Arms Out-Stretched, Trying To Take Flight

My Little Sugar

2006-07-10T15:35:00.000-06:00

Today at about ten a.m. my little baby, Sugar, passed away due to a brain tumor.
We love you and miss you baby...

For my Sugar, Shugs, Shug-Shug, Princess Shugs, Froogs, Froog, Froogy, Proogs, The Proogeens, Sugar the Circus Dog, and my baby.
I miss you

Burrito

2006-04-27T13:57:00.000-06:00

Monday was a stressful day. I woke up for my 10am class, went back to my dorm, studied until my 3pm class and then I had a 4pm class too. Through this day I had absolutely nothing to eat, and to top it off we were learning two new verb tenses for Spanish that we’ll need for the final. Hurray!

Needless to say, I wasn’t in the best mood.

So Jenna and I went for our normal Monday coffee and Mexican food (she has coffee, I have Mexican food). Jenna’s coffee has curdled milk, so she gets another one, it’s all good. Then we head to Café Sonora.

I order the usual “Bean and cheese burrito with sour cream, and a cheese quesadilla… to go. So the lady make my burrito, without cheese and sour cream, and as she’s rolling it up she rips a long hole on the side of it, continuing to roll, in attempt to hide her mistake. I notice, but say nothing.

She goes to hand it to be and mentions, “Oh, I forgot to put cheese in it, do you want me to put cheese on top?”

No, I don’t, the cheese is shredded and not going to do anything for me on top of the burrito. So I say, “I actually wanted it inside.” Not too much to ask, I think, that’s what I ordered, that’s what I wanted, and that’s what I will pay for. So she angrily opens the burrito, fills it with cheese, and tries to wrap it up again.

As she was rolling it, it completely fell apart; it looked like a bean and tortilla cake. It looked like someone put a burrito into a paper shredder, or like Gallagher had his way with it.

She goes to hand it to me, as if it were an acceptable food item. Thus I quickly reply with, “Can I have a burrito that’s NOT mangled?”

I was being patient, and realistic. But I was not about to pay for this crap. I don’t think that’s too much to ask. So, she angrily made me another burrito and gave it to me with a face that says, “I hope you choke on this.” So, I smile real big and give her a over enthused, “THANX!”

It was yummy.

Asians

2006-04-20T16:51:00.000-06:00

Asians are like wolfs, they travel in packs, and make loud sounds that you don't understand, but presume is a language.

Make a Choice:

2006-04-19T02:23:00.000-06:00

...Help People, or Don't Help People...

Will you help?

We Were Walking Downtown

2006-04-14T13:42:00.000-06:00

On April 29th, 2006 there will be a global night commute to your local downtown area. This global night commute isn’t about some agued political idea, or fund raiser for a club, nor is it even about standing up for ourselves. It’s about saving lives, the lives of young children in Uganda.

Every night in Uganda millions of children walk miles upon miles to a safe haven in their down town area. Then don’t do this for fun, or attention, or even to get food. They do this so that they can wake up, so that they can live. They gather together to avoid being kidnapped from their homes, brainwashed, and then sent blindly into battle to do their “master’s” bidding. These children are tortured and killed just so the insane men in the guerilla army can make a statement to the Ugandan Government. 20,000-50,000 children have been estimated to be kidnapped and either brainwashed or killed. Because of this violence 130 die each day.

So, I’m here to ask one little thin from you. On April 29th, 2006 I’m asking that you walk downtown with me and the other 23,160 people to tell Uganda, The US Government, and the World that this is not “OK” with us! We are going to, for one night, do as the Ugandan children do, walk downtown and sleep there.

If you’re sitting there thinking to yourself, “But I have plans to that night” or “I’m not sure if I want to do that.” Then I have one think to say to you. Where is your heart?

Who gives a damn if you want to hang out with friends, or you are going to be in another city. Walk in that city, bring your friends. For one night, maybe it’s not about you. Maybe for one night it’s about them, the people or Uganda. How are these people any different from your brothers and sisters, parents, or friends? We are all created in the image of God and that makes us equally important and beautiful in the eyes of Christ.

Our biggest enemy here is apathy. We are not going against another group that thinks kidnapping, brainwashing, and killing is “good” or “alright”. We are walking against those who thing there is something better to do with their time. We are walking against those who don’t care. In this case, if you are not part of the solution, your part of the problem. Don’t be part of the problem, choose to help.

Go to www.invisiblechildren.com and register to walk in your city.

Thank You.

An A!

2006-04-11T18:50:00.000-06:00

I got an A on my nine page research paper about the harmful effects of Pornography! SCORE!
If you care enough here it is:

