Math is fun

One thing that as been surprising to me is that in my engineering specific classes, a lot of the time there is very little focus on getting the right answer. A lot of times it is like math-light. Constants are rounded to the point to where, as one of my professors puts it, "You aren't right, but neither is thermodynamics, and at least you are in the game."

In doing math-light a lot this year (though when you are dealing with something like a Benedict-Webb-Rubin equation, not much can be considered "light" about it...) it's surprised me how easy even complex math can become but just knowing "this number gonna be really big, so screw this number, its only gonna change the final answer by like .2, oh but this number matters," and so on and so on.

This morning I saw that one of the supplies of the New York Times had not been emptied (they usually are by about 10 minutes after 8 AM, when classes start) and switched to the Science section because I'm a huge nerd and Wall Street confuses the shit out of me, only to find this article.

Basically, that sense of approximation is starting to be linked to one's mathematical ability. This seems kind of stupid and common sense-ish to me, but the WAY that they were able to test for it is really kind of cool. Basically, the test flashes a random number of circles on a screen for .2 seconds, some blue some yellow. It is your job to determine, basically off of a gut instinct, which color circles there were more of.

Sort of a why didn't I think of that type of thing...

Anywho, I like to think I have a mildly varied readership, so I'm curious how some people test. Clink the link above, go for maybe 20 or so tries, and lemme know what you get.

For the record, I went 50 times, got 76%. I'm sure at least one person will try to beat the system and play like seven times to get 100%, so ahead of time.... I win.

It's getting to be that time of year....

The crisp fall breeze is starting to show in the evenings and (sometimes) that downright cold winter chill wakes me up in the mornings. Kids are throwing footballs to their dads (and occasionally, hip moms) in backyards everywhere. Football (and with that, tailgating) season has arrived.

Just in time with that comes the homework. The papers. The projects. The tests.

Hurl.

Bare with me for a little while I spend most of my time on school work (sorry... priorities and such...), a little less time (for now) on this new thing called "co-op interviews," and a little less on my favorite season of the year (footbaw season).

No, this isn't a goodbye. It is not a "it's not me it's you..." type thing.

It's an "expect shorties like I have already been doing for a little while anyways," type of thing. I like those better anyways; I ramble too much on long posts.

Leaving on a bright note:

Ninja cat (its like an LOLcat, but a real, live, video...):

Best College Football Weekend Ever.

You know why.

That is all, for now.

YAYYYY WE SURVIVED!!!

Happy LHC Day! Were not dead

Or we are and we don't know it.

o.O

AHH!!

Holy crap...

Mythbusters is awesome and hilarious. In this I learned how helium-voice works, and why it never works for me (I exhale...)

Now, what happens if you inhale sulfur hexafluoride? (Science types, is this unhealthy??)



[EDIT]:

Chemguy, if you can sweet-talk the higher-ups, this would be a freakin sweet before-winter-break lab:

Thermodynamics is hard.

Rainy Fridays suck.

These two facts consist of my day. These made me chuckle:








^^the lulz are mild, but on topic

Irregular Webcomic! is actually pretty funny....

Death Magnetic

Metallica is about to release a new CD. Out of spite (fuck you, Lars) I have acquired it already.

They are good again.

I'm not saying they are my favorite, but Rick Rubin has definitely turned around the club. St. Anger is a thing of the past, finally.

Maybe they did nearly carbon-copy the formulas from some of their more popular songs (That Was Just Your Life : Master of Puppets :: The Day That Never Comes : One), but if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

5 Straight Days of college football

and not one game i truly care about.

this is like getting a brand new car only to discover that the last person to give it a test drive let out a really good shart before giving up the keys

My not so professional opinion:

- Pitt lost to Bowling Green. Hopefully that just means they suck and not that they lost their focus already and will be perfect the rest of the season. LeSean McCoy scares me. He is good...

- Michigan sucks. No really, it's not some fun slogan anymore... from what I saw Saturday... they really really suck. Threet/Sheridan are not good throwing quarterbacks, let alone spread option running QBs. McGuffie is a freshman. If their defense lays a turd like they did in the first half, they are in big trouble.... im talking 3-9 trouble...

- I'm tired of these warmup games. Maybe Chris Wells getting hurt is karma.

- USC is going to be very, very, very good this year. Their quarterback, Sanchez, should have started all year last year. Ruh roh.

I'll Bite

100 Foods - bold i've eaten, crossed out I would never try. ill take it a step further and link the ones i needed to investigate

1. Venison - like any other meat, as good as its cooked
2. Nettle tea - wtf?
3. Huevos rancheros - i make a mean one...
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile - alligator, close enough
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush - god thats a sweet phrase. not a big fan of eggplant, but usually like middle eastern food.
11. Calamari - at Disney World one time i had calimari at every resturant. different every place we ate. and yea, i have been to Disney World way too much
12. Pho - sounds good though
13. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
14. Aloo gobi - apparently i just didnt know the love. i heart curry
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle - amazing.
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes - does mead count?
19. Steamed pork buns - im intrigued though...
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras - minus the health problems, liver doesnt bother me (aka taste-wise)
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda - of the things i havent known to this point, this sounds the tastiest
31. Wasabi peas - Dad loves them
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi - sounds yummy, may have to try it out
34. Sauerkraut - like the smell (its the german in me...), hate the taste (its the intelligence in me...)
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar - its gonna happen...
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat - love me some curry. im down.
42. Whole insects - cant think of any...
43. Phaal - ok this is a curry-heavy list
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu - i remember this on food network once. if i were at a high-class japanese place, i just may
47. Chicken tikka masala - again with the curry!!
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut - hurl.
50. Sea urchin - eh.
51. Prickly pear - Jungle Book (the disney one i grew up on) makes me want one every time
52. Umeboshi - there are so many foods out there i have never even HEARD of that i want to try now... this list is depressing...
53. Abalone - sea food in genereal doesnt scare me...
54. Paneer - i would try it because ill try any cheese, the chances of me liking it are slim to none. non-melting cheese just doesnt do it for me outside of parmesean
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV - going out on a limb on this one. my family loves beer tasting but doesnt really pay attention to ABV... im guessing yes, but not often prob
59. Poutine - that doesnt sound bad at all....
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin - wtf?
64. Currywurst - BRILLIANT!!!!!
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs - i have always said i would, but when the time comes i wimp out. damn you kermit the frog!
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake - all.
68. Haggis - subject to change...
69. Fried plantain - very good actually
70. Chitterlings or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini - once in a blue moon maybe
73. Louche absinthe - Mom really wants to try some...
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill - wtf?
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie - too much processed sugar
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong - love tea.
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum - if i get over the look, i bet its good
82. Eggs Benedict - if i had a stomach able to handle this that early in the morning, i would have it everyday
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe Beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor - sounds yummy
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee - dont get me started....
100. Snake

Don't talk to cops.

