Sunday, November 30, 2008

The Technology These Days!

NFL to broadcast Chargers-Raiders game in 3-D next week

Audiences in New York, Boston, and L.A. won't just be watching the game—they’ll be in the game, or at least that's the idea behind next week's invite-only 3-D demo.

The Wall Street Journal reports that three movie theaters—one in each city—will be wired for 3-D projection, while the NFL will lean on 3ality Digital to shoot the Dec. 4 contest in 3-D. The broadcast will be downlinked to the three theaters via satellite, and yes—viewers will have to wear special glasses to get the full 3-D effect.

As the Journal reports, the NFL shot some footage from Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004 in 3-D, and viewers watching clips tried to "crouch down to catch the ball," one NFL exec bragged. But that footage was taped; next week's game will be shown live.

So, are we talking the beginning of live 3-D broadcasts from the NFL? Well … maybe. NFL execs are telling the Journal that next week's 3-D game is a "proof of concept … we want to demonstrate this and let people get excited about it and see what the future holds." 

What about tickets for the 3-D broadcast? Sorry, football fans; next week's event is closed to the public. If you know someone in the industry, now's the time to start kissing up.

Cardboard Figure Causes Standoff

How hilarious is this though?  A big commotion just to find a cardboard cut out haha.

Full-size cardboard figure causes NJ bank standoff

MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, N.J. – A standoff at a New Jersey bank is over after police learned a "person" seen inside was actually a full-size cardboard figure.

Officers went to the PNC Bank in Montgomery Township on Thursday night after an alarm went off. They saw what they thought was at least one person through the windows of the bank, which had its blinds drawn.

The area was sealed off and three nearby apartment buildings were evacuated as a precaution. Meanwhile, authorities used bullhorns and made telephone calls in a bid to make contact with whoever might be in the bank.

After repeatedly failing to get a response, a SWAT team entered the building and discovered the cardboard figure.

It was not immediately clear what set off the bank alarm.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Setting up a Christmas Tree

My mom wanted to decorate early for Christmas and make the house look nice before the family comes over for the holiday.  So i ended up putting together the Christmas tree.  I wish we had a real one but there are pros and cons between a real one and fake one and a fake one takes the cake.  Now setting up a tree can be complicated so let Brent walk you through it. (pretty bored while doing all the work.  Sorry if the pictures are huge and cut off.  The blogger upload thing is fuckin up so i ended up posting the code)

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Step 1: Open Box

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Step 2: Put on some music to keep you sane

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Step 3: Sort out the millions of pieces

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Step 4: Put the pieces together according to Letters and colors.  When you suck at expanding the branches, get your mom to do the job.

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Step 5:  Repeat the process until everything is put together

Step 6: When you and your mom disagree with where the tree should be placed at, go to your room to end the conversation.

Lol no idea why i posted this but im pretty down for Christmas to roll through.  Dim Sum in like 7 hours! Good Morning!  But good night in my case.  Sleepy as hell. Peace

-Brent


Friday, November 28, 2008

Black Friday Successful

Thanksgiving was aiight.  I stuffed myself with a big ass turkey leg but i was disappointed with the variety of foods that were available lol. There were barely any.  But the highlight of that day was winning a poker game and coming up 30 bucks richer for Black Friday shopping.  So add that to my dad's 60 and i get 90 and it was unexpected to get that much to spend.

I'll be honest and say that i hate waiting in long ass lines and/or lines where it takes forever to move but in the end its all worth it.  I ended up rolling up to best buy at 3:30AM and thanks to my PSP, i was entertained the whole time watching  Four Brothers.  The funny part is that i didn't want shit from Best Buy because the stuff i wanted was from Office Depot but i waited with my sister and her boyfriend anyway.  Something that i always see every year are cheap ass Asians who are in the front of the line (Who are the people who camp out since thanksgiving morning) that grab EVERY voucher they can get their hands on and then try to sell it to people for some cash.  Sure it's cool to get extra cash but cmon.  There's people trying to get a voucher that actually wants to buy the particular item.  I remember there was this one fool who tried to sell one of his vouchers for $100 to an old lady.  The Fucking Guy!  

