The Joey Factory

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Is the Economy bad? Yes. But it could of course be worse. With GM declaring bankruptcy, it’s a scary world out there. I am in no way a professional analyst of our economy but we have certainly instilled an overwhelming amount of fear on to our consumers. We have put so much fear into our society that everyone is afraid to spend a dollar. A dollar does not have any value if you keep under your mattress. I think if everyone spent $10.00 each today we would improve things immensely. It may not be that simple but I’m pretty damn sure it would help.

The news, the government, and the world has put fear into our economy. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to identify that there is a financial crisis, however grim we should be optimistic. As FDR once said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” So please stop programming us all to say the economy this and the economy that. We cannot sit here and be afraid to spend a little money or make a big purchase once in a great while. Spend your money, but just keep yourself in check. Stimulate the economy, don’t fear the economy.

This ripple effect of fear has even influenced,in my humble opinion, the big TV networks ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and The CW. I mean have you seen the way these people cannot take risks if their lives depended on it? Look at all the shows that were going to be on the air and then they freaked out and canceled them because of the economy. It may not be written in any story but you know it was implied or said by the people who make these decisions. Now of course a few of these shows have had a few seasons to do something and well they just aren’t kicking it anymore and that’s fine. But then you have other shows that had an episode or two and how can you know long term if that show was a money maker or not. Read this story for more insight.

You may have a rating system, but in this day and age ratings don’t mean shit. Seriously! Gossip Girl does not have the best ratings but if you haven’t noticed there is a huge following. Where does this huge following come from? Well let’s talk about technology that exists today. You of course have old school VCR recording, DVR, TiVo, and iTunes. With all these things how does one really know how many people actually watch that show? And after every episode of Gossip Girl, go to iTunes on a Tuesday afternoon and you will see the number one downloaded show will be Gossip Girl. So somebody needs to reconfigure these technologies and find a rating system that works. And not to mention you can also watch your favorite show online from Hulu or the affiliated network who already airs your show.

Now there are some things they are troublesome in this economy as of now. Jobs are certainly not knocking on your door lately, but if you are unemployed be creative. There are jobs out there but they may not necessarily coincide with the education you’ve paid for. Well tough shit. If you need to be a pizza delivery driver to pay the bills, so be it. Or like I said get creative. Check out this story that Yahoo! posted the other day: 10 Part-Time Business Ideas. You can make it work if you put forth the effort and be a persistent son-of-a-bitch. People like food so be a baker, people always need pictures so be a photographer. Bake a bunch of pies and perfect your art. Take a shit load of pictures and you’ll be surprised at your talent. While you are at it make some controversial videos and put them on YouTube and hope and pray for the best!

Even South Park has a solution for this economy! Watch it! SOUTH PARK.

Take a fucking chance on life and don’t let fear be the leader in your world. I really do believe that if you ignore the shit you hear from the media you may actually start to improve the quality of your own life. You do need to stay informed on what’s going on in the world today, but take most of the shit they feed you and flush it down the toilet. And if you want real news watch and listen to BBC News, they don’t sweep shit under the rug like American News.

I’m so glad to get that off my chest.

In personal news: vacation was fun. Florida is pretty. And yes I went in the ocean, 3 feet of ocean. Sorry there are still sharks in that water, even if they were on break, deep sea fishing. I’ll do a picture blog later this week.

What I really want to talk about is Leighton Meester and Taylor Momsen from Gossip Girl. They’ve gone into the music business. And well I fucking love their songs! Listen for yourselves!

And lest we not forget Ed Westwick’s (Chuck Bass) band, The Filthy Youth:

FUCKING AMAZING! I’ve got my summer soundtrack all lined up bitches! Oh p.s. check out this track featuring Leighton Meester, you may have heard it on the radio…

Good Girls Go Bad by Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester

So I’m totally in love with these outfits I just created on Photoshop. Obviously the T-shirts are designed by me and are available on my store, but the whole outfits are amazing. In fact these would be my fashion recommendations for all boys! Please disregard that these beautiful models do not have arms nor heads, lol.

