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Game addict

There you have it. I've said it, I've admitted it and I have no intention of changing it. I love video games. I always have. I had an Atari when I was younger and ever since then I have always had some sort of active gaming system in my possession. Atari to Nintendo to Super Nintendo to Nintendo 64 to Playstation 2 to Wii, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Not to mention World of Warcraft, City of Heroes and City of Villains that I sometimes play on the PC. Oh - and the Sims. I love those.

As much as I love gaming, I've always been somewhat on the down-low about it. For some reason I get this feeling that people may think I'm a nerd or a geek or partially brain dead. Video games do, after all, rot your mind, contribute to violence in society and make us fat, right?

Today I take the time to come out of the gaming closet and profess my love for sitting on the couch and playing hours of "Gears of War 2", "Bioshock", "Fable", "Guitar Hero", "Left 4 Dead" or "Little Big Planet" - and I am proud of it. It doesn't make me stupid, or a recluse nor does it make me anti-social. I keep myself PLENTY busy with extra-curricular activities/volunteer work and socializing with friends. I still read plenty of books, listen to plenty of music, see plenty of movies, knit a plethora of garments and talk on the phone. Gaming is just an added little skill/guilty pleasure I possess and one I will possess for a long time. So there you have it. If you need me, I'll be killing some zombies. Should a zombie infestation ever happen, I shall be prepared to attack and defend.

Must you?

One of my biggest pet peaves is when someone eats in my ear. Wait - that sounded like I frequently have people dining in my ear canal like at a restaurant. What I mean is when I am talking on the phone or when, say for intance, (like just now) I am at work showing someone something and they are leaning over my shoulder to look at my computer screen as they smack away on a granola bar. It grosses me out and really unnerves me. There's nothing worse than having someone smacking and crunching into your ear. Well there probably is, but right at this very moment that was the worst thing that has happened in the last few days. 

So just for future reference, if you are going to eat while I am on the phone with you, that is great, but move the mouthpiece away as you chew. And if you are going to come in to my office to have me show you something, eat before you come and lean over my shoulder, OK? Thanks!

Spring Awakening

On Sunday, Erin, Holland and I went to see the touring Broadway show, "Spring Awakening". After a laugh-filled lunch we headed on over to The Hobby Center (a tad early) for the show. We had a beverage, I bought a T-shirt and Score for the show and then we headed up to our seats. We were slightly concerned with being able to see OK since we were in the nose-bleed section where the cheap asses sit. (That's Me!) After getting up there we realized we had a very good view of the stage. Not bad at all for $23.

Once the show was about to start we saw that there were some open seats a few rows ahead of us, so we moved down and the show began. I was blown away. I had seen a bootleg copy of the Original Cast and had listened to the CD a million and one times. I've been a fan of the show for a while, but seeing it live was amazing. The energy of all of the kids in the cast was top notch. I wasn't too impressed with the girl playing Wendla, but everyone else was outstanding. If you get a chance, don't miss seeing this show. It is worth it! I must direct this show some day. Next to "Rent" this is my favorite show. Too bad it is closing on Broadway. Then again, with it closing the rights are becoming available, so......

I suck

I'm a bad blogger. I mean seriously. I haven't posted since September. Rather than do a recap of what has happened over the past four months (which hasn't been much of anything really on the personal front) I'll just start fresh, and pick up as if nothing ever happened.

Well, wait, I guess there was Hurricane Ike which was pretty eventful. I've lived here 11 years and this was the first time a hurricane hit Houston. We had Tropical Storm Allison which flooded a lot of places. I also evacuated when we thought Rita was going to hit us, but then it didn't and getting back was so much fun. Ike, though actually hit Houston. I was one of the lucky ones. I only lost power for a total of 10 hours and the most damage I sustained was to my fence where a small section came loose. (I still need to fix that). Oh, and a couple of my trees were pushed over (but since they were fairly small they were successfully put back in place). Galveston is still rebuilding. A friend of mine who lived in Galveston lost everything. It was crazy. So, yeah, that was my only really big, un-blogged about news.

It's Britney Bitch

We all saw it - Britney Spears making a FOOL of herself at the VMA's last year. You've also probably heard that she will be making an appearance at the VMA's tonight. Some have said she won't be performing, just presenting. Some say she is going to make fun of her performance from last year, her reps and Mtv have said "We can't say but it will be great".

I have a confession. I hope she performs and I hope she gets out there and dances her ass off. Yeah - she had a rough few years. And I know, she can't sing. But the bitch can dance and she sure as hell can put on a show. I'd much rather watch she or Janet Jackson's show than say...weirdo Celine Dion. This video was released the other day on MSN. It is a rehearsal either for a tour or the VMA's. The dance is hot, I like the song...yeah, I'm diggin it....Brit's back and I must say I am a little pleased.

