tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68575953829197636812024-03-13T08:45:12.196-07:00The JlogJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-6050252904311633492010-06-12T14:18:00.000-07:002010-06-12T15:53:56.300-07:00oh hai guyz<span style="font-size:78%;">Hey, brahs! How ya doin' man? Its been a while man, life's so rad. This blog's my favorite, man, don'tchu love it. You want a blog post? Oh man, I'm so glad we're all back together and stuff, this is great man.<br /></span><br />...<br /><br />To answer the only question most of you fans are asking (and by saying 'fans' I mean myself and some creepy old guy who seems to be subscribed to this website)... I HAVE RETURNED!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__gHtdQ5eM2g/TBQPiZIgzKI/AAAAAAAAAEE/r3_MqRo5KnQ/s1600/1276382724573.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__gHtdQ5eM2g/TBQPiZIgzKI/AAAAAAAAAEE/r3_MqRo5KnQ/s200/1276382724573.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482023729953295522" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >HOORAY</span></div><br />I'd like to keep this short. And I'll try, but no guarantees. Okay? Okay. I'll organize my ramblings into an easy-to-read (or maybe not even at all) list for your convenience!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1) Sum-herr </span>So, like, remember that one time where I was all like, "<a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/06/attention-jlog-summer-jamboree-schedule.html">HEY ITS SUMMER IMMA MAKE A POST EVERDAY LOL</a>"? Well, that never worked out. And I got really freaking tired of it. And that kind of led to me not posting anything at all for a month. Yeah, well, I'm not promising anything this time around. Actually, you know what? I will. Its the first day of summer for myself, and I'm <span style="font-style: italic;">not</span> going to make a delightful post everyday. Neither will I make those random posts about "feelings" because this is a MANLY BLOG and we don't regurgitate our "Oh man why does the world hate me noone understands me sob sob queque" <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a> sheeeeeit here.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XLsmYse0MCw/SbkeW6CM-lI/AAAAAAAAAi8/Q0IvbesVh5A/s400/Crying+man1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 340px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XLsmYse0MCw/SbkeW6CM-lI/AAAAAAAAAi8/Q0IvbesVh5A/s400/Crying+man1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">NO WHINING ALLOWED</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div><br />But you know what I WILL promise? I promise to put up crap whenever I feel like it. If I have something to say, that I think you nice people will enjoy reading, such as topics revolving around poop-flavored popsicles or how <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koffing">Koffings</a> powered the gas chambers at Auschwitz, I will. Okay, maybe that last one was a bad idea. But if you've read ANYTHING at all on this website, you know what I like to write about.<br /><br />I seriously haven't posted anything here in about a year, and I've got a couple ideas. You'll just have to see if I stick to continuously doing anything other than eating stale Cheetos and <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-to-plan-urkel-themed-party.html">watching Family Matters</a> this summer.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2) Steve Jobs = :( </span--></span><span>Technology has decided its on strike with me as of late. Two months ago, my beloved iPhone decided to go into a coma. Not long after, my Mac's harddrive blew up. "But Josh," you may ask yourself. "I really don't give a rat's ass about your crap." Well, first of all you totally should, and second, it means I've lost everything that I've illegally downloaded over the years! Music, old pictures, videos I had made... but most importantly, Photoshop.<br /><br />Now that I'm resurrecting the Jlog, its kind of an essential tool to have. Seriously. I'm sure you can look at the main page and find at least a bajillion pictures I've vomited up with Photoshop. Or, you know, just look at the blog's background and everything and realize EVERYTHING was made in Photoshop.<br /><br />So, sadly, until I figure out a solution, blog posts may lack my patented <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/05/stickreview-indiana-jones-and-kingdom.html">artistic skill</a>. You'll just have to live for now.<br /><br />But that leads to my next problem nobody cares about...<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />3) Redesign</span><span> I'm planning on polishing what everything looks like here around the site, but obviously I'll need a program do that. And I mean, I've probably only used the current style for, like, what, 5 posts sometime last year? Maybe a little Swiffering and you shouldn't care.<br /><br />Also, as you can see, I finally removed the 4th of July stuff. You might just think that I left it there for a year because of forgetfulness, but that's the not the reasoning at all! I was promoting patriotism, and, uh, democracy all year round. It stood for freedom and sacrifice and high-glucose foods.<br /><br />And then I saw THIS.<br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YC1CUl4XcZc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YC1CUl4XcZc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />So, just changed the blog back to the original flavor. I think you'll find it... tasty.<br /><br />So yeah, that's all. Maybe I'll write something meaty tomorrow. Maybe not. Maybe I'll forget about doing anything until August 2011. Its a surprise!<br /><br />...I guess this wasn't very short. Sowwy.<br /></span>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-56818812525422252372010-06-06T12:51:00.000-07:002010-06-06T14:37:01.058-07:00???<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__gHtdQ5eM2g/TAwU6N27edI/AAAAAAAAAD0/jXZ_595YoNM/s1600/314500-block_large.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__gHtdQ5eM2g/TAwU6N27edI/AAAAAAAAAD0/jXZ_595YoNM/s200/314500-block_large.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479777836988070354" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__gHtdQ5eM2g/TAwUkW9lw_I/AAAAAAAAADs/kswwDde-_W0/s1600/1275854444321.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 177px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__gHtdQ5eM2g/TAwUkW9lw_I/AAAAAAAAADs/kswwDde-_W0/s200/1275854444321.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479777461474804722" border="0" /></a>???Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-33143095063727570842010-06-01T22:48:00.000-07:002010-06-01T22:52:24.812-07:00zzzzz-...<br /><br />Whuh?<br /><br />...<br /><br />Oh yeah.<br /><br />...Sowwwwwy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sapientology.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Head-Shrug.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 442px; height: 550px;" src="http://sapientology.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Head-Shrug.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><img src="file:///Users/Josh/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /><img src="file:///Users/Josh/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot-1.png" alt="" /><img src="file:///Users/Josh/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot-2.png" alt="" /><img src="file:///Users/Josh/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot-3.png" alt="" />Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-62872253003771193582009-07-11T01:15:00.000-07:002009-07-11T02:09:19.621-07:00Mountain Dew: GAME FUEL and Soda Throwbacks!If you <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-had-really-intense-weekend-also-new.html">recall last summer</a>, Pepsi released a line of Mountain Dews that <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-mountain-dew-is-supercool.html">were only to be released in the season</a>. Only one of these three flavors lasted (Voltage, the one I only kind of liked). The trio kind of symbolized Summer '08 in a way for me, as it was something I always looked forward to drinking every night.<br /><br />So you can guess what my excitement level was when I found out they were tossing out some new Mountain Dews to kick off Summer '09 - The new Game Fuel duo. These sodas are closely promoted with World of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Warcraft</span>, much like Code Orange Sierra Mist was last year alongside Get Smart. Each flavor is supposed to show your "siding" towards which <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Warcraft</span> race you slide towards - the Horde or the Alliance.<br /><br />Luckily, I'm not a nerd. I take no sides. I just drink to drink the drink.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/godno.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 507px; height: 506px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/godno.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Quite frankly, I'll just say I was a little <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">disappointed</span>. Only one of the Dews is new, and there aren't three like last summer. But hey, nobody said they were making a tradition out of these Mountain Dew releases.<br /><br />Do you still want to try these out? Well, for the sake of PURE SCIENCE, and based SOLELY off the will to serve YOU, my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">fanbase</span>, I taste-tested both.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/IMG_0571.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 423px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/IMG_0571.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />First is the Red Game Fuel. In 2007, this stuff was packaged as <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO-J5ImDEi8">Halo Game Fuel</a> to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">conincide</span> with the release of Halo 3 on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Xbox</span> 360. It was met with mixed reviews, because many said it was way too sweet or just plain gross. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">concotion</span> is listed as "a blast of citrus cherry flavor."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/IMG_0572.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 326px; height: 434px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/IMG_0572.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />To my tastes at least, it wasn't bad, but it doesn't taste much like cherry. You taste the citrus alright, but a lot of the problem with the flavor identity crisis is the fact that there is WAY too much sugar in this drink. I know, I know, Mountain Dew already contains a huge amount of the stuff, but this soda has even more.<br /><br />If you don't mind overly sweet and sticky liquid, try this one out. Its not bad, but it isn't something that will make you run to the liquor store to pick-up.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/IMG_0532.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 420px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/IMG_0532.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Next, is Blue Game Fuel. This flavor is entirely new and is supposed to taste like "wild fruit flavor." As far as I could sense from Internet ramblings, this one was the better of the bunch, much to my liking.<br /><br />Before I get into how the pop tastes, let me begin with a little story. When I decided to drink the Blue Game Fuel, I thought it would be a little more classy to pour it into a red paper cup with ice unlike the previous Game Fuel. I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">proceded</span> my regular routine as usual until only a few hours later. I got up to use the bathroom, and while looking at my regularly beautiful face in the mirror, I see something that is off. What could possibly make you LESS beautiful, you ask?<br /><br />MY LIPS WERE BLUE.<br /><br />They weren't the color you get when you're cold. They <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">were'nt</span> just pale. My lips were DARK BLUE. Sorry that I don't have pictures.<br /><br />When I noticed this, I licked my lips hoping to maybe wash the coloring off. I even tried swashing toothpaste over them. But, low and behold, nothing.<br /><br />Long story short, my last result to get this color from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">contaminating</span> my perfect mouth was to PEEL the skin off. I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">litterally</span> pulled all of the skin off of my lips.<br /><br />The lesson of the story is this: There is probably two gallons of blue dye in this Mountain Dew. Once I had to go through this painful endeavour, I returned to my spot in the living room to find that the inside my empty cup that I was drinking the toxic from was, indeed, dyed blue. If that doesn't give you any idea of what color this is, you're beyond repair.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/IMG_0533.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 427px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/IMG_0533.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />But, like others had thought, the Blue Game Fuel was definitely better than the former. No, I still could not taste the "tropical fruit" flavor due to the sugar amount, but the sugar amount in this one had a certain taste about it that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">benefitted</span> it positively. If you're going to pick up one Game Fuel and one Game Fuel only, make it the Blue one.<br /><br />But here's a tip: Don't drink it out of a big-grip glass or cup. Unless you enjoy dye all over your facial features.<br /><br />Also, before we part our ways for the day, there is one more thing I wish to share with you guys that I forgot to do months ago - Pepsi and Mountain Dew Throwbacks.