Black Friday

Are you ready? It's time for the US version of "the running of the bulls". That's right Nov. 27, 2009 is quickly coming up and there are going to be sales sales sales. It's funny, because I took part of Black Friday last year and I hardly bought anything. The items I was interested in weren't really on sale. I heard that black friday is a bunch of BS too, because the things that have large discounts are usually limited to like 5 per store, so unless you're willing to stomp all over a few people you aren't going to get what you are looking for. Not to mention that the discount isn't that great to begin with. Just look on ebay or craigslist and I'm sure you can get a decent price for whatever item you're looking for.

I'm also curious as to why they call it Black Friday. Looking at picture two I can make a guess, but I don't think that's why they call it that.

Let's check back in a month and I'm sure the prices from Black Friday will be back .

Here are some from Wal-Mart:

Magnovox blu ray player $78

Sanyo 50 inch plasma (720p) $598

Tom Tom GPS $59

Reversible fleece jacket $7

Barbie Power wheels ride-on $88

These specials will supposedly last from 5am-11am. We'll check back in Dec. to see what the prices are closer to Christmas. I'm excited for this bit of research, I feel like an investigative reporter.

Be safe if you do attend any of these sales and remember to wear your matador outfit just in case.

Kick a Ginger Day

So it is now Nov. 23 and I'm sorry folks, I totally forgot about "Kick a Ginger Day". Yes, Nov. 20 is officially kick a ginger day. For those who don't know what this entails: Kick a Ginger day is when you are supposed to go around and kick redheaded kids with freckles. Damnit Brenna, you got away with it this year, but I won't forget next year.

All jokes aside, you have to read this article about kids at a Middle school who kicked a ginger on Nov. 20, because of Kick a ginger day. It's freaking hilarious. Sorry ginger, your dad should have married an Asian. "they don't carry the gene".

http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/south-park-ginger-calabasas-school-attacks-20091121

I know this was a bit mean and distasteful, but I couldn't help laughing. "ill gross" Cartman Voice.

Something that irritates me

You know when you're walking through the mall (or in my case school) and you get to the escalater. You're thinking alright I get to take a small break here and just stand while the ground below me moves. Awesome. It's awesome how technology works, but then you realize something. Hey the escalater isn't moving. That really pisses me off. It seems like the steps on an escalater are bigger and go on forever. Instead of taking the easy route you get stuck taking the long way with the high steps. This makes me think of a quote :

"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."

But then again, was it worth it to get to class (I was late)? Eh, maybe it will be one day. Who knows?

Botfly Invasion

They're creepy, they're crawly, they casually live in you for up to 6 weeks without paying any rent. The Human Bot fly is an organism that burrows it's way onto a mammal feeding off of them until they are ready to fly.
What happens is a mama bot fly basically tackles a mosquito mid flight and lays it's eggs on the mosquito's underbelly. They glue the eggs there and when a mosquito lands on a mammal the body heat melts the glue and the baby bot fly's crawl from their eggs and burrows onto the skin of the host. It looks like an ordinary bug bite at first, but then gets huge and painful.

I suggest going to youtube and looking up the video: "3 bot fly for the price of one." You won't be disappointed.

I think we should get a human sacrifice to test this out so we can witness it first hand. Please pick who you think we should sacrifice on the appropriate poll. Remember to wear bug spray when traveling.

Band on the Run

This sounds like a really fun idea... Imagine Secret Identity playing for the 1000's of people running through the streets and being inspired to run harder after listening to the band rock it up. What this is, is a marathon that has a bunch of bands set up like every 1/4 mile so that the spectators and runners can be entertained while waiting for their runner to finish. I'm going to email these people and see what it takes to be a band for this gig. Sounds like fun. Who's in?

http://san-diego.competitor.com/entertainment/bands/