Movies for Christmas

     Hey guys I know I suck at posting new things but the good news is I'm posting something right now! In this post I'm not going to rant or rave, or even tell anything I can mark off my Bucket List which I am waiting to the end of the year and will just tell everything I've accomplished at one time. You may ask what are you going to write about. Well for those who know me you know I'm a huge nerd. One of my big nerd qualities is knowing more about movies than the average person would. So I decided being close to Christmas you may be looking for a good movie to watch about the holidays so to help you out I have put together a list of what I think are the best Christmas movies and why I feel that way.

   Before I start this list I want to say it was hard to pick 20 movies because there's so many terrible Christmas movies such as Christmas with the Kranks, Surviving Christmas, Deck the halls, and Four Christmases to name a few. These movies are all movies I have seen so if there is a movie that you feel should be on here there's a chance it does but I just haven't seen it. These movies are not in order of best to worst. I have chosen to put them in rating order so you can get an idea if these are movies to watch with the whole family or not. Which brings me to my next point some of these films are sick,twisted,raunchy, or all three. If there's a film you find offense than don't watch it. Please don't comment on how you can't believe I'd put a movie like that on this list because Christmas is a time for happy stuff or things like that. If you don't like a movie on this list don't watch it there are plenty of good family films on this list. Anyway without further waiting here's my list

1. It's a Wonderful Life (G) 1946
I saw this film believe it or not for the first time Christmas 2009. I was visiting some friends in Singapore. They didn't arrive until the next day so I was at the guesthouse by myself and didn't feel like going out. All that was there was a VHS player and a few films one being this movie. I watched it and instantly fell in love with this great movie. It's the story a man who decided that his life would be better if he wasn't born. So an angel shows him what a life without his birth would look like.
 Reason to Watch- It's  just all around a great movie. The story is good and heart warming, Jimmie Stewart and Donna Reed star both amazing at acting, and you can watch it with the whole family which makes it an all around great movie

2. Miracle on 34th Street (G) 1947
This is one that I can remember watching as a kid on TV this is also a favorite of my mom's so she would watch it at Christmas time. It's basically about a man who claims he's Santa they institutionalize him and a lawyer fights for the guy in trail claiming he's the real deal.
Reason to watch it- Besides the fact that it's a good family film. I would have to just point out it's a movie where they put a man on trail for being Santa Clause what more can I say to make a plea for this movie.

3.Holiday Inn (G) 1942
This is another one I didn't see until later. It was 2010 when I saw this one. I friend told me to check it out. I was surprised how much I loved this one especially the music. The main plot is I man who gets the boot from his girlfriend and is basically betrayed by his friend opens a club that is only open to celebrate the holidays.
Reason to watch it- Once again good family film with good acting. Also one of the songs is the beloved song White Christmas. I do need to point out for Lincoln's birthday there is a song and dance number in black face which is pretty stinken funny. Understand the reason it's funny is because it was unintentional racism in the since it wasn't done out of hate or spite which would make it not only not funny but not on this list. The whole reason for the black face is actually to disguise a woman's face I can't say more or I'd start telling parts of the plot. There is also a black lady who is the the house keeper. This is a very stereotypical character. The thing is now we can look back at a movie like this and see the ignorance and also see although things are still not perfect how far we have come from the racism of the past. 

4. The Muppet Christmas Carol (G) 1992
I love this movie I can remember being a kid and seeing it with my dad at movies. It was one of those movies both of us could enjoy and has remained one my dad and I can enjoy together even now. The plot is basically Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol but with Muppets.
Reason to watch it- As I said above it's a Christmas Carol told by Muppets I mean is there a better reason than this?

5. Home Alone (PG) 1990
I could talk about this movie forever I saw this one in theaters also and it became one of my favorites.The plot is basically a family gets on a plane headed to Paris when they realized we might have left something oh yeah we forgot our 8 year old Kevin. But don't feel to bad for Kevin he may be home alone but he befriends an old creepy guy who everyone thinks killed his family but turns out to be a normal and nice man who walks the street with a shovel. Not everyone wants to be Kevin's friend and he is forced to torture a pair of criminals who try to break into his house.
Reason to watch it- I am well aware my description of this movies makes it sound different than it is but I dare you to watch this movies and find any part of my description that is false. That being said the other reason to watch it is Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern as the wet Bandits and John Candy makes an appearance. These reason alone should be enough but if it's not this movie also is a great resource for learning how to stop burglars from breaking into your house by using everyday household objects and that's just a great lesson for all.