I'm probably on the terrorist watch list already for the title of this, but it needs to be said.

Watch these. Roughly an hour long, but really, really, really informative. James Duane, a professor at Regency Law School talking about why not to talk to police. This isn't me saying cops suck, far from.

Just know your rights



Part 1:


After that, click in the related videos for part 2

Moe Mashed Us Again

Went to the nati and watched the Vikes lose a heartbreaker to longtime rival Moeller, 27-17. I came away with these observatiosn:

* Nippert Stadium (and UC in general) really is a very nice venue. I may have to try to get down there for a UC football game sometime, I feel like when the place is packed it really makes some noise.

* Spencer Ware is good, but really not a thrower. Granted there were a few off throws that were more of a play miscommunication than anything, but he was constantly putting the ball at the knees. Not to say there weren't flashes of D-1 passing, but I feel like he would be much better off as a runningback or wide reciever in college (I would be surprised if any college coaches disagreed with me).

* Princeton will definitely have a good year this year. They more than doubled Moeller in offensive production, and were it not for two interceptions, probably would have walked away with a win. Both the offensive and defensive line still have a ways to go, but nothing to keep them from having a fun season.

* If the football team was even half as fun to watch as this when I were in school, I would have been very satisfied.

* The student section is really going downhill. A big Whiskey Tango Foxtrot to that one....

Duel Day Pt. 3

18 or 21?

It's been coming up in the news a bit lately, so I figure why not throw it out there.

The 21 age limit is a broken system (trust me) but it makes Uncle Sam a ton of money in fines and what not, and I'm sure it probably does cut down on DUI deaths quite a bit. The problem I have with that arguement though is the belief that this is an unalterable consequence of an 18 year age limit.

If I remember correctly, Sweden (the person, a foreign exchange student from high school) told me Sweden's (the country) laws on the subject and it almost made too much sense. Why not lower the age to drink out (as in at bars and resturants) to 18, but keep the age to buy it from a store at 20 (in the case of Sweden) or 21 even? At even the dingiest of hole in the wall bars, there is a bartender there to cut you off and a bouncer to throw you out the door for wearing a hat like the gays do.

It is just enough of a level of control to keep Uncle Sam happy, while at the same time teaching teens their limits so they don't have to learn it from everyones friends over at the Delta house. And shit, the money some people will blow at the bar in one night, let alone two or three years when that is the only possiblity, far far exceeds that of an underage fine. Talk about an economic stimulus package! If anything, it's a hell of a lot of a better idea than the "lite beer" bullshiat law that my parents always use as their disclaimer for "back in the day." I highly doubt that really worked as planned. At least here there is a definite line drawn in the sand. Empty the top shelf if you want, but drink it here, don't take it with you.



Lemme hear em'

Consider this my formal goodbye...

No not from the blogosphere you willy-nillies (not sure if that is even applicable there...).



Consider this my formal goodbye world if the entire planet goes caput from a man-made black hole, as some are fearing upon the completion and first run of the LHC.

Personally, I'm not even going to fake like I know enough to really understand why people would jump to this apocolyptic conclusion, or why physisicts are so damn excited to play with their new toy. I don't really care about the former, and if any of the more scientific types could explain the latter a little bit for me (or ask everyone's favorite Ghanaian) it would be greatly appreciated.

Even with my relative lack of background on the subject, the Popular Science nerd in me can't help but be a little excited. As the comic explains, usually if science makes someone fear for all of humanity, science is on the right track.

I'm BaaaaaAAAAAAaaaaccccckKKKkkkkKKkkk

Moved in 8 AM this morning after finishing packing about 1 AM last night. But, all is well and the one night of fun begins before classes come and ruin my life.

Rubber Ducky out... promising to report much more consistently

It Tickles the Throat

Ginger Beer is not Root Beer.

Mom grabbed some A.J. Stephan's "Jamacian Style" Ginger Beer from Jungle Jims a few weeks ago for me because I'm a big weirdo and like drinking different things. Like chugging straight club soda... then having it come back up all over my biology teacher's floor.... or flavoring said club soda.... but I digress...

Think Ginger Ale cubed, and you have a solid idea of what this "Ginger Beer" is like. Probably a more accurate description would be to think of the taste of straight ginger that is a side in most sushi and carbonate it. I know if you aren't a sushi freak such as I that doesn't help much, but it works. So suck it.

The after taste is straight ginger with a heaping load of burning. Yes, burning. Something with the method of carbonation or something really makes this rough on even a healthy throat. It's a mild burn that lasts a solid 15-20 seconds. Usually the only time a man has to utter that sentence is to a proctologist after a night of B-dubs blazin' wings. Mmmmm buffalo sauceeeeee.

Ginger Beer however, has no wonderous buffalo sauce, yet still the burn (though admittedly, not in the anus.... which is courteous...)

2/5 on the J-Ged ruff ryder taste test scale

Read the Watchmen

I picked it up as I was about halfway done, took out my bookmark (a Dark Knight movie ticket, if you are curious), and now have no need for it.



Holy shit.



Definitely one where the ending isn't the best (or even most memorable) moment. Not to say that it's a shitty Chappelle-esque wrap it up type ending. It's actually a pretty solid closing.

Just... there are so many other parts that make you stop and think. Or just sit there in awe at how two completely non-related aspects of the story tie in later at a much more elaborate level than simply through the plot.

It's all kind of hard to explain with IB English being nearly two years in my past now.......

But yea.... just wow.....

