The Shroud of Thought

The Crossroads

2011-07-06T01:24:00.000-07:00

I suppose there comes a time in everyone's life where they look at life and try to put some kind of value to it, or at least something to that degree. You see, over the past several weeks that's pretty much been me. My routine is just that...a routine. The days come and go, sun up, sun down, and the cycle continues. I am now 27 years old. I have a job that is more or less fit for a high school student. I haven't finished college, and even though I keep telling myself that I'm going to back and finish, I never do. I have no wife, no fiancee, no girlfriend, I haven't been on a date in I think 2 years and my last even remote attempt in a relationship was 8 years ago. My family life is complete shit, I basically live in my house as if I were in a dorm, or crashing someone's place and even still I fully understand that it's not as bad as some people have it. But here I am, I go back and look at where I wanted to be going into...and then out of high school, what was expected of me, and where I am now and it seems that disappointment and failure tend to follow me around. I will be completely honest, I worked my ass off in school, and for what? They fed us promises of "being whatever you want to be," and "work hard and it will all pay off in the end," well I'm calling bullshit right now. Let's wake up to the reality of the real world, it's not what you know it's who you know, and as far as college goes, hell it doesn't even matter what degree you have, you get hired as a network administrator with a fucking degree in Lit. Does anyone else not see how fucking idiotic that is?

Though, I am a firm believer that eventually, we all get what we deserve and that it all evens out in the end. I know you're probably thinking that I just said that was bullshit but, there's a difference. You see, in school they tell you that good grades and all that stuff will directly come out to getting better jobs and thus more money and apparently happiness. However as it pertains to life in general. Life deals you gems, and it deals you garbage. You have to roll with the punches and you will eventually get rewarded. That is what I truly believe in and yet, especially as of late I've come to start to question even that. Maybe life just has it out for you in the very beginning. I apologize if I sound like I'm bickering, and to be quite honest I kinda am, but I need a place to vent, things aren't exactly peachy with the rest of my family and most of my people I come in contact with normally are far too busy to take time for me. I've always been the one to shoulder people's problems and yet not once has the gesture really been returned. Maybe that's starting to get under my skin. I feel like I'm drowning right now, and I try to mot let anyone see it, I try to be strong but I suppose that even I have my breaking point when things hit too close to home.

Anyone who truly knows me knows I'm selfless to a fault, and depending on context I guess that turns in to me being too nice of guy and apparently that's a turn off but when I put my foot down I am suddenly and ass. I don't get it. I mean, I do and yet I don't. I will attest to having a sharp tounge and quick wit when I get upset and I'm often opinionated, but not so much to where I shut out other perspectives. But then again maybe that's my problem all together, I try so hard to avoid conflict that I basically become uninteresting and invisible in life. For 27 years I've lived my life trying to make an effect on people's lives and I have done nothing, or at least I have nothing to show for it. I wanted to do great things, I have done nothing, Sometimes I wish someone could just give me answers on how to make things better, make things so my mom doesn't have to worry about being alone anymore, make things so I don't have to worry about the rest of family all the time and make sure they get the things they need. I need some me time and yet every waking moment I spend worrying about others and their agendas. I wish I was good at meeting people and going out.

A Death Knight rant

2011-05-27T00:49:00.000-07:00

Okay so if anyone out there has been following the Test Realm changes on Warcraft they would know that Blizzard has pretty much just kicked Death Knights and specifically the frost tree in the balls as of late. First of all, they change a glyph that really wasn't THAT overpowered but I can agree needed some tuning in the Dark Succor glyph. That's the glyph that guarnetees that Death Strike heals you for at least 15% of your total health each time you use it.

I get it, DK's needed a small nerf bat, I agree.

However, that change that as of late that has gotten me irked, if not confused is making Hungering Cold (A frost DKs AoE freeze) on a 1.5 sec cooldown. Now, first of all, it's a junk CC to begin with. It brakes on any non DK didease damage, and only lasts 8 secounds, similar to other CC's. It normally costs 40 runic power, but glyphed is free.

Now I'll be the first to admit that it is a great clutch ability. Able to stop the heal, stop people from running off etc.. But blizzard, let's not punish players for playing well. How is this move any different than a blind? or a teleportation circle? or pally bubble? Are mages going to be the only class who gets a free pass to where they can just pop a move on the ground and forget about it as it completely shuts out flag rooms?

All this realy goes to show anymore is that Blizzard has since gone away from promoting...learning to play and has such adopted a "just get a bunch of people to complain and we'll look into it and make a random change approach"

You want to counter a hungering cold? I'll tell you how.

Stop playing as cleave comps.

Stay spread out some because the range on the move isn't all that great anyway.

Use a damn trinket once in a while.

Either way, everyone seems to be afraid of DKs like they have these awesome aura about them. Sure, they get some moves with far different mecahnics than most people are used to. But, it seems like players take no time to develop any strategy.

It's okay for rogues to heal...but not DKs

it's okay for Mages to have 20 CCs but not DKs

It's okay for Warriors to do a shit ton of damage but not DKs.

Yes DKs were in need of a little tuning but not this classic example of Blizzard over tuning.

The NHL Playoffs: What's on tap part 1 (Eastern Preview)

2011-04-12T21:19:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow, the NHL's second season kicks off with five of the eight game ones.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

(1) Washington Capitals v (8) New York Rangers

If anything, this match up is looking to be the upset special of the round. The Caps come into the playoffs as the eastern number one seed, but they are matched up against to Rangers who have more or less had their way with the Caps all season. The Capitals won the first meeting of the season 5-3 but dropped the next three meetings with two of those losses being complete blowouts by scores of 7-0 and 6-0. In order for the Capitals to win, they will need to figure out their nemesis in Henrik Lundqvist. On the other side, the Rangers are without the driving force of their late season surge in Ryan Callahan. Simply keeping Alexander Ovechkin at bay may not guarantee success this time around as the Capitals have received plenty of help from the most unlikely of sources.

(2) Philadelphia Flyers v (7) Buffalo Sabres

The Flyers are a big and strong team who relies more on brute force and intimidation to carry them victory. Come playoff time it has proven to be a logical pathway for success. However, the status of the Flyers Chris Pronger is in question and suddenly the Flyers don't seem all that threatening as Pronger was much more of a backstop than Sergei Bobrovsky had been until late. The Flyers goalie also lacks playoff experience and don't be surprised to see the Flyers other goalie Brian Boucher get some action before this series is over. Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller continues to be the work horse that he his but will the young Sabres team be able to perform under the spotlight or will Miller run out of gas at a crucial moment if the Sabres can't pull out an edge?

(3) Boston Bruins v (6) Montreal Canadiens

By now, I'm sure even the most casual watcher of the game has heard about the controversy surrounding the hit of Boston's Zedeno Chara on Montreal's Max Pacioretty. For that reason alone this series will an extremely emotional one as it is looking to be a straight out brawl, either team will consider themselves luckily if they exit this series with little injury.

(4) Pittsburgh Penguins v Tampa Bay Lightning

Another series that's going to be too close to call as the Penguins and Lightning split the season series 2-2. Pittsburgh is without both Sydney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, usually the cornerstone for the Penguins come this time of year. Tampa's Steven Stamkos, who was the league leader in goals right up until the last week of the regular season after being overtaken by Anaheim's Corey Perry, is in a bit of a slump but the team as a whole has to firepower to knock off the Pens. This series will come down to who is going to wake up first.

I'll cover the Western side tomorrow evening-ish

Baseball's here again

2011-03-30T22:44:00.000-07:00

So it's that time of the year again. Baseball is back, and I'm not really sure why but this season I kind of want to follow it a little bit more. Maybe it's because the Padres did well last season, although maybe it's because I've been playing on Xbox with some hardcore baseball fanatics. Those of you who know me already know I'm always following almost any sport, or at least aware of what's going on but still, this season feels different.

Just another update

2011-03-29T01:59:00.000-07:00

Well, here we are almost into April. The situation at hand really hasn't changed much. Houses with our price range have been few and far between, and those that we do find get snatched up pretty damn quick. All the while, my father refuses to take care of business down here leaving my mom to stress even more as she deals with the whole thing along with work and the housing situation and just everything overwhelms her. I wish there was something that I could do, but this time I just can't.

In the mean time I'm still trying to figure out what exactly my father is looking for in all of this. He claims to want to be apart of our lives and yet he's never around. He drops a text message every once in a while but that's it. I don't want to go as far as say he's becoming unstable but there really is no rhyme or reason to his actions as far as I can see, unless he's benefiting in some way he's just not telling. As far as I know, he's basically shacked up with this "friend" and helping here with her jobs, which is basically doing a bunch of bitch work on homes that people have gotten kicked out of. He's also technically doing similar work that he was doing before he got let go as well, but those jobs seem to come sporadically, in fact those jobs are the only reason he ever seems to show his face around.

I can't go as far as to say I hate the man, but this whole round of bullshit needs to end. He is 50 acting like a spoiled little 12 year old who doesn't get his way. As far as I am concerned he he running around looking for attention, of course I'm sure he would say that I am wrong but I'm not as much of an idiot as he thinks I am. The whole thing is really not fair to anyone. Well I guess I'm once again stuck cleaning up his mess.

