My New Favorite Show!

I have a new favorite show. I don't care if I'm not in the key demographic (1-5 years old). I was at my friend, Jordan's house and we were having a serious conversation about what God is doing in our lives. I just happend to turn my head for a second and saw his little boy dancing to this...

I Hope Tom Petty's Not Next?

So check this out. A week before Johnny Cash died, I listened to his music a everyday. The same thing happened very recently when I found my Bad CD and started listening to Michael Jackson again. The past couple of days I've been getting in touch again with Tom Petty's music. Does this mean he's going to die too? Oh man, I sure hope not. Maybe I should start listening to The Jonas Brothers More.

And I Thought My Life Couldn't Get Any Weirder...

In the summer of 1998, my uncle Joe moved in with us. He just got a divorce and he didn't have a place to live. My parents told him that he could live with us for a while. A few months later he and my dad got into a fight about the rules of the house. My dad basically said that if you don't like it, you can leave. So my uncle left. He left, but didn't really tell anybody where he was going. He didn't even tell his kids.

A few months later after my dad had passed away, he came back for a little while. At this time I was having a real hard time with my job at Seven Eleven. I was working the graveyard shift and I never slept. I needed a new job. He told me that I could go to work with him. My mom gave me permission to quit my job. The next day, I quit my job. The day after that, he didn't show up.

A few weeks passed. He told his kids that he would be back for them. He never showed up. A few months passed. His friends called the house saying that he owed them money. A few more months passed. I went with my good friend, Scott Martin to Long Beach to drop off an elderly woman from church. On the way back home, on the 605 freeway, I saw a familiar face. It was my uncle Joe. I waved to him. He waved back. That was the last time I had ever seen him. That was in 1999. Nobody has seen him since.

A lot of time has passed. There have been family events that he has missed. He missed his kids graduate from high school. He missed my grandpa pass away. In 2005, when my grandpa passed away, my mom had it. She and pretty much the rest of my family didn't want anything to do with him. I say pretty much, because I think that I was the only one that wanted to see him come back. This is the time that I started to pray that he would come back.

It's 2009 now. A couple of weeks ago, I got a message on Facebook from my cousin Cassie recently became in contact with him. I told her that I missed him and I gave her my number to give him. She gave me his girlfriend's email address.

I sent her an email with my phone number. I was just thinking how weird it would be if all of a sudden he called me. All of a sudden all of these questions popped into my head. What would happen? Would I start a new relationship with him? Would my family disown me if I did have a relationship with him.

Last Friday he called me.

Rocket Surgery?

I don't quite know what rocket surgery is. Maybe I should ask Randy Elliot and Don Goodman over at Sunny Hills.

My good buddy Dave showed me this website. It's now my favorite. I decided to show it to you. www.failblog.com

The Decline Of Blogging

When I first got my blog, I'd blog everyday. I would blog even if nothing interesting happened to me that day. Sometimes, I'd tell a story or post something I saw on the internet just so I kept the blog busy. Nowadays, I really don't blog that much anymore. I don't even remember the last time I read anybody else's blog. I kind of miss it. I'm only blogging now to stay off of anybody's "Dead Friend's" list. I hope to get back in the swing of things soon. 'Til then, Peace, I'm outta here.

You Gotta Know Somebody To Get Ahead

I need a new job. I have certificates, but everywhere I've looked, they want experience. How can I get experience if nobody will hire me? I have resorted to this. If anybody out there needs a secretary, or an office worker, or if you know somebody who needs one, Here's my qualifications.

I am certified in:
Adobe Photoshop
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Powerpoint
Microft Outlook
Quickbooks
Internet Basics
Filing

I'm trying to stay as local as possible.

Which Is The Better Album?

This is something that's been on my mind lately. I was honestly thinking which was the better album, Thriller or Bad. I think Thriller has the hits, but Bad has the better songs. So what if he's a weirdo! Comment on this one. I want your feedback.

Turning A Negative Into A Positive

I'm Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. Every time I would go to blog, I would always have something negative to say about life, and it would seem that I would want you to feel sorry for me. I really don't want that. Here's what's going on with my life. Don't feel sorry for me, instead keep me in prayer.

I found out today that no matter what I do, I'm gonna be stuck at Albertsons for now. "For now" are the key words. For a while now, I've been wanting to go back to school. Every chance I get to go back, it always conflicts with work.

This time around. I said, eff it, I'm gonna go back to school, get some skills, and make something out of myself. I was not gonna take no for an answer. It's my time. On April 11, I asked, no, told my boss that I was going to go back to school. She seemed cool about it at the time. Fast forward to today. She told me that it would conflict with my work schedule.

Here's where it gets complicated. You see, I need to make 24 hours a week at work. If, I mean when I go back to school, I would get out before 12pm each day. Then I would come in at 2:30 and work 'til 8:00. If I work five days, I would be working more than 24 hours a week, right? No because I have to be sensitive to the other people's schedules in my department. Are you lost yet? I know I am.

I'm looking at my options. I could quit. That would be stupid and I would lose all of your respect. Option #2, I ask to be moved up. That's not gonna happen. I've been asking all year. Option #3 is a lot like number 1 except I find a better job first. Then there's option #4 stick it out.

I'm gonna talk to the store director on Thursday. Let's see what happens.

Frickin' Youtube

About a year and a half ago, I created my first Ooongatz movie and posted it on Youtube. A lot of people loved the first video. It was called, "The Glorious Picnic". I went on Youtube the other day to show a friend who had never seen the movie. As I went on, we could not watch it. Due to copyright laws, Youtube took out the audio track. The worst part was that I deleted the actual movie off of my computer, thinking that it's on Youtube now and I can clean up space on my computer. Man was I wrong!

The thing that I don't understand is, there are millions of videos on Youtube with copyrighted music. Why did they have to crack down on me? Why don't they crack down on all of those Rick Rolled videos?

Why Can't I Call Star Wars, Star Wars Anymore?

So the other day I put on Star Wars. I was also online, and I was chatting with someone. He wanted to know what I was doing. I told him that I was watching Star Wars. He asked which one. I said, "Star Wars". He wanted to know which episode. I just went by instinct and said, "oh, the first one". "Episode 1", he answered. So I was thinking, "that's right, I forgot that George Lucas messed up one of the coolest movie series of all time and gave all of his movies extremely long titles". I guess what I was supposed to say was Star Wars - Episode 4: A New Hope.

There was a time (before 1999) when somebody would ask which Star Wars you are watching and you would answer with the first one and they would know what you were talking about. Now you have to say, Episode 4 or, A New Hope, or the full title. To be honest, I didn't even realize it was called, "A New Hope" until middle school. Alright, I'm done.

It Sucks, But It Still Works.

Hey computer geeks, I'm trying to sell my computer, but I don't know how much I can get for it. I hope to get more than $150.00 for it, but I don't want to sell myself short. I can't find any similar items on ebay or craigslist.

Here are the specs.

Emachines T3418 (yes emachines) 2006. I bought it for about $400.00

AMD Sempron Processer 3400+
2.0 GHz, 1600 MHz System Bus, 256 KB L2 Cache

Drives
DVD+RW 16x Double Layer Multi-Format Drive
DVD ROM - From an older computer - 2002 (Loose)
160 GB ATA Hard Drive

Memory
512 DDR SDRAM

Video
nVIDIA GeForce 6100
PCI-Express Slot Available

Network
10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN

Modem
56K ITU V.92 Ready Fax/Modem

9-in-1 Digital Memory Card Reader

5 USB

Operating Software
Windows XP Home Edition with SP2

My Dad's Band Mate

So check this out, I was cleaning up my room, and I came across my dad's band's record. Since I don't have a record player, I thought maybe I would get lucky on the internet and typed it in. It was released by Polydor Records. Tower of Power, Pancho Sanchez, and Elton John's bassist played on it, so it was worth a shot.