The Naked Truth
It is an industry with annual revenue adding up to more than $57 billion, consuming TV, movies, music, advertisements, and the Internet (Yoder et al. 19-44). Their largest group of consumers is in the twelve to seventeen age range (Yoder et al. 19-44; IFR). America has quickly become obsessed with this phenomenon. It’s the moral ‘elephant’ in the room, it’s pornography. Today it is almost impossible to go anywhere without being bombarded with some type of pornography. Oxford American Dictionary describes pornography as, “printed or visual material containing the explicit description or display of sexual organs or activity, intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic or emotional feelings (2005).” In other words, pornography is something that uses sexuality to erotically stimulate a person. By that definition we are completely surrounded by pornography. The overwhelming flood of pornography in our modern society is much more serious than anyone could know. It corrupts the minds of those who use it, destroys relationships, and gives people a skewed view of women.
The first encounter with pornography usually occurs when the individual in about eleven years old, according to the Internet Filter Review (Yoder et al. 19-44; IFR). This means that the person is just starting puberty, when hormones are at their highest, thus making the individual more sexually driven than ever before. The individual will, at one point, curiously stumble upon a picture or video of erotic proportions. Usually this is an easily accessible thing, maybe a small scene in a movie or DVD, or a picture in a magazine. After they find these materials they quickly grow tired of them and try to move on to more intense pornography. They look for movies with longer nude scenes, and scenes involving gratuitous sex. From there they want more and more and it has to be more revealing and more surprising. This is a huge flashing sign warning of an addiction. Just like those who are addicted to drugs, these addicts start with ‘gateway porn’ and after focusing on that, they need more intense porn. This is a frightening downward spiral that ends with a large dependence on sexual material, activity, and thoughts.
For me, the first encounter I can remember with pornography was in Dumb and Dumber. The first time I saw Dumb and Dumber I quickly shielded my eyes. However, when my dad bought the movie I knew it had a scene where a good-looking woman exposes her butt. One day when my parents weren’t home I took the video and watched it with the intent to view solely the scene with the naked women. Of course I knew about ‘pornography’, I didn’t know the proper word for it, but I knew that there were ‘pictures of naked women, and people having sex’, as I’m sure I would have described it.
The first time I ever saw pornography with a fully naked woman was at my friend, Chauncey’s house. He told all of the guys to come look at the computer, except me. He told me that it was just stupid stuff and that I should play the videogame, so I did. I heard Chauncey say to another boy, “Click on that folder, ‘Snoopy.’” As I looked behind me I saw the boys crowding around the screen, and in between the small space amid the boys I could see a small picture of a naked woman, and I quickly turned away.
This is a very similar story for University of Arizona freshman, Steven McGhee. Steven recalls, “I started viewing porn when I was 7 years old. My older brother exposed me to photo images of [naked] female celebrities a few times. I remember getting the chance to look at the images by myself and started discovering videos when I was 12. Soft-core porn is where I started out, then, looking for more I found hard-core [porn] (2006).” If there were not such an influx of sexually erotic material, easily accessible by young boys and girls, then we wouldn’t be dealing with as many sexual addictions, which lead to numerous negative effects.
These individuals become what Boies, Knudson, and Young calls “internet dependent”. This “internet dependency” often negatively impacts the social activities, time, behavior, and personal tolerance of the individuals addicted (Boies et al. 343-363). These individuals convince themselves that they don’t need actual human contact outside of the Internet. They become hermits and lack development in the realm of social skills. Sadly this is not just a small number of individuals. In 1997 a study on 531 college students showed that out of “73% of students who accessed the Internet at least once a week, 13% reported that their use was excessive and significantly interfered with personal functioning.” (Boies et al. 343-363; Scherer 1997) Also, since 1997 the Internet has obviously increased in size and in much more accessible by all people. BraveHearts, a Christian based organization aimed at advising people of the harmful effects of getting involved with pornography, states that there are over 260 million internet sites dedicated to pornography, grown from only 19 million in 1998 (2006).
The increasing number of Internet pornography sites also seems to be correlated with the overwhelming increase of depression and loneliness. As the percentage of people with diagnosed depression goes up, so does the use of pornography. Also, G.R. Brooks explains that as the use of porno increases so does the individual’s emotion of loneliness (Yoder et al. 19-44; Brooks). It does this by “pay[ing] scant attention to men’s needs for sensuality and intimacy while exalting their sexual needs (Yoder et al. 19-44; Brooks).” Psychological Information Online estimates that “each year over 17 million American adults experience a period of clinical depression (Franklin, Ph.D.).” Obviously the term “clinical depression” has been thrown around a lot lately, definitely more so then it was five years ago. Along with the growth of “clinical depression” the use of pornography has sky rocketed. In 2000 the number of views on web sites containing pornographic images increased by one hundred percent, some web sites even reported getting fifty million views (Philaretou et al. 149-169; Worden 92-97)! A double in the number of erotic web sites views might not seem that horrific, however in 1999, which would be the year before the number of hits double Sex on the Web states “Every day, up to 30 million people log on to pornographic Web sites” (1999; Yoder et al. 19-44). This means that in 2000 there must have been 60 million people logging into these sites every day! This number is shockingly high and all leads to terrible results.
This “60 million people logging on to pornographic web sites per day” estimate gives more away then the plainly obvious. It gives us a number to put with the numerous stories of pornography usage. Ari admits, “I used to cruise the Internet for free porno picks and movie clips for about 12-14 hours a week (Philaretou et al. 149-169).” This estimate of common amount of time is agreed on my Joe who recalls spending eight to twelve hours a week, and Keith who says he spends ten to twelve hours a week just looking at people having sex (Philaretou et al. 149-169). All three men recall telling themselves that they would only look for a couple of minutes. However, they admit that these “couple of minutes” would often turn into several hours of porn consumption (Philaretou et al. 149-169). If this isn’t an addiction then, I don’t know what one is.
The most horrific part of this addiction is that many people believe it does not exist. However, those students who are against pornography and do not use or view it are more likely to be virgins and sexually inactive. While students who seem to have no problem with pornography, thinking that it is harmless, artistic, expressive, or even sometimes helpful are much more likely to be sexually active. I gave my English 102 class at the University of Arizona a short survey about pornography and sex. Do you know how many students say that they had some sort of problem with it, but at the same time were sexually active? One person, that’s it, one person out of thirty-three said that they were sexually active and had a problem with porn. This information shows that pornography does indeed affect us mentally.
Some people even try to defend pornography, stating “Porn can keep an individual faithful by letting them experience multiple sexual encounters thus fulfilling their sexual needs (McGhee 2006).” However, “some researchers have cautioned that long-term exposure to sexually explicit material may decrease attraction to one's primary partner, or increase the desire for emotionally uncommitted sexual involvement.” (Boies et al. 343-363). This is obviously completely different from a commonly held belief within the college student population. However, I believe that these students do not actually believe that pornography keeps a relationship monogamous. It is simply an excuse used by individuals who want to find a positive spin on something as harmful as pornography. Although, some students have admitted their fear when it comes to pornography and its effects on relationships. A female, freshman student at The University of Arizona, who shall remain anonymous, recalls “My other friends sometimes mentioned that they would watch pornography with their boyfriends, but they feared their boyfriends thought the girls in the videos were hotter than they were. I [also] got a little worried that this would also become our case (2006).” Needless to say, their fears were well founded. Most likely, if these young men were viewing sexually explicit material on a regular basis they were seeking less emotionally uncommitted sexual involvement and also viewing their sexual partner as less attractive.
The worst effect of using pornography it’s mental skewing leading to rape. “One in eight women on college campuses will be raped (BraveHearts 2006).” This is not a surprise when faced with the devastating number of individuals who look at porn in just one day. The effect porn has on one’s mind is simple. “It objectifies women, and sets unrealistic fantasies that individuals may desire (McGhee 2006).” Obviously it is not much of a secret that pornography sets the man as a sexual predator and the woman as his prey. Not many sex tapes involve the woman as the aggressive and dominate individual. Many go as far as making the woman a sort of sex slave or purely sexual being only there to be sexually conquered. Carr and VanDeusen have separated pornography, along with sexual abuse, alcohol, and negative gender views, as one of the main attributers in transforming a normal person into a rapist (Carr et al. 279-289).
In a world where businesses will go by any means, and expose every weakness just to make a buck, we need to watch out for others and ourselves. We as individuals must be above the trashy yet attractive lure of pornography. Silencing these individuals is not the answer, that would only create anger leading to even more horrifically erotic material. We have a duty to one another, in order to protect others and ourselves, to stay away from pornography and encourage others to do the same. Sadly if we continue on our current track we will be flooded with rapes and unavoidable sexual harassments. The facts are here and the future is coming quicker than we know.

