Just a few more questions

Why are bad decisions so much easier to make than good ones?

Does anyone else think R2-D2 should make an appearance in every movie ever?

If people didn't think swear words were bad, would they still be bad?

Has anyone else noticed that television has made people so lazy that we have to come up with "TV" just so we don't have to strain ourselves and say a 4 syllable word?

Am I allowed to believe in luck but not believe in the supernatural?

Who else is really annoyed by people who only like bands no one's heard of, and then when that band gets all popular these people suddenly don't like them anymore?

Are smart people good at not doing dumb stuff, or good at hiding it when they do?

How many people do you know that you can 100 percent trust and depend on in any situation, however petty or significant it is? Doesn't this number seem awfully low?

Aren't songs more fun when you don't know the exact lyrics so you just kinda make up your own?

If pennies were taken out of circulation, would the average person save money or lose money?

Can opinions be objective?

-alex

hasta la pizza

Well the Pizza Factory went out of business today. Last night I'm working a normal shift and now suddenly I'm out of a job. Nevertheless I thought it was a really fun place to be, whether I was working or just wanted some food. I was only there for 3 or 4 months but I still met some really cool people that hopefully I'll stay friends with. AJ, Matt, Matt, Kristen, Daniella, Emma, Tracy, Ben, David, Justin: peace. It's been fun.

-alex

billions and billions

The stars are always there. Sometimes we can't see them, but they're still there. They make us feel small. You can't count them, but you can try. Everytime you go through the course of a night without looking at the stars, you're missing 50% of what's going on that night. In 60 years you'll probably be in a different place, you'll look, act, feel, and think differently than you do now. The whole world will have changed, but if you look up, the night sky will look just like it did 60 years ago. There are infinite patterns, so the stars are kind of like a giant ink blot test where you can see whatever you want to see. Lets say I want to take a gander at the Andromeda Galaxy, which is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way. Andromeda is 2.2 million light years away: so you say "Wow, who cares?" After punching some numbers, Andromeda Galaxy is 13,490,400,000,000,000,000 miles away, yet I can see it with a 4.5-inch telescope. Just a thought. Star gazing is essentially time travel; what you see actually happened years and years ago. Stars are tools and toys. You can find your way around with stars. You can feel the Earth spinning when you look at the stars. They always give you something to do late at night. In many cases you can't see them if you look at them, only if you look near them. The longer you look at them, the more of them you see. Does anyone else find the night sky interesting? Maybe you should.

Look up.

-alex

People Watching II: Is That So?

On the local news there was a segment about teenage drinking. During the piece, the reporter stated that "Teens who start drinking are more likely to become alcoholics than those who don't." Well I'll be....

-alex

Just a few questions

Why can't we just slide our SAT answer sheet through a computer right after we take it and get our scores right then? Is this really that far fetched?

Why don't more people watch Family Guy?

Is there anything more straining than when someone you like does something you don't like?

How do teenagers not care about voting? What if a candidate proposes college tuition cuts, or planned on cutting jobs in the field in which the teen hopes to work? Would they still not care?

Are people inherently bad at being subtle or is everyone just afflicted with a horrible lack of perception?

If you could you read people's minds, would you really want to? Think about it.

If someone was 100% percent honest and forthcoming, would anyone like them?

What color is glass? (Note: clear/transparent is not a color)

If no one had guns, would anyone need guns?

Hmmm.....

-alex

Guess who's back, back again...

I just got back from Colorado today. Loooooong drive up there, but the University was really cool and Boulder seems like a neat town. Back to the grind here in Tucson. Nothing else exciting to report.

-alex

Boulder or Bust

Hey I won't post fer a few days because I'm heading up to Colorado for a little vacation and to visit the University of Colorado. I think I got my ass thoroughly kicked by the SAT II tests yesterday, but I cheered myself up by stopping by Best Buy and adding The Starting Line and the newer Something Corporate CD to my ever expanding punk/pop-punk CD collection, and by popping my awesome new Pac-Man antenna ball onto my car. Good stuff.

-alex

People Watching I: Tact, Anyone?

Sometimes (everyday) people do or say things that I find odd (stupid), and I always wonder if other people would find these things equally as odd (stupid). If you read the situation and are like "Why is that so weird?" that's fine, maybe you just have a less cynical perspective on things than I do. I'm not going to comment on whatever the situation is, I'll just post it and see if you find people as...odd as I do.

I walk into Subway to get a meatball sub because I just filled up one of those free 6 inch sub cards. The kid behind the conter, probably my age, asks me what I want. I say "I'll take a 6 inch meatball sub on wheat." He proceeds to say "Yuck, I hate meatball subs, they're so disgusting. I don't see how anyone can eat them."

Hmmm....

-alex

Trogdor!

To anyone who has never been to Homestar Runner I strongly recommend checking it out. There is some incredibly funny and creative stuff on there. Specifically, check out the Strong Bad Emails.

And don't miss out on the Badger fun:

www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/badgers.php
www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/footy.php
www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/badgerphone.php


-alex

Academy awards, here we come

Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal. A movie about a KISS-like rock band hijacking a commercial airplane and attempting to crash it into a Kansas church in hopes to open the Seventh Gate of Hell. Just a few questions on this one. At any point during the production of this movie, did someone think "Hey, maybe this isn't going to be a very good movie." How did anyone keep a straight face while making this movie? Who has the dignity to present this idea to a movie company? What actor receives this script and says "Wow, this looks like it'll be a real blockbuster! I hope I get to be the lead singer with heavy make-up that ends up landing a 747 at a large airport in the middle of a populous city. " How many people actually call up their friends and suggest heading down to the theater to catch a screening of this movie? I'd love to call all 4 people who have rented this movie since it came out and ask them if they miss their 3 dollars. Not that I watched it or anything, I just...read about it....shut up.

-alex