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let the right one in.

by josh on October 14th, 2009

trailer:

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just watched this, and….maybe the whole reason for this post is just cause i am still in awe and don’t have anyone here to share it with. the trailer is sorta misleading, because while this could be considered a “horror” movie….it’s really so much more than that.

unbelievable in so many ways. just watch it if you get a chance.

*note: but make sure you get the swedish version with subtitles…and not the stupid ass english dubbed version. i tried to download this from amazon….but all i could seem to find was the dubbed version. and itunes? i couldn’t tell if it was dubbed or not…so i didn’t want to take any chances. that said, i had to steal it…..but i will now be buying the dvd. seriously tho….who really wants to watch dubbed anything to even warrant people doing this shit? they ruin films. just say no.

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tales from the car shop.

by josh on February 27th, 2009

i was planning on just watching baseball and doing nothing today. it being my last friday off. but eh….things changed.

i took off about 10am to head up to the car shop to get an oil change and some rear brake pads. you know, because that is just exactly what i wanted to spend $200 on.

you see, the car shop is a big deal for me. it is like one of my lone places of solace where i truly feel like a “real man”. i don’t really hang around any meatheads, so besides a little sports….i really don’t have many real “manly” conversations with ppl. sure there is the usual skirt glancing snicker, but that all changes when it comes to the car shop.

realize….i know nothing about cars. i don’t want to either. driving sucks….and i only own a car cause i have to.

but there is something great about my car shop experiences. i usually go in there on days when i don’t have shit to do….as i feel bad asking ppl to come pick me up from there just to waste time. so needless to say….the dudes there always give me shit and try to get me to help answer phones and junk while i am hanging out for hours. hahaha.

i respect these dudes though. i’ve been going to them for 6 years now, and even though i may be paying a little more than i could:

1. i like supporting the little local guy
2. i trust them. which is most important, cause i basically don’t trust any of these shady california pricks.

so i was sitting there with jay and jason……just shooting the shit.

(i am pretty sure it’s a man rule that you really don’t disclose the conversations at the car shop.)

seeing interesting characters and what not…..it was soon already noon.

i decided to go to denny’s for lunch. there is one just down the block from the car shop. however….that shit was weird too. i go in just to have a nice quiet lunch by myself…and naturally ppl feel the need to start talking to me.

this time it was an older (in their 50’s) couple in the booth next to me. i was trying not to overhear their conversation, but it sounded as if they were on a first date of sorts. at denny’s? i know, right?…..

but they were discussing all the typical “getting to know” you bullshit. which may be the single lamest conversation in the history of lame expected conversations….but i digress……

anyways…. they started talking to me, because they were talking about how asians and mexicans are taking over all of southern california. HAHAHAH! like, they started talking to me just because i was the only other cracka in there. realize, they weren’t being racist or anything….not by any means…..they were just stating facts. like how places they’ve lived and such are now being overrun by one race of ppl.

which is whatever. i see it happening in certain places too…..but what can ya do? i personally like diversity…..but a concentration of any race in any one place is not diverse.

so we chit chatted a bit about the ppl of socal and had some laughs…..like the crazy white folk we are.

…and then it was back to the car shop.

which brings up one story i can tell. only because it was in defense of everything that is unholy in the car shop. a woman!

this chick was trying to turn into the place and this dude behind her starts honking his horn while turning into the car shop himself. he gets out of his shitty truck and yells at the lady, “learn to fucking drive!”

of course i am sitting there just watching this whole ordeal unfold. the dude comes into the waiting area and starts bitching to me about “the bitch that can’t drive”. i just kinda chuckle as i notice the stupid plugs in his ears and his lame 6x too big skater jeans. someone obviously pissed in this dude’s cereal today.

jay, the car shop guy, summed it up better than i ever coulda…..he walks into the joint and says to the kid, “boy, some people just aren’t as good of drivers as you, huh?”

hahahaha, i bust up.

the lady? she was probably pushing her mid forties and didn’t get phased by him one bit. she made her way into the waiting area just as the punk douchebag was making his way out. of course, he didn’t have such a lip on him now that he was face to face with the lady. figures…..

she says hi to me, and i just smile. she mentions something about pissing this dude off and laughs about it.

“well, i am pretty sure his vagina is just hurt all over today…..”, i say….already realizing she’s a hip chick.

and naturally, because i am just so gosh darn funny….she busts up with what i can tell is a much needed laugh.

at this point, jay comes walking back in with the douche bag….and writes down an address for a different car shop while sending him on his way. HAHAHA…..i am again just laughing. the dipshit leaves…..and me, jay, and the lady share some more laughs at his expense.

“ooppppps, suddenly we are too busy to help him.” says jay.

no doubt. douche bags be gone. see, it just so happens…..this lady is also a long time customer like myself. so jay sent his ass packing instead of dealing with him further. as it should be.

by this time, my car was done and it was time to go visit my middle eastern homies at the 711 for beer and cigarettes.

but again….this is why i go to THIS SPECIFIC car shop. they are humble, they are cool, and really…..i enjoy just hanging out there at times. it’s my “man time”, hahaha!

….was a good last friday off. believe it or not.

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sigur ros.

by josh on August 7th, 2008

just found out they are coming out here for a show this fall. i am not really big on concerts anymore. least not the stadium mega shows…..but i’ve never seen sigur ros before. so i may have to make an exception for this….

music is unreal. from iceland…..

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