A Time To Kill

2006-04-10T23:33:00.000-06:00

Sometimes when I go to Personal Morality class in the morning people piss me off. I got there and chose my seat from the door and headed that way.
In my way was a girl with her legs up on the chair in front of her. I walked up to her and gave her a look, insinuating "Please, move your legs so I can get by." She gave the look of death and I came back with a snotty "Oh, excuse me please!" with a big smile on my face!
She moved, but wasn't happy about it.
I sat down and now I'm really hungrey and don't want to be there.
Then this one guy dressed like he was a middle school student from the early 90's, this first of all pissed me off. He then began to sneeze and cough crazy loud.
Then other people around the room started typing loudly, coughing, sneezing, chatting, phones ringing, and other random noises.
Through this whole class I kept thinking about what Erik said yesterday. "Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be a murderer."
Ya.

Cool picture from the hike yesterday!

I Want Some More, Please

2006-04-03T14:30:00.000-06:00

This last week has been one of the most amazing weeks of my life. First we watched Forrest Gump for like the ninth time and there was indeed some Forrest Gump Cuddling®.
Next, Patrick, Keaton, and Zach came to Tucson for one fabulous Wednesday! We walked all around campus while Patrick had a palm leaf “belted” to his rear end and passed it off as a tail. When Sam Asaki came Patrick went to go give him a hug, and Sam ran for it. Patrick chased Sam up and down the UA Mall, and I hadn’t laughed that hard in ages. Then we basically just hung loose for the rest of the day until the boys left to drop off Keaton and the rest of us went to Crusade.
Thursday I only had one class at eleven and then went to listen to Lindsay’s friend’s band. Then we went back to the Casa and hung with Zach and Patrick. We had a good time, Zach and Teri hooked up. We watched The Office. I had one of the best discipleships ever! It was great.
Friday I went to my one class at eleven and discovered I got an “A” on my paper and a “B” on my Mid-Term. Hooray! Then, after class I saw Aubree, and lets face it, it’s always nice to see Aubree. Then I went to the Casa and hung with Patrick, Zach, Michelle, Lindsay, Erin, Mrs. DeLisa, Rosie, Erik, Aubree, and I’m sure other cool peeps. We all started making Derelicte outfits and began to decorate for the Party. Nate and Keaton came. Then the party started. An hour goes by and there is only like twenty people there. But then at like eight-ten something like forty people showed up, including Patrick Foley! We raved, took pictures, chilled and basically had a good time at the Derelicte Party (most amazing party ever). Then someone had the idea of marching down University and 4th with our Derelicte attire on! Fun! I slept at the Casa with the Patricks, Keaton, Zach, Nate, and good times. We stayed up till five playing Diddy Kong Racing.
Saturday the Patricks, Keaton, and Zach left. Sadness. I woke up and didn’t know what was going on for about thirty minutes. Jenna, Aubree, Michelle, Nate, and I went to a world market that was awesome. Jenna almost bought a guitar. Then we chilled at the Casa. Then Nate and I went to Geoffrey’s. We played Egyptian Rat Screw, ping-pong, wiener ball?, and ten person wrestle fest. We watched Saving Silverman… Meh. Then TPed Gary Anderson! Went to bed at four.
Sunday I woke at eight? Nine? Ten? Eleven? Basically no idea. Then crashed at the casa. Woke up like an hour or two later, again didn’t know what was going on. Then watched Waiting, and chilled, Nate left. Then we started a one thousand piece puzzle. I left at mid-night and went to bed at one.
My watch stopped at three twenty seven and fifty five seconds on April first. Just kidding? No. I really like Imogen Heap’s Hide and Seek. People I really like right now: Patricks, Keaton, Michelle, Lindsay, Rosie, Nate, Zach, Sam, KT Miller, Matt, Erin, Aubree, Peter, Geoff, Teri, Jenna, Erik, Charles, My family, New people I met, and I’m sure I’m leaving some people out. Sorry if that is you.

