Fuck you Gary Bettman. Seriously, fuck you.

Yeah, I'm not a happy camper at the moment.  The NHL is in ANOTHER lockout (for those who are counting, that's the second one within an 8 year stretch).  And as usual, Gary Bettman, or as I've been calling him big giant douchebag, is the asshole behind it all.

So what are us NHL fans to do now?  Thanks to the suggestion of a friend of mine, I personally am going to make an attempt to see some minor league games.  I have a team here in town, plus a few in Canada (all within driving distance), and as long as work permits, I should be able to catch something.

But, I digress...  back to the asshole at hand.

(what the fans are thinking of you, Mr. Bettman)

To celebrate the fact he's a giant douchebag, here are a few links to keep you entertained:

top 10 reasons Bettman should be fired!

Bettman SUCKS!

Fire Gary Bettman petition

Gary Bettman, a closer look

urban dictionary: Gary Bettman

Dirty dangle hockey: Everybody hates Gary

Gary Bettman Sucks

annoying callers... and their numbers!

Ok, I've had a bunch of annoying calls lately, most of them being from bill collectors, some being from just telemarketers...  either way, they call at the most inopportune times, like for example WHEN I'M SLEEPING.  So you want to piss me off?  Ok, fine...   but now I'm giving out your phone numbers to the entire world...  so maybe we can call you and piss you off like you tend to piss other people off.

206-639-3532
636-532-0600
847-488-6051
847-488-5120
866-949-6996
770-916-9220
866-435-1646
810-377-5353
877-236-1083
810-377-5122
847-488-6050

so go ahead....   add these numbers to your block list.  Or call them and bug the hell out of them.  :)

forgotten blog?

Yeah, I've forgotten it.  Thanks to a friend of mine who suggested I start my own blog, I am resurrecting it.  So yeah, look forward to rants about work (if I have any...  since moving to the electronics department I haven't really had anything to rant about), posts about music, stuff about travels, or just random everyday stuff I feel like putting down here.

Since my last blog post on here, which was dedicated to the Beastie Boys and the passing of one of its members, I have been up to quite a bit.  Like I mentioned, I am now in the electronics department of my local Kmart.  I am now in my third week of working over there, and I am loving every minute of it.  Sure, there are a few people coming over there trying to get products and they don't know what the hell they're doing, but that's why I like being over there.  Being a geek myself who loves gadgets and gizmos, I like helping people with this stuff.  I want to help people get the right things.  Now if we only sold Apple products...  I would sell the hell out of that stuff!

Another thing going on?  Thanks to the suggestion of my wonderful fiance Jason, I have now joined the masses of people out there who are now on Pinterest.  And as I've been told by various friends and people I know, I have spent hours on that website finding things I absolutely love.  So thanks Jason, you have now gotten me on another addiction...   but at least it's something to do on the internet while I'm at home and waiting for him to come home from work (since he works until mid afternoon...)

I've been really obsessed with a game on Facebook lately called SongPop.  It's a game right up my alley, being a music lover.  You have to guess either the name of the song, or the artist of the song in the shortest amount of time against your opponent.  So if any of my friends who are playing that game read this...  my worst categories are anything to do with gospel, country, and modern rap.  Oh yeah, and today's hits.  UGH.

Speaking of music...  guess what.  I'm going to see my third Rush concert in 8 days!!!!  I am super excited!  Putting out another album in June, they are on tour to support that album now, having just performed the second show of the tour last night.  It's gonna be fun times; there are five of us total going together.  And to boot, it's the birthday of one of my friends, one of the individuals going.  So yeah, overall the night is going to be good.

Well, that's gonna be it for now.  I should really get off my lazy butt and make something to eat...  Have fun!

Long live the Beastie Boys!

Growing up when I did, the Beastie Boys to me were one of the best bands out there.  To this day I am still a huge fan, and always will be.  Being originally from New York like they were as well is an extra bonus.  The passing of band member MCA (real name Adam Yauch) put a damper on things yesterday for any fan of the band.  While the group itself may have come to an end, the spirit of the band lives on with its fans.  To honor Mr. Yauch and the rest of the boys, these are my top 10 favorite Beastie Boys songs, in no particular order:


1)  So Whatcha Want?  I love this song!  One of my favorite videos from when I finally got regular access to cable and to MTV..  you know when they actually DID still play videos there.

2)  Brass Monkey  of course!  And it's not just because I collect monkeys now... I love this song!

3)  Sure Shot  I remember when I first got the album this was on (Ill Communication), I immediately loved this song.  This here is probably my favorite one by them, actually.

4)  Intergalactic  Another song whose video I saw on MTV (yeah, they were still showing videos at this point)...  I was excited to go grab the album it was on when it came out!

5)  Sabotage  Who DOESN'T love this video?!?

6)  Fight For Your Right To Party!  I mean, anyone who grew up in the 80's like I did knows this song, the video, and absolutely LOVES it!

7)  No Sleep Till Brooklyn  Rock and rap together... sure it had been done before, but these guys put it together so well!

8)  Get It Together  A live version of this song...  I love this song.  A collaboration between the beasties and Q-tip.

9)  Alive  Found on their Sounds of Science compilation, a song by them (which new at the time) was an awesome find.

10)  Root Down  Another classic song.

