Tuesday, September 29, 2009

It's been two massively life altering years

...with more changes in my life than I'm sure I can ever recall since I first stepped foot on the campus of college. But one thing has remained the same; I'm still an ENTJ . Albiet a little more on the "E" side of things than I was back in the day (went from a 12/12/1/12 to a 22/12/1/22).

Does this sound like me? It sure as hell does to me, but then again I can't say I've exhaustively looked at the other options. I'm sure Momma would probably read this description and go "that's my boy," especially when it comes to the "strong sentimental streaks" that we "often hide from others as it is perceived as a weakness." She usually gets the brunt of those...

Should I be concerned or relieved that I have pretty much stayed the same - from a basic personality standpoint - "halfway" through college? Who knows. That's too big of a question for this post to answer.

Either way, I'm pretty surprised that I've stayed relatively the same. I have a good feeling that by the end of the year the "Extrovert" number will probably get even higher. Then again, my whole analysis of the ENTJ-ness of myself pretty much locks me even more into an ENTJ. Vicious cycle, it is.

As much as I blaze on psychology, it does have some pretty freakin' creepy/cool aspects. If anyone else knows what they are, or wants to take the quick version, post it.

I have no clue what the picture is supposed to mean... but it's pretty badass... so I'll take it!

Monday, September 28, 2009

Top 5 hard words to translate:



1.) Mamihlapinatapai - a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start.

2.) Schadenfreude - pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others

.... That's actually all I have... I've known about Schendenfraude for a while (as should any other person who roots against the Yankees), but Mamihlapinatapai is a new one. I digg it.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Plug/Short Review



Very solid latest release by Brand New. While it may not go down as their best yet (it's going to be very hard to beat Devil and God), they yet again throw in a bit of a new flair, this time in the form of a harder sound. Should appeal to those who maybe thought they were a little too emo (a la Deja). The tradeoff is slightly worse lyrics, but I won't feel like a big pansy rocking to this one in the car.

Not that it ever stopped me from rocking to Deja really... just saying...

CD is out today, go grab it.

Food for Thought

The American character since early in its history has been pulled in two directions and has been unable to commit itself to either. The first direction is toward the dream of the American sublime, to a virgin land and a life of peace, serenity and community. The second direction is the Faustian and rapacious, the desire for power, wealth, productivity and universal knowledge, the urge to dominate nature and remake the world. In many ways the American tragedy is that we want both these things and never seem to respect the contradiction between them.



Heavy stuff there. Very prescient though given the current state of society and that this was written about 40 years ago, before something was labeled as "green" even if it did not have a similar hue to a frog. Also interesting considering how the "duality" pops up even in my own interests, what with me wanting to enter a well-paying industry that pops out more pollution in a year than you could with your car in your lifetime, but at the same time not so much as taking a shit in a secluded forest without being concerned with where I'm going to put the TP.

It's a mad mad mad mad world we live in folks....

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

3 Day Weekends will be the death of me

Well... more like 4.5 day weekends, but who's counting?

Labor Day weekend was the perfect storm: light homework on Thursday and Friday, football all day Saturday, and a trip to "Lex Vegas" on Sunday.

While this made for a very sticky situation driving back on Monday (took a pit stop in the nati to let my back, which had slept on the floor the night previous, recover), and a slight swine flu scare today, after a few Tylonol Rapid Release I'm feeling like a new man, ready to face the challenges ahead.

For those interested, a few of the guys from school have started a blog: the quite aptly named UD Stoop. This one is very , as ChemGuy would say, so be forewarned. It is however hilarious and has surprisingly good writing quality/video. Just a heads up for those curious.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

A few tweets:

1.) I'm starting to realize why saying I am in engineering is usually greeted with an "OOoooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh......." A.k.a the hdub is off the charts.

2.) This Saturday is one of the greatest days of the near, the start of college football season.

3.) I'm finally starting to get excited to see the blue and gold on the field again.

4.) My goal for the year is not to make the games make/break my mood for (and thus quality of) the entire weekend.

Keep livin' the dream everyone. A small wave of schools are still moving in so I want to give a big best of luck to everyone on the new year.

Except for the OSU and USC football teams. You all suck.

Blatent Digg Steal #1332432533

Let's just agree on this one thing:


Let's also agree that Hitler has the best 'tasche growing abilities of the three.

He may even give Obama a run for his money when it comes to a rousing speech for the masses...

Too soon?