Get USA Network on Sling TV

How big of a wrestling nerd am I?  Well, the main reason (I'd say about 98%) I have ever had cable television is to watch WWE Monday Night RAW and whatever other wrestling shows there are on TV!  It's absolute bullsnap that I have to pay for a whole cable package for a whole bunch of channels I don't even watch!  And no, I'm not going to stream the shows without paying for them (I'm a loser).

Enter an alternative way of watching TV - TV streaming channels!  There are a few main options currently:  PlayStation Vue, Sling TV, and Direct TV Now.  You can get USA Network on all three services.  Here are a few notes on what I think about them (the channels are linked to their channel listings):

PlayStation Vue:  I had the PlayStation Vue for a week on a trial period.  Their DVR (which records shows you want to the cloud) was great.  They had some on demand content as well for $29.99

The major drawback for me is the fact that I couldn't watch any WWE shows live on original broadcasts.  I like getting on Twitter and tweeting about wrestling as they are, and the vast majority of people who tweet do so during the original live broadcast.

@PlayStation So people all over the world I'm seeing tweet #RAW live and I can't watch live on Vue? How do I watch Live?

— Sean CoROCKin'! (@BLoafX) March 28, 2017

I would've let the free trial run into a paid month if I could've watch wrestling live, or even if they replied to my tweet!  They also lost

Sling TV:  Sling TV rounded me up by replying to one of my tweets:

@BLoafX We added the USA Network to Sling TV today! You can read our announcement here: https://t.co/O40isRxzzm

— Sling TV (@Sling) June 30, 2016

USA Network is available on their 2nd cheapest package, the Blue package, for $25.  Also, when I signed up, I was able to get a Roku 3 for $49.99 (at the time, it originally was $99).  The Roku 3 was a big upgrade from the Roku 2.

Sling TV's on demand content is by far the largest.  They are beta testing their DVR service (which, unfortunately, they did not let me in on!)  I had a little problem with streams for about the first week, but other than that, there is a short delay when watching TV (I'd say about 30 seconds).

(So far, no one has tagged me in a tweet to @Sling crediting me for a new subscription!)

Direct TV Now:  Direct TV Now is what I'm currently running on.  Of the three services, I dislike this one the most.  The stream stops every once in a while.  Sometimes it will restart itself, other times I have to change the channel to get the stream working again.

On the plus side, I did get an Amazon Fire Stick with Voice Remote for free with the purchase of a month.  This is because Direct TV doesn't have an app on Roku.  I haven't had any issues with the Fire Stick and streaming on anything else except Direct TV.  Also, if you have AT&T Unlimited Plus, make sure to check out their bundle deal with Direct TV Now.

(Direct TV Now is pretty limited on what it can run on. On my laptop, it won't run on any browser, and there is no app for Windows.  It runs fine on my phone, though)

Final Verdict:  Sling TV.  It'll be Sling TV x 2 when they get their cloud service up.  But watch out Sling!  YouTube TV is coming out.  When I checked them, they haven't released in my area yet (Las Vegas).  However, since it is a local deal, they may be like the Vue and broadcast for the west coast (this means no live wrestling for me!) I'll update this when I get the chance to try it out!

Let me know what you think! Follow me on Twitter @BLoafX!

Those Selfish Passengers on United Flight 3411

There has been a lot of talk about how evil United (even though it was a police officer) was when they dragged that old man off flight 3411.  Although what they did was inexcusable, you can't just look at them in this situation.

Please keep in mind that in 2015 my girlfriend and I volunteered to take the next flight out of Denver to Vegas.  It was the last flight out of Denver to Vegas, so we had to fly out the next morning.  Here is what we received for volunteering:

1.  $500 vouchers.  One each, total of $1,000 in flight vouchers.
2.  Meal tickets for dinner and breakfast.
3.  A night at the Renaissance in Denver.

We almost opted out of the hotel.  It took about an hour roundtrip in the shuttle to get to the hotel and back to the airport, and the flight the next morning was only about 7 hours away, plus having to go back through security (which I LOATHE).  I've stayed at Renaissances before, so I knew that it was a nice hotel, so we took the hotel.  So, $1,000 in flights, about $30 in airport food, and $100 hotel room for about a 7 hour delay.

Let's break down those passengers from United 3411:

1.  These passengers were flying on United.  They weren't flying on a private jet.  The vast majority of passengers were flying coach.  This tells me most of the people on the plane most likely aren't the most important people in the world.  Every single one of those people didn't have to be somewhere.  It is very unbelievable to me that there wasn't one person on that plane that was willing to miss one day's work for $800.

I did a quick search on United.com and found these roundtrip fares from Louisville, KY to Honolulu, HI during August 2017 (vacation season, flights are cheaper in the fall/winter).  $917 - $800 = $117.  A roundtrip flight to Honolulu for $117.  To me, that's not a bad price, and would be worth getting to wherever I was going 15 hours later.  Plus, I would've had a free night in Chicago!