My favorite Christmas songs!

I love Christmas just as much as anyone else does.  And I love Christmas music.  However, I am not a fan of ALL Christmas music; there IS a lot of crap out there (i.e., anything Justin Bieber claims is Christmas music).  But you can guarantee that the following songs would definitely make my ultimate Christmas mix.  Here are some of my favorites, in no particular order.


Trans Siberian Orchestra, "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12-24"
John Lennon, "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"
Band Aid, "Do They Know It's Christmas"
Michael Crawford, "O Holy Night"
Michael W Smith, "Gloria/Angels We Have Heard On High"
Trans Siberian Orchestra, "Christmas Canon"
Trans Siberian Orchestra, "Mad Russian's Christmas"
Harry Connick, Jr., "It Must Have Been Ol' Santa Claus"
Bruce Springsteen, "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"
u2, "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
Bryan Adams, "Something About Christmastime"
Tom Petty, "Christmas All Over Again"
Bruce Springsteen, "Merry Christmas Baby"
Alex Lifeson, "Little Drummer Boy"

ok, that's just some of the Christmas songs I love...   but there are a couple of holiday songs I would include (and if you don't like profanity you probably shouldn't listen to them), but they're humorous:

South Park, "Merry Fucking Christmas"
Dennis Leary, "Merry Fucking Christmas"

30 day song challenge... all in one blog.

well, I thought I would just get it all in one blog, instead of doing the month long marathon on facebook.  This is what my 30 day song  challenge would look like.

Day 1:  My favorite song:  Rush, "Freewill"
Day 2:  My least favorite song:  Hanson, "MMMBop"
Day 3:  A song that makes me happy:  Anthrax, "Starting Up A Posse"
Day 4:  A song that makes me sad:  Meatloaf, "Heaven Can Wait"
Day 5:  A song that reminds me of someone:  The Ramones, "I Wanna Be Sedated"
Day 6:  A song that reminds me of somewhere:  Rush, "YYZ"
Day 7:  A song that reminds me of a certain event:  u2, "Bad"
Day 8:  A song I know all the words to:  Billy Joel, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Day 9:  A song I can dance to:  Los Del Rio, "Macarena"  (yeah, I went there...  not that you'll see me EVER doing this in public.)
Day 10:  A song that makes me fall asleep:  Enya, "Book of Days"
Day 11:  A song from my favorite band:  Rush, "Ghost Rider"
Day 12:  A song from a band I hate:  Fall Out Boy, "Dance Dance"
Day 13:  A song that is a guilty pleasure:  ABBA, "Take A Chance On Me"
Day 14:  A song that no one would expect me to love:  Opeth, "Deliverance"
Day 15:  A song that describes me:  Pink Floyd, "High Hopes"
Day 16:  A song I used to love but now hate:  Green Day, "When I Come Around"
Day 17:  A song I hear often on the radio:  Adele, "Rolling In The Deep"
Day 18:  A song that I wish I heard on the radio:  Kingston Wall, "And I Hear You Call"
Day 19:  A song from my favorite album:  Pink Floyd, "Another Brick In The Wall pt. 2"
Day 20:  A song that I listen to when I'm angry:  Godsmack, "Whatever"
Day 21:  A song that I listen to when I'm happy:  R.E.M., "Shiny Happy People"
Day 22:  A song that I listen to when I'm sad:  Evanesence, "My Immortal" 
Day 23:  A song that I want to play at my wedding:  Trans Siberian Orchestra, "Christmas Cannon"
Day 24:  A song that I want played at my funeral:  Flogging Molly, "If I Ever Leave This World Alive"
Day 25:  A song that makes me laugh:  Sam Kinison, "Wild Thing"
Day 26:  A song that I can play on an instrument:  none. can't play an instrument.
Day 27:  A song that I wish I could play:  Rush, "La Villa Strangiato"
Day 28:  A song that makes me feel guilty:  none.  I can't think of any.
Day 29:  A song from my childhood:  A-ha, "Take On Me"
Day 30:  My favorite song from this time last year:  See choice #1....  :)

lets just hope...

that when I go into work tonight, it's not going to be a chaotic mess like it was the other night.  When I left there, usually positive me felt like a grumpy panda (to quote my sister...).  Started off the night just fine (even got to clock in a half hour early).  I got to clock in early because one of the cashiers we were supposed to work with that night decided they were not going to show up. Great...  strike one of the night.  Then of course at 10, we get busy and the only cashier I have working with me is a lazy pain the ass who likes to whine and complain instead of actually work.  Strike two...  yay me!  I go on break and I kid you not, it was the only time I got to move from my register that night!  Why is that??  Because at 12 midnight we were supposed to have another cashier come into work, but guess what???  Yet another no call, no show!  Strike three...  now I'm fucking pissed.  One o clock comes around and now I'm by myself until I leave, and I have to deal with rush #2 of the night, and people are getting downright rude, nasty, and pissy.  I can only do so much as one person, so if they don't like the speed at which I'm going, they can always shop somewhere else!  Someone proceeds to be a bitch and get all snarky, so I call for help to try and please the jackass...  He finally gets out of the building and things go all better from then.  I finally leave and poor Jason got to hear about my night of assholes and people who didnt want to show up for work.