Pondering Christian Ponder

On Sat Jan 5th 2013 the Minnesota Vikings will face the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field in an NFL playoff game.  Regardless of what happens in this game, I think the Minnesota's quarterback Christian Ponder is terrible and his only redeeming quality is that his abundance of mediocrity is what keeps his team from being good.

I had an idea when I was walking to work this morning and so I when I sat down, I wrote this:

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It's Sat night, January, cold, and it's loud.  This is the playoffs.  This is what he's worked hard for years to get to.  Millions dream of this moment.  Thousands aspire to reach this level.  A few hundred have actually made it this far.  Significantly fewer can say they've made it to a playoff game.  This is it.  Division rival.  All or nothing.  Play big or don't play at all.  Friday night football nights are a long ways away from tonight.  No previous experiences in college or even high school could prepare him for this moment.

It's fourth and goal.  Fingers are numb.  All eyes are on him.  The aches of that last big hit are starting to set in.  Gotta push that aside.  The team needs him to play as though he's worthy of being in this position.  Ignore the naysayers.  He has to forget the past.  The present is all that matters.  Forget the last time he was literally in this same spot months ago.  All of that doesn't matter.  This is it.  The moment has arrived.  He clears his mind and takes a deep breath.  One lingering thought creeps into his mind as he experiences this moment in history:

Beavis and Butthead - They're Back

http://popdust.com/2011/07/22/beavis-butthead-jersey-shore-new-season-preview/

I'm not a fan of Family Guy.  American Dad is ok at times.  The Simpsons need to be put to rest.  South Park should have ended years ago.

I'm normally not a fan of the retarded humor and Family Guy is the one that I think is the one that best represents the genre.  That being said, I'm actually happy Beavis and Butthead are coming back.  Maybe it's the nostalgia of them that made me grin when i heard this.  Maybe it's my juvenile side that still laughs when I've got gas.  I just think the world could use a dose of simple stupid humor again because of how polarized we're getting and how vogue it is to throw political commentary into every form of media.

After finding this out, I'm grinning and I don't know why.  :)

Nintendo DS Games

I need to dust off my DS and play some games.  The problem is, I'm having a difficult time trying to find games I want to play.  I gravitate towards the puzzle games a lot because I can play the hell out of them for a while and then put them down and not miss a beat.  I'm also open to a decent RPG.  Never did finish the last Zelda game i was playing a couple of years ago because i got to be too busy.


http://ds.ign.com/index/games.html

Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks looks promising.  Phantom Hourglass was good but never finished it.

http://ds.ign.com/objects/143/14333936.html

Sonic Rush looks good too.  I've always been a fan of Sonic.

http://ds.ign.com/objects/683/683045.html

Plants Vs Zombies just looks fun.  :)

http://ds.ign.com/objects/084/084432.html

Star Fox?
http://ds.ign.com/objects/826/826993.html

Ahhhh good ole Mega Man...
http://ds.ign.com/objects/794/794195.html

Bejeweled 3?!?!  Considering how much of my life has been sucked up by the first two, this looks bad for any prospects of me getting something useful done.
http://ds.ign.com/objects/111/111908.html

Thanks IGN.  I now have a list of games to hunt for again.  Time to load up the ole DS with fresh games and pack it away so I can have something to do while the laptop is being exploited for frontierville purposes.  :)

Now that I've wasted your time reading my ramblings, you may now go back to your regularly scheduled boredom...

Sarah Connor Chronicles - CANCELED

To those at both Fox and Warner Brothers, a hearty FUCK YOU from the bottom of my heart. Thanks for selling out fans of a sci fi show once again. Thank you for jerking it around and cutting it loose after abusing it like a $3 whore. Thank you for restoring my faith in the idea that the networks care nothing about fans. Thank you for not being clever enough to capitalize on a growing fan base on the eve of an anticipated theatrical release of a sequel to the series.

http://www.fmqinc.com/terminator-cancelled/

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/04/terminator_the_sarah_connor_ch_4.html

I'm going back to downloading all of my tv shows rather than watching the broadcast versions.

Why I Deserve New Toys

The other day I had a conversation with a girl I work with at my part time job (grunt work). This being grunt work should rightfully imply that those around me aren't all that educated or even well to do financially. I always like comparing it to Mos Eisley . :) This conversation really bothered me and I think it will continue to bother me for a long time.

