Season 5 Episode 1 Walking Dead Recap

So as some of you know I’m a huge Walking Dead fan. I’ve read most of the comics, I re-watch the episodes, I love it like most people do. So I plan to write some thoughts and feelings as I re-watch the new episodes every week. Got a late start on this weeks thought process so here goes, I’ll post some thought ideas for the upcoming episode(s) after the episodes complete.

General predictions for Terminus, is the obviously one that they are in fact cannibals, the other out there guess I had is they have some sort of protection agreement with another group for guinea pigs for human testing for a zombie virus which I guess is where Beth is from the previews.

Then & Now. Nice little tie together, seeing the group make some weapons, pretty bad ass, shows Rick has this group believing in a never say die attitude.
Blonde dude from the episode that Rick & Carol went to town. Wondered what happened to the guy after his girlfriend with the bad foot got eaten by walkers. Nice of them to tie some loose ends together. On a side note that blonde guy is killing it as the Penguin on the show Gotham on Fox.

All in all pretty powerful how ho hum the butchers are about their job of killing people. It’s like here you go hit him with the bat, and I’ll just slit his throat, another at the office. Shot counts, haha even in the apocalypse you have a boss busting your balls.

Tyrese can’t kill walkers. WTF is his problem? He has been so emotional for over a season now. Even before Karen died.

Carol with zombie camo! So awesome, it’s about time someone else uses it! Not sure how Carol hit the perfect fire works shot however. Because plot I guess.

Gareth’s brother on the table, if that doesn’t show how crazy the Terminus group is that they aren’t afraid to eat family members I don’t know what will.

Michonne looks happy to see walkers lol.

Bled out body parts, that sums it up cannibals.

So that crazy container guy was obviously nuts. And if you didn’t watch the Talking Dead the crazy guy in the container who kept saying, “we’re the same, was the guy that was taking females of Gareth’s group out of the train cars in the THEN opening section.”

Carol notices the watch she gave to the blonde guy, and finds Daryl’s cross bow…….poor Michonnes sword!. Why didn’t other members of Rick’s group at least try to get some guns from the killed Termites I don’t know.
Good to see that bitch Mary die. You’re the butcher of you’re the cattle. I get it, makes sense.

I have a feeling that near death experiences for Judith is going to be a theme this season. Bought time Tyrese killed that guy and found his mojo back.

My opinion which hasn’t change, Eugene is a lying sack of smart shit.

That was not a kill shot Gareth lives. When did Rosita get pants? I feel so chipped she last had on shorts!

Reunion time! Daryl & his crossbow!!!!!! Oh ya and Carol too. Rick how about you eat some crow bitch! Carol is a mutha fucking bad ass killing machine!

Reunion 2 & 3. Rick/Carl with Judith! Tyrese and Sasha! No lies I teared up a bit.

Obvious Abraham & Co want to split.

Where is the group going? I have no idea.

The bonus scene saw Morgan’s triumphant return! I’m excited to see him. He looks more stable and on it, any group would want him, because obviously anyone that can survive so long by them self is someone you want on your side. So watching the end again, it seemed that Rick & Company went through the woods sort of fast by the train track. Did they go back and mark those trees? Were they marked before? It seems Morgan is following the direction our group did but who left the signs?

Some have speculated that the signs are in fact the symbol Morgan used in the episode clear. I haven’t had a chance to go back and look. I can say from the previews it looks like Father Gabriel will make his appearance on the show. Any idea which way he falls on? Since we are at the church, does anyone think that a character might take Dale’s story line from the comics. Bob perhaps?

Can’t wait until Sunday!

Enough about the Giants, seriously

Congrats to the Giants, tip of the hat to them. But the amount of bandwagon fans is astonishing. Enough is enough. Oh ya and if you are drinking 4 beers at once you are really drinking no beers at once.

My first job assignment from a Temp Agency. Cliff Note: Rental Car Business sucks

So I moved from a small podunk county to a bigger thriving city. I had to leave my job to make the move, this area is where I grew up, where I wanted to be and start my life. I had no idea that finding working would have been so much harder in a bigger area. I don’t know if I have secret voodoo on me, or my resume really sucked, I had a number of interviews and was even offered a job verbally(FUCK you business you know you are) but nothing materialized. It became clear to me that with so many businesses asking how much you want to be paid for a job that they are hoping that with so many people out of work they can either find someone way over(or qualified) that will take less money than the job really deserves because they want a job, or the business hopes that someone just doesn’t know and asks for something DRASTICALLY under and they will just train that person and save lots of money on payroll. I guessed I learned that to late, and trusted certain people and businesses to have ethics and tact and found out that is severely lacking in the work force.

