dang i lag

So i finally bought something for the first time in 26 years.  Did that make sense?  Meaning, I’ve had the opportunity to buy it for the last 26 years.  I think.  Well, at least for sure it’s the first time I’ve bought it, but not sure about the years.  Ready? ….  jordans.  Hahahahaha.  That’s right.  I have NEVER owned anything jordan until today.  Don’t get me wrong, I’ve drooled over many pairs of jordans over my lifetime, but i could never convince myself (or my mom) to purchase a pair of athletic shoes for more than $70.  I’ve only spent over $100 on tennis shoes once in my life so far.  A pair of air max 95s.  Actually, I saw a pair the other day at footlocker and thought about it for a second.  $140 bucks.  I love those shoes.  But then I thought – I can buy three pairs of Rod Lavers/Stan Smiths on sale for that amount.

So back to the jordans….were they xxiiii, mcvi, or maybe a throwback to the xi on ebay?  Nope.  Guess what?  They were a fucking pair of jordan shorts!!!!!  $25 on sale!  Very nice I must say.  White with a black/red side stripe.  So now I can proudly say that I own a pair of jordans…..shorts that is.

wtf

2009/03/02.  The last time I posted.  I figured what the hell, let’s give it another go.   Didn’t have anything in mind to write about, so I’ll just drop a few random tidbits before I hit the sack.

• Can’t wait until the sale is official-official with league approval and all.  Even though I wanted Ellison, we’re pretty much guaranteed to go up from here.
• Just bought our F1 tickets at the Suzuka Racetrack.  $262 per person….and they’re only the best of the cheapest seats!  We’re in the grandstands next to the S-curve.  I wanted the one next to the hairpin, but you gotta be a baller to afford those.  I’ll wait until monaco to really splurge haha.
• I hope trader joe’s never goes out of business.  I don’t know what I’d do without their blueberry oatmeal.
• Our last closet is getting finished this saturday.  Pulled all the existing shelves out last night, spackled today, and will paint tomorrow before they install them.  We had a chance to have them install one of those safes built into the wall, but we decided against it.  Partly because there’s really no point in spending that money when we don’t have any valuables to hide in there.  The other part?  I’ve always wanted one behind a painting, not in a closet.  Closets are for chumps.  Paintings are for pimps.  Probably shouldn’t be saying this in case of future robbers.  Oh well, I’ll never be able to afford it anyways.
• I really need sleep.

Let’s see if my lame ass can keep this up.

PEACE.

my dog ate my homework

Not really, but kind of.  A long hiatus because of our little monster who chewed up our laptop power cord.  She didn’t stop there.  She chewed up our last comcast remote, so now we are DVRless and changing the channels manually, which is a bitch.  Life sucks without remote controls!  But thanks to ebay, they’ll be coming soon.  All six of them, haha!  We’re prepared this time.

I’m truly blessed to still have a job.  Since October, I became scrooge, worried about my job.  I stopped going to Peets every morning and started drinking tea.  I tried to stop buying soda and took up water.  I cooked every night (including weekends) for 3 months straight.  I stopped buying stupid sh*t that I don’t really need.  But since I found out in Feb that I still have a job (for now at least), I decided to help jump start the economy by buying some stuff.

• A Titleist SW.
• A new putter.
• A valentine gift for Trish.

That’s about it, not as much as I thought it was.  And the golf clubs I bought replaced one’s I got for free a while back.  But this week, Trish and I went on a pretty big shopping spree.  But it’s not really for us.  It’s for our little one.  You see, we found out last week that Skye has hip dysplasia.  It’s a genetic disease that can be common for certain dogs.  We’ve got the feeling that it’s from her German Shephard side, but who knows.  The hard part is that she’s only 1 year old, so it kind of sucks.  We guessed she might have it eventually, but not this early.  So now we have to do some preventative stuff so it doesn’t get worse.  So now we’re boosting the pet sector of the economy.

• A ramp for the truck so she doesn’t have to jump up. This will also come in handy for hap who’s too lazy to jump up.
• A new dog bed.  And one for Hap because he will get jealous.  I’ll save that story for another time.
• All new dog bowls with stands so she eats/drinks upright.