So I did a search on Google, and bam there it was, The Brian West Band - Don't Stop Now. The bad thing was, I couldn't find any audio of it. I do have some good news to report. It turns out that my dad was right and the album hit "gold" in Norway. Brian West's real name is Brian Haner. Some of you out there may know Dusty Haner Jr., his nephew, or Synester Gates from the band, Avenged Sevenfold. That's his son.

It also turns out that Brian opens up for the stand-up comedian, Jeff Dunham. I guess Brian is known as, "The Guitar Guy". So I found one of his songs on Youtube and here it is.

Scrubbing Bubbles

Some childhood memories just stick. A few months back, I blogged about how whenever I hear the song, "These Dreams" by Heart I start crying. I do. I don't start balling. A little tear comes to my eye when I hear it. I lied. I turn into a baby when I hear that song. I have another memory that is almost as messed up. This one has do do with a particular cleaner called, Scrubbing Bubbles.

When I was little I would watch TV with my mom. A little commercial with these little cartoon bubbles with evil faces would come on. This for some reason would freak me out as a toddler. My mom would tell me not to worry, because it was just a cartoon.

I remember one day we went grocery shopping and without thinking, she bought some Scrubbing Bubbles. Let's go back for a minute. As we were in the aisle, she told me to get it because it was on the bottom shelf and I was smaller back then so it was far much more easier for me to get it than her. Plus she was pregnant with my sister and it was hard for her.

I remember just looking at the canister and telling her no. I was scared that the bubbles were going to come out and get me. Then she realized why I was scared, so she went ahead and got the Scrubbing Bubbles herself.

I kinda forgot about it until I went to scrub the toilet and lo and behold was a canister of... Scrubbing Bubbles. I had a little flashback, then laughed, then ran to the hill. The end.

Leave Octomom Alone!

Years ago on Youtube, a boy named Chris told the world to leave Britney alone. Now a twenty year-old man named Chris wants you to leave Octomom alone. Sure, she's a whackjob who now has 14 kids, but tonight I turned on the TV and saw a mob of people in front of her house as she brought home two of her new children. I mean hey, She's been though a lot the past weeks and all she wanted to do was to bring her babies home. Leave Octomom alone!

I Haven't Vented in a Long Time....,

Sometimes when I blog, It's something silly, or I have a countdown that nobody pays attention to. Once in a while I will write about something serious. I am not afraid to write what is on my mind. This is something I've been wanting to write about for a while.

My church motto is, "Love God, Love People, Serve the World". I'm afraid I am having a hard time loving a certain person that NEEDS love. There's a guy who has come into my life very recently that just freaks me out. I don't say this to kid, but it's true. It's hard for me to show love towards him. I have the hardest time just going up to him and just say the word, "Hello".

This man has been hanging around the church for about a year now. If you go to the same church as I do, you've seen him. He usually wears a Transformers shirt. The guy is in love with Optimus Prime. I don't know his whole story. I think he may be homeless. This man spends most of the day in the kitchen of the church talking on the phone. He smells awful. He talks to himself, and I really don't know how to act towards him. I also feel that if you rub him the wrong way, that he will just lose it. I do feel scared.

Wednesday night is when we have our youth service at church. What if he goes crazy one day and a student sees him? Worse, what if he takes it out on one of the kids. I'm not the only person that feels this way. I know, I may be acting shallow. I may just be judging a book by it's cover. He may be a great guy, I just don't know how to show this man the love, and like I've said before, I wish I knew how to act towards him.

The Mix Tape, R.I.P. My Friend

I miss the days when making a mix tape and taking hours and sometimes days to make it perfect. Do you remember the effort in making the perfect mix tape? I do. You'd sit there listening to the entire song. Then you'd realize half way through, "The Heart of Rock and Roll" that you didn't want that song on there, you wanted, "Cat Scratch Fever", or maybe, "We've Only Just Begun", no wait, "Genie in a bottle". Then you'd have to rewind the tape, find the beginning of the song you wanted to tape over and start with a fresh song.

There is no effort now. It's so easy with CDs. Nowadays you just go into a music organizing program, make a playlist, and you have a CD. If you don't want, "Only the Good Die Young", you can just click a button, and boom the song's gone. You can replace it with, "I Lean Like a Cholo", or "Twist and Shout" or even, "A Long December", just like that.

I'm not complaining about mix CDs. They are a lot easier to make than mix tapes. I just miss the hard work it would take in mixing a tape. There I'm done.

The Nineties Movie And Song Of The Day #9

Well this is it. This isn't just the last movie and song of the 90s, but it's the last movie and song of my little series. So here's a Mel Gibson movie that he did in the nineties that didn't have the words Lethal or Weapon in the title.



I am not much of a Neil Young fan, but I love this song.



Tomorrow I go back to posting the usual stuff. Thanks for checking it out.

The Nineties Movie And Song Of The Day #8

Wow, I can't believe I didn't post this video yet. Joe Pesci would probably stab me with his mother's knife if I didn't put this video up.



This is what happens when the guy from Weezer and the girl from That Dog have a baby. This is also the only quazi-good version of the song I could find. Please forgive me.

The Nineties Movie And Song Of The Day #7

Oooh here's a good one, usually....



A few days ago I talked about a song by OMD. Here's a song by OMC.

Post #200: The Nineties Movie And Song Of The Day #6

Here it is my 200th post, a movie that is most worthy of being my 200th post, Rushmore.



Here's Soundgarden with a song from the good old days, and one of the creepiest videos of all time.

The Nineties Movie And Song Of The Day #5

Well, sorry for the two day delay. Last night was the Academy Awards and Slumdog Millionare won, but fourteen years ago, a movie that actually deserved the award won...(Ooooh everybdy hates me now!)



Here's U2 and yes, they are even better than the real thing.

The Nineties Movie And Song Of The Day #4

After this post I am taking a break for Saturday and Sunday. I will be in Big Bear, and I am not taking my computer with me. That being said, it's time for the nineties movie and song of the day.

Two words for you, "As If".



Do do do , do do do do....

The Nineties Movie And Song Of The Day #3

The funny thing about this trailer says that it's a Walt Disney picture, but Touchstone Pictures released it. I know that Disney owns Touchstone. I just wonder if at the last minute Disney decided to take their name off of it. Also, Does anybody else love this movie?



Here is another video from MTV Unplugged. Plus I love Natalie Merchant's voice.

The Nineties Movie And Song Of The Day #2

Quite possibly the best movie with Tara Reid, Aimee Mann, and Flea...



Here is my favorite moment from Nirvana on that Unplugged show on the MTV

The Nineties Movie And Song Of The Day

Here we are the beginning of the end. This is the last series of movies and songs of the day. This movie takes place in the 70s and has an all-star cast of then unknown actors.



So check this out. I have this old Windows 95 CD. I checked it out to see if there were any "cool" games on it. I found Pac-Man, some sweet cartoons, and this music video. Sorry for the clicking sounds, I couldn't find a better version

The Final Eighties Movie And Song Of The Day

Why can't Tom Hanks make movies like this anymore?



