Has Left the Building

a friend once mentioned how it can be hard to enjoy something because one is already preparing for the future. even when things are going smoothly one is bracing for the road blocks.

i don't think i'm a cold person but it takes a while to know me. i'm reluctant to invest in the short term. i get nervous when i find i'm attached to someone. there's always the lingering fear that someday they'll be gone from my life.

i know people grow up and sometimes it means growing apart. But this just makes it harder since i should know better and can't get over it.

maybe i just don't understand how in order for someone i love to be happy it may mean they will have to be apart from me. they will be living a life separate from mine.

but i guess that's why we have to live in the moment because once it's gone it may never come back.

Cherry Kisses

I think the Anti-valentine’s Day post may be the most consistent topic i write about. I still believe it to be a creation of card and candy producers to make more money. Someday I will create a mass-marketing campaign where Plutonic (It’s spelled wrong. It’s an inside joke) Day will trump Valentine’s Day.

Ok so here's some history on it. Supposedly there was a Saint Valentine back in the day but no one is really sure as to the origin story. He would cheer up other prisoners by passing out little notes or treats. It makes me wonder what sort of reception he would receive if he were to try this in our modern prison system today.

I’m not a fan of pink. My Alma mater has embedded me to hate red. So if the official colors of this holiday/occasion are pink and red it’s a no go.

Why celebrate love with one day? It should be everyday.

It's not even good enough to grant us time off work. If a guy showing up in a boat leading to the near extinction of a population can get a holiday and a day supposedly about love cannot something must be wrong.

It gets in the way of nerf gun dart war (I’m just teasing. No I am not).

It’s one of those days that are anti-independent. If you have someone special in your life yay you. If you don’t… you lose. There’s a two-part ad for a restaurant which is offering specials for couples and singles. Couples get a nice romantic dinner and singles are encouraged to drink the night away. That's right, get drunk, get in a car accident and die because no one loves you. No one will miss you.

If you forget to wish Jocelyn a Happy Valentine’s Day, she’ll be mad.

Well the entire thing isn’t bad. Our favorite candy producers usually come out with special addition versions of classic candies.

And in case you were wondering what I will be doing this day, I will be having a steak dinner, at home, with just myself and my parents. Help me.

"Ok so we should invite jocelyn, me...wait...I'm jocelyn." -jocelyn

I'm Not Dead

My sisters use YouTube tutorials. A few are titled as above and it makes me wonder if somebody really thought the author was deceased because they hadn’t recently uploaded a video. Oh, and there are those who start off their video with, “this is a request but I really don’t like this and don’t want to do it but I will because it’s a request”. That’s stupid. Requests can be denied. Besides there’s always someone else out there who will want to do it if you don’t. So really it’s not that you don’t want to do a request it’s because you want to please your audience. Because if you don’t cater to them, they’ll leave, you’ll have no audience and you'll die.

I've decided that I don't want to be lukewarm. Therefore I don't want a lukewarm guy. I don't get why someone can't be honest and say what they mean. It's the excuse of not hurting someone's feelings. What-ever. It takes somebody with courage to be honest. To leave someone hanging, waiting is rude and mean. The "nice" thing to do would be to just come out with it. Guys who walk away without any notice are just poop.

Today I walked into a drugstore that had its valentine's day stuff up.

How to Make Protests More Efficient

Now before I begin I am not piggy-backing on someone else's topic. It's just coincidence. What can I say? Great people think like me.

A couple of times my work place has been on the TV news. However it has nothing to do with my work. Whenever there’s a conflict involving Israel people gather by us to protest because the embassy is located across the street on the 13th floor. I don’t know how much of an impact they have if the object of the protest is 13 stories away.Usually each faction stands on opposite sides of the street. They shout some things, cars honk and the police show up. One of these days someone could leave a basketball in the middle of the street, yell GO! and see which side can grab the ball first. The winner of this wins the protest. How about a relay? Thumb war anyone? With these suggestions they wouldn't have to stand for hours yelling at each other.

Not everyone who gathers has something to do with the protest. There are usually tagger groups who use the media coverage the large group provides to get their message across. They mix in yelling their own slogans making the whole thing confusing.

Overall, protests feel like street fairs minus the food and music. It would be better if each group set up a little booth. It would be organized. They could pass out pamphlets and attract people over with free stuff like pens or stickers. The AARP is doing a rap performance. Help free Tibet and get a balloon. Stop all wars by buying a bag of kettle corn. Yeah, that would totally make me care.

Have They Learned Nothing from China

As usual somebody decided to spoil the big event that happened last Tuesday by bringing to light a controversy. No it’s not about taking the oath. Sit down for this. The quartet did not play live. Well, in a way they did but their instruments weren't amplified.

They way this has been brought up makes it sound like the trust of the public has been broken. In a world of short attention spans sensational headlines have become a way of life. I admit I wouldn't have cared otherwise. You know some idiot out there is going to write about how we can’t trust the new administration because of this. If they’re going to deceive us about this what else are they keeping from us?

I decided to find out why they played to a prerecorded tape*. Apparently it was too cold for their instruments to stay in tune so they took a performance they had prerecorded days before and played that. I had no idea tuning was affected by temperature. If it weren’t for this I wouldn’t have learned something new. At least they didn’t have tv actors step in for the original musicians because they weren’t pretty enough.

I wonder though if this would qualify as a breach of national security. Yes, all the major players of the day were kept safe and no riots took place. But if you can’t keep something like a taped performance under wraps how are you going to deal with the big things such as fashion malfunctions, tripping over the family dog or the dreaded choking on a pretzel?

“This isn’t Milli Vanilli” – Carole Florman spokesperson for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.

*If you want to read the article--> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28808317