Things That the Christmas Has Given To Me Early- For better or worse

- A new gamecube memory card (which means that if I still had my receipt I could totally have returned the other one for 14 dollars back)

-Ability to watch a lot of fucking movies on DVD

-Free meals

-Compliments from my family on the behavior of Chewie

-A lot of ‘nothing fights’ to witness and find amusement in

-An enjoying stay in a house that looks like it was decked out by the who’s of who-ville.

-Scary drive through a lot of snow in a mountainous pass

-A cold

-A returned case of DVD’s I lost months ago (yay!)

-Discussions with family members that dissolve once they become irrate and illogical

-A realization that my thought process is problematic for a reason I had not thought of before.  I have bad memory so I forget what I was going to say but my thought are totally random so even when I try to backtrack the conversation to figure it out I have no idea what it might of been because it probably wasn’t connected.  So then I lose track of the conversation currently in my attempt to try and figure it out.  Let me tell you- this is incredibly harmful for trying to remember arguments in debate.

The Omaha Shooting

Let me preface by saying that I am a resident of Omaha to attend Creighton University during the school year.  So, yes, I was in town when this event occurred. If you are thinking, “What Omaha shooting?” Well then, here it is.  This article includes all the major details for you.

Some of the things I heard said today-

“That could’ve been me!”

“I almost went to the mall today, I thought about it.”  

“I shop there all the time…”

 ”How could this happen here?”

I feel quite detached from the whole experience and I felt the need to explain to my friends and family why my shopping habits at not only that mall but the store itself will remain unchanged.  My life continues unabated, despite the fact that 14 people died in or around the store that I spend the most time in.  The reason I am blogging about this is because I seemed to upset some people for disagreeing with their reasons to be paranoid about shopping there and lightheartedly told my worried family members with frustration- Of course I’m alive!

So here are a few of my reasons to continue your holiday shopping as planned (after the mall is no longer a crime scene). 

+ It was a fluke.  The guy had no reason to pick that particular store or mall.  He was disgruntled over losing his family, home, girlfriend and job.  He didn’t have a real motive for that particular store or people inside.  He wasn’t upset at the store, but the world as a whole.

+ Dying is dying.  Living your life in fear of it is not profitable.

+ Shit happens everywhere.  The assumption that middle sized city in the Midwest is absolutely safe is inaccurate, to say the least.  To be fair, this was the worst killing Omaha has ever seen, but that only furthers my argument that it was out of the ordinary or a fluke.

+ I’m not a mall rat.  I guess I might be more upset if I cared more for shopping.

I think that after this semester I am a lot less afraid of something happening to me.  Yes, be careful, drive defensively, lock your doors at night, but do not let paranoia rule your life.  Go buy some clothes for Christmas and get over it.  Yes, I sound harsh, but I am also right.

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Since I left them out of the last two entries, enjoy-

#9 I hate the way cold nights in winter and early spring sound in the trees and streets.  The dark cold gives me adrenaline bursts of fear when I am walking alone.

#10 Some times I mock you when you’re not around. 

#11 Recently I’ve begun to wish I wasn’t me and was someone you wanted me to be. 

 

Teenage Brothers and Online Smut

So my teenage brother is obsessed with showing others 2girls1cup and insisted that I, one of my best-friends Hotchy, my 12 year old step brother, my 18 year old brother, and my 16 year old step sis + boyfriend watch it online tonight.  While most of us gagged and almost vomited, Hotchy ate a cookie and finished w/ the comment “Dominic, why are we watching this? I told you all that I had a strong stomach.”

I suppose I am just shocked by my brother and his overall intrigue by this website and sharing it with others. 

While I had watched the reactions on youtube, I must say it was a much more horrifying experience than I could have ever predicted.  So, in a way, this is my reaction to it.  It’s disgusting.  I do not recommend it but I realize that by posting this I am only increasing the propensity for individuals to look it up.  My recommendation is to watch reactions to it on youtube PRIOR to looking up the movie.  If you are that curious, it’s two girls and a glass full of shit.  Throw in some swallowing and some vomit, and you get the most hideous experience of my entire life.

 The comments of some reactions of people on youtube as well as my family:

“That’s got to be ice cream or something.”

“I think I’m going to barf.”

“You’re the worst brother I’ve ever had.”

“What am I supposed to say- ‘That’s so cool?!’  Was that real poop?”

“It’s amazing what you can do with two girls and one cup.”  “Yeah, and their feces!”

One last thought- Who shows this to their family????

The New Blog

So many of you may not know, but this is the new blog.   The newest of the 5 I have written in at some point over the last three years.  I don’t like the look of this one, I’m still working on it, but it is up and running. I should put “Under Construction” as the title of the blog.  Any thoughts?

Anyway, I put the blog on my facebook profile, included a link to it on my most recent blog, and sent it to my brothers via email as of tonight.  I guess this is it now all I have to do is improve the look and begin my ultra bold and often terrifying introspection.  I’m sure it will be an adventure for all.  

PS- Can someone PLEASE explain to me why blogs dislike the spelling of “blog?”  Come on spell-check, get with the program.