Archive for December, 2005
Of all of the people, this happens to me…
I have been unable to communicate with the winner of my Xbox. How long do I need to wait before I can legally relist it? Obviously I am going to drop some incredibly negative feedback on her as well as expose her name and address to others. Any suggestions?
- “Congrats - because of you, some kid will not get an XBOX 360 for Christmas”
- “DO NOT TRUST THIS PERSON! DOES NOT PAY!”
Obviously these suck - I want something more striking yet not against the AUP of Ebay…
Today, I will be flying home for Christmas break. I’ve got a lot of plans, including finishing up some website designs and hopefully meeting up with some buddies of mine!
In hopes of still making some profit off my xbox, I have created a green t-shirt that says “XBOX 360 FOR SALE - $550.00 or Best Offer” — I will be wearing it at the airport today in Nashville and Kansas City. I’ll take a check or cash so long as I have some ID verification and I could find the person if the check were to bounce. If anything I should at least have several people try to talk to me today! haha.
December 23rd, 2005
I was fortunate enough to get my hands on an XBOX 360 Console just before the holidays. Please, look it over, bid on it, share this link with your friends! Any extra money I can make off of this before the holidays would really help me out. I have scowered the planet in search of an Xbox since the original release and am now trying help someone get a great holiday gift just in time for Christmas!
Microsoft XBox 360 Core System
Check out my auction - and share this link on your site (Bofe, Randolph, lee, earl, anyone…) The more people that link to it the more likely I am to sell it! woot!
December 20th, 2005
Did you have a chance to watch CBS on Saturday? Chances are - if you viewed the 2pm NCAA game, you noticed the University of Kentucky Wildcats placing a spanking on some scumbags from the University of Louisville. Yes sports fans - the Wildcats might have lost three games this year - but I would like to note that at least the teams we have lost to are “ranked” or “schools of stature”… We didn’t have the weakest schedule in the country!
It wasn’t like the Wildcats were lucky - I’ve not heard a single Louisville fan say that… Anyone who watched the game knows what happened. They simply controlled the pace of the game. They simple executed perfectly. They simply minimized the Cardinals offensive efforts. The only time anyone thought that the Cards had a chance was when the cats started trying to eat away clock. If the game got tight, all they would have had to do was start playing fast and hard inside - YOU COULDN’T STOP US!
I’m not one to brag - sure, I’ve heard nothing but trash-talking about this game for the last two weeks — but it feels so sweet to have Tim Stark and Tim Moore sucking on their toes.
Just think guys, only like 360 more days of this!
December 20th, 2005
and so am I …
Success
He has achieved success
who has lived well,
laughed often, and loved much;
who has enjoyed the trust of
pure women,
the respect of intelligent men and
the love of little children;
who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;
who has left the world better than he found it
whether by an improved poppy,
a perfect poem or a rescued soul;
who has never lacked appreciation of Earth’s beauty
or failed to express it;
who has always looked for the best in others and
given them the best he had;
whose life was an inspiration;
whose memory a benediction.
–1904 Bessie Anderson Stanley
December 16th, 2005
Chiefs vs. Colts?
We don’t have a rap-super-star!
December 15th, 2005
Kentucky center Randolph Morris’ season-long suspension for
his attempt to enter the NBA draft was reduced to 14 games
Thursday by the NCAA.
The NCAA cited new information for softening its punishment
after Morris tried to go into the draft. Additional information
provided by the school showed that Morris clearly intended to
retain his collegiate eligibility while declaring for the draft,
the NCAA said in a statement.
The new information “provides additional understanding of
Morris’ original intent to enter the NBA draft as well as his
mind-set during that process,” the NCAA said.
Morris, a 6-foot-10 sophomore, also must repay expenses related
to the tryouts - which amounted to more than $7,000 from nine
NBA teams, the NCAA said.
http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9098652
But do we really want him back? YES, we SUCK!
December 15th, 2005
I decided to run to walmart tonight to get some Epsom Salt and triple-antibiotic ointment for my spider bite. While walking around walmart I hear an employee talking about the XBOX 360’s being stocked in stores all over KC. Evidently there was going to be a shipment of 4 to 6 boxes per store.
So armed with a trusty credit card with a high limit, a stearn look on my face, and some gas in the passat — I set out to buy a few Xboxs!
