Netflix rulz

I love Netflix. How places like Blockbuster and Hollywood video are still in business I will never understand. The reason I love netflix is that i have been on a "classic film" kick as of recent. You know classic films. they came out when you were a kid and for some reason havent seen them yet? For me, it was full metal jacket, apocalypse now, and the like. To quote Twain... "Theyre the books that everyone wants to have read, but doesnt want to read them." Just swap out books for movies and there ya go. See, I get these sweet movies on DVD, and dont have to buy them. AND I get to keep em for as long as i want. its such a sweet deal. I digress.
Right now on my que, have the Deer Hunter, which i couldnt see because it was R rated. and the Right stuff. I just finished watching chariots of fire, and gotta say was disappointed... Thw movie was long and kinda flat. it was a bit tough to follow the story line with all the flashback scenes and stuff. the movie was OK. I wonder what other movie was made that year that lost the best picture award to this yawn fest.
However, i expect good things fromt he rest of my movies in my list and am looking forward to the THIN MAN series since the first one was sooo hilarious when I saw it on screen on the green a few years ago. I alos LOVE the friends feature so i can see what Shhite my friends are watching, or so I know when to roll over to Harold and his purple crayon's pad to catch a good flick. Or to wonder about HOW incredibly liberal one person can be with Encyclopedias Red's movies. and of course Eric with all the worst B movies of all time so he can catch up on his USA channel up all night movies uncensored so he can see boobies.
Even mom and pop shops where you get obscure movies are done because you can even get faces of death on netflix. simply amazing. SO I wont be seeing you at the movies, cuz Ill be at my house sitting naked on the couch scratching my balls and eating baby carrots and jalapeno ranch dressing. hows that for a damn mental picture

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Sushi Taro

So Manic McGee and I had another delicious experience this weekend at Sushi Taro (http://www.sushitaro.com/) located on 1503 17th Street, NW.
I have received numerous recommendations for this place, and now I know why. The door is almost hidden next to a large CVS and blockbuster, and really doesn't look like much from the outside. But upon entering you are greeted with beautiful Asian girls (mostly Japanese) and some attractive smiling older employees too. They greet you in Japanese and lead you through the very modern, but classically Japanese styled restaurant. There are two private dinner rooms off to the side, that are partitioned off with a screen and a large party table where you sit on pillows on the floor. There is a long and winding sushi bar behind which multiple sushi chefs are laughing and preparing the food.
We had a reservation (which I recommend, it was very crowded for 7pm on a Monday) so they led us to a nice table with a window view looking over 17th st. We were seated with menus, a sushi ala cart menu, a sake menu, and two warm towels to wash our hands. What I liked was that the entire menu was in Japanese and English, so YAY! I could read it, but it looked authentic. No pictures to help your selection, so if you don't know sushi just point and be adventurous. I have eaten at many sushi restaurants and usually order a roll or two that I know and a side dish of dumpling or tofu, but Manic McGee and I decided to be (somewhat) adventurous. I ordered the Sushi Assortment 1, which came with 7 unnamed Nigiri and 1 tuna roll, and Corey ordered the Sushi and sashimi Dinner box.
Everything was excellent. The Nigiri and sashimi were fresh and at the right temperature, the rolls were rolled tight with a great seaweed wrap. The gyoza was heavenly and the tempora was light and crunchy.
Oh, and there is a complementary miso soup that Maniac loved.
We tried to end the night with one of their specialty cocktails, and were very disappointed. I don't remember what I had (something with green tea) that tasted like watered down bad scotch, and Maniac McGee ordered the Samurai rock, which was ok but just tasted like a lime spritzer. The only alcohol we ordered was the cocktails and the total price equaled around 60$ plus tip. Not a bad price considering we had such a good experience and left feeling full.

Total score? 5 out of 5 nices
Would we go there again? Definitely

Highly recommended.