So after I tried and tried and tried, went to job fairs, filled out so many applications that I never got a call back from, scouted job sites every day, I basically ran out of money and needed to find something while I can finally find a job I am qualified for. So this horrible adventure led me to  temp agency. The agency is big and large in this area, very nice, very professional, I came in on a Friday, they had me with an interview that Monday and placed by Tuesday. I wasn’t wild about the placement, I didn’t have a choice, it has opportunity for growth is what they made it seem. I was placed in a branch manager fast track trainee position. This position would be $15K a year less than what I made last year in a smaller county. So that just strikes me as weird, after about a week I found out that according to their positions on found online at Monster that a branch manager if they make all sales goals would be only $40k a year. Even more reason to not have interest in the position.

So what can I tell you about the car rental business? It’s dirty, it’s dirty from the front of the house, to the back of the house, to the whole ethics of the business as a whole. From what I can tell, the car rental companies are cheap, very very cheap. In the two weeks I have been there, nothing has been cleaned that I haven’t done myself. I was told by some employees that they haven’t had a cleaning service since they moved in this building a year ago, the blinds were almost black in some spots with dust, the spot where you are sitting and waiting, which you have to do a lot of in this place. I was cleaning them in some down time, people were shocked, stunned, and impressed. But as a weird twist of it when the area manager came in and saw I wasn’t working on back of the house paper/computer work, asked one of the store managers to get me to stop cleaning. Hair balls were still in corners a week after my interview, along with stuck on candy to the floor, I got those cleaned up but still nothing has been mopped and it seems nobody really cares about it because,

People fall into certain aspects of ‘that’s not my job’ categories You have the car detail person who doesn’t care what happens inside, the front desk people who seem to get paid based on sales and upgrades they sell so they are always on the phone calling customers when the place is empty, or management who is doing management things. The company makes you lie to customers, an awful lot. You want to make an appointment to rent a car? Oh ya sure we will have that for you when you get here. Oh I’m sorry we just ran out of cars, we will have something ready for you soon. Yes we know you made an appointment 3 months ago to have a car ready to go at this time, but give us 45 minutes to find and clean a vehicle. Oh you requested a truck three months ago and we said we had one, but ya we never did, but we can put you in a car and you can come in and exchange it for a truck when we have one. Oh you called 20 minutes ago and asked for a certain vehicle that we said we had and you got here and it’s not, oh man I’m so sorry, one of the sales people must have just rented it out, I’m so sorry for that, I know that’s frustrating. Not only this but you try to sell things to people they don’t need, vehicle upgrade for only $10 a day because we don’t have what we promised you, or yes let me recommend that you get $40 a day full protection insurance on your rent a car that you are only paying $22 a day for. You shoot high and hope they settle for one of the other 5 protection plans. And let me just say I haven’t even done any of this selling to the customers in my two weeks there, I don’t know how, and I don’t want to, because I don’t plan on being there very much longer, I’m trying to get out, I asked for a transfer. I just can’t sleep well at home at night knowing I have to smile and lie and rip off customers to their face for a job that doesn’t even come out to $30K a year. If you like chaos, and shady frustrating times go to a rental car business. I hate being stuck to the need of a paycheck that I have to stay until I find something else, the co-workers are nice, even if I want to walk out at least once every day.

If you have a choice don’t! Someone save me, give me a job, give me a writing job, something! My soul is being sucked away having to be fake in a horrible business that doesn’t care about anything but their own bottom line, customers or employees included.

Leftovers Review Shoot me down this show is crazy and good

Well if you haven’t been watching the crazy fucking show that is the Leftovers you are missing so much. So I’ll be watching the episode that aired this last Sunday and blogging reactions.

First off to this point some ideas, the cops daughters friend wants to fuck the cop.
I think that the cigarettes that the quiet people use are laced with something.
That’s about it thus far I can think of.

