FOR SOPHOMORES ONLY: DUE WEDNESDAY AM!

Select your top 3-5 theme songs. Explain/analyze why/how they represent you. To consider: Do they represent you only when you are in various, specific moods, or are they all purpose theme songs?

Analyze/annotate at least some of the lyrics! This is how we will be able to best see why they are your theme songs.

You should be reflecting as you write; you may even wish to indulge in some free association as you are writing...


#1 Fule by metallica.

“Gimme fule,gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire
Turn on I see red
Adrenaline crash and crack my head
Nitro junkie paint me dead
And I see red

One hundred plus through black and white
War horse, war head
Fuck ‘em man white knuckle tight
Through balck and white

On I burn
Fule is pumping engines
Burning hard, loose and clean
And on I burn
Churning my direction
Quench my thirst with gasoline”

Yeah so if you can not tell from past blogs, I realy like mechanical devices. This song, James writes it as if a person is getting his emotions out through mechanical gas motor metaphors . For example
“ On I burn
Fule is pumping engines
Burning hard, loose and clean
And on I burn
Churning my direction
Quench my thirst with gasoline”

So this quote starts with on I burn witc metaphorically to a person means here I live. The fule is pumping engines part is symbolic of my blood that my heart pumps. Burning hard loose and clean symbolizes that my over all well being is fine if every thing stays consistant to current status. Quench my thirst with gasoline is symbolic of my desire of all things that bring life to me. So yes I am quite the gas guzzler or life enthusiast. I think this is a kick ass theme song for myself.


#2 Comfortably numb by Pink Floyd
In my life I like all others go through goods and bads. Durring the bads I realize that I must give myself a wake up call. So I felt this song had the perfect tone of a life wake up call.

“I hear you're feeling down.
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again.
Relax.
I'll need some information first.
Just the basic facts.
Can you show me where it hurts”

So the song is speaking to ones who are not currently at peak. Then the song mentions how theres away to avoid problems. This is perfect because I to like to avoid problems. Then it appears the problem is to be analyzed which is quite good.


# Revolution by the Beatles

“ You say you want a revolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright Alright”

“You say you got a real solution
Well you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well you know”

So this should be my theme song because I myself would like to see the world change in a positive way. I even to would like to contribute to such. Also I to except and understand the fact of evolution yet I know ignorant people that do not. I myself do not like violence and I feel that is not a way to get positive change or revolution. Really I understand that the world is going through shit but I to tend to think in the end every thing is going to be alright. That’s the only way to keep trucking.

living in a house with a housemate.

M 21 ,ooking for F. Live in a small apartment with five others whom we split the $750 with in west oakland. My job consists of chilling on a couch allday, geting money from what I should safely call a west oakland magic trip, I can flip something al right and I aint talking MCD's rancid beef/crap patty. So yeah im a kick where it dose not hurt much.

Info to a mini me

Dear 6th grade Daniel, you are not crazy yet, congratulations. Now I am not saying that crazy is bad, why because pure stupid is bad. However it is the situations that put lots of self discipline.
Now thanks to tough times that I my own self through on myself, I have gained grate insight yet without them you will keep your dad from losing more hair. You really should stay out of trouble, though I do not currently hold a grudge on myself. I think that the emotional pain I put on myself after just makes me a better stronger person after.
On the up note you do lots of cool things before your crazy or goofy streak. You buy a go kart and get to spend valuable time modifying and fixing it with my dad. He even machined some tirades himself for it. Then one day you get possession of an old non running 2 stroke motor. You and your dad get it running. This happened right after my 23 year old cat died. So that will be bitter sweat.
Oh yeah and the summer vacation after 6th grade is great. You get hands on experience framing houses with your uncle who is a architect slash contractor slash crew over seer. Yes you even get paid. This will kick start your wanting to try new things and overcome them. Be care full, this will contribute to minor conflicts that you feel are not conflicts. You start to gain a new perspective on life.
Ok so you will get wet for a dirty deed that has done dirt cheap. So you are able to take your own money out of your own account to even things out. This makes you even more head strong. Though do not let it do this to much because it will help you get in to deeper horse shit. Your mom will start to yell at you and try to keep an eagle’s eye on you. There will be times when I sneak around due to much restriction, This makes your parents even steamier at you. So really I hope you be yourself and let nature take over to an extent but not too much.
Now more ups, you continue tinkering with shit and let your passions lead you. You will stop attempting to play tabs on the guitar. This will free more time to find more hobbies, Yes you will continue liking bikes, though when you get to high school you won’t be in to BMX jumping as much. Instead you will start racing cross-country mountain bikes for Albany high school. This will be fun. Though your freshman year will be bumpy at half way point thanks to natural ignorance.
Sophomore year you will hammer in the first quarter getting your highest GPA, just shy of 3.00. Then you will lose a little endurance and trickle to your crazier lazier ways. Then 47th quarter you shoot for retaliation. Let’s hope that goes good. Lets also hope things head up like they will.