6.Home Alone 2 (PG) 1992
I love this movie I realize it's basically the same thing as part one but it was still a childhood favorites. My uncle worked at a movie theater and he gave me this poster that looked like a wanted poster and it said escaped Wet Bandits I wish I still had it. Basically the plot is Kevin's parents forget him again because apparently they are awful people this time in New York. But Kevin manages to stay in a luxury hotel until they find out he has his parents credit card but is there alone so he leaves the hotel goes to his aunts and uncle's house. They are gone but he stays there. While doing this Kevin befriends a crazy bird lady who turns out to be nice just like the creepy shovel guy from the first one. Guess who also happens to be in New York the two criminals from the first movie. This time they plan to rob a toy store of money for orphans. Since my guess is Kevin has a a soft spot for orphans and toys he once again beats up the criminals and saves the day.
Reason to watch-  First off for the moral lessons. Lesson 1 crime doesn't pay if you commit a crime a 9 year old child will beat you up. You hear that children who are reading this if you see a crime being committed the best thing you can do is take it into your own hands like Kevin. Lesson 2 don't judge people. Crazy people walking down the street are really nice people so the next time you see a man with a shovel in his hand talking to himself or a woman covered in birds make friends give them hug maybe invite them to stay with you because there's no way it would end bad. Other reasons for this movie It's funny, Stern and Pesci are back, and the hotel staff is played by Tim Curry aka that transvestite from Rocky Horror Picture Show and Rob Schneider aka that short guy who's always with Adam Sandler 

7. Elf (PG) 2003
Ok a have to start with a confession I can't stand Zooey Deschanel. I don't find her attractive I think she's weird looking with an annoying voice and she's not funny at all. Also what's up with that cutesy weird act she puts on. No one can be that weird and if she is she should be in a mental institute not making movies. I know I just got a little mean but I just don't understand how she is so popular. Anyway the point is this is a movie a like even though she is in it. If you haven't seen this movie it's about a human who was raised by elves and once he realizes he's a human leaves the North Pole to find his father in New York who works for a book company and is also on the naughty list.
Reason to watch- Because if you don't see this film you are depriving yourself of a modern classic. I admit when this film came out I was in college and like every other college guy at the time was convinced that Will Ferrell was the funniest man alive. I don't dislike Farrell now but my ideas of comedy have broaden since then. I say that to say even with my changing point of view I still love this movie. The reason why is you can watch it with your family. Also Ferrell's childlike portrayal of Buddy the elf who has never been seen the human world so everything is amazing is not only funny but also fun to watch as he figures things out. Like when he sees I sign that says worlds greatest cup of coffee(which obviously is just a marketing tool and not truly the worlds greatest coffee) he goes to congratulate the store on their achievement This innocence in the charter makes him really likeable. The other reason are James Caan and Bob Newhart are both in this movie two great actors so with all these reasons if you haven't seen it see it now you will thank me.

8.Ernest Saves Christmas (PG) 1988
I remember being a kid and loving the Ernest movies I honestly can't remember a whole lot from this film but it's on here because It's a Ernest movie and I still enjoy Ernest. The plot is Ernest a lovable goofball tries to help Santa find a replacement.
Reason to watch- Because it's a goofy mindless movie and sometimes it's good to watch those kind.

9. The Santa Clause (PG) 1994
I remember seeing this one in the theater with my parents and my little brother It's another fun movie. The plot is a man accidentally kills Santa Clause then makes the mistake of putting on Santa's suit which turns him slowly into Santa by making him really fat and old looking.
Reason to watch- Ok once again I have made the movie sound horrible when I described the plot I promise it's not as bad as it sounds it is ok for kids. You should see this movie because it is pretty good and you learn the lesson of if you find Santa's suit just lying around somewhere or because you killed him leave it be unless you want to become old and fat and live in the North Pole which is a cold place to live I imagine.

10. Jingle All The Way (PG) 1996
 This is a movie that gets panned alot but I really enjoy it. The plot is a dad waits until the last minute to try to get the most popular toy which a action figure called Turbo Man he then spends the rest of the movie in compettion with a mailman to find a Turbo Man action Figure.
Reason to watch- My main argument for this movie is Arnold Schwazenegger. I personally think that because of his accent anything he is in is gold. Think about the plot of Kindergarten Cop it's not that good. Anyone else in the role would have made it a forgettable movie but Arnold's butchering of the English language gives us lines like "it's not a tumba" which of course is Arnold's way of saying tumor. Just like Kindergarten Cop Arnold's accent is in full swing in this film. Another reason is Arnold fights everyone from Mini Me, The Giant who is a wrestler for WWE, and my favorite fight Arnold vs Sinbad. This fight is the best I can't think of a more worthy opponent than Sinbad. Also the late Phil Hartman is in it. He truly was a funny comedian.

That's it for now I will put the next 10 up in the next few days. The first 10 were all family films these next 10 even though some PG will start to stray away from Family friendly

Random thoughts Part 1 The Razorbacks

Ok it's been awhile since I've written. I don't even know if anybody reads this anymore but it's cool I like putting my thoughts down so I can look back and remember stuff. So first off this is a long post It's me doing what I do which is rant about random things that come to mind. This post is a rant on three things if you can't tell by the title. I will warn you I'm going to speak my mind and say whatever I'm thinking if that scares you or you're what some social circles call a wet blanket. You've been warned I'm bizarre and so this post shall be as well.

