Well the semester is finally over. FINALLY OVER. Ah thank the lord! This semester was especially difficult and tough and just ahhhhhhh. But YES it is over. Now we have three weeks off and they are going to be wonderful.
I will be going to see Sherlock Holmes sometime this week, (hopefully) lots of time with Tasha, Christmastime, a 24 Hour long Party/Shindig/Extravaganza, New Year's, and lots and lots of sleep and relaxation. I am going to take as full advantage of this as possible.
Video games, video games, video games. I've already leveled up three times in Uncharted 3 and once in Resistance 3 and came close to another leve in Killzone 3, I am just trying to catch up on playing online. The internet at school is just so terrible that playing online is absolutely terrible.
I thought I was going to have a lot to write nut I really don't after all. Huh, oh well. Enjoy your break you college kids and enjoy the holidays!
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Post 179 | F-ing Republicans
Ok, I have no other outlet for this so I am using my blog because I don't feel entirely comfortable posting it on twitter or Facebook...
FUCKING REPUBLICANS MAN. My roommate and one of my best friends are Republicans but HOW IN HELL CAN THEY SUPPORT THESE CANDIDATES WHEN THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT GAYS ARE PEOPLE TOO. GOD DAMN.
They say they are God loving people, and believe in rights and blah blah blah, but one of Jesus's biggest IF NOT BIGGEST statement is to LOVE EVERYONE NO MATTER WHAT! If they are Christians they would not have a problem with LGBT people serving in the military, or getting married, or having families. It just really pisses me off how people get behind these candidates but refuse to acknowledge that there is this group of people (who are awesome by the way) that, if a Republican is elected president again, will be treated as second class citizens.
I am having a lot of problems with these people right now. I have been watching videos of Republican candidates talking to gay people or about gay people and it really irks me, can you tell? Like this one for instance...
How can people in this country stand for this? Blowing off people who are people just like you and me? I mean really. Besides no matter who we elect there are going to be problems. People are blaming everything on Obama but face it, with a Democrat in office and a house/senate controlled by Republicans nothing is going to get done, and it would be the same thing if McCain had been elected president. IT GOES BOTH WAYS PEOPLE.
I may not be an expert on such things but this is what I have come to observe. I really wish I had a better outlet for this so more people could know what I think. I have another rant I can completely go on about but I will save that for another post. Thanks for reading, sorry if my language offends you but... "Living where there's free speech means sometimes you get offended" - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
FUCKING REPUBLICANS MAN. My roommate and one of my best friends are Republicans but HOW IN HELL CAN THEY SUPPORT THESE CANDIDATES WHEN THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT GAYS ARE PEOPLE TOO. GOD DAMN.
They say they are God loving people, and believe in rights and blah blah blah, but one of Jesus's biggest IF NOT BIGGEST statement is to LOVE EVERYONE NO MATTER WHAT! If they are Christians they would not have a problem with LGBT people serving in the military, or getting married, or having families. It just really pisses me off how people get behind these candidates but refuse to acknowledge that there is this group of people (who are awesome by the way) that, if a Republican is elected president again, will be treated as second class citizens.
I am having a lot of problems with these people right now. I have been watching videos of Republican candidates talking to gay people or about gay people and it really irks me, can you tell? Like this one for instance...
How can people in this country stand for this? Blowing off people who are people just like you and me? I mean really. Besides no matter who we elect there are going to be problems. People are blaming everything on Obama but face it, with a Democrat in office and a house/senate controlled by Republicans nothing is going to get done, and it would be the same thing if McCain had been elected president. IT GOES BOTH WAYS PEOPLE.
I may not be an expert on such things but this is what I have come to observe. I really wish I had a better outlet for this so more people could know what I think. I have another rant I can completely go on about but I will save that for another post. Thanks for reading, sorry if my language offends you but... "Living where there's free speech means sometimes you get offended" - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Post 178 | One More Week
Ok here it is, the last week of the first semester of my sophomore year of college is upon us. One more week that consists of...
Monday: 4 Classes, 2 Papers to turn in, 1 test
Tuesday: 1 Class, 1 Piano lesson
Wednesday: 2 Tests
Thursday: Nothing
Friday: 1 Test, 1 Presentation
I can do this. It is going to be a little crazy, but hopefully it will all fly by and this hell of a semester will finally be behind me. It has had its ups and downs, mostly downs. Not personally really just class-wise. It was really rough and not that much fun and a lot of busy work that seemed pointless and a hassel to me. Hopefully next semester will be better and I will actually learn more.
That isn't to say I didn't learn anything, I did, I just feel like I did not, you know? No? Oh well, I guess it makes sense in my head and that is what is important. I feel like I am forgetting something on that list up there. I just finished the second paper I had to do so that gets that out of the way. I have to study for that test tomorrow which is going to be a thorn in my side. What teacher gives a test and then a final in the same week? One is on a few chapter and then the final is cumulative? INSANITY I TELL YOU. My girlfriend's spanish teacher is doing the same thing to her which is most unfortunate.
We are going to Chicago on Friday after we drop all of our stuff off at home. My girlfriend and other friend love The Rocket Summer so we are going to his concert Friday night. Should be fun I guess. I am more excited for break than the concert. I'll just be chilling and listening to decent music the whole time. My guess is there will be another guy like me who just brought their crazed girlfriend so maybe I'll chat with him haha.
Oh finals week, how I loathe you. I am at home right now, there was a LEGO train show in town this weekend that I wanted to go to so we came home for that and I cleaned my room and made it Christmassy for when I officially come home so I have an easier time unpacking all the stuff I am bringing back. There's a good chunk of stuff. The only thing I am bouncing between is my desk chair, I love that thing and hate not having it at home and I can take it apart so the only thing stopping is the slight hassel. Oh well, we shall see.
Wow I am talking a lot about me lately which I guess is what blogs are for? Maybe? Well I think that is enough of me talking for today, thanks as always for reading and I will write more probably after this insane week is over.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Post 177 | One of Those Days
So today right? I mean Sundays right? I mean one of those days where you do not want to get anything done and you know you have some stuff to get done, or at least should get a jump on, but you wind up only doing some of it because you are tired of the work and have no idea what to do with yourself other than that? You know those days?
Today is one of those days. I have gotten some of my work done, but then I try and play a video game and get bored very quickly, try to watch something on the internet and get bored very quickly just aaaaaahhhh. It's frustrating but whatever. Everyone has these days.
It's going to be like 10 tonight and I am finally going to have energy to do something and not have the time to do it because, well, I need sleep. I like sleep. I guess I could try and finish Blue Like Jazz right now, I am basically done just three chapters left but again, no motivation whatsoever.
Oh well. It's official by the way, I am the new Online Editor for the school newspaper. It really isn't that big of a deal I basically just put stories from the paper up online and make sure the website keeps chugging along. I will probably be meeting with my boss and the teacher advising the whole thing sometime this week to go over a mass of ideas and such. I have to research some advertising things and we also may be creating a Twitter and there's a whole bunch of stuff. Plus I get paid at the end of the semester so that is great.
I also worked at the school radio station Friday night, boy was that an experience. After doing it once I now know what to do all the time and it makes me much less frightened to do it again. I actually look forward to doing it because it gets me money and some experience operating a board, which is something I enjoy doing. I just have to get my timing down right and such and I should be able to make some money here and there at the beginning of the next semester just fine.
Well I guess that is all I really wanted to talk about today. My girlfriend and her roommate are going to a building party so I do not have my usual dinner mates. I have been left to fend for myself. Oatmeal it is! So, thanks as always for reading and this is me trying to post more often so, keep an eye out for more posts in the future!
Today is one of those days. I have gotten some of my work done, but then I try and play a video game and get bored very quickly, try to watch something on the internet and get bored very quickly just aaaaaahhhh. It's frustrating but whatever. Everyone has these days.
It's going to be like 10 tonight and I am finally going to have energy to do something and not have the time to do it because, well, I need sleep. I like sleep. I guess I could try and finish Blue Like Jazz right now, I am basically done just three chapters left but again, no motivation whatsoever.
Oh well. It's official by the way, I am the new Online Editor for the school newspaper. It really isn't that big of a deal I basically just put stories from the paper up online and make sure the website keeps chugging along. I will probably be meeting with my boss and the teacher advising the whole thing sometime this week to go over a mass of ideas and such. I have to research some advertising things and we also may be creating a Twitter and there's a whole bunch of stuff. Plus I get paid at the end of the semester so that is great.
I also worked at the school radio station Friday night, boy was that an experience. After doing it once I now know what to do all the time and it makes me much less frightened to do it again. I actually look forward to doing it because it gets me money and some experience operating a board, which is something I enjoy doing. I just have to get my timing down right and such and I should be able to make some money here and there at the beginning of the next semester just fine.
Well I guess that is all I really wanted to talk about today. My girlfriend and her roommate are going to a building party so I do not have my usual dinner mates. I have been left to fend for myself. Oatmeal it is! So, thanks as always for reading and this is me trying to post more often so, keep an eye out for more posts in the future!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Post 176 | Think Positive
Hell I am almost there. Less than three weeks left and this hell of a semester is done. It has been kicking my butt hardcore and I am so tired of it I just want to walk up to my various teachers and throw the respective books for those classes in their faces. That may sound a little violent, but hey, that's what it feels like to be a college kid.
Life has been good, there was a rough week or two in there somewhere but I decided to be happy instead of pissed of all the time at the little things in my relationship, and guess what? It worked! I believe my girlfriend and I are as happy as ever right now, and why we are no longer in the "honeymoon" phase anymore, I am quite happy with where things are.
Let's see what else... Indeed school is crazy and hurts my head on a daily basis but like I said before, I am almost done with this semester then I will have a much needed break. I am going to begin working at the campus radio station more regularly now, which is good because I need the money. I also go in tomorrow morning-ish to see what responsibilities are included in being the online editor for the school newspaper.
Getting involved right? I don't have band anymore and these are both things I am interested in. Very much so. I like the idea of posting the news stories on the internet simply because it is the most interesting form of media to be involved with right now. With the evolution of HTML-5 and websites becoming more and more interesting and easy to use and f-ing fantastic, it only makes sense that our school's newspaper explore what kind of presence it can make for itself online.
Oh but this radio gig, I think the first time is going to be the scariest, I am just so unsure of myself but I think I can do it, and if I have any problems the guy said I could call him, he is only two minutes away, which is great. My only concern right now is getting into the building on Friday night haha.
I always say I am going to write in here more but I never do, I have been way to concerned with taking care of myself and getting my life on a good path and just trying to have a great time and try not to look down on the little things too much. I know I am looking down on the rest of the semester, but give me a break on that one? I am beyond tired of this semester.