Before you lose your mind on me for not saying "$800 in a travel voucher," that $800 voucher is just like using $800 on any United flight.  You have up to one year to use them, and you can book outside of that year.  That's $800 that only an idiot would decide willfully to not use.

2.  What shocks me is that once this old man started screaming and being forced off the plane, no one did anything!  No one tried to stop the police.  No one volunteered.  They all sat comfortably in their seats and just filmed it.  Not one person thought, "Hey, maybe I should try to stop this in some way."  Instead, only a handful of them pulled out their cell phones and just recorded the incident.  Granted, that is something at least, but them letting an old man get treated this way is quite off putting.

At least there was some good news to come out of this situation.  Delta is reportedly willing to give up to $2,000 for a passenger being inconvenienced!  I wonder how long the delay would have to be to have that happen!

One thing I would have loved if I was a flight attendant would be the option to drive to the airport I'm suppose to go to.  United was looking for 4 volunteers so 4 crew members could get on and was willing to give $800 each ($3200 in vouchers).  Why not just have the crew rent a car and drive down to Louisville?  Car, gas, insurance I would guess would be about $400-$600 for that four hour drive.

Keep in mind that if you do use travel vouchers, they do not cover baggage fees!

Other Fake Quotes of Politicians Some People Think Are Real!

Click on the picture of the TomiHawk missile to see the blog on quotes dedicated to her!

So, maybe you've seen my Tomi Lahren Quotes.  It was only natural that I spun off and did some of

"My boyfriend..." The Rose Fatale Answers a Squishy Question!

Oh man.  Are you a lady who has a boyfriend who tends to "mark his territory" by using your body?  Perhaps The Rose Fatale has an answer for your problem!

The Rose Fatale is a Dating Advice show that airs every day at 8 P.M. EST / 5 P.M. PST every weekday on YouTube!  You can ask your questions in the comments or tweet to him on twitter @TheRoseFatale!

http://www.twitter.com/TheRoseFatale

And make sure to subscribe to the channel while you are at it!

Workplace Romance - The Rose Fatale

Are you in desperate need for some dating advice?  Look no further than The Rose Fatale!  He is more than willing to answer any dating questions you have.

Like...

Will Donald Trump Approve this Public Service Announcement?

Will Donald Trump Approve this Public Service Announcement?

(https://youtu.be/mzBXOVESNew)

I really hope Hilary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio take note and hire me to do their next commercials.

Pizza Hut Garlic Knot Pizza no more after April 4th!!!!!!

First off, this commercial is not sponsored by Pizza Hut, believe it or not.

(https://youtu.be/90WTfKCkCx4)

For the last couple months, Pizza Hut has been selling this delicious piece of deliciousness - the Garlic Knot Pizza.  Basically, instead of crust, they line the pizza with Garlic Knots filled with cheese.

So basically it's a heart attack in the shape of a circle.  But your taste buds don't care about that!

Spring 2016 Mystery Groupon Deal for $15 + $3.99 Shipping!

(https://youtu.be/aO8IU2jhThA)

The video pretty much says it all!  To add, I think I gained a few dollars from this #MysteryGroupon.  I found these Wexley Home Throws for $24, but it was on a site with a Groupon Deal, whatever that means.

One thing I forgot to mention is how this was a little bit more exciting than gambling at a casino.  I've always been intrigued by the mystery boxes (especially Crate Joy's Pro Wrestling Loot), and this deal may have deterred any notion of me gambling at a casino and instead put that money in to a mystery box!

(In case you really care what the throws look like on the mentioned black couch)

Look, it's basically gambling, but at least I may get something I will like.  At a casino, I might get $.45 casino credit to eat my depression-based-on-losing-money away.

Should I order some more #MysteryGroupon deals before they run out? Let me know what you think!

The Adventures of Birdman - Chester and Lester

(https://youtu.be/BrmuBUM7oPg)

This was filmed years ago - circa the end of 2012.  It's not perfect - it was one of director Tony Donald's first shorts.  However, this could be one of those "so bad, it's good" deals!

Written, Directed, Edited, Scored, and Starring Tony Donald, "The Adventures of Birdman" chronicles the life of crime fighter, Birdman.  And no, he's not out there fighting larger than life villains.  He's out there fighting the scum of the earth, for everyone from you to me.

Patches' Blog - He Likes Dungeons and Dragons?

You don't know who Patches is? Well, just for you, he has started his own blog!

A Manager's Day featuring Toom E. Guci

(Direct link to video - http://youtu.be/fPqBd-x1eys)

I originally shot this in August 2014 for a class in college.  I dropped out of college because college was a complete waste of time.  One year later, I finally sat down and edited this over a 3 day period. 