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Parts that jump out now after just reading it:

1.) The whole of chapter/issue 9. Basically, while trying to not spoil it, it revolves around a normal human being essentially trying to get the only true superhero in the novel to actually give two shits about Earth. In it is a whole "uniqueness of human life" shpiel that really gets to me.
2.) Two chapters before that, Moore has a little non-graphic piece of one of Nite Owl's acedemic pieces that is a masterful suppliment to the whole chapter/issue 9 shpiel. It's really hard to explain without giving stuff away, but if you have read it before and just read those two parts back-to-back it'll jump right out. Pretty neat.
3.) The whole Nostalgia motif, and the irony of it all (in terms of the businessman behind it and what not
4.) How most of the time I didn't give two shits about the Black Freighter storyline, then once the last page of chapter/issue 11 came (again, if you read it you should have an idea of what I'm talking about) I had to hold back from getting emotional.

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The only thing that has me really worried about a movie adaptation is that you can't really take much out of it without really losing a solid chunk what makes this book great. The fact that it all fits together so well, almost like a good 1500 piece puzzle, is partly what is so rewarding. It's almost like Lord of the Rings in that a whole world was created. Who knows though. There's a reason they always say, "the book was better."

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Just watching the trailer for the movie again, this time actually knowing what happens, and i think this will blow the dark knight movies out of the water, at least for the comic book reader demographic. just watch the dude at the end of this... he has to hold back TEARS for god's sake! over a trailer!!!!




and now... with the only time I will probably EVER use the comic tag

I are back.

I go to work in one hour (fitting...)

School starts a week from today (good for this blog)

I am reading Watchmen, not very far into it so if you ruin it I will hunt you down and castrate you and your male children from here to the end of your days.

Other than that, have a nice day :)

On Vacation

I don't suck as bad as you may think I do. Back to the beach.

The crap stolen-wireless I have to make this post isn't allowing me to upload anything in the way of pictures like I planned.... so I'll get back to it sometime... stay tuned

Apparently Whtie is the new White....

and yes, I was correct in my assumption. The Reds screwed this one up. However, at the time of my assuming this, I didn't know the whole Griffey vs. the guys in the booth hurrah , so I guess it was more of a knee jerk get-this-guy out of town thing on ole' Bobby's part.

And that sucks. Griffey was the only sure fire trade option at this point, given Arroyo's recent sucking (thus ruining is trade value) and Dunn's hot streak (giving him a 57th chance to become the consistent deep threat the Red's need). And for him we got a mediocre at best relief pitcher and a AAA 2nd basemen with a bum back and average-on-a-good-day hitting.

Way to go for what we need, doushebags. I understand Griffey doesn't have the value he once did, but color me unimpressed.

I'd love to hear everyone else's opinion

Griffey to the Whtie Sox

I have a feeling the Reds screwed this one up....

My Duel Day picks

Cheap post, I know. But hey, its about 12 times better than my posts last week!

*Zinger*

-Coke
-Pepsi products - Mt. Dew... duh...
-CD for ease of use... im not indie enough for vinyl
-roman numerals for tats, reg for anything else
-helvetica all the way
-plastic
-hotpad
-baths are much more relaxing, so in a vacum, i choose bath

-college, in everything except possibly basketball (lets see how both college and the NBA are next year without the diaper dandy/Celtics storylines)
-Order out... not to say i dont like home cooking, but usually a philly cheesesteak from penn station wins out
-other, windows media player, vlc, amarok if it ever comes to windows (please please please please)
-ive always been enticed by castro, hence this question. the commie for the win
-pac for the attitude, biggie for the rap ability. thats the most definite choice your will get from me, both are pioneers
-going with achilles on the pub/private thing. though p-town will always be close to my heart, more for the makeup of people than the way it's run

I really need to do something....

I will be on the homestead this week, vacation at one of America's beautiful natural wonders: Lake Erie for a week, then have a week to get stuff together for school.

So on top of being busy, I have that other problem where nothing really happens during the summer. Example: today I work until 4:15, at which point I will hate kids, be slightly closer to a skin cancer ridden body, and exponentially closer to hanging up the ole' whistle. Side effect: 0/10 motivation to type.

Here's a fun fact: I went to the Brickyard yesterday! NASCAR is still fun, so suck my toe and can the jokes. In no other sport can you bring a radio scanner (basically a high-class name for a portable CB radio) and really get into the strategy and action of the event, maybe even hear your favorite driver drop a few f-bombs and threaten to fire his entire crew.

insert terrible paragraph transition because I cannot write anymore....AH!!!

I went in not really having a favorite driver, but definitely left with a strong liking for Dale Jr. Mainly because I am a nerd who likes to know everything. In what seems fitting with the personalities of Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon, they kept radio chatter to a minimum, or just on a secure (i.e. I can't hear it) channel. No fun. Junior on the other hand was chatting it up the whole time with his crew talking about everything from the car "driving like a Cadillac" at the beginning of the race to, "how the hell did you guys fuck this thing up so bad?!" near the end.
To be honest, it wasn't even a primadona why isn't my car the shiznit type thing, but more of a, you guys are usually really good at this type of thing, what happened? type of thing.

Nearly 5 minutes after flipping shit, Junior would be right back on the radio talking about how, "fucking pumped up [he] is," and how," all this horseshit comes to this."

I love a guy that just tells it like it is.

Oh, and what the hell happened between him and Jeff Burton, because holy crap Junior really doesn't like him much.

And yes, the tire issue sucked major ballz.

Duel Day pt 2

- College football or pro
- Home cooking or order out
- iTunes or other
- G-dub or Castro
- Tupac or Biggie
- Public or Private (this one will be interesting... heh)

That's about all I can think of...

Duel Day(s)

I am about to head out so this one will be short but continued at a later time.

Pick your prefs.

1.) Coke or Pepsi
2.) Coke products or Pepsi products
3.) CD or Vinyl (sp? omg i forgot how to spell vinyl)
4.) Roman numerals or .... regular?
5.) Helvetica or Times New Roman
6.) Paper or plastic
7.) Ice or hotpad
8.) Shower or bath

To be continued...

Halloween in June

A costume up gathering of sorts, I am going with someone as Kriss Kross.

Educate yo'self fool


Jump




Wearing a hoodie in 90 degree weather is dumb.

Pictures later if someone takes them.

