Long time Google Maps lurker, first time GeoGuessr player

For anyone who knows me, they know that I love learning about countries. Their flags, capital cities, languages, everything. It's literally my second favorite love behind math.

I was also surprised that I had never played GeoGuessr regularly. I created my account on July 11, and after a few free daily challenges (and played in a 100-player multigame with a streamer), I took the next step towards a subscription.

This is my 4th day playing this and I already love it. Sure, I gotta know the meta, but I think I got the basics down, like direction of the sun, the languages, the driving directions, etc.

I'll be spending my free time learning and playing the game so I can figure out where these places are, but I think so far I'm getting it.

Mega Victreebel

I'm playing Pokémon Legends Z-A this fall, so I want to show you the newest Mega Pokémon that was revealed yesterday.

Source: serebii.net

This is Mega Victreebel. Although it keeps its original Grass/Poison typing, the main characteristics of this new Mega sound dangerous (especially if you have never played the game)

It keeps the acid inside it by wrapping one of its vines around the throat to close its mouth, but even that's not really enough.

I don't know if I will have Victreebel on my team, but as the launch date gets closer, I really need to start thinking about what Pokémon I want to have on my team.

Can Bingo be this intense?

 Apparently, yes, if you're playing Bloxy Bingo on Roblox

Ladies and gentlemen (and nb's), meet my new favorite Roblox game Bloxy Bingo.

For context, I joined Roblox on June 11, 2025 (at the ripe old age of 36, how have I not done this earlier) and so far, I have played Squid Game (Ink, Hide and Seek, etc), Dress to Impress, and Math Murder. They're all great games.

But this past week, I started playing Bloxy Bingo out of boredom and so far, I managed to win every stage of the American Bingo, as well as one of the stages of the British Bingo. That is crazy considering there are 80 people to a server at one time, even crazier that I just started playing.

However, the intensity comes in when there is one or two numbers left and someone else calls bingo first, you're playing with at least 4 cards, and even if you find yourself surrounded by other players. That last part hasn't happened to me yet.

If you have Roblox and want to play Bloxy Bingo, go for it. If you don't have it and want to play it, download Roblox and go for it. By the end of this, you too will have a love and hate relationship with Bingo

Reviving this blog after 16 years

Chat, it's been 16 years since I updated this blog. My previous posts were about news and other things from the perspective of a 20-year-old college student. Now, at 36, my priorities have changed. I'm still a bit of a news junkie, but I have since fallen in love with Eurovision, reignited my love for Pokemon (it never went away, chat, it just laid dormant), I graduated college and started working, and I'm currently exploring the possibility of streaming and making content. I hope you join me on this ride as I lay my thoughts and opinions on topics at hand

A Friday Look at Things

It's Friday. It's Juneteenth (June 19). It's #followfriday on Twitter. It's TGIF (unless you live in a country where it's SATURDAY!!!) Anyway, for the past week, I've been updating a friend of mine about goings-on at CNN (including stuff about Errol Barnett and Michael Holmes). I think we're both admiring CNN anchors... more than we should right?

You might've noticed that my twitter avatar and the avatars of my friends on twitter have turned green. Well, that's because since Friday June 12, Iranians were in the news for, you guessed it, the elections. Last Friday, Iranians voted in the 2009 presidential election. There were 4 candidates, but the two major ones were Mahmoud Ahmed-not-yab (can't spell his name at the top of my head. Not bothering to google it either) and Mir Hossein Moussavi. Ahmed-not-yab (they told me it's Ahmadinejad) was officially declared the winner on June 13, and the rest is history. Moussavi supporters were protesting to no end, declaring the color green for the candidate, and that's how we are going green on twitter (and we're not talking environment here) If you have twitter, go here: http://www.helpiranelection.com and your avatar will be green in one shot.

Another thing about the Iranian elections is the media restrictions. I was watching CNN (partly because it's my favorite channel and mostly because they got great reporters) and they got restrictions. First, it was 'international reporters cannot go to rallies' and then Reza Sayah (who I'm liking more and more) only had to do one live report a day (don't know if any other network is having this problem too). Well, that's why CNN got Octavia Nasr, Errol Barnett, Christiane Amanpour, Ivan Watson (looking good in Atlanta) and, yes, Reza Sayah, and the so-called 'Iran Desk', but I know they've used it for different stuff in the same matter and scale. If Reza can only do one a day, team coverage is a must. Go CNN!

And local news here say that they got the autopsy of little Orlando girl Caylee Anthony, and I'm guessing it's gruesome. Will check it out later, though.

And it's almost summer (unless you live in places like New Zealand, Australia, most of Indonesia, South Africa, South America, and the like) so crank up your AC. If you live in places I just mentioned... crank up your heater.

That's my Friday look at things. Wait for my rant when it comes.

Also follw me at @dezbee2008 on twitter.

