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I need on more blog, so here goes...

I watched Whose Line is Anyway, the other day, man what a good show. I had not seen it in awhile but it was on so I stopped for a while to watch. How do they do that?!? Those guys are geniouses, I am at a loss for words at how quick and witty they all are. Anywho, I was crackin up the whole time. Those guys are great.

Then I saw some David Blaine show, he's pretty good, for some reason I don't like him, probably cause I'm jealous, but whatever. I know there's no such thing as magic and he does have the advantage of recording it all, so he can get rid of the bad takes that don't work and only air the attempts that went down perfectly, but even still. Just by odds of coincidence, some of the stuff he does seems near impossible, no matter how many tries you can have.

Video Collage

This project took some time and yet I feel like it's not as good as it should be, maybe thats because it's not that long and yet it took me so long to complete. Gathering all the videos and images was interesting as well as compiling them, but this was probably my least favorite project, most likely because I wasn't all that interested in the topic.

I've been watching these Top Gear videos in my free time around campus, btwn classes. They're pretty good, if you like cars you should check em out. They test drive lots of cars and then do a time trial around there track and compare the times with all the other cars they've tested. I like it a lot, the british announcer guy is pretty cynical but he's funny.

Top Gear Videos

...and another thing, I learned over the weekend, don't drink anything Steel Reserve...

-Josh

I already posted once today, but I should have done this awhile ago, I just didn't get around to it.

I work at blockbuster, so I see my share of movies every now and then, but a few days ago I saw somthing truely disturbing. I usually enjoy watching horror movies, though they can get cheesy at times, they entertain me though. I like the shock factor and suspense, but a few days ago I watched a movie that was just sick.

The Hills Have Eyes. If you think you've seen gruesome and pervertedly disgusting movies but missed this one, well you ain't seen nothin....
I'm not going to spill any details cause it was very entertaining despite it scarring me for life and all, but overall it was good. I'm sure the critics gave it cappy ratings but I don't trust them anymore because if the movie entertained me, I don't care how many stars it got. This one was fairly well done, it really captured me and all that stuff.

I went to Greensboro with some friends, and we eventually went to some house near Guilford College, and it was pretty much all UNC-G and Guilford students throwin down there. Anyway, I had to show 'em how we do at the Hill. I did a quick pre-game warmup and picked a partner whom I beleived could help me dominate the beer pong competition. We were playing 10 cup, so I have not trained to use as much stamina as this usually requires, but luckily our agility and accuracy was second to none. We defeated our first oponents 10-1 and went on to anihilate every team that stepped up. Nine games and over 90 cups later we stood, well more swayed and stumbled around, undefeated and decided to retire with a new house record.

Sources:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://divergentthinking.net/LethalArkive/News/Iraq3_files/Found-weapons-today.jpg&imgrefurl=http://divergentthinking.net/LethalArkive/News/Iraq3.htm&h=435&w=570&sz=44&hl=en&start=117&tbnid=8x9IIs8qp4LQtM:&tbnh=99&tbnw=131&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dweapons%2Bstockpile%26start%3D108%26ndsp%3D18%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN
http://sightsonics.cf.huffingtonpost.com/nuclear-explosion.jpg
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.defense-update.com/images/b-1Bdumb.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.defense-update.com/features/du-4-04/strike-bombers.htm&h=245&w=400&sz=20&hl=en&start=15&tbnid=FkHcwZZurKvzRM:&tbnh=76&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmodern%2Bweapons%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG

Revised Playlist
When putting this playlist together I not only wanted high energy songs, but also songs with lyrics that I could relate to sportbiking. I chose many songs that I have heard several times because I knew I liked them and I could relate to them. Writing the commentary in between each song was very entertaining as I was able to portray ideas that I think many people may not realize about motorcycling.

Overall it made me appreciate motorcycles even more as I got more acquainted with the theme. I think it also helped me better convey my thoughts in an understandable manner and in a way where somone else can actually put themselves behind the handlebars and get a glimpse of what riding feels like. I had to really focus on my creative writing, but I think it helped me develope as an overall better writer.

Friday evening we had drumline auditions in Hill Hall. It was the start of the weekend long drumcamp in which we would prepare for the upcoming marching season and place new members in their appropriate positions on the line. It was a ton of fun, my best friends at UNC are on the Drumline and it was great getting to see them all again. There was a little drama however though.

I broke up with my ex-gf a little over a month ago. We came together through drumline, she plays bass, I play snare. We were together for about 7 months before I decided we needed to go our seperate ways. We still love each other and are very good friends, I just got a little scared when she started talking about marrying me and such. I could definitely see me spending my life with her, and it would be really good, but I just got freaked out thinking about that level of commitment, I guess most guys my age probably would. I decided I wanted to experience more, maybe more of a variety is what I'm trying to say, before I settle down. It was very difficult to explain that to her, she's a year ahead of me so she's gotten to be single a long time and was ready to find a deep commitment. It's very complicated still loving somone who you need to only be friends with so that you can experience a myriad of new things and make friends you may not have made before. I think we need to stay apart though, she was planning on not going abroad to Australia just so she wouldn't have to leave me, and now she can do that. I think that though this was a very difficult step for us, it will make us much more mature in the long run. This may sound corny, but I'm sure if it was meant to be, then we will find each other again in the future, and everything will work out perfectly.

It's a little open ended, but i think there is enough commentary for the listener to make their own opinion about the situation. This is such a complicated theme, I think it's too dificult to define a stance and therefore decided to make it more of a documentary than me arguing a specific point.

Sources:

Music-
-50 cent ft. Notorious B.I.G.'s "Realest Niggas"
-Jay-Z's "Nigga What, Nigga Who"
-Mase's "Niggaz Wanna Act"
-T.I.'s "You Don't Me"
-Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz' "I Don't Give a Fuck"

Other Clips-
Chapelle's Show, Season 1 Episode 1; Season 2 Episode 1, Season 2 Episode 3

I think I want to do my Podcast on the N word, I need some input though because I really don't want to offend anyone, in the class and especially anyone I interview. Obviously I will be as objective as possible and not use the word myself, I just wanted to know what you all thought.
-Josh