<br /><br />These sodas were advertised as returning the formulas to their roots by using 100% pure cane sugar. The most eye catching appeal to these bottles and cans are their use of the original Pepsi and Mountain Dew logos from the olden' days.<br /><br />Here's my quick thoughts on them:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/image_pepsithrowback_can_final1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 368px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/image_pepsithrowback_can_final1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Pepsi Throwback tasted a lot like Diet Pepsi for some reason, but it was very different from regular, 2009 Pepsi. It tasted "fresher," lacking words to describe it. Pepsi isn't my cola of choice, but I thought this one wasn't half bad.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/IMG_0427.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 385px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/IMG_0427.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Mountain Dew Throwback is another story. I just didn't like it. It was like Mountain Dew but without any flavor. And no, I don't mean there was so much sugar in it that it blocked the taste like I mentioned in my reviews above, but it just didn't include an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">pizazz</span>. Maybe I picked up a stale stray? Who knows, but I just thought 'whatever.'<br /><br />Well, there ya go. Have a nice drive home.<br />(Also, I am still adding changes here and there to the layout, so keep coming back if you want to check in what's going on ;])Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-39014302855783986002009-07-01T20:52:00.000-07:002009-07-01T21:36:11.641-07:00CD Albums!For the past three days, I've been trapped at home with almost virtually nothing entertaining to do. I mean, there's always the option of watching movies or playing video games or something, but I'm sure a lot of people, including me, would rather waste their time <span style="font-style: italic;">productively</span>.<br /><br />So, I gave into this Internet kind-of phenomenon that has been sweeping forums and a certain imageboard for a while now. The idea is by following these steps and using what comes up, you make a CD album cover. This is what you do:<br /><br />1) Go to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page">Wikipedia</a> and click on 'Random Article.' Whatever the title of the page is (unless it is a band's entry) will be the name of the album's band.<br />2) Go to <a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page">Wikiquote</a> and click on 'Random Page' as well. Choose any quote that comes on the page, but you may only use the last 3-6 words in the quote. Whatever words you find will be the name of your band's album.<br />3) Go to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/">flickr</a> and choose '[whatever amount] uploads in the last minute.' Choose the fifth picture to come up. Whatever this is, will be the album art for the cover.<br />4) Open up Photoshop and start constructing. You may not add any other pieces of artwork, but you are free to choose how much of the image is visible and what fonts/colors to use.<br />5) ???<br />6) PROFIT!<br /><br />So these are what I came up with. I thought I'd share.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/guise3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 475px; height: 455px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/guise3.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eye on Psi Chi<br />"Between Men & Women"<br /><br /></span>This one worked totally perfectly.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/guise2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 475px; height: 455px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/guise2.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wojiech Belon<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Farther Into Imbecily"<br /><br /></span>This one worked too. Nice elephant.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/guise5.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 475px; height: 455px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/guise5.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Oligostigmoides</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Composing Is Not Voluntary, You Know."</span><br /><br />Isn't it illegal to put a famous musician on another musician's album without consent?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/guise.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/guise.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Interpersonal Ties<br />"I Don't Give A Fuck!"<br /><br /></span>I imagine this as some screamo highschoolers' attempt at a punk album.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>I don't like the cover that much either.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/CD-cover.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 300px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/CD-cover.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mountain High</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Take It From Me!"</span><br /><br />This was the first one I made. I like it - just wish I saved it as a bigger picture.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/guise4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 475px; height: 455px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/guise4.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trinidad Zaachila</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"There's A Million Things Down There!"</span><br /><br />I thought this one looked the most professional even if I was too lazy to straighten all of the letters.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">So, uh, ta da.<br /><br />Back into being a hermit.<br /></div></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-59092688504215858222009-06-29T14:28:00.000-07:002009-06-30T16:50:29.029-07:00The King of Pop.Unless you've been playing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starcraft">Starcraft</a> in your mom's basement without stop this week, you should know this has been probably the worst week for celebrities in the history of forever. The world is now without a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McMahon">comedy legend</a>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farrah_Fawcett">TV crime fighter</a>, an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_mays">infomercial shouter</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_jackson">possibly the best thing to happen to music since The Beatles</a>. Besides Disney Channel stars, of course.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk284/loopholedude/l_0b6273cb4c994e589a6dbddfe8d753c6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 322px;" src="http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk284/loopholedude/l_0b6273cb4c994e589a6dbddfe8d753c6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I kind of just wanted to post this to write about how much of a bummer it is that Michael Jackson died. I was really hoping he would make a proper comeback with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_It_%28Michael_Jackson_concerts%29">This Is It</a> concerts. He was even scheduled to make a new CD and <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7927497.stm">a movie based off of Thriller</a>! For those of you who weren't old enough to remember MJ other than his court charges a few years back, he was, but not limited to, popularizing the music video as a form of publicity, becoming the first black artist to appear on MTV, part of what is considered to be the first American "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_5">boy band</a>," holding the highest selling record in the world, and, of course, was the creator of many household trends, such as orange jackets and the Moonwalk.<br /><br />But what I think bums me the most, though, is the observation that a lot of people are going to remember him purely for his allegations of being a child molester and a plastic surgeon addict - and all of it based on ignorance. The reason I say "ignorance" is because, come on - you and I both know that if you are someone with such an opinion on the guy, you probably didn't bother looking for the evidence yourself. Just looking at Michael Jackson at a glance, or listening to what we hear on the news is not a great way to judge a guy. It really makes me sad that we're a nation based off "don't judge a book by its cover," when in fact we do it every night while watching TMZ or reading the tabloids on the net.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z214/antonetti5/michael-jacksonpic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 305px; height: 303px;" src="http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z214/antonetti5/michael-jacksonpic.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Michael Jackson's look changed completely by the start of the 21st century<br /></span></div><br />For the sake of boring whoever is reading this, I'll try to only cover a few points.<br /><br />First of all, the molestation cases are extremely flawed. The first time Michael Jackson was accused, all sorts of things seemed fishy from the get-go. First, the thirteen year old that was reported of being abused never showed up to the trials - not even to sit on behalf of himself. Everything that was said about Michael Jackson didn't even come from the kid to begin with. His dad did literally all of the talking. And to make matters even worse, the court found a recorded conversation between the father and an anonomyous submitter which revealed how dedicated the accuser was to bring down MJ's career. The consensus of this message reveals that the dad not only held a grudge against the singer, but was jealous Michael's friendship with his son. Yet, Jackson decided not to fight the case any longer and instead agreed to just pay the family $22 million.<br /><br />Most of you are thinking: If Jackson was innocent, why did he pay the money? Why wouldn't he just agree to fight this in court?<br /><br />Think about it. Its a lose-lose situation any way you think about it. If he were to just give up and throw the family a couple of bones, all of this would end and further prevent the negative image this whole case provided. If he were to continue to fight, however, what do you think the public would say? When celebrities get in legal trouble and decide to bring the case down, they only hire the highest of status for a legal team. The media would then likely provide a story along the lines of, "Jackson is so defensive of this case that he hired the best of the best in lawyers, who know how to convince even the falsest of cases!" That would ALSO ruin his image. So, whichever decision he would choose, would cause you to think he was the bad guy.<br /><br />And it also doesn't help that the second time he was in court that a majority of the parents who initially accused Michael Jackson of molestation came forward years later and said they were in it for the money as well. <a href="http://www.shamelesshype.com/2009/06/28/after-hustling-michael-jackson-for-22-million-a-boy-finally-admits-lying/">EVEN THE KID WHO WAS INVOLVED WITH THE FIRST CASE ADMITTED TO LYING ABOUT MOLESTATION ONCE JACKSON WAS DEAD</a>. But, of course, many people didn't hear (or care) about that.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii74/sugarmoo2/thrillerera132.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii74/sugarmoo2/thrillerera132.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Michael's skin color before 1986<br /></span></div><br />Second, there's the whole issue with Michael's skin. Countless people reported of how "only in America could a black man die a white woman." It is true that MJ did have a plastic surgery obsession with reforming his nose and chin, but the whole idea of bleaching his skin is incredibly unlikely.<br /><br />How is this idea debunked? Think about this one too. Why would he want to bleach his skin in the first place? To gain attention? He wouldn't need any more of it, as his condition began occuring at the heigh of his popularity in 1986. In fact, popularity seemed to be the last thing Michael wanted - he even wrote a song called "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5KAJw4y8wE">Leave Me Alone</a>" directed towards the press.<br /><br />Okay, now that that's out of the way, why wouldn't he just want to "transform" his African-American image along with his other cosmetic changes? This appears to be super unlikely. Don't forget that Michael Jackson was one of the only black entertainers to gain so much success as a black man to begin with. Not only that, but he wrote songs about equality between races and has demonstrated through interviews that he had "<a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/michaeljac361179.html">a lot of pride and dignity</a>" towards being of African descent. Now, why would he bleach his skin? That's like claiming Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to change into a white man AFTER he started his protests. See how much sense this makes?<br /><br />Plus, have you EVER, in your life, heard ANYTHING about somebody bleaching their skin? How do you impose this would happen to begin with?<br /><br />Truth is, Michael Jackson had a conditional disease called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitiligo">vitiligo</a>, a problem that kills pigmentation cells in the skin. It occurs in both black and white people, and a number of famous people have it. You can Google up vitiligo and see pictures if you like, and you'll see that's how Michael Jackson did in fact look. Its speculated that the reason Michael also wore a lot of make up in his later years was because of the disease, which can cause lighter "spots" anywhere over his body and he wanted to even out his skin tone.