tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180028322024-03-13T12:22:06.170-05:00PostaritaJordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.comBlogger343125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-54635535567954959502011-11-03T00:21:00.001-05:002011-11-03T00:21:27.468-05:00Goodbye PostaritaToday I am closing Postarita. I know three people throughout the nation just clutched their chests with sadness, but I think that it's time. I'm not who I was when I began writing here. Not that I'm implying that I'm all that better than I was; I'm still different now. It is time to move on to new things.<br />
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I have a lot of guilt about this blog, because as a writer I should be more dedicated to my craft. I should want to write, if not everyday, than at least once a week. I should want to document my life, if not for those reading than for myself. Though, every time I began transcribing some detail of my life here all I could do was read through its old posts and relive those parts of my life. This made me realize that I am somewhere different now, and that I don't particularly identify with these words anymore. I know that this is a part of growing as a writer, and growing as a person, but I think it's best that I start fresh. <br />
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My new blog is called <a href="http://www.theopenshutcase.blogspot.com/"><i>The Open Shut Case</i></a>, which I won't explain here, but I hope that you'll visit it to get a sense of what I'm trying to do there. I hope you'll follow me, and more so I hope I pick up some new readers. <br />
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I have written three hundred and eighty seven posts on Postarita, which I'm proud of. The words that are here, are words that I lived, or thought, or breathed into existence. As a writer, I'm happy that I could do that, but I want to be able to show different sides of myself (hopefully with more frequency than was ever done here). <br />
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So, again I hope to hear from you soon on my new blog. Goodbye Postarita, it's been a good six years. <br />
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I'll leave you with the first post I ever wrote here:<br />
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Postarita (N) Poe-stah-ree-tah<br /><br />1. A blog to discuss the funny and thoughts of a ninteen year old boy.<br />2. Post as in post hurricane Rita that completely uprooted said boy for nearly two months, and nearly destroyed his home town.<br />3. Postarita as in if you switch it out for "Senorita" in the Justin Timberlake song of the same name, you have a catchy pop ditty. Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-37732251029479712582011-10-26T23:41:00.001-05:002011-10-26T23:41:22.437-05:00Pop Cultured: The Glamorization of CriminalityPreface: I know I haven't blogged in some time, I'm just too busy. I
know that's not a good excuse, just as it wasn't the other hundred
times I've said it. Between school work and my work at my university's
newspaper The Contraband, I literally have no time, nor the urge to
write anything else. To hold you over until a time when I might be more
willing to write something again, here are some pieces that originally
appeared in The Contraband. I write a weekly pop culture piece,
sometimes they are funny, sometimes they're not trying to be. Although I
think if you look hard enough you'll see some of me in there. I hope
you enjoy them, as I'm posting them one right after the other.<br />
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I’ve been trying to figure out for the last year and half
why Lindsay Lohan keeps trying to avoid jail time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically the timeline of a typical month for
Lohan looks like this: reckless behavior fueled by all of the crystal meth
produced by the world’s largest trailer parks, she gets arrested due to
reckless behavior; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>she gets bailed out
of jail within a matter of hours, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>then gets
slapped on the wrist, and repeat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
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probably has a cell with her name on it, like a fancy dressing room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m imagining it’s even set up with all the
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taught to be a masseuse, and a marble toilet in which she can spew her bulimia
into.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I were Lohan I’d take the jail
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trust me, you’re not going to get
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<span> </span>I guess
my biggest problem with the whole ordeal is the fact that as a society not only
do we take celebrities and hold them up as Gods, but we also glamorize their
criminal behavior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For instance if
you’re watching the five o’ clock news and see a woman addled by drugs in a
high speed chase, you would judge her for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You would see a skanky drug user, as a skanky drug user.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But for public figures like Lohan, we can’t
get enough of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to know what
she wore (or didn’t wear) to court.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
want to know where she’s serving her sentence, we want to know how short of a
sentence she’ll serve, and we want to know if she’s got any movies in the
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<span> </span>And
it’s not just Lohan, in the past five years celebrities have gone from
can-do-no-wrongs to hardened criminals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hell, in the past week rapper Soulja Boy has been arrested, and Hannah
Montana co-star Michael Musso has been busted for a DUI.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And although admittedly neither of those
celebrities are what you might call A-List, we don’t even seem to judge them
for their bad behavior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<br />
Criminality is so glamorized these
days that it’s even showing up in art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The newly released music video for the aptly titled “Criminal” by
Britney Spears plays as a Bonnie and Clyde-esque love letter to criminal
behavior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Within five minutes Spears and
her real life boyfriend are shown: robbing a bank and a convenience store,
stealing a car, having at least seven different kinds of shower sex, and then
making out in the middle of a hailstorm of bullets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It really makes a statement of: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I am a celebrity and I can do what I
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>And that stands as true, because
we let them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-31958699108625402262011-10-26T23:39:00.003-05:002011-10-26T23:39:50.694-05:00Pop Culture: Occupying HollywoodPreface: I know I haven't blogged in some time, I'm just too busy. I
know that's not a good excuse, just as it wasn't the other hundred
times I've said it. Between school work and my work at my university's
newspaper The Contraband, I literally have no time, nor the urge to
write anything else. To hold you over until a time when I might be more
willing to write something again, here are some pieces that originally
appeared in The Contraband. I write a weekly pop culture piece,
sometimes they are funny, sometimes they're not trying to be. Although I
think if you look hard enough you'll see some of me in there. I hope
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Things have been oddly quiet on the pop culture landscape
this week. The fact is unusual in a
field that usually pronounces itself with loud outbursts, and PR stunts on an
almost weekly basis. This week no one
has gone to court, no one has died, no one has been ousted as a vampire, and
everyone has kept their clothes on. I
think it might have something to do with the somber national mood. I’m not sure if you’ve heard as of yet, but
people are occupying. They are occupying
Wall Street and saying loud things; things that some people do not want to
hear. So in a way, occupiers everywhere
are the celebrities this week for finally getting noticed in a world whose news
is usually being clogged by actual celebrities.
