Friday, October 01, 2004

Anyway, a number of things to talk about mainly because of inspiration from Ryan's blog. So I'll try to get to as many of them as possible before Tom comes downstairs and blazes his Xbox volume. Those darn kids!

First off I guess is the inspiration to blog itself. It's strange the kind of things that can inspire you to blog on and on about something. But one thing that I've found really really consistent at inspiring me is reading other ppl's blogs. They just always seem to cover the areas you totally forgot to mention on your side. But there has to be a condition to that blog you're reading: they have to be having fun while they're blogging. How else would a blog inspire others to blog when it seemed like the writer wasn't having fun? That just wouldn't make any sense at all. And I think the last thing ppl need to hear at 15 different blogs is: "I'm lonely...." or "Life sucks." Of course no offense meant to ppl who would prefer to add those into their blogs, blogs are very often used as more of a venting tool than to entertain others. I'm just referring to those inspiring blogs that poke fun at stuff and all that good stuff. Those are the keepers :)

While I'm on the topic, some hardships of blogging that I've noticed get really annoying. I'd say the most irritating thing about blogging is to find the right words that aren't carbon copies of phrases from your past blogs, and that can express your thoughts correctly without making yourself seem like a total tard to other ppl. Because as a general rule, the thought or topic that you want to talk about always sounds 10x better/more interesting in your head than it does when you start typing about it. It sucks, but nothing can be done. The second most irritating thing has to be the wondering of who'll take the time to actually read this kind of crap. Kinda like how I'm feeling right now. I mean really, no one has any real reason/time/purpose to read a blog about blogging, and this section will most likely be omitted by many of you. I'm just hoping it'll entertain the very few that do update their blogs frequently and can relate to my stories. I find as I write more and more text into this tiny little box, my mind starts to become more and more doubtful that anyone will have enough time at one sitting to go through this stuff and absorb it.

Enough about blogging. I think I've already said enough about my school schedule and what's going on with that as well. I guess what's been really bugging me is my life outside of school.

When I break it down (which I tend to do with almost everything), it just doesn't seem to add up quite right. It all started with of course my oath to not play video games for the first semester (most regretted decision EVER right now). But of course, when you're making that oath, you never do realize that the time gained from not playing video games doesn't necessarily get used at the best of it's ability. Sure there isn't much benefit out of playing games to begin with, but I just wish I could apply that time more to the useful things in life. It seems like I've substituted 50% of that time with flipping through TV channels and finding nothing but crap to watch. And like my own nature, I find some kind of stupid reason to watch a completely boring show that I have no interest in, just to kill time. Isn't that even worse than playing video games?

And of course the other 50% of the time is now spent on using my new computer. I guess with a new computer with new peripherals, there's almost a calling out to me that makes me want to make optimal use out of the whole system. So I scour around the net and pretend I'm being productive and check updates on pages I used to never look at. And of course I blog more often too...

So there it is. Pretty much, whenever I'm studying more than 3 days in advanced, let it be known that it's because I'm compensating for this lazy factor. I tend to space my workday out for studying, and so whenever you hear me saying "Oh I've been studying all day", that just mainly means 3-4 hours accumulated studying time which is pretty bad for a whole 'day' of studying. It's an obstacle I have to overcome, but I'm just glad that I'm at the stage where I'm still getting the sufficient amount of studying done no matter in what form.

Sorry, I kind of went on about school there when I said I wouldn't. Anyhow, I was watching Supersize Me special features just last week, something that many ppl missed because they saw the movie in theatre, or because they were watching that night with us. It was really interesting though because they had this one featurette called "Smoking Fries."

I think all 2 of you who are reading know what the movie is all about already, so I won't get into details. Anyhow, in this featurette many different Mcdonald's products including a Big Mac, Filet O Fish, Quarter Pounder, and a supersize order of fires, are placed into separate jars to decompose by themselves, while a burger and fries from an actual burger vendor on the street who hand makes the patties, are placed in separate jars to do the same. Anyway, I was going to try to describe the process, but it's too hard with a limited memory. You'll have to watch it yourself, because the results are beyond belief....

Anyway, yet again I've lost the will to blog because of how long this is getting. To be continued

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