Cartoons

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I don't think anyone is old enough for cartoons. Although sitcoms and shows on stations like Comedy Central demonstrate that some humor can only be appreciated by mature audiences, I think that, deep down, everyone loves cartoons.

Look at The Simpsons or Family Guy. It seems like the producers of cartoon television shows have more creative license and can do a lot more than in regular, real-life television shows. Cartoonists can depict roughousing more vividely (e.g. The Itchy and Scratchy Show, Thundercats, a violent Stewie on The Family Guy, etc.) and make it funnier for certain characters to get out of some potentially sticky situations (like stranded on a desert island).

I think what it boils down to is the fact that cartoons help satiate the imaginative desires of the young, who, a majority of the time, are just beginning to distinguish between animation and realitly. However, sometimes its good for adults to relive their childhood experiences and entertain those nonsensical, but creative thoughts by enjoying some old fashioned Disney movies or watch some re-runs of Spiderman: The Animated Series. Cartoons also present a world in which, at the conclusion of one or two episodes in a series, good always triumphs. Maybe I like cartoons because I like to imagine that everything will work out in my own lifetime.

Thanksgiving and Condoms

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I'm really excited for Thanksgiving break. On Saturday I am going to try to get a ticket to the Notre Dame game and tailgate beforehand. I have a feeling this will be a great experience that I will remember (most of it at least, haha!) for awhile. After that, I will hopefully be able to see Ohio State beat Michigan. And then on Sunday I think I am going to visit my family in Columbus. I am doing a Turkey Trot 5-mile race on Thursday and I think I am going out to the bars on Saturday night. Should be a good time...

On another note, my Human Sexuality class is currently discussing the topics of contraception and prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). I just think it would be really funny if someone dressed up as the Trojan man for Halloween and gave out cheap condoms for people. I think that person would at least place in any contest (except at SJC) he or she would get into, and the individual would be serving the public health interests.

mmmm....coookies!

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I love cookies! The reason I say this is because I know I have had at least four or five chocolate-macadamian nut cookies in the cafeteria today during lunch and dinner. I don't know what type of MSG or other chemical they put in those things to make them soft and extra delectable, but I just love those cookies!

I would go as far to say that I like cookies more than I do Krispy Kreme donuts...yah, I'm that bold. Cookies just leave a great taste in your mouth. That chewy, gooey taste, left over from the morsels of either chocolate or peanut butter. Hell, even some raisins are good too! Oreo Double-Stuff cookies also please my palate, and I have to run to Wal-Mart to grab some milk if I don't have any in the apartment. Sometimes I just want to grab there or four chocolate chip cookies from the caf, smush them together, then try to fit them all in my mouth, making sure that my glass of milk is ready for action.

Yeah, I love cookies!

November

November is by far my favorite month of the year. Here is a couple of reaons why (no particular order):

1. Cross country winds down and I get some time off to recover
2. Other friends that I have who are on fall sports are able to go to the Pub and hang out
3. Thanksgiving break (a full week!)
4. Ohio State-Michigan rivalry (third Saturday of November!)
5. NBA is just starting up (go Pistons!)
6. Sunday football!
7. All of the major assignments for most of my classes seem to always be done before we leave for Thanksgiving break.
8. College basketball hosts pre-season tournaments (NIT, Spartan clash, etc.)

Thanksgiving break is great because I get to sleep in and recharge, as well as hang out with family I don't see that much. I love the cold air outside...it's just perfect for cross country running (the hardcore runners, that is!). I like Thanksgiving moreso than Christmas because I begin to miss my friends over the three week time period alloted for Christmas break; also, I have to start thinking about Indoor track once we get back from winter break. The bottom line: these next two weeks could not come any sooner!

Rosie O'Donnell Needs to Be Quiet

While working on my blog write-up for class this week, I decided to do a post from Rosie O'Donnell's webpage, Rosie.com. I thought of this because I remembered her little catfight with Elizabeth Hasselbeck on The View that resulted in her leaving the television show and supposedly trashing her dressing room afterwards. I figured I would give her blog a read because she is known to ramble on about how bad she thinks the county is being run. I was not disappointed. Her blog was poetically charged, as she ripped Bush and his administration apart with poetry that seemed like it was just two paragraphs chopped up into two or three word phrases.

