Chicken - Do you usually win sidewalk chicken?

Hit me. Come on. Hit me.

The Joker walks forward, Batman speeds towards impact.

Last night, following a fairly late dinner, our party exited the restaurant. We headed to our vehicles. At an establishment nearby was a party, outside; compromised of 10-12 individuals conversing. Squeezing by them a friend of mine was nearly struck by a car moving to park in a stall. A larger truck had obstructed the driver's vision. Thinking about it, both on larger and smaller scales, it slightly infuriated me. It may be that I have an ego problem, superiority complex, compulsive argumentative personality, or some other social/mental disorder. I'm not sure.

Sure about what?

Well, in brief we have a sidewalk. Although only approximately 6 feet wide, would that not encompass a path traveling N and a path traveling S to be universally shared when two parties moving in the opposite directions vie for space?

In other words, if the party of 10-12 felt like conversing, a wiser spot to do so would be one that allows for convenient interaction without the burden on other people. Inside the club they had came from, at a restaurant, a place wider than 6 feet wide.

Ok, maybe I'm being a bit too anal about this.

I go hiking/jogging on trails often, also to malls and walk down sidewalks. I can't help but notice that I often move, a lot more than everyone else. Which makes me wonder.

Why am I moving? Why are they seemingly, not considering this an option on their end?

Today I decided to take notes. Each time I walked or ran, and had someone walking in my direction, on line to collide with me I tried my best to make eye contact. I walked up to approximately 10 feet on a direct collision course. If during this process the other person were to move, I would continue on. If not, I would deviate and allow them to pass.

Strangely, of the 50 instances, only 6 deviated. Of those 6, 2 were women, 4 were parents with children.

Changing the distance to 5 feet, I saw a large improvement.

33/50 deviated. A surprise statistic emerged here. Of the 33 people that deviated, 25 were men. Only 2 were women and 6 were parents with children.

Mind you, I got a few strange looks while conducting most of these experiments as I was walking back and forth over a 150m area. How else would I find this out though!?!?!

While I'm sure that I could draw soft hypothesis' from my observation I'm quite certain random fluctuation would prove far too high to have any bearing what so ever in terms of forming statistical definition.

I asked a few people why they didn't move, politely. Of the 10 I did ask, no women responded, or gave me brief glares, and no men did either, no glares either, with exception to one man in his 40-50's who said he thought I was going to move out of his way, or he would have. I asked him if he cared to comment on his yearly salary.

He left with a bewildered look of fear and confusion on his face.

My question: Do people who are walking at me, think they are better than me? has yet to be proven, or solved.


Does anyone think like this? Seriously, I'd like to know. I mean I can't help but feel that two people on one path should be much like flipping of a coin. Yet, after a while, continuous results of 70-80% tails following hundreds of attempts seems quite the contrary.

Again, sorry, maybe I have something wrong with me :P

What's new in 2 weeks? - 5 new things I've found that you might like.

5. Kashi Go Lean Crunch

I've tried both varieties. The original and the Honey Almond Flax variation. If you need get some babies dropping, or would just like to increase your fiber/protein intake I would recommend these cereals.

Marks on taste alone of course won't be as high as say Frosted Flakes or Apple Jacks. However, it does have a bit more sugar compared to it's other Kashi brethren by a few grams or so. Subsequently tasting a lot better IMHO.

Honey Almond Flax goes down with a Honey Smacks aftertaste. Original has more of a cinnamon one.

One pitfall of the cereal is that it is a bit hard. One work around is to eat it with milk. The texture is much improved after 10-15 seconds of bathing.

In the universe that is eating healthy, sacrifices and exceptions are made and passed over. This cereal is one sacrifice I can easily make.

4. Breyers all natural Fruit Swirls Fruit Bars

After a hard workout these are pretty noice! 40 calories per bar, which are decently sized. I like these compared to the regular singular flavor choices because I end up getting tired of them after a while. That usually leads to me discovering it a month or two later, still in my freezer, looking like a blizzard committed hit and run on my fruit bar.

