Wishful Wednesday

Another Wishful Wednesday takes me deep inside my brain, searching for things I would like to see happen. Less stress sounds like a good one.

I'm also wishful for a car, a solid gold toilet seat, and a lifetime supply of Casi Cielo coffee.

My last selfish wish would probably be to achieve marginal fame at some point in my life. I certainly don't want to be a one-name superstar, or someone who can't show their face in public without starting a mob. However, I saw this today on twitter and thought it was one of the coolest things I'd ever seen:

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Donate over 100$ for Haiti to http://plantingpeace.org/and I'll send you a personalized, signed foto! Please RT

See, what Rainn Wilson is doing here is using his fame to help an awesome cause. I really admire that. I think it's awesome.

I constantly feel like I'm running out of things to say. This feeling isn't exclusive to my blog. In school, work, and life, I feel like I'm constantly running out of things to do, places to go, things to achieve.

I really don't know what I'm supposed to be doing any more. Everything feels like a repetition. It's so mundane. The worst part is that I know there are ways that my life of school and work could exist without being mundane, but I don't have the means to take advantage of that.

I don't feel productive very often. Not really ever. Who am I helping? Not even myself.

I'd love to fast forward three years and three months. I'd love to be out of school, taking what I've learned and applying it to the real world and to life.

I'm sick of only operating in terms of principles. By this I mean that nothing seems real. I'm not trying to be an existentialist or anything, but I feel like my time could be better spent.

For now I guess I'll just rely on my studies, and take comfort in the knowledge that I'm gaining. If there is one constant, it's that I'm always learning something. It may not be something valuable in the long run, but I am learning. I can at least take solace in that. I'll try to focus on that more, especially as my life darkens ever so slightly in the coming months. There are always glimmers of good in my life. Always another chocolate chip in the cookie when you least expect it. I'll try to keep those in mind, too. It's difficult to look forward to what only occurs unexpectedly.

Wow. I don't know how that all came out, or why it was so vague.

On that note, I'm out like disco.

Truly,

David

Thank You Tuesday

On a non-sarcastic note (you're surprised, I know) I'm thankful for my dad. He went out of his way to take me to work this morning since the snow effectively fucked me out of transportation.

On a sarcastic note, I'm thankful for snow. That stupid, slippery shit. I'm sick of the cold, of not having a car, of work. Etc.

Enough bitching. Today I took three pages of notes over 10 pages of my Microeconomics textbook, only to have a lecture tomorrow on which I will likely take [at least] three pages of notes.

I'm really trying to start this semester off right. It's really, really difficult on account of my procrastination. However, I did buy a dry erase board. I think that may help me stay organized. Maybe not.

I'm also thankful for textbooks. I'm glad someone had the time and patience to sit down and pour knowledge into hundreds of pages so that I can retain enough to get some fancy letter grade in order to, in the long run, get a nice "I get to make more money" piece of paper. Long story short, college is tedious and seemingly slow moving. I think I'll enjoy it better once I get into my actual major-specific classes. For example, I truly am enjoying my Microeconomics lecture and reading. I think Marketing will be fun, as will Accounting (I know, I'm weird).

What I really dislike is all the liberal learning, well-rounded education crap. I don't really have the energy to pour it all out now.

I'm completely spent today. Sorry folks. This one's short.

Truly,

David

Miscellaneous Monday

It's true, today is Miscellaneous Monday. Time to open a small portion of my brain and let just a little bit of the random shitstorm out.

Miscellaneous Things:

• Today, I had a really good idea for a new invention. I'm not going to go into detail, but I'll tell you how this story ends: I realized it had already been invented. It's called a paper clip.
• Today, I learned I had ordered the wrong book for my EN106 course. FML.
• I'm very tired.
• Not having a car sucks.
• I keep thinking that there's no way I could possibly eat any more pretzels. Then I eat one more and I remember how good they taste with Dr. Pepper.
• I'm thinking that maybe tonight I'll be able to lay my head down comfortably without my gauges hurting.

Tomorrow looks to be a pretty "bleh" day. No classes, but I have work at 8 in the morning. Moreover, my dad has to come pick me up from my dorm on his way to work and take me to Barnes & Noble. Not an exciting day. If anyone wants to give up a car, I'd be more than willing to accept. I just need four tires, an engine, and a steering wheel. That's basically it. Anything? No?

Okay.

I'm about done for tonight. School wears me out. Not really the classes, it's mostly the hiking across the hills and staircases that make up my university campus.

Goodnight, friends.

