Busy Busy

I'm writing right now due to knowing that I will be excessively busy tonight and probably wont have the time to write out a new post this evening.  It is the night before New Years so there is a lot that goes into getting ready for New Years when you work at a casino, it is generally one of our busiest nights if not our most busiest night of the year.  Last years New Years didn't seem that bad and I think that is due to the planning and prep work that we put in before the night came.  We came together as a group and worked well which made it not seem so bad after it was all said and done.  I expect this year to go down the same way, we all know each other and what we are capable of, we all come together as a kick ass team and get that shit done.  Not to brag but it's just what we do^_^

I watched this movie today,

I have seen it once before but gosh dang it is such an awesome movie, now to be honest this movie takes place after the original FullMetal Alchemist series.  So there can be times where you get lost if you have not watched that series, but I did watch the entirety of FullMetal Alchemist: Brotherhood which was down right amazing and awesome, I recommend that anime to everyone.

Im in a very random and weird mood so I am going to put a picture of me from I think like 2007 or 2008, I am not sure which year this was taken.  HERE IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!

This picture was taken during a show that my old band Forgotten Masterpiece played in Orangevale CA at I think a venue called Club retro, although I could be wrong.  It was a pretty cool show, actually a lot of things were pretty fun and cool back in those days, we didn't have any kind of worries, we just lived to play music and that was all.  Those were some damn good times.  Anyways.

That's all I really have for today, sorry for how random this post is, my thoughts feel very jumbled right now and not very cohesive at the moment.

Just as a random question.  What is your favorite anime?  It can be a series or a movie, your choice.  GO!!!

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Corcoran CA

So tomorrow my wife, the kids and myself are travelling back to Corcoran so that we can pick up our Durango and so that my wife can get some things done there.  My wife just spent about two weeks there this month as well visiting her parents and her sister and nieces since both of them live in Corcoran.  Now in case your wondering, "Where is Corcoran?".  Let me inform you...

Corcoran is a very small town about an hour east of Fresno, you can get there by taking 41 East when you enter Fresno or you can wait till you get to Selma and follow a small two lane highway to Corcoran as well.  There is literally nothing in Corcoran other then some fast food franchise's and a Prison which is most likely the only reason that town is even still alive since most of the guards and employee's live in the surrounding towns, one of those towns being Corcoran.  Also I am pretty sure that there is onyl like 10 white families that live in the town as well, its like the opposite of Mariposa which is my home town and has like a 95/100% white family racio.  One thing that is great about Corcoran is that my wife's parents make me awesome authentic Mexican food, BOOOOOOOO fudgin YAHHHHHHH.  Other then this Corcoran is a town that you will most likely never even pass thru since you can just bypass it by taking 99 North.  On the off chance that you did pass by it you would most likely miss it due to blinking.

I hope you enjoyed my geography lesson, GOOD BEY!!!!!!!!!!

37% Downloaded

So I mentions a friend of mine named Cody in my blog yesterday and how he gifted me a game called Torchlight.  Well, today he gifted me another game, a great game, the game of all games that put a lot of other games to shame with its awesome-ness.  He gifted me, duh duh duhhhhhhhhhhhhhh........

BORDERLANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and then I, BOUGHT THE DLC for BORDERLANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I started my download of Borderlands today at about 12:30pm, when I had finally awoken from my slumber only 37% of the game had been downloaded...

WHAT!!!!!!!!!  SHITTY INTERNET?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Yes, that is insane.  My computer is up to par but it is our Internet, the Internet of a small town being choked to death by a provider who only has one central hub and can afford to charge what ever they want and do whatever they want because they know that you have absolutely no choice but to use "their" Internet.  But alas, there is a new hope.  And that new hopes name is...

XFINITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(there are a lot of all caps in this one today)

The only thing that is bad with this is that I have to wait for my contract with the company I am currently with for my home phone and Internet to run out.  Then and only then(unless I want to pay a ridiculous cancellation fee) can I get this Xfinity that everyone is talking about and finally be in the "cool kids" Internet club and have blazing fast speeds(not my label but the Xfinity self proclaimed label).  I'm guessing that they run off of fiber optics, that would probably explain all of the praise for this company's Internet ways.

School starts in like, well, I don't know the total days and I don't really feel like doing the math so I will tell you the actual date..........

January 9th, 2012

GOOD DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(and merry chrimbus)

Ideas and The "General"

Hi everyone, its been a bit of time since I wrote int his blog.  I guess I was kind of taking a break from it, I wasn't really feeling any kind of creativity or the need to blog but now I feel rejuvenated and ready to get down to business once again.  I have found some new inspiration, a new outlet and form of "provocativeness" that I feel I am ready to bring to all of you.  After a few supplies are bought I will be ready to go, ready to make something fun and hopefully in my viewers eye's it comes off as awesome.  So, you can expect new videos at my YouTube page which is youtube.com/theflarida

I have figured out something different to do other then my semi regular but far from par vlogs.  I'm hopeing to make it a regular series and to also make it my calling card of sorts, these new videos will be what I think people will think of when they think of my YouTube channel.  And if this does not work then oh well, I will just move on to the next idea.

I have been contemplating buying new video games as of lately, but every time I am about to buy said game I end up seeing the price and am instantly deterred from buying this product.  I have also noticed that I am actively searching steam for games due to the always super low prices of games that are just as good as any console game that I could play.  I blame Cody for this since he gifted me Torchlight which I have barely played due to, um, kids.  But within the five minutes(literally) I have played, I have fallen in love with this game, I have already imagined my future with this game.  We have four kids, an awesome house, the game drives a Prius and I drive a flying Porsche, we have 2.5 animals and regularly vacation to the Caribbean...

It's a nice life.

School, Soccer and Gaming Issues

I recently registered for my next set of classes out at Columbia College in Sonora, CA.  This next term should be fun but draining at the same time due to having to work, go to school and dot he whole family thing.  Not to mention that I have like an hour in a half wait between classes that I could be sleeping, poo, but oh well, such is life.  I am enrolled for some math class that I need for my general ed requirement and then a drama class as well to meet the general ed.  I am currently going to school to try and finish up my AS in Business since I finally know what I want to do, not to mention that even just having an AS degree opens up a couple more doors for me business wise and financially.  The only bad part is the lack of classes I can take per term due to my schedule so I wont be done till like early 2013.  But I will get this done, if the world doesn't end any time soon I WILL need this degree in order to achieve the goals that I have set for myself.

Transition!!!!!!!!!!!

We had our in door league tonight and we won, the only downside was I let like five goals go by while I was goalie.  I realize that we won and I should be happy with that but my performance was sub par.  I have always been my worst critic, especially when it comes to sports due to this crazy competitive side that I have.  A lot of times if I don't do well enough to the standards that I have set up in my head then it really doesn't feel like a win at all.  If I have to rely on my teammates to give me goal support so that we can win then I'm not really doing my job as goalie to well.  Right?  Anyways, I really just want to play the team that we played during our first game so that I can redeem myself by not letting them tie it up this time and the game ending in a draw.  That sucked!

And then on to the Gaming side.

Skyrim has been giving me issues as of lately so I checked IGN.com for articles on it and apparently it's not just me getting these issues.  As of recent gamers and other gaming outlets have noticed and logged the game have sever frame rate issues once the file size gets larger and larger.  New games aren't really affected it just seems to be once you pass a certain memory size for your save file.  I know personally I have had slight frame rate issues but the thing that has been bugging me the most is that at times when I exit or enter a house or building the game will freeze on me and I have to reset my PS3.  Now I know that in comparison to real problems like world hunger and other bigger issues this is just a very small if not nothing issue that would only affect a first world country.  But it seems I'm not the only one who this is happening to.  Bethesda(Makers of Skyrim along with Fallout and various other games) has put a patch for the game on the PS3 already but will be issuing even more patches int he weeks and maybe even months to come.  So there is hope that this issue will be fixed, its just waiting for the ISSUE to be fixed that has people perturbed.

Well, that's all for tonight, until next time.

The Power is Absent

So the power went out today at around 12pm due to insane amounts of crazy strong wind but I kind of had a feeling that it was going to happen.  I went to Wal-Mart with my son earlier today after the power went out and I expected to see a bunch of fallen tree's ont he way there, instead I only saw one tree which was barley in the road.  It wasn't till I had awoken from my mid day nap that my wife told me that a huge tree had fallen down near the park in the small town that we live in.  So I am assuming that a lot more tree's fell throughout the county as I was somberly sleeping, this is the culprit ont he power being out even as I type this blog.  I chose the logical choice and sent my wife and the kids to my grandmothers in Modesto to stay there untilt he power returns so that they wont freeze in out house, oh and they probably want electricity and running water as well.  So it is just me now in the now power house living the "bachlore"-esk life, for breakfest will be egg's cooked int he middle of a piece of bread(we have propane so I can still use the burners), lunch will be a cup of instant noodles(my favorite) and I will not eat dinner because I will most likely be sleeping at the time.  Perhaps I will go for a run sometime tomorrow as well, Im not sure yet, we will have to see.

