Well, basically my entire life has changed in a very good way since the last time I posted on here, so here's a brief highlight of the exciting things!

A few months ago I moved out with my sister from a small farm town to just outside a pretty large town. It's not the best city in the world or anything, but it's better than one where the most exciting place is the library and Dairy Queen.

Then a couple months ago I started working at Best Buy in computer sales. I love it! Speech and debate definitely helped me be a good sales person, lol.

Annnd the most exciting thing is that a couple weeks ago I went on my first date in my 20 years and even though I dropped my silverware on the floor and made a giant mess with the sushi he asked if I wanted to start going out with him and I said yes. Oh hey, so I just realized that I have never posted a picture of myself on here, so here's one of us at the Hard Rock Cafe:

"Paranoia is a skill. The secret to longevity." - Moz (White Collar)

"I prefer death-retardant specialist." - Christopher Chance (Human Target)

"You're lookin' for a needle in a haystack made of needles." - Morgan (Chuck)

"I don't understand women." - Wat
"Nor do I, but they understand us." - Chaucer (A Knight's Tale)

"Where did you get this chair anyways? Feels like it was built by a demented dentist." - Darien (The Invisible Man)

"It is like the blind leading the stupid here." - Dr. Frank Abernathy (Mammoth, a really dumb TV movie that I only watched because Vincent Ventresca and Summer Glau starred, and were awesome)

"We're here to assess the situation." - Agent Whitaker
"And just what is your jurisdiction?" - Sheriff
"Earth." - Agent Whitaker (Mammoth)

"You're a disgrace to the feline humanity." - Julian Smith

"Well, if it isn't my new friends - angry boy and Uncle Lazy." - June (Avatar: The Last Airbender TV series)

"When I was 9 years old I think I wanted to be a brontosaurus." - Peter (Vlog brothers)

"Team 7 just reported in. Nothing." - Eberts
"Yeah, nothing from team 1 either." - The Official
"Well what about teams 2 through 6?" - Claire
"There are no teams 2 through 6." - Eberts (The Invisible Man)

"I had a pet rock once. It ran away." - Hobbes (The Invisible Man)

"Leave it to you to out-depress a cemetery." - Hobbes to Darrien (The Invisible Man)

"There's no "I" in "win." - Steve Holt (Arrested Development)

"Trust me; I've been 21 since I was 15." - Linda (Better Off Ted)

Quotations are kind of an obsession of mine. Whenever I hear humorous ones in movies, TV shows, or real life I always right them down. So you guys get to see them now!

These ones are from several TV shows and other media I've watched recently.

Ok, so after putting all of them on here I realized that I have dozens, and that's not even including quotations from real life or most of The Pretender. I'll put 10 a post every few days until they're all up here.



"Go back to the village, Pal. The one missing the idiot." - Jarod (The Pretender)

"Duct tape makes you smart." - Michael Weston (Burn Notice)

"I'm not violent; I just like to destroy things." - Chester A. Bum (Bum Reviews)

"Just say one word and tell me if you're killed!" - Diana Berry (Anne of Green Gables)

"Do men have to be disgusting? I mean, isn't there like an operation you guys can get?" - Dani Reese
"I think they're working on a pill." - Charlie Crews (Life)

"Oh the shame of the polar bear who fears the water. No wonder we are shunned by our fellow bear. Woe is us." - Muk (Balto)

"She can't join us, she's not pretentious enough."
"Yeah she is!"
"Cool." - Chester A. Bum (Bum Reviews - Twilight)

"But maybe that's why I love the movie so much. It always leaves you wanting more. More common sense, more logical reasoning, and more vampires that shine like sparkling toothpaste. I bet their blood is minty." - Chester A. Bum (Bum Reviews - Twilight)

"Okay, so she wasn't hiding from death, she was hiding from change." - Beckette
"She hated Obama!" - Castle (Castle)

"I'm just saying whoever killed her also murdered the English language." - Castle (Castle)

When I’m cleaning hotel rooms I really have to wonder at the thought processes of some of these people.  Maybe it goes something like this:

Guest Alpha: “Hey, you know what would be fun?  Let’s see who can mess with the maid the most!”