This first outfit is obviously my personal style personified! POP STAR.In my heart I am a Pop Star and I always have loved this style. Something great to wear when you go out or to shoot a music video in. Wink! I was amazed to find these jeans online, because they look just like my old ones! Advice: Never throw away your bleach jeans, ever! I think I’ll make a new pair.

The Casual Defiance Style. Looks like you are just in an every day outfit but, then of course, you have your thought provoking t-shirt on. Below The Influence. Honestly I designed this t-shirt specifically for those damn commercials, “ABOVE THE INFLUENCE.” Those commercials annoy the hell out of me. First off the commercial categorizes drug addicts as minorities, and then it has the audacity to brainwash you as well. I’m not a drug user, smoker, or drinker but give me a fucking break. I’m Below The Influence, not above, I support my druggies and Abby Normals.

And lastly Vintage Chic Style. The Alphabet Pony T-shirt may be a new design, but the whole feel of the outfit is definitely vintage. Skater like shoes, baggy jeans, and a charcoal t-shirt with a design that resembles vintage company logos. And it’s of course it’s chic because I designed it!

In other news look at Britney Spears’ shoes:

Aren’t they amazing? Yes!

Well my shows are all coming to an end this week and next… Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Gossip Girl, and 90210. When the shows are over, it’s time for summer! Yay!

Today I also worked on a top secret project which only a few people have known about. It’s a special song that I plan to do the triple threat with: song on iTunes, video on YouTube, and if you’re lucky, REMIX! All I will tell you is that I have made lots of progress with this song today. I’ve got the vocal tracks all layed out, as well as the basic melody, and even a beat! I have my new iDrum program to thank for that. Seriously beats come easier when I can just create patterns with a program. I admit that beats are my weakness, but I will no doubt continue to work on them. Oh one more thing the song is called IF U LUV ME. That’s all I’m giving. Those of you on the inside with recording experience may see my songs before others, but it’s cause I’ll need input!

I don’t really think you can officially say it’s spring until dandelions are in bloom. To me above all things spring is here when that beautiful weed is here. I don’t like that people consider them a weed. I certainly do not consider them a weed. They smell like a flower. Look like a flower. And taste like a flower. I did use to chew on these when I was a youngin’. I’m super glad to know that spring is here.

I definitely enjoy the warm weather. But I do not think I’d like the warm weather all year round. I’d become very irritable. So I’m glad that we have four seasons here.

I’m glad that spring is here, but I’m patiently waiting for something far better than spring… This rumored new iPhone 3g that may be announced at the WWDC(World Wide Developers Conference) in June. I am dying to have this iPhone and I don’t even know what features it will have, but who cares. The only thing I’m hoping for this new iPhone are two things. A rather good camera with a zoom lens and it should be able to record video! I can’t believe the current iPhone does not record video! Oh well, it better.

Another thing that I can’t wait for is this new Gossip Girl spinoff about Serena’s mom, Lily. Brittany Snow is going to play a young Lily. It should be pretty amazing. It’s to be set in the 1980s and well that in its self is fucking awesome. Look at this promo ad! OMFG! He he. I do believe I’m as gitty as a school boy right now:

And to make matters even better, No Doubt, will playing themselves back in the day. I’m glad they are back together because I need my No Doubt. “I’m just a girl…”

Speaking of No Doubt. Have you seen Gwen Stefani’s new look. Words do not describe:

And now back to me. My phone is still not working and AT&T is to have a tech person call me by tomorrow or else. I really never knew how many times I make a phone call, until you don’t have one. On my days off Danny shares his phone with me so we can still communicate back and forth for the store. I dislike his phone a whole lot, but I’m not going to complain because a phone is better than no phone. I really think I can manage waiting for a few more months for the new iPhone, even though a little piece of me dies every day, I’ll make it.