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Winter times

I have always said I write better when im depressed. Its probably why i havent put pen to paper, fingers to keyboard, yadda yadda yadda. Recently, Ramona Quimby has left for the holdiays thus making our little cozy house we live in very empty. I have to wake myself up in the morning and dont get to see her when i come home at night. this may seem gross, or whiny to you. Fuck off. But the time alone has me pondering things that I havent pondered in awhile.
It is true that my old roomates didnt like me. However, I had no idea how much until this weekned when I saw two of them on the metro. I waved and smiled because i am a grown ass man, and an adlt. I graduated in high school in 1995 and have never looked back. Apparently, they are living those glory days all over well into their twenties. They saw me, recognized me and turned their backs to me. I want to say that i am glad that they are out of my life, If I still lived there, Dear God, I would be fucking miserable. grow up you three.
Also, a recent occurence. I am an asshole. I do not deny it. My humor is such that it will generally piss you off or offend you if are thin skinned. This comes from several sources:
1. I am short, and as such have little man syndrome, which basically means My mouth makes up for the height i lack.
2. I grew up a nerd and generally instead of being the smart nerd, i was the smart ass nerd.
if i make fun of you, or make you feel like less of a friend. its either because youre a complete fool and deserve it. But more likely is the fact that we're friends and I love you. If at anytime you find me ignoring you, i probably dont like you.
"sticks and stones my break my bones, but words will never hurt me." So unless I start throwing shit, you have nothing to worry about.

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Happy Ham Day

Ham? Isn't it suppose to be turkey? Yes but who cares about that pompous bird. I like ham.

I'm spending this Thanksgiving day in Seattle with my cousin Charise, her husband named Vincent and little three month old boy also named Vincent. Suffice to say I get confused who people are calling for when they say that name. But I think I have it down. If they say it with baby talk then of course its for the little guy, if they say it with a little respect then it's the other guy but if its with a little contempt then it's for this guy :)

Before I end this short and useless blog I just want to say that I hope never to be stationed in McChord. I'm sure there are other things here to like but I have formed the opinion that no one here knows how to drive, the women are built like lumberjacks and the constant rain will make an emo out of anyone. Then again I've only been to Tacamo and Pyullup(sp?). I have more but enough of that.

Happy Ham Day again to everyone!

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Monday Morning Quarterbacking Week 11

Thanksgiving is all about traditions. The turkey, the family and friends, the Macys parades, etc. This is no different for the world of professional football as it is the one time of year that the entire nation gets to view the horror of Detroit Lions football. They are just so bad that they will never get on Monday night or Sunday night football, so this is the only chance most people ever have to witness the twisted and disgusting creation that Matt Millen has managed to put together. Their annual beatdown is one of my personal Thanksgiving highlights. Lets get in to the reviews now of the past Sunday!

Pittsburgh 24 Cleveland 20

Is there life in the Steelers? Or have they pissed away too much of the season to do anything with. In the very competitive AFC playoff race I think they have dug themselves too deep of a whole to come back from. Besides, pulling a last second victory against Cleveland is hardly a case for optimism…

New England 35 Green Bay 0

What happened here? I know New England is good and all, but I thought Green Bay was coming on and playing much better. I know Favre was taken out early, so that whole thing with he should retire and let Aaron Rogers play…yeah, maybe not quite.

Kansas City 17 Oakland 13

Randy Moss had 0 catches this game. That’s right folks, ZERO. Apparently he is too “sad” to play hard. Let this be a lesson to all those teams out there that want to sign troubled players to big contracts. These guys are parasites, they only perform and try when the team is winning, otherwise they just mail it in. No heart at all.

Miami 24 Minnesota 20

This is a tale of two cities here. One team is catching fire in the Miami Dolphins, the other is in freefall mode in the Minnesota Vikings. Though certainly far fetched to believe that Miami can make the playoffs after the deep grave they put themselves in earlier, they are the team nobody wants to face right now.

Cincinnati 31 New Orleans 16

Saints appear to be slipping a bit now that we start to enter the playoff race. While they certainly have a lot of talent, the emotion appears gone that they fed off so much earlier in the year. Luckily, the NFC South is wide open and the other teams are playing equally as poor, so they should still be there in the end.

