Dear Videogame publishers,

Stop making such awesome, addictive games so I can go through  more books.

Unsincerley,

Rishard

Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson – I don’t remember why, but at some point I started thinking about how I had no idea who the hell Che Guevara was, and why people were wearing his face on their shirts so I decided to learn about him. Che seemed to be pretty much Castro’s right hand man.  He helped free Cuba from previous tyrant in charge to try to give Cubans a better life.  He didn’t like America because of our Capitalistic ways where we treated other countries like dirt so we in America could have a nice life. He had a large part to do with the Cuban missile crisis which was just meant to be a bargaining chip to have America leave Cuba alone (or at least treat it fairly). Ultimately his downfall was that he tried to bring revolutions to other nations that were not ready  to fight for their own issues like Cuba was.  It was definitely an interesting, but VERY long.

54/50

The Box: Uncanny Stories by Richard Matheson – After seeing The Box I wanted to read the original short story (button, button) that it was based on.  My search lead me to this book which collected several Richard Matheson (author of I Am Legend, Stir Of Echoes, and What Dreams May Come) short stories.  Aside from Button, Button which was excellent, it contained a few other excellent short stories.  One of which was about a women that could see horrible events in the future and her husband who kept trying to profit from it.  These classic shorts are DEFINITELY worth a read.

55 / 50 books. 110% done!

TV for November 16, 2009

ABC
Dancing With the Stars @ 8pm
Castle @ 10pm
Jimmy Kimmel Live @ 12:05am (Ted Danson, Khloe Kardashian, Lamar Odom, Chickenfoot) R

NBC
Heroes @ 8pm
Trauma @ 9pm
Jay Leno Show @ 10pm (Taylor Lautner, Heather Locklear)
Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien @ 11:35pm (Kristen Stewart, Judd Apatow, Carrie Underwood)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon @ 12:35am (Tim McGraw, Anna Torv, Josh Capon)
Last Call with Carson Daly @ 1:30am (Thomas Jane, Anya Marina) R

FOX
House @ 8pm
Lie to Me @ 9pm

CBS
How I Met Your Mother @ 8pm
Accidentally on Purpose @ 8:30pm
Two and a Half Men @ 9pm
The Big Bang Theory @ 9:30pm
CSI: Miami @ 10pm
Late Show with David Letterman @ 11:35pm (Sharon Stone, Seth Meyers, Wyclef Jean with Cyndi Lauper)
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson @ 12:35am (LL Cool J, Mindy Kaling, Ben Harper & Relentless7)

CW
One Tree Hill @ 8pm
Gossip Girl @ 9pm

USA
WWE Monday Night Raw @ 9pm

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Expedition Great White @ 9pm

INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY
Solved @ 9pm

HISTORY
WWII in HD @ 9pm
WWII in HD @ 10pm

ANIMAL PLANET
Animal Cops: Philadelphia @ 10pm

TLC
Little People, Big World @ 8pm
Little People, Big World @ 8:30pm
Jon & Kate Plus 8 @ 9pm
Jon & Kate Plus 8 @ 9:30pm
Cake Boss @ 10pm

LIFETIME
Rita Rocks @ 10pm
Rita Rocks @ 10:30pm

DISCOVERY HEALTH
Mystery Diagnosis @ 10pm

FOOD
Good Eats @ 8pm
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives @ 10pm

HGTV
For Rent @ 10:30pm

FLN
Three Sheets @ 10pm

GREEN
Emeril Green @ 8pm
Emeril Green @ 8:30pm
100 Mile Challenge @ 9pm
I Shouldn't Be Alive @ 10pm

TRAVEL
Wright Out of Bounds @ 11pm

SYFY
Monster @ 11pm
Monster @ 11:30pm

TRU TV
Bait Car @ 8pm
Bait Car @ 8:30pm
Operation Repo @ 10pm

BRAVO
Inside the Actors Studio @ 8pm (Bon Jovi)
Million Dollar Listing @ 10pm
Chef Academy @ 11pm (A cuisine-based reality show that tracks London chef Jean-Christophe Novelli's experiences in L.A. as he tries to launch a culinary academy. First up: Novelli, with help from assistant Steven Kitchen, selects nine aspiring chefs as test subjects for his institute. These disparate students must then cook up their signature dishes.)

