Episode 24: Better Left Unsaid(aka the beach trip from hell)
So this past week has really been quite a test of our friendship. But if you think about it, friendships are being tested all the time, we're no different then anyone else. I could list a number of examples, but this one for our beach trip is most fresh in my memory. One thing I've always wondered though, do friends benifit from talking behind each others back and/or keeping things that need to be said to themselves?
I think it would be interesting, after something happened with a group of friends, to find out what would change if they knew everything that happened and everything that was said. Although I'm far from not talking trash myself, I would still like to know. I would probably laugh off the insults and still be friends with everyone because it happens. I just think it would be interesting to hear what is said. It would be an interesting social experiment.
So, I'm going to show you guys how much of a mess this little 1.5day has caused us. It has stressed the hell out of me, that's for sure. I don't have any insults against myself if there have been any, because they would go behind my back of course xD I really enjoy analysing situations, and I'm hoping this will prove how ridiculous this has been. But yeah, it's on a person by person basis. Enjoy!
Key:
--: Minor Event
**: Major Event
?: Opinion/Trash Talking
Andrew/Parents:
--: Andrew likes Loris idea and takes control of the planning for the trip.
--: Andrews parents don't like the idea; Daniel gets mad he can't come. Andrew can still go.
**: Andrew books 2 rooms instead of one since Lori's mom is coming.
--: Andrew figures how much it is going to cost for everyone.
**: Andrew is upset that the "Cancel Reservation" deadline has passed; Loris mom left them with an extra room.
?: Andrew asks Andy if he thinks Lori has been Dan the appropriate space or not. Andrew says: "I think she's giving him too much space actually, we don't really see her anymore."
**: Andrew asks Andy to lie to his mom and say "Someone dropped out" so we can use the van.
**: Andrew doesn't want to ask him mom if he can drive people because "There's a 75% chance they would say I couldn't go on the trip."
Dan:
?: "I want Joe and I to ride in the Van because I really want him to meet those people." (This is around what he when he didn't want to be in the car with Lori's mom)
--: Dan and Lori talk, he apologizes, agrees to ride with Loris mom.
--: Dan tries to obtain one of his parents cars for the trip. He hopes it will be easier with his mom not being there. The party agrees to pay for Gas and even put a deposit on the car if necessary in order to get the car.
Lori/Parents:
--: Lori comes up with the idea of going to the beach.
**: Lori doesn't think she can come; Mom isn't down for an overnight trip.
--: Lori and Andy agree a day trip couldn't be done
**: Lori's mom is concerned I might be the only driver, so she decides to come with us.
**: Lori's mom is under the impression that the girls will be in there own room, so we have to buy another room.
?: Lori gets angry at Dan for ditching her on the ride down; because Dan doesn't want to ride with Loris mom.
**: Lori's mom cancels and isn't paying her share. It's too late to cancel the reservations, so she effectively doubled the cost of the trip for everyone. But Lori can still go.
**: Lori's mom canceling means Andy is the only one driving.
Andy/Parents:
--: Andy agrees with Lori that a daytrip isn't happening.
?: Andy is annoyed that Loris parents are putting a burden on the trip, considers going around the "it was her idea" problem and considers asking her to sit this one out.
--: Andy's mom doesn't really like the 8 people in one room idea, but still lets him go.
**: Andy finds a hotel that allows 18+ to book a room. (All the others are 21+)
?: Agrees with a few statements J9 and Sean have made about the trip and the people on it while shopping with them for a bathing suit.
?: Andrew asks Andy if he thinks Lori is giving Dan enough space or not. "I still don't think she's giving him enough. I don't think we've seen her enough lately, but she still ruins our evening plans sometimes." (Talks about examples where Dan has planned to chill with us and then ditches us to chill with her, and how he wishes Dan would say "I can't, I'm doing something with Lori" instead of ditching us.)
**: Andys mom says there's no way I can use the van unless we get another driver or have a seatbelt for everyone. (8 people, 7 seatbelts) So we have no car to get to the beach.
**: Andy refuses to lie to his mom about how many people he would be driving; is frustrated that everyone is putting pressure on him to drive 8 people(1 with no seatbelt) 3.5hrs to the beach, when no one else would be willing to do the same, let alone drive 4 people.