Saying Something in Silence

2006-03-27T18:23:00.000-07:00

Walking threw the flourishing courtyards of the University of Arizona. I see all different sorts of people. Frankly, I’m a people watcher. I look at everyone passing by me. I realize that this is often seen as weird or awkward. Oh well, I do it; I enjoy relishing in the unique quirks, looks, and presentations of individuals. I especially love those who seem to seek blending in with the crowd, meaning to become nothing but a common wallflower. However, these people usually standout by trying to hide, because the common thing to try to be noticed. Anyways, it often occurs that the person I am observing notices me and looks at me looking at them. “Look Away!” Sometimes. Yet, sometimes I am so intrigued by this person for one reason or another that I cannot look away. So our eyes stay locked. We pass by and smile. Sometimes. Sometimes they just look away. When the person looks away they are putting themselves above me. They are telling me that I am not worth a common passer-by smile. On the other hand those who give you a smile could be saying a variety of thing with that smile. There is the “Hi, I’m just being nice” smile. There’s the “Hello, I’m actually a nice person” smile, then there is the best of all, the flirty, blush-filled smile, basically saying “You are good to look at.” I like that one! We don’t know these people, we say no words, but in the end we are saying something is silence.

Dorothy Harris

2006-03-20T00:13:00.001-07:00

So, this last week was spring break and it was loads of fun! First I went back with Michelle and Erin, and I swear if the ride had been ten minutes longer Erin would have killed us! Anyways, now that I was back I went and hung out with Nate, good times. On Friday I went to the DeLisa’s for Jess and Luke’s Wedding rehearsal. Then after that we went to the Fischer’s house for rehearsal dinner. I went there in the only car that had room, Luke and Jess’s. Fabulous. So as we drove they continued to talk about… well, having sex after the wedding. I didn’t think it would be weird, but it totally was. Then when we were like a block away from Jason’s we have to go back to pick up Jess’s brother, Cody, who conveniently was playing video games when everyone else was packing into cars. Then the remaining ride to Shannon’s was filled with video game facts and “tactical” EVERYTHING. There I basically talked to the Fischers and had a joyous time! Damn they are funny and awesome!
8 am on Saturday morning. I wake up to “I will follow you into the dark” oddly enough. It was my phone ringing. It was Jess. It was her wedding day. It was raining. The wedding was supposed to be outside in her backyard… oh… So Jess asked if I could come over to help move furniture in her house so they could have the wedding inside the DeLisa home. I did, then ran around town like a chicken with my head cut off in order to get a nice shirt for my suit, and to find the missing link to the sound system. I did and the Wedding was a great blur. I basically rant the sound and music the whole time! Then we threw “rice” which was really heart-shaped candies? As Luke and Jess Fischer drove away Liam Foley yelled “Hit her from the back!”… Classy Liam. Oh, and Mrs. DeLisa cried like the whole time! It got me a little teary eyed.
Through out the week I hung with Sauncy, and all the other cool people. We played “Jump or Die”, “Pirate Fighting”, “Cops and Mafia”, “Pick it out of a hat”, and “Bonfire?” I mostly hung with Nate, Michelle, and Patrick. I met my sister’s boyfriend “Nick”. I enjoyed his company. He gave me a Cuban cigar and we smoked it together. We watched TV listen to music and took a tour of his four-bedroom house he bought himself. Good man. I got to spend time with my family and I loved it! I watched too much Basketball. It snowed in Scottsdale. I saw some movies. FUN! Oh and Dorothy Harris is the name of the bus driver in Forrest Gump, and I love that movie and am watching it right now!

Oscars

2006-03-04T18:36:00.000-07:00

Screw the Academy, thinking they know everything about movies. They did some good this year, but missed perfect by a long shot. Here are my top ten movies of the 2006 Oscar season.
1. Crash
2. Munich
3. King Kong
4. Batman Begins
5. The Chronic-WHAT!-culs of Narnia
6. Wedding Crashers
7. Star Wars Episode III The Return of the Sith
8. Walk the Line
9. The Skeleton Key
10.The 40-Year Old Virgin

Sorry I didn't see movies like: Capote, Good Night, and Good Luck, The Constant Gardener, North Counry, or Cinderella Man. They look good and got Oscar nominations, but I didn't see them so, ya.