I am going to Chicago on Saturday with my class and we have to spend upwards of 30 bucks. I MEAN WHAT? ARE YOU CRAZY? Having to spend more money after the book and paying for the class itself paying even more money to do something is just dumb. Making us take the train downtown, and the EL and the bus and a taxi? Are you kidding? I don't have that kind of money to just throw around. BLARG.
On top of it all I got sick tonight, not a cold sick, but a bad stomach ache sick and that was most unpleasant, hopefully I will feel better tomorrow.
I just thought of something negative I could say about my girlfriend, but I chose to ignore it in my head and think of the positives instead, it made me smile, which is good! People should be smiling more and frowning less. Think of the positive! We don't have the power to change the entire world anyway we want and we should really just live with what we are given and deal with it and make the best out of it instead of trying to change everything to suit our exact needs.
I can say all this and still only slightly believe in God right? Ok cool. I am reading this really good book Blue Like Jazz and am really digging it, you guys should check it out whether you are religious or not, it's quite funny and even thought it is about a guy believing in God, or his path to God, it is really interesting to read about and study.
Ok I think that is enough of me on my pedestal for one night, I should probably catch some shut-eye, not too long of a day tomorrow, but a lot of homework to get done for College Writing II and Persuasion and Media Influence (the second of which is the Chicago trip). Thanks for reading guys, I really appreciate it. Talk to you guys later!
Life has been good, there was a rough week or two in there somewhere but I decided to be happy instead of pissed of all the time at the little things in my relationship, and guess what? It worked! I believe my girlfriend and I are as happy as ever right now, and why we are no longer in the "honeymoon" phase anymore, I am quite happy with where things are.
Let's see what else... Indeed school is crazy and hurts my head on a daily basis but like I said before, I am almost done with this semester then I will have a much needed break. I am going to begin working at the campus radio station more regularly now, which is good because I need the money. I also go in tomorrow morning-ish to see what responsibilities are included in being the online editor for the school newspaper.
Getting involved right? I don't have band anymore and these are both things I am interested in. Very much so. I like the idea of posting the news stories on the internet simply because it is the most interesting form of media to be involved with right now. With the evolution of HTML-5 and websites becoming more and more interesting and easy to use and f-ing fantastic, it only makes sense that our school's newspaper explore what kind of presence it can make for itself online.
Oh but this radio gig, I think the first time is going to be the scariest, I am just so unsure of myself but I think I can do it, and if I have any problems the guy said I could call him, he is only two minutes away, which is great. My only concern right now is getting into the building on Friday night haha.
I always say I am going to write in here more but I never do, I have been way to concerned with taking care of myself and getting my life on a good path and just trying to have a great time and try not to look down on the little things too much. I know I am looking down on the rest of the semester, but give me a break on that one? I am beyond tired of this semester.
I am going to Chicago on Saturday with my class and we have to spend upwards of 30 bucks. I MEAN WHAT? ARE YOU CRAZY? Having to spend more money after the book and paying for the class itself paying even more money to do something is just dumb. Making us take the train downtown, and the EL and the bus and a taxi? Are you kidding? I don't have that kind of money to just throw around. BLARG.
On top of it all I got sick tonight, not a cold sick, but a bad stomach ache sick and that was most unpleasant, hopefully I will feel better tomorrow.
I just thought of something negative I could say about my girlfriend, but I chose to ignore it in my head and think of the positives instead, it made me smile, which is good! People should be smiling more and frowning less. Think of the positive! We don't have the power to change the entire world anyway we want and we should really just live with what we are given and deal with it and make the best out of it instead of trying to change everything to suit our exact needs.
I can say all this and still only slightly believe in God right? Ok cool. I am reading this really good book Blue Like Jazz and am really digging it, you guys should check it out whether you are religious or not, it's quite funny and even thought it is about a guy believing in God, or his path to God, it is really interesting to read about and study.
Ok I think that is enough of me on my pedestal for one night, I should probably catch some shut-eye, not too long of a day tomorrow, but a lot of homework to get done for College Writing II and Persuasion and Media Influence (the second of which is the Chicago trip). Thanks for reading guys, I really appreciate it. Talk to you guys later!
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Post 175 | Uncharted 3
So I wrote this review of Uncharted 3, and I gave it 5 out 5 stars on giantbomb.com I thought I could post it here so maybe some other peeps could read it. Enjoy!
Going into Uncharted 3 one could say I was more than a little bit excited. After Uncharted 2 I was more than ready for more globe trotting, train hopping, ass kicking action than ever. Among Thieves set such a high precedent for what could follow that I honestly wondered if they could live up to their own standards. I loved Uncharted 2 so much, and played the hell out of the multiplayer that I enjoyed so much, that every other video game that year fell to the waste side. Uncharted 3 was an instant buy for me, no matter if it lived up to the expectations or not, and I am pleased to report it just about did.
First off Uncharted 3 is an amazing game, and it is easily my choice for game of the year, and the one I hope wins in deliberations this year, but it is a game that is also flawed. I wanted to fly through the game just like a movie, so much so that I wound up moving the difficulty level down. I am not inherently bad at video games, but I would rather enjoy the story than face a serious challenge. I would say it helped the experience a little being able to gun down enemies a little easier and not failing as frequently.
There were a few moments sparatclly through the game where I found myself up against a wall and unable to pass it. I would do what the game wanted me to do, but I would just fall. This happened specifically in the Syria level while I was climbing a tower. I was swinging a chain to and from and jumped the way they wanted me to but it took me a good ten tries to finally get to that spot they wanted me to. It was quite fist shankingly frustrating but once I got past it and moved on I got distracted by the awesome the game was.
Other than that the only other things I had difficulty with were after the large battle among the wreckage of the boats I was unsure where to go and had to look around for a good ten minutes and the shadow puzzle. These three flaws that may have only appeared in my game put a damper on the experience a little but did not stop me from having a great time at all.
Now I mentioned earlier that it "just about" reached my expectations. Much like Uncharted 2, Drake's Deception had its set pieces and crazy moments, but I remember being much more "wowed" while playing Among Thieves. Whether it was riding a train for multiple levels, or jumping through a falling building, or climbing up a train that is falling over the side of a cliff, Uncharted 2 was simply amazing, and while some of those "wow"s are in U3 as well, U2 just did them better.
But Uncharted 3 shines in a different light and what I believe makes it the game of the year is the story, and how well it is integrated into a video game. This game's story is something to behold, with character development, and heart renching moments, and a flash back to boot, I enjoyed it and was on edge the entire time. A moment within one of the final chapters of the game had me yelling at my television and got my roommate quite concerned. I could sit here and type about the gunplay, or the AI, or the traversal, and animations, but the shining light of this game is really the story. It really feels like you are reading a page turner, or watching a relentless movie.
Uncharted 3 has its flaws, if you diverge from what they want you to do you will break the flow of action, or if you die the same will happen. But falling out of a f-ing airplane, hallucinating, and the sheer level of detail and graphical design easily outweigh any negatives that could come out of this game. Uncharted 3 was an amazing experience, and I will be diving into this multiplayer more so than any other game I have bought this year.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Post 174 | Hello Blog
Hello blog, how are you? You been ok without me? I know I have been neglecting you lately but I have good reasons!
Things around school have just been insane. Three research papers. THREE. That's a lot of sources, and I hate research papers. I really, really do. I am not that great at them and I would rather just write all my own opinions based on my experiences than try and incorporate sources. BLARG.
My relationship with my girl has been good. We had a very good fall break. Other than that not much to talk about. Something seems a little weird to me today that I realized but I don't want to make something out of it unless I confirm for a fact that something is there to worry about.
My peeps at home are ok. Every time I go home there seems to be a lot of fighting which is unfortunate but what else is new really. I think the house being under construction for so long is finally hitting everyone bad. Scaffolding in the great room for months now is just ridiculous on something that should have taken my dad a week, two tops. I can't help because I am at school but I would have killed him by now.
It's really sad about Steve Jobs. Really really sad. He was such a visionary and even if he was a jerk once and a while he knew how to run a business and run it well. He had incredibly visions of where he wanted his company to go and that's where it went. I love iOS 5 and my iPhone 4. It's all great. Oh and my MacBook Pro, can't forget Marv, he is awesome.
House is pretty great this season so far. I love House and Wilson together. Weird without Cuddy and I hate Foreman for being in charge but I have always hated Foreman so we shall see where this season leads us and hopefully it is not the last! That would be most disappointing!
Well, I should go to sleep now, 8:30am class. Goodnight blog, I apologize I have been gone for so long, I will talk to you soon, I promise.
Things around school have just been insane. Three research papers. THREE. That's a lot of sources, and I hate research papers. I really, really do. I am not that great at them and I would rather just write all my own opinions based on my experiences than try and incorporate sources. BLARG.
My relationship with my girl has been good. We had a very good fall break. Other than that not much to talk about. Something seems a little weird to me today that I realized but I don't want to make something out of it unless I confirm for a fact that something is there to worry about.
My peeps at home are ok. Every time I go home there seems to be a lot of fighting which is unfortunate but what else is new really. I think the house being under construction for so long is finally hitting everyone bad. Scaffolding in the great room for months now is just ridiculous on something that should have taken my dad a week, two tops. I can't help because I am at school but I would have killed him by now.
It's really sad about Steve Jobs. Really really sad. He was such a visionary and even if he was a jerk once and a while he knew how to run a business and run it well. He had incredibly visions of where he wanted his company to go and that's where it went. I love iOS 5 and my iPhone 4. It's all great. Oh and my MacBook Pro, can't forget Marv, he is awesome.
House is pretty great this season so far. I love House and Wilson together. Weird without Cuddy and I hate Foreman for being in charge but I have always hated Foreman so we shall see where this season leads us and hopefully it is not the last! That would be most disappointing!
Well, I should go to sleep now, 8:30am class. Goodnight blog, I apologize I have been gone for so long, I will talk to you soon, I promise.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Post 173 | I Feel Like Writing
With my feet up and leaning back in my comfy desk chair I have decided I feel like writing. It happens once and a while where suddenly I just feel like writing something but I do not know what. I drew this random guy in my moleskin notebook today so maybe I could write about him. I also drew the Deathly Hallows symbol so I clearly have Harry Potter on the mind. I also have been looking up Daniel Farady today. Gotta love LOST. So maybe combine those three in some ridiculous fashion? It would be kind of ridiculous but I guess that is what makes some stories great, just being ridiculous and parodies are good. I am also rewatching Season 1 of House so you could say I am addicted. Let's try and combine some of these things.