I hate my job.

I am sunburnt, tired of teaching kids how to swim and dive when I really am learning right along with them, tired of having a "routine" during the summer, and tired of being tired.

FEEL BAD FOR MEEEEEEEEEE :(

P.S. Nat Geo is the new Discovery HD. "Lockdown" and "Explorer" may be my new favs, with shows about John Gotti and Methamphetamines to boot! Discovery HD is too much car stuff and general boringness right now.

Top five movie characters I wish I could be:

5.) Batman, the Batman Begins one - All the other Batmans are too over-the-top comic-y. My alltime favorite comic book movie, but the comic aspect of it really ruins half the fun.

4.) George Jung, Blow - Just to feel what its like at the top, then have it all come crashing down (or would it!?!? if it were me, that is).

3.) Frank Abagnale Jr., Catch Me If You Can - Just to be able to pull off the stunts he does would be great.

2.) Jack Sparrow - Things we have in common: love of ships, pirating, girls, and rum. The whole dreds thing and braided goat (which I would so do if I had the patience) top it off.

[Big gap]

1.) One of the McManus brothers in The Boondock Saints - Irish, badass, and the best tats EVER. I get hyped everytime I watch it.

Tiger Woods is the most impressive pro athlete of my time

The fact that he took a sport as boring and lacking a fun fanbase as golf and made it into this:



is testament to that.

Complain about the "death of the modest golf clap" all you want, I like this better.

Top 5 reasons to stop by at your local festival

No particular order on this one

1.) Its like a high school reunion, but with gambling and its much easier to avoid the creepers
2.) There is no such thing as too many bratts, metts, or italian sausages.
3.) Blackjack is a great time waster.
4.) Funnel cake.
5.) ....Honestly I can't think of a fifth reason. Let's be honest, for the most part festivals suck bunghole and the only reason people go are to enjoy the wonderful vices of life. Irony at its best....

...just don't puke in the pews!! :)

Allegory, Alliteration, Symbolism, Imagery, Irony, Meter, Rhyme.

common elements of poetry; See:



Parental Advisory be damned (see: using the 1st Amendment to the fullest), Tha Carter III is talent. "Lollipop" (that song that you hear about 4 times/hour on the radio) could arguably be the worst song on the album.

I challenge anyone to argue that hip-hop is not in many ways a sub-genre of poetry.

Fun Fact about me:

Whenever I create myself in any baseball videogames, I have always used "Griffey" as my batting stance.

Cheers to the most beautiful swing in the game.

Cicadas suck.

That is all.

Power outages are fun!

Until you try to get online or get hungry and realize nothing can be cooked
and oh yea your last bag of chips is down to the crumblies
that cannot ever be used to dip into your favorite salsa
and oh now you have to pee
BUT WAIT there is no light and
grrrrreeeeeeaaaatttt the sun has since set
so you are using your bat senses to keep from hitting the side
because if a girly is the next to go
and the power is still out
she will undoubtedly sit in your liquids,
bringing about certain death.



But yea, mainly no internetz. That sucked.

The power was out for seven hours and all I got was this shitty free-verse.

"Chad Who?"

It looks like there is a new Cincinnati favorite arising, and to my shock and surprise, he doesn't don the orange and black.

I may not be ordering a jersey yet, but I'd be lying if I tried to act like I haven't checked the price...

Sure, Bruce is not the savior of the franchise. He is a piece, though. Maybe the sudden rise of Volquez (a true talent at SP for once?!!?!) is more reason to be excited, but hitting fills the seats. Just that has happened since Bruce has arrived, too. For the Pirates series, in which Bruce made his MLB debut, attendance was hovering right around 17,000, excluding the always popular Indians series.

For the 3-game series against the Braves (admittedly, a team that probably has a higher draw anyways), attendance more than doubled to an average of 37,181. Barring a terrible away stretch, I imagine those numbers are going to continue for at least the next few home games.

I know I plan on making a game, before I wake up...

Good news and bad news...

The bad news is that this is the most boring sports period of the entire year. No football (even off-season stuff) until August or so, baseball means nothing until the All-Star Break and (usually) the NBA could dissolve tomorrow and I wouldn't know about it for 12 years.

The good news is that this year the most boring sports period is actually being quite entertaining.

For some odd reason I haven't quite grasped yet, the Celtics are really starting to draw me into the NBA a little bit. I've grown up under a household where the belief is that organized basketball ceases to exist after the college level, and the NBA simply represents a bastardized shoot-till-ya-miss version of the game. While that still basically holds true, at least now there are some storylines. You have the ongoing saga of Prince/King James - depending on where your allegiances lie -, good Kobe (the team player who has never gotten a break until the overdue MVP this year)/bad Kobe (the convicted rapist ballhog), and now the "dynasty in the making" Celtics. It's all good stuff and has kept me interested in what is usually the playoffs that just won't end.

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Then there are the surging Redlegs which, dare I say, have looked like a solid all-around baseball team lately, let the knocking on wood commence. For the first time in years, the pitching rotation shows signs of not being finalists for the MVP award of opposing teams, there is some homegrown youth that is making a definite impact, and the team doesn't look like it is just going through the motions everyday.

Maybe all those years of crap are starting to pay off, in the form of the crazy-high draft picks we garnered. It's still far too early to tell, but Jay Bruce has adjusted favorably to the MLB. At least one of Bob Castellini's questionable trades has paid off in the form of a previously unproven pitcher by the name of Edison Volquez. Maybe getting rid of Hamilton rather than say Dunn, or even Griffey wasn't the best move for the future, but realistically I doubt the Rangers would have even been interested in either or both of them.

Needless to say at this point, for the first time in my life I have reminded myself of when the Red's are on TV, made an effort to watch them, and planned at least a few nights in the bleacher seats because, let's be honest, I'm still a poor college student. This isn't the first time the Red's have had an early season boom, but it is the first time that it feels like it may not be completely smoke and mirrors or plain dumb luck. I'll be the first to admit my baseball wisdom is lacking in all areas, but it just feels different, if nothing else.

Here's to optimism.

$129,000 is the new $50,000

I love Time. I used to read it a lot when I had a study hall and could just go to the library and, well, read Time. Not so much anymore though.