What I Didn't Expect -- June 7, 2009

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2067242889

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2069910887

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2070024962

"What I Didn't Expect" -- June 6, 2009

Seems to me like my fellow twitterers are enjoying this. :-)

June 6, 2009

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2051540325

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2055275206

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2059212149

What I Didn't Expect -- June 5, 2009

First from my friend Alex in Germany:

http://twitter.com/Axl0706/statuses/2040230875

Now for today's updates:

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2041757539

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2042345041

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2046398362

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2047282327

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2049470395

What I Didn't Expect -- June 4, 2009

June 4, 2009

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2026435342

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2028583305

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2029206791

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2032339705

From my friend Liam in England:

http://twitter.com/DayNightTrader/statuses/2032444527

Back to the game:

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2032808079

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2033695737

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2036698562

From my friend Julie in Brazil (currently in Canada):

http://twitter.com/Julie_DC/statuses/2036738425

"What I Didn't Expect" Twitter Series -- June 2009

This will be updated as the month go by:

June 1, 2009

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/1991052865

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/1992490540

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/1995679829

June 2, 2009

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2005785191

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2006998110

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2009654142

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2010089396

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2010745734

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2010760539

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2011202615

June 3, 2009

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2016186025

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2018163368

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2018824032

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2019785037

Top 10 CNNI Moments of May 2009

It's the end of May (actually, it's June 1st) and I wanna do something different. Here is my top 10 CNNI moments of May 2009

10) Opel deal saves Berlin's GM division -- yay
09) Trying out a coconut -- Andy Saputra 1, Arwa Damon 0 (BackStory)
08) Tweetathons from Rosemary Church, Kristie Lu Stout, Richard Quest, Errol Barnett, folks from BackStory, and so on.
07) Matthew Chance's a 'chance' encounter.
06) Undercover rep in Myanmar easily recognizable (thank you mute button)
05) 2 million displaced in Pakistan (very sad)
04) Susan Boyle's almost-triumphant run on Britain's Got Talent
03) Isha Sesay, Mark McKay, and Guillermo Arduino trying their hands at spelling
02) Barcelona wins Champions League (and Alex Thomas wins the bet over Pedro Pinto)

And the number one CNNI moment of May 2009:

01) Arwa Damon's grasshopper eating moment (and the liquor that comes with it)

These are my top 10 moments of CNNI this month. What's your top 10?

Saturday's Rant(s) -- May 9, 2009

Welcome to my Saturday rant. And today, my constituents and I have been looking at Tru TV's schedule (read the last blog entry) and tonight, we're watching The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest Drivers 9. I love "World's Dumbest" b/c not only the people are dumb, but the commentary makes the show a lot funnier than it is (what I like), so...

Constituent #1: We have a fair share of dumb drivers.

Me: Yes, but we have more idiots driving in Florida than ever. In Florida, everybody thinks everybody is an idiot.

Constituent #2: I think California does that too.

Me: No, Californians sit in traffic. New Yorkers flip each other off. Texans keep guns in their cars, boats, RVs, whatever, and Floridians call each other idiots.

Back to the blog: So, the show makes me smarter.

Constituent #2: You are already smart.

Me: Yeah, I know that.

Back to the blog: Also on tonight, it's the Cleveland Cavaliers @ Atlanta Hawks. The Cavaliers (I call them Team Lebron) are the only undefeated NBA franchise in the post season. The Detroit Pistons (I call them Not 0-16) couldn't beat them (and thus became the NBA's version of the Detroit Lions. Why is it that the only decent team in Detroit are the Red Hawks)? Anyway, how is it possible that the Atlanta Hawks (I call them CNN's NBA hometeam) would beat them?

Constituents #1: Yeah, and you can bet that either the Orlando Magic or the Boston Celtics might beat them.

Me: Yeah, right. The Pistons knocked out the Magic twice from the Playoffs, so I'm glad we ain't got the Pistons. However, if the Magic knock out the Celtics (reigning champs) and the Cavs knock out the Hawks, we're in trouble. So you got four choices, it's either Cavs/Magic, Cavs/Celtics, Magic/Hawks, or Celtics/Hawks. In the west, it's either Lakers/Nuggets, Lakers/Mavs, Rockets/Nuggets, or Rockets/Mavs.

Constituent #2: I know someone who is a die-hard Spurs fan, and when Dallas eliminated them, he went for the Nuggets.

Me: And the Denver Nuggets are 2-0 against Dallas. He's probably happy. He'll be like "That's what you get for knocking out my Spurs!"

Constituent #1: And I'm still pissed that the New York Knicks didn't make the playoffs.

Me: Anyway, the Magic are 2-1 against the Celtics. A 23-point difference.

Constituent #2: Game 4's tomorrow, right?

Me: Yes, game 4 is tomorrow.

Back to the blog: I'm still not drinking the scorpion/snake juice stuff.

Constituent #1: I heard it tastes good.

Me: You must've been to Laos.

Constituent #2: Look at you. You guys are still on it.

