Archive for December, 2004
I saw a bumper today that had all these religious symbols and a circle around one saying “this is the right one.”
When are you fucksticks going to stop bickering between yourselves and realize that you’ve been brainwashed to belive that one religion, YOUR religion is the right one? Religion has been around since the dawn of man in one form or another, there is no right or wrong, when it comes to which one, only if you follow the same set of mores or the laws of nature put forth in every religious book.
Special Occasions in certain asian cultures involve the giving of red cards.
My parents, born to Chinese immigrants, subscribed more to the tradition of giving “red envelopes” or ang pao during special occasions like birthdays, graduation, your first prostitute. Christmas, though not a Chinese tradition, fell into this category. My grandparents, aunts and uncles would visit our house and present us with red envelopes containing small bills.
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1. It didn’t happen in the US so I, we as a country are not influenced or seeing the immediate impact.
2. The media are excited when they have something to report like a rising death toll
3. The spin on how the rich countries don’t have the same issues. (Its true, and why shouldn’t we?)
4. The large American Corporations have a secret agenda for getting help over there. You see a large portion of your textiles are made in that part of the country, factories and workers are all effected. If you ask me, they large corporations get what they paid for. I hope to god the cost of outsourcing manufacturing over seas bites them in the asses.
5. The UN help is a complete corrupt joke.
6. Survival of the fittest. Everyone is complaining about over population, this is just mother earths way of cleaning house.
So am I an insensitive prick? Yep. Sure I care about people and humanity in general. But to have it thrown in my face 24/7 soon as I open up a web page or turn on the TV, I’m de-sensitized by the same media. With that said, the best place to donate that your actual money; as in it goes where it is supposed to go is here.
I am in the market for a new vehicle. Although not immediate, somewhere within the next 2-6 months I’ll most likely want to buy a new one. I’ve narrowed it down to either a Subaru Legacy GT or a 4×4 Toyota Tacoma Access Cab. Both cars are recently new generation cars with new parts. The Tacoma uses a 4.0L v6 engine that has been in the Prado in Japan for 4-5 years and is well tested and proven. The Legacy GT uses the same Boxer engine as the STI (I believe) and is 2.5L 260hp. It also has been tested in Japan and has been used for quite some time before coming to the states. With that said, both are sound purchases.
Which brings me to my car shopping last night. First stop was Champion Toyota. MJ and I stopped there and looked around for the Tacoma access Cabs and could not find one. So we sucked it up and walked in to 3 sales men just standing around. We asked where their Tacoma’s were and were informed there were 3 in the back we could look at but all of the salesmen were waiting on customers or had someone in finance etc. So they called over another sales person who was on his cell phone talking to his gay lover. His name was David Basham (512-804-7018 - Direct) and was the most unhelpful sales person I have ever met. Not only did give a disgruntled look when he was asked to help us find the tacomas, he also was very profane in his language. He was more interested in getting back inside and getting back on his cell phone call than he was to helping us look up and find a truck. Within 2 minutes we had circled the entire place in a little golf cart so quick that you hardly had a chance to see anything, and came back to the front where he said, “well we don’t have any, here’s my card, call me and I’ll see if we have something later.” Did he bother to look in the computer system to verify? No. Did he ask any of the other sales people who had stated we had them? No. Did he offer to show us anything else? No.
Next Stop was Gillman Subaru, which I’ll admit are pretty shady, but almost always have the bigger selection - and because of it are able to deal more if you argue with them - Me I got my WRX there 3 years ago after 2 hours of bickering on price. This time we found the cars right away. And a sales person who was showing someone else a car said he or someone else would be right out as he went back inside with the customer he was with. 10 minutes later another sales person, whom I’m guessing weighed around 450 lbs walked out towards a vehicle and then turned around and walked back asking if we’d been helped. “No.”
“Ok I’ll have a sales person come right out.”
10 Minutes later no sales person, we gave up and went home. Needless to say, they have made their quotas for the month at this time of year and don’t give a damn about selling any more cars. Personally I should have known better, Austin Subaru always is helpful and Brent has been a great treasure trove of knowledge there. Also Pam at Champion Toyota Service department is great, but aside from that WTF!?! At least there are some more dealerships in the area I’m sure will get my business.
Total BS. Whenever I was in a shop and leaving I’d say Merry Christmas, not Happy Holidays.
