Random Musings

- things never go according to plan. cliche, but absolutely true. no matter how organized a person you are, there are just outside influences beyond your control and you can't compensate for these unforeseen circumstances. unless you're a fortune teller, then you absolutely have no reason for things to go awry.

- the houston rockets don't care. watch a lakers game. look at the team chemistry there, look at how the players have the fire for winning, look at a star player who actually shows some emotion out there. all of this is nonexistent in a rockets team that has so much potential. it's frustrating.

- being a grownup is hard. after babysitting three kids, i realize how much i miss the carefree attitude of a child. they're truly in their own little world. whether it be playing the wii, staring at the tv watching the disney channel for way too long, or playing with barbie dolls, life is easy. that used to be me... playing super nintendo all day, watching nickelodeon religiously, or playing with wrestling dolls.

- sleep is definitely not overrated. i would venture to say it's underrated. there is no substitute for a good night's rest.

- i wonder what will happen to those people who work at those factories that produce those new year's eyeglasses that have the two 0's as lenses. it's 2009, we can't make glasses for 2010!!! oh no! i hope they don't get laid off. they had a gOOd run.

- just once, one new year's eve, times square should be filled with prepubescent boys so that they can ring in the new year with a citywide balldrop. as the crystal ball counts down to the new year, the boys count down to their transition into manhood.

- is there any other proper time for a countdown other than new year's?

- it's 2009, shouldn't we have been in flying cars and eating meals in pill form a couple years ago? probably in asia they are, but not in the us. we're so behind the times.

- i feel bad for people born on christmas day. sure, it's awesome, born on christmas day, yay! but, think about it. your day of birth is overshadowed by christmas.

- hypothetically, if an alien is green and it loves to garden, would you say it has a green thumb? that doesn't make any sense. then again, neither does an alien loving to garden, unless your name is E.T.

- danica patrick (girl nascar driver) got a ticket for speeding? yeah, that's not ironic.

- is it me, or are the jonas brothers just hanson reincarnate? three brothers... making catchy pop music... teenage girls going crazy over them...

- the price of gasoline is great. i want to store barrels and barrels of it somewhere and then get maggie gyllenhaal so i can recreate that scene from the dark knight.

- putting christmas lights on a house is just a beating-around-the-bush way of saying, hey, check out my house.

- does santa sweat? my two major issues with this: he lives in the north pole and he has elves to do his work for him. also, now that i think about it, it's not like he works out.

ok, back to work. thanks for reading!

-jdv