So Terraria finally got its 1.1 update and of course the power goes out the very same day which makes it so that I can not enjoy the fruits of those developers labors.  I have literally been waiting like three months for this update to drop and the day it comes out I am robbed of it's enjoyment, WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Oh well, I will just playt he shit out of it when the power returns.  I will be a slave to it's joyus ways, maybe even it's sex slave.  We will have to wait and see.

Oh and one more thing.  I cant figure out how to get the 3D on my T.V. to work with my PS3, it just keeps moving the picture to the right and the T.V. wont let me adjust the screen when it is in 3D mode and guess what else...
Neither will the damn PS3!!!!!!!!!!  If you know anything about this or can give me any suggestions then that would be much appreciated.  Leave those in the comments, I NEED ALL YOUR HELPS!!!!!!!!!!!

I hate having all of these first world problems^_^

That is all, good bey.

Thor and Thor

So as you may have guessed from my title I have finally watched Thor, I bought the Blue-ray version since I have a PS3 and I like to pamper myself with Blue-ray movies.  Just as a side not I have yet to watch any of the spacial features and will only be talking about the movie, my opinion on the movie and other random tid bits of said movie.  On to the MOVIE!!!!!!

Just a little bit of history before we start.  Thor is the son of Odin, both are from Norse mythology.  Odin is basically God and Thor would be like Jesus in the sense that he is Odin's son.  Thor has a mighty hammer called Mjölnir, next to Odin's own weapons this hammer is supposed to have no equal and is a powerful relic of Odin's which he gave to his son Thor.  In the Marvel Universe Thor retains his same mythological status and so does Odin, when it comes to the Marvel Universe comic wise I don't know a lot about Thor and his back story other then he is an actual God and before the events leading to his death he was only using about 10-20% of his actual power due to the ferocity of his power.  Now on to the movie.

This movie was a lot better then I thought it would be, first off I heard a lot of negative things about this movie from multiple parties and decided to listen to them until recently.  I now regret listening to those cwacks due to how awesome the movie actually was.  I know this is going to sound retarded but visually it was nice to look at, especially when they were on their home planet, so many colors, ohhhhhhhhhhh.  Another thing that I thought was done right was the matter of asgardyins being more of an advanced race rather than actual God's, this gave the movie more of a grounded feeling and made the characters seem more human as opposed to God like.  Anyways, I am losing my focus.  During Thor's assension to King ceremony, the main villains of the movie the Ice Giants try to steal an artifact that was originally theres that Odin had taken from them which cause Thor's ceremy to not happen.  This also causes a rift between Thor and Odin due to Thor wanting to take action and Odin wanted to sit idile and see what the frost giants try next.  Fuck I hate doing these reviews, you know what, just watch the dang movie because if I go on I will ruin the movie for you and you will know everything that happens.  All you really need to know is Thor was awesome, watch the damn movie and revel in its glory.  NOW!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks(Give me a Minute)

I'm not really sure whats up with the title of this blog but what ever, I thought I should make it make no sense what so ever in relation to my Thanksgiving.  So on to how my Thanksgiving was today...  IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!  I ate of shit load and when I was done I was really feeling it, felt like my stomach had expanded to unhumanly proportioned levels.  But oh my gosh was the turkey awesome and all of the other food that accompanied the turkey as well.  I know that my youngest son was enjoying himself some mashed potatoes, he was trying to get to the spoon before we could even get the food into his mouth.  Crazy 6 month old.  Plus, it's always great to see my whole family, to get to see people who I only get to see one or two times a year and they got to see my kids for the first time which was pretty awesome.  It's always nice to get compliments on how cute or beautiful your children are.  I know that they got passed around left and right, everyone wanted a chance to hold them and play with them and just do family things with them.  Except for pinch their cheeks, I'm pretty sure that I am the only one who does that to my kids.

Oh my lanta it is God awfully hot in my office tonight.  I just thought that you should know.

Soooooooooo the damn 49er's lost today to the Ravens(sad face).  Ugh, well I guess being 9-2 isn't that bad but I really wanted them to go the rest of the season without losing a game.  Realistically that was not a sound thought, not at the least.  I just hope that we haven't lost our momentum, lets get it together for next Monday and secure the W!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, and to all of you at the Black Friday events going on, I just want to wish you good luck and hope that you get all of the shit that you want and that you don't have to beat up some over weight soccer mom for it or some dude who still lives in his parents basement.  From what I hear, people can get pretty crazy on the Black Friday sales, so good luck to you all and God speed.

Nuetral

Being a supervisor and having a crew of people that are under my wing is nice and always has its perks, but there are times where it sucks due to having to be"Nuetral" like the Swiss.  There are always things I want to say but I cant let them out due to being rude, mean or affending someone with the bitter truth and having them take me to HR for something so stupid as them making fun of someone and me sticking up for said person why they are not around.  A lot of times you get the older sibling line that I used to get from my mother, "You should be setting a better example for other people."  God I hate that line, but it is what comes with the territory and it is just part of the job, I have come to terms with it even if my tongue is bleeding half the time I am here at work.

I had soccer today, it was fun and I ran a lot more then I did the last time all of us got together, hell I even scored a goal which was pretty nifty.  But, I let three goals happen when I was playing goalie which in turned pissed me off a lot, thats my only job and I let THREE thru, ugh.  League should be starting either next Monday or the first week of December depending on if the captins can get together and due their little draft.  I'm hoping that my friend Jose who happenes to be a captin puts me on his team because after my performance tonight I dont think that I will be picked up by anyone else, oh and no one really knows who I am so that helps me out a little bit as well.

It's my Friday tonight which means that my weekend is nigh, it's going to be good getting a full two days off tonight rather then one.  Look at me complaining even though my one day off last week was my choice that way I could get an owed day off, silly me.  I see a lot of Skyrim in my weekend, but we will see what my little bosses have planned for me.  Until next time.

Lyrics

So, I'm going to do something different today.  I'm currently reviving an old band with some old friends and here are some lyrics that I have for this project.  Enjoy.

(Chant/Scream)x4
This is an ode to the fallen our brothers in arms
The ones that we will never see again

Where have you gone, is there a place in mind is it peaceful now
All of our Friends have fallen, am I the last to survive
It seems I have to pick up this banner and continue the fight
If I don't do it then who will stand, who will speak their mind
We've come into times of silenced lambs by the lions hands
Once they take our pride we will have nothing left
But a shell of a broken man and a memory of a broken land

(Chorus)
Someday, we'll join you again, and make our amends
The joy's that you are will be made real again
again and again
again and again

I've seen the injustice in front of my own eye's
Watching you die was the hardest thing to see
It's not being able to help that hurt me the most
And then watching everything fall apart all around
There's a void inside, sometimes I forget that your gone
Then suddenly I remember the shock of seeing you
Alive and wrapped up in that hospital bed but not really there
Although you were there you were a hollow shell
Of the man you used to be, rudely taken away from us
By idiots not paying attention to the life in front of them

(Chorus)
Someday, we'll join you again, and make our amends
The joy's that you are will be made real again
again and again
again and again

One day we will come to terms with what happened that day
And I will stop reliving that day int he hospital
Your image ingrained in my mind forever there to haunt me
Sometimes I wish I didn't see you like that
My last memory of you tainted due to negligence
If I could exact revenge on the one's who did this to you
I would do it in a heart beat, stain my hands
But I cant and I will always regret that fact


Let me know what you think, feedback is always a welcome thing with me, until the next time^_^

Limitless

Just got done watching Limitless, holly shit that was a good movie, if it wasn't for a friend at work telling me to watch it I wouldn't have given it a try.  I know this is going to sound hella gay but Bradley Cooper is a beast, I think I have a man crush but then I remember him from Wedding Crashers and it goes away.  Anyways, I'm getting off track here.  Go watch Limitless, its on Netflix so if you have that then watch it there, if not then find it somewhere on the internet for free or go to Blockbuster, DO IT!!!!!!!!!

Anyways, here is a random picture of me taken a couple of days ago.

I started up a mage in Skyrim.  I've decided to just try different classes now to really see which ones I like and which ones I do not.  Not to mention that there are so many different kinds of characters that you can make that it gets kind of ridiculous but oh well, I'm going to make this shit legit...
TO LEGIT TO QUIT!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh my lanta, I've got nothing left, I cant think of anything to write so I guess this is it for today, sorry for the short blog.  Maybe next time I will make it bigger.  I'm going to leave you with a picture, ENJOY.