J9/Parents:
--: J9 gets put in charge of finding a hotel.
--: J9's parents wont let her use her car to take people to the beach.
?: "The only reason Dan is mad [that Lori's mom is coming] is because he can't bang her on the beach now.(jokingly)"
**: J9 attempts to ask her parents to drive her car again. "My parents wont let me take it now because there concerned I would get to tired so my driving wouldn't be as good. But it's the opposite, I get upbeat and awake when I drive; I hope we can convince them."
Sean G:
?: "Dan only used that Joe excuse because he can't grow a pair and ride with Lori's mom. We have the beach and the rest of the week to meet Joe."
?: "We should make Lori's mom pay her damn share. She has effectively doubled the cost of the trip for everyone."
?: "If we have to lose someone for the trip, it should be Lori or Kit."
?: Sean explodes on Andrew about how everyone would have to throw 50 bucks away on the hotel if the trip is canceled.
So that's all I could think of for now. It's shocking to see that people would even go as far as to almost suggest we kick someone out to go isn't it? I know this has been quite a week of hell, but we will make it through this, and we will go to the beach, and we will have fun; even though this has definitely become more trouble then it's worth. Sheesh I have been stressed this week. :P
~Andy
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
My Favorite Game Story...
Episode 23: E-102 Gamma
So I had to write this post eventually. E-102 Gamma is a robot from the game Sonic Adventure. Not only is he my favorite video game character of all time, but he also as an amazing story and has led me to the only time I have ever cried during a video game. Sonic Team has not had a really good Sonic game since this one and it's obvious why; they are not bringing E-102 back. This post is a tribute to the best video game character ever with a pictures, music, cutscenes, and a typed retelling of his story. R.I.P. E-102! :(
So I had to write this post eventually. E-102 Gamma is a robot from the game Sonic Adventure. Not only is he my favorite video game character of all time, but he also as an amazing story and has led me to the only time I have ever cried during a video game. Sonic Team has not had a really good Sonic game since this one and it's obvious why; they are not bringing E-102 back. This post is a tribute to the best video game character ever with a pictures, music, cutscenes, and a typed retelling of his story. R.I.P. E-102! :(
This is E-102. The music is this game is so good, and E-102 is no exception.
The final battle against his Brother, E-101 Beta, also has an excellent Jazz style boss battle song.
(That I listen too on a regular basis! XD)
But here is his story.
His story starts out as being a robot working for Dr. Robotnik, which Robotnik created. E-102 is powered inside by a bird with an amulet containing some power of a Chaos Emerald. E-102 is put to the test by Eggman, having to fight his older brother, E-101 Beta.
Robotnik puts his money on E-102's brother Beta, the older more advanced robot, but gives E-102 a chance. He says whoever wins gets to serve him aboard his giant ship, the Egg Carrier. E-102 actually wins. His brother, E-101 Beta, wants to come along too, so instead of throwing him away, he agrees to use Beta for spare parts.....
E-102 then meets up with the other robots on Eggmans crew: E-103, E-104, and E-105. Eggman explains there mission: Obtain this special frog owned by Big the Cat, which has a chaos emerald inside.
*Watch It*
E-102 then steals the frog from Big. After that... a strange Aura surrounds him and he is teleported to the past. He can't figure out where he is and walks the shrine in front of him. There are a bunch of Chao(little guys you can take care of and grow in the game) singing. He meets Tikal, who tries to stop him from getting near the Chao. Once Tikal realizes he isn't going to hurt them, she explains that there Guardian, Chaos, is so nice and protects the Chao, but that her father wants to take there scared land(which explains why Chaos takes rampage over the world later). After that, he is teleported back. Confused, he just decides to go back to the Egg Carrier with the frog. All of the Robots are there, but they all got the wrong frog, except for Gamma. Gamma then has to watch as Robitnik calls his friends useless and teleports them all away. So he praises Gamma and gives him another mission. He's got a girl, Amy Rose, in a Jail cell. She has a bird, and he just has to take it from her. However, he goes into the wrong door.....
He walks in, and sees parts of his brother on the floor. He then looks up... and sees his brother being picked apart and rebuilt as something else.
"BETA?!" he exclaims. Terrified, he walks out.
