chillaxin' (friblog)

chillaxin' is like chillin' and relaxin' but the two words make one word.

an older fellow walked past me, noticed i was chillaxin' and questioned,"why is this chap chillaxin?" me, being a mind reader, stood up and answered his question aloud in story form. and it went a little somethin' like this... HIT IT!
sorry, i'm not gonna rap this story. i didn't mean to get your hopes up.

story: wednesday night i'm all like woah what am i gonna do? i got to present a poster in class tomorrow but i got a library exam tomorrow too dude! me being the maxprocrastinator that i am, obviously have accrued late points. making it almost impossible to now pass this class. however, i emailed the professor and am like yo teach! she's like if you get at least a 45 you can correct your mistakes on the quizzes. i'm like, i need an A on this. i can do it. but i had to get this project done too. up late. drove to wal mart at 1 am for rubber cement and junior mints. cuttin' and pastin' and i got that done. so i wake up and i'm late for my class. i don't know what happened but it's like 9:07. my studio is at 9 and also this exam. i probably should have emailed my professor i would be late because i had a test, but i didn't. rush to the lib. bust that thing out. rush to my studio. as soon as i walk in, i'm ready to present. my topic: swine flu. except check this out. there are pigs flying. swine flew is the title. beneath that. "now airborne" "visit cdc.gov" wow i'm a genius. i was inspired by liz though. this project is dedicated to my only friend who had the swine flu. sorry liz. this was just a rough draft and it wasn't in color and my class liked it. i got some constructive criticism and changes i should make. pleased.

well that's my only class of the day, so i went home and did what i usually do in the afternoon, nap. got texted. go figure lol. sorry ryan, i don't know why i didn't respond. i wanted to actually go to the rec. but he doesn't read this.

matt picked up some little caesars. $5 pepperoni. boost. some brisk raspberry iced tea. boost. some standup comedy and some superbad. triboost. good night. real good.

friday morning. 9am lecture. then nap in the library. i was lookin' forward to that. felt really good sleepin' there. had some real weird dreams though. walk down to lebaron where my class with the crazy asian kid is. the professor cancelled class because only like 30 people out of 300 were there! bbbboost! walk to the lib. check the cymail. notified that the crazy kid will no longer be joining are class. awww. check my lib grade. 46! booost. only 5 people did better than me. booost.
after proclaiming this story aloud, the older fellow was frightened i could read his mind. he immediately ran into the nearest building and read a newspaper. i then went to blog about it.

just waitin' for my next class at 2:10. i'll throw some pics in to spice it up. i had no problems with the rubber cement i bought. remind me to blog about that. weekend

note: the link is a video. the video is a fake tv show that was created for the movie funny people. they made like 6 videos! that's crazy!

mid weak vol. XVI

so wednesday. week is going so normal. nothing real excited has happened except that there was this super crazy kid in my com studies class. wow. everybody thinks he is on drugs. he might have a disability but he took his shirt off in class and was scaring people. i think its pretty funny. today he got kicked out right when he walked in and i'm not sure if he will be back again. well, back to a boring class. we shall see how it goes. isu just beat nebraska. 78-74. beat them twice this year. sick of this cold o man. o man. i've realized i really don't have much to say on these recent mid weaks. i guess i'm just writing filler until we get to the videos. so lets cut to the chase.
as i was writing this, it got uploaded. first view

here's this kid from my class


and now some weird stuff

harsh language lol

Another Great Idea

i think of a lot of great ideas. at least, they are all great to me. at least, they sound great while i'm thinking them and while i try to explain them they seem more and more less great. i mean caffeinated toothpaste? cell phone away message? i have plenty ideas, i just don't remember them all whilst bloggin' now i can share ideas with the world and so you can't steal them. here's one i thought of last year.
don't you hate the sound of alarm clocks? that annoying shrill sound that scares you out of your dream where you're on a date with taylor swift? you know what i'm talking about. everybody hates the sound of alarm clocks. i cringe even hearing them on tv. it's because we love sleep so much anything that routinely deprives us of that we will hate. sure you can have an awesome alarm like the four peters but eventually you will only know that sound to be the thing that wakes you up and you wont enjoy it anymore. when i got my phone this summer, it had a really cool ringtone called good morning. its like... bing bing bing... good morning... bing bing bing... bada ba baah ba baba bah!!! good morning! and the bing bings and ba bas is a girl singing. it's pretty awesome. and naturally i use it as an alarm. but after awhile, it gets annoying. not the song itself, but just knowing that it is waking me up. whenever i hear it whilst not sleeping, i am immediately reminded that this is what ruins my mornings.
i've tried the radio, but that won't wake me. i just lay there and listen but i wont get up. i've also heard of switching your alarm sounds around so they won't piss you off. hmm. but how about a more gentle awakening? here's the idea.
a vibrating pillow.
yes. you read that right. something that will gently rise you from your slumber. not a shrieking, ear shattering, wake the deaf neighbors noise, but a soft warming vibration inviting you to begin the day. it could increase intensity if you don't shut it off. now i know some contraption in a pillow would be uncomfortable. especially if you want to get to the cooler side and you keep moving it around. but what about like a mat? or something? you place on the bed, under the pillow. plug into the wall and set the time. i think that's the best idea. for couples, you wouldn't wake your partner with a high pitched, scratch your ears off sound. eh? right? sounds good?
prototype: put your cell phone under your pillow on vibrate. take a nap during the day and see how it works. then go back to sleep.
yeah, i'm a genius. i used whilst twice

