Thursday, July 17, 2008

What is Your Financial Score?


Hey there friends. I just checked out my financial IQ and I must say that I am pleasantly surprised by my B score. Especially during these hard times, with the economy in turmoil, we all need to take a look at our finances to see where we stand. Many of us are carefully watching our finances and are debating whether or not we need to reorganize our finances. From what I've seen on the test, I need to plan out my future now, even though I'm in my mid 20's. Am I saving enough for retirement? Am I contributing enough to my 401K plan? Is my family covered in case of an emergency? These are questions that we need to think about early in our lives to assure that we have a comfortable retirement. For those of us that need a little help to get back on track, www.bills.com also provides financial services using dedicated professionals as your guide to relieve some of the pressures of financial strain. They offer help in:

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Debt help : Maybe you just don't know what's going on. Too many terms, too many options, too many bills. Period. Debt help will help you learn the terminology and help you establish a game plan to tackle that debt.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

My Sword and a Lactating Bitch


Hey there. I need to get a wall mount for this. I took this pic with my phone when I got home with my shiny, new sword. I think it would look better hanging on my wall looking all bad ass. I think I want another one now. We were watching Kill Bill not too long ago and my wife was like, "You should get one of those for your swords". She was talking about the racks that Hanzo had. I quickly thought, alright she's cool with the idea of me having more. lol I'd feel pretty stupid getting a rack like that and only have one sword on display. Maybe when I get more, I'll look into getting one.


As for this pic, I was at PetCo the other day and I was browsing through the dog medicine (my dog has this rash on his back, but the PetCo employee told me that he has a "hot spot" and he's constantly scratching it so I should get something to make him stop). I picked up this box and thought it was hilarious. I could imagine the makers of this sitting around and discussing their image and description for the box and some guy out there just throwing out the, "lactating bitches" as a joke and it ended up on the box. lol Good stuffs. Later

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

How Mafioso Are You?

Hey there. Stupid Myspace and their stupid addicting games. lol I'm a man of numbers. I love stats. So naturally, once I was invited to try the game by a family member, I keep going back to it to build up my stats. Mafia Wars is a relatively new application to be used while on Myspace and it's a text based mobster game. You earn levels are you mob and steal your way to the top. You buy armor and weapons to build your attack and defense so that you can FIGHT with other mob members. It's unique, at least to me, in the way that you replenish HP and other vital stats in real time. So it may take 5 mins or so for you to recover 1 exp. point that was used to rob a bank or other criminal activity. I think that's great because that'll make people like me have to log off and do other things while the your character recovers. Good stuffs. If you're out there on Myspace and want to join my Mafia, shoot me an Email and we'll "take over Myspace", Mafia status. Later.

Monday, July 14, 2008

7 Facts About Me

Hey there. I have been tagged by my friend over at My Girl Quest. First one so I'm doing my "civic blogger duty" and responding to it. lol So here we go...

Here are the rules:

1. List these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.

Here you go... seven random things about me:

* I'm a Taurus. From what I hear, that makes me bad ass. =oD
* I am (or was) a "band geek" in high school. Played trumpet for the LAUSD All City Band and played flute and piccolo (yes, I said piccolo and and it takes guts to admit that in front of the world) for the high school marching band/concert band.
* On top of Rock/Metal music, I love me some classical music too.
* I have a "hot" body. Not in that sense, friends. As in, it can be cold as fuck outside and I'll be walking around shirtless and in boxers cause I'll feel hot.
* One day, I inspire to be on stage at The Whiskey playing music with my friends.
* Quote that means something to me: "Sometimes you need to take a step back in order to move forward."
* 1 more... let's see... I want a pet snake (even though my wife might not be for it). I've been fascinated my the creatures since I was like 5.


Here are my tags: Mariuca , Reena , Monaco , Angelika , Sabriena , Shainakins , and {girl} for all status.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Are You A Rockstar?

Hey there. We had a get together planned for today, but we're going to scratch it. Most of us work tomorrow and to top it off, it was pretty short notice so we want to make sure that all invited will be able to show up. My wife's cuz was going to bring the game Rockband so that we can all play. From what I read, you either love it or you hate it. I've never played so I don't know how I feel about it yet. I think it's a great idea though. You got yourself a group of buzzed friends and who wouldn't want to pretend they're in a band? lol So moved it into next week, or I should say Saturday. No one works the next day (at least we don't think) so if we wanted to chill and do shit the next day, we can.

It's mid afternoon and am a little upset that I wasn't able to get the timing belt changed today. I saw the belt that I need for $30 but they're out of stock. I had to order it and pick it up at a later time so that I can get it changed. We've been hearing this sqeaky sound (usually in the mornings) when we start up our car and it tends to go away after about 5 mins or so. From what I've been told, it's either the belt or auto transmission fluid. I checked the fluid so I know that's not it, so I'm changing the belt. It needs it anyways so I won't worry about it much if it didn't get rid of the noise.

Need to call a vet. My dog began getting this rash on his back and I've seen him rub himself all over the floor. I'm pretty sure it's just him scratching the hell out of himself but I'll take him to a vet just to make sure. There is one down the street so let me get that number and call em up. I'll catch you guys later.

Friday, July 11, 2008

Fox Loves Zenni

Hey there. Someone at Fox must have read my great post on ZenniOptical.com because they went ahead and featured it on MyFoxWGHP.com. Go to Zenni on Fox to read all about it. It doesn't get any better when great prescription eye wear can come as low at $8 a pair. Check out the website and browse through the many frames and lenses that are available. Below is just one of the many frames that you can find.



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