16 February 2004

RAW Choice Cut: A.F.I. - "Silver and Cold"

Well Terence decided to take this one off. He picked the song then said he had something to handle. Oh well… Looks like Piddy gets to take this one over. (Or basically I wanted to write an EAP w/o really doing so.)

"And you don't want to lose it again, but I'm not like them." - *nSync
As always, I've used this space to hand out awards to various folks. It's my space, I can do shit like that. First up, I'd like to thank my girl Michele. She's been good to me lately - not any one particular thing, just in general. And for her, that's like pulling teeth. Definitely didn't go unappreciated. Next, the "where in the blue hell did all this come from" award goes to my fellas. I didn't know whether to be impressed, surprised, or proud, but Valentine's Day made me really feel good. Now most of the time, women are right. Men are dogs, we suck, blah, blah, blah. But Saturday was different. Six guys did a fantastic job of taking a few lovely ladies out for a good night. Some of the outings were planned out in advance, some just straight off the cuff, some were just friendship-type outings - but it was all quite possibly the most sweet & honest thing ever. Shit, next time a girl asks me where she can find a good man (which she should never ask with Piddy standing in front of her…), I'll just point to my boys. Good job fellas.

"There's plenty of ways you can hurt a man and bring him to the ground. You can beat him, you can cheat him, you can treat him bad, and leave him when he's down."
- Queen
Friends are your friends for a reason. They're there when you're sad. They're there when you're happy. Actually, most of the time they're happier for you when something good happens than you are. They've seen you at your best. They've seen you at your worst. Evenso, you should never take 'em for granted. The golden rule still applies with them too.

Quick Thoughts
There are times when you spend way too much time, energy, and money searching for something. Who knows what it is, doesn't matter. But have you ever stopped to think that whatever you're looking for was right under your nose the whole time?

Due to my most random of timing lately, living next to a house full of girls, and just being the most randomest of observers if you were to ask me when a girl is the prettiest, I'd probably say when she's in her pajamas. I'm not talking about like something sexy or whatnot. Just a t-shirt and some flannel/sweat pants. There's just something real natural about that.

"It's a shame. They say, "there's so much you know he'll never enjoy…" - Angie Aparo
You can never judge a book by its cover. The quietest people sometimes have the most interesting of conversations. You would be really surprised as to what's on their mind when you give them a chance to speak. If you can, make friends with that quiet person who's in all your classes. They have lots to say too - it's just that sometimes with everyone hogging the microphone they get lost in the shuffle.

"He wants more dinero just to stay at home, well my friend, ya gotta say…" - Offspring
You ever notice that looking for a job is like looking for a girlfriend? You go check out every job opening you can. Rejected here, looking for something long-term, only want a part-time thing, etc, etc and then after a while it gets old. Well eventually when you're about to just call it a quits, some job opens up, feels sorry for you and gives you a chance. Then just as things get rolling at the new place, all the other jobs you applied for start calling back, showing interest and whatnot. Apparently, you have to have a job for new jobs to even want to give you a second look. What's up with that?

(Ya know, I thought about this during the summer of sophomore year. Don't think it ever managed to make it into a real EAP, so here is just as good a spot as any)

Parting Thought
"It would help me to know do I stand in your way? Or am I the best thing you've had?"
- Pat Benetar
You should never throw yourself at someone unless you know they're willing to catch you. If not that fall is gonna hurt like a bitch…

Quick Shoutouts
Arianna: Boo for grad school. Boo for working. Boo for you getting Spring Break way earlier than me. Yay for you being in that Girls Gone Wild video.
Kim: Thank you very kindly. Twas a wonderful idea. I know who to come to now for random ideas…
Michele: Technically you don't deserve a shoutout. You were the first thing I talked about. What more do you want from me?
Kel: Ey, let's not forget about us over here. We like seeing you too sometimes. ;-) And how about you start getting up early enough to go to class with me?
Cassie: For the Accounting 307 notebook and tests, I expect all presents to be forwarded to my home address. ;-) And I'm so glad you cut back on the amount of work you were doing. You were making me look lazy… Okay. I do a good job of that myself.
Denny: As of lately, I don't know whether were should call you Rico Suave or Smooth Criminal.
Phil: Well my friend... You've definitely made this semester more interesting… Hot or Not? Sorry bro, I'm gonna have to go with Not. I mean you're cute and all, but I just don't find you attractive. Nothing personal.
Cecil: Thank ya kindly for bringing my suit back. I couldn't look sharp without you.
Tristan: So glad you stopped running. You were wasting away my friend. Now if we could just get you to not sleep during the day so much we'd be okay.
Jen: No. of times you fell - 0. No. of times Terence fell - 2. What does this prove? Other than the fact you're a better skater than me, not much. ;-) I'm still cooler… You might have the upper hand on being prettier than me tho. Not by much tho...not by much
Eric: So glad you could watch The Lion King 1 ½ with us. You did a good job at providing surround sound during so many scenes.
Chad: My Ultimate Ric Flair DVD would like to thank you for allowing me to purchase it. Good lookin' out there. Hope you appreciate the Friend of the Day award from 2/16/04