I was on the plane flying back the other day and I hear a guy behind me say “Merry Christmas, oops, I mean Happy Holidays to be politically correct.”
I snapped my head around to look and he saw me look. He gave me the “what did I say look.”
The lady sitting next to me said, “yeah I heard it too.”
I think a lot of people are getting fed up with it, and yet people are still afraid to offend someone and get sued. What the hell is wrong with you people? At least at this time of year, regaurdless of what someone wishes you at least they are being nice and wishing you well. What other time of year can you get this?
My advice for the new year, SUCK IT UP. Stop being a little puss and being so sue happy.
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Its amazing how the years pass by so quickly, especially how the holidays sneak up on us every year without us expecting them. One minute your sitting at St. Patricks day with your “kiss me, I’m Irish” button and the next minute you’re holding a glass of egg nog singing “Little Drummer Boy.”
For many, the holidays are filled with warmth and family surroundings, you’ll make that long road trip crossing miles and miles of terrain, or sit in a packed airplane with babies that cry and scream because their parents don’t know how to chloroform them.
For others, the holidays are a time for reflection of years past. To take stock of what has happened in the past year, and what to look forward to, like a drunken night of debauchery in New Orleans.
And for others it also is a time for new found loves and rekindling of that once lost feeling. How I envy you the most, for if you don’t have someone to cherish your holidays with, sometimes you can be entirely alone in a crowded room…. (shoots another tequila)…Where was I?
So from all of us at Wetwired, we wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and all those other politically correct days. And hope that you have someone special to enjoy your days with.
Ho Ho Ho from The Magik……. 3 “Hoes” rule!
Most of yall know you have been naughty looking at those dirty things on the Internet!
Airline comedy is black humor. That being said, its easy to poke at. I fly a lot so its easy to memorize the spiel that they announce prior to any flight.
To fasten your seat belt, insert the small end into the larger clasp, and to undo lift up like so.
In the event of a water landing…
Ok in the event of a water landing, kiss your ass goodbye. The chances of a plane actually not splitting apart and killing everyone are 10 to 1. The problem is the wings or the engine catch in the water, and yank the plane in one direction or another so at 200mph, the plane just flips over and pretty much yanks apart.
That being said, your seat cushion may be used as a flotation device.
that’s nice.
Slide your hands in the straps and hold close to your body.
Ok, so basically you’re going to put this seat cushion right up next to your chest and face. The same seat cushion that a thousand other people have farted on before you. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside thinking that I’m going to be putting my face where a thousand other peoples asses have been.
In the event that the cabin depressurizes, oxygen masks will pop out from above you.
As if you weren’t scared enough, a jack in the box style yellow mask will pop out from above and scare the piss out of you, forcing you to shit your pants. Now, they are asking you to do the above, put your seat cushion to your face. Great, not only have a bunch of people squeezed out some fumes, you’ve just shit your pants on this cushion and you’re going to put it to your face.
Although oxygen is flowing freely, the bag may not inflate.
That’s nice, so basically it may or may not inflate, and the supply of oxygen may or may not be on!
Make sure you fasten your mask first before helping others.
Basically save yourself. Fuck the rest of them. But hey, that’s human survival.
If you are seated in an emergency exit area, please make sure that you are comfortable with opening the door.
Yeah I don’t think grandma can lift a 80lb door, fling it out of the way before I run her over. Oh well.
Many ask, how do you join the mile high club? Have you seen how big those bathrooms are? Yeah, basically the only way you can is if one of you is a gymnast. Me, I fly solo mile high club. I leave a present on the ceiling of the bathroom for the next guy. I’m always afraid that when I flush, the cabin will decompress and I’ll be sucked out by the toilet. What a way to go, “man dies - flushed down aircraft toilet, fell 30,000 feet to his death, pants still around his ankles.
So, what are my tips for air travel?
1. Reserve your flight early, you’ll get better boarding time.
2. Sit in the isle, window if you have to, but never the middle.
3. Have a small carry on that can go under your feet. One above you means you have to actually get up and pull it down, and you might have stuff fall on you. And it takes more time so you can’t get off the plane as quickly.
4. Get seats as close to the door as you can. That way you don’t have to worry about waiting for everyone in front of you to get off the plane first. If you’re like me, you hate waiting forever to file off slowly.
