How I'm Spending My Summer

I figured I'd keep some of you updated as to what I've been doing lately.  Nothing major, mostly because it's too damn hot out.  I've basically barricaded myself in my bedroom in front of a fan because Summer is horrible. 

Music I'm Listening To Right Now

This entry is going to be a bit of a bonus, one I want to crank out really quickly.  Not because I'm lazy (which I am) but because I want to get some exposure for what I'm listening to out there and I suck at writing music reviews (See my April Music Haul entry).  I've been spending some of my free time and spare change at the local used record/music/game store and grabbed a few CDs because I'm still one of those losers that buys physical media.  So here's what I've been cranking in my car for the past couple of weeks:

Blockbuster Closing Haul 2012 + Some Podcast News

As I mentioned in my last post, the last Blockbuster store in Toledo closed down in May.  As I've done before, I decided to get my hands on whatever I could.  Unfortunately, that didn't really turn out to be a lot, at least not compared to the previous times that local stores have closed.  I think maybe a part of it has to do with my upgrade to Blu-Ray, since I probably won't buy something on DVD unless there's no chance of it being on Blu-Ray.  But I did get a decent sized and varied haul nevertheless.

The April Music Haul

Alright, so this entry might be a bit short as it'll only be focusing on the music I bought during April.  The closing Blockbuster Video store is still open for a few more weeks so I'll wait until then for a final tally before I write about that.  But I surprisingly bought quite a bit of CDs for a good price (yes, people actually purchase physical media still) so here's a look at the stuff I've been listening to as of late.

The Random Ass-Haul For March 2012

I think the magic YouTube fairies were trying to tell me to stop doing these "Haul" videos when had to record the video for March twice and both times screwed up.  The first time, I had issues with my microphone and it was adding scrambled sounds in the middle of it.  Then the second time, which I didn't get a chance to record until about two weeks later, the battery in my camera died halfway into filming.  I really didn't want to do the whole process for a third time, hence my main reasoning behind bringing back Sarcasmatron by writing these up instead.

First of all comes my ordeal with Wherehouse.com.  If you watched my February haul video, you heard me talk about a site called Wherehouse.com where I decided to trade in a bunch of DVDs that I had recently upgraded to Blu-Ray.  The trade-in values were roughly double that anyone else was offering but unlike most other sites, I had to pay for my own shipping to send them my package, which ended up being about $9.  Anyways, I ended up with about $25-$30 of credit and here's what I got with it.

Dear Diarrhea...

Whelp, I'm back...I guess.  I know I haven't posted anything in about six months, let alone anything all that substantial in longer than that.  But after an ill-fated experiment on YouTube, I figured I'd resurrect Sarcasmatron, though whether or not it'll be full-time remains to be seen.

Basically, I tried to do video reviews or "haul" videos of whatever movies or games I got that particular month.  I keep seeing all these girls going "Tee hee, look at all these clothes and makeup I got!" and thought to myself "I'm sure someone would want to know my point of view on movies and such".  So I tried it out for a few months and found out it's really not for me, at least not in this point in time.  Mostly, I wait to record the videos when my roommates are out of the apartment so I can go all out and not get embarrassed.  But since I record them in my room, it gets hot and stuffy in there really quick.  Then I'll edit them since my YouTube account still doesn't allow for videos longer than 10 minutes for whatever reason but usually I'm lazy so I don't get around to editing for at least a week after filming.  So really, it's at least a couple of weeks to do one video.  If I had more time or, mostly, more motivation I'd be able to crank these videos out faster but I don't.  So I plan on bringing those "hauls" back in written form here on Sarcasmatron, amongst other things.

The Final Borders Haul

So as you probably know by now, Borders has finally closed, or at least is almost closed, by now.  My local store's last day was last Thursday and I decided to pop my head in one last time on Wednesday.  Pretty much everything else was wiped out but a few hundred books, and quite a few mangas surprisingly enough.  DVDs, Blu-Rays, CDs and graphic novels were completely gone.  I was quite shocked how quickly everything was gone because I had gone a week or so before and they still had quite a few Blu-Rays.  Then when I went back for my second-to-last trip, they were down to about 15, 20 tops.  By then, the only movie I was interested in getting was Die Hard.  There were still a few DVDs here and there at that time, and I just about snagged the recent 10th Anniversary Edition of Audition for pretty cheap but held off, since I already own the previous release and if I were to upgrade it would be to Blu-Ray.  But for the last visit, nothing of importance was left.  Though, by that point they were getting rid of books by making them a $1 each so I managed to snag a few things of slight interest and one thing I was super-psyched at finding...though now I'm getting ahead of myself.  I know I already posted a list last time but it kinda got buried under all that stuff so here's the final list: