Saturday, November 21, 2009

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Fail - Sigh - Smile

I failed a test today that I spent 8+ hours studying for (on and off). FML.

I sighed when it was over because, well, it was over and I didn't have to worry about it anymore.

THIS made me smile. :)

Wait, let's be exact. Some made me smile, some made me confused, and some just made me tilt my head and think....

Monday, November 16, 2009

new drink on the block

I went into Sheetz one morning looking for an alternative to coffee. This was a great find...
They are a relatively small company that is mostly organic and has a nifty little website.. (see link above). These are beneficial factors... but the tea is good as well. I need to try the Pomegranate Green Tea...
That grandma on the front just puts me in a good mood in the morning as well!

Thursday, November 12, 2009

winter is coming.... more "stuff" I want to buy

I hate it when people say "stuff". I try to use it minimally. When a prof. says "stuff", I cringe. When a student gives an answer that includes "stuff", I judge their intelligence. I think I have blogged about this before, don't feel like finding it...

Rewind, I bring this up because we were reviewing a test in GIS and a student kept on saying "stuff" for everything. For example "all the stuff is referenced to an ellipsoid model" The stuff you are referring to are points. Datum to be exact. Datum that make up a Geographic Coordinate System that are referenced to a specific ellipsoid model. Not "STUFF"! Shapefiles, Geodatabases, x & y coordinates, and map projections are all their proper names. They are not "stuff".

\/\/\/\/\ Anyways, here's the stuff...


OK, got it. When I work and actually get a little more spending money, going to get some Toms Shoes and a wool cycling hat for winter. Why not put these items on a Christmas list, you ask? Knowing my family, they won't justify spending $25 for a little wool hat and $80 for boots that look like this. I don't quite know how to explain it, but this is also why I love my family. I like getting Christmas gifts when they are items I actually need and can use often.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Toms Shoes = big fan!

I'm actually a real big fan... I just need to get more money to buy a pair. Look.. HERE!

I want to get your opinion, which pair? I really like the boots or leather shoe looking ones, but then again, I like the brown suede "loafers". I think I could wear the boots with more outfits but I really like the low top leather shoes or suede loafers. These are the decisions I ponder about at 11:30pm. I also, with those last few sentences, sound completely like a pre-teen girl... don't judge me.

I'm also planning on getting a few of THESE over winter break.... I have a million t-shirts but it's time to lose some that cry "I'm a college freshman who wants to fit in and be cool".








AXE is Ridiculous

I think Lewis Black would like this post... In his one skit, he thinks we should create a presidential election that is more fair to the candidates. He suggests we should blindfold a monkey, have him throw a dart at a map of the United States and wherever that dart hit, they would drop that monkey from a plane over that location. After parachuting down, the monkey would grab the hand of the first person it saw. This is the new president of the United States.

Creative, but not as creative as AXE product names.

Let's read a list of their shower gels (found HERE):

Snake Peel
Boost
Kilo
Recovery
Vice
Touch
Smoothing
Purifying
Dark Temptation
Instinct

and my PERSONAL favorites,

Phoenix
Shock w/ Glacial Water + Deep Sea Mint
Fever w/ Brazilian Hot Mud + Red Dragonfruit Extract

I decided to investigate all the ridiculous AXE products because, sadly, mom got me Shock w/ Glacial Water + Sea Mint on sale at Rite Aid.

I want to know who the hell names these scents of body washes and how do I get the job???

I have a theory: AXE researchers create a scent. They give it to a group of guys that have been smoking pot or tripping on acid all day. They tell the researchers what it smells like to them, and if it sounds appealing, they market it.

Here is how I feel some of the conversations went:

Smell this (Phoenix): "Woa man... If like, I could meet a Phoenix and have Starbucks with him, I totally think this is what he would smell like..."

Smell this (Vice): "Totally... If I was going to kill a hooker and score some cocaine, this is totally what I would want to smell like..."

Smell this (Snake Peel): "Dude, this totally reminds me of like the inside of an anaconda. If I could crawl inside a python and steal his skin, this is what I would smell like man..."

Smell this (Shock): "This is AMAZING dude! I'm totally tripping out! It's like I'm frozen in a glacier with a caveman from a Scooby-Doo episode and Shaggy is rubbing mint leaves all over my skin!!!, WICKED!!!"

Dear AXE,
Your shower gel names are ridiculous.... and I totally want to be the guy that names them.
Love, Cody