So that’s all I got for now.  peace outside.

so you want to get a dog…

Do me a favor and think long and hard (that’s what she said) about it.

Unfortunately for us, we managed to find two demons.  So if you’re thinking you want a dog…I present to you ART by Hap and Skye.

I’ll start with Hap first, since he’s our first dog.  His reason for redecorating our house was boredom and his puppy chewing phase. But he’s all grown up now and has stopped chewing on our sh*t.

-He started with our kitchen drawers

-Then worked on the dishwasher

-Then the microwave

-The freaking floor??? C’mon…

-Hap had a thing for wood…let’s say that this is gonna cost us a pretty penny.

-Irony? No, a Husky.

And now we move on to Skye. Skye’s a little different than Hap. She doesn’t get bored like hap, but since she’s adopted, her destructive tendencies are due to separation anxiety…aka nervousness when we’re not home.

-Nothing will hold her back…she broke out of the kitchen within a few months. Then she found out how to break out of her crate too. Our little Houdini. So now she has partial roam of the house, and….

-Damn dog is jumping on our dining room table

-This would be my bluetooth headset

-Trish wasn’t too mad about this one.

-But was pissed when she saw this one…brand new unworn shoes…

-Does this look familiar????

-How about this?

-This was a two day old controller…to replace another one she chewed up.

-Guilty, Guilty, Guilty!!!!!

So there you have it.

decisions, decisions

About five months ago, I was on a tirade against at&t.  When my sprint contract expired in 2006, I signed up with at&t with the iphone in mind.  When it first came out, damn, way too expensive for me.  then 3g came out, and i was pissed that they finally made it affordable, but i was still under contract.  Yeah, yeah, I know these phones are subsidized by the carriers through the contracts, but it sucked anyways.  I called them multiple times and offered to sign a new contract plus five months.  Makes sense, right?  Win, win!  But they wouldn’t let me do it.  I signed up with at&t, gave them my business for 19 months, and they couldn’t do anything?  BS.

So anyways, my contract finally expired last week.  Sweet.  You see, I currently have a razr because it was free.  I’ve never had internet on a phone and it takes me 5 minutes to text “ok”.  But work doesn’t allow us to check fantasy sports or emails, and if you know me, I’m way behind in both…as in I don’t check at all.  So I’m looking for a phone that can allow me to check these things.  So now I need to make a decision…should I get the iphone or not.

Just get the damn thing…

• Get to get back on track with fantasy.
• Get to check email at work.
• Seems to have cool applications that will keep me busy during my commute.
• GPS.
• Can hold music…my entire collection of 32 songs.
• Everyone who has it loves it.

On second thought…

• I’m still pissed at at&t.
• Uncertainty with work.  lending, real estate, and IBs are getting slammed now.  Ouch, triple whammy.  If i get the axe, I’ll regret spending the money and I won’t have a need to check my email at work anymore.
• Being yuppie, metro, and doing the “in thing” isn’t really my style.  Case in point, Mike and Vic have one….ahahahahahah.  On the other hand, having a blackberry (the competition) isn’t any better.
• Being contract free is sweet.
• I don’t want this to trigger me into becoming a mac fanboy.

So now the Walmart rumor for $99 is making it even harder (is it 3G?).

Thought: When texting on a standard phone, why do I have to push #1 a crap load of times to access “1″ or “0″.  You’d figure that those numbers would have easy access since most of the time, you text times.  I hate texting 10:00.  What a bitch.

