Where's a tree? I'm bothered.

   One thing that has always bugged the tar out of me is when a friend starts dating someone, and then never wants to do something without the new boyfriend/girlfriend. I have a friend, Mr. T, the same friend from a few postings ago. When he started dating his first girlfriend, we will call her Rachel; he never did anything without her. Granted we were in high school, but I remember one day Mr. T picked me up for school, and we went from my house, to Rachel house. Not a problem, I was indifferent to Rachel at this point in time. So, we get to Rachel house, and she comes to the car, and then her and Mr. T start making out in the front seats of the car, while I am sitting in the back. Now, to Mr. T's credit, he did ask me to close my eyes. The problem was that one of their elbows was resting on my knee. It was creepy. 

   During the summer, Phil would often be busy with Rachel, and was never able to hang out unless she was there too. So, to help pass the time, I would often call Mr. T just to interrupt whatever they were doing. That was mean; do not do that to people.

   With the next few girlfriends that Mr. T had, the same thing, the girlfriend was always there. Some of the girls were super awesome, like "Levi jeans", the future wife. Some girls sucked like the one before the future Mrs. T. I do not remember her name, but I did not like this one. 

   There have been other friends that have also done this. My good friend "Jean Luc", dating a girl for I think about 2 years, and was super happy with her, and at the drop of a hat, would go to her aid. They did everything together, in fact he stopped do things with Mr. T and I altogether unless we went and woke him up.

   I understand that when you care for someone you want to spend time with him or her. I get that, which does not bother me. What bothers me is when; your friends cancel plans because the person they like cannot go. It pisses people off when your friends do that. DO NOT BE A JERK TO YOUR FRIENDS BECAUSE SOMEONE YOU LIKE CANT BE THERE. SHOW UP AND BE A LITTLE BUMMED BUT SHOW UP.

In case you are concerned that the people in this posting are you, unless you went to Centennial High school and graduated June 12, 2001, it is not about you.

8.0

The New Year’s Kiss

This is a tradition, which I do not understand very well. Maybe it is because I have never done this tradition, or maybe because I don’t want to spread germs. HOWEVER, I would think that any tradition where you are going around kissing people in a large group, would lead to the spreading of the mononucleosis (the kissing disease). Now, MONO, as I will call it for short, because I don’t want to write out the long word ever time, takes you out of the game for like a month. I have never had mono, but I know people who have, and I hear it sucks. Not like a hicky, but like a nasty flu that last for a month. So why are earth are people going around helping these germs populate the earth. I mean this is no polio, but still. I thought germs were bad? Anyways, I guess what I am trying to say is where are these parties where people go kissing people willy nilly. There is a gal out there that I would like to ask out on a date, however, I don’t think that the last gentleman of the 21 century would use a stupid germ spreading tradition to kiss a girl. OR would he?

Part 7.34

Online Dating

    I have never paid for on-line dating. I did some free weekend trail thing on eHarmony once, to see what it was like. But other than that, nothing. I have a friend that is using a certain site, that we will call, Swell Arrow Shooting Baby. Now this site, you log on and then look at pictures to find your match. Now, I am not sure about you, but I don't think that looking at a picture is a good way to judge if you will like someone. I mean, I have pictures on my Facebook page from about 2 years ago; I was not as fat two years ago. I look totally different now. 

Picture Dating = absolute stupidness.

There is another friend of mine that is using a different service we will call pair.com, they use the information you use to find a match for you. I think, I have never used this site. Anyways, using info that people write about themselves to make a mathematical equation to find matches; I think that may be stupid too. 

 If you are that in need of a date/boyfriend/girlfriend, maybe that should be a clue, that you DON'T need to be dating anyone. Keep that in mind.

In conclusion, I think that on-line match making services are a waste of time and money.