"You cannot conquer death." A raspy yet wise voice said out of a dark corner. "You have not reached that point, how would you know?" Questioned a man in a white shirt and black tie his eyes wide, leaning slightly towards the corner where the voice traveled from. "I have seen things, unbelievable things. People die. Death comes knocking and wisps someone away without caring." He replied his voice soft and understanding. "I have done years of research and I have discovered three objects that could possibly prove you wrong!" Said the other, becoming more and more excited. He withdrew from his pocked a small stone and out of his bag a slender branch and a large... blanket.
"You'll have to excuse my son, he is a little obsessed with some things." Said a balding man from a chair next to a hospital. "It is obviously a symptom of whatever he has." "Could be," replied House, "He could aslo just be crazy, check with some psychiatrists then get back to me.
MAGICAL TIME TRAVEL FROM LOST
"So?" Asked House. "He's just crazy." "Awesome, let him live with his Harry Potter references, he'll be happy and maybe he will even defeat Voldemort before he has a chance to kill all those innocent muggles. Bye bye."
Ok the end. Blarg not that great. Oh well, I'm tired. I should sleep. But I'll read then sleep then wake up for a 10:30 class and a 1 o'clock piano lesson. Thanks for reading!
"You cannot conquer death." A raspy yet wise voice said out of a dark corner. "You have not reached that point, how would you know?" Questioned a man in a white shirt and black tie his eyes wide, leaning slightly towards the corner where the voice traveled from. "I have seen things, unbelievable things. People die. Death comes knocking and wisps someone away without caring." He replied his voice soft and understanding. "I have done years of research and I have discovered three objects that could possibly prove you wrong!" Said the other, becoming more and more excited. He withdrew from his pocked a small stone and out of his bag a slender branch and a large... blanket.
"You'll have to excuse my son, he is a little obsessed with some things." Said a balding man from a chair next to a hospital. "It is obviously a symptom of whatever he has." "Could be," replied House, "He could aslo just be crazy, check with some psychiatrists then get back to me.
MAGICAL TIME TRAVEL FROM LOST
"So?" Asked House. "He's just crazy." "Awesome, let him live with his Harry Potter references, he'll be happy and maybe he will even defeat Voldemort before he has a chance to kill all those innocent muggles. Bye bye."
Ok the end. Blarg not that great. Oh well, I'm tired. I should sleep. But I'll read then sleep then wake up for a 10:30 class and a 1 o'clock piano lesson. Thanks for reading!
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Post 172 | Interesting
Oh man am I grateful for the chance to sleep in tomorrow. No class until 10:30am and that is great. Then I figure I will practice piano for a while and that will be good fun. I am trying to practice more and significantly improve my playing significantly. Did I use a word twice there? Oops, my bad. Oh well, I will leave it in there for the sake of possibly maybe a small likelihood of someone laughing at it maybe.
So how are all of or none of you today? Good? I hope things are going well for you in your life. Mine is going fairly well. We had this thing at school this week called Revival. If you are Nazarene you knows what it is. It weirds me out a little and makes me think way too much. I still go to it most of the time but still, freaky. I mean experiencing God is supposed to happen naturally and this always seems kind of sort of forced in a way. There is almost a group mindset to it that the preacher feeds off of. They use one person being "touched" and then more and more people go up or stand up or raise their hands in praise. Sure it could be God actually working through these people but I almost think it is more of state of mind than a God thing.
Of course I am not one to talk particularly about this. I had a total system reset where my mind no longer things what I thought it thought. Instead it and I are now battling on what to think about the whole God and Christ thing. I almost called it nonsense but it isn't nonsense. I am someone who has to think in a very critical way. I need to think things all the way through and in a way really get what is supporting those ideas. I specifically like it to be facts. I like to have arguments based on fact rather than theory. People could claim that all of this God stuff is mostly theory. I am considering really studying all of the history behind it and such but who knows if I actually will. I should...
Any who on a lighter note Tasha and I just finished Season 7 of House M.D. AHHHH I LOVE THAT SHOW. I got addicted to it this summer and I cannot get enough. I am super excited for Season 8 to start so I can soak up more and see what happens next. Some people did not like Season 7 at all but I quite enjoyed it. Season 5, 6, and 7 have been particularly good. The show is really hitting the ground and running full steam ahead in my opinion. I am planning on being House for Halloween which shall be totally awesome.
I think that is all for now. Nothing else comes to mind that I am desperate to write about. See this is me trying to write more on this. Oh I am canceling my Netflix account. They are being very stupid. The end. I miss Harry Potter and Lost and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Ok that is all, goodnight, Soupy twist.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Post 171 | College Year Two
Obviously college has completely taken over my life. After my last post over a month ago things kicked into high gear. My summer job ended, I bought myself a car (Jeep Cherokee 1997) and moved back to school. This year is going... ok so far. I can definitely tell I am getting deeper into college because there is more work to be done and this ever looming feeling that I am forgetting something or should be doing something. I just keep rolling with it and doing my best the way I want to do it. I usually work better later at night which is strange but true. From like 9:30pm-11pm is my prime working time. Just the way I operate.
Classes are more challenging than last year already, research needs to be done, papers need to be written, books need to be read. Speaking of reading books I recently picked myself up a copy of the official House guide and am reading that at the moment as well. I went home this weekend and came back with a clip lamp for my bed so I can finally read in bed with decent light.
Other than that life is rolling along. My family is as crazy as ever and Tasha and I are doing well. I am in a journalism class this semester and I might be posting my writings from there. Also I want to start commentating on what is happening in the world more, my roommate this year is a crazy ass republican and I sometimes can't stand it. Why can't I stand it? Because he only reads the blogs and articles promoting his party so he doesn't see the positives from the democratic side, only the negatives. I know it is basically impossible to find an unbiased blog about politics but could he at least try? I mean really... Obama is doing well for what he has been put up against. A house full of Republics that wont pass anything he wants to get through to make this country a better place.
Now to step off of my soap box... Ok, what else... Oh the 10th anniversary of 9/11 happened. I remember that when it happened which is really weird to think about. Time is flying like an arrow more than ever. Anything else... Not that I can think of at the moment. Oh!
BUY RESISTANCE 3 IF YOU HAVE A PS3!!!
Seriously, it's awesome and I am not just saying that because I love Insomniac Games, ok, well kind of, but still it is an awesome game and all of you should play it. I think that it is all for today, hopefully I will be writing more now that stuff is actually going on. TTFN!
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Post 170 | What?
I have had absolutely nothing to write about since Harry Potter ended. Nothing has really happened that is incredibly exciting or entertaining. I have seen Harry Potter again and I got into Pottermore on day 3 of the Magical Quill challenge. But that's about it. Otherwise I have been working and working some more.
I cannot believe we are already in August. This summer has just flown by way too fast. 4 months of work work work I guess would do that to it. It's been a pretty chill summer. Not terribly boring. At the end of it the highlight will probably have been seeing Harry Potter and going to my friend's cabin. Hopefully we'll hit up the zoo before the summer is over though. That would be fun.
But yeah I thought it would be nice to post so it didin't appear like I had completely disappeared. I update my Tumblr more because I feel better about just posting little things there. This seems like the place for more writing that little updates. That's what my Twitter is for as well. Man I am just covering every angle possible of this internet thing eh? Oh well, we shall see how the rest of the summer goes. Thanks for checking in, when I am back at school I should probably have more to write about and that happens in about a month.
I cannot believe we are already in August. This summer has just flown by way too fast. 4 months of work work work I guess would do that to it. It's been a pretty chill summer. Not terribly boring. At the end of it the highlight will probably have been seeing Harry Potter and going to my friend's cabin. Hopefully we'll hit up the zoo before the summer is over though. That would be fun.
But yeah I thought it would be nice to post so it didin't appear like I had completely disappeared. I update my Tumblr more because I feel better about just posting little things there. This seems like the place for more writing that little updates. That's what my Twitter is for as well. Man I am just covering every angle possible of this internet thing eh? Oh well, we shall see how the rest of the summer goes. Thanks for checking in, when I am back at school I should probably have more to write about and that happens in about a month.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Post 169 | Post Potter Depression
So welcome to a new time in the world. The time where the Potter movies are done. That is it, no more. It is kind of weird to think about. Of course the real Potter world ended 4 years ago now when the last book came out but we always had these movies to hold onto before it really ended. But now it is really over.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 was amazing. I mean really, really, really amazing. Of course there were things here and there that I would have preferred a different way but overall it was more that I could have asked for. It hit all the right spots and even got me to cry. It was just such a good movie.
After it was over I immediately said I needed to replace my favorite movie poster because HP7.2 was my new favorite movie. The more I think about it the more it seems to be true. Like I said before it had its spots I didn't like but it was such a good movie. Jo Rowling said it was the best of the lot and I have to agree with her. Of course with Jo, we still have more to hold onto...
I am talking about Pottermore of course! I am very excited to have this coming and I will happily spend months rereading the books and going along with this website soaking up each and every last detail I can about the world of Harry Potter. Jo has created such a deep and vast world that I was hoping dearly for an encyclopedia but this Pottermore project is the next best thing that fans could hope for. We could use it right about now with the movies being over and everything. Plus...
I was just watching a documentary in my Ultimate Edition of HP6 last night and Jo talked about how she was writing a new book. Not Harry Potter, but something different. Which made me happy because I love the way she writes and the amount of detail she puts into everything. Anyways, I think that is all for now. I am going to continue to experience Post Potter Depression until October when Pottermore officially releases, unless I am lucky and get in early. Thanks for reading.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 was amazing. I mean really, really, really amazing. Of course there were things here and there that I would have preferred a different way but overall it was more that I could have asked for. It hit all the right spots and even got me to cry. It was just such a good movie.
After it was over I immediately said I needed to replace my favorite movie poster because HP7.2 was my new favorite movie. The more I think about it the more it seems to be true. Like I said before it had its spots I didn't like but it was such a good movie. Jo Rowling said it was the best of the lot and I have to agree with her. Of course with Jo, we still have more to hold onto...
I am talking about Pottermore of course! I am very excited to have this coming and I will happily spend months rereading the books and going along with this website soaking up each and every last detail I can about the world of Harry Potter. Jo has created such a deep and vast world that I was hoping dearly for an encyclopedia but this Pottermore project is the next best thing that fans could hope for. We could use it right about now with the movies being over and everything. Plus...
I was just watching a documentary in my Ultimate Edition of HP6 last night and Jo talked about how she was writing a new book. Not Harry Potter, but something different. Which made me happy because I love the way she writes and the amount of detail she puts into everything. Anyways, I think that is all for now. I am going to continue to experience Post Potter Depression until October when Pottermore officially releases, unless I am lucky and get in early. Thanks for reading.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Post 168 | So it isn't a bad thing?
What's today? Tuesday. That's right, it's Tuesday. Tuesday the 5th of July. Holy crap it's July already? I have no idea where the hell June went. This whole job thing is making my summer fly by extra fast which is a little annoying but I guess in hindsight it's a good thing to. For the first time in my life really, I am looking forward to going back to school eventually. Now that doesn't mean I wouldn't rather be home, because I would. I love my room, my desk, my bed, the privacy; but, there is something about school and the people there that make me want to go back.
I have more friends there than here at home now and more people I like to chill with and stuff. Here at home it is my girlfriend and two other friends. Sometimes three. It just happens that way. I am honestly looking forward to starting to study again and learning more. It is strange I know, but that is what I am thinking right now. Of course...
It could have something to do with the fact that I am working now and just would rather be anywhere else but here. But who knows? School isn't a bad thing is what I have come to the conclusion too. I loved my high school, but I was never really in the mood to learn from there. I am in the mood to learn from my college though, and that is a wonderful feeling. Thanks for reading.
Oh and hi to the new reader Meg. Thanks for commenting!
I have more friends there than here at home now and more people I like to chill with and stuff. Here at home it is my girlfriend and two other friends. Sometimes three. It just happens that way. I am honestly looking forward to starting to study again and learning more. It is strange I know, but that is what I am thinking right now. Of course...
It could have something to do with the fact that I am working now and just would rather be anywhere else but here. But who knows? School isn't a bad thing is what I have come to the conclusion too. I loved my high school, but I was never really in the mood to learn from there. I am in the mood to learn from my college though, and that is a wonderful feeling. Thanks for reading.
Oh and hi to the new reader Meg. Thanks for commenting!
Friday, July 1, 2011
Post 167 | Harry Potter
GUESS WHAT?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 comes out in two weeks. By this time in two weeks we will have seen the movie, gone to iHop, probably cried our eyes out and be incredibly depressed that it is all over. I really cannot wait for this movie to get here but at the same time I am saddened by the fact that it is coming to an end. I have been with the series since before the movies. It was basically my childhood like so many other people. It is something we have been talking about and being crazy about for so many years now it is hard to imagine not seeing Dan, Rupert, and Emma on screen as our heroes anymore.
Of course there is Pottermore but that doesn't compare to the amount of love I have for this series and the movies they have made. They have done a pretty good job at translating these magical books to the screen that I do not think anything will compare to this series ever. These are movies I can watch over and over again and continually enjoy.
They have had the greatest cast possible and the only thing wrong is Richard Harris died after the second movie. Besides that all the actors have remained the same and all of the characters are wonderfully portrayed and ahhhhhhhhh. I could go on and on about my love for this series. I cannot believe the movies are almost over.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 comes out in two weeks. By this time in two weeks we will have seen the movie, gone to iHop, probably cried our eyes out and be incredibly depressed that it is all over. I really cannot wait for this movie to get here but at the same time I am saddened by the fact that it is coming to an end. I have been with the series since before the movies. It was basically my childhood like so many other people. It is something we have been talking about and being crazy about for so many years now it is hard to imagine not seeing Dan, Rupert, and Emma on screen as our heroes anymore.
Of course there is Pottermore but that doesn't compare to the amount of love I have for this series and the movies they have made. They have done a pretty good job at translating these magical books to the screen that I do not think anything will compare to this series ever. These are movies I can watch over and over again and continually enjoy.
They have had the greatest cast possible and the only thing wrong is Richard Harris died after the second movie. Besides that all the actors have remained the same and all of the characters are wonderfully portrayed and ahhhhhhhhh. I could go on and on about my love for this series. I cannot believe the movies are almost over.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Post 166 | Pottermore Reaction
To be completely honest I am kind of relieved that Pottermore is not a MMORPG. I do not think Jo is someone who would permit something like that to happen to her series willingly. The amount of unpredictability that can happen in a world like that is endless, people form their little groups and niche's and some highly inappropriate things will probably happen.
This appears to be a much more controlled and thought out idea for the continuation of Harry Potter.
In addition she has written 18,000 words, and that is only 1/3rd of everything she wants to write so far (www.the-leaky-cauldron.org) and that is basically all I wanted out of this website: more information. I love the world of Harry Potter so much, and I want to read the backstories of as many characters as possible and just suck up as much knowledge as possible.
In short, I am very happy with what Pottermore has been announced to be. Now I just have to get my email to go through.
This appears to be a much more controlled and thought out idea for the continuation of Harry Potter.
In addition she has written 18,000 words, and that is only 1/3rd of everything she wants to write so far (www.the-leaky-cauldron.org) and that is basically all I wanted out of this website: more information. I love the world of Harry Potter so much, and I want to read the backstories of as many characters as possible and just suck up as much knowledge as possible.
In short, I am very happy with what Pottermore has been announced to be. Now I just have to get my email to go through.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Post 165 | tumblr
Yo dawgs check out my tumblr. Don't worry, I will keep blogging here too, just a little thing so I can post quick pictures and stuff over there.
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Monday, June 20, 2011
Post 164 | House M.D.
So after Lost ended there was little to no hope that I would absolutely fall for any other television show. But it has come to that point. I wasn't sure how I would feel about this show at first so I added it to my Netflix cue and after the first disc, I was caught. After the third disc, I bough the whole first season. Now I am trapped in a hole that I will not be getting out of any time soon. What can I say? The show is amazing.
Hugh Laurie does such a great job portraying this guy that it makes me never want to stop watching. Every episode is entertaining and the different characters do different things for me. Some I hate, some I love. Like Foreman. I hate Foreman.
Anyways I just wanted to let you all know that you should watch House M.D. if you need something to watch. Otherwise everything else seems good in life right now. I am pretty sick though so that isn't cool. I've gone from exhaustion to stuffy nose now to terrible cough. NOT FUN. Ok, thanks for reading, see ya on the flip side...
Ok, that did not sound as cool as I was hoping it would.
Hugh Laurie does such a great job portraying this guy that it makes me never want to stop watching. Every episode is entertaining and the different characters do different things for me. Some I hate, some I love. Like Foreman. I hate Foreman.
Anyways I just wanted to let you all know that you should watch House M.D. if you need something to watch. Otherwise everything else seems good in life right now. I am pretty sick though so that isn't cool. I've gone from exhaustion to stuffy nose now to terrible cough. NOT FUN. Ok, thanks for reading, see ya on the flip side...
Ok, that did not sound as cool as I was hoping it would.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Post 162 | Eh?
Well it's Friday here at work and thank God it is. This week went by pretty quickly and I am thankful for that, I am also thankful it is the weekend so I get some time to catch up on sleep and spend a little more time with the GF. Working these eight hour days is completely different from last summer when we spent loooads of time together. It is something I am getting used to and adjusting to. It is very similar to when she used to work except now I am the one working and she is the one that gets to lay around and do nothing. But she is trying to get a job, I think... Which is more than I did two summers ago. I don't think she is trying very hard though haha.
Anyways, I felt like writing today so I figured I would give this blog a go. Have I mentioned we are trying to get a Friday live show with comedy bits and topical bits and things like that. It would be fun to do, he my boss just has a lot of other projects he has to finish before we can really get cracking on this. Oh man, I'm getting hungry... Sorry I got distracted my my stomach making loud noises.
So things at work are going well, today is a very quiet day with no appointments for projectors or anything so it is pretty chill. A lot of my days here are "pretty chill." I actually bought Team Fortress 2 so I would have a FPS to play here at work while I was bored, and I am really enjoying it. I am still trying to decide what my favorite class is though... I lean towards Scout and Engineer most at the moment. Well I guess my last game I was a medic because this heavy kept asking for one.
E3 was ok this year. I guess I am looking forward to Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One, Resistance 3, and Uncharted 3 the most out of all of the games. I guess they announced Overstrike as well and that looks pretty kick ass as well. Call me an Insomniac buff, I don't care. I have just always really enjoyed their games from Spyro to now.
Well I think I am going to go get lunch now so as always thanks for reading and if there is anything you want me to talk about comment and let me know!
Anyways, I felt like writing today so I figured I would give this blog a go. Have I mentioned we are trying to get a Friday live show with comedy bits and topical bits and things like that. It would be fun to do, he my boss just has a lot of other projects he has to finish before we can really get cracking on this. Oh man, I'm getting hungry... Sorry I got distracted my my stomach making loud noises.
So things at work are going well, today is a very quiet day with no appointments for projectors or anything so it is pretty chill. A lot of my days here are "pretty chill." I actually bought Team Fortress 2 so I would have a FPS to play here at work while I was bored, and I am really enjoying it. I am still trying to decide what my favorite class is though... I lean towards Scout and Engineer most at the moment. Well I guess my last game I was a medic because this heavy kept asking for one.
E3 was ok this year. I guess I am looking forward to Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One, Resistance 3, and Uncharted 3 the most out of all of the games. I guess they announced Overstrike as well and that looks pretty kick ass as well. Call me an Insomniac buff, I don't care. I have just always really enjoyed their games from Spyro to now.
Well I think I am going to go get lunch now so as always thanks for reading and if there is anything you want me to talk about comment and let me know!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Post 161 | 161 Lexington
The number 161 I guess is synonymous in my mind with the movie The Terminal. The entire time Victor (Tom Hanks) is stuck in an airport and he just wants to get to this adress. He winds up being stuck there for about a year if I were to guess. It is a really good movie and I highly recommend it. Anyways...
I guess you would say I am incredibly bored at work right now. I just ran two computers to two different conference rooms and now I have nothing to do for the remainder of the day. I have played a few games of StarCraft 2 here in the office a couple of times now and it just doesn't seem like something I should be doing here at work, even though I keep winning which is a good thing considering I haven't played in a long time. Well, I take that back I have won and lost about the same amount of games about 4 each for the past two days.
Other than work things are going well. I am going to try and start writing funny things so we can produce a Friday afternoon funny comedy show here, cause that would be awesome.
I do not know what else to write about. Oh, I passed 1000 page views, that's pretty cool! If you read my blog you should comment on it so I know you are reading it so I don't feel like I am just writing this for no one. That is actually really sad. I just sit here in my corner of the internet and no one reads what I write. I guess that is what a lot of the internet is. People writing and thinking and no one giving a damn. Oh well, that's life, isn't it great? Yeah it is...
Ok, thanks for reading if you are reading!
I guess you would say I am incredibly bored at work right now. I just ran two computers to two different conference rooms and now I have nothing to do for the remainder of the day. I have played a few games of StarCraft 2 here in the office a couple of times now and it just doesn't seem like something I should be doing here at work, even though I keep winning which is a good thing considering I haven't played in a long time. Well, I take that back I have won and lost about the same amount of games about 4 each for the past two days.
Other than work things are going well. I am going to try and start writing funny things so we can produce a Friday afternoon funny comedy show here, cause that would be awesome.
I do not know what else to write about. Oh, I passed 1000 page views, that's pretty cool! If you read my blog you should comment on it so I know you are reading it so I don't feel like I am just writing this for no one. That is actually really sad. I just sit here in my corner of the internet and no one reads what I write. I guess that is what a lot of the internet is. People writing and thinking and no one giving a damn. Oh well, that's life, isn't it great? Yeah it is...
Ok, thanks for reading if you are reading!
Monday, May 30, 2011
Post 160 | Anticipation is a Great Weapon
Anticipation is something I deal with on a daily basis. Whether it be the anticipation of waiting for a phone call, or the anticipation of going to work the next morning, or the anticipation of whether my girlfriend will be happy today, or the anticipation of whether or not I will get home at a decent time, it just seems to rule my life and unfortunately it is something that I do not know how to control. So I have reached the following conclusion: Anticipation is a great weapon.
It is something that should be used carefully but aggressively. Hell it is used against me, not on purpose, on a daily basis and it tears be apart. I do not think anyone is even purposefully using it against me it is just something that happens all the time. So, why does it work? Well it happens to me in the following steps: Curiosity, wonder, nervousness, confusion, anger, self-loathing. I think the most powerful way to use it is to not let it get past the confusion part. No one wants to be angry or down on themselves.
So let's think of an example... Ok, waiting for the significant other to call. I think this is one of the prime examples and I am actually experiencing this right now, waiting for her to call so I can come over and we can chill together alone and quietly. Anyways this is a good tool that someone (like me) could use to their advantage. Say your significant other asks you to call them back in a little bit. Twenty minutes to a half hour is a little bit in my mind. After that thirty minutes or so their curiosity on why you haven't called has set in. Then they start to wonder and really think about what the possible reasons you have for not calling them back yet, then they become nervous thinking you forgot, or maybe don't care that much and this is when they reached the confused stage. I would say this hits at about the two hour mark. Anytime after that they become angry and then upset and it will quickly turn against you.
BUT if you call in that hour and forty five minutes to two hours and fifteen minutes after they asked you to call them back soon then you will create within them a sense of relief. You could even apologize for not calling them back right away and come up with some excuse, if you are a good liar.
This is just one way anticipation is a good weapon. If I had the brain capacity at the moment I would gladly come up with more examples but this is what I have for now. This has happened to me, but I do not think on purpose and I am thinking of using this in the future just to create a wave of relief and make her happy that I called her back. Thanks for reading.
It is something that should be used carefully but aggressively. Hell it is used against me, not on purpose, on a daily basis and it tears be apart. I do not think anyone is even purposefully using it against me it is just something that happens all the time. So, why does it work? Well it happens to me in the following steps: Curiosity, wonder, nervousness, confusion, anger, self-loathing. I think the most powerful way to use it is to not let it get past the confusion part. No one wants to be angry or down on themselves.
So let's think of an example... Ok, waiting for the significant other to call. I think this is one of the prime examples and I am actually experiencing this right now, waiting for her to call so I can come over and we can chill together alone and quietly. Anyways this is a good tool that someone (like me) could use to their advantage. Say your significant other asks you to call them back in a little bit. Twenty minutes to a half hour is a little bit in my mind. After that thirty minutes or so their curiosity on why you haven't called has set in. Then they start to wonder and really think about what the possible reasons you have for not calling them back yet, then they become nervous thinking you forgot, or maybe don't care that much and this is when they reached the confused stage. I would say this hits at about the two hour mark. Anytime after that they become angry and then upset and it will quickly turn against you.
BUT if you call in that hour and forty five minutes to two hours and fifteen minutes after they asked you to call them back soon then you will create within them a sense of relief. You could even apologize for not calling them back right away and come up with some excuse, if you are a good liar.
This is just one way anticipation is a good weapon. If I had the brain capacity at the moment I would gladly come up with more examples but this is what I have for now. This has happened to me, but I do not think on purpose and I am thinking of using this in the future just to create a wave of relief and make her happy that I called her back. Thanks for reading.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Post 159 | Just Because
Good afternoon internet, how are you today? I am doing well thank you for asking. Life is chugging along here in my neck of the woods. I continue to work 8 hour days 5 days a week so the usual 40 hour work week and it is almost killing me. I do not feel like I am on a summer vacation at all. Thankfully I have tomorrow off so that's a breath of relief. Of course we will be doing a Pancake Monday Podcast tomorrow so that shall be enjoyable because i do not get to do them on Mondays anymore because I am working. So we are trying to get together every Saturday morning but it isn't working very well. We have managed in once.
Anyways... Life is good though. The love of my life and I are still deeply in love. She seemed a little off yesterday and it was extremely frustrating, but she's a girl and girls have mood swings. She got better last night though so that was much appreciated.
The plan is with this job I should be able to buy a car towards the middle of the summer so I should probably start looking into prices and things like that. I would love to finally have my own car and not have to rely on my parents for a car to get to and from my girlfriend's house or anywhere else for that matter.
I think that is about it for now. If you haven't seen Pirates 4 you really should. I am contemplating seeing it again just for kicks. Well my pop just got back with some food so I am going to eat now, thanks for reading!
Anyways... Life is good though. The love of my life and I are still deeply in love. She seemed a little off yesterday and it was extremely frustrating, but she's a girl and girls have mood swings. She got better last night though so that was much appreciated.
The plan is with this job I should be able to buy a car towards the middle of the summer so I should probably start looking into prices and things like that. I would love to finally have my own car and not have to rely on my parents for a car to get to and from my girlfriend's house or anywhere else for that matter.
I think that is about it for now. If you haven't seen Pirates 4 you really should. I am contemplating seeing it again just for kicks. Well my pop just got back with some food so I am going to eat now, thanks for reading!
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Quote for the Day
"A day without laughter is a day wasted" - Charlie Chaplin
I just thought you should all know that.
Also Pirates 4 receives a...
Crap
Eh
Ok, I get it
~Yes~
Allllll riiiiiiiight
It's the one that is bolded and has squiggles. Alright, I am off to bed!
I just thought you should all know that.
Also Pirates 4 receives a...
Crap
Eh
Ok, I get it
~Yes~
Allllll riiiiiiiight
It's the one that is bolded and has squiggles. Alright, I am off to bed!
Friday, May 13, 2011
Post 157 | I am 7000 Days Old
Today I am 7000 days old. I have this thing on my desktop that keeps track for me in case you were wondering how I knew that. ALSO it is Friday the 13th. My absolute favorite kind of day. For some reason... oh wait, I was born on a Friday the 13th, that would explain why I like it so much. I have been a busy bee this week. I have been working hard at my new job... and by working hard I mean hanging out my computer and burning DVDs hahaha. I work five days a week, 8 1/2 hours a day. I am very much looking forward to this weekend and getting some time to myself after the AWESOME PANCAKE MONDAY PODCAST ON SATURDAY WHICH YOU SHOULD ALL WATCH AND LISTEN TO.
That's RIGHT. PMP is BACK. All of tose capital letters should get the point across of the amazingness that PMP will bring to the internwebs this summer. I am planing on it being completely awesome and hilarious and entertaining and informative and all of that jazz. ANYWAYS, go to http://www.pancakemondaypodcast.blogspot.com/ and http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pancake-monday-podcast TOMORROW AT 11am Central Time (12pm Eastern) to see awesomeness!
Other than that not much is going on. Summer is just getting started and Tasha and I are having a pretty good time, I love being at home again and being able to use my desk. The only problem with summer so far is PSN is down! I have a PS3 and a Wii so my online options are a little limited and I would have loved to be playing Killzone 3 for the past two weeks or so. But I will live, I enjoy free stuff so I am looking forward to that! So, thanks for reading and check out PMP!
That's RIGHT. PMP is BACK. All of tose capital letters should get the point across of the amazingness that PMP will bring to the internwebs this summer. I am planing on it being completely awesome and hilarious and entertaining and informative and all of that jazz. ANYWAYS, go to http://www.pancakemondaypodcast.blogspot.com/ and http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pancake-monday-podcast TOMORROW AT 11am Central Time (12pm Eastern) to see awesomeness!
Other than that not much is going on. Summer is just getting started and Tasha and I are having a pretty good time, I love being at home again and being able to use my desk. The only problem with summer so far is PSN is down! I have a PS3 and a Wii so my online options are a little limited and I would have loved to be playing Killzone 3 for the past two weeks or so. But I will live, I enjoy free stuff so I am looking forward to that! So, thanks for reading and check out PMP!
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Post 156 | It's 2:07am
Good evening/morning to all of you late night internet surfers like me. I have just returned from a wonderful late night at the GF's house and I just want to quickly update you all with what is going on. I am back from college year one and am now on "summer vacation" of course it shall hardly be that as I will be working the entire summer but hey, no school right? I am hoping to save up enough dough by the end of June so I can get myself a car and have a proper rest of the summer. Of course this job thing puts a damper on the Pancake Monday Podcast, but do not fret! Hopefully we will be able to do it at night on Mondays from now on.
So yeah, that's what is going on. I am back home and pretty much moved in. I love being at home because my desk kicks ass here. That and I get a room to myself hardy har har. Ok, I should probably go to bed, I told the GF that I would try and come back in the morning and that's in like eight hours. That means I need some sleepy time. Goodnight all!
So yeah, that's what is going on. I am back home and pretty much moved in. I love being at home because my desk kicks ass here. That and I get a room to myself hardy har har. Ok, I should probably go to bed, I told the GF that I would try and come back in the morning and that's in like eight hours. That means I need some sleepy time. Goodnight all!
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Post 155 | Movie Reviews
Remember when I did some reviews a while back about video games maybe? Well I have something new I am going to try. I am planning on attending a lot of movies this summer so I will be giving them a rating in this scale, from lowest to highest:
Crap
Eh
Ok, I get it
Yes
Allllll riiiiiiiight
So there you have it, my rating scale. I just watched the movie Memento and it get's an "Eh" Ocean's 11 (2001) on the other hand receives an "Allllll riiiiiight." So there you have it, watch my Twitter (on the right) for random tweets with random movie reviews and maybe I will even type up full ones. Would be a good practice of writing. Thanks for reading!
Crap
Eh
Ok, I get it
Yes
Allllll riiiiiiiight
So there you have it, my rating scale. I just watched the movie Memento and it get's an "Eh" Ocean's 11 (2001) on the other hand receives an "Allllll riiiiiight." So there you have it, watch my Twitter (on the right) for random tweets with random movie reviews and maybe I will even type up full ones. Would be a good practice of writing. Thanks for reading!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Post 154 | Return of the Quotes
Every time I hear a good quote I will share it with you kind people. Here is today's:
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
That is all, have a pleasant evening.
