Friday, December 15, 2017

I have a problem.

...it is called starting another show.
What is my problem?

I see a show and want to watch it. I was doing well for a time with my list.
And then it all went to hell.

There are too many awesome shows now. GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! It is awesome but hard at the same time.

Friday, December 1, 2017

The bed

Ever wonder why you can't actually order a goddamn bed?

Like the time you were on Google and that led you to Amazon and you ordered one couch. And then one couch multiplied to two couches?

I do.

And as much as I hated using I because of the grammarians that taught me just that, proper grammar having all and full weight, we are left to ponder of the ubiquities of man. I mean couches. Where are my manners?

So, here we are? You the reader looking at this nonsensical story and me the writer trying to tell it.
I would have thought it was a dreary night. But the truth was it it was just last month. I had decided that the cold floor would do no damn longer. So it was time to purchase a real bed. I had perused at least 7 beds by my count. And to nobody's surprise I am not a box person, person. Even when I was younger I could not stand the springs. Not comfortable at all in my mind. And so it was time to purchase the bed. Let's skip to the good parts shall we, so you don't sit there with your tea  or beverage and it gets North Pole cold. Hey, it is almost friggin' Christmas. So you haven't gone to go on Youtube or Netflix yet, have you? I would be oh so offended by such practices.

I am on Amazon about to purchase the bed and then I realize I don't really have the money yet. Yes, I did what any good shopper does. I shopped around for other material needs. I want Final Fantasy 15 I said countless times, was this the damn day? No.
I went back two days later for the bed. There it was an 8 inch cold memory foam Bamboo bed. And previous to even buying the bed I lived in Superior for a month and a half. Ah , yes, my old nemesis the couch showed up. This is not the same Nemesis in the much awesomer game called Resident Evil. Time to digress.  I spent a year and a half on that damn red couch. I see  it now stained into the innermost part of my cerebellum or is it the frontal lobe? I had gone from the before time to a futon at my parent's house. And that just hurt the back. I downgraded. Damnit all. And this story is so hard to keep PG. So expect slip ups. Shit!

I was ready finally to hit buy. It does not  matter how much the bed cost. All that mattered was the day was upon me. It descended upon me like a meteoroid descends upon the Earth or spacecraft.  I hit buy and I to my astonishment no processing of the bed went through. It denied my credit card. I was like what the hell? Why? WHY? WHY KRATOS? WHY ARTEMIS? WHY ARISTOTLE? WHY YAHWEH? WHY GOD? WHY GREEN BEAN MAN? So naturally I was pissed. It gets worse. Far worse. I then decided the next day that there was still no bed. So, I ordered the bed. It went through. I was happy as a clam that lives in Spongebob's world. But there was a problem. It ordered two!
I had class and returned. I was so busy I missed cancelling the bed. A couple days passed and the one bed morphed to two. I was in deep shit. And not only that I was dog tired from school.

I didn't know what was to come in the coming days. But it was odd to say the least. The first event that happened was this: It said the bed arrived. I looked for it in anticipatory fashion. No bed. I looked for the second as I did the first. Nothing. I was like what in the blimey? Where were the beds? Nothing. I was angry. The next couple of days passed and I was still angry. I finally called the Post Office. But it was on a holliday. Sunofabitch. the guy wasn't even a worker. He was probably the janitor. WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! I could not catch a break.

I tried the next day and decided to take matters into my own hands. Because you know that always works. Right? Doesn't it? You're telling me it doesn't? Oh, you gotta be kidding me! I drove to the post office and was feeling great. They had to have it right? I went and stood in line. Gleefully, I had a wide-ass smile, I was determined to get the bed. It was my time. It was my time. "I moved to a new place. Here is the tag for the bed." I said happily.  "Sir, this is not for the Post Office. This is a UPS tracking number." the Post Office lady said. "Um, okay." I said defeated. I was so angry. I was so goddamn angry at this point. I did not care about the birds flying above me or the busy Post Office customers. I stormed out. I had one more solution. It was to call Amazon. I called Amazon and an Indian man told me to stay on hold. Great! Great! Great! Now I am fed up. But then he said he was willing to refund both beds. Both of them. It was the best news I heard in weeks. But I was still sad about the bed. I just imagined me lying on the bed and having a good night's rest. Which I have entered R.E.M. sleep but I was on a couch for a full year AND A HALF! So just visualizing made me feel better. I left a little bit better but still angry. Now I needed some sort of make shift bed. I needed a blow up mattress. Anything. I was desperate. So I went with my roommate to Target and bought an air mattress. Actually, it was my roommate and our friend. Long story very short we got an air mattress.
But...the most peculiar happenstance ended up happening. In the most crazy ending to a story something magical defied all reason. I had my air mattress in one hand and got to the first step but noticed something unusual.  I had told the Amazon rep earlier that I actually sent the beds to the wrong address. I should have included this earlier in the story. It was the right zip code but the wrong place. So the address it was sent to was the bottom floor. I shrieked! It was there. I read the label. That was my bed! It was and my roommate grabbed it and he carried it up the stairs. We got to the front door and I did not want to open it.  I just wanted to take in this moment. And then like a kid on Christmas I tore the bastard open. I was so happy I didn't even use a knife. Even beforehand I started freaking out in the most cheerful of ways not knowing what to do. How was I going to do this? Would it just be the sweetest way ever or would I be aggressive to get it open. Thoughts raced through my mind about how to do it. Methodically? Aggressively? Attack ! Attack! or just nothing. I finally decided a knife was the best option. Open it up with a knife and cut the plastic off. Let the bed breathe. Aw let it breathe. And when it was all said and done. I lied down on it in comfort, looking back at the insanity that befell me before. Just knowing that in the craziest circumstances the bed was delivered. I still don't know how but it was a miracle.

