So apparently I have found something that is more time consuming than facebook, and that is stumble upon.com. For those of you that have been living under a rock for the last several months and do not know what it is yet, it is basically a site that just randomly goes to sites based on what you say is you interests.
Most of my interests that come up on my stumble upon are either scientific facts (like the weird interesting ones, not the boring ones), online video games, and photography. I am not even kidding when I say that the first day that I started using it, which was over spring break, I pretty much used it for about 5 hours in one day.
I'm not quite sure what it is about it that is so addicting, but some of the stuff that is on there is so cool you just cannot wait to see what is going to come up next. I find myself going, ok one more stumble, then once I do that site for a little while, whatever it may be, I just cannot help but hitting stumble one more time. This usually happens for like a solid hour sometimes (not lately though because things have been absolutely crazy because apparently almost all of my professors decided to give exams back to back).
Another thing that I usually do is post the links that I liked the most on facebook, so I know that my friends get tired of seeing my statuses or links or whatever they are called about the random things I have found on stumble upon. This is one of favorites: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2aSAPB/dvice.com/archives/2010/12/11-cheap-gifts.php
I can’t help but think some of this stuff is awesome. I know it’s kind of nerdy but I don’t really care.
Another good one is this one: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2FK3Nz/www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Ddv8kNTH-KDY
I'm pretty sure my jaw literally dropped when I saw the finished product of this.
That’s pretty much all I have this week, this was a good little break from studying but now I have to go back to that. I guess I’ll talk to ya’ll next week.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Chicago
So I went to Chicago last week and it was a pretty good trip all in all. One of the bad parts was that the place that we were staying was like 45 minutes out of Chicago and we did not have a car to drive into the city. Basically the first 3 days we spent just trying to find a way to get downtown without spending $100 on a cab ride. We finally made it into the city on the last night, we had to walk like three mile to a train and then take a 40 some minute train ride into the city.
On the train we met a guy named Chuck, apparently we just happen to come across the coolest guy in Chicago. Well Chuck was on his way home from his friend’s house and we ended up splitting a Taxi with him from one train station to another because that is apparently where all the stuff was going on. Well once we got to the other train station Chuck was telling us were to go and were not to go and then he just decided to walk around with us and show us the city instead of going home.
My favorite place that we went on the tour of Chicago was the Signature Room on the 95th floor of the John Hancock building. We didn’t eat at the restaurant; we just took the elevator up to the top so we could see the city. The view was probably one of the nicest views I have ever seen. It was this room in the picture.
Now this was the highlight of the trip probably. The one thing that was a whole lot different that I have ever seen before was the amount of trash on the sides of the road in and around Chicago. It was absolutely filthy. This just made me realize how much I like good old North Carolina. Another thing that I noticed about the city and surrounding areas was the smell. It just smelled bad, the whole city did. Chicago is most definitely the biggest city that I have been to and it was pretty cool, I liked the big building and the view, but I cannot see myself living there. I think I will just stay in a fairly small town atmosphere.
On the train we met a guy named Chuck, apparently we just happen to come across the coolest guy in Chicago. Well Chuck was on his way home from his friend’s house and we ended up splitting a Taxi with him from one train station to another because that is apparently where all the stuff was going on. Well once we got to the other train station Chuck was telling us were to go and were not to go and then he just decided to walk around with us and show us the city instead of going home.
My favorite place that we went on the tour of Chicago was the Signature Room on the 95th floor of the John Hancock building. We didn’t eat at the restaurant; we just took the elevator up to the top so we could see the city. The view was probably one of the nicest views I have ever seen. It was this room in the picture.
Now this was the highlight of the trip probably. The one thing that was a whole lot different that I have ever seen before was the amount of trash on the sides of the road in and around Chicago. It was absolutely filthy. This just made me realize how much I like good old North Carolina. Another thing that I noticed about the city and surrounding areas was the smell. It just smelled bad, the whole city did. Chicago is most definitely the biggest city that I have been to and it was pretty cool, I liked the big building and the view, but I cannot see myself living there. I think I will just stay in a fairly small town atmosphere.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Spring break redneck fight
So I have an interesting little short story that I figured would make a great blog for this week. So, of course I was at home all weekend and one thing that I needed for the house was a new shower curtain for my bathroom. Well I guess it was Wednesday when I was in town so I decided to swing by Target and get a shower curtain.