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The people who are picketing in Wall Street are doing
something controversial. I don’t want to
get in to the specifics here, but I’m glad that someone is saying
something. Did you know that there’s
actually a plan for an “Occupy Lake Charles” movement. I’m guessing it’s a grassroots movement, and
they’ve certainly gotten coverage on other local media outlets. Although, on the subject of what they might
be protesting, I have no clue; as far as I know Lake Charles is not the
nation’s financial capital or anything. </div>
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Because this is a pop culture column, I’d like to say that I
wish celebrities would get involved with this occupying business. Not because I
particularly want to hear what they have to say about financial reform, or
their views on politics. In fact I’d
like to go on record to say that celebrities should never give their opinions
on who they’d vote for President. I’m
sure President Obama would thank you for your endorsement Kim Kardashian, but I
can decide on whom to vote for all on my own, thanks.</div>
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What I really mean is I wish celebrities would all come out
in to the open, and start bitching about what it is that bothers them, instead
of being their tight-lipped, strictly PR controlled selves. I’m sure for the most part it would not be
anything that is of concern to real human beings; and would likely be wildly
hilarious. I’d like to hear Paris Hilton
complain that the discounts at Fred Segal are not what they used to be because
of the economy. I’d like to hear Brad
Pitt and Angelina Jolie complaining that the tariffs on adopting foreign
children have gone up exponentially, and that they refuse to adopt a single
other child until something is done about it.
I’d like to hear Lindsay Lohan (alleged drug user) to complain that in
these unstable economic times she cannot get any movie roles, and that it is
complicating her payment plan with her dealer.</div>
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Basically, I think that the people who are occupying Wall
Street are setting a great example. We
should be talking. We should be getting
loud. We should be making ourselves
heard. And celebrities should be taking
their clothes off, so that I can have something to write about other than
social issues.</div>Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-49073060258194959902011-10-26T23:37:00.004-05:002011-10-26T23:37:48.721-05:00Pop Cultured: Steve JobsPreface: I know I haven't blogged in some time, I'm just too busy. I
know that's not a good excuse, just as it wasn't the other hundred
times I've said it. Between school work and my work at my university's
newspaper The Contraband, I literally have no time, nor the urge to
write anything else. To hold you over until a time when I might be more
willing to write something again, here are some pieces that originally
appeared in The Contraband. I write a weekly pop culture piece,
sometimes they are funny, sometimes they're not trying to be. Although I
think if you look hard enough you'll see some of me in there. I hope
you enjoy them, as I'm posting them one right after the other.<div class="MsoNormal">
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Do you remember a
time when the word apple wasn’t ubiquitous with candy-colored, sleek
technology? I’m pretty sure that the
word used to refer to something that grew on trees, and supposedly kept doctors
away. In fact the word has become so
overtaken by the technology powerhouse of Apple Inc., that I’ve heard that in
California (where the company’s headquarters in Cupertino are located) people
are calling apple pie, just pie now.
Although as far as things go for the word apple’s public image, it can’t
hurt for the red-skinned fruit to be confused with the most valuable company in
the world, and the purveyor of all things that make life easier, and more
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This week has been
filled with news of Apple Inc., both the good and the bad. First speculation ran rampant on the details
of the rumored to be upcoming iPhone 5, only for those guesses to be completely
invalidated as the new iPhone 4S was announced.
