There is a Time For Giving...

Did anyone else notice that the week or 2 before ANZAC Day, many other charities started running collections as well? I mean, outside my office alone I saw people collecting donations for guide dogs, the deaf, and the Salvation Army (how rude of another defence force to seek donations at the time of remembrance - I don't know how many troops THEY lost in the World Wars)

Now I'm not saying ANZAC Day is sacred or anything, but since there are 52 weeks in a year, why would you choose to time your collections at the same time as another organisation?

Obviously I do see why they would do it; the general feeling of New Zealanders actually giving for ANZAC Day and hoping that while they are in a generous mood they will give to their cause too.

But my issue is, a lot of people don't really think like that. Most people are really only going to choose ONE charity to give to at a time, and therefore they are losing the real spirit of charity and putting themselves in competition with each other.

And before people say I don't know what I'm talking about, please remember that I worked for a charitable organisation before I moved to Christchurch - competition CAN manifest when seeking contributions at the same time.

And it's not that I don't think people should be generous. Not at all. But I do live by the Gene Simmons theory of 'You should give to charity, but don't give and then go around telling everyone because then you are just doing it for the glory'. It's why I've always had a real problem with churches and the whole keeping a record of your "tithes" thing so at the end of the year you can see how much you gave and then claim it back in your tax return. It's conceited to say the least.

So yeah, if you are looking for donations from Logman - or kid ego (because according to blogger we are two different identities) - then don't run your campaign at the same time as another charity. It is like when 50 Cent and Kanye West released their albums at the same time - you know one of them had to miss out.

Wow I actually just compared charitable organisations to millionaire rappers!

More of the Old News

Due to my lack of blogging over the last few weeks, there is a build up of things I was supposed to write about. I'm getting there, back off!

But I figure today is the day to do it; the person who sits behind me is away today, and my work is boring. So, with the King singing all his hits and some peanut butter toast on my desk, let's see what obnoxious things I can say today.

On a side note, after offending Louise, I finally thought about something I could write about that wouldn't offend anyone... but now I've forgotten.

How To Start Your Birthday Well

It was my birthday a short while ago, and thought I would share the two highlights of the evening before:

1. I bought a coffin

2. When getting on the bus, the driver called me "Young fella"


As you can imagine, the second one made me happy for the rest of the night

Some New Zealanders Don't Like Rugby

Note to Bluebird:

While I do enjoy eating your potato chips, I don't particularly enjoy finding a picture of a rugby player in the packet. Jerome Kaino may be "one of the most athletic loose forwards in New Zealand rugby", but to me that just makes him even more of a jackass.

I Am the One and Only LOGMAN

Yesterday I read about a promo Bret Hart gave a few years ago, in which he made a direct quote from the song "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" by Smashing Pumpkins. So, naturally, I spent the rest of the day trying to see if I could find a copy of it online for my viewing pleasure. And to show Brad once and for all just how awesome Bret Hart truly is.

Don't worry - this is going somewhere.

Anyways, I tried many different approaches, until I searched google using the term "bret hart + smashing pumpins". Try it, and then go to page 2 of the searches. And what do you see at the top of that page?

MY blog!

Crazy. The link it comes up with is to my May 2007 entries. It made me laugh, anyway.

So in that vein, I decided to google "Logman". Want to know how long it took before this blog appeared?

4 pages!!!

And even then it was at the bottom of the 4th page! My blogger profile came up before it, showing me how little hits this blog gets. I feel so insignificant.

But what was worse was seeing some guy on here called LogMan - because he build houses. Chump.

Oh what a sad way to end the day...


No wait. It's not over yet...

More Conversations with Jay-Z

Back to Jay-Z and his new deal with Live Nation.

I was thinking about how he is contracted to deliver one last album on Def Jam before he can start with Live Nation, and it got me thinking - considering Jay was the CEO of Def Jam up until the start of the year, wouldn't that mean HE was the one who brokered a record deal with himself???

I can only imagine how negotiations went...

Jay-Z “Man, all these rappers today are lame. We need someone awesome to come back and make us lots of money. Ms. Roberts, get me Jay-Z on the phone!”
Ms. Roberts “Certainly sir… He’s in your office now”
Jay-Z “Thanks. Yo, Jay my man, how you been? How’s retirement?”
Jay-Z “Yeah pretty good – not as many bitches and hoes, but I still got my bling so it’s all good”
Jay-Z “How would you like to come back and make a few albums?”
Jay-Z “I dunno… would they have to be any good?”
Jay-Z “Nah, don’t worry about that. But if you can give us 3 albums really quick, we’ll give you millions of dollars!”
Jay-Z “Make it a few more million and you got yo’self a deal. But I want these albums more promoted than anyone else – no matter how bad they are!”
Jay-Z “ALLLLRRIIIIIGHT!!! Now, let me take you out for dinner tonight – Def Jam’s treat, of course”

Old News is Good News

Again with old news, but hey - shows you just how backwards I am sometimes.

I just read that Jay-Z and Beyonce` finally got married in the weekend. Personally, I think it is about damn time. No offense to Jay-Z - everyone should know how much I enjoy his work and respect him as a rapper - but dude, with your looks and history, that is one deal you should have finalised a long time ago.

I've often wondered a guy engaged to one of the hottest women in pop music would postpone their wedding for so long; does he worry about their age gap? Does he want them to focus on their careers while she's still young? Does he want to keep sleeping with other women and not risk them getting divorced and her taking half of his fortune? Probably.

Anyways, here is my theory, presented to you in what I believe would be a typical conversation between the two:

Beyonce “Baby can we get married this year?”
Jay-Z “Sorry, B, but I only made 36 million dollars this year, and a small percentage of that has got to pay for all our champagne and jewellery, some new clothes – and my car is now 6 months old! I can’t have people making fun of me for having such an old car! And that’s only gonna leave me around 25 million to live off for the rest of the year. Maybe you could do a new video in a bikini to help boost sales?”

But then last week, with the news of his HUGE new deal with Live Nation, things changed...

Jay-Z “Good news! I just got me a deal where they give a 25 million advance on the new album. Let’s get married!”
Beyonce “Great! I’ll book the venue and get everything organized…”
Jay-Z “Whoa slow down. It’s only 25 million dollars, so we’ll have to keep it real low key – probably have to have in the apartment. We just can’t afford to spend this too quickly – won’t get another advance until I do another album, which could be a few weeks away”
Beyonce “Can we at least have a honeymoon?”
Jay-Z “Sorry but we just can’t afford it. Plus, I gotta do a sold out concert the next night just to help pay for this damn wedding. Do you think we is made of money or something? Now leave me alone - I gotta buy me some new million dollar sunglasses to use in my latest video. And go put on some hot pants - you ain’t lookin skanky enough today!”