Anyway at Office Depot it opened right when i got there and grabbed the 2 items i wanted
SanDish 8GB SDHC Card for my camera for $14.99

Seagate 500GB FreeAgent Desk External Hard Drive for my computer for $69.99

The checkout line took FOREVER but i can't argue with those prices.  At the end of shopping i was sofa king tired and i pretty much just woke up right now.  Good day to shop.  Camera where you at!?

-Brent 

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving

Today is the feast! I'm pretty down for it but not at the same time because i have a feeling ill be bored again at another family party.  Actually i will probably be more annoyed than bored because of all the wild kids running around being annoying.  They like it when i hang out with them but for me they overdo it and never leave me alone and don't get the picture that i just want to be left alone haha.  Its cool though its what i always have to deal with and i guess im used to it. I hope my cousin's boyfriend brings the xbox and rock band 2 because i would be down to play that the whole night until it ends because ive been wanting to rock out on that for the longest time.  But im sure all the kids will raid that shit and start wreaking havoc on the equipment.  lol wont be my stuff!

It's almost 2 right now and at 6AM, the usual people are gonna play some ball which i really want to do but 6AM THOUGH!  I don't remember the last time i woke up before 6 and i don't want to now because that is too damn early.  I've been aching to see how i'll play because ive been working out but id rather get more sleep.

And of course to end my night its time to stand in line around 3 or 4 (which i really don't need to do for the things im buying) for Black Friday.  First stop the greatest store Best Buy then i dunno after that.  Hope i manage to get some cash money for at least a memory card.  

O and out of randomness buy these shits!

Sour Patch Candy Canes - Delicious!

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

CD's I Listened to over the week

I like all of them.

Kanye West: 808s and heartbreak - Currently bumpin this CD more than the others because obviously it just came out.  Its a new sound which is pretty dope and Kanye is singing throughout the album which makes it even better.  I'm sure its winning an award.
Favorite Song: "Heartless"

 Robin Thicke: Something Else - The CHILLEST CD out of this whole list.  Robin Thicke is just being himself and doing the R&B thing using Jazz, Disco, Latin sounds.
Favorite Song: " Ms. Harmony"


  Lupe Fiasco: The Cool - Dope CD from dope ass Lupe.  Cop it.  I like every song except for one of them.  I forgot what its called. 
Favorite Song: Really don't have one.  They all good.

   John Legend: Evolver - Leezy's came into this album with a new sound as well and it took me some time to get used to it.  IMO it's not as good as the first 2 albums but this is still pretty good.
Favorite Song: "Everybody Knows"


 The-Dream: Love Hate - I think this album has been out for a while and i'm disappointed at the fact that i didn't get this album earlier.  It is really chill and The-Dream is just catchy as hell with some songs.  The random sounds he makes makes the songs dope haha.
Favorite Song: Can't decide between "I Luv Your Girl"and "Shawty is Da Shit".  "Luv Songs" is cool too.

 
 T-Pain: Thr33 Ringz - I'll be honest and say that i hate hearing this guy's voice in every other artist's songs but if he is alone or someone else is being featured in his song its something i would prefer.  There's a couple annoying songs on the album but at the same time good ones. 
Favorite Song: "Can't Believe It"

This is one reason why..

I hate smoking lol.  Found this video i made from a while ago.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Predicting a Chill Week

I say that because it is so far haha.  Only had one class on monday and one class today because one was cancelled.  Then tomorrow i might have one class as well because tennis is going to be rained out.  After that its just a lab and then no school the rest of the week.  I need this damn break!  Then thursday of course is Thanksgiving and its my favorite holiday for grub!  My aunt makes the BEST yes I repeat the BEST turkey and gravy EVAR!  And there's just some other bomb food.  Can't wait for that.  Saturday is lunch with the Enriquez fam at China town for some Dim Sum which i haven't had in ages!   

