Junk Mail

I've gotta hand it to those spammers. They're getting sneakier and sneakier. I got this in my email today. They used random symbols and letters to create their spam message. A spam filter that looks for key words probably wouldn't pick it up. lol Hmm...maybe it's time I try this Viagra thing they keep telling me so much about every day. After all, if random strangers and bots are recommending it, it's gotta be good! Right?

A Close Shave

You would think that after so many years of having facial hair I'd have figured out how to give myself a nice, smooth, cut-free shave by now, right?
Well you'd be thinking wrong, then! I remember when I first started shaving I would use those crappy plastic razors that came in bags of ten or so. Looking back now, in comparison...damn those sucked! Later on, somebody recommended I try using the Gillete Mach 3.
So I did. And ever since then, I've wanted nothing more! I don't want no battery powered vibrating quadruple blade razor that plays music and has flashing lights and bluetooth technology. lol Give me a good ol' Mach 3 and I'm a happy shaving man! There are even some new models similar to the Mach 3 that have an extra blade on the other side, for those closer detailed spots, but even those I don't like much. I have the habit of flipping the blade over and using that edge to wipe off excess shaving cream. Old habits don't die quickly, so I can imagine myself forgetting that extra blade is there, flipping it over, and giving my self some unwanted shaves. lol I was at the Target earlier this week, and all the Mach 3 blades were sold out. They'd been on clearance. I really hope this isn't the beginning of the end for my favorite blade!

So the Mach 3 is my weapon of choice against those pesky facial hairs. I prefer the clean shaven look. I don't have a moustache, goatee or any type of beard. Well...actually,I tend to be lazy when it comes to shaving some mornings, especially when I'm rushing in the morning before work. So during the work week I'll often end up not shaving for a few days and having a very noticeable beard. lol But eventually I shave it off. But I could never really get that nice smooth as a baby's butt feeling on my face. I'd always have a few bumps or microscopic ends of the hairs sticking out. And I know why this is. It was because I always shaved before I showered. My thinking was that I liked shaving first so that I could then just clean up and freshen my face in the shower after. I'd always read that it was better to shave after you shower, when your skin was warm and the hair follicles more open or whatever. But I tend to be very stubborn and want to stick to my ways. Then a few days ago, I don't know how, but I ended up reading some article on shaving and the majority of people said they'd gotten the best results shaving while showering. So I tried it. I've shaved in the shower the last two times now, and I love it! I really do notice the difference. Even while I'm actually shaving it's a lot easier. And once I'm all done and out of the shower, I've really noticed how smooth my face feels. I can't stop touching myself! My face...that is. You pervs!

I know I haven't exactly discovered any miracle of life here. lol But still, I don't know why I was stubborn for so many years to make this change, even though I knew I was never fully satisfied with how I was shaving. Especially since my facial hair grows back pretty fast, so if I can get a closer shave and not have to shave again as soon, I'm all for it!

So how do you shave?

Sexy Disney

©2008 *davidkawena

I thought this was too cool, I had to share! This guy, David, over at DeviantArt (an online community for all sorts of artists), has taken some classic Disney heroes and reimagined them in a much more...sexier fashion. I love checking out people's artistic takes on other characters. I wish I had that kind of talent! There are several other characters in this series, so check them out.

New Phone, New Book

I had a nice little package waiting for me when I got home today. The new cell phone I ordered earlier this week arrived! That was pretty damn quick! Plus, the micro-SD memory card that I ordered separately for it also arrived today. My current cell phone is always running low on battery and is all scratched out on the outside. So it was time for a new one. Plus, I upgraded my plan to include more minutes because they were having a promotion where I could get 400 more minutes and still pay the same price. I was already renewing my contract two more years, so might as well change the plan too. :) To be honest, I don't even use the phone much...to actually talk to many people. I tend to use it a lot more to text, chat or snap pictures. But hey, when I do need to call people...it's always with me. :) The new phone I got doesn't have all the fancy bells and whistles that most phones have, but it has what I wanted. So we'll see how it works out for me.

