Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Random Thoughts
- My back has been seriously bothering me lately. The past two days have been a lot worse than the usual pain.
- It's almost Christmas so I'm in my usual Scrooge mode. Call me crazy, but I'll be pretty happy when this week is all over.
- Thanks to my work schedule I am now busy for like the next 5 nights. It actually is kind of a good thing because I did have a nice little streak of nights where I would drink very heavily. It just seemed like every night was a new reason to celebrate! There was Christmas bonus night, Ashley's grad party, ummmm it was Thursday? Ok, so maybe I just like to drink!
- I'm very tired of working, especially with people I don't like. Just schedule me to work with the 2 people I like at Fam Vid everyday and I'll be a happy, productive worker.
- It looks like I have to work until 9 on New Year's Eve. So what fun things can I do that night?
- A while ago, I downloaded a file called "The Top 100 Rap Songs of All Time." It might be the coolest thing I've ever downloaded. I'm a huge fan of old-school rap and this has basically every song I could ever want to listen to. It has been dominating my (broken) iPod recently!
Friday, December 19, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
The future freaks me out
When my sister was home last week, we had a long talk and of course my life plan came up. She was asking about when I was going to graduate and what I wanted to do and I kept drawing blanks. She then asked, "Well, what are you passionate about?" Since then, that has been one thing that has constantly been on my mind. As sad as it is, I can't think of one thing that I could truly be passionate about. The only thing I could think of was music but I can't sing or play an instrument or anything. I always loved listening to music and downloading new bands to find new music I loved, but I just can't think of a way to turn that into the rest of my life. I saw an ad online for internship for a company that manages bands based in Chicago, but I doubt I'll get that.
I just wish I could figure out some way to get my life going in a direction that I know would work out. For the past few years, I keep trying to decide what I want to do and where I want to be but I can't find any answers. Honestly, I don't care if I'm rich and have this successful career. I don't need that. All I want is just to be happy. If I end up poor in a small house with a meaningless job, I'll be ok with that as long as I can wake up everyday and be happy. For now, I just want to try and figure out a way to somehow see the country and find my own little niche.
Sorry if this post was pointless and a waste of time with you, it's just something that has been on my mind for a long time now.
One Love,
Ryan
P.S. If you have never heard the song Aqueous Transmission by Incubus, I think you should find a way to right now. It has become my new favorite song and no matter how I'm feeling, it always cheers me up. It just makes me want to float down a river with Brandon Boyd in a very bromantical way. Maybe one day....
I just wish I could figure out some way to get my life going in a direction that I know would work out. For the past few years, I keep trying to decide what I want to do and where I want to be but I can't find any answers. Honestly, I don't care if I'm rich and have this successful career. I don't need that. All I want is just to be happy. If I end up poor in a small house with a meaningless job, I'll be ok with that as long as I can wake up everyday and be happy. For now, I just want to try and figure out a way to somehow see the country and find my own little niche.
Sorry if this post was pointless and a waste of time with you, it's just something that has been on my mind for a long time now.
One Love,
Ryan
P.S. If you have never heard the song Aqueous Transmission by Incubus, I think you should find a way to right now. It has become my new favorite song and no matter how I'm feeling, it always cheers me up. It just makes me want to float down a river with Brandon Boyd in a very bromantical way. Maybe one day....
Monday, December 15, 2008
Trip to Ball State-tonia 2008
Well this past weekend was my annual trek down to Muncie, and as usual, it turned out to be a shit fest. By shit fest, I do mean unbelievably awesome but I drank enough to kill many small animals. I will now try to recap the finer moments...
Why do we not have a Pita Pit up here? For those who don't know, Pita Pit is kind of like a Subway-type place but instead of sandwiches, it is all healthy food in a delicious pita. Now normally, I stay away from healthy food like the plague, but during my 20 hour stay in Muncie, I had 3 pitas and brought another one home for later. If you ever see one of these in your travels, I demand you stop there and try it out yourself.
I also love being in college towns. There's one bar right off campus where you pay a 3 dollar cover charge then get a pitcher of beer for a "penny." When I say "penny" like that, I mean free. But bars can't just give away beer so they call it penny pitchers. So, for 4 hours every Friday, large amounts of college kids go there and get TRASHED. We brought some cards and played some drinking games which picked things up a notch as well. We were playing kings and I drew the last king, which means I had to chug the pitcher of beer in the middle of the table. Now while it wasn't a normal sized pitcher, it still had maybe 2 or 2 and 1/2 beers in it. So I was already wasted at that point so I was just going to drink it but then all my friends had to be cool and start chanting my name. Naturally, everyone else started looking over and eventually started chanting too. So here I am, wasted, listening to maybe half of a pretty large bar chanting my name, so I start drinking. About halfway through, I thought, "Man, this is easy!" So I downed it like a champion and the crowd went crazy. I was pretty pumped up. Now, at that point, I should've slowed down the pace a little bit but drunk Ryan didn't realize that. 20 minutes later, I threw up underneath a table. :( Rather than quit though, I still drank like a champion, just a champion who made pukies in a very public place.
After that, we went to a different bar where a band with a couple of my friends were playing. First, there was a really cool ska band playing and tons of people dancing so my friends and I joined in. Normally, I don't dance and my friends don't listen to ska so it was a nice combination of odd things. After that, my friends' band played and they were really good as well. Lots of dancing went down with mostly unattractive girls and everyone had a splendid time.
After that we returned to my friend's apartment where I passed out on a couch where someone peed on it 2 weeks ago. Even though I was assured many times it was cleaned, it still made me uneasy. Even with that minor buzzkill, it was still an amazing weekend....
Love,
Ryan
Why do we not have a Pita Pit up here? For those who don't know, Pita Pit is kind of like a Subway-type place but instead of sandwiches, it is all healthy food in a delicious pita. Now normally, I stay away from healthy food like the plague, but during my 20 hour stay in Muncie, I had 3 pitas and brought another one home for later. If you ever see one of these in your travels, I demand you stop there and try it out yourself.
I also love being in college towns. There's one bar right off campus where you pay a 3 dollar cover charge then get a pitcher of beer for a "penny." When I say "penny" like that, I mean free. But bars can't just give away beer so they call it penny pitchers. So, for 4 hours every Friday, large amounts of college kids go there and get TRASHED. We brought some cards and played some drinking games which picked things up a notch as well. We were playing kings and I drew the last king, which means I had to chug the pitcher of beer in the middle of the table. Now while it wasn't a normal sized pitcher, it still had maybe 2 or 2 and 1/2 beers in it. So I was already wasted at that point so I was just going to drink it but then all my friends had to be cool and start chanting my name. Naturally, everyone else started looking over and eventually started chanting too. So here I am, wasted, listening to maybe half of a pretty large bar chanting my name, so I start drinking. About halfway through, I thought, "Man, this is easy!" So I downed it like a champion and the crowd went crazy. I was pretty pumped up. Now, at that point, I should've slowed down the pace a little bit but drunk Ryan didn't realize that. 20 minutes later, I threw up underneath a table. :( Rather than quit though, I still drank like a champion, just a champion who made pukies in a very public place.
After that, we went to a different bar where a band with a couple of my friends were playing. First, there was a really cool ska band playing and tons of people dancing so my friends and I joined in. Normally, I don't dance and my friends don't listen to ska so it was a nice combination of odd things. After that, my friends' band played and they were really good as well. Lots of dancing went down with mostly unattractive girls and everyone had a splendid time.
After that we returned to my friend's apartment where I passed out on a couch where someone peed on it 2 weeks ago. Even though I was assured many times it was cleaned, it still made me uneasy. Even with that minor buzzkill, it was still an amazing weekend....
Love,
Ryan
Friday, December 5, 2008
My fascination with hand written letters
Over the past few months, when people get angry, I have found I make the suggestion of writing an angry, hand written letter. I don't know why, but just the idea of this brings great humor to my little life. You might ask, "Ryan, why can't an angry email or voicemail accomplish the same thing?" Voicemails and emails are just the easy way out in my opinion. There's just something about an angry, hand written letter shows that you really care. This post will take you through the anatomy of a perfectly executed angry letter.
I. The Letter Itself
When you find yourself angry enough to actually write this letter, the setting has to be right. A dark room and some hardcore emo music would probably do the trick. You should also outline your ideas so your letter comes across with just the right amount of craziness. Venn diagrams are also very useful in your angry prewriting. Now when you are writing, make sure you use capitalize key words and use lots of underlining on all the crazy parts to drive your point into the person mind. Also, repeating single words that don't relate to the point also brings the crazy up a couple notches. Oh, and if you include diagrams backing up your crazy statements, you should get bonus points. Bonus points for what you ask? (I have no idea)
II. The Hard Part
In my life, the hardest part would be the envelope. I'm sure I could find the address, I mean you can find anything on the internet nowadays! The hard part for me, however, would be the stamp. If some stranger busted into my house right now and held a gun to my head while demanding a stamp, I'd be dead. Do they even make stamps anymore? My family just handles everything online so I don't even know if we have any! If I couldn't find any stamps, I guess I could just deliver it to the person's house which would borderline stalker-ish. I don't advise taking it to this level.
III. The Reaction
An incident this intense has to bring up some sort of response. If not, just keep sending more letters. Sooner or later, you will get slapped with a restraining order which is sad but it is a response anyways! You win!
In conclusion, this was the weirdest blog post I've ever made. If I didn't spend a long time thinking of this and typing it all out, I'd delete it. Hopefully, there will never be an in-depth look into my mind ever again on here.
Love,
Ryan
I. The Letter Itself
When you find yourself angry enough to actually write this letter, the setting has to be right. A dark room and some hardcore emo music would probably do the trick. You should also outline your ideas so your letter comes across with just the right amount of craziness. Venn diagrams are also very useful in your angry prewriting. Now when you are writing, make sure you use capitalize key words and use lots of underlining on all the crazy parts to drive your point into the person mind. Also, repeating single words that don't relate to the point also brings the crazy up a couple notches. Oh, and if you include diagrams backing up your crazy statements, you should get bonus points. Bonus points for what you ask? (I have no idea)
II. The Hard Part
In my life, the hardest part would be the envelope. I'm sure I could find the address, I mean you can find anything on the internet nowadays! The hard part for me, however, would be the stamp. If some stranger busted into my house right now and held a gun to my head while demanding a stamp, I'd be dead. Do they even make stamps anymore? My family just handles everything online so I don't even know if we have any! If I couldn't find any stamps, I guess I could just deliver it to the person's house which would borderline stalker-ish. I don't advise taking it to this level.