*Watch It*
E-102 goes to get the bird from Amy... but she wont give it too him. She asks him why he wants it, but he doesn't even know. She asks him to help them instead. He is shaking, confused. He can't understand why she would want to keep the bird when it is of no use to her. The bird then flies out of Amy's hands right to E-102. He looks at it, and Amy says she feels sorry for E-102, then Robotnik didn't program E-102 with feelings. Confused but beginning to understand, he brakes starts to brake free of Eggmans programming, lets Amy go, and warns her to escape as soon as possible. Surprised, Amy tells him that he's not like the other Robots, is nice inside, and promises to be his friend. This is such a good scene.
*Watch It*
After Amy slips away, E-102 goes back to the main room of the ship. The Egg Carrier is losing altitude and Eggman tells E-102 to grab some upgraded parts for battle and meet him outside on the deck of the ship. Sonic is out there, and Robotnik commands E-102 to destroy Sonic. They fight, and getting ready to blow Sonic away, Amy stops him. She asks him to stop, and tells him how awful Eggman is and to join up with them. She tells him it's dangerous here and to escape. "Why do you help me?" He says confused. She reminded him that they are friends now. They parts ways to escape the ship. E-102 pictures Eggman, Beta, and his other E-Series friends. He realizes that Eggman is the Enemy, Beta, Amy, and the E-Series are his friends and deletes his master registry to start thinking on his own instead of for Eggman. He then decides that he must save E-103-105. But due to there programming, the only way he can save them from being Dr. Robotnik's slave is by destroying them.
*Watch It*
After "saving" E-103 and 104, he realizes 105 is probably aboard Eggmans rebuilt Egg Carrier. After saving him, he pictures his brother being destroyed from when he saw him in that room earlier, so E-102 thinks he's the only one left. All of a sudden though, he sees his brother fly over him, huge, and rebuilt. "Beta..." he says.
*Watch It*
He runs to his brother hoping to save him as well. But the brother, sadly, wants to destroy E-102 just as badly. He wants revenge for being destroyed and used as spare parts! They fight and E-102 defeats his brother. Upset, he goes to take a final look at his fallen brother, who gets up and blasts E-102 back before finally dying himself. The father bird (of the one Amy has) is release from Beta. E-102 was happy now though, putting his mission before his life and being successful. He is hurt so badly from his brothers final blast, and realizes he is going to die. He somehow gets a mysterious picture in his head of the family of birds together. After that final picture, he kneels down and dies, releasing the mother bird from himself so that the family can be together again.....
The End.
~Andy
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Catch Phrase
Episode 21: My Sayings
Haha this is just gonna be a quick but hopefully informative and insightful post :P
But basically, I have a lot of little sayings, and I just wanted to write down and explain them so I can look at them years in the future. I know that you guys have them too, so comment and add them to the list, and then maybe I can append them to this post so we can remember all of our little sayings XD
~Andy
"LTD" - An Acronym I invented which stands for "learn to deal". This has spread a bit in the crew, and both Dan and I got our college friends saying it.
"Whhhaaaatttt!" - A kiddy whine version of the word "what". Used to describe displeasure in something that just happened, usually in a video game. Used a lot in college, and is starting to die out now.
"To Legit to Quit!" - Something I've been saying a lot, and have got a lot of people saying XD It's pretty self-explanatory, describes a noun. Ex) "That chick is to legit to quit!"; "Brawl is to legit to quit man." I also just discovered that it's also a song by MC Hammer. My mom said it one time before knowing I said it, and my boss also sang it when I said "that's legit" one time; unfortunately meaning I didn't invent it :P
"...is the best, DJ Khaled." - Something I've started using to describe a noun that is in merit of being "the best." Can also be used to describe a group of people or things. Ex) "Our crew is the best, DJ Khaled."
"Yeahhh, dude." - I have been using this so so much recently. It's kind of a bad habit. XD
Usually used when I am in agreement with what someone has said.
"That is out of control, dude!" - One I often use frequently. It all started when describing Snakes side smash while Kit(aka Chris) was playing as him. Also used with a word such as "move" or "game" with "is" occasionally being replaced with "was". Ex) "That move is out of control!" "That game was out of control dude."