Me: Yeah, like you're still on Fred Pleitgen's "Too Tall" BackStory a month after it aired.

Constituent #1: Hey, it made it to the weekend "Best Of"

Me: Yes, and I saw it, like 7 times.

Constituent #2: Some building imploded in Orlando today.

Me: It's like every effing Saturday a building somewhere in the country implodes. This week, it's our turn.

Constituent #1: What was it, some hotel?

Constituent #2: Colony Plaza, to be exact. Condemned in 2001. Finally imploded. It's a real treat.

Me: That s*** woke me up. Anyway, I got nothing more to say. I'm outta here.

Constituent #2: Let's go to that burger joint...

Conversations You Will Never Hear From Ordinary People

Constituent #1: Did anyone watch BackStory last night?

Me: I think she did.

Constituent #2: Yes, I did. We all did, actually, and I loved the grasshopper taste test.

Me: Really? I dare you to try out that scorpion/snake juice.

Constituent #2: What? No.

Constituent #1: I would try it.

Me: I'm not going to.

Constituent #2: And you dared me to? C'mon, Dez, a snake/scorpion drink mix? Where can we find that in the US?

Me: It's not in the US. Seems to me like Laos is creepier than I thought, but I digress.

Constituent #1: You said it to every country you can think of. Indonesia's creepy. India's creepy. Malaysia's creepy. Iraq...

Me: Shut up, bonehead. I'm trying to look at Tru TV's schedule for today.

Constituent #2: Oh, look at that. 6 hours of Forensic Files, 3 hours of Speeders, one hour of World's Dumbest, an hour of police chases, 2 hours of Forensic Files...

Me: Alright. First off, I only watch Speeders on Thursdays, and I love World's Dumbest, okay, because it is so funny to watch.

Constituent #1: Yeah, especially after seeing almost every episode of the show. It's like that one guy here that tried to rob a convienient store with a palm frong.

Constituent #2: (holding a palm frong on her head) 50 dollar! Gimme 50 dollar!

Me: It's 50 dollars. Plural.

Constituent #2: Yeah, I knew that.

Constituent #1: Actually, it's Drivers 9.

Me: And you know what that means... Helio is back.

Constituent #2: Helio? Isn't that a Virgin Mobile phone?

Me: Yes. And a phone doesn't comment on people driving, kay?

Constituent #1: Is that the one that has the "Valiant and Doofus" segment?

Me: I thought that was on Criminals 12. I was waiting for that, and instead, I got the "what happens next" segment. Which is really cool.

Constituent #2: I'm afraid we'll have to rename it from Saturday's rant to Commentary for the rest of us.

Me: I'm not even typing today's rant yet, but I guess this will take place.

Constituent #1: Commentary for the rest of us? I propose a weeklong "WTF" series.

Me: Man, both of you are high on sugar this morning.

Constituent #2: What? I haven't got my soda yet.

Me: And I'm okay without it.

Constituent #1: No, let's name this one "Conversations you will never hear from ordinary people"

Me: Hello?

Constituent #2: Dez, I think you lost.

Me: Lost what? I'm still not drinking that scorpion/snake juice stuff.

Constituent #1: Alright, let's get out of here before people say something.

Friday's rant(s) -- May 8, 2009

I got a couple of constituents who tell me that 140 is a magic number... well, I actually told myself. So, one of them said that I got 413 tweets (as of now), 263 friends, 145 followers, yadda, yadda, yadda. Um, yeah, did I not mention that it would've been 269 if it wasn't for several slowpokes. Not naming names.



Alright, all three of us (me actually) are fans of CNN International's 5pm EDT show BackStory (awesomest effing show ever), but one of my constituents (me actually) watched today's show, and it's all because one of the CNNers (Arwa Damon, who is part of my so-called faves list, and so is Christiane Amanpour, Nic Robertson, among others, but specifically Arwa Damon) taped a BackStory that included eating a grasshopper. I actually don't eat anything alive (is it dead?), but after we saw it, did we lose our appetites? No.



Actually, I would never eat anything alive (it's dead right?) because I'm too scared like that, but given all that she has done at CNN, a personal message to Arwa, I'm placing bets that she is definitely 1000% woman enough to not say "I ain't eating nothing alive (dead) after this." Note to self: Stops at 100. Shut up.



Moving on, on a more serious note, Bob Jordan (WFTV ND. I live in Central Florida BTW), said there will be a story on some guy in the area who starved himself just because DCF was too lazy to help out with his problems. Look, people, I understand that more people are losing out on their jobs and other "American Dream" elements these days, and because of that, we do need folks like DCF (or CPS in the other 49 states) to help out. But given the fact that more and more people sign up for food stamps, it's an overboard, and there is a good reason folks like DCF (or CPS in the 49 other states) are overworked, but we still need their assistance.

Finally, a tidbits (well, not really) -- Go Magic (beat the Celtics)

Find me at http://twitter.com/dezbee2008