Vincent's Journal

01/14/2009 23:51 #47410

Quick Thoughts Post
Category: potpouri

I've just realized that I just watched the recent Trifecta of British apocalyptic movie offerings recently.

V For Vendetta
Doomsday
Children of Men

Are the premium cable channels trying to tell me something?

Shitygroup may be more after it falls below $5 a share.

Now we are going to have TARP II since the first one didn't work? All I can say is that if you're buying stocks these days you better be on the 2035 Plan, since that is the year that you are going to have to sell them to get even. What do you think is going to happen to the economy when in a year or so we our National Debt equals our GDP? Yikes!

tinypliny - 01/23/09 17:50
Children of Men was nice but I thought it was a bit depressing. Even with hope at the end.

metalpeter - 01/17/09 16:40
Children of Men was a great movie it really was. There are a lot of great themes to be learned in V for Vendetta plus it is an amazing movie action wise. Doomsday I haven't seen yet, so I can't speak on that. Is cloverfield on Cable Yet? You could also watch "28 Days Later" then follow that up with "28 Weeks Later" Good film. Depending on who you believe the end of the world is coming in 2012. Well maybe not the end of the world but the end of Humans. It is some Notrodamus prediction thing I think. On a side note I Have also seen a preview for a Movie about it.

01/14/2009 00:13 #47399

Hurry up and finish Rt 219
Category: indians

Yea it looks like we are going to need it to get anywhere South or West.

Although it's been a vision of mine that we are going to see Civil Unrest this year due to the economy and taxes I didn't think it would be so close to Buffalo so soon. I remember 1997 and that was no Joke. What is scary this time around is that the State is totally broke & they need every penny they can get. Also Patterson wasn't elected and who says he will seek office again, so he may just pull the "nuclear option" which he may feel is the right thing to do in his mind with no re-election consequences.

I just wonder if they pull another 90 blockade, if anything will happen at the Casino?

But yea, this is why we need another route out of here. What are you going to do if I-90 is gone? Go through Canada? In the 90's when Quebec had Oka going on, they ended up building a highway around the reserve without any environmental studies or any red tape just due to a road that went through the native territory that was shutdown for over a year during the dispute. Is that the reason why the started the 219 project, since they knew this day would come again?

01/06/2009 23:12 #47315

just a tanning thought
Category: seasonal

It's something that I haven't done for a while. In years past I have done it just to try to alleviate a case of seasonal affective disorder. Nothing lifts the spirits in the cold freezing dark Buffalo winter than coming out of a tanning place after a session complete with a bit of sweat. The way I figure I am not getting any vitamin D when I'm in my pod at work during the 7 hours of overcast daylight we do get. That's why I have a light box sunlamp at my desk. Plus with some wacky skin stuff I do get in the winter I've read that some UV radiation does some good actually.

Plus I think (e:metalpeter) is right it does "But it could make you feel better and hotter..." I remember when I first hooked up with my Ex, we were in some "no-tel motel" over in Canada by the "places" over on the Lane. Well the room featured mirrors on the walls and thinking back I did feel pretty hot in comparison to her as she's kind of an albino in the sense that she has no color & burns extremely easily and I did tan kind of regularly back then.

tinypliny - 01/23/09 17:56
Artificial tanning = Not a good idea.

Loh AY. Mich Law Rev. 2008 Nov;107(2):365-90. Are artificial tans the new cigarette? How plaintiffs can use the lessons of tobacco litigation in bringing claims against the indoor tanning industry. :::link:::

ladycroft - 01/14/09 09:13
you can always come visit :)

but...there are also sunlight lights you can buy, which is not tanning, just a light. it acts the same as sunshine for your psyche.

metalpeter - 01/07/09 19:33
What I will say is just be careful I don't trust those machines. It is to bad you don't have a way to feel that same with out the machine like by going skiing granted you won't get a tan all over you body but I do know people who have gotten a good burn from skiing (light hits you than it also hits the snow and reflects onto you, sorry I don't know what that is called). I wonder if that spray on tan stuff would give you the same feeling or not, it might be a little safer not sure (not the store bought kind the kind at the tanning places).

libertad - 01/07/09 13:44
I used to tan for short periods occasionally and then I realized that I really don't like the way I feel after getting out. It really isn't the same as the sun to me. I was lucky enough to have caught some rays in FL over Xmas so I assume you must be dying for the sun. I really hate the way I would smell too after getting out of them. Doctors do say that this area has a vitamin D deficiency so you could take D supplements if necessary. The DR can determine if you need it by a blood test.

theli - 01/07/09 10:39
Wait...we are?!?

Did I miss a memo?

james - 01/07/09 00:10
You need just a few minutes in the sun to get all the vitamin D you need. Tanning beds do horrible, nasty things to your skin. Just watching women who have been going for years (it is always women, men are allowed to be as pasty and slovenly as we like in this strange sexual empire). They have Crypt Keeper skin. If you go occasionally, and it does you a world of emotional good, then tan away my friend. Just don't bake your skin into a pepperoni pizza.

01/05/2009 22:01 #47294

New Years Res & the plan
Category: life

I had a very good 2008 and to be honest there is a part of me that is afraid that this year won't stand up to last year. I don't know what motivates women, but for guys the negative is more of a motivator that positive reassurance. I guess it comes down to sports and the "I'll show your ass" mentality that we learn early on in life when the other team runs smack or someone criticizes you. Just look at the NFL playoffs the top 4 top awarded people are out golfing & the two most badgered are playing next weekend. Heck I think of the bowl games only UB didn't cover the spread as an underdog or win outright.

Anyway I have a ton of work to do this year. As I was looking back the only things that would have made a great year into a stellar year would have been me getting married &/or having a kid.

Here is a list of things to do:

1. Get mentally healthy

2. Go to a chiropractor

3. Start being more assertive & take more risks in social situations

4. Go tanning at least once a week to keep my current color going.

5. Work some OT to continue building savings

6. Lose 10 pounds to get back to my "ideal" weight

7. Enter into a healthy relationship some some woman
Simple enough right? Well the OT is not guaranteed, I know you can't bank on something that is out of your control, but from the indication I got today, we may be in for a repeat of last year since I didn't get settled yet back into the job today when the question was popped!

metalpeter - 01/06/09 18:00
Well I guess there was something pretty good at the party that I missed. If you drop a few pounds and get a tan (you don't want to much that sun can cause some nasty problems you don't want) Then you will look better to yourself and that can be a boost confidence wise, I'm not saying you aren't. But it could make you feel better and hotter and make you be more socially out there.

hodown - 01/06/09 09:25
I like all your list except the tanning part- skin cancer is not worth it. And my two cents on the woman/social front you seem to be doing ok, at least from what I saw at the party. But that's just me :)