Earlier today I was talk to my friend (via emails at work) about reading, and how I don't do it much anymore. Well, not unless you count online articles and sites. But I used to read so much more back in High School and through college. Mostly fantasy, action, scifi and horror type of books. Michael Crichton, Stephen King...and yes, some Buffy novels too. lol I can't even remember when the last time I picked up a book from start to finish was! A few days ago I got a couple of books for free at work, one of them was "The Psychology of Joss Whedon: An Unauthorized Exploration of Buffy, Angel, and Firefly". Now if that isn't screaming my name, then I don't know what is! I've put it on my desk now, to remind me to pick it up, and hopefully I'll get to actually reading it. Maybe a chapter a day. We'll see how that goes. I figure if I'm going to be serious about trying to read more again, the only way I'll stick to it is with a topic that really interests me.

Moment of Truth

You've probably heard of, or maybe even seen, the new FOX show The Moment of Truth. And if you are a devoted viewer of that show...stop it! It's your fault my favorite scripted shows keep getting low ratings or cancelled! But that's another topic. lol


I don't know what to say about The Moment of Truth. Is this the new low we've sunk to on American television? Or are there still worse things to come? The way the show works, from what I know, is that they take people and ask them a series of True/False questions beforehand, using a polygraph (a.k.a. lie detector). They pick questions that tear apart your relationships, your work ethics, your friend's trust, etc. Really horrible questions. Then if you make it onto the show, they sit you up on stage with the host, while your friends and family sit in some chairs in front of you. They have a button that allows them to cancel a question that was asked to you, if they feel they don't want to hear it answered. But other than that, they have to sit there and listen to the contestants "revealing" answers. The more questions that the person answers truthfully, the more money they can win. I don't care how many thousands of dollars they'd offer me, I would never go on national television and embarrass myself like that. What's even worse, they bring your friends, family and loved ones along for that embarrassing ride! Often they are the ones that end up looking like the fools, for having been cheated on or deceived by their loved one. Take this woman who was on not long ago, for example:

Host: Since you've been married, have you had sexual relations with someone other than your husband?
Woman: I'm going to have to say yes.
Voiceover Lady: That answer is True.

Host: Do you think you're a good person?
Woman: I'm going to have to go with yes.
Voiceover Lady: That answer is False.

I know nobody is perfect. Almost everyone has done things they regret. Lots of people have skeletons in their closets. But do we really need to make a TV show out of them, and clap along as the person wins more and more money, meanwhile losing more and more friends? I think not. I don't even know how much of this show is real or staged...but still, I just don't get it!

Celebrity Dreams

What's the next best thing to getting to meet your favorite TV stars? How about getting to "star" with them, side by side, in your very own dreams! :)

About a week or so ago, I had my first Veronia Mars related dream. (The non-fans of Veronica Mars might as well tune out now.) In this one, I was in a dorm room with a friend (I don't remember who it was, might've even been Veronica lol) and Wallace was there. So I guess it was Wallace & Piz's room. Wallace was trying to flirt with a girl who spoke Spanish, because he asked us "How do you say You're Beautiful in spanish?" Of course, I replied "Estas loca." Wallace must've known what was up and just said, "Nevermind, I'll go ask Marco." He then left the room. And that was all I recalled from that dream.

Last night I had another Veronica Mars related dream. As tends to happen with the morning after my dreams, I don't remember all of it. In fact, I only remember one part in particular. Me and Veronica were under a bridge...more specifically, under some stairs that lead up to a bridge. And no, we weren't doing anything kinky! Actually, we were looking over some weird metallic faces that were nailed to the wall. Like some sort of tribute. I don't know. Eventually, some people found us and I think they hired her for a case or something...I don't remember. Next thing I know we were going over the bridge to some building and started digging through some files there. Aside from that everything else is now a blur. Quite an exciting dream, isn't it? LOL I guess you just had to be there. hehe

In that first dream, set in the dorm room, I knew where most of the elements of my dream came from. First off, the Veronica Mars dorm room was because I'd just finished watching the third & final season of the show on DVD, which was set in college. The part about me giving Wallace false info on how to say something in spanish came from a video my friend Felipe sent me, where a lady is teaching "Spanish for your Nanny" to some rich housewives, giving them false/embarassing information. lol And the part about Wallace going to ask his friend Marco instead, that was related to a friend who I've been talking to about the show, since he's also a fan. It's kinda funny how all these little things in your daily life can sometimes come in to play around with your dreams.