A Schedule

So i have been thinking of some kind of a schedule for writing my blog posts, like certain days that I write something.  Maybe something like Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.  I don't know, like i said for now it is just an idea in my little head of heads.  I'm also looking to add more pictures to this blog as well, that means that I will have to start writing more of these at home, for the most part I really only write these at work and very rarely at home, yesterday was one of those occasions.  I mean, this site has so much more to offer and by only doing text based blogs with nothing but text(this sentence was redundant) I am only hurting myself.  SO MUCH MORE!!!!!!!!  I could even post some of my youtube videos onto this blog, unfortunately none of the ones I have made yet but once I start making legit videos that have been edited via some sort of editing software then I think we will be in business.

Speaking of videos, I have a ton of ideas video wise that I hope to be making withing the next 6 months so look out for those little bastards for sure.

Also music.  It seems that I will hopefully be getting together with an old friend of mine to write some new tunes and bring back an old band of mine that I was in hella days ago called Forgotten Masterpiece.  Its going to be myself(Anthony) and Tim, you probably have no idea who this band is being as you most likely don't know me so check out purevolume.com/forgottenmasterpiece because that is were the blunt of the music is at.  Now, the music up on that site is not what we are going to sound like, the two of us are going to evolve it into something new and awesome(I love that word).  Its going to be a new take on Forgotten Masterpiece so don't be disappointed when we sound nothing like we used to sound if you used to listen to us back in the day.

Quick question for you guys before I end this.  Do you think I put enough content in these posts or should I be putting more in here?  I'm talking text and picture wise, let me know what you think in the comments below.

Until next time.

Its Dentist Day

So i have an appointment for the dentist today at 4:40pm, actually in about 25 minutes.  I have to get three fillings done so I'm not to excited but you gotta do what you gotta do right?  Recently I have had a teeth cleaning, three wisdom teeth removed and one periodontal cleaning done which was not nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be.  I actually like going to this dentist, his office is pretty bad ass not to mention it is in an old furnished house and they always have hella coffee and bottled water for their patients to drink.  Oh yeah, did I mention that his staff is awesome to, all really down to earth people who will joke around with you.  The wife and I both like the place a lot.  Speaking of the wife, here is a picture of us on our wedding day...

I feel like i should be adding more pictures in this blog, so there is the first one, a cute wedding day pic, now go puke from how adorable it is.

Its pretty crazy that Thanksgiving is next week, my family and I will be spending the day at my aunts house in Modesto.  Oh my how I love Thanksgiving, I eat soooooo much, more then one moan should be able to physically eat but somehow I get the job done.  Its kind of random but every year since I was about 10 years old I have always received one of the turkey legs no matter what, it is my favorite part of the turkey to be honest.  For some reason the family always goes along with this, its kind of like turned into a little tradition of my own for Thanksgiving.  Not to mention getting to see all of my family, ah yeah, ITS FAMILY TIME BITCH's!!!!!!!!!!!  That's really what the holidays are about to me, I could care less about food or presents, I care more about seeing the family that I grew up with who I now only get to see 3 times a year due to everyone's lives being busy, I guess that is what happens when you get older right?  Anyways, its about time for me to leave, so i leave you with a picture of my son doused in baby powder.  Enjoy and happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

Skyrim and Soccer

It's a weird mix and I realize that but that is kind of how my day went.  I got home from work and played a little bit of Skyrim while my 6 month old was swinging in his little baby swing.  It was nice...

NOW MY OPINION ON SKYRIM!!!!!!!!!!!(place explosion after the all caps)

Compared to its predecessor The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Skyrim is a much much(sooo much) better game in every aspect that you can compare it to.  Graphics(check), sound(check), fighting(check), inner game mechanics(check) and fap material(check?).  I know that I haven't gotten a whole lot of time with it due to being a dad and doing the whole daddy thing along with time for work and other activities but what time I have had I have been enjoying the hell out of the game.  It's just fun and still retains a level of serious-ness that makes you want to know what happens next, and then if you want you can be all like, "F you story line, I'm just going to go out and explore for no apparent reason!"  Its fantastical, whimsical and some would even say orgasmicle.  This is a game that I think almost everyone can get into, it's not as nerdy and complex as the last game and its way more user friendly with much better explanations about how the world works and the multiple crafting systems.  I know in my heart of hearts that I will be playing this game for months to come, maybe even years, who knows, only time will tell.

Next on the agenda.

I went to a pick up soccer game tonight at a local indoor roller hockey arena that we have near where I live, I have not played soccer in ages but it was still a blast.  Actually at one point my legs gave out on me which was a first for me, very weird feeling to be honest.  It was like someone was putting more and more weights on my legs with each step that I took until I fell to my knees which I imagine looked pretty funny for the people who were watching.  After that I went back to playing goalie which to be honest, I was kicking ass in and i even got a compliment which was a nice little treat.  In the end I had a blast and will be going back every Monday night, in fact they are going to do a league which I will most likely be joining with a buddy of mine so I have that to look forward to.  EXCITING!!!!!!!!!!!

That's kind of my day in a nut shell, until next time have a good one.

The Passing

I woke up to some news tonight of an old co-worker who passed away.  It's crazy because just 2 months ago she was going strong here at work and then she kind of disapeered, I figured that she went to a different shift.  Then I got the news of her passing.  It's amazing how things like that work out.  As you get older life stops giving you things and starts taking them from you, now I wasn't best friends with her but she was still someone who had a small impact on my life.  She was a very stern, stubborn, amazing and strong woman who had the hearts of everyone, seriously, not one person disliked her.  Just a nice older lady who didn't take any shit.  So yeah, here's to Mona.

Im not going to write about anything else today, my Skyrim blog will come tomorrow.  bey.

11 Hours to go

So The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim has already been released, for those of you who are lucky enough to have gotten it at 12am, I give you a hearty FUCK YOU!!!!!  I'm only saying this because I wish I could have been there at 12am to receive my copy as well.  Oh well, I will continue to drink my hatorade.  Luckily I will be getting my copy tomorrow some time after I get off at work, get the family ready and then drive us all down to Modesto to pick it and then go to Victoria's Secret so that the wife can get herself something nice.  So to be realistic, I will most likely not being playing it until 8am Saturday morning due to having to sleep when we get home today after getting the game around 2pm.  But when I am finally able to play you bet your ass I am going to play a good 2 hours straight(that is a long time for a parent).

So I had an interesting conversation with one of my co-workers tonight.  She was complaining about her Boyfriend taking time off to play Skyrim, I think she said he took two days.  Then she tells us how she is taking time off to go and see the midnight showing of the new Twilight movie when it comes out.  I said that that is pretty much the same thing except for her boyfriend taking two days off instead of one and then told her that if her boyfriend had only took one day off then wouldn't that be the same thing?  She insisted that it is not due to a movie only being for 2 hours and that you can play a game longer and you don't have to play it that night.  Then I asked her, "Cant you just see a movie on another day?"  But yet she still continued to tell me that they are not the same thing.  I personally think that they are, one person is taking the night off to watch the midnight showing of a movie, the other is taking the night off to get his/her copy of a game at midnight so that they can play it.  Each person is taking a night off for their "event", seems like the same thing to me, video games and movies are both sources of entertainment and some would argue that they are in a way the same thing except for one you have more interaction in the world you are seeing.

Just out of curiosity what do my readers think about this, let me know in a comment below this post, I'm interested in hearing other people's perspective on this topic.

Until next time, later.

First Class is Over and MW3

So today was pretty much the last day of my Tennis class.  On my written final i got an 80%, not bad for not studying a single day for it.  Its just that our teacher went over everything that we needed to know so much that it all sunk in.  There are two more classes but to be honest I don't think that they really matter, I doubt it will effect my grade by that much so i have decided to not go.

I have been playing Modern Warfare 3 since about yesterday, we went and picked it up and to be honest, it is even more amazing that it has been even better than what i had ever imagined.  It seems that every aspect of this game has improved from the last and there is not one part of this game that i do not like.  Well, that was a lie, there is one thing that i don't like.  It does not have a match type that MW2 had which was called Team member Deathmatch Express.  Basically it was just a shorter wait in between matches, like the regular wait was 45 seconds but in express it was only 15 seconds between matches.  But they did do something which redeems them, Infinity Ward added a new game type called Kill Confirmed.  What this mode is about is killing an opponent and picking up the dog tag that they drop, this dog tag goes towards your over all team score and your team has to pick up 65 dog tags.  The twist is that if you die next to your teammate they can pick up your dog tag and keep the other team from getting that score, you also get experience for kills and picking up dog tags.  50 experience per kill, 50 experience per enemy dog tag and 100 experience when you pick up a dead team members dog tag.  This mode is super action packed and fast paced, it really gets rid of camping because if you camp your really only hurting yourself and your team members.  I would love to talk more about this game but you really should play it for yourselves.