One thing I think I would have done differently would have been to make this a 720 project instead of a 1080 project.  The footage shot on the 5D would have been downed a bit, but everything else was pixeled to death because I wanted to showcase the 5D :(

LINKS!

Toom E Guci's YouTube Page:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8GlTBF3Fr1U0oMYJrueYLQ/featured

Toom E Guci's Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ToomEGuci @ToomEGuci

Wrestling Videos in A Manager's Day:
Honor Pro: Episode 2 - https://youtu.be/q6D-PTMqGds
Lucha Libre P.O.R. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXnvAyKy4kI
Toom E. Guci Highlight Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnBIHKWp2TY
Team Badd Company Music Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5Sjdb7N21U

High Impact Wrestling - https://www.facebook.com/HighImpactWrestling

Equipment used

 

Gambler's Anonymus: An Independent Public Service Announcement

http://www.gamblersanonymous.org/ga/

 

When I was attending college, I had to shoot a Public Service Announcement.  My co-director, @GaviolaMedia, and I came up with the idea to do it on gambling.

We knew we had to use The Rose for the main role, and we got Kristi for supporting actress.  They did a great job, as you will see in the following PSAs:

(60 Second PSA)

(30 Second PSA)

 

We sent these commercials to Gambler's Anonymous and they never got back to us :(  We didn't think they were too bad for not having a budget!

 

We also thought the best part was the slogan "Don't Bet on Debt".  If anything, we thought we would get a response on that!  But nope!  Oh well, at least we had fun doing these (except the doing-it-for-a-class part....if we would have saved the $3,000 from the class and just invested it in to this commercial who knows what we could have done!)  I can't complain though - I do enjoy the "I Bet I Can Quit" slogan as well.

 

If you like The Rose's performance, make sure to check out this blog post I did on him appearing in some of mine and @GaviolaMedia's work!

The Rose: The Awakening

(Photo Credit - @Banjjmedia on Twitter)

 

You may not know The Rose, but you could some time soon.

Gaydiator

This is just a post I'm putting up in hopes that someone knows the whereabouts of a nice little flash animation called "Gaydiator."  It is from the mid-to-late 90's and it is a flash spoof of the trailer for the movie Gladiator. 

Please leave a comment if you know where it is!  I even contacted albinoblacksheep.com and one gentleman who responded remembers it, but doesn't know where to find it :(

Game of War: Fire Age Memes

I will soon do a video on Game of War: Fire Age.  However, I was talking to SWLibra last night and I made some pretty sweet memes.  If you play the game, you'll get them.  If not, then they will just be memes you don't understand.

I use the Meme Generator App from ZomboDroid.  This is probably my favorite app.  I liked/use it so much, I even paid for it! After they added multi-slide memes, I pretty much needed to buy it.  It's fast and easy, and you can use whatever image you want in it.

Enjoy!  Hope you laugh at least two of them!!

Defending my "Resume/Cover Letter" and Shortening the Hiring Process

*****Took the videos down for a while, just as a precautionary measure :)

I'm sick of filling out applications.  If companies didn't need to know every detail before they look at me, I probably wouldn't have become sick of it.  It makes it even worse when I need to physically put in every single time I've been unemployed for a day.

 

Unfortunately, that was not the case, so from now on, my welcome video for The RAW Loaf is going to be my cover letter!

My Cover Letter!

(Link:  http://youtu.be/NkaRGbxQCCI)

 

I'd be pretty shocked if an employer wanted to talk to me after seeing this video as my cover letter!  Perhaps the employer might see me as I want to be seen:  fun person who obviously put a lot of work in to making a lot of videos of which the cover letter is compiled.

 

Seeing that there is no "serious" side of this cover letter, I decided to make another video today that would be more along the lines of my resume, and allow a potential employer see me without me having to spend all that time filling out an application that won't even conclude in me getting any face to face time.  This video goes over my work history and my most powerful trait that I can bring to the table.



Defending the resume/cover letter

(Link:  http://youtu.be/w-1KTtclZv8)

 

This was actually the second shot at doing the "Defending" video.  The first time, a beam of light was on/around my mouth the entire time and I didn't notice it until I went to edit the video!  The sun going down over the horizon is what caused the bluish-ness at the end of the video.

 

This will either make or break me.  It's probably going to break me, I'll be honest.  I really don't care, though.  After the streak of bad luck I've had this year, I'm not afraid to try something new.  You can't lose what you never had!

A note on the minimum wage jobs - I probably would have taken one of them if I didn't care about them.  However, and a lot of people say I'm wrong for this, I don't want to get hired by a company only to leave them when something a little better comes along.  I understand that there is a lot of time, money, and maybe even training that goes in to hiring just one person, and it would be extremely hard for me to leave a job without giving it time first. #LoyaltyProblems

I know I'm definitely one of the hardest working people I know.  However, I really don't feel like it anymore eh.



