Stand up and shout

Ever want to just scream? Ever get tired of holding it all in, not being able to say something because it would do more harm than good? Ever want people to grow up, to mind their own business, or just leave you alone? God what I wouldn't give right now for just that. You go with it for a while and just brush it off, then when you try to put an end to it they just think you're joking every time. The only option that seems to be the one that would work is a freak out, but then that's not an option either. So what do I do? I become reclusive again, just withdraw because it seems to be the only thing I can do. Is it?

-Matt

Thrown for a loop

As I sit here again things run through my mind. I'm procrastinating yet again during reading week, I had an entire week to study and prepare for midterms but of course I did nothing of the sort. I spent this week going out, working, drinking, and basically just trying not to think about school whatsoever. Why you might ask? Because I'm sick of it...Not school itself, but all the drama that seems to go hand in hand with it. I needed this break to get away from the people, you'd think that nearing 20 people would mature a little...But it seems some people are doomed to live in immaturity for a great part of their life.

This brings something else up...Today marks exactly 2 months until I turn 20. Strange that it's not such a big number, but still marks the end of my teenage years. I'm going to be an adult whether I like it or not. I get to move on and grow up, actually it's more like I HAVE to move on and grow up. It's a scary thought really...Me of all people, going to be an adult. Me of all people, is going to do something with myself. Left behind will be all my slacker days of old, all the days that I could get away with being a kid. You know what...Growing up seems to be more of an adventure, something new on the horizon that I can either look forward to or fear. Right now though, I'm just not going to think about it, I still have a couple years ahead of me while I'm in school and don't need to grow up quite yet. Hah! It's weird that I say I can't stand immaturity yet I myself don't want to grow up.

gods...I have so much to say right now but just find the words to say it all...I guess long story short things are good...Confusing (or they were) but good.

-Matt

Life on the high seas

YARR! Yes! Pirates are officially the MOST kick ass thing ever! Last night was my pirate themed party. There was lots of rum in all forms drank from many things, such as my coconut cup, which I merely chipped a large into the top of and poured my drinks in with a funnel. The fun that can be had with cheap plastic swords is limitless as well...I mean you can break them and just not care (and yes A LOT of them were broken at the end of the night), mind you you'd be surprised how much a plastic sword hitting you while dueling actually freaking hurts. That aside, I now have a small arsenal of plastic weapons at my disposal that were left by some party goers. I now have counted 6 daggers, 5 eye patches, 4 swords, 3 pistols, 2 hooks and a telescope that were left over, plus half the Texas Mickey of rum, 8 liters of coke and 7 liters of assorted juices, two bottle of real lime juice and a bunch of actual limes too.

Yes...It was all a grand affair. And I must now brag about something I found quite funny. My sister's friends were also at this party. And mainly this post is about one of them in particular, he's known as Newbs and him and I have a sort of history...Involving me hating him...But that's another story that I shall not tell today. Back to the story...This fellow is rather creepy, so creepy in fact that he has the ability to disgust any member of the opposite sex in a matter of seconds. Unfortunately this also is accompanied by an inaptitude at realizing when his presence is not wanted, as a matter of fact the more disgusted you become with him, the closer he'll come to you. Unfortunately as well the only single women at the party were my friends, who up until point, had never met Newbs or knew what to expect from him. Needless to say he DID zero in on a couple of them and proceeded to "put the moves on them" which consists of him talking about himself and insulting everyone around him...I kid you not, this guy makes extra chunky peanut butter with gravel mixed in for good measure look smooth. So...Rather than let it go on in a horrible painful way that would cause my friends more pain than they possibly could ever deserve, I went in for a cock-block. Now believe here I should explain what that is (there are people that don't know) and the levels of doing it.

basically a cock-block is one guy interfering with another's attempt to "get with" someone, generally it's frowned upon but I figured it was justified considering I hate the guy and he WAS bothering my friends. But now there are five levels of cock-blockery which are as follows:

Level 1
the blocker doesn't know what they did, and is completely unaware of his actions until told at another time.

