Time to complain.
I HATE when people 'ask' a 'question' by making a statement.
Today a lady said to me 'You don't have any baby shampoo.'
I knew that she was asking me if we had any baby shampoo, but i chose to say to her 'oh, we don't?'.
she got really annoyed and said/yelled 'NO I'm asking you if you have any!!!'
I won.
This happens ALLLLLL THE TIME. all day. every day. 'you dont have no more salsa.', 'you dont carry pickles anymore.', and also... 'you guys used to have lifevests.'
those are all statements. and they annoy the hell out of me. is this just a new mexico thing? or are people just idiots all over? excuse me... this is a new mexico thing. people are idiots all over.
so from now on, i'm going to reply 'oh, we dont? thanks for letting me know!' with the an equal amount of vocal effort as they thrust their half-assed questions upon me with. maybe i'll even focus my inflection on the end of the sentence in an effort to ASK them for confirmation of their STATEMENT.
i'm really tired and headachey. i think AMG screwed up and the jeff garlin record comes out next week. i could be wrong.
but i did buy these:
Wilco (the album)
Wu-Tang - Chamber Music
Dinosaur Jr - Farm
and they are good.
did i mention picking up pete yorn and mars volta last week?
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tomorrow... i should be painting, but will probably watch 'street fighter: the legend of chun li' instead.
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work was pretty crazy today. i was 'on board', meaning in charge of the front end for the bulk of the day. its a bummer of a shift in general, but today we were super screwed. I was cashiering for almost three hours on three different registers. when a supervisor is ringing, you're screwed. when the board holder is ringing, you're super screwed. we had our highest door counts of the whole day at 730 and 8pm. i dont get it. usually the day peaks at 2pm and 4pm-ish during the week. not five hours after that.
on top of that, I, as board holder, did the final audit, and did the sales audit of the front end... meaning i did all the trash and swept and did till sheets and all that. thats kind of insane too.
i realize that little of that means anything to anyone, but when i read this in the future i'll know what i meant and i'll think 'haha... how the hell does a day like that happen and we're still a Fortune 500 company?'
- 16:35 I unlocked 2 Xbox achievements on 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand! raptr.com/Callmesteam #
- 21:14 Watch your ass Andy Dick. Maybe fate will turn its head and laugh and it'll kill off Dane Cook instead. If so, he'll be a 'legend'. ugh. #
- 21:18 @jonnyflash everyone I know still won't try it because its so dumb. in the end, fun factor is the most important element. of course. #
- 21:18 @evilted @BeccaG Like a zillion. And make them sexxier. It was a rainbow connection riff anyway. #
- 22:43 @evilted ugh... word. hope everything goes smoothly. ouch. #
- 22:44 should have gone to bed, instead ate a late dinner and watched Heroes. The origin of Sylar and such. Throwaway episode IMO. #
Pretty funny... until the narrator turns into Angry Video Game Nerd at the end.
- 18:20 @BeccaG I usually make the kids fend for themselves. Toughen them up a bit. Puts hair on their chests and so forth. #
- 18:21 I'll be damned. That new 50 Cent game actually IS pretty fun! Its dumb, and the dialog/story are terrible, but its a great shooter! #
- 20:30 I unlocked 7 Xbox achievements on 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand! raptr.com/Callmesteam #
- 23:57 I think I get really mouthy when I'm tired, and I'm already fairly mouthy anyway. I should start drinking to really push the combo breaker. #
- 08:59 Why aren't there very many... songs... about reindeer? #
- 08:35 Fotini is listening to ranchero music. At 8:30 in the morning. I love her. #
- 09:52 @uglyallday Sorry, RancherA music: bit.ly/HSbVa #
- 16:25 I didn't realize so many people read TMZ. NY Times, CNN, MSNBC all have Jackson in a coma. #
- 16:46 @albedo777 everyone but cnn says dead, and they are trying to confirm. will probably be a while before we get a real answer either way. #
- 16:59 @dennya 'You Rock My World' was the bombest in 2001. #
- 17:02 @BeccaG @TMelatis so when jay farrar and david carradine died, who was their third? #
- 18:44 @PeeKnuckle Roach Farmer?! Show some respect! I was 'Passerby #2' in Mighty Ducks 2! Prolific actor at the very least, KIND SIR. #
- 20:18 @TMelatis He was once a member of Wilco, and an established solo artist. Go watch 'I Am Trying to Break Your Heart' RIGHT NOW. Great film. #
- 20:19 @hijinksensue 'Off the Wall' was FANTASTIC. And thats not it. The dude sang some of the greatest pop songs EVER. #
- 20:21 accuweather.com has absolutely NO reports of Jacksons death. I claim 'unconfirmed'. #
- 20:42 About to dig into 'Dark Cloud 2'. I hope you peoples are right about it! Also, really? EVERYONE wants to see Transformers 2? REALLY? #
- 21:32 @Assassin10k Yup, PS2. So far it's got more cutscenes than a Metal Gear game, but I'll muscle through a bit more. #
- 21:35 @trixie360 "Get On The Floor" - I got engaged while playing that song. #myfaveMJsong #
- 02:01 I'm going back to... Twittering haiku, tonight. My dumb dog can't sleep. #
- 09:53 WTF is up with this weather? Did California drop into the ocean and now Albuquerque is beach front or something now? #
- 18:08 @activisionsucks I use Goozex and love it. It took me a while to understand, but now I'm getting great games in the mail daily! #
- 22:08 is probably at work while his wife is playing Eat Lead: Return of Matt Hazard. raptr.com/Callmesteam #
- 23:17 'Eat Lead' is a fairly vanilla shooter, but I'm digging the humor and the surprise factor. You never know what they'll throw at you next. #
- 23:20 I unlocked 10 Xbox achievements on Eat Lead: Return of Matt Hazard! raptr.com/Callmesteam #
- 07:48 @jonnyflash @BeccaG YOU'RE RIGHT BECCA. Halfway across town IS ONLY 20 minutes. To Jon it might as well be 100 years. #
- 08:08 Is the new iTouch/iPhone update worth $10? My gut says 'no'. #
- 08:26 @piecesofcandy haha... awesome. by choice? #
- 08:26 #twitter why are so many userpics green? is it some sort of solidarity thing? #
- 09:52 Albuquerque-ans and pinballers! Updated www.dukecitypinball.com Check it out. #pinball #dcp @dukecitypinball #
- 09:54 @albedo777 @PeeKnuckle I just thought my junks were broken. Only gamers have done it, so I thought maybe it was Tim Schafer solidarity. #
Man... I never update anymore. I think Twitter mixed with work and the new house are killing LiveJournal for me.