5. Wear clothing that has no metal. Wear sandles. With all the new security procedures, I try to be as hassle free as I can. I book non-stop flights so I don’t have to worry as much about lost luggage and I wear shorts, shirt and thin soled sandles. I check my bags, and have a laptop as a carry on, strut right through security without a hitch and am off the plane almost as soon as it stops at the gate.
6. Don’t drink anything prior to the flight. There is nothing worse than to have to get up 10 times over the course of a 2 hour flight to drain your bitty bladder. If they offer you a drink on the flight, that’s fine, just remember drink it slowly.
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OMG. If I had a camera right now, I’d take a pic of the evil smile on my face.
Lots of movies to see this weekend and next weekend that have just come out.
This is my top movie list:
1. Aviator - The life of Howard Hughes, performed by “I’m the king of the World” de Caprio - whom, after his performance in Catch me if you can, actually impressed me.
2. Flight of the Phoenix - has only one star to note Dennis Quaid. Now this is a remake of a 60’s movie where a plane crashes in the Gobi dessert an they have to alter the plane in order to fly out.
3. Spanglish - Looks like a chick flick, but its Adam Sandler, and new comer Paz Vega who looks and sounds a lot like Penelope Cruz. Also making an appearance is Tea Leoni who got her big break in a League of their own with Tom “There’s no crying in baseball!” Hanks.
4. Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events - Another Jim Carey flick, but it looks funny, although a kids flick. Reviewers compare this to Harry Potter books, and possible craze. I doubt it, but the film might be worth watching.
5. Oceans 12 - Topping the charts right now bringing in millions, and touting an all-star cast. There is a reason Steven Soderbergh won an Oscar.
6.Polar Express - I’ve seen this one already, Tom Hanks and a few other notable people are animated and re-do the novel. Suprisingly it was good, and did not ruin the book.
7. Closer - Ok, picture this, the little girl in the Professional or (Leon) on a stripper pole 10 years later. Yep, Natalie Portman as a stripper in this movie. There is your reason to see it. Ok, not enough? Well Jude Law and Clive Owen and Julia Roberts also star in this - a bizarre love triangle. Clive Owen you might know from the BMW commercials especially the one called “the Ambush“. The commercials that inspired the movie The Transporter. Anyway, I can’t speak enough about how well this actor will do in the future. You’ll probably remember him from Borne Identity as the Assasin that Matt Damon’s character kills in the field, or you might remember him as the man servant in Gosford Park.
Ok, all cell phone customer services suck. As far as who to go with , with best signal, there are only two real good ones: Sprint and Verizon. And as far as who has the most features like using your cell phone for internet - its Sprint. But, they also have the worst customer service.
And recently, because of the merger with Nextel, Sprint has taken it upon themselves to outsource their regular customer service to India.
So today, I logon to the website to pay my bill and just like usual, it has the wrong address - ie. the zip doesn’t match my bank card so it won’t go through. I change it, save it and come back to pay again and still not fixed. So I call, like I’ve done the past 4 months and tell them to look at my account. The person I talk to has a thick Indian accent and sounds like a 10yr old boy. She/he says she’s changed it but it still isn’t working.
So I’m like, ok will you take my payment over the phone and wave the $5 fee.
“Ok sir I will be taking your payment of $179 now.”
“Ok, I just want to pay $100. The remaining isn’t due until January.”
“Ok sir, I will charge your card, what is your number?”
“xxx-xxxx-xxxx exp xx-xxxx”
“Ok sir I have charged your card $179.”
“NO! I said $100″
“Ok, sir I already have authorized the payment.”
“Then unauthorize it!”
“There is nothing I can do for you sir.”
“Supervisor”
“My supervisor is unavailable.”
“I’ll wait.”
Click > hold music
“Sprint customer service this is [Brent]”
“Hi Brent, first I’m relieved that you can understand me. The last person I talked to charged my account the full amount when I specifically stated I only wanted to pay for December and for $100″
“Ok I’ll take care of it.”
Sure enough, Brent gets me to the right department and I get my money refunded. Moral of the story, don’t make your payments to sprint on the phone with someone from Bangalore India. Oh, and complain to sprint, so they too, like the other large companies will learn that outsourcing customer service is a stupid idea.
Today is Three French Hens Day. For the 12 days of Christmas.
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