<br /><br />Well, that's all I feel like explaining. Even though I believe that the above thoughts were easily provable as false, I do think that Michael Jackson had psychological problems. I really think that he was stuck in childhood throughout his adult life, which is why he had a fascination with providing other kids a better life than he had (<a href="http://trakker.typepad.com/neon_gods/2009/06/a-fathers-abuse-haunted-michael-all-his-life.html">MJ was heavily abused as a child during the time he was in the Jackson 5</a>). He also admitted that he became obsessed with his nose, as he was teased by his father about it. Another thing that seems true is his addiction to painkillers. Its reported he became addicted to them after his first court cases, and his parents wanted him to go to rehab for the problem. He never did, and although its still up in the air, it might have been what killed him.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/1245975184615.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 405px; height: 362px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/1245975184615.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Although there's a lot of criticism surrounding him, Michael Jackson is still undoubtedly one of the biggest names in music history. I just hope that he is remembered for his achievements rather than the bad... even though, you know, he showed us WHO'S BAD. (that was horrible.)<br /><br />If you need some catching up to do, here are some of his best music videos that, if you haven't seen, you need to watch before you die.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CDE5O-lrmVw&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CDE5O-lrmVw&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_fHoDWc22B0&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_fHoDWc22B0&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VP-6oEdwCNk&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VP-6oEdwCNk&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/meTalha-SDg&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/meTalha-SDg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yJvJdyU9WUw&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yJvJdyU9WUw&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-5258259595921886012009-06-22T17:36:00.001-07:002009-06-22T17:41:14.472-07:00Welcome to the Jlog 2.0.Yes! The day has come!<br /><br />To commemorate the second summer of the Jlog being available to your eye holes, I present to you the <span style="font-weight: bold;">JLOG 2.0.</span><br /><br />Well, it may not be THAT epic, but there's a new layout thats easier to read and stuff. I spent a couple days working on this basically from scratch, so YOU BETTER APPRECIATE IT MONKEYS.<br /><br />In the top left corner, you'll notice a little "Beta" sign as well. It's there because I'm going to be making sure things look smoother and nicer for the next couple days or even weeks. We'll see how long it takes until I like it! Expect changes or things to go wonky while the sign is up.<br /><br />So. Now that I finally finished the new look, I'll have time for some articles in the distant future. Keep your ears (and eyes) open!Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-76390590987364201312009-05-24T21:35:00.000-07:002009-06-30T16:26:11.103-07:00Happy 1st Jlogiversary.Hey, kids. Did you know that one year ago today, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Jlog</span> was born? Well, it was, and since then (but not so much right now) it has inspired countless hundreds to think about pointless and useless things that I find necessary to blog about. I remember like it was just yesterday...<br /><br />Back in May of '08, I was but a wimpy Freshman in an English class. I had always thought about making a blog to chronicle whatever awesome things I feel like speaking or telling the uneducated about, but I never had the encouragement to start one. That is, until one day, my English teacher started to make us enter in our homework assignments on a <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/08/josh-9th-grade-english-mandatory-blog.html">school-run blogging system.</a> Although that was for the most part unrelated, it just set off the spark for me wanting to write about things in my spare time. <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/05/test-test-test-wee-ooou.html">And thus, on the 24<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> of May, The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Jlog</span> was born, in all its lined paper and stick figured glory.</a> So, Mrs. Gonzalez, if you're reading this somewhere, you're partly to blame for this blog. You should feel special.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Anywho</span>. I made a birthday cupcake.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/ds.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 369px; height: 221px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/ds.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />To help celebrate this huge monument in American history, I've decided to round-up the best <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Jlog</span> postings over the year in my eyes. Enjoy this blast from the past!<br /><br />- <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/05/vault-its-like-jesus-in-glass.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Vault - Its like Jesus in a glass!</span></a> (May 24 2008) - This is the first article that started it all.<br />- <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-mountain-dew-is-supercool.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">New Mountain Dew is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">SUPERCOOL</span></span></a> (May 28 2008) - My first brand new soda review, which has stood place in my memory for writing. Whenever I think of it, I think of Summer. I almost <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">literally</span> drowned myself in Mountain Dew this summer.<br />- <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/05/stickreview-indiana-jones-and-kingdom.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">STICKREVIEW</span>: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull</span></a> (May 28 2008) - My first and only "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">StickReview</span>!" This <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Jlog</span> lead me to be stuck in a dark room on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">PhotoShop</span> for about 4 hours. No joke.<br />- <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/06/schooooooooools-ouuuuut.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">SCHOOOOOOOOOOL'S</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">OUUUUT</span></span></a> (June 13 2008) - This is so unstructured that its awesome. That is all. Also, it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">signifys</span> my FIRST SUMMER serving you, the reader. Or something.<br />- <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-hate-can-openers-lot.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I Hate Can Openers with a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Vengence</span>.</span></a> (June 18 2008) - The most widely talked about joke between my friends, family, and I once Summer was over. Good times be had that day!<br />- <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/06/robot-bears-o.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ROBOT BEARS :O</span></a> (June 30 2008) - An example of how bored I got after only 17 days of Summer.<br />- <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/07/sit-right-there-ill-tell-you-all-about.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sit Right There, I'll tell you all about how Will Smith became the BEST GUY EVER... of Bel-Air?</span></a> (July 2 2008) - A full-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">ledged</span> story that I got bored with half-way through!<br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/07/soda-jelly-beans-stickreview.html">Soda Jelly Beans <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">STICKREVIEW</span>!</a> </span>(July 21 2008) - Just kidding, I lied. My second <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">StickReview</span>. I especially love the sick drawings of Jelly <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Bellys</span> I did.<br />- <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/08/burger-king-potato-chips.html">Burger King Potato Chips!</a> (August 3 2008) - First <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Jlog</span> with an accompanying video! But man, those chips gave off the grossest smell on my desk for like two days. I did it all in the name of you guys, too.<br />- <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/10/halloween-08-grow-your-own-goblin.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Halloween 08: Grow Your Own Goblin.</span></a> (October 12 2008) - You <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">should've</span> seen how many people thought I was the devil for naming that goblin Zombie Bernie Mac.<br />- <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2009/01/annual-2008-josh-awe-inspiring.html">The 1st Annual Josh Awe-Inspiring Overwhelming Magnificent Spectacularly Spectacular Awesome Awards. Of 2008. </a>(January 3 2009) - The most hit counts on any <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Jlog</span> to date! Also, the one I'm least proud of!<br /><br /><br />And for those wondering when I'll be returning to a semi-scheduled basis for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Jlogs</span>, let this be the first formal announcement - <span style="font-weight: bold;">I am going to start writing again.</span> I've had no time with my busy, busy life in the past couple months, and that also doesn't set in well with my easily procrastinated creativity banks. But, if I could do it last May 24 all the way until August, why can't I do it again?<br /><br />It may not be on as large of a scale as last summer, but I will sincerely try. I've got some nice articles under my sleeve, perhaps one coming as early as this week...<br /><br />So, until next time, stay classy San Diego.<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:78%;" >Also, because I know its relevant to your interests, it smells STRONGLY of ass in this room that I am in right now.</span><br /><br />(<span style="font-style: italic;">P.S. I know, I'm still renovating the layout, that's priority number one right now!</span>)Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-63137747786553653212009-03-01T01:55:00.000-08:002009-06-30T16:27:04.599-07:00Return of the King.And by that I mean two things:<br /><br />1) ME.<br />2) The subject of tonight's post.<br /><br />You should know by now how lazy and unproductive I get for the three out of four seasons of the year, and the moment Summer starts it all just explodes into a post-a-day brilliance you saw last Summer. Or you didn't, because you probably didn't read it. But seriously, you shouldn't just go take a look-see at the old writin's. They're, like, ew. No pictures. But yeah, I'm redesigning the blog so thats why everything has been in shambles. And as for the lack of content... no excuses, I'm a horrible person, yada yada yada.<br /><br />Anyways! I've brought you here tonight to discuss something that just CAN NOT be ignored. If aliens were to land on the planet Earth with chocolate cake, I don't think this occurence could <span style="font-style: italic;">ailenate</span> the one I'm about to talk about. This is so catastrophically big that even the rebirth of Jesus couldn't take the spotlight (sorry Jesus, we still cool right?).<br /><br />What, am I talking about you ask?<br /><br />It's the return...<br />of...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SHAMROCK SHAKES AT MCDONALD'S.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/IMG_0249.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 328px; height: 436px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/IMG_0249.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">YEAH, I SAID IT.<br /><br />SHAMROCK FREAKING SHAKES.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/IMG_0201.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 427px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/IMG_0201.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>You don't even know how excited I was when I found these again. I was walking down the street with some people when one of my friends threw out in a monotone voice "Hey, I guess the Shamrock Shake's back." I know now how completely retarded I must have looked, but I honestly just stopped. And stared across the street at McDonald's. And held my mouth open unconsciously. And then some <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4">other things happened too</a>. But I'm pretty sure my mind exploded.<br /><br />Back in the late '90s I would go to McDonald's almost every day in March JUST for the festive Shamrock Shake. I was crazy about these things. I think I loved them more than life itself. Well, maybe that's not true, but it certainly did make St. Patrick's Day special for me and my friends around then.<br /><br />So, if you've been living under an anti-awesome-things rock for the past 30 years, here's a little history lesson for you.<br /><br /><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6elUHMP7pKI&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6elUHMP7pKI&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object><br />You might have thought the 1980s were all about heavy mousse usage, time traveling, pink tuxedos, and Duran Duran, but little did you know that, along with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_II">New Coke</a>, the Shamrock Shake was the most long-lasting and greatest invention to come out of the period. McDonald's felt they weren't already subliminally brain washing kids through advertising enough, so they started producing commercials starring McDonaldland's Grimace and his very own uncle, Uncle O'Grimace, telling kids to celebrate Saint Patty's by drinking green milkshakes. Creative, isn't it? I guess they thought celebrating a special milkshake for Black History Month featuring Lil' Grimma would have been too controversial.