Kick-back Time In Ventura

Above, The Beast at camp. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

A couple of nights were spent at the Ventura Beach RV Resort with my former roomie, Jes. I got home a little while ago and finished unpacking. We had a great time.

She needed some relaxation time (and to give her dad a break), so she came along and enjoyed it.

We also had our pets with us. She brought her dog Lola with her and I bought along my cat Sierra. The two of them got along just fine. No problems at all!

Above, Lola and Sierra. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The weather was nice and the park was not too crowded. We just cooked, relaxed and watched season six of The Big Bang Theory on DVD. She had never seen those episodes before (she bought me the set a couple of months ago).

I did hear from my ex-fiancee Denise Santos two nights ago at the campground. She sent a text and asked for my address (which is strange, since she already had it). Perhaps to finally send the wedding/engagement rings? The text message she sent was a trifle incoherent, so it is hard to say. But she did ask, "please stop contacting me via txt or email."

Well, since I broke off contact with her in June, the only thing I sent her was an email with my demand letter, which is what the courts require plaintiffs to do before initiating lawsuits. When I sent my address to her, I reminded her of this (just in case she plans to pull some B.S.). I have no plans for any further contact with her.

I am about to meet with an attorney and any communication to her in the future will be done by him anyway.

Speaking of Denise, I saw a video a friend sent last night about narcissists. Here, Coach Corey Wayne described her to a "T". It was uncanny! She did/does everything that's described in the video (but I am not saying she is one). After watching it, I sent it to a friend and she said, "It is scary how accurate that is!" If you suspect that you are dating a narcissist, this is a good video to learn what to watch out for. Things are starting to finally make sense!




Despite all that, I had a great time during the past three days!

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UPDATE (1/12/17):

Just as I suspected last July, I was being set up by Denise Santos. She accused me of "stalking her" and filed for a temporary restraining order. We appeared in court in August and she dropped the action as my attorney and I had documents proving that she and her "flying monkeys" were stalking me and causing problems while I was trying to avoid her. There is some "residue" from that, whch I am still dealing with. When it became apparent that I was being set up, that's when I decided to fight back and ratcheted up the rhetoric on this blog. I am now convinced that she has narcissistic traits.

DVD Acquisitions Today

Today was spent running around shopping with my former roommate, Jessica.

The places we shopped at included Dickies, Target, Big Lots and Bed, Bath & Beyond. By the end of the day, I was pretty worn out. It almost felt like we went Christmas shopping.

I made a couple of DVD acquisitions today.

First, was the sixth season of Big Bang Theory. I've seen all episodes through season five.

Second, I picked up the DVD set of the first (1966) season of Batman. I haven't seen these in ages. I watched the first two episodes this evening (featuring Frank Gorshin as The Riddler).

Right away, I noticed a familiar face from the Adventures of Superman. Richard Reeves, who played crooked wrestler "Bad Luck Brannigan" in "No Holds Barred" in 1951 (he appeared in several other episodes as different crooked characters), had a cameo in the first Batman episode as a nightclub doorman.

It looks like I'll have plenty to watch for a while with these DVD sets.

Hot Topic Pop-Culture Store

Above, "Big Bang Theory" t-shirts.  Had I had the extra cash on me, I'd have bought one of these.

Today, I had an errand to do for my roomie.  I had to pick up some suspenders for her to wear for her new job.

The pop-culture store Hot Topic had what she wanted and I went to the local store at the Topanga Plaza mall in Woodland Hills.  Prior to this, I never heard of Hot Topic.  So I went there to pick up the item and found a really cool store.

I spotted goods for a number of pop-culture characters, including Superman, Batman, Hello Kitty and the television show, The Big Bang Theory.

According to Hot Topic's website:

The Birth of the Loudest Store in the Mall

It all started in 1988. A ton of teen retail accessory stores littered the malls, but there weren't any cool, music-inspired accessory destinations for both guys and girls. Enter Hot Topic. 

As 1990 rolled around, adding apparel seemed like a no-brainer, so we brought in the ultimate music fan essential: band T-shirts. Customers flipped when they walked into Hot Topic stores and saw Bauhaus, The Cure, TSOL, and Depeche Mode rock tees. Within a year, we offered about 50 different band titles, along with rock-inspired clothing lines like Lip Service and Serious. As we continued to expand, we discovered that our customers were also drawn to the underground cartoon, cult movie, and comic book scenes, so we brought the world of South Park, Care Bears, Superman, SpongeBob and tons of other pop icons right to them!   

In 1996, with about 60 teen retail stores, Hot Topic became a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ stock exchange, under the symbol HOTT.  

Today, Hot Topic offers band-related apparel and accessories, licensed merchandise, and fashion apparel and accessories, which you can find at more than 600 stores (check out our store locator  to find the location nearest you!) and online at www.hottopic.com. Nearly 25 years since our founding, you can still feel the passion for music and pop culture in everything we do: in our stores, at HQ, in our distribution centers and in our products. 

Hot Topic is a part of Hot Topic, Inc., based in Los Angeles, Calif. Read more about our company here.  

 Unfortunately, Hot Topic had nothing kaiju-related.  Still, it was a fun place to browse around in.  

Check them out!