Oh and let me tell you something else. X-Men Origins: Wolverine kicked motha fuckin’ ass! Wow there was so much in there I’m still absorbing it all. I really enjoyed Hollywood’s version of connecting all the dots. From who Wolverine really is, to a whole bunch of side stories that I felt were not in the way, just an added bonus. And the last battle scene in the movie with Deadpool pretty fucking neat shit!

—–Days Later—-

I haven’t had a decent post in a while because I haven’t had much to talk about. So sporadically I’ve been adding to this one post when I have something to say. Like last night I saw Star Trek. Move over all those celebrity crushes I’ve had lately…

I’ve had a thing for All American Boys as far back as I can remember. When I was little they made me giggle. When I was in eighth grade they were cool. And over time cool translated into I have a massive crush on you. Well Chris Pine is beautiful but what makes him more beautiful is he is a fucking amazing actor! Bravo!

I admit I wasn’t a really big Star Trek fan growing up and don’t really know much about the franchise, but I’m willing to learn because it’s so cool. I have seen marathons of the old television show and I’ve enjoyed them. I’ve seen Star Trek: Wrath of Khan and I did watch Star Trek Voyager with Captain Janeway regularly. So I believe I am a fan, just not a very knowledgeable one. Oh well I’m young so I have plenty time to learn.

AND P.S. I HAVE A NEW PHONE! YAY! THE SAMSUNG SGH-A737!

Finally it has been done. When I am bored or when I am not bored, it doesn’t really matter, I Google Image myself. I like to see myself at the top of the list and well, for a while here I wasn’t! It angered me so much. When I Google: JOEY BROYLES, I expect Joey not Joe Broyles from Ohio who looks like my father as a teenager. Is it possible that my Dad has another kid floating around competing with me on Google Images? Probably not, but the resemblance is a little more than uncanny. Anyways I fixed this problem with posting a bunch of pictures of myself and making damn sure to name them each JoeyBroyles_001.jpg, etc. Here are my results:

I’d like to thank Google for creating a new way for one to be vain. I’m definitely happy with the results and will have to stay on top of this, so it doesn’t happen again. The first three images were all mine and that makes me super happy.

In other news Danny and I had a relaxing Easter Sunday. Sometimes you just need to get away from family and make time for yourselves. So we did just that. We spent time with each other! We slept until 10am and then rolled out of bed. I showered and checked my Facebook and Twitter, such addictions! Then we took off to see Adventureland!

I loved it! It was a great movie set in the 80s. One of the greatest decades to do movies in. In fact I don’t think one understands a decade until it has passed and taken time to age. Decades are like wine, not to be appreciated until after they’ve aged. Never mind that I hate all wine! On with the show, Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg are beautiful and amazing and it really had everything you wanted in a movie. So now of course I’m dying to have the soundtrack, but more importantly I want a Games T-shirt from Adventureland! I’ll wait a few weeks to see if Target is cool enough to carry such a shirt and if not I’ll be on the internet searching until I find the exact one.

After the movie we went downtown Madison and toured the Capitol ourselves. Just looking at the pretty insides of the marble beauty. We were there until 4, when they close. We then walked State Street just window shopping and getting exercise. We stopped at the Exclusive Company and I totally wanted all the Melrose Place DVDs, but I guess I’ll start asking for those for my birthday and Christmas.

State Street grew tired of us, so we left and went out to eat at Perkin’s. Where I’m pretty sure our waitress forget to suggest pie, which means we could have collected free pie, oh well I was full anyway. Especially with all this Easter candy, everywhere! I bought way too much, oh well, sweet tooth.

When we got home we just sort of chilled and have been doing our own thing. Of course every so often we bug each other with little fun tid bits of information. But you do need space in a relationship, peeps! Anyhow I’ve been editing Shanikwa’s website and now it’s done. Here’s a screen shot of it’s new beauty, which includes an all new bio!