I was trying to find some sweet way to finish up Eight Days of the Eighties. So here's some Van Halen. Enjoy and get ready for Nine Days of the Nineties.

The Eighties Movie And Song Of The Day #7

Since it is Sunday, I thought the best movie trailer to show would be a movie about two brothers who are on a mission from God.



I don't care what anybody out there says, I freaking love this song. Plus, the guitars kind of sound like bagpipes.

The Eighties Movie And Song Of The Day #6

Well since it is Valentine's Day...



Here's some OMD or is it OMC. No, it's OMD. OMC did How Bizarre, a ninties song. OMD does this one....

The Eighties Movie And Song Of The Day #5

Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?



I just realized that all this time, I have not used any girl groups. So here are The Go-Gos with "Our Lips Are Sealed", and maybe you can tell me what in the heck is Belinda Carlisle wearing.

The Eighties Movie And Song Of The Day #4

Before Christian Slater and Heath Ledger kicked butt in The Dark Knight, Micheal Keaton and Jack Nicholson did it first...



Here is Tom Petty doing Free Fallin' before John Mayer ruined it.

The Eighties Movie And Song Of The Day #3

This one time, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas had a baby and named him Indiana Jones



Then this other one time, Tears For Fears had a baby and named him, Everybody Wants To Rule The World.

The Eighties Movie And Song Of The Day #2

Before we get to the movie and song, I wanted to share with you something that happened recently on the news. It features everybody's favorite fawcett and fixture guy in the entire world.....



Now that we have that out of the way, here's a story of a kid who goes back in time to make his mom and dad fall in love, and Doc Brown must send him back to the future



Here's some Oingo Boingo from the US Festival

The Eighties Movie And Song Of The Day

The movie of the day stars a young Corey Feldman and surprisingly Josh Brolin.



The song of the day is sung by a not so young Billy Joel. I couldn't find the original so,(ANGELO), I hope you like legos.

The Final Seventies Movie And Song Of The Day

This is it the final 70s movie and song of the day. The movie is brought to you in glorious black and white.



Here is a David Bowie song.



Get ready for Eight Days of the Eighties.

The Seventies Movie And Song Of The Day #6

This week marks the tenth anniversary of my dad's passing. To honor him, I have chosen his favorite movie of the seventies.



And here's a band that he had the honor of hanging out and playing with. Tower of Power.

The Seventies Movie And Song Of The Day #5

Usually I when I do this I find a trailer. This time is different. Here's a scene from the movie instead.



This is what happens when Stevie Wonder guest stars on Sesame Street:



Here is an added bonus:

The Seventies Movie And Song Of The Day #4

The movie stars Al Pacino as a guy who just wants to rob a bank.



The Song is about making me live.

The Seventies Movie And Song Of The Day #3

You knew that sooner or later I would pick this movie as the movie of the day.



Here is and ELO song.

The Seventies Movie And Song Of The Day #2

The movie of the day is about a shark that likes to eat people.



The song of the day is by Mr. Costello. I couldn't find the original version, So here's the one he did with three Jewish rappers on SNL.

The Seventies Movie And Song Of The Day

Here we go, Seven Days Of The Seventies begins with my favorite Jack Nicholson movie.


Here is my favorite Kinks song. This one's for you Angelo. Even though, it was recorded in 1969, it didn't get released until 1970.

The Final Sixties Movie And Song Of The Day

The movie and song go hand in hand.
The movie stars a young Dustin Hoffman.



The Song is by the guys who play on the soundtrack for the movie above.





We made it to the final day of the six days of the sixties. Tomorrow starts seven days of the seventies.

The Sixties Movie And Song Of The Day #5

The movie is a rather "Odd" One.



The Song so nice they named it twice

The Sixties Movie And Song Of The Day #4

I decided I was gonna make this more interesting. You now get to guess what movies and songs I am choosing. Are you ready?

The Movie of the day stars Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, and Jonathan Winters. Now watch the trailer.



The Song was originally written by Neil Diamond. Now you get to watch the music video.

The Sixties Movie And Song Of The Day #3

Movie - Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb



Song: I Can't Help Myself by The Four Tops

The Sixties Movie And Song Of The Day #2

The Movie - Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid


The Song - Midnight Confessions by the Grass Roots
And yes, that's Creed from The Office playing guitar!

The Sixties Movie And Song Of The Day #!

I'm starting this new thing called, Six Days of the Sixties. It will be followed by Seven Days of the Seventies , Eight Days of the Eighties and so on and so on.

The sixties movie of the day - Easy Rider
The sixties song of the day - Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations.

I figure this will keep me blogging everyday.

Bad Day At El Taco

Many people have commented on a recent Facebook status about me saying that I had the worst experience at El Taco ever. It was more of a weird day than a bad one.

First, My good friend, Dave ordered his meal. He went to sit down and while he was sitting his drink was ready. So like a good friend, I brought it to him. When he got his meal, they gave him another drink. Then, when I got my meal I got an order of fries that I did not order.

My other friend, Paddy got the wrong drink, Then to make things worse, the burrito I recommended for Dave, was horrible. Also, the bench that we were all sitting at almost collapsed. - The End

If They Mated

On Conan O'Brien, he does this bit called, "If They Mated". If you are not familiar with this, he gets pictures of two celebrities (usually a hot Hollywood couple) and mixes their pictures up and a picture comes out of what their baby would look like.

Tonight, I was going through the internet and came across a picture of Amy Winehouse. It looks more like a picture of what Amy Winehouse and William Baldwin's baby would look like if they mated. I feel like I work for TMZ.

Here it is. I'll warn you now, it's pretty scary.

Lost In Meditation

A few years ago, I was reading about this boy who had a tumor. It was pretty massive and the doctor told him that he didn't have that much time left. His parents had practiced meditation, they taught him to do it as well.

One day, the boy started meditating. In his meditation, he imagined that he was the pilot of an X-wing from the movie, "Star Wars", and he imagined that his tumor was the Death Star. So, he imagined that he blew it up. The next day he awoke and the tumor was gone. The doctors did some tests and found that there was no trace of cancer in his body.

The other day I was in pain. I had a migraine. It was bigger than I have had in the past. Yesterday, I woke up and it was still there. I took medicine and nothing had helped. Last night, I remembered the story about the boy and his tumor, and since I meditate from time to time, I thought it might work for me too.

This morning I woke up and the pain was gone. It's been a few hours now. The pain is still gone. This also just proves to show that you must have the faith that God is there for you and will always be there for you. The entire time I was meditating, I was talking to God. He was my co-pilot in that X-wing.

The Complete Opposite Of My Last Blog

*DISCLAIMER* Before you read this blog, you need to read my previous blog entitled, "There's Something Out There, I Can't Resist".

This blog is completely different for my last blog post. This blog is about the song that brings me a lot of joy when I hear it. No kids, it's not, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" or "Wannabe" this song was written by the piano man, himself and comes from the magical decade known as... the eighties.

When I was a toddler, a song would come on the radio called, "The Longest Time" by Billy Joel. I can barely remember dancing and singing this song around the house. I have to rely on my mom telling me that I would always be singing that song and "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson.

It still gives me a good feeling whenever I hear that song. I could be having a horrible day at work and that song would come on, and my day would be better. I guess that's why it's my favorite song. It just makes me happy whenever I hear it.
Here's the music video:

There's Something Out There, I Can't Resist.

