Do It

Do It!
...listen to some music. That's what I spend most of my time doing or thinking about. I have started a periodical music recommendation bar on the side to give you some suggestions. You can listen to it, or not...but you should. Nearly all of the songs on there currently you can find on youtube. There are two exceptions: The Happen-ins you will need to go here (http://www.myspace.com/thehappenins), Rachelle Garniez you will need to buy off iTunes (you should buy The Happen-ins too). That is all for now. Here is a good satirical summarization of most arguments on facebook:

Wait

People Are Blind

Ever been in a relationship where everyone around you tells you there is something really wrong with the relationship and you need to be out of it? If you are the average person, then the answer is yes. Those are always fun to look back on and be like "I was stupid. They were smart." However, the beauty of it is that you will probably not make the same mistake again. The smartest choices in life you can make are not repeating the same ones. All the mistakes you make, make you stronger. There is always a positive to a negative.

This may just be funny to me....

Relationships are funny. I was running with a friend last week and had a realization while conversing. In most cases, a guy gets interested in a girl. He usually has to work to get interest back until he has finally won her over. Then, when it ends, he gets over it relatively quickly in comparison to her. Basically, guys like the girl first, then get over her first too (not true everytime).

I was talking with a former teacher a month or two ago and we talked about relationships. She pointed out an interesting point about premarital relations. What is the average age of getting married today? 24 maybe? What was it several hundreds of years ago? 15 maybe? How much easier would it be to stay pure if you got married that early? I'm not so sure we were made to commit to another this late in life. College and careers have made it this way, so never the less...

Everyone is Judgmental.

All this reminds me that we are all judgmental. You know someone who says they aren't judgmental? Are they human? Therefore, they are judgmental and a liar. Seriously, even the best of us slip and think down on someone, but, not only do we not have that right, nothing is ever black and white. My mentor in high school once said "Just remember, you never know the whole story." Those are important words to live by I believe. Just freakin' love people.

No graphs today, but rather some funny, and mostly useless, information. Enjoy.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.

The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why. (except in Salford, Manchester. The University of Salford conducted an experiment proving this much quoted internet fact to be a fallacy. So there you go, never believe anything you read on t'internet

During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur", a small red car can be seen in the distance.

I actually held back some of my opinions in this blog for the first time.

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan". There was never a recorded Wendy before.

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.

Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.

There will be one graphic:

Pull A U

So I've decided to see if I can separate my opinion blogs from my personal ones for more structure. So this is what has been going on with me so far this year (month).

I bought 9 concert tickets. I was planning on seeing the Cold War Kids in Dallas, but they cancelled the show so they could go do the first ever International Lollapalooza in Peru. I am slightly upset about that one. I bought a couple tickets to the Greenhornes in Dallas. That one is still on I believe. Now, the ones I am most excited about are the Kills' new tour following the release of their soon to be 4th album., "Blood Pressures." I am going to see them with my friend Sam in Dallas. Then, I am going to see them the next day in Austin, yes the next day, with Sam and my sister, who is about to like the Kills. I haven't been to a concert in too long. Maybe 3 months?

Speaking of my sister and music, her husband just played on the Jay Leno last friday in his band Hayes Carll. What? You missed it? Well with the magic of technology you can watch it here! (NOW.)

So they were pretty much amazing, so you should go buy their music.

So school is in full swing now. My schedule is final and looks like this:

The schedule includes Texas history, Nutrition Intro, Sociology Intro, Intro to Pols Research Method, and Sports Management (not on schedule).

Texas history has been interesting. The first day we learned that we didn't have the renowned easy professor that everyone had signed up for. Instead, we had a mom of four who appeared to hate Texas.

"The Alamo is one of the least important events in Texas history; we probably won't talk about it."

"Dallas is a pip squeak of a city; it wouldn't have survived if not for Ft. Worth."

My Pols teacher is an ex-Israeli Special Forces. He has fought in five wars. He has a really cool perspective on life and a great sense of humor. That is going to be one of my favorite professors. 

I needed to fill a spot in my schedule so I signed up for Sports Management. We meet 3 times this semester to take quizzes; everything else is online. 

So I started working out again these past couple of weeks. Sam has started training for a half-marathon so I went running with him. We ran around campus approximately 3.5 miles. I did alright, but my feet hurt for 3 days after that. Because of my schedule, I have lots of time to work out and hopefully study.

This week in Graphs...

Random Stumble....

Modern Game

It's been far too long. I apologize. Here we go...

Bewildering Break
I can't explain it. I have been off my usual game this break, not myself. I don't know what it is...probably change. I will embrace it when it comes. I'm sitting in my room listening to one of my favorite birthday/Christmas presents that I got this break. It's The Kills album "Midnight Boom" on vinyl, given by Miss Amanda Kirkscey. This is such an inspiring album. They are one of the more underrated bands I have ever heard. This LP rivals my sister's intuitive present, a T. Rex album "Slider." This is the best Christmas break I've ever had. Even the presents stood out. I also got a new bike for school, a hybrid mountain-road bike. Totes practical. Also, some "obscenely expensive" sunglasses, as my mom described them, but they make me happy. My lifelong friend Alyssa gave me something very cool too. A picture frame that she drew a picture of us together because we don't really have any pictures of us together that are recent. I thought it was super original.

Post Alyssa's tragic arm losing accident

I also got other very cool records and stuff from people including a signed Karen Elson record from Sam Pogue, very gracious, Coldplay album "Parachutes" from my brother, very cool, and a sealed copy of "Icky Thump" from my new brother Katherine got. It's eye candy that sits on my dresser.

If you pay attention to my facebook you probably saw the carnage of my trip to the ranch. Another highly efficient trip with the Reynolds family. This was a main event in this event filled break.

So enough of my personal life...

Sick Thoughts

The first thought that popped into my head this morning when I woke up was "curing cancer wouldn't be all good." This came somewhere between dream state and conscience because I only recognized the thought a little later in the morning (afternoon). This was one of the more random thoughts I have had. It came after a night of disturbing dream, which came after a night of disturbing reality. Do people realize what cancer does for our economy? The billion dollar industry that employs many people. Money spent by patients and researchers on treatment, doctors, equipment, research, etc... So what happens when cancer is cured? Spending goes down... People lose their jobs or at least pay decreases... On the upside we save people from dying though. Maybe it's just interesting to me. If you had paranoia, you could even theorize a conspiracy theory where cancer has already been cured but the government is holding it back to keep that economic sector for a while longer. It's not like we have had incredible improvements in the past 20 years. The numbers are improving yes, but as one scientist said "We're not getting out butt kicked as bad as we were 20 years ago."

There is not a shred of truth to a conspiracy though, and I truly hope someone finds a groundbreaking cure to the fight of cancer. It comes down to choosing morals above all else. It just reminds me that there is usually negatives to every positive along these lines. Abortion is a similar study. Legalize abortion, crime rate decreases. Again, I choose morals. 

If you know me, then you know how to take these things I say, along with my dark sense of humor. 

I pick the upset tonight. Oregon by 5.