While I was away...

So yeah I've been away for a while as some people might have noticed. It's been quite eventful in thef fact that I have tried to balance family, work (and all the extra hours I've been working, can't complain), and my blog. I had to take into account which take priority over what, and as much it tore me from working on this project, I'm a family man and I like to eat. With that said I'm sorry that I haven't posted in a while...

But while I was gone I came up with some new concrete material to write about. I will be composing it in the coming weeks as well as hopefully making really kool videos to put up. But I want the first one to really pop so it might have to wait until the time is right. As far as posts go, WTFs are a given as well as a "List o'" or two plus my own brand of observative humor. But as for now, this will have to do.

I do have to give some credit to the wifie because of her I'm a little more mobile than before. I'm gonna start up a twitter as well as do some quick posts on the fly (like this one). So keep in tune and see what's next in the BootLeG sampler.. evolution people.

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WTF PEOPLE!?! Superbowl XLV

I know I'm a little late on the whole posting and stuff, lots of personal and professional stuff but that's not the reason for this.  Hell, this posting is a little late on the fact that Superbowl was 3 days ago as well as I'm writing this.  The thing is, this was probably the first Superbowl that I could remember that I wasn't able to watch due to other commitments (in this case, work: but it was well worth it.)  I actually watched it over the past few days little by little to compose what my thoughts of this year's, um... how should I put this, DEBAUCHERY stood as far as my expectations and addressing my concerns with from my Superbowl memories.  Oh, where do I begin,

First let me compare to what I normally analyze during a Superbowl.  It's generally a trifecta of things that have to go right to make a Superbowl a Superbowl.  There's the game itself, the commercials, and the halftime show; and in my opinion Superbowl XLV dropped the bomb for the most part on two if not all three of these factors.  I'll try to analyze them all the best I can being that this is the day after for me watching it all, just be glad that I took some time to let it all simmer otherwise it would've been a no-holdsbarred bitchfest which wouldn't have been productive for anyone.

One of the factors that concerned me was the game itself.  Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE FOOTBALL!!!  It's the pinnacle American sport.  It shows off brute force with smart sly decision making and the occasion slight of hand that makes you go WTF!?!  And for something like a performance of what happened this year just gets to me.  I was pissed to hear that Green Bay won for two reasons.  One of which that they manage to just barely get by my Eagles during the first round of the playoffs (I'm still po'ed about that one), and the second is of course the W over the Steelers (the wifie's team).  I was all set for them to take a 7th title and the I try to support the wifie in her  fanfare towards her team.  There were calls that should've have been made, there were passes that should've have been intercepted, and most of all, the two minute drill that never-friggin-happened!!!  That just urks me, it was supposed to be the turning point in the game to make it exciting to watch and then BAM  stonewalled by an interception and the that's all for the record books.  Another thing is that I personally didn't get a chance to see the game live for like the first time ever.  No biggie but it's kind of a symbolism to be a man, watch the game with beer and chips in hand cussing out the refs on the TV if you couldn't make it to the game; and then those poor bastards that couldn't get into Cowboy Stadium because of the weather.  Sure they're reimbursed 3x face value and have tickets to XLVI, but is it really worth it for them to shell out more money for room and board and travel among all the other crap to make up for what they burned from this years event?!?  Ahh NFL, sometimes I wonder about you.

The other aspect that was a downer for me was the halftime show.  It was just horrible for most people, hell it was for me too...   First I like to say that the Black Eyed Peas are great on the radio, I never seen them live, and after watching the halftime show, I can honest say that I'm blessed that I haven't seen them live prior.  It was bad, really bad.  I mean when the highlight of the show was the extras dancing on the field beats out band themselves and even the most flametastic getup that I've seen Slash had the misfortune of wearing, that says a lot.  It sucked, badly.  Oh, and don't think that I've forgot the shittastic version of the National Anthem.  Seriously, how friggin' dumb do you have to be to screw up the Star-Spangled Banner!?!   So I say Christina Aguilera, how much bleach soaked threw your hair to your brain to possibly F this up so badly?!?  It makes me sick.  It almost makes me wish Roseanne sang it again...  It was God-awful, but at least she didn't make it Sunday Night at the Improv.

