A couple months back, one of my fist posts I believe, I wrote about how Americans do not understand the concept of being told no. We grow up with our parents telling us that we can become president do whatever we want; however, its said with such ease that it takes away from the concept of how hard some people work to achieve their dreams. I am brought back to this topic because of recent tragedy in Pittsburgh, man kills three in gym.
After reading this article it is so sad to see that a man seriously took out all his inadequacies on everyone else. How can someone be so sick in the head that they dont realize that something is wrong with them, not with the thousand of people who they have had social interaction with. Hell my life would so much easier if I could blame my neighbors for my lawn not getting mowed, or if I was pissed at the kid next to me for not getting me better grades in school, or pissed at my college because I'm not making $100,000 like some stupid bitch is. Seriously, there is a girl suing her college because she doesnt have a job. Like the job was supposed to just be waiting there for her, just the way your dog waits for you to get home.
Humans are not perfect, nobody is perfect, yet some people fail to recognize they have any flaws. Is this the parents fault? I dont know, but its taking its toll on the public. Columbine, Virginia Tech, this Gym, I am sure there are thousands maybe millions of other examples, but these are the easiest to come up with. If as a race we want to last and go to places we would have never thought, we will have to learn how to deal with rejection. That's how it goes. The world is not there to deliver all that you would like, i.e. a girlfriend, without hardwork. Maybe you need to find a girl with similar intrests, that can be tough, but she has to be out there, so work at it. Maybe girls get turned off by you because of what you look like, how you act, or something else. Well, instead of killing someone over it go work out, go make friends and learn to interact, and most importantly use these things a guide/lesson to help you become a better person, not to ruin hundreds of peoples lives in just an instant. Yes only 3 people died, but those three people had family, friends, and co-workers who counted on them and now they have been taken away from them with no explanaiton, which can be the hardest part of coping with a death.
For the sake of the general public, AMERICA I implore you please learn to see your own faults instead of blaming everything on everyone else.
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Saturday, August 8, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
T.O. was my friend
Recently I had a terrible experience with having to deal with a T.O type character. What made this real tough is that it was within my circle of friends. For at least myself, I do not want to talk for the others, I know I was definitely blinded by his charisma for quite some time just like T.O has done to three, now four teams. His smile is huge, he talks the talk, and he just seems so sincere. Hell ya I was a T.O. fan when he came to the cowboys. I thought he was a game changer, kinda like this old acquaintance. However, just as in football as soon as the times get tough the small things start to come out and little by little they build and build and ends up becoming a whole soap opera mess with the media spreading half truths all around.
But the time had come. The Executives for three different teams had had enough, just as my circle just couldnt take the drama anymore. Never have I known a single male individual to cause so much drama within a group of friends. I didnt realize it but this guy who I always thought of as being the most confident guy and what not was actually quite the opposite. He needed the attention to make himself feel good. He was the opposite of confident, atleast thats what I think. You should have confidence in yourself because you know you can, not because some group of friends you just convinced otherwise are now agreeing with you.
It only became more apparent that he had self-confidence issues when he would just start bashing our friends for just about everything they would do. I myself took up yoga and of course it instantly became the butt of his jokes for however long, I guess to make himself feel better. Not sure why, might have had to do with his consistant talk of how he was going to have a 6 pack by then of June.. no July.. no Aug, it was always getting pushed back for him, so maybe he was upset I was actually doing something active or maybe he was upset because it was not with him. Ya he is that lame. He is the guy that needs to be invited to everything or he'll invite himself over, just like everyday after work. I love all my friends and I think they would all say the same about me... that they know in any situation needed i'd be there, but arent their certain situations when one likes to be alone at home to contemplate and relax after working all day? Not for him.
Anyways, after looking back on the facts, which I wont bore you with because that would just be petty. I came across an article on relationships that I actually think translates well into friendships as well. I cant find it on the net, but it has 8 main points about Dating/Being with a 'Loser'
1) Rough Treatment - basically anything that includes getting hit
2) Jumps Right into "I Love You" - includes showering you with gifts, spending the rest of their life with you; more than likely this means they have shallow emotions and are looking for someone to attach themselves to in order to validate their own self-esteem issues.
3) Confidence Killers - always putting you down basically, never good enough
4) Breakup Panic-ers - they make wild promises, will do ANYTHING
5) Prison takers - you're not alowed to have outside intrests, everyone is a bad influence on you, but not them, they criticize what you enjoy doing on your own (ahem, yoga), basically they want to cut you off from any other influences
6) You never do enough - self explanatory
7) The Paranoid Controllers - have to know where and what you're doing ALL the time, if you dont answer the phone they want to know why, etc
8) Wild Story specialist - say just about anything to get your attention including saying their mom is in the hospital even though its not true.
