The Red Wheelbarrow

So much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens


There is a meaning behind this poem and Zac and I figured it out our senior year of high school. Can you?

Cool site I stumbled upon

50 Things everyone should know how to do
http://www.marcandangel.com/2008/06/02/50-things-everyone-should-know-how-to-do/

Successful Sunday

Entourage night was yet again a successful night. There were approximately 10 people all crammed together on the yellow submarine, but we wouldn't have it any other way in Helman. This episode was definitely in the top ten of all-time episodes so for the one person who reads this who wasn't there, you definitely missed out.

The weekend also went splendidly. It was a weekend of drinking and partying and having a good time. Luckily, I missed out on all the second street drama that occurred shortly after my departure. But I think that is all I should blog about.

"Be happy while you're living, for you're along time dead." Scottish Proverb

Bad Student Handbook

So if you want to become a bad student instantly follow my lead. Put all important homework off until the last day then get drunk and put it off until the last morning. Its a really bad idea but kinda fun. So that's my only blog for tonight but to be continued...

I am so much more creative at night

I just realized that I am way more creative after like 11:30 than I am before. I think it may just take my brain that long to warm up. I don't really have anything super creative to talk about. But if I wait like a minute I will have something spectacular. There are many options but I think I'm going to blog about blogging and new technological ways of communicating, because I have had some of this new form of communication tonight.
First off blogging. It's pretty amazing the things you can say to a computer screen with the intent of letting others read the same thing. However, I'm a little different. I like to say things that I understand but others don't exactly. One may see something as a riveting tale and others see it as a confession. Some may see something as just a random blog about blogs but others know that there must be something else there that we are missing. And it's great because I can be completely and positively me and nobody can tell me to be otherwise.
Now onto texting. Recently, for those who really know me and it should be everyone because I think there are only two of you :(, I have been having relationship trouble. Well tonight I sought out to remedy that. First by laying foundation through texts. Then by actually calling said person. Well it didn't go as smoothly as I hoped but it is still a working process. Girlfriends, everyone should have at least two. Well hopefully said relationship ends peacefully with both parties thoroughly satisfied. And hopefully the third party realizes that it is now time to change the pace also. Some ruts are so deep you need a ladder and hand to pull you out of.

I created like 3 quotes in there all by myself. I told you that I become creative at night. I'm like a vampire.

I take back my harsh words against MC Library

So I happened to mention my dilemma to Professor Tinsley about only find 12 total books concerning Britain and WWII. Unfortunately, my intelligent bone must have been broken because she immediately said well did you try "Great Britain" or "England" or "UK" and so I muttered "fuck" under my breath due to my incompetence. But now I'm just racking up the sources. However, my bibliography is due friday along with a biography of Robert Darnton. I also need to start analyzing my sources for British history. Being a history major definitely has its perks and don't get me wrong I absolutely love the subject but this whole writing 20-30 page papers is going to be the end of me before too long.

"Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free from doing anything." Floyd Dell

Manchester library sucks

I have abandoned the Angelos titling because there is an important announcement which needs to be announced. Funderburg Library at Manchester College sucks. Britain is a pretty important country. WWII is a pretty important event. Britain played a pretty vital role in WWII. However, our library sees fit only to have 12 books appear when you put the terms Britain and WWII together. WTF? Its like having 12 books about the north winning the Civil War.

On a lighter note, Entourage was a good episode. However, watching the seasons on tv isn't near as much fun because we can only watch one episode. Normally, we would watch like 4 until it was time to go to bed or we had to switch dvds. But now I have to wait until next Sunday to get my Entourage fix.

"A wise man will love, all others will desire." Afranius
"The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, untolerable uncertainty; not know what comes next." Ursula K. LeGuin

Five Roman Centuries

I'm sticking with the Angelos titles at least for a little while.

Tonight is entourage night which is always a blast. Hopefully I can get a little homework done afterward. Tinsley's class is starting to become a nuisance. 12 Primary sources and 6 secondary sources by Friday, are you kidding me. I wish I could just write an autobiography but then again that could prove to be just as troublesome. Well I will probably continue this blog later tonight after the 2nd episode of Entourage for the new season is over.