Heroes in a Half Shell

Heroes in a Half Shell

     It all started in New York with a small boy that owned four pet turtles. While walking the young boy trips and the turtles fall into the sewers. This is the beginning of the Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles. From the stories of 1986 to the modern day of today, the Turtles have fought for those unable to fight for themselves. First, how did the Turtles become ninja warriors? Second, who are they always fighting and where did they come from, and lastly what is the difference between the Turtles of old and the Turtles of today.
     The story begins in Japan, at the Foot Clan Doji, where Hamato Yoshi, was set up by his student Oroku Saki. Oroku Saki plants a knife in the Kai of Hamato Yoshi, and makes it appear that Yoshi is plotting to kill the master sensei. After this, Yoshi is ashamed and banished from the Foot Clan. In disgrace, Hamato flees to New York. When crawling around in the sewers the Turtles come into contact with “OOZE”. This ooze would turn anything it contacted into the animal they had the most recent contact with. Thus turning Hamato Yoshi into a rat, and the Turtles into human sized turtles. The Turtles named Hamato Yoshi, Splinter, because of his ability to turn wood into splinters of wood. Splinter then named the Turtles after his four favorite renaissance artists. Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo became the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Splinter trained them in the art of Ninjitsu. This came in very handy when fighting the Foot Clan.
     You may be asking yourself, who are the Turtles always fighting with? Still in Japan and without Hamato Yoshi in charge, Oroku Saki takes control of the Foot Clan. After the take over, the Foot Clan becomes an evil clan of ninjas. However, when Oroku Saki comes to New York, the Foot Clan are robots. Oroku Saki becomes the Shredder, which is not really explained in the cartoon. With the help of Kang, a bodiless head from Dimension X, and the ooze he steels, Shredder is able to create Bebop and Rocksteady. These two were the Shedders main henchmen. Two gang members turned into a Warthog and a Rhino that were stolen from the New York Zoo. With limitless resources from Krang, Shedder is also able use the Technodrome as a base. Krang was a general in the wars of Dimension X before being brought to New York by Shedder. Throughout the series several different mutant are brought from other dimensions and a few made by Shedder. Not all of those brought to Earth were bad dudes.
The main cartoon ran from December 1987 until November 1996(WordNet). With the series at an end; “The Next Mutation” started. It was a live action show that introduced a female turtle. The show lasted one year. It was very bad. After this flop, the series came back in 2003. It again introduced the Turtle, and Splinter and also The Shedder. However, the story line is very different then the story created in 1986.
     In comparing the old series with the new series, I conducted interviews with 3 2nd graders at Sunnyside Elementary School. I asked them questions related to characters of the old show and the new show. I also asked them to mention the plot of the new series. In those that watched to show did not know who Bepop, Rocksteady, Krang, or The RatKing was. They are either not the major villains they were in the ’86 series, or not in the story line at all. Furthermore, April and Casey Jones are now dating in the show, which was not even hinted at in the ’87 series. April was a female reporter who was saved from the gang that Shredder ran, by the turtles in the very first episode in 1986.
     In the 2003 series, a new human named Cody now fights along with the Turtles. Also, Shedders daughter was introduced, and now leads the foot clan after The Shedder’s death. The TMNT movie that came out last summer is based on the story line of the ’03 series. While the live action movies of the 90’s were based on none of the series. With a new story line for how Hamato Yoshi became Splinter.
     The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ have lived in the glory age of cartoons, and in the modern age of digital computer graphic cartoons. They have seen both live action and animated movies. From the beginnings in Japan to the sewers of New York, from Dimension X to Florida, the Turtles’ fight Shredder where ever he goes. If the Shredder is gone, the Turtles are fighting someone else who prays on the weak. Hiding in the shadows with the invisible art of Ninjitsu, one can never be sure if the Turtles are watching over the city and lurking on those evil villains.

Cowabunga Dudes.

WORKS CITED

WorldNet “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” WorldNet ® 1.7.1, © 2006 Princeton University 20 Nov. 2007< http://www.search.com/reference/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles>

Mirage Studios. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. DVD. FHI and Artisan, 2004

T'was the night before the 6th posting...

I was having some happy hour funness this evening, and the conversation was about dating. I was very interested in what was said. This is an example of what was said. To help with the privacy of the people there, I will not use their real names, except for me. The people engaged in this conversation were Ray (me), Star Fox, and Princess Daisy. Sorry about the Nintendo references, but I really liked that system, and am enjoying the new 4 player super Mario game for the Wii.

SF: I am super confused about the status of the relationship I am in.
ME: You should have the talk
PD: Yeah you should.
SF: No, I don't want to
ME: Well, I will ask him on the next time I see him.
PD: You should totally do that.

End of the important part.

I have seen that this is a very typical stage in the dating relationship. When one or both parties was one idea of what they would like but is unsure of what the other person is thinking. I have a solution to this. ASK. If you don't ask, or bring it up you will never know what the other person is thinking. Unless you can read minds, but I do not think that, you can. SO ASK THE QUESTION. You may not like the answer, but you will not have to worry about what is going on in the other persons head. Asking questions will always lead to a gain in knowledge, and gain knowledge will generally lead to wisdom.

In addition, with it being the Christmas season, I would like to leave you some departing thoughts for the weekend. Holding hands leads directly to babies. More details to follow.

The first one is the hardest.

A friend of mine, asked me to start blogging about my thoughts into the world of dating. So I decided to do it. Now, for a few of you out there who might read this, I once wrote an 11 part essay title "The Journey", it was good, but this will be better. Way better. So each week I will post a new blog about my opinion of dating, and my thoughts on dating couples that I know.

Right out of the gate, I would like to say this, if you go to a concert of a band you know nothing about, someone picks you up and drives you home, it is a date. It is generally a good idea to say hell-o when they walk into the house, not as you are leaving the house to go to the car. Just a thought, say hell-o or some other version of that words first thing.