "go to" button locks up. But if he looks at it and it gets a call, he doesn't think it is broken. You know how when you know something is wrong, like if you are sick or a body part hurts, and you can't explain it? Like no one believes you? That is how it is like having a broken Blackberry. I'm the only one who knows it.



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The Office: Webisode Pt 3

Dr. Horrible: All three Parts!

Check out the EW article here...

"With my Freeze Ray I will stop...the world..."



"The hammer is my....."



"And I won't feel... a thing"

Friday Night

Dad gave a good post today on a WSJ article..

Wednesday: My Parents saw Dark Knight Before Me

However, I have been watching ebay on some choice comics I own. I have about 15 copies of Batman: Year One (404) in NM (that's near mint). That is fetching about $25 a copy. Think I may try to get some gas money with that one.

Crazy cat: Can you see it in the eyes? I got a close up and far shot. This is what she looks like before she bites. But she loves. I couldn't get the far shot including her tail flapping (opposite of dogs, it means hate) since it was flapping so quick! (my mom can relate: she has turned on her multiple times)

Last, I blog post from a music blog I like about the state of music. Disclaimer: I haven't read it all but I like the writer...

Watching: Project Runway

night time in an hour!

Tuesday Night

Comic-Con begins soon. LATIMES has a good recap of what will be there. The industry realizes that this is the place to launch an industry (Iron Man had its first preview screened there last year). This year will be all about Terminator 4 and Watchmen.

Lost in soccer tonight. It's easy to realize why, we don't play as a team. We are 5 individuals who only think of ourselves.

That's about it. 7 hours of sleep coming up.

Hurricane Dolly may or may not hit Texas. Texas actually hasn't had a hurricane in years. Rita hit just east of the border in Louisiana, and Allison was a TS.

Brownsville and South Texas needs the rain. This is a good hurricane.

Hugs and Kisses

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Monday: First day of 7-4 Shift

I started it today. It was pretty cool. I got up around 620am, got ready, but didn't feel the urge to rush. As far as I care as long as I get in between 7-730 I'm cool. When I'm working the 8-5 shift I am always rushing to get in by, ok, 815am.

So set the clock an hour early, go to bed an hour early, and cool. I won't leave until the work is done, but I had no problem leaving at 430 today.

The whole reason behind this, everyone else is doing it and I would feel silly walking in at 815 every day. And it is hard to stay until 515 when everyone else is gone.

And....carpooling. I'm racking up those carbon credits!!!!!

The Watchmen is on this week's cover of EW. I have subscribed to that magazine since the fruition, I think 1990 (Dick Tracy was on the cover...yes I remember). I can't remember a movie being hyped a year in advance. Comic Books geeks rejoice. I am sure I will be wrong, however.

Nothing else to add. A good friend's wife suffered a miscarriage this weekend. We are circling the wagons and taking care of him. So sad. Been a sad day pretty much, I hate giving bad news.

Debt, Debt and Debt

I can't even finish this NYTimes story. It makes me sick. It puts all the blame on today's credit woes on the loaners. They deceived us. They wanted our money. Their ads about "Priceless" encouraged us to buy what we wanted because it makes us feel good.

Don't buy what you can't afford, ya'll. No Pity. No Sympathy. Except for the fact these people weren't raised to not buy what you can't afford. Should we blame the credit card companies?

/rant

Beijing Bars Ordered to Ban Black People???

I'm just reporting it, folks. I doubt it will be true. I'm linking to the blog with the story, find the rest of the link there. And laugh at the comments. I love the Big Lead.

Months ago it was reported that NBC Cameras were banned from Tiananmen Square . They later relented....This is going to be like the Nazi Germany games. Really, all free will will be suppressed. I'll take a gloved fist in the air any day.....

Bad decision to give the games to China.

Communism Rules!

Best Music of 2008 - So far

Well, I did it with no input from you, thanks. But these are head bopping, keep you running on the treadmill songs I like so far this year. And yes, They fit on one CD:

In the New Year - The Walkmen
M79 - Vampire Weekend
Language City - Wolf Parade
Viva la Vida - Coldplay
Kids - MGMT
Love Me Dead - Ludo
Kids Don't Know Shit - Islands
These Stones Will Shout - Racontours
You - Atmosphere
L.E.S. Artistes - Santogold
Sequestered in Memphis - The Hold Steady
American Girl - Estelle
Hero - NaS
Help Me - Alkaline Trio
The Time of My Life - David Cook (American Idol - squee!)
Handlebars - Flobots
Hammerhead - The Offspring
Do The Panic - Phantom Planet
See you Again - Miley Cyrus ( I always like to end my CD's with cheezy pop)

Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog

I really can't hype this enough. It goes away Sunday at midnight. It's three parts, about 45 minutes of viewing. You don't even have to be a Joss Whedon fan (okay, it helps). Great tunes, and Neil Patrick Harris! please, watch.

Texas may get hit by a hurricane this Wednesday or Thursday. The world will be watching...

To be fair, the science guy puts the likelihood at about 50%. Which is rather high, considering.

No, I'm not evacuating.

Go Watch Dr. Horrible! Now!

Trial Run on Best of Music 2008: Feel free to Vote!

SONGS OF 2008 (Considerations for first 6 months!)

TI: No Matter What
Nas: Hero
Vampire Weekend: M79 (really, all)
MGMT: Kids , Time To Pretend (really, all, check out this SXSW Video to fall in love with Kids, and the band)
The Walkmen: I lost you (maybe, still evaluating)
Wolf Parade: Lost Highway
Ludo: Love Me Dead
Atmosphere: You
Estelle: American Girl with Kanye
Alkaline: Trio Help Me
Hanna Montana: See you Again ( I know it is from 2007 but I like it! It turns up when I drive! All on it’s own!)
New Bloc Party?
New Bodies of Water?
David Cook: Time of My Life
Gutter Twins: Idle Hands
Animal Collective: Water Works
Black Keys: Strange Times
Coldplay: Viva La Vida (love, love, love, this song!)
Flobots: Handlebars
Hot Chip: Ready for the Floor (think it may be 2007)
Islands: Kids Don’t Know Shit
Offspring: Hammerhead (love, always love Offspring)
Old 97’s: Dance with me (love the video: BSG geeks rejoice!)
Recontours: These Stones Will Shout (absolutely)
Santogold L.E.S. Artises

Don’t care about Madonna, My Morning Jacket, Kate Perry, NERD, M83

These are my choices: winners must survive on one CD.....

Send me or email me your choices, first 5 will get a free CD in the mail if you include your address!

(I don't know how to embed each song, if I haven't already done it via imeem, so go to hypem to test it out....)