Enraged

en⋅rage

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–verb (used with object), -raged, -rag⋅ing.

to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate Today, I didn't shave. I woke up too late so I decided not to shave today, but what enraged me is not the fact taht I didn't shave... is that when I saw today morning my razor, it wasn't in the same position I left it yesterday at 1am. Strange, so I picked it up and surprise! it had HAIRS al over it... FUCKING HAIRS. I don't have hairs that long. I didn't shave yesterday. I wash my razor after every shave. So what the FUCK happened? Simple, one of the 2 "trabajadoras" with wich I have to share the bathroom used it. There is no other God Damned explanation. My grandma doesn't shave anymore, my dad told me he didn't used it, my mother either, my sister has her own bathroom... what do we have left? FUCK! What infuriates me the most, is that I deducted this wasn't the first time. How? well, one or two months ago I saw the head of the razor had a small nick. I'm too carefull to allow something like this to happen, this razor is (as ridiculous as it might sound) one of my favorite belongings and is a very personal object. FUCK FUCK FUCK! Where does that hair come from? there could be only from 2 places: Armpits or Legs... needles to say that blade is already discarded. Several things make me feel this burning sensation on the chest... and is not like that time I saw a woman being mobed, no no no, this time is different but the worst is: someone who I trust and thought had respect for private property used my personal belongings and she/they know this was WRONG... otherwise why would the razor rest in the same spot I leave it? What else from my items have been used? Fuck WTF... If I allow you to leave at my howse, that doesn't mean you're going to bang my wife and eat my food! This is outrageous... I feel as if my razor was violated and then raped on a regular basis.

This was a Shitty start for a day.

Arise Diablo, Lord of Terror!

It's here, after almost a month of wait it's here!

Diablo 2 Battle Chest.

It comes with:

• Diablo (First part of the trilogy)
• Diablo 2
• Diablo 2, Lord of Destruction
• Diablo 2 Strategy guide
• Game Manuals
• A World of Warcraft trial disc (lol)

The item is labeled as "Old Version" which means it won't work on Windows Vista... but I tried Diablo 1 on Windows 7 and, oh boy, a sweet sensation ran through my spine when I heard the music of Tristram, the townsfolk the sound of my steps... I traveled 10 years back in time when I started to walk around the town haha. Now, of course I didn't buy the battlechest just because Diablo 1, I am already playing a copy of Quiroz' Diablo 2 installation and I just need to install mine and copy the save files.

You may ask "WTF man, what's with you buying games that are so old they don't even support vector shader", the answer is simple: Because I loved both games when I played a pirated version of them 10 and 8 years ago (time is just an approximated) and ... well although I could just download another pirate version, it wouldn't be the same. This is my Diablo, this is my game, there are many like it but this one is mine. It's just like when you buy a movie or a music disc or a book, certainly you can get a copy of any of them and a very cheap one but is just not the same if you know what I mean.

Now, this is not the only nice thing that has happened to me today. They have been small things but following rule #32 from Zombieland: Enjoy the little things. It started with a great shave, my face was as smooth as silk, then I used my Old Spice Fresh aftershave.

You see, I have 5 aftershaves and I use one different each day; Old Spice is my favorite and the nice thing is that I didn't choose to use it today, it was the next.

I arrived early to work and managed to play a little of Diablo 2 (The copy of Q's installation), farmed some bosses and I finally got some great upgrades for my barbarian! My lunch is specially good, Spaghetti and Meatballs, and the cab driver who brought me from Aerocasillas to Diapa (after picing up Diablo Battle Chest) turned to be a really nice man. Very polite, which rare among cab drivers.

Certainly it has been a good day :) the only thing missing is the call from my GF... so, if you excuse me, I'm going to call her NAO!

See you around and take care.

Have a nice shave if you shave and if you don't, what the hell are you waiting for?

An interesting weekend :)

Is not that often that I enjoy both days of the weekend since I'm usually at work on Saturday and then go back home to procrastinate the rest of the day, not that this activity doesn't provide any level of entertainment but sometimes I get bored of it. I know it's my own fault, I should try to find something else to do, like doing some things for Andifar (the place I worked before Diapa) or install the rest of the software on my laptop (I installed Windows 7 on it and of course, I have to reinstall everything). Sometimes I feel like I should buy a bicycle... I'm googling right now, I want to see if Diunsa has bikes and how much they cost... Not bad, they are kinda "cheap", 52$ :) I'll think about it.