<br /><br />Anyways, the public still <span style="font-style: italic;">ate</span> it up (wow, two puns in one post!), so much in fact that they added it to their seasonal dessert menu. One year, McDonald's even added a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOb7T1pqj08">Shamrock Sundae</a> to the roster. And well, its needless to say Ronald and the Hamburgler took a couple vacations with all the money they so shamelessly took. So, remember this, young business models: desserts based on racial profiling earns you tons of money!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/grim.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 334px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/grim.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">According to McDonald's, Irish people are green<br /></span></div><br />But, sadly, those days are gone. McDonald's have moved on to bigger and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpCqa0Rx0Yk">easier-money</a>-related things. Shamrock Shakes were discontinued since at least 2000, when they began phasing them out. And even before that, Uncle O'Grimmacy stopped molesting little kids' minds in the late '90s.<br /><br />It was a devastating blow to the millions of customers around the world. I mean, just look at what has happened since McDonald's discontinued the beloved shake. 9/11 occured. Hurricane Katrina swamped up houses. Even Nickelback became a best-seller. I believe Bush only started to become a sad president thanks to his quench for a Shamrock Shake through the years as well.<br /><br />But, those days are over. We have OBAMA NOW. And I guess electing an African American president has already shown its effect on the world: McDonald's finally resurrected the Shamrock Shake. Hallelujah! 2009 is the best year in like the history of the WORLD.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/shamrockshake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 370px; height: 245px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/shamrockshake.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />So, what is a Shamrock Shake basically? All it is is a mint flavored milkshake. That's GREEN. Like, REALLY green.<br /><br />Yeah. That's all it is.<br /><br />"But wait a second, bucko!" you cry out from your spinny office chair. "I can get mint milkshakes anywhere! Why is one being sold by a clown any different?"<br /><br />Well, that's exactly what I thought when I retried the Shamrock Shake for the first time in around 10 years. The moment I took my first sip, I realized it tasted EXACTLY the same as how I remembered it, and that taste... is pretty okay. I mean, its just mint. But for some reason you just can not forget or deny how good the shake really is. Its cheap... but its comforting. Kind of like coming home from college to see that your family dog and best friend growing up passed away... but hey! Look at that, there's a hot juicy meatloaf on the counter, just like Mom used to make. If you see what I mean.<br /><br />That caused me to think, though. Why did I think these were the best thing since Vault back in the day? Was I an ignorant kid, with no other personal taste preferences to <span style="font-style: italic;">feed off of</span> (oh wow, third pun)? Why were these the epitamy of St. Patrick's Day?<br /><br />My guess? They didn't have juice boxes filled with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiness">Guiness</a> at the time.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/reesespeices1995/Photo31.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 338px; height: 253px;" src="http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/reesespeices1995/Photo31.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">This girl is obviously thrilled for a Shamrock Shake.<br /></span></div><br />So, that's pretty much all I have to say about the Shamrock Shake. It's delicious, but not really delicious, but is still addicting for reasons unknown. I say pick one up during March. It'll be just like the '90s all over again. You can come over to my place and we'll watch old <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Arnold%21">Hey Arnold! </a>reruns and play <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogs">Pogs</a> while listening to Nirvana and drinking Capri-Sun. Just like old times.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">BONUS!<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Guess what I'm drinking right now.<br /><br />Yeah, you guessed correctly. Vault.<br /><br />BUT... now guess WHAT I'M DRINKING IT IN.<br /><br />I made a video.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="264"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0BX1ZmW0ZLE&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0BX1ZmW0ZLE&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="264"></embed></object><br /><br />Hey. Don't be jealous for my rave cup and video editing skills.<br /></span></span></span></span>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-91968988006266860382009-02-28T23:19:00.001-08:002009-02-28T23:20:12.674-08:00Fool.Just because I've been busy doesn't mean I'm not losing my perfect monthly-basis post account.<br /><br />Shoot.Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-7593240526887496942009-01-03T12:50:00.000-08:002009-06-30T16:27:36.179-07:00The 1st Annual 2008 Josh Awe-Inspiring Overwhelming Magnificent Spectacularly Spectacular Awesome Awards. Of 2008.Happy New Year. Well, actually Happy January 3rd. And Merry Christmas. Look. I don't even care what you think right now. There was a total of <span style="font-weight: bold;">ONE</span> Christmas-related article, the Christmas decorations are still up, and I never fulfilled promises. But you know what? That's because you didn't deserve it this year. Nope, not at all. Its like virtual coal, and this website is your virtual stocking. And I'm Santa, beeotch. And no, I am not taking the Christmas crap down until I want to because it makes me feel nice.<br /><br />Buuut anyways, as I was saying, its the New Year. 2009. So that means its time for the <span style="font-style: italic;">1st Annual Josh Awe-Inspiring Overwhelming Magnificent Spectacularly Spectacular Awesome Year-End Award Show!</span> Yes, I totally thought of that name myself.<br /><br /><br /><a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/jlogaward.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 264px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/jlogaward.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>So what are the Josh Awe-Inspiring Overwhelming Magnificent Spectacularly Spectacular Awesome Awards, or JAIOMSSAA for short? Its not really even an award ceremony. I basically get to crown what was awesome about 2008 and say what was the best. Because, you know, I'm the best. The best to the best. Or something.<br /><br />And because I know everybody hates reading walls of words and would rather guzzle it down with pictures, I'll begin.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON OF 2008 Award</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00180.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 378px; height: 307px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00180.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Josh Serrano</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">After a long, long thinking session of who should win this highly honorable award, the vote was unanimous - ME.<br /><br />Suck it.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Public Reaction to the Announcement! </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">(with edits as of 1/04!)</span><span><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Andres Gonzalez - </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;">"lies!!!! tell the truth god is watching!!!"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Taylor Jones - </span>"Joshua Serrano is the most despicable person I've ever met. The [most influential] person ever should be a good person, not one who misleads and discourages others"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Josh's Mom - </span>"Ew."<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ryan "The Game" Green - </span>":O! Really well its about freaking time!"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Emily DeFore - </span>"No. Really. I can't believe you won! What the fuck stupid duck? Why didn't you tell me?"<br /><br /></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The MOST AWESOME YOUTUBE VIDEO CONCIEVED IN 2008 Award</span></span><br /></div></div></div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NpbaKd3BAsA&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></object><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="425" height="344"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NpbaKd3BAsA&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Where's My Money</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">If you watch this and DON'T call it best video of the year the first time you see it, you probably should stop reading this blog. Don't even question the video about anything- that's part of the magic, don't you see??<br /><br />Besides. What is there to understand?<br /><br />God, I love YouTube.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> MOST AWESOME INNOVATION TO KILL THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE Award</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 386px; height: 257px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Large Hadron Collider</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Good job, science! You finally created a real death trap that will discover how the universe was made. Oh, but what happens if one of your guys effs up? You kinda destroy the entire the face of the Earth with a fiery explosion? Really? Great Scott!<br /><br />Another reason why people who work for science suck. If scientists were pinned up against a wall with a Tyrannosaurus Rex about to eat their head off, the scientists would rather bend down for a second to see what the peculiarly colored spot is on the floor instead of jumping into the chopper three feet away.<br /><br />But hey, it gives me a little more comfort knowing <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/21/gordon-freeman-receives-crowbar-will-defend-raging-hadron/">Gordan Freeman</a> is on the team.<br /></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The AWESOME MOVIE OF 2008 Award</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/twilight-poster1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 457px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/twilight-poster1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Twilight</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">YEEEEEEAH TWILIGHT HECK YES!!!!!11<br /><br />WHAT'S THE DARK KNIGHT? WALL-E? WHAT'S THAT? JAMES BOND? NEVER HEARD OF IT. ROLE MODELS? MORE LIKE <span style="font-style: italic;">BORE</span> MODELS LOL!<br /><br />THIS MOVIE GETS A 10/10, 5 STARS, TWO THUMBS UP ITS THE BEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN I LOVE THAT EDWARD DOOD HES A HUNK LOL<br /><br />BRB, GOIN TO HOT TOPIC<br /></div></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The LITERARY AWARD OF ACHIEVEMENT '08 Award</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/horespq7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 406px; height: 315px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/horespq7.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">"Hores" by Anonymous 3rd Grader<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Ah,</span> America. Its good to know our educational system is training our kids right! Its always a good idea for a kid to know what he wants at a young age so it can pave his future path. Wait, what? I was talking about writing, what did you think I was saying?<br /><br />An essay like this reminds me of that black kid from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Role_models&redirect=no">Role Models</a>. I wonder if he had the intention of the entire paper sounding like this and just did it to mess with the teacher's head. I know I would have!<br /><br />...I liked the part about hores being able to put their legs strait up. Real cute, kid.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The MOST OVERUSED QUOTE TAKEN FROM A MOVIE IN 2008 Award<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/alternative-tropic-thunder-poster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 442px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/alternative-tropic-thunder-poster.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tropic Thunder<br />"</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">I'm the dude playing the dude disguised as another dude!"<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THAT'S STILL FUNNY EVEN AFTER THE MILLION TIMES EVERYONE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY RESPONDS TO ANYONE WHO EVEN MENTIONS THE MOVIE SAYS IT HAHAHAHHAHAHA THEY'RE SO CLEVER I WISH I WAS AS CREATIVE AS THEM!!!!111</span><br /><br />Seriously, guys. Its getting old.<br /><br />...Movie wasn't even that great anyways.<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The MOST AWESOME SNACK OF THE YEAR Award</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/Sabritas-Sabritones.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 258px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/Sabritas-Sabritones.