The year was 1985. Wait a minute, I think it was 1986. It could have been 1987. I really don't think it was 1988. Whatever, I don't feel like looking it up right now. I get lazy. Let's just say I was either five or six when the song, "These Dreams", by Heart was a big hit.

I don't know why, but whenever that song played in the house, or when my mom and I would be in the car and the song would come on the radio, I would start to cry a little. It's not really a sad song. The funny thing is that it was over twenty years ago, and whenever I hear that song, I get a little tear in my eye.

Yesterday at work, The song came on and I had just kind of stopped for a moment. I started up again. One of the guys I work with asked me what was wrong. I just looked at him, like my dog died, and told him nothing.

Now that I'm done writing this blog, I found out that the song came out in 1985. I also found the music video. It's one of the weirdest videos I have ever seen. So enjoy, while I ball my eyes out.

Time To Stop And Smell The Roses

Last night in a bible study we talked about joy. Although that was not the focus on the study. To be honest with you, I don't remember at all what the study was about. Sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I lost track of what I'm trying to say.

We went around in a circle and talked about what brings us joy in our lives. Someone said the weather and someone else said nature. For me it was just being around people. Then I had one of those epiphany things that I only get every few years or so. Only because it's a big word that I don't use that often.

I got to think that sometimes God gives us very simple things in life that we take for granted. Sometimes we need to stop and smell the roses. We need to go dancing in the rain. You know stuff like that. I guess what I'm trying to say is that whenever you feel depressed, just stop and look at what God has given us.

Not Intresting

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. I just don't have anything interesting to report on. I hope this video will make up for it

What A Year

Wow, 2008 will be over in just a few hours, and tomorrow will start the last decade of the 2000s. It has been a crazy year (for me anyway). Let's see, I'm trying to figure out what happened this year.

WORK
I got demoted at work to a stock clerk. A couple of months later I got my job back working the customer service lobby. That was fun.

CHURCH
I started my tenth year at my church on a down note, then it started getting better,. Around the summer I started getting upset at church again and was trying to figure out why I was there. Then I decided that I was fed up with church (even the youth ministry, which had become my biggest passion in life) and wanted to leave. Then at the end of July, I came to terms with myself, and started talking to different people, and decided to stick around.

I then started to focus on something else I liked doing, which is making videos and slideshows for the church. Starting tomorrow, I will become the leader of the Media Ministry.

FAMILY
In September, I celebrated my 28th birthday. My uncle surprised me with a car. This meant that I had to get over my fear of driving. In October, I visited my other uncle in Utah. I did a lot of driving over there, which helped me get over my fear of driving.

I got an offer to move out there next year, which I am strongly considering. I don't have to pay rent. It is just beautiful out there. It won't be until the end of 2009.

I don't want to make this a long blog, so I won't make it any longer.
Happy New Year, everybody!

Ever Have One Of Those Da;ys?

Usually in December, little white objects falling from the sky isn't a big deal, especially if you live in an area where it snows. In Downey, a more disgusting white thing falls from the sky. I wish it was snow, but it's not. It's bird poo.

It's no fun getting pooed on. The last time I got pooed on by a bird was during P.E.in the eighth grade. The last time I got pooed on by a human being was about 9 or 10 years ago. I'm not gonna get into that story.

This morning I decided to go for a walk to Starbucks for some hot apple cider. I get in, order my drink, and start back. I'm walking and I feel a little thump on my jacket. I thought it maybe somebody tapping me on the shoulder. I looked and there was this marble sized white spot on my jacket. So at this point, I'm just thinking about getting home as fast as I can so I can wash my jacket. Then, over by Alameda Elementary School, it happens again. This time on my head. At this point I just want to go home.

On the rest of the walk home, I go down this street where I go past a pine tree, and what do you know, a pine cone comes down and hits me right on the back. I just can't win.

I Can Here Sounds!!!

So on a previous blog, I told you guys how I didn't have any sound on my computer. I've been trying to figure out what the problem was for the past couple of days. Then a few minutes ago I was talking to my good friend Paddy online and Paddy just told me to update the driver. So I did and it worked. Thank you, Paddy. Who's my buddy?

No Sound

So check this out. There is no sound coming from my laptop. I've troubleshooted and troubleshooted, I just don't know what to do. I've looked in the properties, and everything seems to be working fine. Also, it is not on mute. So computer geeks, can you help me out?

Most Creepiest Christmas Scene

So I was watching, "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" last night. There was this one scene that I never really focused on until last night. You know the one. You don't? Let me refresh your memory.

So Rusty brings Clark a cat that's been wrapped up on accident by Clark's aunt. Then Cousin Eddie brings over a leaking present that turns out to be lime Jello. That's not really the weird part. Then Ellen tells Eddie to go in the other room. Eddie then looks at Russ and goes, "Come here boy", then pretends to punch Rusty a few times while shouting, "Woo Woo Woo"! Here's the creepy part. He then says to Rusty, "Let's go find your sister".

My Christmas List

I know, I know, on a prior post I said how presents aren't important around Christmastime, but it is nice to get something for Christmas. I'm not gonna lie to you. So here's my list of things that would be nice to get for Christmas.

1. Tickets to go see Billy Joel and Elton John in March
2. The Dark Knight DVD
3. The Looney Tunes Collection Vol.6
4. An iPhone
5. All of the seasons of The Office
6. All of the children in the world to join hands and sing, Hey Jude.
7. Wally World mugs - The ones from the movie, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
8. Elizabeth Banks to come to my house and give me a kiss on the cheek.
9. An X-Box 360
10. A Del Taco gift card

Meryl!

So check this out. I am currently watching, "The View", and Meryl Streep and Amy Adams are on promoting their new movie, "Doubt". I don't know why, but Ijust realized RIGHT NOW that Meryl Streep has a strange name. I mean who would name their kid, Meryl? I don't think that when I have a daughter, I am going to name her Meryl. I'm done venting. Plus I have a weird crush on her.

My Bowie Shirt

So check this out. Today as I went into Best Buy, I heard this little kid around the age of five shout out, "Mommy Mommy, Look David Bowie David Bowie, Mommy Bowie"! The kid was pointing at my t-shirt with David Bowie on it. It was quite possibly the highlight of my day, and the most awesome thing ever.

In your face, Natalie Chandler.

Here's what the shirt looks like:

What's the Best Christmas Movie of Our Generation?

So I got to thinking about Christmas movies the other day. Then a question popped into my fragile little mind. What is the best Christmas movie of our generation. My grandparents had "It's a Wonderful Life". My parents had "White Christmas". For me, it's "A Christmas Story". If you are younger than me, maybe it's, "Home Alone".

Like I said, "A Christmas Story" is the best. If you have not seen it, It's basically this story of how this kid really wants this bebe gun for Christmas and everybody just keeps telling him, "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out".

I first discovered this movie about ten years ago. The movie was made in 1983, but for some reason or another, I had never seen it. I remember watching it for the first time like it was yesterday.

In my computer class we had a vote for which Christmas we were gonna watch. It was between "The Santa Clause", "Jingle All The Way", and "A Christmas Story". The class picked it and I fell in love with it right there. Then the class ended and we couldn't watch the rest of it. Later on, the whole family went to Hollywood Video. Were planning to get a Christmas movie. I told my dad that I wanted "A Christmas Story". He had never seen it so we got something the whole family would want to see. We got "Scrooged", and I got screwed.

I don't know why it took me so long, but I finally got it last year, and I have only watched it once since I got it, but it is a classic and it's my favorite Christmas movie.

