The Walking Dead Season Finale

Before I begin, I just want to apologize to everyone for giving away Shane's death in last weeks episode.  I normally do not put things in the title that give things away.  If I ruined the episode for anyone, I feel bad about that.  Although, it is funny to me that no one got pissed when I gave away Dale's death the week before.  Okay, moving on...

The finale did a pretty good job of getting us off the farm.  The farm was a terrible place for the group to settle.  Definitely not secure and it amazes me that no one realized it.  Fortunately, a herd was able to come through and murder a few people and scatter the group.

They killed off a few minor characters, but nothing major.  Also, they went the ridiculous route and had everyone becoming top-shots.  I mean, obviously shooting zombies in the head from a moving car is pretty easy.  The group splits apart, but after a little they find each other.  Well everyone except for Andrea. 

The group makes a huge deal about Rick withholding his knowledge that everyone carries the zombie-disease and that is why if someone dies they automatically turn.  I actually do not understand why they are so pissed about this.  It just seems like a convenient way for the writers to try and make Rick somewhat interesting.  Also, his little speech about the group not being a democracy was pretty stupid.  I hated the slow shot of each group member's face to show their reaction to Rick's announcement that he killed Shane.  Reminded me of something you would see in Family Guy, as they pan to each character, they then finish off by showing Boba Fett or something equally ridiculous.

So the beginning was great, the middle was awesome, then it started to drag about the last fifteen minutes.  Then the last few scenes saved it.  First, we find Andrea being chased by zombies and running out of ammo.  She stumbles and seems to be done, when a sword flashes and the zombies head pops off.  We see a cloaked individual leading two armless zombies in chains. 

This will be Michonne, everyone's favorite katana wielding zombie killing machine.  Trust me folks, you will like her.  Apparently they cast her this week as well.  She will be played by Danai Gurira from Treme. 

After that, as Rick gives his speech about how he thinks there still is a place out there, the camera zooms out and we see that place is not so far away:  a prison.  This is where things become very interesting (although, I really hope they cast Tyreese for just one scene alone) and will help us find a great villain in the Governor.

Holy Crap, Time For a Life Update

Sorry everyone, it has been awhile since I have written anything.  So where the hell should I even start?  How about with what I have been up to...

Work and Life
I am on a ten day stretch.  Seriously, between working daylights and going to Pittsburgh on Tuesday for a Dale Carnegie class, I am pretty much exhausted.  The Dale Carnegie class is so much fun!  I love going to do work stuff on my day off.

After work, we have been going to dinner with our families pretty much every night.  Last night we went out with my mom, step-dad, brother, and his girlfriend.  It was great times.  Unfortunately, I am usually ready for bed when we get home.  Well, after I check ebay to see what else I have sold.  I am rocking that shit out.

My Car
I need to get the headlights fixed on my car.  I think the only thing I have left on them is the high-beams.  This has not been such a big deal since I have been working mornings.  When I head to work there are no cars on the road, so no one really minds.  On the way home it is daylight.

The few cars that I have seen on the road like to flash their lights at me to let me know my high-beams are on, and in some cases the cars I am passing get pissed and flash their high-beams at me or give me the middle finger.

Anyways, tonight I am driving home from Lindsey's mom's house and as I pass a car, he puts his high-beams on to be a dick.  He then follows me for a bit, then passes me and goes to give me the finger.  I decided to show him that I am not an asshole.  I flip my lights and just like that, I am driving in the dark.  I guess this must have clued the guy in to my dilemma.  Instead of the finger, he gave me the wave and slowed down so I could stay ahead of him.

I need to fix them because this crap is getting old.

Iron
Most of you have no clue how anal I am about ironing my clothes.  No joke.  I iron everything.  I will iron my jeans if they have one crease.  I was the only person on the floor of my dorm who had their ironing board out everyday.

When I moved into my apartment in State College, back in 2001, I went out and bought a very nice iron.  It probably cost me $50-$60.  I loved my iron.  This thing was absolutely perfect.  Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end.

A few months ago it started to leak.  Then about a month ago, the soleplate black coating started to flake off and would burn into your clothes.  I decided it was time to throw it away and use Lindsey's.  Not a wise decision.

Hers does not have a nonstick soleplate.  When I ironed one of my new red dress shirts, it burnt some of the red fabric onto the iron.  Now, sometimes when you iron things, red crap stains onto your clothes.  This shit pisses me off. 

Sadly, I cannot find one like my old one.  The nicest ones I have seen were made by Rowenta.  Has anyone head of them before?  Also, the day we were looking at them my phone would not find them when I searched for irons.  I typed in "irons", "iron reviews", and a few other things.  Google just searched forever.  I thought maybe I had no service and tried to search something else, but it worked immediately.

I also learned more about irons than I ever wanted.  So basically, what I am asking is:  does anyone have any suggestions on irons?

Weigh-in Wednesday VI

This morning I weighed 181.4.  I cannot complain too much though since I ate a ton over the weekend.  On Saturday we went to The Melting Pot at Station Square. 

