Liberals... you do not know everything

This poll from cnn.com infuriated me, and I had to write a short rant as a 1:45am physio study break.

Do you agree with the top U.S. military commander in Iraq that things are better than before the surge?

Yes	42%	74331
No	58%	101953
Total Votes: 176284

YOU DO NOT KNOW MORE ABOUT IRAQ THAN THE GENERAL IN CHARGE OF US FORCES! Shut up you douchebags. Wanting something (even failure of your own military... for reasons I cannot possibly fathom) does not make it true.

My Favorite 10 Songs

10. Livin' on a Prayer
- Bon Jovi

9. Alive
- Pearl Jam

8. Zero
- Smashing Pumpkins

7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- The Beatles (+ Eric Clapton)

6. Wish You Were Here
- Pink Floyd

5. Baba O'Riley
- The Who

4. Like a Rolling Stone
- Bob Dylan

3. Heart of Gold
- Neil Young

2. Stairway to Heaven
- Led Zeppelin

1. Sympathy for the Devil
- The Rolling Stones

My 10 Favorite Movie Quotes

10. Peter Gibbons: It's not just about me and my dream of doing nothing. It's about all of us. I don't know what happened to me at that hypnotherapist and, I don't know, maybe it was just shock and it's wearing off now, but when I saw that fat man keel over and die - Michael, we don't have a lot of time on this earth! We weren't meant to spend it this way. Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about about mission statements.
Michael Bolton: I told those fudge-packers I liked Michael Bolton's music.
Peter Gibbons: Oh. That is not right, Michael.

- Office Space

9. John Doe: Innocent? Is that supposed to be funny? ... Only in a world this shitty could you even try to say these were innocent people and keep a straight face. But that's the point. We see a deadly sin on every street corner, in every home, and we tolerate it. We tolerate it because it's common, it's trivial. We tolerate it morning, noon, and night. Well, not anymore. I'm setting the example. What I've done is going to be puzzled over and studied and followed... forever.

- Se7en

8. Dr. Egon Spengler: There's something very important I forgot to tell you.
Dr. Peter Venkman: What?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Don't cross the streams.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Why?
Dr. Egon Spengler: It would be bad.
Dr. Peter Venkman: I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad"?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
Dr Ray Stantz: Total protonic reversal.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Right. That's bad. Okay. All right. Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.

-Ghostbusters

7. Dr. Emmett Brown: If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit.

- Back to the Future

6. Colonel Vogel: Tell me about this miserable little diary of yours. The book is useless and yet you come all the way back to Berlin to get it. Why?
[he slaps Henry in the face with his glove]
Colonel Vogel: Why?
[he slaps him again]
Colonel Vogel: What are you hiding?
[he slaps him again]
Colonel Vogel: What does the diary tell you that it doesn't tell us?
[he tries to slap him again; Henry grabs his wrist, stopping him]
Professor Henry Jones: [through his teeth] It tells me, that goose-stepping morons like yourself should try *reading* books instead of *burning* them!

- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

5. Taggart: I got it. I got it.
Hedley Lamarr: You do?
Taggart: We'll work up a "Number 6" on 'em.
Hedley Lamarr: "Number 6"? I'm afraid I'm not familiar with that one...
Taggart: Well, that's where we go a-ridin' into town, a whampin' and whompin' every livin' thing that moves within an inch of its life. Except the women folks, of course.
Hedley Lamarr: You spare the women?
Taggart: NAW. We rape the shit out of them at the Number 6 Dance later on.
Hedley Lamarr: Marvelous.

- Blazing Saddles

4. Darth Vader: You cannot hide forever, Luke.
Luke: I will not fight you.
Darth Vader: Give yourself to the Dark Side. It is the only way you can save your friends. Yes, your thoughts betray you. Your feelings for them are strong. Especially for... sister. So, you have a twin sister. Your feelings have now betrayed her, too. Obi-Wan was wise to hide her from me. Now his failure is complete. If you will not turn to the Dark Side... then perhaps she will...
Luke: [igniting light saber, screams] NO!

- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

3. [after Lloyd trades the van in for a moped]
Harry: Just when I thought you couldn't get any dumber, you go and do something like this... and totally redeem yourself!

- Dumb and Dumber

2. Cartman: Don't call me fat, you fucking Jew!
Mr. Garrison: Eric, did you just say the F-word?
Cartman: Jew?
Kyle: No, he's talking about "fuck". You can't say "fuck" in school, you fucking fat ass!
Mr. Garrison: Kyle!
Cartman: Why the fuck not?
Mr. Garrison: Eric!
Stan: Dude, you just said "fuck" again!
Mr. Garrison: Stanley!
Kenny: Fuck!
Mr. Garrison: Kenny!
Cartman: What's the big deal? It doesn't hurt anybody. Fuck-fuckety-fuck-fuck-fuck.
Mr. Garrison: How would you like to go see the school counselor?
Cartman: How would you like to suck my balls?
Mr. Garrison: What did you say?
Cartman: I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Actually, what I said was...
[picks up a megaphone]
Cartman: HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUCK MY BALLS, MR. GARRISON?
Stan: Holy shit, dude.

- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

1. Andy Dufresne: That's the beauty of music. They can't get that from you... Haven't you ever felt that way about music?
Red: I played a mean harmonica as a younger man. Lost interest in it though. Didn't make much sense in here.
Andy Dufresne: Here's where it makes the most sense. You need it so you don't forget.
Red: Forget?
Andy Dufresne: Forget that... there are places in this world that aren't made out of stone. That there's something inside... that they can't get to, that they can't touch. That's yours.
Red: What're you talking about?
Andy Dufresne: Hope.

- The Shawshank Redemption

Oh Blink 182, What Other Wisdoms Can You Share?

I took her out it was a Friday night
I wore cologne to get the feeling right
We started making out and she took off my pants
But then I turned on the TV

And that's about the time that she walked away from me
Nobody likes you when you're 23
And are still more amused by TV shows
What the hell is ADD?
My friends say I should act my age
What's my age again?
What's my age again?

Then later on, on the drive home
I called her mom from a pay phone
I said I was the cops
And your husband's in jail
This state looks down on sodomy

And that's about the time that bitch hung up on me
Nobody likes you when your 23
And are still more amused by prank phone calls
What the hell is caller ID?
My friends say I should act my age
What's my age again?
What's my age again?

And that's about the time she walked away from me
Nobody likes you when your 23
And you still act like you're in Freshman year
What the hell is wrong with me?
My friends say I should act my age
What's my age again?

That's about the time that she broke up with me
No one should take themselves so seriously
With many years ahead to fall in line
Why would you wish that on me?
I never want to act my age
What's my age again?
What's my age again?

10 Great Quotes

Notice that the title is not the "Best Quotes" or even my "favorite" quotes. Why is this? There's a great possibility that I have missed or forgotten a great quote. That's where you, beloved reader, come into the equation. Make this interactive... give me some of your favorite quotes.

10. "Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it."
- Abraham Lincoln

9. "Knowledge is power."
- Francis Bacon

8. "I haven't failed. I have found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Edison, on his experiments to achieve a feasible electric lamp (light bulb).

7. "Power Corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely."
- Lord Acton

6. "Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired."
- Mother Teresa

5. "I am the Lord's servant. May it be to me according to your word."
- Mary, mother of Christ, after the Annunciation.

4. "For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief."
- Solomon

3. "Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose, Nothing ... don't mean nothing honey if it ain't free."
- Janis Joplin, Me and Bobby McGee (Yes, I am aware that Kris Kristofferson wrote the song, however:
A. Joplin slightly changed this line, and I like it better this way
B. It sounds so much better when Janis sings it.)

2. "Those who do not listen, must feel."
- My paternal grandfather (though I'm willing to admit that he probably was not the first to say it).

1. " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
- Jesus, replying to a question asking which Commandment is the greatest.

10 Ways to Prevent Studying for Physiology

10. Listen to Elton John's 1973 Classic "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road."

9. Clean your apartment.

8. Work out at the Y, attempt a 10th rep on bench press even though you nearly passed out during the 9th.

7. Try your hardest not to stare at girls at the Y... fail miserably.

6. Try your hardest not to think about girls at the Y while in the shower... fail again.

5. Contemplate the plastic-love that is valentine's day.

4. Realize that in 15 days you will be 23. Play "What's my age again," by Blink 182.

3. Daydream about learning how to play an instrument (the guitar, piano, drums... maybe all of them).

2. Combat fascism... even if there's nothing at stake.

1. Post on your blog.

10 Reasons I want to be a Doctor

(Just in case there is actually someone out there stupid enough to need the following disclaimer...
None of this is real, this is for comedy purposes only, and I really do want to be a doctor for all of the right reasons [none of which are listed here.])