Truly,

David

Another New Beginning

Sorry for the gap in posts, friends. Unfortunately, I have had some events transpire recently that have taken a great toll on my stress level and have thus dissuaded e from blogging. However, I finally now have the time, patience, and will to explain it all.

I have officially moved into my dorm! Moved BACK into, that is. At 8 am I have my first class of 2010. 8 am sucks. The class is CS140: Intro to Computers. I'll likely die of boredom daily.

In another sense, I find a new beginning in my lack of having a car. On Thursday night, I had a wonderful incident in the snow. Upon sliding slightly to the left, easing on the break and attempting to correct to the right, this happened: http://bit.ly/6ey8VF

My left forward tire decided NOT to turn right, instead staying pointed to the left. In doing so, my left-pointing wheel ripped the axle from the transmission. Essentially, the axle which connects my left forward wheel to a) the half-shaft and transmission (makes the car go vroom) and b) the axle which does the same for the right forward wheel) became disconnected.

This was not a happy experience for me, nor for my buddy Bryce, who was in the car with me. After a two hour wait for a tow truck (in -3 degree weather with a -17 degree wind chill), I was finally able to head home and "relax."

The next day, the car was given a repairs estimate at Sears Auto Center. The total cost of parts and labor would be about $650, but most likely more. There are two issues with this. First, I do not have $650 to throw on my car. Second, the car is maybe worth $500 tops. So, we called U-Pick-It, and they gave me a $220 check to take the car away.

Life, college, and work without my own personal transportation presents a large number of challenges. I just need to remember to be calm, prioritize, and let everything work out.

On another, happier note, I began stretching my ear piercings! This morning I was able to finish sliding in my 12 gauge u-rings. I think they look pretty rad. I don't have a picture and am, unfortunately, too lazy to take one.

I anticipated this post being much longer, whereas the past few days that I've not blogged have been quite eventful, but alas, here I am with nothing to say.

I almost forgot: I need a theme for Sundays! I have a good one. "Suck It Sunday." For Suck It Sunday, I'm going to have a shout-out to a person or group of people, (or any noun or group of nouns, really) that I think can suck it.

Today, I say to the Phelps family from Westboro Baptist Church: SUCK IT!

Proposition 8 was debated today in front of a U.S. District Court in San Francisco. The case is expected to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The main premise here is that Proposition 8 (which, in California bans same-sex marriage) violates the 14th Amendment to equal protection under the law and due process. This is a large milestone in which I am pleased. Should this case, Perry v. Schwarzenegger make it to the Supreme Court, it is possible that the Supreme Court may rule that laws banning same-sex marriage (by states) are unconstitutional, and therein allowing same sex marriage nationwide!

Therefore, SUCK IT, Phelps family, you right-winged, brainwashed crackpots.

Also, I want to keep up with my etymology. Today's word is prioritize.

prioritize

v. to arrange or do in order of priority.

Interestingly enough, the use of the word prioritize was first documented in the 1972 Nixon-McGovern election. To look at the etymology, we must look at the stem: priority.

priority

n. the state or quality of being earlier in time or importance

from Middle Latin prioritas - fact or condition of being prior.

prior

adj. preceding in time or in order

from Latin pri - before.

That wasn't quite as interesting as I thought it'd be, but it was still fun. Etymology ftw!!1!

I'm done nerding out now. Goodnight.

Truly,

David

Wishful Wednesday

W is for wishful. Today, I'm wishful for warm weather. It's currently snowing at 18 degrees with a wind chill of 12. That really doesn't sound so bad, and it really ISN'T so bad. The real horrible part comes in that tomorrow, when I leave for work at 9 am, the temperature will be 4 degrees with a wind chill of -15. That's just not right.

I really hope my car starts in the morning. There's another wishful thought.

I'm really sick of the snow. It's still the first half of January, and since the beginning of December we've had so much snow that I'm sick of it until another year passes.

On another note, President Obama's approval rating was at a clear cut 50 percent, +/- 2 percent with 95 percent confidence. This pleases me. I hope the American public can see, by the time the next election rolls around, that we can't survive war and economic turmoil on "Change," hopes, and dreams.

Don't get me wrong, now. I'm not a right-wing, Bible-thumping ultra-conservative. I'm a Libertarian. Basically, this means that I advocate views from each side of the political spectrum. For most social issues, I am whole-heartedly liberal. For economic issues, I'm conservative. Gay marriage? Sure. Universal healthcare? No thanks.

My real issue with Obama is that he really seems to not have done anything. With one wave of his magic "Yes We Can"/Change wand, he should be able to repeal the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, which discourages and prohibits gay men and women from serving in the military. If they do serve in the military, they're not allowed to say it, or they'll be discharged. With full Democratic control of Congress, this should be a breeze. Instead, he's focusing on a $1.2 trillion bailout plan, and a $900 billion healthcare plan.