Worst celebration ever?

2011-03-13T22:49:00.000-07:00

The Lottery

2011-02-08T21:33:00.001-08:00

It's amazing how on five dollars worth of quick picks I never seem to be able to land a single number.

The Game has Changed...

2011-02-07T00:18:00.000-08:00

Just an FYI, I will probably be adding to this post over the course of the next few days.

To my friends, and whoever else cares,

As I posted a a few days ago, things at home are not well. Not even one bit. To put it rather bluntly, and I'm sure he would deny it if you were ask him directly, but my father has essentially "grown tired" of my mom. So yeah things have been pretty tense around here since mid November. So yeah right now it's looking like they are going to get a divorce. I'm honestly at a loss, I have no idea what to do. On top of all that my dad lost his job, and he's been taking off for weeks on end because he doesn't want to put up a fight. I don't get it, no one does. My mother didn't deserve this. Oh yeah, the lease for the house that we rent is also up in April, yeah so that's two months away. So, the four of us, my mom, myself, my sister and brother, pretty much have to find a 3 bedroom apartment. Yeah, so it pretty stressful for everyone, I need to find a new job, and I need to get a new life, it's all happening so fast I don't even know where to begin.

Super Bowl Sunday

2011-02-02T22:27:00.000-08:00

We're only a few days away from the unofficial world holiday known as the Super Bowl. Although I'm not too excited this time around. Lately the NFL has seemed very rigged. You know, tilted officiating, and over hyped teams. Anywho.... heres my picks for Super Sunday:

Packers 24
Steelers 17

MVP: Donald Driver (GB)

The 1st post of the year!

2011-02-02T01:15:00.000-08:00

...and it's in February. I don't have all the much to write about right now, well actually I do, but I'll probably put it up in a couple of days. But I guess all I can say about it right now is that things at home aren't doing so hot right now. A lot has gone on since late November and I'm not sure where to turn right now.

If I hosted a confrence with game developers...

2010-10-29T01:46:00.000-07:00

Here's what I would say...

1. Lay off the 3D

I'm not really sure why 3D has resurfaced. No, really, I don't get it. It doesn't really enhance gaming at all, and besides think about all the crap you have to wear on your head. Glasses plus headset, yeah it doesn't sound all that appealing.

2. Not everything needs to be an MMO

Okay, let's get the obvious out of the way. You aren't Blizzard, you aren't going to kill World of Warcraft with your Hello Kitty MMO. Not every IP needs to be turned into a damned MMO nowadays. In my book, a decent MMO requires a big "World" and a halfway decent and involved story. The reason why WoW is so big is that different play styles, and average machines can enjoy the game. I'm talking to you Age of Conan, while fun, you pretty much raped computers and your low-end textures looked like a dog wiped it's ass on my carpet.

3. Stop releasing broken games.

Look, just because consoles have reached the age of the internet, doesn't mean that it's acceptable from a consumers point of view to release your game with numerous bugs that require a patch the first day, or in some publishers cases, it's bugged for months until they feel like fixing it. For example, FIFA 11 from EA SPORTS. They're whole slogan was "We Are 11", promoting the online team play that lets you play as goalie and have a full squad of eleven people online. Which is quite remarkable but guess what, the mode was broken for the first month of release due to various server issues. We, as paying customers, shell out anywhere from 40 to 80 dollars to play your games, we pay extra for the online "services" if you can even call them that, and yet you are content that you release a game half-assed with the mentality of "Oh, we can fix it later."

All-in-all, I think the third one is the one that bothers me the absolute most, it's so frustrating when you pay the money, and try to be excited about the game, only to put it in your drive and realize that game is unplayable after the first ten minutes.

It's been another long time.

2010-10-24T23:04:00.000-07:00

For the last few days or so I have been neglecting WoW. To be honest, I hate the way state of PvP right now. Seriously, sitting through a Warsong Gulch when no one actually plays and everyone tries, and the keyword being tries, to honor farm is one of the most excruciating things out there. At the same time, I've just been completely burned out on WoW. There's just not a whole lot to do on there for the next month, although I'll probably be on this week finishing up my Hallowed title.

In the mean time though, I picked up Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2. I bought the game with my expectations being very low. I don't know, there’s something about actually being able to play through the story that draws me to it. The adventure mode of the game, is simple and yet long enough to be satisfying, and it's surprisingly accurate to the storyline with not a whole lot of filler content until after the “main” story completes. The online mode doesn't offer a whole lot of options. Seriously, quick match, ranked match, and that's it. But it's still good for some quick fun, and most of the characters are fairly balanced. I also started up Borderlands today. It's an okay game so far, the starting area is really boring but still it has potential. My brother just bought Fallout: New Vegas and I'll probably be playing that soon too.

Now, on to football, I think my views of the NFL are really starting to diminish, and the Chargers, well, I'd rather not say. Number one ranked offense, number four ranked defense and they have a 2-5 record. Yeah, the season might as well be over for me.

I'm hoping to start updating soon, not really sure on content, maybe it'll just be about my adventures, or lack there of in everyday life.

Closing thoughts on the LeBron drama.

2010-07-09T23:47:00.000-07:00

So today I was going to post something about Blizzard's RealID fiasco. Well turns out they rectifed the situation while I was at work this morning. I can say I am glad they listened to the masses this time around. Like I read on a comment on some other blog yesterday afternoon. "Bad publicity right before an expansion launch is not the way to go."

Now then, on the the real meat of this post.

I'm sure you've all heard by now...

unless you've been living under a rock.

LeBron James is out of Cleveland and heading to South Beach.

So I've had a day to think about this, and gauge people's various reaction.

Personally, I think LeBron deserves a chance to win. I think those who truly thought he was going to win a title in Cleveland are just a little bit loopy. It was pretty clear that the Cavaliers front office was more than willing to have James try and do it all on his own. He was a one man show. He was given a handful of slackers and an inept coach who all buckled under the playoff pressure. And on top of that the Cavs Majority Owner has the audacity to post his little temper tantrum on the front page of the Cavs website basically claiming that James quit during the playoffs? Really? Is 29.1 PPG quitting in your book? Lets look at it this way, Antwan Jamison and Mo Williams had only 29.7 PPG combined. You can seriously tell me you expect a championship with that? Yeah now I can see why LeBron left Cleveland, and that's not even considering the fans, who on all accounts loved him but was willing to bite his head off at any given time for wearing the wrong hat to a baseball game. Because really, who the hell roots for the Indians?

However, LBJ is not exactly all innocent in this ordeal.

The "circus" was way overplayed, and completely unnecessary. A half hour special? Why not just hold a press conference like everyone else does. The worst part is that the man was lying through his teeth. I'm sure he really did love Cleveland and it did pain him to leave, but as soon as Chris Bosh agreed to play for Miami, his mind was made up. There was nothing "last-minute" about it. I mean, they took their summit together, and all that Jazz. As Judge Judy would have said, "Don't piss on my leg and call it rain."

And for those of you out there who claims it will "ruin" his legacy or that he relegated himself to the Scottie Pippen role in this whole package. Can you seriously tell me anyone who was able to do it by themselves? Oh and by the way, if you dare say Kobe or Jordan, it's pretty clear you didn't really pay attention to their success at all.

Just another day

2010-07-01T02:34:00.000-07:00

There is a part of me that truly believes that I am cursed when it comes to women. It's not very often I find someone I'm actually interested in, and when I do there always seems to be "circumstances" that make things difficult. It's not freaking fair. Just this once, I want to find someone.

Hello World

2010-06-21T01:27:00.000-07:00

So, Blogger released this new template thing, it's pretty decent I suppose, the basic customization options plus you can import your own stuff.

Random musings

2010-05-04T01:24:00.001-07:00

I spent a majority of the day doing what I normally do everyday, surfing the vast ocean of information that it the Internet. I had caught wind of my sister that she heard in class that the HQ of the Church of Scientology is in Hemet. Now, for those of you unfamiliar with the area, Hemet is roughly a half hour NE from Murrieta. Now this got me thinking...if the Church decides that it ever wants to lash at at the world, that puts me right in the line of fire more or less.

A quote I found

2010-04-22T02:49:00.000-07:00

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. - Carl Jung

This pretty much sums up a lot.

I don't need no mothafuking title!

2010-04-13T22:26:00.000-07:00

I literally don't know what to do anymore. On one hand, I feel like I'm breaking apart, like everything I have has been drained out of me. It's not a pleasant feeling at all. There is definitely a void in my life that needs to be filled. Maybe I need to go back to school, actually I KNOW I need to go back to school. I want to finish what I have started, even though it's been put on the back burner. Although, I'm kind of excited because I actually finally got my computer, it's been about three years trying to save and I've finally got it. I may have found a girl but I'm not sure where that's going yet.