Have you ever had any celebrity related dreams? I've had plenty others, but I don't remember many of them by now. I've even had some where giant King Kong type monsters were attacking L.A. Seriously, I love tv and movies. So to take them with me to my dreams, is like a bonus treat to me! :)

Dominic Monaghan is Beak

I love it when two things I enjoy come together in a new way! Not long ago it was announced that ex-LOST star, Dominic Monaghan, my favorite flight 815 survivor, is going to be in the new Wolverine movie! He plays Barnell Bohusk, aka Beak. Truth is, I don't know really know much about this character...but I don't care! Just knowing that a movie I'm looking forward to is going to have someone I enjoy in it, makes it even better! And Gambit is also in this one! I can't wait!

I checked out the Marvel site for a little more info on Beak:

Barnell Bohusk has lived a difficult life since his mutation first manifested. Always wanting to find a better life, Barnell threw himself into his studies at Xavier's. He also befriended the Beast, finding a common bond with the X-Man with the most severe physical mutation. It was this bond that led him to visit the Beast with a gift, a baseball bat. Horribly, Beak was mentally possessed by a Cassandra Nova-controlled Charles Xavier and forced to beat his mentor brutally. The Beast would eventually recover, but Beak's guilt never went away.

Mocked by his peers at the Xavier Institute for his seemingly useless mutation, Beak gravitated towards a group of young mutants known as the special class - mutants with little drive and less ability. Ironically, in this class Beak truly began to realize his worth as a hero. The other special class students began to look up to him as a leader and he filled that role as best he could. This group also included his girlfriend and the mother of his children, Angel. Angel does care for Beak, but their relationship began when other students bet her to kiss him.

This group was mentored by Xorn who secretly believed he was truly Magneto. Beak and the rest of his special class followed Xorn, becoming the new Brotherhood in his bid to take over of the world. Beak stood up to Xorn and was cast out of the Brotherhood. He and a small group of X-Men were able to overtake Xorn and free New York City from his grip. Beak returned to the Xavier Institute and moved into a small home on campus with Angel and their children.

Soon after, the Exiles arrived at the Xavier Institute and Beak was forced to join their reality-fixing group. He left Angel and his children behind, unable to say goodbye to them. Angel assumed he deserted her.

After a number of adventures with the Exiles, Beak was reunited with Angel when they visited the Earth while it was under the sway of the Scarlet Witch's reality warp. Upon the reversal of this warp Beak lost his mutant powers and is currently living the life of a normal human.

Mr Golden Sun

I just stepped outside a few minutes ago, to get some money from the ATM and drop off some Netflix returns at the mailbox...and...WOW! It's such a nice day today! The sky is all clear and bright blue, the sun is shiny and warm, with a few small breezes here and there. I even saw a little hummingbird flying about, as if to add that one extra special touch to an already beautiful day! :) Makes me wish I could ditch work and go have a picnic or something. But oh well, gotta work and make a living, even if it means missing out on a picture perfect day. Definitely an improvement from last Friday though, when I went out for a lunchtime walk and came back soaking wet when I got caught in a little rain storm!

Mystery Car Thingy

So here's the deal...I really don't know much about cars. That's a given. I know how to drive it, I know how to wash it, put air in the tires and how to park it (more or less). That's pretty much as far as my car knowledge goes. I don't know how to change a tire, change the oil, check the fluids, etc. Me...do dirty work? I think not! That's what the checkups are for! lol Dealing with cars just doesn't interest me. I'd much sooner be opening up a computer to see what's inside than I would the hood of my car.

