What the hell?

So, I was cruisin through Yahoo, and wound up finding an article about a new band called Tinted Window.

Apparantly, it’s a new one of those ’supergroups’, where people from different bands get together and start a new one, and while I’m not against the idea, there’s one (major) problem with this one: the lead singer is from Hanson.

The only thing worse than a pop-oriented ’super’ group, IMHO, is one that’s headed by a guy in his late 20’s/early 30’s who sounds exactly the same way he did as the head of a boy band back from his high school days.

If you’re a tad confused about what I mean, here’s a clip:

being boring

So, I’ve been looking through the various blogs I like to follow, and found one recurring theme:

They’re interesting.

This one, though, isn’t. Alot of the blogs that I follow are written by people who are not only able to convey a message well, but have a message to begin with. I don’t, most of the time.

They’re written by parents, people who are about to become parents, and people who are starting out in life. I’m just a jobless bum living with his parents.

The blogs I follow are also written by people who are not afraid to give people a window into their lives, and while I don’t mind y’all looking in, it doesn’t seem as though I have an interesting enough story to tell for you. And judging by the stats for this site, you’re equally as uninterested. Maybe I’m just one of those navel-gazing ‘me too’ bloggers.

This is all for now, talk to y’all later.

shitbuggar

so, a little while ago, I decided to clean out the back of the truck. Meaning, taking the tailgate off, and sweeping out all the ice and what remained of the two bags of sand I had in there.

I was able to get it cleaned out (for the most part), and as I was trying to put the tailgate back on, I dropped it. And now it won’t fit all the way on.

The way it works is this: there are two things that stick out on either side of where the tailgate goes near the bumper, as well as two parts that fit over them that are on the tailgate itself. You’re supposed to be able to fit the two parts on the tailgate over the ones on the truck, but one of them isn’t going on.

And so, I took it off, and looked at the part that wasn’t working, and found out that it was dented. Due to the fact that it’s dented, it won’t allow me to put the tailgate on all the way.

My dilemma now, then, is that I’ve got a tailgate that won’t attach itself to the truck properly tonight, and about 6 or so boxes of books to take upstate tomorrow. I don’t know how that’s gonna work, unless I can fit them in the back seat.

I’m screwed.

Sean Penn and the Oscars

So, I was watching the endcap of the Oscars last night, and between all the acceptance speeches of the various people involved with Slumdog Millionaire there was Sean Penn.

Now, don’t get me wrong. Getting that kind of award for a gay movie, let alone a gay character, is a big deal. But at the end of the day, Sean Penn’s still straight. We still rely on straights to tell people who we are and portray us on both the big and small screens. Why?

Why is it that we can’t get gays to play gay characters? Sean Penn’s a great actor, but Van Sant should’ve gotten someone who actually is gay. I’m tired of straight people playing us.

I am glad, though, that Kate Winslet finally won for The Reader.

Photo fun

So, I recently found this post by Beatrice M, and figured I’d give it a try.

Here’s the rule:

Choose the 4th image on the 4th page of your online photostream (whichever service you use).

And so, here’s the photo:

030_28A, originally uploaded by plummingservice.

That happens to be my brother and cousin at my uncle’s house, I’m thinking it was taken either in ‘01 or ‘02.

*edit 2/23 4:28pm* The uncle who owns the house is the guy doing the Captain Morgan pose.

The human Manakin

via blurbomat

Yet another thing I’m taking from Facebook

The Bucket List (list 2 of 2). Place an X by all the things you’ve done and remove the X from the ones you have not.

Things you have done during your lifetime:
() Gone on a blind date
(X) Skipped school
(x) Watched someone die
() Been to Canada
(X) Been to Mexico
(X) Been to Florida
( ) Been to Hawaii
(X) Been on a plane
() Been on a helicopter
(X) Been lost
(X) Gone to Washington, DC
(X) Swam in the ocean
() Cried yourself to sleep
(x) Played cops and robbers
() Recently colored with crayons
(X) Sang Karaoke
(X) Paid for a meal with coins only
() Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t.
(X) Made prank phone calls
( ) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose & elsewhere
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
( ) Danced in the rain-naked
(x) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(x) Watched the sunrise with someone
(X) Blown bubbles
(x) Gone ice-skating
(X) Gone to the movies
() Been deep sea fishing
() Driven across the United States
() Been in a hot air balloon
( ) Been sky diving
() Gone snowmobiling
() Lived in more than one country
(X) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
() Seen a falling star and made a wish
() Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
(x) Seen the Statue of Liberty
( ) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle
(X) Been on a cruise
(X) Traveled by train
(x) Traveled by motorcycle
(x) Been horse back riding
( ) Ridden on a San Francisco CABLE CAR
(x) Been to Disneyland
() Truly believe in the power of prayer
() Been in a rain forest
(x) Seen whales in the ocean
() Been to Niagara Falls
() Ridden on an elephant
() Swam with dolphins
( ) Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
( ) Saw and heard a glacier calf
( ) Been spinnaker flying
() Been water-skiing
(x) Been snow-skiing
() Been to Westminster Abbey
() Been to the Louvre
( ) Swam in the Mediterranean
(X) Been to a Major League Baseball game
() Been to a National Football League game

uggh

so, our dog fence is broken.

so we wanted to fix it, but we ‘needed’ a few things in order to get this done. namely, a saw, and a few grinder blades.

and we didn’t even need it. because i wound up using a flatheaded screw driver to clean out the spaces between where we paved our part of the driveway and the part that we share with the neighbors. which has had roughly 5 and a half years worth of weeds and other humbugs growing inbetween.

i then had to return the saw and grinder blades. which had to be brought to the home depot in fairfield.

two in a row

so, I brought the truck in today to get it serviced, and decided to swing by the mini dealership to set up an appointment for my sister’s car.

when is it? tomorrow morning. i’ve got to bring it in between 7:30 and 9:30 tomorrow morning.

as for the truck, when I looked at the front tire on the drivers side, it was a little flat. driveable, but it’s a noticeable loss of psi. and when i looked at the invoice for it, it says that it rotated the tires and checked the psi.

now, the tires are the same kind as the ones that are used on the TRD off-road package, so I know that they know what the right psi is for these tires. why they didn’t do anything about it, I donno. i guess they’re just trying to protect their margins as much as possible.

so glad it’s going in tomorrow

I’m not exactly the best person when it comes to getting my car serviced right after the little light comes on in the dashboard. Especially since people tend to wait until it is on to have me run the most errands and bring random things to different places.

Take right now for example. It’s been on for the past week or so, and I’m already over 700 miles over.

That’s right, I’ve put 700 miles on it since it needed to be brought in. I have a feeling that my karma’s going to take a beating because of it.

Luckily, though, I’ve got an appointment for tomorrow morning to bring it in. Hopefully it’ll still work enough to get over to the dealership.