Anyways, I get bored on Saturday after work but this last one was different. I was planning to do my usual routine of boredom and Quiroz called me to ask me if I wanted to go for a burger at Bigos; I wanted to add a photo of their logo but couldn't find it and it turns Bigos is a food from Lithuania! go figure hehe; back on topic, I told him "Fuck yeah man!" and he went to my work to pick me up :) lucky me 'cause I only had 7 Lempiras on my wallet.

He arrived around 1:30 pm and by 2 we were eating like there's no tomorrow. I ordered a "Gigante con queso", this is a burger I enjoy a lot 'cause is not conventional. This burger is prepared this way: inside the bread we have a toping made out of cabbage and mustard, they add the meat and one egg (huevo estrellado, I don't know how is it called in english [fuck u Google Chrome, I don't want to write the word "english" with a capital "E", that is not a grammar error so don't underline it with that red line]) On top of the egg they add what they call "Salsa Cebollina", I don't know what it is but I do know it has onion and lots of it. I think this onion is boiled in some sort of BBQ sauce.. yummy yummy!

I also ate a Bigos Hot Dog, it has the same cabbage toping but it also has the famous Bigos Pink Sauce! a delicious piece of fat that surely blocked one or two veins on my body haha.

After lunch, we went to Quiroz's place, he gave me a copy of Diablo 2 and we started to play. I started a Barbarian and lemme tell you, I'm loving this character! I have done some research

and now I have some more knowledge than the first time I played the game. I am sure I'll enjoy it this time more than the first :D (Well, except that now I know how it ends.)

He has the battle chest and gave me an exact copy of the game installed on his computer (Blizzard games can be played by just copying the folder where it is contained) We're planning to play it through Battle.Net once my own copy arrives. I think I'll get mine next week, I can barely wait. Oh, the character save files can be copied so I can level mine on this pirated version and then use it on my own original installation by just copying the files. Muahaha.

We stop playing at around 6:30 pm 'cause at night the Bells, Moises, Quiroz, Belinda (my GF) la Mona and I decided to go to the movies. We choose a movie called "Drag me to hell"

I'll be honest with you, the movie DID scared me a couple of times, but it was because they overused the kind of scares where everything is quiet and then WHAAAAA!! scream and loud screeching sounds are played on the background while an ugly face appears on the screen. The movie per se is not that scary and it had some disgusting moments... the ending is kinda predictable and although the protagonist was a somewhat hot blonde, you don't really feel empathy for her... she dies and you are like "Meh, she deserved it for being such a looser". We didn't enjoyed the movie that much but certainly we had a good time hehe. The movie is from the same director of Evil Dead trilogy and Spiderman... I think that if we knew that from the beginning we wouldn't have considered it a bad movie. Evil Dead are horror

movies that have some campyness but all in all, considering it was intentional, the movies are decent-good. I was making fun of the movie saying that it didn't even followed the standards of crappy horror movies where you see either a disgusting dismembered corpse or a pair of tits, but now that I think about it I think it was in fact a good thing not to see anything like that 'cause it would have made the movie even worse. Well, At least it was better than "The Scarecrow Gone Wild"

After the movie, we went to TGI Friday's for some food and to talk about everything. Quiroz' GF joined us and we spend like 2 hours at the place. Certainly we had a lot of fun exchanging our impressions about the movie and talking about random things (Like the Falcon Punch). Around 11:30 pm, we decided to part ways and everyone went to their home.

It was definitely a Saturday I liked.

Sunday came and I had to do some work I didn't do 'cause I spend several days playing MapleStory at work u_u, man I hate documents! I have to make a document that tells how to use the tools i use at work in case I'm not there (A.K.A in case I'm fired) urrgh I dislike to make documents! I worked a bit but decided to leave that for later and work on Diapa's site. I won't bore you with the details but I did some advance and well... I'm sure they won't be enough for my boss.

Later that day, things started to went the way I like them. Luch and a shower, followed by a great shave with a new blade. This time I used a new brand: Astra Superior Platinum. So smooth! Maybe I changed something on my preparation routine and I didn't noticed but this has been one of my best shaves (if not the best). I still have some minor cuts on my neck area but that's 'cause I have a very sensitive skin there and no matter how slow I go or the angle I use, I will get a cut.

After getting ready, La mona and I went to pick up Belinda but first we went to Ali's house (Quiroz' GF) to pick up my wallet 'cause when I went there the day before to play Diablo, I left it there and Q said he found it and we agreed I would go there to pick it up. La mona wanted to show Q her new hamster so she gave it to me while she drove us there (I didn't had my license). The little bugger, she moved nonstop! I decided to put it on the car's floor... big mistake. By the time we arrived to Ali's house, we couldn't find the hamster... it was missing, we lost her INSIDE the car! How the hell does that happen?

