Stop Yelling At Me!!!

That wasn't to you, that was to the voices in my head. They tell me to do mean things, and say mean things about people. They also yell at me for not updating my blog... oh wait, no... that's you guys. Well actually that's good. I need more of that so I stay on task. But back to the voices: See, Josh and Tim write it off as a funny sort of game where they do things in their head that is funny in a cartoony way. In my head the voices always just tell me the most offensive things to say at that moment in time, and I always have to tell them to be quiet because no one else would think that is funny. They are evil, and make me laugh.

Ok, interesting new time waster on our hands here. It is pretty addictive and also makes you feel like you're on Acid. Check out Mono, a free downloadable game where you have to shoot the colored balls and well, that's about it. But don't let that fool you, it's addictive. Only problem is that you actually have to install it, rather than play it on a website.

The holidays are going great for me, I used Christmas money to buy myself a new car alarm/remote start/power windows/set the car on fire/remote trunk thingamagig. Oh yeah, and I didn't pay NEAR what that website is charging.

Finally, someone punch this kid in the face. Please.

"So what did Santa Bring you...

yeah? Really?? wait - don't care. GET BACK TO WORK!!!"
- - Bosses Everywhere - -

So I'm back. I've got to get to work in a few minutes here but I needed to address whatever fanbase I may have left. Merry Day After Christmas!!! I hope everyone's holidays went swimmingly. I've got a few days left of retail hell coming up and then work should be nicer... I'm expecting a ton of returns and cashing in on gift cards and the like. Speaking of Cashing in on Gift cards. I'm going to work a half hour early this morning to cash in on one of mine: Remote Car Start and Keyless Entry. I don't even have power windows/doors, so a remote unlock and car start is WAY nice. I'm also drinking some delicious Black Tea made brewed from loose tea leaves (another present) and after work today I'm going to send dad the measurements in my apartment so he can install a hangboard that they made for me. (kinda like this, used for pull ups and the like to make you a better rock climber.) I got lots of other stuff too but I'm a bit rushed, besides who wants to just hear me talk about myself??

So.... What did you all get?!??!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Posting Resuming in full force on Monday. I've got stories!

Also, check out Norad Santa that Mom showed me. They've been tracking Santa live all night long and you can see the results and the videos.

Desperate for a Post

So I'm way late. And need to get something up. So here you go.

Amazing Pencil Carvings

The DiVinci Code Trailer

Its almost a new year... time for a new windows wallpaper!

(PS, I stole these from Diggnation... sorry)

Alright Josh and I are meeting Ro in Bloomington... Now. Going rock climbing. Later!

Dumbest Dog Ever

Normally I reserve this title for my sister's dog "Jasmine," who coincidentally also responds to the incredibly un-PC term "retard." I do not condone such improper usage of such terms, but it is a simple fact so I thought it was relevent to post. This dog however seems to be up in the running.

Also, speaking of dogs... my mom just got one for her birthday.


She's currently desperately searching for names. So far I believe she's tossing around Beatrice (Bee), Danni, Francis (Franny French) Cleo, Isabel (Izzy), and about a bagillion others. Offer up any suggestions you may have. I'm going with Rudra the Destroyer and Bringer of Death. Or Allie Angel-Eater. Or Lexie... Lexie is cute.

The REAL King of the Jungle

Alright, so here's the deal. Here is Rob's knowledge of King Kong in it's complete and utter entirety:

Giant Monkey grabs Blonde, climbs up tall building and swats at airplanes.

That's it. That's all I knew. I didn't even know how it all ended until a damn webcomic ruined it for me. I'm not really mad at the webcomic, they likened it to "ruining" Star Wars by saying that Darth Vader is Luke's Father. Or Titanic in that the ship sinks. I'll give them that, there's definately a point where you have no right to be upset about ruining an ending. But to my defense, since seeing the movie (late show of course) I have spoken to two people who knew just as little as I had. One of those people is Ro, so please don't mention ANYTHING about the movie on here, or in the comments or anything. I want to use her as a test subject for someone who doesn't know the story at all before going in and what she thinks.

All that nonsense aside, here's my official movie review:

King Kong: Go see it.

