Food Poisoning?

Hello,

To all of my faithful readers, which I am sure is like all of 2 people, I am back to the grind of writing down pointless rants on the internet machine. I had a good vacation I must say, my mind needed a break from all of this thinking. In all actuality, I just was too lazy to blog yesterday. So anyways here it is a Friday night. Young kids are out on the town. Teenagers are most likely at the movies enjoying a popcorn and trying to get some from their boyfriend/girlfriend. Other teenagers are smoking up in a station wagon in a Wal-Mart parking lot in an aimless attempt to see how long they can loiter by the door. College students are out drinking, raising hell, and trying to hook up. Older people are filling the bars with empty bottles, terrible conversations, and smoke filled entrances. But, the real question is where am I?

I am at home. It is a Friday night, at 8:23 p.m. and I am ready for bed. Why? Well A.) I have no money to go to the bar and try to hook up with someone, or get drunk and embarass myself (whichever comes first) B. I am recovering from my alcohol binge and trying not to drink at all C. I think I got food poisoning from a slice of meatball pizza. That's right folks, meatball pizza. I thought that I would be a smartass and go to a pizza shop and order a slice of something no one else would order. I know that people get whole pies of meatball pizza, but not by the slice. So yes, I made it a hassle for the cooks. It was a tasty, juicy, delicious slice of meatball pizza. It was like an Italian explosion in my mouth (and I mean that in the LEAST sexual way possible). I loved every bite of that meatball pizza. Now a few hours later, I am feeling the aftermath. My stomach feels like it has been stabbed 75 times, and then shot up with a machine gun. I am tired and a little dizzy and I assure you I did not just chug a bottle of Jack Daniel's. This is the worst feeling ever. I am pretty sure I have food poisoning, what a bummer. Oh well, I guess on the brighter side of things...more blogs while I recover?

I hope you all have a fantastic Friday night doing whatever it may be that you are doing. Until next time:

Mac 'N Cheese without the Cheese...is simply Macaroni.

Technology and Beautiful Days

Today is such a nice day. The air is not hot and sticky, and its not overly hot. It is like perfect weather, to me at least. But what have I done today? Well let's see, I made my morning coffee trip, and got a bagel. Then I came home and worked on some settings for my fantasy football league. Then I made a Ustream video for my league. What does all this rambling pertain to you might ask. Well I guess the point I am getting at is that technology has really taken the front seat in the world. There are people out there who would kill for nice days all the time, and here I am wasting it by recording videos and blogging. I mean granted other than golfing, I'm not really an outdoors person, but still what a waste. I could have accomplished a lot today. Digitally I have accomplished a ton, but in terms of real life, my productivity is at an all time minimum. So my question is, has technology overtaken our lives? Is something that is meant to make our lives easier, replacing living life to its fullest? In some cases I feel like it has altered my ways, and made me waste a lot more time living. Technological advances have taken over so much of my life that I cannot imagine not having them around.

I don't know these are just random thoughts. I often think about how my life would be without a blackberry, macbook, and ipod. The problem is I CAN'T picture it without them. This leads me to wonder what it will be like in 20 years. Will I even have to get out of bed? Or will some robot go do all my errands and work for me? Just a little fuel for thought for the day...

Critters and Blackberrys

So I awoke today, at a very late afternoon hour, and I get a call from my beloved sister. She is having quite the crisis up in Wilson, NY. She apparently has a critter stuck in her gutters and has no idea what to do about it. Me, I have no idea either, I am certainly not handy by any means. So I did what any modern day adult with no skills whatsoever would do: I googled "how to get a critter unstuck from your gutter." The search provided me with nothing. I think I am going to figure out the process and put a guide up on the internet for all of you non handy people to guide you through critter removal. What do you even do in that situation?

Also, I am pleased to announce that I am back in the cellular world. My new blackberry has finally arrived, and I couldn't be happier. You don't really realize how much you need a cell phone in your life until it is gone. I guess the old adage, "you don't know what you've got til it's gone" is actually true about my cellular life. I guess the moral of this story is that I am back to being connected and extremely pumped about it! :-) That's all I have for now. It's back to the fantasy football drawing board, Sunday night at 7 p.m. is our draft and it is gonna be intense.

Any critter removal suggestions for my sister?

Its the most wonderful time of the year!

Ahhhh yes, the air is becoming more crisp, and the daylight is getting shorter. Yes that's right everyone, it is almost fall. Fall = One thing to me and most other men on this planet...FOOTBALL SEASON!

Yes that's right, offenses and defenses, children and adults are in training camps and scrimmages preparing for grid iron glory. I too have been training for grid iron glory, much like many other unathletic people whose dreams of becoming a professional star and football hall of famer have been dashed by their lack of football skill and pure athleticism. I am preparing mentally for the most competitive and grueling sixteen week season of the year: the fantasy football season.

Fantasy football gives you the power to be a multimillion dollar general manager, minus the money. Fantasy football allows you to be the coach setting your lineups for the best possible matchup against your competition. This is no joke. This is what I do for a living. I feel that being unemployed has given me a strong advantage this year. Having no grasp of reality really allows me to enter myself into a fantasy world.