Holy crap the place was expensive, but it was worth it.
The place is a fondue joint.  I never had fondue before.  I like saying fondue.


The funny thing is that when we got the main entree, it was all raw.  Lindsey and I thought it was pretty crazy. 
It came with chicken, shrimp, beef, and tuna.  We just tossed the shrimp in the pot and let it cook.  Apparently we were supposed to use our fondue fork and out one shrimp in the pot at a time.  Oh well...live and learn.
It was actually a great time and I recommend everyone trying it.

The Walking Dead: RIP Shane

I knew it was coming.  I knew eventually they would have to kill Shane off.  It happened so fast in the comic, that it was actually amazing he was alive this long in the show.  I want to say that I enjoyed the show handled it.  I think if they went the comic route it would have been way too controversial.  Allow me to explain.

In the comic, Shane takes Rick out in the woods in order to shoot him.  Carl is the one to shoot Shane and afterwards, the book ends with Carl crying and Rick hugging him.  Carl then says "it is harder than shooting than the dead ones."  Rick then tells him that "it always should be."

This was the pivotal moment that defines Carl.  The kid has plenty of problems throughout the book.  Actually, for the most part he is cold and at times he scares Rick because he just does not seem to care when someone dies.

Unfortunately, parent groups would have had a fit if Carl was seen shooting Shane.  Instead, it is much more fitting to have Carl shoot Zombie-Shane.  Also, the group learns much later that someone who dies will still return to the dead.  This causes Rick to head back to where he buried Shane and finds Zombie-Shane and kill him.

Next week looks like it should be pretty good.  The farm will be invaded by zombies and hopefully this will force the group to abandon the area and search for some place new.

Oh, and did anyone else think the scene where Rick gives Carl the gun should probably be used as a Republican gun rights ad?  "Obama wants to take away your right to give your son a pistol to defend himself from zombies."

Romans Are Jerks!

Such an appropriate video for the times we live in...

Weekend Preview

Try not to be too jealous, but Lindsey and I have a three day weekend.  Before you ask, yes, we did sacrifice a few goats to Satan in order to make that happen.  The real question though:  what do we have planned?

We are heading to Pittsburgh with Imler, who just happened to pick up Gideon from the airport.  That is correct!  Gideon is making his way back to Pennsylvania.  Exciting times.  I expect fun times to be had by all.  Anyways, tonight we are going to the Pens game and then after that, who the hell knows.  You should probably get a hold of one of us to try and meet up.  Do it early though, most likely will not be sober for long.

Last time Gideon and I got together was a pretty awesome time.

I just hope I can find a cool balloon hat like that again...

Standing Brooms

Someone at work said something about being able to stand a broom up today because of some kind of planetary alignment or whatever.  I did not really think anything of it because most people are idiots.  I got home and looked on facebook and three people in a row had pictures of a broom standing up.

I decided to try it for myself.  And as it turns out, a broom will stand up.  I noticed something though and mentioned it to Lindsey:  the broom seemed to stand on it's own because of the bristles spreading out and creating a base.  I also made a joke that it probably has something to do with an odd center of gravity.

As it turns out, I was pretty much right.  Check it out.

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Weigh-In Wednesday V

I am down to 180.6, and at one point over the weekend, I weighed 179.8.  I guess at this point I should set a goal.  How about getting down to 165 by the end of July?  I think that should be achievable, right?

Anyways, I am starting to enjoy drinking mango tea.  Although, I still cannot get into regular iced tea.  Sorry tea folks, it is going to take some time before I like that stuff.

I probably weighed 155 in that picture.  I will get back to that point.  Maybe...

The Walking Dead: RIP Dale

Wow, I really did not see this one coming.  In the comic Dale dies much later and has a very odd relationship with Amy and Andrea.  He ends up having such a cool death that I could not imagine them not wanting to use that in the show. 

Instead they decided to kill him off just as he was making his point to the group about why they cannot murder Randall.  Fortunately, his death will have more repercussions than just Randall.  Earlier, Carl was throwing rocks at a zombie stuck in the mud.  This pissed it off and it pulled free and almost ate Carl (who then lost his pistol). 

Carl blames himself, which could lead to two things:  he tries to hide it and be more like his father, which leads him down a very dark path, or he could tell his dad about it and feel like his family and the group hate him, which leads him down a very dark path.

Also, we get to see Daryl become a more prominent member of the group.  He has been a little bit mopey after finding out that Sophia was a zombie inside the barn.  I believe that he will take up Dale's anti-Shane stance (and may actually have the physicality to stand up to him).  I also believe that Andrea will want to preserve Dale's memory and become the moral center of the group.

How will this affect Rick?  I think he will blame himself and begin to second guess his decisions.  He will believe that Dale died because he (Rick) made a decision to kill Randall, which caused Dale to take that fateful walk.  If only he had listened to Dale and given Randall more time...

Anyways, it should be an exciting rest of the season.

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