i started to read a new book, The Power of Habit, Why we do what we do in life and business.
i need to read moreeeeeeeee. i'm going to bring back the punishment bet. let's see, so if i do not finish this book by the end of March, then I have to go to the bank, withdraw 5 onehundred dollar bills, and leave them as tips in 5 random coffee shops not named Starbucks. i'm serious. end of march. booked
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i just caught up on HBO's true detective. it's solid
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i really really enjoy using double negatives. i feel like when you use a double negative the right way, it has so much more meaning. like if you're talking about going to a r&b concert and trying to convince someone it'll be fun. saying "there's no way you're not going to have a great time" is so much stronger then saying "it's going to be fun. trust me"

however, if you're super good at life like heisman trophy winner, jameis winston, you can use triple negatives. fucker tweeted this after the 9ers vs. seahawks game

Everybody gone talk bout @RSherman_25 interview but that's cause don't nobody don't wanna listen to what's #real they want a script.     -jameis winston
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i'm not sure if it's just me or not. but i seriously get a little star struck when i meet someone who went to yale, harvard, or stanford... like, if that ever comes up, my reaction is ALWYAYS "oh shit, wow". and then i ask some  stupid fanboy question like "wow, that's crazy. so what's it like? is everyone in your class a super genius?"




this is so funny. girls are not crazy at all. zero percent crazy. ZPC

my high score on flappy bird is 7.
at first when someone told me to download flappy bird, i couldn't get past the first tunnel once. i lost like 5 times in a row. i was frustrated and i quit. then i played later, and i couldn't get past the first tunnel again. then i heard of other people saying how frustrated they were with the game. then i realized something (or i thought i did). i thought that the game was a prank. i thought it was literally impossible to get past the first tunnel. here's how i thought the prank went down. you tell someone to play this popular new game: flappy bird. then  the person tries the game...but it's actually impossible to score...therefore making it super frustrating= prank

apparently not though. seven is my high score
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michael sam, possibly the first gay football player. i understand that the media has to ask questions like "will the locker room accept a gay player?"

 does the locker room even care. the only thing a football player is thinking about...is staying healthy and making the team (getting paid). that's the only goal. if you're a rookie nfl player, your career is almost over. the average nfl career is what, 2-3 years? there's no team chemistry like in baseball or basketball. i feel like in the offseason, a basketball player will work on his game and spend time with his teammates to build chemistry and hopefully win a championship.

but a football player isn't thinking about a super bowl or team chemistry. he's thinking about MAKING THE TEAM, and getting that paycheck, because it's not guaranteed. so if i'm a 3rd year football player and my team drafts michael sam. all i care about is me, i don't care about michael sam

the timing

so i bought my first box of girl scout cookies of 2014, and yes, they FINALLY changed the pictures on all of the boxes. what the fuck took so long? i wrote 2 blog posts about why they need to change the pictures. i'm actually a little disappointed though. when i get to know someone, and i'm feeling very weird, i love asking why they think the Girl Scout cookie box pictures never  change. oh well, let's just hope that they don't keep the same pictures for 25 years. and my 17th favorite question to ask people. What is your favorite girl scout cookie?    the correct answer: do-si-dos

i watched the Tonya harding/nancy kerrigan 30for30 documentary, The Price of Gold.

it's on netflix already! such a good documentary. so this event took place in 1994, i was 5 years old at the time. and for some odd reason, i remember my babysitter talking about tonya harding and how she was guilty blah blah blah. such a wacko/crazy situation. but dude, if i was over the age of 15 back in 1994, i would be allllll over that shit. this sort of reminds of the manti te'o story based on WTF-ness. and i was all over the te'o story.

there's no such thing as a unhappy person at a farmer's market. it's not possible, everyone at a farmer's market is very happy and cheerful. right? i mean, people don't go to a farmer's market JUST to buy fruits and vegetables. they go for the atmosphere, to talk to the vendors, to support the local businesses/farmers, to people-watch.  if you're unhappy with life and just need to go grocery shopping, then you go to safeway. if you want to be around happy people only, check out your local farmer's market

i'm not a huuuuuge movie fan, but i know enough. so when i heard philip seymour hoffman died. i knew that he was in a lot of movies. but the first movie that popped in my head was Along Came Polly. the basketball scene where's yelling "white chocolate" and "rain drops"

ALSO, i didn't realize (until i listened to Bill Simmon's podcast) that he was also in the movie TWISTER, as Dustin. I completely forgot. and not too many people know this about me, but when i was a kid, i was obsessed with Twister. obsessed

I remember when the Tracy Mall first opened, the big new movie theater opened. somehow my family got special tickets to be a part of the grand opening. We could watch any movie, and it was all you can eat popcorn soda and candy. anyway, we saw Twister, and i thought it was the best movie ever. best. movie. ever

I guess my mom bought it for me on VHS when it came out. and no exaggeration, for what seemed like 5-6 months of my life, i would watch Twister every single school day. i was such a little weirdo. I would wake up early, probably, a couple hours before i had to leave for school. i would make toast and i would watch the first 45minutes to an hour of the movie. then when it was time to go to school. just pause it.

and when i would get home from school. i would watch the rest of the movie. every single day. if you don't believe me, ask my mom. i promise! every single school day. anyway, philip seymour hoffman was pretty funny in Twister.

i'm not making this up. in santa barbara for jt's 26th birthday weekend. he gives me a late christmas present. i open the box, and it's 2 white turtle doves. the sames ones from Home Alone 2. you remember right...

what was my birthday gift to jt? i bought that fucker a TALKBOY that i found on ebay. 

2 gifts, 1 weekend, both from HomeAlone2. hilarioussss

i mean, if that's not a sign. then fuckme