Oh my, it's been like 9 months

2010-03-19T00:52:00.000-07:00

I thought I would update this blog. Although I really don't have much to say. I need to thank Troy for the shout out on his blog. It was indeed my B-day and I'm the big 2-6 now with oddly doesn't feel much different. Life goes, and goes, and goes one of these days I'll see change, hopefully. I should probably start updating more, but then again I have like one other reader so I doubt it matters:P

Doing some remodeling!

2009-07-16T21:16:00.000-07:00

To be quite honest, I'm bored with the look and overall style of this blog. I'm also taking suggestions on material to write about. So over the next few days there will be a few changes around here.

This...this really sucks

2009-06-17T01:44:00.000-07:00

This past week, hasn’t exactly been the best of them. In fact, I’m pretty sure this has been the worst week in recent memory. I can’t really help but to feel lost in the shuffle. I feel so helpless, and I don’t know where to start. It turns out that chances are we’re going to have to move…again. Apparently the owners of the house are getting out of the ol’ military early, and well the rest kind of explains itself. On top of that, my car has been acting up, I think we have it fixed now, but I’m still weary of committing to notion that we actually did fix it, and once again, for the going on fourth year in a row, it looks like I won’t be getting the computer like I planned. Things come up, money needed to be spent, and now I’m back at square one. Which leads me to another thing, why does it seem like I try to do anything to give myself at least a little bit of happiness in my life it seems to blow up in my face? Is it really too much to ask, maybe just this once that I can live for me, rather than live for other people? I mean don’t get me wrong, I like trying to make other people happy, and I did it blindly for far too long, and look at where it has gotten me. No where, I have nothing to show for it all, everyone, everyone in my life has moved on, and here I am unable to. I mean, it’s good for them, but let’s face it, I’m not able to survive out in the world alone, as able as I try to be, as strong as I pretend to be, I am weak, I am alone, and it sucks, I…I really hate this.

Everything, I’ve tried to accomplish in life has never come into focus. I’m afraid it never will. My goals were simple, and innocent enough, and to be honest I am so sick of trying, so sick of always ending up on the outside looking in. I’ll be honest, I truly am jealous of people who are able to sustain, a serious and meaningful relationship, and I absolutely loathe those who take it for granted. It makes me sick, how one can take someone who devotes themselves to them, and constantly take advantage of the situation, it pisses me off to no end. But as I said before, I’m tired of trying, I don’t know what I possibly need to change about myself, not that I feel that I’m perfect, far from it. But, I really just don’t know. Conversations just seem to end for no reason, and it doesn’t seem like anyone is even slightly interested. I’m just no good at this.

I hate feeling like I’m behind in life. I know I should be out doing something about, but I feel like I’m in so deep, I can’t move. What did I do to deserve this? Why does it seem like some people can just be handed everything, and for me, even if I work at it, I still can’t achieve anything.

Today has to be one of the worst days on record.

2009-06-16T02:22:00.000-07:00

I've already been feeling pretty down on myself lately. It's complicated, but I'll post about it later.

My car is starting to act up on me, luckily we think we have the problem isolated and we have the pasrt ready to put in tomorrow.

It was hella busy at work, and I was working by myself.

and when I came home, I find out that the owners of the house we're renting, want to move back in, in freaking August!

I've honestly had it, with everyone and everything.

Just a few random thoughts as I close out the night

2009-05-29T00:35:00.000-07:00

Thank you LeBron for finally taking charge of a game.

NHL 10 is looking pretty sweet.

Naxx shouldn't be as hard as people make it out to be.

I really wonder why, it seems like it's so hard for me to meet people...even online. And yet it's like second nature for everyone else. I really am tired of trying and sometimes I just wish someone would come to me.

And yet I live...

2009-05-21T00:30:00.000-07:00

So it's been a few months since I've last posted. What can I say, things have been pretty hectic. As far as the moving goes, we're pretty much all moved in. We're just finishing up the last few loads over the weekends we have off. This new house is pretty sweet so far.

2009-03-24T01:36:00.000-07:00

I was actually going to write out something worthwhile and profound, but something came up. Actually, something over the past few months or so has really started to get on my nerves.

Cheating:

Tell me, why is it that people feel the need to cheat in order to win? Does it really matter that much? Is it really worth the potential problems in the future? It might be just me, but when I see someone that needs to cheat in order to win, it completely invalidates his win. It only goes to prove that he lacks the skill to do it the right way.

What is a role model?

2009-02-04T02:09:00.000-08:00

So I guess America's golden boy, Michael Phelps got caught smoking a little weed over the past couple of days. Normally, this isn't that big of a deal...if you were a normal american citizen. There are serveral people who appear to be outraged at this altest turn of events, parents hurriedly explaining to their kids about how marijuana is bad, no because it's common sense, but because Michael Phelps, whose picture was plastered everywhere over the summer, got caught doing it. But why are people so upset? Because he is supposed to be a role model.

Listen, what kind of crackpot society do we live in where we basicially inhumanitize people within the public spotlight? God forbid that we make mistakes, lest we might never be able to live up to that oh so perfect standards that these poster children set for us. Are we all that naieve that we strive for perfection so much, that we are ready to throw any mistake out there as an excuse to dethrone the very people that we place on the pedastal? That's right, we put these people there and we are the first ones to take them down. These people only know how to do what they do. They have publicists and other staff that guide them through the public limelight, and that anything that might cause a negative image be avoided.

Brittney Spears, Miss America, Tiger Woods, and Michael Phelps, just to name a few. All are, or were conisdered role models for our future at one point in time. They were "perfection" within it's finest form, but yet at some point in time, they have, or will take the fall. Is it really fair that we hold individuals in such hgh regard? Is it fair that we belittle them the minute something we don't approve of happens? I don't think so. I mean, what would happen if all the parent's in the neighborhood told their kids that they couldn't hang out with your kids because you steal cable? It's the same thing is it not?

Understanding

2009-02-02T01:26:00.000-08:00

Say nothing and they say you don't care.
Say too much and they call you opinionated.
Ask questions and you're being nosy.
Don't ask and you're not paying attention.
Respect them and you're being too nice.
Disrespect them and you're being a jerk.

Over the years I have come to a conclusion. A conclusion that says that men will never know what women want, because women don't know what they want themselves. The idea that everyone will find "the one" for them is incredibly foolish as there is no one out there that will meet all your standards and be flawless as well. Maybe someday...people will figure it out.

end vent

So maybe it's not all bad?

2009-01-28T00:43:00.000-08:00

Long story short, we're pretty much in the hole as far as our house is concerned. Which means...its time to move on. When I sit and think about it, it kinda sucks because I've been here for so long. BUT, the move, whenever it happens won't be very far, I mean we're talking about essentially right up the hill, maybe the farthest away being Lake Elsinore. It's not all bad though, the house is going to be bigger, and more room is always a good thing. Just the pain of packing everything up and going is troublesome.

Oh, hai2u

2009-01-22T02:05:00.000-08:00

So, what's anyone who actually reads this been up to? Me? I've had my work schedule shuffled around a bit. I'm working nights the first part of the week now. It's more hours but it's kinda a pain. The hardest part is not falling asleep until 4 and waking up til 11. I hate sleeping late because I'm always really tired. I've decided, after playing my warrior for most of Burning Crusade to put him into retirement. Long story short, there are just too many death knights running around nowadays, I pretty much had it when the guild I was in brought 5 DKs to a raid and 0 warriors. So, I've gone back to the horde to play my Rogue, my first true love, err I mean chracter. Other than that it's been pretty much the same. The days go by and I often find my self wanting to go back and do everything different, but then I think everything still would have turned out how it is today. Oh, so I decided to try my hand at meeting people on the internet again. I said I would never do it again, but well to be honest, I just don't get out as much as I should. So we'll see what's out there I suppose.

Ah, I've been spending the last couple of days on Microsofts support site, trying to figure out what in the hell is up with my xbox. I got a E73 error and even the live rep can't tell me what the hell it does. I also can't register my machine online right now at the moment so I guess I'll just have to call them. Honestly, I should have just gotten a ps3, but there were too many exclusives that I wanted to play.

So I've had this savings bond...

2009-01-13T01:27:00.000-08:00

Okay so when I was born, way back in 1984, my grandmother got the fifty dollar bond in my name. Well here we are all the way in 2009, and I figured I would use some internet bond calculator to check up on in. Well, providing that the calculator is indeed accurate, the bond is now worth a whoping...

ninety-four dollars.

Yes, it's amasses a total of forty-four whole dollars in the sum of nearly twenty-five years...amazing.

Earthquakes...

2009-01-08T23:54:00.001-08:00

are fun stuff

So today hasn't exactly been the greatest of days

2009-01-05T00:08:00.000-08:00

Apparently my copy of NHL 09 is badly scratched and my Xbox won't read the disc anymore, AND one of my xbox's went down and I can't register it to send it in for repairs, and I found out that I have five dollars available in my bank.

A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

2008-12-30T01:19:00.000-08:00

So it's a bit late for Christmas, but hopefully everyone had a safe and enjoyable holiday. I know I did, I've been playing with my family's new Wii for the past few days. And, since it's New Years in a couple days, hope everyone has a great start to 2009. Now then, I have more typing to do.!