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Goozex has been AWESOME to me lately. A lot of games that have been in my queue for a long time are shipping all of the sudden, all at once. Recently I've received:
- Eat Lead - The Legend of Matt Hazard
- Bloodrayne 2
- Henry Hatsworth and the Puzzling Adventure
- Full Spectrum Warrior
- Advent Rising
- Steambot Chronicles
- Dark Cloud 2
and word came last night that the new 50 Cent game is on its way.
'Eat Lead' is basically a joke game where you play the part of an aging videogame star. He was basically the guy from Bionic Commando on the NES, then Duke Nukem 3D, then he started whoring himself out to kart games and family party titles. Now he's back in a next-gen shooter, but all the people he's killed in past games are back to get him. So the game you are in keeps getting hacked and these new (old) villains start attacking you. You might be in a chinese restaurant fighting cowboys, or in a dance club fighting russian cold war soldiers, etc. The gameplay is ok. The shooting is a little weak, but the cover system is great. It's a pretty funny game too. The achievements remind me of 'The Simpsons'. and the game constantly makes fun of itself. worth a look if you are a longtime videogame player.
'Henry Hatsworth' is just as great as everyone says. its a platformer on the top screen, and a puzzle game a la Tetris Attack on the bottom screen. As you kill enemies on the top screen, then become puzzle pieces on the bottom screen, and the puzzle screen fills up. You have to switch screens to deal with the puzzle, but there is a timer running down. When the timer is up, you're forced back to the top screen and you have to fill the bottom screen again as you progress through the level.
Its a great mix. and the timer system is a MUST. in the early stages, you'll have lots of time to completely clear the puzzle screen, and can just sort of dick around with the platforming. Henry has a gun and sword, and comes across other powerups. and the mood and animation are great. you're basically an old Robert Ripley type character. but very british. complete with monocle and dapper suit. it kinda reminds me of Professor Layton, but wackier. you are on a quest to complete the ultimate gentlemans suit afterall. during the platforming sections, you might max out some sort of meter and the screen flashes 'TEA TIME!'. in which you... take a break for tea. but in a super awesome tea explosion. you also then gain a giant mech suit, and you can bash through anything for about 20 seconds. very very cool. great game with a lot of character.
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in other news... we're still cleaning our new house. We've got the smoke smell pretty well gone, save for the master bedroom closet. i left an ionizer in there overnight though, so maybe its a bit better. we cleaned the walls with Chanel No. 5 too. I started pulling wallpaper in there. got most of it, but some little bits are stuck. no fun. we just have to paint, and then we can move.
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CDs!
Placebo - Battle for the Sun
Bob Newhart - The Button-Down Mind of...
Lemonheads - Varshons
A Camp - their new album, whatever its called
Street Sweeper Social Club
if i ever have time to go to best buy, i might grab the new pete yorn and mars volta and spinnerette.
I'm official sick of the new A Camp record. I really do prefer the Cardigans.
- 21:54 @jonnyflash no awesome sale, just a very sad and drunk going-away party for a beloved coworker. #
- 22:07 So, there must be a petition SOMEWHERE online to get that Megan-Fox-Yellow-Rose-Kid into a cameo role in Transformers 2, right? #
- 21:37 is probably at work while his wife is playing Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - Episode One. #
- 20:51 is probably at work while his wife is playing Tiger Woods PGA Tour '09. raptr.com/Callmesteam #
- 00:29 Tonight I watched coworkers dry hump and fondle boobies. Ah, to be young and single... #
- 21:56 @BeccaG nope. just hopped right in. #
- 21:56 @BeccaG oh wait! i did have problems downloading a new arcade demo. majornelson.com explained some live issues. always check there first! #
- 20:49 @uglyallday I'd tell you, but you wouldn't receive the message anyway. TRY ANOTHER APP. #
- 21:09 is probably at work while his wife is playing 1 vs. 100 Live. raptr.com/Callmesteam #
- 22:19 @BenWarwick Sweet! Glad you picked it up and are enjoying it. I've been thinking about it and LBP a lot this week, but haven't had time! #
- 07:27 I kept dreaming last night that I had today off. It was almost convincing. Now, I'm just going to complain that I don't all day long. #
- 11:54 @writerlywife Answer: A tie. Still lovingly generic after all these years. #
- 21:36 is probably at work while his wife is playing 1 vs. 100 Live. raptr.com/Callmesteam #
- 23:22 Whoa! Placebo hit Guitar Hero this week! I might actually download something thats not free for World Tour! #
- 23:23 @BewareTheBite Word to that. Not very accurate or interesting. And how far back do you have to stand for natal to see your whole body? #
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