Its not probably a movie I'd buy like Batman Begins and watch it over and over, but I definately enjoyed it and think everyone else would as well. I consider it to be like a Classic Book or something that everyone just needs to experience once and they're better off for doing so. One thing I will say, the T-Rex vs King Kong fight was freaking AMAZING. That scene alone would make me go back to the theatres to rewatch with Ro. Good Movie, Peter Jackson did a good job... and now he needs to get on "The Hobbit."

Extremely Nerdy Link Warning!!!

How the New Nintendo Revolution Controller works.

Hey mom, check out the very last clip in the video. Now when you move your hands when you play mario kart, is actually what you're supposed to do. You were just ahead of your time!!

"I'm experiencing a sensation altogether new to me...

... And frankly I LOVE IT!!!"

-- Tom Servo, MST3K --


So even though I haven't gotten any real free time just yet, I can smell it. I can feel it coming. Tomorrow is my last day of Crazy, No Social Life, Rob. After i turn in my final at 6 pm tomorrow, I'll officially be done with this semester, AND I'll officially have only one job. That means when I'm not at Best Buy, I won't have ANYTHING to do. I won't have to wake up every morning and close every night. I won't have to play catch up on my sleep, and there will be some mornings I may not have to set an alarm. i cen see in my schedule for next week, there's actually a 46 hour strech of time that I don't HAVE to do anything. Its completly blowing my mind.

Last Friday, you will never guess what I did... I went out. That's right, with someone besides Scott or a Ryder boy. No offense to either party of course, and I will be spending much more time with both, but you need to understand the depth of that statement. Its the first time, since I've been here, that I've hung out with someone whom I met for the first time here in Springfield. Not only that, but some of us went to get Chinese with Ro on Sunday, and I was invited to a party on Friday of this week.

People, it's official. I'm reclaiming a social life!
And I get to see more of Ro!!!
Things are going to be good.

Its Official

Naturally Smart You're a naturally smart person. Your intelligence comes to you naturally, rather than from instruction - and you are better with applied or more real-world things... which comes in handy, here in the real world. 20% applied intelligence 60% natural intelligence

Take this quiz at Quiz Galaxy

Too bad there isn't a laziness factor in there.
Also, I should note I got this off of my sister's boyfriend's blog.
"Hi Scott!"

Children so cute your head will explode.

As much as I truely hated this fad, this video is awesome.

Also while we're on the topic of heads exploding, and seeing that mom brought up my ego in the last comment, there's this guy that I've never met who really likes to tread on my fragile ego at work. Ok, so he doesn't really do much, but it seems like anytime there's a problem with the process that him and I are involved in, he automattically blames me. And then I have to figure out what happened (this has taken place 3-4 times). This process so far as always involved me double checking my work and finding out that I didn't do anything wrong and everything was in-fact correct when he recieved it.

I just take sick pleasure in detailing exactly how I went through the trouble of checking all my work, and explaining to him as simply as possibly is that the error was on his end. Expecially since we like to think he's someone of importance in this other division. Ahh, I'll miss that data entry job... well no. I'll miss like 4 people who work there, but the "job" was boring as could be.

Bringing You New Music...

Alright, so I'm going to start running out of excuses soon for not posting. BUT THAT TIME IS NOT NOW. I've got a 10 pager due tomorrow, and have 2 take home finals to do... plus I'm still pulling both jobs. I expect another week of milking this and then I'm going to have to develop a pattern. Anyways, here's something for you: http://www.pandora.com/

Free music on the internet. You tell it a band to start with, it plays that artist and then tries to play similar. You tell it if you like or don't like the song and you can add more artists to the list for it to draw from. The 3rd artist it played for me I had never heard before, but I liked a lot (Forgotten not Forgiven, by Just Surrender). Its like Yahoo's Launch but it claims to be "smarter." Anyways, its free, you don't even need a sign in name, and it gives you something to listen to at work/home. MAN! I like the 4th song too (I Know, by None Other).

Anyways back to my paper.... For anyone who cares, it's on "Women's Rights and the Workplace" or something. Seriously... TEN pages?? How many different ways can you say "She needs to get back in the kitchen."**

And I'm out like Jessica Simpson in a spelling bee.



