uh oh...

They annouced the iPad 2 yeterday.





I spent over an hour watching the keynote speach, and was sadly more impressed than I should have been.

Yes there are flaws. not as much RAM as expected. And while it's exciting to get cameras for the new iPad, it's lame that they're the same crappy cameras on the iPod, not even close to comaring to the cameras on the iPhone 4.

The new cover is a great idea.

Also the adapter to connect and HDMI cable to the device is awesome! plus that adapter is compatable with the iPhone 4 and iPods 3 and 4.

All around...I geeked out over it.

over the last few years I've become a pretty big Apple fan.
Been using iTunes for along time now. had a couple of iPods.
I'll probably never own an Apple Computer, but I do really love the idea of a tablet. all the possiblities are great. I'd read the "newspaper" in tablet form. I'd probably write more (laptop is great fir that though), I've love to play with some art applications that are larger than the 3 inch screen of my iPod.

Basically...I think I'm going to buy one on the 11th when they come out.

My biggest concern was that I had previously deciced to blow my next paycheck on the Nintendo 3DS. this comes out on March 27th...so I had a crazy hard decision to make....then I realized...that if i just dont spend any money on anything else this month...I could probably buy both... Now I'm torn because I do want to start saving more money.
But i REALLLY like getting new toys : )

Angst!!

Everybody is stupid except for me!

Update

On Jan 4th I had a bad day at work.

I had to listen to a scared lady being verbally and physically abused as she constantly pressed her panic button for help.

After the inital call I left work (because it was the end of my shift), and I didn't ever bother to find out how the alarm was closed. I didn't want to because it's emotionally hard to go back to calls like that. a few days ago I dug up the info and looked at the call. The dispatcher that closed the alarm for me called the Police Dispatch to follow up.

Aparently when the police showed up she denied he had been hurting or threatening her.

My coworker was forced to close the alarm as "False Alarm, No help needed, no abuse took place, per PD"

This made everything worse for me. I literally heard this lady beg for help and beg for her life for 35 minutes. And no action was ever taken agaist the guy abusing her.

I even advised to the police that we record all our calls. the recording clearly proves physical and verbal abuse to disable elderly man and woman. The "suspect" even announces his name on tape. but because of the lady's fear...nothing's going to happen.

I love my job, but it's situations like this that make me hate humanity.

Proper Fanboy Status Acheived!

So, for pretty much all my life I've considered myself a gamer. I grew up with all the incarnations of the nintendo and gameboy systems, and I had friends a plenty with every other system.
I have my own Nintendo wii and fully plan on purchasing the Nintendo 3DS in March.
Also my Girlfriend recently purchased a Playstaion 3 and (within the last year) an Xbox 360....so, Gamer status fully recognized.

Morso than a gamer. I consider myself a film conniseur. I review movies (sometimes) and obsess about all the new ones. I study actors and directors, and have massed a decent sized DVD collection over the last few years that is continually growing.

What is one very important thing that Video Games and Movies have in common.

Yes, a television.
And not any television. A Widescreen 40" HD 1080p 120hz LCD Television.

Now, the TV I've been rockin for the last 5 years is fine. just a nice flatscreen 24" (heavy bastard). And it's been fine. it has a few spots on the screen that turn green if it's been on for more than 3 hours...but it works.
that said....it's a peice of crap. My movies and video games deserved more. And now that I have a Widescreen 40" HD 1080p 120hz LCD Television I know that.
Even without any high definition settings turned on...everything is so pretty.
Now that I have a ridiculously nice television I love watching movies and playing video games more than ever!

Food journal fail.

Another failed project.
This one I'm not sad about, writing everything down that I eat was kind of annoying. Still going to watch what I eat a bit and work out. But not going to write shit down anymore.

Also I'm going to keep writing mood reviews. I'm just not going to do it full time...no real point with 5 readers. But I'm taking a small movie break, been watching crazy amounts of TV on Netflix, I finished LOST finally, watched all of Dead Like Me and I'm plowing through Weeds.

Hmmmm....a lot of cheese today.

Jan 11
1:00pm one piece of fudge.
One piece of French toast with scrambled eggs and half a Cesar salad.
6:00pm one string cheese, one cup of yogurt (vanilla) an a 1oz bag of Doritos (nacho cheese)
8:00pm cheesy toast
10:00pm tostino's personal pizza and a cheese stick

Foods and workouts

This is what I ate yesterday.

Jan 10
10:00am three scrambled eggs, a piece of toast and two pieces of bacon
10:45am one giant cup of coffee with lots of cream and honey. one piece of gum (maui melon mint)
4:00pm one ham and cheese hot pocket
8:00pm one piece of blueberry bread
9:00pm one hamburger patty chopped up and mixed with green beans.
11:00pm some cheese and ritz crackers.

Oh and I also did this...

Chest Press: 2 sets of 15 reps
Dumbbell Fly: 2 sets of 12 reps
Skull Crushers: 2 sets of 15 reps
Press Downs: 2 sets of 15 reps

Food journal.

I've been advised to keep a food journal.
I'm not going on a diet...I am however cutting back on what I'm eating as well as starting a workout routine.
Mostly I just got advised how to use all the workout equipment I already have.

So naturally I've decided to post al this info all over my internets.
I started earlier today (Jan 9th) so here it is.

Jan 9
3:00pm Two pieces of blueberry bread and two handfuls of chips.
5:00pm one peppermint patty and one beer.
7:00pm one string cheese an one bratwurst with white bread and BBQ sauce.
9:00pm one giant cup of peach tea with honey and creamer.
1:00am three pieces of grape licorice and a handful of beef jerky.
2:00am one string cheese.

@*!#$

I spent the last half of an hour at work today listening to a man beat up an old lady waiting for the police to arrive.
truth be told it shook me more than I thought.
I was one of the hardest calls I've ever taken.
please pardon me now as I have to finish off my vodka and at least a couple of beers.

Christmasy Crap.

Okay...I don't HATE Christmas...but it's not my favorite. And the asshole that I sometimes am hates that it's the most popular holiday, which mean it's most peoples favorite.
And for some reason they all get mad at me and say I need to get into the Chistmas Spirit when I grumble that radio stations start playing Christmas Music the day after Halloween.
(Hell! this year Wal*Mart put up a tree and Christmas isle the week BEFORE halloween!)

you know what I say to them....nothing, cause I'm too nice a person...but I want to shout "SCREW YOU".

As I claimed before...I don't hate Christmas. And about December 10th or 11th I start feeling like it's Christmastime. But it's not all warm and touching or lifechanging at all. it's just a time where we buy gifts for the people we love (not everyone I work with, or every person I've met this year) and spend time letting them know we apreciate them. I grew up with plenty of Christmas Traditions...and I believe I broke most of them this year, which I'm okay with.

I had I good time. I spent the morning with my girlfriend. we exchanged presents, ate junk food and had a great morning. Then I went to work, because noone else wanted to...and they paid me double-time and a half to be there....so duh.

(Then after work I drove down to Central Utah to visit my family that moved very far away.)

All in all not a bad weekend.
But lets not dwell on it or repeat it for at least a year.