My Good Deed

I’ve done my good deed for this month. Yesterday during work, where I have more free time than I do when I’m off work, I spent a good half an hour browsing TicketExchange (of TicketMaster) on my iPhone. Since we can’t use our work computers to purchase things online, my supervisor kindly asked me to see if I can purchase Hannah Montana concert tickets on my iPhone. Now, I didn’t know who or what Hannah Montana was, but I figured why the hell not. After numerous failed attempts, I was able to nab her the tickets. The tickets I grabbed were located on Floor 2, Row A, Seats 16 & 17. Only when I checked the seating chart of the Save Mart Center stadium did I realize those were front row tickets. A quick web inquiry brought me findings where tickets of those caliber were being sold anywhere from $1000-$2000 EACH. My boss owes me big time.

While watching The O.C. Season 2: Episode 6, I stumbled upon this awesome piece of music. It’s the episode with Caleb’s funeral and this is the song that plays during that scene and the last few seconds of the episode. The song is titled “Hide and Seek” and it’s performed by Imogen Heap.  I’m too lazy to upload the song; just find the song and give it a listen.

300!

I’m at it again…

Yesterday’s Adventure

Took a trip to the Apple Store in Fashion Fair Mall with The Lady yesterday and had the intention of purchasing a case/cover for my iPhone. Of the cases/holsters I saw, none of them caught my eye. There were a few silicon ones that looked cool, but silicone stretches in the long run. So I settled with a simple screen film.

Power Support Anti-Glare Film Set

It came out to $16 total and so far, it seems to do the job just fine. There aren’t any smudges and the texture of the film makes it a bit easier to navigate. Feeling a bit hungry, we headed to Yoshino’s Bar to grab some sushi. We tried out a sushi roll we’ve never had called the “Oh, Honey…Roll”. I forget what’s in the damn thing but it can actually pass off as a dessert sushi of sorts. It’s drizzled with honey along with, what I believe, are bits and pieces of fried wonton. Of course, we had our regular Goldrush roll, Snow White roll and Caterpillar roll. I wanted to stop by the Best Buy nearby so we headed over there and I grabbed two movies for $10 each.

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back & The Butterfly Effect

I’ve always loved Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and I’ve been meaning to pick it up for awhile. I figured I would pick it up now before I put it off again for another few months. I’ve never seen The Butterfly Effect but The Lady insisted that we watch it since she loved it. We watched the theatrical release and then watched the Director’s Cut alternate ending. The theatrical ending was decent but I liked the Director’s Cut ending a bit more. Although it was kind of cheesy, I thought it was more dramatic. Nonetheless, I enjoyed it.

A few days ago, Ticketmaster’s Facebook group had a promotion where if you joined their group, you received 5 free song downloads from iTunes. Although I’ve been using iTunes as my media player for the past two years or so, I’ve yet to purchase any music from the iTunes store. Five free song downloads to join a group? Why not? As I was registering for Facebook, it crossed my mind that I can take advantage of this deal by creating multiple Facebook accounts and redeeming a ton of codes through the bogus accounts. So I used 10MinuteMail to register new Facebook accounts and nabbed 90 song credits in total. It only took me about an hour to get that much. Only after three days of the promotion, Ticketmaster took the deal down. I presume others were taking advantage of it as well. I really wanted to get at least 300 song credits.

I used 9 of my 90 song credits

Speaking of iTunes, Starbucks is having a promotion starting Oct. 2nd – Nov. 7th. You can get a free download of their Song of the Day by asking their baristas for a card. I only got three and I’m missing the other three that they gave out.

iTunes & Starbucks’ Song of the Day

If anyone has Bob Dylan’s “Jokerman”, KT Tunstall’s “One Day” or Emily King’s “Moon”, leave a comment. I’m not sure why I’m collecting them, though. =/

Greatest Two Weeks Ever?

Funnel cakes, chocolate-dipped cheesecake on a stick, deep-fried twinkies/oreos, 18″ corn dogs, all of this and more at the Big Fresno Fair. I love the fair. I especially love the foods despite how unhealthy they are. It takes 180 minutes of walking to burn off the calories of a cheesecake on a stick, 111 minutes of cycling to burn off a cinnamon roll and 28 minutes of jogging for a 1.8″ square of baklava. And I had at least five pieces of baklava last year in a period of 24 hours. Fact: I lost 2 lbs. when the Big Fresno Fair was here last year. I’m looking forward to losing another two this year. Oh, and I get free admission thanks to my employee discount.

September 25th marked the biggest launch of a video game (and entertainment media, for that matter) ever. Halo 3 sales set an opening-day record U.S. sales of $170 million. That’s a fuckton of money. I contributed $70 to that record! If anyone wants to play online (Matchmaking or Campaign), add Sochie to your friends list.

I finally activated it:

Holy crap! I love the iPhone. There’s just so many things to do on there. It’s basically a portable computer…ahem, laptop, but the novelty of having one that fits right in your pocket is jizzerific (Google that shit, it’s a word). I used to browse YouTube a lot before the emerging of “Web 2.0″. I rarely go there on my laptop but on my iPhone, it gives me something to watch while I’m on the can. The world clock, the slick interface, a not-so-clunky internet browser, and of course, the iPod feature is just something to behold. I know I sound like I’m whoring the hell out of the iPhone but it’s really that good. If there’s one thing that bugs me is that there isn’t a way to drag-and-drop song files onto the iPod section. You would have to create a play list on iTunes and then sync it with the iPhone. It’s a bit annoying but I’ll live. More impressions later.