Birthday Presents

So yeah....... I am finally getting around to showing you what I got for my birthday, even though it was back in May.

First up is this:

 ARCHER season two in Bluray.  If you've seen it then it is quite self explanatory.  If you haven't, well, it is rated M for Mature.  They don't drop anything bad like an F-Bomb, but they do curse.  The characters are hilarious and quite sarcastic.  I love it, although I probably shouldn't.

Next up is this:

 That is right.  You are seeing it correctly.  It is, in fact, The Lord of the Rings PEZ dispensers with PEZ candy.  It is a fine gift, unique and thoughtful, and PEZ candy is old, and dare I say classic?  Anyway, I haven't had PEZ in many, many, many years.  And this reminded me why.  PEZ is good candy, not great, not amazing, just good.  The problem though lies within opening the package, however they wrap it, it is horribly done.  So bad that you literally end up unwinding and taking the PEZ out one at a time.  It's quite annoying really.  Then you have to put them in the PEZ dispenser itself which is also annoying and time consuming.  Oh sure people would say "Well after all that hard work, the candy will be worth it", wrong.  After all the grueling, annoying, work you put into getting the candy out of the package and into the dispenser, it really isn't worth the effort or candy.  Maybe it would be worth it if it was an amazing candy, but it's not.  Other people would bring up the point of "well why don't you just eat the candy from the package instead?", I could but what is the point of having the dispenser?  Just throw it away?  I think not.  The present was great and like I said thoughtful and unique, but so help me if I get another PEZ gift in the next 30+ years something bad will happen.

Last but not least:

These shoes are Nike's Dual Fusion ST2's.  I'm a fan of Nike, Adidas, and Reebok, so when I chose these shoes I was expecting great things from them.  I was right and I was wrong.  These shoes fit me great, they also look great.  The downfall to them then?  They claim to be running shoes.  Claim to be.  Through all the years growing up, shooting countless basketballs with vigorous footwork, the many years of soccer, the two years of high school track, and the many hiking trails I have traversed, I have never had shin splints, until these shoes.  One of the few times I didn't do my research and it bites me in the butt bad.  I got to talking to my friend, who before his mission worked at a place called "Ossine Shoes".  They sell brands of shoes I had never even heard of, but are apparently some of the top best running shoes.  A lot of popular brands like Nike, Adidas, Reebok, and others like them, according to my friend who worked at Ossine's, says that those brands all have a "running shoe" or "shoes" but really they are not running shoes at all and that you should go with real running brand shoes that actually have awesome support made out of gels and other various stuff.  Brands he mentioned to me are: Asiscs, Mizunos, Saucony, Brooks, and New Balance.  I've been told that Ossine's will even do a foot analysis to help you find out what kind of running shoe you should get.  If I had the cash I would go there right now I get me a new pair of running shoes.  Looks like I'll be using these shoes as more of day to day wear, or simply just running(goofing) around the yard type of shoe, instead of actually running in them.  At least they look good and feel comfortable.  They just aren't the right kind of running shoe for me.