The Mind Of DC

TMI Thursday: Clearing the pipes.

2009-05-07T07:00:00.003-04:00

The house I grew up in used to have this huge tree in the front yard and it's roots used to cause a lot of problems. It lifted the sidewalk up to the house and in front of the house, it would grow into our drain pipes, I used to hit the roots above the ground with the lawn mower and I'm pretty sure I tripped over them before.
It got so bad we had it removed. We used to have to hire a plumbing service to come and snake out the drain pipes because some of our pipes wouldn't drain.

One morning I wake up and I head downstairs to get breakfast. I used to stay up late so breakfast was actually Lunch/Dinner time. My mother says "Your father needs to speak to you" with this half smile, half serious look on her face. I walk up to my father and he says "You need to go out front, you gotta pick up those balloons out there." "Balloons?! What?!" I say. "Yes your balloons, go pick them up".

That morning my parents had the plumbing service come out and snake the pipes, they pulled out of course, some roots but also a pair of womens underwear and like 3 condoms. My dad left them out front in the grass for me to pick up. I have no idea who flushed the undies but that was gross, WTF who does that?!

Update on "Little Miss Singing Mermaid"

2009-05-03T14:05:00.003-04:00

I am referring to this TMI post.
My mother read my blog and reminded me of this incident and recalled everything that happened.
Here is what she says:
"I was reading your blog site about little singing mermaid. It did not happen at night you were showering at 6am before school. There were NO batteries in the doll.. You kept saying it was Great Grandpa Sam as he had just passed shortly before. We don't know how that doll started singing. It was a mystery.
lol love ya
mom"
Holy Shit! Thanks Mom that creeps me out even more! I knew something was creepy about that damn doll, she haunts me forever!

Why do you keep staring at me?!

2009-05-02T18:09:00.004-04:00

Last night I went out with a few of my friends and we went to a place that I had never been to before. We were standing at the bar waiting for drinks, just talking and hanging out. These girls were next to us bumping into us and causing us to bump into other people. This guy on a power trip looked at my friend, "M", and said "Hey man you keep bumping into me" and M explained the situation. The guy then says "Aren't you gonna apologize?" M just turned away.

We kept bumping into them throughout the night, not on purpose, and the guy was just a jackass. I over heard him saying that the bartender was his "Best Friend in the whole wide world".
The night wraps up, the music stops, everyone is leaving. The lady bartender was having trouble with a drunk obnoxious guy so I was stuck waiting for my bill and we wanted to leave. M was looking at me and saying "What is taking so long" when Douche(the guy we've been bumping into) says "Why do you keep staring at me?!" Like back in the high school days when it wasn't cool to look at someone for more than a minute. M turns to him and says "WHAT?!" and he says "You keep staring at me what's your problem?!" So I say "Are you fuckin kidding me?!" he looks at me and says "No". Then next thing I know M and this guy are in each others face and Douche puts his hand in M's face and pushes his head away which triggers "GO TIME".
I am now a spectator as M throws punches and Douche practically runs away. In my peripheral vision I see guys start to gather and I realize he has a lot of friends with him which was why he acted so tough and then ran. The bouncers step in and pull Douche away as he stumbles everywhere and M stands proud as only one bouncer steps in to say "Cool it".
I calm M down and tell him "It's cool, he's got a lot of friends here, lets just go." As all these guys come toward and one after the other I say "He's cool, I got him, He's cool." All these guys were pissed because M got the best of their "Boy". Somehow we managed to just walk right out the door untouched. We weren't even escorted out.
The rule with guys is the fight starts 1 on 1 and then if another guy jumps in to help their friend and joins the fight instead of just breaking it up, it causes a chain reaction. In this case M was holding his own and Douche got pulled away. If you fight in a bar where the bouncers are friends with the person you are fighting, you may not leave in good condition because there is no one to stop the fight. I weighed the possibilities and we got the hell out of there.
In our case I think it was obvious who started it and M explained the situation to a few bouncers so that is another reason we got out without any other problems.