Anyway, the point to this all this is that there's this one little thing in my car that I've never figured out what it's really for. It's located on the driver's side, to the left of the steering wheel. It's just a plastic little "hook" shaped thing (see picture). I honestly have no idea what the hell that thing is for! I'm pretty sure it's got a simple, basic, easy to figure out use...but I've never really looked into it much. The only thing I could figure out that I'd have use for it would be to put a little row of quarters (like the one I've placed inside it in the picture). You know...in case I'm taking some toll road and need quick access to quarters, or some extra change at the drive through. They seem to fit perfectly in there. LOL But then again, that kind of seems silly. I'll be kinda surprised if that really is what it's for. But I think I'm probably quite off. hehe

Anyone care to fill me in on this? You'll have the honor of making me look like a fool. hehe Or not...

Phone Blogging

Gotta love technology! Turns out I can write to my blog from my phone! This is a test...

Gimme Five!

It's Monday morning. Weekend's over, had to get up early and head back to work for another 40 hour week. Blah!

But today started on a bright note! Something totally unexpected happened! I was opening up a box of Fruit Gushers snacks, to put away in my desk at work (they serve as little snack treats for the work day lol)...when I found a little bonus treat inside. There was a Discover credit card taped to the inside of the box! A real plastic credit card (cash card to be exact) with that "call to activate" sticker on it! lol It's part of some contest they have where they are giving away cash cards. I've noticed a "try again" message in a few boxes I've bought before, but never paid much attention to what the contest was about. Turns out there are 400,000 of those cash cards out there, with odds of winning at 1 in 83 . I never win anything! So I was a bit happy to win this. Why just "a bit happy"? Well turns out the cash cards are only valued at $5. Hey, it is aimed at kids after all. I just happen to be a kid-at-heart who enjoys those little fruity snacks. lol I'll probably give it to my sister. But in the end, it's just the fact that I won that matters. :)

It's the little things in life that make me smile. Even more so when they involve money!

Almond Joy

I keep telling myself I need to eat healthier and exercise. Who doesn't nowadays, right? But then I keep doing nothing about it. I don't think my walking up and down the stairs at work every day, instead of taking the elevators, is really doing much to help. But hey...when you think of it, at least it's something...right? I know I should do more...a LOT more.

I guess it's all in steps. Can't expect myself to completely change my habits overnight. For example, I bought some almonds not long ago and keep them in my room as something to snack on. Whenever I get an urge to eat something, I can snack on a few nuts. I figure it helps me keep away from pigging out on cookies, chips or other similar snacks. But then I end up liking these nuts and eat a whole bunch. Kinda defeats the whole purpose if I'm going to eat a crapload of them at once. lol

To be honest, as I've been growing older, the whole "getting in shape" thing for me is starting to become not just about wanting to look/feel better...but also due to health concerns. I realize that I'm at an age where what I eat really matters and can impact my health not just now...but in the future. I can't just shove whatever crap I want into my mouth and expect not to have consequences down the road.

But yet there I am...almost every week...eating those burgers, fries, pizzas, etc. They are so damn good! I'm weak! I can't resist!

But I must.

Dreaming of Baby

I had another one of the "baby" dreams last night. I don't remember much of what happened, but I do recall one part. There was a little child, probably two or three years old, who comes up to me in my house, calls me by my name (or his version of it, rather) and takes my hand. He then walks me over to a room and pats the bed, as if to tell me to have a seat. I think he wanted me to sit down and watch some cartoons with him. :)

I've had a few dreams in the past where I had a baby of my own, usually a cute little girl. In this case, I think the kid wasn't mine...but it was still a nice feeling. I think I know where this dream of being around a baby that isn't my own and having fun with him might've come from. But regardless of who the babies belong to in my dreams, they always give me that warm and happy feeling. I'd make an awesome father! I just know it! But will I ever get to have a child of my own? That's always the tricky question in this "lifestyle" of mine. lol

Maybe I should start off easy. Get a little puppy or something and see how I can handle that. hehe jk Although I do love puppies too! :)

I Smell Like Wet Dog

So I walk outside during lunch today and notice that the ground is dry, it's partly sunny and there are only a few scattered clouds in the sky. I'd just checked the doppler radar reports online minutes earlier, no rain in sight. I decide to take a walk and go grab some lunch at the Burger King several blocks down the road. It's about a fifteen minute walk, which I don't mind at all. It helps me get at least a little bit of exercise and a little getaway from the office.