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sabritones</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I know that unless you're Mexican you won't actually think these things taste good (not even I think it), but COME ON. They're the most amazing tasting sensation you'll ever acquire in your mouth - Chile and Lime Corn Puffed goodness.<br /><br />So what if they smell/taste like crap? Sabritones are possibly the greatest thing to grace this planet, besides myself and wolverines. And nothing beats the expression your friend gives you when you tell them how good they are and stuff a handful of Sabritones in their mouth.<br /><br />Sabritoooooones!<br /></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The BIGGEST ANNOYANCE 2008 Award<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/58744043_56678fbb60.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 361px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/58744043_56678fbb60.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Majority of Girls on MySpace</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I'll toss it out of the way right now that I know people on MySpace who aren't cam whores, but the ratio of stereotypical MySpace whore to not a "LOOK AT ME" MySpace user is about 2855983475984:1 . Here's an example of a bulletin one of them might post:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span> ARRRRRGH @R$&#(*%^@#*%&#%&*#^%&*#$^*#$ HELP<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Body:</span><br />hangin out wit amyyyyyyyyyy LOL<br />leave a cmmnt bitchezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz<br />pc4pc on newww defaultttt?<br />:P lol thanksss<br /><br />The most obvious signs that you're messing with the stereotypical breed is if they have millions of pictures of them and their friends taking pictures off a bathroom mirror (when they could EASILY point it at themselves instead of using a bathroom mirror) for the sole intention of looking like a skank.<br /><br />So, this award's out to all of you out there, MySpace Stereotypes. Thanks for making 2008 an especially annoying year. You know who you are.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The I CAN'T LOOK AT THIS WITHOUT LAUGHING AWESOME PICTURE OF THE YEAR Award<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/1221198114673.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 262px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/1221198114673.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Serious Tommy is Serious</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">This picture alone made me laugh uncontrollably when I saw it for the first time.<br /><br />I have no idea why. So I thought hey, I'm giving out awards, why not give one to my brother Serious Tommy?!</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The 2008 (Q.Q) DON'T CRY EMO KID AWESOME PICTURE Award<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/1215746803894.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 799px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/1215746803894.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ducks<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">...;_;<br /><br />This one doesn't even need an explanation.<br /><br />RIP Ducks :(<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />The BEST JLOG BLOG ENTRY OF 2008 Award<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/Picture1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 376px; height: 322px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/Picture1.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">This One<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Y'all READING it!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The JLOG HONORARY AWESOME VIOLENCE Award<br /><object width="425" height="264"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Nbzyt79iSR0&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Nbzyt79iSR0&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="264"></embed></object><br />Left 4 Dead<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span>Sorry</span></span>, just had to mention how insanely awesome it is to light zombies on fire and the next second you're being eaten by one of the said zombies on fire.<br /><br />These are the Awesome awards, and come on, who doesn't think zombies and gore are awesome?!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The JLOG HONORARY VIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR Award</span></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/51ci3uTmcgL_SS500_.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 402px; height: 402px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/51ci3uTmcgL_SS500_.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Naked Brothers Band: The Video Game<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">!!!!!!</span>!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />That was my expression when I played THE NAKED BROTHERS BAND VIDEO GAME. THOSE GUYS ARE SUCH GOOD SINGERS I'M SO GLAD I GOT TO SING ALONG WITH THEM!!!!<br /><br />Excellent game, excellent music, if you didn't get this for Christmas, YOU'RE MISSING OUT.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div></div><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ></span></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The MOST MISSED ACTOR WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2008 THAT WAS REALLY GOOD IN THAT SUPERHERO MOVIE BECAUSE HE PLAYED A CLOWN THAT MADE JOKES ABOUT BEING SERIOUS AND PENCILS THAT CAUSED TONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TO FIND SAID CLOWN CHARACTER RELEVANT AGAIN AFTER BEING UNPOPULAR FOR A WHILE Honorary Person Award</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/Bernie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 402px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/Bernie.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Heath Ledger</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">We'll miss you, bro!<br /><br />Loved you in Ocean's 13!<br /><br />---<br />And that's all I got for now. I worked on this far longer than I wanted to but hey, quality over quantity. That's what the Jlog is all about. Or maybe I'm just digging my thoughts for something to conclude this god-awful article with. I don't even know. My New Years Resolution is to be less lazy. Maybe I won't forgot to post here this year, but whatever. Who knows, right? Right.<br /><br />And goodnight.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">EDIT:</span> Wait. I forgot an award.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The HONORARY AWESOME NON-CATEGORIZED ACHIEVEMENT OF 2008<br />Goes to Gabe. Because he's cool like that.<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/super_mario_cookie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 284px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/super_mario_cookie.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Here's a Mario cookie. Because I know you've always wanted to consume a Mario. Now you can live your dream of being a Piranha Plant! :D<br /><br />Or something! :D<br /><br />I have no idea! :D<br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">EDIT 2:</span> Well, I guess <strike>I keep feeling guilty</strike> I'm forgetting awards left and right tonight. Anywho!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The MOST AWESOME ROCK BAND DRUMMER THAT CAN ACTUALLY PLAY THROUGH A SONG ON EXPERT AND 5 STAR IT WITHOUT EVEN TRYING Award<br />Goes to Ryan. Only because he had the best Halloween costume ever.<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/Untitled-4-1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 425px; height: 321px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/Untitled-4-1.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Well, here you go Ryan. I like the new gynormous muscles and blue tinted skin look you got going on!<br /><br />But seriously, you and me need to get two more people and start an insanely awesome band one of these days. Just, please don't put Michael on vocals, k? :D<br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-21103144785209163542008-12-10T21:22:00.000-08:002009-06-30T16:28:25.952-07:00Christmas 08: A-FREAKING-MAZING Santa.Alright, its the 11th. I know, 14 days until Christmas are only left, but you know what? Its not like you care. You put up your Christmas decorations around this time anyway, and then they're put down in about 2 weeks. You don't even care. So this shouldn't be any different. Better late than never. Now that THAT's over...<br /><br />MERRY CHRISTMAS HO HO HO.<br /><br />I drew a picture.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/xmas08.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 388px; height: 360px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/xmas08.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I wish I could put that much creativity into this season's Jlog logo, but you know what? I'm lazy. I'm a very busy man.<br /><br />So I was thinking to myself just the other day what the best way to open up my little mini season here would be. I'm late, I'm lazy, and I've done nothing creative, I told myself. With that in mind, I thought all the way back to Halloween and <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/10/halloween-08-grow-your-own-goblin.html">Zombie Bernie Mac</a>. How novel of an idea that was!, I said in my head. I should totally do something like that again!<br /><br />Well, look what I found...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00395.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 395px; height: 296px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00395.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This is <strike>Grow Your Own</strike> AMAZING SANTA <span style="font-size:180%;">HOLY JESUS LOOK AT HOW AMAZING THAT IS</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00397.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 377px; height: 282px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00397.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">SO AMAZING I THINK MY HEAD'S GOING TO IMPLODE<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I got this as a Christmas present last year and kinda lost it until just now. It kinda looks like someone stabbed a thing of cardboard through the end Santa's already decapitated head and stuck boots on it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00398.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 402px; height: 301px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00398.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Apparently, it works by putting this "MAGIC WATER" (all caps, by the way) in its little bowl under his boots. But after actually looking at it, I think I figured out something that might possibly result in my death.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00402.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 380px; height: 285px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00402.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Come on now. Does that LOOK like water? How about MAGICAL water?<br /><br />It doesn't look like neither.<br /><br />I opened it up and being the daredevil that puts himself on the edge for entertaining the less-than-5 people that read this blog, I took a whiff. I would say I'm a very descriptive narrator when it comes to smelling things (no that's what she saids necessary), and I mean it when I say this little packet smells like DEATH. No, wait, scratch that. <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><br />DEATH IN BIG RED LETTERS.</span></span><br /><br />There's like a mixture of piss and chlorine going on here. Mixed with peanuts. And more piss. And maybe a little bit more chlorine. Basically, its like your average Hurricane Harbor swimming area.<br /><br />It doesn't make it any much easier to swallow also knowing that there's an EFFING CRYSTAL IN IT. You can't see from the picture, but maybe 25% of the bag contains a CRYSTAL. I won't stop talking in all-caps until I make a point, THERE'S A CRYSTAL IN IT. Maybe its for mutating? Who knows.<br /><br />But none-the-less, I poured this potentially lethal air poisoned bag of piss into the cup to pleasure Santa. Wait, no, I take that back. That sounds dirty.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00405.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 461px; height: 345px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00405.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Oh, wait, I need to give him a thoughtful and tasteful name. As always.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00403.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 505px; height: 378px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00403.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Say hello to Zombie <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_farley">Chris Farley</a>.<br /><br />The package says that it will grow in less than 24 hours, so no daily updates this time. I'll take pictures whenever the heck I feel like it.<br /><br />Oh, and about the original Zombie Bernie Mac? He accidentally got thrown out before I got to take a picture of him, poor guy. The bottle he was in actually turned SQUARE somehow, and my only explanation of this phenomenon is Zombie Bernie Mac could bend space and time because he's cool like that. Or maybe I could take Chemistry class, but I like playing make-believe. Oh, and it got moldy. Really moldy.<br /><br />So, uh, not all of the Christmas articles are going to be like this. I'll be delivering in bite-sized nuggets this time, with stuff I think is awesome by Josh standards and whether you should buy/eat/watch/look/snort/make-out with. You'll see.<br /><br />If I can ever stop being lazy, that is.