F.Y.I. Gossip Girl fans, the Easter Bunny brought me Edward Cullen pins and Gossip Girl the Board Game! I played against Danny tonight and finally I beat him. Ha! HA! Ha! I feel as giddy as a school girl! That’s right a school girl. Ain’t no shame! Bitch please! Well I’ve got to start working on this Shanikwa song I’m writing, so later!

So let’s get right to it with what has been bothering me all day. It’s not that my Twilight DVD has arrived. It’s not that my favorite show Gossip Girl is sitting in my external hard drive waiting to be watched. It’s what I did at work today.

I cleaned a two rather large used metal desks. You know the ones that our elementary teachers use to have. The industrial wood laminate and metal desks. I confess that when we buy used desks we have found all sorts of treasures. Sometimes personal artifacts, sometimes a dime here or there, but mostly we find rubber bands, paper clips, and hanging files. But today I found something completely different, let’s take a look shall we:

I’m baffled because I have no idea what the fuck this is! Please tell me what it is because this desk shits rainbow colored shit. Did someone have one of those ice cream pushups? And was there some sort of no eating policy? Perhaps instead of getting caught, they stuck in the back, before their office door was opened by their boss. That’s one guess. But I cleaned this desk out so i’m not so sure.

The texture was sticky, so I decided, to wear some sexy purple latex gloves. F.Y.I. protection is best in these situations. I used lots of Windex to see if it would dissolve and it didn’t. So I used the metal scraper/razor blade thing to scrape it out. It’s bottom was as smooth as a circus peanut and was also as light in weight. Clearly it is some sort of candy that I’m unfamiliar with that must have melted there.

Now, if you notice, the after picture shows a whole mess of things that have stuck to this mass of rainbow shit. Like a screw, several rubber bands, an invoice of some sort. But I’m not going to dissect it to make sure. Besides I am not a qualified scientist in taffy. Perhaps that’s what it is. No I’m sure now that it’s that taffy candy that you get around Halloween. It’s wrapped in that clear wax paper and inside are those rainbow colored taffies. There you go! That’s my conclusion!

Tomorrow looks to be exciting! My friend Jamie and I are going to be making an interesting collaboration with my character Shanikwa Jones. She is to pay me in mascara, since Shanikwa has none and she said she needed some! I will not buy mascara for myself because it costs way too much fucking money if you ask me. Anyways that’s the deal, so Jamie give Shanikwa some mascara.

Anyways, Jamie is going to be a professional photographer. So hire her! But she’s taking some classes right now in the video world. Yay for her and definitely, yay, for me! So Shanikwa Jones will have an instructional video out pretty soon about: “How To Communicate, Successfully in a Relationship!” Hopefully I can pull it off, but I know we’ll be fine. Magic happens when you hit record!

In other news I’m working on a concept for a podcast/videocast! It’s totally going to be about pop culture, “real” life, and whatever else I wanna talk about! It will be called The Real Joey which will parallel with my high school obsession with documenting myself. Don’t worry it’ll be on YouTube soon enough!

Stay Tuned Bitches!

I’ve had and have many guilty pleasures, aside from Girl Scout cookies. Trashy prime time television has been my favorite since Melrose Place. “Mondays are a bitch!” I was no older than eight years old when I started watching these kinds of shows. I went from The Smurfs to Melrose Place. I can remember when Jane (Josie Bissett) and her sister Sydney(Laura Leighton) got into that fight. Sydney was in Jane’s wedding dress and Sydney said, “Let me go or I swear to god I’ll break your arm.” and in the pool they fell. I don’t know when the expression OMFG was invented but for me it was at that moment. I’m in love with gossip, teen angst, and a good bitch fight. What else does life have to offer?

Since the rebooting of 90210, I have hoped and prayed that the remake of Melrose Place was around the corner and it so is! I just read this amazing story about Ashlee Simpson joining the cast of the new Melrose Place.