Shaving is stupidly a waste of time so parents should be forced by the government to make their kids hopefully boys not shave this way they have more time for home work. This should also apply for haircuts, if it was up to me I would have a lions main.

Well this idea is well developed because I am in the middle of making it an reality. This I dea is a Chromalloy BMX frame with a shock attached fork and a 26” wheel in the front and a 20” on the back. By the way I took out the cranks. For those who do not like bikes, that is the part in which gives you leverage to push the pedals that turns a sprocket that has a chain going from it to a free wheel on the 20” rear wheel. Any ways I am not inventing the bike, but I am design and fabricating my own custom 2 stroke, weed whacker motorized BMX/ Mountain bike. So you are probably wandering how the hell I will do this. Well as I said I took the cranks off. This leaves the inside of the triangular frame open and empty. Wow there is a spot for some thing, but what. Oh a 30 cc ish 2 stroke weed whacker motor that my friend had laying around on his old weed whacker. One challenge is that the drive shaft side is also the side with the fly wheel and those other goodies. Why dose this stir me. Well you don’t have to be smart to see this. The thing is, that the shaft is not long like a drive shaft should be, though remember thing was for a fucking weed whacker. Like the saying goes use the nothing you have and make something kind of like the whole rabbit out of the hat thing. Your probably thinking I am being a red neck engineer / builder but I don’t care I need stupid shit like this that I honestly like to stay out of trouble from doing other things that I like. So yeah I need to get to thin nuts, that I will measure with calipers in standard form and look at the metric conversion chart. So this important so that the points and condenser don’t get out of whack so that the ignition stays in timing so that it wil run and not miss fire or knock or what not. A gas motor is just like the human body and brain in one, because they are so finicky, everything must be just right for peak performance. So I will have an extended shaft that I will machine out of some round stock from my basement on my south bend metal lathe. On this shaft I will need to get my welding stuff out or go to a friend’s house and weld a 12 tooth sprocket on it. I will either use a AC/ DC Arc welder or I will mig it ( M=?I=inert gas) Sorry I have short term and forgot M. See the mig welder has a wire feed gun with a guard that sprays a shield of inert gas to keep the air out of your beam. So we have a motor that will spin a chain. Mounting time. I already made two brackets that wrap around the frame on to the motor. These are made out of thin hot role plate steel(EASY TO BEND)(VERRY SPRINGY). I also drilled a hole in the bottom of the frame in which I put an aluminum skid plate on that also helps support the small thing. Oh yeah my forks. So I had to pop my head set off to get the old forks off and put shock mounted forks on.(IN SIDE THE STEM There WAS A TAPERED PEACE THAT HELD THE FORK ON I HAD TO TAP IT OUT AND PUT BACK IN AFTER THE OTHER SHOCK WAS ON THOUGH NOT QUITE FAIRY TALE FIT> SO I STILL HAVE TO MAKE SUPPORT PICES BUT STEM KEEPS IT GUIDED> PS she gets a pretty blue spark!! Yes I am crazy but hey if I could sit around doing shit like this for a living that would be great,. Like they say if you do what you like then you will not work a day in your life. Why are crazy people full of so much motivation, I do not know.



So if sick of the government and how they legalize tones of synthetic drugs . Well first think, these even include alcohol, pain killers mental pills and or depression pills. So I think that Pharmacies should dose out equivalents of pure natural substances. Come on now, you and I are not synthetic. So why should one put some ting that is not of pure nature if they have the choice.

