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Got my taxes done yesterday. I hate doing taxes. x_x H&R Block software works good for me tho.

I'm stepping up my manscaping. lol. I bought a "MANGROOMER Ultimate Pro Back Shaver" off amazon. I've only used it once and I already highly recommend it. My back is like a wookie.  And this thing shredded through all that hair and didn't pull a single one. No pain and no red marks or irritation on my back. Link for reference:

https://www.amazon.com/MANGROOMER-Ultimate-Shaver-Absorber-Extreme/dp/B00FULYKG4

Its got a rechargeable battery. I was really impressed with it. I'd post before and after pics of my back, but I don't want to traumatize people with my back hair bathroom mirror pics.

Its finally warmed up around here. It snowed earlier this week and we've had over night freezing multiple days. And then abruptly it was almost 80 yesterday. now it's back down to the 60s, but at least it looks like winter is finally over. Now I can get some more yard work done without freezing my ass off. Lol.

And wtf.. we have gifs again? I thought it was disabled. Lol. Maybe ipb re-enabled it at some point and I never noticed.

My neighbor came over with his bulldozer on sunday. That was one hell of an experience. lol. He dozed my driveway to get the big hump out of the end of it. My driveway is almost flush with the road now.

The Hobbit trilogy in 4k are completely different cuts of the movie. I had no idea. I was skimming through youtube tv the other day, put on Battle of the Five Armies in the background while I got some stuff done. Then when I sat down I figured I'd finish the movie. I put on the 4k version instead and wtf. Not only is the movie visually stunning.. I had no idea my tv could look this good. I could see every strand of hair on everyone's head and everything was so crisp I could almost tell when scenes used a green screen to film. But what really blew me away was all the extra scenes and the gore. Its like this is the R rated cut. WTF.

Bodies getting crushed, heads and limbs getting cut off and blood.. blood everywhere. WTF. And theres one extra scene where Thorin jumps on a goat and is like "I'm going to the top of Raven hill to kill that Azog bastard" and Dain says "How do you plan on getting past that army?" 6 more of Thorin's dwarves show up in the war chariot. Thorin: "We'll manage." and then theres like a 7 minutes scene of them tearing ass and mass murdering orcs on their way to Raven Hill. WTF. In the original movie, Thorin says he'll go to Raven Hill to kill Azog, the scene changes and we see Thorin and the others on some mountain goats ascending the hill. The amount of blood and gore in this new scene is brutal. I was shocked. But it was f*cking awesome.

Now I need to watch the rest of the movies in their 4k versions to see what else is new. I read the LoTR 4k versions are also getting new scenes.

My neighbor next door is moving so he had a full house sale over the weekend. I lucked out and bought his snowblower for $150.  Its got some years of use on it, but hes kept it in amazing shape. A new gas one like this is around $800+. I hope it works great this next winter. It could save me all kinds of time shoveling.

I got back from Ohio last night. My mom had a Remembrance Party in honor of my dad this last weekend. It was a really nice time. I'm glad I got to see so many people that knew my dad and talk to them about how he was a positive and/or great influence in their lives. The party was a bbq party too. My younger brother smoked 30 pounds of pulled pork and 20 pounds of bbq beef. I helped with the process. It was a great time.

FML one of my window air conditioners broke today while it was 96 degrees. x_x

I see google and facebook have already found the site.

I hate winter... Friday snow forecast "We are thinking snowfall will be in the 5-15" range and will further re-evaluate when new computer guidence arrives."

Tomb Raider is a lot of fun.

I need some Death Wish coffee.

I'm watching Life of Pi and this movie is sad. I thought it would be stupid but it keeps grabbing my attention.

I'm thinking I'll try streaming some Dust this weekend. I'd stream some KOTOR but its crashed on me a few times and streaming it does not work correctly.

How odd.. there are 152 people browsing AC right now.. I wonder where they are all coming from.

I really need to buy a USB 3 stick so I can transfer video clips off my PS4 faster. Its taking me 30-40 mins to transfer a 500MB clip. USB 3 is way faster. I'm glad my new PC has USB 3 ports too.. I should be able to upload a crazy amount of clips once I get a new stick.

The fairy tail Manga announced there will be a fairy tail spin off Manga. I have no idea who it'll be focused on our if it'll be a new guild based in the same world but on a sident continent.

I just checked my Verizon bill and I owe them -$63 this month.. I somehow got two $100 credits because of some promotion I never knew about.. I'm going to celebrate by buying a bottle of whisky!

I'll be on some BF4 tomorrow evening for a couple hours if anyone is interested in jumping on for a few rounds. Just check for me on the Playstaton app to see if I'm on. My brother is supposed to get on too, but I'd be surprised if that happens.

I've been rewatching Orphen. Even tho its an older anime, it has aged nicely and is still a great series. I've never watched the second season tho.. I really need to download it at some point.

I'm getting a new puppy 2 weeks from today. Her name is Bella.

My sister in law passed away a couple days before christmas. I took a break from AC, Facebook and just about everything else over the past week except for GW2. That game has been a good time sink and its helped me focus in my free time to keep from thinking too much about things. I'm still playing GW2 strong, but I'm going to start resuming my normal activities now that things are settling down at home.

We defeated Triple Trouble! that was one of the most intense boss fights ever. it's hard to imagine that 3 massive groups of ppl had to do epic boss fights all at the same time to defeat that giant wurm simultaneously. that's epic. no wonder it's so rare. thanks for getting in that group DX.

I finished my first pvp reward track in gw2 last night. my warrior now has some flaming chest and shoulder armor. I want that shadow abyss dye.. it'll really make those flames more noticeable. #fashionwars2