videos that make me cringe

I don't know if any of you guys know about the "Chocolate Rain" phenomenon on Youtube, but this guy decided to make his own spoof. Watch and you will know why I titled this post the way I did.



Here is the original version:

The Price of Milk

As many people here know, I drink just about 2 gallons of milk per week. I have always been a big consumer of milk, but I think I started drinking more milk after I entered college because I can now make my own grocery purchases. Basically, I am not limited to what there is in the fridge based on what my mom bought at the store.

With that said, the recent surge in milk prices has really taken a hit on my pocket. Never before have I been such an avid user of cvs.com, walgreens.com, and randalls.com to check milk prices online. HEB and Walmart NEVER have sales on milk, so I have completely given up on them.

I paid $3.89 for a gallon of milk last week at 7-11. This was a day before my mom called me and told me that CVS had milk for $2.99. This difference might not seem like a lot to some people, but I just hate paying so much for a gallon of milk. I went to HEB the other day and saw that they were selling milk for $4.19 a gallon. FOUR DOLLARS AND NINETEEN CENTS! On my way out I saw a lady buying three gallons of milk. I couldn't help asking myself why she would not look around for cheaper milk.

Well I decided to do some research on why milk prices are so damn high. Currently the price of corn is steadily rising. This can be attributed to the rising demand of corn to produce ethanol, an additive in gasoline. At first glance this might seem a bit odd, but then you have the think about the main feedstock for cows. That's right, corn. There has been a direct correlation between the price of corn and milk. Also, there are 4,000 less cows in the state of Maryland compared to last year.

I don't think Chik-Fil-A could have said it any better: Eat Mor Chikin

30% off Footlocker Code

It is that time of year again when FootLocker offers 30% off all merchandise. I use this deal every time it comes out to buy a new pair of basketball shoes. This offer starts tomorrow and ends on the 28th of July.

FootLocker - Use Code: LKS17FF7

I will post an actual entry later today.

Tetris Domination

Note: You can click on the picture to see a larger version.

As many of you know, I have been addicted to Facebook Tetris lately (in the games application). Well today someone I know challenged me to some game. I lost the first game, but then I decided to take some screen shots. I promised this person that I would keep her identity out of the public view.

At this stage I have 12 wins and 2 losses.


Up to 18 wins and 2 losses.




At this point I decided this was enough, but for some reason she kept telling me to play more. Here is a screen shot after we played some more games.


She finally called it quits.

This phenomenon has been spreading slowly throughout CPE. I hope to make this the cool thing to do by the start of the fall semester. If any of you would like to challenge me, feel free to give me a holler.

And to the person that was playing against me, I OWN YOU!

African Scammers

I have a brand new Wii that I put up for sale on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace today. Within a couple hours I received these two emails, one from each posting:

This guys name is Ola Kehinde...

"Thanks so much for the response...I live in Kimball MN and i wouldlike to inform you that i am buying this for my son who attends college overseas...its time for his birthday and i want to make this a surprise gift to him..I will proceed with your payment through USPS money order as soon as i have the name and address payment will be issued.. I am willing to pay $400 because of the urgent need and would also make arrangement for shipping as soon as your payment clears with USPS...I want this to getto him in time so as to meet up with his birthday...If you are ok with this, pls get back asap with the name and address as to be written on the money order so that i can make arrangements for payment today"

This one is from someone named James Moore on Facebook. He doesn't have a picture, is not part of a network, and as you will see in his message, lives overseas...

"Hi,
i am buying this item on behalf of my client.and i want you to let me know if it is in perfect condition.will make ur payment via check.and the check will be issue from the state also in US$.the item is going to Republic of Benin and my client shipping company will responsible for the shipment.i need ur address and the full name u want on the check.i also want you to send me your email-address and also email me back on (allaboutscojo@yahoo.com) so that we can discuse better. and email me the amount you want me to pay for the item in ur next email.also include your cell mobile# so that i can also call you asap today also call me on this number (23480- 57942607)i will be expecting ur email asap today."

I don't know what response the first guy was talking about. He also said that he would be willing to pay $400, well over my asking price listed on Craigslist. I don't know which shipping company the second guy owns or what he is even talking about. And the number that he left - I have no clue how to even dial that number.

I was very tempted to respond with "F U," but I am sure they receive those kind of emails everyday so I decided to hold back.

The Freshmen Influx

A new wave of freshmen infiltrate the UT campus every week for their mandatory orientation. Because of this, the basketball courts have been a little more crowded than normal. The other day I was shooting around when a freshman who was still wearing his name tag came up to me and challenged me to a game of one on one.

This was after he played in a full court game that was taking place on the court adjacent to mine. I watched that game for a bit while I was taking a rest and noticed this guy was constantly posting up and demanding the ball from the point guard who was clearly better than him. The freshman was noticeably angry that the point guard was not passing him the ball (which might have been due to his very poor positioning in the post, but that is a whole another story).

A friend (or girlfriend) of his was with him when he challenged me. I saw this as a perfect opportunity to strip him of his dignity in front of his girl because he seemed like a person who would get frustrated very easily.

