Roommate Needed!

     My roommate and I have been butting heads, like usual. And I am getting sick and tired of living with her and having her always around. We live in a one bedroom and I've taken to sleeping on the couch to avoid being in the same room as her. She can't hold down a job and her daddy is paying all of her bills. She is so pampered and spoiled it makes me sick. Her dad is paying for her rent, car, phone, college (all of it), and giving her hundreds of dollars a month for spending money. It must be nice having no responsibilities.

Now before I go any farther, let me tell you a little more about my roommate situation. My roommate is spoiled, obsessed with VHS tapes, unemployed, rarely cooks or cleans, is clingy, immature, and, oh yeah, my ex-girlfriend. That's right, I'm sharing a one-bedroom apartment with my ex.  But not by choice. We used to live together until I moved out at the end of April. Then I lived on my own. I was going to get a new roommate in August, but could support myself financially regardless. And then I did something stupid and quit my full-time $10.50/hr job because of another POSSIBLE job. Which turned me down. And my back-up part-time 7.85/hr job turned me down as well. I was screwed. I needed a miracle. My new roommate couldn't support us both, she was working at the back-up place. So I needed another roommate, and my ex hated her roomie that she had. Problem solved. At least temporarily. I put a band-aid on a knife wound thinking that would fix it. And it did, for a while. But with no space and no privacy things started getting dicey. For one, she wanted to get back together. Thats a big no-no for me. I don't date an ex. Period. Nothing good ever come of it. And we dated for 13 months and it didn't work out. There is a reason for that and dating more won't change it.

     Anyway, I think its time for a change. If I get full-time at Sam's then I won't be worried. I'll live on my own. I can even survive on 32-35 hours a week as long as its steady and doesn't drop. If not, then I'm willing to split a TWO-BEDROOM with someone. I am setting conditions for myself and them however.

1. No one I have dated or will date in the near future.
2. No one who won't pull their weight. A job is a must!
3. Someone I know, but not too personally.
4. Preferably someone who is mature and respects boundaries.
5. No sex addicts!
6. No one super messy. I don't care about their room or if its a little messy in the main area, but nothing gross or disgusting
7. Any pets brought in are their responsibility. A housebroken pet. No more than one!

I can't think of anything else off the top of my head, but if I do I'll write them down. Lets hope for the best!

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Poll: Reese's Preference - Cups or Pieces

It all started with an argument between my roommate and I. I am a Reese's Pieces person. She prefers Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. So I decided to take a poll among my friends. Here are the results. 24% prefer Pieces. 76% prefer Cups. What do you think? Are you a Pieces Person or a Cup Person?

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Achievement Unlocked: TWEETER