After reading her blog, I really think Rosie O'Donnell is a freakin idiot. I feel I can say that because she feels she has the license to make comments on national television about public figures, only to be later reprimanded and look like a fool for her stupidity. How could one forget the Donald Trump controversy last year? She's also taken shots at the Catholic Church, which I know isn't a perfect establishment by any means, but she received flack for that. She's also been dumb to elaborate on certain stereotypes about Chinese people (e.g. "Ching-Chong Ching Chong Ching"). I just think the woman needs to shut her pie-hole and do us all a favor. I am SO glad she did not get casted to replace Bob Barker on The Price is Right.

I Hate It When That Happens!

I just woke up about 10 minutes ago and I felt that I needed to post this or else I would forget a lot of the details.

I had a dream last night where I won $14,000 by answering a man's challenge of throwing a small tomato through a sewer opening. I think I was at a county fair or something, and the man who was challenging the crowd was probably a used car salesman. Every time I landed my tomato through the sewer, the crowd went wild. When I finally made the last one to win $14,000, I jumped in jubilation and the crowd went hysterical. I think I was with another one of my friends, possibly one my roommates, and we embraced.

The rest of the dream is kind of a blur, mostly because I am trying to figure out what to do with the money. And then I woke up. Damn, that stinks! I hate it when that happens!

However, this dream poses and interesting question: What to do with lottery or "lucky" money? Honestly, I probably would have given half the money to my mother (single-parent and works her a$$ off everyday) and probably spend the rest in a frivolous manner. Or I might have paid off my college loans. My dream showed me that I have a tendency to be a materialistic person; I don't know how easily I would be able to answer the challenge of giving up all that I own in order to follow God.

Sticky Situations

Don't you just wake up some days and wonder "I am going to make this a good day!" but, after several unfortunate occurrences, you wonder when the day is going to end?

I think I am prone to getting myself into sticky situations. By sticky situation, I mean those situations that aren't morally reprehensible or can be really damaging to the one's overall image, but those situations that just suck and could have been avoided if some external agent decided to be liberal instead of a stickler or if you had been a minute faster (or slower) than you were. Those types of situations suck because although no one is really hurt by them, you are still in a pickle and need to go out of your way to clean up a big pile of crap.

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I had two of those situations today. First, I got e-mail from the supervisor for our school newspaper saying that I did not make the corrections for the pages that were due to the print press today. As a result, one of the other editors had to make corrections and go out of his way. But to my defense, I had stopped by my supervisor's office the other day to pick up my pages for corrections (because I knew that I would be busy in the evening), and they were not ready. I agreed to have one of the other editor's pick them up and bring them up to the office. Well, when 6:00 rolled around, I went up to the office before dinner to make my corrections, and they weren't there. I wasn't going to wait until after 8 to do the corrections because the last time I did that, they were done for me, much to my chagrin. I ended up proofreading my pages by myself and took care of what I needed to. I also called one of the editors to let him know the situation, but he did not respond back nor acknowledge that he got my message. This is a sticky situation because I made an effort to try to take care of business, but that did not happen because of the actions of other people and a lack of communication.

Another example happened today before my Core 9 class with Br. Rob. I was headed out the door at about 9:50 to make my class when my roommate caught my attention and asked me to wait for him so we could walk to class together. That decision was costly, as we arrived about a minute late to class and had to wait outside until after a presentation was given (we walked in around 10:15!). I did not want to be rude and interrupt one of my fellow classmates during their presentation because it was a significant part of our grade. Once again, I was affected by the decisions of another person. Now I have to worry if Br. Rob is going to count this offense as an absence or not, which could affect my grade.

I guess the bottom line is that I just need to stay focused and worry about my own arse instead of what is convenient for other people. Although being nice to other people is important to me, sometimes I need to draw a line, because it is kicking me in the groin right now. In the end, I'm the one who gives in to what other people want.