Chicago 10 New York Jets 0

I was at this game, it was pretty good. Chicago did not look good in the first half on either side of the ball and their offense struggled all game with another sub-par performance from Rex Grossman. However, Chad Pennington was terrible and the Bears defense knuckled down (or should I say beared down, ha, ha) in the second half and pitched the shutout. The Bears are clearly the class of the NFC.

Tennessee 31 Philadelphia 13

You show me anybody who predicted this one. For the 3rd time in 5 years, Donovan McNabb has suffered another season ending injury and the Eagles once promising season seems in peril. I believe they are done, very disappointing year for Eagles fans.

Tampa Bay 20 Washington 17

The Redskins could be the worst team in the league. They really should only have 1 win this year as the Jacksonville and Dallas victories were very fluky. I see little hope on the horizon for them as they are saddled with high priced free agents who have underperformed and a defense that is so bad that it needs to be completely retooled. Unfortunately for them, they traded away all of their draft picks for those free agents who can’t play. More dark days in the future for ‘skins fans…

Carolina 15 St Louis 0

Talk about a team taking the gas pipe. What happened to St Louis? They started off the season so well and have since dropped 5 in a row. Not only that, but the “greatest show on turf” just got blanked. Carolina is really not very good, but St Louis is just terrible right now.

Baltimore 24 Atlanta 10

Another poor performance for Michael Vick, yet he will never be benched as long as he is selling all those jerseys. Baltimore is a very strong team that could make a legit playoff push. They are the best team nobody is talking about.

Buffalo 24 Houston 21

J.P. Losman 340 yards? Oh wait…it was against Houston. Yeah nice game if you had Losman (why?) or Lee Evans in fantasy, but I’m sure Losman will revert to his true form next week.

San Francisco 20 Seattle 14

Ouch. Just ouch. Alexander came back but didn’t do anything. Starting to worry about him and if he still has it. Mike Nolan looked sharp in his suit however and I hope the NFL allows that full time next year.

Dallas 21 Indianapolis 14

I just don’t get the feeling Indy really care about the regular season very much anymore. It is generally the same cast of characters there and as I said last week, losing a couple regular season games will really help them I think. This is the best thing that could happen to Indy, they need to drop a couple more and actually have to fight with San Diego or Baltimore for that top playoff spot. That way they will go into the playoffs playing inspired football.

San Diego 35 Denver 27

I guess the lesson here is never sleep on the Chargers. Denver had them on the ropes but LT and his four touchdowns roared back to win this one. Can we give LT the MVP yet?

Arizona 17 Detroit 10

I saved my favorite for last. The 2006 Toilet Bowl featured the two worst teams in professional football. Look at Arizona, these guys screw everything up. All they had to do was lose and they would be almost ensured the number 1 pick. But no, they go and win and now Detroit will have the number 1. Way to go guys. Guess it doesn’t matter, I’m sure they would have found a way to blow it anyway.

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Monday Morning Quarterbacking

Allright, so I would like to make this a regular feature, but I'm sure I won't and will stop updating all together after two weeks, but I will look at yesterdays games and give a quick viewpoint on them.

Cleveland 17 Atlanta 13

Vick is the big bust that nobody wants to admit. Just because this guy sells a ton of jerseys and is loved by the media because of his highlight reel plays does not mean he is a good NFL QB. Matt Schaub is a far better option for Atlanta going forward as he is more suited for the west coast offense. Vick is just too mistake prone and does not have good QB mechanics. The experiment failed, the sooner Atlanta realizes this, the better they will be. Sucks for Adam though...

San Diego 49 Cincinnatti 41

If LT is not the MVP of the league, I want to hear some suggestions on who else it could be. This guy is consistently amazing each and every week. Phillip Rivers is turning in to a bonafide star in the league and has great leadership abilities. Taking a team 21 down at the half to a victory on the road takes serious heart. Watch out for this San Diego team, they are the real deal.

San Francisco 19 Detroit 13

Is Roy Williams going to shut up yet? Detroit is bad, god awful bad. However they always are so I'm sure it has become expeced in Detroit for the Lions to suck. I wonder what they would do if they ever actually saw success? I doubt they could handle it. Frank Gore is the best RB nobody knows about, this guy is good. San Francisco is actually a surprisingly better team then most people thought, they will get a few more wins this year for sure.