DANIEL CHISHOLM - LEVEL 1
POINT TOTAL: 10
LAST ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED:TWEETER

My Facebook 

• Post a blog - Achievement: "BEGINNER" Give yourself a pat on the back. 5 points.
• Post On Blog For 10 Days - Achievement: "TWEETER" Link to Facebook. 5 points.
• Post On Blog For 30 Days - Achievement: "THE IN-CROWD" Write a blog about myself. 10 points.
• Post On Blog For 60 Days - Achievement: "JOURNAL" Buy a video game. 15 points
• Post On Blog For 6 Months - Achievement: "BLOGGER" Buy and spend 40 Wii points. 25 points.
• Post On Blog For 1 Year - Achievement: "BLOG MASTER" Buy a book, DVD, and game. 50 points.
• Save $100 - Achievement: "PIGGY-BANK" Spend $10 on books. 5 points.
• Save $500 - Achievement: "PENNY PINCHER" Spend $50 on yourself. 10 points.
• Save $1000 - Achievement: "SAVER" Spend $100 on yourself. 25 points.
• Save $5000 - Achievement: "INVESTOR" Spend $500 on yourself. 50 points.
• Read 1 Book - Achievement: "DR. SEUSS" Smile, you read a book. 5 points.
• Read 10 Books - Achievement: "HARRY POTTER" Buy 5 more books. 10 points.
• Read 25 Books - Achievement: "WHEEL OF TIME" Buy 10 more books. 25 points.
• Read 50 Books - Achievement: "STEPHEN KING" Buy 25 more books. 50 points.
• Write 1 New Review - Achievement: "FAN" Post review on blog. 5 points.
• Write 10 New Reviews - Achievement: "SCHOOL EDITORIAL" Buy a notebook. 10 points.
• Write 25 New Reviews - Achievement: "TOWN PAPER" Buy a book on writing. 25 points.
• Write 50 New Reviews - Achievement: "CRITIC" Buy 5 books. 50 points.
•  Write A Short Story - Achievement: "NOVICE WRITER" Buy a book of short stories. 10 points.
•  Write A Novel - Achievement: "WRITER" Buy 10 books by at least 5 different new authors. 100 points.
•  Run A Mile Without Stopping - Achievement: "TRACK" Buy $25 in clothes. 10 points.
•  Bike 10 Miles In One Session - Achievement: "TRAINING WHEELS" Buy a bike light. 10 points.
•  Bike 25 Miles In One Session - Achievement: "HUFFY" Write about your travels. 15 points.
•  Bike 50 Miles In One Day - Achievement: "LANCE ARMSTRONG" Go out to dinner. 25 points.
•  Own A Car - Achievement: "LEMON"  Drive to Vegas and par-tay! 100 points!
•  Get My License - Achievement: "DRIVER'S ED" Go out to dinner, drink and celebrate! 50 points.
•  Own An MP3 Player - Achievement: "IPOD" Spend the day loading music onto it. 15 points.
•  Work Full-Time - Achievement: "9-5" Go out to dinner. 20 points.
•  Get Promoted - Achievement: "MONKEY SUIT" Go out to dinner. 20 points.
•  Get A Raise - Achievement: "CHA-CHING" Spend $50 on yourself from next paycheck. 20 points.
• Live On My Own - Achievement: "INDEPENDENT" Throw a party. 25 points.
• Live In A Two-Bedroom - Achievement: "SPACE" Buy 2 bookcases. 30 points.
• Brush My Teeth For A Week - Achievement: "ITS A START" Smile. 5 points.
• Brush My Teeth For A Month - Achievement: "FRESH BREATH" Buy a new brush. 10 points.
• Brush My Teeth For 6 Months - Achievement: "SQUEAKY CLEAN" Take more pictures. 20 points.
• Brush My Teeth For A Year - Achievement: "SHINY" Buy a new camera. 40 points. 
• Do 50 Push-Ups in 5 Minutes - Achievement: "SCRAWNY" Join a gym. 10 points.
• Do 50 Push-Ups in 2 Minutes - Achievement: "BOOT CAMP" Buy a game and book. 20 points.
• Do 100 Push-Ups in 5 Minutes - Achievement: "MUSCLE MAN" Buy new clothes and take more pics. 40 points.
• Survive The Buffalo Wild Wings "Blazin' Challange" - Achievement: "BLAZIN'" Blog about event. 15 points.
• Clean Every Weekend For A Month - Achievement: "MAID" Buy a decoration for the bedroom. 5 points.
• Clean Every Weekend For 6 Months - Achievement: "JANITOR" Take pictures of the clean place. 25 points.
• Clean Every Weekend For A Year- Achievement: "MR. CLEAN" Buy another bookcase and 20 more books. 40 points.

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Originality

I went to see Disney's Tangled Saturday night with my friend Jessica. I thought it was a decent movie. Had the same music director as Aladdin, one of my favorite childhood movies of all time, Alan Menken. Some of the music sounded very similiar. I could almost hear "A Whole New World" playing during one of the scenes. Jessica agreed. But this post isn't really about the movie. Its about the previews.

