"Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity."

Og Mandino

No U2 concert ticket for me.

I did, however, have a guy try to sell me his for $300!!!

Say what?! I just laughed at him to which he become angry with me. He felt he was giving me a great deal. He told me that he easily could sell it to anyone for $500. I replied, " How do you figure that when you can't sell it to me for $300???!!! " He then stomped off. Oh well. It was not meant to be.

In other news. I have recently purchased, thru bids on eBay, a bunch of games. First up. My daughter gave me this for my bDay.

I don't know why I never bought this when it came out but it is awesome!!!!

And here are my latest acquisitions

*still waiting for this to arrive *

*also waiting for this to arrive *

For those of you who don't know, Bionic Commando on the NES is my all time favorite game!!! I still have the original box, game, instruction manual in awesome condition. It is the most cherished game in my collection!! When I heard an updated version was coming to the PS3, well, of course I was excited.Even tho the recent release was not rated very high, I still wanted it. And I got it for the price of $11.45 plus free shipping on eBay!!!!

And Matt Hazard?! Come on!!! It is filled with video game parody and how many other first person shooters have a water gun for a weapon?! None that I know of. I can't wait to play this game!!!

And of course, need I say anything here about Uncharted: Drakes Fortune?

Those of you who have played this game already know the awesomeness!!!

And that is all for today. Time to start up the espresso machine. Think I will drink about 10 shots of espresso!!! Did I mention that I took the whole week off from work?! Well.... I DID!!! And this week has been awesome!!! Had some great workouts in the gym and have played video games till my thumbs are sore!!!

Yes. It has been a good week.

Be sure to make it a great day!!!

"We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup."

Buddy the Elf

......on Friday morning.

Tickets go on sale at 10AM. I plan on being there around 3 in the morning!!! And what tickets would I be crazy enough to do this for you ask?! The tickets are for the June 12th, 2010 concert for the....

I saw them one other time in the 80's and they were ....FREAKIN AWESOME!!!!

Their tickets always sell out really fast so I am hoping if I get in line around 3AM on Friday I will get a ticket.

"Hello, hello.

(Hola)

I'm at a place called Vertigo.

(Donde esta?)"

This concert is going to be...wait for it.... legendary!!!!!

That is all. Make it a great day!!!

"If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are a slave."

Wayne Dyer

Yes. Last blog I posed the age old question: Cake or pie? Only a few of you guessed at my question: What do I eat for my birthday? Those few said : CAKE!!! Come on!! Are you serious? The answer is PIE!!!! I do not like cake!!! I always have chocolate pie!!! Pie is way more awesome than cake!!! Someone once gave me a cake with pineapple in it!!! I think ever since then I have hated cake. If you were to give me chocolate cake and chocolate pie and told me to choose one - IT WOULD BE CHOCOLATE PIE!!! Um.... I just had a thought. I guess a pie would not be very good if you had a stripper jump out of it. Cakes are much better for that. Uh... not that I have ever seen that in my life!!!!

Okay. Hard to believe we are now into November. Soon will we be eating (or overeating)

I always eat the white meat and only the breast. Don't like dark meat or the legs!!!

For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about. I am talking about that American holiday - Thanksgiving. It is our excuse to get together with family and friends, argue about the dumbest stuff, overeat and then pass out!!!

One year after the bird(turkey) was placed on the table, I microwaved a frozen Mexican dinner and ate that instead of the turkey!!! I don't think those friends have ever come back to our house on Thanksgiving!!! Maybe they thought my behavior was a little strange. Don't know. I just didn't feel like turkey that year.

I was in the mood for a microwave Mexican dinner!!!

One of these years I would like to go to Casa Bonita for Thanksgiving dinner.

Casa Bonita is a Mexican restaurant in Denver.

It is awesome!! Well, truth be told. The food sucks!!! But you don't go for the food. You go for the atmosphere. They have cliff diving!!!

And Black Bart's Hideout!!!

And mariachi bands!!! Um... wait a minute. I guess that is not so shocking!!!

This place is so famous that South Park actually did an episode on Casa Bonita!!!

They also have ridiculously long waiting lines. I hate waiting lines!!!! Maybe I won't go to Casa Bonita this year for Thanksgiving. I think I will go to Taco Bell !!!

It is certainly cheaper. But the food also sucks!!! The last time I ate at a Taco Bell (probably over 15 years ago) I got sick!!!

Maybe I should rethink my Thanksgiving dinner plans. I guess I will just stay at home, eat ridiculously huge amounts of turkey (only the white breast meat) , argue with family and friends over dumb stuff and then pass out on the sofa!!!

Ahhh. Thanksgiving. You got to love it!!!

Hey. I just realized I was going to post my "10 facts" this blog. How did I start talking about Thanksgiving?! And why did you let me!!!?????

I guess I am done for now. Remember to make it a great day!!!

"Get ready for the next battle."