Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand...

Counting Crows "Round Here"
If you can't tell I've been watching the World Series of Pop Culture on VH1. And getting my ass kicked by the folks on TV. These are categories I SHOULD know the answers to, but I don't. I guess I should be watching more TV and movies. I thought I did, but apparently not enough. I should know these! I'm getting maybe 40% of these questions, whereas I need at least 51%, kinda like quorum. TV, movie, music trivia is my speciality. If I could've majored in it in college I would have. Argh! What is wrong with me?
I'll admit that in my old age I am paying less attention to the details in the show unless they are brought up on imdb.com, but still this is not an excuse. I should know better! I will train, focus on the goal, and watch lots of TV. I know it sounds hard but I'm determined. I will be the next Rocky of pop culture.
Nah, sounds too hard.

Fate is Hollow.

It's raining.
What the hell? For the last week it has been 90+ and in the last two weeks there hasn't been a drop of rain. So yesterday I gave Stacy a nice washing, trying to get into every nook and cranny and I think I did a pretty good job. And without fail, it starts to rain.
Actually, it happened the last time I washed my car about a month ago too. There's just something that doesn't want Stacy to be clean.
At least the heat wave has broken. Thank-you Stacy! And Fate.

near hit proves stereotype

If you don't know, Carmel, Indiana loves their roundabouts. I love'em too, cuz I like to push the edge in my trusty CRX "Stacy." Now recently I got Stacy some new tires, courtesy of my friend who works at a Discount Tires. I should mention the fact that Stacy is a man's car, yes I'm being sexist. She's a 5-speed manual, no power steering, or power windows. When the car starts to heat up, the gears won't shift properly, there is a sunroof but the tracks are broken so you can't fully open it, and to top it all off, the little retractable antenna has to be manually operated. Yet, I love her to death (probably cuz I'll die a fiery death inside of her).
Since I've gotten new tires, I've been more willing to pull some G's on turns. Like my apartment complex offers a half-G turn which I exploit every time I come home from work. OK, back to my story. This city is full of roundabouts, all different configurations too. Some are two lanes, some are single lanes, some with only three roads connected, so on and so forth. This particular one was a two-lane roundabout, which I thought "Wouldn't it be sweet if I could drift it!?!" So I hit the roundabout at approximately 30MPH, made the turn, hit the gas, over-corrected for the return, hit the other side of the roundabout... and then here's where I lost it. Since Stacy doesn't have power steering, manuevering is made more difficult. When I over-corrected to drift to the other side, I didn't think much beyond that so to prevent an accident I let go of the steering wheel completely to straighten out. Of course that's too much when you're drifting so I had quickly grab the wheel and try to correct myself again. Of course I was still on the gas, which is a bad thing when you're about to go out-of-control! I barely miss the curb (which would've hurt Stacy) and now I'm drifting the other way. Granted it's a two lane roundabout and I'm in a CRX but still not very safe going sideways down a road.
Luckily, Stacy loves me and she helped me out. No accidents, but my friend was behind me watching it. Our journey ended at my other friend's house and we washed our cars. Stacy looks better now, it's going to take me a few $$$ to get Stacy back to supermodel form.
Although I don't know if I want her to be a supermodel, cuz she'd probably just dump me too.

listen, i've been thinking

How do the movie executives live with themselves? Crap like Wild Things 3 or Bring It On 3 a.k.a. Bring It On: All or Nothing.
"Nothing please."
I understand the concept of the sequel. Either to continue a great storyline, or to make more money. Usually its the latter, money motivates a lot I guess. Still, when the sequel fails to make money, what are the chances that another installment is going to be a cash cow? I've been wracking my brain all day trying to come up with one example of between the second sequel of a movie was a hit when the first sequel was such crap. I'll let you know if I think of one.

funnies

You all know my humor is on the eccentric-side of normal, I don't make excuses and in fact, if you talk with my dad or knew my mom then you'd understand how I have the sense of humor I have today. Usually, a kid is blend of the parents but in my case, if you added up my parents' humors you'd get me. This is true in most of the qualities I possess.
I don't have anything against the mentally handicapped, it's not their fault they're retarded but that's not going to keep me from laughing. Now I won't just see a retard and laugh at him in the middle of the street, but if he/she were to do something stupid, I'd laugh at them. In fact, I'd laugh at anyone that did something stupid (which didn't affect me). If something's funny I'll laugh or smile.
The first sign is obviously just a mix, granted the top sign always gets a smile out of me "Slow Children Playing" but the addition of "Hunting With Shotgun Only" actually made me laugh. I guess it's only fair to hunt 'tards with only a shotgun.
The second picture makes me wonder if somewhere in the town's law books there's a law against being retarded. What actually prompted the purchase of this sign? Usually laws are made out of necessity, so I wonder if there was a rampant problem with 'tards in the borough. Or maybe 'tards get violent in the borough and The Man had to put them down. I don't know, but Retards Prohibited says it all.
Some day, I'm going to order one of these signs for my place. I just have to learn what borough means.