It's almost moving day.

I managed to get this weekend off from work because Sunday is the "big" day. Yep, this weekend will be hell.

Tonight we have a few errands to run, like returning a couple of things to Home Depot. My girlfriend wants to exchange a chrome outlet cover plate and get one that looks like a rock. The reasoning behind this is because there is a large, taped off portion of the wall that can be seen through the paint in which lies an electrical outlet. My idea was to paint the taped portion so that it looks like a picture frame, than paint some kind of picture on it. She wants to get the rock looking thing so that we can do some kind of meadow theme with trees and shit.

After that we have a rummage sale to go to in an attempt to purchase a throw rug for 50 cents. Yeah, that's just what I want; someone else's dirty-ass carpet laid out in my new room. But it's what my lady wants to do.

Tomorrow consists of me taking my car to Pep Boys for a much needed oil change and an even more needed brake job. I figure I will go over around 8:00AM and hopefully be the first customer. I will probably get out of there around noon, at which point we head over to the storage unit and shuffle shit around to make room for the furniture and other stuff we need to put in there. We also need to make time to throw shit out. We collect so much garbage that I have no idea how I got through life with all of my junk. (Be on the lookout for some eBay auctions in the future.)

I got the U-Haul reserved and I'll be picking it up around 9:00 AM on Sunday. A couple of my friends will be coming over and the plan is to get the furniture out. We don't need to vacate until Thursday, but we need to get everything out so that we can get a good cleaning going on. My girlfriend and I kinda live like pigs. When we moved from our last apartment, we only got half of the security deposit back because the management said that there was "lots of garbage removal" (that was actually written on the bill). Which is bullshit because, yes, it needed to be vacuumed, but there was no fucking garbage in the place. So this time we are trying to avoid that and will be scrubbing down everything during the week.

I will probably be updating minimally here until next Friday. Trust me, all of this will be done on Friday, just in time for the release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I will be back for that with a review.

Also, head to a comic book store on Saturday, May 2nd. It's Free Comic Book Day. Just go in and they give you shit. I love the comics industry.

I got a psuedo-job interview tomorrow...

Most of my interviewers are this uninterested as well./

So about a half an hour after I get to work, my cell phone rings. Seeing that it is a local number I answer and the lady on the other end tells me that she saw my resume on Monster.com and would like me to come in for an interview. Hating my job as much as I do, and knowing that I will be unemployed by the end of July anyway, I take the information. My manager, who is sitting right next to me as I am on the phone, asks me the name of the company and, after hearing it, tells me not to bother. Here's why.

He tells me a story about how he went on an interview for the same company, American Income Life. When he first got there, he met with a person for the interview and was told that he is perfect for their company. Bear in mind that he has done security and retail in his career and has no experience with life insurance, or any insurance for that matter. How is he "perfect?" After that "interview" he joins a group and listens to one man speak for about a half an hour about how much money he has made with the company. He decides that it's garbage and leaves, despite being there for about three hours.

After listening to his story, I decide to do a little research online. I Google the phrase "American Income interview," and the very first hit I get is this.

I read it. I didn't like what I read. I decided to check out a couple more entries on that page. I finally come to this post, which really helped to set my decision in stone.

This was written by a person who, from what I can tell, was with the company for about a year. He describes the nightmare of a company American Life really is. He talks about the amount of money he had to spend out of pocket with little return, even though he was promised that he would make about $60K in his first year. However, my favorite line in the entire thing is this:

"The state director made advances on my girlfriend."

What the fuck kind of company is this? I was told to dress in business professional for the interview. This is how you express professionalism? By hitting on an employee's girlfriend?

I decided not to go to the interview. Then about 20 minutes ago, I got another call, again from a local number, with a recorded message confirming my appointment for tomorrow. Are they this hard-up for people to show up to their interviews? If they wanted me to believe that what I was going to was actually an interview, then there would be no need for a reminder. And it certainly wouldn't be a recording. And not at 8:30 at night.

Screw them. Yes, I need a job. But not one like this.

Movie news...

So two new updates came through the Twitter wire this morning from Geektyrant.com, and both of them are very exciting.

First up, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be back on the big screen. In 2011. In live-action mode. (You can read about it here.)

So awesome. Having grown up on TMNT, anything that they do I absolutely fall in love with. I remember going to see the first movie after school with a couple of my friends and I saw blown away by it, even when I had no idea what the phrase "blown away" even meant. And I couldn't be more excited that it is going to be live-action. Don't get me wrong. I loved the CG movie from a few years ago, and I thought the comic book tie ins that they had was a stroke of genius. But, in my mind, nothing beats live action.

News number 2: casting continues on Michael Bay's remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, and they have finally cast Nancy. An unknown actress named Rooney Mara won the role.

