The older I get, the closer to home HIV comes. Close in the fact that I know a few people that have it. That's a few people too many.
December 1st is a day that's considered World AIDS Day. I have a proposition for that day. I propose to raise awareness of this horrible disease, everyone posts a fact about HIV/AIDS. Even if you think it's a fact that everybody knows. You'd be surprised how many people, today, don't know that HIV can be spread through shared needles.
All you need to do to participate in this campaign is to do these three things....
1. Share this Awkward Moments Post with your family and friends. Through Facebook, Twitter, whatever you feel is the best way to do this.
2. Take this time to research. If you don't have the time to research, go ahead and come up with a fact that you learned all the way back in grade school.
3. When you've found a fact, post this on your Facebook, Twitter, etc.
The more knowledge the people have, then the more likely people will protect themselves from this disease. As the saying goes, "Knowledge is power."
There is no awkward picture for this post. This is a little too serious to post a picture. So please, spread this around. If you have time, research. If you don't, that's all right. Let's see how much awareness we can come up with for this disease!
Friday, November 29, 2013
Monday, November 25, 2013
iPod Addiction
I've done it. I've done the one thing that I thought I'd never do. I've become addicted to mobile internet devices. This one, in particular, is my iPod.
Being in China, it actually makes it quite easy to find myself relying on it. Not just for Chinese translation on words I don't know, but also for things like trying to figure out subway maps and how to write different things, and books so you're not constantly stuffing your bag full of them. I've still got a notebook, though.
Awkward picture of the day!
Being in China, it actually makes it quite easy to find myself relying on it. Not just for Chinese translation on words I don't know, but also for things like trying to figure out subway maps and how to write different things, and books so you're not constantly stuffing your bag full of them. I've still got a notebook, though.
Awkward picture of the day!
Monday, November 18, 2013
Things to do
In two days, I'll be leaving the country and heading off to China. But there's still a couple things I need to do yet.
1. Come up with a title for a new blog documenting all my experiences in China in the form of writing blogs and videos.
2. Come up with a name for my new youtube series once I get to China.
3. Buy the VPN subscription so I can access facebook and youtube once I'm out in China.
Awkward Pic of the day!
1. Come up with a title for a new blog documenting all my experiences in China in the form of writing blogs and videos.
2. Come up with a name for my new youtube series once I get to China.
3. Buy the VPN subscription so I can access facebook and youtube once I'm out in China.
Awkward Pic of the day!
Friday, November 15, 2013
Philosophies with Awkward Moments
Picture it. You're drunk in a room. You want to do something. Maybe talk smartly! Wouldn't that be awesome? So you decide to have a few drinks, and try to open your mouth and say something. What happens to you?
If you're anything like me, you either sound really creepy or like the worst pervert to ever walk the planet. It doesn't even have to be a pervy conversation, and here you are running your mouth without thinking, and BOOM! Creepy pervert alert! It can be hilarious, but yet if someone doesn't know you well enough you better watch yourself.
So here's the way to strategize for that. There are two very effective ways, I've found, to keep from being the creepy one if you've been drinking just a teeny weeny little bit. Like I have.
1. Stay the fuck away from facebook. Yes, I said it. Many a people in the world have been blocked from others because they decided it would be a great idea to go get drunk and facebook message someone. Whether it was someone they didn't know that well or someone they've known a long time but decided they weren't in the best of terms. Either way, the results weren't as pretty as people would like it to be.
2. Monitor your drinks when you're around someone new. Meaning, don't get drunk with them, especially if you know how you're like when you're drunk. If you are that guy that gets creepy when you drink, you better just keep a buzz when you meet a new person. You'll scare them away so fast it'll be hilarious, but still. If it's someone you actually want to get to know, don't drink too much.
By all means, if you want to drink, then drink up. But don't sit there and expect to be the best person ever if you're going off being Creepy McWeird-fuck.
Awkward picture of the day!
If you're anything like me, you either sound really creepy or like the worst pervert to ever walk the planet. It doesn't even have to be a pervy conversation, and here you are running your mouth without thinking, and BOOM! Creepy pervert alert! It can be hilarious, but yet if someone doesn't know you well enough you better watch yourself.
So here's the way to strategize for that. There are two very effective ways, I've found, to keep from being the creepy one if you've been drinking just a teeny weeny little bit. Like I have.
1. Stay the fuck away from facebook. Yes, I said it. Many a people in the world have been blocked from others because they decided it would be a great idea to go get drunk and facebook message someone. Whether it was someone they didn't know that well or someone they've known a long time but decided they weren't in the best of terms. Either way, the results weren't as pretty as people would like it to be.
2. Monitor your drinks when you're around someone new. Meaning, don't get drunk with them, especially if you know how you're like when you're drunk. If you are that guy that gets creepy when you drink, you better just keep a buzz when you meet a new person. You'll scare them away so fast it'll be hilarious, but still. If it's someone you actually want to get to know, don't drink too much.
By all means, if you want to drink, then drink up. But don't sit there and expect to be the best person ever if you're going off being Creepy McWeird-fuck.
Awkward picture of the day!
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Thunder-Snatch
Today, my car, Thunder-Snatch, is in a state that it hasn't been in since I bought the car. Thunder-snatch is clean and spotless.
Before I brag about my sudden taste in cleaning, let me explain why this is such an accomplishment. The last time I cleaned out my car, I drank pop at the time. Therefore, there were tons of pop cans and bottle strewn about the floor. You couldn't see the floor of the back seat. It was so bad that when I went to clean it, I decided it was a better idea to wear rubber gloves than nothing at all.
