It is Turkey Day

Hello blogosphere, it is I once again to talk about probably not much. So today is Turkey day and in a few hours I'll be making my way to my cousin Karen's and her husband Mark's house to have the Thanksgiving meal. It should be a good time, hanging out with the family, watching (dreadful) football, and eating more food than a human should be able to intake. I dont really have much else to say other than I'm thankful for all of my family and friends that I have and hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and I also hope everyone gets what they want to get for Black Friday.

Link of the Day: Video of a guide to the 10 most gluttonous video game characters.

Museum Trip

I went to the National American History Museum today with Shannon and had an awesome time. We saw some big engines, early American Electronics, A Dodge Caravan (This was the first car I ever drove), A Sega Genesis (I feel real old seeing a Genesis in a museum, I still own one), Julia Child's kitchen (Come to find out, she did not really drink on her show, it was actually some stuff called Gravy Master and water), The Star Spangled Banner (That definitely touched the patriotic cord, the pipe band there helped with that as well), and also R2D2 (Picture of Shannon and R2 is on Facebook). It was a fun time and hopefully I can go back there again when I have more time to look at the exhibits.

My Aunt and her 2 kids are coming up on Wednesday (well Tuesday night) so I'm looking forward to that. Next week should be fun, with them coming up, Turkey Day at my cousin Karen's house, and seeing many of my family members. Then Friday, well, it is Black Friday and it is also the Fastball concert. So should be a good week for me, we'll see :).

Link of the Day: BBC's Top Gear having a nifty variation on a popular bar game. CAR DARTS!

Music discussion

I just want to take the time to talk about music. Right now, I'm listening to Travis's "Why does it always rain on me?" I am a huge music fan and listen to multiple genres. I think my love of music was instilled by two main influences. First my parents, I would remember growing up listening to the beautiful sounds of Motown, the bouncy, happy tunes of the Beach Boys, the British invasion bands like the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, and the eclectic sounds of Disco and Funk. The second influence was the fact I grew up in the MTV generation (back when MTV actually showed Music Videos) and would watch videos like Dire Strait's "Money for Nothing" and Bruce Springsteen's "Glory Days". These two influences grew my interest in music exponentially.

I've been to a ton of concerts in my time. I remember the first one I ever attended. I was a senior in High School and I went to the Smokin Grooves Concert 1996 with Cypress Hill, A Tribe Called Quest, The Fugees, and Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers. It was so cool, hearing bands I only heard before on TV and the radio. Well, since that concert I've been to several different events in several different genres. I've seen 311 and a group I'd never heard of at the time called Hoobastank (this was before their debut album) at the last ever concert at the Classic Ampitheatre in Richmond (They demolished the place to put more seats at Richmond International Raceway.) I've been to see The Who, who were ok live but not great. I saw Chicago (awful live) and the Doobie Brothers (awesome live).

I've also been to some awesome concert festivals. I've been to two WHFStivals, including one that featured Live playing "Lightning Crashes" when there were strike of lightning in the distance. I went to the Rolling Rock Music festival and my brother and I had caught the worst case of food poisoning after competing in a Hot Dog Eating contest (we finished first and second, my brother bein first, by one bite!) I've gone to the Warped Tour and seen such bands as Rancid, D12, and The Bouncing Souls.

Bands I want to see live in the future are: The Killers, The Editors, Interpol, Jay-Z, and the Arctic Monkeys.

Link of the Day: Ronnie John's doing an ex-criminal named Chopper Reid. So, people, "HARDEN THE FUCK UP!"

Thoughts 11/13

Well, I had a bit of a shock last night. My Mom had sharp pains and was vomiting left and right. After basically having to drag her out of the house, we went to the hospital. They knocked her out, did some tests, did not really come up with anything, gave her more drugs, and sent her on her way and told her to go and make an appointment with her doctor. She is sleeping right now and seems better but that was really scary to me.

They said it may have something to do with the Gallbladder. Did you know that the human body does not really need the Gallbladder to survive. I guess it was one of those items where it is nice to have but not entirely necessary. I guess it would be like buying a car and having a GPS system inside it. It is not really a necessary thing, but, it does not hurt to have it. Well, I guess in this case, it does hurt to have it. I don't know. Oh well, this was probably not the best analogy for it, but whatever...

Link of the Day: Shannon on News 7!!!! "Wow, that is incredible!" :)

Have a fun-loving Thursday!

Thoughts 11/10

So I paid $1.95 a gallon for gas today. I NEVER thought I would pay sub $2 for a gallon of gas ever again. It was pretty sweet getting over half a tank for 20 bucks instead of the 40-something I paid only a few months ago.

In other news, I've been outside a ton lately. I think my computer going boom was a blessing. I have not even wanted to play an MMO in the last couple of days. What have I been doing? Nothing really, just reading a book, people watching, the things that one does when they are sitting out in the sun. Well, hope everyone has a wonderful Veteran's Day.

Link of the Day: Jose Arragantio - This is a video of a spoof of former Chelsea and current Inter Milan Head Man Jose Mourinho, It is hilarious, especially if you heard Mourinho talk.

11/7 Thoughts

Hello ladies and gents of cyberspace (all zero of you that actually read this...please if you do read this, post a comment, even if it is just a "You suck" or something). So I'm going to watch some HS football tonight. My old high school, JM plays Courtland tonight and if they win they get a #1 seed in the Regional Playoffs. Should be a good time.

In other news, still a member of the 6.5% (newly updated today from 6.1%). I may actually have something though. The Army has a PAID internship program with their logistics program. It sounds like a cool job. Working to make sure that the soldiers have their gear and their stuff. Stay tuned for more from this. As for sub teaching, no word back from the background check. I wish they would hurry the hell up and get it done because not working is really driving me crazy.

Oh well, no link of the day today since I'm lazy and don't feel like finding something today.

Update: JM 41 - Courtland 18 and JM clinches a #1 seed in the Region and home field throughout the playoffs.

So I'm 30 now

So now I'm 30. No big deal. I had a good birthday. I voted. I hung out with my nephew and the parents. Then I went to NOVA, hung out with Shannon and her family and went with Shannon to see CNN's election night coverage on a theatre screen. Overall good times, noodle salad. Now if I can get a job or FCPS calls me back, it will be the icing on the cake (no pun intended).

I'm going to keep this one short. So until next time fellow bloggers!

Link of the day: Channel Surfing -Fun site where you can watch televised events for free

Main Computer go Boom!

Well, I'm on the laptop atm as my main computer's video card went deep six on me. I knew it was kind of limping along so it was not exactly a shock. But I will say this, that card was probably the last NVidia Card that I will ever own. I'm going to go with an ATI card this time (dont know which one yet, I'll figure that out tomorrow.)

In other news, I posted pictures of last year's Thanksgiving at Winnie and Bob's house. That was a great time and I cant wait for this year's fesitivies at Karen's house in a few weeks. Oh well, I dont really have alot to say other than Halloween was pretty fun. I dressed up as a Undead Judge complete with a Gavel, my old graduation robe and some white and black makeup. Went with Shannon to a party in Fairfax then we joined her sister and attended Rocky Horror Picture Show at the University Mall. Overall a fun night.

Oh, one more thing, My brother, sister, and I decided to get dressed up (my brother in his Dress Blues, sister in a nice outfit, and me in my suit) and go and get pictures done for my Mom's birthday. My Mom loved it, but I was disappointed since I was expecting to see some Niagra Falls. I will try to scan those pictures in sometime soon and post them onto facebook.

Link of the Day:

Failblog - One of my favorite sites to go to since I love this kind of humour.