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I have a new pet
Meet Herbie the hedgehog! :) He follows your mouse pointer when you play with him…don’t click to much or he’ll hide.
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I might be bitter
I might be cynical. I might have a chip on my shoulder. However, all jokes aside: at the end of the day I still like women and I think relationships are a good thing.
I saw “Hitch” last night. I thought it was a great movie, full of laughs…and not a chick flick. Wait a minute this sounds like I am about to do a movie review, but I’m not. Now I am not going to write a post so any passing reader will do the “woe to me” deal. I’m not seeking pity, I am just going to point something out; I might be a little brutally honest too.
The basic premise of this movie is about a guy that helps create opportunities for nice guys to go out with the women they [nice guys] have crushes on. I loved all the dorky guys because, well I am and I have been a dork for a long time. Don’t get me wrong I am proud of my dork factor, but “dork factor” is not usually on the list of “Women’s Top Wanted Characteristics” in any magazine, even the ones that pull their content out of thin air…or the air between their ears for that matter. Yet I would almost bet that more than half of the women (I think it’s more like 80%) will fall in love with the ultimate dorky character in the movie.
Read that again. “…more than half of the women (I think it’s more like 80%) will fall in love with the ultimate dorky character in the movie.”
Why is it that many women will think he is the cutest thing and say “awww” 100 times over; yet they would hardly give a real dork the time of day? I wear a watch so I don’t have to ask for the time, but I think I could get the time…and that’s about it…from most people. However, there are TONS of great guys that are invisible to the same “awww” saying women. That is appalling.
Guys get a bad rap for treating women like meat and not being interested in what’s “inside”. Women constantly do the same thing. I know some of those same girls. I also know a lot of girls that need to get consoled when their dirt bag boyfriend/fiance/husband/lover/flavor-of-the-week/whatever treats them crappy. My favorite line “why can’t I find a nice guy? [also heard as “I just want a nice guy!”]. Hello, maybe if you didn’t go for the jerk you wouldn’t end up with a jerk…if you go for the nice guy, you just might get a nice guy. Not everyone you meet will be right for you; but if you focus on meeting the bad guys and ignore the good ones; I think you are really limiting the chances you’ll find Mr. Right…and end up with Mr. Right Now.
[humor moment]
This situation taught me a valuable lesson over the years: Nice guys should present themselves as jerks, but turn out nice. Also, when things get tough, bring out the jerk personality…then revert back to being nice. Why in the world would I give someone that advice? BECAUSE IT WORKS. This sounds terrible I know!! Don’t yell at me, yell at your female friends that tell nice guys over and over that all they want is a nice guy, yet they always go for the jerk. My relationship track record isn’t fantastic; but I learned early up: don’t let a women walk all over you. Unfortunately I forgot that lesson more times then I can remember. :)
[the real solution]
Jerk guys can ruin a nice girl and jerk girls can ruin nice guys. What we need to do is ship all the jerks (guys and girls) to an island and let them all beat each other up emotionally over there.
If you haven’t seen “Hitch” yet, you should. Whether it’s with friends or on a date…it makes for a good movie that hits home in some way for all of us.
“Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.”
– Charles M. Schulz
I can pass tests
So apparently taking a short little quiz can tell you a whole lotta nothing! It;s not all it;s cracked up to be…but if you really want to, I think Emode used to have an awesome IQ Test, but they were bought by Tickle…not sure if it’s any good; but if you’re curious, you know where to go.
Blogthings – Your Quick and Dirty IQ score:
| Your IQ Is 135 |
 Your Logical Intelligence is Exceptional Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Genius |
I’m a flickr whore
I have gotten 1003 photostream views in the few weeks I have been on Flickr. Not to mention that I have been taking about 5 to 10 pictures a day now. Random pictures of small things, circles, fountains and pics of me of course!
I always loved taking pictures, but I hated waiting to get the film developed or finishing a roll just to see one picture. Or those times when you take a picture only to find out later it came out like crap.
I love my digital camera! :) I think it might be my new best friend…not to mention it’s given me a new hobby that I am having a field day with!
So now I sort of have two blogs…one to write and one that’s just pictures. Each one tells a little story; one you have to read and imagine the visual portion, the other you see and imagine the thoughts.
The semester is over
Well I did it. I went back to school after a four year break; my first semester came to a close as I turned in my final exam last night. I had a good grade going into the final and I wanted to come out with a grade better than “good”. Unfortunately I don’t think I pulled off what I would have needed to push me into the “great” category, but I am pretty sure I maintained my grade and I can be happy with that.
I have a few days off so I can catch up on things and visit with a few friends…it’s going to be nice not having to go to class until 10 pm these next few days. Ah but, happiness is short lived. Next week I start back up, no longer a two night per week class schedule; it’s 4 nights a week for me. Yup. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday…but only until 9:30 pm so I get an extra 30 min to myself each night. ** note: time to myself really means time doing homework. I’m looking forward to it…it’s been a little while since I challenged myself and I plan on winning this one hands down.
I turned over a new leaf with school this time around; I have a mission. I want to pull back on the procrastination and ditch the chip on my shoulder. I want to go back to a time about 8 years ago when I was doing well in school because I wanted to; not because someone told me to. It took some time, but I searched deep and found my motivation…it was curled up in a ball, in a fetal position cowering from neglect and abuse during stressful times. I wanted to bring it out again, this time I knew it would take a lot of nurturing for me to nurse it back to health.
I started by reading books I owned on various subjects that I was passionate about. Since passion works as an amazing fuel, I knew it would help me become motivated again. Then I moved on to the emotional books: the stories of people that fought back from illness or fought for survival. Through these stories I learned to deal with my own struggle as if procrastination and lack of motivation was a disease. Not all of the books were about personal growth; but somehow they hit home. For a list of things (books and movies) that helped get me through some tough times visit my All Consuming list tagged: motivational.
“Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”
– Confucius
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