First Let's talk about the Arkansas Razorbacks. After the last two games all I can say is what the crap is going on!!!!!!! Note that I'm upset by the many exclamation points. I want to point out I'm not a wish-washy fan who turns from their team when they are loosing. I love the Hogs you will hardly ever hear a negative word come from my mouth when they don't do so good I'm the first to defend them. When I lived overseas I taught people how to call the Hogs. I even had cable and watched the Hogs in a bowl game when I lived in Asia. To pump myself up before this season I was singing the Arkansas fight song. I even wore my Hogs shirt after we lost to Louisiana-Monroe to show I was still a Hogs fan. I love the Hogs so much that when I sweat it smells like bacon. Ok that last one could be more of a medical thing maybe I should get that checked out but point is I love the Razorbacks.

So now that we have talked about my loyalty let's look at the last 2 games. Louisiana-Monroe I still stick by we had some injured players and our quarterback getting hurt was the final blow to us losing. I will point out we were winning before his injury. It was a tough lose but I had full faith we would come back. In my heart I knew we could not hang in the next game which would be against the powerhouse Alabama.  But 52-0 that isn't a game that's a massacre. I feel pretty confident a high school team could have gone in there and had a better game than that against the Tide. I feel really bad for our quarterback Tyler Wilson this is his last year to play he misses two games and one was bad the other was slobber knocker.

I won't be watching the game because I couldn't stand to see them loose again it would break my heart. I'm thinking they will win but with this record I'm very afraid. If they lose I will officially be done for the season. I've come up with a list of 10 things I'd rather do this Saturday than take a chance of watching my Hogs loose again.
1.Watch Bama play at least then I can see a team win.
2. Stare at the sun
3.Play as the Hogs on NCAA 2013 so I can see them win.
4. Dance and I'm a terrible dancer
5.Eat cake (no real reason this is on here I just like cake)
6. Gear up for Hogs basketball season
7. Work on my suck it speech I'll give to all the people who counted us out if we end up winning every game from now on.
8.Dream about our glorious season we will have next year/
9. Watch real futbal.
10. Come up with a list that's not as crappy as this one because I'm making this one up as I go.


I guess I'll end on that note I know I said three things but since this was so long I'm dividing this post into 3 parts I promise parts 2 and 3 coming real soon. Goodbye for now and Go Hogs beat Rutgers please.

I got a new post here!!!

So it's been awhile since I wrote but it's been hard with school going on and no interwebs for awhile but I'll try to hit the high points of my life. Also I'm working on the Bucket List but will save that for another post. First I want to talk about my 4 weeks of awesome. I'll hit the highlights, I wore a sweater vest one day it was pretty sweet I looked amazing I might start wearing sweater vest from time to time. Also I did the Mormon look one day you know black pants, white shirt, tie pretty spiffy. The two best days were the days I wore a disco shirt and golf shoes. Then for my final day I wore a poncho and a sombrero to class. My professor stopped class just to say hola to me.

Now that I have the 4 weeks of awesome recap out of the way I want to share some random thing from May and April that happened. First I want to talk about my awesome trip to McDonald's. I ordered some double cheese burgers and the bun was completely burnt. I mean charcoal looking it looked as someone had thrown the burgers in a bonfire. Which leads me to two questions, Why were they toasting my burger buns and How does someone not notice a black burger bun when they are wrapping a burger. How stupid can you be? I took them back and all they said was I'll get a new one. Seriously that's all you have to say? No I'm sorry or how does this happen but instead you give me nonchalant I'll get you a new one I mean how many times has this happened that it's no longer surprising?  I'm not surprised though because McDonald's hates my family I've decided. My mom once ordered a Quarter pounder no cheese. When she opened it I t was just a bun no meat, no trimmings just a bun. Another time my brother ordered a apple pie bit into it and there was a block of wood inside it. Seriously how do you not noticed a block of wood when you are baking a pie? That is why I say McDonald's must hate my family. Which I say screw you McDonald's I'm going to Burger King.

Next on the way back to Arkansas from North Carolina I wasn't watching my gas gauge good and all the sudden my gas light dinged. I started to get scared because for the next 20 miles there was no gas stations in any of the towns but there were not one but two Adult shops. Which makes me say really who says you know I could put a gas station here but you know what people really want is porn and sex toys that they have to drive to get to and risk getting spotted instead of just getting the stuff off the internet. Yeah no one says that because an adult store in a rice field is stupid.So random persons in Arkansas that owns those stores if you read this put a gas station up for dumb people like me who don't check their gas gauge.

Last thing before I go is I want to put my newest misheard lyric on here. For those who don't know I miss hear lyrics a lot so from time to time I'll put some misheard lyrics up. The song a miss heard was Company Car by Switchfoot. If you don't know this song then check it out it's cool.
my lyrics: I got the company car I'm the one singing at Tupelo bar.
Real lyrics: I got the company car I'm the on swinging at two below par.
Ok I'll do one more if your my friend you know this if not get ready. It's from the song Because of you by Kelly Clarkson.
My lyrics: Because of you I never swam to far in the ocean
Real Lyrics: Because of you I never strayed to far from the sidewalk.