Though, the most shocking announcement had had very little to do with
upcoming products, and instead focused on the death of Steve Jobs, the
visionary who founded the company and in whose garage the first personal
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For Jobs it never
seemed to be just about what technology could do, but how it looked, and how
people reacted to it. After building the
first boxy looking Macs of the eighties and early nineties, Jobs went back to
the drawing board and created sleek and beautiful electronics, which worked in
thoughtful ways that most other manufactures hadn’t even thought of. He pioneered the candy-colored iMacs, and
changed the way we listen to music with iPods.
He made people yearn for the latest incarnation of the iPhone, and made
us consider selling our body’s plasma so that we can afford an iPad. More than just producing products he has
built an army of loyal consumers; who will press their noses to the glass walls
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It is sort of odd
to be speaking of Steve Jobs in this column that is regularly about celebrity
culture, but he has sort of become a celebrity in his own right. I’m just personally hoping that the drawer-full
of lovingly used until they were broken iPods I have procured over the years,
have gained some resale value in his passing.
I cannot for sure say that any of them were personally touched by Mr.
Jobs, but I also cannot prove that they were not. I’m hoping to make at least a couple thousand
dollars on Ebay, because as I said earlier I really don’t want to have to sell
my plasma to buy an iPad. Trust me when
I say that Mac nerds will buy almost anything with that famed half-eaten apple
on the back. I know because thanks to
Steve Jobs, I am one of those nerds. Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-14743905179766884572011-10-26T23:36:00.001-05:002011-10-26T23:36:29.898-05:00Pop Cultured: Michael Jackson TrialPreface: I know I haven't blogged in some time, I'm just too busy. I
know that's not a good excuse, just as it wasn't the other hundred
times I've said it. Between school work and my work at my university's
newspaper The Contraband, I literally have no time, nor the urge to
write anything else. To hold you over until a time when I might be more
willing to write something again, here are some pieces that originally
appeared in The Contraband. I write a weekly pop culture piece,
sometimes they are funny, sometimes they're not trying to be. Although I
think if you look hard enough you'll see some of me in there. I hope
you enjoy them, as I'm posting them one right after the other.<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Conrad Murray the
man accused of the wrongful death of beloved pop star Michael Jackson, has
finally gone on trial for his alleged crimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not hard to believe that this is turning into one of the trials of
the year, as Michael Jackson news has been permeating our collective
consciousnesses since his death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for this is obvious; Jackson was simply our template for how talented
people seem to fall down the hardest. </div>
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<span> </span>I do not believe
that Murray is wholly innocent, nor do I believe that he is wholly to
blame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clearly Michael Jackson had a
dependency problem that was only rivaled by his talent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which of course begs the question, why is it
that so many talented people that we’ve decided to turn into celebrities, have
dependency problems?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it the fast
paced lifestyle of millions of people caring about you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it the money and fame that enables you to
pretty much do whatever you want which leads you to your own destruction?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And if this is the case, why are we looking
to blame someone other than Jackson for his death?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clearly he knew what was happening, when an
audio recording has been recently played in front of the jury which shows him
crying out for the drugs that killed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is not to say
that I believe that Murray is without fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Obviously Michael wasn’t injecting himself with lethal doses of Propofol
(although a large part of Murray’s defense hopes to prove that the final dose
which killed him actually was administered by the pop star).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clearly Murray is partially to blame, even in
a world where many celebrities go “doctor shopping” to find the medical professional
who will administer the right drugs for the right price; a world in which
Jackson would have likely found someone to do it if Murray were unwilling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murray still enabled Jackson to do things
that were highly unethical, and highly dangerous, for which he should be held
accountable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We live in a society
that holds celebrities in a higher ranking than politicians, higher than
religious leaders, higher than teachers, mothers and fathers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe that even when most people assume
that Jackson was in some way responsible for his own death, they still need to
hold someone accountable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You just don’t
get over it when the person who moon walked his way into your heart, gets
ripped away from you just as it seems he may be coming back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s probably good for Murray’s sake that
this trial is being judged by a jury and not by public opinion; because it’s
highly likely he would have been hung two years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-62890415771958872592011-10-26T23:34:00.003-05:002011-10-26T23:34:41.687-05:00Pop Cultured: Nicholas CagePreface: I know I haven't blogged in some time, I'm just too busy. I
know that's not a good excuse, just as it wasn't the other hundred
times I've said it. Between school work and my work at my university's
newspaper The Contraband, I literally have no time, nor the urge to
write anything else. To hold you over until a time when I might be more