Friday i might not be hitting up the stores for Black Friday because I am completely broke from buying....
This Bad Boy!  A (ill just copy and paste the name) Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28K 10MP Digital Camera with 18x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom.  No Idea what most of that shit means but in other words its just dope haha.  When i saw the price, the reviews, and approval of someone who knows cameras, i just had to grab this.  No i didn't decide on a TV because that shit is expensive.  I only had 220 and the cheapest TV that i wanted was 449 and would have to come up with another 229 in 3 days so i was like fuuuk it camera it is.  An SLR was around that range too so i couldn't get that.  This is just the next best thing.  It's originally 399 and i got it on Amazon on sale for 277.  I'm pretty damn excited to get this shit delivered!  So get ready everyone, pics coming your way! lol.  Actually maybe ill hit up the stores on friday.  Kinda need a memory card now haha.

This week i've just been hanging out with the little guy who left tonight.  Aww but yay because he is so hard to watch.  He's so...i cant think of the English term but i'll just say malikot (Tagalog). 


Jaiden

In conclusion its gonna be a chill ass week haha.

I'm watching Leno right now and just heard a hilarious lame joke from Cheech. "A Skeleton walks into a bar and says give me a beer and a mop.
Lol peace

-Brent

Monday, November 24, 2008

Back To BS: Take a look outside

Ok so Wordpress didn't work out so well. I had too many issues with it. Pictures uploaded too slow and using the whole site was slow for me. There is a limit to how much you can upload (3GB) and i know im gonna upload a gang of stuff and would want things to stay there in the future instead of having to delete them Sometimes toolbars were missing and yeah id rather just use this. So here i am and back to business. I changed the url so get that down if you want. O and as for the random blog, ill just put all that here into one blog and label them so i deleted it. The stupid thing is that i made the random blog because i didnt know i can make labels and well i can and itll be easier to focus on one blog. I'll try to put pictures in every post to make things a little more decorated.

I just came back from the gym so i could catch the Clipper game later. Yes even though they have a horrible record, it is still early and there is hope for them to come up in the ranks. Most especially i want to watch this one because of the recent trade that happened.

We'll see if Zach Randolph can make a change. I think it will. I see him as filling elton brand's spot.

Anyway, please tell me you guys have looked outside and saw the dim sky due to clouds. Have you felt the coldness yet? I have, well at least in Palmdale. Hope u guys looked at the forecast for the mountains because SNOW IS COMING (supposedly)! 

From the Mountain High Website:
"Opening Day Is Coming Soon!! 
New snow is expected this Wednesday followed by extensive snowmaking.  We now plan to open some time during the Thanksgiving Holiday so please keep in touch with us here for the latest info."


That means of course the new season is just around the corner and its time to start waxing your boards, buying your gear, getting those roof racks on the vehicles and get ready for some snowboarding (or skiing). The issue i have though when it comes to this season is money (as always). I need some pants and the poitns lift ticket (1000pt which is like 189) and well i have no cash for that. Right now i DO have like 200+ but its all going towards black friday and i definitely won't miss that. But o well this was the case last season and i managed to have a good season. Gas prices better stay low! If they do then i'm down to drive a little more this time haha. 


The Ninja is Ready Lol
-Brent

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Eh..

Forget the results of the props. its been somewhat of a while since they happened and well im just not down to review of what passed or not. Moving on...

i promised to talk about that one pondering post from before but i decided to just leave it at that. I'm not lazy or anything. Its just something to just keep in mind in regards to how i am like right now. I seriously have changed a little bit and I find it to be a constructive change. ill just leave it up to you guys to either figure it out or just chill on the subject.

Last thursday was just lazy ass thursday. I ditched my chem class which would have been an hour longer on that day and AGAIN my philosophy class. I think thats the 4th or 5th time i missed it but oh well. It all comes down to the final anyway.
Friday was a trip down to the valley to celebrate my mom's and the baby Xander's (my little second cousin?) and then saturday it was sushi time for my dad's birthday.