Haha this is just gonna be a quick but hopefully informative and insightful post :P
But basically, I have a lot of little sayings, and I just wanted to write down and explain them so I can look at them years in the future. I know that you guys have them too, so comment and add them to the list, and then maybe I can append them to this post so we can remember all of our little sayings XD
~Andy
"LTD" - An Acronym I invented which stands for "learn to deal". This has spread a bit in the crew, and both Dan and I got our college friends saying it.
"Whhhaaaatttt!" - A kiddy whine version of the word "what". Used to describe displeasure in something that just happened, usually in a video game. Used a lot in college, and is starting to die out now.
"To Legit to Quit!" - Something I've been saying a lot, and have got a lot of people saying XD It's pretty self-explanatory, describes a noun. Ex) "That chick is to legit to quit!"; "Brawl is to legit to quit man." I also just discovered that it's also a song by MC Hammer. My mom said it one time before knowing I said it, and my boss also sang it when I said "that's legit" one time; unfortunately meaning I didn't invent it :P
"...is the best, DJ Khaled." - Something I've started using to describe a noun that is in merit of being "the best." Can also be used to describe a group of people or things. Ex) "Our crew is the best, DJ Khaled."
"Yeahhh, dude." - I have been using this so so much recently. It's kind of a bad habit. XD
Usually used when I am in agreement with what someone has said.
"That is out of control, dude!" - One I often use frequently. It all started when describing Snakes side smash while Kit(aka Chris) was playing as him. Also used with a word such as "move" or "game" with "is" occasionally being replaced with "was". Ex) "That move is out of control!" "That game was out of control dude."
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Daydreaming
Episode 20: In Need of Some Credit
So I would have to say that on my top 10 list of things to do, thinking is one of them. I hate how daydreaming seems to be shunned all around, especially in the field of education. One time I was taking a test in English class to determine what kind of learner I am(haptic, auditory, visual, etc.). And how this one works is, it gives you a choice between 2 words and you have to choose one. Each word is worth a different point value, and then your total points would determine your learning style. I had one where the 2 words were "Daydreamer" and "Logical". Basically, I felt it was directly implying that daydreamers were illogical. Although there are some downsides to daydreaming, I still don't understand why it is so looked down upon, and why people can't look at the good in daydreaming.
In all honestly, daydreaming IS a false reality. You can think about whatever you please. Which is why it can be such a drug for some people. They daydream about all these good things, and they can't wait to get out of real life to go back. It's great though, I think. It gives you a good feeling and can improve your relationships in real life, especially if you already daydreamed ahead of time how you'd like things to be; or just make you a happier person in general. Some people see this as a negative though, which is understandable. Because there are some people who dream about wanting they cant have. I do this all the time. But unlike me, instead of being happy they can dream about it, they dread it.
Even though I love daydreaming, it has costed me A LOT of sleep, because my brains favorite time to daydream seems to be when I go to bed. Even so, it has been a huge help. There are 3 things that usually keep me up at night.
1. Drama- Yes of course. In 10th grade, I had a lot of drama and it caused some sleeping issues XD However, I'm really glad my brain decided to daydream instead. My mind loves going through every possible scenario, and if I know the people involved decently well, I can plan out the safest option for every situation I can think of. This has saved me a lot of trouble and stopped me from just trying guess what to do to resolve problems quickly.
2. Girls- Of course again! Whenever I had a crush on a girl or a date with one or anything like that, it usually keeps me up. You often end up thinking about the girl all the time, creating more false realities and wishing you were with them, etc.
3. Life Problems- This is the only bad one that keeps me up longer. Whenever I'm having a huge problem, personal or family, or if I just make a poor decision, I tend to dread on it for a long time. It's unnecessary because its in the past when I daydream about it, but I still think about it, and it just brings me way way down. I just like thinking so much, and if it's the only thing to daydream about, then it's gonna happen!
But anyways, I hope some more daydreamers out there read this and feel the same way as me. Your not illogical, your still a smart and competent human being. To bad the schools don't know how to teach haptic learners like us!
