Top 10 Words in the English Langauge

1. Erogenous

2. Ornery

3. Skivvies

4. Ointment

I guess when these words are listed together they give a strange mental image.

5. Tenacious

6. Crotchety

7. Bested

8. Tremendous

9. Catalyst

10. Wax

Douchebag Dances to Soulja Boy

I’m starting to miss home a tad. The New York vanity is really starting to chap my ass. In Oregon it was funny to see guys in the gym constantly checking themselves out in the mirrors, but most of them do it subtly. Here the meat-heads don’t even try to hide it, they lift there shirts up above their heads and flex, completely blocking access to the dumbbells. But I suppose the weight room, where vanity reigns king, probably isn’t the best example. But, I wish I could film my walk every morning and evening to the subway stop on Lorimer and Metropolitan. This street is like a catwalk for hipsters, and even though they’re all dressed the same, they think they’re the most unique…I digress.  Hipsters are vain.  But, maybe the best place to catch a few people that are really into their own deal is the bar.  Last night’s example:

Cliche Awesomeness

I Stumbled upon this link. There are a couple great flash animations on it. Some might consider these things lame, or cliche, but they’re only cliche if they’ve lost their meaning.

http://www.eightprinciples.com/

Effective Cussing

I have always found effective cussing to be a beautiful art.  I’ve had coaches that used cussing so excellently that it made you get shivers in your spine.  But, I’ve also heard people use cussing as though it was some type of foreign language and they had no idea where to put the accents.  Please watch the following video, and take notes on how a true professional conveys messages gorgeously with a limited vocabulary.

3 Best Sports Questions

Great questions to bring up at a table full of friends.  The conversation usually gets heated, but I think it’s worth some of the outlandish claims that come from it.

1. If you went back in time to the 1950’s, could you play professional basketball?

2. Could you field a team of your most athletic male friends and play in the WNBA?

3. If you had a time machine or enough money to get a sex change, would you prove it?

Take a mug, Leave a mug

I’m generally not a forgetful person, but I always lose my tea mugs.  I’ve gone out to purchase a new and beautiful mug and lost it within 12 hours.  I’m sure it’s because I can’t put it in my bag without worrying that its contents will spill into my laptop.  I’m curious whether somebody comes by and snags it for keeps or turns it into the lost and found.  Losing a mug would usually ruin my day, but about a week ago I realized the solution to my problem, and I’ll never buy a mug again.

I walked past a table at the university and registered that there was a very nice looking mug sitting alone.  I figured that the person who lost it would be back for it in due time.  So I let it sit there.  I walked by the same table about 8 hours later and saw that the mug was still there.  I thought about the moral implications of taking it for a while and then justified the 50 some odd mugs that I’ve lost to be good enough reason to take this one.  So I took this beautiful mug and I cleaned it twice over.  I’ve been drinking from it for the past couple days and it’s a great mug.  I love this mug.  But like other mugs that I’ve loved, it will leave me without me even knowing it.  But that’s ok, because it wasn’t mine to begin with.  Someone else will enjoy this mug.  They’ll sip their coffee and wonder what kind of person had the mug before them and I’ll move on and find another stranded gem.

I want to make it clear that I don’t consider this stealing or even in the slightest bit dishonest.  The lost and found system is an inefficient and corrupt system that provides only for the aristocrats that run it.  My system is more like the take a penny leave a penny at your local convenient store.  Sometimes you leave a mug, and sometimes you need to take one.  In the end everyone breaks even.

Apathy in Student Groups

As a fraternity president one of the things you constantly deal with is apathy.  It’s not a fraternity specific thing, because every student group I was involved in would complain about the lack of effort from their members.  Here are a few of the things I learned from my time in office.   

1) People are lazy.  I beat my head against a wall for three years trying to figure out how to motivate people.  Then I talked to a former president and he relieved my stress, “I once thought that people in the house were the most apathetic people of all-time, and then I got in the real world and realized that all people are equally worthless.”

2) People want to be lead.  They want someone they respect to tell them what they should do.  Most college age students don’t plan further out than 8 hours, so help them plan.

3) Communication is the ultimate apathy slayer.  If they know what’s going on, and it’s communicated in a positive and creative way, your members are more likely to attend.  Consider it propaganda or hype, but there’s a reason governments use it.  It works.

4) Fun and winning are contagious.  The Greek system is a highly competitive division of campus.  Even our philanthropic donation and community service are factored into awards and competition.  It’s more fun to win than lose.  Allow your group to recognize this.

5) Everyone has a story.  Understand the background of members.  There is nothing that disenfranchises people more than making them feel like you don’t care about them as a person.  Know their hot buttons and aspirations, so you can line them up with the organization’s.

Plotting People

CW/AD: Brock Kirby

Rehab or Punishment?

Am I the last person on earth to have seen this phenomenon.

Fat Cats, Bigga Fish

Just discovered this song.  It’s tight.