Days are like Bernie Bott's Every Flavor Beans...

Dear Readers,

If I haven't given myself away with the title, you just learned that I am a Harry Potter fan(atic?). I have read all the books, seen all the movies, and often compare my life to it. Moving on.

Days are like Bernie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. Some days are your favorite flavor, like when you get to hang out with your friends a lot and don't have homework, or cherry. Some days are okay and you move on not really thinking about them, like butterscotch. Some days you really don't enjoy, like when you are swamped with tests, or like pepper flavored jelly beans. But the worst is when days (Like today for me) are right out miserable, like the earwax or vomit flavored beans.
Today I felt like I was gonna die (self diagnosed head cold and bronchitis/pneumonia), had to go to work tonight unexpectedly and missed out on some really cool plans, and most horrifyingly my computer crashed like 5 times( don't worry, I gave it CPR).


Either way, the life lesson to learn from this is that many days are not going to be your favorite, and may downright suck, but the more crappy flavored jelly beans you eat/bad days you have, it makes you truly cherish and enjoy when the good ones happen. (Insert Cheesy AWWWWWW)


~BS

Interesting thought of the day...

Hey there,

I just had an interesting thought that I figured I would share:

We, in this country and probably others too, give the largest paychecks to the people who are the best at distracting us from living our own lives.

Chew on that, think about it, and let me know what you think. ~BS

the 3:1 ratio

Dear Readers,

I know. It's been too long since I last posted. Sorry. Life has been crazy. I've had more work than my brain can handle, and this past weekend I got suckerpunched by a stomach bug that I named BOB (Bombs over Brian) that had me vomiting until there was no liquid left in me, and then still some more. Sorry for the candidness.

Other quick updates:
-got into two grad schools
-Clemens used steroids
-got nominated for a sick award
-doing well in classes


Okay, there is something I need to share with you. I will call it the 3:1 ratio. It is a theory by this amazing psychologist named Barbara Frederickson, who does a lot of work in the field of positive psychology. What it means is:

in order to live a happy life, you must experience

3 positive things for every 1 negative

Everybody has a ton of bad things happen to them, but you can still lead a happy and fulfilling life according to this theory if you have this balance.

I Have experienced these 3 positives today:


1. Relay For Life: Quinnipiac is hosting it for the first time, and it is gonna be great because of these names of teams ( oh, there is a worldwide/place/passport to hope/country/city theme)

my team:
Apple Bottom Jeans and Boots with Darfur

others:
Cancer Israel (get it? Cancer is real)
Czech Up On It
Iran for a Cure
Not Alaskan a lot
Shake Djibouti
You're Walking Too Fast, Kuwait for me and more

2. Something I should have seen before: LOLcats



3: Get ready to vomit because of the cheesiness: My friends.

What were your three?

The end

Powers

To those who are looking at my blog: I have a couple things to share with you. I know you might not believe me, but I have something really serious to tell you. I...have superpowers. No no no! Not like the X-men or Spiderman. Mine are 900 times lamer. I have two that I have discovered at this stage in my development. The first is I have the power to fall asleep fast. I do not have controlled narcolepsy. I just can tell you about how many seconds/minutes it will take to fall asleep. It's kind of cool. The other power, which as of late has become a lot stronger is my power to have really vivid daydreams. It's like I have a really overactive imagination that forces its way from my subconscious to my conscious mind.

Having to do with my second power, I thought about these things today that I would love to know what you would have thought:


A. If you could live in a world that has been created by a video game, which one would it be?

I dreamt that I was in the world of Thrilla. Thrilla is a surfing/skateboarding gorilla from original NES' Thrilla's Safari. His girfriend gets kidnapped by a crazy tiki villain and he travels across the world to save her. I would love to skate and surf everwhere. I think that would be awesome.

B. If you could experience something that someone in a Greek Tragedy experienced, who would you want to swap places with/fill in for?

I would want to swap places with Icarus just before he takes flight out of the jail with his wings made of wax, feathers, and wood. I would like to overcome my fear of heights at that moment. I would also want to experience the ultimate middle (not too high or low). I would want to swap back out before he flies to close to the sun. I don't want to live with lofty ideas nor do I want to drown.


C. If you could be friends with any cartoon character, who would you want to be friends with?

I would love to friends with Splinter from the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I would love to have a friend who is a ninja, as well as a really deep philosophical thinker at the same time. I definitely tend to surround myself with deep thinking people, but none of my current friends are master ninjas (that I know about).


Let me know what you think. I definitely want to see more comments here.

That's just the way it is...

Hey!

I apologize for taking an extended break from writing in here, but a lot has been going on, such as me going home for winter break to a home with dial-up internet (love you mom), and much more.

Today, I am going to share a list of things that I think we all need to accept as the title of this entry:

That's just the way it is:

• Heath Ledger dying. It's definitely tragic, but we can all honor him by going to see the Dark Knight when it comes out.
• Classes have begun for the Class of 2008's final semester as undergraduates at Quinnipiac University
• The future is seconds away.
  
• a line in the Tupac song that has been stuck in my head for three days.
• That the Quinnipiac Spring Concert will soon be announced as Jack's Mannequin, a certain person who likes to buy drinks, and a certain band with a lead singer who looks anorexic whose music sounds a lot like P!ATD.
• Relay for Life is happening at QU this semester!
• Life is like a windy road. Sometimes its great when you are coasting. Sometimes you like the thrill. Other times, your car can't handle it. When those times come, you have to slow down and take it easy. Eventually, your road will take you to a place you want to be.

Until I write again, smile at someone you have never met before, it might just make them have an awesome day. ~BS

SNOWSTORM WATCH!!!!!

Hey Everbody!

This is Brian reporting to you from the middle of the storm that I will from here on refer to as "The Storm that punched QU Finals in the Jugular!"

Today, Hamden CT got over 5 inches of snow from "The Storm that punched QU Finals in the Jugular!", which sent locals into a panic. This panic grew so large, and lasted so long that it had to cause a poison control center because it shouldn't have lasted more than 4 hours(just kidding). The administrators got so nervous that they...

CANCELLED FINALS!!!!!!!

In reality, they postponed finals until tomorrow afternoon, but it was really interesting to see the emails fly, and the sidewalk sweepers come out with their big friends I like to call Plows.


Today was a day where irrational things should have happened because of "The Storm that punched QU Finals in the Jugular!", and they did. I will list the irrational things I did as well as saw today, and hopefully you can add some of your own to the comments section (hint hint):

1. I braved the storm to go to Taco Bell ( it was so worth it, i got the best Cheesy Gordita Crunch ever!)

2. Played Nintendo 64 for a few hours when I should have been studying for tomorrow or writing my grad essays

3. Saw large groups of freshman walking around with the cafeteria trays they stole looking for the sweetest hill to "sled" on.

4. Got addicted to the facebook application Scrabulous when I should have been doing other things, See number 2.

5. Watched this video instead of doing work:

6. I named the storm "The Storm that punched QU Finals in the Jugular!"

7. Insert yours in the comments section.

YAY FOR DRAMA!!!!

Hey readers:
Quinnipiac is in the New York Times!!!!! Not necessarily for the best reasons, but our University is being mentioned in the Region section. The article makes it sound like our administration is very tyranical, but either way, it is very interesting, check it out.