Articles By: Trisha Duerr

Otterbox iPod Touch Armor Case

Otterbox iPod Touch Armor Case

I love the great outdoors. I love hiking, camping, mountain biking, and listening to music. However, I am completely obsessive compulsive about keeping my iTouch free of scratches, meaning that until now it has been excluded from all of my outdoor excursions. Well, not anymore! I have an Otterbox Armor Case for my iPod Video [...]

Crappy Movie and Crappy Week

I rented “He’s Just NOT That Into You”, and it was horrible. Wonderful cast, horribly long, boring, ridiculous story. NO! Not all women are like that! Stupid waste of a free Blu-Ray movie coupon. Retarded week at work. I can’t go into it too much because of the legally binding contract I signed stating that [...]

Get a job!

Ugh Being a college student off for the summer with limited availability totally sucks. My students seem to think it is fun to approach me with a calendar and checkbook after I’ve sent their bills out and tell me that they want more time off = less money for me after I’ve planned my budget. [...]

Portable NES? Barf!

Portable NES? Barf!

So there is a new portable NES called the “Retro Mini Handheld NES System” that sells for $50 and plays real NES cartridges. It looks like this: And, it runs on 4 AA batteries that supposedly run the machine for about 8 hours. No. 1: If you still have NES cartridges around, you should have [...]

Four more weeks till freedom…

I only have four more weeks until I’m half a nurse. FINALLY! This quarter has been really rough. I’m currently doing Pediatrics, which isn’t too difficult, and I get to play with a ton of kids. Very nice. Sales at Sears are totally down. The Hood Canal bridge is closed for five more weeks, effectively [...]

I'm going to a rock concert tomorrow…

If you count Bret Michaels without the rest of the band to be rock. I got the tickets for free, it’s at a casino, and I can’t figure out what I should wear. Any ideas?

Writing from beneath piles of paperwork and trying to understand commission sales

When I signed up for nursing school, no one told me that instead of taking vital signs and starting IVs I would be doing a ton of paperwork. I have spent more hours doing paperwork over the past year than sleeping. Real nurses don’t do this much paperwork! I say “Hi” to my patient, and [...]

Girls are just as smart as boys, and I PROVED IT!

Electronics and video games have long been a male dominated field. At Gamestop, as an assistant manager, I got made fun of all the time as men scoffed when they found out I was typically the one in charge. In electronics, many men blatantly pass over my offer for help and ask one of my [...]

The real deal with 1080p vs 720p

Working at an electronics store that sells TVs, I run in to this problem all the time: folks coming in who have been told by other salespeople that 1080p is the only way to go, and you are a loser if you buy a plasma. I guess if you’re buying a LCD TV, this isn’t [...]

Getting close to the end + Love Affair with the iTouch

This quarter is almost over for me, FINALLY!!! Test after project after paper after reading… UGH! I am definitely ready to be done. The next quarter starts just a week after this one finishes, and that is going to be hard. I’m going to have to change my work schedule once, maybe even twice, in [...]

Cell Phone Chargers may become Standardized

DUDE! FINALLY! I hate buying a new cell phone and then having to buy all new chargers… home charger, car charger, extra charger… GRRR!!! Check out the article here: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16622-convenient-convergence-makes-phone-chargers-universal.html

What to get an Abnormal Chick for Valentine’s Day

What to get an Abnormal Chick for Valentine’s Day

I consider myself to be abnormal. I’m a gamer, I’m into cars and motorcycles, I like electronics, and I don’t think sex gets tired and lame over time (except with a certain ex-husband of mine), I’m not obese or emo (like other chicks that have my interests), and I’m a musician. So. If you are [...]

OMG Xbox 360 outselling PS3 in Japan

Last night, me and a friend of mine were discussing the recent statistic that Xbox 360 officially sold more units in Japan that the PS3 in January. Apparently, last week Microsoft sold 4000 more Xbox 360′s than Sony’s PS3. WHAT!?!?! I love my PS3. Don’t get me wrong, I used to have an Xbox 360, [...]

Back from a seemingly indefinite hiatus…

Back from a seemingly indefinite hiatus…

Hey everyone, I must apologize for my sudden disappearance from OCMS last spring. You see, I’m a girl. Girls have these funny things called “hormones” that turn us into bitches every once in awhile. And last spring, overwhelmed by stress, moving, divorce, and family…I let my evil side unleash. It was unfair. It was rude. [...]

Emotionally Exhausting

Well, I didn’t really post about Steven and I’s problems…. we were unhappy from the start. It is an extremely long story, but basically I am needy and he couldn’t give me what I needed… just love and support is all I wanted. I won’t get into it because it is so exhausting. Anyway, I [...]

H2O Waterproof Headphones Review

H2O Waterproof Headphones Review

It’s a known fact that the general public loves their music. Anyone can see the success of car audio, satellite radio, MP3 players, CD’s, records, and the like. Only recently has music become portable in a format that works for everyone from athletes to outdoor enthusiasts. One group of people has been consistently left out [...]

Otterbox Armor Case for Apple iPhone

Otterbox Armor Case for Apple iPhone

So you’ve picked up a fancy new iPhone have you? You’ve spent at lease two hundred dollars on one of the hippest phones available. What should happen if you ever dropped your baby? Well… it would be scratched and perhaps even broken. How are you supposed to start conversation with other Apple enthusiasts or the [...]

Otterbox iPod Nano ‘Strength’ Case

Otterbox iPod Nano ‘Strength’ Case

The Otterbox Defender Series case for the iPod nano offers some of the best protection out there. The Defender Series not only looks sleek, but keeps the grime and scratches of everyday wear and tear off of your iPod nano. There is the added bonus of protection during drops, saving you an embarrassing trip to [...]

Car Drivers are Special Ed.

Today was the big day. I moved the princess (aka. my motorcycle.. who is carburated and acts like a princess) from my moms to my side of the water. The ride took approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes. Along the way, I had to drive Highway 18, Interstate 5, Highway 16, and Highway 3. There [...]

GameFly Review (Is it right for you?)

GameFly Review (Is it right for you?)

Receiving movies in the mail has rapidly gained popularity over the last few years. Once seemingly impossible, movie fans now make a list of movies they want to see and get them in the mail once those movies become available. It seems so long ago that I trekked to the store and dealt with rain [...]