Fat Stacks

I'm not saying that the War in Iraq isn't for a reason - in fact, I'll be the first to say that there were some good reasons for it - but I will admit that 1 trillion dollars is a lot of money. This is a funny website that was started as a companion to a book written titled "What We Could Have Done With the Money." I tried it out the other day, and it was quite fun. Give it a shot, see what you could have done. www.whatwecouldhavedonewiththemoney.com

What A Time

Hello, blog. And anyone who may have nothing better to do than to read it. I should come up with a blog form letter that always begins "Well, it's been a long time since I've written anything on here." Because it's always been a long time since I've written anything on here. At least this time I have a good excuse. This Summer I've been incredibly busy with a boring job and a dead-end internship. It's been a lot of work, and I wish that I didn't need to do these things. There are so many people without responsibility, and I wish that I could be one of those people. But I need to make money and I need the credits that I am getting for my internship. A few people from our team are quitting. I would like to. I'm not sure if I can yet or not. I also kind of hate the idea of quitting. I'm not a quitter. And I've had some pretty crummy jobs before. But I' m not learning anything, which is the point of an internship. I've become cheap labor, working a position that a trained monkey could work. Monkeys may not mind working for peanuts, but I do. Especially some weeks when I'm working nearly 60 hours at the internship alone. Not to mention the other hours I'm working at my marketing job.
One of the things that I always do is annoy people with stories of my other life. I've decided that I tell these stories for a couple different reasons. To start with, I think they're hilarious and want to make people laugh. But mostly, it's to try to get people to understand me. And I know that it's hard to understand me and my life. Some people are nice enough to sit there and listen, which I really appreciate. Even those people will never truly get it, though. Not that it's their fault. The point of this is to say that I've decided to write a book. A few people have told me I should and I really want to. But I've decided that I want to tailor it to a specific topic. That being MK's/TCK's. No one has ever written a book from that perspective. Some have written books about us, but no one with any actual experience has written one. This is my goal. It may take me 20 years to accomplish it, but it will be accomplished. I'm reading a book right now called "Bird by Bird" by Anne Lamott. A friend of mine had to read it for an English class, and I picked it up, read a few pages, and just had to go buy a copy for myself. It's a book about writing. It's funny and informative. I recommend it to everyone. It's helped me decide that writing a book is really something I want to do. Not as a job, but something that I need to do. Maybe then people will understand me. There are many other things I could say about that, but it would definitely take me a while. I think I might leave it at this for now. I'm going to force myself to write more. Next time I'll tell about my new favorite songs and maybe some movies I've seen lately. To anyone reading, have a good day. Bye.

Ups and Downs

It's late. Not incredibly late, but late. Mostly it's late because I'm very tired. I worked another baseball game tonight. It was my third. I'm getting better at it, learning more and more what is expected and what kind of shots they want. I think it will be a long Summer, and I'll be very tired most of the time, but I will learn a lot. It's a great experience. Classes are done for the semester. Just have to take my exams, and then I am officially 15 hours closer to graduation. I just read a really great article today in "The New Yorker." I've never read "The New Yorker" before. It always struck me as a snobby magazine that uses words that I can't understand. But I came across this article that just happened to be published in it, and thought I would read it. Turns out the article was very good. It's called "Up And Then Down." http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/04/21/080421fa_fact_paumgarten. It's a wonderful read all about the elevator industry and this man who was stuck in an elevator for 41 hours. You can even watch the security camera footage on youtube. And I can be slightly nerdy (I watch a lot of the History Channel and the Travel Channel), so I loved reading about elevators. Go check out the article. Fascinating. Well, I think I will leave it at this for now. There is more I could say, but as I mentioned, it's late and I'm tired. I'll write more soon. Closing thought from Albert Einstein: "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Goodnight.

And Good Luck

Well, it has been a while since I've last done this. I think I said that the last time I wrote on here. Something that was brought to my attention in German class: how much the word "I" is used in the English language. And the fact that it is always capitalized. I just thought of this because I used it so many times in my first couple sentences and thought I would throw that out there. this semester has begun to wind down. It never feels like it though, because there is so much to do there isn't enough time to think of the end. Then BAM! there it is. I'm still trying to figure out what I'll be doing this Summer. There are a few options, my dream option being working for NBC during the Olympics in Beijing. That would probably be about the coolest thing ever. I'm trying to rival my brother and his internship with the NFL in New York. Yes, that's jealousy. Speaking of the NFL, I went and saw the movie "Leatherheads" the other day. Great movie. Acting was excellent. The witty one-liners were great. I especially liked the classic movie chase scene that ensued. It only was worth the 7 dollars. I might be biased since most of the movie was filmed in and around Greenville, SC, my home. There were several people in the audience who knew extras in the movie, so that was kind of cool. I wish I had something good to say right now, but I've got a lot of school work to do and I'm pretty tired. I'll write something very smart and funny later. Goodnight.