Britney's Back!

Too F-ing funny!

Project Runway

Jessica got me started on "Project Runway". After a year and a half of trying to convince me to watch the show, I finally started this season. I do like it, but I was a little miffed last night because Keith was sent home. I liked his designs, and he seemed to be one of the less dramatic. I am waiting for the day when Blaine goes. That little queen gets on my last nerve. Kenley also gets on my nerves. (Everytime I say her name I think of this video):

Joe also kind of bugs me. He just acts so superior. I do kind of like Stella. She's so random. So - -anyway, Keith is gone so my will to watch is over...maybe I'll catch some reruns. It was a sweet few weeks Project Runway, but alas....

All of these things...

I read today that the guy who wrote the book "100 Things to do before you Die", died at age 47 after falling and hitting his head in his own home this weekend. Now, you know me....I am a sensitive soul and don't wish death, especially accidental death, on anyone, but I do have to ask....

Did he get to do all 100 things before he died? Cuz if not, well that just sucks.

Redneck butthole

I do not like Toby Keith. Seriously can't stand the right wing, ultra-conservative redneck douche. I didn't care for him before but then after he pledged his love and respect for our ridiculous president and then threatened Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks after she spoke up against the President, I disliked him even more. I love her, I love the Dixie Chicks and I think she got the bad end of the deal there.

Anyway, I just saw that opening this weekend is a movie called "Beer for my Horses". My first thought was "OK, this must be another redneck movie with Larry the Cable Guy and Jeff Foxworthy". Now don't get me wrong. I understand being a cowboy/redneck. I grew up that way. I've just moved on, grown up, went to college and became a little more refined but I'm still related to a lot of folks (my immediate family included) that are very country. They just don't know any better and that is OK. They're happy and that is all that matters.

I look at the description for this brilliant movie called "Beer for my Horses" and I see (and I quote) "Two buddies, Rack and Lonnie, have quietly been pursuing justice as deputies in a small Southern town. But when Rack's irresistible girlfriend is kidnapped by a particularly nasty drug lord as revenge for the arrest of his brother Tito, the duo decide to defy their boss, Sheriff Landry, and chase them down... by any means necessary. Rounding up the town's most off-beat lawman--Skunk Tarver, a defiantly silent man who chooses to use a bow n' arrow instead of a gun--they take off on a rip-roaring road trip with all the makings of a rollicking comic joyride that's not afraid to go over the top."

That sounds like it's a fun little movie doesn't it? I especially like the part about the "irresistable girlfriend". She must have more than 2 teeth in her head. To top off the brilliant plot Toby Keith got top billing. He is the movie "star" in this. Beautiful. Brilliant. No really....rush right out and see this one, please. It sounds about as much fun as rinsing your eyeballs with acid, sticking a flaming pitchfork in your butthole and then pole vaulting over a mile long crocodile pit.

You have GOT to be kidding me...

OK - in case you don't know this - Houston has its very own multi-million dollar preacher. He's supposedly a nice guy, but I have a HUGE problem with religion making money and an even bigger problem when it is one person wallowing in all that cash because he claims to speak for the lord. Now, I am not knocking religion, nor am I knocking Christianity. I consider myself a Christian and I do have faith, I just don't have faith in most organized religions and it is for this very reason. That and the fact that a HUGE majority of "Christians" believe that they have the right to judge anyone and everyone. It seems they believe that if they show up at 9 AM on Sunday and praise and pray and shout in public and give that millionaire preacher a few more dollars for his wallet they will be saved and their actions outside of that hour in church, be they having an affair, stealing, lying or any other number of things are all forgiven because they went to church and everyone saw them there. They know best and they know right and they'll push their beliefs on you because Jesus told them they had the right to judge people because they went to church. All of this goes against Christianity, though....anyway...I totally went off on a bit of a tangent there. I digress...

What I was saying was that Joel Osteen, Houston's Million Dollar preacher or pastor or whatever the hell he is (Jesus' brother maybe?), is in the news. Well, actually his wife is. Supposedly she got into some sort of argument with a woman named Sharon Brown, a flight attendant who is suing her for "10% of her Net Worth". Her reason? She claims that she lost her religious faith and suffers from hemorrhoids because of the anxiety and trauma resulting from the incident. Wait.....what? She is claiming that Jesus' brother's wife chewed her out and made her asshole hurt and because of it she has lost her religious faith. Honey....you got bigger problems on your hands. The number one problem being a bad case of retardation. I should sue her for causing me mental anguish after I read how stupid (and obviously greedy - and lazy) she is. Don't be messing with Jesus. Or his brother - or sister-in-law.