quick unedited post

• Skye can escape her crate at will.  We found that out a few weeks ago.  Absolutely no idea how she does it.  So now we just give her full roam of the house.  So on Monday, she decided to destroy my playstation controller (now a total of two), my bluetooth headset, Trish’s make up brushes and two lotion containers.  EVIL DOG.  Anyone got one of those surveillance camera setups you can lend us?
• Walking from my house to basketball, playing basketball, then playing volleyball is WAY too much in one day.  But Hap was the happiest dog in the world during that walk.
• Long story, and I don’t want to go too much into it, but Hap got us kicked out of the GG dog park by a bunch of dog walkers.  They all ganged up on us.  Damn fat asses just stand there and talk to each other.  They call themselves dog walkers.  If I paid that much money and knew that they just sat around on their fat asses, I’d be pissed.  Their dogs attacked Hap.  He just happened to escalate.  Sorry we ruined your peaceful afternoon conversation.  All dog “watchers” except for us.  So three yelled at us since it was so peaceful before we came (cause your f*cking dogs have a pack mentality since they’re there everyday while your fat asses socialize instead of exercising them).  So I started yelling back.  Lots of swearing.  Then two more joined in.  They all know each other.  So I left before the rest could join in – f*ck them and their fat asses.  In hind sight, I should have just let Hap run amuck.  That would have been funny.  So much for not going too much into it.
• The Office needs to go to one hour episodes.  Permanently.
• Finally got my teeth checked, and to my surprise, only two cavities.  It’s been over a year since I’ve been there, and let’s just say my flossing isn’t the best (not to mention fashion wise).
• I want to post pics up, but I’m so damn lazy to download them from my camera.
• Wanna get depressed?  Read anything financial.
• $213 dry cleaning bill.  A new record for us.
• Resistance is too addicting.  But I gotta vent a bit.  Freaking medics need to get the hell out of the way when the spec ops are giving ammo to the soldiers.  And People need to shut the hell up when there’s only one spec ops guy and the whole team expects ammo to fall from the sky.
• I’ve re-jammed the same knuckle twice now.  My body is definitely not healing as fast as it used to.
• Have Luna and Kram blogged yet?  I feel their pain.
• I wonder.
• Still wondering.
• No it doesn’t make any sense.
• But why?
• Because.
• Haagen Dazs does not belong in a coke float.

mmmmmmmmmmm gordo’s

that’s for lunch.

bringing back the old school

I used to be a huge fan of Mega Man.  Well, Mega Man 1, 2, and 3…then I kind of lost track.  Hell, I even have mega man as my ring tone (yes, I’m a nerd).  So Mike and Curtis are over the other night, and they start talking about Mega Man 9 on the PS3.  They say everyone says it’s hella hard (that’s what she said) and close to impossible.  Now I remember MM1 being challenging but beatable, and 2 and 3 were easy if I’m not mistaken.  So out of curiosity, we download it and start playing.

So they really brought back the old school.  I mean, PS3 and this game is 8bit nintendo style with midi music and everything.  SWEET!  They have some of the old enemies, so definitely a flashback to the o.g.  Even the classic jump into the next screen is there.  It’s got new things, but the old school is there, like the disappearing blocks (electroman?) and the guys under the helmet (bomberman?).

So anyways, THIS GAME IS TOUGH.  We probably spent an hour or two playing this, and we only beat one boss.  Galaxyman or something like that.  We only saw one other boss.  Damn, pretty sad, three gamers and stumped by a video game based on the 80′s.  So it got us thinking…are we slipping?  Has our hand eye coordination gotten worse as we’ve gotten older?  Are we too spoiled with save points every minute, weapon powerups every level, and health powerups with shields?  What the hell is going on?

My guess is it’s a combination…the games back then were harder and the games today are easier.  I mean, how many games back then did we actually beat?  Those were some serious bragging rights.  I know Super Mario Bros had some shortcuts, but dude, the last level was crazy.  Back in the day, if you lose all your lives, you had to start over.  No saving where you left off…gotta start from the beginning.  I mean, I don’t know ANYONE who has beaten Contra without using UUDDLRLRBA.  Or Ikari Warriors.  Ultimate test of patience when you have to play a level over and over and over again.

So if you want an old school challenge that gets you a little nostalgic about one of the greatest nintendo series ever, get Mega Man 9.

a slow blogging week

It’s been a slow blogging week for the fifth dimension crew, so I’m gonna try to make up a week’s absence with a friday afternoon one man blog fest.  Why?  I took the day off since I have vacation to kill, so here we are.