Look, I hate fighting I try to talk my way out of it if I can. I don't think it's cool nor do I think it's necessary. I had a feeling someone may try something just because everywhere we went last night was just a big NUT SACK, Sausagefest. So I had a feeling there was going to be a "tough guy" in the crowd. That's all it takes is one.
Other than that last night was awesome! I love hanging out with M, we are like two of the same. We just go out to have a good time and have fun.

Just for the hell of it we decided to go to Jon's Coney Island.

This wasn't as intense as the first time I seen it... It never gets old.

Birds!

2009-04-28T20:27:00.005-04:00

I get home from work and I'm getting ready to get in the shower and I hear a tapping noise which sounds like it's coming from the window in the living room. Now every once and a while I'll hear noises from the place settling but this was a constant tapping. When I opened the blinds a bird flew away, so thinking nothing of it I close the blinds and continue and then it starts again. So I peek through the blinds without moving them too much and see this...

This continued for quite sometime so I got a different angle.

I got frustrated with the banging and loaded up my airsoft gun and fired a shot at one of the birds which left it stunned for a little while and gave me an hour of peace and quiet. Don't worry, airsoft only shoots rubber pellets, not metal.

I don't understand it, it started getting dark and he finally stopped. Does this mean it will continue tomorrow? Is this bird out to get me?

Wabert TMI

2009-04-27T07:00:00.001-04:00

OPA! Times 10.

2009-04-26T18:07:00.004-04:00

Last night me and my friend Derek met up with a few other friends and we went out on the town. We hit 2 bars and had a blast. I met some new dudes that were pretty cool to hang out with as well. After the bar we headed to a local Coney Island. (A pretty memorable one for me, for many reasons. Ehem. Sassy.)
Jon's Coney Island

As we were waiting to be served someone (at a different table) got an order of saganaki and when they brought it out what followed made everyone want one. We even got one. Turn your speakers down. lol

His name is Rich and thanks to Derek's quick thinking I was able to show you the video. OPA!

TMI Thursday: Singing in the shower.

2009-04-23T06:00:00.006-04:00

The year was 1992, I was 12. I had a fascination with ghosts, aliens and ufo's. They creeped me out. My friends and I would get books from the library about ghosts and ufo sightings and read them. With each one I began becoming more and more paranoid. I wanted to know if they existed but didn't actually want to find out in person. On this faithful day I would react as though I had seen one.
Part of my nightly routine is to shower before bed and that is where this story begins; I get in the shower and I'm all lathered up, I start rinsing my hair (yes I used to have hair) and I hear this weird noise. I pulled my head away from the water to hear what the noise was and heard this eerie singing. Completely clueless to what it was, I jumped out of the shower screaming "MOM! MOM! MOM!" I reach for the door knob and couldn't get the door open because the soap was all over my hands. With the singing continuing, my mother is outside saying "What? Are you okay?!" and thanks to those bathroom door knobs that have the slit on the outside, my mother was able to get the door unlocked. Once the door was opened I ran as fast as I could, junk in hand and completely ass naked, into the kitchen.
There I stand frightened out of my mind, nude and covered in soap, I explain to my parents that I heard singing in the shower. My mother and father infiltrate the bathroom to find this:

Little Miss Singing Mermaid and she was singing alright. To activate the doll you had to squeeze it to make her sing and I didn't touch the thing. I'm not sure if the batteries shorted out or what but I can almost remember my Dad taking the batteries out and she was still singing. Pretty sure we threw that thing out that night but I'll never forget that, nor live it down because my parents tell everyone. I decided I would beat them to the punch this time.
To read more about this bitch of a doll Click Here

That is my first TMI Thursday, not entirely sure if it constitutes as a TMI Thursday, but I tried. Hope you all enjoyed my embarrassing story!

Underwire Bra Saves Woman's Life

2009-04-22T18:49:00.002-04:00

On Tuesday, three teenage boys broke into a house in Northwest Detroit, while inside they noticed a woman next door had spotted them in the act. Armed, they fired at the woman and fled the scene with jewelry in hand. 57 year old Faustina Green's "cans" must be huge because the underwire in her bra deflected the bullet leaving Faustina with only bruising.

The serious part of the matter is that these idiots are still on the loose.

