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Beer is a good thing	Friday, July 21, 2006

The leaders of the big beer companies meet for a drink. The president of Budweiser orders a Bud, the CEO of Miller gets a Miller, the head of Coors orders a Coors, and so on. Until it's Arthur Guinness's turn. He orders a soda.

"Why didn't you order a Guinness?" everyone asks.
Guinness replies, "If you guys aren't having beer, then neither will I."

Oranjeboom	Thursday, July 20, 2006

There's a new beer in my life and her name is Oranjeboom. My girlfriend's father turned me onto it when he got it in the Beers of the World case. Yesterday at Trader Joe's I spotted a 6-pack of the stuff in one pint cans and had to get it. The beer has a very unique flavor for a lager, it's a little thick, full-bodied, and a smooth bitter after-taste. I would go out on a limb and say it's the Newcastle ale of lagers.

So Lazy	Wednesday, July 19, 2006

I'm amazed at some people's personalities. A lot of people (i.e. at my job, at school, etc.) are so enthusiastic about everything and are so happy about it. What's that all about? Prozac is now an over-counter drug or something?

I tend to be so disinterested in pretty much everything. I use to get giddy over things, but now it's just too daunting to be so enthusiastic. Or, perhaps it's my overwhelming laziness that keeps my ambitions down. It's so much easier to do nothing, then to do something.

Anyhow, I'm just babbling when I should really be asleep

Posers	Tuesday, July 18, 2006

I spend a lot of time on the road here in Los Angeles and through-out my travels I come across some of the oddest and most unique individuals around. With over 8 years experience on the road under my belt I've come to the conclusion that there's something fundamentally wrong with the people who reside here.

Take this for example. I'm in a residential area, WASP suburbia to be exact. I look in my rear-view mirror and spot a Hispanic. Picture this; he's leaning to the right in his seat, his left arm out the window holding a cigar and his right hand hanging over the steering wheel. Fairly typical to see him in a Chevy El Camino, right? Well, he was in a VW Bug! A LIME GREEN BUG.

Take example number two. I'm sitting in traffic on the 101 Hollywood freeway. I look over to my right and notice a Land Rover with 22" shiny rims. I know this, because a 22" emblem is pasted on the right side of this Land Rover. Okay fine, who would you expect to see in this car? A rapper? Probably. A rock-star? It's possible. A white chick? Maybe. But a clean cut, suit wearing, four-eyed white guy? Unlikely. But in fact it was.

Something happens to people when they live Los Angeles for too long. Must be the smog with a touch of bullshit and a side of stupid.

Rocky Balboa Trailer	Thursday, July 13, 2006

Although I enjoyed the Rocky films when I was kid, watching them today wouldn't be as impressive, so I'm expecting this new one suck. But hey, that's just me.

View trailer here.

Update: And yet another hilarious video that teaches all of us a lesson.

Do it like Zidane.

Most Expensive Cars	Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Check out this site featuring the most expensive cars in the world. No doubt my favorite car (Porsche Carrera GT) is on the list. It's just too bad I won't be able to buy it anytime soon.

America's Got No Talent

I was just watching a commercial for America's Got Talent and got to thinking about the judges. If these so-called judges are there to judge talent, then shouldn't they themselves have talent? I mean, David Hasselhoff? How the hell did he get back in front of the camera? And Piers Morgan, who's ever heard of this jackass? Supposedly he's an editor for some newspaper. What the hell do news people know about what's good and what blows? If he's a real journalist, he should have no opinion about anything, just show the facts.

As for Brandy, she actually belongs there to some degree. She had an established music career and even a show. So I suppose she can stay and judge, but seriously, the others are only there to fill space.

The host Regis Philbin, is sort of entertaining, especially if you enjoy watching a man with more plastic surgery than Joan Rivers and still manage to walk out on stage without being carried by his brown nosers.

In my opinion, the show is a mess. None of the acts are particularly any good or entertaining and the commentary from these so-called judges is hardly worth a chuckle.

