Motivate Me Why Don’t You

Lately everyone is getting into blogging or back into the blogging game as seen by scrolling down my Facebook newsfeed. This has motivated me to take time out from my hectic schedule (working 2 days a week, donating plasma 2 days, and sometimes deciding to go to class) to post on a more habitual basis. There are definitely some things I would like to discuss that are current events (in my life or globally going on depending on the post)

  Just to paint you a picture to begin with of the current atmosphere I’m typing this blog entry in I’m in a dim room that needs to be cleaned, my white board with my daily goals is leering at me begging for attention but I am neglecting it like I’m a unfit parent addicted to heroin and I’m listening to Pandora on my Kindle Fire (aka The Poor Mans Ipad) listening to Blink 182’s live rendition of Miss You and being comforted by the nasally live voice of Tom Delonge. Hopefully that can be illustrated in your minds, time for me to put down my brush and get into some things that have been on my mind.

School and Social Relationships

I’m getting ready to graduate and let me just say this these past years have been a hang on to the edge of your seat, out of control roller coaster ride of mediocrity and under achievement, but lets not talk about my luck with females on this campus and more about my education. I honestly have enjoyed the schooling and being a criminology major here at the University of Northern Iowa I have really loved my professors and the education I have inherited here. Im planning on going into probations or working with juveniles delinquents in some capacity, but if that doesn't work out Im going pursue a career as a Neurosurgeon or a rodeo clown... or maybe both.

I have developed a lot of friendships that could last… well one night in college… Yes one night stand friendships! I have met a lot of really awesome people at UNI and forged a lot of good friendships over the years, but there are also a lot of times I met someone just one or two times at a social gathering and thought the person was really either personable, witty, affable, funny, and *insert superlative describing a likeable attribute* and would be a nice addition to my social group. Especially, because my group of friends resemble the cast of The Breakfast Club (A real cast of characters to say the least, read the blog post Baker and friends for more information) and I am always looking for new people to have social interactions with that play a different niche in my life and have different views and a different lifestyle than my own. My goal would be to hangout with these people that are fairly foreign to me and get to know them much better. I realize this goal is about as real as Manti Te’os’ girlfriend. I mean honestly how am I about to have one night of friendship and not expect you to get a hold of me the next day, I’m expecting some commitment here folks.

Open Door Policy

I have been called out for this recently, having an open door policy. An open door policy as in opening the door for lots of people wherever I go, and sometimes waiting a bit longer than average to keep a door open, I don’t know if there is a universal rule of thumb for how many seconds/steps someone is behind you to leave the door open before you look ridiculous, but I try to wait longer than most regardless. Let the record also show that I don’t just open the door for attractive girls (except for maybe my bedroom door) no I open it for everyone, I am an equal opportunity door opener regardless of your race, religion, gender, and any other factors. All I ask in return to reciprocate this gesture with a “Thanks”, but a small amount don‘t… These people make me want to exchange my P’s and Q’s for F’s and U’s. Everyone should open the door for people even if you have to wait a bit, it’s a nice simple sign that you acknowledge someone.

  Facebook Gun Control Battles

I can’t get on Facebook anymore without walking into the line of fire of a gun control debate on Facebook. (pun definitely intended) What happened to the good ole days when I could get on Facebook and read about who is going to the gym, a girl complaining about how there are no good guys out there, bible verses, sports posts, musical lyrics that describe how some ones feeling for the day, the “I want to cuddle post“ and of course the negative posts… Yeah all that stuff that can be repetitively boring, I would love for it to supplant the gun control debates. I’m starting to wish the right to bare the same repetitive opinions over and over again that is disseminated to a large group of people was revoked. No one is going to change anyone’s opinion on the topic, people are to set in their ways and participate in selective exposure. People also have way to much keyboard confidence, the ability to confidently promulgate their views when they have a keyboard in front of them but not in person. Not me though, I would say what I think right to your face, as long as your face is turned around and your within a distance that what I say is completely inaudible.