Nihilum/SK Beats WoW (again)

2008-11-16T02:37:00.000-08:00

So yeah every raid has been cleared already. And they are starting to think that the game is too easy. But these are the same people who cried to Blizzard that c'thun was too hard...that Grull was too comsumable intensive...and that hay I needz to click sum qubes in Mag's lair and it's too hard.

wow...

just wow...

Overdone Halloween Costumes as seen by Eric!

2008-11-02T01:07:00.000-07:00

1. Pirates...I mean seriously? And most of them were the store bought ones at that
2. Batman...there were also a lot of female batmans...and not, not batgirl...a girl in the batman costume.
3. Spiderman...see batman

Suprisingly, I only happened to see one Joker, and it wasn't that bad.

The Big Election 2008

2008-10-27T23:11:00.000-07:00

You shouldn't vote for Obama because he is black, you should vote for him because you feel he is the best man for the job.

Likewise you shouldn't vote for McCain because he is white, but you feel he is the better man for the job.

That is all.

Oh and by the way, take it from someone who's actually gone to school in California and Prop 8. Schools don't teach about marrage at all kthx.

Is Fable 2 really that epic?

2008-10-27T00:37:00.000-07:00

Okay so the reviews are in and people can't seem to stop talking about Fable 2. Seriously, they're saying it's one of the best games since Zelda. Really? I'm not convinced. I mean, it has it's ups and downs, and in my honest opinion it has far too many downs to really be considered great. For example, the melee combat is quick and easy. However, ranged and... casting are both horribly lunky and slow. There is an absence of defensive spells so if you're looking to get that big level 5 spell off you're going to take quite a beating before you do. Somehow the game feels both fast and slow in terms of progession. Experience and money is way to easy to get and yet I feel like I'm very early in the story still. (I've maxed out my melee styles and have a few points in the other two strength categories and I just got finished with the crucible, in which I came out with almost 30k gold.) I'm really not sure what the point of having a dog in the game is, other that he shows off and gets you a few points. He's very very slow to finish off opponents when they're downed, and to be honest he really doesn't find treasure all that well. Although I do commend the enemy AI. If you hold X for too long, they will back away so you can hit them, and if you are taking aim from long range, they will take cover somewhat. There is a ridiculous amount of back and forth travel that needs to be done, and I feel like there is a real lack of quests so far. Oh and the co-op is crap, both over live and local.

One of those nights you wish you never had

2008-10-19T01:08:00.000-07:00

Having to go pick your dad up from a party when he's shitfaced is pretty much the single most embarassing experience ever. Luckily he doesn't do it that much.

Just a quick thought for the night

2008-10-17T00:20:00.001-07:00

Konoha is fucked...

My thoughts on this weekend:

2008-10-06T01:56:00.000-07:00

My thoughts on this weekend:

Another disapointing weekend in the NFL. I swear the officials are horrendous, and schoolyard football owned the Chargers.

Hockey season is here!

I finished reading Claymore, it's awesome, one of my favs.

I watch way too many movies I think

It needs to be Nov. 13

WoW Arena Tournaments continue to be incredibly lame.

Oh the irony

2008-10-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

I swear this post is 100% politics free...although it does still have to do with the economy a bit.

I would really like to know how the corporate level for big companies functions. For example, the Verizion FiOS cart next to our store. As of late, their General Manager/District Manager/Whatever has been on their case about sales. Well now, I'm sure you say that there's nothing wrong with that. I mean, what company doesn't need to make money? However, here lies the problem.

Our mall is so ridiculously slow, we barely get anyone to come by. With the combined slow economy and the renovation/expansion of the mall, well no one really even bothers to come during the week. Keep in mind that out mall is only like 6 years old. I find it humorous that these execs sit back in their offices and tell people to sell more, and yet don't do anything to help the situation, they want to honestly believe that every mall in America is trhiving 24/7. It just doesn't make too much sense.

Dot Dot Dot

2008-09-30T00:15:00.000-07:00

We the American people...are fucked.

Our government, our elected officials that are supposed to be put into the office for the people, by the people have failed us. They can't seem to come to an agreement on bailing out the damn back, who they didn't want to regulate, and why? Because they can't figure out how to recoup the money that they are spending. Yes, we are fucked. Look, I understand that $700 billion is a ton of money. The bottom line is it needs to be spent in order to keep what little financial stability that we have left. Our damn presidential canditates seem to not even want to take a stance on the entire issue and for the first time in his second term, out current President is the only person in the government that seems to have his head on straight. But, who is to blame? Us? or them?

The sky is falling

2008-09-26T00:11:00.001-07:00

Do not let the government fool you. Our economy is in shambles, quite possible beyond repair. Banks have lent money out based on over-values assets and the assets dropped in actual value when it came time to collect. My bank (Washington Mutual) just got bought out this morning. Their shares were like $1.85 or something.

I think somewhere along the line, the big business brokers forgot what it is that fuels our economy. Liquid assets. Essentially, when people don't have jobs, they don't have the money to put into businesses through purchased goods, simple as that. Personally I'm struggling to keep hours at my work as it is. It's making enjoying outside things increasingly difficult as I am forced the take care of the bare essentials.

Thank you to whoever thought it was a good idea to air episodes of a networks respective shows on the networks website. See, my television is usually in use most of the time so I can never watch the shows when they are actually on, so now I can watch Heroes and Chuck and the few other ones I watch at a more convienient time.

The construction at the mall is horrible. Every morning I come into work, everything inside and outside the store is covered in feaking dust and it takes forever to clean, so so very frustrating.

My stress level has been pretty high lately, all of this stuff is going on that is so far out of my control. I hate not knowing and not being able to guide the hand that steers it. Whatever, what fun would it be if everything went as planned?

Subway: A sandwich place that can't cut sandwiches

2008-09-15T09:46:00.001-07:00

So...randome thought of the day, the people who work at Subway can't cut a damn sandwich without smashing it hell.

WotLK: PTRs Where to begin?

2008-09-15T00:43:00.000-07:00

Alright, so now that the 3.0 PTRs are up, I've had a chance to play with a few things that looked like they would be really cool. So, here's my thoughts.

Titan's Grip

Titan's grip defenitely has a huge coolness factor. I mean, you get to run around wielding dual two handed weapons, how could that not be cool? Well, Blizzard thought it would be this great idea to "counterbalance" as they call it, the ability. In it's current iteration, all your melee abilities have an additional 15% chance to miss.

Okay seriously... 15%? Seriously?

PvE wise, it's not that big of a deal, if you feel like wearing full +hit gear complete with +hit gems sure you can get back your can't miss hit table. You know, you think that the inherant attack speed would be enough of a counterbalance. I mean at 3.8 seconds an attack? Is that not balanced enough?

In pvp the negative effect is crippling in PvP, enough so that the entire tree is now once again useless for anything bu raiding, but then again there have been reports that prot warriors are out damaging fury warriors so there you have it. Essentially you are dumping around 30 rage per special normal attack and anywhere up to 100 rage for executes. And I've had more than a few executes miss so far and it's been gg for me with no rage. And here I thought that it might be okay to pvp as fury again, but no thanks blizzard. You counter balance a move that didn't need to be futher balanced but it's still okay for Mages to pop all their trinkets and frostbolt me for 6k, freeze in with a fucking pet, and then get an instant 3k lollance and kill me. Oh yeah, now they can stun me too so I can't even reflect it. Fucking gg.

My overall problem with blizzard use of the warrior class is that they claim they we are something that we are not. Yes, we have a lot of health with a lot of armor. I won't argue with the armor part, but I've seen hunters and locks with way more health than I have. Armor does 0 against spells so we get for the full amount of the spell, which with well written macros could be an instant 9-10k damage.

The general player base is so self absorbed they fall into the mentality that if something owns them, regardless of how well the other player may be, they are overpowered and deserve a nerf. With a majority of the player base being cloth, warriors, paladins, and rogues got hit with the nerf bat several times and we are now on the verge of uselessness in pvp.

So for anyone who is out there, that actually reads this lets throw some random facts out there.

Warriors have 0 untalented short term offensive cooldowns. In fact out only real cooldown breaks fear and sap.

The rate at which melee damage scales with AP is no where near that rate that spell damage scales with spellpower.

Warriors are more a glass cannon than mages are. Mages at least get ice block so they can get healed up. (Throwing on a shield does nothing for us as you can't effectively block a spell).

Warriors have zero ways to get out of snares and roots. While blink, switching forms, CoS, Beastial wrath all break them.

The one ability that made us mandatory in pvp is now available to other classes, and with their added utility are sought after more than warriors.

There's a lot more too.

Look, here is what I'm getting at, Warriors are supposed to be offensive weapons. The problem is they get nullified by basically anything and everything. They are too susceptable to being locked down and really have no legitimate defense against it. It really has been our bane since vanilla WoW and we've always needed a pocket healer to get us out of jams.

Heroic Leap
Really not too much to say on this ability. Doesn't bring anything on the PvE front other than a quick way to get out of a potentially deadly AoE. PvP wise you aren't really able to target it acurately and the stun radius leaves something to be desired.