Transformers: Teaser

Teaser out now. Check it out.

Video Game: Prey	Tuesday, July 11, 2006

After playing the Prey demo last week before the game's release I couldn't stop thinking about it. From the graphics, game-play, and story the game has you hooked only 5 minutes into it.

Revealing any of the story would be cheating most of you out from the surprise, so I'll leave you to go out and play the game for yourself. But, I assure you it's well worth it. One of the better put together plots in a video game and worthy of a movie.

The game-play is a whole other thing. It isn't your traditional first-person-shooter thing, where you run around hallways and rooms blasting at your enemies. You walk on the walls, ceilings, and through portals taking you from one place to another in a blink.

And, although the game uses the Doom 3 graphics engine, the game is nothing like it. There's always plenty of weapons around for a quick reload and a great original system of getting you back into the game after you die.

As a whole, it's one of the best FPS games out there, up there with Half-Life.

2007 Audi TT Coupe	Sunday, July 09, 2006

While perusing through one of my favorite websites on the web (edmunds.com) I came across these photos of the new Audi TT. To be honest, I was never a fan of the older design, nor Audi as a car, however this new style has me intrigued.

It reminds of the Nissan 350Z with a slightly more conservative and sportier look. It's as though the designer watched the movie Gattaca and sat down shortly thereafter to come up with the design.

The interior is analogies to its predecessor with a few small tweaks, most notable the oddly shaped steering wheel giving it the sporty car feel it's trying to sell.

And of course since it is a roadster after all, I assume the space inside is very limited, but until I actually sit inside it's all speculation.

ITALY WINS!!!

I'm sitting here about 2 minutes after the last winning penalty shot scored by Italy, still in disbelief. The entire game had me on my feet cheering, my neighbors must have thought I've gone crazy from all the shouts.

Albeit Italy beat Ukraine (my home country) out of the World Cup, I can still take solace in the fact they beat France. Probably one of the most hated nations in the world.

It's people like Zinedine Zidane who make France the shit nation that it is. During the game he headbutted Marco Materazzi for talking trash no less, hardly worth risking getting the red card, which he did, especially in his last game before retirement.

In addition to, I'm sure the riots in France will shortly ensue and further prove to the world what sort nation they really are.

Once again, congratulations to Italy and their superior soccer skills to winning their fourth World Cup.

Borat	Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Borat is finally making his way to America, a la movie. Click here for the trailer.

Borat, played by Sacha Baron Cohen who also takes on the persona of Ali G, a wannabe African American gangsta and Bruno, the outspoken flamboyant German homosexual. While all three of his personalities are made up characters, strangers to show take him seriously.

Check him out OnDemand HBO or your local Pirate store.

Happy 4th of July!!!

Here's some photos from last night at the Hollywood Bowl, featuring Kenny Loggins (guy who sings the Footloose song) and some very spectacular fireworks!

Change of Opinion	Sunday, July 02, 2006

As time progresses and I spend less of it listening to KABC (radio station featuring Bill O'Reilly), the more I'm becoming a democrat. Believe me it's not something I'm proud to say especially if you've been following my blog for the last couple of years. I've sort of evolved from a wannabe democrat to a hardcore republican and now ended up somewhere in the middle.

It's things like this fiasco the Republicans started. A story featuring a photo of Donald Rumsfeld's vacation home driveway caused an uproar among bleeding heart right wing nuts who believe it's some sort of ploy by the New York Times to expose his home to terrorist attacks.

Seriously, if the terrorists wanted to bomb his home, they could have done it a long time ago. I don't know if republicans are aware of this, but there is something called an INTERNET with tons of useful information just a click away.

Plus, what the hell would be the point of a terrorist bombing Rumsfeld's vacation home? There's nothing important there that our nation depends on, even when he's home. I say, if they want to bomb rich people's vacation homes, bomb away. Illegals could use the work in repairing them and the sweet irony of having people like Rumsfeld pay them would be pure gold.