willing to write something again, here are some pieces that originally
appeared in The Contraband. I write a weekly pop culture piece,
sometimes they are funny, sometimes they're not trying to be. Although I
think if you look hard enough you'll see some of me in there. I hope
you enjoy them, as I'm posting them one right after the other.<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Have you heard that
Nicholas Cage is a vampire?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually,
let me start from the beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have
you heard that Nicholas Cage has been living for hundreds of years, during
which he has somehow tricked the general populace into turning him into a
celebrity and lavishing him with riches?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If this sounds ridiculous, that is only because it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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This rumor cropped
up when a man living in Seattle tried to sell a picture on the auction site
eBay for one million dollars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
picture in question was taken in 1870, and damn if its subject doesn’t look
exactly like Nicholas Cage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The picture
is so uncanny, that it’s easy to believe that it isn’t a real picture at only,
and instead a clever use of viral marketing for some future project in which
Cage plays a vampire who feeds on Civil War soldiers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course the internet has run off with this
rumor as it is wont to do, and has turned Nicholas Cage into the undead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span> </span>Although I do not
believe in vampires, I do believe that there is something weird going on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Nicholas Cage is not a vampire, then how
did he become famous in the first place?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you’ve ever seen one of his films you’d have to assume that he was
feeding on the casting director, putting them in a deep enough trance to let
him in front of the camera.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vampirism is
about the only explanation for the long-faced, gravely-voiced acting we’ve been
forced to endure since the eighties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span> </span>And if Nicholas
Cage is a vampire, than it’s probably true of many celebrities and notable
people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How else can you explain the
fact that the cast of Jersey Shore has permeated our lives, if it’s not because
of the supernatural?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to go
ahead and start a rumor right now that that Snooki has been parading around her
over-tanned, big haired self for centuries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And what about Sarah Palin, who is clearly the most blood thirsty
individual to come into public conscienceless in recent memory?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can practically see her fangs glistening
when she mentions President Obama, and this stands as the most probable reason
why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span> </span>Vampirism also
explains why Lindsay Lohan is still among us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If alleged alcohol and drug-use can’t kill her, it is clearly only
because nothing but a wooden stake can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would attempt to attach the stigma to Lady Gaga, if only so that she
has a rumor about her other than the fact that she was more than likely born a
man; but sadly there is just no evidence to this as she has some modicum of
talent, and therefore didn’t need to be a vampire to become famous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span> </span>So if you believe
the internet, vampires are indeed among us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not only are they around, but apparently we are paying them to entertain
us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which begs the question, why are we still
allowing anyone with an extra fifty-five dollars a month have access to the internet? </div>Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-6944290088977346852011-10-26T23:31:00.003-05:002011-10-26T23:32:10.681-05:00Pop Cultured: Scarlett JohanssonPreface: I know I haven't blogged in some time, I'm just too busy. I know that's not a good excuse, just as it wasn't the other hundred times I've said it. Between school work and my work at my university's newspaper The Contraband, I literally have no time, nor the urge to write anything else. To hold you over until a time when I might be more willing to write something again, here are some pieces that originally appeared in The Contraband. I write a weekly pop culture piece, sometimes they are funny, sometimes they're not trying to be. Although I think if you look hard enough you'll see some of me in there. I hope you enjoy them, as I'm posting them one right after the other.<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you’ve been
online at all in the past week, you’ve either already seen or heard about the
recently leaked photos of Scarlett Johansson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The photos hit the internet on Sept. 14, 2011, and flew around the world
like a vicious strain of gloriously naked bird-flu.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hours after the outbreak Johansson’s lawyers
demanded that the hundreds of high-profile websites that had posted them, take
them down at once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As everyone knows,
there is no quicker way to make sure everyone sees something than telling them
that they can’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Johansson’s lawyers
have contacted the FBI to address concerns that the pictures were stolen from
her iPhone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hackers alleged to have
been involved with Johansson’s case are believed to be associated with the past
phone-hackings of celebrities such as Jessica Alba, Vanessa Hudgens and Mila
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<span> </span>Imagine you’re Scarlett Johansson for a
moment, won’t you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve been in a
handful of big budget movies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve
been married to Ryan Reynolds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