Sunday, awkwardly my sister, her boyfriend, their friend, my half brother in law (lol), my dad and I all headed to the gym and i gotta tell you, my dad is the worse person to go to the gym with haha. He has a routine that i tell him to follow but he doesnt want to do it and ends up doing random workouts. Sometimes he doesnt even use a machine right and just looks dumbs. He was also running back and forth across the room for some odd reason. Anyway, my brother in law was benching and i thought he didnt need a spot and then he struggled and my dad called for me when he was RIGHT NEXT TO HIM! haha. But then he decided to help spot but he lifted from the SIDE of the bar (WTF!) instead of behind the bar (Where the spotter usually stands) and the weights fall off the bar and almost onto my foot. After that he said "Whats wrong with you?" haha the guy!
Since im on the subject of the gym, here's another ridiculous story. I hit up the 24in Lancaster to check it out and man that shit busy and there are a bunch of naked ass old guys in the locker room. But thats not the ridiculous part. There are also more big ass fools there and there is this one guy who's arms are huge who asks me to spot him. haha me though! This fool was lifting 100+lbs dumbells and doing shoulder presses. On top of that, he was getting people to record him with his phone! haha. As he was doing his set he struggled at 6 and i had to you ALL my strength just to get that motherfucka to do his last rep. That shit was ridiculous. Yeah ask the small guy to help spot you. Fucking Guy!

The job hunt isn't going so well. With this stupid economy, its hard to find one. Either that or im in competition with a grip of people trying to get the same position. I applied to numerous places and no luck at all. I don't want to say im gonna wait it out until another time since thats what i would usually do. I'm still determined to find a job but its just too damn hard. But I believe in my boy Obama to fix things so that people would not become unemployed and more jobs would be created. With the economy fixed, the stores could keep expanding (CMON BEST BUY TO THE EAST SIDE LOL) and i could work for them. I'm sure itll take time though. In the meantime the hunt continues.

With the subject of life, I'd say im just trying to chill right now. I feel like im just being the same Brent that I was in highschool but more wiser, stronger, and mature. The difference between now and then is that im just not letting shit get to me. As usual im just trying to live life with less problems as possible. One way for now is just staying clean. Staying healthy. I stopped smoking for a good while now which was originally supposed to be because i was looking for job but now my attitude about it is just not doing it at all for even longer. Like right now i don't think i can even be around it. I just feel good about myself. I feel changes ever since i havent done it as i feel more active to do shit and my stamina has increased. I think if i ever come back to it, I will definitely be using less and only at times where life just gets me down or im just stressed the fuck out. No more times of just smoking for the hell of it or just because im around friends or at a party or something. I know one thing though...eventually ill be completely done with it someday.

Im thinking of switching to Wordpress since it looks cleaner than blogspot but i dunno we'll see. Maybe if I get a camera and start posting pictures lol.

-Brent

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Somewhat of an Absence

Yo guys. I know ive been on a roll with updating but it just had to end sometime. I just really havent been in the mood to update this even though ive been having some shitty days lately. I won't really get into it so ill just leave it at that. I'll explain what the last post meant in a little bit but meanwhile heres a recap of events from the past and present.

Thursday (30th) was an up and down day. I hate thursdays as it is the LONGEST day to have classes and just anxious as hell to just get out. So i usually end up leaving early or not even showing up to my last class at all. I don't remember the last time i actually stayed throughout the whole class time but oh well. By that time I just zone out and can't keep my mind focused and i would just say whats the point of being here if i can't listen. Anyway, you know that test i definitely thought i bombed? turns out i got a C fuckin -. Down for that! Teacher was lookin at me like im an idiot for cheering for that grade but i don't give a fuck! I was hoping for a D at least and C- beats that shit anyday! ha. Then after i just bounced to celebrate haha.
After that shit i was expecting a call from a friend so we can watch Saw V together and she didn't pull through. I know what you are thinking, why dont you just call her? Well she doesnt have a cell phone and calling house phones arent my thing and theres some other factors as to why i dont call her house phone. So yeah she didnt hit me up. Even when she said FOR SURE she will. Now i don't know what the reason was but i just hate those kinds of FLAKES! Those who say For Sure or definitely and etc and not pull through. I'll admit im a flake at times but im not someone that says yeah ill go and not go do something. I would usually say "ill see" or "I don't know yet". I also felt stood up as it was supposed to be a semi-date (it was my intention lol) which brings me back to the COUNTLESS times that has happened to me and trust me there have been COUNTLESS times! It also brings me back to times where ive been MAD led on which well...gets my hopes up and find out it was just a waste of my damn time. So the movie was a bust and just knocked the fuck out.

