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If any of you out there have tried Altiris 7. Let me know what you think. On my wiki site, http://www.thenetworkguru.org. I am putting up some notes from my reading of Altiris 7. It is a pretty big change from Altiris 6 but not a huge leap. I’ll let everyone know how it goes.

OK, I finally have all three consoles, Microsoft XBox 360, Sony PS3 and a Nintendo Wii. I must admit, when it comes to which on is the most fun, I have to admit it is probably the Wii. It doesn’t have the best graphics out of the three. However, the inter-actability just makes it soo much more fun that using just a normal controller.

I purchased it along with Wii Sports, Super Mario Galaxy (I am clueless on how to play this one so far), and Dragonball Z Budaki 3 (even more clueless than Super Mario Galaxy on how to play).

So far, playing baseball was a blast. Though, I only had about 2 hours before I had to drive back up to San Jose for work to try it out. More on this next week, once I get some time to play it some more.

Also, I should be modding my Xbox360 (why not, the DVD drive died and same process to mod it, as to install it). I will let everyone know how it goes.

Location:
301 Main St #101
Huntington Beach, CA‎
Phone(714) 374-3399‎

Overall Rating: 4 of 5 Stars

Bar Type: Bar and Grill

Review:
Nice atmosphere, however drinks tend to be a little more on the pricey side.

Location:
209 Main St
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Phone(714) 536-7887

Overall Rating: 4 of 5 Stars

Bar Type: Pub

Review:
Nice atmosphere, good drinks, reasonable prices. However, like everywhere in downtown Huntington Beach, mostly a college nightclub on Thursday nights.

Location:
211 Main St
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Phone(714) 960-5282

Overall Rating: 3¹/₂ of 5 Stars

Bar Type: Bar

Review:
Nice cheap place to enjoy all you can drink Mimosas’ and a $3.95 breakfast on the weekends. Good crowd usually. Only downside is Thursday-Friday night seems to be alot of undesirables.

As a previous East Coaster and Mid Westerner, Jack in the Box is new to me out here in Southern California. In the six months that I have lived here so far, I have ate there I think twice. Not a big fan of fast food. However, I have to admit their commercials are hilarious. So for those of you who don’t know, Jack Box is the name of their mascot. He is a normal person, however he has a snowman looking head.

Well the current batch of commercials started off with Jack Box, being in a coma. From what I read, it is from a bus accident. The next commercial goes on to the doctors office, where they find out he has no pulse and try to resuscitate him.

Now I find out they have a website, Hangintherejack.com. You will have to check it out. Only on the west coast, do they come up with things like this.

Cast:
Jared Padalecki
Danielle Panabaker
Amanda Righetti
Travis Van Winkle
Aaron Yoo
Derek Mears

Rating: 8¹/₂ of 10 Stars

Synopsis:
Young friends Whitney (Amanda Righetti), Mike (Nick Mennell), Richie (Ben Feldman), Amanda (America Olivio), and Wade (Jonathan Sadowski) end up missing in the woods near the abandoned Camp Crystal Lake (made famous by the original 1980 film), after allowing their curiosity to get the better of them and visiting the site where a psychopathic killer resides. Six weeks later, Trent (Travis Van Winkle) invites friends Jenna (Danielle Panabaker), Bree (Julianna Guill), Chewie (Aaron Yoo), Chelsea (Willa Ford), Lawrence (Arlen Escarpta), and Nolan (Ryan Hansen) to his father’s cabin on Crystal Lake for a weekend of sex, booze, pot smoking, and water skiing. However their seemingly fun weekend soon escalates into a nightmare after lone traveler Clay (Jared Padalecki) shows up looking for his missing sister Whitney. The police have searched with no luck, and Clay is now searching alone. Local citizens have advised Clay not to go into those woods, because anyone who shows up missing is already dead, and he is wasting his time. During his search, one of the students, Jenna, decides to help Clay find his sister, and they go into the woods. They find the abandoned Camp Crystal Lake and search the dilapidated camp house for any signs of his sister. They soon find themselves face to hockey-mask with evil reborn, reimagined, and rebooted, and his name is Jason Vorhees (Derek Mears).

Review:

Ofcourse, everyone is remaking every old movie now-a-days. So who didn’t think they were going to remake “Friday the 13th”? I actually heard that “Nightmare on Elm Street” might be making a come back pretty soon. Well anyways, on to the review.

The movies story line isn’t the worst but then again it’s not the best. The story line goes like this, kids go on camping trip, get drunk and high and talk about Jason and his mom here at Crystal Lake, where he killed everyone but one counselor that kills his mom then Jason comes back and sees this. Then of course, the rest is as always, Jason comes out and starts lobbing heads off, burning bodies and well just killing anything that is living. 

All in all the movie wasn’t too bad besides the same lame and weak story line. There was a lot of T&A, which is better than the originals. Definitely a plus for the guys, well ladies you are out of luck. Unless you are into women also. If so, please email me at daveram@gmail.com if you live in the Southern California area, j/k! Or not!  The goriness is better but then again this is 29 years later, I would hope our technology has improved in the film department. Damn, we can make whole movies with computers now! 

What I am now wondering is if there is going to be a sequel like the originals. In the originals whoever killed Jason, basically took over his “duties”.

Cast:
Heather Graham
Bridget Moynahan
Thomas Cavanagh
Molly Shannon

Rating: 8¹/₂ of 10 Stars

Synopsis:
Gray and her brother Sam are inseparable - people often mistake them for a couple, sometimes to the frustration and embarrassment of their relatives. The siblings agree to help each other find a boyfriend and girlfriend (respectively), which leads to Sam meeting and marrying the sweet, lovable Charlie. There’s just one problem: Gray finds herself attracted to Charlie in a very physical and emotional manner. Gray comes to the very painful and confusing conclusion that she herself may be a lesbian (which would explain her solitary life and inability to connect with men), and seeks advice on what to do. 

Review:
I must say, I did not know what to expect of this movie. I was just looking for something to listen to as I write some VB scripts for the current client. However, I was quite impressed with this movie, well minus the ending. It could also be that the scene between Heather Graham and Bridget Moynahan making out quite passionately was very hot, to say the least. The plot was well written, nothing I have seen before. It seems like there is just too many remakes now-a-days. I thought the acting was excellent and the casting was great.

I was just surfing the Internet last night while doing some remote stuff for work and I came across the following picture. I have to admit that this series of pictures are always hilarious.

Stressful jobs, screwed up significant others or just plain crazy a$$ women, everyone needs a drink every now and then. Well, I cam across the following article, http://mixthatdrink.com/skittles-vodka-tutorial/ , and was damn impressed. The only thing that sucks is I wont be back home for another week and a half before I can make some of this and try it out. I suggest everyone else, who of course likes vodka, give this a try. It sounds like it is pretty impressive.