Get Excited...I'm Finally Back!

I’m alive. It may seem shocking, but I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth. I’ve just been really, really busy. Which will take us right into distraction #7, so that’s convenient. But first, if you haven’t read the previous posts, the bottom three of my top ten distractions were: 10) Eating, 9) Comic book reading and buying, and 8) Searching for crap I don’t need online. Onward, to number 7...+6?!?

P.S. – I know this post is long, but it's been so long since I've posted and there are tons of good links in this one. If I were you, I’d take the time to peruse them sometime when you need to be distracted. I’d be lying if I said I weren’t a little proud of this post.

#7 AND 6 - School

What?!? Two distractions in tandem? “Blasphemy!” you say. As much as I’d love to tell you that you’re right, the truth of the matter is that school takes a special two-spot rank on this list as a result of the last three weeks of my life. During the last twenty-one days, I have been subjected to 7:00 AM wake-ups to watch scary movies (for school), writing three 25+ page group papers (for school), and devoting any time that could have been spent in fun and debauchery instead studying and preparing for the end (of school). And while Augustana College has certainly owned me during its various mid-term and finals time frames over the past four years, the rank is no higher than a 6-7 ranking due to one fact: I’m done with school forever after Sunday. So, while school has been a distraction (as can be seen by my supreme lack of blog posts), it will soon be the Artist Formerly Known as a Distraction. And in less than a week I will be out of the tyrannical clutches of the non-living organism that is school…forever.

#5 – On-line Humor and Fun

This is not the only on-line distraction I deal with, which is why a #5 ranking is slightly lower than what may seem logical, but anyway, some of my more enjoyable and distracting experiences on-line come in the form of humorous videos and cartoons (warning...VERY violent), as well as fun games. I think a major part of this affinity for said internet elements first presented itself in this Strong Bad e-mail from the Homestar Runner website. While my love for the site has since diminished, it was this video that made me realize how much the internet had to offer in terms of humor. One of my newfound favorites, discovered courtesy of my friend Brenni Fresh, is this one (WARNING...you might be offended if you are a scientologist…or if you don’t really have a sense of humor).

Also, this game presented the biggest hindrance to my success in Statistics class my junior year. I’m going to go with an external locus of control on this one and blame the game rather than myself. By the time I reached my Line Rider peak, I was creating jumps where my sledding stick-man was soaring through the air over roaring dragons and spike canyons. Nothing as impressive as this though. However, similar games, (such as the ones found at Addicting Games…such a fitting name) have kept me from accomplishing goals and tasks countless times. As a result, these games and videos get a number 5 ranking.

I know what you’re thinking, and you’re absolutely right; “If these unbelievably distracting distractions are only #7, 6, and 5, the rest of the distractions must be insane (ironically, this video was the first that came to mind when I thought of a link for “insane” and when I searched Google videos with the search term "insane," it was the first result to come up...crazy…or…insane). And the soon-to-come distractions are insane. So get ready.

P.S. (again) - My new address is now easier and faster to type out. It's just www.wisdsomsmouthpiece.com. Woohoo! (I'm so glad to be able to blog again).

I'm a educated fool with money on my mind... got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye...