You might wonder...."What's so great about halloween?" For most of my life Halloween was a one day thing where I didnt celebrate it or buy a costume half of the time. The Halloween party might or might not have been any fun. It was an entirely different experience when it lasted long enough to actually "get into it."
Rivalry Week is always an interesting time of year. Teams haven't felt so much animosity since Rivalry Week the previous year and records entering the game dont matter. If thats not the dynamic, its not a very good rivalry.
Recently, I was flipping through the channels and saw Saturday Night Live on television. I assume that it was a new episode: I watch it infrequently enough that just about every epsiode that I ever see is a new episode so far as I am concerned. It made me think: I can't imagine Saturday Night Live ever ending. Saturday Night Live seems like the Channel 7 news: As long as there is a channel 7, the news will be shown on televison from 5-6:30...
I have talked to many personal trainers and learned of many workouts that are worthwhile. It is interesting that the best workout that I have ever encountered was something that someone told me about at Starbucks. Once, i was studying at a Starbucks and a guy asked me about what i was studying. He was wearing a Personal Trainer shirt and my workout at the time was not seeing the results that I hoped for, so I had a question for him as well. I told him what I was trying to accomplish and, over the course of a minute, he told me about the best workout strategy that I have ever seen or heard of. I saw results so fast that the people who worked at Starbucks got scared and started offering me free pastries to slow the process. It was a reminder that being Social pays off...
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
More Random Thoughts...
Everyone has has the experience of having someone call them the wrong name. When this happens there are two directions that you can go with that: 1) You can assume that they forgot your name or 2) You can assume that they have mistaken you for someone else. If I recognize the person I usually assume that they forgot my name, but that's not necessarily true. I wonder how many times I have picked the wrong of those two possibilities...
I was thinking of the Halloween a couple of years ago where it was halloween 24/7 for an entire month. A entire month of halloween parties. It seems like college town areas are most conducive to that sort of thing. I have not spent much time in the Research Triangle area (and do not plan to) but it seems like Halloween could be a fun time there with so many colleges in the area...
Recently I was thinking of those National Lampoon's "Jake The Pimp" games that were online for a while. I am not sure how popular those games were. It seemed like the sort of thing that would get shut down if it ever gained more than a cult following. I remember that there was a particular episode/cartoon game that was about bar hopping in Hollywood. It was about the Cahuenga/Selma area specifically. I thought it was cool because it depicted the exact bars that were on that block at the time. At the time I would think "I am going to play this online game about that area then I am going to drive over and hang out there in real life!!!!!" Of course I made it a point to stay far away from any place that had a rainbow over the door. I was in more or less walking distance from the area so it was pretty convenient. In hindsight that was a Commercial mindset but it was(and at some level still is) "Me"...
I was thinking of the Halloween a couple of years ago where it was halloween 24/7 for an entire month. A entire month of halloween parties. It seems like college town areas are most conducive to that sort of thing. I have not spent much time in the Research Triangle area (and do not plan to) but it seems like Halloween could be a fun time there with so many colleges in the area...
Recently I was thinking of those National Lampoon's "Jake The Pimp" games that were online for a while. I am not sure how popular those games were. It seemed like the sort of thing that would get shut down if it ever gained more than a cult following. I remember that there was a particular episode/cartoon game that was about bar hopping in Hollywood. It was about the Cahuenga/Selma area specifically. I thought it was cool because it depicted the exact bars that were on that block at the time. At the time I would think "I am going to play this online game about that area then I am going to drive over and hang out there in real life!!!!!" Of course I made it a point to stay far away from any place that had a rainbow over the door. I was in more or less walking distance from the area so it was pretty convenient. In hindsight that was a Commercial mindset but it was(and at some level still is) "Me"...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
The Vigilante Justice System
This is an old excerpt from my Myspace blog. In case you don't have access to it...
Interesting Conversations: Part 1
Current mood: amused
This is an excerpt from an interesting conversation that I was a part of in L.A...
Me: When I was in my apartment last night, someone tried to knock the door in. What if someone tries to do that when I am not there.
Other guy: Post.
Me: What?
Other guy: Post. Have one of your boys stand outside of your door when you are not there.
Me: (slightly bewildered) Well...what if it happens when i am there.
Other Guy: If someone tries to do that when you are there, snatch him up and give him a good old fashioned beat-down!!
This was obviously an interesting conversation (to say the least). Sometimes it seems like the vigilante justice system gets as much credibility as the real one. Outrageous incidents happen and years pass before someone recommends calling the real police. Sometimes it seems like people would recommend getting a gun permit before calling the police. I hear someone tell me to take matters into my own hand the vast majority of the time or i will tell someone about a situation and a conversation similar to this will follow:
Other guy: "Call this number! Everything will work out if you dial this number!"
Me: (Slightly bewildered) What is this number?
Other Guy: "Just call it, Man!!!"
Every group has it code and rules that it lives by to varying degrees. But at what point do you call the real police. Where is the line? When do you "Post" and when do you actually call the real police?
Interesting Conversations: Part 1
Current mood: amused
This is an excerpt from an interesting conversation that I was a part of in L.A...
Me: When I was in my apartment last night, someone tried to knock the door in. What if someone tries to do that when I am not there.
Other guy: Post.
Me: What?
Other guy: Post. Have one of your boys stand outside of your door when you are not there.
Me: (slightly bewildered) Well...what if it happens when i am there.
Other Guy: If someone tries to do that when you are there, snatch him up and give him a good old fashioned beat-down!!