I fucking love it and the description of her character as follows: :”Violet Foster, a Spokane, Wash., gal who hops on the bus to Los Angeles the day after she graduated. Violet is described as having a sex appeal she’s not afraid to use to her advantage and a seeming small-town naiveté that masks her shrewd, plotting nature.” I hope she’s a slut, I really do. Now I do mean that in the nicest possible way. She’ll be wonderful and maybe she’ll put another CD out soon, I hope!

You better believe that I’m an Ashlee Simpson fan. I’ve been one since her reality show and I’ve bought every cd she’s recorded, on the release date.

I hope this new Melrose Place soars and gives me a bunch of those dirty camera angles of clothes falling to the ground, ie sex! And there better be a gay boy on this show, for real! For me the character Matt(Doug Savant) was the first gay person I knew of and I always thought, secretly, that he was beautiful.

Last night I watched three episodes of the new 90210 so that I could catch up. That show has gotten really juicy, aside from Annie’s lame parents. Seriously! Any of you out there ever recall both of your parents coming into your room all lovey-dovey to see what you were doing? Maybe when you were like what, an infant, not when you are a teenager. It’s so fake and maybe this really does happen, and I’m just out of the loop because I grew up in the land of dysfunctional. Any way anytime they have a scene I want to either skip to the next scene or yell at the screen. Now of course Annie was never my favorite character until last night! She’s getting bad and that’s great!

But I do have a confession that my straight crush award goes to Anna Lynn McCord. She’s just a knock-out! And plays the best bitch, the one you love to hate, and I love a real bitch!

In other news where the hell is Gossip Girl, now that’s my favorite show. The idea of a bunch of Upper East Side New York kids and all their money, fashion, and problems. Delicious and something to envy or even die for. Now with this show I really don’t have any pet peeves other than I wish it was not on rerun right now.

This show has style, class, grace and a very improved talent. The character I might identify most with is probably Dan, but we all know I’d rather be Chuck Bass(Ed Westwick), or just sleep with him. Simply put, I really wish there was a Gossip Girl who existed during my time at Sun Prairie High, it would’ve made life that much more fun!

Well I made my own Gossip Girl site but it’s really just poking fun at my friends. Trust me I’d love to have my site anonymous and waste my days texting and blogging about current high schoolers for sport! But alas, I am not one who likes being arrested or sued for slander. Below is a screen shot of my site!

Yes the expression has been used many a time, Joey “you have too much time on your hands.” Well friends, there is never enough time to do whatever you set your mind to. If I want to bleach a couple pair of jeans, design a website, or make a YouTube video then I’ll do just that. Keep in mind I have to two full days off a week, so that’s all I’ll ever need. Two days!

That’s right you…BITCH!

I started the day at Cameo Day Spa & Salon where one of my best friend’s Lindsey(LNZ, as I will forever refer to her as) works. She styles or cuts my hair, whatever it is. We’ve been working on my look for awhile I’m trying to accomplish Chace Crawford‘s hair style(GOSSIP GIRL). I still have a long way to go, but I’ve got more hair now than I did last year. I’ll put a picture up and show you the status of my hair. I do love photo shoots with lots of eyeliner and a new t-shirt.

Downtown Madison is as close as to Chicago as we can get without going there. Madison has State Street and well you know what Chicago has. We went to a restaurant, that my friend Krystal G. and I had tried last week, Cosi. Pretty damn yummy stuff. Flat bread is delicious! She bought lunch because her boy toy owed her big time for never-you-mind! Then we had to part ways, it’s so sad when she has to go back to work. I guess it’s weird to have Tuesdays and Thursdays off, but that’s how it works in my job. Lnz and I use to have the same day off Tuesdays, so we’re always sad when she has to go to work.

Then I drove home to pet my cat and grab my phone, which I left in my bedroom. I always forget something when I’m in a hurry but usually it’s like a charger for the computer or phone, not my actual cell phone. Speaking of cell phones, I’ve been obsessing over the iPhone since it’s first generation release and all I want is that damn thing but I never can swing the price. I would definitely stop eating for a whole month for that thing! Someday I’ll get it. But now I hear there is another one coming out, possibly 32GB version with a 24 hour battery life. I think I can wait for that one and maybe by then AT&T will figure out their 3G Network issues. Anyway I need one.

