Circuit Shitty

I don't have to go into detail about the recent endings of the electronics store Circuit City. If you didn't know here's a link to the site I first learned of it from: Gizmodo. However new management has recently taken over and ditched the brick-and-mortar (thanks media 180) store for a brand new online click-and-ship only retailer. Considering I never believed the acquisitions on The Circuit, I decided to try it out and buy something that I've wanted for a long time now and actually was a few dollars cheaper here then anywhere else. The Special Edition 3-disk version of Hellboy II: The Golden Army.

I placed the order today and so far so good. Today I've gotten two emails: one confirming the order and one confirming that they have started the order processing already. They said I should get it by June 10th, next Wednesday, so I'll keep everybody updated on how well this works (or doesn't) and hope that I'll be watching this great movie quickly without any problems.

Editors Note: My copy of Hellboy arrived Tuesday, arriving one day earlier then expected arrival time. Considering I got a disk of the movie, a disk of the special features, and a digital copy for my Ipod for 20 beans, I think it was a great buy and from this one purchase recommend Circuit City.

Suck It Kevin

Recently my really good friend Kevin Gannon linked The Basement in one of his posts, almost guaranteeing me tens of readers. Being the appreciative person I am I decided to out do Mr. Gannon and make an entire post attempting to give him the tinest bit of traffic. I guess the real irony lies in the fact that the only person who reads my blog.... is Kevin. But the real important part is try isn't it? In the famous of words of Michael Ian Black's twitter updates: "Go For It". Along with the link of Kevin's A Journey is some of his original artwork called Idiots. 

End of semester work VS Twitter

The end of the semester is on its way. Along with the happiness of no work, longest summer vacation  since we started school, and the return of my best friends, is the dreadful misery of the piling work. This entire semester I've been teetering on the brink of complaining about how little work I've had and how boring 2009 has been. And then my prayers were answered. Each class has a paper due, so I thought I'd take advantage of my girlfriend going to her country house to get most of the work done early. So Saturday rolled along and what do I do. Finally get into Twitter. It started out pretty boring, but then Michael Ian Black and Steve Busemi got me checking it every few minutes. I don't think celebrities understand the point of twitter, because most of them just say awesome and funny things. I thought it was about simply what are you doing at that moment. With the exception of Rob Hubel who created follow Friday in which he picks someone and follows them the entire day (this week he followed a couple from the mall to they're apartment). After hours and hours of semi-work I got three papers due and still have one more in 3 weeks. 

Fuck Earth Day 4/22/09

Thanks Earth. We celebrate you with your own fucking day where most of us are going to turn off the lights at 2 in the afternoon while watching TV and using our microwaves (or mini-radiation machines). And you thank us by giving us this shitty ass day. Its cold. My window is cracked about two inches four feet away from me and I'm this [ ] close to getting my blanket. My igoogle weather app looks like its the fucking Noah's Arc storm from the Bible. This is the last (and first) time I pretend to care about you Earth. You just lost a good thing. 

P.S.: Isn't it kind of funny that Earth Day is so close to National Weed Day, which comes from the Earth.

The Facebook Ghost

About two days after my exclusion from Facebook I got an email back from I believe it was Eric. (say that name a few times, can you believe that that is a name: Eric. That just doesn't sound right). The email explained that there was a mistake with the automatic security system and gave me my Facebook back. The same way God gave us light; swooping in just in time for our survival. You'd be surprised the percentage FB consumes of your computer usage. I found myself done with the Internet within 20 minutes, and struggling to find more stuff to do online. So I quickly decided to dub myself the Facebook Ghost. Now for those of you who didn't see or sense my presence I know the passwords of three of my closest friends and go on them frequently for a facebook app game. So when I lost access to mine I began treating theirs as my own. Commenting on status' leaving status', messaging my friends. But I wasn't Carlos anymore. I was the Facebook Ghost. I felt like a superhero. But my real feelings where amazing, because I could get my FB fix but not feel like I need to be on it at all times. But now that I have it back I am grateful. Except for the fact that my groups were lost for absolutely no reason. 

P.S.: Read this as a drinking game. Take a shot every time I say Facebook, including in this PS..... Facebook. 

P.S.S.: I didn't photoshop this myself. Somebody actually had the idea of the Facebook Ghost before me. I love the Internet. 

FACEBOOK LOCKOUT

Account Disabled

Your account has been disabled. If you have any questions or concerns, you can visit our FAQ page here.

This is the message I received a few minutes ago as I switched from Facebook on Internet Explorer playing Tetris (better flash and java), to Google Chrome (my default browser) to just be on facebook. Apparently I committed some offense between those few seconds that I WASN'T on facebook for. Or maybe it was while I was playing tetris, not posting porn or threatening other members. I read the Terms of Conduct and Use that the FAQ page takes you to and there was nothing that I committed. Okay so there was a porn link that I sent to an alias account back in February, but I wouldn't report myself. So either this was a mistake, or somebody reported some random aspect of my profile. I don't think many of you understand what this is like. I hope we've gotten to the point in our society where this is accepted as a serious event. People I'll state it again: I can't get on my facebook. And no I'm not being sarcastic to be funny. If anybody has any experience with this type of mistake or any information on why my account was disabled please comment as soon as possible. Flowers and "I'm so sorry" shall alsol be accepted. 

Swish of the bat and arm

On Monday nights game of the Tampa Bay Ray's home opener against the Yankees, New York got their asses handed to them... by the 2nd inning. Things got so out of hand that there was no point in wasting the entire bullpen in a blowout. So who of all people raises their hand to pitch. Nick Swisher. As in Swisher who started the season off the bench but has been the best batting Yankee this season. As in Swisher who has hit 3 home runs in the last 4 games including one earlier in the game that he pitched in. He hadn't pitched since freshmen year in high school and his fastball was 75 mph (mostly because he didn't want to hurt his arm). The most awesome part of it is that after giving up a ball and single, he got the next three batters out in a row including a strike-out. Whodathunkit. 

EDITOR'S NOTE: Also Swisher pitched one of only two scoreless innings that the yankees pitchers were able to muster up Monday night.