Do you agree or disagree that it's the best? Leave a comment.

The Case of the Missing Humphries

A few years ago I walked into Rite-Aid and saw a "missing" poster with an old childhood friend of mine named Vince Humphries. When I saw the poster I was in shock that he was missing. A few days had passed and the poster was gone. Part of me thought he was dead. The other part thought he was safe.

I started thinking of him randomly during the summer, and as the high school reunion came around, I had asked my friend, Lindsay if he was at the reunion and if anybody had heard from him. She said no.

Then today I started thinking of him again and wondered if he was still alive. All of a sudden, I noticed a guy at Albys that looked a lot like Vince. I walked past him and he said, "Hey man, do you remember me"? and I was like, "Vince"? "Yep, and you're Chris Luna" he answered. I told him that I thought he was dead, and he told me that he was just living in Whittier.

Weird huh, God has funny ways of telling us not to worry about the little things in life.

What Christmas Means To Me

It's that time of year again. That's right all you lucky people, it's Christmas time. Today I got to thinking and reflecting on past Christmases. You see before I became a Christian, Christmas was all about presents and me getting disappointed that I would get something I didn't want in the first place. It's been ten years now, and I have grown to think that Christmas is more than just cool gifts.

First off, it's a time that Christians come together to celebrate the birth of Jesus. I started thinking to understand the true meaning of Christmas, you should have some idea of the birth of Christ. Sometimes we take the story for granted. You know, "Let's go to church, and then go home and open up presents". Not that getting presents is a bad thing. I freaking love to get presents. We do need to put the focus on something else. That something else is this wonderful story of a little baby being born to a virgin that would some day change the world and be the savior of us all.

Second of all, Christmas is a time to give. For a few years now, nothing brings me more joy than picking out a gift for someone I love. Be it a friend or a family member, I love giving a gift and seeing their faces when they open that gift.

So that's what Christmas means to me.

El Freaking Taco Part 2

I went back to El Taco today after work. I came, I saw, and I got my free my chicken quesadilla. Read my last blog so you will know what I'm talking about.

El Freaking Taco

So check this out. Yesterday for lunch, I went to El Taco (Which is spanish for, the taco) and ordered a simple order of taquitos and a coke. Now, it was super slow, and I don't know why but it took forever. Then more people started coming in and they were getting their food before me.

Twenty minutes went by and I finally walked up to the widow and asked for my taquitos. The lady at the counter told me that she forgot. Fortunately, the owner was there and he overheard and gave me back back my money and the taquitos for free. He even said that my food was on the house next time I came in. How cool is that?

The Dissapointment In My Life

It's time for me to tell you all something. This is not easy for me. I have a secret that I need to put out in the open. This means that many of you may loose respect for me. There is an addiction I am facing. I've been facing it for almost a year. I have just not told anybody about it until now.

Let me start with this. When I was very young in life, my parents were into watching a soap opera called, "One Life to Live". I always thought it was stupid to sit down and watch these stories unfold day after day after day. Now that I do not have cable or satellite, and I don't work until later in the day, I found myself watching this show. And I got hooked in.

Please pray for my soul!

TMZ

I wonder if I can get a job wth TMZ. I'm watching it right now (The shame, the shame). I just wanna be one of those guys who are like, "Okay, so we got Lee Majors coming out of the Ivy and man, he's really let himself go".

80 Years Ago Today!

On November 18, 1928 this happened. I'm not going to tell you what it was, that's your job to figure it out. Here's a video to help you out.

I'm About To Do Something Insane!!!

As some of you know, I work at Albertson's. It's not the best job in the world, but I kind of like it. I work at the customer service lobby. My job includes processing film, sending out Money Grams, cashing checks, cashing lottery tickets and ringing up items in the store.

For a while, I've done nothing but complain about how much my job really sucks. It really doesn't suck. I don't get paid a lot of money and I just don't like dealing with rude people. People are rude. Not everybody. A good part of our population is rude.

Here's my point, I get paid very little for my job. Checkers get paid way more money than me and don't do as much. I just don't think that's fair. You're probably thinking that Chris is just writing another, "Woe is me" blog. I'm not. I'm just getting something off of my chest.

Since this Summer, I've been really trying to move up to checker. I've been working harder than ever before. I also don't make as many mistakes as I have in the past. Whenever I ask about becoming a checker, the answer is no. Also, the Paramount store closed (The one next to Wal-Mart on Rosecrans) down and most of the workers from that store now work here at the Downey store which lessens the chance of me becoming a checker.

This is where the title of my blog comes into play. I'm about to do something insane. I am going to ask the store director if I can at least train to become a checker. That way if something were going to happen to a checker I'd be ready to go.

I know I don't always think things through all the way before I do them. So, feel free to send me a comment on this blog. Thank you. This venting session is done.

My Fellow Americans

The past few weeks have become rather interesting at church. I've been nominated as the head of the Media Ministry. True, I nominated myself. I didn't do it because of the attention. I didn't do it because I've always wanted to lead a ministry. I did it because the ministry faded away. It's been gone for about a year and a half and I felt that it needed to come back. I've been involved making videos at church now for three years and I needed to do something about it.

The Media Ministry is just a group of people that takes video and pictures of what goes on at church and different "church oriented" events. We also put together videos and slideshows to highlight the other ministries around church. That's not just what it is. It's also a great opportunity to get to know other people who have a passion for it. It is also great to learn off of each other. I've already started recruiting and I hope that this ministry will continue to grow within the next year.

I know that I'm not the leader yet, and I'm probably in over my head. So be it. I just want to make a difference at church. My fellow Americans, we need change and progress to help make this ministry work. You may ask yourselves, "Can we"? I answer you, "Yes we can"!

I'm Chris Luna And I Don't Approve This Message.

So the "Cool" at Prop 8 thought it would be a great idea to get a celebrity to endorse a NO vote on Prop 8. But Why Samuel L. Jackson? That's just not cool. Got that Sam, Not cool at all. I'm still voting yes. Here's the dang commercial.

One Year Later....

I just realized the other day that I've been blogging for a whole year now. Thanks for reading. I have nothing else to say.
Since it is Halloween, I have an awesome video to post from the eighties. Check it out!

Utah, Gimmie Two

As some of you may or may not know, Friday night, my uncle, Eric flew me out on a trip to Park City, Utah. It sure was an amazing trip. On that note, here is my Jason Parks sized blog.

FRIDAY
I left Long Beach Airport at 6:20pm. The plane ride was awesome because I was sitting next to a guy who complained about everything. I decided that he was not gonna ruin my flight so i turned on my ipod and listened to some stand-up comedy. Then I get off the plane in Salt Lake City. I get lost. I'm trying to talk to my uncle to get directions out of the airport, but like a good uncle who is supposed to lhave his phone on so I can call him while I land, he has his cell phone off. To make a long story short, I find my other uncle, John, and everything is cool.

We leave the airport at about 10:00 and my uncles want to take me out to eat. There aren't any eatting establishments open at this time, and this brings me to a very good question, "What's the best palce to eat in Park City"? A bar called O'Shucks. I'm kind of thinking that O'Shucks is an Irish pub with a cool Irish name, but it's not. It has a cool name, but it's not Irish. It's kind of a dive with the best hamburger in the world. After dinner, he takes be back to his huge house and we are met by my grandpa and his wife, Paula. I hung out with my family for a bit and went to sleep

SATURDAY
On Saturday morning, I wake up to watch the sunrise. Everybody says it's the best part of waking up. I thought the best part of waking up was Folgers in your cup. I guess I was wrong. I looked out the window and was like," Huh, that's really pretty". and went back to sleep. I had a rough time, and went on a hike instead.