Blog On The Run

I'm once again sitting at my computer, writing. It's been a while since I've done this. I haven't had that much time to sit at my computer and write. I just bought a new book the other day. It's called "Bird By Bird" and it's a book about writing. A funny book about writing, actually. I had read a few excerpts out of a friend's copy, and laughed my head off. So, I had to purchase my own copy. I've also started getting into reading magazines. I guess it's all the journalism classes, but I want to read all these different magazines. I've also started scanning news websites and stuff like that. Recently I've begun reading Spin magazine, and I also tried out a GQ. Not that bad actually. A little too upscale maybe, but the articles are decent, and I enjoy some stuff geared towards guys. There were a couple others I wanted to try out while I was at a Barnes & Noble the other day, but I can't quite remember what they were. Oh, I did notice that the new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is out. I'll have to go grab a copy of that soon. Maybe I'll put that on my list of things to do tomorrow. The list also includes going to work and class, eating lunch at the new Zaxby's that just opened on the strip, being used as "talent" for a video that Heather has to shoot, and meeting with a group to work on a project for our Mass Comm Theory class. I also need to squeeze in a trip to the grocery store, and possibly get in a few games of racquetball. If I can muster the strength to run a couple miles I might do that as well. I'm still working on this getting-in-shape thing. I don't want to be too pudgy on the cruise. Fat people and beaches don't mix. I don't want to add to the problem that is already at epidemic levels. But it's across the world. Does that make it a pandemic? I'm not sure. My trip back home this weekend went very nicely. I enjoyed getting to see my friends, some that I haven't seen in nearly a year. And of course hanging out with my parents was nice. I don't mean that sarcastically either. I had a good time. Now if I could only figure out a way to get there and back without having to spend 2 1/2 hours in the car by myself. At least I get to rock out to some cool tunes while I'm traveling. Couple cool new songs to check out: "Pumpkin Soup" by Kate Nash is very good. Also, a couple older songs have run across my mind lately: "Plowed" by Sponge and "Six Underground" by the Sneaker Pimps. Also, if you're into techno, go listen to "Pretty Green Eyes" by Ultrabeat. It's great too. Oh, I finally found a song the other day that I have been looking for forever. "Inima mea" by ASIA. Yes, I know that it isn't that good, and that it's in Romanian, but it's a classic. I just found the video on youtube the other day, and it made me smile. Good times in third-world, former Soviet-bloc countries. That's all for now. I will be sure to keep up with this better. Although, this week is looking pretty hectic. I'll be around. You know where to find me.

This is my favorite part. What? The ending! HAHAHAHA

It's snowing outside right now. It isn't really sticking, but the snow is falling. Apparently there is more snow in SC right now than we have in the Smoky Mountains. But we'll settle for this. As long as I get to go skiing sometime this season, I'll be happy. Tonight I went to my first class of Media Law and Ethics. There are two professors. One wasn't there tonight, but I've heard that together they act like Waldorf and Statler from the Muppet Show. "You know, that wasn't half bad. No, it was all bad. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" At the moment I'm watching the movie "Dr. No." That's right, the classic, original James Bond. If you haven't seen you, go check it out. And the song for the day will be "You get what you give" by the New Radicals. A nice song from the end of the '90s. Worth a shot. Here's a discussion question: how are the late night shows and other comics doing without writers? I'll weigh in on it later. I'm still a little torn.

One week down

I have made it through the first few days of class. I don't know how many are left to give you a count, but it's a lot. Classes so far have gone well. I have a German professor who lived in Stuttgart for a semester and now thinks he is German himself. He has even embraced German fashion, which is very much like American fashion in the 80's, since it took the 80's a couple decades to get to Germany. There's also a girl in this class who thinks she is amazing because she lived in Germany for three years. What she doesn't seem to grasp is that she is in an intermediate German class, and she should be able to speak German better than she does. But I won't burst her bubble. My other classes are all Journalism & Electronic Media classes, which I enjoy. It's nice to finally be done with the biologies and anthropologies that I will never use. Nor will any other human being with a life and a girlfriend. Not that I necessarily have either of those, but they are planned for the future. In other cool news, the station manager liked my idea for a specialty show on The Rock, so that may be happening in the near future. I'm excited. I went and saw the movie "Juno" last night. Very funny, kind of cute. Two thumbs up. It's kind of a twisted comedy, but I liked it a lot. I'm recommending it for those who enjoy a nice, sarcastic humor. Music to check out: "Ruby" by Kaiser Chiefs. Great song.

Passing Go, Collecting $200

This is my first blog. Ever. It's something I've been thinking about doing for a while, and I've finally taken the steps to do it. What stopped me before was that I always thought that I don't have anything worthwhile to say that anyone would want to read. Then i came to a realization- neither do any of the other idiots out there with blogs. This is the beginning of mine. Not that it has any kind of order or has some progression or a goal to it. I'm just planning on telling funny stories and ranting about things that bother me. Possibly keep people updated on my life. Although, that would be rather easy: "school.work." That would be about it. But who knows? Maybe some crazy things will happen to me that I can talk about. If not, I'll recant past crazy adventures I've had. Hope you enjoy.