7 Signs of Love Makin

Spoiler alert: this post has nothing to do with love making, though I may touch on that later (that's what she said). It does have to do with the #7 and I wanted to do a witty title and for some reason this song by Tyrese popped into my head.


*Things you need to know before reading this post:

1) I am extremely tired and I have no idea why. But when I am tired, sometimes my speech gets sort of random. I just left a comment that I feel was kind of random and I was about to go to sleep, but I figured this could be a fun blog if I don't make much sense.

2) I try to pride myself on leaving comments and I have been slacking these past few days. I plan to go on a spree tomorrow and do the damn thing.

Now we proceed.

I was given another award, THIS ONE:


I received it from Smart Ass Sara and apparently I didn't need to do much to get it except give her an award earlier, but I'm going to take this self-esteem boost anyways. I think maybe she just wanted to know seven things about me, as those are the rules (I feel like I just quoted the first Saw). So even though I feel like I am going to disappoint her, I will do as I am told and post the seven things and then pass it on.

*Ok, one more warning. I have done these in the past and have probably mentioned a few of before, but I have gotten some new readers since then so hopefully these are still informative.

1. The following shows receive DVR treatment on my cable box: WWE Raw, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Tosh.0, Scrubs, The Office, Community and whenever they are on: Important Things w/ Demetri Martin, The Real World/Road Rules Challenge and Fantasy Factory. I would DVR Heroes, but we watch that on Netflix.

2. If you noticed above, I put WWE Raw. I am still a wrestling fan and will probably be till the day my heart no longer beats. In fact, I will be in Atlanta on Sunday attending an event. Why do I still watch? I feel like I was born with it. It's something my Grandpa started in me and I will probably never be able to shake it.

3. I am thinking over a decision that will change where my life is headed. As of typing this, I haven't talked to anyone about it because in a self-conscious way I feel they would laugh? I'm not sure why, but for right now it's the only thing I'm keeping to my self.

4. I had quite a few girlfriends from late middle school to early high school. That is meant to be more funny than it is to brag because think about it: at the time, you feel they are the love of your life but when you look back on it you realize how much of a kid you were. Anyway, my first "real" relationship was between the end of my freshman year and end of my junior year of high school. We still "saw each other" for a while after our break up and I did just about everything with her. But it wasn't until I started my most serious relationship so far that I went all the way. That relationship altogether lasted from a few days before I graduated high school to just before my fourth year of college. I remember every detail about that night. We were coming back from a football game in Troy and it was really late. I was sleeping in the backseat of my own car I was so tired. When we got home, it just kind of happened. A couple years later she tells me that what she remembers is afterward I got up and made a sandwich. Whoops. In my defense, I had too many emotions going through my head. One of them was hunger and I needed to take care of that. So there is my only TMI tidbit, I guess I should have put a warning or something but eff it.

5. I change my mind quite a bit and I am man enough to say that I once hated something when I now like it. First example: Lil Wayne. There was a time when I COULD NOT STAND hearing anything by him or about him. The dude was just everywhere and got really annoying. Then one day, out of nowhere, I heard a song with him and Jay Z and my opinion started to turn around. I wouldn't call myself a fan, but I am eagerly awaiting the release of Rebirth, his rock album (I already have the leaked copy, but they said a new one is coming out this year). Second example: Twitter. I used to say "There is NO WAY I will get on Twitter. That is just stupid." And now I am addicted. Feed my addiction HERE

6. Summer of 2009 will go down as the greatest summer ever. Which is a good sign considering it was the last one and maybe it will get better. But I went on a road trip that people are probably getting sick of hearing about, but it changed my life. I want to explore more now, as we went from Alabama to California and back and seeing a lot of cool stuff in between. Also, I got in a lot of good time with my friends and family. I went to two concerts with Jme (No Doubt w/ Paramore and The Sounds; Taking Back Sunday w/ Anberlin and Envy on the Coast) one with Hedman (Warped Tour) and one with my roommate (Incubus). I also had my first and only hangover at my sister's, which was an experience -- one I don't plan on duplicating. And I had two easy summer classes. Life was good last summer.

7. I am terrible at meeting goals I set for myself. For years, I have said that I want to learn the piano, get a tattoo and become fluent in Spanish. The first two I have talked about a lot more. I even got a piano for Christmas 08 and touched it for like a random week. I really need to get back on that...

So, there are my seven things and now I have to pass this on. And what I am going to do is give a shoutout to my best friend, the one who got me started on this awesome blogging journey, the one who joined me on those concerts, the one whose new dog is going to call me an uncle and the one who I will hopefully see this weekend: ____j @ this is me; consequently

Now, my brother-in-law just called and said "Let's do the damn thing" in reference to Heroes. So it looks like I'm not going to bed just yet...

Random lyric of the day:

How could this be done
Your such a smiling sweetheart
Oh and your sweet and pretty face
In such an ugly way
Something so beautiful

A Lifeless Ordinary

*Title is from a track on the new cd by Motion City Soundtrack. Got that cd on a whim the other day and so far have been really impressed.

First off, thanks to everybody who saw the countdown, both the days leading up to it and the actual start. I knew I flooded your reader last week, so I tried to calm it down. I will probably be a little more quiet on this blog in the coming week or so, checking in every once and a while (and of course on Sundays). But I want to focus on my side blog, Mr O at the Movies. I just talked about Terminator and I have seen about 5-7 movies since then, including ones that have been around for a while, one I have seen a few times already and one that I saw in theatres. So please, check that out.

Big news: I received an award! I got it from Cassie at Southern Domestic Goddess. It was the following...


Pretty self-explanatory, but I need to pass it on to five other people. The first two are damn near veterans to this page (ok, one doesn't exist anymore but I have to pay homage) and the second two are newcomers but awesome people. The last is someone who just left a comment, but it was a GREAT one, so there's that. Those who should receive this:

The Girl With The Pink Teacup

Lola Lakely

Smart Ass Sara

JerseySJov

- kimmy -

Now, I would normally update all the craziness going on in my life, but that can wait. Right now, I want to share a little story that i was reminded of today in public speaking class. (Jme, I think you will appreciate this)

In my senior year, I was in government class and we had to recite the Gettysburg Address. My friend Shedrick didn't really do a good job of studying for it, which wasn't surprising, as he wasn't what you would have called a straight A student. His plan of studying was to tape himself giving the speech and listen to it over and over. We both sat in the back of the classroom and at times we would get in slight trouble, not for talking, but for laughing as Shedrick used to say the craziest stuff. Well, on the day of the speech we had one of our classic "What if?" scenario conversations and I couldn't keep myself from laughing at the prospect. I urged him to do it and when he got up there, our teacher looked at me and saw that I was trying to hold my laughing in and he knew something was up.

What Shedrick did was put the tape recorder in his pocket and pressed play and began to mouth the speech. I swear, it was one of the funniest things I have ever seen as the entire class couldn't stop laughing. The greatest thing about it? The teacher was one of the ones laughing the hardest. After a full day of hearing the same speech recited over and over, he said he needed something like that to happen.

Needless to say, he had to do it again and I believe he at least got a B on it. But that was one of those "never forget" kind of days.

*Tune in Sunday!

**More regular blog posts coming next week

Random lyric of the day:

I always knew I had the answer
But I never understood the question