Man, I Feel Like A Man!

2006-03-03T16:59:00.000-07:00

So, first of all this week has been extra special happy! I got a 95 on an essay, I took an INDV mid-term and it felt great! I changed my major, dropped a six hour a week class I didn’t need, got hired by FirstLine for the summer, and got an interview with Apple Comps. on next Monday. Almost half of my work day was spent flirting with a hot track girl, way off limits, but hot. Finally I was walking back to my dorm after work and I spotted a guy with a flat tire standing in the parking lot with a spare tire and all the good stuff needed to change a tire. I walked up to him and he was talking on the phone about how the manual wasn’t helping with him changing the tire. So I asked him if he needed help, he nodded with a confused look on his face, and I got to work. He just watched and asked questions as I took care of the problem. I told him that the same thing happened to me last semester, so I knew what I was doing, so I finished up and told him to change it to a real tire soon. Oh man I feel good!

In Math's Defense

2006-03-01T17:19:00.000-07:00

"It's better to be really into math than to be really into something like... heroin."
-Claire Winkel (My Math 111 Prof.)
March 1st, 2006
Said after she almost tripped over a chair and pretended that she wasn't tripping, but that she was dancing... for math.

Thanks Tony!

2006-02-28T00:55:00.000-07:00

"If Jesus went into a voting booth today he would be very confused."
-Reverend Tony Campola
February 27th, 2006
On the "Corbet Report"

XX

2006-02-26T22:07:00.000-07:00

I miss the Olympic games now. They just showed the last little emotional montage. I loved watching the Olympics. I think the biggest draw to the Olympics is the raw human emotion that comes out so clearly. We see these great stories of struggle and hardship, we see these athletes that strive for perfection. They work every day, ten hours a day, just for that one moment of victory and national pride. We don’t watch for those super stars that always win and have a dozen commercials on everyday. We cheer for the underdogs. For those who are unknown that come back from behind and win the gold. Well, I guess we’ll have to wait till Hong Kong 2008 for this feeling once again. I love when the world comes together. Plus, I’m a sap for well-made, emotional, slow motion, montages that have the most memorable events of these Olympics with slow inspirational music. Thank you Torino.

On Why Pirates Are Better Than Ninjas

2006-02-20T20:05:00.000-07:00

I thought I would start with a good story to illustrate why pirates rock ninjas, then end with a riveting top ten list! Ok so there is this mom and she has two kids, Pirate and Ninja. They are obviously both playing video games, most likely Super Smash Brothers. Their mom has been yelling at them for the last ten minutes to come eat dinner. Finally she uses the dreaded "I'm going to count to ten, and when I reach ten you better be sitting at the dinner table!" So she starts, "One!" Ninja back flips over the back of the couch. "Two", "Three" Now Ninja is running so fast that he is running up the walls. "Four", "Five" Pirate just now get up from the couch. "Six", "Seven" Pirate is walking slowly. Ninja, using his ninja sword cuts a door in the way in half. "Eight", "Nine" Ninja reaches his chair and flips into it. Pirate now just enters the room. Now the mother turns around to see if her children are sitting. "Ten!" She see Ninja is sitting patiently, however Pirate is about ten feet from the table, not moving, just giving her an angry stare. The mother says "That's it Pirate, your..." before she can say “grounded”... ~BOOM!~ Pirate shoots her in the face, grabs all of his food in a handful and eats it in one bite, walks away slowly and probably farts. Awesome!

Top Ten List!

10. Pirates totally do not eat their vegtables.

9. If you go out for a night on the town with a ninja, chances are you will end up having to drive them home since ninjas cant hold their liquor worth a damn.

8. Pirates think having scurvy is awesome.

7. If a pirate loses a hand or a leg to a ninja in battle, they just think "cool!" Then they come back the next day with a hook hand or peg leg and then totally unleash a full-on pillage against the ninja and steal his bike.

6. Pirates get to wear a patch over one eye.

5. When you're a pirate, bathing is optional.

4. Pirates are way better looking than ninjas. Thats why ninjas wear masks.

3. Pirates can surf, down a bottle of rum, chop a ninjas head off, and hang ten all at once.

2. When people say "captured pirates are always hung", they aren't talking about execution.

1. Ninjas totally return their movies to the video store on time. What are they trying to prove?

Thanx TAI!

Valentine’s Day: Pretend You Forgot

2006-02-14T21:03:00.000-07:00

So today is the dreaded Valentine’s Day. A wonderful day for those in love, puppy love, infatuation, “in like”, and in a coma. Yes, I said it, in a coma. For those aforementioned people this day is filled with kisses, hugs, chocolate, sugar, spice, and everything nice. They give and receive stuffed animals, roses, and yum-yums. Some even go as far to putting cute little adds in the newspaper. However, for the rest of us all this day is something different. Today is SAD… It’s an Acronym, people! SAD: Singles Awareness Day. It no secret about who is single. They are the girls decked-out in pink and red with words like “love” and “hugs” on their shirts. They tape their faces so it looks like they’re smiling, and give each other cards and candies and pretend to be happy. Then they all eat Ben and Jerry’s together. The guys are actually somewhat happy… they don’t have to spend money! However, we’re still alone, and alone sucks. We should all just pretend we forgot. I vote we go back to the old school. I don’t mean like 20’s or 50’s old school. Not even like 15th century old school. I mean Lupercalion old school. In ancient Rome “Valentine’s Day” was called Lupercalion. On this day everyone would worship the Wolf God! After that they would hunt and feast together. Finally all the young men would put their names in a “Lottery” and the boys picked went to designated areas to have massive orgies with all the young women. Risqué, I know. However, on February 14, 2007, I will be putting my name in such a lottery and hope for the best. But hey, Happy Valentine’s Day! Don’t get an STD.