"One in her hand is worth two in her bush." Me last night texting Nate when his girl was over.

A new empire arises

The title is completely irrelevant. I don't like titles so I think I am just going to use the ones Professor Angelos gives me in my history notes.

So today was a very interesting day for yours truly. Instead of sleeping off my hangover until noon and then laying around all day, I woke up and went to a beef cattle show in Auburn. Now you may think, "wow how weird," but actually I used to show beef steers in 4-H and I rather enjoyed the show. I went his he who is to be named later and she who is to be named later and the wrastler.

Tomorrow is our first baseball games of the fall season. I pitch in game 3 which should begin between 2:30-3. It should be complete domination but who knows. I have some pretty legit adversaries to compete against. So wish me good luck.

"Professor Tinsley sucks" this guy
"Trade your secrets and become who you are" Frank Warren

The message behind the words

So this is a story I'm making up as I go along.

One day a long time ago in a place far far away there sat Fred. Now Fred wasn't just anyone, Fred was a god. He was in fact the god of dirty gym shorts. As Fred sat there admiring the stars one evening, his long time gf Rachel walked up. Now Rachel was the goddess of the color green and pizza rolls. Needless to say Rachel was much better than Fred, but they were in love so it doesn't matter. Now Fred and Rachel were in a complex situation. See Fred was Jewish and Rachel was not. Now you may not see this as a problem but in a place far far away it was illegal for a Jewish god to date a non-Jewish god, much like 1940's Germany. However, they were apparently in love so it doesn't matter. Meanwhile, down on earth there was this poor traveler. He was constantly on the move and the only person who could ever keep up with him would have been a god or goddess. One day Rachel was flying around pretending to be a red-tailed hawk, when she saw the traveler. She swooped down and asked him his name. "I am Constantine," he said, "and who are you?" Rachel had never revealed her true self to anyone before but for some reason decided to trust this man. She told him her name, however didn't show him anymore than herself as a hawk. As time went on, Rachel and the traveler became closer and closer. Rachel began revealing more and more of herself and Constantine did the same.
Well Fred began to get suspicious of Rachel's actions and in a fit of jealousy he banned Rachel from seeing Constantine ever again. Fred began following her every movement and constantly asking of her whereabouts and who she was talking to. Finally, he locked her in a tower. Now the world was thrown into peril, especially that of Constantine. Imagine a world with no green and no pizza rolls. That was all that life was to Constantine. He loved the color green and because he was a traveler he only had a microwave and pizza rolls.
Constantine could not stand the thought of never having what he loved the most. So he went to a place far far away and climbed the tower to save Rachel. However, when he got to the top she didn't want to be saved. She thought she was in love so it doesn't matter. Even though Fred had done all these things she wanted to stay with him, because he was the only one who had ever cared back to her.

There is a moral to this story however it is one for you to find on your own.

"One swallow does not make a summer." Aristotle
"A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song." Chinese Proverb

Its Just Life

Have you ever just stopped and looked around at your life? That question will only make sense to those who have done it. But just stop and think about what you have done all in your life so far. In the 21 or so years that you have been alive what things do you remember the best and why do you think that is?

Think to yourself and ask yourself if you ever thought you would be here in the position that you are in now. Whether that be in a serious relationship or just at college or majoring in something crazy. I never thought I would major in history. Not that I didn't like the subject just because I never really saw a future in the major.

Now look to the future. Where do you see yourself in 5 to 10 years? What do you wanna be? Is what you're doing now going to help you or make you get to where you wanna be? Are you wasting time on something? Have you fallen into a rut that you can't get out of that you know isn't the right path but its the easiest path and the most enjoyable at the moment? Now here is the hardest question to answer truthfully even to yourself, are you afraid of change?

I don't know what made me wanna blog like this tonight but I was reading and listening to music and just happened to think about it.

60 Posts

Holy snickeys batman, this is my 61st post. Who would have thought I ever had this much to say? Not this guy. But I don't have anything really crazy to say tonight, but I'm going to wing it.