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-25095986641480924142008-12-08T21:35:00.000-08:002009-06-30T16:28:45.452-07:00Christmas News.Alright.<br /><br />I know.<br /><br />I'm way behind. The layout isn't done, I haven't started any blogs this month, and we're already well into the second week of December.<br /><br />Don't worry though. I have Wednesday off, so you might get an article or two.<br /><br />Be patient. :)Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-59226561256762836892008-11-27T11:35:00.000-08:002009-06-30T16:28:59.062-07:00Christmas layout.Its not done but I can't work on it until next week sometime.<br /><br />So, uh, enjoy loud colors.<br /><br />Ho ho ho.Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-27345371024900717442008-11-16T18:01:00.000-08:002009-06-30T16:29:45.500-07:00Christmas? Christmas.I really feel like just writing something today. I've been inside the house all day, and I can almost see the walls sweating from the heat we're getting outside. Its kind of disgusting how the rest of the world are starting to pull out their winter jackets and pull the trigger on their heat lamps, but down here in California we have to devolve to shirts and T-shirts. Super gay.<br /><br />Still, even with the sweat puddles that are forming in the couch, my spirits aren't coming down. And its pretty obvious why if you've gone to a shopping mall anytime recently - Its the beginning of the Christmas season. Might as well be called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_July">Christmas in July</a>, but its starting.<br /><br />I've kind of exited out Thanksgiving from my spiritual celebration calender, and nobody really looks that much forward to turkey and mashed potatoes. Okay, well, that's a lie. Because I like to eat. But I've made it tradition to listen to Christmas music bright and early in the morning before the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy%27s_Day_Parade">parade starts</a>. And then after I see Santa Claus riding a plastic sleigh at the very end and pass Macy's, I go back and listen to more Christmas music. That's just how it works in my house.<br /><br />So yeah, I guess that's all I have to say. I just wanted you to realize how freaking CLOSE IT IS until Christmas. 39 days, to be exact. To put it into perspective: 8 more days, and it will be one month. One month until presents, food, and more presents. :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/dec19present.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 271px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/dec19present.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">...But no presents from this guy.<br /></span></div><br />But don't forget! Here on the blog there'll probably be more Christmas stuff than there were Halloween stuff. One, because I like Christmas more. Two, I get lazy in October. No, I did not just make that up.Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-70205741360550770982008-11-08T22:05:00.000-08:002008-11-09T15:57:49.913-08:00Pepsi Effed Up.<span style="font-style: italic;">Note: There's not much funny in this post if at all. So no comedy hour, guise. There's nothing to be funny about in this post. So if you get bored, don't say I didn't warn you...</span><br /><br />Alright, let me just spit this out right away - I don't like Pepsi that much. It's <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/05/vault-its-like-jesus-in-glass.html">not surprising</a>, but I just don't. Not only do I not usually drink the cola, but I don't get the sodas they make other than Pepsi either. That includes Mountain Dew, Sierra Mist, and whatever else they make. Its just, I don't know, everything Coke <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_%28soda%29">does</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_%28soft_drink%29">is</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola">better.</a><br /><br />I respect Pepsi and all their 13% intake of carb-containing beverages, and I'm glad they're around. There's a lot of people who prefer Pepsi to Coke too, so I like to think of it as peaceful competition. So let me begin with a question: <span style="font-weight: bold;">WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY THINKING.</span><br /><br />"Wow, Josh," you're saying. "Just freaking calm down."<br /><br />Okay. Look at this.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/pepsi_20_oz_bottle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 355px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/pepsi_20_oz_bottle.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />A Pepsi bottle, right? Seemingly ordinary, right?<br /><br />Well, soak it in, as you won't be seeing it any longer.<br /><br />Enter the replacement...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/newpepsi2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 554px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/newpepsi2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />...Yeah.<br /><br />"Wow Josh," You say. "It's just a Pepsi bottle. Why are you so upset? I thought you didn't really like Pepsi."<br /><br />I hate this redesign. Hate it hate it hate it. Bleh. They're also doing it to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_Pepsi_Max">Pepsi Max</a> bottles. Here's why it shouldn't have happened:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/pepsiredesignbh2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 189px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/pepsiredesignbh2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />1) <span style="font-weight: bold;">The bottle/can didn't need to be changed.</span> Apparently they've never heard of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'. You've probably seen how Pepsi just semi-redesigned their packaging anyways, by letting artists slap paint over cans and Pepsi will sell them. I thought they looked pretty awesome (minus the one with the keyboard smilies)... why couldn't they just leave it?!<br /><br />2) <span style="font-weight: bold;">It looks way too plain. </span>Yes, I realize that nowadays everybody seems to be following the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._advertising#iPod">Apple formula</a>, but I just can't see how it can be much of an eyecatch. I mean, Pepsi is already established as the "blue" soda on the market, but that's all it has now - a color. The only example of that really working is from Coke, but seeing as Coke is the most recognizable brand name in the United States, they don't have much of a problem. (I really did read that somewhere, but I can't find it anymore) Speaking of looking plain...<br /><br />3) <span style="font-weight: bold;">The design looks like something on a cheap store brand soda. </span>It's so cheap that it looks really similar to those <a href="http://www.digitalinspire.com/imootochan/journal/070226/01.jpg">sodas you find at Vons</a>. But even then, the store brands look more eyecatching than the new Pepsi bottles.<br /><br />4) <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Pepsi font looks almost as ugly as Comic Sans.</span> Oy. Really Pepsi? The bottle wouldn't look half as bad as it does now if you flipped the word correctly and used a non-outdated font. Looking at this makes me think they gave some 13 year old kid a trial version of Photoshop Elements and without looking at it slapped it on a plastic bottle.<br /><br />What's good out of this though? They have a new design to their classic American logo. I guess its a little easier on the eyes than the older one.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/newpepsilogo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 175px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/newpepsilogo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Apparently, they changed it to make it look like a "smile"</span><br /></div><br />"But Josh!" You continue to plea. "I don't even LIKE Pepsi. At all. I do my best not to even look at it. All I drink is Mountain Dew, dangit!"<br /><br />Then it looks like I have bad news for you too, kid.<br /><br />This is what happens when our corporate overlords try to be "hip"...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/newmountaindew.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 661px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/newmountaindew.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />You see correctly. No longer shall it be called Mountain Dew... its now MtnDew.<br /><br />Yeah.<br /><br />At least they didn't go all Pepsi on this one, and they made a nice looking background (looks like some things are still sacred down at Pepsi!). But still. Really?? MtnDew?! I mean, its better than /|\0 |_| |\| + @ |\| |)#\|/, but I still don't see a good reason for a NAME CHANGE.<br /><br />Will the mad butchering ever stop?? Can't we just leave good things to their own good ways? Pepsi says no yet again...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/newsierramist.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 383px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/newsierramist.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />...Actually the new Sierra Mist can looks passable. But its still kind of plain and ugly, just not as much as the Pepsi ones.<br /><br />Whatever. Sprite's better.<br /><br />So, uh, yeah. If you're smart like me, you'll start stocking up on the current Pepsi, Mountain Dew and Sierra Mist cans to have a memory of when Pepsi still had their minds on Earth. They'll be long gone by either December or January depending on what state you're in.<br /><br />I don't know why these kinds of things make me feel like tripping everyone in the company down the stares, but I guess that's what makes me awesome. Or... something. Oh well. I'm fine with it, as long as I can be in the next <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_coke#Backlash">big Cola riot.</a>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-80934127716402846432008-11-08T19:31:00.001-08:002009-06-30T16:29:59.296-07:00Halloween's over. PARTIE'S DONE GET OUTI'm announcing this a little late, but - surprise- Halloween is done. No more ghosts. No more vampires. No more of those little sugar candy pumpkin things I love so much.<br /><br />ALL GONE.<br /><br />And that includes all the Halloween festivities. No more Ghoul-Aid, Jason masks or Halloween Logos.<br /><br />But why is this good?<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SANTA SANTA SANTA SANTA</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/crying_santa500x708.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 406px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/crying_santa500x708.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">47 Days until Christmas as of today.<br /><br />Expect a lot of Christmas stuff after Thanksgiving, like usual.<br /><br />And that Halloween update I was going to post? Well one part of it isn't done, and the other part I think will make a good surplus post for when I forget to post and get lazy. So I'm saving it.<br /><br />New post later tonight too.<br /></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-59280702692512107252008-10-30T17:57:00.000-07:002009-06-30T16:30:20.659-07:00Halloween 08: Target Sale Toys.During holidays, I tend to spend more money than usual. Not on gifts or anything, no. Usually on me. And that's what happened - I bought more stuff for me. But this time, its beneficial for you as well! Because you get to read about me enjoying things meant for me. And only me.<br /><br />First up, we TRICK OR TATER MR. POTATO HEAD.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00334-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 331px; height: 440px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00334-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />You're probably thinking "Why the lord did Josh buy a Mr. Potato Head?" Well... why not. It was only $5 and look how awesome it is. I haven't had one since I was like 5, so it gets you a little nostalgic I guess. And its even Halloween themed so that's why I present you with it today.<br /><br />All it is is Mr. Potato Head dressed up for Halloween. But for what its worth, I think that's awesome.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00336.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 599px; height: 449px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00336.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div>$5 includes EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE HERE. The original arms, hat, and feet plus Halloween themed accessories for pimpin yo Potato out.<br /><br />I actually never realized why Mr. Potato Heads were even remotely fun. You build them, and then they just kind of sit there. As for me, I'm going to be the angsty teenager I am and gladly put up Senor Potato Head somewhere in my room all year round. Because I have no plans to make my room relevant anytime soon.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00337.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 297px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00337.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">I had trouble making mine<br /></span></div><br />So that's (probably not) what Halloween Mr. Potato looks like. Fun fun.<br /><br />But wait! There's more! He comes with a ghost costume if vampires aren't your thing. And the eyes seem normal... but they also GLOW IN THE DARK. CAPS LOCK.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00344.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 544px; height: 408px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00344.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">SWEET JESUS THATS TERRIFYING<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">So that's basically it. But its Mr. Freaking Potato Head. What else were you expecting? An Etch-A-Sketch?<br /><br />...You were?<br /><br />Oh. Well in that case...