On to the show. Man the music is sooo creepy in this show, it fits so well. Lucky Charms, chocolate milk, she shops like I do. Shopping out of routine for your missing family, now that is sad. I wonder if she ok’d herself for the insurance money of the lost family members. Bare with me I’m still learning all the names. $2000 to kill someone who wants to die for 2 seconds. Fuck it I’m in, wait shoot into Kevlar, even better. Is this for insurance fraud research? $3k, score. Nora, that chicks name is Nora, the one who got shot.

What’s up with the cops son and that pregnant girl? Or that crazy dude who had all the people hostage? Haven’t seen them in awhile.

Nora just asks the cop after divorce to go to Miami and to fuck worrying about his(the cops daughter) she is nutty as fuck.
What the fuck is question 121? Holy crap that grenade stunt by a protester scared me good!
I guess it’s a Nora episode. I want some fun drugs! Ok just kidding, selling a replica body for $40,000, damn that’s creepy.
Kissing the replica body! WTF is going on!? She is going to town on that thing!
Nora is crazy and stupid as fuck. What is she doing with this weird man in the apartment? Oh it’s that crazy fuck holy Wayne. This gets crazier and crazier. Wayne takes pain away for $1000? Seems like a good investment I suppose if it works. Creepy music is back, that means shit is going down. I still don’t understand how he takes pain away? Is it with his penis.
That red headed pre-school teacher is hot.
Nora is now happy while buying groceries maybe it worked. She bought only enough stuff for her and not a family as a routine. I guess this crazy healer Wayne is legit after all.

Ah question 121, do you believe the departed is in a better place? Ya I would say fuck no too.

Looking for a different dive bar scene in Sonoma County, California?

Kozy Kar Bar Facebook Page So this past weekend for a relatives birthday party we ended up at Kozy Kar bar in Santa Rosa located at 404 Mendocino Avenue. If you are familiar with the area it is in the old Epic building. You walk up and look in the window and you will see this.

 

Yes that is the making of a van, pointing out towards the street, the finished product has seating and a TV, your first thought is probably like, oh my goodness what is going on? It’s a smaller type dive bar, the barstools are SUPER COMFY, it has cut out naked girls as the bar top, it has 3 or maybe 4 games, pinball games etc with naked pictures of females on that wall. Towards the back it has two more rooms, one has a bed and I think fuzzy walls, the other one I’m not sure. I never made it to the back or saw outside(where I assume smoking happens which I don’t do).

People scene, the bartenders are very nice, very respectful and chill, I think I even saw a bartender buy a drink for the birthday girl and have a drink, the people there were different you had your creepy crowd, seemed to be hovering, and hooting and hollering, you had people who were really in it, and you had some hipsters. All in all staying away from the people who looked like they were following people the vibe was good.

Oh yea but I forgot the thing that ties this all together. They play music that seemed like 70s and 80s music, and on the TV screens they had videos. You would be watching Mighty Mouse cartoon, fighting crime riding a rocket into outer space, and then it cuts to a scene of porn, some chick straight going to pound town, then it would go back to the rest of the Mighty Mouse cartoon and back to more porn. During the time we were there(which wasn’t extremely long since it is a bit weird with family members, I think it would be better with a group of friends you don’t share blood with) a 70s Western, Mighty Mouse, Spider Man, the Incredible Hulk. Probably another round I’m forgetting, but it was not the same porn clip or the same scene, those would bounce around too.

In conclusion, interesting place, definitely worth telling people about, a place that your curiosity will likely peak you to go at least once. People had fun, some were talking, some were making out, some were up dancing and singing, some were just glued to the TV, and all of this was happening before 11:30 pm, so I can’t really say how much the scene changes in either direction after that, I do know though that the place did appear to have substantially more people in it around 12:45 when we passed it on our way to pick up the cars.

So if you are in the Santa Rosa area, and looking for an interesting dive bar scene check out Kozy Kar Bar.

If you missed the Destiny Beta this is what you missed

If you missed the Destiny Beta that was was the past weekend you missed what looks like a very good game. I played it briefly on the Playstation 4. In the beta I played I only had one time with connection issues and that was in between levels and was very quickly. The game is made by the makers of Halo. It is a first person shooter, but also has level up and weapon/armor upgrades from drops and purchase. It’s another one of the Multi-Media Online Role Playing Game but has the first person shooter feel of a call of duty or sort of like the Elder Scrolls.