But to a lighter note, the commercials were hit, and miss.  The obvious heavy hitters who never let anyone down were GoDaddy.com and Doritos making me wanna go Cool Ranch all over registering a new .co domain.  But some of the commercials were just a straight facepalm of disgrace.  I'm talking about you Kia, WTF were you thinking with that?!?  It was all over the place and just a big bottle of crap in my opinion.  This also apply to the new Transformers movie (Michael Bay, please don't shit on this one like you did to Rise of the Fallen.)  Some commercials were kinda kool, mainly the two spots featuring Eminem (The Sprite commercial left me in tears of hilarity and the Chrysler 200 commercial left me in tears of joy for the love someone could have for a town that have been to hell and back.)  Also some of the movie trailers left me wanting to hit the theaters in 2011 such as Kung Fu Panda 2, Thor, and Captain America.  Those to me so wreaked of awesome.  Let me tell you, I'll be definitely watching them and giving my thoughts later in the year on them.  So I leave you with just as I said, a hit and miss.  Maybe next year.


But all in all, the only thing that I can take from missing this years Superbowl was the first hand experience of such.  It's kinda like second-hand smoke, it kills me more waiting for the wins and the fails than making fun of it the first time around.  Ah, the hell with it, now it's time to focus on the 2011 Draft picks and rooting for my Eagles in Superbowl XLVI.


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WTF PEOPLE!?! The After-Holidays Effect

We all love that time of year where we give our best to our fellow man in Christmas cheer.  That special type of feeling that we always wish would last all year.  But sadly it always seem to bite all of us in the butt when it doesn't even last a full month past.  Sooner or later we comeback to becoming Grinches and Scrooges, and all that talk about good will towards man is thrown down the way side.

Now it's not all thrown out, I mean I'm sure that we still have best wishes for all of humanity, but the whole joyous occasion is just that for most people.  AN OCCASION.  Now I'm not gonna just gripe on that, I'm gonna talk about what happens afterwards.  I just thought that that's one thing I felt during that time of year after the holidays has past and everyone's New Year Resolutions have been broken.  Call me cynical, I don't care, it's just that it always seem to happen that way.

Now I've already talked about the warm and fuzzies that turn to coal.  But another thing that gets to me is the decorations that are STILL UP mid-way though January.  It's tacky, it's ugly, and I think James Rolfe said it best in the following link.  Why advance on something more on point. 

Another thing that I see not just after the Christmas holiday, but with all holidays are the gross amount of clearance seasonal crap.  Sure it's good if you want to be in a diabetic coma with all that Christmas candy and soon to be Valentine Day candy, but all that other crap is just what now.  A big friggin' waste of space.  I swear that's just about as bad as still seeing Holloween costumes discounted on Black Friday.  I reiterate what I said about the decorations as this applies to the consumer retail end of things.


And then one final thought, which isn't really much of a bad thing until after the fact.  Some people have Christmas bonuses, other have holiday pay.  But none the less, we all resort back to regular pay as soon as February comes around and we compare what we've made from then to what we had made at that point and come up with the general consensus of "WTF?!?  No bonus cash?"  We do get spoiled at time but then the comedown happens and we're back to Earth with our 9-to-5.  Unless your like some of my colleagues and I where we're going for broke working buukuu amounts of overtime right now, it's a real sobering effect.  Especially when you're recovering from all the holiday expenses, it can be a real sobering effect.


And that's the first WTF PEOPLE!?! of 2011 people.  Figures it was an appropriate time to air that out.  Give you all a little something to think about and a lot to consider.  Until next time folks...


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Resolutions, I don't understand 'em.

I try.  I really do try. I know that everyone makes 'em and then eventually breaks them.  I'm guilty of that too.  Resolutions are a bother...  They really are.  So that's why I'm doing my best from going into that charade.  I'm resolving to not make a resolution.  The wifie on the other hand... well, I'm just on for the ride and I'm in agreement with her.  That's our resolution, not mine.  And just for the record, the fact that I'm not making a resolution is not a resolution.  That's just about as stupid as the rule on Disney's Aladdin where you can't wish for more wishes (which that was what I thought the worst part of a true Disney classic.) 


This year I haven't set aside what I wanted to do, so I decided to do nothing.  Simple, straight forward, and with all of my other commitments that I have, adding on a 'resolution' is just too much.  I won't stop anyone from following theirs, this is just my thing is all.  No big deal.


I do try to do better as a husband and a father, spending quality time with them as much as possible as well as balancing what I want to do on this blog.  That's a long term thing, not a New Years thing.  Hell, it's not even a new thing at all.  This was something I wanted from a long time and still want to bring forth in the near future.


So here's to not adding on more burden that what we can handle in the name of traditions or resolutions.  Happy 2011 everyone...


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