~Andy
So I would have to say that on my top 10 list of things to do, thinking is one of them. I hate how daydreaming seems to be shunned all around, especially in the field of education. One time I was taking a test in English class to determine what kind of learner I am(haptic, auditory, visual, etc.). And how this one works is, it gives you a choice between 2 words and you have to choose one. Each word is worth a different point value, and then your total points would determine your learning style. I had one where the 2 words were "Daydreamer" and "Logical". Basically, I felt it was directly implying that daydreamers were illogical. Although there are some downsides to daydreaming, I still don't understand why it is so looked down upon, and why people can't look at the good in daydreaming.
In all honestly, daydreaming IS a false reality. You can think about whatever you please. Which is why it can be such a drug for some people. They daydream about all these good things, and they can't wait to get out of real life to go back. It's great though, I think. It gives you a good feeling and can improve your relationships in real life, especially if you already daydreamed ahead of time how you'd like things to be; or just make you a happier person in general. Some people see this as a negative though, which is understandable. Because there are some people who dream about wanting they cant have. I do this all the time. But unlike me, instead of being happy they can dream about it, they dread it.
Even though I love daydreaming, it has costed me A LOT of sleep, because my brains favorite time to daydream seems to be when I go to bed. Even so, it has been a huge help. There are 3 things that usually keep me up at night.
1. Drama- Yes of course. In 10th grade, I had a lot of drama and it caused some sleeping issues XD However, I'm really glad my brain decided to daydream instead. My mind loves going through every possible scenario, and if I know the people involved decently well, I can plan out the safest option for every situation I can think of. This has saved me a lot of trouble and stopped me from just trying guess what to do to resolve problems quickly.
2. Girls- Of course again! Whenever I had a crush on a girl or a date with one or anything like that, it usually keeps me up. You often end up thinking about the girl all the time, creating more false realities and wishing you were with them, etc.
3. Life Problems- This is the only bad one that keeps me up longer. Whenever I'm having a huge problem, personal or family, or if I just make a poor decision, I tend to dread on it for a long time. It's unnecessary because its in the past when I daydream about it, but I still think about it, and it just brings me way way down. I just like thinking so much, and if it's the only thing to daydream about, then it's gonna happen!
But anyways, I hope some more daydreamers out there read this and feel the same way as me. Your not illogical, your still a smart and competent human being. To bad the schools don't know how to teach haptic learners like us!
~Andy
Friday, June 6, 2008
Growing Up
Episode 19: Must be Hard to Do
I don't want to sound like a jerk here but I might. After returning from college I felt that I had matured a lot. And coming back to some immature people has been a really hard pill to swallow for me. It has really shown who my true friends are and who aren't; and it's really obvious who's immature and who's not. I really hope they can grow up soon. Anyways, I'm not saying I'm flawless or anything like that, but I am a really chill person and don't understand why people are acting so High School(or even Middle School)! If they are interested, here are some grievances I have, and I wouldn't mind if they gave me some in return.
~Andy
I've changed quite a bit from college, in fact all of us who went did, but not for the negative. I'm still the same Andy Hulme I always was. I'm tired of the immatures saying "They're so different now" for the worse.
I'm tired of people saying that we don't chill like we used to anymore and that things are different: Then when when we do chill, the immatures act distant and awkward and then continue to bitch about how it's our fault.
I'm tried of people bitching about my and others relationships when I don't care to say mean things about them and their relationships anymore(unless they ask for my opinion).
I'm tired of people consistently asking me for advice and then consistently ignoring it.
I'm tired of trying help friends who apparently don't want to be helped, so I'm not going to help those friends anymore.
I'm tired of people who get mad at me for doing something, yet the immatures ignore the fact that they've done it to me, or just done it in the past.
I'm tired of people who are immature and just can't LTD with ANYTHING, and instead just turn these things into a big deal to cause problems for everyone.
(lol, this is the responce I was preparing for J9 and Kt's little video talking smack about us (as well as some other friends I had grivences against) before I learned it was a joke. I found it and posted it XD)
I don't want to sound like a jerk here but I might. After returning from college I felt that I had matured a lot. And coming back to some immature people has been a really hard pill to swallow for me. It has really shown who my true friends are and who aren't; and it's really obvious who's immature and who's not. I really hope they can grow up soon. Anyways, I'm not saying I'm flawless or anything like that, but I am a really chill person and don't understand why people are acting so High School(or even Middle School)! If they are interested, here are some grievances I have, and I wouldn't mind if they gave me some in return.
