# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 6/23/2009 05:36:00 PM
so, if you haven't heard yet, Extreme Makerover: Home Edition has come to CT. specifically its in suffield this week, about 200 yards from where i work. They are using the street i work on as a staging ground to park people and generally use as a homebase for the mess. its nice they do these great things for people by building them a house and such but i tend to think this whole thing is really just a total clusterfuck. it may be a positive for the people who get a house but thats debatable as well.
the house they chose is on the road i drive on every day. its been shut down all week with 3 retard rentacops at either end. yesterday went like this:
"whats going on, sir"
"you can't get through here"
"why, what happened?"
"you can't get through here"
"why, what happened? (again)
"you have to turn around"
"no i don't, i don't see anything up ahead and i'm going to be late for work, why can't i get through?" (i was in no mood for his bullshit and with out a real badge or police car he doesn't have a leg to stand on.)
"the road is closed for the show"
"what show?"
"what?"
"what show?"
"home makeover is here."
"who?"
"just turn around and go up this road here"
"fine"
so, upon getting to work it was like the whole fucking world knew about this and had decended upon suffield for the mirical that is extreme home makeover. this town has tripeled in size for this fucking show. our street has a constant stream of cars and busses going up and down and a million fucking retards all over these back roads with no clue where to go. everyone wants a piece of this show. they have the famous show bus parked out infront of where i work and our HR guy has spent the last two days trying to keep people off our property, its an insurence liability for us. everyone wants a fucking picture of this stupid bus. it doesn't even have a logo on it or anything. i found out today we told them a few weeks ago they couldn't use any of our property for anything since we don't own the building and aren't covered for this kind of thing.
basically this thing is nothing but a giant inconvience for me for the week. sure its kind of cool, but i in no way benfit from this. the house they chose is inhabited by a bunch of people who are constantly playing baseketball out in the street so maybe this will move them inside.
the show is supposely building them a 5500 sqft house, on thier 0.25 acre lot. in suffield, a town with high taxes. there is no way they could aford this after the show leaves. plus, one of hte reasons they picked this family is because they take care of so many people, all of whom are capable of getting jobs. somewhere i saw that they have 10 people living there full time and can't afford to fix the house up after a small fire from a few years ago. the sob story here sounds like BS. yeah yeah yeah i'm an asshole. they aren't doing this if it's not making the show money so the we love everyone and its so great to give bs can get shoved somewhere else.
PS: there is a blood drive going on for all the volunteers trying to help out with show. not only are they asking for free help with thier money making machine, but they litterally want your blood too.
FOLLOW UP: i went over to the site today to see what all the hubbub was about. fucking crazy. it feels like a festival type of atmosphere. theres a million people running around in every direction with differnt objects and a ton of people just meandering around without really knowing what they;re doing. its quite a site to see.
you're not an asshole for saying that because you can't stop shows like this. if it wasn't this family, it would be another somewhere else. there would always be someone as long as people are fascinated with this crap.
and you're exactly right about the family. they wont be able to afford the taxes at all. dominique said they made over a house in MA for a family and afterwards the family had to have a fundraiser to pay the taxes. it cant be all good.
The show was in my town a couple months back. It's all you heard on the radio and everyone wanted to go and volunteer. Crazy. For the record, I hereby state that Tye Pennington is a giant douche.
Who's Ty Pendington? An ex or something?
Thursday, June 18, 2009
to pay or not to pay
# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 6/18/2009 06:52:00 PM
a speeding ticket. this is only my third ever. the first one was BS and i just paid it. the second one i fought and got it cut in half because ihad a good excuse. this one. he nailed me. i wasn't paying attention and he caught me doing 80 at the bottom of a hill at the end of the month. no way i was getting away with it. i'm just happy the dog he had with him stayed in the car. very happy. i think i'm just going to pay this one. anyone think differently? what's you experience? some of you work in the insurance industry, it this really going ot make my rates go up?
Don't know about your insurance rates. I do know about Beer. My place. Friday. Leave your feelings and pants at home.
{Some Mordheim or Civing may occur.
Not responsible if you leave with more babies than you came with.}
If you challenge you can get it cut in half again.
probably depends on the judge. you might get it cut, but they also might see the others and not, depending on how recent they were.
first one was 11 years ago, second one was 3 years ago
check state laws. here if you have a clean record for 3 yrs moving violations are automatically dismissed. that would make it worthwhile to contest.
Saturday, June 06, 2009
One more....
# posted by NoBrainRequired @ 6/06/2009 07:45:00 PM
So, its true that new parents don't get much sleep. This was from last Tuesday (the 2nd). It was about 7pm and I was sitting with dog at the top of the stairs, exhausted. The worst part is, the couch in the front of the shot was empty but they left me to sleep on the stairs against an iron railing.
God damn it Tim, that's the DOG not the BABY!
My daughter
# posted by NoBrainRequired @ 6/06/2009 07:34:00 PM
good work timmy. With any luck she'll have her mother's looks.
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Next up- Wii Biofeedback....
# posted by Brancibeer @ 6/03/2009 02:05:00 PM
LOS ANGELES — To keep the Wii on top, Nintendo intends to keep its finger on the pulse of the game-playing public.
Tuesday at the E3 video game expo, the company showed an add-on that wraps around the finger to takes a player's pulse.
Though no specific games or uses (or price or availability) were revealed, the Wii Vitality Sensor is "another entirely different way of thinking about games," says Nintendo global president Satoru Iwata.
Iwata sees one potential use for the Sensor as a relaxation tool: "Maybe everyone under pressure in our stressful society can use this to relax with video games."
But acknowledging that the main role of gaming is to get the heart pumping, Nintendo also unveiled the Wii Fit Plus with new exercises and games, due this fall, and two new titles starring company mascot Mario: Super Mario Bros. Wii, due later this year, and Super Mario Galaxy 2 next year.