Police are looking for three boys, ages 16-18, two of whom wore dark-colored hooded sweatshirts with red and black stitched designs, according to Detroit Police Sgt. Eren Stephens Bell. They left in a four-door burgundy Dodge Neon with no hubcaps.

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I love music.

2009-04-22T18:13:00.004-04:00

Let me introduce you to some wonderful acoustic artists. I was introduced to these artists through someone that was just as passionate about music as I am.
Now these artists have a style all their own. These songs are very beautiful and are nice to listen to if you just want to take a deep breath and relax.

Lets start with Craig D'Andrea

Andy McKee - This first video is one of his most famous ones due to the way he plays the guitar, a slap style.

Next up, Matthew Santos - His voice is very unforgettable.

Nicholas Barron - He has a bluesy feeling to his music

I hope I opened your ears to some new artists. I don't typically listen to this type of music but I am very open minded when it comes to music. When I heard this I fell in love. If you want more info on these artists and more visit http://www.youtube.com/user/rpoland or purchase their music Here

1-800-Flowers.com is a rip off.

2009-04-22T17:35:00.005-04:00

So a while back I ordered flowers for my loving g/f, just because. I wanted to have them delivered and surprise her while I was at work. I found 1-800-flowers.com, they had the flowers I wanted and could deliver it during the time she would be there so I went ahead and ordered them. They were nice, don't get me wrong.

A few weeks later I received a weird charge and couldn't figure out where it came from. I apparently clicked on a box or didn't notice and left it checked where it mentioned something about getting 20% off or something like that. I had to call and get that taken off. Its been a while so I don't remember the details but what made me write this post was I just received a letter from them containing a $5.00 check, made out to me. I was thinking great free money but then I look at the fine print and it says "By cashing or depositing this check you are purchasing a membership in travelers advantage." on the back of the check it says "I understand that the $12.99 monthly fee will be automatically charged to my card on file with 1-800-flowers.com. By cashing this check I authorize 1-800-Flowers.com to securely transfer my credit card information to Travelers Advantage."
So now they are selling my information... Try to avoid 1-800-Flowers.com

Does Wabert know Deez Nutz?

2009-04-19T10:17:00.003-04:00

I promised you some videos of Wabert and I hate saying things and not doing them. So here is a little series I put together.
On my route everyday I had a decent ride to my first stop early in the morning. One of the places I delivered needed one more helper to complete their roster. That helper was Wabert. He would ride with me all the way to my last stop, where he was needed. On our journey we would discuss many things. He kept the ride interesting.
I decided to start recording our adventures, interested in mostly audio, I kept my phone out of sight. Eventually I showed him some of the videos and he just shook his head giggled. I ended my employment at this place while keeping a good relationship with Wabert, he's a cool old man. I intend on visiting him on a day off and document our reunion. lol
We start this off by me asking Wabert if he likes my driving or if I should driving like someone else.

I just wanted him to say it... Geez.

Wabert Gone Crazy

2009-04-19T10:00:00.000-04:00

I told him this song is for him and he just started singing along...

Should we continue?

2009-04-18T15:15:00.004-04:00

I used to do an online show a while back it was sooooo fun, I set it up in the bedroom of my house when I was living with my parents. Me, my cousin (TooBIG) and sometimes my sister, would be the main hosts and invite some occasional friends and guests to go live on the air @ Stickam.com. We always wanted to host our own radio shows and happen to stumble upon this site which is where we started. We built up quite a following and suddenly stopped doing it.
Well we've been talking about starting it back up for a while now and focusing on our most listened to segment, "Prank The Public", which was a segment on the show where me or him would take requests from listener/watchers and call their friends, family, work, etc. It was a lot of fun.
I'm going to post a few videos on here and let me know what you think. Do you think we should start back up? I've already reserved prankthepublic.com
Audio Gallery with our pranks : Click HERE
Another segment we would do on the show, "Shocking Dares" was a fun one too but our friend decided he didn't want to do anymore of them after the few that we had him do lol check these out.

This next one starts off weird but it's because we were getting ready for the show when I started recording lol

These next 2 we had a friend of ours come to the show that claimed that Josh was "weak" and he could do those dares "no problem".