LOGO
Decorating Adventures of Ambrose Price @ 10pm

E!
The Soup Presents @ 10pm (Ladies, Ladies, Ladies)
10 Vampires We Love @ 10:30pm (A look at the vampire craze in movies, books and TV shows, such as "Twilight" and "The Vampire Diaries.")
Chelsea Lately @ 11pm (Kathy Griffin, Josh Wolf, Ben Gleib, Natasha Leggero)

MTV
True Life @ 9pm (I Can't Leave My Boyfriend)
World's Strictest Parents @ 10pm

VH1
For the Love of Ray J 2 @ 9pm
I Want to Work for Diddy 2 @ 10pm

AMC
The Prisoner @ 8pm
The Prisoner @ 9pm


( MORNING / AFTERNOON TV FOR TUESDAY 11/17/09 )

http://www.cartoonlabs.com/comics/index.php?date=2009-11-16&show=sinfest

Sinfest
Tatsuya Ishida

Hey.

Have you Home Of Happiness fans been following the INSANE happenings of the upcoming LarryCon?

If not, check out all of our updates at:
http://community.livejournal.com/larrycon/

Guess what? We're showing Shock Treatment, RHPS, and throwing a friggen kick ass HOH approved party. And it's in Morristown! You better be there...srsly.

My old phone is officially a ghost. So dead, in fact, they couldn't even save my contacts list.

So, if you could all do me the kind favor of texting or e-mailing me your number, I'd appreciate it.

I'm also going to screen comments for this post.

In case you missed it...

• 23:34 wow I have not tweeted at all today! So... keep voting! Just a couple of days left! Performing at the Slipper Room MONDAY! Funnnn! #
• 00:11 @actionchick I saw that. There are just times I want to reach through cables/internets and slap people. L4D all day yesterday. Ugh! #
• 13:04 hey guys! 2 more days! Today and tomorrow! I'm tied for first! bit.ly/2V2nTa Let's do this! #
• 15:48 Just got my makeup done with Val + Laura! Picture to follow! :D #
• 16:16 Do you want to date my avatar? ;) #
• 18:33 twitpic.com/pou6x - Pretty makeup! :D #
• 19:02 Agreed. RT @GreyEyedWolfie
  
  My job blows. I need a sugar daddy to buy me shit instead #
• 20:21 I am in the worst mood. Spoiler alert-- it's about work. #

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This weekend the Home of Happiness will again be hosting Perry Bedden, one of the original Transylvanians from the movie! Perry will host a Q&A session, and at his request, will be performing the role of "Trixie." We always encourage people to come in Rocky Horror costumes, but this week would be an especially good show to do so!

Buy your tickets early, as the show is expected to sell out (tickets for Rocky are typically available via that link starting Thursday).

TV for November 15, 2009

ABC
America's Funniest Home Videos @ 7pm
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition @ 8pm
Desperate Housewives @ 9pm
Brothers & Sisters @ 10pm

NBC
Football Night in America @ 7pm
Sunday Night Football: Patriots at Colts @ 8:15pm

FOX
NFL Football: Eagles at Chargers @ 4:15pm
The OT @ 7:30pm
The Simpsons @ 8pm
Cleveland Show @ 8:30pm
Family Guy @ 9pm
American Dad @ 9:30pm

CBS
60 Minutes @ 7pm (Byron Pitts travels with a bomb-hunting unit in Afghanistan; Lesley Stahl interviews paleontologist Jack Horner; Scott Pelley reports on the Marsh Arabs living in southern Iraq.)
Amazing Race 15 @ 8pm
Three Rivers @ 9pm
Cold Case @ 10pm

