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Wii would like to play

Posted on April 28th, 2008 by Josh.
Categories: games.

So, I got a Wii.

To my fellow Wii owning friends… got friend codes to share in this antiquated online system of Nintendo’s?

My console code: 0395-9521-0906-7940.

I have three games:

• Wii Sports
• Super Smash Brothers Brawl (3480-2981-7351)
• Mario Kart Wii (3308-4994-5586)

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26 years and counting

Posted on April 27th, 2008 by Josh.
Categories: movies, random.

I’ve had a nice weekend. Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes.

Though I could’ve organized some crazy outing last night, or at least a birthday dinner with a bunch of friends today - I quite honestly didn’t feel like it. I tend to be the guy who organizes things. If somebody doesn’t do it, then the cool and fun stuff won’t happen - so it may as well be me, right? Plus, that means I get to call all the shots. Anyway, it was just nice to have a really chill day and relax a bit.

Today I watched the Suns DESTROY the Spurs with my family. A special thank you to Boris Diaw and crew for kicking so much ass today. After they went home, I ended up watching Juno. Awesome awesome awesome movie. It’s full of happy, and is pretty real. I dig it. A lot.

…the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what-have-you. The right person is still going to think the sun shines out of your ass. That’s the kind of person that’s worth sticking with.

That’s some good shit, right there.

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BWW FTL (follow up)

Posted on April 27th, 2008 by Josh.
Categories: random.

How disappointing. The email went straight to the people I had already talked to, and not a district manager or anything of the sort. Guess I’ll be snail mailing my original complaint…

from oai@azwings.com
date Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 5:07 PM
subject Rock Band

Joshua,
I am sorry that your team was never informed of any of the rules regarding the
rock band tournament the week that you won. I ran the tournament every week
except for the week that your band participated. The rules were passed out in
all the prior weeks, and all the other bands were informed that the finals would
be played on hard difficulty. Some of them even played in our guitar hero
tournament which did the same. The employee(Trent)was not in charge of running
the tournaments he just helped out last night, and him being an employee did not
give him any unfair advantage to the tournament. I hope that you will still come to Buffalo Wild Wings. We will keep in mind your comments and suggestions for our next tournament.
Thank You,
Shanna Sabo
General Manager
Buffalo Wild Wings
Oasis at the Islands
1475 W. Elliot Rd.
Gilbert, AZ 85233
SE corner of Elliot & McQueen
480.813.WING

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Movie and music recommendations

Posted on April 25th, 2008 by Josh.
Categories: games, movies, music.

I’m on a total blogging binge right now…

Here are some movies I’ve seen recently that I would recommend:

• Into the Wild - Pretty good story based on true events… I’d like to read the book now. Burning question from this movie - the girl at the trailer park community… would you if you were in his shoes?
• Across the Universe - I’m a Beatles fan, and admittedly I do like the occasional musical. This one is pretty cool. Would be better on weed, I imagine.
• Walk the Line - Johnny Cash = awesome. The end. Also, Reese Witherspoon is ridiculously hot in this movie.
• Event Horizon - Best sci-fi horror movie ever. Yes, better than Jason X. (Yes, that was a joke).

And some music:

• Into the Wild soundtrack - Eddie Vedder acoustic FTW.
• Flobots - Handlebars - I can ride my bike with no handlebars… can you?
• Ludo - Love Me Dead - The video is awesome.

And some games:

• Portal - The cake is a lie
• Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - It’s just fun.

Aaaaand I’m spent.

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BWW FTL

Posted on April 25th, 2008 by Josh.
Categories: random.

Last night, I competed in the final round of a Rock Band competition at Buffalo Wild Wings in Gilbert (1475 W. Elliot Road
Gilbert, AZ 85233).

We didn’t win. I feel like we got hosed, and that things were kinda rigged against us. Here’s an email I am sending to Buffalo Wild Wings corporate. Maybe they’ll do something about it… maybe not. Either way, I feel better for getting it off my chest. It was quite frustrating last night.

Long story short:

This BWW location ran a free Rock Band promotion over the past month, in conjunction I believe with a beer company who fronted a cash prize. Winners from each week qualified for the final round, which took place last night.

My team won last week, and we arrived last night to some strange news. The qualifying rounds were played on medium difficulty. The final round ended up being played on hard difficulty. I later asked other bands if they knew about this, and none of them knew prior to arriving that night - except for one band.

This one band that knew happened to have a member who not only worked at this BWW location, but was running these competitions each week. I asked him if he knew about the difficulty change for the final round, and he told me he had known about it for a few weeks. He had no answer for me when I asked him why other teams were not told this information.