During the beta you could get to level 8 but I was only able to get to level 3 since I got a late start. I think that the story line thus far is great, Destiny is set seven hundred years into the future in a post apocalyptic setting. Many things look very promising, they have an interesting feature that if you are working on a mission and someone near-bye is working on the same mission you will be notified and will be able to join up to complete the mission, but not get in each others way of loot. If your new friend is slacking behind the server will look to see if someone else is now closer to your progress.

Outside of Dying Light, which I like the premise of, Destiny looks like the only non sports game I might want to pre-order even over staple franchises like Call of Duty. Maybe I’ll see you online one day and we and go and take out some nasty aliens.

Z Nation trailer review. It’s no Walking Dead

For those who have yet to see the video you can see the official trailer on You Tube. I think everyone knew something like this would be coming, specially with how strong the ratings from The Walking Dead. Honestly I’m shocked that it took THIS long for something else to hit network TV. I think it will be watchable if you turn your brain off and don’t expect to be blown away. Just enjoy what is on TV and don’t get to caught up into it, like most everything on that network. If you do that I’m sure you can find it to be a passable form of time if you are a big zombie lover like myself.

Just based on feeling the premise seems to be the same as the video game(and one of my all times favorites) The Last of Us, where someone seems to be auto immune to zombie bite and they want to get that person studied to see if they can come up with a cure. The actor who used to play Michael from Lost is in this and I enjoyed his work on that. And the funny guy from movies like The New Guy is in it which makes me feel it might have some tongue in cheek about the show because that seems to be his usual roles.

So yes I’ll watch it, I’ll probably do a running diary of the first couple episodes or so, it should be funny, after that we will see if it’s still worth watching or not. Obviously that could go two ways, very interesting story line, or so bad it’s enjoyable.

Looking for something fun to do!? Why not kickball?

Looking for a fun game that anyone can step out and play? Why not go and play some kickball, most everyone has played and remembered it from elementary school. All you need is a ball and bases. I recommend playing on an all grass field, but you can play on softball or baseball diamonds but expect more scrapes and bruises from falling over grass, because chances are you will fall. 🙂

Many ways to play, usually 11 players in the field and at least 4 girls, have to go co-ed and get everyone involved! It’s fun for all ages, kids too, and it is not overly physically demanding for people just starting to go out and get some physical activities, but can turn to demanding physically if you are running around the outfield trying to catch the ball! You likely have a league set up somewhere close to your area, if you are looking for the official league check out waka kickball. Or you might have pickup games in your area. If you happen to be around the Sonoma, California area they have a league Friday & a pickup game every other Thursday in the area(if you are interested and looking for more details let me know). And lastly this is pretty much your timeline of kickball in pictures. And remember have fun! It’s just a game, most of the fun is meeting new people and maybe heading to catch some dinner or drinks in a group with new friends!

I blog the summer smash hit Sharknado while I watch

Spoilers from here on out I guess. Let’s get weird.

WTF is that Kelly Osborne? In purple hair? Well she doesn’t look awful I suppose. I think that is the alarm of an official D movie. Oh never mind we got a close up and heard her speak.

Is Ian Zerring playing his character from 90210 in these Sharknado movies? I can’t tell a difference.

Oh wait I recognize the pilot. But I have no fucking idea his name. Let me go check. *Pauses and looks* His name is Robert Hayes who was Ted Striker on the 1980 episode of Airplane. Shit this means I’ll have to be on the lookout deep for cameos, I had a negative all of the chance in the world of guessing that name.

I’m pretty sure that was Wil Wheaton on the plane in a millisecond shot. And Osborne’s head just got bit off by a shark fuck ya! Bye Robert Hayes. Yep it was Wheaton and yep he is now dead.

Tara Reid is awful, I’m sorry I went this long without mentioning that to everyone. Tara Reid lost a hand! This bitch won’t die.

Credits Vivica A. Fox, Mark McGrath…………..ok then. Today show now. Andy Dick, & now Downtown Julie Brown. What the fuck is going on here? Kelly Rippa and Michael Strahan. Wow these fuckers have really made it, the makers of Sharknado I mean. BILLY RAY CYRUS!