10. I'd get to see naked people.

9. The easy hours, I mean... doctors clearly have time to play golf all of the time, so...

8. Free scrubs.

7. The way that universal health care is going to pave the way to medical greatness, so long as we elect the medical system genius Hillary Clinton.

6. I get to put M.D. after my name... on EVERYTHING.

5. The smell of hospitals in winter {and the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters, with no pearl}.

4. The fact that doctors are never, ever involved in frivolous lawsuits.

3. Pelvic Exams.

2. The millions of dollars the average American seems to think M.D.'s pull down every year.

1. Rectal Exams.

P.S.
Thank you Governor Romney. Today you did the right thing, and did it with a lot of tact and you were able to make a good political point while doing it. My respect for you has increased, and even though I still feel that you should not be the President of this country, you did a good thing for America today.

10 Things I hate about you (my neighbors)

10. You go to ODU.

9. You have no idea how to parallel park. In the rare event that I need to park on the street you manage to fuck it up.

8. Spontaneous hysterical laughter, always occurring between 12-4 am.

7. Your terrible taste in "music". I had to put music in quotes because I've only ever heard you play techno and the all-star rock ballad "crazy bitch," which is of course, a profound song.

6. You go to ODU.

5. The way you eyeball me when I take out my trash.

4. The way you take out your trash -- if you would put it in bags properly flies and maggots wouldn't be all up in our trash cans.

3. You go to ODU.

2. The raucous sex at 2:57 am last night. I didn't need to hear that.

1. The showers. I swear you douchebags take 8 showers a day. There's never any hot water if I have to shower in the morning.

Top 10, #9

Top 10 Fictional Characters of all time:

10. Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)

9. Jack Ryan (several Tom Clancy Novels)

8. George Costanza (Seinfeld)

7. Hannibal Lector (Silence of the Lambs [The other movies/books were terrible but Anthony Hopkins' portrayal of Lector in SOTL puts him on this list])

6. Han Solo (Star Wars movies)

5. Ziggy Stardust (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, David Bowie)

4. Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones Movies)

3. Frodo Baggins (The Lord of the Rings)

2. Darth Vader (Star Wars Movies)

1. Eric Cartman (South Park)


Notes: Three Harrison Ford Characters made this list. Two Star Wars Characters made this list. There are no female characters on this list.

Top 10 Lists

Since I'm bored and procrastinating before my first exam of the semester, I figured I would share with you, beloved reader, my Top 10 Top 10's. For the next 10 Posts I will make a list, in the vein of the Fox Network's World's ____iest ___ (i.e. deadliest animals). Each list will consist of 10 things which I think are the most qualified to make the list. Criticisms and debates are welcome, but you probably won't change my mind on these.

As you probably already know, but if my blog doesn't make fully clear, I consider music to be a large influence on my life. We will start the lists there.

10 Albums to Listen to Before You Die:

10. Dirt, Alice in Chains, 1992. Alice in Chains' landmark album that in my opinion was more influential than even Nevermind. With 13 songs ranging from anger to depression to death to substance abuse this may be the darkest album on the list. It's also the hardest.

9. Back In Black, AC/DC, 1980. ACDC's highwater mark, and the third best selling album of all time. Nothing but shallow hard rock here, but if you have the energy for it, its certainly worth it.

8. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, David Bowie, 1972. Most readers are probably quite surprised at this one, but Ziggy Stardust is one album that certainly never collects dust in my collection. I cannot really describe why I love this album so much, other than to say that David Bowie blows me away with his imagination and creativity. A phenomenal album that defined "Glam Rock" and David Bowie's career.

7. Nevermind, Nirvana, 1991. Commonly called "The Birth of Grunge Rock" (though this is clearly not true) Kurt Kobain's songwriting reached it's peak. Though Smells like Teen Spirit remains the instant classic from this album, this blogger feels that Come as You Are represents both Kobain's best song as well as the defining tune for 90s rock.

6. Tommy, The Who, 1969. The Who's breakthrough and cult-classic. Tommy leads you through the allegorical life of Tommy Walker, a deaf, dumb and blind kid, who happens to be a pretty mean pinball player. Tommy Walker of course represents the suppression of Free Thought and youthful exuberance by Western Society's domineering establishment.

5. Let it Bleed, Rolling Stones, 1969. The Rolling Stones have been the bad boys of rock since their self-censored appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. Here, the Stones show you the baddest of the bad. Nearly all hard rock, ranging from on-the-brink-of destruction political climate tunes (Gimme Shelter) to Midnight Rambler (a rock ballad from the POV of the Boston Strangler) the glimmer twins shine. Keith Richards' best album.