Guest Beta:  “Great idea!”

Several hours later the maid is cleaning and the guests are hiding in the bushes observing.

Guest A:  “Heh, she’ll never find the towel I soaked and hid in the shower for hide-and-seek.  Wait, she’s going in there to clean it?  Dang it.”

Guest B:  “10 points!  She didn’t find the towel I hid in the dresser drawer!”

Guest A:  “Maybe, but she’ll never find the washcloth I hid in the toilet tank.”

Guest A:  “Oh, she’s making the beds now.  After I woke up I took all my luggage out of the dresser and put it on the bed, so if she moves it to make the bed I can yell at her for invasion of privacy.  That’s gotta be worth at least 25 points.”

Guest B:  “She just finished cleaning the toilet.  Let’s go in there now and claim that we have to use the bathroom.  Do we get more or less points if she scowls and yells at us?”

Guest C:  “Hey look, a random door.  Oh, it’s locked.  It’s defnitely not an employee entrance, so I’m going to stack this heavy chair, giant trash can, and table in front of it.  Just in case someone wants to come through the other side, you know.”


*Most of the guests at the golf course are actually nice and corteous, but about once a week a slightly less exagerrated version of the above happens, and I can’t help but scratch my head.

Lately, I’ve been watching a fair amount of TV shows.  Not on TV, of course, that would be crazy.  DVDs and Hulu for the win!

Anyway, for a show to make it onto my awesome list it needs to convince me that the characters have good reasons that make them do the things they do.  I watched about half a dozen episodes of The Mentalist and had to stop; the motivations for murder just didn’t make any sense.

There was one where a “good” girl had fallen in love with a “bad” guy, and everyone is telling her that he’s bad news, but she doesn’t listen and they get engaged.  So a random dude who doesn’t like the guy kills her.  Huh?  If he didn’t like the guy she liked why the heck did he kill her, and not her fiance?

In another episode there’s a group of about 5 teenagers and one of them accidentally kills a security guard.  They try to make a pact not to tell anyone, but one girl says they need tell the police.  So the rest of the kids kill her.  Uhh, hello?  They accidentally killed the guy, and they’re minors.  Chances are they probably wouldn’t even go to jail.  In real life I don’t think the kids would have conspired to kill the girl, and they probably wouldn’t have had the guts to do it anyway.

So that’s a big reason why I don’t like many crime shows – and the characters in The Mentalist weren’t very good either.  In fact, there’s only one crime show (Life) on my awesome list.  And that’s because it has amazing characters; the cases aren’t anything special.

Ooo, I could do a whole post about characters.

And, in case you were wondering, my list of awesome TV shows, starting with the most awesome, is as follows: The Pretender, The Invisible Man, Firefly, Kyle XY, Burn Notice, The Dead Zone, Life, Journeyman, Chuck, and Avatar: The Last Airbender.

My sister really likes Fringe; it’s on my to-watch list and will probably go on my awesome list.

I’m always looking for suggestions, though my to-watch list is pretty long, so it might be a while before I start any new shows.  The shows I tend to like are ones with sci-fi elements or slight paranormal, but not over-the-top.

What are your favorites TV shows?  What's your biggest pet peeve about mainstream television?

Ok, so I felt like updating, but since I haven't written any random essays lately, I will leave you with a list of uber-cool things that you should totally check out the next time you're bored.  You know, so you don't have to complain about it being summer break and what-not.

This is the pilot of a little-known TV show called The Invisible Man from the turn of the century.  It's a bit sci-fi-ish and I can't really say much without going into lots of details.  Just watch it, it's amazing.  (And just as a warning, there's a little language, some violence, and a tiny bit of sexuality)

This guy has the best voice on Youtube.  Sadly, this is his only "real" song, but his other videos are pretty hilarious as well.  You should also watch this one.  I recently ordered a Got Malk? t-shirt.  xD

This, this, this, and this are some of my favorite Rhett and Link songs.  Pretty much all of their videos are great.

Maybe next I'll write a post about why I don't like The Mentalist.