Weekly update 4-28-10: Another Lengthy one?

ok so here we go wiht this weeks update. it could be lenghty. it's gonna be posted tonight (tuesday).


The "intro"

first up, allergies. They suck. Last week i had the worst allergies ive had in awhile. we're talking head cold, massive congestion, red eyes, looking tired, itchy eyes and yea. and my meds for ti werent helping in the slightest. so happy thats over.

onwards!

the "meat and potatoes" section

Next on the docket is a couple school related things.

first up on that is this spring festival thing Ealrham does called springfest. theres a moonbounce, a bouncy playground thing a slip n slide, go karts thigns and other fun stuff. so yeah. This year it was inside cause of rain. well the slip n slide was stiill outside and was nice but wasnt nearly as fun as it woulda been had it been outside. At springfest and dinner, there was a guy named Norman Ng goign around and doign magic. HE was really good and a i really enjoyed his magic and comedy show later that night. he had great energy. the one thing that did bug me is there was a mind-reading trick where he had us believe that he went around spring fest and had us write random words on pieces of paper. i never saw him at springfest or when i was walkin around campus, so i think those words slips were pre-written. I still cant explain how he made a bowling ball appear from between sheets on a big posterboard thing.

a rant on a class now. foundations of EDU is fun but highlyh flawed as i have said before. the prof is a great guy, but the class is done at t abreakneck pace and is not good for an intro to the minor course because i dont think any of the topics covered in the class are mentioned i ;later courses for the minor, or are actively ebign taught in schoools. plus how many of us in that class are gonna be teachers, none unless we are goin thru the M.A.Teaching 5 year program, which idk if anyone in that class is. rant continuing: when were in our rushed unit on sustainability, not only was the text obnoxious and calling for a halt to everything that harmed the environment while onlyu makin 1-2 good points and not even mentioning schools, but also the discusssions were all centered around "wow this dude is right, we need to change ASAP" more or less. The entire time i couldnt help but think "Holy spin zone Batman!" Whatever happened to hoenst cynicism?

one last negative thing in this post i promise. So last friday, the 23rd, i get information on my 1 in class final, the heavily essay based one for intro to lit. yes it has a 4-5 page take home theory paper for the weeekend and then 2 theory papers to write in the 2 hour exam period, rhe 2 in class papers are each on a theory with a book we didnt present on. (i did psychological theory and frankenstein so i have to write essays on death of a salesman and a book called white tiger). ANyhowm the point of this paragraph is to say that people need to suck ti up and stop whihing once they figure out how hard a final is gonna be. i overheard some freshmen in the class whining about how the exam is literrally 3 essays all wokrin with a text and a theory. this greatly annoyed me. now i understand if you're whining because you'll have 3 other finals before that one and little time to study for the in class papers or do the take home paper, but if thats the only final you have period, or if its the only final you have that day after one of monday, you shouldnt whine or complain. Whatever happened to sucking it up, realizing its go time, and being resilient?

Rants done.

last thing i wanna cover this week: music. two bands you all should check out.

Civil Twilight: theyre and alt-rock outfit from i believe New Zealand. Theyre newish i think and they have a very U2 feel to them but with a splash of Springsteen and the Fray. I like them alot. Just think very good, slightly atmospheric alt-rock with impassioned lyrics and vocals

Secondly, if you like rock music, check out Slash's solo album. Yea, thats Slash from GNR and Velvet Revolver fame. Its a pretty ecletic and good solo album, lots of good guest vocals. the only issue i really have with it is that whoever mixed the album did a poor job on the tracks "Back from Cali" and "Starlight" which feature Myles Kennedy on vocals. The songs are nice, btu you can blantantly hear any secodn vocal track Miles recorded or any backup singers Slash recruited. This is kind of annoying in my mind cause its like 2 different vocal patterns of the same person singing together and not mxed well.

This same mixing issue is what made me not highly praise Serj Tankian's solo album from 2 years ago. Ugh, i want his main band System of a Down to come back!

see you next week.
--ZB

weekly update 4/18/2010: BAck in Action

So i figured i'd start this now and who knwos when it'll go up. yes this is the weekly update post.. the first since my return, here it goes

the "intro" section

So lets see what to put in thie intro. its been a fun and busy since then but wayy more manageable. als new music if you like U2 and the Fray, look into Civil Twilight.

on to the main stuff:

the "meat and potatoes" section

Again i dont really know what to say here. since my return post i've had a low keey week and a very fun weekend. saw zombieland again last night thru SAB. good movie. i got a couple new figures earlier in the month, they rock. I honeslty dont know what else to say this week. i kind of fail at recapping.

oh, one thing i want to cover. My college was supposed to have a gang of comedians i havent heard of come last ngiht, btu there was a snafu and somethin happened to cancel the show. the show is rescheduled fro wednesday night, but 1/2 as many people are gonna go because of the nigiht change. And my school wnet crazy about the cancelling and notified everyon not only via e-mail but by putting up yellow signs on all the doors to the student center wth bold black ink explaining what happened wiht the comedy show. on top of this the wrod "rescheduled" and Wednesday's date were underlined and put in Red ink. Why is this such a big deal that you have to do this? you didnt do this for any other resheduled event.

Thats all i can think of

--ZB

Update! The hiatus from bloggin is over!

Whatup my followers! I'm back partially. The blogging hiatus is over. I'll post soemthign on friday to the extent of stuff if i feel like it. But i am back and the weekly updates will return next wednesday or on a good day next week.

Also, dont expect a post recappign what happened over the past 3 weeks in great detail, as too much has happened to retell. but here's the generalities:

worked hard, had fun just as hard
i'm doing well in classes
one of my freinds is causing drama
the year is almost over
i'm registered for fall classes
i'm wokring on things with someone.

thats all. see you in the next post

--ZB

quickie post #1: further clairfication

hey all quickie post. I'm nto back from blogging hiatus, but i want to clarify something.

in an older post i mentioned the issue i have with body hair in women's armpits and such. This is a personal taste stance of mine, and according to one of my freinds who is now following this blog, that was not made clear in the initial post. So again, it a personal taste thing with me that i find it a bit disgusting when there's unkempt hair under a woman's arms. This is just my opinion. everyone's entitled to their own.

That's the point of my blog: my opinions on things in my life.

As a result, i apologize to anyone i offend.

--ZB