Yes I’m completely aware of how materialistic I am! So fuck off to those of you who think we should be feeding all these people in other countries with our low income paychecks. How about you bitches who tell me I should go help the children in foreign countries realize: that us middle class people are having a hard time, just as others. If you’ve got the money go and pay for a whole meal for a starving child in (insert your poor country of the week here). Note I do not own the iPhone, so you can’t tell me I need to feed another hungry person. If I were rich and famous I’d have my own charities and make sure that a true 80% of all donations go to these children and their families personally.

I had to get that off my chest because one time some random asshole stumbled across one of my old blogs and chastised me for being a spoiled little American. Sorry you must have me confused with someone else because I have not been spoiled. You want spoiled look at the Hollywood children!

Now back to my day. I continued on to Star Cinema: IMAX where I picked up my WATCHMEN IMAX tickets. Very excited to see this movie, it looks fantastic! I really enjoy the glowing blue man and that girl who stands next to him at the climax of the trailer. Danny and I are going to the movie with our friends Monica, Cedric, Lnz, and Mario, so we’ll definitely have an amazing time!!! I have to preorder tickets when it comes to opening weekend because if I don’t there’s always that chance that the 10:20 PM showing on Saturday would be SOLD OUT! And as we all know that sucks so bad.

Onto Target! I have a super Target near my house and I love shopping there because it’s an upper class version of Wal-Mart. Don’t worry I’m a bastard and I’m also addicted to Wal-Mart too. So I walked in and went straight to the electronics center and stared at the movie Australia. I wanted this movie so damn bad because despite what critics said, it was fucking great. Oh well I didn’t buy it and for good reason. Next week I’ll be purchasing another flop movie called Howard The Duck along with Disney’s Pinocchio and if I can get away with it Kelly Clarkson’s new cd too.

So I picked up my gurrl, Jamie’s birthday present. It’s really amazing, but she’ll read this and then know what it is and sorry Jamie not til Friday! On my way out I had picked up the Lady GaGa CD because I can’t get her out of my head. Now mind you I hate her first single(Just Dance featuring Colby O’Donis) with a passion but I really enjoy every other song. Well I had two POP CDs and some other items and Chris The Probably Gay Cashier said, “Not into rock, huh?” Um excuse me where on Earth do you get off judging me by just two CDs? I’m going to rant now.

I’m an eclectic music boy who prides himself on just that. Ask anyone who knows me and they’ll probably say he has a very eclectic music collection. Let’s see as far as rock goes right now I’m very into The Kills, White Lies(UK Gods–throw back to the 80s), The Killers, OneRepublic, and Muse. And let’s define Rock as not Hard Rock, I’m speaking Rock! Anyway I pride myself in my musical taste because I’ve got a whole platter of genres and a lot of the shit you probably haven’t heard of before. I would like to take this moment and say, “Chris. I’m really glad you listened to Metallica on your lunch break. I listened to The Kills on my way to Target.” Such a fag. I think I’ll make him a mix and say, “Here. Broaden your horizons.”

I don’t know if it’s just me. But I really don’t like other gay boys other than my boyfriend and a small handful of friends. I hate the clubs, I hate the whole scene. I’m by no means a prude. I watch porn and all that jazz. But geez does everybody have to be, “OMG! I’m uber excited!” It’s just gross. There has to be a club I can join to ban against the Super Effeminate Homosexuals. They have to be put on their own planet for real. This does not include drag queens, transsexuals, or transgendered people. I’m only annoyed by this super effeminate race, if you will, of homos. It’s so hard not to go up and ask, “Hey man? What the fuck are you on?” Probably ecstasy.

That’s all I want to say today!