It Will Get Better

I really want to apologize for the deteriorating quality of the posts recently.  I should be posting more content, but I have been busier than ever before.  Next week I have spring break so I will do my best to make some really solid posts that have some solid content behind them.

I am typing a decent amount but the media aspect has been lacking.  I still have to do a semi-big post on Friday for the 200th post and by then I'll begin to have more time available.  So look forward to Friday for a good post and look for improvement for tomorrow's post.

I have one more test to study for today which will take up the majority of today.  Because of this I will only have a video so I  can focus my attention to school.

This video is from the creator of Salad Fingers and its concept is pretty amusing.  It is a little slow at first, but it really comes together in the end.

Yes, that is a Playboy logo in the corner, I have no clue why it was on there..

Have a great day!

Borderlands 2

So one of my favorite series of games is coming out with a sequel in September and I am rather excited about it.  As you read in the title the game is Borderlands 2.  The game took forever to beat, but it has a great storyline, pretty good DLC and you'll never get the same gun twice.

That, however, gets explained in the trailer.

The story behind Borderlands is that there are a group of treasure hunters on a planet called Pandora.  Pandora is full of bandits, thieves, and other dangerous creatures that will stand in your way from getting the biggest treasure.

In the second game, you play as four new adventurers with hinted cameo appearances from the treasure hunters from the first game.

I am excited to get to play it and I will definitely try to download the demo if I can.

Have a Great Day!

Bots.. They Decieve Me..

So if you haven't noticed, I have a counter on the bottom of the page.  I've set it up so it doesn't count my computers that I post on so it counts all official views.  However, it seems that the number that Google Analytics has for me is a bit lower than the counter.  According to Google I only have a little over 9000 views meaning that the counter has been fooled by search bots or other various bots.

Nevertheless, I am still really happy to have so many views, in fact there is a possibility that I will getting a little bit of money from displaying ads and I will invest some of that into a domain name.  If everything falls in place, I will be buying a domain name so the blogspot.com suffix will not be needed.  This has been in the works for a while, but I wanted to make sure I could make the investment.

Other than this, I have been looking for internships (preferably paid) for website design, but that has not been terribly successful.  The one company that I applied to decided to not hire me at this time, but I will be trying again once I get my degree.

When people are looking for jobs, a problem they tend to have is building a resume.  They don't know what they should and shouldn't have and what format it should be in.  As a faux public service announcement, I have an infographic that can help you modernize a resume.

From this infographic, I probably would not suggest adding a picture to it.  I personally would find it rather strange if a picture was added to a resume, unless I was hiring for a modeling agency.  This infographic does not tell you how to format your resume, but it does provide the building blocks you will need to start one.  I do have a few suggestions to add.

1. If you are in college, you probably can remove most of your high school information unless it is prevalent to the company you are applying for.
2. Adding what classes you are in may not always be relevant, but it can be a conversation point and show an employer what kinds of things you are learning and can apply to the job.
3. Update your resume often.  It can never hurt to have fresh information in case you need it in a moment's notice.
4. PUT YOUR RESUME IN A CLOUD-BASED LOCATION!!! I cannot stress this point enough.  Most companies that you talk with at job fairs or in impromptu conversations will have some form of technology on them.  By putting your resume on something like DropBox (Free App and Downloads) you can access your resume from anywhere there is a computer.

Have a great day!

Big Post Coming Up!

So I looked and presumably next friday will be P(x)'s 200th post.  I know YouTube channel owners usually do specials for big numbers and heck I think I should do one for my 200th post.  So if anyone has any ideas leave a comment on this post or you can write on P(x)'s facebook page which is linked on the toolbar under the logo.

Today is such an odd day.  There is a ton of snow, that I have no desire to play in, I think I did awesome on my Ethics test, and I just want to sleep for the rest of the day.  The reason that this all seems odd is because I had thought the complete opposite was going to happen last night.  I was worried that I wasn't going to do well on the test, I thought there would only be 2-3 inches of snow not 6-7 inches, and I thought I would get a good nights sleep for once.