Tara Reid, ‘Acting’. “That shark had a scar I shot it in the eye & it kept coming I swear it knew who I was.”

Oh sweet I finally learned how to add pictures to blogs. Game changer! First commercial break, whew let’s catch our breath, check for stupid spelling errors. I have a feeling this is going to be long. If you keep reading you must be bored or well bored & I love you for it. Fin, his fucking name is Fin, like really?

A taxi driver who was a taxi driver on the show Taxi. Brilliant casting. *Looks up his name* Judd Hirsch, I can at least recognize these guys but don’t know the names. New York Mets winning a game? Must be a movie.

Richard King as a 7 time all-star second baseman. HA! I miss sharks, I need more sharks. HA that was def not Ian Zerring running up those stairs.

Battle of the 5 heads Ian Zerring vs Vivica A. Fox! SHARKS! Right before a commercial, I want to fast forward, but I want to go pee. Well let’s hope I don’t pee my pants from excitement, fast forward it is. Good things Mets stadium only had like 1000 fans. I really have to pee, hurry up commercial.

 

This is a giant shark eating a giant gator eating a man in a sewer. In other words don’t go to New York.

That was best shot I could do, pretty sick. Perez Hilton, and Jared from Subway eating Subway under a Subway sign……was that a commercial? Hilton died bravo! Commercial not a moment to soon! So we are about half way through, we need more sharks.

Oh look it’s that FUBU guy Daymond John taking a break from shark tank to appear. I tell ya. Oh bye John. Statue of Liberty head like a bowling ball? Boss. BIZ MARKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A lot of fuckery is going on. Damn you taxi driver and your fake leg. No swinging across. Hahahha, Ian just jumped on sharks to get across the flooded streets. Hahahahahahaha I’m dying here.

A preview for Z Nation. With a bunch of people I recognize, I wondered when a show sort of like The Walking Dead would finally hit TV. Well I think this is it, fuck I’ll of course probably watch the first couple episodes because I have a zombie killing boner for The Walking Dead.

Because we all know you want to see him jump on sharks. Don’t mind the probably pre-made tweets that they put up.

Romance plot with Fox because, blah blah blah in the elevator.

I realize now that blogging a show is basically like talking to yourself, I think I can get used to this. It’s like an introverts paradise.

Vivica A Fox doing her best Michonne from the Walking Dead with a sword just slanging sharks in mid air. Oh it’s sling shot time with bombs into twisters. lol

WHY ARE PEOPLE STILL WALKING ON THE STREETS! IT’S FUCKING SHARK TWISTERS YOU MORONS!!!! Are New Yorkers usually this stupid? Double sharknado going towards the Empire State building to merge with a sharknado to create the mega sharknado of biblical proportions. Oh man when you think it can’t get better.

The Tigers just acquired David Price. FUCKERS!

KURT ANGLE WILL SAVE THE WORLD WITH A DAMN FREAKING BROKEN NECK! WOOOOHOOO! IT’S TRUE IT’S DAMN TRUE!!!! Sorry I got to excited to even know what role he was playing.

“If you don’t come back I’ll kill you.” Some random chick whose name I didn’t get. Ian’s face was like, ‘jokes on you I’d be dead bitch!’

Tara Reid with a freaking blade arm! WHAT? Let me get a picture!

Tara obviously also watched The Walking Dead with Merle. Winning!

Yes this just happened, and it was glorious!

I have no idea what Ian is rigging together but with less than 10 minutes left of course it is going to work. Pretty sure Fox just died.

It’s raining sharks, holy fuck balls. Everyone is still on the street, idiots. In the middle of a tornado Ian catches a chain saw because plot. This awesome guy just turned on chain saws and threw them in the tornado! Fucking amazing. I forgot to mention super soakers loaded with lighter fluid and fire to make flame throwers because of course.

Well whew, what a ride, the city wins, sharks lose. Time for lunch. Until next time this has been total fucking randomness!

 

 

FUCK TELEMARKETERS!

I have no idea what I did, or who I pissed off, or what spider God I might have stepped on but those damn health insurance telemarketers won’t stop calling. I have had 25 calls in a 24 hour span. I’m tempted to karate kick the phone to the moon. I’m hating the sound of my ringtone which is the transformers cartoon theme and I love the transformers. FUCK!