And that is my tale ladies and gents. And this is one of many stories that happen in my insane, hectic-filled life that comprises my life. Insanity. I hope you had a great read and are now thoroughly befuddled by what you read. The amazement that was my Bamboo bed journey.

Sunday, November 5, 2017

4 months

I am sorry I have not blogged in four months.

Sorry.

School.

Sorry.

Monday, August 28, 2017

Waking up at 6a.m.

Far be it from me to actually sleep really well.
I love to sleep and I am the first or last soul to say this.
Though, sometimes I don't get the greatest sleep. Though, I have been told I can sleep anywhere not limited to in closets, pile of clothes, couches, rocks and anything in between ...lately something has been disrupted.

For two days in a row I have been up. Yesterday, I woke up suddenly at 6a.m. Today, the alarm set for 10:30 a.m. I am up at 7a.m.
What is going on?

I think midily it is stress. I am stressed about finding a new place. Rent continues to go up. And now I have to either join some 20$ service to find roommmates or get accepted on a Facebook group. Fuck!
I am not sure what I am supposed to do.

Sunday, August 13, 2017

Conquering all that you see

One Piece- I took a break this summer on One Piece. I finally reached my goal of 400.

Fantasy Football-4 leagues Oy Vey!

Season 5 of Mad Men with two to go.
I am almost there.

Dragon Ball Super- I have just scratched the surface.

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders- Almost done with the first season

Other anime?

Not even sure with life being ridiculously busy. 3 internships in school is a lot. I look to get that to two internships. So far just not enough time to do a whole bunch. I can still blog.

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

The Five Year Wait

5 years is a hard time to learn that and understand that I surreptitiously wanted to watch the Wire.

Though-- I am a taut believer in this idea of time. I feel like the right time is imperative to something and anything.
Throwing big words at you may actually scare you off.

The fact of the matter is...it is time to finally FUCKING WATCH THE WIRE. With me trying to finish the Leftovers and Mad Men whilst going to school has been a FUCKING CHALLENGE.
Starved for time is the hardest idea to grasp.
So many shows but now is the day!


So I can't wait for the very first episode of the Wire. My sister told me in 2012 . In fact, I was in college at the University of Wyoming, in my room and she called me and always told me to watch the Wire. There it sat on my external drive. But tragedy befell me early last month when my hard drive was fully erased due to an uncalculated big fucking error... one that has me angry but I build years if not 10 years of content back together .
Watching the Wire will give me solace.
And yes it is the build up ...but I have patiently waited to watch it and thus the post tonight.

Adieu!

Thanks for reading as I venture forth into the Wire.

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

127th post! The Office Review (There be spoilers)

The Office made me do a gamut of emotions. What I mean by a bunch is it made me feel for almost all the characters in the series.

I cried in select episodes. But the finale really capped the human emotion and oddness and the plain human feel that the Office is. I get the same feeling from Seinfeld and other shows but it is so brilliantly written. The raw emotion just gets at ya.

Anime does the same thing if it is really good. But I mean this is different. I felt very odd watching the show but the characters are so good and the references are excellent. And the consistency is even so great.

But yes to contain a show for 9 seasons is very difficult. The Office in season 8 the first three episodes were very paltry. Then it picked up and then paltry. I think this was either due to a writers strike or a goddamn changing of the torches, or the passing of the torches. But I thought I would despise season 9. But in all honesty again it started poor but this time it tried to capture the laughs and slogging through select episodes was hard , but I managed.