You can't win them all, but I guess I am happy that I was wrong about my test.  For now, it is time to refocus my efforts to doing homework and finishing up my prototype for Oreos.  My concept that I have to create for class is a redesign of the Oreo packaging.  My intention is to make tubes of Oreos to cut back on the plastic consumption.  My premise was simplifying the design while making the packaging more green.  For this assignment we had to also choose three flavors so I went with Original, Golden, and Double Stuf Oreos.  Below are the pictures of said packaging.

The intention is that they'll have about 15 Oreos in each tube so they'll cost less, be portable, and will be fully recyclable.  In theory they'll work.

Have a great weekend!

Time

So normally on Thursdays my day only goes til noon, but here I am at 3pm just getting back to my room for the first time since 7:45am.  I have been busy tutoring people for my computer science class and working on homework and it is time consuming.

I really need it to be tomorrow around 10am.  Then I'd be done with my Ethics test, which I still need to study a little more for, and all I will have to worry about is another test on tuesday/thursday.  I have one more week until I go home for Spring Break and I can focus on doing a final project and studying hard for a final.  On top of all this recruiting for Pi Lam is almost over and its getting intense.

Academics come first, everything else second.  I will be able to relax over Spring Break and then I should be able to compose myself once again and get back to normal.  There are times where you just have to take a moment have a laugh and realize that everything will be ok.

Ah, thats better.

Have a great day!

Memes and using them wrong..

So I really do not like how all the memes have become so mainstream.  It used to be that you would have to go to memebase or icanhazcheezeburger to find a quality meme, but now they are everywhere.  Recently, in following suit with other schools, people have made facebook fan pages about *insert school name* memes.  The sad thing is that I fear people will start using memes wrong, or neglect to realize what the meme actually is.

Albeit, most of the memes that people will not understand fully are Rage Comic faces and are not terribly useful as a meme.  Nevertheless, I am waiting for the day that someone misuses a meme and it gets rocked by people who know what it is supposed to be like.

Until then though, I will make it my job to educate the masses (at least a little) in memes.  I will not be going as in depth as KnowYourMeme.com, but they are the premiere meme professor.

Today I will be addressing the origins of some of the Rage Comic faces.

As you read down the list, the faces mean...

1. Troll Dad -- uses the power of bad jokes and puns to enrage his children
2. F**k Yeah -- Generally seen as a statement similar to saying "like a boss"
3. Yao Ming Face -- Generally seen as the "dumb bitch" or "F That", but there are variants to this face.
4. AAAWWWWWW YEAAAHH! -- An exclamation of extreme success.
5. Seriously -- Generally seen when people are being incredibly dumb, can be used in tandem to the Futurama "I Don't Want To Live On This Planet Anymore" meme.
6. Y U NO -- Often misused.  A statement with this meme must contain "Y U NO" and no other variants.  Ex: "Reader Y U NO Repost This On Facebook Yet?"  The only exception being the line should be amusing.
7. Jackie Chan -- Part of an older meme called "My Brain is full of f**k".  It is difficult to explain this one beyond saying that what you are hearing/thinking/knowing is complete rubbish.

For today, this is my lesson.  I may continue these lessons a bit more, but I now have to start studying hard for an ethics test that I have friday.

Have a great day!

Minecraft: Still Chugging Along

Today has been a rough day, mostly because I'm feeling under the weather.  I still have a class tonight 6-935pm.  I just popped some generic orange liquid gels to help my congestion and hopefully I'll feel better in a while.  

I have been trying to keep up with the Minecraft updates as they come along and I am pretty excited for a couple things.  I couldn't care less about ocelots or the jungle biome, but I do like how they refixed the ladders and added in redstone powered lighting.  I tried installing Bukkit plug-ins to make it work, but they failed pretty badly.

Unfortunately, I haven't heard when this update will be out, but even then I will still have to wait weeks for Bukkit to get updated.  Despite the anger this creates I still really enjoy Minecraft and this song.

I really wish I could animate minecraft characters like this.  I'd be all over animating and putting it on youtube instead of simple picture slideshows and independent films.

Oh Well..

Have a great day!

POOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEERRRRRRRR!

So I finally went through with those major changes I had been planning since Christmas.  I had some time and a lot of boredom and the realization that I really hated the previous logo.