Halloween. The party holiday (for teens and older) and the day everyone could wear a costume without being called a freak or weirdo lol. It is my favorite holiday! NOT! Honestly i could care less about this holiday. I find it to have no meaning and it doesnt matter if i party or not or do something at all. I mean its cool to have fun on this day but i treat it as a day i usually chill with people. I already had my day planned and i went with it and that was gym and then home just like any ordinary day haha. Didnt seem like Halloween at all as i left as it got dark and got home when all the kids were done trick or treating.

Saturday i headed down to the valley for my uncles birthday at this chinese restaurant called Mandarin King that had some bomb food. I thought it was just a small family gathering but it was a good amount of people to fill up the party room. Pretty much i just hung out with the family and talked to my other uncle most of the time about what hes up 2 and what his plans are when he gets a job as a nurse (then working his way up to be a doctor again). He mentioned his top choice so far is Palmdale (hes been to Palmdale for my bday and looked at some of the model homes) and i told him i agreed with that. I told him that in my opinion, that i see Palmdale better fitting when it comes to raising kids. There are good schools around here, crime keeps constantly declining it's being well developed and maintained, brand new houses are cheap, and honestly, the drive to the valley to see family is not far at all if you think about it. In my case im just broke as fuck to pay for gas to head there. Its a quiet environment and its just a good place to live. I wouldn't have said that a couple years ago but times change and I see Palmdale like that now. It'll always be home to me but right now im just trying to GET OUT haha.
Speaking of Saturdays, I do not know the last time i had a saturday where wasn't at a family event. Its been about birthdays all of october and visiting family and all that and still there are plenty of events to come for the future Saturdays (Baptism, Thanksgiving, Family Visits and more to remember). I just want to chill one saturday haha. But i guess the upside to it is that i get to see the nephew who i can't get enough of. That kid is just too great.

Sunday i just chilled with a couple friends for a little and then hit up the gym then went home to start a paper but ended up knocking out haha. I'm supposed to do that paper right NOW but na ill do it the day before like most papers i do. Procrastination bay bay!

FINALLY! i submitted my application for CSUN! I swear i thought my mom was holding back on me but she randomly said to submit it and she'll pay for the fee and went right on that to get it done. I'm pretty excited to see what happens. I keep hearing that they definitely will accept me but you never know what will happen. Maybe affirmative action will keep me out haha. Even if i am accepted, theres still a few classes i need to take and PASS which will be a bitch as usual but with my knowledge of me being accepted i think itll make me work harder.

Today history was MADE. I'm glad i actually got to witness it. If you don't know what im talking about, you should just shoot yourself right now haha. Obama is our president and pretty excited to see what he can change in this country. The election was NO CONTEST at all! McCain got handled haha and i knew it was going to happen. When you think of all the advertisements for Obama, Musicians saying to vote for Obama, the fact that everyone is concerned with pulling out the troops from Iraq, and the idea of another 4 years of Bush if Mccain is elected, u definitely gotta consider the odds in favor of Obama. Voting kinda stimulated me today. I felt like i did something i should be proud of and well it paid off.

Its 2:30AM right now and sleepy and i think im gonna crash right now. School tomorrow (sigh). I'm not done with my input on the results today but ill talk about it on the next post and also about the last post. I'll also update the Random Blog since i have a couple things in mind. By the way, 43 hits though! haha thats more than what i had in mind (like 10). I'll update whenever i can. Might not be tomorrow since i gotta finish that damn paper.

-Brent

Monday, November 3, 2008

Yeah

I Think its Time