general public agrees that you are both mildly talented and wildly
beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You should have no need for
validation from anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, why would
you take naked pictures of yourself?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To
show them to someone else, so that they can tell you how good you look?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is the thought process behind that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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recent case of a celebrity’s naked portraits getting out into the general
populace does at least seem to be different from the others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t smack of desperation as Vanessa
Hudgen’s literally hundreds of nude photos, in which she appears to be
auditioning for any pornographic magazine that will have her, did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Johansson’s photos were legitimately
stolen from her, then it is easy to understand her embarrassment and outrage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though, it does seem odd that a celebrity as
widely known as Johansson would be foolish enough to take photos of this nature
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sexting is a widespread epidemic at this point; the public service
announcements played on radio stations during every commercial break,
admonishing the behavior proves it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
are people really taking that many naked pictures of themselves?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is pretty much no reason for this
behavior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you need someone to see you
naked that badly, you should go to their house and take your clothes off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless you want strangers to see you naked
(which they will, because these things never stay private), then you should
become a stripper, rather than take naked pictures of yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if you don’t have the daddy issues
normally associated with the exotic dancer, it’s still a better idea than
letting people see you naked without your permission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So let Scarlett Johansson be a lesson to us
all before we press the shutter button.</div>Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-15731638608187383022011-09-20T00:03:00.003-05:002011-09-20T00:03:57.205-05:00Dog problems, I signed a leaseJust for fun if you want to read some of my articles, go to www.jordangribble.comJordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-8960510125994852952011-09-12T21:47:00.003-05:002011-09-12T21:47:32.801-05:00I woke up in the garden of Edenand it's changing everything I believe in<br />
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A couple of days ago while in a fit of boredom I read through some of my old posts from blog pasts (before this current one), I also read through the blogs of my friend Kelli. It's good to see the progression of things. I still see glimmers of myself in those words from eight to ten years ago. Although I have to be honest that it upsets me that I am old enough to look back an entire decade and think of it as not being not that long ago. <br />
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I remember the things that happened. I remember performing in talent shows, and choir competitions. I remember sitting in the common area of school drinking Sonic drinks for breakfast. I remember what happened in Burton Coliseum that wasn't my graduation. I remember meeting Kelli and her friend Paris in the library, every single morning for two months. I remember F.U.C.K. 93.7 (We fuck so you don't have to). I remember the Asian shuffle. I distinctly remember the phone call that lasted all summer. I remember holding her hand and feeling sure. I remember sitting in Bryant's shop for hours at a time, pretending to play pool but really just trying to make one another laugh. I remember this perfect drawing that Kelli once gave me of Christnia Aguilera if she were Pentecostal. Speaking of Pentecostals I remember that they make the best peanut brittle. I remember being too loud, and at the same time never loud enough. I remember reading To Kill a Mockingbird, and Harry Potter. I remember listening to Britney Spears, Incubus, and that one Mad Caddies song that Bryant used to play all the time, that I still listen to. <br />
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I remember too much, and I don't remember enough. I remember before I started smoking. I remember before who I was before it happened. I remember feeling lighter. I remember being a moody asshole. I remember the time before Facebook, when the world felt bigger. I remember when I wasn't so pretentious. I remember not appreciating time. I hope I'll one day remember this. <br />
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<br />Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-34721724335240690422011-08-29T21:20:00.004-05:002011-08-29T21:20:54.767-05:00Hello again It is August, that means I have not graced this page with words in four months. I'd like to say that in those four months I've done amazing things. That's only half true. I went to New York. I saw Britney Spears. I worked at a newspaper. I saw two Broadway plays. I became a President. I have written articles. I have gone to class. I may have fallen slightly in love. I played way too many video games. I have cried in a WalMart parking lot. I have had absolutely no urge to write anything other than my articles.<br />
In fact the last time I wrote for this blog it was part of my Lent initiative to write every day for forty days. I think it's just that I completely blew my load. I am not meant to be heard from every day. I am not that wordy, I don't have that much to say. <br />
I am going to try to start writing again. I can't promise anything drastic, or anything constant, because honestly I just don't have a whole lot of time. I did miss this though. I missed the ability to speak without a filter. <br />
