Happy Towel Day, everyone! I hope that you have had a wonderful Towel Day.

A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have. Partly it has great practical
value - you can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a mini raft down the slow heavy river Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mindboggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can’t see it, it can’t see you - daft as a bush, but very, very ravenous); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.

More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitch hiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have “lost”. What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

Short post, but I just wanted to get this out. I’VE GOTTEN MY NEW COFFEE MUG!!!!!!

Just a clip of The Daily Show’s John Stewart talking about the past three decades of America’s intervention in the middle east, and just how fucked up and back-assward it really is.

Eight months. Thats how long I have worked at Circle K. Seven and a half of those months were with a per-hour pay of $6.50. Minimum wage. Just two weeks ago I was put up for a raise. To $6.90. If you ask why I have stuck around for so long, I couldn’t tell you. Maybe because it was so close to home. Or because it’squite an easy job. I don’t know why. If someone has an answer, please, feel free to comment. I still haven’t gotten a call back from Circuit City, and I am doubting that I ever will. Of course, with my luck, I would get the job, only to have my pay be the same, if not worse, than it currently is. And now for something completely different; My To Do List.

Yep, thats right. I’m making a To Do List, and yes, I know that nearly every blog writer has one. Multiples, if possible, so here goes.

The List

1. Finish (or for that matter, get accepted again) College.
2. Work on my stories some more.
3. Buy a new (and I mean new, baby) car
4. Work less, make more money (directly related to #1).
5. Practice singing again. I used to be quite good at singing, but when I had to drop choir in my senior year, I fell out of practice.
6. Enter 24 Hours of LeMons: YeeHaw Edition. Honestly, I doubt that this one will happen, but one can hope, can’t he?
7. There is no wish #7
8. Have a new computer built for my birthday, so I can have at least one present that is halfway useful. See, my family has a weird obsession with socks, and I always get at least 4 packs during any gift giving occasion. A man only has so many drawers in his night stand…
9. Quit smoking. This one is pretty self-explanatory if you have an IQ level above that of a bar of soap.
10. Learn a foreign language or three. Preferably, German and Spanish. French would work, if only to confuse the fuck out of the illegal Mexicans that refuse to speak English.

Well, signing off for now. Until next time, don’t forget to eat your teeth, and brush your vegetables. Or is it the other way around?

*Stands up*
Hello, my name is Clegg, and I am addicted to Danny Phantom. When Nicktoons TV ran a marathon of Danny Phantom about two weeks ago, I set down

and watched, having nothing better to do. I am now totally and completely hooked. I even downloaded the full three seasons off of [insert pirate website here]. It took me nearly a full week to get it, but it was worth it. Only complaints I have for the series, as a whole, is the puns. OH MY GOD, do they use a shitfuck’s worth of puns. Another problem I have is that, throughout all of Series 3, they were slapping the viewer with a Danny and Sam relationship right in the face.

In other, unrelated TV news, I very well could be getting a new job. I went in for my second interview in as many days today, at Circuit City. I’d start out working the sales floor in Computers and Cameras, and earn $7.00 per hour, plus commission, which would be a great step up over what I am making now. I’ve also applied to go back to College come this fall, taking Networking Technologies. Should be fun, and informational… something which, I noticed, High School wasn’t.

Well, signing off for now. Also, I bet you thought the title of this post was referring to Pokemon. Hah, that was so 5th grade.

{Watching} “Danny Phantom 1-10 Shades of Grey.avi” Duration: “27.34 min”

Just got back from the REO Speedwagon concert tonight, and the show absolutely rocked. As an unfortuntant side effect, I can’t hear or talk very well, but it was well worth it. I’ll make a longer post later, but I wanted to get this in before I forget about it.

Make sure that you listen to the lyrics carefully.

I am currently on my 3rd hard drive in as many months, all of which have been Toshiba branded. If my Macbook wasn’t under warranty, I would have had a Western Digital installed in it in a heart beat. I am getting quite annoyed of hearing the ever so sickening sound of the hard drive rolling over and imploding. If this drive bites the dust anytime soon, I am going to tell Apple to suck it and get my own hard drive. I’m looking at this drive, made by WD that has 160 GB of storage space, and a nice, mundane 5400 RPM speed. Yes, I know I could get a faster drive for roughly the same money, but I like my battery life.