The Varsity Survey

This is a survey about the new Cyclone Cinema the Government of the Student Body has proposed be established in the old Varsity Theater. This could be a rant all in itself but I decided to post the survey for you. You can also take this survey yourself at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BGDSQZ6
These are the actual questions and my comments. Any other comments in parentheses. Enjoy

1. Do you believe there is a need for increase movie viewing services in the Ames/ISU Community?
Yes
No
(nobody came to the varsity!)

2. GSB has allocated nearly $320,000 thus far for first year programming expenses and renovation costs for the Varsity Theater. Do you support the use of student activity fee money for this purchase?

Yes
No

I don't think the "varsity task force" really knows how much this will cost. The varsity has many repairs and extra costs the "task force" is unaware of. (plus there's a lot of mice everywhere) 3. To attain a break-even level of revenue the theater must operate at approximately 50% capacity per each of the fourteen (14) showings per week. Projected attendance is currently at 33% capacity, resulting in an annual deficit of $60,000.00.In light of this information do you support the use of student fee money to acquire and operate the Varsity Theater? Yes No How is it possible for Cyclone Cinema to project 1600 per week attendance, while The Varsity was around 100 per week? (seriously the varsity was occupied more by its employees)(and mice) 4. Do you support the reduction in Regular Allocation funding from other student organizations in order to fund any deficit accrued by the Varsity Theater project? Yes No Other student groups shouldn't be punished for another poorly planned student project. (we took all your money and flushed it down a toilet, sorry chess club) 5. Have you attended one of the following activities on Campus more than once? Select all that apply. Free Friday Flicks SUB Films (Student Union Board)

(i don't know what either of these are)

6. Would you be willing to pay $1 dollar for admission to programing at the Varsity Theater and for SUB Films events scheduled to be held in the Varsity Theater?

Yes
No

(sure i would, but who knows if i would actually go. note they spelled programming wrong)

7. Comments

I do not support my tuition money to go into this renovation. The projections for Cyclone Cinema are way off compared to the reality of what The Varsity did. The Varsity is stripped off everything and needs more work than just throwing seats and projectors in there. It was cheaper to close down the Varsity and pay the rent than to try and keep it open. Cyclone Cinema will continue to see a loss for all the years it remains open. Students didn't want to see movies then and now they are almost being forced to see them since their tuition is paying for it. Cyclone Cinema is not a fully planned out idea. Movie companies are not going to rent films to a student run theater which has no idea how it's supposed to be run. The theater is not going to just work by itself. Cyclone Cinema will continue to lose revenue until the student body realizes its failure and closes it like the Varsity. Hopefully, a generous donor would cover these costs and not let the students suffer. I would probably attend this theater, but I would be very bitter I would have to pay for it. 'Those who do not learn from history are forced to repeat it.’

(take that varsity task force!)

mid weak

so ya, i didn't remember what else i wanted to say last night, but whatevs. and yes, thanks to "my audience" for not "overlooking" last night's post. yes, it was a hypothetical situation. but nonetheless thank you.
i'm going with missy tomorrow to look at apartments in place of liz, she has class. i will be standing in for her. this is really getting me excited for my apartment next year. which i still need to look for. i've just been thinking about how cool it's gonna be. cider house rules. keeping the fridge stocked for the ladies. espn poster. its gonna be fun. we need to get on that. and i need to get on to some vids because i really don't have anything cool to write.
i got a lot of videos to share. i hope you got a lot of time.
this is the same guy who does the craig vids. yeah its long. i was gonna point out some really funny stuff he does, but his whole standup is hilarious. watch if you want, move along if you don't.