The love is still there, as shown through this pretty cool article on essentially international health care, something I honestly care little about (I know I'm a terrible person). However, good writing can make me want to read just about anything.

Basically, some Stanford economists have gone back and looked at the price insurance companies are willing to pay for "quality life" for one year (currently $50,000), and discovered that with basically inflation, the true number should be nearly three times that.

My take: it would be greta if every single man, woman, and child in the world could somehow be promised $132,000 in health care, if the need arose. Probably not so feasible though.

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In related news, NPR just did a segment on "This I Believe," called "What is the True Value of a Human Life?" They interview Kenneth Feinberg, who had to decide the amount of monetary compensation families of 9/11 victims and the Virginia Tech shooting victims would recieve. Pretty thought provoking stuff.


Overall Conclusion: [Yakov Smirnoff] In Capitalist America, money own you! [/Yakov] No but forrealsies, it is scary to think that the government can use money you don't have to control your healthcare, quality of life post-retirement, and most outlandishly, your grieving process.

The conversation went something like this

In fye (holy crap so expensive), Stinky and I, talking about music.

Me - "Eliminate one of these three" Holding out Stevie Ray Vaughan's Greatest Hits, Garth Brook's Greatest Hits (his new 2 CD/DVD one), and Tool's Schism DVD

Stinky - "I dunno... they all kinda suck."

"Ok. I guess I'll put Stevie Ray Vaughan back" It was the most expensive one, I was trying to stay under my gift card limit "You at least respect him as a musican though, right?"

"Eh, can't say I like him."

"Yea, sure, but I mean, you respect him, right? He is like one of the greatest guitarists of all time..."

"Eh, not really."

"Seriously?"

"Yep."

At this point I stomp back, grab the SRV album, throw Garth in some random area. I think I may have made a small scene.


"Never say you know anything about music again."


Moral of the story, never tell your girlfriend that she should never speak of a topic again. If you do, don't expect her to hold your hand. Corrollary: I probably should have just put the Schism DVD back. Yea... that was dumb...

Until then though, suck on this:

SeeqPod - Playable Search

Disclaimer: Stinky really does have a good music taste and stuff for the most part. Hopefully either a) She stopped reading this months ago or b) She will take this well :)

Another side of me

No, not in the creepy kind of way.

I have a little side hobby in digital art and post some of my work over on a little website called Deviant Art. It's a fun little site where anyone of varying skill levels, from honestly pretty crappy to professional can post some of their work and recieve some good encouragement, constructive criticism, or just the pleasure of anonymously (well, as much as the internetz offers at least) presenting a different side of them.

I tend towards the "honestly pretty crappy" and "pleasure of presenting (relatively) anonymously" side of things. But hey, it's still fun.

Some of the stuff has already been posted here, some of it a few of you will recognize from a certain school publication, other of it just plain sucks. Even a blind squirrel strikes oil sometimes though (or finds a nut, whichever comes first), so check it out maybe.

I'll tack it to the good ole' sidebar from now on so as to ease the hassle of stalking.

When you see it, you'll shit bricks. (idk... some internet mimi, like the chick in the drew carrey show. yes. that scary...

I got a car (again) today...

Some youtubes to commemorate the occasion

The part where I review popular media.

Hmm, where to begin...

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall

I can't remember if its Sara or Sarah, but honestly I really don't care. That is a great summary of the entire movie. Forgetable. The musical parts were actually very well done (the main character is a songwriter for a crappy TV show, who his ex, Sara(h) Marshall, is the star of), and there was a girl that looked a lot like what Michelle Rodriguez would look like if she wasn't such a tomboy (see: better than the Jessicas.). Other than that, your everyday young adult comedy.

As sort of a side note... it seemed like the director was on some kind of a weird mission to make Americans not feel as creepy about seeing penises on camera. It was odd, like the first time he showed it there was just a quick glance, then as the movie went on that glance evolved into nearly a complete scene of just naked dude. Sweet, but no thanks. I think I may need to go on a Hawaiaan retreat just to forget that now....

2/5 awkward moments

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Death At A Funeral

Why are British comedies so damn funny sometimes? People sometimes refer to America as being a little brother of sorts to England/UKoGBaNI. It shows best in our sense of humor. UKoGBaNI brought us The Office, America brings us Flavor of Love. UKoGBaNI brings us Death At A Funeral, America brings us Weekend at Bernies. But I digress...

Seriously, this is a funny movie. Full of black humor (my favorite) since, well, it does take place at a funeral. There are the normal characters like the cranky old uncle that nobody wants to take care of anymore, the wildly successful brother that nobody ever talks to anymore, and even the more contemporary "funeral crasher". However, this takes it a step further and throws in the guy-who-accidentally-took-major-hallucinagens and the gay-lover-of-the-dead-father-nobody-knew-about.

Good times. Many lol moments, which are rare for me when I'm not watching The Office. Recommended

5/5 Bangers and mash

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Rome: Total War

I can't really think of anyone who would really care about this one for two reasons. One, about 95% of you aren't nearly as big of a nerd as me (yes, that is meant to sound condescending, so THERE) and two, this game has been out for almost five years now, so that train has come and gone.

But anywho, this game really, really rocks my socks. It is like Civilization meets Dynasty Warriors meets Starcraft, minus all the excessive stuff nobody likes about those games. Plus Spartain warriors, which at that point is just icing on the cake.

Basically, you are the supreme dictator for life (a position I am always attracted to) of one of history's great empires. It is your goal to rule the world, mainly through conquest by using your armies of men and animals (like horses and elephants and stuff) that can number into the thousands. It all makes for very good visuals, like Lord of the Rings type battles. The tension is all heightened by a pretty impressive soundtrack (for a video game...) and sound effects. Destruction has never been so fun.

It is also what has held me back from buying my ps360, which my bank account appreciates.

5/5 Onager smashes to the walls of Sparta

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That is all for now. Since I obviously suck at keeping updated, I am thinking of stockpiling massive short quips, and putting a timed release on them so there is at least something new to look at. No, this doesn't take the place of my glory, I'll still post actual blogs just as much (relative term) as I do now. In the end, it'll work out well for both of us.

It's not you, it's me. I dunno why I said that, it just seemed like a good thing to do.