Uncle Eric had to work, so my Grandpa took me out to breakfast. My grandpa can't just go around the corner to go eat breakfeast. This one time, when he was living in San Diego, I woke up, and he took me to breakfeast in SOLVANG!!! For those of you that don't know where Solvang is, Solvang is by SANTA BARBARA!!! My grandpa lived in SAN DIEGO!!!! I lost my train of thought. Right, breakfast.

We head out to this little town called Heber, and we eat at aplace called Chick's. Chick's is managed by a guy who used to be the manager of Arthur's in Downey. How cool is that? So I went in your room and read your diary, yeah! Sorry for the little Weezer tangent. After breakfast, we go into town and we got fishing licenses. Later on, we went fishing in the Provo River. It was awesome. I caught a log. After we went fishing I drove home. That's right, I. Actually I am almost over my fear of driving.
We came home, had dinner, watched about three hours of The Office and went to sleep.

SUNDAY
I tried again to watch the sunrise. I did but it was from the bathroom window. Then I went downstairs to wish my Grandpa and Paula a safe ride home. They drove back home to Seal Beach.

My uncles are outdoorsmen. They've always been. My uncle John wanted to take me hiking. I can't really do much because I have a messed up leg, but the reason I went to Utah in the first place was to build a better relationship with my uncles because I haven't seen my uncle Eric in almost three years, and even though my uncle John still comes out to Downey all the time, I don't really see him a lot. So I went hiking.

I asked how long the hike was and I was told that it was just a couple of miles. It was plus six miles more. It was agood hike. We got to hike up the ski runs. We hiked up and passed an almost secret spot with a little sign that read, "Picabo S.". Which I thought was a weird name for a run. I was blind and didn't realize that the run was named after olympic gold medalist, Picabo Street. It was really hot and my uncles didn't realize that I was not used to the altitude and went on without me. A few minutes later they came back for me and we hiked back.

Later that day, my uncle Eric took me to church. His church was a catholic church. We sit there listening to the sermon and it comes to communion. My uncle looks at me and says, "Sorry Chris, in the catholic church, you are not allowed to take the communion unless you've been confirmed. I was kind of pissed off because, I love God, I think of communion as a symbol of what God did and how much he loves me. I guess I had to respect the rules of the catholic church. The rest of that day, I was just not in a good mood.

MONDAY
I woke up and decided that this was my last day and I was gonna see that sunrise. It's effing cold in the morning in Utah. I put on a couple of layers of clothing. I got up and hiked and took this trail. I stood there and just appreciated what God has made. I stood there for about half an hour watching the sunrise. It was beautiful. It's one of those things that we take for granted.

I came back to the house and packed my clothes. Uncle Eric had some work to get done. So he dropped me off in town. I got to hang out in Old Town Park City by myself for a few hours. Old Town is awesome. There is a cool ski lift in the middle of town and it can take you up into the mountain. Park City is also the home of the first Claim Jumper restaurant. In my little journey through Old Town, I came across the little theater that they have the Sundace Film Festival. The theater isn't that big at all, but it atracts everybody. It's probably the size of the Avenue theater in Downey.

After I hang out in town for a bit, I see a guy on his motorcycle and think to myself how cool it would be to own a motorcycle and ride it to the hills. Then, I turn around and see my uncle Eric on his motorcycle. "Hop on!" I am freaking out because he doesn't have a helmet. In Utah, there is no helmet law. I get on and it is one of the coolest rides ever. We get back to the house and gives me the keys and all of a sudden, I'm riding a motorcycle by myself. OMG, I am just freaking out. Then he takes me to the airport.

I get to the airport and meet my good friend, Jason Parks. We fly out. I tell him how cool the trip was and then I tell him that I'm thinking of moving out there. What an awesome place. Then we get home and the trip is over.

The end.

The Last Great Year For Going To The Movies.

Last night I got to thinking that going out to the movies just isn't that fun anymore. Although, this summer wasn't too disappointing. Nowadays, it costs more to go. I never thought I'd be paying more than $10 so soon. I thought I'd be in my mid-thirties when that happened. Snacks are a fourtune too. Going to the movies just isn't as fun as when I went as a kid.

When I was younger, I got really excited to go see a movie. Mainly, because there were no movie theaters in Downey growing up. There was one in the Stonewood mall, but I was a little kid when they took that out and would never see another one until 1997. Ooops, I forgot about the Avenue. Nobody ever went to the Avenue.

Going to the movies was a family event. We mostly went during the summer or Christmas time. You know, when the cool movies came out. I think going to the movies stopped being fun in 1997, when we got the Krikorian. I say this because instead of going once in a while, you could now go whenever you wanted to.

This brings me to a whole new question. When was the last great year for going to the movies. For me, it was 1999. For you, it may be different. You might think that 2004 was the last great year for going to the movies, or you could say that it was 1984. We all have different opinions.

So here's a list of my favorite movies of 1999. (not in any order)
American Beauty
Three Kings
SLC Punk
Go
The Matrix
Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
Fight Club
American Pie
The Mummy
Big Daddy
The Hurricane
Bringing out the Dead
Tarzan
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
Man on the Moon
Any Given Sunday
EdTV
Bowfinger
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Detroit Rock City
Magnolia

And I'm spent.

Saved By Zero

A lot of people that know me think of me as an encyclopedia of fun. I have a vast knowledge of music and movie trivia. Heck, I even beat a team of people at Scene it by myself. I am not perfect. There have been times where I have been stumped. The biggest one was at a Jr. High winter camp where they had a name that tune contest for all of the adult leaders. They played some weird song from the eighties that I had never heard of before. It is possible to stump Chris Luna. A couple of weeks ago I had a stump that my mom could not believe!

We were hanging outside her house washing her car. She had the radio on and a song came on that I didn't know. It sounded like it was an eighties song, but I knew I had never heard it before. "Alright Chris, what song is this", she asked. I had to think. I had to stop and think. I was stumped. I just didn't know it. "C'mon Chris, Saved... Saved By... Saved By..." I was really trying to think. I just had no idea and I gave up. My mom couldn't believe I didn't know what it was. The song was Saved by Zero. I have heard of the song before, but I had never heard the song before.

The other night my cool roomate, Erick and I were watching tv and the same thing happened. The same song too. When the song was playing at my mom's house, I wasn't paying attention to how the song went. So when it came on tv, I didn't know it.
I think I am losing my trivia knowledge. That, or I need to start listening to more music.

Halloween Costume Idea!!!

Halloween / my sister's birthday is almost here. I really haven't had any costume ideas until now. My friend, Angelo had a crazy idea on what I should dress up for on Halloween. All I have to say to that idea is that I do need "change". I even think I need to make some "progress" on choosing this costume, because "yes we can" choose the right costume together. I say we, because I want you,"America" to help give me more ideas for a costume. Please comment me with more ideas

Should The Adventures Of Young Indiana Jones Be So Dang Expensive?

The other day, I went into Best Buy to get myself a copy of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Which, by the way is WAY better the second time around. There are still some stuff that is like, "REALLY"!? But, on the other hand it was George Lucas' vision, so here's to ya) and next to it was The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles DVDs. I was kind of thinking that the price went down but it didn't. It's still like eighty something for each set. So I looked on ebay and the prices are lower, but it's like fifty something instead of eighty. I just don't want to spend that much on a tv show. I may be better off (dare I say it) finding the videos instead of the DVDs. I just want to complete my collection and be a happy man.