Our fantasy football draft is on Sunday. It will be a test of on the spot thinking, as well as planning ahead to make the best selections for the upcoming season. One wasted pick could ruin all hopes of a championship. What am I doing to prepare? I have purchased almost every guide you can, and I have made myself a draft board. I have thought out every draft scenario you could encounter, and selected my top 5 picks for each round. I am not messing around this year. Granted these picks could become meaningless if the players do not live up to their expectations, or get hurt. We will just have to see how it goes.

That being said it's back to the draft board for this general manager. Does anyone out there have any good tips?

Things that I have recently encountered that I approve of

This is just a little blog. I like to keep up on the newest things that can possibly entertain me. So here is just a brief list of things that I enjoyed and strongly recommend you at least check out:


Third Eye Blind's new album "Ursa Major" Ursa Major is the new, and very anticipated album from the band who brought us such timeless songs as "Jumper" and "Semi-Charmed Kind of Life" I just heard the album and I have to say it is fantastic.

In the movie department, I just saw "500 Days of Summer" and I have to say it was really, really good. The acting was great, the story told behind it was amazing, and it had a very indie feel to it. Also, there is a good underlying motive in it, that if you watch you will know, but it really makes you think.

MacBook Pro: All of you PC's out there, you are obviously entitled to your opinion and to use whatever technologies suit you, and make your life easier. However, to those thinking about switching from PC to Mac, I just made the switch. Yes, it is an expensive switch, but one for me that I feel was worth every cent of it. I just got a MacBook Pro 15 inch, and it is like my baby. It runs so smoothly, and is not as hard to use as I thought it was. I feel like I have endless possibilities with this computer, and I also feel secure about it lasting me an incredibly long time. Definitely look into a MBpro if your in the market and aren't afraid to invest!

That's all for now, because to be quite honest I don't feel like typing anymore, but I really hope you check out these 3 things. Feel free to provide me your feedback as well!

Things not to say at the little league world series...

So, this is the first installment of my "blog." I feel like I should be doing more productive things in my life than this, but at the same time, I really have nothing else to do. I am a recent college graduate from Penn State University (GO LIONS!), and I am currently unemployed. I don't feel that this is because of my lack of commitment to the books, I just feel that this economic downturn (to put it lightly) has legitimately crippled the nation's employment rate, but then again that's obvious.

So here I am learning to like the area I am living in. That area is Williamsport, Pa. It is not really famous for much. There is not really much to do here. But every August there is one famous event that takes place in this Central Pennsylvania Town. An event so epic that it causes complete pandemonium. This event is fantastic, and features the best young talent in baseball. That of course is the Little League World Series.

Now we all know of Comic-con, and the Porn Convention in Vegas, but I like to think of the LLWS as free admission to the "National Sex Offenders Convention" or the NSOC as I am going to call it. All joking aside, and forgetting the fact that I lost my Blackberry on a bus, I am going to provide a David Letterman Style Top 10 list of things NOT to say or do while attending the Little League World Series (Some of which I actually heard last night).

The number 10 thing NOT to say or do at the LLWS:
I'll give you the candy if you stop screaming and sit on my lap like a good boy.

The number 9 thing NOT to say or do at the LLWS:
You just put the hot dog in your mouth and enjoy it.

The number 8 thing not to say or do at the LLWS:
Get into an argument with one of the Little League Fathers (We all know the type, not a good crowd to mess with, they are right up there with bikers)

The number 7 thing not to say or do at the LLWS:
If your 45 years old, introduce yourself to a member of a team and tell them to Facebook you

The number 6 thing not to say or do at the LLWS
Cheer as if a player is your son or you know them personally when they are not even from the same country

The number 5 thing not to say or do at the LLWS:
Lie about your age

The number 4 thing not to say or do at the LLWS:
Tell a child you have a bigger bat they can use

The number 3 thing not to say or do at the LLWS
Stand in the middle of the crowd with your hand down your pants trying to get your underwear to stop riding up

The number 2 thing not to say or do at the LLWS:
Round 2nd base with a player

And the number 1 thing not to say or do at the LLWS:
"Okay, okay, I promise I'll stop tickling you now!"

Okay, so yeah some of them lack the luster of a David Letterman Top 10, but still these are not things you should do at the LLWS even if they aren't funny to you. I realize some of them are extremely inappropriate, but that's why you SHOULDN'T do them. I'm sure I'll take some grief for posting this list, and I have to say I don't blame you. It's just weird when you go to this event, (and it really is a great event, I would strongly recommend going there to support these young kids, they really are great athletes at their age and put on a great show of baseball skills), and you overhear weird things thinking that this is like the mecca for petaphelia. I don't know though, that's just me I overthink things way too much. I have lived here for quite some time and I have never been to the LLWS, and after going last night I really do regret it. It is a great thing to see people from all over the world in one place to support the future of athletics, and it is overwhelming to know that such a huge event is right in my backyard basically. So like I said, if you ever get the chance to attend, you should go. It is phenomenal to see great quality baseball, and all different styles from different cultures, come together to claim the crown of world champions of little league.

Thank you for reading, I'll try to blog a lot since I have no life! Hopefully you got a good chuckle, and will consider at least watching the Little League World Series on TV!!