If you are a real active person who lets say rides a bike all the time and do not show signs of being over wait, then heres an idea for you.
GETTING HUNGRY IS OVER RATED I MEAN IT IS FUN TO EAT BUT ONLY WHEN YOU HAVE TIME. So Why do we not have a pack on with an Iv feeding us this way we will not suffer a forest fire in our stomach while on the go.

People who have an eating disorder and are to light should eat small amounts of food that make them more hungry so that they could go to town worth a five pound meal.

Someone should invent a long lasting patch that acts like a cough drop. You would just need to place it on the top of your mouth, then you will be good for the day. I mean come on every one hates a tickle in their throat.

Ok so I happened to be on the free way with my mom driving her car and all of the sudden a street bike comes between us and the wall, he then lost control and continued to rub against the wall while mildly swerving. So first of all I give dude props for keeping the bike in control to the best of his ability. Though as you know that is a stupid dangerous illegal maneuver. I have a feeling that he was probably cut off and forced between the wall. So I think we should give a motor bike lane to the freeways as an addition to the section where people pull over when thy stall. This way the old ladies won’t have to worry so much about bikers rushing between lanes so much.

What is with dry mouth, I drink plenty of water but my physical exersion makes my mouth dry. Drink water except if some times you are trying so hard that swallowed amounts of water can make you up chuck, like in a competition. So have a patch in the mouth that sends moist vapors to your whole mouth.

You might know this but if you have a shitload of a good meal left but yiu are full then just drink lots of water to help you finish it. This might not make logic but it works for my digesting machine. Think about it you will get hungry soon again any ways, this will just help strech that gap.

Dumping, every one hates to waste time shitting. So a laxative should be created so that you shit out a whole days worth in one episode.



A solution in which will not hurt anamlle on your teeth but one that will do every thing that brushing and flossing would.

Ever feel tat you are physically weighted down and every step or thing you do takes tones of motivation. Well I just started using this strong shit called coffee, shit gets the job done though be careful of addiction and with drawls just because it is legal doesn’t mean its not a strong drug that can not kill you.

I think the only recreation drugs that should be legal are ones that no matter how much you have will not kill you and provide medical benefits unlike alcohol. Sher boos might be fun to you so just do them illegally then maybe we would have less drunk drivers. Think about, to many people go to church so if all those people listen to “GOD” then they will not break the law to a point of not altering their wrong and right(stay drunk and start the car up or lock your car and walk some where.

Ok so my brand new show is a real knee slapper. Laugh your head off, If you like horror shows then this is not your cup of milk. The the show is a show where stand up comedians tell jokes as a way of teaching ones about politics and ethnic issues. So really it is a satire based show. How long will it take the viewers to find this out? This is the big question. This is one of the key characters that makes the show worth watching. The big population of the types of viwers that will watch it are people who are mad at the world and want to here the bad tales of the lovely earth in a funny tone to take off the edge. Yes so almost everyone will watch it then. This is, as seen to be a practicle concept. All ages will even be able to watch even if it washes their brain, like mom would say if their is not any curse words then it is fine. So you might call it contriver sal.
What sets this apart from all of the other stand up comedians ? Well this show has more like a team of what the show calls the TOKERS JOKERS. The point of this team is to sway peoples minds in a funny way. The team are able to interact and as a result they come up with some funny shit. Yes this is another smart concept I must say. Lets help the world wash their head so to speak with humor. Sounds like money and that just means HONEY. (HONEY)/symbolic of every thing "sweet"?

I don't know how many of you are familiar with the fine film, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The story chronicles the life of the oh-so-likeable Ferris Bueller. The film is about one day in his high school life. On this day, he ditches school. What does Ferris do with his day off, you ask?

He goes over to his best friend's house.
They liberate his BFF's dad's classic '60s Ferrari (in perfect shape) and drive it ALL over town.
They sneak Ferris' girlfriend out of school to come along as well.
They go to Sears Tower, one of the tallest buildings in the country (especially at the time of filming) and chill at the top.
They go to a fancy, pretentious downtown restaurant for lunch and clown on the maitre-d'.
They go to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field and Ferris catches a foul ball.
They go to a museum and see beautiful works of art.
They get caught up in a street parade, and Ferris jumps on a float and sings "Danke Schoen" (which sounds like donka shane--I had to go on google to figure out how it was actually spelled) and "Twist and Shout" to thousands of people (who go crazy for Ferrris).
They even find time to go swimming (sort of) at a pool.
Merits mentioning: they do all of those things and still get Ferris home by like 6:00 pm, so his parents don't know that he was faking being sick.