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
That is all, have a pleasant evening.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Post 153 | Thinking
What do you think? Do you think good, do you think bad? Do you think harsh, do you think polite? Do you about the fact that we have the ability to think at all? We can think about the positives and negatives of a decision? Or the fact that we have the ability to think about things to be able to make decisions?
Where does your thinking take you? Does it take you to a bad place? Bad memories? Does it take you to a far away land? Does your thinking create new and fantastic places where the word “impossible” doesn’t exist? Does your thinking lead you a scene in your life? Does that simple though define your life? Do you think about thinking?
Thinking about these thinks makes me think about my thinking. As Dr. Seuss so famously put, “Oh the things we can think.”
It is simply amazing that we have evolved (or were made, whatever you want to think) into these creatures that have the ability to comprehend the world around us and decide what is wrong and what is right. Of course some people think different things are wrong and different things are right, but I like to think most people know the difference.
Thinking is a though provoking subject to be thinking about. I am sitting here in a comfy chair of my school’s library just thinking about thinking and what I think about certain thinks. I am choosing to use the word “think” in as many different ways as possible to make this interesting but I am also thinking about the ways that it can be used. Thinking is an interesting thing… I am sitting here almost perplexed by it because my thinker cannot seem to think straight.
Being able to communicate is something we have to think about right? Communicating our thinks/thoughts/things that go on in our thinkers.
Now if you are already tired of the word “think” I suggest you stop reading this and go think about something else because I can’t think about how much farther this thought will go and there could be a lot more thinks along the way.
Any who, back to communication. Communication is something we think about on a regular basis, without really thinking about it. But it is something we should be thinking about because it allows us to do what we do in a variety of different ways and we communicate in a variety of different ways. The ability to control our think/thoughts is something truly astounding to me.
Ah, thinking. A complicated think to think about. Thinking allows us to think about our actions and the actions of other things around us that can also think. Now I am no scientist so I do not know everything that has the ability to think, but I’d like to think that those of us who can think about what we are doing and how we are doing it and what other people think about thinks. Thinking: a though provoking topic that deserves more thinks.
Where does your thinking take you? Does it take you to a bad place? Bad memories? Does it take you to a far away land? Does your thinking create new and fantastic places where the word “impossible” doesn’t exist? Does your thinking lead you a scene in your life? Does that simple though define your life? Do you think about thinking?
Thinking about these thinks makes me think about my thinking. As Dr. Seuss so famously put, “Oh the things we can think.”
It is simply amazing that we have evolved (or were made, whatever you want to think) into these creatures that have the ability to comprehend the world around us and decide what is wrong and what is right. Of course some people think different things are wrong and different things are right, but I like to think most people know the difference.
Thinking is a though provoking subject to be thinking about. I am sitting here in a comfy chair of my school’s library just thinking about thinking and what I think about certain thinks. I am choosing to use the word “think” in as many different ways as possible to make this interesting but I am also thinking about the ways that it can be used. Thinking is an interesting thing… I am sitting here almost perplexed by it because my thinker cannot seem to think straight.
Being able to communicate is something we have to think about right? Communicating our thinks/thoughts/things that go on in our thinkers.
Now if you are already tired of the word “think” I suggest you stop reading this and go think about something else because I can’t think about how much farther this thought will go and there could be a lot more thinks along the way.
Any who, back to communication. Communication is something we think about on a regular basis, without really thinking about it. But it is something we should be thinking about because it allows us to do what we do in a variety of different ways and we communicate in a variety of different ways. The ability to control our think/thoughts is something truly astounding to me.
Ah, thinking. A complicated think to think about. Thinking allows us to think about our actions and the actions of other things around us that can also think. Now I am no scientist so I do not know everything that has the ability to think, but I’d like to think that those of us who can think about what we are doing and how we are doing it and what other people think about thinks. Thinking: a though provoking topic that deserves more thinks.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Post 152 | The Beat Goes On
Life keeps a moving on. The end of the school year is basically here and frankly it is damn scary. There are only three more weeks of classes and we are currently within the last full week. CRAZYNESS. I feel like these next few weeks are going to be absolutely crazy. I am only here at school for one more weekend. This past weekend we went to Chicago. This coming up weekend Tasha and I are going home because she has a test she has to take. The weekend after that is a four day weekend so we will be at home for that then one more weekend the finals then SUMMER.
Summer is a weird word. It feels like yesterday that I graduated High School. Holy crap dogs. High School. Sometimes I miss it. Most of the time I don't. I do have a lot more responsibility here. Oh well. Life just keeps coming and I can't stop it.
I am registered for classes next year and this weekend will be when I am signing up for my room with my pals Cody and Luke. It should be an awesome second year of college. Lots of Starcraft II and Tron and being awesome.
I am very much looking forward to going home for many reasons. I would have to say the main reason is Tasha. Sure we go to the same school but she is much different here at school compared to when we are at home. She is much more distant here and I understand she isn't comfortable with P.D.A. so when we go home and we can be alone it's awesome. It's just a much better environment for us to be in.
I have a job lined up for this summer and I have a HUGE feeling it is going to KICK MY ASS. Sorry for the swears but I feel the need to do it. It can only truly show how I feel. I am really worried about it and scared about it. I just hope it goes well and that I can get the things I need/want this summer. The main one being a car. Yes, a car. I do not have one. I want/need one. It would be awesome to have one for the school year next year.
Ok, I guess that is all for now. I am going to go brush my teeth and climb into bed, maybe watch an episode of Futurama. Oh weeknights on GSN Drew Carey's Improv-a-Ganza is on WATCH IT. It is Whose Line is it Anyway but current and with more people and more commercials and less points. Ok, that's it, thanks for reading!
Summer is a weird word. It feels like yesterday that I graduated High School. Holy crap dogs. High School. Sometimes I miss it. Most of the time I don't. I do have a lot more responsibility here. Oh well. Life just keeps coming and I can't stop it.
I am registered for classes next year and this weekend will be when I am signing up for my room with my pals Cody and Luke. It should be an awesome second year of college. Lots of Starcraft II and Tron and being awesome.
I am very much looking forward to going home for many reasons. I would have to say the main reason is Tasha. Sure we go to the same school but she is much different here at school compared to when we are at home. She is much more distant here and I understand she isn't comfortable with P.D.A. so when we go home and we can be alone it's awesome. It's just a much better environment for us to be in.
I have a job lined up for this summer and I have a HUGE feeling it is going to KICK MY ASS. Sorry for the swears but I feel the need to do it. It can only truly show how I feel. I am really worried about it and scared about it. I just hope it goes well and that I can get the things I need/want this summer. The main one being a car. Yes, a car. I do not have one. I want/need one. It would be awesome to have one for the school year next year.
Ok, I guess that is all for now. I am going to go brush my teeth and climb into bed, maybe watch an episode of Futurama. Oh weeknights on GSN Drew Carey's Improv-a-Ganza is on WATCH IT. It is Whose Line is it Anyway but current and with more people and more commercials and less points. Ok, that's it, thanks for reading!
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Post 151 | Continuing Developments
Hey. Wazzup blog readers? Not much eh? Yeah me either. I mean really what is going on in my life that is so drastically important compared to the lives of others? With all the crazyness that is going on in the world it makes my life seem almost unimportant. But one must not think this way!
Every single person on the planet is important. Hold on... I need to find my four year plan... Ok found it. I feel less stressed now.
Anyways just wanted to check in. Nothing really to talk about. Just kind of thinking about going back home for summer and how my next year schedule will be and all that jazz. I just have this worry that when we go back home Tasha will start hanging out with people that I do not like at all. ERG. Just one of those frustrating things that if I talk to her about it she will get upset and angry at me.
UGH.
See what I did there? I am angry. I am really just hoping we both get jobs and this all blows over and everything will be ok in the universe. Yep.
Gunna leave it at that.
Every single person on the planet is important. Hold on... I need to find my four year plan... Ok found it. I feel less stressed now.
Anyways just wanted to check in. Nothing really to talk about. Just kind of thinking about going back home for summer and how my next year schedule will be and all that jazz. I just have this worry that when we go back home Tasha will start hanging out with people that I do not like at all. ERG. Just one of those frustrating things that if I talk to her about it she will get upset and angry at me.
UGH.
See what I did there? I am angry. I am really just hoping we both get jobs and this all blows over and everything will be ok in the universe. Yep.
Gunna leave it at that.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Post 150 | Where I'm Going
Wow, original title, eh? I know it is not that large of a landmark to be celebrating but still, one hundred and fifty posts is kind of impressive in my opinion. I am trying really hard to blog at least once a week and have more interesting things to talk about. I would like to be able to talk to actual people about actual topics with this blog where people comment and start conversations about important things in the world.
I guess that is what this post is really about. Where I want this to go. I would love for this to become an outlet for college students (like me) to talk about prevalent issues in the world today. They do not even neccessarily have to be prevalent, just relevant. I would love for it to turn into you as the reader are asking for my opinons on everything I write about. Much like the two "As I Sit Here" posts that I really enjoyed writing.
So come one, comment. What do you want me to talk about?
Also I have been considering starting a podcast with some friends on campus, but I am not sure if that will happen yet. I have no idea what it would be about or, more specifically, what we would even talk about.
So yeah, I guess that is just a small update on what's going on with this Blog and my one hundred and fifty posts. Thanks for anyone who reads and PLEASE COMMENT. Please? I would much appreciate it. Thanks!
I guess that is what this post is really about. Where I want this to go. I would love for this to become an outlet for college students (like me) to talk about prevalent issues in the world today. They do not even neccessarily have to be prevalent, just relevant. I would love for it to turn into you as the reader are asking for my opinons on everything I write about. Much like the two "As I Sit Here" posts that I really enjoyed writing.
So come one, comment. What do you want me to talk about?
Also I have been considering starting a podcast with some friends on campus, but I am not sure if that will happen yet. I have no idea what it would be about or, more specifically, what we would even talk about.
So yeah, I guess that is just a small update on what's going on with this Blog and my one hundred and fifty posts. Thanks for anyone who reads and PLEASE COMMENT. Please? I would much appreciate it. Thanks!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Spring Break
We are in the middle of Spring Break and I feel like it could be a million times longer. I am really ready for the school year to be over already. I have half of a semester left and it is going to be tough. Not just school wise but feelings wise as well. There are going to be a lot of tough choices and stuff and whether or not I tell certain people things and what not. I feel like when we are on Spring Break or any kind of break that I can forget all my troubles and just relax. I need this more often. Not that it is going to happen.