All of the flavors taste great, the combinations are orange/strawberry, blueberry/lemon, lemon/strawberry and strawberry/blueberry.

A box will come with 2 of each flavor.

Ok, enough about food FFS. Making myself hungry. Mm.. Water.. drink.. let the thoughts float away..

3. Good Reads - book review website

Brains count for something. If nothing more than demonstrating your intellectual capacity to the opposite sex. Well, for most woman/men I believe. You can also be hip, stylish, nerdy, studious..

WHAT YOU READ SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT YOU!!

If you want it to. So, if you want to share a page-flipping review of a book you just got through, or are looking for scholorly guidance on the most complex book to grace man kind, check the site out.

If you are lucky, some of the books are availible for free download. For me personally I was pretty stoked. Find a book, there is no need to go to a book store, it's free.. Honestly, pretty awesome is it not?

For all you GeekONerdulous' laughing at me for just finding this out, you laugh. Laugh well my friend, I'll find you one day out on a basketball court, or running around the track. You'll pull out your e-book reader thingy and I'll know it's you. Then it's all over bud.. trust.

2. Feedbooks - e-book download site

So this follows #3. Searchable database with free downloadable e-books. I'm sorry, this is just.. hrmm.. Free, books. I'm kinda happy, honestly. Free.. books.. Books.. that I can keep.. for free..

Seriously! free books! cartwheel in real life with me? serious.. just one.. the half turn ones that we learned when we were 5.. k go!

1. Grooveshark - music sampling/internet radio

WTF YOU ALREADY KNEW ABOUT THIS TOO?

Damn, you are pretty with it. Props to you. Take 5 seconds give yourself a pat on the back.

For those of you who aren't interweb afficianados. Groove shark serves a dual purpose. If a song is located within it's digital library you can listen to it, share it and add it to a playlist. It also is like Pandora (Music Genome Project), in it's ability through the "auto play" function to suggest music based on your previous songs.

You can thank me later for helping you to find an obscure band playing jamaican death metal..

Oh and it's easy to share via twitter, all the more reason to pay homage.

A Not So Hot Début - My Second Attempt to Set the Record Straight

A bit vague, semi-stalkerish, unsuccessful. Allow me to put a bit more of myself out there in hopes of explaining why I'm here.

If A > B and B > C, then A > C. Logic. It's what I know and often how I think. While I realize this is part of me, my identity/personality, I also would like to expand myself as a person.

Truth be told the entire "who is she" question is one that I personally know the answer to. I've posted a response to her on her blog. I doubt she will return, but I'm not about to contact her at the moment either. Although I could.

Why?

Because the timing isn't right.

"It will never be right if you don't ever try."

I will. At the moment we are in different states, and I am looking to pursue professional goals that do not yield the type of liberty with which I hope to possess when I contact her. Which is why I'm waiting.

Why is this person special? She's rare. Probably one of the most intelligent people I've ever spoken to; for all of a few minutes and brief conversations at least. She's extremely attractive, a brilliant writer, exceptionally spicy, quick and humorous with remarks. She enticed my senses fully and I wish I would have told her so when I had the chance. I didn't. And now it has passed.

With the current state my life is in at the moment, I'm looking to stretch myself in different ways. Physically, mentally and professionally. We'd all like to be able to do everything we set out to, each and every day. But time doesn't always allow for this. Which is what this window of time is for.

I'd like to better myself for me. For her too, but mostly for me. Have you ever crushed on someone, in the process exceeding your own personal limitations with the prospect of romance in mind? On the court, knowing your crush was watching, running harder, playing harder? Maybe in class, doing more homework so your remarks were purposeful and intelligent? I feel it's no different here. While contacting her is something I would like to do, and will do in the future, holding her in limbo just out of my reach will allow me to better myself more than I could do alone. So I am.

If it pans out, sweet! No, scratch that. HELL YES! Corny. That indescribable moment where doubt meets certainty, fear resides, failure flies, and joy pulses in your chest. Decent. Onward.

I have the window of time. I know how to contact her, why is it necessary for this blog?

