Because sometimes thinking hurts…
This website has gone through many revisions since college but always maintained a spirit of fun. This is where I get to speak my mind, as a child would, spilling my thoughts without filtering them. I'm not likely to say anything profound or moving, but hopefully someone gets some entertainment value out of my ramblings.
No, not the closet. I am currently sitting in my shower with all the lights off in my bathroom. Why? It’s fucking hot. This is the coolest place in the house with all the cool tiles. I admit it’s a bit creepy, but it’s so hot. I don’t care what anyone thinks. I’m contemplating not showing up for my birthday party tonight. Think anyone will miss me?
Thanks to everyone that wished me a happy birthday. I’ve never had so many people give me birthday wishes. I think it has something to do with Facebook letting the whole world know. Anyway, it’s nice to be noticed for a day. People asked me what I was up to on my birthday and if I had plans for the evening. I went to work today and photography class after I got home. I’m undeniably in my late 20’s now. I have to be an adult. It can’t all be fun and games.*
*Fun and games this weekend. Drop me a line if you want to join in on the action.
In college I started a hate list. It was a list of companies that I hated due to poor customer service or poorly executed operations.
I did a lot of online shopping in the .com boom, so most of the companies that made the hate list were shipping companies. Airborne Express claimed they tried to deliver a package to me when I was sitting in the lobby of my apartment all day. This is either a bold faced lie or a total lack of competence, because I took the whole day off from class just to receive my PowerBook.
This seems strange, coming from me, but I wonder if we are better off without the Internet? Don’t get me wrong here. When I say “we” I mean other people. I would not be better off without the Internet. Still, the Internet has brought about the colliding of worlds that is unnatural.
Take this douche bag for instance. He’s pretty proud of himself, waving his money like he’s a big shot. How much money is he actually holding? I’d estimate it at about $1000 tops. In his world that probably is pretty big money, but when you look at a global community online, that’s chump change. When he exposes himself to the Internet, we laugh. When he opens his mouth and tries to defend himself, we laugh even harder.
Anyone can market a good product. You let people know the great features your product has and customers will buy it. Take a look at these razors. Pretty soon you’ll have ten blades on a razor, but the sales pitch is the same every time, a closer shave. Try marketing a product with fewer features and benefits.
It’s almost one month until my birthday and I haven’t figured out what I’m going to do yet. Normally I have my birthday planned three months in advance, and the invites go out two and a half months in advance. You have to make sure that no one else can make other plans and weasel their way out of your birthday. Well, while I get to work on what we will do for my birthday, you can all start your shopping.
Road rage is everywhere and it gets the best of all of us at times. Even though I’m susceptible to getting angry at poor drivers, I try to give them a break. I make the same mistakes due to my inattentiveness. I’m probably swerving back and forth in my lane right now as I write this post. I don’t care how much you enjoy driving or how much you consider yourself a road warrior. You have your share of mistakes. So cut everyone else on the road a little slack. If someone is truly dangerous on the road, don’t get mad. Just avoid them.
I wrote a pokst a little while back about outlets for donations. I was a little disappointed that no one had any comments on the post, but I hope people took a look at the links I provided as a viable means to share their own fortunes. Along the lines of giving, I found this video that intrigues me.
I have two cousins graduating from MIT this June and one more going in this fall. Yeah, they’re all pretty much going to eclipse me in the business world within six months out of school. That’s okay. I’m the funny cousin. Anyway, one thing I learned recently about MIT is that all of the students have to pass a swim test in order to graduate. They require two full laps around the perimeter of an Olympic-sized swimming pool without touching the bottom or the sides. I can think of a few of my friend that would not have degrees if they had to pass a swim test.
Still, I think it’s odd that a school that prides itself on its brain power would require a swim test to graduate. Pasty nerds don’t even like to get near the water whether it’s the beach or neighborhood pool. Computers don’t survive wet conditions. This makes me wonder how many MIT alumni are involved in drowning deaths each year.
