I tell you what people, I don't know what to do. Tornadoes. Earthquakes. Tsunamis....things are really getting out of hand. Hope your right with God cause the end can't be far away. Today was freakin' great though. Aside from the wind, i was itchin to get out and about. Speakin of which, i decided to wash my car today. sooo im at the car wash and im doing the whole "put your $1 bill in the machine for 4 quarters" thing. and this dude just basically starts waving his sprayer around and (i already mentioned the wind) misted the hell out of me. i mean, i took my glasses off and wiped the lenses on the inside of my shirt. Butttt i cut the guy some slack. it was a nice enough day out and i had just got done with a 3 hr workout (compliments of Anytime Fitness) so needless to say, a shower was on my "To-Do" list. so i says to the guy over the sound of the carwash
"Hey Harry (Potter), watch where your swingin' that wand!!"
"What??"
"I said it sure is a nice day out ain't it?!"
"Ohh yeahh. Beautiful day!"
Nothing better then sayin' what you want and covering your tracks. WINNING.
Hey everyone....man, have i had a busy week and even more to come...RN school's coming to a end..THERE'S LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL!!!or... i think that's light, or maybe it's a train...anyways, i spent 10 hours of my day yesterday writing a 14 page paper..not cool man...not even cool. but i guess you've gotta jump through the hoops to get where you wanna go, right?
I was originally introduced to the video below in high school. It's hard to really capture in words the impact it's had on me since then. Allow me to introduce you to Randy Pausch, Phd. Dr. Pausch was a professor at Carnegie Mellon University where he specialized in computer science and human-computer interaction. In late 2006, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer (and coming from a nurse who works on a cancer floor, this is one of the worst kinds imaginable) and was given "3 to 6 months of good health" left. A month later, he held what was to be known as "The Last Lecture". He speaks about achieving your dreams. His optimism and wisdom are something that...i can't even begin to rationalize or fathom. I can only hope to grow into this type of man. I would challenge each and every one of you to watch this video. It's inspiring, unmatched, original and worth every second spent. I cannot stress to you enough. People ask me why I think the way I do, it's because I take the time to stop, listen, and recognize gems like this that are a rarity in this day and age. Don't be deterred away by its length and if you find yourself distracted DO NOT miss the ending. If times your only constraint, remember to come back and make time. Dr. Pausch was once quoted saying:
"The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have."
So grab a blanket, grab a friend, grab a box of Kleenex and enjoy.
My two favorite quotes of his lecture:
"The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough."
"It’s not about how to achieve your dreams. It’s about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you."
Hey everyone.. Sooooo I discovered a new band today that I'm a bit excited about. It's a band out of Manchester, England called "Elbow"....Yeah, i know. stupid name. dumb.what do you expect; theyre english.... buttttt they're amazingly talented. instrumentally sound and the song writing is way deep. I started watching some of their Youtube videos and came across this one. Its incredibly inspiring (at least to me). And it got me thinking which is primarily why i listen to music all the time. If my life were a movie, it would have a soundtrack. a f*%cking badass soundtrack if i do say so myself. not everyone likes the music i listen to so i sit alone and listen sometimes. helps me clear my thoughts. gather myself. music influences my thoughts and feelings. maybe thats why i listen to such a wide variety of music. it takes alot to match the mood im in. looking at my ipod, im all the way up to 10,631 songs/262 artists/31.1 days worth of music. and amazingly sometimes i cant find anything i want to hear. its like my sub-conscience brain knows theres that one song in there that'll make everything in the world right for about 4 minutes. and theres nothing more frustrating than searching and not being able to physically find it..... But today this song sparked me to think.
I'd like for you to watch the video and read the lyrics before reading my analysis.
Drinking in the morning sun
Blinking in the morning sun
Shaking off the heavy one
Heavy like a loaded gun
What made me behave that way?
Using words I never say
I can only think it must be love
Oh, anyway, it's looking like a beautiful day
Someone tell me how I feel
It's silly wrong but vivid right
Oh, kiss me like the final meal
Yeah, kiss me like we die tonight
Cause holy cow, I love your eyes
And only now I see you like
Yeah, lying with me half-awake
Stumbling over what to say
Well, anyway, it's looking like a beautiful day
So throw those curtains wide!
One day like this a year'd see me right!
For some reason, that video is awesome. So real. So simple. It's like that feeling you get when you know everything is right for once. If for only a day or for a moment, your happy. you know your gonna be okay. in the case of this song, its meeting someone and knowing essentially they're the one for you. the realization of destiny, if you will....
After getting to this point i starting thinking. Essentially, the person i'm gonna eventually be with is out in the world...like, right now. Reading a book or driving in her car or texting her current boyfriend. I mean, how freaking weird is that to think about. I had NEVER connected the future to the present time like that. I mean think about it. All you people reading this, if you arent married yet, the person you eventually will is doing something right now. They're like an actual person whos been around for prolly about as long as you have. And it makes me wonder do i even know her? does she know me? Is she in another place i'll eventually move to? have i already met her, but just like once? what's she look like? shes prolly someone thats not even "my type". God would do that just to screw with me and laugh; make it harder for me to recognize....It almost makes you want to drop the person your with if you know its not gonna work in the long haul. just temporary. BUT then again, you do have to live in the present time and the future inevitably makes its way to you.....SOOOOOO, idk. i guess you have to be the judge. hears a thought, make the present time more compatible with the future. Is it even possible to make the present mesh with the future more smoothly? or would it even be a waste of time to try since the future is inevitable?...i'm getting too deep here for some people. i know. basically, i guess what i mean to say is, when you look at someone and you feel something for some reason you cant explain, drop what your doing and pursue it. Forget the plans you've made and pursue it. Take that broken record off and put on something new. idk. just a thought i had today......