So... I'm Racist

2006-02-07T14:45:00.000-07:00

So today I realized that I'm racist. It makes me sad, but I thought I needed to confess to all, I'm sure I'm not the only one. Today I was in the OSCR lab waiting for my turn to print my class notes for Ecology. On the printer next to me was a black student dressed in urban attire; Huge baggy long jeans, an oversized black shirt with something like "Echo or Phat Farm" on it over a white shirt where you could see the ends of the white shirt coming out. Some kind on Basketball shoes, and it was made complete with a due-rag (spelling?). So as I'm watching my papers print right in front of the computer, he is talking' it up with his friends not waiting for his papers. This irritated me because there were at least 30 people waiting to print their papers and instead of waiting for his prints so he could grab them out of the printer so someone else could print too, he was ignoring the whole situation. When his was finally done they told him to come get his papers. He ignored them for some time and so they start printing another person's papers. While this other guy's papers where printing he made a scene about how he didn't get his papers. They told him that they don't get papers for people, so he went up to the printer rudely shuffled through the other guy's papers to find his own and left the other guy's in disarray. The first thoughts that came to mind was, "Black people are so rude and annoying, they think they can do whatever they want and inconvenience anyone that want and it will all be cool." Later I was going to get food at Café Sonora. After I walk in and get in line I wait. Then, in walk some older men, ugly, thus annoying me. After about a minute later I noticed they were speaking in Spanish. To me this makes the situation all the more uncomfortable. I now am focusing on everything these men do. They are pissing me off by just… existing. I notice the one closest to me is very close and nudging closer. I take little steps to create more space between this man and myself. He come closer again, this happens over and over again, and I think to myself, “Gosh, this Mexican needs to give me my space, he thinks just because he’s Mexican he can talk loud, move close to me, and be ugly because we’re in a Mexican restaurant?” Throughout the day I found myself thinking things like “Asians are really smart, but really annoying and have no common sense.” And “Foreign people smell.” I don’t want these thoughts, but I can’t help it sometimes. I guess that’s part of growing up, learning how to deal. At least I don’t act on my thoughts, but that still is no excuse, we are all made in the image of God and he loves us all the same, so I will strive to do so, but for now I guess I’m racist.

MySpace Preditors

2006-02-01T17:45:00.000-07:00

I've been getting the most innoying messages on MySpace from girls like Kaite, Lucy, and ~*something like a super star*~. They have pictures like:

Tell me that the first girl isn't tweleve! I get messages like:"Hey what’s up? I just came across your page, and you seem like a really cool person! Well, I was wondering if you have ever thought about joining the Army." What? Who are you? What made you think I want to be in the army you crazy stalker?!? They also say things like:Hi there....I am using a friends profile here. Please use my email address to respond alyssaredkopf@yahoo. If you do respond I will send you some pics of me. That is only fair, yeah? ;) Im looking for a guy for possible LTR, but I would have to get to know you first... which is part of the fun, right? Well, I hope it will be fun." and "...I just love the concept of meeting new people from the internet...I think it's my wild side that draws men to me, but we won't talk about that YET! :) If you want to see some of my pics you can send me an email to sexy_katie0273@hotmail.com and I will reply with them attached. TTL Katie." Ummmm... I feel very violated! She loves the idea of meeting people on the internet? Are you kidding? Have you never heard of all the creepy people online? Wow. Are these little girls the new internet preditors? I hope not, because I'm scared! Feel free to email them and make fun of them for being stupid and wierd.

Not Chocolate

2006-01-29T17:51:00.000-07:00

I thought you all would enjoy a picture taken by my sister of a baby named Julianne. My sister was babysitting and decided to go check on the baby where she found this:

Julianne eating her own poop. “No Julianne, that’s not chocolate.”

You're Welcome.

Spring Cleaning for iTunes

2006-01-16T16:57:00.000-07:00

Time to do your spring cleaning of your iTunes Playlists! It is spring semester, so time to update those different playlists, buy some new music, erase some tireing songs, and try some unknows by your favorite bands and artists! Make a playlist of your favorite songs, one for sad times, one pum-up playlist, a new experimental playlist with some favorites and lots of new music and old unlistened to music, a worship playlist, and a easy listening/study playlist. Also, expirement with new playlists like: Acoustic playlist, Wake-up playlist, and guilty pleasures playlist, have some fun it's playlist time!