Well, I pull in the parking lot, and out of nowhere this guy whips in behind me and jumps out of his car all pissed off and what not. He starts just yelling at me because I apparently just cut him off on the way over there. Well I recognized his car and when I switched lanes in from of him, the one lane switch I have to do the whole way to Target, I was a full 2 or 3 car lengths ahead of him. So I told him to just calm down and let it go, I didn’t want to start anything because I'm a pacifist and my sister was with me, but he won’t let it go.
So I just ignore him and go inside thinking that one: he will not follow me in and two: he will just calm down and let it go. I was wrong on both accounts. So this guy follows me into target, still yelling, so that attracted the attention of the security desk, seeing that you walk right past it on the way in. (at this point I'm getting pissed off too) Well the security guard come up and asks if everything is alright, and I said “No, this guy thinks I cut him off and he is being a bitch about it.” (Word choice, I know, I was in the moment) So I guess seeing that I wasn’t the one yelling and I was like 18 and this guy was like late 50’s he escorted the other guy out not me. So, I thought it was over, went and bought the shower curtain, it wasn’t over apparently.
So I go out to my car, and this guy is still standing by my car, so I gave my sister the keys to the car and the shower curtain and told her to start the car. So this guy is about to fight me, I was livid at this point, and he was smaller than my by probably 50 pounds and 2 inches, and old. So we start talking crap back and forth and he starts swinging, wildly and erratically. He hits he like 2 or 3 times, and I got some punches in too but at this point I just pushed him/pick him up/ tackle him, and he is on the ground, so while he is on the ground, my sister was like trying to get me to leave, she was freaking out, so I just jumped in my car and sped off.
So that is probably the most eventful thing that happened over break; I got in a fight at target, while getting at shower curtain. I don’t even know if I would call it a fight, more just trying to get rid of a pissed off old redneck while getting in my car. I am truly not someone who resorts to violence, but I really didn’t know what to do otherwise.
Well, I pull in the parking lot, and out of nowhere this guy whips in behind me and jumps out of his car all pissed off and what not. He starts just yelling at me because I apparently just cut him off on the way over there. Well I recognized his car and when I switched lanes in from of him, the one lane switch I have to do the whole way to Target, I was a full 2 or 3 car lengths ahead of him. So I told him to just calm down and let it go, I didn’t want to start anything because I'm a pacifist and my sister was with me, but he won’t let it go.
So I just ignore him and go inside thinking that one: he will not follow me in and two: he will just calm down and let it go. I was wrong on both accounts. So this guy follows me into target, still yelling, so that attracted the attention of the security desk, seeing that you walk right past it on the way in. (at this point I'm getting pissed off too) Well the security guard come up and asks if everything is alright, and I said “No, this guy thinks I cut him off and he is being a bitch about it.” (Word choice, I know, I was in the moment) So I guess seeing that I wasn’t the one yelling and I was like 18 and this guy was like late 50’s he escorted the other guy out not me. So, I thought it was over, went and bought the shower curtain, it wasn’t over apparently.
So I go out to my car, and this guy is still standing by my car, so I gave my sister the keys to the car and the shower curtain and told her to start the car. So this guy is about to fight me, I was livid at this point, and he was smaller than my by probably 50 pounds and 2 inches, and old. So we start talking crap back and forth and he starts swinging, wildly and erratically. He hits he like 2 or 3 times, and I got some punches in too but at this point I just pushed him/pick him up/ tackle him, and he is on the ground, so while he is on the ground, my sister was like trying to get me to leave, she was freaking out, so I just jumped in my car and sped off.
So that is probably the most eventful thing that happened over break; I got in a fight at target, while getting at shower curtain. I don’t even know if I would call it a fight, more just trying to get rid of a pissed off old redneck while getting in my car. I am truly not someone who resorts to violence, but I really didn’t know what to do otherwise.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Spring Break at its finest
Considering how much I was looking forward to this break, it sure is boring. For the first like hour I was happy to be home, now I am just bored out of my mind. The good thing is, I went to the UNC v. dook game. Which was awesome, unfortunately I was really, really, really, high up, but just being there and being a part of the game was awesome. I wish I could have gotten on the court but I was way to high up, by the time I got down to the bottom they were already getting people off of the court. Anyways, that was the highlight of my break so far.
