Boston: 3 - Lakes: 2…I don’t know how you throw away being up two games…I’ve always been a fan of the Boston Celtics and now they are in the NBA Finals for the first time in over 15 years. Not only that, they are in the Finals against their most rivaled team (also my most hated). In actuality it’s Kobe Vs Celtics, not Lakers Vs Celtics. I don’t like the Lakers as a franchise, but I have nothing but respect/admiration for Kobe’s drive and determination. He has got to be one of the best, if not the best athletes of this era in sports. I am also a New York Yankees fan so I’m use to getting shit for being a fan of a winning team. I am also an Oakland Raiders fan (we are so going Dan) and they haven’t produced a winning season since their appearance in the Super Bowl a few years back. I just get pissed off when I hear my friends talking about what big Boston (Red Sox or Celtics) fans they are/always have been. Yeah right…

The Dark Knight in theaters July 18:
Finally! I saw my first advertisement for the newest (and obviously the bestest) Batman in the live action series. Normally for movies of this caliber, advertisements are shown months in advance to get some sort of a buzz going for the movie. Not only does this movie not need that kind of buzz, it’s not wanted. Due to the death of the films co-star/lead bad guy, not a lot of people want to see the movie even come out. I can’t wait. I can’t wait to see how into the role of the Joker Heath Ledger got. He and friends and family have all said what a life altering role this was for Heath. Every trailer I have seen so far suggests that this movie is nothing short of top shelf. I really hope it comes out when they say it will. I would hate to see this movie pushed back because Ledger is dead. He got paid for the flick, and it was 100% completed so I feel we deserve a good movie already.

We (my girlfriend and myself) are making an offer on the house we are wanting to buy. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, it’s on a double lot, and it has a huge ass basement (man room). It’s really crazy thinking we are going to be buying a house at 21. I’m super stoked because the house is very nice and very well priced. The stress in my life lately has kind of taken a back seat to my focus. I’m back to the point were I am content with what’s going on around me. That is always subject to change though.
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Atmosphere-Say Hey There live on Kimmel (it takes a minute to get to the music, but its good!)

Damn straight!

Life…wow, what can I say about life? Are we ever given the life we feel we think we deserve? Of course not. Nothing in life is handed to us. We’re forced to strive and struggle to make the most out of what we’ve been given. What is that exactly? Well, we’re only given what our parents feel we deserve, or are capable of giving us? Are our parents right in giving us what they THINK we deserve? Of course not. Just because they wanted a Radio Flyer in the 1960’s doesn’t mean you’ll want one in 2008. Yet they do what they can.

My advice to the youth of the world is to make the best out of life, yourself. You need to educate yourselves on right and wrong, if you leave that up to your parents you could easily look back and realize they steered you in the wrong direction. Take into consideration your well being at the same time as the well being of others, for without anybody else we’d only be outcasts in a world of similarities. Nobody is ever the “only” person who has to “deal” with anything. Are you the first to stub your toe? Perhaps in your mind nobody has ever had their parents abandon them. Well guess what? You’re not. There’s plenty like you and depending on how strong they are they get through life. Those that realize shit happens and you can move on from it do well, considering. Those that think only bad shit happens to them end up living in misery as everything that goes wrong just appears to go wrong ONLY for them. Sad, just…sad.

Through my history here at Snoogins you (my guests) have seen me go from an angst ridden teen, to a high on life (and other things) person trying to find love to who I am today. Yet through all those changes I’ve continued to keep one thing constant. The seemingly never-ending pursuit to happiness guy. I’ve often questioned “why me?” and to be honest I’ve never come to a conclusion. However I have concluded why things happen to me. Why you ask? Because I’ve let them. All those times I’ve let others make me feel like Tiny Tim, all those times I did things I didn’t want to do. I did them myself for the simple fact that I never realized that life is what I make of it. If I had realized that I’d be doing things that will effect me for years to come I’d never have done them. Just like I’m sure if some females never let a certain boyfriend treat them a certain way they’d never have become whores. But they can’t blame the boyfriend. All they have to blame is themselves. Without force and without a means to protect ones self you have NOBODY to blame but yourself. Nobody forced that dick in you, nobody forced you to pull that trigger, nobody forced you to steal that car. Yet YOU allowed yourself to think that you had no other choice.

You do.

There is right, and there is wrong. You decide, and I hope that you all strive to do what’s right and forget about what’s wrong cuz it’s not worth your time.

