Now that December is almost over, I don’t need to worry about people thinking that I’m poo-pooing the holiday season by writing this. You might think it’s because I didn’t get enough Christmas presents this year (and I didn’t, dammit!), but it’s a philosophy that I firmly believe in: people put way too much emphasis on “stuff”. (more…)
Sunday, December 21st, 4:15pm—Brent Bakken, my older brother, married Gail Smith.
I wish them both all the happiness in the world and hope they have a loving relationship together for a very, very long time.
I like monkeys.
The pet store was selling them for five cents apiece. I thought that odd since they were normally a couple thousand dollars. I decided not to look a gift horse in the mouth. I bought 200. I like monkeys.
I went to see Lord of the Rings tonight and saw a preview for The Butterfly Effect. It starred Ashton Kutcher, who could make himself go back in time to prevent the death of his girlfriend. Kinda like The Time Machine, really, except the scientist never hit someone over the head with a baseball bat and went to jail for it. Or banged Demi Moore, for that matter. (more…)
I’m very impressed with myself. Last week was full of final exams—one on Monday, a take-home that I picked up and turned in 24 hours later, another exam on Thursday and a final paper for a writing class due Friday. And during that entire time, I didn’t write anything in here. Believe me, I wanted to. I could hear a little voice in the back of my head screaming, “Please, God, anything but this!!” (more…)
OPTIMIST – “The glass is half full.”
PESSIMIST – “The glass is half empty.”
REALIST – Drinks the water and gets on with his life.
SURREALIST – “Whoa. It’s an octopus.”
IDEALIST – “Water! Nectar of the gods!”
CAPITALIST – “So, how much can we get for selling this?”
ENVIRONMENTALIST – “Put the glass down! The water is filled with chemicals! Let’s tie ourselves to trees in protest!”
ACTIVIST – “Damn the man! Break the glass! Show them we mean business!”
PACIFIST – “Do what you want with the water, just don’t hurt me.”
ME – “Screw water, I need something with caffeine. I have a 20-page paper due tomorrow morning and I haven’t started it yet.”