Mac's recital Part 2

Mac's Dance Recital Part 1

Latex Generation Reunion Videos on YouTube

Check out almost the whole set of Latex Generation's sold out reunion show on 12/30/2006 at Rebel in NYC.

Here's a taste:

"Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles?"


"Cycle"

Joe's Personal Gift Guide for 2006

OK - for the sake of taking the stress out of this holiday season, I once again bring you my personal gift ideas:

1)Nintendo Wii Games & Accessories. This one has many possibilities. I am interested in the following games for the new Wii:
Games:
-Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
-Wariware Smooth Moves
Accessories:
-Legend of Zelda Guide Book
-Wii Classic Controller
-Wii Points card

2) iTunes Gift Card

3) Cannon SD700 Camera

4) Elgato EyeTV

5) Merge Records XL Hooded Sweatshirt

You can always check my Uncrate.com links on the right-hand side of this page for things I like and/or find interesting. I'm pretty easy to please ;)

Wii Mania

Last night I figured I would go over to the local WalMart to pick up a Nintendo Wii. I mean they are shipping 4 million of these things so I didn't think it would be a big issue to pick one up. Boy was I wrong.

First of all, my neighbor Jim called me up last night and invited me over to have a beer with him and his friend. I was a little leary of this since I knew that if I was too late to the store, I might miss out. So when 11:45 ran around, I split and had to explain that I was going to get this game system - but I had to say it without looking like a complete geek, So I said it was for the kids (half true). I hopped into my little XA and sped off to Walmart. I got there just in time to see the last one get sold. DAMN! I bought a copy of Legend of Zelda while I was there just in case other places sold out of that game.

I had to go to plan B and rush over to the next closest Walmart (I have 4 of them within 20 minutes of my house). I got there and they were sold out already. Plan C in effect - There was a Best Buy down the block from that Walmart, so I drove over there to see if they were doing anything special. All I saw was about 20 people camped out in front of it, and it was closed until the morning. It started to sink in that this was not going to happen. I honestly didn't think this was going to be a big deal. What was I thinking. OK, time for plan D - head to the next Walmart. I got there (I was told they had twice as many at this location because they do a higher sales volume. I had a glimmer of hope. I pulled into the parking lot and was hurried into the store. I asked the greeter where they were selling them. My heart sank as she told me that they sold out immediately after 12. Shit it was 1:00AM already. I had one more place to check for the night. The worst place of all - Plan E was a Super K-Mart. I had to muster up the courage to step inside. On the door was a sign explaining that they were not going to be selling any PS3's because they are a shithole, but there was nothing about the Wii. I walked to the customer service to ask the question for the last time of the evening. I got the answer I expected - all sold out.

At this point I realized it was gonna have to wait until next year. Shit - I can't believe I failed. Well, on the drive home I decided I would not let these failures stop this quest. That is what it was - a quest for fun. I'm gonna have fun and your gonna have fun. We're gonna have so much fucking fun we'll need plastic surgery to remove our god damned smiles. I decided to take up the fight in the morning.

Plan F - Go to Blockbuster video. I got there at 9:30AM and waited w=for the manager to arrive. I asked the dude about the Wii - he didn't get any. WTF? I didn't even think about it. Plan G was already on my mind. Gamestop was the next destination. THere were 8 people waiting outside. I might have a chance here. I pulled up and asked the line dwellers what the story was. They told me that the store only had enough to fill pre-orders, and that they were all pre-order customers waiting for ther store to open. OK, why are people waiting if they alread paid for it? Oh well - I'm the moron driving around the whole low country trying to score on e of these little shits. Plan H- Target. This was a short trip - in the same shopping center as Gamestop. I pulled up - asked a guy in a red target shirt about it - he said they sold out already. FUCK.

Plan "I" was a long-shot. I went back to Best Buy for the 2nd time in 10 hours. NO line outside - it was about 10 after 10:00am. Shit - I may have blew it I thought. Just to be sure, I parked the car and walked to the front door. A manager was at the door and asked the guy walking in before me if he was here for the console. My ears perked up like a dog as I heard the guy say no. I immediately piped up - "You still have Wii's???". "One left" he replied as he handed me a ticket to pick it up.

Holy Shit! How lucky was I? Well, not that lucky since it took 9 stops to finally get one. But still - the last one!

I gotta go play some Wii Zelda now.

Yellow Fever

This was surprisingly entertaining. Once again. Who needs network TV.

Funny cat jump

TV is officially dead. Sorry Bob Saget, but its funny without your commentary.