I guess I missed being read, thinking that someone might find the words I write might in some way affect someone. I'm not saying they were moved, because I don't think I've ever said anything meaningful. I don't think that people have openly guffawed at anything I've ever written, I'm not always that witty. I do hope that something I've written here at some point has made someone think, maybe not about what I said, but just remembered it. Maybe they thought about me when they were alone later, maybe my words played in their head. I think that's worth it. Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-55982138803729937742011-04-26T21:47:00.001-05:002011-04-27T00:40:06.161-05:00I'll still be out here having funSongs I cannot live without as of late:<br />
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Whatever Lola Wants Sarah Vaughn<br />
Price Tag Jessie J<br />
Rollin' With the Flow Mark Chesnutt<br />
God Only Knows Natalie Maines<br />
American Girl Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers<br />
Because the Night Patti Smith<br />
Trouble For Me Britney Spears<br />
To Make You Feel My Love AdeleJordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-55763815557902430552011-04-26T21:38:00.000-05:002011-04-26T21:38:07.971-05:00Everybody loves me, baby I'm the king of the nightLately I have been flying in a million different directions. I'm not sure where I am going. I have no clue where I might land. I've done things. I've done weird things. I auditioned for a televised singing competition. I grew a beard. I've played more video games that involve guns than I ever have before. I've done almost no homework. I've settled in with some new people. I am changing. Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-1742031088411037812011-04-01T01:16:00.000-05:002011-04-01T01:16:21.575-05:0040 Days of 4 Things, Day 18 I've been having an amazing time lately. I've suddenly found myself surrounded with amazing new people, which is good because I've been in such a horrible state of mind lately. And though these new people are great, it makes me realize that without my family I couldn't possibly deal with all of the other ridiculousness in my life. I love them.<br />
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Four reasons my sister is amazing<br />
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1. She frequently puts things in my room to make me laugh. Tonight when I came home I saw that she had put a framed picture of some of our ugliest relatives on my nightstand. I nearly peed myself.<br />
2. She does this thing where she talks for our dogs because they themselves are incapable of human speech. The greatest thing about it is that she believes that all dogs speak with Jersey accents, and horrible grammar. As far as my sister is concerned she believes that dogs typically say things like "Hey, youse guys!". <br />
3. She is the one person that I can ride around in a car with singing Mariah Carey songs and never feel bad about myself afterwards.<br />
4. She understands things about me that no one else ever will.<br />
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Four reasons my parents are amazing<br />
1. My dad does the most amazing Mexican accent. It also doubles for his black guy accent.<br />
2. My mom once called the Holocaust museum in Washington D.C. as "that Nazi place we visited".<br />
3. My dad frequently asks for my help with house remodeling, or car repair not because he thinks that I'm actually capable of doing any of it, but because he wants to hang out with me.<br />
4. Because my mom's family gave me this amazing hair, and wit.Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-13090238769444356102011-03-31T00:44:00.000-05:002011-03-31T00:44:10.459-05:0040 Days of 4 Things, Day 17I'm still writing my Tennessee post, and I know you're super excited about all of that. I'm not quite done with it (when writing a large post, I actually like to take my time instead of churning it out like I normally do). So instead I'm going to write a list. I know that you haven't gotten nearly enough lists about myself, so you must be thrilled.<br />
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Four Things I wish I could do<br />
1. Backflips<br />
2.Pull off awesome guy stubble<br />
3.That someone would put vending machines in the Mass Comm department. This journalism major needs constant caffeine. <br />
4. That I could finish anything I started.Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-43267875347257548172011-03-30T00:55:00.002-05:002011-03-30T00:55:46.092-05:00SIDENOTEI know that I keep writing more and more posts like this, but my giant Nashville post will come tomorrow. It will be at least twelve paragraphs long, and at least the most amazing thing you've ever read. So, just be patient, yeah?Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-67499027660060759532011-03-29T00:43:00.002-05:002011-03-29T00:43:48.423-05:0040 Days of 4 Things, Day 16Things happened. THINGS HAPPENED EVERYWHERE! I will tell you all about them. You will be really excited. I will tell you tomorrow, initiative still happening!Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-74104552997898691902011-03-24T00:40:00.001-05:002011-03-29T00:44:28.856-05:0040 Days of 4 Things, Day 15As I've mentioned an innumerable number of times, I'm leaving for Nashville tomorrow night for an SPJ convention. I won't have access to a computer over the weekend so I won't be able to blog during that period, but to keep my promise I'm going to tack an extra three days on to the end (after Lent). That is if what I assume will happen, doesn't. I just assume that sometime over the course of the weekend I will be discovered and will soon be a country singer. I'm almost positive it's going to happen, so I guess I'll let you know.Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-15915604138773183072011-03-22T23:54:00.000-05:002011-03-22T23:54:07.814-05:0040 Days of 4 Things, Day 14I've tried blogging twice tonight, but neither of those posts stuck. Again, even though I would like for every day's blog post to be substantial, meaningful, or maybe even have a couple of dick jokes. Not every day has those kinds of moments that I can easily talk about. So I'm not breaking my promise to myself by not writing every day, because I know that if I could I would. I'll talk to you tomorrow.Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-35755513040500834642011-03-22T00:36:00.000-05:002011-03-22T00:36:30.247-05:0040 Days of 4 Things, Day 13There is a reason why people don't generally blog every single day. ALL CONVERSATIONAL TOPICS HAVE BEEN EXPENDED. Anything worth talking about has been talked about at least seventeen times. So instead, I'll just thank my friend <a href="http://www.brfirefly.blogspot.com/">Firefly</a> for bestowing upon me a blogger award. Apparently I am now supposed to list seven facts about myself.<br />