Of course, I am simply telling you what they did in list form to give you the example. For the blog, describe what you would do on your ideal day. WRITE IT AS A NARRATIVE STORY. Be creative, descriptive, fun, pg-13, and make us jealous of your day.

If you have a friend or loved one go with you, that's swell, but don't focus too heavily on that. As my housemate likes to say, "It's your day."

TO CONSIDER:

pick a city that would allow you to do several things that you'd love to do. For example, we all love Albany, but a Ferris Bueller day in Albany of going to the plaza and Gordo isn't exactly dreamy. You may wish to be in San Francisco, LA, Chicago, or wherever.

money shouldn't be a major issue for you, but don't take advantage. you shouldn't not be able to do things you want to do just cuz you ain't loaded...

you don't have to be 100% realistic, but don't be more than 20% unrealistic. ish.
So first I would wake up on a sunny day in lake county CA. I will have a fat ass breakfast consisting of eggs, toast,garlic cloves,noodles,rice,sliced onions,oysters,calirole ,pancakes,steak,beakon,saucage,oats,apples,oranges,chicken,gravy,bread,muffins,milk,water,juice,cream,lard,wheat cookies,omega 3 oil,corn,cheese,tortilas,peas,tomatos,carots,sprouts,beats,crackers,deer mear,bear meat,duck,salmon,frog,rabitand plenty others. I will recive a call saying that I have been chosen to become the CEO of the company in which I worked at. I will then go to the hood and start a mountain bike Moffia. By noon I will have gone to an English tea party in a cafe in Amsterdam. In this café I will meet Jack Herer . One OClock I go to Infineon raceway and race John Force in the funny car divisson of the NHRA drag racing league. Two OClock I will go to a native American reservation and live their ways for three hours. At five OClock I will get on the plane and go to Portugal. I will stay their for five hours. At ten I will go to a canibus cup with the talkshow guy Montel and Jack Herer. I will be here for one hour. At eleven OClock I will go to a strip bar slash rave house in france. Here I will meet lots os hot schollor French chicks. This should not be to dull. This sould take me on past midnight.

So I will start with the cloud wall pice. This pice is getting a huge message across. By drawing a huge comb in a wall of clouds shows that even thogh we live in a big world, little things take up lots of our time.

Now the pce with men rain., This gives you the feel that rain is a perfect part of how the world works. So he shows the sky raning "perfect people". This is a cool one to look at.

Now the pipe, but irt is not a pipe. T0o a bug it could be a home. To a hippy t can be symbolic for a state of mind. For an english man it can mean relaxation. So all kinds of people might use a pipe including tweeaks but they mean some thing different to every one.


The blank canvas holder by the window, quite neat. This shows that the out side beauty is just as nice as a great painting. This is kick ass way to fuck with perception and reality. I love trippy shit like that in which you can use to figure the world out.


The house and tree, Quite nice. I would say it shows a scence of accomplishment. This is because of the big house. However it also shows that money is not every thing because the house is in the shade.

This was by far the most popularly requested blog prompt by you all, so I figured let's give it a whirl.

Describe your ideal life. Consider if you'd be married, if you'd have kids, where you would live, how you would spend your free time, and, of course, WHAT YOUR JOB WOULD BE (this was the part that was prevalent in your requests).

Please do not answer this blog like an online singles ad:
"I am a 25 year old single lawyer who lives in suburban Chicago, drives a BMW, and has 2 cats and a goldfish (and they get along); I like long walks on the beach and scrapbooking."

Questions I would ask if you wrote that: what kind of lawyer ("a rich one" is not a sufficient answer--be specfic about what your job will entail and WHY you want to have it), why suburban Chicago, how do you get the cats to not eat the goldfish, why do those generic hobbies bring you such joy, with whom do you participate in them anyway, etc...

