Of the power of my opinion.

I will admit that I have not always been a voter, and it has only been recently that I have really taken the matter seriously.  Nonetheless, I prepared myself for the cold (high of 48 degrees today comrades) I also brought my flashcards for paleontology as I am figuring there will be a huge line, mentally prepare myself and take off.  My voting place is at a middle school, I park, and start walking up.  Of course there are the nut jobs that try to convince you to change your mind at the last second, so I football dodge (sorry Terry, I don't know the appropriate terminology) the political pantywaste, and make it inside.  So far, so good! No line out to my car...sorry flashcards.  I now football weave (still don't know it) around little kids and make it to the polling place.......no line at all!! I literally walked right up and cast my vote! Ah, my opinion matters.  Now I will not go into detail as to who I voted for, let's just say I picked the candidate that best reflected my people, the homo-gays that is. I still cannot get into picking all the random judges and crap, I mean there were 5 pages of people to sort through...I will admit, I ended up picking people who's names sounded the coolest to me...go ahead, start your criticism. I just can't keep up with all that other stuff.

Anyhow, my decision had been made, so off I went. I do feel very proud to vote, and am glad that I went when I did.  Now, the actual events of walking up and dodging people and what may be a little on the exaggerated side, but we are talking about politics here, and what is politics if not exaggerated?

of a fantastic movie.

Chris and I went to see a movie last night, I had never really seen a trailer for it, I was just more excited about the popcorn.  Let me just tell you, it was one of the best movies I have seen in a while!  It is a little confusing at first, but has the perfect mix of old, new, humor, science fiction, and drama.  Watch the trailer and then go watch the movie, honestly, you will be very happy you did!

 

of the color gold and the spoken word.

It is no secret that I like coffee, Starbucks, and shiny things! Well, when I heard about the Starbucks rewards program and the fact that when you reach enough points they send you a card with your name engraved on it, let's just say my shiny-senses were tingling.  So here I am showing off my new friend!

I am also experimenting today with the function my phone has for me to talk into it and it will type for me.  I use the function every once in a while, but it does not always work that great.  Still, it will be a much safer option when I am on the run.  So if you see me driving and talking to myself you can assume that it is from me blogging....or the caffeine....or I am singing showtunes at the top of my lungs.  This is most days actually.  It's a requirement of being a card holder, not Starbucks, I'm talking about my gay card...which I have had a considerable amount longer and is much more shiny.

Until next time.

of many delinquent thoughts.

As usual, I have been called out for my lack of blog.  So here I am to right the wrongs of my said lack.  I have recently downloaded the mobile app for Blogger and I will try to post more often.  For now I will attempt to shake my head around and pour out some of the thoughts that have been rattling around in there.

Bro's
I was at the gym the other day (of course all the good stories come from the gym) and I was running on the treadmill, minding my own business, reading my latest Dr. Who book when I looked up and saw something that made think.

Ok, here is the set up:

Guy 1 (white ((I am not racist, just clarifying)) : Walks up to another guy that he knows apparently.

Guy 2 (white ((still not racist)): 'Hey bro' (I am not close enough to hear what he says and Nicki Minaj is screaming about starships in my ears, so I likely wouldn't have heard what was said anyhow.)

Guy 1: Puts out his fist to get a "bro 5"

Guy 2: Goes for a fist bump

Me: *Gasp!*

Guy 1 & 2 : Have a collision of brotastic  awkwardness.

Guy 1 & 2: Quickly remove their hands as what just happened made them both nervous.

Guy 1 & 2: Say bye and walk away from each other, likely feeling like they will be getting a nasty letter from the bro comity on their poor performance.

Is there no real protocol for this?  I would feel like if I were a bro, I would need to learn the proper ways to successfully pull of a "bro hand greeting interaction."  I mean is there like a wink that you are supposed to give for fist bump, and like a slight shuffle to the right for a bro 5?  I would guess that white guys aren't as good as African American guys because they seem to get it better more frequently...although not always.  The other day a guy went for a hand slap and then slide to the finger tips...everything was going great until the other guy did a snap and explosion!!  The first guy was totally embarrassed because it looked like he had no idea they were on a snap and explosion friendship level.  My heart really went out to him.  I think there should be some type of manual for this; at the very least a pamphlet with do's and don'ts.  I am not saying that I would like to start bro-ing it up with guys from the gym, I am way too much of a germ-a-phobe for that. I would have to end my bro 5, finger slide with a squirt of purell.

Newest nerd shirt

So my newest nerd shirt came from here and I am in love!!  It is a timeline of popular spaceships from random nerdiness.  There is the TARDIS from Dr. Who, the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars, the ship from Battlestar Galactica, real spaceships Soyuz and Columbia, the ship from 2001 A space Odyssey, the Starship Enterprise from Star Trek, and of course the TARDIS again.  Of the ships from nerd shows, I have watched all and was thrilled to see them represented in such a way.  NERDS FOREVER!!

Exercise
I have gone the extra step (pun intended) of not holding onto the machines when I am doing any cardio at the gym.  Eliptical, stair machine, butt machine (I don't know the name, just that my butt is on fire when I get off of it, hence butt machine) and running of course.  Right after I finish keying everything into the machine and start going, I put my hands on my hips and get ready for the heat!  It sounds silly that simply not holding on to the handles would make that much of a difference, but let me assure you, it does!  Try it out next time you go, your core is really put to the test and you sweat like a pig in heat!


I have more stories, most recently, camping...that will be a long post, in order to accurately portray how much.....fun it was.

Until next time and shit.