The gems of the fury tree
One of the biggest upgrades to the fury tree is the re-designed Bloodthirst where yo regain 1.5% of your health per swing for the next 5 swing. It is an amazing tool to keep yourself healed.

Instant Slam
Only available after you crit with BT but the damage it puts out is surpassed only by BT itself.

It's a crazy sort of time

2008-09-04T23:54:00.001-07:00

You know, as much as I said I wasn’t going to like the whole jury duty thing, it’s actually quite an interesting process. Sure it’s boring sitting in the courtroom and crap, and it really cold in there for some reason. But I sit here and think about it…and I’ve come to the realization that I and eleven other people hold some guys future in our hands. Come to think of it, I would hate to be that guy, having twelve strangers deciding my fate. But then again, I must have done something pretty fucked up to even be in that situation.

With that being said, perhaps this is what I need, maybe a little guidance on the law system, it is truly intriguing. But, we’ll see after this damn trial is over. Oh, and another reason I’m enjoying jury duty, is there’s a really cute girl right next to me :P. But we really don’t get much time to talk or anything, it’s almost cruel.
Hopefully this is the last week, I’ll at least get a taste of normalcy for a few days until I need to start taking my dad down for radiation treatments EVERY AFTERNOON! Ugh, it’s like that last thing I need is to be burning gas driving 45 minutes down to San Diego, but I guess it needs to be done. You know sometimes I feel like not even bothering trying to put together a social life, because something is always up. I work one job and my schedule is literally packed. Either it’s driving my sister to school in the evenings, or picking her up, or driving someone else around for whatever reason, or I have ten million things I need to do around the house. Heh, I probably deserve it though after making up excused to not go out at all because I just didn’t feel like it.

Other than everything that going on, life is pretty basic.

I so hate politics

2008-09-02T01:30:00.001-07:00

So McCain's VP's daughter is pregnant at 17....

why are we supposed to care again?

And then there were updates...

2008-08-26T23:57:00.000-07:00

Hello out there to my one, maybe two readers. :P

I've decided that it was time to post here, I guess, not a whole lot is going on, but I've been keeping pretty busy. I've been searching for affordable car and health insurance. But trying to do it all on an extremely tight budget has turned out to be more troublesome that I had anticipated, but it's coming along. I think I've at least zeroed in on some affordable car insurance.

In other news, I've been "summoned" for jury duty about 4 times and never hoad to report, that was until tonight when I found out that I did indeed have to report to duty. I'm kinda interested in how it goes down, but I'm kind of nervous that I actually get put on a case.

Why hello thar!

2008-07-12T00:19:00.000-07:00

Well, I guess it has been awhile since I last updated. I suppose I should put something down. Things are pretty slow right now, it's hard to really go out and do stuff anymore, at least while my dad is on chemo. Work is well, work and I've been looking into some classes to take for school, but to be honest, I don't see that happening this term, which reminds me I still owe $101 for a class I didn't even take.

The guild is on vacation for a few weeks while we search for members, and we had a bunch of people needing to take extended AFK's anyway, so far it's been nice to be free of raiding for a bit and spend some time doing other things, such as grinding cash for my epic mount.

Well at least that's what I should be doing, however, I've been playing alot of XBOX. I just picked up UT3 and I've gotten back into Halo, which isn't as bad as I remembered but, sometimes it's still a noob fest. I've taken my first steps into the competitive gaming arena, I've got a Madden 09 tournament next week. I'm so going to own.

I've also been catching up on teh old animes. Unfortunately Bleach and Naruto are still in fillers; really, really horrible fillers, and the manga just finally picked up again.

I've also been looking into astrology, it's really intriguing. I've been taking these personality tests I find on the internet. Apparently, I'm a water type, which ties in to being pisces. And my best number is 3. Apparently water types are best at getting in tune with people feelings and reading their body language and all that jazz, and that pretty much sums everything up. lawl

I've returned to the arena scene

2008-06-23T00:53:00.000-07:00

As much as I've said I hated arenas in the past. I got invited to a 5v5 team the other day and I decided to help some people get some gear. We played our first games tonight, and surprisingly didn't do too bad. It's good to see at least skill still has some advantage in pvp. Anyway, we're running with MS Warrior, Resto Shaman, Holy Paladin, Combat rogue, and feral druid. Not too bad I guess. We did run into the issue of having fully geared season 3 teams running around in a lower bracket. But, that could've been the lack of people queueing.

Overall, this weekend has been all about grinding the battlegrounds in prep for season 2. I am finally getting rid of this piece of crap dagger I have. I'm kinda starting to get back in the swing of the bgs. Some people still need to L2P, but I usually just ignore those idiots.

Other than that, the weeks gone by pretty cleanly. Work, raid, work, raid. Although, I've had sort of a wierd sleeping schedule. But I've gotten used to it. The heat is a killer though, my fan has been on pretty much 24/7.

Oh, I was actually impressed with the Naruto chapter this week. It had a seriousness about it, that although it seemed uncharacteristic, showed a completely different side of Naruto. One that makes him seem...almost normal I suppose. I mean, he turned down ramen. It sucks that the cut it off when they did though. Oh well, next week, next week.

Just another WoW post

2008-06-12T00:34:00.000-07:00

Basically, I'm just testing this script out.

Shit I really need from Black Temple

Choker of Endless Nightmares
Shadowmoon Destroyer's Drape
Stormrage Signet RIng

Winding Down

2008-06-11T00:30:00.000-07:00

Finally! That's really all it comes down to. It's been an extremely long week and a half. As if I didn't already have enough on my plate. My Dad's truck broke down and it's been in the shop over the weekend. So, I've been having to drive up and down because I've been the onle car available. This is on top or my entire household being totally stressed out because my Dad had surgery today, he got a port put in so he can start his chemotheropy. Ohhhh how I hate the hospitals. They call it a place of healing, but it can easily be called a place of sickness and death as well. Anyways, after a long drive to San Diego, five hours in the hospital and the drive back, I'm completely worn out. Now I have to just dig in for the long run, it's going to be one hell of a ride I think.

Naruto 403: Thoughts

2008-06-08T00:27:00.000-07:00

All it not well in the Narutoverse. War is on the horizon, and it will be a war that our heroes from Konoha will not want to take part in.

What bothers me...is the whole principle of this war. Sasuke seemed so upset that Itachi actually was protecting him, and now he vows to destroy the very village that Itachi loved so much? It doesn't make a ton of sense, but at the same time, it does. It also appears that Itachi has given Naruto a power, although it appears to be something to be used as a last ditch effort. Why are his jutsus always something that shouldn't be used?

As it is right now, there is no way in hell Naruto and Sakura can stand up to Sasuke's assault at this time. Hopefully we'll see a little more development on their behalf. However, I don't think Sasuke will be able to get very far in Konoha either, even with "hawk" with him. But, we don't even know what his new sharingan can do.

It seems like every one has a few tricks up their sleeves. I hope there is a lot of explaining going o between now and the attack, if there even is one that is. I don't think this will be the end, but it will definitely be huge.

Sometimes I forget myself

2008-05-29T21:29:00.000-07:00

So today I had the day off. I actually woke up pretty early today, which is rare. I decided that I was going to visit my friend over at her works. You know, to catch up on things, I haven't even seen her for a few months, she's always super busy with things. But She's one of my best friends, and I guess you can say I kinda owe it to her to stay in touch. She's kinda kept me a little sane over the years we've know each other. But seriously I knew most of her secrets, and she knows most of mine. And you know, things have always been like that. But, sometimes, I can't help but think...

I suppose the best option is to keep things simple, and keep things to myself. At least until an oportuntity arises. I mean, she does have a boyfriend after all, and I really don't want to go down that road again. I suppose at this point, my sanity will need to take precidance over my happiness for now. Who know's what may happen down the road. It's just being like this really really sucks. To want, but know that you are unable to have, just sucks.

edit: I just actually re-read this, and I feel like it's really confusing. But, I can't think of any other way to put it right now.

Saturday 5/24

2008-05-25T00:47:00.000-07:00

It's a good thing I got over this sickness thing all quick. I'm still a little down, but I don't feel like complete crap like I did yesterday. Although, I slept a lot today which I normally don't do. Hopefully in the next few days I'll be back to 100% and I can pick up on my exercise routine, ugh trying to get back into shape is such a pain in the ass lol.

I can't believe the Red Wings are just wtfpwining just about the entire Stanley Cup playoffs. They just blanked the Pens 4-0, boy do I hate them.

As much as I dislike Kobe Bryant, you have to admit the guy is an amazing playmaker. How he is able to pull off these school yard stunts (i.e. passing to himself off the backboard, setting up for a dunk) is beyond me.

As I look around, I've come to realize that my room really needs some cleaning,, I guess I'll get to that tomorrow before the raid starts.

As much as I've enjoyed all this extra rest, it's really screwed up my internal clock.

Anime & Manga updates

2008-05-24T01:26:00.000-07:00

Ugh, being sick is the worst...

oh and don't read this if you like teh spoilers.