My sister’s no longer a child anymore. She’s what some would call a “young adult” while others would call her an “early teen”. I’ve watched her grow from an innocent baby to a person who fears so much due to the bullshit her parents constantly put through her head. Most of which they tried to put through my head as well. Thankfully she came to terms at an extremely young age that her parents aren’t the judges of right and wrong as I’ve made it a goal of my own to let her know that there’s other options out there. Nobody can dictate her life (at least not here in the U.S.. Sorry North Korea) aside from her.

I could ramble on for days about what I’m feeling right now, but why would I bore you with that? I haven’t made much effort to share anything with anybody online for awhile now. Mainly because I’ve been letting somebody dictate my own life and I’m growing sick of it. All I can say is that whoever is reading this, do yourself good and do others good as well. Life will be much easier to deal with as all our lives unfold into different patterns.

Ahhh YES! A last, Grand Theft Auto 4 is out on shelves and looking great! Sort of. For myself, and other fellow Xbox360 enthusiasts, playing the game is proving to be a little more than difficult. Our fearless leader Dan has a PS3, but I’m not sure why. That is until I find out how much fun PS3 users alike are having playing the game online. I have played and completed a good portion (20%) of the actual single player, but I have only been connected to a couple online games. Once I do finally connect to a game, it boots me after about 30 seconds. Here’s the steps I’ve taken to try and resolve my issue:

1. Before even complaining to Xbox live, or the game’s publishers themselves, I got my ISP to come to my home and test all my connections and wires. (25$)

2. Contacted Rockstar games painful BRITISH (I’m getting dizzy) tech support. They told me blah blah blah, too many people trying to play all I can do is wait.

3. Contacted Xbox Live (I’m going to be sick) and begun trying to explain the situation. At one point, I am on the phone with a 80 year old lady and I swear to god she suggests the following. “Try playing a game that works for about 15 minutes. (*GUN TO HEAD*) Take it out, play it again. Repeat this four times then try playing Grand Theft Auto. I said, on my life, “Ma’am no offense to you because you sound sweet enough to be my Grandma. But this tech support is becoming hill billy as all hell. How can you even suggest that’s what I do? Why would I need to know voo-doo witch craft to get a different game to play? Have a nice day, supervisor please..” She complied putting me through to Johnathan, Supervisor @ Xbox Live. He told me to go exchange my copy for another one and try that. So I drive back down to an undiscolsed location(no promo homo), and returned my copy. Got home hopeful as all hell and still no worky-worky. I am furious at this point. A bunch of my friends can’t play on their 360’s either, but some can. This is garbage. I pay a lot of money (ISP bill, Xbox Live Bill, not to mention the cost of the console itself) to play this fucking game online, and I can’t?! John tells me it’s going to take a couple weeks to get everything working smooth. Then why the fuck did you make me waste my gas ($4.25 a gallon) to get another copy? That’s fucking crazy! So John tells me to calm down and I promptly call him an asshole. Bottom line, I already owned a PS3 and returned it for an Xbox. I am starting to regret the decision. However, in the mean time I have Call of Duty 4 so I might be able to wait it out. It just blows me away how delayed the game was only to be flawed. Damn, I need a smoke. StAyTuNeD!

I can’t stand Kanye. I knew when his first CD came out, I was going to hate or love his style. How do you define his style? I say its confusing at best. He is so into himself. He got a bad review from Entertainment Weekly about his new “Glow in the dark” tour, and he cried and whined like he always does on his blog. At first I got the impression that Kayne was just trying to have fun with rap, now I think he’s destroying parts of it. Recently at a show near my hometown in Sacramento, CA he called the crowd Seattle four times. What a bastard! His records are redundant, narcissistic, and don’t contain a whole lot of substance (Like these posts right?). I saw him turning towards this “weird” persona when Late Registration came out, but I thought the CD was decent and over-looked to say the least. I mean this is a guy who should be very humbled, not bah-hum-bugged! On his website he has a fan club section! I know, it’s fucking crazy! Oh, did I fail to mention he charges $25 to become a member? That’s more than it costs to be a listener of his music! The mother fucker thinks he’s Jesus too! Look at the Rolling Stone picture, listen to “Jesus Walks” his ego is TRIPPING! I wish I could tell ‘Yay personally how big of a vagina I think he is. Quit the whining, rapping, and fashion revolution and get back to producing. I don’t care if you never rap another track again.