It is simply really nice to get away from it all.
You know those people you simply find obnoxious? Those people that you simply cannot stand to be around? Those people that have an influence on your friend that you don't want them to? Yeah? Well one is going to be Tasha's roommate next year. Do I tell Tasha that I really do not like this girl or what? They seem like they are really good friends but I absolutely do not like her. I do not want Tasha to have to pick her friends over me again. She chose me last time but would she choose me again? I simply don't know.
It is one of those confusing things that I do not know what to do with. That is why I love spring break. I haven't had to think about this at all. I know they haven't talked at all over spring break and stuff and it has just made my life a lot simpler. Bah. Humbug. Life is too complicated sometimes. Life is good, just complicated.
Anyways that is my rant for today. Thanks for reading. Tell your friends to come read my blog! If this gets popular I could make money off of it, and I neeeeed money. Ok, thanks!
It is simply really nice to get away from it all.
You know those people you simply find obnoxious? Those people that you simply cannot stand to be around? Those people that have an influence on your friend that you don't want them to? Yeah? Well one is going to be Tasha's roommate next year. Do I tell Tasha that I really do not like this girl or what? They seem like they are really good friends but I absolutely do not like her. I do not want Tasha to have to pick her friends over me again. She chose me last time but would she choose me again? I simply don't know.
It is one of those confusing things that I do not know what to do with. That is why I love spring break. I haven't had to think about this at all. I know they haven't talked at all over spring break and stuff and it has just made my life a lot simpler. Bah. Humbug. Life is too complicated sometimes. Life is good, just complicated.
Anyways that is my rant for today. Thanks for reading. Tell your friends to come read my blog! If this gets popular I could make money off of it, and I neeeeed money. Ok, thanks!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
As I Sit Here #2
I really enjoyed what I did in my last post so here is a second one about sitting somewhere and thinking... This was written in my notebook first...
As I sit here in Christian Formation class I realize people are stupid. Yes I am in Christian Formation; I go to a Christian school, blah blah blah. Now that we're past that let's get to what I want to talk about. People are stupid and need to get over themselves. Plain and simple. A LOT of the views on Christianity are opinion based, and it's hard for a preacher to teach a class on basic Christian ideas without inputting his opinion, it's simply unreasonable.
So why are you getting offended? I have recently heard complaints of our teacher offending people because of his views on different subjects in the Christian world. Get. Over. It. I mean really, why are you complaining about it when what you specifically believe has the possibility of offending the teacher?
If you were having a one on one conversation with someone who knows you, and your faith then you can be offending if they say something offensive to you. But he is teaching a class, it's impossible to not offend someone. It's like watching a TV show. That TV show can't attach itself to one person, or one kind of person.
Because I mentioned being in Christian Formation class let me discuss what we talked about: Speaking in tongues. Bah. Humbug. I do not believe in speaking in tongues, at all. Where's the proof that you are actually enveloped by the Holy Sprit? How do we know you're not just putting on a stage show? I mean really, would it be o hard for me to pretend? I'll look up a YouTube video of someone speaking and just copy it, claiming that t was the Holy Sprit. People cannot be trusted.
Let me say that again... PEOPLE CANNOT BE TRUSTED. See how big and prevalent I made that? People are people. We make mistakes and we "sin." It's just a mater of fact. People cannot be stopped form sinning or screwing up. Every day every person sins in some way. (This is where my notebook ends)
Ok let me clear something up. If you believe in speaking in tongues and it brings you closer to God do not let my opinion stop you. I think that is the real problem with people getting upset over opinions. Why are you getting upset about it? Shouldn't your faith be true or good enough that if someone says something else it shouldn't affect what you are thinking at all? Why are you taking it that seriously?
I like to live by the motto that opinions cannot be wrong. They are opinions. No one can tell you it is wrong because it is your opinion. My opinion is that Justin Beiber sucks. Your opinion is that he rocks. I can disagree with your opinion, but I cannot say it is wrong. Opinions and beliefs are very similar in that way. It becomes this nonsensical argument about what is right and wrong. But they only things we can say are right or wrong are those things that are based on fact.
I am a man of science and fact. For those of you LOST fans this argument should sound familiar. I need evidence that something is real, if I do not have it I freak out. This is where things get crazy. If I crashed on an island without use of my legs and I gained use back there is my evidence that something is going on that is bigger than me. But if I crash on an island and nothing outstanding happens to me I want to get the hell of off that island.
Hopefully all of these things interconnect with one another in a way that makes sense.
People are stupid. Get over yourselves and instead of getting upset and angry about it have a nice conversation with the one that offended you and just get your opinion out there.
As always thanks for reading, tell everyone about my blog, get him or her to come, comment, all that jazz. Have something you want me to talk about? Email me at xLavax@gmail.com. Thanks.
As I sit here in Christian Formation class I realize people are stupid. Yes I am in Christian Formation; I go to a Christian school, blah blah blah. Now that we're past that let's get to what I want to talk about. People are stupid and need to get over themselves. Plain and simple. A LOT of the views on Christianity are opinion based, and it's hard for a preacher to teach a class on basic Christian ideas without inputting his opinion, it's simply unreasonable.
So why are you getting offended? I have recently heard complaints of our teacher offending people because of his views on different subjects in the Christian world. Get. Over. It. I mean really, why are you complaining about it when what you specifically believe has the possibility of offending the teacher?
If you were having a one on one conversation with someone who knows you, and your faith then you can be offending if they say something offensive to you. But he is teaching a class, it's impossible to not offend someone. It's like watching a TV show. That TV show can't attach itself to one person, or one kind of person.
Because I mentioned being in Christian Formation class let me discuss what we talked about: Speaking in tongues. Bah. Humbug. I do not believe in speaking in tongues, at all. Where's the proof that you are actually enveloped by the Holy Sprit? How do we know you're not just putting on a stage show? I mean really, would it be o hard for me to pretend? I'll look up a YouTube video of someone speaking and just copy it, claiming that t was the Holy Sprit. People cannot be trusted.
Let me say that again... PEOPLE CANNOT BE TRUSTED. See how big and prevalent I made that? People are people. We make mistakes and we "sin." It's just a mater of fact. People cannot be stopped form sinning or screwing up. Every day every person sins in some way. (This is where my notebook ends)
Ok let me clear something up. If you believe in speaking in tongues and it brings you closer to God do not let my opinion stop you. I think that is the real problem with people getting upset over opinions. Why are you getting upset about it? Shouldn't your faith be true or good enough that if someone says something else it shouldn't affect what you are thinking at all? Why are you taking it that seriously?
I like to live by the motto that opinions cannot be wrong. They are opinions. No one can tell you it is wrong because it is your opinion. My opinion is that Justin Beiber sucks. Your opinion is that he rocks. I can disagree with your opinion, but I cannot say it is wrong. Opinions and beliefs are very similar in that way. It becomes this nonsensical argument about what is right and wrong. But they only things we can say are right or wrong are those things that are based on fact.
I am a man of science and fact. For those of you LOST fans this argument should sound familiar. I need evidence that something is real, if I do not have it I freak out. This is where things get crazy. If I crashed on an island without use of my legs and I gained use back there is my evidence that something is going on that is bigger than me. But if I crash on an island and nothing outstanding happens to me I want to get the hell of off that island.
Hopefully all of these things interconnect with one another in a way that makes sense.
People are stupid. Get over yourselves and instead of getting upset and angry about it have a nice conversation with the one that offended you and just get your opinion out there.
As always thanks for reading, tell everyone about my blog, get him or her to come, comment, all that jazz. Have something you want me to talk about? Email me at xLavax@gmail.com. Thanks.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
As I Sit Here
As I sit here waiting for my phone to sync so I can go to bed I ponder about the universe. Close your eyes for a moment and simply feel yourself in the universe. You should feel so small that you are not but a single cell within a vast and seemingly never ending space. Look down on the earth and see the civilization or lack there of that has formed. Then look at yourself. Or more personally I am looking at myself.
Do I make a difference? Do I matter? What if there is some other earth like planet out there that has a civilization as well. Why are we the ones on this earth that have grown to be the masters of it? Ok so you believe in God? Well.. What created God?
My head begins to twist and twirl just considering the possibility that there is a higher being actually out there and perhaps a higher deity above that one. And endless amount of possibilities surround us on a daily basis and a lot of it is based around faith. Faith in and of itself is a marvelous thing. Belief in something that basically no one has any proof actually exists. Sure Jesus Christ existed but what if it was all a bunch of bologna?
Why are we here? What is our purpose in life? Is there a purpose in life? What am I doing with my life? Should I be making the most out of it? Should I wake up tomorrow morning go to class then grab my girlfriend by the hand and just go?
For some reason I feel almost meaningless at the moment. I do not know what it is. How would people's lives be without me? Would they all be miserable or, by my logic, would other events would have happened that would have made them equally as satisfied or happier with their lives?
You are a single cell in the vast space that is, well, space. Life as we know it could end tomorrow. Who knows? The world is unpredictable and ever changing.
I once had the conversation that hey, the earth came back when all those volcanoes exploded, it can take what we are throwing at it just fine. There is no such thing as global warming. There is such a thing as too much trash though. This room I am in? One day it will cease to exist and my presence here will be completely and utterly forgotten.
What is the point of doing homework? In today's society we exist to create the next little babies to keep the ball rolling. We grow up, get jobs and feed the economy. Just keep the cogs turning in the vast machine that is the world today. Continents, countries, states, cities, towns, neighborhoods. Life keeps going on and if you do not grab on and take hold it will quickly leave you behind without a care.
But what if time does care? What if it is shoving the handles into our hands and just waiting for us to squeeze? Should we squeeze? Of course we should. Grab on damnit and go for it. Want to be a musician, movie director, actor, business person, volunteer, swimmer, runner, animator, do what you want in life! If you don't you will find yourself stuck in a rut and not making most out of the time you do have. In a relationship that you actually do not like and want to get out of? Get out of it, move on, do not be held back by what you really want out of life!
Life is hard. But life is good.
Whether or not you think you were placed here by a deity's doing or whether you think you are simply here because evolution happened and here we are, make the most out of what you have and what you can do.
You are a single cell in the vast space that is space. As far as we are concerned it is never ending. Everything starts with a single cell. A single motion. A single thought. A single action. Next thing you know you have an amazing world filled with amazing things that never cease to amaze.
Life is good.
Grab the handles of time. For if you do not, it will leave you behind. Even if you are seventy years old and have yet to grasp those handels, do it. I encourage you.
