Black Friday...

Happy Thanksgiving Holiday to all! 

So this morning, my bro-in-law, future bro-in-law, and I all jumped in the truck at 3:30am and headed down to join the masses for some Black Friday madness! Black Friday is always more bust than boom with deals that are way over-hyped and not worth the loss of sleep. However, we seem to go back year, after year, after year...mostly to people watch and witness how crazy and irate people can get over a flat-screen, or digital camera!

We started out at Circuit City and posted up in the line at 4 something am. When the doors opened, there were a bunch of chuds that decided to try and bum rush the door. We didn't care so much, but there were definitely some fools that were upset about these poachers. Once in, it became pretty apparent why Circuit City has gone bankrupt, the deals sucked and everything that was on sale was either older stuff or made by companies I had never heard of! The ads didn't even match the prices on the shelves, everything seemed to be actually priced more than what the ads displayed. Circuit City = BUNK

We then moved on to Best Buy where we found a few better deals, but still nothing to jump up and down about. The main highlight was Falko going to the restroom where the man who ate 12 bean burritos the night before was unloading. Falko described it as "grunts" and "farting noises" and was "throwing up in my mouth." It was pretty awesome. Best Buy = Slightly OK...but still BUNK

Our final main Black Friday destination was the Target. Target started out nice, as a guy in the bathroom decided to ignore the one urinal spacing rule and start peeing directly next to me with his hands rested on his head while yelling out the most obnoxious sigh of relief. Homeboy must have been holding this one since 3:30am when his WT wife dragged him out of bed to roll down to Target! Target sucked for the sheer fact that there a million and one people there, half of them in a line for checkout that snaked through the entire store to the back. Target = Overloaded BUNK

From today's scenes, you would never suspect that we are going through the great depression II. However, I'm sure the bottom lines of these stores will be way below average years. All in all, another Black Friday, another night of lost sleep, another year of disappointing deals.

I did pick up a ski-mask though at the local sporting goods store, just in case times get really tough, and I need to boost a 7-11, ha! Just kidding.

73 year old man playing college hoop...

Here is a story that shows you age can't stop sheer will and determination! Ken Mink is a 73 year old player on the Roane State Community College's basketball team. This photo shows him about to drop 1 of 2 free throws he made in the game.

Man, I can only hope that I am able to hoop it up at the age of 73, but with the run-rate I've had up to this point, I'll be lucky to just be walking around at that age!

007...

So we went and saw the new 007 flick, 'Quantum of Solace' and I have to say that I liked the movie a lot. If you haven't seen it yet, don't read on, cause I'm going to give away some bits and pieces of the plot. If you don't care, do read!

Basically, my take on the new James Bond movie was that the producers decided they were going to make a film with a very ambiguous story line, but packed to the gills with action scenes. I would like to see what the final expenses came out to be on the movie, cause destroying brand new Aston Martins and Alfa Romeos, shooting all over the World, and setting off 12,000,000 pounds of explosives can't be cheap.

It looks like they are more setting up a long chain of movies with QoS's storyline. The latest movie answers a lot of the questions people had from Casino Royale and makes more sense of the last Bond movie, but reveals only slightly what 'Quantum' really is. Here is a quick summary of the movie:

1) High speed car chase with Bond driving like a maniac trying to escape from machine gun wielding crazies. (Aston Martin scene, man that car is ill!)
2) Bond kicks some a$$
3) Bond kicks some more a$$
4) Bond finds a person of interest and proceeds to pursue him all over the world for the remainder of the movie...all while kicking a$$.
5) Bond picks up chick with cheesy Bond line.
6) Bond kicks more a$$es
7) Bond flies a cargo plane and somehow manages to outmaneuver a small fighter plane.
8) Bond pulls parachute cord 18 feet from the ground.
9) Bond kicks some serious a$$ in an exploding hotel in the middle of nowhere.
10) Bond finds closure to Vespyr

I probably left out a few details here and there, but you get the idea, this movie is out to prove one thing...how much a$$ James Bond can kick in a movie with a running time of under 2 hours. The scenes are shot beautifully, the locations are choice, and Daniel Craig proves once again that he was born to play Bond!

Overall, even with the weaker storyline, I still give it 5/5 stars and recommend everyone go see it in a theater with good picture and sound. It's entertainment worth the crazy price of a movie ticket!

I am excited to see what the next Bond film will bring!

Football in the State of WA...WTF?...

Awesome, Hawks are 2-8, Dawgs are 0-10, and the Cougs are 1-10. What in the heck has happened this season for football in the State of WA?!?!?!

I must admit though, it's rather entertaining the Cougs are 1-10. As bad as the Dawgs are this season, the Cougs could possibly be the worst team in all of Division I-A. They are giving up almost 50.0 ppg, and have been shut out in 3 of their last 4.

What to expect in the Apple Cup? I want to say a smashing by UW, but with the way both these teams have been playing, that could mean a final of 14-0, UW over WSU. If anything, it will be an entertaining game to watch, as the two Washington teams battle it out for the Pac-10 basement!