Well, my wife is almost done with dinner so I am leaving you, but fear not, we will be together again^_^

Reply(Comment from last post)

Just wanted to thank whoever(I wish I knew who you were) commented on my last blog, to be honest that was awesome advice, I will definitely take this and run with it.  Also on a side note, you are the first person to ever comment once of my blogs so thank you for that as well.  If you want to see what this person wrote then check out my last blog, I guess it is good advice for anyone wanting to blog and they don't really seem to have a general direction that their blog is going.

On to other things and stuff.

My Tennis class is almost up and we took our final today(yeah, a final in tennis).  That may have been the easiest test I have ever taken, if someone were to hypothetically fail that test then I am sure that our teacher would probably not want to teach ever again.  Come to think of it, I wonder if anyone has ever failed his test, I will have to ask him about this.  We are also doing skills testing which is serve, for hand return, back hand return, slam and volleys.  Once again these are pretty easy as well.  I have always been good at sports, not the best but a quick learner so this class has been a complete breeze thus far.  In fact the only reason why I have taken this class was to ensure that I get a better registration date for the spring semester since the two classes I will be taken(I think Math and Earth Science) generally fill up pretty quickly.

The funny thing about taking all of these classes now is that if I would not have been such a retard when I was originally going to school and would have pulled my head out of my ass I would not be going to school right now.  I would already have my AS in Business and be finishing up my Bachelors Degree.  I'm not complaining but I do think it is kind of funny, I do know that if I could tell my past self something it would be to get that shit done and maybe scare him in some way to ensure that he would in fact "get er done"!  Hopefully when I am done with my AS it will open some doors to help me further the education and to maybe find something different to do for a living.  We will just have to wait and see.

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim comes out in three days...
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have never been excited to play an Elder Scrolls game but this time I am.  From what I have read it seems that they fixed the things that I did not like about the last game ie. having to sleep to level up, not directly telling where the skills people are and a better third person view.  Now that those things are gone I am pretty sure that I am going to like and or love this game, if I don't then I will feel retarded for spending money on this game.  But I have hyped it up so much that I have a feeling that I will be playing it for a long long time, if not forever, well maybe not forever but I think that you get my drift.

I don't usually ask questions for my readers but are there any games coming up that you are excited for, if so write them in the comments done below.  Lets get into a nerdy game talk.

Adsense(Disabled)

Hi everyone, its been a week or two since I have written anything on this blog and there is a reason...
My FUCKING adsense got disabled!!!!!!!!!!!  I haven't even done anything and the best part is that there was no explanation waht so ever other than this.

The account associated with publisher ID ca-pub-5640368694994429 has been disabled. Learn more

What the fuck is this?!?!?!  Learn More?  how bout an explanation like...

"you dont get enough views" or, "you dont have enough followers" or, you dont qaulify do to..."

instead it send me to a learn more page that gives me a ton of options that it might be and still doesn't give me the exact reason why.  I didn't really even expect to make much, maybe a dollar a month if that, now I have to call their supoort line and deal with that crap.  UGH, those are some first world problems for you right^_^

On to other things that are not me ranting about nonsense and things that dont matter what so ever.

So I have been regulary posting videos on my you tube at youtube.com/theflarida
So far they have onyl been vlog's but I am currently in the process of looking for a good editing program so that i can make videos with actual content and function.  I think I will still record with my Fip HD until i can afford a nice camera or at least a nice regular camera that still does good enough qaulity video.  I have a bunch of ideas in my head and am looking to bring them to everyone, look forward to something fun, new and most importantly awesome.  Go to my youtube page and friend me/subscribe so that you can keep up to date with what I am doing visually.

Thats really all I have for today.

Adsense!!!!!!!!!!!!(Explanation)

You may notice that I now have ad's on my page, now before any one freaks out or maybe even takes offense to this let me explain.  I am doing this so that I can make some money on the side, I work full time and would always like some extra income for things and stuff(BILLS!!!)
Now I know that this will take a while and I am being realistic here.  Currently I really don't get a whole lot of traffic to my blog, in fact this month has been my personal best for views with a whopping 174 views.  My ad-sense will most likely only generate a very very small revenue stream for now, but I am thinking about the future with this, if I keep at this and continue to improve on this site/blog and get more involved and have better ways to advertise the value that i earn will in fact increase(Hopefully).  So if this does make you mad in any way I just want to say sorry and that you will have to deal with it in whatever way you see fit^_^

Well, that's all i had for this, just wanted to update on this decision that I have made.  Until then, everyone have a wonderful time.

Housing

My wife and I have recently been chatting about getting some land and a manufactured home for said land, this would make it our own... Or the banks until we payed off the loan.  I'm excited, I have never owned a house before and revel in the fact that this is a strong possibility, this would get me out of renting which I have been doing since I was at the tender age of 18.  One of the coolest things about this is that we are probably going to get at least an acre or two of land, so if I so desire I could always have a tennis/basketball court built behind the house.  EPIC!!!!!!!!  Once this is done I could make my two children play and practice one of the two until they are the best, I will be like Tiger Woods father or the Williams sister's father.  YOU WILL PRACTICE AND YOU WILL LIKE IT^_^
I have been thinking of other things I would like to see on our land.  One thing I think we need as soon as possible would be some kind of car port/cover, kind of like the metal ones that are just a foundation with exposed sides and a cover on the top.  This way when it snows we do not have to dig our cars out, instead we would only have to worry about digging a space wide and long enough to reach the road.

I know this is going to sound stupid but I have had two more followers on my twitter int he last two days, this excites me.  My twitter doesn't have a whole lot of people so when I get any kind of new follower I like to celebrate.  This is stupid but it makes me happy.

Onto other things.

I have been playing Batman: Arkham City, it is amazing, just as amazing as everyone has been saying.  This game got a perfect 10 in Game Informer and it so rightly deserved it's piece of perfection.  To be honest I did not think that it was going to be this good, I was a silent nay sayer, then I played it and have almost beat it and am just flabbergasted with how amazing it is.  Such a well rounded, fun and exciting game to play, this makes me ^_^

Onision

So I have been looking for new YouTube channels to subscribe to as of lately and i recently have gotten into some videos made by a YouTuber by the name of Onision.  His videos are completely random but so so so awesome at the same time.  The funny thing is that at first I kind of thought his videos were shit, but after checking out a bunch of the other videos he has I just kind of grew to love the stuff that he puts out.  So I highly recommend that you check him out and check out his channel as well, I don't really think that you will be disappointed and if you are, well then you can suck my wiener.

Another thing is that I have recently started to Vlog as well as doing this written blog, if you are interested in checking out my Vlog you can see it at youtube.com/theflarida
I have recently been trying to keep a lot of my other pages with the same name as this and my YouTube page that way its just the same thing for all of my sites.  The only page that doesn't really go by this is my Twitter which is @Aflarida(FOLLOW ME!!!).  But anyways, check out my other pages.

Back to writing and not shamelessly plugging my other sites...

So as of recent I have been growing my hair out, I am pretty set on this because it has been a long time since I have had longer hair and to be honest I just want to see what it would look like.  Its funny because I am in the awkward Beatles hair phase where you just look like a good with a bowl cut.  This is the hardest part for me to get past because I realize that I look kind of ridiculous but I know that I just have to stay with it and get past the stupid looking hair phase.  I have also been thinking about how I will cut it if I do decide to cut my hair and I have concluded that I will be giving myself(Actually a hair salon will be giving me a mullet).  I have thought long and hard on this and have come to the conclusion that mullets are FUCKING AWESOME!!!!  fact fact fact...

That's all for today, enjoy the rest of your night, PEACE!!!!!!!!!

The Un-Happy

Oh my lanta, even when you try to make others happy and what not they still find a way to make something into a negative, it's annoying.

Onto other things, one sentence rant is finished.

My youngest son has started rolling over, its amazing and at the same time scary because sooner then later he is going to start crawling and after that walking and then terrorizing the house along with his older brother.  I think that they are expertly set up to be partners in crime for sure, if not, then mortal enemies.  The end outcome has yet to be decided.  To be honest I cant wait to enroll them into sports, my hope is that sooner or later they will be on the same team and I can watch them tag team it up like little boss's and just be little sports stars.  Or they will beat up the kids that mess with them, either way it will be awesome.

