Rockband Fail

Need a car?

I certainly do. For the past 3 months I've been sharing a car with my mom and quite frankly I'm tired of it. It's nice having your own car (besides for having to pay the insurance, repairs etc). I'm so desperate for my own means of transportation that I may buy a motorcycle since it's within my bank book. The car we currently use has been through a barrage of repairs and by now the repairs probably exceed the the value of the car!

In my stint of desperation in trying to find an affordable means for transportation I found this neat site called Driverside.

You can list your car for sale free of cost, unlike most sites which offer similar services. Additionally, you can find accessories and parts specific to your car (I really needed this). If you're interested in purchasing a car via the site car search is made easy through their easy to browse interface. The vehicles, new and used, are grouped by size, i.e, coupe, sedan, and suv. Seeing that I can't afford a car yet. I would mostly used their services to find the best mechanic in my location.

All this car talk has made me hungry for some weird reason.

Don't drink and drive!

2008 Rap albums

Word on the street is that Nas's Untitled and Ice Cube's Raw Footage are the "must get" rap albums so far this year. Of course, Lil Wayne's Carter 3 head's the list as his next album entitled "The Carter 4" (no surprise there) has been leaked over the internet and is getting regular rotation in barber shops across America. The Game, D12 and a barrage of underground mixtapes have also been creating tremors in the industry marked by the return of the Lox (with the release of two of their own mixtapes). This is a good year for rap underlined by Young Jeezy's "The Recession", The Game's (L.A.X) and a smooth compilation by Bone Thugs and Harmony (can't remember the name of the album).

Go cop these records in the store, they're hella cheap - like 10 bux each.

Birthday gift?

My birthday is coming up (not really, its 2mnths away) and I am contemplating what item(s) I should buy myself. I was really thinking of getting a mac but I don't think my pocket will allow for it. Next on the list would be some sort of game console but knowing me, I'm not gonna have enough time to play it (unless its a psp). Soo... that leaves, blackberry curve, shoes, a watch, or some other form of jewelry.

I think a fancy, luxury watch would be a nice fit. I've been in want for a dressy, fashionable watch for sometime now and I think this birthday may be the time that I satisfy this need. Ideally, a Movado would fit me nicely :-) but again, I'm not sure if I can afford one. The most affordable dressy - fashionable/luxury watch that comes to mind would be something from Kenneth Cole. I like his watches, they're sleek and affordable. In the event that I don't get a Movado, Kenneth Cole places a definite 1st choice.

I like jewelry but I'm not that fashion conscious. I've heard about the Cartiers and the Tag Heurs but I really couldn't tell you one if it fell right there in my face. Lucky for me there's the watchery. It's an online luxury watch store which has a plethora of stylish and affordable brand name wrist watches. They also have an e-bay store which has close to 100% feedback (for you non - ebay junkies this is GOOD!).

The watch I'm interested in getting is at the top of the page. I definitely have enough money to get the watch and the blackberry curve and a pair of shoes :-) All of which I would like to get for my birthday. As a matter of fact, I could get all of those things plus some jewelry if I budget right. I saw this watch in a store at the mall and it costed twice the price the watchery is selling it for. Hopefully they have it when my bday comes around!

Head ache

After playing video games (ps3) for last 6 hrs with my cousins I now have some sort of head ache. I'm a little disappointed in myself. I can usually go for at least half the day without feeling groggy, much less this.

We played, Need for speed: pro street, fifa soccer 08 and call of duty 4. I kicked their butts in all of them. They came pretty close to beating me in call of duty, we tied.

Wish I could say more but the head won't allow for it.

Toodles.

Rocketron

So I have recently gotten into reading the news and can say that I have my list of media entities that I visit on a regular basis. The best part about online news is that it's not bulky, you don't have to worry about throwing it away in the trash (unless you saved it to your desktop) and people are not going to ask you to borrow it and not return it. Fantastic! What's also cool is listening to the news, but I'm talking about listening to it on the radio. I'm talking about listening to it from your mobile (handsfree) phone. Rocketron is a relatively new news provider which gives users the ability to dial a number and listen to the news. But not just any news. Whatever news item you are interested in. How cool is that? Very! I am tired of calling automated systems and having sit and listen to an entire news package to hear the sports at the end. Now with rocketron you simply dial the number, say what you want to hear and Voila! You have your mobile news! You have the ability to skip news items you're not interested in and repeating ones that have you on the edge of your seats by utilizing rocketron's voice system. Also, after a while rocketron learns what news items you listen to most and bundles news from those categories so that the next time you call in you dont have to listen to a bunch of mumbo jumbo.

New Apple Ipod Nano released and Itunes 8

Not that I care much about the release of iTunes 8 but I have been an ipod user for some years now and I cannot complain about the product. Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple at his press conference in San Francisco, California unveiled the new Nano along with a revised (slimmer) version of the iTouch. Expectedly, both devices were sporting itunes 8 which featuring "Genius" - the program's HDTV capability. Thats right you read correctly, do not adjust the color of your pc/laptop. iTunes 8 sports Genius, software which not only has HDTV capability but also gives users a suggested list of songs to select from based on their usage and other users who listen to music from similar genres. But like I said, I'm not a big iTunes fan.

The new iPod nano

The iPod nano is thinner with a larger screen. It also has a screen orientation device (similar to the iPhone) which allows users to watch videos on a friendlier resolution. The nano also boasts a "shake to shuffle" feature which allows users to shake their nano and thus engaging a new song. In other words, shake the nano to skip to a next song! But wait, there's more! The nano is made of aluminum and covered in curved glass adding to the finese and sleekness of the iPod making it the thinnest iPod ever released according to Steve Jobs. The the new nano will cost you $149.99 (now available) for the 8g and $199.99 for the 16g (released next week.) and is availble in a wide array of colors.

*Oh yeah, I almost forgot! The new nano has voice recording capabilities. How cool is that!!?!?!?