He told me to shoot for the ball. I did and made the shot. So we started to play and I constantly kept juking him one after the other without actually shooting the ball after faking him. He was a couple inches taller than me and about 25-30 pounds heavier than me, so he wasn't exactly the fastest person on the planet. I was eventually up 5-0 in the first game. He scored a couple baskets later on, but I still beat him handily 11-4.

There were about 10 minutes left before closing, so we started playing another game. I was winning by a larger margin this time, 8-2, and he started making a comeback. The score was now 8-6. I made a two pointer to make it 10-6. The gym worker came up to me and took the ball from me saying that it was time to go.

The guy came up to me and said "good game" without looking at me and didn't even bother to shake my hand. I winked at his female friend and calmly left the gym knowing I had completely deflated the ego of some random freshman. What a feeling...

The Look Away

Note: One of my friends wrote this about a year ago on his blog

Everyone knows what "the look away" is. We all engage in at least one every day. It is when you are in that middle ground with someone - where you both know of each other's existence but aren't quite sure if you're on good enough terms to exchange salutations. There is nothing more uncomfortable in human interaction than "the look away." You both know that you can't make eye contact because that would make things even more uncomfortable. You obviously can't say "hello" because...you're not on terms with them like that. So as you walk past, you both make an obvious effort to divert your gaze.

Another rendition of "the look away" might be even worse. Its where you are on speaking terms with the person, but not well enough to where you can shout out or smile from a distance. For example, both parties see each other coming from a few yards away but you're not in normal speaking range. With a normal friend, one can smile and keep looking in their direction or shout out and it won't be considered abnormal. But if you are not that acquainted yet, that would be just plain strange. So both parties look to the side or down immediately upon spotting the other person and then immediately look back up at the appropriate moment. Proper timing is imperative.

Freshman year, there was one guy who lived in my dorm whom with I was on these terms. You should try this. Y would spot him coming from very far away and he would almost immediately awkwardly look away. Instead of looking away myself I would continue looking right at him to watch what he would do. Right at the precise moment we entered speaking distance he would immediately look at me and say "whatsup." It was difficult to keep from laughing in his face when i saw this.

Albino Squirrel Sighting Part Two

Note: You can click the pictures to view a larger version.

I see the albino squirrel everyday as I walk to the bus stop in the same area at the same time. Well today I had a big lunch, so my peanut butter crackers were left uneaten. I usually eat them during my 1:00PM - 2:30PM class to help me stay awake, but I ate a strawberry granola bar instead. I tried getting closer to the squirrel this time, but ultimately failed in my attempts because the pigeons and other squirrels kept scaring it away. Here is a picture of him greeting me when I walked up to him:


After trying to feed it for about ten minutes, I looked back and saw this little sucker staring me down:


Being the nice guy that I am, I decided to feed him. Little did I know that his whole crew would come at me trying to get a piece of the pie, not to mention all the pigeons also trying to get a share. I really didn't think these animals were too smart, until I saw this:


Thats right! These squirrels formed a single file line! I would have brought another packet of these crackers had I known that they were in such high demand amongst the squirrel community. I decided to make this more efficient by doing the following:

Notice the albino squirrel in the background (top left) doing his own little thing. I tried my best to get him to be a part of the action, but couldn't get it to assimilate with the brown squirrels. Perhaps he thinks he is superior. Who knows?

What do you think would happen if I brought a mirror and let the albino see a reflection of himself? Would he cry in despair after finding out he looks nothing like his friends? Or would he jump for joy knowing that he is different? Sounds like a good experiment...

Google Adsense and USB Attachments

I never really expect anyone to click on the ads that I have added to the blog. They are mainly for my amusement of seeing what kind of ads the Google spider will display once it goes through the text of my posts. You can see the types of ads displayed if you click each individual entry because the ads displayed on the main page are based off of all my entries. For example, if you click the squirrel entry, you will see ads for a squirrel message board, "a meeting place designed for lovers of our furry friends!'' I really didn't think these kinds of forums existed, but I guess there are some people out there that would like to talk about white squirrels. The best one I have seen is for some kind of magical squirrel repellent. Seriously, who the hell out there puts on squirrel repellent before going outside? I am sure the ads will get better as I add more entries.

This brings me to my next point. The money collected from these ads will go towards purchasing the following product:


which can be found at http://shop4.outpost.com/product/5203157. It's a great deal because there is free shipping. Yes, FREE SHIPPING! Or I could also possibly invest in the following item, which I am sure many of you have already seen:

Either way, I would love to stick both of these in a library computer and walk out for a bit just to see the reactions of people next to me.

Rain-X, please!

The weather has been miserable in southeast Texas for the past couple of weeks. Non-stop rain, flash floods, and high winds have taken a toll on many people in this area. All of this rain got me thinking about one of the most important products I have purchased for my car: Rain-X.

I always make sure I had Rain-X in my car. I was first introduced to this product when I was riding with my co-worker in Louisiana. I was baffled by how the water just trickled off the windshield as if there was some kind of water resistant coating on the windshield. I asked my coworker about this and he told me about the product. Sure enough, I went home, bought the bottle and have been a user ever since.