Ok that's all I got I'm out check back for new posts
 

4 weeks of awesome

It's that time again when I just start thinking of random crap and then I let it flow on to this blog aka a new post. I guess I'll begin with talking about my idea for the next 4 weeks. Anyone who knows me knows I'm a random person I have no method to my madness I just do whatever I feel to be a good idea at the time and hope it's actually as cool as it seemed in my head. My newest idea is simply being titled 4 weeks of awesome. What this means is for 4 weeks I'm going to have a different theme each week on what I wear. The reason I came up with this is anyone who knows me knows I'm the most chill person in the world on some things. One of these things is the way I dress. I pretty much like to wear t-shirts and jeans or shorts depending on the weather and sandals. It's safe to say I'm a fashion nightmare. For 3 of the 4 weeks I'm going to try a little self improvement. The last week is just going to be out there. So if you know me and see me dressing different now you know why. I'll make brief description of each week for you so you'll know what's going on from week to week

Week 1- This week I'll be wearing nice dress cloths which will include khakis, dress shirts, dress shoes, ties, and sweater vests. this could be the most shocking week because I've never worn a sweater vest so even I'm a little nervous.

Week 2- This week I'll wear my button up shirts that are more causal and not as dressy I might even wear jeans with them.

Week 3- this one is not as big of a deal I'm just changing my style a little from t-shirts to polo shirts.

Week 4- This week I'm calling the wtf is he wearing week. I'm not sure what I'll be wearing but it will be crazy everyday and I have some crazy costumes we'll just see what happens this week all I can say is be afraid be very afraid

I guess that's good for today at the end of each week I will give a report of how the week went and how people responded so check back often and be ready because you never know where my randomness might take me.

First thing I can cross off my bucket list

Ok so I'm writing this post because one of my bucket list items have been completed as of 2 days ago. This item is number 132 have a fan club with at least 50 members. I got a link on Facebook to my fan page which has 112 members.As of now one thing on the list down only 149 t0 go. To celebrate I'm going on a huge rant.

Ok here's the deal I really want to see the movie 21 Jump Street. The reason I haven't is because of that worthless excuse of an actor Channing Tatum. In my opinion he is the worst actor ever. I know some people are like your just jealous. This is not true I know he's better looking than me and can probably get more women in a day than I could my entire life. This is the chain of life the good looking get by based on hotness and the rest of us get by through our talents. The problem is Channing has no talent and shouldn't be rewarded with more movie roles. Woman you can't really tell me you enjoy his movies. If he looked like fat Jonah Hill but had the same acting skills you would not watch his movies. If you want to ogle over him get a calender don't support his movies.

I understand the appeal of him. Men have a version of Channing it's Olivia Munn. Olivia is hot and I would say most of the male population would agree but as hot as she is she can't act. This doesn't mean she can't be on tv. She unlike Channing found her niche and that is being on G4 as a host. She didn't have to do anything but go to things like Comic Con ask some easy questions and look hot. The nerds in return show her love because it's as close as most of them will ever get to finding that mythological woman who is hot,loves video games,and wants to take vacations to Sci Fi conventions. But when Munn tried her hand at real acting like the Daily show she failed. Some of you might say the Daily show isn't that basically just interviewing people. No it's more than that it's satire. To do that you have to have comedic timing which she did not,all she had was looks. Don't get me wrong there are many good looking people out there with talent and comedic timing I'm just saying Munn and Channing do not posse those qualities so watch there interviews buy their calenders but please I beg of yo don't watch their movies. Stand with me against this horrible travesty of them getting lead roles over people who can actually act.

To finish my random babble I will leave you with a break down of Channing movies to show how bad of an actor he is.
1. Coach Carter- Wow he's so forgettable I didn't know he was in this movie. This movie is only good because of Samuel L Jackson
2. Supercross- to be fair this movie took a collaboration of bad acting such as Aaron Carter to be as terrible as it was.
3. War of the Worlds- it's fitting the worst Spielberg film (yes I would say worse than Indiana Jones 4) would have Channing in it. Note besides these 2 films everything Spielberg does is amazing
4. Havoc- This movie is so bad all I can remember is it's one of a billion films where Anne Hathaway gets naked.
5. She's the man- This is the first time I can recall saying wow this guy is a bad actor.
6. A guide to recognizing your saints- didn't see but despite Channing it looks like it could be good.
7. Step up- did anyone truly like this film
8. Battle in Seattle- to be fair I didn't know this was a movie so can't hate on it.
9. Step up 2- all I can say is really.
10. Stop-loss- I actually enjoyed this one Channing wasn't in it enough to ruin it.
11. Fighting- All I can say is thank you Channing for proving you can make a film about underground street fighting boring without trying to. I didn't think it was possible.
12. Public Enemies- Chaniing probably thanked his lucky stars he was in a well written,well directed movie with 2 great actors Depp, and Bale. These factors forgave his bad acting in an otherwise good film.
13. G.I. Joe- This movie was so bad I can't talk about it out of respect to the cartoon.
14. Dear John- Boring!!
15. The Dilemma- to be fair this was a conscience effort on everyone involved in the film for it to be as bad as it was.
16. The Son of No One-Never seen it but on the cover Channing is sporting an amazing creeper mustache
17. The Eagle- I refuse to see this one looks to terrible.
18. Ten year- No clue about this one never heard of it.
19. Haywire- Haven't seen it but it looks like it could be ok
20. The vow- it's a not funny 50 first dates
21. 21 Jump Street- We'll see
22. G.I. Joe part 2- I'll admit I have hi hopes for this movie but my question is if you want to revamp a movie franchise why would you bring back the worst actor from the first movie?
23. Magic Mike- This film has both Channing and Munn!!! By no means should anyone see this film. It's fitting that this movie is in 2012 because it might be a sign of the Apocalypse.