YOU MAY WISH TO DETAIL THE PATH THAT YOU WOULD TAKE IN ORDER TO ARRIVE AT YOUR IDEAL LIFE...

Please use description to paint a picture of your life. For part of it, you might wish to make a running diary of a day in the life of the future, ideal you. Project enough details that a reader can picture it--do you or a loved one (or an indentured servant--aka, child) cook? do you eat out a lot? Do you work out in the 'burbs too? Do you shop at stores or online? I don't know, the random stuff that actually makes up our lives should be included in bits...

due monday am

My ideal life is to be happy. So I plan on having a good job and getting married. First I will work at a bike shop while taking cc classes and trying to become a pro mtb racer. I will still as you can see love bikes it will always be a hoby for me. When I am mid aged I will start a high school Mountain Bike league for a region that dose not have one.
Now more about my job. So After cc I will become a bike frame engineer for Canondale mountain bikes. This job will bring plenty of cash. I will live in a huge house, just big enough for a real party.
I will drive a Ferrari Enzo, a AAR cuda(with the 6 barrel), a Shelby Cobra and a VW Bus. My hose wil have a huge machine shop with CNC Lathes mills Welders Cut off saws and more. I would also have a shop to work on my cars. This might be strange since I am wealthy. However I will still be a gear head. Yeah back to my wife, she will be some one that I can totally connect with. We will have two kids eventually. We would do our. best to give them a nice life that can give them what they need to make it in the world. Are kids will have world record IQs’. They will both end up being rocket scientists and will be responsible for research that puts a life center on the moon.
So yes this might seem a little dull but it would be cool, an ironic life I gues. So yes this is it at the moment. However I might want something different later . I will just have to see. Who knows maybe I will laugh at this when I land my honest dream life which is whatever I end up doing because I will not do work I hate no matter what.

We've all made some questionable calls when it comes to our style--our clothes, hairstyles, accessories, etc. We always think we are cool; it's only with hindsight that we can reflect and realize that we actually looked all-the-way goofy.
Chart your fashion history. Consider all of the styles and stages that you've gone through in your life. Give some specific details about what they were, looked like, and any motivations for or memories associated with them. Don't be afraid to be a little self-deprecating (make fun of yourself a bit)...Ham it up...exaggerate...

The blog should be at least 3/4 of a page.

due Monday, 2/18/08
When I was in kindergarten I would wear tight jeans that I hated. Then I saw the way hide made people look very civilized. When I got in to first grade I started to wear corduroys. I thought those were a lot cooler. In second grade I went back to wearing jeans, but this time they were not so tight. I actually liked these a whole lot. Then in third grade I started wearing Van shoes. I still wear them to day. They are the best shoes on the planet. I am not talking about the kind that are thin and sloppy. I am talking about the skate shoes. They are so cool looking and they are really durable. I think that there the best shoes you can get for under sixty bucks. Plus they come in real handy if the brakes on your bike gout. See when you need to stop but you can’t just let your leather siding scrub on your leather. Yes that is quite great. Think shoes that save lives. Who would have ever thought of such a thing.
Now comes a big change. In the fourth grade I start to where dark hoody sweat shirts. I would also wear black Levi pants. This was the kick ass look for me back then. I just felt oh so cool as if I was a whole different person. I felt like a big tough guy like that. During the fifth grade I started wearing long tea shirts and jeans. I did this up in till the seventh grade.
The seventh grade, this is when I went back to the dark side. This time I wore a black Nirvana sweat shirt. Though I still wore black 569 Levis and I still do today. At this time I still wore Vans, I also still wear them today. In the next grade I wore lose clothes that were not dark. Freshman year I had a buz cut. I then decided to grow my hair out. I wore my black pants and my Vans.
Right now, I have thick hair. I like wearing tea shirts and Levi jeans. I still wear Van shoes. Also I just got my left ear pierced. I don’t know if that was the best idea but maybe it will grow on me. Yeah so that is about all of my fashion history for now, at least for what I can recall.

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10 February 2008 @ 12:27 pm
Blog 10: Interview
1. Do you believe in karma?