Season 9 really got better. It gained some steam. After Spader left Dwight getting his due was incredible. Andy was a dick but I forgave him eventually when he went and chased stardom. Pam and Jim you rooted for very hard, it looked like a dark turn with couples counseling, but in fact, they worked through their differences and Jim ultimately sacrificed an incredible job ...only for Pam. Then it ended up insanely incredible with bravado writing to get Pam and Jim to finally leave Scranton. Creed was finally arrested for his theft. He steals throughout the whole show, and finally he gets caught . But before any of that Creed sings an incredibly heart felt song about the people that worked in the Office.

The fact that the Office characters new they were being filmed in an actual documentary was a breath of fresh air. I love characters that are aware of what is going on. But it was super powerful to see Michael return for the wedding. This was the farewell episode. It was brilliant. I loved Meredith how she was very smart but extremely wild. Toby , was he the Scranton Strangler? Dunno. But he was intriguing. Kevin getting fired. I love Kevin. A buffoon in his own right but he talks about the follies that plague us all. He is extremely interesting because of his mistakes. Oh god! Seeing Angela and Dwight get married was like the second coming--when Pam and Jim got married. It was an incredible call back or tip of the hat to that moment. I cried. I cried. I cried. You see the character's growth after 9 seasons and you think of the full humanity. How good these people were and how good the actors were.  The Office teaches you about oddities, love, connecting, friendship, death, comedy . It is all there and it to me is sad to see it go. I watched it in 3-4 months full.
To me it goes down as an all time great show. Laughing and crying and outright feeling uneasy and quirky. It captures amazing emotion and if you have never watched the show, you need to do it asap.
Ordinary people doing mundane things. But why is that weird?


`` So many shows to watch!  I ' d say finishing Mad Men or some other shows is the next journey. Goodbye the Office. I will miss you.

Monday, April 17, 2017

Cloneth Wars

Star Wars Clone Wars is absolutely captivating for many reasons.
Now more so than ever...for myself it is interesting to look at this show's characters.

Characters are always a large talking point. But goddamnit! There are some good characters in the show. I love Obi-Wan for his mindfulness and teachings to Anakin. The young Anakin trips up and makes mistakes but learns but the series may get darker. Because in essence he has to turn into Vader at somepoint. But this show is adult without having to be kiddie. It is a kid show but there is some thematic tastefulness, and some hard topics sometimes. There are people which I forget that lived ons some crazy-ass planet and they have to deal with strife or annihilation of their kind. It is interesting because of humanity and are ideals with nukes. This commentary is fucking warranted. Nobody,.wants to fuck the other person up with an explodey nuke.

I digress.--But I like Commander Cody and others. Commander Cody has legendary status written all over him , the way he commands his troops. The bad guys are worth while too. But it'd be great if they were tasked with moral ambiguity and threw the moral compass in the fucking river!

But here is the thing. Star Wars Rebels is an interesting show in its own right. I have been playing some damn tug-o-war with both of these shows. The Clone Wars having taking place I believe in between two and three is not a new show. But damnit! It is interesting because I have been watching it for a long while with my other shows, but it beckoned for me to come right the hell back .

The animation has bothered me a lot but making it through the first season. I give it a good non-jeer and say bravo! I say bravo damnit because it is a cell-shaded show and hated that idea for a long time but it works. I 'd say caps are better off to Rebels. Though, only 4 or 5 episodes into Rebels I still love the Clone Wars more, and that is having only watched one season..

Will the tug-o-war keep me occupied. With so many shows to watch and life happening at full fucking throttle, who knows--

-Andres
_Maybe more to discuss on the matter.

Monday, March 27, 2017

The last two weeks

Aside from having problems with jobs I have watched a lot of movies this year.
The Lobster 2016
Room  
Captain America Civil War
The Swiss Army Man
Moonlight 2016
 And yeah some of these are old but this could be a recording breaking year for how many movies I have watched. In a span of a month I watched  2 a month so far it looks like.

I still have many more to watch.

Room was very fucking good. I need to stop crying but I guess I just keep getting hit with sad movies.  Moonlight deserved an Oscar for Best Picture. Old news? Well , fuck off! It was insanely good.
La La Land was really great as well but the ending to me was well done, but I wanted more. I am a goddamn mess when it comes to being critical. I am overtly critical on myself. I have let go a lot but when it comes to art I know what I like, and if it doesn't work then I go get angry and have to re-do it and make it right.

I am looking at you messed up Bat-man face.

Anywho I am stoked, happy and otherwise jovial to the fact that my writing continues. A lot of work just this year is coming. I also saw the movie Finding Dory. I thought for a sequel Disney? Pixar? Nailed it. An enjoyable sequel. And I really liked Dory in Finding Nemo. She is a great character and a lot to explore there.

