Friday, December 31, 2010

"I know you, you know me, one thing I can tell you is you gotta be free

Come together, right now, over me." Ah, what a glorious song. In my opinion, it is one of the most confusing Beatles' songs, right after "I am the Walrus." Shall we take a dance back in time a see the lyrics. I say yes.

Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

He wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot coca-cola
He say "I know you, you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free
Come together right now over me

He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease
Come together right now over me

He roller-coaster he got early warning
He got muddy water he one mojo filter
He say "One and one and one is three"
Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see
Come together right now over me

Ah what a fun song that I don't understand. And let me tell you, the little beginning thing (that I imagine if I wrote out would look like "Shhhhum-dum dugga-duuuummmm dummmm, Shhhhum-dum dugga-duuuummmm dummmm") Is terribly catchy, don't get me started on the guitar solo. Ah John, Paul, George, and Ringo, how you have done the world good. Imagine the things we wouldn't have without the Beatles. I'd give you examples but I'm too lazy to think of them so how about you just imagine them yourselves. Anyway, that's not what I came here to talk to you about, That's just the song that happened to be playing when I started writing. I actually have no idea what I was going to write about, so instead, I give you an assignment to listen to "Come Together" by the Beatles, not by Aerosmith, although that one's good too, I prefer the Beatles. So go, listen, wonder, and enjoy.

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Not a lot of time

So, as Mr. Title is fond of telling us, I don't have a lot of time. That is because I have to be at work at 4:00 PM and as of right now it is 3:14 PM, and I'm at the library(oop, libary) again, with my wife, whom I will have to drive home after we are done at said libary. Anyway, In my complaint of the post, I will speak of the joys of having a projector. My father works for a school district and as such has access to much equipment that the school does not need but is not entirely useless. Because of this my wife and I received a projector for Christmas. We got home, I set it up, I figured out haw to make it not think it was upside down on a ceiling anymore, and we watched a few movies. I've also had a few occasions to play some games on it. Alas, however, here is my problem. Our apartment comes with cable, which we have heartily used on my old tiny 2" TV (Okay, so it's not 2 inches, but it's still pretty small). After we received this projector we had to point it at the only wall in our apartment which is not made of cinderblock. This wall unfortunately is also the wall that the coaxial cord for our cable comes through, and that cable is not long enough to reach, in anyway (believe me, I've tried) our projector. This saddens me, because I want to watch regular TV on our projector, but I have to use our tiny TV to watch it. It's difficult, but I think I'll pull through. Anyway, it is now 3:21 and we things to do. Please talk at me. . . please.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

What's going on, Man?

I'll tell you what's going on, title. I'm using the internet at a libary (yes, I wrote libary, not library, because I say libary). Why are you using the internet at a libary? Well, random interjected question, it's because I'm a terrible person that steals internets from my neighbor. However, Comcast, my neighbor's internet provider, has decided that to use the internet, I need to verify that the account is mine, which it is not, so I can't use the internet. So I come to the libary. There are many interesting things about using the internet at the libary.

 First thing about libary internets, it's quiet here, which isn't to say it's any different from when I use the internet at home, it just means that as I type the spacebar makes a lot of sound, as well as a few other keys on the keyboard. That makes me feel awkward. Second because I'm in an area with lots of people, I feel like my ridiculously loud clattering on the keyboard is drawing their attention so I constantly have to look to make sure that no one is watching me. Finally, I only have 90 minutes of libary internets time, which, after I check e-mail, Facebook, and take care of other business, means that I only have 60 minutes left to work on things such as this. Which means I'm constantly afraid that as I type this some message will pop up saying, "YOU FOOL, YOU HAVE USED ALL YOUR LIBARY INTERNETS TIME AND YOU MUST PAY FOR EVEN THINKING YOU COULD DO ALL YOU NEEDED IN TIME! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" And then I would cry myself home like the beaten man I would be. . . ooh an ellipsis.

 Anyway, in the end the internet at the libary isn't all that bad, I mean, it's free, so I can't really complain that much. And I suppose I might someday get used to the weird kid that walks just a little too close to me as he checks to see how much more time I have to do all that I'm doing so he can swoop in like a vulture and rip apart the zebra carcass that is his own internet time. Yeah, I can get used to that.

 So, with that I leave all those who have their own internets with my warmest envy. Enjoy your home internets, enjoy that you don't have to rely on a libary to check e-mail or Facebook or whatever you do. I wish I was you, or at least, that I had my own internets.

Friday, December 10, 2010

Why not?

So. . . I just decided to write something. Why, you ask? Well I say why not. . .jerk. Just kidding, you're not a jerk. Anyway, what shall I talk about? Hmmm. . . I know! I shall rant about ellipses!

For those of you who don't know, I used an ellipsis in that last paragraph, in fact, I used three. What is an ellipsis, you ask? Well, a very good question. According to the most reputable source in the world, Wikipedia:


     Ellipsis (plural ellipses; from the Greekἔλλειψιςélleipsis, "omission") is a mark or series of marks that usually indicate an intentional omission of a word in the original text. An ellipsis can also be used to indicate a pause in speech, an unfinished thought, or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence (aposiopesis) (apostrophe and ellipsis mixed). When placed at the end of a sentence, the ellipsis can also inspire a feeling of melancholy longing. The ellipsis calls for a slight pause in speech.
The most common form of an ellipsis is a row of three periods or full stops (...) or pre-composed triple-dot glyph (…). The usage of the em dash (—) can overlap the usage of the ellipsis.

See, here's why I want to talk about ellipses. Everyone does 'em wrong nowadays. You have no idea how many texts/IMs I've received where someone's like "Yeah, so.............." an ellipses is, note three periods not a million. Also, though Wikipedia just showed that I don't have to, every word processor I've used has always corrected my ellipses to space-period-space-period-space-period-space, or ( . . . ) not period-period-period-period-period-period. So, in case you read this and you suddenly need to use an ellipsis or two, remember those rules and don't just mash the period key a million times.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Hey nobody!

So, I pretty much assume nobody will read this, but I have decided that I need to write down my rants. So, to start with, I am a 23 year old dude. I am attending college. I am recently married. I am poor. I am hungry. I am sitting on my couch. That's not important. In fact, none of this is really important so why am I writing it? I suppose I'm writing just so's I can write. I think it's helpful to write down what's on my mind so that I can remember it. Y'all should try it. . . oh, I forgot. nobody's reading this. I suppose I'll let all you nobodies learn more about me later.