No, I don't even remotely believe in karma. I believe in the value of community, and I believe that we should each do the best we can with what we have. I think that a community or a culture is as good and as strong as its members. If you value community and culture, that is motivation to be a good person and to do good things. If you have self-respect, that is motivation to be good and do good things. Doing good things so that good things happen to you isn’t actually all that altruistic, is it? This is in addition to the idea that there is some cosmic force that doles out goodness on a deserve-it basis. One look around kind of squashes the validity of it for me. I mean, what in all of your experiences and all of the news you've seen about the world and the way it works supports the idea of karma?
PS How many times did I say good in that paragraph?

2. What one current event in any aspect of world news do you think is being most neglected or underrepresented?

I am currently having a really hard time with the fact that nobody is making a big deal out of the $600 tax refund checks that Bush is trying to dole out to hella Americans. It just doesn’t seem fiscally responsible. How can you veto a bill to give health care to all kids 5 and under cause it costs too much and then turn around and give out over a billion dollars? It's all further complicated by the fact that he says he's doing it to jumpstart the economy, but studies show that lower and middle class people will overwhelmingly use it to either pay down credit card debt or save it for a rainy day, both of which make total sense. The only people likely to spend the $600 frivolously are rich people, to whom $600 is play money. The matter is further complicated by the fact that I just read that it's not an actual "Here's $600. Have fun" but that it is an advance on 2008 tax returns, which means that people who are responsible and note limited dependents will get hosed while people who up their dependents so that they have more money to spend per month will get the break. This is, of course, discounting those who actually have dependents...

Although it seems like old news these days, since it was never really news, I'd like to also give a shout out to the bees as an underrepresented issue. The honeybees are dying, and without them, a zillion plant lives can't reproduce. Without the pollination station, we're going to have a lot harder of a time with food--less fruits and vegetables will lead to less animals (who eat said fruits and vegetables), and even the meat eaters will end up hosed. Over 50 years ago, Albert Einstein speculated that "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would only have four years of life left." Cell phone towers are speculated to be a possible major cause...As Bill Maher once said, "Perhaps it's God's way of saying, 'Can you hear me now.'"
3. If you could have any one superpower, what would it be and why?

This is almost too tough to answer. I'd love to have the ability to read people's minds. Then I could tell just how full of shit people are. Although I tend to think that people are often full of shit, so I don't know if this would serve to validate me or depress me further. Of course, if I were an optimist, this could be a chance for the redemption of humanity. Obviously flying would be awesome as well.

4. If you could invite any 5 famous people or characters to your birthday party, who would you pick?

Turk from Scrubs
Carlton from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (check out my Carlton dance mix on my Ipod)
Brody from Mallrats
Steve Malkmus (Pavement)
David Berman (Silver Jews)
Two-Bit (so long as he didn’t steal my stuff)
Day-Day from Next Friday

5. If you could live in any film or book, what would you select? Would you want to be one of the characters, or would you want to be you (introduced as a new character)?

I know this might sound kind of strange, but I think that if I could be any character and live the life of their book, I would pick Edmund Dantes in The Count of Monte Cristo. It's kind of weird because his whole life and motivation are predicated on suffering and loss, but he is just the baddest mofo in the history of the whole world. On a more traditional level, I might pick to live in The Goonies so I could have that level of camaraderie with the guys (and make fun of Chunk) or to be Lloyd Dobler in Say Anything. Apparently I am quite character driven, rather than setting or plot driven.

6. Who of your friends would make the best president? I can't wait to know why.

I don’t think I have any friends that come near fitting a traditional role of President. That said, I think that I would have to nominate Mikey. Mikey is one of those people that everybody who meets him likes him and wants to be nice to him, which would go a long way in terms of policy, both foreign (where we can use it) and domestic (where we can use it). He is responsible, works hard, is particularly logical, and is a moral man.

7. I used to always trip out that my strawberry Chapstick tasted so strongly like strawberries (and why was I eating so much Chapstick?). Then I realized that it wasn't the taste that was strong; it was the smell. They say that smell is the strongest scent. What is your favorite smell? USE CONNOTATIONS, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, OR ANALOGY in your (butter) saucey answer.