The part where I review popular media.

I gotta get my weight up...

Literally and figureatively.


Figuratively

As I anticipated, with the end of the school year came a sharp decline in the will to do anything involving, well, anything. That has basically included this sweet ass blog. Lo siento.

Literally

With that incredible (and admittedly, somewhat annoying) influx of having no current direction in life (the pool opens memorial day... until then, I'm basically like a big rotting stump..), I have tried to seriously focus on working out. I'm talking, NFL combine preparation working out.

It actually feels pretty good. So far this week has been more of a restore status quo kinda thing since I haven't done much since before finals week, but I have already done more cardio than I have in all of 2008 combined. With the latest 40 cent increase in Texas tea, I have seriously honest-to-god considered taking my insurance money from my car (it got totaled last summer, long story, mildly interesting, maybe for another blog post) and plunking it down for a road bike. I feel like it would kill two problems at once.

What does this entail, you ask? Well, there is the focus on both lifting and cardio as I already mentioned. Also, in an effort to keep oh I dunno, improving?, on my mind, I got a nifty little piece of freeware called Even Fit that can track all the stuff I do, from strength training, to running and biking, as well as my calorie count and resting heart rate, if need be. Being that I'm somewhat of a science nerd, and a lot of a numbers freak, "quantitative data on my own body really revs my engine" (put that on t-shirt).

I have consciously drank more water this week than I did all school year. Right now I'm chalking that one up to not having a coffee pot sitting next to me 6 hours out of the day, but the benefits are still there. I've also gone out and bought steak and tuna and stuff to grill because a.) Grilling is my only hobby in life other than video games, two) I love steak and III.) Protein is good or something, I dunno.

I figure I have until about June 6th-ish until I have a full time job, and with how long I have been at the same level (See: all school year) a lot of ground can be made if I just seriously focus on it. I'm somewhat stoked.

//And yes, that picture has nothing to do with anything. I'm more just asking if I look most like a chinese communist ruler? Stewie Griffin would be so proud...

Dunzo.

Yep, done. The most stressful thought of the next three months will be waking up in time to walk down to work, which consists of making sure kiddos don't drown in < knee-deep water.

I think I'll survive.

The agony is just steaming off my well-tanned body

In other news, I don't even like Nine Inch Nails, but I'm kinda a fan now. I guess they just decided "screw it, they're gonna pirate it anyways," so they are giving away their new album completely free. Over their own websit. In a variety of file formats. It's like a nerds wet dream. Actually, no. The wet dream would be this setting some kind of precident for future artists whose work I actually like anyways...

A big grassy ass goes out to Trent Reznor and friends.

Oh Joyous day

Only have one exam left, which I need to completely bomb to get anything less than a B in the class, so I went ahead and sold the books for the semester

PS360 fund: >$400.00

Huzzahhh. Now I just have to find a place with GTA IV in stock and I just may throw down the largest stack of Jefferson's ever. In my entire life. I mean... that's like.... 20 Jeffersons...

Or like... 40 Hamiltons...

jeez..

That's a lot of moneys...

Creepy...

Read this.

Extremely creepy stuff. Serial killer gang, or strange coincidence of college kids being drunk and swimming?

Be sure to listen to the radio interview here, too.

Tell me what you think...

Brand Nizzle.

Talk about a "it's finals week and I don't want to write about music in films anymore" post... but anywho. A Behind the Music of sorts, if you don't mind...

Brand New (band name) rocks. No, they aren't new. No, they don't have a CD coming out anytime soon, though I did find some new singles/b-side tracks, one of which is youtube-d at the bottom. What they are though, is really good.

You want to talk about a band that reinvents itsself? How about one that gained popularity for its pop/punk single (Jude Law and a Semester Abroad) back in 2000, and has since come to a song called "Jesus Christ," about...well... who the hell knows what.



^^Listen to these two bad boys. Just the first 30 seconds even and you'll get the idea, even though both are solid in their own right.

Seriously, give them a chance. It kind of surprises me that they haven't had more wide spread popularity, maybe the "emo" tag wards them away from mainstream fame. Some of their songs are crap, sure, but not many. Especially as you progress forward, just check the allmusic reviews for each album, clearly one reviewer is sold.


Just to give you an idea of the evolution, I'm going to separate bits of each album into three separate seeqpods

Your Favorite Weapon:

SeeqPod - Playable Search



Deja Entendu (The whole album, expect one song, which is live...):


SeeqPod - Playable Search

The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me (winner: most Badass album title of all time, only selections here again):


SeeqPod - Playable Search


Lots of stuff here...and I'm sure you will all for the most part be like "wow, this sucks ass" the first time you listen. Just give it some time if you are curious. A lot the draw is lyrical.

And yes, Your Favorite Weapon is a very average album, I know.

The Best Advice Ever

From some pretty OK teachers. I'm kind of hoping that there really are other people whoh read this, because if not, it would be a sick and twisted kind of post-graduate brown nosing.

And I ain't down wit dat.

Ahem (Paraphrasing. sorry, not exactly a titanium trap):

"I smoked once in college. I had one cigarette and I liked it a lot. So I knew I should never do it again."

-- Seriously... think about that for a second. Profound I tell ya.

"If you want to save your GPA, sure maybe you should drop the class and move down. But if you want to progress as a person, I think you should stay in the class, try to learn, and not worry about the grade."

-- Some chemguy way back in junior year. Something about a rather cranky math teacher on tenure giving me a couple bad quiz grades and me asking him if it would hurt to just drop the class. I still remember my grades for that class every quarter: C, B, A, A. I guess I learned something.

"If you really want to not have any more teen pregnancies give every kid in high school a car, a job, and something to do after school. They won't have time to have sex."

-- One of those off-topic days in the school paper that once was. Really, you can't argue with that much. And trust me, I love to argue.

They don't seem as profound when I try to recite them anywhere from a 1-2 years later. The point stands, you learn a lot from people outside of biology or chemistry or... publication/photography/ad-sale?

And I could rattle on even more about other stuff like Catholic guilt, that trap door guy in everyone's head (and how one person killed him), Olympic curling, coaching sports teams that suck (but don't you dare say they suck), raising money a couple pennies (and s***load of calls) at a time, just plain having a hobby outside of your job, or making sure your job is your hobby.