 

It looks like I will be spending Christmas alone because I am stuck in Vegas due to the On Call position I have.  It will kind of suck if they don't call me over the next week.  I wouldn't even mind working if I knew I was going to work, but this sitting around waiting for a call is a bummer!  But I guess this is what I get for not being good enough for full time work.

 

Perhaps this is what I get for not being good enough to graduate college!

(If you are as annoyed by the focusing issues as I am, I apologize.  That Canon Powershot S110 is one decent little point and shoot, but apparently, it doesn't know what to focus on sometimes)

 



 



Irish Car Bomb Course

(Direct link:  http://youtu.be/9nCd-NB80to)

 

 

Just what is the Irish Car Bomb Course?

 

Necessities:

 

1 750ml Jameson

1 750ml Bailey's

5 12 oz bottles of Guinness

1 shot glass

1 pint glass

 

(obviously, more shot glasses and pints are needed if you aren't being an idiot and doing it alone)

 

Ultimately, the goal is to put down 10 Irish Car Bombs in 3 hours.  That is an Irish Car Bomb every 20 minutes.

 

It's really stupid.  But I made it and I have tried to do the course...twice.  In this video (I was drunk when I archived the footage, and I thought I lost a lot of footage, but I found it a couple weeks later, haha), I managed to put down NINE (9) Irish Car Bombs.  However, I only met the 20 minute time frame in the first half.  The second time, I think I only made it to 8.

 

I did this as part of a group project for my Sociology class.  I was shocked when I didn't get in trouble for showing it in class.

 

All of the songs in the video:

"Barroom Hero" - Dropkick Murphies
Duff Beer Song
"Friends In Low Places" - Garth Brooks
"Shots" - LMFAO ft. Lil Jon
"Gimme that Wine" - Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross
"Blame It On the Alcohol" - Jamie Foxx
Duff Beer Song
"Brass Monkey" - Beastie Boys
"I Gotta Get Drunk" - George Jones, Willie Nelson
"Caribou Lou" - Tech N9ne
Duff Beer Song
"Tequila Makes Her Clothes Come Off" - Joe Nichols
"Drink and Fight" Buck-O-Nine
"Party Hard" - Andrew W.K.
"Die for Metal" - Manowar
"Liquor, Beer, and Wine" Reverened Horton Heat
"Quiet Whiskey" - Wynonie Harris
"2 tha Bar" - Fojay tha Phantaztik
"Lovestoned" - Justin Timberlake
"Rock and Roll All Nite" - KISS
Scotsman Song - Bryan Bowers
"Tequila" - The Champs
"Gin and Juice" - The Gourds
"Mambo No. 5" - Lou Bega
"Gin 'n Juice" - Snoop Dogg
Duff Beer Song

Will I try again for a 10th?

Crazy Dance Fail Caused a Sore Groin - Personal Epic Split

(Direct link:  http://youtu.be/JD0_-d0zt6U)

Crazy Dance Fail Caused a Sore Groin - Personal Epic Split

 

This was one of those nights I'm not particularly proud of, but I'm glad someone recorded it.  I would have never dreamed of doing the splits - even if it was the easy way!  This happened over seven years ago...man, that was so long ago.

 

Fun fact about this night:  This was the first time I ever drank so much that I don't remember what happened.  The next day, I woke up and went downstairs, wondering why the insides of my legs hurt so much (and no, I don't get hangovers).  Everyone told me to watch the video.  I then learned why my legs hurt.

 

If this video gets over 15,000 views, I'll put up the video that was captured later that night! Here is a preview screen cap:

 

(Attack of the old school night-shot from 7-years-ago cameras!)

 

Birth of a New Nation (Silent Short Film)

This is my last piece of work I made while attending The Art Institute of Las Vegas.  If you understood a part what I was trying to communicate through this piece, you'll know that I am extremely unhappy with my experience at The Art Institute of Las Vegas.  The part I was trying to communicate was the fact that The Devil came from and returned to the area where the Art Institute thermos and koozie were on the counter.

Weird Al Inactive Music Video

The Rose and I made this music video.  I heard the song on a drive to Phoenix after the album release, and when I got home, I realized it was one of the songs off the album that didn't get a music video.

The song is "Inactive" off of Weird Al Yankovic's #1 Billboard Album Mandatory Fun .  It is a parody of Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive."  If you purchase the album, make sure to get the CD - Mr. Yankovic may not be releasing any physical albums after Mandatory Fun.

(Only one donut was harmed in the filming of this music video)

 

I wonder if Weird Al actually watched it when he favorited my tweet!  His account did!  Check it out here!

(Weird Al is one of the ones that favorited.  He didn't retweet, but I am not complaining one bit.  A favorite meant so much to me!)

 

***Update - I will be doing a short video showing you how I got the shot from behind the car soon! By 1/19/2015!***