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1. I do not eat anything that is white. This rule mostly applies to mayonnaise, ranch dressing, and whipped cream. It's not so much a color thing as it is a consistency problem. Also every time I see someone eating one of those foodstuff it ends up on their mouths and it makes me want to die.<br />
2. I have a completely random blond streak of hair. It is natural, and no matter how often my hair gets cut it just keeps coming back. <br />
3. I am absolutely horrible at meeting new people. I almost always say something incredibly offensive, which is fine with people who already know I'm an idiot, but doesn't exactly make a great first impression.<br />
4. I have catchphrases such as, "What the What?!?', and "You're doing a bang up job".<br />
5. I once read a nine hundred page book in under five hours. It was my crowning achievement.<br />
6. I once applied for a job as a boat captain, just to be funny. Then they kept calling me to try to set up an interview, and I started to feel bad. See? Not all my bits are good.<br />
7. I have been single for over five years (Oh my God, I am going to die alone).<br />
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Now I'm supposed to pass the award to seven other bloggers, but I think we all know that I'm the only blogger out there worthy of any kind of award. (But in reality if you want to know which bloggers I think are awesome, check out my links.)Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-21032275903340121372011-03-21T00:49:00.000-05:002011-03-21T00:49:16.896-05:0040 Days of 4 Things, Day 12Instead of doing 4 Things today I'm going to pull a <a href="http://www.redbrickeverything.blogspot.com/">Kelli</a> and do Cool Things/Uncool Things instead. I hope she doesn't mind.<br />
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<b>Cool Things</b><br />
- the thirty nine episodes of Family Guy saved on my DVR<br />
<b>- </b>this coupon I got from Gap that donated 5% of all of all of the profits from my purchases towards the charity of my choice, and also gave me 30% off<br />
- skim vanilla latte's with splenda at Starbucks every morning<br />
- Glee soundtracks<br />
- <i>Their Eyes were Watching God</i> by Zora Neale Hurston which I'm reading for my English class and assumed I'd hate, but don't mind<br />
- when something interesting happens in Lake Charles like <a href="http://www.kplctv.com/global/story.asp?s=14287172">this</a><br />
- meeting people that I don't hate<br />
- doing things that I don't normally do<br />
- cinnamon raisin bagels/low fat cream cheese<br />
- can I mention my trip to Nashville one more time?<br />
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<b>Uncool Things</b><br />
- not having time to read a non school related book since Christmas break<br />
- incredible neck pain for seemingly no reason<br />
- having to fill out a FAFSA every year<br />
- that after I get back from Nashville, I won't be able to leave this shit hole until I leave for New York in June<br />
- not being Jewish<br />
- going to the gym and being on the elliptical machine next to the guy who could bench press twelve of me<br />
- not having time to watch any of the movies I've had from Netflix for the past two weeks (Paranormal Activity 2, and Pulp Fiction)<br />
- having to pee while attempting to write a blog postJordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-66737103640658569152011-03-20T00:58:00.001-05:002011-03-20T01:00:06.554-05:0040 Days of 4 Things, Day 11Today I woke up with the most inconvenient ailment<br />
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My neck hurts so badly. I guess I must have slept on it wrong, but that still only makes sense if I was for some reason doing handstands in my sleep. I'm not saying that I definitely wasn't trying out for the 2012 Olympics in my slumber, but that doesn't even make that much sense. I don't think I've ever even wanted to be a Korean gymnast.<br />
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Yesterday was an amazing day<br />
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You know those kinds of days when everything is just amazing? Those types of days where your favorite nineties songs like "Ride that Pony" by Ginuwine are on the radio, and everything you want to buy is on sale? Yesterday was like that, but more than that. For the first time I felt just honestly happy for a while. Not just because I've been upset lately, just I feel like I've lost myself somewhere recently. I really believe that you can't really be happy with others. Not that you can't have a good time with friends or family, I just think that the only way you can truly be at peace is alone. I'm at my happiest when alone in my car going about that day's travels, singing along to the radio, eating fast food, shouting obscenities at passerby, dancing with only the middle third of my body. Yesterday seemed to be the perfect day for all for that. I am thankful for it.<br />
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Yesterday I got to plan<br />
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I like to travel, but not nearly as much as I like thinking about traveling. As you know, and are probably getting sick of hearing about at this point, I am going to Tennessee next weekend, which should be almost fun. The part I really like about it is, the buying, and preparing, and the planning that leads u p to every trip I take. I need to know every detail, every possible situation that could arise. I just like being in control, so much that sometimes it gets in the way of the actual fun of the trip. I'm okay with that though.<br />
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People are being really awesome<br />
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I just wanted to thank my friends <a href="http://www.redbrickeverything.blogspot.com/">Kelli</a>, and <a href="http://www.bathroomslave.blogspot.com/">Luci</a> who have been really supportive of my blog as of late. Kelli by writing about it on her own blog, and Luci for sending me several amazing text messages. You are both awesome.Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-35156951278501839282011-03-19T01:01:00.000-05:002011-03-19T01:01:05.587-05:0040 Days of 4 Things, Day 10Four things I purchased today for my trip to Tennessee:<br />
1. This Shirt from The Gap:<br />