So, It seems like Madara's story time is finally over. Now that Sasuke know's the truth, what will he do now? Madara mentioned that Sasuke will be viewed as a hero by Konoha for killing Itachi? It leaves an interesting twist to what may happen soon. Other than that, the chapter was pretty much a repeat of the last. But where does that leaves Sasuke in terms of power? He has no MS, and no curse...so instead of buffing Naruto, he nerfed Sasuke? I dunno, maybe we'll find out the missing pieces.

As for the weekly Bleach installment, it looks like most of the Vizards are being turned, we also found out that Urahara and Tessai were raised by Yoruichi's family.

Now, I need to swing back with Shipuudden. If you haven't watched any of the fillers, don't start. While the story itself actually had promise, the actual playing out of it is rather lame. So for a quick overview, team Kakashi (Yamato, Naruto, Sakura, and Sai) is summoned to the Fire Temple where they are having problems with grave robbers defiling the tombs of four of the fallen Twelve Ninja Guardiana. Blah, blah, blah. Well team Konoha chases em out into an open field, where apparently they have the ability to draw a map and create a massive section of caves, essentially seperating everyone from each other. I don't remeber these guys names, but it's inconsequential because they're going to get defeated anyway. anyways...

Yamato vs. some really cocky big guy:

Now apparently the memo has escaped him that if you are going up against someone who is using wood element, you are pretty much screwed. Anyway, the guy thinks he beats Yamato by trapping him in same rock formation and then leaves, only to have Yamato walk out right after. Now, i thought every idiot knew that wood element was earth and water. I mean, even naruto figured it out...

Sai vs. some other artist woman:

Really, boring fight really, this woman can apparently, change the surroundings. Basically Sai ends up getting away.

Sakura vs. a giant spider?:

Okay, first...wtf? Second, she doesn't even actually fight, she gets aproached from behind and Sai ends up saving her ass...thanks for making Sakura seem completely useless yet again...

Naruto vs. some girl who absorbs chakra by making out with them:
another wtf fight...apparebtly she has 4 types of chakra, and omg, doesn't have wind. What a coincidence...very litte action as a whole. On a side note, it seems this whole filler arc they are playing around with the whole Naruto & Sakura thing, it won't surprise me one bit if she happens to walk in on this fight and bail Naruto out.

Yeah, this whole thing is bizzare...

Minor Annoyances

2008-05-22T23:36:00.000-07:00

I know it might seem hard to believe, but I'm a pretty easy going guy. Not a lot gets to me, but the same thing...repeatedly starts to get on my nerves a bit.

Teacher Strikes: so, there's been rumors going on about the possibility of yet another teacher strike at this school district. Now, I swore I would never talk bad about teachers because the last girl I dater was a teachers aid, and yeah, I guess I ran my mouth a little too much. But normally, shouldn't teachers, or anyone in general demand more money if they show an improvement in their abilities? For some reason, they have it backwards and seem to think that since test scores are lower and average gpa is less, they deserve more money? Or extra benefits? Please, it's not like they are living on welfare or anything. Maybe when people do their damn jobs, I'll start caring that they seem to not be making enough at 80k a year.

2008-05-18T00:36:00.000-07:00

So today I decide to delve into the world of GTA's multiplayer. At first it's a little frustrating, but it's actually a lot of fun. Especially the online races. Only problem is ranked matches don't actually have set settings so the host can pretty much rig the game to his liking. Either way, it's still pretty damn entertaining.

Sooo it's been at least 100 degrees for the past few days. It's horrible.

Naruto 400 is out, and honestly wtf... just when I thought I was getting a hang on the story, everything gets all messed up and new possiblities open up. At this point, I would say that it wouldn't be out of the question to see Sasuke end up going back to Konoka to secretly plot his revenge. Either way, it seems like story time is really dragging on.

Other than that, lately things have been pretty slow.

O hai

2008-05-14T23:02:00.000-07:00

Soooo, I finally got my governement money. 600 bucks ftmfw! I'm pretty stoked, I was going to go out and buy a computer right away, but...not even joking...the day after they announced Blizzcon for this year. So, I'm going to hold off for a bit and make sure I can go this year because I got screwed outta last years.

So, I finally went out and bought GTA IV. It's tough to tell if it really deserves the 10/10 that everyone gives it, but I'd say it's up there. Graphics wise it's the best(duh?) Storywise, it's the best so far as well. However, as far as things to do, it really lacks as far how San ANdreas was. Sure you have al the minigames, but everything is mission based, and exploration can be a pain sometimes, there seem to be a lot of fences you can't jump.

Other than that, the game is pretty solid, I haven't had a chance to do multiplayer yet though. It's gonna be a big year for games I think

Google: Taking over the internet one cool feature after another

2008-05-07T23:30:00.000-07:00

There is seriously some cool shit you can do with google.

Nothingness

2008-05-03T02:02:00.000-07:00

Well, truth be told, there really hasn't been a whole lot going on lately. My days run pretty much the same routine, although recently my mind has been wandering off to some extent. The search for little answers of all of life's so many questions continues I guess.

I really wish I had GTA4 right about now, it would make this weekend just a little bit bareable. Sucks this week that there were no new chapters released. Oh wells

Well, I'm pretty much running on empty right now... I suppose I should get to sleep or something

Looking

2008-04-25T00:40:00.000-07:00

for something witty and inspirational to put here, yet I got nothing.

Everyday annoyances and etc....

2008-04-19T01:45:00.000-07:00

So, as of today I am adding some really annoying things customers do to me while I'm at work.

1. Lay their money down on the counter...out of my reach. (I mean srsly, are you that fucking lazy, that you can't hand me your money?)
2.People who "hover" around the store. (We all know you're going to get something, stop walking around in circles, talking with your girlfriends as if you're thinking about it, and just order already, We really don't have all day.)
3. (point)

My Xbox broke down the other day, it hasn't even been a year. I really don't think I can handle being without mah xbox for 4-6 weeks so I ponied up and bought a core system. More money that I wanted to spend, but I'll sell the old one back for money towards a wii or ps3.

Early Morning writing

2008-04-11T01:25:00.000-07:00

Currently it's 1:30 Friday morning, and to be quite honest I'm completely worn out. Partly from the little amount of sleep I've had for most of the week, and partly from all the raiding we've been put through the last week or so. But I can't say it's not without result and I can finally relax a little bit. My guild happened to kill Illidan on Monday, we then turned around and 2-dayed BT and killed him again. At this stage, for me and my own personal progression it seems like a total waste because I need only 1 thing from a few bosses, but I don't mind helping others in the people get their shit. plus it's DKP for me so it's all good. Sunwell tomorrow oh good times indeed. As far as any other World of Warcraft news goes, I've been putting together some material on a few topics, such as why people are having such a hard time finding tanks for their instances, and revealing the secret to beating rogues in pvp. Trust me on this one, Cloak of Shadows and Will of the Forsaken aren't as powerful is you know how to fight it.

Outside of WoW, things have been pretty much docile, (I think that means calm, heh) Either way, I've been doing a little looking of looking up old friends on Facebook. It seems like everyone is starting to jump off the Myspace bandwagon as soon as they jumped on. But yeah, it's kinda nice to get to talk to some old friends, and dare I say old crushes from back from my days in school. Other than that, I finally got around to starting to work out on somewhat of a normal routine, that probably isn't helping my energy levels at all, but it's probably worth it. Since it's back to being incredibly slow at work, I've tried my hand at some freestyle writing. (I'm not sure if it's actually called "freestyle" but that's what I'm calling it for now) When I clean some of them up I might put em up on somewhere like deviantart or something I don't know, most of the time, it all sound really good in my head, then when I get around to reading it comes out incredibly lame. LOL.

I love this time of the year as far a sports goes. NFL is coming up.... NHL playoffs are under way...and the NBA playoffs are coming fast. I suppose I'll be rooting for the Cavs again this year, because I'm a big fan of LeBron James. Speaking of sports, I really need to dust off the golf clubs I got for Christmas, it's getting to be golfing season around here. I know I sound incredibly lame, but I like the opportunity to get away from everything for a day, no phone, no work, no nothin'

And as of the ending of this post, I just got my tac returns :D So I just picked up an extra $250, so now I can end this post on a good note, computer money ftw.

2008-04-06T00:56:00.000-07:00

It feels like it's been such a long week, I don't know it just felt like things dragged on and on. Ugh, I need to break out of this routine. I've had a lot of money managing to do with taxes and registation for my car and all. Well as far as WoW goes, at least we've finally made it to Illidan, to tell you the truth, it's been a roller coaster ride, especially surviving the good ol' hack and ninja our bank. Illidan is no pushover either.

I swear though, manga chapters just aren't long enough. Especially when there's good stuff going on. Seems like it takes forever just find out any info. Well at least in Naruto we know that Tobi is infact Madara Uchiha (I mean, talk about the worst kept secret ever). If what Kishimoto said was on tap for this year is true, it seems like Sasuke's development is going to wind down for a bit and Kakashi's is going to start. Then Sakura's more than likely. From a personal standpoint I want to see what he has up his sleeve for Sakura, I'd put money on some type of powerful genjutsu or something.