Now here we are with a fresh look, but the random content will continue to flow.  Today I want to show the world the highly amusing new Old Spice commercials.  In my opinion, Old Spice deoderant puts Axe to shame by magnitudes.  Not only are the commercials more mature than that of Axe, but the product works and smells better.

The new Old Spice slogan that they have been working off of is Smell is Power, and I thoroughly believe that to be true.  Most of the decisions that we make are either based on the color of something or by the smell of something.  If you wish to read more you can follow the link to another site to read more.

So the commercials do not contain the polite gentleman that started with his manly "hello", but the jacked-up badass that could sell anything he wants (Terry Crews).

Brilliant concept.  Let's invade another Procter & Gamble product commercial because our scent is powerful.  Not only does this happen to Bounce, but also to Charmin toilet paper.

The other new commercials are a little silly, as if the first 2 weren't, but they are still continuing the Scent is Power slogan.

This commercial is so badass that Old Spice even has the disclaimer "Do not attempt to punch a glass or yell too loudly or create a pharaoh or ever do anything. Old Spice!" 


My thought is...

Have a great day!

Friday Night Baseball

It is finally Friday again and I need to sleep more.  Will this stop me from living it up and enjoying tonight nope.  Now being in college it is suspected that I will go out and party, but I haven't gone to a party outside of dorm room parties.  Nope, tonight is a night to kick back and overindulge myself into playing a ton of video games, watching movies, and perhaps playing Dungeons and Dragons.

Now I'm not against partying as much as I used to, if fact the only thing I was really against was partying until you couldn't walk or remember anything.  I don't mind drinking at all, in fact I'm trying to try more beers.  As of now the list of beers I've had is rather wimpy with maybe 6-7 beers tried. (Miller (Good), Bud (OK), Stella Artois (Good), Becks (Good), Arrogant Bastard (Burnt Water), Shock Top (Awful), and another one that I don't remember the name.)

So I may start making a challenge for myself to try more beers.  I'll take some suggestions, but I will not try Natural Ice, Keystone, or Milwaukee's Beast (Best).  Respect me, I may be a college student, but I'm not afraid to spend $3 for something that isn't under the shelf beer.

Anyway, as the title says, there should be some baseball involved.  Of course, it took a while to get to it, but I found a picture that describes the perfect beer for each of the MLB teams by description.  They are all pretty good descriptions.

It is a little big, but it will do.  My favorites are by far the Dodgers, the As, and the Astros.

Yes I know that some of these aren't beers, but it is still pretty amusing.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Fired Up

During class one of my Fraternity Brothers showed me the lunch and dinner menu for today.  Normally seeing what meals we'll be having today is a disappointment, and not a cause for getting fired up, but dinner got to me today.

Tonight, dinner is Black History Month Dinner with the main entree being Chicken and Dumplings.  This got me fired up today because more and more I am realizing how stereotypes are driving factors in racism.  It may be something simple that I am getting overworked about, but it just seems wrong to me.

There was an interview on 60 Minutes in 2009 that I just found out about recently and it is a contributing to me getting fired up.  Morgan Freeman explains that having Black History month just feeds the flames of racism (indirectly).

So stop calling people by the color of their skin.  I'm not a white man, I am a man.  I am a human, everyone is a human.  Once you stop talking about race, racism will fade away.  I don't care if you have darker, lighter, paler, or different colored skin, we are all part of the human race.

Have a great day!

Rough Day

So it is 4:15pm and I am sore.  For a second Wednesday in a row, I worked as a volunteer for the local food pantry.  I wish the tables that we were packing food on were a little higher or that I had a chair because after 3 hours my back is in pain..

Standing up hurts, sitting down is uncomfortable, and moving my back isn't much better.  I know I didn't throw my back out, but the combination  of being out of shape and bending over put a lot of stress on my back.

Hopefully today gets better with only fun events left.  Dinner, N64, and Star Wars Episode I in 3D.  Hopefully some Tylenol helps.

Just so this post isn't useless, here is the "Meet The ____" series from Team Fortress 2.

Have a Great Day!

Complaining: A Tirade

The amount of complaining I am hearing from people is insane.  In the last 2 days I have heard enough complaining from many people than a normal person hears in a week.  Some people are complaining about the stupidest things too.