But the time had come. The Executives for three different teams had had enough, just as my circle just couldnt take the drama anymore. Never have I known a single male individual to cause so much drama within a group of friends. I didnt realize it but this guy who I always thought of as being the most confident guy and what not was actually quite the opposite. He needed the attention to make himself feel good. He was the opposite of confident, atleast thats what I think. You should have confidence in yourself because you know you can, not because some group of friends you just convinced otherwise are now agreeing with you.
It only became more apparent that he had self-confidence issues when he would just start bashing our friends for just about everything they would do. I myself took up yoga and of course it instantly became the butt of his jokes for however long, I guess to make himself feel better. Not sure why, might have had to do with his consistant talk of how he was going to have a 6 pack by then of June.. no July.. no Aug, it was always getting pushed back for him, so maybe he was upset I was actually doing something active or maybe he was upset because it was not with him. Ya he is that lame. He is the guy that needs to be invited to everything or he'll invite himself over, just like everyday after work. I love all my friends and I think they would all say the same about me... that they know in any situation needed i'd be there, but arent their certain situations when one likes to be alone at home to contemplate and relax after working all day? Not for him.
Anyways, after looking back on the facts, which I wont bore you with because that would just be petty. I came across an article on relationships that I actually think translates well into friendships as well. I cant find it on the net, but it has 8 main points about Dating/Being with a 'Loser'
1) Rough Treatment - basically anything that includes getting hit
2) Jumps Right into "I Love You" - includes showering you with gifts, spending the rest of their life with you; more than likely this means they have shallow emotions and are looking for someone to attach themselves to in order to validate their own self-esteem issues.
3) Confidence Killers - always putting you down basically, never good enough
4) Breakup Panic-ers - they make wild promises, will do ANYTHING
5) Prison takers - you're not alowed to have outside intrests, everyone is a bad influence on you, but not them, they criticize what you enjoy doing on your own (ahem, yoga), basically they want to cut you off from any other influences
6) You never do enough - self explanatory
7) The Paranoid Controllers - have to know where and what you're doing ALL the time, if you dont answer the phone they want to know why, etc
8) Wild Story specialist - say just about anything to get your attention including saying their mom is in the hospital even though its not true.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
So Fresh and Clean, Clean
So I needed to get myself a new pair of indoor soccer shoes, because after almost 2years the pair I began using with 'The Pink Pony Exeperience,' then 'Blue Magic,' and 'Hobgoblins' are just about to fall apart. Just makes sense to get a new pair right? I mean I have been holding off for quite some time, TWO YEARS!!! I have friends on my teams that cant make it 6months without going through a pair. So I gave in and went to Academy Sports or Sports Authority (movement to make competitors have DISTINCTLY different names pls!!). Whatever, they had three pairs there. The old school Adidas Sambas, which I didnt know were still in production, and then two pairs of Nikes which looked pretty hideous. I'll wear a pink jersey, pink socks, lady bug headbands so I think its pretty telling when even I cant even bare to look at something.
After quickly nixing the idea of buying the old skool sambas I decided to venture around and see if anything caught my eye. I have been desperately needing new pairs of running shorts, with my new found love to go sweat a lot after work. Meandering around the shoes I came across a pair of Nike's that looked pretty sweet. They were the first pair of Nikes that I had honestly looked at and thought I would buy in maybe five years or so, probably longer. I have been an adidas kind of guy ever since soccer, and my nike bball shoes always seemed to come apart in middle school. (DAMN! that was a long time ago) Then I look RIGHT next to that pair and see the exact same. I thought weird, they must have made a mistake. So I further investigated, weird the shoes were basically the same except one pair had larger 'breathing' holes or whatever the hell you want to call them, and so of course NIKE had to make one pair $20 more expenisve.
PASS! I'm not buying a pair of shoes that can get mistaken for two different kinds, lame! Go a little further down and BAM! There they are the Nike Air Twilights. Immediately I thought they looked pretty sharp and it took me a bit to get comfortable to them, not used to the black... but I can adjust, I'm pretty good at that kind of stuff. So there they were my new FRESH pair of kicks for the summer.
When I got home I was showing them off to everyone, haha. They are still in the GREEN box, yes GREEN, for some reason that is really cool to me. So ya, I'm pumped I laced them up with red shoelaces, that came with them. Matches the red Nike symbol and red soles. Now I just need to make sure I can keep them clean when I go out. But that will have to wait, not gonna risk the new kicks with the terrible weather we have been having, just not worth it.
So if you are feeling like you need a little flare in your life, maybe some spice, has life gotten boring? Go find yourself a new pair of kicks!!! Puma, Adidas, Nike whatever they all make some really cool ones. Enough with the basic stuff though, i mean come on people lets get some different styles going on... switch up the colors. They may look way too out of control at first, but I have learned two things 1) they are much less noticeable when you wear pants, which is most of the time when you go out, and 2) after a few times of wearing them the shine wears off and they arent as attention grabbing.
Go forth and stimulate the economy and your wardrobe!!!
and yes i realize this is a little vain :)
Thursday, April 2, 2009
The Journey
This will be the first of many music related articles.