More crazy things in my life

Ok so first off I want to put the link down I told you guys to check out on my last post http://mesothelioma.com/blog. A couple crazy things have happened in the last week but those who know me won't be shocked because strange things happen to me all the time I think sometimes people hangout with me just to see what will happen and I can't blame them weirdness follows me. So I know I ramble and sometimes even I can't follow my posts because I've gone off in left field. So to keep some order I will share 3 things and that's it today.

First thing I want to bring up is something that happened the other day at Sam's Club. My friend Andrew and I went there to eat. I know that is pretty cheap of us but when your poor $1.50 hot dog Coke combo is the greatest thing known to man. So after we ate we were looking around and we saw a huge umbrella and under the umbrella was a patio set. We were joking about how cool it would be to buy one and set it outside my apartment because it would take up the whole yard space. All the sudden this cougar appeared if you don't know what cougar is the urban dictionary defines it as A strong, sexy woman approximately 40-55 years old who prefers younger men. I agree with this definition except for one thing sexy because everyone has a different view of sexy so there's no way to measure that. Anyway this cougar (who had so much work done she looked like Joan Rivers), came over and started talking about how much she loves the umbrella and how she was thinking about buying one. As she began talking 2 things became clear one she didn't care at all for the umbrella and two she was after Andrew I could have been chopped liver. This is ok with me and also I can see why. Andrew always dresses nice he looks like he's a member of a country club. I on the other hand dress as if I just woke up and am wearing what I slept in. It's because basically I wear t-shirts, jeans and Sanuks most of the time. That my be why cougars hit on Andrew and I tend to get the more weird,crazy,or drunk woman hitting on me. Anyway this woman is really just going on about this umbrella to Andrew. I mean nobody gets that enthused by an umbrella. Then she started she pulled out the big moves as she talked she began to rub the pole of the umbrella with her hands in a suggestive way. Then she said look how easy it is to fold down and she began to crank the umbrella folding it down. She did this bending down making sure you could see down her shirt. I almost lost it there that's not right I mean that woman was old enough to be Andrew or mine mom gross. Then she pretended like she couldn't crank it back up and had Andrew help her crank it I think so she could get help from here strong man. After that Andrew was like I don't think I'll buy this today and we walked off it was insane I still can't believe it happened.

Second thing is yesterday I walked outside and there was a cake on my doorstep it said congrats Kelly. Ok first thing is who's Kelly? Neither my roommate or neighbors or myself is named Kelly. I feel bad for Kelly they never got their cake now they may never know how much they are truly appreciated sad times for Kelly. Next thing I want to know is who the crap puts a cake on someones door and just leaves it? There is no scenario that this would be a good idea. It was in the 70's yesterday the cake melted by the time I saw it which was at 3pm so who knows how long it was there. All I know is Kelly you might need new friends because the ones you have aren't very bright. That's pretty much the whole story found a cake on my porch.

Last I just have to share my excitement of Saved by the Bell being on Netflix! I mean this was my favorite show as a child. Now I can relive all the great moments such as Screech trying to put moves on Lisa, Zach and his big cell phone, and let's not forget the awesome music from the band Zac Attack. Anyway no one else may care but when I saw it on Netflix all I could say is I'm so excited I'm so excited I'm so ...... scared.

Ok guys so this post I'm about to put up is not from me. It's written by someone else named Melanie. From now on every once in awhile I'll have guest posts on here. Don't worry you'll still get my completely insane rants about nothing and get ready I have some crazy stories for you. But I like the idea of every once in awhile being serious. These posts will mostly be about health and I know I haven't always been the best on my health but as I get older I'm realizing it's pretty important. Most people don't know this but I actually went vegetarian for the month of Feb and part of March. Anyway this post is pretty good it's about ways to reach your goals I hope it's helpful also check out the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance blog which I'll put a link up to. Now without further waiting here's the post.

Cataloging Your Goals for Motivation, Inspiration and Success

Having dreams and goals you'd like to accomplish is a basic part of the human experience. When faced with a life-threatening illness, such as breast cancer or mesothelioma, the desire to fulfill desires and achieve goals can be even more significant. No matter an individual's circumstances or prognosis, the achieving of life goals can provide significant benefits, including better quality of life through improved self-esteem and personal fulfillment.

Recording your goals
One positive way to go about achieving hopes and dreams is to keep a record of your goal-reaching process. As well as cataloging goals, include the methods you plan to use in achieving them and the progress you make along the way. Seeing tangible progress in writing will help keep you motivated, focused and inspired.