What do you think?

We are all going to beerfest in a few weeks at Frankenmuth, which we had a blast at the last 2 years we have gone. Hopefully we will get video while we are there and I can edit it like I did this one, my first time @ beerfest.

I edited all these videos and set up graphics and what not on the live shows. Give your feedback on that as well.

He really can read minds!

2009-04-11T13:26:00.004-04:00

I'm a huge Heroes fan and Greg Grunberg (aka Matt Parkman, a mind reader on the show) has came up with an awesome application for your iPhone, called Yowza. To help you save money! It's a coupon book in your phone!

This is a great idea!

Heroes 240x400 Wallpapers

2009-04-11T10:21:00.003-04:00

If your phone's dimensions are 400 x 240 these will work for your phone too.

How to save these pictures as a wallpaper on your phone.

Right click on the image above and click "Save As..."
Save the image to your computer
Go to your email account and compose an email to yourphonenumber@vzwpix.com (ex: 5551230987@vzwpix.com)
Attach the wallpaper you saved in Step 2 to the email and then click send
You will receive a PIX message on your Voyager
Open the message and click on the options menu in the bottom right of your phone
Select "Save Picture" and then click "Save"
Go into My Pictures on your Voyager and click the options menu again and Select "Set As" and then "Wallpaper"

Photosmart C5580 All-in-One Photo Printer $110 Shipped

2009-04-09T13:15:00.002-04:00

I have this exact All-In-One printer and it is amazing. I recommend it. You can print very high quality pictures on this printer and it looks as if you went and had it developed at the store. It also prints directly on printable Discs (DVD, CD). Very cool printer, I love it! You can not beat this price for how great the quality is.

Photosmart C5580 All-in-One Photo Printer $110 Shipped at HP

Get the HP Photosmart C5580 All-in-One Color Inkjet Photo Printer for $150 - $40 instant rebate = $110 shipped at HP Home. The C5580 features all-in-one functionality with printing, copying, and scanning. It also features support for wireless functionality via the included Bluetooth dongle, maximum print resolution of 4800x1200dpi for color, maximum print/copy speed of up to 34ppm for b&w and up to 25ppm for color output, flatbed scanning, 2.4-inch color display, borderless printing support, USB 2.0 interface, and PictBridge compatibility along with support for multiple memory cards for direct printing from digital cameras and camcorders. It ships with power adapter & cord, necessary cartridges, Bluetooth dongle, and software. It carries a full year manufacturer's warranty as well.

Shipping is free. Discount is available on purchases through Saturday April 11.

Cell Phone Wallpapers

2009-04-08T20:53:00.004-04:00

I mentioned that I was bored and that I wanted to offer my graphic design assistance, well I decided to make some Wallpapers for your cell. For now I'm going to start with what I have, The LG Voyager from Verizon. These wallpapers will work for this phone. I will be adding more and more phones. Or you could send me your dimensions or a default picture that came with your phone to info@mindofdc.com and I can make you whatever you'd like or at least try. It's Baseball season now too so I've made some Detroit Tiger wallpapers. Just click the picture to enlarge, right click and save as to save the picture.
I've decided to make a photobucket just for these go to http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v248/insidenebula/Voyager%20Wallpapers/

Offering my services...

2009-04-07T18:43:00.002-04:00

Ok so I've been pretty bored lately with my creative side, I designed a message board for work for crying out loud. I don't really have any sites or graphics to work on until Prank The Public. So while I wait for us to get that started I want to offer my services. Mostly my graphic design services but I'm open to website help as well.
Here is some of my work.

Tittie twister Tuesday

2009-04-07T18:12:00.003-04:00

Yes today is Tuesday which means Ms. SassyPants gets the TV, wait, what am I talking about? For some reason she always has that damn remote, I thought the guy was supposed to rule the remote. Since I don't watch sports I guess that explains it. So the schedule is as soon as she sits down we'll watch King of Queens, which I don't mind. Then it's the dreaded american idol... Now I assume I know a lot about music, I've been in choir since I was in elementary school, I was in a few bands and I am a music enthusiast. I'm pretty passionate when it comes to music. What makes it worse for her is that I'm opinionated and apparently she doesn't like my opinion during the show. lol We have a DVR so she can rewind if she misses a note, geez. Instead she tends to act like this...