Whether this information was kept from other teams on purpose, or if it was just a poor oversight by those running the competition - this is the reason that employees should not take part in a contest their company is putting on.

I do not know if your company has a corporate policy regarding such promotions, but if you don’t - I would highly recommend making such a policy. As a customer, I feel that the team with the employee had an unfair advantage in knowing information that the other customer only teams did not.

Oh, and that team with the employee won the overall prize.

If I hear anything back, I’ll be sure to post it here.

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Black Knight, Big Momma’s House..

Posted on April 24th, 2008 by Josh.
Categories: movies.

I just realized something. Martin Lawrence is the black Rob Schneider of comedy movies.

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I swear, I did not kick a puppy

Posted on April 24th, 2008 by Josh.
Categories: random.

Usually when I’m at the office, I run across the street to AJ’s to grab lunch from their salad bar. Recently, I’ve been all over the balsamic dressing. I’ve always known ranch dressing is counter-intuitive to eating a salad, but I just never did anything about it.

Well, today, there was no balsamic dressing at the salad bar. Teh horrors! I wasn’t terribly distraught, but another lady was. So much so, that she asked the manager if they had any, but it just wasn’t out for some reason. Turns out they didn’t, but he was very willing to go grab a bottle off the shelves and leave it for us. When he left it, he took off the wrapping, and for some reason unscrewed the top. He then placed the bottle down, and put the top on the bottle - but did not screw it on.

The other lady tells me to go ahead, so I do. I pick up the bottle, and start to shake it - you know, balsamic dressing, what with the mix of oils, could use a good shake before pouring. Well, I clearly didn’t see the guy not screw the cap on. Balsamic dressing all over the place, but mostly on me. The manager offered to pay for dry cleaning next door, which I gave a polite smile and nod to. Truth be told, I could care less about the shirt, and the pants were already on their way to the trash, as I had managed to drop some super glue onto them earlier. So… whatever. I got a new TBC shirt at the office, and the day moves along.

Oh, but one other thing… walking back from AJ’s, the sprinklers are on, and watering the sidewalk as much as the grass. This happens at my apartment complex, and usually I’m able to kick the top a bit and turn the sprinkler heads. Well, guess what happened when I tried that? Whoosh! Water starts gushing up… a miniature urban geyser on Camelback Rd. Awesome. Cue myself aimlessly looking around and whistling as I walk in the opposite direction.

See what I mean, though? This just isn’t my day. But at least I can laugh at myself.

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Dear David Stern

Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by Josh.
Categories: sports.

There is something wrong with the National Basketball Association.

Sometime in the late nineties, I stopped watching pro hoops. I was sick of watching a disturbing trend. It wasn’t a new thing, but it finally wore on me enough that I couldn’t take it anymore. What am I talking about? Flopping. If you’ve watched Sam Cassell play, or if you’ve seen a Spurs game this decade, you should know what I’m talking about. It’s the practice of playing the game to take advantage of the rules. The rules should keep a game from getting out of hand. They shouldn’t let a game get out of hand in the opposite direction. But they do.

Professional soccer organizations across the globe and NCAA hockey are two examples of leagues that have it right. If you are clearly trying to draw a foul and are over exaggerating your motions and flops - you can get penalized for it. I feel like it should be a form of technical foul in the NBA, to the referees’ discretion. Maybe they won’t always get it right, but sometimes it’s just too obvious to overlook. And right now, refs have no choice but call the foul and let the lame asses take their free throw attempts.

Please take this to heart, and propose the new rule to the owners. The Spurs may object heavily, but I have a feeling most of the league would be in agreeal.

(As a side note, I am not blaming the Suns most recent two losses on flops. They need to play some better ball. It’s just frustrating to see them lose to a team that relies heavily on such tactics.)

Unformatted and Nonsensical Bibliography: Micah Zahler’s email to the masses. Matt Ennis’s soccer wisdom.

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Windows…

Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Josh.
Categories: technology.

Is like an 8 year old kid.

You tell it not to do something, but it goes it anyway, and then is proud of it.

I have told my computer to download updates, but let me decide when to install them. Instead of doing what I say, it downloads the updates, waits a while, and if I don’t tell it to within x amount of time - it does it anyway.

AND then it restarts itself, with no regard to any reasons I may have for keeping my computer on. So guess whose secondary alarm doesn’t go off this morning because the computer is waiting at the sign on screen? Yeah. Awesome.

Further, when it does start back up, it gives me a friendly message in the corner telling me what just happened. How nice. Now go to your room, and stop doing that, dammit.

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