But I won't. Probably because the only people reading already know about that.

See, I do remember some stuff you teach :)

//creepy foreshadowing on the picture there...and yes.. i do always look that retarded.

Guinness is good for you!

Seriously.

I thought I would treat myself after a long semester of classes to a couple pints of the black stuff rather than, oh I don't know, getting shlammered (add that one to the list of choices, achilles) on some cheapy American light beer.

So I did. What came of it you ask? Ohhhh I don't know, maybe just the first morning in two weeks where I didn't have the slightest remote thought of cutting off my nose, tearing my tearducts out, and just ending it all in a blaze of allergy-ridden glory! (That was intense...)

Sure, maybe the "feel good" effect is pretty much purely psychological. But hey, apparently it has a fairly low alcohol content, and in turn, low calories!!! Seewwwwwperrr (as guys who care about the calorie content in their beer would say).

To top it off, they have some really well done commercials (without even venturing into the land of "BRILLIANT!")

Allergy Update:

Since I'm sure you all care.

Nasal sprays are worth worshipping. I just saw that the quickie mart below me sells one (Fast Acting! nonetheless) and hooooleeee crap. Air is sweet.

Now just to hope that I'm all better by three days from now, or else there's that whole dependence thing...

College Buildings

Yes, with a capital B. I'm talking the buildings that define a college.

Example:



You'll find a picture of that bad boy on all the letterheads and stuff. Why of course, it is the church. What respectful Catholic university wouldn't have it's church as it's iconic building!? Oh wait... shit. Zingerrrr. In their defense though, imagine the shit-storm that would arise over covering the roof of the entire church in gold. Good times, I'm sure.

What other buildings are there? I'm sure OSU has one, but I really don't know what it is. Miami? UC? Your school/alma mater?

For P-town, I propose the bridges over Sharon Rd. Unorthodox, sure. But maybe that's why...

The answer to "Why do we have history class?"

So you don't look like a complete moran in front of the entire internets like this guy:

Wait... shit

Know your history.

Almost out of the storm

And I would feel a heckuva lot better if I wasn't on the verge of a sinus infection. Question: is it good if you alternate which nostrel is stuffy? Like, it seems like it would be more damaging if it were just one for a week rather than both, every other day, for a week.

The weather is nice, I only have three papers to write (that's not for Saturday) and I'm in a generally good mood.

The cherry on top: There Will be Blood (watching it as I type) actually is not a bad movie at all.

I hope everyone is having a cheery day

Woken Up by an Earthquake last night

See, you DON'T have to move to Cali to say that!! That was really kinda cool though. Since I was in North Carolina on Spring Break when all those big tornadoes happened this is like the first cool natural disaster that I have ever been a part of!

Honestly though if you ever want to feel what a minor quake feels like (I'm guessing it was about a 1.0-er if that for me) go try to sleep on a huge tour bus. The swaying back and forth on the bus on the highway is the EXACT same feeling. That's not necessarily a good thing either. Trying to sleep on the "third story" (highest bunk) of a tour bus with no windows to look out but a huge swaying back and forth is far from comforting.

That was my cool news of the morning though. Hopefully there will be a good aftershock too.

I am alive.

Sorry, this week (and then weekend) is busy. Next week is the week between end of the semester tests and then finals, so hopefully it will be a little more calm. And my allergies to the month of April have finally arrived.

Sweet.

Saturday is Wheels for Kids Day, a cute little (actually, not little at all...) event that freshmen New Engineers fund, plan, and carry out. For the past semester the class (of roughly 35 people) has fixed about 160 bikes, ranging from Lexus pre-owned to scrap yard. The scrap yard ones we get to completely take apart piece by piece then separate into metal and non-metal to be recycled and all that good stuff. Fun side fact, my subsection group is "donations." I just can't get away from it.

Anywho, next week will hopefully be better

The best part of Monday morning

definitely has to be waking up at 8:00, going in to work at 8:30, and listening to the last hour and a half of Bob and Tom. Getting paid for listening to quality morning radio, not too shabby.

As a side note, my nose is running like a 5 year old without parental supervision (both his feet and nose). I would take one of my Zyrtec, but Dayquil helps keep it from being stuffy and helps the nagging sore throat. Does a certain biology teacher think it would be cool to take both?

Other fun side note. Robitussin calls for two teaspoons, NOT TABLEspoons. I thought I was gonna die for about 5 minutes until I did some googling. Turns out crazy kids actually intentionally overdose Robitussin for some freaky deaky side effects.

Fun fact

Top 5 songs to cap off a night of kidney torture:

5.) Let Me Take You Home Tonight - Boston << A little too high tempo for me, but screams last song.
4.) Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi << Nothing like a little country/rock/badass to cap the night
3.) All My Life - KC & JoJo << I'm a product of my (junior high) generation, what can I say.
2.) The Dance - Garth Brooks << Always gets to ya, even if you can't even hear the lyrics through the ringing in your ears. Perfect.
1.) Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd << Starts quiet enough, builds up to a great climax, then tucks you in for bed. As a bonus, my generation's parents probably even passed out to this song a couple times. Classic.

Honorable Mention: The Late Greats (Wilco), My Best Friend (Tim McGraw), Dear Mama (Tupac), I've Got Dreams to Remember (Buddy Guy w/ John Mayer),

PAYDAY!!!

Spring break sucks.

360/PS3 (I'm waffling again) fund: $168.##

So far away still....

In other news (to take you money grubbin fools' minds off my dough stacks)...

My FAVORITE cat on youtube. The thing is awesome.

You robots suck

Stop commenting on my comments. I don't like you guhn (thats not even a real name!) or salar.

Stay away. Word verification from here on out. The only reason I haven't had it since is because honestly I'm terrible at getting it right on the first try. I suck...

Boo spam. Yay real people!

College is...

When the weather is nice, having the window open and the fan blowing (because you don't have air conditioning, duh), only to have the sweet smell of ganja blowing in at all hours of the day.

Yep, there it is again. Nope, I'm not making this up.

HELPPPPP

Here is my problem. I don't have classes tomorrow. And, excluding a 20 page paper, I don't have shit to do.

Addictinggames has taken a turn for the worse lately. No, I don't like Guitar Hero ripoffs, thank you very little.