Aside from the obvious health and wellness goals, many people with cancer use their illness as an opportunity to improve their quality of life by fulfilling lifelong dreams and desires. According to the National Cancer Institute, goals should be specific and attainable. Travel, for example, is a goal shared by many. If you've always wanted to travel to a foreign country, consider keeping a travel journal. In your journal, include photos of your desired destination, a list of sights you'd like to see on your journey and the steps you've taken in reaching your travel goals. This could include learning the basics of a foreign language, getting a passport and keeping a record of any savings you've accumulated in preparation of your trip.

You can keep a record of other types of goals, as well. For instance, if you've always wanted to learn a craft, such as sewing or embroidery, write down your ultimate goals and all the steps you plan to take in attaining them. For example, if your goal is to sew your own dress or outfit, record each step of your learning experience. You can even insert photos of your progress and, for motivation, examples of what you'd like to achieve.

Blogging
As an alternative to keeping a journal, many people create a blog in which to catalog their hopes and dreams. Blogging can be a great outlet for creativity, and can serve as a significant source of motivation and inspiration. In addition, blogs also provide support in the form of fellow bloggers and online friends.Take it Step-by-StepInstead of focusing on the big picture, look at achieving your goals as a step-by-step process. This way, you're less likely to feel overwhelmed, bored or discouraged. Dream big, but set small goals in order to attain your end results. Don't forget to record your progress, and make it a point to celebrate each victory you experience on your way to achieving your goals!

OT game

Ok this post is going to be more devoted to this sweet game
I invented for OT class but there is one important thing I want to share. What I want to say is this blog will still be
my random thoughts but I have an awesome opportunity to use this site for
something good. From time to time starting with my next post I will have
someone guess posting about tips for more healthy living so check these post
out I think they will be beneficial.

Ok now to explainabout my game. The thing is OT is a special class I’m not even sure how else to
explain that statement. A lot of crazy things happen every week so I have invented
a game to help pass time. So without further ado here’s the game.

The Game
Ok here’s how the game works it’s a drinking game. Before
you freak out we will be replacing alcohol with water or your favorite soft
drink. I don’t ever recommend drinking in class. So once you choose your drink
which I will be using 16 oz bottles of diet rite because it’s cheap. Ok basically
this game is easy I will have a point system. Every time something happens from
the list you look and see if it’s a one shot two shot or three shot thing. And
then you take that many shots. My theory is I can finish at least three 16 oz
bottles before class is over. So pretty simple right? Let’s get started.

Automatic shot- If WCG brings tea in a mason jar.

One shot- 1. Every time WCG
says something.
2. every time laffy McGhee laughs
3. When the prof ask
WCG what he thinks

Two shots- 1.whenever WCG
says it’s all about Roshi.
2. Whenever Laffy gets through a full statement without
Laughing

Three shots- 1. Whenever WCG actually says something relevant.
2. Whenever someone besides Laffy or WCG talks
That’s all I got I can add later but I’ll test
this game tomorrow and see how

A bunch of random thoughts

So it's been awhile since I've written. School has been the all consuming focus of my life it seems. This week I'm caught up and next week is Spring break so things are going to be a little more chill. I'm working on some of my bucket list items and hopefully will have a few post and pictures about that as I complete them. But today I am going to use my blog to let off a little steam of some things that bother me plus I random thought I had.

OK the first thing I want to bring up is 8 am classes. What insane person came up with this concept? Now I know what some people are already thinking I get up at 5 am and go to work and your complaining about 8 am class. My response is yes I am. The deal is you have motivation your up that early because you are making that money. I on the other hand I am actually paying to get my lazy butt up and go to class. I mean think about it for a moment. I'm not a morning person yet I'm forced to get up out of my comfy bed. Does it end there no it's just the beginning. I now have to take a shower, brush my teeth, put on clothes and make an effort to look presentable. After I find my keys I have to drive past a highschool and its traffic then once I get to school and park it's so far away that my walk from the parking lot to class is almost the same as if I'd just walked from my apartment. Once in class I have to take out a notebook and a pen and write stuff down while trying to not fall asleep. If you do it's frowned upon and trust me if you wear sunglasses so the professor can't see your eyes they catch on pretty fast. I know it seems like I'm complaining but I have a solution to the problem. I propose we make 8 am classes illegal. I know this sounds harsh but it's the only way so let's band together and fight for this cause. If we do lazy students everywhere will sing our praises.

