Happy Tree Friends Podcast

I was listening to Diggnation today and heard both Kevin and Alex listen/watch the Tiki Bar podcast. I thought I check it out by going to iTunes... then I saw Happy Tree Friends ranked #4 in the podcasts. I couldn't believe it. I instantly subscribed. Downloaded a few episodes and watched a couple. First time using the video mode in the new version of iTunes... pretty kewl. But I'm going home tonight to download all of them!!! So if you haven't caught on to Happy Tree Friends yet... the iTunes podcast is a super easy way to watch them. Not for the faint of heart. They might look cute, but boy are they gory and even make me cringe with disbelief sometimes.

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Check it out. It's Amazon propaganda. It's a name generator that uses the Amazon database. It looks for all the titles with the name you entered and creates this. I've got a lot of Dave Chappelle. Got a "NOT FOUND" using "supawako" so I used my name... which I'm sure was no problem.

SOLD!!! Rose Bowl Tickets

Scott was giving me grief about my Rose Bowl auction and forwarded me this article. I read it. I know my actions support her accusations but my actions alone are not why the Rose Bowl is so corrupt and unfair. I am only taking advantage of an opportunity to fulfill a wish I've had for many years.

I sold my Rose Bowl tickets to a retired Trojan fan that drove up from Riverside to pick it up with a roll of Benjamins. He was quite surprised he won at the price he did, but his wife wasn't too happy with him and wanted him to sell it.

HAHAHA.. I almost died laughing. I wanted to tell him about Chris, but he was interupting the office White Elephant game (which I organized), so I left it at that. He counted the money in front of me. He examined the tickets, looking for the authenticating halogram and was pleased to find it all legit. Then he boldly asked to come in to the office and look up the eBayer that had offered me $1500 cash through my auction.

Apparently my buyer remembered and wanted to see if he could track him down (probably for more money, but what do I care... I got the amount I was going for). He walked in to the office with me... everybody paused to see this tall elderly caucasian gentlemen trailing me. All in the mean time, skipping me and opened every box except one.

Whatever happened to the rules??? I was number 5, damn it.

Anyhow, I'll leave that at that.

I opened up my email... looked up the eBayer with the proposal and printed the information for the retiree; wished him well and ushered him down the stairs. Once he left, everybody asked who the guy was, which at first I really wanted to avoid by keeping the old man outside, but I felt like playing it up and said I needed some money so I hawked my Rose Bowl tickets.

I was kind of hoping somone would leak the news to the boss (who is currently skiing in a foreign country for two weeks while we keep his f'n office afloat) and make him realize my Christmas bonus sucked monkey balls.

After the whole ordeal, it felt really good to have all those Benjamins burning up my pocket. It's a high I haven't felt for a long time, probably before my teens when my mom gave me 20 bucks in singles and told me to go wild. I felt like I could go in to a random store, bust a wad of cold hard cash and count off a ridiculous amount in front of the salivating clerks.

The more I thought about it, the more I liked it so I decided that was how I was going to buy my TAG watch (Oh yeah, if you didn't know already, that's been my goal since entering the Rose Bowl lottery). So on the way back home, I stopped by the bank to deposit my pay check and a third of the cash to cover the ticket price. The remainder... I'll hold on to buy my watch. It's been a long time coming... Macy's, you have a morning appointment with me this coming Monday.

Hammer Museum

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One of the benefits of using public transportation to and from work is I'm actually walking around. I put on my Ipod, hop on the bus and think about anything but traffic.
I've been meaning to visit the UCLA Hammer Museum for the longest time (2 yrs). On Thursday, on the way home, the bus stopped at the Westwood/Wilshire intersection for the longest time and had the doors open. I looked across the street and saw the "Masters of American Comics" display at the museum. I also remembered that on Thursdays, the museum is open later (til 9PM) and admission is free. So all in all, I put all the signs together and got off the bus. Walked across the street and completed my prolonged promise to myself.
The "Comic" installation was more impressive than I thought. If you read the comic strip on the newspaper, I highly recommend visiting this exhibit. It's very kewl, you'll need to allot at least a whole hour to view everything (took me 1.5 hours) and well worth it. Original comic strips from 1960's were fanominal.
I would have stayed longer, but by then I was getting quite hungry. I've had an inkling to goto Sak's for some time and it was only a block away (see flickr for photos). So I completed ANOTHER procrasinated promise I had previously made to myself.

Everyone is concerned about me not having a car... but it's definitely having it's benefits.

Now I gotta go and map out my bus routes to church tomorrow.

Rose Bowl Tickets

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Got them yesterday. I had originally promised Chris I'd sell it to his dad for $1500. His dad promised to take him and family to the Rose Bowl. But Chris' wife told them that was too much to spend on a game. Sheesh... marriage can be so limiting.
So I got off the phone with him just now and posted them on eBay. The auction will run for 5 days. Let's see how it goes.

Hmmm... what happens if it doesn't meet the reserve I've set? Do I post it again? Do I just go watch the game? If so, who do I take?

my first mystery gift

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Originally uploaded by supawako.

I found this package on my steps. It's from IMEDIA INTERNATIONAL. I don't remember ordering it. There's not invoice or letter. I wonder if the school sent it because I won the lottery to the Rose Bowl (which by the way I'll be selling as soon as it arrives).
I'm not sure if someone sent it and will follow up with an explaination.
Scott made us watch this game during our weekend in Mammoth to celebrate the Heisman Trophy award. I mean did we really need to watch the show. I knew and anyone who's been keeping track of the Trojan domination would have known the trophy already had Reggie Bush's name etched on it.

F'n Doh!!!

Hm... this shot makes my booboo look a lot smaller than it is. Well, anyhow, I went graffiti hunting after church (in my dress clothes and shoes) to kill some time. I saw some kewl grafs at an abandoned gas station on Vermont and Venice (North East corner). It was fenced up toward the streets but there was a low wall on the other side.
I walked around the block, cut through the apartments and found the adjacent wall. I used the parking curb as a boost and hopped on top. Without a second thought, I jumped down to all sorts of trash and debris. And to my luck, one of my feet landed on a large lid which skid my leg in a weird direction. My mind flashed and yelled "don't get the clothes dirty. HAHAHA.. ridiculous, I know? But I had plans in an hour and I didn't have time to go home and change. I did a little wooble dance and braced myself with my right hand, leaving a chunk o' my skin on the asphalt.
Note to self. 1) Look before leaping. 2) Plan your landing spot. 3) Don't hop fences or walls with dress shoes on - try something with more traction.

Alias Last Season

I just heard on tWiT that this is the last season for Alias. WTH??? All this time chasing after the show from Sunday nights to Wednesday nights to Thursday nights then finally giving up and downloading to get my fix... ABC screws me by cancelling it. I'm so pissed. This show is one of the three torrents I download. I gave up tv quite some time ago. Disconnected the cable box (not cancel because it's free) and shoved in the closet. Shiet loads of will power later, I weaned myself off tv. But I had some weak moments and decided I would watch only two of my favorite network shows (plus one anime show, Bleach - third show only disclosed to true friends).
I even learned how bittorrent works in order to keep up with the series. ABC's f'n up my tv dose balance here. Three is such a universally calming number. At the end of the season, I'm going to be all whacked. Do I find a replacement show? What if I get hooked on several shows while "testing" them out? What if I get entrapped by the idiot box again!!!