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00338.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 412px; height: 308px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00338.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Halloween themed Etch-A-Sketch? You bet your sweet cheeks. There's nothing MORE Halloween than this baby right here!<br /><br />A custom paint job featuring a HORRIBLY SCARY ghost? Check. GOREY BLOOD RED knobs? Check.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Uhh, perhaps I bought this more for the sake of owning an Etch-A-Sketch than for the Halloween factor. But you can't blame me! Plus, this is limited edition. So someday I can sell this on eBay for like a gabazillion dollars.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00339.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 270px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00339.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Look, I even drew a beautiful picture.<br /><br />...Its supposed to be a man in a hat grinning. I kinda messed up sort of. A lot.<br /><br />...This is boring. Hey, maybe you'll appreciate what I got in Burger King a couple weeks ago! A fireman dressed iDog which is apparently the reincarnation of Hitler! Happy day!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00346.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 402px; height: 301px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00346.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Adolf Hitler? More like ADOG HITLER. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!111111 Adorable.<br /><br />Look, his evil soul even shines through his cute wittle face.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00347.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 434px; height: 325px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00347.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Hurray for Halloween.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">PS. It may be the last day of the season (not counting Halloween itself), but I have more Halloween stuff on the way. Even after Halloween. But it'll probably be only one post. And I wasn't here for so long because I got sick and went to Atlanta. I'm awesome like that. Sorry.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-52851551683539822502008-10-12T19:49:00.000-07:002009-06-30T16:30:47.070-07:00Halloween 08: Grow Your Own Goblin.You see them every year around the holidays. They're always in grocery store aisles next to the cheap toys. You even see them in those 50 cent machines at Best Buy. They're those 'Grow Your Own...' things. I would call them toys, but seriously, what much else can you do with them other than but them in a bowl and watch them get big?<br /><br />Well, I could blog about it, that's what.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00157.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00157.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />So yeah. This is my Grow Your Own Goblin. And just for fun and chuckles, I'll be updating with a picture of how much he grows every day that I can. Why? Because EVERY Halloween celebrating website needs a Grow Your Own Goblin somewhere on it. The world would very much be a better place, trust me.<br /><br />Look at the little guy. He looks kind of dead. Actually, more of a zombie with an afro if you look hard enough. That's why I call him<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Mac"> Zombie Bernie Mac</a>! His skin color seems orange, but FALSE, hes really just dirty from sitting underground for a while. No biggie.<br /><br />But... surprise <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">PLOT TWIST</span>, right when you didn't expect it! Forget <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_%28TV_series%29">Heroes</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_%28TV_series%29">Lost</a> SUCKS. Zombie Bernie Mac has a little trick up his sleeve, you see.<br /><br />Zombie Bernie Mac is going somewhere where no Bernie Mac has GONE BEFORE.<br /><br />He will be growing in a bowl of water, right? Hahaha- WRONG.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00216.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00216.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />That's right, kids! Zombie Bernie Mac will be attempting to grow in the rhyming-ly <span style="font-weight: bold;">DEADLY</span> bottle of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_black">Jack Black</a>! Yup, Jack Black. No, I didn't name it.<br /><br />And - WHOA - he's getting ready to jump!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00220.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 412px; height: 231px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00220.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Uh oh - it looks like he's having second thoughts JUST before going off the high dive into Jack Black.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00221.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 436px; height: 245px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00221.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Remember, Zombie Bernie Mac has a lot to live for if he somehow misses the target. He has his own show, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Mac_Show">The Zombie Mac Show</a>, and the upcoming <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceans_Thirteen">Ocean's Fourteen</a>, which is still being made after Mr. Mac's death, although its reported to be renamed Ocean's Fourteen Minus 1.<br /><br />Wait-<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00222.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 387px; height: 217px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00222.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />He jumped... but... erm... he's stuck.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00223.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 406px; height: 228px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00223.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />*cough* So, uhh, all was going well until this happened.<br /><br />...<br /><br />But don't worry! With my 99% muscle tone, I could easily beat him in. Which is what I did.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00224.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00224.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />And thus, Zombie Bernie Mac begins his journey to grow "600% TIMES HIS ORIGINAL SIZE". Check back almost every day to see an updated picture and to see if - hopefully! - he gets so huge he either breaks the bottle or morphs into the shape of a bottle.<br /><br />What, you thought I plunged him into Jack Black just for looks?<br /><br /><br />...No, I am NOT an alcoholic.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sharetv.org/images/the_bernie_mac_show-show.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://sharetv.org/images/the_bernie_mac_show-show.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">RIP BERNIE MAC YOU WILL BE MISSED</span></span></span><br /></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-15733931914107727032008-10-08T21:20:00.000-07:002009-06-30T16:49:06.764-07:00Halloween 08: Pumpkin Ice CreamYeah, yeah, you might be thinking - when does this guy ever stop talking about (Halloween) food? Well, if you didn't learn from the <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/08/squirt-whats-your-power-level-its-over.html">last time of me saying it</a>, you may as well get off. I like food. And I especially like festive food with added Orange food coloring. Besides, I'm sure you like food too. You only eat it everyday. Halloween should be no different, right?<br /><br />Well I have something you might actually want to buy this time!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00213.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00213.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pumpkin FREAKING ICE CREAM<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Admittedly <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/10/halloween-08-halloween-candy-part-1.html">the candy</a> I posted about wasn't very Halloween-y (lol). Even though it was good of course, it doesn't bring out anything in particular, and you're left sitting on the table feeling like you're in any other month of the year. You feel horrible. It doesn't help any that Camarillo has been like 95 degrees the past week. Well, you're in luck today sir. Why?<br /><br />Because Dreyer's Limited Edition Pumpkin Ice Cream(R) tastes like fall in an effing bowl.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00214.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00214.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I actually stumbled upon this last year, but seeing as it's only available until Thanksgiving I thought you'd want to hear about it.<br /><br />It doesn't taste like pumpkin pie, which is a plus because I hate pie (cake all the way niiiiiiggs). And it doesn't even taste like JUST pumpkin either. It's a near perfect combo of pumpkin and spice. Seriously. You can taste the spiciness of it in your mouth. You may think you're eating one of those really good seasonal scented candles, but you probably aren't. Although thats probably what makes this taste so good. In that case, maybe I've developed a taste for melted wax. Hmm.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00215.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00215.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I can't really say much else about it other than it's really freaking good. Even when you eat it all, you have spicy pumpkin breath. You can't get much more festive than that... actually, if you were to eat this pumpkin ice cream in your cheap grocery store costume while watching that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_the_Great_Pumpkin,_Charlie_Brown">Charlie Brown Halloween special</a> on ABC, I think that would be even better.<br /><br />Here's what the entire thing looks like in stores if you're going to buy...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00212.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00212.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">No, I don't work for Dreyer's, but I like to think I'm a very nice <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/05/vault-its-like-jesus-in-glass.html">product endorser</a><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">Need yet another reason to pick up this stuff? It's only like $5. Come on, what else are you going to use that 5 bucks on? Your Falls Outs Boys and Panics at the Discos songs can wait, spend your hard-earned money on ice cream. You deserve it. Really!<br /><br />...Yeah, I know, more pictures than content today, but hey, its not like I didn't update at all. Also check back tomorrow for maybe another update and at least a mini one.<br /><br />...And yeah, I know all I've had was food so far this month, but that's all I could get my grubby hands on. Don't worry, I should have more in store... I think.<br /><br />...And also, I am very much aware that there are like a gazillion That's What She Saids in this post. :)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-72542297454226803402008-10-05T16:26:00.000-07:002009-06-30T16:31:22.925-07:00Halloween 08: Halloween Candy, Part 1I don't think anybody has a surefire answer why kids go crazy over candy during Halloween in particular. I also don't think I really need to care, but whoever said "Hey guys, lets give the snot-noses of the town free candy!" way back in the day is a freaking genius. In fact, genius enough to realize that Delicious Candy + Senseless Killing and Horror = PERFECT HOLIDAY is a great hero in my book. Maybe not up there with the dude who sells <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJEKqI1e714">Shamwow at 3 AM in the morning</a>, but still high enough to be a good hero.<br /><br />But anyways I decided to buy some Halloween candy. I like to think I deserve it.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00163.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 381px; height: 214px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00163.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Gloomy Glasses" with Candy</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">First thing I wanted to buy, being the sophisticated gentleman I am, was this... thing. I wasn't really sure what it was, but IT CAME WITH FREE GLASSES. Forget the candy, I'm just in for the sweet shades! I mean, look at these things...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00164.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00164.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I think the reason I wanted these in the first place was because I knew deep down that it would could very potentially make me the coolest guy at school. I mean, I was already awesome before owning these, but I could possibly go up 5 meters on the cool cool glasses radar. What with their poorly sticked-on mouth and nose stickers and each lens looking like a skull, it just shows a statement on how -...okay maybe I'll just take the candy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00165.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 189px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00165.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />...And that's all that was in the bag. I kind of thought there was supposed to be something that had to do with the glasses, like the candy being inside them, but they kind of just came separately. I bet that the creators of this candy were so cheap that they went to one of those <a href="http://www.bestbuycandy.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=618&idcategory=3">machines you find at Best Buy</a>, took the orange and white ones, and labeled them as skeleton bones. Very bummed and near tears, I ate the candy. All it tasted like was sugar. But whatever gets you a sugar high, I guess. But hey, alls well that ends well...