Man when I rant I really rant so to make this shorter I'll only put 2 thoughts on here and save my final thought as a post 2 days from now. So next thought I will try not to spend to much time on but after I share I'd love to get others opinion on. OK so my school has Chapel on Tuesdays. I was sitting in the very back because I'm old and my knee was acting up. There was a couple sitting on the row in front of me they where the only people on the row. So they began just getting all up on each other I mean they were so close they could have been Siamese twins. The whole service the dude was playing with the girls hair and a couple of times his freaky self started smelling her hair. I'm pretty sure he got him some 2nd base action as well. I have a huge problem with this. OK so here's the thing I don't care that they wanted to get all freak a leak with each other as the great philosopher Bobby Brown said that's their prerogative. They are grown adults their choices in their relationship is between them but seriously not in public. I'll admit there are places that showing affection is cool such as clubs, places where you dance, music festivals anything goes at music festival it's like Vegas what happens there stays there. Well unless your at a bluegrass or Christian music fest those are exceptions to the rules. Anyway my point is that I can forgive some places but in a chapel!!! What is wrong with those people that's a sacred place. I mean am I wrong on this? I think any place of worship any religion is off limits for a make out session. If they can't control themselves they should have skipped chapel. I mean it's not like they keep record if you come or not. Go to your apartment I don't need a show. The fact that they disrespceted themselves,the school, and me is bad enough. But it also made me loose my appetite but it came back in like 20 minuets after all I'm a big man I need my food. Anyway I've ranted enough what do you think I'm I being an old man on this?

Random question: who is your favorite Beatle and why? please if you read this answer this question I will use the answers to as a survey for a later post also I'll probably start asking more random questions because that's how I roll

Bucket List

This year I have decided to start my blog back up for no other reason but because I have a lot of fun writing down my crazy thoughts. Also this year I'm going to start trying to mark things off my bucket list.

I've had some people tell me that I should make the list public so they could get ideas for their bucket lists. So that's what I'm doing. My list is made up of 150 things which I know is going to be a challenge. But to help with this I've decided to do 15 before 2012 is over.

I wanted to make sure I didn't just pick easy ones so I had 3 friends go through the list and each pick their five favorites. The ones they picked make up my 15 before 2012 list. Beside posting my random thoughts on here I will be posting every time I complete an item off the list rather it's on my top 15 or just in my bucket list.

You may ask Dustin what happens if you don't get all 15 things accomplished. And I'd say to that super question you. Well for every goal I don't complete I will do something crazy and post it on here. I don't know what that is yet but if you have suggestions of what I should do if I fail to complete these task feel free to leave comments on any post throughout the year.

I've divided the whole list into categories to make it easier because 150 things is a lot to read. Feel free to steal any ideas you know not all these are Dustin originals. I know present to you the list!!!

Top 15 things I most do in 2012

1. Swim in a pool of Jello ( this is because when I was little I heard someone in a cartoon say this and thought man that would be cool.)

2.Bungee jump

3.Learn to Salsa (I've always wanted to learn a dance so I figured why not pick the sexiest looking one.)

4. Go fire walking (Because it's manly or stupid I think it borders the edge of both.)

5. go on an insane blind date (still deciding which direction to go here either have a date that is so awesome that even if we don't work out the stander for all dates from now on will be the date I took her on or it's so crazy and weird she'll never forget it. Either one I pick the goal is she'll talk about it forever.

6. kiss a random stranger must be female (the reason is I am terrible with women I could write a book about all the bad relationships I've had partially because I know how to pick the crazies but the other part is I lose all confidence around them so this is on here to prove I can be smooth hopefully.)

7. Milk a cow (you may say why I say why not)

8.Get a group of strangers to do the YMCA in a public place (because nothing brings people together like disco)

9. Host a radio or television talk show

10. Spend all day in a kilt. (it just seems like it would be comfortable.)

11. Street preform all day and give the money to a stranger.

12. Buy a homeless guy a meal and listen to his life story.

13. Go gator hunting (This one might be hard)

14. Wear a tuxedo T-shirt to a formal event. (Nothing says I can be causal and classy at the same time like a tux t-shirt)

15. Go to either a midget wrestling or midget tossing event (Hope no one takes offence but you have to admit both these advents would be awesome.)

Events

16. Go to taping of SNL

17.watch the ball drop in Times square

18.See a Broadway play ( the one I'm trying for is book of Mormon but any will do)

19. Oktoberfest in Germany

20. carnival in Brazil

21.Burning man in Vegas

22. La Tomato Spain

23. Sundance film fest

24.Macy's thanksgiving Parade.

25. Comic Con ( Who's a nerd? This guy)

26. Do the Doughman ( It's a triathlon slash eating contest nuff said)

Meet famous people

27. Ask out a celeb. (not going to name which ones I like because that narrows down the likely hood of pulling this one off.)

28. Meet a president (Has to be US prez but it can be any VP's don't count that would be the equivalent to dating Miss America's average looking cousin)

29.hangout with Jack Black (He seems like he'd be fun to chill with)

Fame

30. Invent something

31. Be on national TV

32. Have something named after me. ( I should add it has to be good no naming your rabid dog,earthquakes, or poops after me.)

33. Voice a cart ton(I think my unique voice is perfect for an animated character.

Extreme thing or at least things I find extreme

34. Swim with sharks (preferably great whites)

35.ride a dune buggy in the desert

36. Drive the auto bon.

37.Shoot a bazooka

38. Drive a tank

39. Learn to ride a unicycle

40. Buy a junk car and do crazy stunts in it.

Self improvement

41. Learn Jiu Jitsu

42.learn conversational Spanish

43.learn to play guitar

44. Read 1,000 novels everyone should read ( I have a list.)

45. See AFI's 100 funniest movies

46. See every Best picture Oscar winner

47. See every Cannes film fest best picture winner.

48. Build something ( when I was younger I tried to build a bug cage and accidentally shot staples into my hand with a staple gun I never built anything again.)