Practicing what I preach will be quite the difficult thing. But hey, if I am going to do it, why not you as well? Stop wasting time's time. Go and be what you want to be and who you want to be. Do not bother with other's opinons. Smile at someone on the street. Donate some money. Build a treehouse. Lay out under the stars. Build a business. Fall in love. Create life. Live life.
Life. Is. Good.
Thanks for reading.
Do I make a difference? Do I matter? What if there is some other earth like planet out there that has a civilization as well. Why are we the ones on this earth that have grown to be the masters of it? Ok so you believe in God? Well.. What created God?
My head begins to twist and twirl just considering the possibility that there is a higher being actually out there and perhaps a higher deity above that one. And endless amount of possibilities surround us on a daily basis and a lot of it is based around faith. Faith in and of itself is a marvelous thing. Belief in something that basically no one has any proof actually exists. Sure Jesus Christ existed but what if it was all a bunch of bologna?
Why are we here? What is our purpose in life? Is there a purpose in life? What am I doing with my life? Should I be making the most out of it? Should I wake up tomorrow morning go to class then grab my girlfriend by the hand and just go?
For some reason I feel almost meaningless at the moment. I do not know what it is. How would people's lives be without me? Would they all be miserable or, by my logic, would other events would have happened that would have made them equally as satisfied or happier with their lives?
You are a single cell in the vast space that is, well, space. Life as we know it could end tomorrow. Who knows? The world is unpredictable and ever changing.
I once had the conversation that hey, the earth came back when all those volcanoes exploded, it can take what we are throwing at it just fine. There is no such thing as global warming. There is such a thing as too much trash though. This room I am in? One day it will cease to exist and my presence here will be completely and utterly forgotten.
What is the point of doing homework? In today's society we exist to create the next little babies to keep the ball rolling. We grow up, get jobs and feed the economy. Just keep the cogs turning in the vast machine that is the world today. Continents, countries, states, cities, towns, neighborhoods. Life keeps going on and if you do not grab on and take hold it will quickly leave you behind without a care.
But what if time does care? What if it is shoving the handles into our hands and just waiting for us to squeeze? Should we squeeze? Of course we should. Grab on damnit and go for it. Want to be a musician, movie director, actor, business person, volunteer, swimmer, runner, animator, do what you want in life! If you don't you will find yourself stuck in a rut and not making most out of the time you do have. In a relationship that you actually do not like and want to get out of? Get out of it, move on, do not be held back by what you really want out of life!
Life is hard. But life is good.
Whether or not you think you were placed here by a deity's doing or whether you think you are simply here because evolution happened and here we are, make the most out of what you have and what you can do.
You are a single cell in the vast space that is space. As far as we are concerned it is never ending. Everything starts with a single cell. A single motion. A single thought. A single action. Next thing you know you have an amazing world filled with amazing things that never cease to amaze.
Life is good.
Grab the handles of time. For if you do not, it will leave you behind. Even if you are seventy years old and have yet to grasp those handels, do it. I encourage you.
Practicing what I preach will be quite the difficult thing. But hey, if I am going to do it, why not you as well? Stop wasting time's time. Go and be what you want to be and who you want to be. Do not bother with other's opinons. Smile at someone on the street. Donate some money. Build a treehouse. Lay out under the stars. Build a business. Fall in love. Create life. Live life.
Life. Is. Good.
Thanks for reading.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Silly Love Songs
Well Monday is Valentine's Day and while it may seem like a waste of time to a large majority of you, it is another day in the year where I can proclaim my profound love for my girlfriend. Corny right? I know haha.
Anyways even if you don't have a special someone, take the time to tell those around you how much you love and appreciate them, even though you should be doing it any other day anyways. While I sit here contemplating whether or not to buy the Glee version of this song for Tasha or just get the Paul McCartney and the Wings version (that I prefer) off a CD in the house, I'll leave you with Paul's. Also as John Lennon would say around this halmarkiest of holidays: "All you need is love."
Anyways even if you don't have a special someone, take the time to tell those around you how much you love and appreciate them, even though you should be doing it any other day anyways. While I sit here contemplating whether or not to buy the Glee version of this song for Tasha or just get the Paul McCartney and the Wings version (that I prefer) off a CD in the house, I'll leave you with Paul's. Also as John Lennon would say around this halmarkiest of holidays: "All you need is love."
Sunday, January 30, 2011
18 Days Later
Eighteen days after my last blog post here I am! With, of course, nothing to report. Life meanders on as usual, bringing it a plethora of... well... nothing that exciting really. It was a decent day. Food was good at brunch after church today. Tasha and I are as in love as ever. We will be home the weekend before Valentine's day so that Saturday I am hoping to take her out and give her the presents I have obtained for her. This week is going to be a little insane and maddening. Band here at Olivet is quite idiotic, to be polite. How about I be more specific. Band Winter Showcase is idiotic.
[RANT]
They never give us a scheduele or let us know when we are supposed to be practicing and when they do it is about a half hour before practice is starting and I am like "Well I already have plans" and they are like "well you have to be there" and I am like "Well I can't be" and they are like "but we told you" and I am like "Yeah a minute ago." Or how about this situation "Why weren't you at practice earlier today?" "We had practice?" "Yeah-why weren't you there?" "We had practice?" "Yeah-why weren't you there?" "I didn't know about it." "Well you should have been there." Yeah that is how it goes here. It kind of sucks. I am perfectly ok with concert band because were were emailed the entire schedule for the entire semester. I am putting an emphasis on THE ENTIRE SEMESTER. So apparently we have practice from 8pm-12am every night this week. Wait, what? When did that happen? Know how many practices the choir had for their thing and it was hilarious? TWO. That's right. TWO. Apparently we suck so bad we have to practice a lot. And memorizing music for something that isn't even on the field? What bull crap is that? Everyone is a better performer when they have the music. Trust me. I KNOW. UGH. It just really sucks and is full of bull crap and yeah. At most I will get a lot of reading done because I am only in two of like 10-15 performances. And I have to be there the WHOLE time. What happens to my academics? I have a lot of stuff going on this week. A lot of research to do and all that jazz really sucks.
[/RANT]
Yep, that was quite the long rant. Basically sums up how I feel about band here sometimes. Oh well. I should be off to bed. I have an 8:30 class tomorrow morning. Woo... woo... Ok, goodnight everyone. Thanks for reading.
[RANT]
They never give us a scheduele or let us know when we are supposed to be practicing and when they do it is about a half hour before practice is starting and I am like "Well I already have plans" and they are like "well you have to be there" and I am like "Well I can't be" and they are like "but we told you" and I am like "Yeah a minute ago." Or how about this situation "Why weren't you at practice earlier today?" "We had practice?" "Yeah-why weren't you there?" "We had practice?" "Yeah-why weren't you there?" "I didn't know about it." "Well you should have been there." Yeah that is how it goes here. It kind of sucks. I am perfectly ok with concert band because were were emailed the entire schedule for the entire semester. I am putting an emphasis on THE ENTIRE SEMESTER. So apparently we have practice from 8pm-12am every night this week. Wait, what? When did that happen? Know how many practices the choir had for their thing and it was hilarious? TWO. That's right. TWO. Apparently we suck so bad we have to practice a lot. And memorizing music for something that isn't even on the field? What bull crap is that? Everyone is a better performer when they have the music. Trust me. I KNOW. UGH. It just really sucks and is full of bull crap and yeah. At most I will get a lot of reading done because I am only in two of like 10-15 performances. And I have to be there the WHOLE time. What happens to my academics? I have a lot of stuff going on this week. A lot of research to do and all that jazz really sucks.
[/RANT]
Yep, that was quite the long rant. Basically sums up how I feel about band here sometimes. Oh well. I should be off to bed. I have an 8:30 class tomorrow morning. Woo... woo... Ok, goodnight everyone. Thanks for reading.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Back at School
Hello all who bother to read this. I am back at school. That's right, my wonderful (but tooooooo short) Christmas break came to an end on Monday and now here I am, in my dorm room, just waisting time. I am actually waiting for Tasha to call after one of those dumb dorm hall meetings where they remind you of the rules and stuff, ANYWAYS, I just wanted to let you all know what was going on.
I basically have no classes on Tuesday/Thursday. Miracle, right? I know! I really don't know how I did it, but I did. So there. Being back at school is good I guess, I just miss being home. I had more freedoms at home than I do here, which is weird, but true. I could go over to Tasha's house late at night and we could cuddle in privacy and all that jazz. It was great. Nearly every night I was at her house till like 2am... if you average it. One night I accidentally fell asleep and stayed until 4am, but that's another story haha.
Break was good. Really good. Just NOT LONG ENOUGH. I wanted at least another week, at least. It would have been nice. I didn't do everything that I wanted to, but I did nearly everything. I saw TRON: Evolution which was my main goal. I saw the original Tron beforehand, don't worry. So I got all the jokes that they made in direct reference to the original one i.e. "That's a really big door." Yes, it made me laugh.
What else did I do... I played a lot of ping pong against my father and I genuinely think we are both improving. Some of our games get crazy intense with the ball spinning all over the place, diving for shots, and accidentally throwing the paddles. All in good fun of course. Saw some of my good friends that I miss while I am here. It will be nice when summer is here so I can see them on a regular basis (hopefully).
Anyways that's my life right now. Still in love. Still a little bit insane. Currently rocking out to the TRON: Legacy soundtrack which I purchased from Target this evening with a gift card I got for Christmas. Yay Christmas. Ok, thanks for reading!
I basically have no classes on Tuesday/Thursday. Miracle, right? I know! I really don't know how I did it, but I did. So there. Being back at school is good I guess, I just miss being home. I had more freedoms at home than I do here, which is weird, but true. I could go over to Tasha's house late at night and we could cuddle in privacy and all that jazz. It was great. Nearly every night I was at her house till like 2am... if you average it. One night I accidentally fell asleep and stayed until 4am, but that's another story haha.
Break was good. Really good. Just NOT LONG ENOUGH. I wanted at least another week, at least. It would have been nice. I didn't do everything that I wanted to, but I did nearly everything. I saw TRON: Evolution which was my main goal. I saw the original Tron beforehand, don't worry. So I got all the jokes that they made in direct reference to the original one i.e. "That's a really big door." Yes, it made me laugh.
What else did I do... I played a lot of ping pong against my father and I genuinely think we are both improving. Some of our games get crazy intense with the ball spinning all over the place, diving for shots, and accidentally throwing the paddles. All in good fun of course. Saw some of my good friends that I miss while I am here. It will be nice when summer is here so I can see them on a regular basis (hopefully).
Anyways that's my life right now. Still in love. Still a little bit insane. Currently rocking out to the TRON: Legacy soundtrack which I purchased from Target this evening with a gift card I got for Christmas. Yay Christmas. Ok, thanks for reading!
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