~Andy
I've changed quite a bit from college, in fact all of us who went did, but not for the negative. I'm still the same Andy Hulme I always was. I'm tired of the immatures saying "They're so different now" for the worse.
I'm tired of people saying that we don't chill like we used to anymore and that things are different: Then when when we do chill, the immatures act distant and awkward and then continue to bitch about how it's our fault.
I'm tried of people bitching about my and others relationships when I don't care to say mean things about them and their relationships anymore(unless they ask for my opinion).
I'm tired of people consistently asking me for advice and then consistently ignoring it.
I'm tired of trying help friends who apparently don't want to be helped, so I'm not going to help those friends anymore.
I'm tired of people who get mad at me for doing something, yet the immatures ignore the fact that they've done it to me, or just done it in the past.
I'm tired of people who are immature and just can't LTD with ANYTHING, and instead just turn these things into a big deal to cause problems for everyone.
(lol, this is the responce I was preparing for J9 and Kt's little video talking smack about us (as well as some other friends I had grivences against) before I learned it was a joke. I found it and posted it XD)
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Change is Impossible
Episode 18: "Thats the way it is"
So I hate to go off onto a political tangent here(haha which is pretty rare and you probably wont see it from me again), but there's something really bugging me about todays America. Have you ever heard someone tell you "Life is Hard, deal with it" or "That's life" everytime you have a bad teacher or you have to pay 70 dollars for gas, or finding a job/working, etc? I'm so tired of everything being followed by this standard of "life." Although I wasn't really for Nader or Ron Paul, now that I think about it, they are geniuses. They wanted to make drastic changes to America, but guess what? No one voted for them. Wonder why? Because there ideas would be changing life, and for some unknown reason, Americans don't want to see that.
Getting back to "That's life." It doesn't have to be that way. My friends Dad's and my Dad are always working or out of town. So all of our problems seem minor to them. And they say "That's life." again. But what if that wasn't life? What if we became socialistic? What if we had one standardized test after high school that determined if we went to college or became a labor worker but everyone was guaranteed a job? A lot of people see this as a bad thing, but whats the point of a college student wasting all there money on a job that doesn't pay or that is above there skill level? I'm not trying to rant about us becoming socialistic, but we need change. And everyone is too afraid to leave capitalism or "standard living." Its like people don't care that were in a wack war or the dollar is useless and inflation is on the rise, or that college becomes more and more of a competition each year. Why don't we all get an education? Why don't labor jobs pay equally to desk jobs? Why are the poor getting poorer?
So please, don't be ignorant. The next time someone tells you, "that's life" respond: "Why? because everyone wants to keep it this way?" We have the worst of almost everything. Pollution, health care, the list goes on. You should research how other non-capitalistic countries work such as England and Canada as well as other European countries. It may seem really weird how some of them work, but please, don't be afraid of it. Because they have strong money and good health care and low unemployment rates. Don't let the older generations tell you how life is supposed to be. Because it doesn't have to suck, it's just todays "normal." We are creating a false reality in the United States, and it's bad for everyone. I hope this is something our generation can learn, understand, and accept by the time we gain power. Instantly dismissing candidates for wanting radical (and needed) change is so close minded. Stop being close minded and save our Country! Peace and Love.
~Andy
So I hate to go off onto a political tangent here(haha which is pretty rare and you probably wont see it from me again), but there's something really bugging me about todays America. Have you ever heard someone tell you "Life is Hard, deal with it" or "That's life" everytime you have a bad teacher or you have to pay 70 dollars for gas, or finding a job/working, etc? I'm so tired of everything being followed by this standard of "life." Although I wasn't really for Nader or Ron Paul, now that I think about it, they are geniuses. They wanted to make drastic changes to America, but guess what? No one voted for them. Wonder why? Because there ideas would be changing life, and for some unknown reason, Americans don't want to see that.
Getting back to "That's life." It doesn't have to be that way. My friends Dad's and my Dad are always working or out of town. So all of our problems seem minor to them. And they say "That's life." again. But what if that wasn't life? What if we became socialistic? What if we had one standardized test after high school that determined if we went to college or became a labor worker but everyone was guaranteed a job? A lot of people see this as a bad thing, but whats the point of a college student wasting all there money on a job that doesn't pay or that is above there skill level? I'm not trying to rant about us becoming socialistic, but we need change. And everyone is too afraid to leave capitalism or "standard living." Its like people don't care that were in a wack war or the dollar is useless and inflation is on the rise, or that college becomes more and more of a competition each year. Why don't we all get an education? Why don't labor jobs pay equally to desk jobs? Why are the poor getting poorer?