One time my dad took my car out for a drive and it started to rain. Because Rain-X works so efficiently, I rarely have to use my windshield wipers. My dad noticed this and mentioned this to me and asked me what I did to the windshield. I joked to him that I bought a new revolutionary water resistant windshield, but my brother told him about my secret product. He too has been using it ever since.

As mentioned in earlier posts, I was hit by a drunk driver at the end of May. Recently the other driver's insurance company ruled in favor of my claim, so I had to go back to Houston to drop off my car and pick up our minivan. This was just around the start of the endless thunderstorms, so it was raining quite hard when I was within 50 miles of Austin. I noticed right away that the rain was splattering on the windshield, so I hurried to put on another coating of Rain-X by turning on the wiper fluid. Nothing came out. The next hour was the quite possibly the worst drive of my life. I had completely forgotten what it was like to drive in the rain without this protective layer of polar polymer coating on my windshield.

All I am basically telling you here is to buy this stuff because it will be the best $1.34 (the current price at Wal-Mart) you will spend on your car.

Look for my next entry soon: The Facebook Conundrum

This post was paid for by the Rain-X active campaign sponsored by the Rain-X Corporation. Just kidding.

Only if I...

would have walked just a little bit faster. Or if I would have crossed the street because there were no cars in sight even though the sign read DO NOT WALK. Or if I would have just waited to check my email at home. Only if I would have...the list goes on and on.

Only if I would have just kept walking instead of taking a picture of some white squirrel. Only if.

These were exactly the thoughts racing through my mind when I saw the bus start to accelerate just as I was seconds from the bus stop. There is probably nothing worse than knowing you have just barely missed the bus. The only thing that can top that is arriving at the stop only to see that you are the lone person there which confirms that you just missed the bus.

You have been on campus the whole day and you eagerly await to get on the bus to go home and relax. These dreams are shattered because you decided something else was just a little more important than walking to the bus stop. You can't read the newspaper while waiting because you already read it on the way to campus. Maybe you can fill out the daily sudoku, but you don't feel like taking a pen out of your backpack. Or you can just think about how you now have to wait 15 minutes to take a 45 minute bus ride because rush hour has officially started...because you thought taking a picture of some squirrel was too cool to pass up.

I was in this same situation about a month ago when a guy walked up to me and asked me, "Has the bus come yet?" Well, no sh!t, it hasn't or else I wouldn't be sitting here. Idiot.

Squirrels Around Campus

As I was walking back to the bus stop from the gym, I noticed a couple feeding some birds and squirrels near east mall. This has become a common scene around campus because many freshman are intrigued by the fact that we have literally hundreds of squirrels roaming the sidewalks and grassy areas seemingly unaware of the presence of humans. You know, the kinds of squirrels that will not move away from you unless you are a mere inch or two away from them.

My apartment was broken into a couple days ago. The thief took my roommate's laptop and his PlayStation2, but was kind enough to leave behind the controllers and all of the games. Luckily, he did not enter my room even though my laptop and digital cameras were sitting in plain view. Now you might ask why this has anything to do with squirrels. I have been carrying my laptop and digital camera with me since that day because honestly, those are my two most prized materialistic possessions that I currently have in Austin.

Back to the couple. A few yards away, I saw a type of squirrel that I have never seen on campus during the past 3+ years here. Because I had my digital camera on me, I was able to take the following picture:



I took a couple other pictures of him, but they did not turn out so well because my hands were still shaking from my workout. This was the first time I have ever seen a white squirrel on campus. I wanted to hang around for a bit, but it seemed like the couple was getting annoying by the fact that was in their 'territory' and bothering the animals they were trying to feed. I promptly proceeded to the bus stop only to find out that the bus had just left.

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Intro

I never thought I would start a blog, but a friend of mine recently started one to document the events in his life. Although mine won't be nearly as personal, I thought it would be a good idea to shore up my writing skills as I approach graduation. My major requires only two writing related courses of which one is within the engineering department. I have taken the engineering course, but I suppose it doesn't really count when bringing a cake to class was acceptable for a final project.

I have not completely decided on which layout I will use for this blog. Perhaps I will edit my own blogging program script and tailor this to my own liking. Blogger.com suits my purpose for the time being, but I am sure I will get tired of this layout sooner or later.

I will try to stay away from rehashing common topics (Oden/Durant debate, most political issues, etc.) here, but I will try to bring light to some things that I feel have not been talked about. Many of you will find these to be very comical, as this is one of my intentions, but I might include some "serious" posts from time to time.

I had a classmate in middle school who was scolded for not using the different words to start each sentence. Conveniently, he went home, right clicked each word, and used the first synonym that Microsoft Word displayed with complete disregard to the fluidity of the paragraph and such. The teacher gave him a B and he was happy. This was the same teacher that called me "So-Hull" for a semester, so this didn't surprise me one bit.

It is a shame that I am not typing this in Microsoft Word, or else I would do the same thing for the first four paragraphs of this entry.