It’s nearly here, the first stop on the California Project Homeowner tour sponsored by Chase.
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College Humor On MTV
It’d be so sad except college humor has never been that funny, so it’s rightfully gone to die on MTV. Jake and Amir on the other hand, is a pretty funny Internet short. It’s hard to say if it’s the rest of the cast bringing them down, or the fact that they are creating content longer than 3 mintues. Perhaps a mix of the two. Either way, College Humor has no place on television.
Project Homeowner California (Flyer)
Managed to find a copy of the flyer for the California Project Homeowner event I wrote about earlier this month. Click image for a larger version of the flyer. (Opens in new window.) The event is scheduled to take place Saturday, February 28, 2009 at the Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium from 10:00 to 4:00.
Update: Chase finally has its web page up that gives quite a bit more information about the event. There will be a series of stops throughout California, so look for the Project Homeowner event in a town near you.
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All thoughts / words / feelings on this blog are mine and do not
reflect opinions of my employer.
California Project Homeowner
What is it and how can I get one? That’s what I want to know. I’ve done a small bit of Google searching, but haven’t really found too much information. I’ll update this post as soon as I know more, because I’m sure this is something that many Californians would be interested in. I do know that it is sponsored by the Department of Real Estate and they are working closely with Chase.
More warrants as events news.
Update 1: According to an article in the Stockton-based newspaper The Record , the correct name of the program is "Project Homeowners – Protecting California’s Dream".
Update 2: Starting to get a better idea of what this event is about. Found the Project Homeowner California event flyer . Loaded with good information.
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All thoughts / words / feelings on this blog are mine and do not
reflect opinions of my employer.
In Missing Action, Like Who-Wha!
Don’t get me wrong folks, I enjoy this social blog media two point oh stuff, but sometimes the anti-typist world gets the better of my time and requires me to spend free moments sleeping rather than ranting about Valleywag bull nonsense. Ya dig what I’m sayin’? For real.
No excuses.
The Edible Crawl for the Cure was a smashing success! While the gang and I ran through multiple eateries and drinking holes, we simultaneously contributed in part to raise nearly $20K for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Nicely done! And a special thanks to Ms. Darby Flynn and all the midtown/downtown restaurants that made the event possible.
Too much food and good times left me legless for the Making Strides for Breast Cancer walk the following morning. (My bad, Bennie Hannah .) Still, we raised a good bit of cash for this event as well. Collectively, the event raised more than they’ve been able to count so far, but as a team…well, let’s be honest, I don’t have it in me to tally the sum, and Ben isn’t available to do the math. I think we made half our goal, though, if I had to guess off the top of my head.
But October is charity event month, or something, so it didn’t stop there. In past years I _played_ in my company’s golf tournament, but this year I opted for a _volunteer_ role and worked the sinners’ stop along the cart path. Tequila, Cigars, Beers, and Beer Girls, Oh-My!
I leave Sunday for a housing conference in Monterey, then return for a pre-bachelor party the following weekend. We’re not quite out of the busy woods yet, but we’ll be back, I’m sure of it. Although, I do have to admit my brother will soon be in town, and you’ll see nothing of me then. So let me keep my fingers crossed and hope I make some time to repair the errors that are WordPress and my Theme combined, as well as set aside a few moments for writing about all that is politically silly and Measure O in Sacra-tamato.
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Tina Fey Wins The Election For Republicans
Honestly, if voting for McCain and Palin means we get to see Tina Fey doing Palin impersonations for four years, then I’m all for it. Fey makes Palin likable beyond reason, and when I sit to watch and re-watch all the SNL clips with Fey playing Palin, I sometimes forget which is who and what any of it has to do with the government, which excites me a great deal. So much so that I’m wanting to get out the vote and make rock. Or get out the rock and make voters. Something with a rock and a vote and comedy.
I have no idea how elections are won and what one thing has to do with another when it comes to campaigning and mind washing, or why celebrities think they make a difference with their online viral videos. No idea at all. But I do idea that the candidate who is better parodied is the candidate who America chooses. Maybe it hasn’t always been like this, but it’s been this way for two decades, and I imagine it will continue to be this way. People like to laugh at jokes they understand.
Tina Fey plays the role of Sarah Palin. Tina Fey is Funny. Thus, Sarah Palin is funny so we should all vote for her. (Maybe it doesn’t work exactly that way.)
All I can say is that I’m planning to know what I’m voting for when the time comes. Hopefully it’s a bear in a tree safely removed from a harmful situation. (Ambiguity.) One of those endangered species types that suffers from strangely-hot weather.
It makes me smile.
Update:10/9/08
Just received (via snail mail) the latest edition of a weekly I subscribe to, and one of its comics is a total rip off of my Fey/Republican joke. How dare they! Okay, okay. Clearly they didn’t steal the idea from me, but the joke was obvious. I’m slipping.
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San Joaquin Woman
As you know, I’m a fan of Google Alerts and I use it for a variety of serach terms, including the name of the company for which I work because we regularly make it into local newspapers and such. Today it took me to this link, House panel to probe mortgage mess in Stockton, an article on iabuzz.com talking about an upcoming event in which my boss is participating. As part of a character profile, they linked to an interesting article about her in San Joaquin Woman magazine. Check it out.
In Booth Radio Time With V101.1FM
It was nothing like I expected it to be, at least not from what I’ve seen on TV. Although, why would you expect TV to be like radio. I suppose it was your average clear channel booth, but what do I know about that sort of thing. I was a little disappointed there were no headphones to wear, and I was a little grossed out as they continued to push the mic closer to my face. “How many people have hacked, spittled, or coughed on this thing”, I wondered to myself.
Not the point.
I was at the Station early Monday morning, we’ll call it 7AM, to do a bit of promotional work for my employer. I met with Lee Perkins and Andrea Gomez to do a couple of short interviews about a home ownership expo coming up in late September.
I was noticably nervous and fumbled a few of my words. The bits were pre-recorded, so I don’t know the final product sounds like. But, I definitely had at least one two second or longer “uhhhh…” I’m usually on top of those sorts of things, but I suppose, maybe, thinking about it might have caused it.
Listen for me Monday mornings to hear weekly stumblings of me falling over words. The topics will change monthly.
CRC Foreclosure Crisis Documentary
The California Reinvestment Coalition (CRC) sent an email earlier this week saying they’d updated and re-released a documentary they had on file. Here’s a bit of what CRC had to say about the video titled Mo’ Money, Mo’ Money, Mo’ Money: How Greedy Corporations Destroy the American Dream
[The documentary] shows the crisis affects everyone. Mo’ Money tells the story of borrowers who were lied to and ignored by their mortgage loan servicers, and the people who are working to keep them in their homes. It also reveals how this disaster could have been avoided if regulators and government officials did not ignore predatory lending practices.
How has the foreclosure crisis affected you? Have you had to deal with a difficult lender, or are you taking advantage of declining house prices?