Today’s topics is politics.  That’s right, Nov 4 is just around the corner.  We all gotta vote.  If you don’t vote, don’t complain.  This year’s stuff is crazy, I think it’s got some of the most interesting sh*t in a while, and especially given the economy, war, etc. going on.

Two things get me really riled up. Religion and politics. I’m not an expert on either, but I take after my dad – we’re both very opinionated.  I try to keep an open mind on everything, but I also have a trait from my dad’s side of the family – stubborness.  The two don’t go well together.

Two things have always stuck with me regarding politics.  The first is the lesser of two evils rule.  Everyone has a personal agenda.  EVERYONE.  But it just happens to be magnified in politics.

The second is something Ant told me a long time ago.  As you gain wealth, you become more conservative.  Makes sense, pretty obvious, but it always has stuck with me.  I find myself moving right as time goes on.  As of right now, I’m somewhere in the middle, so this year has been a bit of a struggle.

Just to warn you though, the topics I’m gonna write about might offend you.  If you’re sensitive, don’t check this site today.

randomized brain stew

I hate sweet and sour pork.  Trish ordered some for dinner, so I ate her leftovers for dinner after basketball since I was too lazy to cook.  Ok for the first bite or so, but then that sweetness just overpowers.  Blah.

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What is the perfect poop?  One shot, one log, clean wipe and hits the water like a Chinese diver – the perfect angle to disappear into the abyss.  No evidence what so ever.  What’s the worst poop?  The sticky kind, where it takes 10 wipes and then you finally just give up.

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I was reading Bill Simmons’ last NBA article.  On a side note, Bill Simmons and Paul Lukas (uniwatch) are the only two articles I read on ESPN.  ESPN is like watching Fox News, where the east coast are republicans and the west are democrats.  Now you’re probably wondering, why Simmons?  After all, if you’re looking for an east coast biased sports journalist, Bill’s the one.  Well, at least he’s upfront about it.  Plus he gives the Warrior fans props.  And he’s a very entertaining writer.  I just skip all his pro-boston bs.

So anyways, he’s got a feud with Jazz fans because he says CP3 is better than Deron, and all the mormons have their panties all tied in knots.  So in his previous NBA article, Simmons writes this about Deron:

“By the way, we need to stop comparing Williams to Paul. It’s just dumb. This is not Pacino versus De Niro. This is not Brady versus Manning. This isn’t even Morris versus Slater. Williams has a chance to go down as one of the best point guards of his generation. Paul has a chance to go down as one of the best 25 players ever. Big difference.”

Simmons wins because of one reason: he referenced Saved by the Bell.  Done.

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So I’ve been rewatching the old episodes of The Office.  I’ve seen them all at least three times now.  It’s getting ever so close to Newsradio as my all time favorite show.  If it were a point system, Newsradio would be a 98/100 (phil hartman episodes) and the office would be a 92/100, but steadily climbing.  But it recently hit a snag.  In the episode where Ryan started the fire in the office, Michael gives Ryan advice about business in the form of rules.  Hmm…kind of sounds like the Newsradio episode where Jimmy gives Lisa the Secret of Management.  Newsradio wins here with the Secret of Management.  “Measure twice, cut once” and “Secret of Management number 436: I’m with stupid.” are instant classics.  The Office is now a 90/100.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I finally finished reading everything and now I need to sit down and take a last look at it.  I’m deciding whether it’s a good idea or not to post some of my views on this blog.  I’m afraid I might offend some people, but at least I’ll have stuff to write about.  Either way, please take some time to read about the issues/people that need to be voted on.  There are some very interesting propositions, both state and local (SF).

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I went old school this week for a late night snack.  I had one Cup O’ Noodles and one Maruchan Instant Noodles.  I haven’t had these since grade school.  The Cup (beef) tasted funny.  The Maruchan is pretty much how I remembered it.  Either way, I’m done with these.  Back to my Tung-I Beef.  It’s way worth the extra trouble.

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Skye snores.  Loud.