speaking of craig

classic

this is soo funny to me

super cool!

this girl has hundreds of videos. she is awesome.

lawyer

overlooked blog?

i was just thinking, that since i didn't blog today, yet, that i would. i had other stuff going on... ahem (M2) and i just never got around to it. i was thinking i would do a late night blog. then again 1130ish isn't that late so i scrapped that blog post title for another day. that led me to think again...
i fully intend to be mid weakin' tomorrow. this thought may just be from my perspective but i'll tell you about it anyway cuz its my blog... anyway, i don't know how often or what time of the day you people get on the computer or check your blogs. i would say for me at least twice a day. usually more. sometimes less. but by our varying blog-checking times, if i mid weaked in the early afternoon let's say, then you may not even read this. mid weak would be the newest post. and again, i don't know how you people read blogs, but do you scroll down to see if you missed a previous post? well if you don't i'm addressing that. this post could be overlooked if you don't check as often. that could be a problem when it comes to dublog, or triplog, or quadbloggin'
if you quadblog bravo
so i hope you don't miss this. that was the introduction.
for my birthday last year, i've recently told this story a few times, i asked for banjo and kazooie nuts and bolts, and mercenaries 2, both for xbox 360. luckily, my aunt and uncle bought them both for me. applaud that! i'm just realizin' this may be a long blog...
every gamer is different, i wouldn't consider myself a gamer per say, but we're all different. i like to play my games in phases, as in halo 3 for a month or two, then crimson skies, then banjo and kazooie, splinter cell, or what have you. i don't take a taste of this, dab of that with my games. i want to overdose. if you ever played banjo and kazooie, there is a lot of gameplay and needless to say, i spent a lot of time playing that last year. then i moved back to halo 3. after spring break last year, i miraculously focused on school work and haven't picked up a controller by myself since. i've played with other people is what i'm saying. having recently just finished my design doorway project, and princess and the frog promotion, i found myself with free time in the afternoons once again. the other day i looked through my pile of dvds and saw mercenaries 2. unopened.
i decided, i better get some use outta this puppy while i have the time, and i broke the seal and popped that in. and i'm lovin' it. bada ba ba baah. it's just like the original with so much more. i'm not gonna go into a game review, but i love games in which there are essentially limitless possibilities of how you can play it. see banjo and kazooie.
i've been playing mercenaries 2 whenever i've had the chance now. for hours straight. while i should be doing other things. i love this game. and i would also like to turn this into another matt apology blog. apolblog? apologblog? apolblogy? if you say it right, i like that one. i've been "nap texting" if you will. one word responses. long periods of time... between responses. sorry about that. i've been too into this game. i can't say i'm gonna lay off it cuz i'm enjoying it so much, but just so you know what's been going on. sorry again. and sorry for the apolblogy. i should just apologize in person.
i think that there was one other thing i wanted to get at during this blog, but i can't remember. maybe i'll find it tomorrow. and just to be clear. i will be bloggin' in the late afternoon. 330-4ish. all times are approximate. after class. no wakin' up to blog. you kiddin' me? so i don't think you will miss this post. as in not read it. really the whole introduction was basically a hypothetical situation, but it got me thinkin' and thinkin' led to bloggin'
i'm glad you could be a part of this, whether or not this was the newest post you read or it's an old one now. either way its cool to think if this isn't the newest post when you read this... i'm talking to you from the past... mind blow

monblog? or did i already use that?

yup monday.
i've had enough of these mondays. i'm getting tired of them. i'm also getting tired of this weather. we've had about three times the average amount of snowfall so far. wow... wow to that. and wow... wow to shoveling driveways. if you have a snow blower, then good for you, but if you are like me, and you go over to your parent's house, you may just have to shovel snow. dad! why won't you buy a snow blower?! i'm tired of shoveling! his excuse is that we only use it like three times a year. well when the piles of snow are literally, and i mean actually, are 6 feet tall on the sides of our driveway, where does the snow go???
ok, i mean it's not like we just had a huge downfall of snow or anything. i didn't even have to shovel my driveway... so i may be overreacting here. but it's snowing right now and i'm tired of it. also, i just had to bs a history test. i don't feel like anyone has taken this class seriously yet, but i know that it is a "serious" class. does that make sense. luckily, the multiple choice weren't too bad. my guess is 7 out of 10. and the essay question was very broad. give four examples of how life changed from 1450 to 1750. i strictly used past knowledge. i don't think i've learned anything in this class yet. and i don't mind history. just another semester with a professor whose voice lulls me to sleep. at least no music today. well, i think. i hope we don't. i'll have to check because i don't plan on attending...
so that was a quick little rant about snow. i would like to have another rant in the near future. i'll look into it. oh btw, valentine's went ok. i had to work.
when will this snow go away!