49. Have enough money to go to a really fancy fundraiser.

50. Get down to 180 and keep the weight off for at least 6 months.

Sporting Events

51. Superbowl

52. Watch a live Sumo match

53. see a final 4 NCAA game

54. Watch the cardinals play ( My grandpa was a huge Cardinals fan I never got to go with him to a game so this is kind of a tribute to him.

55.Watch the Hogs in a bowl game.

56. Go to the world cup

57. See Indy 500

58. See Vegas fight

59. Watch Arsenal play a game.

60. See a muay Thai fight

61. Watch UNC vs Duke basketball ( It's not that I'm a fan of either but I like a good rivalry game plus I was told tickets are impossible so I'm proving that wrong.

USA Travel

62. Spit on all 50 states ( because anyone can just go to all 50 states)

63. Swim all great lakes

64.Go to N.O. and visit Jazz club.

65.Grand Canyon

66. Northern lights

67.the Met

68. The Smithsonian

69. Statue of Liberty

70. Coney Island

71. Hershey factory

72. See the 4 coners

73.visit all US territories

74.Martha's vinyard.

75.Las Vegas

76. Venice Beach

77. Mt Rushmore

78. Niagara Falls

79. Heart Attack grill

80.Mall of America

81. Ice Skate Rockerfeller center

Personnel these are things that in some way are personnel to me.

82. Own a monkey ( I've wanted to do this since I was a child)

83. Go to Culinary school.

84. Jump off a cliff into water. ( Many years ago all my friends were doing this and I chickened out so I've always wanted a second chance.)

85. Go on a cruise

86. See Bare Naked Ladies in concert. ( I've missed seeing them 6 times so it's important to finally get to see my fave band live.)

87. Kiss in the rain (It looks cool in the movies.)

88. Reenact the Bohemian Rhapsody seen from Waynes world. ( Wayne and Garth always seemed to be having a blast why not give it a shot).

89. Get in a fight or take a punch from a pro fighter. ( It's like Brad Pitt said in fight club you don't know yourself until you've been in a fight. I'm trying to remember the quote from the top of my head may not be word for word.)

90. get another tat

91. Take 1,000 dollars lie it down on a number in craps and see what happens

92.Catch a fish with my bare hands, Spear, or noodling

93. Get married in a over the top unusual way. ( I know this will depend on my wife who will probably already have her perfect wedding in mind so I'll mark this one off if I get married that's close enough.)

94. Play Rugby( It seems like an awesome sport.)

95. Go off the grid for 6 months

96. Watch Wizard of Oz while listening to Dark side of the moon.

97. Own a motorcycle

98. Fly first class

99. Don't shave for 6 months ( I'd have a man beard if I do this.)

100. Learn to juggle

101. Get over my fear of mimes

102. Buy a storage unit and make money off it. ( I've wanted to do this way before storage wars)

Travel international

103. Great Barrier reef

104. visit Canada.

105. Ride a Gondola in Venice

106. swim in the world's largest swimming pool in Chile

107. Mt. Fugi

108. Parthenon in Greece

109. Stonehenge in UK

110.Vatican city

111. Notre Dame (Paris not Indiana)

112. Machu Picchu Peru

113. the Colosseum

114. Petra in Jordan

115. Christ the Redeemer in Brazil

116. the Great wall

117. Chichen Itza in Mexico

118. Taj Mahal

119. Visit the Hermitage Museum in Russia

120. Walk down Abby road

121. Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam

122. Go to Israel

123. The Louvre

1224. Blarney stone. (Will do my best to kiss it)

125. go through Nightmares fear factory a haunted house in Niagara falls

126. Go back to Malaysia

127. Maldives

128. Visit all 7 continents (So far I've got 3 Asia, Africa, and North America

funny and random

129. Hangout with someone with my exact first and last name.

130. Celebrate a strangers B-day

131. Make a strangers day ( this one is pretty vague)

132. Have my own fan club ( must have 50 members.)

133. Star in a cheesy B-film

134. Dress like a homeless guy ask people for change when they say no give them change.

135. Play cowbell in a band ( yes I will admit this idea came from the cowbell skit)

136. play a huge game of glow in the dark Frisbee

Food

137. Eat spotted dick ( this is a pudding from England)

138. eat a meal that cost over 100 bucks

139. eat 1,000 dollar Sunday ( when I first heard about this I said there better be gold on that thing turns out there is and it's edible.

140. Eat chicken and waffles. (Must be from a place that specializes in this dish)

141. eat Kobe beef

142. Eat Haggis ( This is banned in the US as far as I know)

Creative

143. write and preform a song

144. make a documentary

145. write a book.

146. have my name in the credits of a television show.

Challenge this means either a competition or something that will take going various places to get

147. Eat all the man vs food restaurants.

148. Win an eating contest

149. Visit every Ripley's

150. get a shot glass from every Hard Rock cafe that is open at this time.