To Better Understand Me...

The Trip

Thank you to all for making it a great, injuryless trip! An especially hearty thank you (and congratulations again!) to Ed and Marcy.

The Burrito Challenge

I love burritos. As the Spanish would say, with a literal translation directly back into English, burritos are pleasing to me. I need everyone's help. Tell me about the most delicious burrito you have ever tasted. I will tell you to go to Chipotle and along with eating your words, have the most delicious burrito ever. Please, I beg of you. Prove me wrong. I want to believe there is a more delicious burrito than made at Chipotle, it's just that I'm a realist. In all of my burrito-eating years, I have never tasted a more perfect burrito. Can anyone out there find me a mas bueno burrito?

WoWoW

I posted this on The Forum as well but I had to make sure everyone saw it.

The most anticipated videogame ever.

Lonely and Liking It

Continuing the "Things I think are..." series, I'd like to make a list of things I think are worth doing alone. This does not mean that they are things that are only fun if you are alone, nor are they last-resort activities if no one else can join you. These are things I have found to be particularly rewarding or interesting when done alone. Many of these things have also been done with other people and have been equally rewarding experiences. I just feel having the independence to do things by yourself is a good characteristic to have (listen up ladies who go to the bathroom in groups...). Anyways, here are some things I think are worth doing alone:

1. Going to a movie theatre

2. Running/Walking/Biking/Exercising

3. Air Guitar

4. Going to a bookstore

5. Grocery Shopping

6. Dining at a sit down restaurant

7. Looking through photo albums

8. Playing a really good videogame

9. Listening to mellow music

10. Treating yourself to your favorite foods (I suggest a Chipotle burrito and Jamba Juice)

11. Nature walks


I'm sure there are things I am leaving out so I encourage anyone to share any they may have.

Old People and Music

I went for a run yesterday and had my iPod on. Firestarter was playing in my "Sweat Time" playlist as I ran past a grandmother-aged lady on a bike with headphones on. I always wonder what someone like that is listening to. Frank Sinatra? Some "Big Band" from the 20s and 30s? I used to see people of all ages listening to music when riding the train every day and wondered what older people listen to.

I also want to see what it is like when our generation gets older. Will we be grandparents who rap along with Ludacris? Will we scream-sing along with Linkin Park? The music of the older generations is a lot more innocent and 'grandparenty'. It'll be interesting to see how the meaning of that made up word will change when we reach that age.

Heck, maybe that old lady had Firestarter on too though...

"You're at Taco Bell, right?"

After a drawn out discussion of where to eat while working at the theatre, a coin toss decides we will choose Taco Bell over Potbelly's (I know. The coin has been destroyed). So I get there and begin to read the order to the employee.

"Can I have 3 soft shell tacos..."
"Sorry, we're out of soft shells."
"Hang on." I call them back at the theatre to see what else they want, since a restaurant that has "Taco" in its name ran out of the most important ingredient to make a taco.

The boss bewilderedly bellows, "You're at Taco Bell, right?! Just get hard shells since we have no choice."

I commence my order and since it is a Taco Bell/Pizza Hut hybrid, a couple people wanted breadsticks.

"...and two orders of breadsticks."
"We don't have breadsticks either." I went into hysterics, tearing from laughing so hard. The best part was they still had the burrito-sized soft shells so my order was not affected by this at all. I gather the foodstuffs and head towards the door just as an employee is walking in from her car with a box slung over her shoulder.

"Excuse me, are those soft shells?" Awesome. You can't write this stuff.

'Four A' Foray

Back in high school, I remember discussing some instance of intolerance one student had with another. It was nothing major as I recall. The student was making fun of the other for being different but it didn't really escalate to anything more than an exchange of words. After having a discussion about it with friends who were witness to it as well, I distinctly remember having a sociological hypothesis pop into my head. I call it the "Four A's". I argue it's a stepwise process everyone makes that allows them to feel various levels of tolerance.

Acknowledge
Accept
Appreciate
Admire

Allow us to use homosexuality as an analogy. At the most basic level, one must acknowledge that there is such a phenomenon in our culture as homosexuality. Acknowledgment either leads to acceptance or down the path of intolerance. Acceptance is understanding without abhorrence. Acceptance either leads to appreciation or, well, another A-word. Apathy. Appreciation, in this case, doesn't necessarily mean that one appreciates the fact that homosexuals have an affinity for others of the same sex; it's a realization that not only people are different but one has approbation for those differences. Admiration, in this arrangement again, does not necessarily mean one admires them for their sexual alternative, but more so for the strength it takes when amassed with intolerant people. It is upon seeing a characteristic in another that one wants to apply that attribute to strengthen their own character. I argue that is the highest level of tolerance one can achieve, seeing something affirmative in others and wanting to adhere it to their own personality.

One does not have to reach the highest step, the apex, to be an adequate person. Making the jump from 'Acknowledge' to 'Accept' is the most acute. It abolishes the derivation into assorted levels of disdain.

Beyond tolerance, of course, is Love.
Amorousness is absolutely another assumption altogether.

Sexy

I've decided to do a series of posts that all start off with "Things I think are..." The first one, as the title suggests, is going to be a list of things I find sexy. Without further ado, here are things I think are sexy:

1. Correct grammar usage

2. Technology and competent use thereof

3. Logic and competent use thereof

4. Biology talk

5. Humor

6. Confidence

7. Returning sarcasm for sarcasm dished out

8. Pharmaceutical puns or analogies used in non-pharmaceutical discussions

9. Strong character

10. Respect for self, others and the environment

11. A healthy appetite and a general lack of 'concern' about appearances when eating

12. Voluminous and nicely-scented hair


I'll go ahead and limit it to 12. They are in no specific order of importance or sexiness.




Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Wiis are also sexy. This is why.