So please, don't be ignorant. The next time someone tells you, "that's life" respond: "Why? because everyone wants to keep it this way?" We have the worst of almost everything. Pollution, health care, the list goes on. You should research how other non-capitalistic countries work such as England and Canada as well as other European countries. It may seem really weird how some of them work, but please, don't be afraid of it. Because they have strong money and good health care and low unemployment rates. Don't let the older generations tell you how life is supposed to be. Because it doesn't have to suck, it's just todays "normal." We are creating a false reality in the United States, and it's bad for everyone. I hope this is something our generation can learn, understand, and accept by the time we gain power. Instantly dismissing candidates for wanting radical (and needed) change is so close minded. Stop being close minded and save our Country! Peace and Love.
~Andy
Sunday, May 25, 2008
One for the Money... (DLP)
Episode 3: Two for the show!
So it's been a while since I've blogged last. I guess that's just because of the summer. Or no topics have come up to write about. Like usually my ideas for topics come from whats around me, and in college so many wack things happened, topics came up all the time. But just working and chilling with friends makes interesting topics pretty rare to think of. But it's also pretty rare that basically everything in my life is awesome, so I guess I'll write about that for now! XD
Family and Friends: Pretty much everything is awesome here. The old crew is back and in full force. Everyday we take steps to complete all the things we want to do over the summer. It's been good to see Dan, Andrew, J9, and Sean again, even though after the first week it's already felt as if we've never been gone. We've also come up with and kept so many new fads, such as NYOHMYGOD, Rob and Big, and of course: DJ KHALED! WE THE BEST! LAMATB, a blog where all of us are admins and can post, did an incredible job of keeping us in touch. Matt Jackson and that crew were also glad to see me, and we've had fun being outside and doing arts and crafts type stuff. The family is also excellent, except for my brother being caught doing drugs. But otherwise my brother is a lot tighter now, I can actually converse with him and can be around him without getting annoyed. My dad is getting better, and my mom is still just being my mom :D
But "baby let me tell you 'bout my best friends". Well I already did, I just wanted to make a Rob and Big reference! XD
Girls and Games: So of course I'm still playing plenty of Smash Bros. Brawl, but was looking for a new game for my Wii. I Didn't want to get MK Wii, because the wheel doesn't seem that great to me, and I've been spoiled by MK 64. So I picked up "No More Heroes" a wacky hilarious game in which you get money and fight random and epic characters in your quest to be the number 1 assassin and get the girl too. Its got plenty of unnecessary blood effects, swearing, and some of the best boss battles ever. I recommend it! As far as girls go... well there's one. A beautiful one I should say XD. Long story short, I've liked this girl for a while, but people have been quite against it for as long as I can remember. Finally, Lori helped us out and put us together and it worked out really well. We went out again... and you know girls say they have a good time a lot but I really wasn't to certain if she was :O. Then she told me she had one of the most fun times shes had in a while and it made my day(as if she didn't already)! And shes also gotten me into looking at all kinds of Art quite a bit. I love her! :D So I'm looking forward to that! Games I'm looking forward too: The new Sonic ones (both the RTS and the 3d old school platformer one), Kingdom Hearts 3(if ever announced), Doom 4, the Wii version of Mario Golf, and eventually buying Mario Galaxy :P
Work and Weather: So I got a job at this sandwich place, Potbelly. I didn't really want to work there, but I wanted to start working as soon as possible, and they hired me first! So far in training at the Reston store, I've learned the hardest part of the line "Dress", where we put all the stuff on sandwiches or make salads. Other jobs I will eventually learn are "Cash" where you perform cashier duties, get soups, and make shakes. Then the first one, "Load" where the meat, cheese, and bread are put together and put through the oven. It takes approx. 1min 40 to go through the oven, so I also have to have conversations with all the customers while there waiting, which is quite fun, and interesting(you know, seeing what people have been up too, where there from, etc.). The outfit is pretty chill, just jeans with a belt, a PB shirt, and a PB hat. I think I look awful in hat, but it actually doesn't look to bad with my hair being longer! The weather has also been amazing, especially on the days we need it too! It was awesome at Lake Fairfax, Lake Anne, and at Browns Chapel for the Picnic. The picnic was amazing by the way, and so I hope the weather continues to shine because I want to have counted at least 10 picnics completed by the end of the summer!