This year I feel is different. In a very good way. But more to tell you on other movies I will watch.
More to report.
Till now.
Have a goodin'.

-Andres

Saturday, March 18, 2017

Peace is something you can make

Peace with my family is hard.
Sometimes I piss off one member and then the other is good.

There is a really terrible balance.
Lately, though I have patched things up and received apologies.
And I had to give one as well.
But I feel good.
I am still growing emotionally. And I feel things are looking up for a change.
You can choose to be happy always and spread that with family members.
_Andres

Monday, March 13, 2017

The League

I finished the first show of the year for myself. The League.
It was 7 long seasons of pure hilarity. It was a very fun ride and I will miss the League.

But as far as shows go I am still watching a bunch:
Shameless
Akame Ga Kill
The Big Bang Theory (Season 5)
Joker Game
The Americans(Season 1)

One Piece (On a break)


South Park (on going)
Archer (season 2)



I have also beaten three games this year: Finally! All of last year I beat 5. I need to be in the 10 range.

The Witcher,
Gone Home
And I forgot the other game.



Sunday, February 26, 2017

I feel like a fucking asshole

There was just this time where I got in a gigantic fight with my family.

But lately there has been progress. I know things take time but fuck it has been difficult.

Ever since the move...


Gratia made me angry and called me out on not having a job. She was being a capitol cunt. But I was not to thrilled about it. Now she will not talk to me because I sent her some really lascivious text messages because I was angry. Yet, I should have said the vast majority I was just talking out of my ass. Yeah, I was angry but who does not get angry when your family rides your ass constantly.

Just leave me alone.


Fuck!

Though, with the progress that has been made. I'd say my mom (Annabelle) she finally has come around. She finally admitted wrongdoing and in essence finally the guilt has melted away. She has comes to terms with admittance . That brought a smile to my face. One I haven't had in a long time. One that was kept away and had no deception attached to it. It was just pure joy. Coming from this family is hard because of these invisible expectations. I am the middle child and have wore the black sheep label proud, I am not playing victim. This was just life...

Monday, February 20, 2017

The Last Season of the League: Why does it have to end.

The League for me has been hilarious.
Just in my oh 9 years of Fantasy Football I have so many ups and downs. Unlike my seasons the League is a hilarious show. I have laughed at Rafi and the characters seem intrinsically timeless. But I don't want it to end. When I discovered the show I was so happy. I was elated . I was ready. And now it is almost done.

It is sad. But between watching this show there were new shows I watched. The Americans, Shameless and some others. But the League even when I finish it will never be replaced.

-Andres

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Ep 400 of One Piece

It seems to me my crazy goal of 2016 was to get to 400 of One Piece. Now that is done the new goal is to at least make it to 700 this year. I am thinking it is possible but damnit all One Piece is incredibly long.

I friggin' watched the damn anime and out of any anime ever! --This is the longest I have ever watched. Go figure!

Have a good week next week.

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Fucking Avalanche what is wrong?

I feel like sometimes I am more angry than I can be.
And for the Avs in this season it is so.
It has gotten to the point where I am not watching a single game online. I haven't watched one. I did go to a really fun live one but goddamn it we lost.
So, what this means is the Avs chemistry is out of whack according to a sports article I read. The goal production is pathetic and the defense... a fucking dog shit of a joke.

The Avs need to play for draft picks. And we need to sell some players. Who I am not sure.
The whole team is bad. And to make matters worse you lose 5-2 to the San Jose Sharks.

I am at my fucking wit's end with this team.

Pittsburgh Penguins boy am I happy to have a team that is good. The two team system has worked flawlessly for me.

Go Pens.
Avs think about what is wrong and trade players. Do whatever you have to do to play better hockey.

Saturday, January 7, 2017

The Universe Points to Metroid

The universe has spelled out to play Metroid.
I am not sure how.
I may be crazy.
But all I have seen of late is Metroid.
Maybe there is some synchronicity to tell me to play Metroid. But I really need to play Super Metroid but the game is insanely expensive. There is the emulator route as well.
Not sure...

Is Samus calling me?

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Why the Yugi-Oh popularity

Did Yugi-Oh follow me around all last fucking year.
From the plushies I saw in stores to people playing the game.
Is there a resurgence of Yugi-Oh?

I mean I saw online there is most definitley a brand new Yugi-Oh coming out this year.
Is that it?


Is it just that Yugi-Oh is back?

If so that seems cool. But I did observe two people playing at this game shop/arcade/anime place I go to.
Maybe it is the company I surround myself with.
Either way I am excited in a way to see it make a return.

Huh?
We will see where this bridge leads us.