Anyways, Q gave me my wallet and didn't saw the hamster :( we went to Belinda's house to pick her up and then we come home. When we arrived, we started to search for the damn little cutie, we looked everywhere without any success... and we gave up, but still my mom and Dora stayed there. Both of them stopped looking for the hamster, but started to "hear" it and the sound came from somewhere inside the car's chassis O_o. My mom said "well, I hope she finds her way out" and left but Dora didn't! She sat there for 2 hours waiting... and then... she saw her! She managed to capture her and they started to celebrate haha.

The weekend had a happy ending with the hamster alive and me and Belinda watching a comedy named "Envy" with Jack Black and Adam Sandler. We laughed, and had a lot of fun after the movie.

As I said, it was an interesting weekend :)

See you soon... or maybe later, but I'll see you for sure the next time we see each other ;)

Just a quickie

Just a quick post.

Monday I got 2 new items that made my day:

1. iPod Touch 32GB
   I didn't bought it per se, a friend of mine is developing applications for iPod Touch devices and he wanted me to work with him as co-developer and beta tester... and for that, I need a device but didn't had the money for it (not atm at least) so we made a deal, if we're successful with the application then the cost of the device will be partially covered with the earnings, but if we fain in this first attempt then I will cover the complete cost of it.
   Not a bad deal, by the time we finish the development I will have the mone saved just in case things don't come out as we want and I will have this nice gadget to develop software and to enjoy.
   
   
2. Brut Aftershave: Original
   So yeah, it has become an obsession. I want lots of soaps, I want another brush and I want MOAR razors (I just saw an Edwin Jagger that I really want... but having [Item 1] into account, I won't be buying anything for a few time... Xcept for Aftershaves :D
   So, what's so amazing from this Aftershave? Well, my dad has been using Brut as his deodorant for more than 20 years and whenever I smell the classic Brut essence, I immediately think of my dad.
   I bought it as a "Gift Pack" and it came with a Roll-On deodorant, I tried it yesterday and is pure pwnage :D I was a bit skeptic about it because the other deodorant I have (same brand but comes in a bar) does not work too well for me; y the end of the day it has vanished from my armpit, but this Roll-On works all day long and its essence is better (more noticeable, the green bar is not as strong)

So those are my 2 items, I wish I could write more but I'm at work and have to finish some crap. As a final thought, it might sound silly but I'm not sure which one of this 2 items makes me happier, the iPod is an excellent tool that can be used on many ways, but the Brut AS is something that reminds me of my dad and... well that's just awesome.

Well I hope to see you later from this side of the mirror.

Stupid time, I should be able to bend it at my will so I can do whatever I want in the time I want! haha.

Shaving can be a hobby!

Yes, that's right. For those of you readers who didn't know (and that means all of you except me) I always hated to shave... not because I didn't like the results but because the process was boring, unexciting and ... repetitive.

I shaved whenever I had the chance and if I was in the mood. Most of the times I just swing my Gillette Mach 3 over my face hoping for the best and taking on the pain caused by the last pass (Against The Grain or AGT) Urrgh! the pain... it was a chore, plain and simple. (Chore: a hard or unpleasant task)

Well, those days are over. I've been wet-shaving for a week now (one day yes one day no) and it's been a very joyful activity. My first wet shave took place 1 week and 2 days ago, on Monday 4. I was so excited, I finally got all the needed tools and after a damn long wait, I was finally able to give it a try. It all started by placing the soap into the mug. A small step for humanity but a fun step for me! (Oh and my mug rocks)

Before anything else, I clean my face with a NIVEA cleaning gel. This removes all the impurities that my face has picked up during the day (smoke, dust, dirt from my hands and god knows what else) and also helps to exfoliate my skin. Eliminates the excess of facial grease you also produce during the day. Not sure if the product I have really the work the way I think it does, but I already bought it so I'll use it and look for a better one next time.

Lately I've been trying to use a hot towel over my face because that softens the beard hair (which is very thick if compared to the hair of our heads) Believe it or not, this gives also a really few minutes of relax! Is like a little 2 minutes sauna... but as with everything in life, even if it is an easy task it needs some technique in order to get the full benefit from it.