Lawyer

friblog

ok. last night we just finished the promotion for the princess and the frog. and i think it looks really good. we painted the windows with moss and fireflies, the logo on the doors and mirrors, made trees around the entrance to theater four, with price naveen and princess tiana on each side, and painted giant cardboard characters around the hallway entrance to resemble the movie poster. we even had fake moss from hobby lobby hanging over to get the full effect! in my eyes, it was a job well done. medium rare. but it definitely took a lot of time, loss of sleep, and sore backs.

i would also like to apologize to matt. here's why. my design studio has a lecture that meets ONLY fridays at 9am. wow... wow. to add to that i almost always work at the theater thursday nights late. soo... i've been having a hard time making it to that class. for some reason i turn my alarm off every friday morning in a fit of harshly awoken sleep. then i go back to sleep. it feels good but then i feel bad for missing class. and they take attendance too, so i really need to go.

we got back from the theater late last night from working and i knew i would have a problem getting up. so instead of setting my alarm the usual hour before my class, i set it 15 min earlier. it worked like a charm. i didn't go back to sleep and i had a strange amount of energy for only sleeping four hours. soo... i made it to class. took attendance. napped. but now my next class isn't until 1210. so i do what most people do in the mornings without class. sleep in the library. so that's why i went to the library and that's why i was sending you groggy one word texts. i was napping. cell phone away message anybody?

and my history doesn't meet on fridays and music is cancelled today and monday so i'm done. boost.

this weekend is valentine's day. not a singles holiday. if you're alone, well that's how i've spent all my v-days. have a good weekend everybody.

My Apartment Showing Story (mid weak)

By Drew Schlosser

to start off, you guys should give yourselves a round of applause for keeping that string of comments going on on the last post. well done. medium rare.

and now, the story

            This morning I was awaken by a knocking at the front door, followed by a long and nasally, "Hellooo?" I was immediately reminded of Mrs. Doubtfire. It was someone from my apartment's rental company, and they were showing our apartment to two prospective customers. Just after she called out, my alarm went off. 

            This was a problem. A problem because not only was I sleeping, not only because I was awaken two seconds before my alarm, not only because I was sleeping and needed to put clothes on so they could see my room, but because I wasn't aware anyone was coming. Yesterday, two people came to see our apartment. I was informed of this. I was also confused with this though too. I was confused because a few days ago I received an email from my rental company telling me our apartment would be shown on this upcoming Tuesday. Only this email was telling me that the time had been changed, and to disregard the first email. They would be showing now at 2-3. I never received the first email.

            Later, I did receive the first email, telling me there would be a showing at 1-2. Since I got the follow up email first, I didn't know what to expect. I tried cleaning my room up a bit, moved some stuff around, put clothes away. My room looked in decent condition when they came. This morning though, I was unprepared. To top things off, my roommate was taking a shower.Yes, we were both unprepared.

            She had to walk through the kitchen in a towel while these people stood outside the bathroom so they could see it. I also had to get dressed so they could look at the size of my room, while wiping the sleep from my eyes. This was awkward and uncomfortable. My roommate was pissed too. Great way to start off the day!

            In the end, it was an eventful morning. The rude awakening made me want to get out of bed even less. Going back to sleep sounded so good. If only I would have known...

The End

i don't know why i decided to write that all correct and whatnot. very unblaahg-like. but you know, gotta spice things up sometimes. also, i apologize for no mid weak last week. i guess the napping was more important at the time. but don't worry.

Festivities

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Answer of the Day: New Orleans Saints

so i couldn't think of a title for today.

remember when it was warm out and the snow was melting and everyone had thoughts of spring? well i don't cuz all this snow is giving me brain freeze. so i can't remember stuff...

it's like waay snowing again. and that pisses me off. i'm pretty sure ames high is getting out at 1:15 or something. and when you are in high school that is the shiznit, but if you graduated, you hate high schoolers so much. it's the way of the world.

i just took a test for my com studies class. it was ok. it was hard though. it's also hard to study for that class. scantron test too so i should know about it soon.

not much else to say so....