Albeit that a majority of this post is being fueled off of aggravation of people posting "National Singles Awareness Day" statuses on Facebook.  Still though, yesterday was filled with complaints about bad cafeteria food (which I should be used to by now, but I'm not), getting homemade food (because they'll have too many meals left over...), and about people tearing down door decorations.

I love when I get food from home, in fact, I really rather enjoyed the M&M Cookie bars that I got a week ago.  When it comes to cafeteria food, you have a ton of selections to choose from and there are always bad nights for food, expect them and plan around them.  As for the door decorations, I understand that it made the door look nice, but when its all said and done, it is a recognized fire hazard by the school (the door was pretty much covered, and policy says you cannot have more than XX% of the surface area of the outside of the door covered.

Today, everything just gets worse with people complaining about being single.  "Woe is me, I cannot find a significant other..".  Here's an idea, take the amount of energy that you just spent into complaining and get out there and court someone.  Be a Lady/Gentleman and go talk to someone.  It only takes a little bit of effort to talk/text someone to build a relationship with them.  In the time that it took to get up, get dressed, shower, and post your "Singles Awareness Day" status, you could have been texting the girl/guy of your dreams and setting up plans to hang out at some point.

If you cannot think of someone that you want to talk with, go to your close friends list.  If there is someone of the opposite gender there, consider actually talking with them.  They feel "Friend-Zoned" probably so that probably means they'd want to date you..

Still nothing?

Hmm.. The way I see it, if you are willing to come back to a guy/girl to complain about a break-up and you trust them, it seems that they could be a potential significant other.  I'm not saying that you should only date your friends, but you already have something in common otherwise you wouldn't be friends......probably..

Have A Great Day!

Think of the Most Uncomfortable Thing In The World... Now Watch This

So yesterday, my roommate had the genius idea to watch a set of videos called Salad Fingers.  I had seen most of them before, and they are by far the most creepy, goosebump-giving, uncomfortable feeling videos I have ever watched.

It may just be the audio in the background at first, but the sights, sounds and words of these episodes are downright creepy.  There are 9 episodes total with my opinion the creepiest episode being episode 2.

Here are the first 8 in a playlist.  Sorry..





If you made it through the first 8, enjoy the last made Salad Fingers Episode.. Episode 9...

Try to not feel too uncomfortable...

Have a Great Day!

What You're Seeing, What We're Thinking

So a few weeks ago, my roommate showed me a video with a band that was playing a pretty catchy song on one guitar.  Here's the song:

I admit it is a really cool concept and all, but I think that Key of Awesome understood the song much better.

I think they did fantastically in replicating how most of the group did.

I know there hasn't been too much text this week, but I'll probably get back to the normal amount next week.

Have a great Weekend!

Flashback: Sesame Street 2

After I made yesterday's post there are a lot more songs that came to mind that were really good and memorable.  The first of which being Rubber Ducky.

When you have Ernie, you're bound to find Bert.  His main joy in life comes from paperclips and pigeons.  Thats why his song, The Pigeon is so memorable.

Finally, another iconic song that I can't believe I forgot was C is for Cookie.

I still may post more because I keep remembering other really good songs, but for now i think its enough.

Have a great day!

Flashback: Sesame Street

So I'm in hour 9 of my 14 hours of busyness, but I still have some time to make a quick post.  There are a few songs that I remember from Sesame Street and they are all engrained in my mind.  The first one I hadn't seen before, but we had a cassette tape that had the song on it.  Now I use it for my radio show segment called, "Noff's Food Corner".

I'm sorry, if my food is pre-chewed its a little gross.

The next song I remember and loved was the intro to Teeny Little Super Guy.

It seems really old, but I am kind of old.. I was just barely born in the 90s.  Finally the counting pinball machine is my last memorable song.

Have a great day!

Donation Day

So I came to the realization that I am taking part in a few fundraisers that I can bring up to people.  The whole realization came when I thought, "Hey, I have a blog that people read, and maybe they'll be willing to pitch in."  So I currently have 2 organizations that I am collecting money for: The Elimination of Prejudice and The American Cancer Society.

The Elimination of Prejudice seems like a very straight forward organization from the title.  Their goal "is to set the conditions for sensitive societal conversations to take place."  Tomorrow is Elimination of Prejudice day which means that college campuses across the US will hold an event facilitating discussions about prejudices in your life, community, state, etc.  I personally had never heard of this organization until I took part in an event similar to EOP Day.  You don't realize how much you are prejudice, or prejudice people in your everyday life.