The lathering is the next step, is a very very tricky task and I would lie if I tell you that I can do the perfect lather. after one week and a half of practice I still cant' seem to make a lather with which I feel 100% comfortable. It works, but it definitely can be better. Although I'm not a master of the lather, this is one of the things I most enjoy from this hobby. The feeling of the badger hair brush on your face drawing circles feels just great and watching the lather to grow gives you a certain feeling of accomplishment. Plus this soap has a very subtlety but nice scent. Here are some pics of it

After this, it's all fun... well no, I'm lying because so far this all has been fun. It has been my little SPA for the last week and I pamper myself every time I do it. Anyways, after this, the activity reaches its climax when the razor enters

the scene. Mine is a Merkur HD, the HD is for Heavy Duty and let me tell you this razor honors its name. It is only 3 inches long (or so) but it is as heavy as a Black Berry Curve 8900... yes, it is fairly heavy but I love it! I do small movements over my face to remove small patches of beard, and the sound of the blade cutting the thick little hairs is delightful.

So, how was the shave?

Well, it was nice... haha. No, it wasn't as great as I expected but that's because I made several mistakes and also this shaving method has a learning curve. My first mistake was to shave too fast! what you have on your hands... well in this case what I held on my hands was not a cartridge razor, was a delicate tool capable of turn my face into a sliced ham and I'm not kidding. Safety Razor blades are extremely sharp and if you do not handle them with care you can hurt yourself fairly easy.

My second mistake was to apply pressure as if I were shaving with a cartridge razor. Same logic as the previous mistake, you (I) do not need to apply it, the razor is heavy enough and all that is needed is to hold the wrist in its position and move the arm from north to south and let the weight of the razor do its job.

Third, if one is shaving himself then one MUST know the direction the grain grows! My beard grows in at least 8 directions depending on the spot. Neck, cheeks, upper lip, chin, throat, jawbone and some other places I don't know the names, it is important to know the grain growth direction before the shave 'cause that way the save will be way more comfortable than just cutting whatever it is in your face in whatever direction your hand moves. First one must shave With The Grain (WTG), then Across The Grain (XTG) and finally Against The Grain (ATG) being this last one the most troublesome for a lot of people, specially if they have sensitive skin.

In the end, even if it wasn't as good as I expected, I did had a great time! It took me around 1 hour to complete the process but it was well worth. This wet-shaving technique is something that you learn to love in a really short time. It transforms the tedious task it was shaving into something you look forward to do and I'm quoting one of the oldest and wise members from The Shave Den here:
"Shaving can be fun,it can be a blast, hell, it can even be a hobby!"
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That's all for now, I leave you with 3 aditional photos as an easter egg, My mug, my used blades storage and my aftershave. I'll see you the next time I shave... or maybe sooner, Cheers.

What does it take to break a man?

Today my Godfather died... but I was never really close to him. I only saw him like 1 time every 3 months and barely talked to him so I'm sure that's the reason why I'm not crying now.

We arrived at the mourning hall, his sons and daughters (my cousins) were crying so was obviously his wife. All my uncles were very sad and well... the hall was filled with a feeling of grief.

Now all this didn't made me feel worse than how I felt. I went to where my godfather was and I saw him for a few seconds, and in a way I was glad I didn't felt different... then I went to where my mother was... and she was crying like I have seen her crying only when my grandpa died. I gave her a hug and I felt her sorrow... my heart was reducted to the size of a bean and I barely managed to hold myself, but I knew I should not lose my temper or she would feel worse.

She's a strong woman and I've seen her cry out of anger, but this time she was crying out of pain and that's something I can barely handle.

After a few mins, I told her I wanted to see my grandma so I walked to where she was and when I huged her she immediately started to cry... I didn't knew what to say so all that came from my mouth was "calm down grandma, things will be fine" and she repplied "Everyone tells me that... but I just lost a son..." and then I realized that is what it takes to break me.

All I could think at the moment was what Theoden King said:

No parent should have to bury their child

Useless Rage

Useless

1. Having no practical use
2. Ineffectual, weak, or stupid

Rage

1. Violent, explosive anger
2. A burning desire; a passion.

Today on my way to work, I was inside the car with my dad and we were talking when all of a sudden we saw a man struggling with a woman... at first we didn't quite understood what we saw... we were kinda like processing the image and then, we knew it.. That motherfucker was robbing her! Both of us were like "Fack... " my dad immediately moved his hand to where he puts his gun and I thought "Oh crap this is going to get nasty", but he didn't had it there today, in the long run I think it was for the better.

As soon as we saw the guy start running, we both felt an increasing pain-like feeling in the chest. We were infuriated! and what made things worst was that we were there unable to do anything but stare at the situation... by the time we both knew what to do (to get out of the fucking car and beat the crap out of him) the mugger was already gone.

We were angry, filled with a rage that we didn't used against the motherfucker who assaulted this woman and part of that angst was against us for being just witnesses.

I wish I had a bat... and the balls to break that asshole's nose.