So, I lost my job. Got laid off to be exact. The reasoning? Not drunk on the job like I figured it would have been, (Kidding) they let me go due to “Job Performance”. I’ve been there for two years, if anything my performance excelled. I learned lots of new things in a short amount of time. I earned two raises while there, and also got myself on my way to being a certified Welder. They insisted job performance, yet as I grabbed my toolbox and tools I noticed there was a dude there who worked there days ago. He was my replacement. He also makes four dollars an hour less than I did. I can understand the company not wanting to pay my wages, just tell me that. But it should be interesting to hear how fast the company goes downhill because this guy can’t do my job. Not to be full of myself, but I know this to be the case. I am a dedicated hard working mofo, so it was really a shock to me when I lost my job. I have had this job since before my daughter was born. I remember two years ago losing a job and it was no big deal, now I have a child and it’s frightening. I’ll pull through though, that’s just the way it is.

STAYtuned

It has been a busy week for me. My girlfriend and I are in the process of finding a home to buy, Renovation of the apartment above me (no sleeping in), and I recently won a bout with pneumonia. I’m still getting over it, but it’s not as bad as it was. I had fluid in my lungs, and a very nasty cough making it painful to breathe. I really thought there was a chance I could die. I was really sick for four days and did nothing but take Dayquil and Nyquil and cough drops to no avail. Then I realized my symptoms weren’t clearing up and decided to hit the E.R. for some treatment. I have a bad infection in my lungs. No cigs, no weed, no smoke for for the man who would smoke in the E.R. if they would let him. I feel like absolute death. I will find the energy tonight to talk about the pregnant transexual (BARF!!!1!!) that has shaken up the media lately. Do STAYtuned!

“Nirvana-In The Pines”

Lately I’ve been listening to a lot of “ahh to be 14 again” type of music. The Offspring, Creed, Sum41, Slipknot, blah blah blah..(What a loser right?) For some weird reason Blink 182 (Enema Of The State & Dude Ranch) is a band I am re-connecting with. I really liked them when Dude Ranch came out, and was still o.k. with them when Enema Of The State came along. Somewhere around Take Off Your Pants And Jacket (LOLZ!!1!) they lost me. I’m all about rap, in fact it’s all I’ve listened to (with the exception of being around other people’s music) for the last two years solid. I’m not dealing with any drama or problems right now, and that’s usually what makes me re-connect with oldies but goodies. Hmm…I must be getting older, I’m already thinking Blink 182 is “classic (not to be taken literal) music”….

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 DC Shoes Pro Skater Rob Dyrdek as MC Bobby Lyte

The Ghetto Precher

A Cartoon a YouTube user made spoofing the Ghetto Preacher (LMAO material)

Just a little something to pass some time…

STAYtuned

I have been doing a little more traveling than I would like as of late. I went to Portland, OR a couple weeks ago (Nice little 7 hour drive), and this weekend (Oh shit that starts today?) I’m suppose to drive 4 hour up to Lake Tahoe, CA. Not that I wouldn’t mind being there, Tahoe is absolutely breathtaking. I’m suppose to be going up there to see my Aunt and Uncle-In-Law because they are moving to South Dakota. I’m suppose to help them pack all their shit up, go snowboarding, see my mom, and see my other Uncle. Oh, I’m suppose to take my daughter with me as well which is not fun when you are by yourself. If my girlfriend were able to go, I wouldn’t bitch a stitch. But now I have to decide today all day at work, if I am going to be “selfish” and stay home and not go see off people who only contacted me as of recent because they are moving. Family or no family, I think I just want to chill… STAYtuned

If I could just *BARF* for a moment, I would appreciate it. I use to wonder what my future would hold. Never having my head in the clouds, (AKA up my ass) I never long-shot for any perfect existence. Not that I don’t believe it exists, I just knew it wouldn’t leap at me. As I’m watching my daughter grow up, I can’t help but ask myself at what point will she encounter a struggle. Will I be there to see her through it? Will it be manageable? The way things are changing in this world as fast as they are, I am almost scared to be raising a child. It’s not because of my age, if anything I think I might be more in tune with what she will endure. But I look at how out of touch I am with my own parents and I am frightened. Things only become more fast paced, more involved, more intense really. The world will be going through some very serious changes within the near future, and I could one day become out of touch with my own child. Not to say I wouldn’t be in her life everyday, I just mean there will be things that “kids” do that I won’t be able to understand. I guess I’m trying to say I don’t think about my future anymore. I think about what being a “teen” is going to mean when my daughter is of age. Am I bringing up a child in the worst of ages? Probably. But I know I’m not alone. Does every parent think like me? Fuck no. That doesn’t mean they don’t care, they just might not care on such a paranoid level. Ahhh, I don’t know I think I’m rambling….

STAYtuned (please)