** Its lines like that that's going to screw me over in my political future. Eh, at least "I" think I'm funny...

Google 9/11

I know there's a ton of 9/11 stuff that's circulated the internet... slideshows, collages, montages, etc... but I actually thought this was really neat. Its set up with google maps, and it's people's pictures they took when it happened. You just click on any of the pins and that represents where someone was standing when it happened and it shows you the picture they took at that moment from that location. Blue pins are pictures, Red are stories. Here

Customer Support

CS: Hello Mother Nature, Co. - Bringing you the best in Natural Events and premier life support systems. How may we assist you today?

Me: Yeah, I have a bit of a complaint. I've recently received a product of yours that I didn't order. I would like to have it returned.

CS: I'm sorry to hear that sir, which one of our products would that have been?

Me: Snow. I woke up yesterday and there was snow all over my car and my car door was even frozen shut. Not only was it not ordered, you might want to have a word with your advertising department, I never even saw it coming. Just a few days ago I was running around without as much as a jacket on.

CS: Of course sir, I can see how that was problematic and I apologize for the inconvenience. Let me see what we can do for you... Well Mr. French, it appears that most of the snow has since disappeared anyways, we can go ahead and clean up the rest of that if you'd like.

Me: Well, yeah, that'd be great... I'd like to return the ice on the parking lots and such as well. Actually, what would be REALLY nice is if I could just return the whole package.

CS: The Entire Package Sir???

Me: Yeah, Winter as a whole. You can really just write it off this year.

CS: Umm.... hold on one moment, I'm going to have to speak with my manager... ... ... Alright Mr. French, I'm afraid we can't take back the whole season, there's too much that depends on the cycle of the seasons. But what we can do is offer a full refund.

Me: A refund? For what?? I didn't pay for anything, I told you I didn't even order it in the first place!!!

CS: Didn't even pay fo.... just a moment... yes. It says here in our records that you are deliquent on the last several seasons payments. Apparently you signed up for our services back in '87.

Me: What in the Hell are you talking about???

CS: Sir I'm going to have to ask you to watch your language. Our records indicate that you requested the entire winter package with snow... and yes... even paid extra for the "White Christmas." And our services automatically renew every year unless we specifically hear otherwise from you.

Me: This is Fu... Freaking ridiculous! You can't automatically renew and expect back pay from a 6 year old's white christmas wishes!

CS: Sir, we can and we do. Your current bill is $587.71.

Me: How do you figure!!??!?!

CS: *sigh* Winter Package is $19.99 with an extra $5.99 for the White Christmas's.... figure in tax... that's 502.71 then add $85 in late charges.

Me: This is Bullshit! I demand to speak to your supervisor!

CS: Mr. French, you're going to have to calm yourself. Our boss is a very busy man...

Me: I don't want to hear it. Transfer me over to him. What's his name?

CS: God.

Me: Good! You tell this Mr. God that Robert French is pissed and wants to have some words with him.

CS: It's just "God" sir.

Me: Whatever. Transfer me over now. The shit is about to hit the fan!

CS: You have no idea sir. Transferring now...

Old Dogs and New Tricks

So, one thing I'm sure I'll end up doing is helping on a campaign or something. Its just something you do as a political studies major. Kinda like Actors and waiting tables (Tim, have you applied at the Olive Garden yet?). But anyways, one thing I was always going to promote was the usage of new mediums for the candidates to get a really personal touch to their campaigns. For example, I really like Barack Obama after listening to his podcast. He's funny and it seems less politized, like I said: really personal feeling. Something new I found was Republican Speaker of the House Denny Hastert's Blog. Its really funny, because he's like:

"This is Denny Hastert and welcome to my blog. This is new to me. I can't say I'm much of a techie... ...I'm excited. This is the future. And it is a new way for us to get our message out."

Hey, it's enough for me to really give him a chance. I know it's his marketing people pushing him to do it to "get more in touch" with the younger generation... I know exactly how this works, nonetheless, it does make me more interested in what he has to say.

Full Time Update
So here's something that I'm waiting for the paperwork for so I can verify... Apparently Best Buy has a Higher Education Reimbursement Program of some sort. I've heard rumors of them giving like $4,000 a year. I'll keep you updated.