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quiksilver holiday party 2009.
by josh on December 17th, 2009
so…went to the work party last night. which was actually a lot of fun. it was at the house of blues here in anaheim. here’s some pics i stole from others:
good times, open bar, live band, and plenty of random buzzed induced conversations. least here it’s not really your typical corporate holiday party. you know, the kind where it takes a couple of drinks for people you’ve seen for the last year to finally get friendly….and then it’s back to pretending you don’t know each other the following day. my last job was like that…..but fortunately everyone here is already chill so it was really just a matter of meeting some new peoples. which was a really good thing factoring all the fallen soldiers we lost due to layoffs. definitely a nice treat to unwind for a night downtown disney style.
shed a tear, pour out a little liquor.
by josh on September 25th, 2009
it’s a sad day in los angeles.
i just read in a LA times article (-found here-) that the bread and butter of the los angeles greeting commission is gonna be demolished, and turned into a parking lot!
that’s right…the colorful and inviting signs for the century lounge, a strip club right outside LAX, will be no longer.
makes me laugh because in the article it mentions the uproar a few years back over a “vaginas r’ us” sign they had. well, because i am a well informed dirtbag….i actually capped a picture of that sign when it was on the news 5 years ago. heh!!! you may have won this round, mr. uptight society!!!!! but the legacy will never vanish!!!
….you will be missed sweet nude vagina sign!
socal sleazebag of the month! sept. ‘09
by josh on September 17th, 2009
ah…..this one is a gem. from the ocregister article:
wtf is wrong with some people? apparently this wonderful mother was down and out about not being able to sell her “massage therapy” business, so she stabbed her kids. yikes, guess all those “happy endings” don’t always bring everyone blissful joy. hahaha. there is also mention of her dealing with a divorce and other things….but still, that kinda stuff happens to a lot of people. it’s not something to get all stabby over.
relax….take a break…..smoke a freakin’ joint for all i care…..BUT PUT THE KNIFE DOWN NUTSO! as you are the socal sleavebag of the month for sept. 2009!
new kicks.
by josh on May 30th, 2009
i just bought some new kicks…..
the cool thing is, i designed them myself on puma’s website. check em out.
abuncha scammers!
by josh on May 25th, 2009
so everyone’s heard about this “credit card bill of rights”….right?
yeah…it all seems great on the surface. it’s there to protect the consumer and keep these crook companies from raping people. well….i knew it seemed fishy.
the problem is, credit card companies rely on fees and penalties just as much as they rely on the interest paid, right? take away some of those ridiculous fees….and how are they going to make up that money? well, they need to make it up somehow.
i could already see some shady shit springing up a few months ago. one card of mine reduced my credit limit by $1000 just for the heck of it. not that i need that higher credit limit, but when something like the balance based on credit limit can factor into your credit score…..why would they reduce the limit of a good standing customer? this is the same card that would raise my credit limit ridiculous amounts (that i didn’t need) every 6 months for the last 3 years or so. now they are taking it back? how the hell does that work?
about 3 months ago *insert another shitty well known credit card company name here* released a very quiet and fine print change in their TOS to cardholders. basically they whispered how they were going to change the payment due dates on their accounts. this change in their TOS just took effect this month, but the original statement was released to customers months ago. as i double check right now? yep….my payment due date was changed from the 9th of every month to the 5th of the month. i pay mine as soon as i get the statement…so it’s not a concern, but why would they do that? how many people do you think always put off their payments until the last possible day? how many people do you think even read their change to the TOS notice 3 months ago and will remember their due dates changed this cycle?
exactly. meanwhile, they can rake in loads of cash on penalties for all the people that missed their due dates. what possible purpose would they have to push due dates back by 4 days otherwise?
fast forward…..to the best scam ever! i received a letter from the first card mentioned above earlier this week. apparently my account info had been “compromised” and as a safety measure they are sending me a new card. ok….thanks?
now, i get the new card….and not to go off on another tangent…..but what the hell ever happen to the days of being able to activate a credit card just by pushing some buttons and verifying some info? it’s all become just another avenue for a shitty sales pitch!
so of course i have to talk to some indian that can barely speak da engliss just to get my new card activated…..and this is where the best scam ever comes into play. the dude asks me if i know why i was sent a new card….and then explains to me that they were informed by a higher up company that my financial information might have been compromised and they wanted to protect me. since i am such a good customer and all.
even better? how are they going to protect me? by offering me a identity protection plan for only $9.99 a month! are you fuckin’ kidding me?!?!?!
1. umm, i use credit card companies because they are already insured and provide account protection in the case of unwarranted charges. last i checked, i was wasn’t getting my credit through fast eddie down on the street corner. if you can’t protect me, then i’ll take my business elsewhere.
2. way to prey on people’s fears just to make more money with this bullshit “protection” service that should just be a part of your normal business practices. sadly, how many people will probably happily sign up for this? it’s no different than boiler room snakes draining ppl’s life savings.