Level 2
again the blocker is unaware of his actions but clues in while doing it but STILL doesn't leave.

Level 3
This time the blocker knows what they're doing but does so in a subtle manner that while getting the job done, is not known to the target of the blockee.

Level 4
There's no subtlety here people, this is pure intrusion and total shunnage

Level 5
The only real difference between 4 and 5 is the use of physical force to remove the blockee

but yes, mine was a total level 4 block with me cutting into the few inches he had between himself and the target. This enraged him and had him spouting off about volcanoes or some such, which I later found out was his code for cock-blocking...And oddly I learned this as he EXPLAINED it to the people I blocked him from. Like I said people...He's a real winner and oddly he seems to be the only person I've EVER met that somehow put "volcano", "cock-block", and "klingon" in the same sentence...

and on that end note...Pirates freaking rock

-Matt

The craving

It's been one week now since I first tried it. I figured I'd finally see what everyone is saying is so great about it. I never really saw myself as the type of person that would give into peer pressure but I guess I kind of did this time. And you know what...I'm not sure I regret it. It really has been a week and I've used it every night since, it just seems to take you to another world so different from our own, you just forget about things around you and lose track of time. It's amazing! I don't know why I didn't do it before. Yes my friends, it was one week ago that I bought World of Warcraft and I freaking love it! And yes...I'm a geek.

-Matt

Times are changing

It's time Matt jumped on the blog topic bandwagon and put in my two cents about the whole same sex marriage. Now I could just put up that "10 reasons why homosexuality is wrong" list, I've seen it on about 6 of the blogs I sometimes visit and while it IS funny I figured I'd make a more serious post to say the things I wanted to.

apparently the whole issue of same-sex marriages is a HUGE deal. People are so set in their ways that they say it's "wrong" or "disgusting", it kind of sickens me that people would be so ignorant to say these things. I'd just like to ask you a question to you if you're one of those people out there that believes that homosexuals shouldn't get married. What have they done to you? Seriously I want you to really think about it...Have they caused you any harm? Did they run out into the streets beating every hetero person they could find? Did they pillage and burn down your village? Chances are that your answer to every single one of these questions is no. If one wasn't...Well, I now ask you if it had anything to do with the bible/religion. If you answered yes to this I'd like to move on to my next point.

First I'd like to point out that this wasn't intended to bash religion but it does (in my opinion) have some importance. The church would have to represent the largest opposition against same sex marriage. They essentially say that it goes against what's written in the bible or against God or some such like that. Now I don't understand why they would get so worked up about it, is it their job to make sure everything does what is required in the bible? Not really no, I find it repulsive that the church, supposedly an entity that encourages love and acceptance, would participate in this cheaply disguised discrimination. Now if the church wouldn't recognize a same-sex marriage because it's against what they teach then why is it that that same church will recognize a marriage from another religion? It's not even like the church is being forced to perform the ceremonies, someone like a justice of the peace can do that. So again, why oppose it? Are you making the world a better place by forcing others to believe what you do? Basically promoting hate against a group that has done nothing wrong...Hey! That seems familiar...Now who did that? Blaming problems on a completely innocent group of people. I don't know but that seems awfully familiar, like something that happened in the Second World War, you know, with all the Jews being used as a scape goat for the problems that Germany was facing. Yes I know it's a little extreme to be comparing it to that but for all intents and purpose it is true.

I just can't fathom the harm same-sex marriages would cause, especially since they are allowed right now and nothing horrible has come of it. If it really bothers you that much just for off somewhere and piss off. You're not doing anyone any good complaining about it and your opinion on the matter is bigoted and invalid. If we want to progress as a society people we need to get rid of all the hate and discrimination, not prevent two people (even of the same sex) who love each other to get married.

-Matt