The girl in question is HS drop out and an unwed/uninsured mother in her early 20's that is partially supported by the father who does similar grunt work. The child is appx 5-6 years old and is being raised in a very unpleasant neighborhood. Race is intentionally being withheld because it's a non-factor. She brings her Nintendo DS to work regularly in addition to her iPod. They have a Wii and a PS3 at home and I'm unsure about the TV situation for those consoles. She can't/won't work overtime because the additional money will change how much government assistance she receives. Yes, she found the loop holes and is using them to her advantage.

I'd not seen her in 6 months so the conversation consisted of her showing me her new iPhone that she now has. Apparently they have matching iPhones in addition to matching iPods.

What bothers me the most is the amount of technology that they have despite lack of income. There's a child growing up in this environment. These people are partially funding their technology habits with government money. Rather than working hard to get ahead and earning their toys, they're using loop holes to cover their daily expenses while spending what money they have on pop culture technology.

Is it fair that those that earn less than I do and pride themselves in working as little as possible have nicer things than I do? Is it fair that tax payers are helping support them and others like them? The only thing they've learned from our “system” is that it discourages them from working more to get ahead. Pride? Whats that? Why would you need pride when you've got your electronic devices that everyone covets without putting forth the effort to earn them?

Something is seriously wrong here. They genuinely believe that they are entitled to stuff like this because they work hard raising their kid AND they have jobs. Congratulations! You bothered to attempt to do your parental duties while bothering to get out of bed and go to work a couple days a week. Wow. You're such a trooper. We should build statues in your honor because of how noble you are. You clearly deserve your desert for your dinner even though you didn't eat your vegetables or do your homework. You're entitled to the best that society has to offer solely because you made an effort within the confines of your situation. That's OK though. You deserve it all.

This is one of many people I work with. This is actually a very typical scenario for those that work there. These jobs will be gone in < 5 years and everyone knows that. Yet they keep self medicating with material possessions like this. No one seems to care that this is happening. Everyone that I work with has the attitude of “they beat the system and so more power to them”. I guess this is should be chalked up as my jealousy fueled rant. I've done my share. I've worked hard for years and have next to nothing to show for it. I feel as though I deserve all of those toys more than others do. Why? Because I'm special and I get out of bed every day. I pay my bills on time and sacrifice personal comforts so that I can continue to pay. This must be jealousy. Someone has something that I covet and therefore I'm bitter because I want what they have.

To the Right wing conservatives out there: I'll make sure to pass on a hearty “Thank you” to these people for your ammunition against social programs.

MyFace/SpaceBook

Social networking sites have gone from popular, to overboard, to irritating, and now they're getting downright obnoxious. Everyone has to add clutter to their page to show their individuality. I liked facebook once upon a time because it was clean. I did the myspace thing because it was easier to keep tabs on music groups. Myspace was (in my eyes) for people who can't spell HTML and yet wanted a gaudy 'pimped out' page. Facebook was once for those that wanted to stalk easier because of how lax people had their security settings and were gullible enough to fill in all of their personal info.

Today, both sites are overrun with widgets, plugins, apps, and overall bling which i find to be obnoxious. I don't care about what you're doing via twitter, who you superpoked, or what music plays every time someone loads your page.

I've decided to create a name for these people. They will be the ones that 'pimp out' their pages. They are the ones that toss so much multimedia content on their page that it's slow to load irregardless of connection speed and machine performance. These are the people who have a ton of youtube clips embedded in addition to different apps that spam their friends into submission to join them.

Both sites have picked up more and more traits of the other and it's getting difficult to tell them apart. Because of the blending that has happened between both sides, i've decided that they need a new name. A name that not only reflects what has happened to the sites, but also their users.

I propose MyFace.

MyFace will be used by me as an insult referencing these people. MyFace is my new catchall word for these sites and their individuality craving, bling polluting, bandwidth consuming, eye sores that people create.

Oooo... someone has just sent me a beer on MyFace and i need to go return the favor!

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(EDIT)

http://www.myface.com/

Looks like i'm going with spacebook instead of MyFace. Doh!