Baltimore 27 Tennessee 26

How do you blow that one Tennessee? Oh well, its not all bad news for the music city. This team has actually shown a lot of fight and heart this year for a team that has very young and very little talent. Jeff Fisher will never in a million years be considered for coach of the year, but he has had themost difficult job and has done the most. Dont know what to think about the Ravens yet, they seem to keep winning but they sure look bad doing so.

Indianapolis 17 Buffalo 16

Yeah the Colts are undefeated again and nobody is talking about it. Nobody should. This team has shown year after year that they blow through the regular season and then choke in the playoffs. These guys need to lose a few games and have to fight for seeding in the playoffs this year. If they don't and they have it all locked up again by week 15, then mark my words, they will be bounced early again. J.P. Losman is not the answer in Buffalo.

Miami 13 Kansas City 10

Break up the Dolphins! A team that was in total disarray has reeled off two wins in a row against serious playoff teams. Might be that team that isn't going anywhere but nobody wants to face going down the stretch. Just as an aside, Indianapolis' last game this year is against the Dolphins. Could Miami spoil the undefeated season for yet another team? We shall see...

Green Bay 23 Minnesota 17

Brett Favre is not done yet! Seriously, for all the people who put this guy in his grave last year, they are eating a lot of crow right now. This Green Bay team is dangerous. Minnesota...what is going on with you guys? You crush the Seahawks and then turn around and lose to San Fran and Green Bay? I don't think Minnesota is a playoff team.

New York Jets 17 New England 14

Don't look too much in to this game. Sure the Patriots have never lost two in a row in 4 years, but they are still one of the most elite teams in the NFL. The Jets are very good at home and should never be taken for granted. Next week they play the Bears in New York, they have the ability to make it interesting if nothing else.

Philadelphia 27 Washington 3

God the Redskins suck. They are horrible. All the attention is on Mark Brunell and replacing him, which will help, but this teams problem is defense. Sean Taylor was burned bad twice and the cornerbacks couldn't cover a table with a cloth. This is the most expensive mess of a team I have ever witnessed.

Houston 13 Jacksonville 10

Guess David Garrard and his 4 INTs are not the answer for Jacksonville. So after pissing on Byron Leftwich and putting all his chips in the Garrard pile, Jack Del Rio has very likely put his once promising season in peril. These guys were good and they were winning and you introduce a QB controversy? If it isn't broke, don't fix it. Well now the Jags have gone and broke it.

Denver 17 Oakland 13

I would just like to state as a fantasy owner of the Denver running backs, nothing make me more angry then Mike Shanahan. On Wednesday they say Tatum Bell probably wont play and Mike Bell will start. Well at the last second before game time they don't even suit up Mike Bell and Tatum Bell starts. Serves you right to almost get beat by Oakland!

Dallas 27 Arizona 10

Yeah, they are the Cardinals. They are a joke.

Pittsburgh 38 New Orleans 31

Is there life in the defending champs? They sure looked good against a tough New Orleans team. However, I think they have dug themselves far too deep of a hole to get out of. While this season may be a loss, if they finish strong perhaps they can keep some hope for next year and not blow up the team.

Seattle 24 St Louis 22

I swear this team is going to put me in an early grave. Yet another game winning field goal from the man himself Josh Brown to beat the evil Rams. Seneca Wallace has played well and has kept us afloat as we get through these times without Hasselback and Alexander. With a two game lead on the Rams in the division and those guys coming back it looks as if we are well on our way to another playoff run.

Chicago 38 New York Giants 20

Chicago has firmly entrenched its position now as the class of the NFC with a huge victory over big blue. Are they beatable? Sure. But it is no easy task and these guys are for real. Like any NFL team they can slip up and not show up on any given Sunday. But with big statement victories against the two NFC teams most likely to compete with them for top seed in New York and Seattle, they have proven themselves. It will be interesting watching these guys in the playoffs.

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