If you want to find out more about the Elimination of Prejudice you can follow the name link.

If you want to donate a few dollars to the cause you can follow this link: http://www.eliminateprejudice.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=487373&lis=1&kntae487373=5AE0A23B8D0A4BBEB48868F36E78DA22&supId=351354929

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The second organization that I am raising money for is the American Cancer Society (ACS).  I feel very strongly about this foundation because my family has been affected by multiple varieties of cancer, 2 of which resulted in the deaths of my grandfathers.  I feel like they were taken from me too soon because I never really got to know them as much as I wanted.  In an effort to prevent this from affecting people worldwide, I will be participating in the Relay for Life which is a walking marathon.

If you want to find out more about Relay for Life you can follow the name link.

If you want to donate a few dollars to the cause you can follow this link:
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY12National?px=25952884&pg=personal&fr_id=41923

Thank You all very much!

Have a Great Day!

Super Bowl Commercials

Last night was a little bit of a disappointment when it came down to commercials, but nevertheless, I found a few commercials pretty funny and I will show my favorite 3 commercials starting now.

#3 -- Audi Vampire Party

#2 -- Chevy Apocalypse\

#1 -- Brown M&Ms

Have a great day!

Busy Weekend 2.0

So tomorrow I am off to the University of Wisconsin for a Pi Lambda Phi conference.  It should be interesting, but once again, it sets up a really long weekend.  After we get back we still have a meeting to conduct, but after that, the rest of the weekend is mine.

The plan is to watch as much football as I can on sunday starting with the most adorable game ever, PUPPY BOWL VIII.  This game starts at 2 CST on Animal Planet.




My Thought..

Nevertheless, after this is over, the festivities of the Super Bowl should be just about ready to start.  Which means I'll be beginning to cut up some Velveeta for some chili cheese dip.  (1 block of Velveeta + 1-2 Cans of Hormel No Bean Chili. Microwave to melt).  This goes delicious with Doritoes, which now I would rather have these chips to try.

Albeit that I probably will pay for it in the long run, but damn its delicious.  Besides I'm only doing a simple dish for the Super Bowl.  It is not like I'm making a stadium... Oh crap...

Its too bad that twinkees won't be around much longer (possibly.  rumor says that they may never go away due to their iconic nature) since Hostess is going under.  Its still a kind of delicious looking idea.  For the health conscious, I apologize, the Super Bowl was not designed with you in mind.. Or any fan really..  But just think of this:

Have a fun, safe, and great weekend!

Why Don't People Want Free Money?

So today during lunch hours Pi Lambda Phi was offereing a contest where people would predict the score of the Super Bowl, with a correct estimate earning the person $50.

We got quite a few people that signed up with guesses, but there were still a ton of people that walked right by without making eye contact or without filling out a sheet.  I mean its $50!  There is no payment needed, all you needed to do was fill out a slip of paper with a name, phone number, and email so we can contact the winner and thank the participants.  Seems like a great deal right?

But I guess that is part of the issue at Carroll is the inability to commit.  Sure this isn't a huge commitment to fill out a piece of paper, but it seems to scare people.

Regardless though, the best answer we got a ton was, I'm horrible at guessing things.

My thought..

But at least they signed up..

On a side note, I just want to thank everyone who has viewed this blog.  I am really thrilled that I have gotten 10,000+ views in less than a year.  Thank you all very much!

Have a great day!

Damn Google, You Trollin'!

So I feel a little lazy today, probably because of my tiredness, but nevertheless today must go on.  So I have been perusing 9GAG a lot recently and I love it.  Its right up my alley for funny pictures, but all of their pictures have a hidden watermark on them, so they're not too repost friendly.

Regardless I found a picture on 9GAG that surprised me and showed me up..

This is one of the many trolls that Google provides.  The next one isn't too much to feminists, or women in general.  Just a note, I didn't say this.. Google did.

Seeing this on 9GAG, I actually typed it in.. Here's the result. *Right Click > Open in new tab To See Bigger

Don't shoot the messenger.

Have a great day!