Gimmie some good time wasters, preferably of the online variety.

Holla atcha boi'


Oh, and for your viewing pleasure, a picture of two old men screwing:


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You pervs....

PS3 Fund meet the Xbox 360

The GREAT news is that this is currently the biggest question in my life

That's right, I've had a little change of heart. It is somewhat sobering really, to think that for the first generation of gaming since Sony entered the scene, I will be opting for another company. Most people probably wouldn't understant it, but that's because most people aren't nerds. This ia a good thing.

Think of World Of Warcraft all the sudden spewing over into WWIII. Talk about a black comedy waiting to happen.

But yes, after doing a little more research on the two systems (which, to be honest, I should have done last time too. After a good two years with the '2 I ended up going Xbox, which is what made it to the dorm.) What shocked me is that the graphics competition, something that the Sony marketing execs made sure nobody thought was even worth looking into, favors the 360.

Well, not necessarily. The graphics card is more powerful in the 360, but the PS3 processor is stronger than the 360. The speculation here is that eventually game developers are going to figure out how to tap the power of the processor, and shit will hit the fan.

But that is all tea-leaf reading as of now.

The fact is that in previous generations the Sony console was game developers "primary console" for the most part, with the same games on other systems simply being "ports" of the Playstation version. This generation the 360 has that honor, at least as of now.

That honor hasn't really ever switched in one game system's lifetime.

So, as much as it pains me to say it (actually, it doesn't hurt at all, I'm still gonna have a pretty kickass waste of time) Xbox 360 it is.


Fundage count: $123.31 (won 5 dollars playing poker a night ago)

Get That Noodle Cooking

Just two months late on this one, but it still deserves to be mentioned.

Black History Month angers me. No, not because there isn't a "White History Month," you tools. Here is my thinking. Why take a race that has felt surpressed and marginalized for decades, and set aside a specfic month to honor their accomplishments?! It just reeks of bad planning to me.

So, two years ago I did a little googling just on a whim to see if anyone else felt this way, and came across this absolutely great essay (article? idk its pretty long...) by John H. McWhorter, called Toward a Usable Black History.

If you've read this far, you are at least remotely interested. Spend the next ten or so minutes reading the article, and discuss. I'm curious to see what you guys have to say.

Thank you, Chad

This is EXACTLY why I am NOT a Bengals fan, I'm a Chad Johnson fan. The man tells it like it is, regardless of how it makes him look.

The fact is that the Bengals have actually regressed in the past two years. The fact is that Chad is both one of the best WR's in the NFL and 30 years old. Jerry Rice excluded, 30 is usually the beginning of the end for NFL athletes. I have no problem with Chad getting antsy about wanting to be on a team that can win. Now.




Finally, someone in the organization is showing a sense of urgency. Someone in the organization is pressuring others to exceed expectations. Someone in the organization is not getting on the news for assault....oh wait. Nevermind.

In regards to the last story, finally Marvin (or maybe not....maybe Brown made the first good decision of his ownership) has grown a sack and righted a wrong he made on draft day a couple years ago. Now, as much as it sucks, cut Pollack and Odell, and all will be right. People that cannot play on Sunday have no reason to be getting a paycheck. This is a business, treat it like one.

For the record, if Chad ends up anywhere else, I will be the first to buy his new jersey.

My "Bob" story Pt. 2

After I stopped running following freshman year, I was finally old enough to go to the rec by myself (still couldn't drive though) so I started messing around with the weights. Honestly, I didn't really know what I was doing, but it was nice to pick up a "sport" that, unlike cross country, actually improved how I looked. Always a plus. Not that I needed it though....

Once the random messing around evolved into actually doing a little research on things I gained about 10 pounds in three or so months. Keep in mind, this was coming straight out of cross country season. I also took my health class at that time, and apparently was hanging at a 4.5% body fat around then. I believe 5% is generally considered "essential fat," so anything less than that is on the not so healthy side of things.

The problem with lifting heavy things is that, like running, that's pretty much all there is to it. Sure you can switch up the exercises, but there is no ball, there are no top ten plays on ESPN, there are no multi-millionaire professionals, etc. Like running, motivation is key. One evening, while trying to find a little bit of a reason to get off my ass I came across the "bob story." What a great generic name, Fight Club-esque. No bitch tits though. Well, not directly. I've kept it bookmarked through multiple computers, web browsers, and presidents because its just over-the-top enough to get me going.

Bob is not just a character in a stupid story meatheads pass around to each other before they go break frat houses and shit. Bob is a state of mind. Where in cross country I may have had the psycho "cross-country dad" screaming failure, I now had Bob, an image of failure. In weight lifting (or as I like to call it, bodybuilding... it just seems to give it a meaning other than Me lift heavy weight. Me kill mammals for dinner. Gunga lunga) I think I found the last piece to staying in shape. I hate bobs; I didn't like bobs before I even knew their name. I'm sure most of you can think of times when I have been a Bob, all talk and no do. I hope it wasn't for long.

So for me, its not that hard to get my ass up and walk down the hill to the rec a couple times a week. I have the four golden rules:


1.) It isn't fun, but it doesn't have to be fun.
2.) See that guy across the room? He just bet his buddy in the zubaz that you can't do another set.
3.) Jiminy Cricket quits long before the muscles do. Play through it.
4.) Don't be Bob.


I don't think I ever worked out for my health. Sure it's a nice side effect, but if I were really worried about my health I should probably stop drinking pretty much every liquid I drink and replace it with milk and water. That would do loads more I'm sure. The best I can come up with is that I do it to prove to myself I can. That's probably why I still do sprints even though I'll probably never play in any organized sports league above the classification "intramural" again in my life. Just to prove that I'm still the fastest white guy I know (I still am). I'm sure it's also to release steam. I always have a better day going in pissed off about something. Maybe it's just so I make sure I'm never the fat guy drinking Nati talking about how I wish I had the time to work out.

Lil Jon says "YEAAA!!!" to culture

Check out this little nugget:

Listen to this, specifically the strings part.



Now listen to the background melody in this once the beat hits. NSFW, duh.

Yes, Lil Jon sampled Lux Aeterna for his gangsta reppin song.


Nice.