My favorite smell has got to be coffee. The best part about it is that every single morning I get to smell my favorite smell. Coffee is to my morning as Gatorade is to MJ at halftime. It gets me ready for the game. It is no major coincidence that my favorite smell is so intertwined with my favorite sound too. My favorite sound is that extra-loud gurgle that the coffee maker makes as it sucks that list bit of water through the coffee grounds. To double down on the sports metaphors, that gurgle is the ringside ding for Round 1. Coffee's ready.

8. If you could invent a new class for AHS to teach, what would it be?

I think that a vocational class like welding or auto shop would be cool. I think that would excite some kids...

I would also love to see a class that more directly connected and involved kids with the community--politics, the environment, social issues. Something with actual out-in-the-community experiential opportunities. Perhaps each quarter could have a different one of those focuses where students could meet community leaders, volunteer, advocate, etc...4th quarter could be the chance for students to do a project in their own field of interest. Damn, that would be hot.

9. Identify any symbol from any film ever (pick your favorite if you can think of many from which to choose). Identify what it means and why you picked it.

One of my favorites is the red lipstick that the lady wears in David Lynch's sicko-masterpiece Blue Velvet. I also think that Clockwork Orange abounds with symbols of note: the milk and milk bars, every single object in the cat-lady's house...

Damn, those are two disturbing movies. How about something a little more uplifting...and where I can talk about the actual symbolism...

In The Neverending Story, at the end of the film all that remains of the princess' once vast and mighty empire is a grain of sand. That grain of sand symbolizes how far we, as a people, are prone to letting things go. How we sit by and let things disintegrate to the point of extinction before we believe that it is happening--and before we are motivated enough to do anything. The grain of sand also represents, however, that it is not too late. With the ability to dream and the work required to make dreams come to fruition, that grain of sand is the foundation for rebuilding civilization...Something, however small, still tangible.

10. Will humankind still exist in 300 years?

I'd like to say, "See my Neverending Story answer," but I don’t know...

11. What is the most embarrassing song to ever grace your IPOD? Why was it there, may I ask?

Objectively speaking, the most embarrassing song might be my theme song for when I win. It's the theme song from The Karate Kid. "You're the best, around/No one's ever gonna put you down." Pure '80s. I also have a soft place in my heart for this totally cheesy Soul Asylum song from the '90s--the "Waiting by the phone" song. If I were in a band, I would totally cover that song.

12. Corey Chin's brilliant question (and it's got me curious): How much would you charge to clean Mr. Ross' microwave?

Ew. Like $5.00.

13. Did you support your answers?

I feel that I did.
1No i do not believe in karma. I am more of a realistic person. Karma is not realistic.
2The war in Sudan deserves more attention. Fuck bushes mess, we here enough about that shit.
3I would have the power to have any power at any time at all. My reasoning is that I would be able to be totaly full of power. Think of all of the nice things that I could do for the world.
4 My five famous birthday guests. First I would invite Jimmy Page. This is because he is the best guitarist except for Jimmy Hendrix. They are about equal to me. Second I would invite Jack Herer because of his big contributions to the natural medicine world and because of all the books that he wrote such as The Emperor wears no clothes.P.S My cousin actually met Jack Herer and shook his hand. The third gest would be the singer from the Doors even thouh he is dead. So I gues I would need some voodoo shit for that. The forth person would be my cousin, he is not famous yet but he will be one day just like Jack Herer. The fith would be Naughty Allie because she is one of the hotest porn stars out there. We all no that aparty is not complete with out lap dances and stuff. So yeah man it will be one hell of a B day.
5I would be in the movie gone in 60 seconds. I would take Nicholas Cages spot as the main character. The bad ass who trys to save his brother by boosting hella cars in a small amount of time.
6My friend Joaquine from MCgregor would make a great president. This is partially because he is a native American. After all this is America. Plus maybe he coulkd chaznge the laws to those of the native Americans and can pu all americans in a native tribe. Oh yeah he would also make alchohal illegal for it is a stupid poison inwhich people can not even drive a car. He would also end the war just as quick as Hillary or Obama, with in two years.
7 My favorite smell is one that you normally notice at night behind a dumpster or on a dog. That is right I am talking about the smell of a skunk. Some people do not like this smell but to me it is as if I am smelling an exspensive flowers. I also think that the smell can boost your ora and help you gather your chee.