Have any of you heard of a "dead pool?" Basically, you guess which
celebrities are going to die in the year.  2005 is ramping up very
soon, so it's anybody's guess on who will be dying next.  People
have different ways of doing this pool, but the fair way is to make a
list of celebrities they think is going to die that year (maybe a list
of 10, 13, 20).  When it comes to betting, each celebrity is worth
a number of points based on the age subtracted from a hundred. 
The reason for that is obviously because the older the celebrity, the
more likely they will die, but the younger the celebrity the more
unpredictable it is. So at the end, the most points wins.  I know
this game is pretty grim, but it's pretty amusing in it's own right.

click here for a list of websites that do these Dead Pools

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Me and my friends went to the Cheesecake Factory.  It was hella
busy in the area since it's right next to the mall, so parking was a
bitch.  By the time I got to the door, it turned out to be a two
to three hour wait.  So we were there at about 6:15pm, which means we
wouldn't be eating until at least 8:45pm the earliest in that
case.  But the good thing here is that I have a friend who works there.
We got a table at 6:30pm, got our foods by 7pm, and we were gone by
8:15pm.  Good stuff ey?  Yeah we had a long dinner, but it's
because our meal was huge!  This was the first time that I
actually sat in at the Cheesecake Factory to eat, as I usually normally
just order a cake to go.  I didn't realize before that their menu had a lot of food to choose from. Let's say that I definitely left with a doggie bag. hmm hmm I'm still stuffed.

Afterwards, we did our x-mas gift exchange.  My friends tricked me into thinking they got me World of Warcraft,
since they've wanted me to join them in their online world.  I for
one am not a fan of MMORPGs, because I don't honestly see the point in
them.  They're just not for me, and I honestly don't have time to
dedicate myself to something like them. So to my surprise when I
unwrapped the giftwrap was a box of WoW staring back at me.  After
they had a good laugh at looking at my perplexed face, they suggested I
open the box.  Inside was the xbox game Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic II : The Sith Lords, which was in my wishlist that they were suppose to choose from. 
So I was thankful for that, but unfortunately I won't be able to play
it yet because I haven't even finished the first one!  But that
eliminates my need to buy the game later on, so that's good.

We then played some 90s edition Trivial Pursuit
which was fun.  We played two sets of games, with my side winning
once and losing the other. We then went our separate ways, and as I'm
typing this, I believe they are all playing World of Warcraft.

So I went to the mall to go eat, and being that it is the Christmas season,
there were quite a lot of people there.  While in the mall, there
was a performance of what appeared to be a girl group called
"evidence."  There were four of them and they were singing
Christmas songs.  They were hot chicks but nothing really stood
out in terms of your typical girl bands.  I wasn't sure if they
were just a local performance group that just happened to have a gig at
the mall, or they are promoting an upcoming album or something. 
Which made me realized that the age of the boy bands / girl bands is
really over.  There isn't a market anymore for those kinds of
groups, and I for one aren't complaining.  It was inevitably going
to end anyway, as anything that reaches a huge peak of hype is bound to
crash down at the end.  The cycle will continue though and they
will be back. God help us all when that happens.

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couch eater! (link)

what?! Kournikova married Enrique? (link) oh well, eyes on this one now

A True Troopers moment

I don't know if it's just me or it applies to all guys, but I have a
habit to just get really infatuated with some women.  Be it either just
a crush, simply an attraction, or maybe even love.  I turn on the
TV or watch a movie, and I'll find that girl.  I see a certain girl
across a crowded room, or have a brief conversation with a girl I meet,
and it's like I'm in love with them right there and then.

I know it's just a feeling and all, but I do wonder if that's
considered being unfaithful to my girlfriend that I do love. It's been
said before that "a man who is really in love with one woman cannot
possibly feel anything for other women."  So where does that put
me?  But then most of the time, it's the women who says that line,
so what gives?

Maybe it is just a guy thing, and all guys can't help but love girls.
But this infatuation doesn't apply to all girls, it has to be somewhat
specific.  I could meet a hot chick, but she would be too hot for
my taste.  I could meet a beautiful chick, but sometimes being
beautiful
is too much for me.  I could meet a cute chick, but it's a no go
for me if she's too cute.  But when I meet or see that girl
that has a nice combination of good qualities, then my heart would just
go buh-duhm.  I would simply describe that girl to be
PRETTY.  Somebody who is simply pretty can be pretty hot or cute,
any faults she may have doesn't alter that fact either, and that my
friends is a beautiful thing.