DISCOVERY
Jack the RIpper in America @ 9pm
Storm Chasers @ 10pm

SCIENCE
Aliens of the Amazon @ 9pm

HISTORY
WWII in HD @ 9pm

ANIMAL PLANET
Untamed & Uncut @ 8pm
Untamed & Uncut @ 9pm
Untamed & Uncut @ 10pm

TLC
Conjoined Twins: After Separation @ 9pm

LMN
Ann Rule's Everything She Ever Wanted @ 8pm (Part 2 of 2.)

WE
My Fair Wedding With David Tutera @ 10pm

STYLE
Dallas Divas & Daughters @ 8pm

DISCOVERY HEALTH
My Shocking Story @ 9pm
Child Frozen in Time @ 10pm

FOOD
Food Network Challenge @ 8pm
Next Iron Chef @ 10pm

HGTV
House Hunters @ 9pm

E!
Girls Next Door @ 10pm
Leave It to Lamas @ 10:30pm

MTV-U
2009 MTV Europe Music Awards @ 8pm (Coverage of the 2009 music awards from Berlin's O2 World Arena is featured. Hosts: Katy Perry and Pete Wentz.)

VH1
Tough Love 2 @ 9pm (In the second-season premiere, eight new recruits arrive at tough-love boot camp. Also: a visit from Season 1 campers.)
Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew @ 10:30pm

AMC
The Prisoner @ 8pm (A reworking for the 1960s cult hit about an amnesiac held in a mysterious area called the Village, where fellow inhabitants are known only by numbers. First up: Six is found in the desert and take to the settlement, but he soon realizes something is amiss among its supposedly contented citizens. Ian McKellen costars as Two, the Village's enigmatic leader.)
The Prisoner @ 10pm

BET
Heart of the City @ 10pm (Star Jones hosts this report on obesity in the black community an in Jackson, Miss., specifically. Included: input from former surgeon general David Satcher; a look at the socioeconomic and cultural factors contributing to the problem.)

SHOWTIME
Dexter @ 9pm
Californication @ 10pm

HBO
Curb Your Enthusiasm @ 9pm


( MORNING / AFTERNOON TV FOR MONDAY 11/16/09 )

GUUUUUUUUUUYS!!!

I JUST GOT MY PLANE TICKETS!!!!

I'll BE HOME FROM DECEMBER 20TH UNTIL JANUARY 8TH!!!!!!!!

Hey Sydney-siders...

I was jsut wondering.. does the meet and greet thing work in Aus like it seems to do for America and shit..? i'm sort of keen for it but im not sure if it's going to be a thing.. is anyone going to do the old waiting near the stage door thing..?

p.s. SO KEEEEEN FOR IT! it's gonna be all amazing and solo!

http://www.cartoonlabs.com/comics/index.php?date=2009-11-15&show=sinfest

Sinfest
Tatsuya Ishida

I found myself on this very hot and empty weekend feeling really let down.

She's brilliant. I'm only human. You gotta vent when you can.
Tags: disillusioned, satin-clad butt, set=list, tori amos


Current Mood: blah

In case you missed it...

• 22:24 Collin: Your boobs are like cats. Soft and playful. #
• 22:59 The more intoxicated I get, the better I am at Wii Sports! nice! @Serenity373737 yes, that's how ya do it! :D #
• 13:35 Work is slightly less painful today. Haven't heard from Collin since he left last night though and I'm worried. :/ #

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hi there,
who is going to the sydney show tomorrow?
anyone know what time it starts?
cant wait!!
:)

http://www.cartoonlabs.com/comics/index.php?date=2009-11-13&show=sinfest

Sinfest
Tatsuya Ishida

http://www.cartoonlabs.com/comics/index.php?date=2009-11-14&show=sinfest

Sinfest
Tatsuya Ishida

Yesterday was very low key. I did a whole lot of sitting around the house during the day, so that night, I was kinda wanting to go out. We decided on going to see "A Christmas Carol" since it was playing in my town, but then to our dismay after stopping at the ATMs, Collin hadn't gotten paid so he had $4 to his name, and my check must not have gone through so I wasn't much better. So I got really frustrated. We went to the diner, since Andrew's mom would get us dinner (we're bums, I know) and figured out a new plan. We'd rent a movie, go back to my house and just hang out and watch it.