Certainly I can't explicate all of my political beliefs in a day's blogging, but I do believe that venting is important, and that by venting I can feel better. And I do.

So lastly, I'm wishful that in my lifetime, the United States can elect a Libertarian president. For that matter, any third-party president would be a wonderful sight to see.

Wishful Wednesday should be good. Not sure what Thursday will be, but we'll see.

Truly,

David

Arctic Missouri

So yeah, it's cold. On a positive note, I got my hair cut. It looks kind of exactly like this:

Cute, right? Not really.

Today was an interesting day. By interesting, I mean cold as shit. This is certainly a cold winter, and I tire of it. I long for spring!

Other than cold, today is Tuesday. Tuesday = Thank You Tuesday.

Today, I'm thankful for indoor heating and plumbing. Dear ancestors/forefathers, I respect you for your bravery in excreting outside in the cold.

I'm also thankful for Asians. Yes, you heard me, Asians. Today I had Chicken Pad Thai for lunch, and it was fantastical. Then, for dinner, I ate at a wonderful Japanese steakhouse in downtown KC: Gojo's.

At dinner, there was a man at our table/grill/eating area who downed two beers and three sakes before our chef had even arrived. It was impressive. I mean, really. I can only hope that when I'm in my late twenties I have the courage and will power to start being as blasted as possible at 7:45 PM on a Tuesday evening.

I'm very aware of the fact that my sense of humor relies heavily on a dry, sarcastic tone, which is difficult to convey via typed word. I need to think up a way in which I can express my sarcasm to you, my semi-faithful readers.

Eh, I'll think of one later.

Sorry to rip you off, Rawrquelita, but I absolutely love your idea of day-themed blogs. I'll probably compile my own list of themes for each day of the week.

... some other time.

I'm a procrastinator. It happens.

Tomorrow, I work a short, four hour shift. Hopefully, that will allow me a bit more to blog/complain about.

Until then...

Truly,

David

Procrastination

In a true procrastinator's style, I missed the first three days of the New Year in my resolution to post once a day. Oops! Oh well, I'm sure the four of you that subscribe to this blog aren't terribly crushed.

So, a new year means new beginnings. It means new adventures, a new outlook, and sometimes a new physical appearance. All of the aforementioned will be true for me, or ARE true for me now.

New Adventures

Pretty self explanatory. To be specific, however, my bff Bryce bought me (as well as our entire group of friends) a simple Nerf gun revolver for Christmas. Here it is: MAVERICK. This, however, is and was meant to be a gateway gun. Since Christmas, I've already purchased another (FIREFLY) and want to purchase more (LONGSHOT). Ultimately, this will end in small team and large scale free-for-all Nerf battles, inside and outdoors. Hopefully there will be many a picture to document such adventures.

Other new adventures will undoubtedly come and go. I'm sure you'll hear of it.

New Outlook

So, it's not so much as a new outlook as it is just realizing what exactly my outlook is. I'm an objectivist! Hurray! Now, to be more specific...

In a nutshell, as described by Ayn Rand herself (creator of the objectivist philosophy):

1. Metaphysics: Objective Reality

2. Epistemology: Reason

3. Ethics: Self-interest

4. Politics: Capitalism

SIDE NOTE: 11:11! Make a wish!

Anyway. To further understand objectivism, I would like to point you to this wonderful article, from which I took the four points above: ARTICLE.

I really would encourage you to read it, whether or not you believe you'll agree with it. It's always fun to try to understand different outlooks on life. Well, it's fun for me anyway.

And since probably no one will actually read that article, I'll probably explain objectivism more and more in coming posts.

New Appearance

Tomorrow, I'm getting my hair chopped off! It'll go from looking like this:

(Hi, girlfriend, Delia!) to, well, something I can't show you yet. But I will! Tomorrow. Hopefully. We'll see.

As it so happens, tomorrow is also the point in time where I can take out these crappy sterling stud earrings and start my stretching! 16 gauge, here I come! Thanks to Raquel, of course. By the by, this is kinda my way of asking if you have 16 gauges I can borrow. I already asked you about 12, and I don't remember why I picked 12. Haha. Anyway.

So yeah, I'm pretty excited for the new year. I also have a new semester starting in about, oh, 7 days. 5 new classes. I like learning! Especially about Microeconomics. Well, maybe. We'll see if I like it. You'll certainly know if I do or don't.

ANNNNNNNNNNNYway. In a nutshell, there are my thoughts. Have fun all.

Truly,

David