You can find me in the dog house tonight, at least I have cable internet in there.

The Best Of Wabert

2009-04-06T17:51:00.003-04:00

I think I have a little segment I'm going to do every week, not sure when yet but I have the videos to back this up.
My weekly videos will be of this man.

His name is Wabert. I used to work with this man everyday. He's one of those "I can joke with you but can't take a joke" type of guys. He is a very nice guy but can get hostile when agitated.

Welcome Wabert to my blog.

Had a rough morning...

2009-04-05T12:07:00.003-04:00

So lately I've been super busy with a lot of things. I've been neglecting spending time with my sassy ginger as she has been busy as well which seems to have us at each others throats. I had a long week I had 50+ hours at work and shes been home almost everyday before me which is really rare. Our weekends are really sacred, we both work at least 10 hours a day and sometimes we don't get home until 6pm which leaves us time to shower, eat and get ready for bed. Which is a big reason I haven't posted many blog entries. I drive for a living so I don't really have time to sit at a desk and jot down how I'm feeling or what is going on. In my free time I spend time with sassy ass, my family or my friends... So I guess you can say I have a life (no offense to those hardcore bloggers). I just don't really have a lot of time. Today, I have a little time. Right now that sassy ass is babysitting her god child and I'm sitting here in my underwear lol.
My sister has been bugging me to take her driving. She just got her permit. She has put it off for way too long and now she is finally taken it upon herself to get her license, I'm happy for her and I wouldn't want anyone else to teach her how to drive. I feel that I've had really good teachers and I remembered all the rules of the road. My grandpa used to drag race, my dad can drive just about anything with wheels and I'm just about the same way, it's in our blood. So I'm off to try to teach her everything I know around 1:30.
Yesterday my Mom decided she's gonna try lifting weights, she says she was trying to pick up a bag of fish food but I don't think fish food would have caused the amount of pain she was in. Saturday morning I get a call at 9am and my mom sounds like she had been crying and I could tell something was wrong. She told me she didn't know what was wrong and she couldn't move, she hurt her back. I jumped out of bed thinking she was laying on the floor. The words "I don't know what's wrong with me" and "I can't move" got me up out of bed, shoes on, coat on, keys and wallet in hand in about a minute. You can ask any of my friends, I am not ready to go anywhere that quick. I took her to the doctors and she had pulled a muscle in her back so she is at home resting right now and I hope she feels better, I'll see her later.
My supervisor decided to take a vacation last week and didn't tell me, I called his phone Monday morning to tell him something about one of my accounts at which point his voicemail told me he wouldn't be back in to the office till April 6th. So I decided to try to create something to make communicating more simple around there and I started working on a message board. That ate up some of my time this week as well.
I want to blog more, trust me it's fun. I like posting videos because that is quick and I like to make people laugh in hopes that maybe you haven't seen the videos. With that being said here is a video that I found this morning that I thought was pretty hilarious. Hope you enjoy.

and with seeing this... watch this... This is Serious! It's GUNTHER! His poses remind me a lot of some of those MySpace Poses LMAO Nice Mullet! How can anyone take these videos serious.

Douchebilly Noodling

2009-04-04T10:30:00.002-04:00

Check out these douchebillies.

Apparently this is a sport?

Charlie bit me.

2009-03-28T14:55:00.003-04:00

Supposedly this video has been out there for a while but I just seen it recently while surfing through youtube but it is quite funny especially with the accent.

and of course the remix...

2010 Chevy Camaro SS vs. 2010 Ford Mustang GT vs. 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T

2009-03-28T14:48:00.002-04:00

I'm not a big car buff but I love the look of these new muscle cars. I've seen the new 2010 Chevy Camaro on the road at least once a week and they sure are sharp.

A few strange videos for your viewing enjoyment.

2009-03-27T08:41:00.003-04:00

First I'll start with this...
It sounds sooo familiar... lol lets see if you can guess what song this is.

Leave it to those idiots in Alabama to come up with this next video.