First stop: 151 and metcalfe! To no eval! They sold out as soon as they pulled them off the truck.
Second Stop: 135 / StateLine! Another girl is waiting. They say “We’ve got four left!” I was super stoked! They said I could buy two — so we waited for them to come back with our boxes. No, sorry, magically they have disappeared off our inventory! WTF? Seems that even though they had six - sold two, and then had four left for the girl and I — they had mysteriously sold “our” four… Yeah right. The manager was a twenty something year old punk who obviously was lying.
Never the less, I had to the third stop… a more dangerous area walmart …
Banister Mall!
Imagine, if you will, a Walmart located on the far corner of the set. This, my friends, is the banister mall area. It’s 12:31am. No respectable human being has been in this area in over four hours…
Sure enough, that walmart closes at midnight! Doh! I am going to try and get up early and make it in time to try and buy two in the morning.
Finally, I stop at 119 and Metcalfe - A desperation move - since I know that only the most elite shop at this Walmart - None. They sold out at 10.
Moral of the story - Five Walmarts in the whole - You can try and try, but you’ll have to pay 1000 bucks on Ebay for an XBOX 360.
December 14th, 2005
Attention: The events of this post are all true - Hell, I didn’t even change the names.
Everyone knows about myspace.com, right? Yeah, its a “facebook-like” website with profiles. It’s searchable, etc.
I’ve had an account there for ages, and I’m going to admit that I am constantly looking around on there. I know, i’m pathetic, right? Anyways, my addiction to myspace took a strange twist today …
It’s around three on Sunday and I’m totally just checking out some new apartments in the Overland Park area. I walk into Sandstone Creek Apartments and am greeted by a pretty cute girl (this is not abnormal, as most leasing consultants that I have met are attractive). She showed me like 48 different floor plans and gave me the down-low as far as prices go, ammenities, etc.
Overall, she did a good job and I was possibly interested looking at one of the apartments in the near future. She said that she would email me a new price list reflecting January’s “specials” and so of course she got my name, number, apartment number, cellphone, email address — the whole nine yards. We chit-chatted some, I was asking about demographics of the place (age, etc) and she told me about her dog, and it was just normal conversation.
The entire time, I find myself thinking “Where do I know this girl from? Was she at Church once? Did I see her at the Mall? Does she work out at my Gym?” — She looks VERY familar, but I can’t place the face. I walked out and was like, HOW DO I KNOW HER?
It hit me as I pulled out of the parking lot — myspace.
So I’m jacking around on the Internet an hour or two later, and I check my account on myspace. No new message, but I think, well, I’m curious, so yeah, you know, I’ll look this girl up. Sure enough, she is on there - I KNEW it was her. And yeah, she had some pics on there.
Her Profile
NOW is when the story turns ugly. She has the “Love Calculator” on profile - so I click it. It has “List your Full Name” and “List three people you think are cute” - NO, I didn’t put her name, though it was tempting. I put my name and three other people I know. Again, keep in mind, i’m doing anything I can to NOT be doing work at this point. I’m just goofing off on the Internet….
I click “Submit” and I get this page - “FOOLED YOU - SENDING THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE YOU LIKE TO (Girl’s Name) at (Girls Email Address)”. Not the girls I listed — but the Leasing Consultant. It emailed her My Name and the names of the girls I like! I didn’t know it was going to do that!!!
Absolute embarrassment rolls over me. I’m sure she thinks i’ve instantly gone home and started digging up info on her! I want to die.
Update
After joking with my buddy Randolph and Bofe about this, I was informed of something. She has a boyfriend. A boyfriend, who, according to them, played Varsity football. I’m not a man for conflict, a more accurate description of my general attitude toward “fighting” would be fearful of carnage. Lets hope and pray that I am not randomly slaughtered anytime in the near future!
So rather than feel bad about it - I’ve decided to post this story so that other people will learn from my mistake. Don’t Google or MySpace people you meet in real life. Ever. No matter what. Um-Kay? Also, if you have any BS forms like this one that fool users - GET RID OF THEM!
December 11th, 2005
Christmas List
My mom still requires me to create a list of things I want for Christmas. I know, I know, make fun of me. Here is my list for your viewing pleasure though!
December 11th, 2005
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