Now before I go on, I have to mention Collin's friend Cross. I met him in October. I can't remember if I have mentioned him here or not, he used to live in Newark in a foster home. And he's one of Collin's friends from RVCC. They met there last semester, and Collin's other friends (PJ, Andrew, etc) met him I think in July? So all of a sudden, Cross went from coming around once in awhile, to coming.... and staying through the week. Collin was his chauffeur, taking him to and from school, and taking him back and forth to Newark. This was before he got the new car, and he had the Candy Van which really wasn't safe for long drives. Long story short, a few weeks after I had met him, I realized this kid's a manipulative dick. We all did. But Collin would defend him and say he had nobody else and stuff. So we all kept our mouths shut... until Cross called Collin 2 hours after he had been dropped off in Newark to get picked up again. I was PISSED. It was almost midnight, and Collin and I were about to go home to go to bed. So off he went to pick up his friend, and came to bed about 2 hours later. We found out Cross was "kicked out" of his foster home, and he could never get the story straight as to why. Then he was asking Andrew's mom to let him live with her, since Andrew is going to the Marines soon. Not okay. She wants none of that. I don't blame her. None of us do. He sleeps all day. He does little to nothing to help around the house, and he eats all of her food. Where does this sound familiar?

Here's a fun anecdote. On Thursday night, Collin and I went to Andrews for dinner and to watch "Funny Games", and during dinner, Cross had 3 bites of food and sat there with his head in his hands trying to throw a pity party, and only really mumbling if anyone talked to him. Then when we started the movie, he sat pretty much in front of the TV on the floor so Andrew and his mom had to ask him to move 3 or 4 times, and put his headphones on and watched Youtube videos and chatted on Facebook. And whenever something would interest him (ex: Naomi Watts in her underwear during the "Cat in the Bag" scene) he would take off the headphones and ask what was going on. Very annoying.

So that brings us to this weekend. Cross has been staying at Andrew's, and his mom didn't mind as long as Cross had found a place to stay by this coming Monday, which supposedly he did. But Andrew will be away this weekend. So Andrew's mom asked Collin to either stay at the house, or take Cross to his house. Collin said he'd take Cross, since now it's like a babysitting job. But he was thinking this was going down Saturday night. So last night, we went to dinner and Andrew's mom was telling us that Cross was being more rude and obnoxious to her and Andrew than ever and she wants him out Monday. And she's told him that. So Collin and I leave and continue our night, rented a movie, and went back to my house. We decided to play Wii for a little while before the movie, and Collin's phone died. Around 11:30, we were getting into bed to watch the movie, and saw that Andrew's mom had called something like 5 times. So Collin called her back... apparently Cross was sitting in front of the house with his girlfriend waiting to get in, after not getting in touch with anyone on whether or not he was coming back all day. Why can't his girlfriend take him? Wouldn't he be her responsibility? Andrew wasn't home. So she wanted none of that. So Collin was now summoned to pick him up, and to take him back to his house. And, fucking yes I was upset. I wasn't mad at Collin, I was mad at this manipulative asshole who, for the last week, has been treating everyone like shit. Collin felt horrible because, yeah, our night was pretty shot, and now he'll be babysitting Cross all weekend and he knows it. So our rented movie is sitting here on the floor. He says we'll watch it tonight, but I'm sure that won't happen because Cross is going to be around. He's like a roach. He doesn't leave.

And now I'm off to Accessory Hell.