Sake and Brokeback

2006-01-15T01:36:00.000-07:00

So tonight a buck of people and I went to Sho Gun to eat raw fish and hit up some atomic sake bombs. I didn't eat or drink of course, because I'm not 21 and I like good food! It was so funny. Watch those over 21 put the sake shot on two chop sticks over a beer, and chant things like "Penis, Balls, Penus" and "Flecher Likes Boobs" then hit the table causing the sake shot to fall into the beer and then... CHUG CHUG CHUG! It was funny, those poor waitresses. Next we went to Geoffrey, Zach, and Joel's house for one of the best Question Games EVER! Great questions and answers included: "What would you theme your own Las Vegas Casino/Hotel?" Lindsay: "AIDS Africa". "What would your christian porn name be?" Me: John 3:16... inches! and Charles: "Shadrack, Meshack and one big negro". And Finally "What do you think God will say to you when you arrive in heaven?" Me: "I'm gonna get you love drunk off my humps." and new classics like "Brokeback", "penis, balls, penis" and "blue balls". Please don't be offended, it's all in good fun, and none of it should be taken seriously. Anyways, I come back to my dorm and my room-mate John and like 5 other random guys, including one who I swear must have been 30 were getting drunk. I opened the door and John caught the door and stepped in front of the small area of door that I opened. I looked at the random people sitting on my bed and at my desk and then looked at John and saw pure fear in his eyes when he said, "OH! sorry! Guys, lets go!" and they all left the room in like 10 seconds. Examinating the room, I found only 12 empty beer bottles, Anime Cartoons on my TV, and lots of pizza boxes and mouth wash bottles? What the Brokeback was going on?

A New Year, A New Semester, A New Obsession

2006-01-12T23:24:00.000-07:00

It's 2006, and I think I've, like everyone else, have written 05' on like 30 things... Anyways, so begins the next semester. Where to start... My Individuals and Societies class titled: “Personal Morality” seems to be a lot less interesting then originally perceived. The actual class description is as follows: “This course studies modern ethics with attention to contemporary moral problems.” I thought this meant there were going to be some heated debated over abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research, cloning, and other such things. When I entered class a noticeably nervous young Persian “professor” greeted me. She looked to be no older than 15, turns out she has her philosophy doctorate and has taut the class for three years… ok. She explained that the class was about figuring out if you want to be a good or bad moral person… I think we all chose “good”, except one guy named Lucifer, seems like an ok guy. She finishes her class presentation with a encouraging “When I first took this class I cried, it was so hard…” Awesome. My next class, Trigonometry, started on a high note! Teacher: “Would anyone care if we start two minutes early if I let you leave early?” The class all passively agreed except the coolest kid in the class, who responded with “Well, that is the ultimate goal… To get out of this class.” The world is filled with kindness =). The teacher then glared at the… child, and then proceeded too teach with a angry passion… Hooray! My Spanish teacher came in, greeted us in Spanish, and talked in Spanish for about 5 minutes with a childlike smirk. Smiled, said Adios, and packed up his stuff, then right before he left a girl was all like “I didn’t understand what you said” with a sad tone. He quickly explained he would only speak Spanish and that he expects us to do the same, told us the info in English then left, all with a smile. I though to myself “What a happy guy! But Oh My Gosh, I haven’t been in a Spanish class in like 3 years.” All the students knew they were in for something… unpleasant. My English class teacher was a cross between Sam Ceadarleaf and a lesbian. My English class seems like a black hole the only chose to suck in physiology majors that wear only Hollister, American Eagle, Abercrombie and Fitch, Lucky, and whatever else is super teenage trendy, I smell High School! What a funny situation + my friend Steven is in that class and he is cool. My Ecology class has about as many students as Harvey Mudd College. Twelve hundred to be exact. The professor looks like Cornel Sanders, sounds like a character on… say… Brokeback Mountain, or Queer Eye? He also constantly leads himself into intellectual rat holes while his voice fades away and when he finally reaches an almost silent point to the rant he takes a deep breath and continues with the lecture. So that’s what I get to look forward to for the next five months! Ya! Anyways, this blog has more in its title… Patrick asked me what my “New Years Resolution” was I thought about it, and decided that resolutions really suck, but I wasn’t going to cop out like that so it is “To do my best!” Lame I know, but there it is. My obsession? Duh! The Office, I’ve been watching since the first episode and telling others of it’s greatness, now that Apple listened to me after many threatening emails, filled with death threats, they put The Office on iTunes for all to enjoy! More on that later!

So This is the New Year

2006-01-04T17:39:00.000-07:00

So far 2006 has been awesome, and this is why:
When we rang in the new year we had poppers, those little things with a string that you pull and they explode, shooting streamers everywhere. They just threw them out to everyone and I horded all of them like they were gold. When the ball finally dropped I got to shoot about ten of those things in a row and it was crazy fun! We continued to burn things, dring Martenelli's, hang Nate with a home made nuse (spelling?), and watch Patrick cut his name into Nate's arm. Next we went to Nate's old Jacuzzi and put dish washer soap and it became a foam party, it was crazy fun! Finally we went back to Sam's and I had a great convo with Patrick and Lilly. At about 6pm on Jan 1st Patrick Foley, Sauncy, Nate, Erik, Sam, and I left for a Payson cabin. We got there and had some fun! Played some poker and other fun stuff. The next day we left Payson for Las Vegas and when we got there it was amazing! I felt like a child in Toys R Us! I can't wait till I'm 21 oh baby! Then we drove all night from LV to here and now I'm chillin with my fam and about to go watch The Rose Bowl, GO USC! oh ya 2006 is good... then next semester begins...