The Number Of The Beast

So last night I played Guitar Hero 3 for the first time since March. For a lot of people out there medium isn't really that hard at all. For me it's different. Mostly because I have really bad hand-eye coordination. I did however beat most of the songs on medium.

I've had the game since Christmas. and last night I finally beat, "Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden. This is a really hard song to play. Especially when you don't really listen to Iron Maiden, and you have never heard that song before. So that's what I did last night. I still can't play "Raining Blood" and I had to have my roomate play "One" because I just can't seem to do it.

More To Come

I bet you've been asking yourselves, "gee, I wonder when Chris is gonna make another swell Ooongatz movie again. It's been since June and I would really like to see another one by golly". Well, Like Robert Zemeckis did with Back To The Future Parts 2 and 3, I am making 2, count them, 2 Ooongatz movies at the same time. Hopefully, they'll be ready by Thanksgiving. One of them will be a Christmas adventure. The other will be my take on a popular story about a boy who grows a giant beanstalk in his backyard. While you're waiting you can watch the old ones.

The Glorious Picnic


Get Down with the Sicknes


Christmas with Paul Wallace


Ooongatz goes Hollywood

TOFU

I was looking at my phone today and noticed that the last four digits on my phone spell out "Tofu". Now, I'm not a huge fan of tofu, but it's kind of cool that when I tell people my number that it's blah blah blah tofu. It's like I have a friend named, Dave and Dave's number is blah blah blah Dave. And then I remembered that one of my friend's numbers from long ago was blah blah blah Chia (I use blah blah blah because I don't want to give out my number and your number over the internet). I don't remember who's number that was. That's all.

The Return Of Tay Zonday

Alright Internet nerds, remember internet sensation Tay Zonday(The fellow who brought us, "Chocolate Rain")? I found this on the magical internet thing. It's Tay Zonday and a special guest singing an acoustic version of one of your favorite songs.
Check it out!

Best Video Ever

There are so many awesome things in this video you are about to see.

Nevermind The Last Blog.

Luntube is an idea that I had. It will happen. I just don't have the time right now. Sorry guys.

Luntube: Under Construction

There is going to be a new home for Ooongatz and other crazy videos that I make. luntube.blogspot.com. I just made it. There is no content on the blog. Hopefully there will be some thing soon!

Downey - Mexico's Little Brother

Today I woke up and went to get my paycheck. I got on my bike and rode to Albertsons and noticed that McDonalds was closed. I just thought they were remodeling or something. then I get inside of Albertsons and noticed that the deli, bakery, and meat departments were all down. I thought it was weird and just didn't ask any questions.

Then I got hungry. I noticed that El Taco was closed. Then I went to Pete's Patio and it was closed too. I got to Norms and it was closed as well. This seemed like something out of a really bad horror movie. So I went to God's gift to Downey, Del Taco. That was closed. There was a sign saying that the water here in Downey has been contaminated. This sucked cause I was really hungry. That is why the name of this blog is entitled, "Downey - Mexico's Little Brother" because of the water. Not because of the hispanic population.

Funniest TV Shows of All Time

These are not in any order. So don't get upset when you see that M*A*S*H* isn't above In Living Color!

The other day I was thinking what were my favorite funny TV shows of all time. I'm not talking just a bunch of sitcoms. Just shows that really make you laugh. So I made a list. See if any of your's made the cut.

Get Smart
The Office
In Living Color
Arrested Development
Fawlty Towers
Scrubs
The Simpsons
Police Squad
Mr. Ed
Friends (Up until Season 5 or 6)
House
Seinfeld
Married With Children
Saturday Night Live (1975 - 1984, 1987 - 1994)
South Park
The Honeymooners
I Love Lucy
Family Guy
Chuck
Late Night with Conan O' Brien
Last Comic Standing
The Cosby Show
30 Rock
The Addams Family
Home Improvement
Rosanne
The Carol Berrnett Show
The Late Show with David Letterman
That 70s Show
The Beverly Hillbillies
Mad about You
M*A*S*H*
Welcome Back Kotter
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Head of the Class
All in the Family
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Happy Days
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Laugh-In
3rd Rock from the Sun

Rollie Pollie Fishheads

Last week I spent three days camping at Irvine Lake with my good friends Scott, Richard, and Mike. It was a good time because I really have not seen any of those guys in a long time (Except for Scott. I saw him two or three weeks ago).

On Thursday, we went fishing. Well Scott, Mike, and I went fishing. Richard just kinda enjoied the day on the pontoon boat. A few minutes in, Mike caught a fish. Then I was thinking to my self that I had to catch a fish too. So in my head I prayed that I would catch a fish.

Time had passed and I knew that I had to stay patient. Then I just happened to look at my pole and the line was going crazy! I jumped and reeled that sucker in. It took a long time to get it in. At one point I really wanted to give up, but I had to push myself to finish. A few minutes later the fish started to surface. It looked pretty big to Scott. I didn't notice it. I kept reeling and reeling. My arms were feeling like noodles at this point.

I finally got the fish on the boat. It was huge. It was probably fifteen pounds. I was really excited that something like that finally happened and people were there to see it. It was the biggest fish I had ever caught. I really wanted to take it home and have proof that I caught a fish that big. You know, instead of telling "fish stories" (I caught a fish this big, but I had to let him go). We just didn't have the room for it.

Here's the picture so you guys can believe me.

Sorry, I am ashamed, but I Kinda Thought This Was Cool.

Sunday night I was channel surfing and I saw Josh Groban sing a bunch of theme songs. Plus he sings the actual lyrics to M*A*S*H*. Check it out.

The Jonas Brothers - Why I HATE Them!

I don't know if you have been to my Facebook or not, but lately I have been bagging on a certain group of brothers who call themselves the Jonas Brothers Band. If you've been living under a rock for the past couple of years, you have no idea who I am talking about. The Jonas Brothers (or in some circles, JoBros) are a group of untalented brothers who can't sing, but yet America, (I'm sorry, THE WORLD) is in love with these guys. I still don't see why they made the cover of Rolling Stone. Tiger Beat, I understand, because teenage girls think everybody who is under the age of 21 is hot and they don't really care if anybody is talented. But this is Rolling Stone Magazine. I mean c'mon! I sometimes wonder why they have a recording contract and I don't.

Another thing I really don't understand is why you never see the drummer. I mean, I saw a music video (which I will post at the end). One brother was "singing", one on bass, the other on guitar. Where is the drummer? You may notice in the video that there is a drum kit, but no drummer. There is also an empty piano, but there is no piano in the song. Then, In the words of Doug Aldridge, "Whut up with that"! If I was the drummer, I would sue. So, Jonas Brother Drummer, if you are reading this, Please sue the crap out of the Jonas Brothers. I urge you, please.

I'm done venting. Here is the video I promised. Don't enjoy

It Just Feels Great To Be Twenty-Eight

Saturday was my birthday and all I did was go to Olvera Street and watch Burn after Reading. I didn't really feel like doing much. I think it's because I'm older know. There is so much more I could have done, but for the first time ever I just wanted to chill. Does that seem odd? Am I actually doing something I told myself I would never do and get old? Maybe it's just me getting mature. Nevermind the title, It doesn't feel great to be twenty-eight. I am old and miserable. Help me aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

Single VS. Double

Yesterday I stumbled into McDonalds for my break at work. I stumbled because as I was opening the door, somebody on the other side was opening it as well. I lost my balance and that's the story. I only had a couple of bucks on me and I didn't feel like using my debit card. So I had this dilemma, should I get a single cheeseburger for .99, or for a penny more, I could get a double cheeseburger. So I went for the double. The end.