The band I am currently in is still on a Hiatus of sorts, our drummer is getting married this week, then they have a honeymoon and then hopefully we can get back into making music.  I know I am looking forward to this because I have been feeling super music depraved as of lately, I need it in my life or I will go crazy, that's a fact.  Until this moment I will have to wait, definitely not patiently but in some way shape and form.

Oh, and one other thing...

ITS MY FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Productivity

So this morning I have been pretty productive to the point that I'm actually kind of proud of myself.  I have updated some stuff on this blog and have added my YouTube channel URL and my twitter account to my "description" of me, so check that out and go to each page to see what the fuss is about.

So I recently got my Flip HD and I have to say that it is awesome, I am liking it more and more with every use.  It was defiantly worth the $32 bucks that I paid for it, thanks to Best Buy I got one hell of a deal, you know what would be awesome...?
To be sponsored by Best Buy, think of all the awesome stuff you could get and the discounts, AHHHHHH.

So my son has been watching the movie Rio like crazy, I think we watch it at least four times a day, its insane.  The funny thing is that i actually really like the movie so i really don't mind him watching it all day, plus its awesome to see his reaction to the scenes in the movie.  PRICELESS!!!!!!!

This is all, not much and I haven't written in a couple of days.  I promise to get some more variety coming soon, until then have a good one.  If you don't want to read my description then you can follow me on Twitter @Aflarida and subscribe to my YouTube channel at youtube.com/theflarida so go and do both.

The App. Store

So i have been updating my apps. on my iPhone and I noticed that the IGN app. that i have is now offering a .99 cent fee to get rid of the adds that they have when you are browsing their articles.  LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who in their right mind would pay for that unless they have now made the adds cover 3/4's of the screen, which if they did indeed do that then F them in their A's, F em hard...

REAL HARD!!!!!!!!!

I think that my wife found a job in Corcoran that she is going to try and get, this could mean myself and the family moving back to Hanford...
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This means that i could get back into music with all of my music playing friends down there, this is a wonderful thing in and of itself(I probably just fudged up that saying).  Not to mention if she got this job then I could get a little shit nothing job and just chill, take care of the boys and play music with people and play shows allt he fudging time, its like a dream come true, A DREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I might even get a job at Tachi working in the Vault with people who aren't fake as fuck and act like children, but lets not get to ahead of our selves ok.  OK!!!!!!!!!!

I hit level 31 in legends of Yore yesterday.  Just wanted you to know.

Oh yeah, I need to mention someone in this blog, someone who showed me all of the games that I had previously talked about like 3 blogs ago or so.  His name is Cody, he works at the same place as me, he's pretty bad ass and I hear of most indie games directly from him, he's like my indie dealer and I am his cock fiend sucking D for my next hit.(Your gonna love this Cody)

Anyways, IM OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not Really What I Want

With every day that passes I realize more and more that what I am doing currently job wise in my life is not what I want at all.  In fact I'm pretty sure I am starting to hate it which sucks, in no way shape or form do I want to hate the job I am tasked to do day in and day out.  But it is happening and it seems that there is really nothing that I can do about it, regardless.  What I do know I want to do is start up a business, which I am int he process of writing up the business plan for, but its going to take time.  I'm going to go by what people say, good things come to those that wait, right?

Anyways, on to other less depressing things.

I have been music starved lately, I NEED it and I NEED it now...NOW!!!!!!!!!
I have been waiting for my Flip HD to come in the mail, well actually to be more accurate to arrive at the Best Buy that I chose for it to go to.  Once I get this key piece of equipment I will be posting some acoustic videos of my band and I that way we can at least be doing something other then doing nothing.  In fact I plan on doing other things with this camera, like actual videos, funny videos, serious videos and all of the other genre's that I did not just mention.  I'm pretty sure that I will even start up a Vlog on the youtube channel I already have, I'm not going to post the URL to that yet but once I have more stuff on there I will post the URL and the people who visit this blog can go and check it out.

Well, that's all for today, sorry it took me so long to write up a new blog, I will try to write more often this coming week.

A Business

So, I have been in talks with a buddy of mine about starting up a business based out of Seattle, Washington.  I'm pretty confident that I can write up a business plan for this but the only problem is coming up with the start up cash, could be up to $20,000.  Now that is a lot of money to just throw down, I would have to save for a couple of years, what i do know is that my friend and I are sick of working for other people and would love to start our own thing and be our own bosses.  I'm confident that where there is a will there is a way and I think that with the both of us together we can make this a reality, just have to barrel thru it and get shit taken care of.  if all goes well we could be in the Seattle area or directly in it within two to three years tops, this excites me.

I keep having these day dreams of how our bill boards would look and how our commercials would be and let me tell you, they will be amazing, THAT'S A FACT!!!!!!!!!!!

Work has been crazy tonight, just non stop until now, go go go.  i have been helping guests and employees like a BOSS tonight, that is a fact.

It is my Friday tomorrow, I think that on my Saturday I will finally beat Mass Effect 2 and send that shit back so I can get the next game on my que.  it seems that Gamefly will be my RPG vendor lol, I will be getting them and destroying them in game and then sending said games back to the mothers crying hysterically.  BOO YAH!!!!!!!!!

Nights

At the place of my business I work what is called the Grave shift, which really translates to, "the shift that sucks, makes you tired 24/7 and will not allow you to see your family as much as you want to."  As you can see I dont really like the shift that i have, in fact I hate it, I hate it a lot.  My whole body is all out of whack, Im always tired and feeling like poo, its no bueno.

On to other things.

Does anyone else have a Google+ account???
I have to say that it is an intresting thing, I still haven't figured out the little things about it but its getting better and better day after day.  Im liking it more and more, I think that one of the main reasons I like it so much is because not everyone is on it and that is good, I'd rather they all stay over at Facebook instead.  As of late I have become the type of person that really doesn't want people whom I work with to know what I do or what kind of stuff I am posting.  People talk, and a lot of people cant keep anything to themselves and that pisses me off to no end.  I think its because I am not a nosy person there fore I at it when people are nosy and try to get into my business.  If I want you to know what i did over my weekend wouldn't I just tell you?

Well, looks like tonight was just a rant, oh well.

The Off Time(and games)

I am currently on my days off, I enjoy these times because I get to spend a hell of a lot more time with my family then I get to when I have to work.  My family is my everything and the more time I have with them the more I get to bond and enjoy what we have to offer as a whole, its very good.

So, I have been getting a considerate amount of views lately, it is nice and I have to say that i enjoy it very much.  I hope that whoever is coming here and reading these blogs is able to take something from them, even if its just a couple of laughs or even if you think they suck, oh well.  Anyways, thank you to all of you who have been coming here, it means a lot.

So i have been paying attention to some indie game developers lately.  Some of them are actually pretty cool people trying to make a living doing what they love to do, I think that they should be getting more attention then what they get.  So if you come here to read my blog then you need to check out a game called Legends of Yore, you can buy it at http://www.legendsofyore.com/  or you can get it on your iPhone as well, either way it is an amazing game.  To best describe it, its an 8-bit dungeon crawler with Diablo like features, not as many but you can still see and feel the resemblance, needless to say I have been playing like crazy.  Also on a side note, the creator of the game is a super nice guy, you can get to know him a little better buy following him on Twitter @cokeandcode you will not be disapointed.

Mojang Studios makes a great game called Minecraft, if you haven't heard about it yet then you have been living under a rock which has been under an even bigger rock.  You can check them out and Minecraft at http://www.minecraft.net/, so do it.  Follow these guys on Twitter @carlmanneh  @jeb_  @Kappische  @JahKob  @mollstam  @minecraftnews  and  @notch

Next up is a game called Terraria, oh my lanta, this is a game I have been playing like a mad man and am feverishly waiting for the next update to come forth.  Really though, I want it now, like RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!  This game is initially Minecraft in a 2D setting but it integrates so much more from other games like Castlevania(plat forming and weapons), Megaman(boss fights) and Action RPG's(battle system and item buying/inventory).  You can check out their website at http://www.terrariaonline.com, I personally own their game off of the steam network, as of now I have no idea if you can get them from another site, but really, go get it now, you will not regret it.  Follow these guys on Twitter @Tiyuri  @Demilogic  @confuzzledyma  and  @Terraria_Logic

So i guess this blog turned in to me giving you some ideas about awesome games.  Your welcome ^_^

The Pot Calling the Kettle Black

Oh my lanta, it is funny when I over hear my employee's talking shit about other employee's for things they do just as much as that employee.  Fudging priceless, these are the idiots that I work with.  Of course not all of them are idiots, just a majority, the rest who are not are actually good and awesome people to be around and people who's throats I don't want to rip out...  Just saying.