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I am not able to reign myself in. If I am singing, I am the loudest person who has ever sung. If I am laughing, my laughter is more riotous than you could hope to stand. If I am sad, I am the saddest person in the room. I have never been good at keeping myself in check. I've just been so angry lately. I fly off the handle, I lash out, I do all of the normal anger cliches. I don't know why I'm so mad, I don't know how to stop being so endlessly angry. Maybe I should take up meditation, or maybe a crystal meth habit, or anything that will divert my attention away from the fact that I am seething all of the time for seemingly no reason at all. Writing is helping me a little, I like the reflection of it, I like the routine. This exercise is becoming slightly cathartic. <br />
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Today I was pretentious<br />
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I am taking an American Literature of the nineteenth century class as an elective this semester. I really planned on liking it, I love reading, I love writing about the things I've read. I just didn't plan on the class being so pretentious. Everyone in that class other than my friend (Hey Luci!), is so overwrought and pretentious that it literally pains me to go to that class every Tuesday and Thursday. I thought we'd be discussing literature, and I was hoping for something more easily digestible like To Kill a Mockingbird instead of ridiculous novels like The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton. It doesn't even appear to be a literature course as much as it is a discussion on penis theory. Apparently every question that arises from reading any novel ever written, has an answer and that answer is penis. The penis is everything and every where appearently. If a woman doesn't love her son, it's because she has penis envy. If an impotent man drinks heavily, or a vapid woman spends furiously, they are just compensating for their lack of a working penis. Penis, penis, penis, phallus, penis. All class period, that is the only matter on hand, and it is driving me crazy.<br />
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It goes without saying that I have to attempt to be as pretentious and ridiculous in every paper that I write for that class. Our midterm is due tomorrow and it consist of three essays.l I mentioned more things that I can't even begin to understand in those essays that I am literally ashamed. As a prospective journalist I'm always trying to write the facts (and sometimes the embellished truths that appear on this website). I'm not used to completely fabricated, and then trying to support those lies. I hate it.<br />
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This week I've constantly hoped that it was Friday<br />
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I'm actually only saying that as an excuse to post this video of internet sensation Rebecca Black. If you haven't head Rebecca's first single Friday, listen to it here. It is the single greatest piece of musicry (which I'm well aware is not a word), that has ever been created. My favorite lyrics include "Today is Friday, we we so excited". Also there's a rapper who appears to be at least thirty years senior to Ms. Black, and I am assuming he is the man who molested her and has given her a decreased vision of her self worth, and made her think that this was a good career move. Or maybe it's her dad. Maybe it's her boyfriend dad. I'm not sure, but it's unintentionally hysterical.<br />
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Also check out fake Bob Dylan's equally amazing cover:<br />
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Today I have been writing daily for seven days straight<br />
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That means I've written twenty eight distinct things! I am awesome. That is all.Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002832.post-32264826417315029692011-03-16T01:57:00.000-05:002011-03-16T01:57:04.492-05:0040 Days of 4 Things, Day 7Remember yesterday when I said I loved that I made this commitment? I was totally wrong about that. It is true that I do love writing everyday, and I am fully determined to fulfill this goal for myself because I seldom finish anything I start. But because of this commitment, I've remembered why I don't write everyday and that's because I don't have the time. Right now I am studying for a Biology midterm, writing three essays for an English Literature midterm, and struggling with severe caffeine withdrawals (I gave up sodas yesterday). But again, I made a promise to myself, and I intend to keep it. So though, I wanted to write a detailed list of four very real things that are happening right now I am again relegated to writing a couple of lists of meaningless nothings.<br />
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Four things I am excited about right now<br />
1. My trip to Tennessee which takes place in two weeks.<br />
2. How I've managed to keep my perennially filthy car, clean for nearly three weeks.<br />
3. The new credit card I got yesterday.<br />
4. The fact that a month after my grandmother's death I'm finally starting to feel excitement again. <br />
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Four things I am always excited about<br />
1. The thought of J.K. Rowling one day deciding to write another book.<br />
2. Finishing school and starting an adventure.<br />
3. The thought that one day, hopefully, someone is going to think I'm awesome enough to marry.<br />
4. The prospect of one day being the man I've always hoped I'd be.<br />
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Four things I was excited about in my youth<br />
1. Driving (Which turned out to be a bust, if I could be driven around all day I absolutely would).<br />
2. One day being old enough to do all of the things my parents forbid me from doing as a child, including but not limited to: watching <i>The Simpsons</i> (in actuality it sucks, so I don't blame them), eating Lunchables, and cussing up a shit storm.<br />
3. Second base.<br />
4. One day performing on a stage (I totally did this one)<br />
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Four things I am never excited about<br />
1. Hearing people sing off key, even when it's in a joking manner.<br />
2. Seeing people whose faces I recognize, but names I don't remember.<br />
3. Getting my haircut.<br />
4. Meeting people who introduce themselves as musicians or artists.Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270334915410168222noreply@blogger.com1