4. Harvest, Neil Young, 1972. Neil Young, inventor of grunge (both the rock music form and the look) shows us his softer side on this, his bestselling album. Heart of Gold alone would push this album onto this list, but with another 9 fantastic songs ranging from loud and politically driven rock (Alabama) to sweet but sad folk (Out on the Weekend) this album hits #4.

3. Blood on The Tracks, Bob Dylan, 1975. I know many of you think you couldn't stand to listen to Bob Dylan's outspoken political beliefs wrapped up into a folk song with a rough voice. Trust me when I tell you to give this one a chance -- Dylan opens his soul on this one and displays the finest songwriting of his career.

2. Abbey Road, The Beatles, 1969. The zenith of The Beatles, as well as their last recorded album. Abbey Road blends everything that the Liverpool Lads could hope to do into one sweet melody with one clear message: "And in the end, the love you take... is equal to the love... you make."

1. Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd 1973. Despite what the album sleeve may tell you, DSOTM is one 43:03 song. The album is fashioned after a western society person's life and is filled with personal growth and development of philosophy (the most crucial of this knowledge gained only just before death.) A common complaint about this album is that one must "be high" to enjoy it. Simply not true, one must only allow his mind to wander and take the album in. If the fact that DSOTM stayed on the Billboard Top 200 albums list until 1989 wasn't enough to get you to listen to it, or if you have ignored that this is the 5th highest selling album of all time and has received more critical acclaim than sliced bread... surely my stupid little blog will get you to listen to it.

Notes:
I feel that several more albums by The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and The Rolling Stones belong on this list... but there was only room for 10, and each has only their best work represented. Likewise note this this list is not a "my favorite albums list" nor is it a "best ever albums list." It is my concerted effort to get someone to find these albums and give them a listen. I know it's probably not going to work, but I can dream anyway.
Noticeably absent is anything by the Hard Rock band Led Zeppelin. I simply could not decide which of their first four albums (creatively titled Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin III, and [technically "Untitled", but collectively known as] Led Zeppelin IV) was their best work. Certainly a band of their caliber belongs here, but I simply couldn't decide in which direction to point you towards.
There is a clear age dichotomy here. With the exception of Back in Black (1980) every album on this list is from either 1969-1975 or 1991-2. Clearly this should tell you two things:
1. The 80s sucked
2. Those eras roughly approximate the best years in the history of rock n roll. Clearly, we are currently in another barren landscape of suck, not seen since the 1980s.

The Five Best albums that missed the cut (that were not recorded by a artist/band who made the list, and are not Led Zeppelin), in no order whatsoever:
Blood Sugar Sex Magick, Red Hot Chile Peppers, 1991
Aqualung, Jethro Tull, 1971
Siamese Dream, The Smashing Pumpkins, 1993
Full Moon Fever, Tom Petty, 1989
Appetite For Destruction, Guns N Roses, 1987

Just like Yesterday

We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song


I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around me
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the foe, that' all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
'Cause the banners, they all flown in the last war

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around me
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
No, no!

I'll move myself and my family aside
If we happen to be left half alive
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
For I know that the hypnotized never lie

Do ya?

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

There's nothing in the street
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Is now the parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around me
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

Mike Huckabee Rocks

Loyal reader(s), surely you must be chomping at the bit for my G.O.P. Presidential Nomination Endorsement. Well, this is it.

347 Reasons Why I <3 Huckabee

1. "My faith is my life - it defines me. My faith doesn't influence my decisions, it drives them. I don't separate my faith from my personal and professional lives." - MikeHuckabee.com

The Southern Baptist Minister doesn't fall in line with typical Religious Right views either, noting on his website that "For example, when it comes to the environment, I believe in being a good steward of the earth." You don't see most Religious Right candidates stumping for environmentalism, but Huckabee feels in his heart that that's the right thing to do.

2. Huckabee's "Secure America" Plan. In essence: up border control, prevent amnesty, enforce the laws on the employers, give power to local law enforcement, and modernize immigration while making it easier for skilled/educated workers to get visas.

