http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20151215-a-death-defying-ride-across-razor-thin-roofs Pretty cool video of a stunt cyclist gracing an African coastal town's skyline. Made me
I've entered a poetry competition. Entry fee was only £2. Prize is £500. Given that the prize is on a specific subject which I write about a lot, I think I have a decent chance of getting at least an honorary mention.
I just worked "pareidolia" into an insult! Now the writer of the New York Times crossword owes me a hundred bucks.
Somehow I need to find a security consulting firm within driving distance from me that I can do a work study program with this summer. Man it sucks to live in the middle of BFE. I wouldn't have this problem if I lived in Los Angeles or New York!
I just learned that when doing research for an essay or other type of paper, instead of just using Google.com, you should use scholar.google.com. It will bring up papers and books with more pertinent facts that you can use.
How many people in the United States feel a bit safer today? http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/29/world/middleeast/iran-hands-over-stockpile-of-enriched-uranium-to-russia.html?_r=0
Exactly, and thus why I feel safer now. Anytime someone who makes a comment like, "we will wipe Israel from history," has the elements to make a weapon that will be the kick-starter for a nuclear war that can end the world, that's dangerous...and now hopefully more people can rest easier at night.
Many times here on the forum the subject of intelligence and the belief in God has come up. I think I have said several times before that I am agnostic. Though I think it is possible that there could be a higher being, I don't think it can be proven nor will I blindly put my faith in a certain religion. It's been brought up before that people with high intelligence most often do not believe in God. I found this clip on youtube where a reporter interviews a man that supposedly has an IQ of 200, which is thought to be one of the highest IQ ratings in the history of man. Well in the video, the man says he does believe in heaven. I thought it was kind of interesting.
Much Ado About Nothing is on TCM if anyone's interested. C'mon, I know you want to. Just started. At least at -5:0o UTC. Keanu Reeves, Michael Keaton, Denzel Washington, Emma Thompson, Kate Beckinsale, the list goes on. Bet you didn't even know about the pun in the title
UPDATE: Sense and Sensibility and The Remains of the Day are also on tonight. A real Cliffs Notes night at TCM.
I'm going to forego the pleasure of hearing Keanu Reeves, Michael Keaton, and Denzel Washington trying their own terrible best to do an English accent. Instead I think I'll just put some rocks in a blender and listen to that for two hours.
Here's something I think you all might like. I just took a gander at the Wall Street Journal (not sure if its on the site yet) and in it, they talked of a man from Texas, Charley Kempthorne who kept a journal series going for fifty-two years, and has up to this point written over a million words. He's got binders upon binders full of pages (front-to-back, single-spaced) with entries detailing his life. To summarize: It reflects that writing a private journal is much easier than keeping a public one like a blog because you can be honest with yourself. You can go on rants and vent your anger out without worrying about offending someone. It's very cathartic, it eases the mind and reduces the level of anxiety because the thoughts are on paper, not pounding away inside your brain. As he said himself in the article, doing that has helped him tremendously with his life. It even offers tips on how to cultivate a writing habit, and most of these are what we've all heard and said before most likely but still, here were the three I found useful. Paraphrased: - Write 500 words a day every day for 28 days, at the same place to create a routine. - Stop worrying about grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Allow yourself to completely suck at this. Better to be honest with your writing than be Mr./Miss Perfect. - Keep it private first, that way you can avoid the hassle of worrying about how others will perceive it, which will then make you not want to start at all. Just thought I'd share that with y'all.
Uuuhm.... Hi. Just dropping in to say hello and I miss you guys. I know I don't drop in often anymore, but I haven't forgotten what quality people I've met here. I hope you're all doing well. As a personal update, life has been really kind to me lately. Financially, I've found some semblance of stability, which is nice. It is also more than some of my high school friends can say, given that I am not living on campus or with my parents. My sister and I have our own apartment and we pay all of our own bills. I am still with Walmart. I stuck it out, despite my ranting and urging, but I think it has been worth it. It is finally starting to show that I've got my head around what I am doing. With my second Inventory (and my first one after a full year over my department) just around the corner, I have a big opportunity to show that I have, indeed, had a major impact on the success of my department and the store. With 1.5 years of experience and a successful inventory, I think I'll be poised to start having some serious talks about promotion to Assistant Manager--which could really be life-changing. I think I've finally come to terms with where I am in my life. For a while I was stuck on trying to get out of Walmart and get out of Colorado, but I think this is just a necessary step, and something I need to experience in full. I still have been away from writing, but I have done a couple of little small exercises. just to express ideas a little. I've also been writing in my journal if that counts at all. All in all, I'm excited for this year. I'm anxious to see what it brings in terms of new energy, new opportunities, and of course transformation on personal and social scales. And I just turned 22! (woooo!) What's next on the Horizon? Finding a Girlfriend ha ha! My family is still waiting and now even my great-grandma's asking when she calls. I guess that means "hurry up!" Anyway, I'll be floating around for a little while. Take care people! Please share some of your own good news. 'd love to hear it. Best, Andrae P.S. Hopefully I'll be back to at least some weekly activity here soon.
Interior: room Bartender: What's your poison Jim: Gin The bartender serves it. Jim drinks it. Jim dies. ^pulitzer
Hey Andrae, good to see things are on track man. I haven't been around much myself of late but as you say, it's nice to check in with the good people out there in WF land. Don't be a stranger and keep writing.