I get to Burger King, order my food (Chicken Sandwich) and sit down to eat, staring out at the window and the cars driving by. Then it happens! It starts to freakin' rain! Dammit! I cross my fingers and just hope that it stops raining by the time I'm done eating. Minutes pass and the rain's still coming down! When I finally finished, and went outside to walk back to work, it had calmed down a bit. Just a very light sprinkle. I could barely feel it.

A few blocks down it starts to rain again...this time pretty damn hard! I had no umbrella, no hoodie, no thick jacket. Just me and my really thin jacket I wear inside the office when it gets cold (due to the AC). Needless to say, I got soaked! My head was dripping wet, my jacket was completely covered and my pants had rainy polka-dots all over! When I finally made it to the office I shook some if off in a stairway...where people couldn't see me. I felt like a wet dog shaking off the water after a bath. lol Come to think of it, I feel like I may smell like one too! Yuck. Not a pretty picture. Can't wait to head home into some warm clean clothes!

On Blogging

I think I'm a "sad blogger". Let me explain...

Things are going good right now in my life. I won't say "perfect" because I don't believe in that. Nothing can ever truly be perfect. There's always going to be at least a few things, even if miniscule, that'll probably bug you. Right now, for instance, I'd probably say it's my job. I don't hate it or anything, but I just keep feeling like it might be time for me to start moving on to the next job. Where that is, I'm not sure. I don't really even know what it is I want to do. All I know is I love entertainment/media related companies and I like to work in an office. Luckily I live in L.A., entertainment capital, so there's lots of choices. But I'm going on a tangent now...that's not what I was going to talk about.

I was thinking about what motivates me to write. Looking back at the blogs and diaries I've kept in the past, I noticed that I tend to write more when I'm feeling sad, lost, depressed, confused, scared or other similar feelings. Feelings that drive me crazy and eat me up and I just need to let out. Writing became an outlet. Through my words, I could share what was going on inside me and not feel so alone. I welcomed the comfort and support of the kind words of my friends (and some times random readers). At one point I was even writing on an actual paper diary, which I hadn't done in a while!

Luckily, things got calm over time. Several aspects of my life that were troubling me started to finally come together. I got happier. And then some of the blogs stopped. I still wrote, but just not as often. I usually wrote when I did something like going on a trip, things I wanted to remember. But I didn't really write too much about all the "feelings" of love, joy, happiness, etc. So why is it that I'm more motivated to jot down the darker sides of my feelings....and not the happier ones? Maybe it's because when I'm happy, I'm out there doing those happy things? Whereas when I'm sad, I'm at home in my dark room with nothing else to do? Or perhaps it's just that those feelings of sadness were aching to get out, to be released, in hopes of feeling better. It was my therapy.

I want to try to write more again. Even if just about random silly things that happen. It's a bit hard to keep up with this. I get caught up with doing other things and then forget about this blog. But I want to write things down again. Hell, my memory's not getting any better as I grow older! LOL It'd be nice to have somethign to look back on down the road.

Guess Who's Back!?

I'm back! Another day, another blog!

I haven't kept a real blog in a while. Sure, I've posted many things on the MySpace, but many people don't even read those that often. I also don't like how their blogs are hard to navigate. They don't have an easy way to track older posts. Plus I usually only post there when I feel like I really have something to say. When it's worth the effort. But here...this is where I want to just post whatever random things come to my mind.

Like just this morning, for instance. I was driving to work and came across a street that was closed off, so all the cars had to turn left or right. I was in the center lane so I decided to merge to the right, for a right turn. Then this idiot behind me starts honking at me, I look at him and see him waving his hands like a lunatic in that "move it, hurry up" fashion! There were roadblock cones in front of me, and a big ass truck to my side...I was waiting patiently (and safely) to get through. But noooo...he just had to get through. So the bastard speeds up, goes around me to my left, and just barely squeezes between me and the cones to cut in front of me. I seriously felt like purposely ramming his car! (But in that brief "crazy fantasy world" way.) Seriously...what the hell was up with him that he couldn't wait for me to merge safely? Sheesh!

So yeah, now that I got that off my chest....look for more to come! :)