III. The Reaction
An incident this intense has to bring up some sort of response. If not, just keep sending more letters. Sooner or later, you will get slapped with a restraining order which is sad but it is a response anyways! You win!
In conclusion, this was the weirdest blog post I've ever made. If I didn't spend a long time thinking of this and typing it all out, I'd delete it. Hopefully, there will never be an in-depth look into my mind ever again on here.
Love,
Ryan
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Awkward Family Video Moment
I think I am going to chronicle some of the weirder stories from Fam Vid because I think there are some really interesting tales from that place.
Last week, I was at the store by myself during the day when a man and his 3 year old son come up to the counter. It was a normal transaction until the kid came all the way around the counter and up on the little platform I stand on. When kids do this, it annoys the hell out of me and it's even worse when the parents just stand there. So, I am already irritated and then this little kid comes up and hugs my leg. Now this may be considered cute to some, but not this guy. I don't know this kid or where he's been. For all I know this kid just pooped his pants and rolled around in it. So anyways, I look back at the father and he just smirks and shrugs at me like there's nothing he could do. So I shrug back and want to say, "Why don't you get your fuckin kid off my leg?" He eventually tells the kid to "Let go of the nice man's leg," after about 20 seconds of awkwardness. Totally an afternoon killer for me.
When/If I ever have kids, you better believe they will be well-behaved. When I was a child, I knew if I acted up in public, I would get spanked at home. I hope I can strike that fear in my child's eyes one day...
Until next time,
Ryan
Last week, I was at the store by myself during the day when a man and his 3 year old son come up to the counter. It was a normal transaction until the kid came all the way around the counter and up on the little platform I stand on. When kids do this, it annoys the hell out of me and it's even worse when the parents just stand there. So, I am already irritated and then this little kid comes up and hugs my leg. Now this may be considered cute to some, but not this guy. I don't know this kid or where he's been. For all I know this kid just pooped his pants and rolled around in it. So anyways, I look back at the father and he just smirks and shrugs at me like there's nothing he could do. So I shrug back and want to say, "Why don't you get your fuckin kid off my leg?" He eventually tells the kid to "Let go of the nice man's leg," after about 20 seconds of awkwardness. Totally an afternoon killer for me.
When/If I ever have kids, you better believe they will be well-behaved. When I was a child, I knew if I acted up in public, I would get spanked at home. I hope I can strike that fear in my child's eyes one day...
Until next time,
Ryan
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Nameless blog
Well it's just after noon in beautiful Highland and I just woke up for the day. I have such an odd sleeping schedule but morning is overrated in my opinion. What have I been doing lately? Ummmm..... well there's been school! Besides that, all I have been doing is work. Weird, right? My sister is coming home in a couple days so that is something to actually look forward to!
Time for the "What is Ryan listening to now" update. Lately, I have been listening to demos from bands I like. I downloaded an old cd called An Excellent Attempt at Next to Youism by The Early November and it's been dominating my iPod recently. I think part of me thinks it's cool because I doubt there is anyone in the world listening to it at the same time as me so it's kind of like my little secret. Everything is a lot cooler when it's only yours.
Another thing I have been listening to is So Young, So Insane by You, Me, and Everyone We Know. Their first ep was totally pop-punk which I loved but this one is pretty impossible to label. It seems like each of the 6 songs is a totally different type of music. I like it a lot. It also features Max Bemis on one of the songs so how could I not love it?
Today, I have school 2-8 then no plans! I'll probably do something fun such as watch IU get slaughtered and scream at my tv and be miserable for 2 hours. That sounds like my perfect night.
Well, I'm sure I'll fill this with more pointless thoughts at a later time.
Ryan
Time for the "What is Ryan listening to now" update. Lately, I have been listening to demos from bands I like. I downloaded an old cd called An Excellent Attempt at Next to Youism by The Early November and it's been dominating my iPod recently. I think part of me thinks it's cool because I doubt there is anyone in the world listening to it at the same time as me so it's kind of like my little secret. Everything is a lot cooler when it's only yours.
Another thing I have been listening to is So Young, So Insane by You, Me, and Everyone We Know. Their first ep was totally pop-punk which I loved but this one is pretty impossible to label. It seems like each of the 6 songs is a totally different type of music. I like it a lot. It also features Max Bemis on one of the songs so how could I not love it?
Today, I have school 2-8 then no plans! I'll probably do something fun such as watch IU get slaughtered and scream at my tv and be miserable for 2 hours. That sounds like my perfect night.
Well, I'm sure I'll fill this with more pointless thoughts at a later time.
Ryan
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
