The Last 2012 Kmart Collector Day Didn't Suck This Time

  As you may already know, I wasn't to happy with the first Kmart Collector Day of 2012. The second Kmart Collector Day which is today 9/15/2012 wasn't bad at all but not by much. I was a tad bit disappointed that they're wasn't any Chevrolet SS's at all. I was hoping I could get one because none of the stores in my area even got that wave. I refuse to buy them online. I hate scalpers they ruin collecting at other people's expense. Anyway I got to Kmart on my lunch break around 12:15ish around the same time I was at the first one. Usually at the last Kmart Collector Day of the year, they will have some of next years New Models. To my surprise there were none 2013 New Models. What a let down. There were a few 2013 segment series cars with updated packaging for the upcoming model year.
  I didn't leave Kmart empty handed. I found 2 new 2012 New Models. One was Minion Pig from Angry Birds, and the other was a Custom '71 El Camino designed by Team Hot Wheels and GM. I'll admit I am not an Angry Birds fan at all. My phone isn't even a touchscreen phone. The reason why I bought the 2 Angry Birds cars this year was due to them being an oddity and also a licensed product. I know I know I broken my oath of never buying a non street vehicle Hot Wheels car ever again unless it's a Treasure Hunt car. I highly recommend the Red Bird and Minion Pig cars. Get them before the collectors grab them up. On a non Hot Wheels finding at Kmart, I found WWE Basic Series 19 on the pegs at my Kmart. So I looked to see if Hornswoggle was still there or if a scalper got to it yet. It was my Lucky day, Hornswoggle was there so I bought that as well. I also collect Mattel WWE figures.
   So other than the ups and downs of the last 2012 Kmart Collector's Day, I'd have to say it was a great day for me. Even though there wasn't a good selection of Kmart exclusive colors New Models or 2013 New Models, this one didn't suck like the last one.

Why I Don't Use Facebook

  Lots of people use Facebook. Frankly I'm one of the very few people who refuse to use Facebook. Why is that you ask? Well I don't trust the privacy policy. I have heard horror stories about their changes to their privacy and how people's lives have been ruined because of it.
   Also I refuse to use Facebook because of the all of the stalkers. Yeah along with privacy issues there is the other problem of stalkers who know what every thing and update you post to Facebook. In addition to the two reasons above, I am living a better life than I would have if I had a Facebook profile. Since I don't use Facebook I am not  like the majority of the users who are on it 24/7 so I can live an obsession free life. Yeah I forgot to mention that Facebook can ruin your life. Now how can it ruin your life?
   Tons of Facebook users are psycho when you defriend them. One person went to the extreme of burning a persons house down who defriended them on Facebook. Yeah people are so addicted to Facebook that in one instance a mother left her toddler drown in the bathtub unattended while the mother was playing on Farmville.
    Then there is the issue of hackers. Facebook hackers mess up peoples lives everyday. You may know somebody who had their account hacked. So I don't trust Facebook at all. The only things I have that are Facebook related is the the Blu-Ray of The Social Network and the score for the movie by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross which won the Academy Award for Best Original Score. I wouldn't have even had any any interest about the movie if Trent Reznor didn't compose the score.
   So that is why I don't use Facebook.

I'm A Lucky Dog

  I'm a lucky dog, not an Aarons Lucky Dog though. In terms of Hot Wheels collecting then yes I am a lucky dog indeed. For those collectors who are wondering why there are no Super Trea$ure Hunt cars this year I can tell you that they have been reincarnated as Hidden Trea$ure Hunts. What is a Hidden Trea$ure Hunt? Well a HTH is a Super Trea$ure Hunt disguised in the mainline series. So far I have found 4 of the HTC's I found the 1968 Dodge Coronet Super Bee, 1973 Ford Falcon XB, 66 Ford Fairlane and the 67 Ford Mustang Coupe. Last year when they had both regular and non super T-Hunts I found only 2 Super T-Hunts, compared to this years 4. On the other hand It's an even tie at 7 regular T-hunts I have found of 2011 T-hunts, and 2012 Respectively. Am I the luckiest man alive? Maybe I am in Hot Wheels terms I am.

My Change Jar Commitment

  I used to have a spare change jar. I still do have one but prior to my vacation it was all pennies. Pennies are a real pain in the ass. Really 99.9 percent of peoples change jars are composed of pennies. I don't really know that's just my guesstimate. So after my vacation in NJ I decided to start my change jar again. I gave myself a strict set of rules. Once I break a Dollar I don't use any of the coins at all. I then put them in my big pretzel jar. I'm setting a goal where I don't use any coins so i can save them for something I want. I used to have a bad habit of spending the quarters nickels and dimes instead of the dollar bills in my wallet. So I have a solution for my coin problem.
  Starting a coin jar is a great way to save money in my opinion. You can set a goal and aim towards that goal. It will add up if you commit to it. Trust me it is working for me.
  What you'll need.
  Old pretzel jar.
  Spare change.

I'm Finally getting a COO Triple H

  As fellow WWE figure collectors know , The period to buy the figures has been extended to November 3rd 2012 for the TRU promotion for COO Triple H where you buy 3 qualifying figures cut the UPC's send them with the receipts and make a check or money order for $5 to Mattel and in a few weeks you get your COO Triple H figure. You can buy 2packs, Elites FlexForce and Basics for the promotion you can mix and match what you buy as well.
 Here is a official Qualifying UPC list  http://repository.wwe.com/triplehpromo/official_rules.html
 Now here is the form you fill out  https://store.mattel.com/transition.aspx?TransitionID=217

NOTE this is a United States ONLY Promotion

Blu Cantrell Isn't A One Hit Wonder

  It's been a while since I last blogged. A week or so maybe. So being eager to blog about something I thought about what to write about and It happens to be some baffling music trivia. You probably have heard of the R&B singer, Blu Cantrell. She had a hit song back in 2001 called Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops). Little do many people know that that is not her only hit song. Her other hit is called Breathe which is from her second studio album called Bittersweet. Anyway her song Breathe had charted on Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart at number 17. On the US Billboard Hot 100 chart Breathe charted at 70. On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart it made it to 83. So Never call an artist a one hit wonder if you don't check all of the charts. That is how artists who are aren't one hit wonders get labeled as one hit wonders. Also with the digital download singles today might chart even though they don't get airplay on the radio.

TLC Has Offically Jumped The Shark

  I hate TLC. No not the WWE PPV Tables Ladders and Chairs, the TV channel TLC is what I hate. Why well they have this show called Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. Who in the fuck is this so called Honey Boo Boo anyway? Well for those of you who don't know I will inform you. Honey Boo Boo is one of those children who are exposed on that show Toddlers and Tiaras. Now I saw a few minutes of this show on TLC today and after those few minutes I felt like shooting my 50 inch TV. Really I did. Why? Well for one the show is a waste of airtime and redundant. While TLC is at it, why don't they give every white trash redneck family their own reality show? That might be dumb enough to work. C'mon now TLC is no longer The Learning Channel if you ask me. Why? Well half of their shows are about freaks, fat people, bride to be's spending thousands of Dollars on Wedding gowns that they will probably wear once and end up getting divorced less than a year later, shows about midgets, and people who have infinity kids. We should stop watching TLC in order to stop feeding the freaks on this channel. TLC is as bad as MTV for crying out loud when it comes to irrelevant TV shows. I hate child abuse and this spinoff of Toddlers and Tiaras is legal proof of it. So Don't watch TLC or anything they air.