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The fact that we even had to put up with voting between 5 movies was a stretch but for the Academy to add another 5 to make it 10 film choices is just a disgrace. The Blind Side!?? Really!? I still feel that Avatar is going to win just because of James Cameron. Let me ask you this…what if you took the same movie, same script, same technology, however, the movie was directed by Michael Bay, would the movie be a lock to win Best Picture? Having your opening credits and movie posters say James Cameron is almost a sure thing as nudity is for the Species movies. In fact, had there have been 10 movies selected back then, maybe Species would have been nominated. Ultimately, I think The Hurt Locker should win but we all know a stupid movie about Blue people will.

Who in the hell is Justin Bieber!? Why is he so popular!?

This is a man right?

How did this guy, I mean girl, get a show on TV? How was she even creditable on radio!? I’m confused and her show is a trainwreck. Yet I can’t help but view it from time to time to see what will come next.

For the love of God, GO AWAY!!!!!!

Do we really have to do this all over again next season too???

I recently moved back to Illinois, and just can’t stand the roads. Everywhere I go, there is construction… if you can even call it that. Apparently, Illinois only repairs roads in random three-foot sections at a time. I know it’s not cheap, but why not just replace the whole damn lane? Year-after-year they’ll be out there, tearing up random three-foot sections of pavement. And year-after-year, the roads will continue to deteriorate, until the first three-foot sections are ready to replace.

It’s a viscous cycle. And my road-rage is nearing an all-time high…

It’s true that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, but lets try to be realistic about our “treasures”. Some pointers:

• A scrap of carpet you used to catch oil in your garage for the last 5 years is not considered a “new carpet remnant”, no matter how large or “unique” it is.
• Nobody wants to buy a 15 gallon fish tank that has a “few small leaks” for $55.
• Just because you paid $800 for your treadmill 13 years ago doesn’t mean that it is worth $600 today… especially when it needs a new belt and motor.
• Your ping-pong table is not in “like new condition” when “all it needs” is a replacement table-top.

Try to keep it classy, Craigslist. Please.

I have found and sold some great deals on Craigslist. I have dealt with friendly Craigslist users and ‘users that can only be described as “assbags”…

I saw a washing machine on craigslist the other day. It was a pretty good deal, and I needed a washing machine, so I called the lady to get more details. She was on the road, but said she’d gladly call me back in 20 minutes, when she got home.

Nearly 6 hours later, she still hadn’t returned my call, so I called her back, “Hi, I called earlier about the..” (she cuts me off) “I SAID I’D CALL YOU BACK WHEN I GOT HOME! I AM STILL AT WORK AND I WON’T BE HOME UNTIL LATER TONIGHT!!!” (hangs up phone). Apparently, she didn’t remember telling me that she’d call me back in 20 minutes. Furthermore, apparently she didn’t really want to sell her washing machine. (she never did call me back)

My point is this: if you’re too busy to reply to buyers about the ad that YOU POSTED, maybe you shouldn’t have posted it in the first place. I couldn’t care less if you sell your washing machine or not, and it’s certainly not my fault that you can’t tell time. If you post an ad, it is your responsibility to follow up on it.

Seriously Chicago, this may be an exageration, but can we please get back to summer in the near future? I’m really not a fan of pulling out sweaters in the month of June.

Adam Lambert… So at some points he has an amazing voice and then suddenly breaks out into this wild whiny scream! Who the hell in this country is voting for him on American Idol and WHY? Danny gets booted so this emo-rocker theater homo get to stay on?? Sure his make up is always perfect, and his hair is fabulous, I just think his singing for the most part blows. I sit here week after week waiting for his ass to get booted, and to no avail.

It doesn’t help when Paula seems to be semi-normal as of the past few weeks. Her antics were at least able to take some of Adam’s whiney pain away.

So Facebook does the dreading deed of changing their homepage layout. I for one actually enjoy the new layouts, but what I hate the most are the comments about it from all of my friends when I log in. “I hate the new layout.” “This new layout is terrible!” Yadda yadda yadda. By next week, nobody is going to care and the time you spend joining those “Go Back to the Old Layout” groups, will be wasted.

Instead of getting upset over it for 5 minutes, just encourage it and figure it out. I’m pretty sure Facebook doesn’t care.