Besides the game I really haven’t done anything except watch movies on Netflix. I just got finished with Shutter Island and that was pretty crazy. I have never watched a movie that made me question what was going on as much as that movie. It was still a really good movie. Not as good as Inception, all I have heard about Shutter Island was how much it was similar and as good as Inception, I didn’t think they were that similar, and Inception was so much better than Shutter Island. It may be better if I watch it a second time, that way I know what is going on, even though I have heard so much otherwise I kind of knew what was going to happen.
Another thing that I did was watch the second season of Jersey Shore. (it’s on Netflix) now I have never seen it before this, so I had no idea what happened in the first season, but it was pretty good. Well “good” isn’t the right word, more like entertaining. It’s kind of like watching a plane crash, you know what is going to happen, and you know it is going to end in disaster, but you can’t stop watching it. The best thing I think I got from that show was some of the sayings. And with that being said, I got a GTL session coming up, so I'm going to go.
Besides the game I really haven’t done anything except watch movies on Netflix. I just got finished with Shutter Island and that was pretty crazy. I have never watched a movie that made me question what was going on as much as that movie. It was still a really good movie. Not as good as Inception, all I have heard about Shutter Island was how much it was similar and as good as Inception, I didn’t think they were that similar, and Inception was so much better than Shutter Island. It may be better if I watch it a second time, that way I know what is going on, even though I have heard so much otherwise I kind of knew what was going to happen.
Another thing that I did was watch the second season of Jersey Shore. (it’s on Netflix) now I have never seen it before this, so I had no idea what happened in the first season, but it was pretty good. Well “good” isn’t the right word, more like entertaining. It’s kind of like watching a plane crash, you know what is going to happen, and you know it is going to end in disaster, but you can’t stop watching it. The best thing I think I got from that show was some of the sayings. And with that being said, I got a GTL session coming up, so I'm going to go.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Spring break and dook game
So one again today was one of my dreaded two exam days, they are 15 minutes apart so there is no down time in between them. It really doesn’t matter now because I am DONE!!! The best part is now I am pretty much home free for spring break. Yeah that’s right, my first college spring break, and trust me, it is going to be nothing like in the movies. I plan on actually doing nothing, which is going to be absolutely the best thing I could think of doing. After being in the grind of school for the past several weeks, I am in desperate need of a spring break.
This brings me to my next point, why in the world is UNC kicking students out before the DOOK Carolina game? I mean are they trying to get student to not go to the game and make a ton of noise to help our school? If I was the school and really wanted to increase our home court advantage I would increase the size of the student section, not make kids go home. Yes I know how much money the school would lose if they increased the number of free student tickets to the game, but it would make me so much more excited for the game if I knew that I actually have a chance to go.
One thing that really made me mad was when I went to the Maryland game, there was a girl sitting 2 rows in front of me and did not stop texting the whole game, she didn’t even stand up for most of the game. I mean I wish there was a way to screen out those people that are going to do that, and let the people who actually care about the game go. There should be a “you must scream until your throat is sore” addendum to a student getting the ticket.
Anyways, I don’t live very far away, so I am going to drive up here and try to get a stand by ticket. I would hope that it would not be that hard to get, seeing that everyone is going to be gone for spring break. Well I guess that is about all that is on my mind this week.
This brings me to my next point, why in the world is UNC kicking students out before the DOOK Carolina game? I mean are they trying to get student to not go to the game and make a ton of noise to help our school? If I was the school and really wanted to increase our home court advantage I would increase the size of the student section, not make kids go home. Yes I know how much money the school would lose if they increased the number of free student tickets to the game, but it would make me so much more excited for the game if I knew that I actually have a chance to go.
One thing that really made me mad was when I went to the Maryland game, there was a girl sitting 2 rows in front of me and did not stop texting the whole game, she didn’t even stand up for most of the game. I mean I wish there was a way to screen out those people that are going to do that, and let the people who actually care about the game go. There should be a “you must scream until your throat is sore” addendum to a student getting the ticket.
Anyways, I don’t live very far away, so I am going to drive up here and try to get a stand by ticket. I would hope that it would not be that hard to get, seeing that everyone is going to be gone for spring break. Well I guess that is about all that is on my mind this week.
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