First subject is the rain. I didn't know it was raining until just recently but I absolutely love the rain. Its truly the best thing around. Its extremely romantic to either make-out in the rain or just walk in the rain. I mean look at the notebook, if it didn't rain when they were getting out of the boat it wouldn't be the best movie ever made. Also, rain is perfect for the heat because it cools things off and lets plants grow and stuff like that. I LOVE the rain. When it starts raining and you can hear it pounding on the windows for some reason it makes you just want to curl up and take a nap or read a book or something cozy like that.

Next subject is probably going to be unexpected relationships. I'm not sure if he who is to be named later is still reading this blog or not but if he is this one is directed more to him than anyone. The spontaneity of life is what makes it worth living. Sometimes love can bring you down and sometimes it can pick you up. I'm extremely happy that he has finally been picked back up. No matter the length or severity of this relationship at least it pulled him out of the slump. Kudos to he who is to be named later.

Now onto the subliminal message for tonight. It's never good to count your eggs before they hatch. Many times eggs won't hatch and for all the ones that do you never know when the big one is actually a turkey. I know weird right but I know exactly what it means and know exactly what I want it to mean. But if you think about it hard enough and know me well enough everything will make sense before that other guy/girl has to explain it.

Google Scholar says, "Stand on the shoulders of giants." Now if anything is unclear on meaning that is.

TO CHARLEMAGNE

So there is this old time saying which states, "Never judge a book by its cover." Many of us disregard this statement everyday. We see the young gentleman with long hair and likes to dress like a girl and immediately walk the other way and think that he is a freak. However, this particular person may be extremely intelligent or very much sincere and kind. They could be a person who under different circumstances you could have been extremely good friends with, however you judged the book by its cover and went the other way. There are other instances also. For instance the football team. Many people look at football players and think that they are just a bunch of stupid horndog jocks. However, there are many of them who are very nice and fun to hang out with.

And then you have very studious, handsome, and down-to-earth guys, and you say, "I bet he doesn't even clean the lint trap." When in reality he cleans it out everytime he does the laundry.

"Character is like a tree and reputation is its shadow. The shadow is what we think of; the tree is the real thing." Abraham Lincoln
"When character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends." Japanese Proverb

Ten Rules of Life that I definitely copied from someone else

1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it's yours to keep for the entire period.

2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, "life."

3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error, and experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately "work."

4. Lessons are repeated until they are learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.

5. Learning lessons does not end. There's no part of life that doesn't contain its lessons. If you're alive, that means there are still lessons to be learned.

6. "There" is no better a place than "here." When your "there" has become a "here", you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here."

7. Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.

8. What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.

9. Your answers lie within you. The answers to life's questions lie within you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.

10. You will forget all this.


Doesn't 10 suck?

What should I blog about?

Well as the title should imply I wasn't entirely sure what this blog was going to be about. But after immense thought I have came to the conclusion it should be about relationships. For those few readers who are still loyal and know me best know that I have not been the best role model for relationships in the past. However, is it because I don't know what I'm doing or because I am just that smart. Well there were some people who have invested thousands of dollars and a countless number of hours in a single relationship. Just to see this relationship end in a ball of flames. There are others who believe they are just in it to have fun and see what happens. Then there is me. I like to consider myself a realist but I'm probably not because I don't really know the requirements of being a realist. But anyways...

I have been in several relationships since the time when relationships became real for kids (when you could drive probably). Well the first didn't end the best but it actually worked out better after we broke up because we fooled around more hahaha. I probably shouldn't have written that but it's my first blog in awhile I should make it pop. Well then there was another one in college and it was fun but I could clearly tell that she wasn't the one for me. So instead of wasting everything I ended it. Even though she was extremely pretty. Well now there is this one. She is a freshman at another university. I like her, I really do. However, I'm not sure if it is just because of the sex or not. So I am currently investing very little. I actually talk to another very attractive brunetter more than her. But she is still crazy about me. So I must be doing something right. So why should I invest more than I care to receive in return? Or maybe I know that she isn't the one and am saving all my good boyfriendness for her. One may never know. But don't put too much into something, cuz you never know the results.

"I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last; a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't." F. Scott Fitzgerald
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." Sir Winston Churchill