3. Experience. As the governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007 he:
improved education across the state by changing the tax code
cut the number of uninsured children in his state
cut statewide spending
took an active involvement in the health of young people in public schools
Welfare down, Economy Up
Named as one of America's best governors according to Time Magazine
and many other important things according to some guy on some website

4. Sense of humor. This is a quality that the media just doesn't seem to get. From asking Steven Colbert to be his VP to having Chuck Norris in his campaign ads Huckabee has given his campaign some real positive energy that people are responding to.

5. He's in a rock band... come on, that's awesome.

6. He's against universal health care, and favors switching our system to a more preventative care system, something being urged by medical schools since 1412... okay probably more like 1980 or something.

7. He will allow our troops to finish the job in Iraq, while giving them necessary funding and staying out of their way.

8. He promises to appoint non-activist judges.

9. Energy independence... can you even imagine that? Can you imagine doing it with clean fuels?

10. "I believe that Roe v. Wade should be over-turned."
and reasons 11-347. Two Words: Chuck Norris.

Look, in the end I know Huckabee probably doesn't have the money to get the GOP nomination. I'm just an idealist I suppose.
Still, I do like John McCain, and it appears as though he is the GOP front-runner. McCain and Huckabee seem to be about as buddy-buddy as any two candidates, and a McCain-Huckabee ticket would be refreshing and winnable.

I would actually like to get some feedback on this one. So please, if you're one of the three people who occasionally check this (you know who you are) tell me what you think. Please.

X-ray? What the ph.uck?

This has been one of those weeks my momma told me about...
The buckeyes got their dicks sanded (again), I found out that one of my grades wasn't "good enough" (by my standards) and then there was today's biochemistry small group.

I think in general, this is probably a good idea. A way for students to have a roundtable discussion of sorts dealing with real medical problems and the biochemical bases of said problems. But you see, this leaves out the Ph.D. mentality... Allow me to explain:

Today's "conference" was a case study on obesity. It should have been simple and to the point... but instead we spent nearly an hour talking about, among other things diagnosing obesity. Now... call me old fashioned, but I'm pretty certain diagnosing obesity should be pretty simple, and in most cases a 5 second visual test should do. If that isn't up to snuff a simple BMI calculation (which can be done with a calculator, a scale, and a yard stick in about 2 minutes at a bare minimum of expense).
Again, this leaves out the Ph.D. mentality. No... I did not discuss the use of High Energy X-rays as a diagnostic tool for Obesity Dr. PhD. Can you imagine running your own practice and trying to get reimbursement from the insurance company of the patient for such a test? Ahh, but once again, we've forgotten the Ph.D. mentality -- my critical flaw it seems. You see, this conference was proctored by someone with no clinical experience whatsoever, but rather by someone who has spent the majority of their life in a lab with minimal human contact.
I've said it before (though not on this blog) and I'll say it again: Medical School should be taught be M.D.s as much as is humanly possible.

Those who cannot do, teach...

Id like to fly, But my wings have been so denied

Bury me softly in this womb
I give this part of me for you
Sand rains down and here I sit
Holding rare flowers
In a tomb...in bloom

Down in a hole and I dont know if I can be saved
See my heart I decorate it like a grave
You dont understand who they
Thought I was supposed to be
Look at me now a man
Who wont let himself be

Down in a hole, feelin so small
Down in a hole, losin my soul
Id like to fly,
But my wings have been so denied

Down in a hole and theyve put all
The stones in their place
Ive eaten the sun so my tongue
Has been burned of the taste
I have been guilty
Of kicking myself in the teeth
I will speak no more
Of my feelings beneath

Down in a hole, feelin so small
Down in a hole, losin my soul
Id like to fly but my
Wings have been so denied

Bury me softly in this womb
Oh I want to be inside of you
I give this part of me for you
Oh I want to be inside of you
Sand rains down and here I sit
Holding rare flowers (oh I want to be inside of you)
In a tomb...in bloom
Oh I want to be inside...

Down in a hole, feelin so small
Down in a hole, losin my soul
Down in a hole, feelin so small
Down in a hole, outta control
Id like to fly but my
Wings have been so denied

Beck says...

I’m a driver, I’m a winner; things are gonna change I can feel it)

In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey
Butane in my veins and I’m out to cut the junkie
With the plastic eyeballs, spray-paint the vegetables
Dog food stalls with the beefcake pantyhose
Kill the headlights and put it in neutral
Stock car flamin’ with a loser and the cruise control
Baby’s in reno with the vitamin d
Got a couple of couches, sleep on the love-seat
Someone came in sayin’ I’m insane to complain
About a shotgun wedding and a stain on my shirt
Don’t believe everything that you breathe
You get a parking violation and a maggot on your sleeve
So shave your face with some mace in the dark
Savin’ all your food stamps and burnin’ down the trailer park

Yo. cut it.