3. the whole story is a load of crap. how do i know this? i haven’t used the card in almost 3 years!!!! not that i am naive enough to think that just automatically makes me safe…..but i’d love to know how my account info got compromised on a card that is basically invisible today?
it’s all a scam. these companies are all being run by crooks and it’s even more foolish to think the govt. really wants to protect consumers. this “credit card bill of rights” is just making these companies come up with new ways to rape ya. what’s even worse….is the fact all the call centers are being contracted out to india. so you are left dealing with someone that really couldn’t care less about your business while they are reading from a script that’s motivated by greed and dishonesty. it’s not their fault……i mean these people are just trying to make a dime too. but if you are going to rape me at least have the balls to do it to my face. don’t pimp out overseas call centers when really it’s some suit living the high life behind it all.
i am beginning to think tyler durden was onto something….
earthquake sunday.
by josh on May 19th, 2009
we had another quake on sunday night. was a good room shaking ordeal.
here’s the local news making a big deal about it:
they claim that weather doesn’t effect or create quakes, but i think they are full of crap. i mean, it was the first real weekend of summer with 90 degree plus temps across much of the southland. sorry, but it seems like every quake i’ve been in….has come when there are drastic differences in temperatures from day to day.
no damage though, no one hurt…..just a good ride for about 10-15 secs.
new camera.
by josh on May 6th, 2009
so i bought a nikon D200.
i’ve been wanting a new camera for years….and while i can’t really afford it at the present time…..eh….
the price on it was way too good to pass up. it was originally a $1800 camera….that i got for about 1/4 of that. it’s a few years old…..but it’s everything i wanted. so i am happy.
added on to that…..i really didn’t have a wide angle lens or some other needed accessories….so i picked those up too. spent way too much money……but still….i am happy with it. and who knows, maybe i can even make some side money with it and then write the whole shit off! heh.
coachella follow-up: naked wizard beat down.
by josh on April 24th, 2009
a video has surfaced from the coachella music fest last weekend. *warning-not work safe at all. naked man with his pee-pee hanging out all over.
needless to say….all the more reason i have no desire to go to coachella. was the dude being a moron? sure…..but to bum rush the dude like that? make sure to catch the knee drop the fat cop gives him at roughly the 3:00 mark. like a naked hippie dude is really a threat? to who? okay….walking down the street all naked is one thing. a concert goer getting naked in the 110 degree heat? obviously there were plenty of other concert patrons that didn’t see the need for the use of blunt force.
shit is completely ridiculous to me.
this is on the brink of a cop straight up shooting and killing a young male in oakland a couple months ago. right in front of everyone waiting to get on a train. very similar situations….the cops were brutally trying to “subdue” the victim…..to the point where the victim was resisting arrest for fear of his life. same thing here….when a cop knees you on purpose in the middle of the chest, that is not “normal” arresting procedure.
as i said…..who exactly was this naked dude a threat to? was he in bad taste? sure….but maybe the world could benefit from some attitudes more along the lines of a dude running around a concert naked….having a good time….and just not giving a fuck about how he is perceived. it sure the hell is a lot more inviting than fearing the nation becoming some sort of police state everywhere you go.
…and don’t get me wrong…i have mad respect for a lot of cops. it’s a job that i couldn’t do, and most are probably very under paid and under respected. however, there are just as many morons with badges and guns too.
FREE THE NAKIE PEOPLE! VIVA LA REVOLUTION!
socal sleazebag of the month. 4.09
by josh on April 1st, 2009
so i realized crowning a sleazebag a week might be a bit of a stretch on the negative…so i am just gonna go monthly with this thing. i don’t update this enough to not have a weekly sleazebag take up a lot of the wonderful joyous content i provided.
however, it’s a new month….so i have a good sleazebag to crown.
unfortunately, this person does not have a name or identity as of yet.
full news story and video: 
poor girl. all cause some dumbshit ran a light
however….this brings on a whole different rant. USC is NOT all that great and this just proves to me that it really does reside in the heart of the shithole that is los angeles. don’t tell anyone that goes (or went) there that though. they all act like it’s just the cream of the crop when it comes to colleges. “look at us, we’re sooooo cool and hip cause we are overpaying out the ass for nothing more than an another average state school!” a state school that happens to be in the middle of the ghetto!
ok, granted, this kinda thing can happen anywhere…..but even though i went to a small UWM in milwaukee….the ppl there were aware of the fact there were kids all over the place. they paid attention, and realized kids crossing the street unsafely wasn’t all that rare.
to make it worse, if i had to guess who was responsible for this hit and run? another student that probably was driving around all wasted and got freaked out by the whole thing. see, ….and this is where the USC state of mind comes into play. there really is this sense of entitlement and above the law mentality with a lot (not all!) of the ppl that go there. at least currently….so i am not talking about the old timers from USC 20 years ago either.
but i digress….
so whoever you are….mr. hit and runner…..you are the socal sleazebag of the month. you took a young girl’s life right at the point she had moved out to beautiful los angeles to go to that immaculate USC.
ps. parents….next time send your kids to a college in a real college town. no degree is worth the garbage they are subject to in places like USC.