Into other news, I have been sick and drinking gratuitous amounts of green tea in order to make myself feel better(more of a placebo effect then a real one).  I love the way that it tastes, its like gold inside of my mouth, no wait.  Like a cloud wrapped in gold and then put into my mouth, yeah, its that good.  Its seems that my first cold of the year is coming to me in stages, I already have gone thru the shitty sore throat that leads to ear ache portion and am now in the stuffy nose that drips and drips and drips stage.  But at least I'm not hurting anymore and that is all that counts.

Random Note:  I need to fill out my FAFSA form ASAP!!!!

I think the next blog will be Powers Part 2, I'm just saying.  I have been thinking of more powers that I think would be awesome, I might even do a Lame Powers section, but who knows.

I've been trying to figure out some sort of business that I could start up, what kind of product I could sell and how I would go about selling said products.  I've been putting in some serious thought into this.  I am tired of working for people, I want to be my own boss and forge my own path instead of having to listen to people who I do not respect and who do not respect me.  Any ideas?  I would love to open up a hobby shop for like table top games and card games and all of the above game wise.  The only problem is where I live, the area is horrible for that sort of thing, most stores with these types of products don't generally last very long and die a horrible gruesome death.  Like they always say, its all about location, location, LOCATION!!!!!!!!

Later.

Settings

So while at home today I was tweaking with the settings of this blog and just checking out other people's blogs as well, seeing if there were any interesting blogs to follow.  I did find one and I followed it but then the rest of the blogs Blogger was showing me were all about running these insane marathons of like 50k runs, WHAT!!!!!  Then I come to find out that you can follow yourself which I found out by accidentally following myself, this makes me laugh.  I currently have one follower, and that follower is me, priceless.

I have also been trying to figure out how to change my layout, the person that I followed today had such an awesome and cool layout that I have to admit that I am a bit envious of them.

Another thing I have been doing with this blog is trying to increase the amount of views that I get in a day, the cool thing is that they have been increasing.  From none to a little rofl.  I'm trying to think of other avenues to hit up and to use as a promotion for this blog without getting in the way of someone else's site and using them as my catalyst for views.  That's one thing I hate, I used to do that when I was in a band, we would post our links and what not on other wildly successful bands comments and then reap the page views from them, it was such a vulturous way of going about it that it left me feeling a little dirty at time^_^  Not to mention we did piss off some of those bands.

One thing I do like about Blogger is that its simple and that it seems like more a of a legit blogging site as opposed to a blogging social network where people or more worried about re-posting the same shit over and over again just cause it is trendy and cool.  That's not how this should work.  That reason along with many others is why I no longer have a TUMBLR.  It was crap, nothing but younger kids who do not have a shred of originality and just see it as a way to be cool and trendy and not post any thing original that they thought of themselves or a picture that they actually took themselves.  Instead resorted to thieving other's pictures and posts and pretending that it was their own, it was FUCKING ridiculous to say the least.

In the long run I feel this is the correct site for me, I feel like it keeps my originality without having to compromise with a shitty blogging site that no longer wants to be a blogging site but a crappy social network. 

The Weekend

WAS FUCKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, I did get to go to the Giants game and let me tell you, it was awesome.  We stopped by this Brewary about 8 blocks away from AT&T Park and had a couple of beers there first along with some appetizers and after that we walked our happy ass's on over to the park.  That field is freaking awesome(I'm using the word awesome a lot in this blog), it's one thing to see it on TV but to be there in person is just insane.  So we get there and get a couple of beers before we sit down, then we find our seats and start drinking said beers.  The whole time we are just looking at a killer view of the field(we sat right on the right field wall), we also happened to be insanley close to the reliefe pitcher, we made fun of him a lot.  So as the game is going on we are getting more and more sloshy(I felt this word was better then "drunk").  And then the game ends and the Giants win, I couldn't have asked for a better time there and a better outcome.  The one thing I want now is to take my son with me so he can enjoy the awesome-ness of seeing a baseball game there as well.

On to other things.

The new X-Men game came out on 9/27/11 which I had no idea that it released already.  So I go onto the internet to check out reviews and it turns out that the game completley blows and doesn't really have much of an action/rpg feel to it at all.  This saddens me because it has been a long while since we have gotten to play an actually good x-men game since the first X-Men Legends.  And on another note, if you say the game has rpg elements but then you come to find that you put a point here and there into your character every once in a while then you just gave us the bare freaking minimum.  Its sad...

Next up, I have almost beat Mass Effect 2, I have to say that it is an alright game, I did not expect it to be this good.  My only problem is that you dont really get money that often and when you finally do its not really enough to get everything that you want for your character.  Other then that the game is pretty legit.

BOOM, that is all for tonight, I just want to thank all of you who come and check out my blog, I realize that Im just a regular dude typing a bunch of random nonsense but it is still nice to see that people to look at the words that I type here.  Thank you.

Realizing

So, I have come to the realization that I will never be able to do the whole band thing again, which sucks a huge cock.  Its just with getting older and acquiring more and more responsibility it just makes it that much harder to find the time to do it, not to mention the people who want to do it with you and who will be dedicated.  Its really a crying shame, but unfortunately its the truth and the truth sucks. 

Over the years I have been in 4 bands ranging from semi successful to just starting, the first band I was in was a band called Forgotten Masterpiece.  FM was my baby, I put a whole lot of time and money into this band that eventually ended up sucking a lot out of me but gave me some of the best times of my life. 

The second band I was in was called Upload Symphony, this was very short lived due to the fact that i played one show with them and then quit/kicked out due to a mutual agreement between myself and the other band members.  To be honest it was hard to make it to practices due to gas prices being almost five bucks a gallon back then. 

Next up was my second semi successful band, This Nightmare Ends at Sunrise.  I can say that I literally loved this band and everything that it was about, the message we portrayed was a fun and goofy one and the music just came out sounding amazing and exactly what I had in my mind.  Not to mention the musical talent of all of five of us combined just formed into this amazing ball of awesome-ness.  Also as a side note this was the first band that I was in that won a battle of the bands and played a killer show to win it as well.  If any of the bands that I was in were to get signed this was the band I wanted to be signed more then any.  All of us had fun, we goofed around and acted like brothers in arms, I have never been closer to band mates in any other band like I was in this band.  This band was also the first time I would ever have to go thru losing a band member due to being taken from this world way before his time.  After our guitarist Kenny died it just lacked something, we tried to keep it going but it just fell apart from there, tuff times.  But I will always have this band in my mind as my favorite.

The last band I was in was called February's Fall, to be honest I'm not entirely sure that I am in this band anymore since we have not talked to each other int he last couple of weeks.  I did however play one show with them so far and it was a lot of fun, its a different genre than I am used to playing, a lot more singing then screaming but still equally as fun.  Plus all the guys in this band are people that I would hang out with on a regular basis, all bad ass guys and nice as hell.

So that's it, those are the bands that I have been a part of, I'm always looking for people to play with but I just feel that where I live now is dead musically.  I have friends who I could play with but its hard to get together due to all of us having time constraints and our own personally responsibilities.  Maybe if I give it time then it will all happen again, who knows.

Giants

So I might be seeing the SF Giants play on Tuesday depending on if my wife and kids are still at her parents, so yeah, I kind of hope they stay cause I have not been to a baseball game in ages.  I think the last time I went was like when I was eight years old, so yeah, its been a while.  It will be nice to just hang out with my buds and enjoy a game and some ice cold beverages instead of just be at home alone and play video games all day.  NERD!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah, my weekend was way to short, to be honest I dont even really feel like I got a weekend.

So I have been playing this game called Terraria, it's like a 2d side scrolling Minecraft but with a lot more items to craft, weapons, armor and boss fights.  At first I did not really like it, but after investing some time into the game I freaking love it, the only thing that dapens this happy moment is that I have already dont everything I can do in the game.  I am currently waiting for the next update to be applied to the game but it is taking the developers forever to get it out.  Im hoping that its just going to blow my mind like the regular game has, if it doesn't then I will be a sad puppy, but I have a feeling that its going to meet all of my expectations.

Inner

Hello, whats going on with you?

So I have been trying to get more people to come to the blog and check it out, the only problem is that I haven't really thought of a good way to get people over here.  Its hard trying to get your blog going.

Im listening to some dubstep right now, I like it but did you ever notice how it sounds just like transormers transforming, ahhhhhhhh, it all makes sense.