Soy un perdedor
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?

(double barrel buckshot)
Soy un perdedor
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?

Forces of evil on a bozo nightmare
Ban all the music with a phony gas chamber
’cuz one’s got a weasel and the other’s got a flag
One’s on the pole, shove the other in a bag
With the rerun shows and the cocaine nose-job
The daytime crap of the folksinger slob
He hung himself with a guitar string
A slab of turkey-neck and it’s hangin’ from a pigeon wing
You can’t write if you can’t relate
Trade the cash for the beef for the body for the hate
And my time is a piece of wax fallin’ on a termite
who's chokin’ on the splinters

Soy un perdedor
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?
(get crazy with the cheese whiz)
Soy un perdedor
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?
(drive-by body-pierce)
(yo bring it on down)
Soooooooyy....

?em llik uoy t'nod yhw os ,ybab resol a m'I rodedrep nu yoS


(I’m a driver, I’m a winner; things are gonna change I can feel it)

Soy un perdedor
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?
(I can’t believe you)
Soy un perdedor
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?
Soy un perdedor
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?
(Sprechen Sie Deutsch hier, Baby!)
Soy un perdedor
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?
(know what I’m sayin’? )

Well... that sucked

Sitting on an angry chair
Angry walls that steal the air
Stomach hurts and I don't care

What do I see across the way
See myself molded in clay
Stares at me, yeah I'm afraid
Changing the shape of his face

Candles red I have a pair
Shadows dancing everywhere
Burning on the angry chair

Little boy made a mistake
Pink cloud has now turned to gray
All that I want is to play
Get on your knees, time to pray, boy

I don't mind, yeah
I don't mind, I-I-I
I don't mind, yeah,
I don't mind, I-I-I
Lost my mind, yeah
But I dont mind, I-I-I
Cant find it anywhere
I don't mind

Corporate prison, we stay
I'm a dull boy, work all day
So I'm strung out anyway

Loneliness is not a phase
Field of pain is where I graze
Serenity is far away

Saw my reflection and cried
So little hope that I died
Feed me your lies, open wide
Weight of my heart, not the size

Pink cloud has now turned to gray
All that I want is to play
Get on your knees time to pray

Alice in Chains
"Angry Chair" (Staley)
From the Album Dirt, 1992

Show them Ohio's here

In old Ohio there's a team
That's known throughout the land;
Eleven warriors, brave and bold,
Whose fame will ever stand.
And when the ball goes over,
Our cheers will reach the sky,
Ohio field will hear again
The Buckeye Battle Cry...

Drive! Drive on down the field,
Men of the scarlet and gray;
Don't let them thru that line,
We have to win this game today,
Come on, Ohio!
Smash through to victory.
We cheer you as you go:
Our honor defend
We will fight to the end for O-hi-o.

Kate

She plays wipeout on the drums
the squirrels and the birds come
Gather around to sing the guitar
Oh I...have you got nothing to say

When all words fail she speaks
Her mix tape's a masterpiece
Walks through the garden
so the roses can see
Oh I...have you got nothing to say
And you can see the daisies
in her footsteps
Dandelions, butterflies
I wanna be Kate

Everyday she wears the same thing
I think she smokes pot
She's everything I want, She's everything I'm not
Oh. I...
Have you got nothing to say

She never gets wet
She smiles and it's a rainbow
And she speaks and she breathes
I wanna be Kate

Down by the Rosemary and Cary
She hands out the Bhagavad-Gita
I see her around every couple days
I wanna see her so that
I can say...hey Kate

She never gets wet
She smiles and it's a rainbow
Oh oh...You can see
I wanna wanna wanna wanna be
Kate, Kate, Kate, Kate, Kate, Kate
No, no, no, no, no

Around the World in 80 days

Classes started again today... boo! That means my sweet winter break is over. I tallied up almost 8,000 miles. Thats a lot. Vegas was... well Vegas. If you're not willing to part with at least 1,000 bucks I don't really recommend it. I had a great time, but mostly because of who I was with, not where I was. I miss my homeboys, I guess.

Monday is the big Game. I'm pretty stoked about that. I'm not stoked at all about going back to class... this semester is probably not going to be any easier than the last.

It's been a Long December
But there's reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last.