I hadn't heard too much about this move until two weeks ago when they announced that Jackie Earle Haley will be playing Freddy. After seeing Watchmen, I can definitely get behind this casting. Haley played a great psycho as Rorschach, and I can't wait to see him as Freddy.

Even though this is a remake, I would see this film. Michael Bay has gained a little more respect from me after what he did with transformers, so I would like to see his take on Elm Street.

Thanks to Geektyrant for this news.

Spider-Man 4-D?

When you Google "Spider-Man 4D" you get...nightmares.

Probably not, considering the fourth dimension is time. But GeekTyrant.com sent out a Tweet a few hours ago stating the possibility that Spider-Man 4 will be in 3-D.

Before I read the article, I had mixed feelings about this. Seeing Spider-Man in 3-D seems like it would be an awesome feat. However, does that mean they will scrimp on the content and storyline just for spectacular effects? It's possible. Though I never saw Journey to the Center of the Earth with Brendan Frasier in 3-D, I did eventual see it on DVD. That was a terrible movie, one that even the addition of another dimension could not salvage. Please don't do that to Spider-Man.

However, after readng the article, it seems like the only reason they would consider turning Spidey 3-D is to charge more money for tickets. What the hell is this? The quote from the article reads, "People are paying a premium to see movies in 3-D and that’s a very big deal. It’s never been done before that someone says you have to pay more to see Spider-Man than a romantic comedy."

Come on. If you only want to do this shit so you can charge more, than screw you. Though it would be difficult, I would boycott Spider-Man 4. And anyone who knows me knows that I men business when I say that.

Anyway, read the article and decide for yourself.

Bob Ross is a friggin' liar...

There is no such thing as The Joy of Painting. Trust me. I did it for the past two days.

Of course, my painting was much different than Mr. Ross' panting.

My girlfriend and I have been prepping our new room over at her parent's house. Due to some financial troubles, we need to abandon our current domicile and move in with her mother and father. This is not an excitement for me; I have lived on my own for the last four years with all kinds of space to myself. Now, I am going to be confined to one little room with barely enough space to bend over and fart. But we have to do what we have to do.

I just feel bad for my cat. He won't be able to run around the house because of the pit bull/Godzilla hybrid they have. I just hope that the dog gets along with him. My biggest fear is to come home one day and find fur and cat blood all over the house.

But I digress. Yesterday we began to spackle and paint the room because hot damn if it didn't need it. We went back there again today to put the second coat up. Tomorrow consists of going to the fabric store and buying enough fabric to cover one wall, painting the stone around the base of the other three walls, touching up the moulding around the door, sweeping and vacuuming the carpet, and setting up the bed.

And all of this cannot happen until after 6 PM.

I guess it won't be so bad. I have had to wake up at 5:30 AM to get to work today and tomorrow, but Thursday I get to sleep in a little, so we can work later tomorrow night if need be. But, I still need to pack the rest of my shit in the apartment so we can move all of the furniture out on Sunday.

Moving sucks. If you don't have to do it, don't do it.

Thanks for blowing my budget, Nintendo.

In my quest to "catch 'em all," I have attended most, if not all, of the Pokemon giveaways and special events in my area. I travelled to Boston during the Red/Blue days to get a Mew. I went to Manhattan a couple times for Deoxys and someone else (whom I cannot recall at this moment). I've gone to my local Toys R Us a bunch of times to get whoever they were giving away. And though I really, really want to get Pokemon Platinum, I just don't have the money. I planned on getting it during July, right before I go on vacation, so I have something to do on the plane. However, because of this...



...I'm going to have to move that purchase up to this week.

It shouldn't be too bad. I get paid on Friday so I should have the money for the game. But I also have moving expenses to pay, like the U-Haul truck. And X-Men Origins: Wolverine hits theaters next Friday, so I need money for that...

Sweet Jesus. Nintendo must hate me.

Anyway, If you have Pokemon Platinum, head over to Toys R Us this week and get your secret key. I'm sure it's going to be worth the trip. And maybe you just might see me there. (Who am I kidding? I'll be there.)

Get ready to Block and Roll!!

An article in USA Today confirmed the release of one of the oddest match-ups in video games to date. Lego Rock Band is in production with a likely release date for the holidays of this year.

I guess you could say I'm excited about this game. Rock Band is awesome. The Lego games are awesome. Hell, Legos in general are awesome. This is a strange product, but I can definitely see some greatness in it.

Lego Rock Band will be available on the XBox 360, Wii, PS3, and the DS. According to the article, you can customize not only your rocker, but also your roadies and management. The article also lists five of the songs available, but stated that a full set list has not been determined.

The Final Countdown and Kung Fu Fighting together? This just became the greatest Rock Band ever made.

(Edit: to add cool Lego rock star image. Image C. Warner Bros.)