I think tonight you are only going to get random thoughts from me, I feel very scatter brianed tonight to be honest, kind of like I cant really focus on just one topic and have a million of them in my head tonight, ugh, UNPREDICTABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have all these bottled up lyrics in my head and I NEED to get them out, hopefully I will be able to on Wednesday since I have band practice.  Im going to make us sit down and write a new song, we got to have some fresh material for the masses if you know what I mean.  I really dont want people to be tired of the music we already have cause they have already heard those songs like a million times before.  Gotta keep it fresh to death, THAT'S A FACT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Musical Interests Part 1

So as of latley I have been listening to a couple of new bands/artists, I just thought I should share them with you considering how awesome they are.

Memphis May Fire-This band is Amazing, the lead singer's voice is just epic, his screams are insane and his vocals are clean and georgous.  These guys are more of a Hardcore feel with melodic melodies but they deffenitly need to be checked out by everyone.  One of the best things about this band is the deep meaning lyrics.  I've been in a couple bands and have written all of the lyrics for said bands, but this lead singer's lyrics are of a caliber that I have never seen before.  Just heart felt lyrics that hit you where it counts, this is the first band that I actually cared to see what the lyrics were just so I could connect with the song in a better way.  Kudos to the gentlemen in this band, cause they are definetly doing something right in a music scene that has so much wrong in it.

Ellie Goulding-Im usually not much of a female vocolist fan, but oh my God here voice is amazing and different and just beautiful.  Not to mention she is pretty good looking herself ;)  But that is beside the point, the point here is that she is an awesome musician(She can actually play guitar as well).  Thanks to my wife I have been listening to her non stop for the last two days.  Now back to her voice.  Its unique in the best way possible, its unlike any voice I have ever heard before, I guess if you were to compare her to someone it would be kind of like Regina Specktre in a way.  Then you hear the music she is singing and it sounds equally amazing, so different and original, just what the doctor ordered.  So check her out as well.

The Recieving End of Sirens-I have never heard or seen a band with three guitarist and three vocolist be as amazing as these guys are.  You would think that this wouldn't work out at all but these guys find a way to make it work and work wonderfully at that.  The only down side is that they have been broken up for about two or three years now so there is no more live shows by these guys, but their music should still be checked out and appreciated.  Its original, its fantastic and I could listen to it for hours, not a song from them that I have yet to not like in any way, shap or form.  On a side note, one of their guitarist is in a band now called The Deer Hunter, check them out as well.  I have seen them live and they were awesome as well.

Thats all the bands that I have for you today, maybe I will make this a reacuring topic along with my Powers topic as well, hmmmmmmmm.  We will have to see, until then I guess this will be a part 1.  Also, please follow me on Twitter @Aflarida, its the only social site I am on, its kind of random when I post a tweet but they are usually pretty good^_^   Until Next time.  BYE!!!!!!!!!!!

My Sharona

Im not entirly sure that I even spelt that right in the title, oh well.

How is everyone tonight???

So I played softball tonight for a friends team that needed a player.  Before this story goes any further I would like to say that I am a very competitive and athletic person, I may not look like it but I love sports and playing sports competitivly.  With that said, here are some of the note worthy things that happened.

1. My first at bat resulted in me tripping over my own feet right before I got to the base and then slidding across the dirt for about two feet.  Needless to say, it was absolutly hillarious in my opinion.  I felt bad for the guy who was playing first base on the other team cause he had thought that he tripped me, I reassured him it was not him but my own clumsiness.  I now have some nice scrapes on my right arm, leftleg and my back.

2. My second at bat resulted in me over swinging and looking like a fool, kind of like in the old looney toons cartoons where they would swing and spin so much that they would go into the dirt.  I felt like that.  The upside, even with doing that I still managed to make it on base, BOO YAH!!!!!!!!!!

3. I totally missed a pop fly that came right into my glove, ugh.  Thats all there is to that one.

I have to say that I had a great time, I love sports and playing sports but I really dont get to do this kind of thing very often, so when I do I try to make it as awesome of an experience as I can.  This is the kind of thing I wish I could do more.  To kind of feul my competitive drive I have been taking a tennis class but it still isnt enough, I need a sport with people in it who can make me strain and actually try hard.

One more thing before I go, I have a twitter account and it is currently the only social networking site that I am on(Not a big Facebook guy) until Google+ sends me my freaking invite.  My name on there is @Aflarida so if you have a twitter as well then follow me and I will follow your crazy face back.

DC New 52 and misc.

So DC Comics just released there new issue #1's of a bunch of reboots for all if not most of there main stream characters.  Now I'm not a big DC fan but, OH MY GOD......
They look freaking amazing to say the least, I might start reading them to be honest.

On a different note, I have been playing Mass Effect 2 and I have to say its pretty nifty to be honest, I'm thoroughly enjoying it and all it has to offer.  The only down side is that I don't get to play the first game because I own a PS3.  Why would they not release the original, I will never get to know the joy and anguish that it would have brought me.  The other good thing is this game is basically Dragon Age 2 in space.  Speaking of which, I need to finish that game, I'm about half way thru with it and am severely slacking when it comes to that game.

Another game i have been playing is InFamous 2, I've already beat it and have been playing to get the rest of the trophies, hopefully I will be able to Platinum trophy it, at least that is the plan.  I think I have become a trophy whore because that is all i can seem to think about when I am playing my PS3 games.

That's all for today!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Powers Part One

So I was lying awake today trying to fall asleep before work and for some reason I was thinking about what kind of powers are the best and most efficient in the Marvel Universe(Sorry DC fans, not a big DC Universe guy).  These are going to be just a couple of powers that I believe are the bee's knee's, if you dont agree then thats cool since there are a crazy amount in the Marvel U as it is.  But here they are.

Phasing-Kitty Pride has this ability and growing up I never thought that this was a significant power, I used to think this was just a second rate power with little use.  Now how ever, I think this is a top notch power since the Marvel U has utilized it in a way I have never seen before and because of the thought that I have given to it.  First off she can phase thru any object(Im not sure if there is a material that she cant), and recently she can even move horizontily and vertically in the object as well which is crazy cause she has free roam inside said object, like the earth or the ground.  The next thing is that she could technically be immune to any kind of bodily harm if she could teach her body to unconciously phase whenever danger presents it's self like a knife stabbing her or bullets flying at here.  Then she can phase what ever she touches meaning her self and whoever she wants can literally go anywhere anytime, she is the ultimate surprise attack.  I could go on forever with this but for now I am going to stop and go on to the next power.

Collosus' Steel Form-Not only is he resistent to bullets and just about anything other adamantium or another metal or object that can cut metal but in this form he does not have to eat, breath or do any other human function which means he is literally invincible in this form.  Now all this depends on how long he can sustain this form but as far as I know the Marvel U has never put any stipulations to how long he can go in that form and as far as I know he can go in that form for forever.  In one of the Ultimate X-Men comics he freaking walks down tot he depths of the ocean and pics up a stranded sub-marine and brings it back to the surface(To legit to Quit?).  So on top of allt he awesome-ness he already has in this form we get to add underwater preassure proof and super strength, fucking BEASTLY!!!!!  Thats why he will always be one of my favorite characters.

Healing Factor-Now just as a heads up, I am bassing this off of the MArvel U's version and Heroes version cause they had some pretty good points on it.  First off, your able to heal any kind of wound in a given amount, most time's within a couple of seconds of the injury aquired.  The one thing im not sure of is if a limb is severed if it would re-atach if it was put back near the severed part.  It seems the only way to really "die" with a healing factor is to be decapitated and then for your head to be locked away in a different spot and your body to be locked away from the head.  Cause most times the healing starts in the brain, its kind of like the motherboard of the whole power, do something to the brain and most times you kill the person or stop them from healing all together.  The cool thing is that Wolverien is not imperviously to brain injuries, granted he still heals from them but he can be punch drunk or have brain swelling.  The Hulk did this to him in the X-Men's comic for World War Hulk and it was FUCKING genious.  Of course having adamantium bones helps but on its own the Healing Factor is a great power often times letting you live 3 to 5 times longer then a normal human, not to mention you could most likely heal any kind of sickness thru it since the person can be healed from it.  At least thats what they did to the mutant killing virus, Cable infected Wolverien with it and all was fixed after that.

So thats all I have for now, maybe I will make this a regular segment focusing on three powers at a time, if your reading this then let me know what you think on this.  Until then, you'll just have to wait for the next three.

The Life

Has anyone seen Google's little tribute video to Freddie Mercury...

IT FUCKING BLEW MY MIND!!!!!!!!!

Oh my was it fucking amazing, its just to bad that a wonderful vocalist, lyricist and musician like him is not here with us anymore.  I'm sure that he would have so many words of wisdom it would be ridiculous, like mind blowing info.