Sorry for the post being long. I usually try to keep it readable XD Anyhow, I hope everyone elses(is that a word?) summer is going just as well. Peace and Love!
~Andy
So it's been a while since I've blogged last. I guess that's just because of the summer. Or no topics have come up to write about. Like usually my ideas for topics come from whats around me, and in college so many wack things happened, topics came up all the time. But just working and chilling with friends makes interesting topics pretty rare to think of. But it's also pretty rare that basically everything in my life is awesome, so I guess I'll write about that for now! XD
Family and Friends: Pretty much everything is awesome here. The old crew is back and in full force. Everyday we take steps to complete all the things we want to do over the summer. It's been good to see Dan, Andrew, J9, and Sean again, even though after the first week it's already felt as if we've never been gone. We've also come up with and kept so many new fads, such as NYOHMYGOD, Rob and Big, and of course: DJ KHALED! WE THE BEST! LAMATB, a blog where all of us are admins and can post, did an incredible job of keeping us in touch. Matt Jackson and that crew were also glad to see me, and we've had fun being outside and doing arts and crafts type stuff. The family is also excellent, except for my brother being caught doing drugs. But otherwise my brother is a lot tighter now, I can actually converse with him and can be around him without getting annoyed. My dad is getting better, and my mom is still just being my mom :D
But "baby let me tell you 'bout my best friends". Well I already did, I just wanted to make a Rob and Big reference! XD
Girls and Games: So of course I'm still playing plenty of Smash Bros. Brawl, but was looking for a new game for my Wii. I Didn't want to get MK Wii, because the wheel doesn't seem that great to me, and I've been spoiled by MK 64. So I picked up "No More Heroes" a wacky hilarious game in which you get money and fight random and epic characters in your quest to be the number 1 assassin and get the girl too. Its got plenty of unnecessary blood effects, swearing, and some of the best boss battles ever. I recommend it! As far as girls go... well there's one. A beautiful one I should say XD. Long story short, I've liked this girl for a while, but people have been quite against it for as long as I can remember. Finally, Lori helped us out and put us together and it worked out really well. We went out again... and you know girls say they have a good time a lot but I really wasn't to certain if she was :O. Then she told me she had one of the most fun times shes had in a while and it made my day(as if she didn't already)! And shes also gotten me into looking at all kinds of Art quite a bit. I love her! :D So I'm looking forward to that! Games I'm looking forward too: The new Sonic ones (both the RTS and the 3d old school platformer one), Kingdom Hearts 3(if ever announced), Doom 4, the Wii version of Mario Golf, and eventually buying Mario Galaxy :P
Work and Weather: So I got a job at this sandwich place, Potbelly. I didn't really want to work there, but I wanted to start working as soon as possible, and they hired me first! So far in training at the Reston store, I've learned the hardest part of the line "Dress", where we put all the stuff on sandwiches or make salads. Other jobs I will eventually learn are "Cash" where you perform cashier duties, get soups, and make shakes. Then the first one, "Load" where the meat, cheese, and bread are put together and put through the oven. It takes approx. 1min 40 to go through the oven, so I also have to have conversations with all the customers while there waiting, which is quite fun, and interesting(you know, seeing what people have been up too, where there from, etc.). The outfit is pretty chill, just jeans with a belt, a PB shirt, and a PB hat. I think I look awful in hat, but it actually doesn't look to bad with my hair being longer! The weather has also been amazing, especially on the days we need it too! It was awesome at Lake Fairfax, Lake Anne, and at Browns Chapel for the Picnic. The picnic was amazing by the way, and so I hope the weather continues to shine because I want to have counted at least 10 picnics completed by the end of the summer!
Sorry for the post being long. I usually try to keep it readable XD Anyhow, I hope everyone elses(is that a word?) summer is going just as well. Peace and Love!
~Andy
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