Picture Day!

ok so i took this while at the hub one day. i don't know if this is a joke or not, or a play on words. resemblance?

this happened at the theater on saturday night. thanks inglourious basterds. had to cut and unwind that whole mess. if you are wondering, it's not supposed to be like that

i took this when i came into work one night. two trucks parked extremely close together. i thought it was funny how the big truck would not be able to get in because the lil one was parked so close, but then i realized that its just the lil brother truck wanting to be close to the big brother truck

kansas state game. pink out. brotherhood. pretty good game. espn poster. you're darn right i stole that

thanks merriam vol. II

so naps right?
errbody loves naps. if you don't than you're unamerican. i mean quick little getaway from it all? some quick sleep, or queep matt might say. naps are good. at anytime of day. thankfully this hasn't happened to me recently, or this semester at all in fact, since i've been so frickin' busy, but my naps usually get interrupted.
last semester i had a lot of free time after class. i would often get home, microwave some roast beef and mashed potatoes for 90 seconds, grab a raspberry iced tea, turn on spongebob, and sprawl on the futon. perfect recipe for a mid afternoon nap. only once the perfect concoction of nappy goodness had started, i would be awaken to a buzz of my phone vibrating my nap into oblivion. yes someone texted me.
i seem to always get text messages while i'm napping. it's like everyone who wants to get a hold of me know i'm trying to relax and get some shut eye, but since they can't do the same, they text me. i'm not blaming anybody, but i mean, you guys do text me when i'm napping. there isn't really anything i can do, but have to deal with my loss of naps. but then i got an idea. and i don't know who to go to with this, but i might email verizon or somebody. this is gold. you heard it here first...

so remember waaay back on wednesday, when we were all in elementary school slash middle school? and some people had cell phones but mostly no one did? and after school to talk to your friends everyone would log on to their computers and sign onto aol instant messenger? aim for short? remember those days? yea, those were the days? whoops i didn't mean to put a question mark.
you could talk to your friends and chat rooms and send smileys, but i don't need to get into the wonders of aim right now. hey remember buddy icons?
one thing that was cool with aim, was that if someone tried to talk with you, you could have an away message. default was "i'm away from my computer right now," but you could make your own. i think mine was like "i'm going to the bathroom brb." or like "hey i'm not here but keep your pants on!" ya i got creative with them. people would get that sent back to them if you weren't able to respond. do you see where i'm going with this?
cell phone away messages. not just for naps, but while in class. someone says hey whatsup. your phone responds with. class, can't talk test, and you catch my drift. but also it can say: napping. i think that this is a genius idea for cell phones. no one has to respond because your phone did it for you! i don't really know phone programming but i'm sure this couldn't be too hard. and i really hope no one thought of this idea before cuz that would piss me the hell off

thanks merriam

Answer of the Day: Pinky and the Brain

Main Entry: ¹nap
Pronunciation: \ˈnap\

Function: intransitive verb

Inflected Form(s): napped; nap·ping

Etymology: Middle English nappen, from Old English hnappian; akin to Old High German hnaffezen to doze

Date: before 12th century

1 : to sleep briefly especially during the day : doze
2 : to be off guard

you see, i would debate this. a nap is during the day. only during the day? what if you go to bed a 9 and plan to wake up at 12? is that not a nap? why can't you nap at night? is that automatically sleeping? does the sun have to be set to sleep? can alaskans sleep? i know that it is still "night" even if the sun isn't down, but work with me. i think that this definition should be changed. napping should be any short time of "sleeping" whenever! 

someone can be like, oh by gawsh ib so seck. i slebt all daygh. 

thats a sick voice.

now is that sleeping? or napping? so you can sleep whenever but only nap during the day? this is bushleague! the definition of sleep no where refers to the time of day. but nap does. it isn't fair at all. i am positive that i have napped at night to regain some energy if i am going to be up late. 100% positive. hiv positive.

i think the dictionary should alter the definition to nap to just a short period of sleep. disregarding the time of day. and to all you "sleepists" out there who have haven't been giving naps the equal definition rights that they derserve... bite me.

let's all take a nap tonight! 

together? 

you look like a doofus

Brian Regan knows what I'm talking about...


i'm not alone!
btw semester seems to be draggin' (dragon) right now. i don't have all the books i need for my classes with quizzes and tests coming up. and the doorway project is rough.
its snowing again today. luckily i was able to take the bus outside my history class to my next class in music with missy. the history of rock n' roll. you better recognize. really all i did that class today was sudoku...
but i got to see jerry the bus driver. we said hi to each other on the bus. he goes to my church. hey jerry.
hey karen.
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