What the hell happened to me? I have asked myself this question so many times, I can't even imagine how many times my parents have sat back and asked themselves Who the hell is that kid? I used to wear nice big glasses, hair parted to one side (nice and gelled), shirt tucked in, and shy as hell... now I rock designer glasses, could care less what my hair looks like (really im just happy to have some left still, haha), shirt? i go shirtless as much as possible, and I love talking to new people and acting a fool. Its almost as if I was put into a centerfuge and all the dork left over the years.
When it all began... Seventh maybe Eighth grade, but really not until HS. Beastie Boys!!! hell ya, Kriss Kross makes you wanna jump jump!!! that was what I rocked on the cassette player. I was REBEL!!! haha, not at all. But it was the start... I was finally listening to my own music not the radio. It grew from there very slowly like the typical bell curve... i was just in the infant stages of my musical journey. I started to be able to go out on my own, drive, had cash, parties!!! and I learned about what is Led Zepplin and probably Pink.. ya def Pink Floyd. I loved that trippy synth they brought in. Still though I couldnt tell couldnt tell you the members, ya i probably know some... but what i know is their music was transcendent.
Finally college happened and man that was AWSOME!!! musically that is. It took a while to meet new people, you see I went to college all by my lonesome. First it was rap... 50 Cent hell ya, Jay-Z, D12... man i was thug life. I went and saw JayZ and 311 play at Verizon Center out in Virginia after a HELL of a long trek and man it was my first 'festival.' All these different types of music together in one day, it was awsome.
That was 1st sememster freshman year. right after this is when the bell curve started growing faster. Friends of friends and all of a sudden I was into blue grass... WTF!!! how did this happen, i still couldnt tell you. But i know one thing... my puerto rican roomate and I were blasting String Cheese Incident by sophomore year. Next, I was looking into this guy Keller Williams, who doesnt where shoes when he plays, plays ALL by himself, and uses a vast assortment of instruments including several guitars, bass, and his own percussion. And there I was next thing I new standing in front of the mirror looking myself straight in the eye and wondering where have these guys been all my life? And there I was standing in all my greatness: desheveled hair, cargo shorts/or pants, probably a Bob Marley tshirt and I had become just a trace of what I was just 5yrs prior.
And from there it has become a collection maybe more of a mash of music that has influenced and kept me going. Including but not limited to: Jurrasic 5, Blackalicious, Disco Biscuits, New Deal, My Morning Jacket, Ratatat, and way to many others to keep going on about now... till the next episode!
What the hell happened to me? I have asked myself this question so many times, I can't even imagine how many times my parents have sat back and asked themselves Who the hell is that kid? I used to wear nice big glasses, hair parted to one side (nice and gelled), shirt tucked in, and shy as hell... now I rock designer glasses, could care less what my hair looks like (really im just happy to have some left still, haha), shirt? i go shirtless as much as possible, and I love talking to new people and acting a fool. Its almost as if I was put into a centerfuge and all the dork left over the years.
When it all began... Seventh maybe Eighth grade, but really not until HS. Beastie Boys!!! hell ya, Kriss Kross makes you wanna jump jump!!! that was what I rocked on the cassette player. I was REBEL!!! haha, not at all. But it was the start... I was finally listening to my own music not the radio. It grew from there very slowly like the typical bell curve... i was just in the infant stages of my musical journey. I started to be able to go out on my own, drive, had cash, parties!!! and I learned about what is Led Zepplin and probably Pink.. ya def Pink Floyd. I loved that trippy synth they brought in. Still though I couldnt tell couldnt tell you the members, ya i probably know some... but what i know is their music was transcendent.
Finally college happened and man that was AWSOME!!! musically that is. It took a while to meet new people, you see I went to college all by my lonesome. First it was rap... 50 Cent hell ya, Jay-Z, D12... man i was thug life. I went and saw JayZ and 311 play at Verizon Center out in Virginia after a HELL of a long trek and man it was my first 'festival.' All these different types of music together in one day, it was awsome.
That was 1st sememster freshman year. right after this is when the bell curve started growing faster. Friends of friends and all of a sudden I was into blue grass... WTF!!! how did this happen, i still couldnt tell you. But i know one thing... my puerto rican roomate and I were blasting String Cheese Incident by sophomore year. Next, I was looking into this guy Keller Williams, who doesnt where shoes when he plays, plays ALL by himself, and uses a vast assortment of instruments including several guitars, bass, and his own percussion. And there I was next thing I new standing in front of the mirror looking myself straight in the eye and wondering where have these guys been all my life? And there I was standing in all my greatness: desheveled hair, cargo shorts/or pants, probably a Bob Marley tshirt and I had become just a trace of what I was just 5yrs prior.
And from there it has become a collection maybe more of a mash of music that has influenced and kept me going. Including but not limited to: Jurrasic 5, Blackalicious, Disco Biscuits, New Deal, My Morning Jacket, Ratatat, and way to many others to keep going on about now... till the next episode!
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