I watched Xmen 3 Saturday afternoon. I'm not sure how to take it. I liked it well enough. It was entertaining to watch and all that, but it didn't have the same feel that Xmen 2 had. It's also hard for me to discuss this without revealing spoilers. Let's just say that three characters die, and Nightcrawler is nowhere to be found. Also Bullet Tooth Tony is Juggernaut. I didn't realize Juggernaut was British. I can't remember his real name, Vinnie Jones or something? Anyway, two of the characters I cared about, and the other was kind of meh. The whole thing centers around a cure from this mutant whose mutation is to reverse mutations. How he doesn't reverse his own mutation I don't know. I'm just supposed to accept this apparently. So, through a process they don't go into in the movie they extract his anti mutant mutation and weaponize it. They also offer it as a cure. Obviously this pisses off all mutants and gives Magneto his scapegoat to rouse all mutants to revolution, so expect one anti human speech after another. Two important characters from the last two movies lose their mutation, but they pull some typical shit like the comics did with Superman. They kill him, then they bring him back, then they kill him, etc. They use this to set up a sequel. It's worth watching for special effects, maybe. It's better than other movies I watched for that purpose, such as Final Fantasy The Spirits Within, and The Day After Tomorrow, which had serious flaws. Really I should have learned my lesson a long time ago when it comes to stuff like this. Did I learn nothing from the Wild Wild West?

Overall, I say watch it, but maybe wait for a rental. It's good enough to spend some money on anyway. I managed to spend only $5.75, so if you can see it in the theater for that price, then by all means.

On a side note, I think Dad is watching Shaft. I will always recognize bow chicka bow. Who indeed is the black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks?

I haven't been online much lately. Well, on the computer anyway. I've been absorbed by Call of Duty 2 on Xbox live. I just finished a game where we decided, as a team, to see how many times we could kill each other. I ended up with -58 kills, but this other guy had -141. I kept killing Germans though. that takes away from my score. It was kind of lame, but amusing nonetheless.

Dad has passed his tests and should be getting here around 7-8am. He gets 5 days off once he gets here, and then he goes out driving solo and getting paid proper. I'm looking forward to having him here, haven't seen him in about a month.

Saturday we are going to see Xmen 3. Before we see it we will eat at this Japanese restaurant called The Shogun. They cook the food in front of you and serve it up with rock and roll. I'm not so sure about the movie, but I've wanted to see it. I have a bad feeling that it will suck. The "hip" beat in the trailer was my first clue. We'll see. I might remember to post some thoughts, and I might not. Anyway, I'm sure there are people online who need to get their asses handed to them. I'm off.

July the twenty fifth is the day to look out for. That's because Pinky and the Brain releases on DVD that day. Also releasing that day, and this is no coincidence, is the Animaniacs. They are zany to the max. I practically require these things. Buy one for yourself and for a friend. Show Warner Brothers you are glad they finally got off their asses.

So, apparently some cock craving chucklefuck decided to submit a negative review of me on xbox live, saying that I was exhibiting unsportsmanlike conduct. (Really, unsportsmanlike conduct is not using a weapon provided, it's team killing or just sitting there not helping your team when you have no reason not to do so). Having played a match with a bunch of people calling me and this other guy shotgun whores, I think I know who was being the dick. Really, why is the shotgun there except to be used by fuckers like me? It's not like I modded the game so only I have the shotgun. Dumbasses. How hard is it to kill me before I get within 10 feet of you anyway? It's not like you can snipe with the shotgun. I just don't get it. Call me a shotgun whore if you want, I don't care, but don't give me a negative review because I schooled your ass with it.

The other thing I was doing, and this is me being an asshole, was tossing smoke grenades in all fucking directions. Again, I figure if I have one, I might as well throw it before I get killed. It's wasted otherwise. Besides, you shouldn't be using the sniper rifle on a small level anyway, asshole. Clouds of death.

Dad should be home in about 12 days or so. He should be driving up here in a big ass truck. I'll try to have the lawn mowed by then. I hate doing that. But the Goddamned grass will grow and grow unless I march my pasty ass out there and mow it. It's one of those things.

And now a taste of what I'm listening to:

Cockroaches on the walls
Crabs crawling on my balls
Oh but I'm so clean cut
And I just want to fuck some slut
I love living in the city.

A lot of shit has happened since the last entry. Although in that span of time I haven't managed to clip my nails, which makes typing interesting at best. Hang on.

There. Let's see. We had inventory last week, which sucked so much ass I'm still feeling the hickeys. This next week I'm on nights because we have to reset the electronics modular, and the home office thinks we have 12 feet more space than we do because they can't get it through their supid fucking heads that we are only 99,000 square feet, not 140,000 or some such shit. They are busy sorting that out now. I suppose I should head in to work today to find out what to do about the fact that my department won't be worked for the next week. I have bad feelings about this. I just finished cleaning up after the inventory people who, of all things, managed to mess up most of my onhand counts. Most people wouldn't think that was a big deal, but the computer automatically orders stuff. If it doesn't know how much is on hand, it will either order way too much, or not order anything, neither of which is satisfactory. I don't have a big back room, and I hate being out of stock because people piss and moan, and I miss sales. I wonder if the moaning sounds like zombies. I should try moaning like that the next time I have to go.

The other thing that happened is we bought a new car. It is a 2004 Cavalier with a 4 cylinder engine, five speed transmission, and 19,300 miles on it. We got it for $8,500. By the time we pay all the payments, it will cost $13,000, so we are interested in making larger payments. The less we pay the better. Odd how paying more means paying less. Anyway, I was able to increase speed up a hill comparable to taking route 13 north out of Ithaca towards the Pyramid Mall from 50 to 75 mph, and in 5th gear at that. I was happy. The stereo sucks, but it has a cd player. It just farts instead of putting out bass. It works fine other than that. Dad is almost done with his training, which should mean we get to see him in a couple of weeks. After that he starts making the real money. Well, I've got like fifteen minutes to get ready, so I'm going to go.