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Well, signing off for now. Need to get to bed, and shit.

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{Watching} “007 Casino Royale” - Duration: 2.4 hrs

1. Turn on the light, enter the bathroom, and close the door. If you lock the door, be aware that if you  fall or are injured while showering, it will take longer for assistance to reach you.
2. Position the mat or rug near the tub or shower stall, for you to stand on when you get out.
3. Remove your clothing, or if you did in your room; your bathrobe. Place them in an area where they will not get wet.
4. Turn on your bathroom’s exhaust fan, or open a window, to allow some of the steam to escape. This causes there to be less moisture in the bathroom, less water on the floor, less for you to wipe up, and it also preserves the integrity of the walls which are damaged by moisture. If you open the window, be sure to open it from the top, so that no one can see in and don’t forget to put the mini blinds down.
5. Turn on the water to your preferred temperature.  Check the position of the shower head, to be sure that water is spraying downward rather than out of the enclosure. Check the temperature frequently and as soon as the temperature is correct, carefully step into the shower.
6. Pull the shower curtain, to prevent water from getting on the floor, as well as for privacy.
7. Get as wet as possible. Make sure your entire body is wet.
8. Massage a small amount of shampoo into your scalp. Shampooing your hair is more to clean the scalp, than to clean the hair. Do not let it sit too long. Your hair might feel dry and strange after you shampoo, but that means that it is clean.
9. Rinse all of the shampoo out of your hair thoroughly. Repeating is usually not necessary.
10. Apply conditioner, and let it sit for two to three minutes. (Note: Some people are allergic to conditioner, and do not realize it. If you are experiencing breakouts or irritation on your face, scalp, neck, or back, try skipping the conditioner and see if it goes away.)
11. Wet your washcloth well. Put facial soap onto the washcloth and clean your face. Leave a corner of the cloth without soap, so that you can wipe the soap out of your eyes. Rinse your face as well as the washcloth.
12. Next, apply the desired amount of soap or body wash to the washcloth, and scrub yourself all over. It is best for the circulation to start at the extremities and massage towards the heart. Don’t forget to get behind the ears, back of the neck, and in between each toe.
13. Rinse off the conditioner and soap. Repeating is usually not necessary.
14. If you choose to shave certain parts of your body, apply shaving gel, and shave whichever parts of your body which you choose to shave.
15. Give yourself a final rinse. You may wish to turn the water to a cooler temperature, to close your pores, and refresh yourself. Turn off the water, make sure it is turned off tightly.
16. If you have long hair, squeeze it out in the shower. Do this gently to avoid hurting your head or damaging your hair.
17. It is best to refrain from drying the lower half until you are out of the shower, to avoid falling while bending over slipping. However, the hair and upper half should be dried in the shower, to minimize the amount of water which ends up on the floor. While still standing in the shower, use your towel to dry yourself. Do not rub the towel on your hair, this damages the hair. Only pat and squeeze the towel on your hair. Still standing in the shower, gently pat dry your face, neck, and arms, then your stomach and back. It is best to pat as this is most gentle to your skin. Do not vigorously rub as this damages the skin.
18. Exit the shower. Standing on the rug or mat, gently dry your pelvic region, legs, and feet. If you have done this carefully, the only water should be on the shower mat or rug, not on the rest of the floor.
19. Hang up your towel and put on your bathrobe.
20. If you opened a window for fresh air during your shower; be sure to close it and lock it before you leave the bathroom.
21. When you exit the bathroom, turn off the light, turn off the exhaust fan, and leave the door wide open to allow the water vapor to escape.

{Playing} “Voodoo Child” - Artist: Rogue Traders - Album: Ministry Of Sound

Early this morning, we had a huge hail storm hit. Hail up to the size of a base ball, although most of it was smaller, roughly the size of a quarter. Still enough to cause some damage. I got some video of it up at the store I work at, although most of it is shit quality, and you can’t really see anything.

We have gotten a lot of hail damage on the vehicles, though, save for my truck, as I was parked under a large car port, as noted in the video. Hopefully, nothing else will come this way, but I am guessing that it will. Skies look bad already.

{Watching} “078 - Genesis of the Daleks 5 of 6.avi” - Duration: 23:27