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00180.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 229px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00180.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">STILL SEXY<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">...No, I couldn't see anything.<br /></div></div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00194.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00194.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Harry Potter "Blood" Pops<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">So the second thing I acquired was these Harry Potter lollipop things. Thinking of those <a href="http://www.famousfoods.com/hapobebojebe1.html">Harry Potter jellybeans</a> with the delicious flavors I thought what the heck. I thought wrong, however, not knowing these blood pops... MAKE YOUR GUMS <span style="font-style: italic;">BLEED</span>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00197.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 347px; height: 195px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00197.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Okay not really. But they really didn't look any more exciting (or any different for that matter) than a normal cherry flavored lollipop. The only thing you can notice from the wrapper is that there's a "powder" on it and a bunch of food coloring was spilt onto the stick. Dangit Harry...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00198.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00198.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />For all I know these things could be laced with <a href="http://www.snopes.com/horrors/poison/halloween.asp">crack</a> and I wouldn't even notice. Knowing the fate of a million little kids were in my hand, however, I took the chance and experimented.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00200.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00200.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Like I thought, its just a cheap cherry lollipop with a Harry Potter brand name. But hey! It's Halloween! So I don't even care!<br /><br />Next, we have HALLOWEEN OREOS! FREAKING OREOS! OH MY FREAKING-<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00159.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00159.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Yeah, it's not candy, and I have no pity for you if you thought I'd stick to just what I was going to do (I have BlogADD).<br /><br />Anyways, I know they come out with these every year, but I like them so much that I have to talk about them. Because Nabisco can sell anything to me if they put a "Halloween" in the name.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00161.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00161.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Few things can receive the tender love I give like Halloween Oreos get. And I think that thing would be crack. For reasons unknown, I would eat Halloween Oreos year round over regular Oreos. Not only do they introduce cookies with the imprints of ghosts, bats, and pumpkins, they just taste better. I'm thinking they mix crack in with the Yellow 6 creme coloring.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00203.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00203.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />They also allow me to deliciously eat the not-so living guts out of them.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00204.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00204.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">OH NOOOOOO<br /></span></div><br />Yes, I do enjoy acting like a 6 year old.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Keep watching for more <strike>cookie killing</strike> candy reviewing action!</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-15541048020526334922008-10-01T12:00:00.000-07:002009-06-30T16:31:34.168-07:00Halloween 08: Buried Pomegranate Jones Soda!I guess I would say I'm a festive person. For example, I've been counting down every single day until Christmas since the day after last Christmas. I think holidays are not only cool because it gives people an excuse to do holiday things, but because its an excuse for big money companies to cash off your love for said holiday things. Go anywhere during the month and you'll see product placement, candy, TV specials, movies, lawn decorations, soda, food, etc. It may seem that the guys who make all the stuff are just trying to get you to buy it and benefit off of your love of the day, and really that's all it really is. But you and I both know everyone loves it and is basically what <span style="font-style: italic;">makes</span> holidays - and this case, Halloween.<br /><br />And that's why I'm going to start a month-long of Halloween relevant posts with - surprise - a Halloween relevant post.<br /><br />Halloween Jones Soda anyone?<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00144.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00144.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Buried Pomegranate!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">Its kind of a fact that everyone who's anyone has had at least one Jones Soda in their lifetime. I don't really think I need to introduce it, but if you forgot, they're the big bottles with brightly colored liquid inside and there's a wrapper with home pictures on the outside of little kids doing something dumb.<br /><br />Along with the usual CRAAAAAAZY flavors (Berry Lemonade, Root Beer, Green Apple, Crushed Melon, etc.), around the later months they start selling seasonal sodas. Way back in 2003, they experimented by selling a new soda in November with a flavor simply titled "Turkey and Gravy". And yes, it really tasted like turkey and gravy. It sold so well that they've been releasing special holiday drinks for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas... but they decided to keep the Turkey and Gravy train going.<br /><br />For Halloween, its a little different though - they only sell the new flavors in snack-size cans in 4 packs, but the good thing is there's 3 new flavors every year with a pun in the name. Because I'm cheap and all of my finances go towards Rock Band, I got only one (not like I needed all of them) - Buried Pomegranate.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00145.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00145.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Like all Jones Sodas, it was colorful - this time that color was pink. I don't even think anyone regularly sells pink colored soda on account of it looking really gay. Does it turn you gay if you drink it? If you're straight and drink it, does it make you throw up rainbows and tight pants? These were questions I hoped I didn't have to answer.<br /><br />Besides thinking of really lame jokes, I took a drink.<br /><br />And, well, it's actually really good.<br /><br />It smells a LOT like pomegranate (and luckily not dirt-smelling BURIED pomegranate), and tastes like it too. There's not enough sugar or stickiness to make you feel gross either... it's no Berry Lemonade. Its pretty nice and light with no side of spewing rainbows.<br /><br />As with anything Jones creates, I give it a thumbs-up. And if you're really lucky, I'll buy the other new flavors and tell you how those are too before you buy a bottle of liquidized crap. And on that note, I'll end this sadly lack of picture-filled post with some creepy picture I must have taken on accident:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00143.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00143.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Yes, I'll be updating with more awesome articles than this one but give me a break, I spent like almost three hours making the layout. No, I don't have anything better to do...<br /><br />I live in Somis =/<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-54182292648996369332008-09-29T18:30:00.001-07:002009-06-30T16:32:29.242-07:00Check Back to the blog on October 1st.October begins with the first of three of the big holiday months.<br /><br />...Just sayin'.Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-19020081037189686682008-09-17T18:24:00.000-07:002008-09-18T11:45:30.297-07:00Dr. Vaulterâ„¢!Some of the greatest things in history were originally two great things mixed together to make one even greater thing. Peanut butter and chocolate became Reece's Peanut Butter cups. Pineapple and soft-serve machines became <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dole_Whip">Dole Pineapple Whip</a>. Marvel superheroes and Capcom superheroes went on to make <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Vs_Capcom">Marvel vs. Capcom</a>. <span style="font-size:85%;"><strike>Guitar Hero and Rock Band became <a href="http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?pager.offset=0&cId=3169954&p=">Guitar Hero: World Tour</a></strike></span> Good things come in two, there's no doubt about it. So why wouldn't this almost seemingly no fail formula not work for possibly the best two sodas of our time - <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/05/vault-its-like-jesus-in-glass.html">Vault</a> and <a href="http://thatsintense.blogspot.com/2008/05/soda-cans-indiana-jones-and-disneyland.html">Dr. Pepper</a>?<br /><br />The quest for the ultimate Dr. Vaulter recipe has to begin sometime, says I.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00042.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00042.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />So I could totally give you some crazy, funny explanation of why I thought to do tonight's article on blending two soft drinks, but I really don't. The only reason I felt like I should write about this is when I was finishing up P.E., was thirsty, and started to talk about Vault. But I secretly craved a Dr. Pepper. And... ta-da.<br /><br />I waited for the drinks to get cold, and then I got some very unprofessionaly mismatched glasses to taste-test in.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00043.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00043.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">FACT: Soda tastes 110% better with ice<br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div></div>I decided for the experiment, I'd see which combo tasted best:<br />- More Vault, Less Dr. Pepper<br />- More Dr. Pepper, Less Vault<br />- 50/50 Vault and Dr. Pepper<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">EDIT: I took a picture of how they all looked next to each other but my camera baleted it on accident. I'm a tard.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00044.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 177px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00044.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">More Vault, Less Dr. Pepper:</span> This kind of tasted weird. It was really sweet-tasting with no resemblance to Dr. Pepper and only slightly Vault citrus-y. The mix also looked light brown inside the cup, which made it look throw-up colored. Not a plus.<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00045.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 175px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00045.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">More Dr. Pepper, Less Vault: </span>This one was actually normal colored (even if the picture doesn't do it justice), and you wouldn't be able to tell Vault was in it. The taste was actually pretty nice - kind of like lemon and lime Dr. Pepper. For some reason I could taste the 'kick' of Vault in this one more than the other, so its more refreshing than just Dr. Pepper but not quite as much so as normal Vault.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00046.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 174px;" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/agentespio/DSC00046.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">50/50 Vault & Dr. Pepper: </span>I made sure to put near the exact amount of both drinks into this one, so I obviously thought this would taste pretty good. It didn't. It just tasted like sugar with more sugar... and Coke. I couldn't taste either soda and they canceled each other out. It was gross. Don't Breath This.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />So the winrar is More Dr. Pepper, Less Vault. If you want to make the recipe for whatever reason, I poured in about five seconds worth of Dr. Pepper and two of Vault. But yeah, I didn't even finish the other ones - I drank all of that one.<br /><br />Conclusion? Dr. Vaulter isn't that great. But I guess it was worth a try and you got a blog article out of it.<br /><br />PS. I'll have announcements on stuff soon. Also, 98 days till Christmas :)Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857595382919763681.post-61816653435801381212008-09-14T21:15:00.000-07:002009-06-30T16:32:36.662-07:00Miserable Syrup - An Independent Film.<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RaupsE8u68">Click here to watch in High Definition</a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3RaupsE8u68&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3RaupsE8u68&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /></span><span>"One man's life is pushed to the limit when the mind's boundaries becomes too much for him... and the key is maple syrup.<br /><br /><br />This brilliantly made independent film production tugs on the heartstrings, reaches into the bowels of the psyche, and pulls out your most loved organs and crushes them. Touching. Moving. Excellence. Stuffed Animals."</span>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033300502835828633noreply@blogger.com1