So I bought Breath of Fire VI today, I played like the first five minutes so far so I cant give you any kind of info on it, but so far it looks cool, I cant wait to jump into the battle system.  I had to think about this for a little bit though, after checking out reviews on the game and reading up on it I finally bought it, its nice to be able to play the games that I always wanted to play but never had the chance to in the past.  Also games that I still love and adore today.  That last sentence leads to this.  One of the only reasons I bought a Wii is to be able to play the games I used to play when I was younger, its such a nostalgia system, that's part of the reason why I like it so much.  The regular games for it are kind of crap, but the old games you have for download are amazing.

On to other stuff.

I have to get 3 teeth pulled today and to be honest I am not looking forward to it at all.  For lack of better words, I am a pussy when it comes to getting teeth pulled and the after effects of it as well, FUUUUuuuuuuu.  Maybe the dentist that I am going to will just have this awesome state of the art way to do teeth pulling that it wont even hurt, eh, wishful thinking.

Muzak

As of latley I have not been able to practice with the band that I am in, its kind of sucked that I cant get out there to get shit rolling but I have been busy with other things in my life.  The thing that really bugs me is that I have had inspiration up the wazoo, I need to get these lyrics out of my mind and in music form before I explode into a giant goo ball of music.  So far I have played one show with the band I am in, they are called February's Fall.  That one show was fun but I ended up massacering some of their lyrics, that is why I am looking forward to getting my own stuff into the fray that way I dont have to worry about singing their old songs as much and we can focus more on writing new material.  Hopefully better material as well.

So my wife recently signed me up for Gamefly and I am dumbfounded at why I never signed up for this to begin with, STUPID!!!!!!!  I think that in the long run this is defenitly cheaper then buying games outright, instead they just send me some games on my que and I love it.  I have some awesome games coming my way and am excited to play some of them.

Well, it seems I have lost my inspiration to write, so I am leaving now, GOOD BEY!!!!!!!!!!!

Memories

Gah, so i started going back to school recently in order to get my AS in Business, the only thing is that the college I am going to I previousyl went there about 6 years ago.  The real problem with this is all the memories that I hav there, some good and some bad, both are equally shitty to remember.  All the good reminds me of what I once had and the good times that I shared with that person, the bad reminds me of the humilty that I went thru, to be honest I still dont like the way I handled it all and if it weren't for having a concience then I would have handled it the way that would have been the best for revenge.  Unfortuantly I am to nice, someday this may change but until then it probably will not.  Anyways, it sucks to have to think of all those things but in the end I guess I have to suck it up and deal with it, right?

Back to other news that doesn't reflect the past.

I bought my wife a bunny for our anniversary, needless to say she was very excited and did not see it coming for the most part.  Now this is a hard thing to do to my wife, she usually is ablet o read me like a book and know exactly what I am going to try and get her, she's a fucking mind reader I tell you.  But this time I throughly surprised her and for that I am the man.  But onto this bunny, it is so spastic, to be honest it kind of suits us well considering that my wife and I can be a little spastic at times as well, even both of our kids can be.  So welcome to the family Basil, its a good one to be a part of.

I See "IT"

"IT" is right there in front of me all of the damn time, I just dont know how to portray "IT" as a physical thing that makes sense, makes money and is totally fun to do at the same time.  I need help for making "IT" work as a whole and as a thing that makes perfect sense and makes people feel the same way that I feel when I read and partake in anything that Penny Arcade produces from their god like bowles.  In a sense I kind of idolize the two men who took their idea and made it into this multimedia monster that any fan boy would be glad to sacrafice themselves to in order to make this monster even bigger.  Hell, I would even do its luandry and dry cleaning... Im just sayin.  They seem to have it sooooooooo right all of the time.  And im sure that there are people out there in the world that are dissatisfied with what they produce and im pretty sure that they are devoid of all emotion what so ever(THATS A FACT).  I actually have a sister who works for the Childrens Hospital in Seattle, the same one that Child's Play helps out by sending video games and all that stuff and matter to.  When she told me of this I made her promise to get an autograph for me from either both of them or just one of them if she ever saw them in that hosptital or in the vicinity.  I told her I would kill her if she did not, I felt that was justified.

So I have decided to go back to school to get a kind of "Degree".  I will be giving the school system my money once again in order to make myself into a better "worker"(I am using a lot of quotations and am starting to kind of piss myself off).  I am looking to get my AA in business in order to become higher up in the casino heirarchy, this will happen, I WILL BE YOUR BOSS!!!!!!  The onyl thing is that for the fall semester I kind of have to take a little nothing class in order to get a better registration date for the Spring Semester.  So I have decided to take Tennis and I will destroy all in that class to the point that they do not want to be in said class anymore.  I AM THE TENNIS KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A plan worth NOTE

I have been thinking about what I really want in life, mainly to due with music and the future plans that I have made with myself.  I'm not intirely sure that I want to play the type of music I am playing right now, the only bad thing about coming into a new band that already has a shit tone of materiel is that they only want to play their stuff that has been previously written via their tireless effort, blood, sweat and tears.  I don't know if I want to play "their" music, I want to make it into "our"music.  I want to make a collaborative effort to make music that we have all had a part in and not just the four guys who were there before me.  Their music is not bad, I just want to have a better connection to the music that we play at shows, I want to be pissed off if I fuck up a part because it had my emotions into it, not just act all funny about it and shrug it off.

One thing I really want to do is to write my own music, I want to really write a concept album about the rapture and the events taking place after but in the eye's of one mans perspective.  I really regret never learning to play an instrument, that would have been a far useful tool to help with all of my creative issues.  Instead I have to rely on others for this effort.  I would much rather rely on myself since it is so hard to portray my feelings and how i want the music to sound if I am not the one playing it.  Unfortunately now I am just complaining and I really have no desire to do that on this blog as of now.

So I guess I am at a cross roads musically, I will talk to the guys and see what they want to do, I hope that they are down to write new stuff cause I really really REALLY!!!!!!!!!!! would like to play music in which I can call my own, SO VERY BADLY!!!!!!!!

Past and Present

I was thinking about the past tonight and it got me wondering...
If you could go back in time would you actually change anything in the past to make things go the way you wanted at the time that it went bad or would you just relive those moments in hopes of not fucking up the future that you had before you went back in time?

The reason why I bring this up is cause I sometiems contemplate this topic.  I know that if for some reason I got sent back in time to relive my past events I would not change anything cause at the present I have everything that I already want that I didnt even know I wanted at the point int he past.  Gah this is confusing even me lol.  Of course this topic of time travel is based on if you went back in time and were simply transported to your body at that time with all of the knowledge that you have gained before you were sent back in time.

So basically you would either have to do everything the exact same way that you did before or just try to gain everything that you had int he future right away by bypassing all of the shitty events in between.  Which would you choose on this matter?

I have a plan now, a plan for the future.  its a 3 to 4 year plan as of now and may end up being a bit longer but in the end it will all be for the greater good.  I just have to hold steady and see this plan to fruition and hope for the best.  If I can accompish everything in this plan it should make life a lot easier and bring myself and my family to a much better place financially and area wise as well.  Plus I will really get to wear a suit everyday and just be the BOSS.

ONLY ONE

I am now the proud owner of my own set of glasses, they are thick and are fucking up my depth perception, this shall take some time to get used to.  I got them today and literally wore them for about 30 minutes before I had to go to bed so that I would wake up well rested for my work night.  I gotta say they are very nice glasses, I feel smarter even though I know that I am not smarter due to wearing said glasses, but none the less I still feel smarter.  The funny thing is that they make my eye's look bigger then they really are, like anime eye's.  I AM NOW AN ANIME CHARACTER!!!!!!!!!!

I generally don't talk about my wife in most of my online interactions like a blog, facebook and everything of that nature.  But I have to this time, why you ask?  Because she is fucking awesome, THAT IS WHY!!!!!!!  However let me start this tale from the beginning.

My wife hates when I play Call of Duty: Black Ops due to how angry I get while playing it.  She recently had had enough and hid it from me so that I could not play it and in return she would not get pissed off at how I cuss like a sailor while I play said game.  To be honest I was ok with this because my controller is all fucked up from the many times that I have thrown it to the ground in a blind rage and it now loves to make it so I stop running at random intervals and randomly just pull out my claymore's while I am in the middle of trying to kill someone with my gun.  So to recap, I was alright with it being vanished.  Well yesterday it magically appears, I was happy but I still couldn't play it so the joke was on me at this point, which is fine, what ever.  Well when I woke up from my nap she informed me that she had bought me another controller and all we had to do was pick it up at Best Buy(This was not in my plans and surprised me tot he fullest).  So now I can play Black Ops and she can continue to be mad at me cussing.  Lets hope this time that i can stick to my word and keep the angry words to a minimum.

That's all I really had for you today, I feel like that story really went nowhere, oh well.  DEAL WITH IT!!!!!!