A resolution

29 12 08 - 17:47. Category: bio

I'm not a big fan of New Years resolutions. It's always just seemed like a setup for not getting something done.

Derek: and it's ok, we can fail together
Brandon: failing together is really just called lowering the standard

Well, I'd like to actually make one this year: I'd like to stop waking up tired and hating my alarm.

Tax season is just around the corner and there is no way I will survive 55 hours a week going to bed at 12:00am and waking up at 5:30am.

I did it in college and I can do it again. I want to get to bed by 11:00 at the latest. Preferably I'd like to get to bed around 10:30.

Is this going to kill my free time? Probably. With raiding (xref WoW) I don't have a lot of time to just do things in the evening.

Here's hoping.

Disclaimer: That picture is about 1.25 years old. Not that that doesn't happen anymore, but my hair isn't as gelled to hell these days. They're also not all mine. =P

Heroes, pt. 1

23 08 08 - 16:01. Category: bio

I've been meaning to create a series of posts covering the characters and individuals (most of them fictional characters) who I consider my heroes and role models. Thankfully Craig reminded me with his latest post of this video:



I loved Star Trek TNG. Patrick Stewart did an exceptional job playing Captain Jean-Luke Picard. He created a perfect character that a 10-year-ish old kid can look up to and see the type of adult you hope to grow up to be.

Tag, your it!

30 07 08 - 16:06. Category: bio

As a child, tag was a great game. I think it was right up there with dodge ball as my two favorite child games. Hell, I would still play tag given the opportunity. In fact, I played a slow, "don't spill my drink!", version of tag at the wedding I went to.

Now tag has gone high tech, to the phone! And as annoying as a voice mail might be to some, I have to say I get a little thrill from playing phone tag. I'm currently playing with a lady from my university's international office. She tagged my parents house, they tagged me, I tagged her, she tagged me, and now I've tagged her again. We might actually talk at some point today. Now I know tag-backs are usually not kosher, but this is kind of a two-way style tag. The more the merrier though.

How great would it be to actually have a game of phone tag? Simply everyone have a list of phone numbers of players, and the goal is to call and get voice mail. If you get an answer, no dice. You're still it. If you get voice mail you tag them. Every time your phone rings you'd wonder whether or not you are going to be tagged. I'll admit that I ignore calls from time to time, it might work to decrease that.

It'd be friggin' awesome.

No discrimination here

11 06 08 - 18:04. Category: bio

I am proud to say that I am not a discriminatory shopper. When I hit up a mall, I treat the entire spectrum of young adult clothing and accessories equally. I went in purposefully to Victoria Secret to pick up their cologne Very Sexy for Him. A friend of it wore it one day and I commented on him smelling tasty. Who doesn't like to smell tasty? So I bought some too.

Then we happened to be wandering through Hot Topic, and I came across another World of Warcraft, Alliance t-shirt. I could use another black t-shirt, and the design is pretty awesome. I'll have to throw up a picture of me rocking it sometime in the future... maybe tomorrow and make it part of 12 of 12... I don't think it is that bad owning two Warcraft t-shirts.

No discrimination here

11 06 08 - 18:04. Category: bio

I am proud to say that I am not a discriminatory shopper. When I hit up a mall, I treat the entire spectrum of young adult clothing and accessories equally. I went in purposefully to Victoria Secret to pick up their cologne Very Sexy for Him. A friend of it wore it one day and I commented on him smelling tasty. Who doesn't like to smell tasty? So I bought some too.

Then we happened to be wandering through Hot Topic, and I came across another World of Warcraft, Alliance t-shirt. I could use another black t-shirt, and the design is pretty awesome. I'll have to throw up a picture of me rocking it sometime in the future... maybe tomorrow and make it part of 12 of 12... I don't think it is that bad owning two Warcraft t-shirts.

No discrimination here

11 06 08 - 18:04. Category: bio

I am proud to say that I am not a discriminatory shopper. When I hit up a mall, I treat the entire spectrum of young adult clothing and accessories equally. I went in purposefully to Victoria Secret to pick up their cologne Very Sexy for Him. A friend of it wore it one day and I commented on him smelling tasty. Who doesn't like to smell tasty? So I bought some too.

Then we happened to be wandering through Hot Topic, and I came across another World of Warcraft, Alliance t-shirt. I could use another black t-shirt, and the design is pretty awesome. I'll have to throw up a picture of me rocking it sometime in the future... maybe tomorrow and make it part of 12 of 12... I don't think it is that bad owning two Warcraft t-shirts.

Heathens!

09 04 08 - 15:05. Category: bio

Here's a little window into my life: I like simple pleasures and I like consistency. Since I have attended my university Wednesdays has always been chicken strips day, or chicken tortilla soup if you are so inclined. The strips come with fries and ranch... at least they used to.

Last week, I picked up my Wednesday habit again after its extended hiatus. Apparently ranch is no longer an option with the strips! Truly truly heartbreaking. I settle with ketchup.

This week, I went for the strips again and got my fries along with. I got heterogeneous mixture of heathenistic curly fries and decent, all-american, plain jane straight fries. Can you guess which ones I like? Curly fries are awkwardly shaped (just try dipping them in your itty bitty ketchup cup), have a funny texture, and a strange taste. And they mingled them with the slightly better (the food here cannot be considered good) regular fries!

Suffice to say it made the whole meal awkward and more disappointing than it normally is and I discarded most of my fries. Feel free to berate me about starving African children at this point, but this crap food would probably just burn their intestine.

Heathens!

09 04 08 - 15:05. Category: bio

Here's a little window into my life: I like simple pleasures and I like consistency. Since I have attended my university Wednesdays has always been chicken strips day, or chicken tortilla soup if you are so inclined. The strips come with fries and ranch... at least they used to.

Last week, I picked up my Wednesday habit again after its extended hiatus. Apparently ranch is no longer an option with the strips! Truly truly heartbreaking. I settle with ketchup.

This week, I went for the strips again and got my fries along with. I got heterogeneous mixture of heathenistic curly fries and decent, all-american, plain jane straight fries. Can you guess which ones I like? Curly fries are awkwardly shaped (just try dipping them in your itty bitty ketchup cup), have a funny texture, and a strange taste. And they mingled them with the slightly better (the food here cannot be considered good) regular fries!

Suffice to say it made the whole meal awkward and more disappointing than it normally is and I discarded most of my fries. Feel free to berate me about starving African children at this point, but this crap food would probably just burn their intestine.