I'M SORRY. I'M TOTALLY, A FOOL FOR LOVE STORIES.

I admit. I want chance. I want luck. I want storybook. Letting life take me by the testicles. I've always played it safe, done what was "socially right". College, jobs, sports, student council, white shirt, pressed, tie, khakis, dress shoes. I want to just walk into life one day sporting a tie die shirt with 7 year old goodwill pants, flip-flops and my hair styled like a Japanese pop star.

I guess I could contact her, but that would be a tad weird.

Hi, knew you about a year ago. You're the wittiest, smartest person I've ever met. I think you're extremely attractive. You're pretty fucking hilarious too! Would you let me buy you a drink sometime?

*THINK BUZZER AT THE END OF A GAME*
EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, and visions of a semi-truck banging into a 7 foot thick steel wall come to mind. Head, windshield, splat. Truck rolling back. Not pretty.

So I'm going to wait around a year. Go wild. Be a Diva. Get Emo. Get drunk, get ripped. Get back on track and find out other things that I value in life. Find myself. And hopefully at around the same time, she'll somehow mosey over to this site and not feel as intimidated when I ask her out for a drink, or a bite.

I truly feel that at that point it will be a win-win-win situation regardless. Romance, friendship, restraining order. Either way, I'll be a better person.

So there you have it folks, a bit of self-empowerment, a bit of longing, a swig of insanity, mixed together in some random goop that I'm molding to bake in the oven of life.

More about me and my mental problems in a later post!

The Hangover - You will remember it the next morning

Comedy - 8.7/10
Justin Bartha, Ed Helms, Heather Graham, Zach Galifianikis
Directed by: Todd Phillips

Rather than downloading, I decided to go and see this with some friends tonight. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time.

For those of you who haven't seen the preview, Hangover is about a bunch of friends who go to Las Vegas to have a bachelor party. They wake up the next morning and begin piecing together the previous nights events, with one minor hitch. The groom to be is missing.

The characters, acting and movie fundamentals are all very solid. Vulgarity, nudity and sexual scenarios are common though so be warned if you plan on seeing this with someone sensitive to this type of material.

The pace, shot selection, and guest cameos make this movie extremely entertaining start to finish. If you are a fan of shock-horror, see if you can appreciate the screenwriting, producing and acting that leave many "shock-comedy" scenes with the crowd roaring.

If you are looking for a good laugh, head to the theaters and check out "The Hangover".

El Baño

"The Throne", "The John", whatever you may call it, we all take our trips to visit it. On my daily visit today, semi-urgent I mind you, a gentleman in much more dire straits quickly followed me into the bathroom.

Judging by the jingling of his belt in the stall next to me I wouldn't be alone. Seeking solitude I made my way upstairs.

Again, occupied bathroom. Luckily on the next floor I was finally alone. While there I couldn't help but wondering, what others in my situation would have done? Which led me to another question, where do we learn our toilet etiquette from?

The only knowledge I have is from television, or movies. Ace Ventura and Austin Powers immediately come to mind.

I personally like to take some sink-dampened TP with me to the battlefront. Tom Arnold's method of using toilet bowl water just doesn't sit well with me.

Any other "Throne Rituals" vital to your lavatory visits? Pet Peeves?

Début

There was a man who lived his life. He lived to the best of his ability. His parents were proud that he graduated from college and possessed a steady job. He married, became a loving husband, a great father and eventually a grandfather. He provided for his family and died.

That will be my life story; this leaf that the wind blew in. In the palm of my hand, teetering in the wind. But, standing in admiration I can't bring myself to grasp it, because of her.

"How will she know it's her?"

1. The person in question has had numerous failed attempts to gain worldwide internet fame through blogs.
2. The number 212 will have significance to her.
   
3. She has a single blog, with a single post, sitting idle with my reply on it somewhere.

Starting a few days ago, I've granted myself a years hiatus from logical, traditional and societal goal seeking/achieving sentiment to undergo critical studies in MEology.

Being analytical and logical, this entire project will of course, rely on chance...

The goal. To some how get her to this blog.