Anyways, I got work tomorrow so I guess I should probably head out for the night.

To the idiots of society....

2008-03-29T23:54:00.000-07:00

Go Away!!!! You really aren't needed and just make things on the rest of us harder.

If you do something really stupid, at least post a video so I can laugh at you.

and now...back to my writing of non-blog oriented material.

2008-03-23T03:11:00.000-07:00

Hmmmm, not much really going on today, the UCLA-Texas A&M game was pretty damn good. There have been a lot of overtime games so far for being only halfway through the 2nd round of the tourney.

Nothing much else really going on at the moment. With tomorrow, well actually today being easter, that means the mall is closed and I get an extra day off. I'll probably use it to play through more of my Cavs season on NBA live. Not really much to do being that so many places are closed.

Anyways, it 3 a.m. and I should be trying to get some sleep so I'm not waking up at 11:30 again. Feels like such a waste of a day when I do that.....

peace for now,

Itz liek Friday manga dayz lawl

2008-03-21T22:02:00.000-07:00

Just got finished reading the weeks releases, and can't say there's anything really noteworthy going on. Sasuke's fight has come to a close, or has it? and Ichigo is about to go at it with Ulquiorra once again, we better get to see hollow Ichi take over again.

Hmmm and Air Gear, yeah I'll get into that later....

Change (Part I)

2008-03-19T01:29:00.000-07:00

nm I remembered lawl
The gears of change have been set into motion. Moving slowly, I have decided that now is the time I must continue down my path. What my goal is however, I still am not too sure about. There is a part of me that wishes to pursue happiness; there is another part of me that wishes to pursue successfulness. The issue at hand is, do I settle for one or the other? Or do I find a path that allows for both? Either way, I must remain on course, and while it may sound harsh, crush those who stand in my way. For once, I have my own ambitions, my own goals that I will accomplish. I wish to surround myself with those will accept me, and support me. I already know I can count on my “real” friends, they’ve got my back, and I’ve got theirs. Though, deep down inside, I want to find someone that can support me on a much deeper basis.
I know that at times, I might seem like I’m not afraid of much. But on the inside, there is so much that scares me, truly scares me. For example, and I’ve never told this to anyone ever before, I am so afraid that I will be forever be alone. I don’t like being alone. I know, it seems childish, but you know, I try so hard to keep what little contacts I do have, I often make things worse. Friends come and go, they have their own lives, and they have their own problems. They choose not to ask me for help, there’s nothing I can do about it. I can’t go out of my way to try and insert myself in people’s lives, it seems like all I do is cause problems, and that’s absolutely the last thing I need, or want to do. Another fear of mine would be the fear of failure. I would have to say that I’m a pretty confident person in terms of my abilities, but there’s always the part of me that wonders what will happen if things turn out for the worst. It’s a disgusting habit; I hate myself for it because I allow it to eat away at me.

I totally had this epic post ready to go....

2008-03-19T01:00:00.000-07:00

and I totally lost my train of thought...

For the Horde!

2008-03-17T00:49:00.001-07:00

http://forthehorde.com

Tell your friends!

It's a Wednesday morning

2008-03-12T01:44:00.000-07:00

I said I would never do another honor grind, yet here I am in AV, AFK'ing without getting caught. :P You know, finishing up mangas and what not. Only like 3 k honor to go and thenI start all over lawl

Actually....

2008-03-09T00:08:00.000-08:00

Actually now that I think about it, there's a bit on my mind. Mostly, I have many pressing issues that I need to take care of. Mostly on the job front. Basically the job is just barely getting me by now, my actual spending becomes less and less, and essentially my dad is starting to crack down on getting all of my expenses in my name. Now, I'm not one to say I don't completely agree with him. I mean, at 24, I feel like I should, at the very least be out on my own, granted my current income situation has been a little on the shortcomings. I feel like my dad thinks that I'm alright with just sitting here, and it seems like I'm not doing anything. But he's wrong, I've been trying to establish myself, a career, and some form of meaningful realtionship, and believe me, I want to be able to obtain that more than anything. But, things happen, plans get pushed back, and well I haven't really improved my situation much in the past years.

This brings me to a call I got from my grandmother the other day. She offered that I g live with her and my other family back east. Now, it's a most generous offer, and at the time I didn't want to hurt her feelings or anything so I told her I wold think about it. But, to be honest, I really don't like the east coast. I don't know, it's just not for me. I can barely take the winters we have here and yet, how am I supposed to survive longer, colder winters. On the plus side, it would be a change of scenery, but let's face it, and allow me to be just a bit selfish for a moment, I really can't handle just turning my back on what little I have here and essentially start my life over. It's not something that I'm really equiped to handle, at least for right now. I wouldn't mind visiting, but to make things permanent, I dunno....

2008-03-08T23:43:00.000-08:00

So, I've realized today that drinking energy drinks late at night causes insomnia.

Well I didn't just figure that out, put that's what's on my mind right now.

Back to teh manga reading

This is what really grinds my gears

2008-03-05T14:29:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to me today!

A sad day in the NFL
Anyone who is even a little bit of a football fan has just died a little inside after the announcement of Brett Favre's retirement. He is probably the last respectable quarterback in the league, and a true workhorse who wasn't afraid to take a hit. He was always fun to watch and if your team was playing against him, you knew the game wasn;t over until you were up by 3 scores with like 10 seconds left. Either way, a great player who will become an instant hall of famer.

Also announcing his retirement, Warren Sapp, a big-guy with a big-mouth, but he could always back it up. Since leaving Tampa Bay, he was never utilized correctly and shame on the Raiders for forcing him out the door.

Why WoW will die out soon.
After some lengthy discussions with Troy, we've come to the conclusion that WoW will be lucky to last much longer than the next expansion. They have repeatedly nerfed and toned down the one aspect of an MMO that it exceled at, in favor of making a few more bucks turning it into an "e-sport" where people will take advantage of a completely imbalanced pvp system. Honestly Blizzard you should just rename all the classes spec tabs to PvE | PvP | and random tree that only 1 in 100 people actually use. Dedicated raiders have become rather disgruntled as to the fact they can farm T4 level dungeons for badges to obtain T6 equivalant gear.

How awesome is Naruto?
I suppose you can call me a fanboy, but if you are even remotly into comics/manga/anime or just appreciate an awesome story, you should definately check out Naruto. While it's actually pretty popular here in the states and Japan, alot of the kids that run around with their leet leaf headbands overlook what makes the actually story so great. It is incredibly deeo and manages to stay fresh some 7 or so years after the first chapter was published. Honestly it's probably a better story than you could get on primetime television,

While on the subject, another thing I noticed, and it's kinda annoying. What's with the one-sided crushes all the time. It's like the authors kind of throw it out there and then just leave it sit. Here are some examples from things I normally read/watch

Naruto has a huge crush on Sakura
Sakura has an even bigger crush on Sasuke
Orihime falls in love with Ichigo
Kagome falls in love with Inuyasha
Hinata has a crush on Naruto
Sakura apparently loves Naruto (we're going to assume this is more like a brother at the time).

Apparently ther are people that get all excited over this kind of thing. It's not that I'm complaining but seriosuly, it's never seems to go anywhere. Eh I dunno, I just found that interesting.

Well I think that's it for now, I gotta do some running around for a bit

2008-02-24T23:55:00.000-08:00

So, it's been a little bit since my last update, and well there isn't a whole lot going on. The only real news is that I'm looking for a new job, mainly because the hours I'm getting are horrible. I honestly can't survive on bringing in only 200 bucks every two weeks. Anyway, most of this past week, I've been glued to G4 and Gamespot watching/listening/reading GDC coverage. There are a ton of games, that I want when they come out. Gears 2, Too Human, Fracture, all look really good, and Fable 2 with co-op is going to be a winner.

New WoW based blog on curse

2008-02-14T23:37:00.001-08:00

The other side of the portal...

http://blogs.curse.com/341/

bah valentine's day

2008-02-14T22:45:00.000-08:00

yet another valentine's day, where I continue to torture myself, over what has been, and what never will be.

2008-01-25T00:22:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I decided to start work on my website. As for what's going to be on it, I have no idea. I need to put some cool shit in there though, maybe some forums or something to start out with. Well I soon as I figure out how to "upgrade" my server. I dunno IPOWER is kind of weird.

Let's see where to begin for tonight....

Heath Ledger is dead....wtf why? :(

Giants vs. Patriots Super Bowl: Vegas says New England by 2 touchdowns, but why is every reporter leaning toward NYG? Bandwagon much?

Hmmm and what else?

Is there anyone out there that actually understands scientology? Sounds pretty idiotic to me.

Let’s see, oh yeah, my new computer and new HDTV are coming soon thanks to tax returns and tax rebates,

So here I am just listening to music on the old (well not really that old :P) XBOX and looking if there’s any good jobs out there. So far, no luck. I probably should on WoW farming, but fuck that; I’ve been farming for the past two days, plus I’ll be on all weekend. Apparently I have to sit out of raids because I’m not fully enchanted. Which I totally understand but, I have some reservations putting executioner on a Spiteblade. Either way I’ll get it done.