What has happened to Hollywood and movies these days. It seems more and more movies are remakes, sequels, adaptations, etc. Just from what I saw there was only one "original" movie: "Never Say Never", A movie about the life of Justin Bieber! WTF? There are many other celebrities I would chose for an autobiographical movie besides her, I mean him. But that is still not my biggest gripe. The list of previews I saw:

• Gnomio and Juliet - An adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ANOTHER adaptation. You can only re-do a book or movie before you grind it into dust. Look at Godzilla, Friday the 13th, Scooby-Doo. All those ended up being horrible American remakes. I say 'American' because I can't criticize movies I have nothing to compare with. I also found of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" will be coming out next year as well. We'll see how that goes.
• Yogi - Take a beloved, old cartoon from Hanna-Barbera, CGI, and a few B-rated actor voices and you have the premise for a horrible movie. Every episode was less than 30 minutes long and focused on Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo trying to get picnic baskets. Through most of the episode Yogi failed and got injured. So how do you expect to get a 90 minute CGI movie to work? The target demographic, I.E. children, won't even know who Yogi Bear is. Quit destroying our beloved cartoons! You destroyed Scooby-Doo. You destroyed Alvin and the Chipmunks, Underdog, Fat Albert, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (I refuse to use the more modern "TMNT"), Garfield... What's next?
• Smurfs - I shouldn't have asked. Why? A bunch of blue elves living in a forest trying to not get killed by an old wizard. It can make a good cartoon, but a good CGI movie? NO. I'm waiting to see Captain Planet, Snorks, Sylvester and Tweety, and Sonic the Hedgehog live-action. Give it time, they'll do it. And don't say I didn't warn you.
• Cars 2 - Again, why? Disney, STOP MAKING SEQUELS! It didn't work for Aladdin 3, Pocahontas 2, Lady and the Tramp 2, Mulan 2, Tarzan 2, Bambi 2, Fox and the Hound 2, Cinderella 2 and 3, Little Mermaid 3, etc. Stop milking the movies. Make a movie, AND MOVE ON! The premise of this movie: Lightning McQueen and Mater are recruited by the motor vehicle version of MI-6 to save the world from terrorists. . . . . .THAT is the best you can come up with! REALLY?
• Voyage of the Dawn Treader - The 3rd movie of the Chronicles of Narnia series. If this succeeds, the Horse and His Boy would be next, followed by the Silver Chair, the Magician's Nephew, and the Last Battle. In that order. The first two did well in the box office, lets see how this one fairs.

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Week in Review 11/28/10

The news this week:

• I picked up a shift today as well as last Saturday to help with bills. Christmas is right around the corner and I haven't even started this year. I have at least half a dozen gifts to mail, if not more. Fun stuff.
• In the last three days I've gotten about 12 hours of sleep. I'm working early morning/open shifts this week when I'm used to working close. So this "staying up to 6-7am" schedule is killing my sleep. Ended up sleeping Friday from about 4pm-11pm and Saturday from about Noon-5pm. Sucks because I ended up missing a party with one Cali friend and almost missed hanging out with an out-of town friend from Flagstaff.
• Both Lucy and Jessica were in town. Jessica just wanted to hang out for a little while since she won't be here for Festivus, Lucy was throwing a party for a friend and wanted me to join her since she normally lives in Cali. I was tempted to do both, but ended up sleeping in. It might've been a good thing that I missed the party. I only would have known one person and no one else. There would be drinking and probably weed, if nothing stronger. I don't do drugs normally but might've had I felt awkward not fitting in. And everyone would be staying the night, that could've been fun ;) Or awkward... The really bad thing is that I have to work at 9:30am. Only an hour and a half to go.
• Festivus is next week. What is Festivus everyone asks? Well Festivus is "the holiday for the rest of us." Its from an episode of Seinfield. I use it as an excuse to get everyone together and shoot the shit. It was fun last year, hope it will be as fun this year.

Not much else in the news this week. Will update again soon

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