Pretty girls makes my world go round.

.... okay, that was a mushy blog, forgive me....

So William Hung has a Christmas album.  This guy's 15 minutes of
fame just won't end will it? The guy can't sing and he doesn't even
look like a star.  This is just an ongoing joke that will never
end.  But you know what?  I respect him. Why? Because he
really is living the American dream, and I can't fault him for
that. 

He started off being publicly ridiculed on national television and the
internet.  He was then given a chance to release an actual studio
album, which may just be an extension to making fun of him. But this
guy has major cajones, because instead of sulking or being depressed at
being a public laughing stock, he took advantage of it and is now quite
the success story. He is now making lots of money on something he isn't
very good at; singing.  He goes around the country doing live
performances where people actually go meet him.  His CD actually
sells. AND he now has the clout to attract women. 

We started off laughing at him.  Then he started laughing with
us.  But now he is laughing at as.  Good job Mr.Hung, you
definitely are living the American dream.

Opinions on three things...

So, Scott Peterson is guilty of murder and is now "recommended" by the jury to get the death penalty.
Although I believe that he is indeed guilty for murdering his wife and
unborn child, I don't think he needs to get the death penalty. 
Put him in prison for life with no possibilities of parole, but giving
him death is the easy way out for him.  Wouldn't you rather know
that he is suffering 50+ years in a prison cell, than just letting him
die sooner than later?
Besides, I'm not a big fan of the death penalty, because it suggests
such a finality to somebody's guilt.  Even with today's technology
and forensic detail, there is still always a chance that they could be
wrong.  Sure there is a very very small percentage of innocent
people being put to death accidentally, but the fact that there is a
percentage isn't very encouraging.

The whole Kobe Bryant fiasco
is just a whole friggin soap opera! I'm simply tired about hearing
about this guy.  People now seem to care more about his personal
life than his basketball skills. I'm sick of him I tell you, sick sick
sick of him.

Electronic Arts buys a five year exclusive deal with the NFL license?!
Not only that, but there are talks about doing the same with the NBA,
NHL, etc... This is sad. With the video game industry here in the U.S.
beating out
Hollywood in making money, a monopoly by EA on all sports games is just
EVIL. The NFL is stupid in allowing this to happen, and I hope the
other sports leagues still believe in spreading their licenses to other
publishers.
Just
watch, there is going to be a company that will release a football game
that is going to be "close" to a licensed NFL game, and then EA goes
out and sues them for that. In a business POV, this is a great
powerplay by EA but it still doesn't make it right though. The
government put a stop to Microsoft from trying to completely wipe out
it's competition with their monopoly practices, do you think EA's move
is similar? Maybe, maybe not.
If this was the ESPN franchise
that won the exclusive right to the NFL license, it still wouldn't be
right. So I hope the Madden fans think about that before acting smug
that "their side" won a serious blow against the competition.

sometimes you can't random on your own

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for the guys = ASS (pics)

ohmigod! I met so many bad drivers today it was unbelievable.

I get passed over in a non-passing over lane.  I saw him coming
with my side mirror, and what I did was I swerved my car towards his
way.  I scared the bejeezus out of him, and he thought I was going
to hit him.

Later, I was going to make a left to park at a parking spot.  I
put up my left turn signal and waited for the VW beetle in front of me
to pass me by.  But the beetle is just sitting there, so I
accelerate to get in the lane and what happens? The beetle goes
forward!  I quickly backed up, the beetle stops, and I wave my
arms around going "fine, go then if you wanted to go, why were you
sitting there like an idiot in the first place, get off your damn
cellphone and pay attention, stupid female teenage driver!" (yeah, go
imagine me doing that)

Later on, there was another driver that cuts into my lane, when I had
the right of way.  He then took off, and I had to wait for traffic
to clear up as I muttered "damnit, that should have been me that made
it through traffic."

The road would be a more peaceful place without all the other idiot drivers.

That's okay, I shall command these heroes to get rid of all the evil drivers out there. bwahahahaha