I am so glad it’s finally Friday, last work day of the week for me, and Fridays are always good, because I actually get to work with someone else for a little bit. LOL I know it sounds sad, but you seriously have no idea. The mall is so dead, and to work 6-8 hours alone and I get MAYBE 10 customers all day, yeah it kind of takes a toll, if I had a laptop I would bring it, and maybe I could get some things done, but nope, I get to pace back and forth and mess around with my phone as I wait until I get off. On a side not, there is this girl that works across from the store, and she is absolutely beautiful. In fact she came by the store the other day, while I was talking to some other guy who works at a cart across from about PS3 vs. XBOX360, yeah not exactly the conversation you’d want some girl you liked to hear lawl. Oh well…

I think that’s pretty much it for now, yay for now Naruto / Bleach chapters tomorrow. One thing I noticed about the Naruto anime tonight, to me it seems like it’s starting to fly through the story, meaning fillers are probably coming soon….

This weekend I’ll probably set up a new layout, and move some stuff around, I’m getting tired or the default look. Until later….

Tired and Frustrated

2008-01-23T00:07:00.000-08:00

The title of this post pretty much sums things up right now.

4 Days

2008-01-16T23:37:00.001-08:00

Epic showdown...
Chargers @ Patriots

and everyone thought I was crazy :P

Horray 2008

2008-01-09T23:48:00.000-08:00

I dunno why, but Christmas "break" felt like it took forever. Anyways, here's some of my quick thoughts going right now before I head to bed.

This whole XBOX Live outage, flakyness is incredibly annoying
I need to start playing TF2 and finish may grind on COD4
I really, REALLY need a good job
I didn't make any New Year's resolutions based on the simple fact that I never complete them
This writers strike is getting annoying
As is this election coverage
I love the NFL playoff and the Pats WILL lose the the Jags this weekend, however I am probably missing the game based on the fact that I am switching cable providers that day.
Raiding in WoW is so much easier when you dont have the carry the entire guild on your back.
My new TV and Computer can't come soon enough
Oh how I've missed Bleach and Naruto despite their stupid release schedules over the holiday

quick script test for future reference:
Lionheart Executioner

So today...

2007-12-09T23:45:00.000-08:00

Cold and rainy....I love it,

Chargers win....I love it

Avs score 9 goals... I love it

I got my room rearranged...finally

and I got a big part of my to-do list done. However, christmas was not one of them...that'll be this week probably

Oh I how can't stand morons

2007-12-09T01:50:00.000-08:00

You know, it amazes me on how damn stupid people can be sometimes. Especially while driving in the rain. Apparently in Temecula, and I'm sure this occurs other places as well, when it rains it takes away peoples ability to think logically. So all in all, you get the epitome of retarded people to come out and the worst part is that they can operate vehicles and go public places. Truly a pain for most of the "normal" people out there. It's just really beyond my comprehension.

If people actually took the time to think about what they were doing once in a while, the world would be a much, much better place. But no, mankinds nature of act first and think later will continue to be the plague of humankind as we know it. A lot of people say what makes us better than animals is the ability to process information and apply rational action. Sometimes, it seems that acting upon instincts is truly better. Until next time....

Confession

2007-12-07T07:43:00.001-08:00

So, Sakura is my favorite character in Naruto...

...apparently that makes me wierd or something....

Oh well I guess.

I need ideas

2007-12-03T22:59:00.001-08:00

I need idea for stuff to put on here

Look & Feel

2007-12-03T07:42:00.000-08:00

So, if you haven't noticed I've been tweaking around with the site. I'll probably be adding some things here and there, and taking things out elsewhere. But for now it's off to work. ^_^

On yet another fine Sunday night

2007-12-03T00:37:00.000-08:00

So yeah, I'm tired of everything...

I'm tired in general...

I need to find a way to change how things are going, but thing are pretty busy for me this time of year.

All work and no play makes me sad, but then again, what is there to do anyway?

I like Christmas, but I hate it at the same time, but for far far different reasons.

oh well, back to scanning the web for pics/wallpapers

2007-11-27T02:09:00.000-08:00

Alright so this past week has been nothing but a pain in the ass. Aside from it being Thanksgiving, the week at work has become extra, aggrivating. People want things now now now. In addition, people in this this cursed town can't drive worth a damn, so being extra careful on the roads is a pain in the ass too. On top of that I had to go in to work at 4:30 a.m on Friday.

Black Friday is probably the biggest joke of a day ever. I mean sure, it's good for the businesses but who, in their right mind gets up at 4 to go shopping? It's crazy, I honestly want to know what these people are thinking, camping out overnight in just above freezing temps. Yeah, you all go ahead.

Anyways, other than that it's been business as usual. I try to keep up on my mangas when time permits, but meh, I suppose I could miss a week or two.

Updates

2007-11-26T00:35:00.000-08:00

Hmmm, so it's been like a month since I've updated. Well mostly because I've been busy with stuff. Anyway I'll post more about it tomorrow, because I am beat

Call of Duty 4

2007-11-07T01:00:00.000-08:00

The game is f'ing awesome.

Best Multiplayer Shooter imo.

The Single Player aitn half bad either

Hmmmmm

2007-11-02T01:34:00.000-07:00

Not having a plethora of money really blows. I should stop buying so many games...

Sleeeep

2007-10-31T01:57:00.001-07:00

I something I can't do right now

Halloween this week

2007-10-29T00:08:00.000-07:00

And I'll be stuck handing out candy....

oh, the excitement....

In other news...

I really can't stand the Patriots, even more than before. They are basically rubbing it in "lesser" teams faces now.

"Hay we're up 45-0 and we're gonna go for it on 4th down so TB can get hiz touchdownz"

Anyway, Colts will spank em next week, and I shall laugh, and laugh, and laugh some more....

because Peyton > Tom any day.

BTW, how in the hell did the Pat's get such and easy schedule, might as well end the season early and hand em the trophy.

Oh well, B-Ball soon, gogo Cavs

New chapter of Bleach

2007-10-27T12:25:00.000-07:00

Awesome

Fire updates

2007-10-24T00:01:00.000-07:00

So. California Fire Map

That's pretty much a map of the burn/evac areas. Although I'm a bit to the north of all the action, the two are fires are creeping up.

"Officially" The city of Temecula has no immediate threat, however we are on an Evac. alert.

"Unofficially, I think's wel'll be fine, but the south end of town mike take a hit, if the winds keep up.

I know some peeps in Fallbrook, and have no updates about them yet...

Theorycraft and some other updates

2007-10-22T23:26:00.000-07:00

First off, these fires around the area are getting bad. While my exact location will not be in any danger, there are about 3 or 4 fires in the immedate are. The smoke, mixed with the dirt picked up with the high winds, is making it incredibly hard to breathe around here. Back east they have snow days, out in Cali we have fire days. lol!

Bleach predictions zomg...

Okay since I know they storyline the best out of all that I've been reading, it's only natural that I start with Bleach. Long story short, Team Ichigo is in a bit of bind. Nel went to deliver the final blow on Noitoria, then turned back into a kid. Ichigo and Orihime are essentially being held hostage atm.... so the normal Ichigo saves the day routine looks like it's out for this fight.

My money is on Grimmjaw returning to the fight and taking out Noitora ( I cannot spell this guys name..) although we might see the return of Ulquiorra

But has happened with Rukia and Chad? Hmmm?

Random fact that only I may care about: The lowest ranked shinigami, had killed the most Arracnars.... ( Rukia(2))

Short term/Long term predictions:
First the obvious ones, that will happen sooner or later:

Grimmjaw will turn on the rest of the "Numeros" but not necessarily to join with Ichigo ( think Renji #3)
Rukia will achieve Bankai ( it has to happen)

This that might happen, but will probably be a little more farfetched:
Orihime will kill...someone eventually (but it will probably be in the context of her saving someone's life, probably ichigo again)

One of the good guys will die (My vote is on Nel)

The numeros will be split in half, following Ichigo because they think he is stronger that Aizen. Is it just mean, or does no one really like the idea of Aizen leading them?

And that's pretty much it for now, I understand there are probably a lot of typos in this, but I'll clean em up later, I need to be getting some sleep, after I finish this chapter of Fairy Tail, which is uhh interesting to say the least.

thoughts?

Hooray for updates!

2007-10-21T23:06:00.000-07:00

Ugh, this week sure has been a long one. Or at least it felt like it(since every week is 7 days lawl) Anyway, I actually got to relax a little this weekend, but I still am as tired as hell. Oh well though. I've been trying to get on a regular sleep pattern and cutting back on super late nights. Other than that, I've been trying to get back in shape. I need to start skating again to get back into hockey playing form, but I don't even think my skates fit anymore. Speaking of which, I should probably head out.

Tomorrow: Manga theroycraft lawl

Party!!!!

2007-10-13T21:05:00.000-07:00

My neighbors are having one, and they are really fucking loud, with the music and the screaming and shit

Trying to piece things together

2007-10-08T15:00:00.000-07:00

It's difficult to sit and try and map out a path you are going to take your life. So many options, so many unknowns...

elaboration soon...