This was obviously an interesting conversation (to say the least). Sometimes it seems like the vigilante justice system gets as much credibility as the real one. Outrageous incidents happen and years pass before someone recommends calling the real police. Sometimes it seems like people would recommend getting a gun permit before calling the police. I hear someone tell me to take matters into my own hand the vast majority of the time or i will tell someone about a situation and a conversation similar to this will follow:
Other guy: "Call this number! Everything will work out if you dial this number!"
Me: (Slightly bewildered) What is this number?
Other Guy: "Just call it, Man!!!"
Every group has it code and rules that it lives by to varying degrees. But at what point do you call the real police. Where is the line? When do you "Post" and when do you actually call the real police?
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Random Thoughts
In the not-to- distant past, I noticed that certain rap albums were in the jukebox at dive bars. This struck me as interesting. You might say, "Who cares what's in the jukebox at a dive bar." I think that if a rap album is successful with its target audience and it is getting playing time in a dive bar in the middle of nowhere, that is an accomplishment. That idea goes for other situations as well...
My online accounts continue to get hacked into. The full extent of the problems that someone can cause if they can hack into your accounts at will is a very menacing idea. I should work harder at remedying this problem.
Recently, I was thinking of playing sports when I was younger. I remember a guy who used to go 0 for 7 from the field when we played basketball, then he would kick someone in the face if they tried to dunk on him or come at him for a lay up. Fights would break out because people would land weird because he fouled them so hard. He was always picked to play: We always knew that the other team was only shooting jumpers when he was on the court. I wonder what happened that guy...
My online accounts continue to get hacked into. The full extent of the problems that someone can cause if they can hack into your accounts at will is a very menacing idea. I should work harder at remedying this problem.
Recently, I was thinking of playing sports when I was younger. I remember a guy who used to go 0 for 7 from the field when we played basketball, then he would kick someone in the face if they tried to dunk on him or come at him for a lay up. Fights would break out because people would land weird because he fouled them so hard. He was always picked to play: We always knew that the other team was only shooting jumpers when he was on the court. I wonder what happened that guy...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
The Captive Audience
Its interesting to think of how many times I have been a captive audience in life. Being a captive audience can take numerous forms. How many times have you over heard a loud conversation that was happening far away and everything that you heard was offensive? Like you should not have heard any of the conversation regardless of the content because you were so far away, but instead you heard all of it and it made you cringe. That situation where people are often standing right outside of your window yelling some sort of verbal battery that is supposedly not aimed at you but very offensive because you heard it is not any better. I have come to the conclusion that you cannot always check the content depending on the circumstances and what was said, but you can always check the noise level...
I feel that I am a captive audience wen I am watching television as well. It usually does not matter to me but occasionally it does. How many times have you been watching basic television and the station showed some sort of content that the station doesn't usually show? If you were watching HBO and it was some R-rated movie you could have at least braced yourself but you had no idea that it was coming because they were showing it on a station that is not known for controversy at 4:00 in the afternoon. Interesting to think about...
I feel that I am a captive audience wen I am watching television as well. It usually does not matter to me but occasionally it does. How many times have you been watching basic television and the station showed some sort of content that the station doesn't usually show? If you were watching HBO and it was some R-rated movie you could have at least braced yourself but you had no idea that it was coming because they were showing it on a station that is not known for controversy at 4:00 in the afternoon. Interesting to think about...
Monday, September 15, 2008
New Years
I haven't gone anywhere or done anything special for New Years the last few years. If I end up watching the ball drop at home again, I won't be too happy about that. Id better start making plans early to avoid the same fate next year.
I was thinking of commercials recently. This made me wonder if the commercial that I thought was the funniest when I was growing up was on youtube. I found it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL5WnqWqkrY
I was thinking of commercials recently. This made me wonder if the commercial that I thought was the funniest when I was growing up was on youtube. I found it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL5WnqWqkrY
Friday, August 29, 2008
Olympics...
I was going to write some of the songs that are on the playlist that I mentioned in my last blog. I realize that these topics get a bad response sometimes so I decided not to post it. I definitely dont want to hear anything that I don't like, but its definitely not as simple as the best songs or the one's that I liked the most at the time are the one's that I still want to hear. Sometimes I wonder what the quality is that makes me want to hear something for the 10,000th time...
Recently, i was watching the closing ceremonies of the Olympics and was shocked that the Olympics were ending so soon. In hindsight i am not sure why I felt that way: I have never watched anything as much as this year's Olympics and thought that it was ending abruptly. Its like I watched a hundred events so passively that it almost feels like I only watched one event.
Recently i checked the website that posts games like the Crimson Room (which is unrelated to the Crimson Spot). I look for a new version of this games once a year and there is usually a new one posted. IT seems like you need a stronger eye glass prescription to find that last key that you need to get out of the room each year. Fun!
This is my last recommendation for old sitcom shows. I am not sure if this is on Youtube or not but if you can find the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode called "The Case of Mr. Pelham," its pretty interesting...
Recently, i was watching the closing ceremonies of the Olympics and was shocked that the Olympics were ending so soon. In hindsight i am not sure why I felt that way: I have never watched anything as much as this year's Olympics and thought that it was ending abruptly. Its like I watched a hundred events so passively that it almost feels like I only watched one event.
Recently i checked the website that posts games like the Crimson Room (which is unrelated to the Crimson Spot). I look for a new version of this games once a year and there is usually a new one posted. IT seems like you need a stronger eye glass prescription to find that last key that you need to get out of the room each year. Fun!
This is my last recommendation for old sitcom shows. I am not sure if this is on Youtube or not but if you can find the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode called "The Case of Mr. Pelham," its pretty interesting...
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