In three hours, I'd not only filled up three garbage bags, I'd power-vaccumed like no other. Thunder-snatch looked amazing. Spotless. Something that hasn't happened since the very first time I stepped inside it and started driving. I guess you could say whatever spurt I was having by keeping Thunder-Snatch so gross-looking is gone now!
Classic Awkward pic of the day!
Before I brag about my sudden taste in cleaning, let me explain why this is such an accomplishment. The last time I cleaned out my car, I drank pop at the time. Therefore, there were tons of pop cans and bottle strewn about the floor. You couldn't see the floor of the back seat. It was so bad that when I went to clean it, I decided it was a better idea to wear rubber gloves than nothing at all.
In three hours, I'd not only filled up three garbage bags, I'd power-vaccumed like no other. Thunder-snatch looked amazing. Spotless. Something that hasn't happened since the very first time I stepped inside it and started driving. I guess you could say whatever spurt I was having by keeping Thunder-Snatch so gross-looking is gone now!
Classic Awkward pic of the day!
Friday, November 1, 2013
NaNoWriMo: A History
As some of you readers already know, today is the beginning of NaNoWriMo. Others have started seeing references to this event. There's that one writer friend, or that one nerd, dork, or closet artist that has suddenly plastered their Facebook or Twitter pages with this word. NaNoWriMo. All someone can figure out is that it's some sort of event.
This little entry is to give you a brief history of what NaNoWriMo is. That way, you can have something to distract you from the men participating in No-Shave November. There's only so much hair a human being can take. Now, without further ado, here's a brief history of NaNoWriMo.
First off, some of you are probably wonder what the hell NaNoWriMo is. NaNoWriMo is the abbreviated version of "National Novel Writing Month." Writers of all kinds take this month to challenge themselves to write as many words as they can in a month. Others take it literally and try to pump out a novel in that month. This doesn't take editing into account. Otherwise, I could see it being National Novel Writing Winter; which really doesn't sound bad at all. I'd be game.
The very first NaNoWriMo took place in San Francisco in 1999. A group of 21 people got together, probably brought a lot of junk food, and made a night of it. They wrote like crazy. After they were done, and everything was edited, they published what they worked on that month. In their words, it wasn't really horrible, but it wasn't all that great either.
In the second year of NaNoWriMo, things really took off. A professional website was built for the event. Those 21 people participated the year before took the URL and sent it out to friends, who sent it out to their friends, making the number multiply to 140 people participating. They weren't just from the California area either. Some were participating as far as Canada.
This second year was the year where the guidelines were born. Mainly the main guidelines...
1. Must be original work.
2. Cannot co-author a book.
3. Must be a novel
4. Must be submitted in the nanowrimo website. (Though I must admit, the website guideline is new to me.)
As the years went on, NaNoWriMo grew more and more. The third year saw over 5,000 participants with the help of blogging. A PayPal account was set up to accept donations from participants, and the creators started making revenue by coming up with T-shirt designs and mugs. The media was also catching wind to this literary revolution. Anyone from The Los Angeles Times to CBS News was latching onto the story of a new revolution in writing.
For fourteen years now, NaNoWriMo has been gracing November with its presence. November tends to be a miserable month, so NaNoWriMo is a way to help with the miserable weather. I, myself, discovered this little gem two years ago when I stumbled upon a friend's facebook. I'd seen the word plastered across her facebook so many times I finally went to her and asked her about it. Intrigued, I decided to try it. If nothing else, it would prompt me to finish Prophecy, what you all know as Masked Omen. (Which I have no trouble promoting anywhere I go! CreateSpace and Amazon are where to buy them! Go forth and buy the book!)
And that is the story of NaNoWriMo! Of its origins, of course. If you want to read more about the history of NaNoWriMo, or if you want to sign up for the webstie, itself, just click on the colored NaNoWriMo.
And, of course, your awkward picture of the day!
In the second year of NaNoWriMo, things really took off. A professional website was built for the event. Those 21 people participated the year before took the URL and sent it out to friends, who sent it out to their friends, making the number multiply to 140 people participating. They weren't just from the California area either. Some were participating as far as Canada.
This second year was the year where the guidelines were born. Mainly the main guidelines...
1. Must be original work.
2. Cannot co-author a book.
3. Must be a novel
4. Must be submitted in the nanowrimo website. (Though I must admit, the website guideline is new to me.)
As the years went on, NaNoWriMo grew more and more. The third year saw over 5,000 participants with the help of blogging. A PayPal account was set up to accept donations from participants, and the creators started making revenue by coming up with T-shirt designs and mugs. The media was also catching wind to this literary revolution. Anyone from The Los Angeles Times to CBS News was latching onto the story of a new revolution in writing.
For fourteen years now, NaNoWriMo has been gracing November with its presence. November tends to be a miserable month, so NaNoWriMo is a way to help with the miserable weather. I, myself, discovered this little gem two years ago when I stumbled upon a friend's facebook. I'd seen the word plastered across her facebook so many times I finally went to her and asked her about it. Intrigued, I decided to try it. If nothing else, it would prompt me to finish Prophecy, what you all know as Masked Omen. (Which I have no trouble promoting anywhere I go! CreateSpace and Amazon are where to buy them! Go forth and buy the book!)
And that is the story of NaNoWriMo! Of its origins, of course. If you want to read more about the history of NaNoWriMo, or if you want to sign up for the webstie, itself, just click on the colored NaNoWriMo.
And, of course, your awkward picture of the day!
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