The Case of the Missing Hat!

Okay, so this one time, Shaggy, Space Ghost, Magilla Gorilla, Elroy Jetson, and I were hanging out in Elroy's house, when all of a sudden, we saw Top Cat without his hat on. "Someone stole my hat"! Top Cat yelled. This really upset Space Ghost. He and Magilla went into Space's shuttle and flew around and looked for the suspect. I thought it was weird because Top Cat never told us what the suspect looked like until now.

Top Cat then told us that the suspect had blonde hair and a long brown shirt. He also didn't wear pants. Elroy typed it into his mini computer from the future. Only one match came back with that discription. It was Barney Rubble. The rest of us got into the Mystery Machine and headed off to Bedrock.

We pulled up to the Rubble estate and pretended to be Girl Scouts selling cookies. After Barney bought some Thin Mints, I picked up a rock and knocked him out. Shaggy and Elroy carried him into the Mystery Machine. On the way back Shaggy saw a character with Top Cat's hat on. "Zoinks"! Shaggy yelled. He looked and noticed a familiar face. It was his good friend, Fred.

Fred lost his clothes in a a game of strip poker he played with Race Bannon (The older gentleman from "Johnny Quest"), Secret Squirrel, and Boo-Boo Bear. He found a long brown shirt on the ground and put it on. It was also raining at the time, and he needed a hat. Thus explainig why he stole Top Cat's hat. We then returned to Elroy's house

Just then Space Ghost and Magilla Gorilla returned with Hong Kong Phooey all tied up. It's kind of funny because Hong Kong Phooey doesn't have blonde hair or a brown shirt on. Plus, he didn't even have the hat in the first place. After the two felt like fools, Hong Kong Phooey delivered them Hong Kong Phooey chops.

Barney soon recovered and forgave me for knocking him out. Then Papa Smurf came by and brought Fred's clothes back that he won in a game of Russian Roulette that he played with Boo-Boo Bear. Boo-Boo lost.

The End

Make My Wish Foundation.

I'm tired of everybody who has a life threatening disease out there and gets to have their wish come true. What about me? What about my wishes? I mean, I want to play basketball with LeBron James too. Can't I too go back stage and hang out with Snoop Dogg without getting shot? What about my wish that the Jonas Brothers fall off a cliff, die, and get cancer? I want to have lunch with Bono and talk about the olympics. Is that so wrong?

I have more wishes too. What about my wish to hang out with John Stamos and pick his brain about my favorite Full House episode? How about Chuck Norris teaching me Karate or going shopping with Sarah Jessica Parker. You know what would be totally awesome? Being in a movie directed by Martin Scorcesse. That can't happen to me, I don't have AIDS, cancer, or even herpes for that matter. Not that I want that, but it would be nice to get what I want for a change, because singing back up for David Bowie would be pretty nice.

Batman

So I guess I'm the last person on this planet who has not seen The Dark Knight. My hopes is that I will get to see it tonight and I will have a full report on it by the next time I blog. Till then, watch this

What Was I Thinking!!!

Remember a few months ago, I was upset with church and I was gonna leave both church and the youth ministry because I wasn't getting anything out of church anymore. Well I have some news. Lately I have actually started to get more out of the sermons at church (Weird huh?). Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers.

Things have actually changed in the youth ministry too, but I am planning on taking a break. I have this wild idea to start up a t shirt business. I started hanging out with my good friend Chris a lot. He's been showing me how to make silkscreens. Only because the class I am not able to take the class I wanted to take. I hope to start something up in the next couple of years.

I need to also figure out how to run a business. My grandpa and his wife are planning to invest in this. I would get started right away, but I have no idea whatsoever how to go into business for myself.

U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A.

Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that the olympics are on. I am not like most of the people around the world. I really could care less about the olympics. To me they're are just a bunch of sports that if it wasn't for the olympics, they wouldn't even be on television. There are a few that are on t.v. but, c'mon really. I'm not totally bashing the olympics. They do provide this sense of world unity. And don't get me started on the opening ceremonies. I'm sorry folks, but I just couldn't get into it. It appears that China really doesn't care about the saftey of it's children when the little girl was flying across the stadium. Where was the net? I'm sorry to be a jerk but, I just could care less about the olympic games.

All of that was true until Sunday night. My roomate, Erick is really into swimming. So he was watching the relay. So I watched it with him. Before the race started, the big story was the French were talking a bunch of smack saying that they were gonna crush us. It got off to a rough start. Michael Phelps started it off and he was slow at the start. Then all of a sudden, I got into it. we were starting to loose but we weren't that ahead of first place. Then from out of nowhere at the last leg of the race, this guy, Jason Lezak from Team USA caught up. While watching this, I thought to myself that the French were gonna crush us. Then, Jason Lezak keeps catching up and in the end, the two are neck and neck and Jason just kind of reaches his hand to the wall and winds the race.

After the race was over, they kept showing footage of Michael Phelps and one of the other team members cheering him on. I tried to find the footage on youtube, to show you, but I can't. That moment got me excited about watching the olymipcs. It actually changed my view on the games. To me it was the greatest moment in olympic history.

Jay and his Cat

Check this out. last night I was talking to my good friend, Jay and he was telling me this awesome story. You see Jay has this cat I believe named Chomper (if that's not his name we will call him Chomper and also I have assumed that Chomper is a he). He also has a neighbor who is eight years old and autistic (I don't know the boy's name, so let's call him Tobias). This one time Jay came home and was looking for the cat. Jay was worried because Chomper was an inside cat without claws. He worried that the cat would be unleashed into the real world. Jay asked his parents and nobody knew where Chomper was. He asked his neighbors and this is what happened.

It turned out that somehow Tobias broke into Jay's house and kidnapped Chomper. The neighbors found him and threw him over the fence into Jay's yard. When Jay's mom came home, she found Chomper outside shivering and hiding behind a bush. Jay told me that was quite possibly the greatest moments in his life. The End.

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Thanks to all who came and watched me speak last night. I was scared and nervous. It rocked to see you last night. I really needed all the support I could get.

The Day Is Mine!

So today has finally come. It's just a matter of hours before I go before a live studio audience and share a few stories on forgiveness. Wish me luck.

Burn Guest Speakers

Tomorrow night , I will be speaking at the Burn. This means that I am a part of a very elite club known as: The Burn Guest Speakers. A Burn Guest Speaker is nothing more than a substitute for the youth pastor. This does not count communion meditations. Here are a list of guest speakers since I've been around.... 1998. And if I'm forgeting anybody, shoot me. Actually, it might be better to just leave a comment. Shooting me will hurt a lot.

Past Burn Guest Speakers That I Know Of Since January 1998
Scott Martin
Chris Lytle
Mike Ferrulli
Scott Schlatter
Jason Parks
Dr. Denise Wallace
Nathan Charlton (Not sure, get back to me)
Dave Smith
Dave Maciel
Chris Luna (That's Me)
Amy Morrison
Mark Schoch
Tommy Burkhardt
Trevor Smith
Jeff Barrick (Ewe)