The Christmas Gifts

2005-12-27T20:04:00.000-07:00

So I got clothes, shoes, candy, the softest blanket ever, SOCKS!, a watch, and a digital camera. BUT... You know what the worst thing ever is? When you get the thing you asted for (a digital camera) but instead of getting a Cannon PowerShot SD400 you get a Kodak EasyShare. I mean it was expensive and thoughtful and they did get me what I asked for, but... now i have to take it back and pay more money for the one I realy wanted. It's like asking for a car and getting a 1994 Geo Prism, oh ya that happened to me too...

Wish List

2005-12-18T16:05:00.000-07:00

1. Digital Camera
2. Microsoft Office for my Mac
3. Music
4. Clothes
5. XBox 360! AHHHH!
6.Peanut Brittle

I'm regestered at Best Buy, Clothes R Us, and Peanuts Peanuts Peanuts.

Who is the Real King? Kong Vs. Narnia Vs. Harry Potter

2005-12-16T19:06:00.000-07:00

The three biggest movies of the year, but which one is the best? King Kong Dies, Voldamort comes back, Cedrick Diggery Dies, and Aslan dies and comes back again. (Warning! Spoilers Behind)
1. The Poster

These posters are rad. But the Harry Potter one is a bit lame with just some people chillin, and King Kong is freaking awesome because of Kong, but where's the T-Rex? Big Mistake! The winner is Narnia! Because it is classic and Aslan is a freaking pimp right in the middle! Bam! And the White Which's carage pulled by polar bears? Yes please.
2. Hero Battle!
Ok so each hero is awesome, legendary, mysterious, blah blah blah. What I want to know is: If they all fight like crazy who would win? Ok so Harry would blast them into the air and turn them into... guinny pigs? Aslan would eat everyone's face off and talk up a storm! But the real winner is KING KONG. Could Harry or Aslan could beat three T-Rex, WHILE holding on to an oscar nominated and hot Naomi Watts? No. Or could they even bite off a dinosaur's toungue and then break jaw and then own is freaking face?! No.
3.Hotness Factor
Hermoine, Naomi Watts, and... and... Lucy? If I didn't pick Naomi Watts I would be a dirty pediphile... so...
4.Length
Narnia: 2hours 12min Harry Potter: 2hours 30min King Kong: 3hours 7min
Wanna get the most for your money? Pick King Kong
5. Finally... Which one did I like the best?
Harry Potter acually kinda sucked. Narnia was awesome... if I was 12! King Kong... enough said!

Obviously the winner is: KING KONG!
If you haven't seen it you must! It is like looking into the face of God and seeing him smileing back saying "You are my most wonderous creation!" Shut up and see it, or you like Gigli.

DJ KyDiggityDog

2005-12-13T18:08:00.000-07:00

Hells ya! Jess Delisa and Luke Fischer are getting married in March and Jess asked me today to be the DJ at her wedding with Patrick Foley! Basicly we are going to pimp the whole freeking wedding. We are going to throw some hot jams at chy'all! I think the wedding song they picked is Milkshake, or so I hope. Anyways, I go home tomarrow after my Trad Final! YES! I want a digital camera for Christmans! DJ KyDiggityDog Out!

The Night Before Finals

2005-12-11T21:48:00.000-07:00

So tonight is the last night before my Finals begin. I have an 8am Math Final and a 5pm Bio Final on Monday (Tomarrow) and an STS Trad 103 Final Wednesday at 11am. I have gotten to the point tonight where I am going a bit insane and also I stopped caring about the finals. I studied all day and I don't think I could do anymore whithout Jumping around to the sound of The Polyphonic Spree's Section 12: Hold Me Now from their album "Together We're Heavy". FUN. Anyways now is the time where I pray for blessings on my final and hope for the best, and of course cram a little. I hope I do well, but will quickly get over the fact so that I can enjoy the joyous holiday! Hopefully I can study after the Math final for my Bio final. OH! I'm totally getting a smoothie tomarrow! Score!

A Sad First Post

2005-12-11T00:22:00.000-07:00

I'm depressed. I got a flat tire yesterday, well this morning at like 12:30am. So today I took off my bad wheel off and put the spare on. This is alot more annoying and time consumming than it sounds. I tried like four different places to see if they could fix it, and finally went to a shell gas station with a full service auto repair shop. A guy named Jeff how used some crazy machine to detach my wheel and see if he could fix it. He couldn't, so I bought a new tire, but it was only $20 so it was all good. While I was there an angry laty pulled up to the full service gas pump and the girl at the counter came out to help her. She was kind and genuine, it was refreshing to see someone as joyful as she was. She gave the lady gas, washed her windows, and Jeff checked her tires, all with smiles on their faces. It was great. I thought in my mind that they should date, but that is just me being wierd. I'm really glad Michelle was there the whole time to help me with my car, and she never acted irritated the whole time. So anyways, I got back to Michelle's and studied for a while. Right before leaving I became depressed. I wasn't sure why, but I just was. It slowly started getting to me why I was so depressed. I realized that I had spent a whole semester trying to make real, deep friends, but only ended up with like one, and maybe a couple of good friends, with the rest feeling a bit fake. I had lost my best friends to California and SCC. Basicly I felt lonely. I missed my friends, and now, not making any "best friends" here in Tucson I had no one to lean on. I have Michelle and Lindsay, who are like my best friends here, but no guy best friends here. I miss Patrick. I miss driving around with his and screaming out our favorite song above the CD. I miss having our serious conversations, and I mostly missed just hanging out with him. I have finals and I just want to go home.