Nice Guys Finish Last

 

I picked the trailer but there's the whole movie on YouTube in parts.

This is a tribute to the nice guys. The nice guys that finish last, that never become more than friends, that endure hours of whining and bitching about what assholes guys are, while disproving the very point. This is dedicated to those guys who always provide a shoulder to lean on but restrain themselves to tentative hugs, those guys who hold open doors and give reassuring pats on the back and sit patiently outside the changing room at department stores. This is in honor of the guys that obligingly reiterate how cute/beautiful/smart/funny/sexy their female friends are at the appropriate moment, because they know most girls need that litany of support. This is in honor of the guys with open minds, with laid-back attitudes, with honest concern. This is in honor of the guys who respect a girl’s every facet, from her privacy to her theology to her clothing style.

This is for the guys who escort their drunk, bewildered female friends back from parties and never take advantage once they’re at her door, for the guys who accompany girls to bars as buffers against the rest of the creepy male population, for the guys who know a girl is fishing for compliments but give them out anyway, for the guys who always play by the rules in a game where the rules favor cheaters, for the guys who are accredited as boyfriend material but somehow don’t end up being boyfriends, for all the nice guys who are overlooked, underestimated, and unappreciated, for all the nice guys who are manipulated, misled, and unjustly abandoned, this is for you.

This is for that time she left 40 urgent messages on your cell phone, and when you called her back, she spent three hours painstakingly dissecting two sentences her boyfriend said to her over dinner. And even though you thought her boyfriend was a chump and a jerk, you assured her that it was all ok and she shouldn’t worry about it. This is for that time she interrupted the best killing spree you’d ever orchestrated in GTA3 to rant about a rumor that romantically linked her and the guy she thinks is the most repulsive person in the world. And even though you thought it was immature and you had nothing against the guy, you paused the game for two hours and helped her concoct a counter-rumor to spread around the floor. This is also for that time she didn’t have a date, so after numerous vows that there was nothing “serious” between the two of you, she dragged you to a party where you knew nobody, the beer was awful, and she flirted shamelessly with you, justifying each fit of reckless teasing by announcing to everyone: “oh, but we’re just friends!” And even though you were invited purely as a symbolic warm body for her ego, you went anyways. Because you’re nice like that. 

The nice guys don’t often get credit where credit is due. And perhaps more disturbing, the nice guys don’t seem to get laid as often as they should. And I wish I could logically explain this trend, but I can’t. From what I have observed on campus and what I have learned from talking to friends at other schools and in the workplace, the only conclusion I can form is that many girls are just illogical, manipulative bitches. Many of them claim they just want to date a nice guy, but when presented with such a specimen, they say irrational, confusing things such as “oh, he’s too nice to date” or “he would be a good boyfriend but he’s not for me” or “he already puts up with so much from me, I couldn’t possibly ask him out!” or the most frustrating of all: “no, it would ruin our friendship.” Yet, they continue to lament the lack of datable men in the world, and they expect their too-nice-to-date male friends to sympathize and apologize for the men that are jerks. Sorry, guys, girls like that are beyond my ability to fathom. I can’t figure out why the connection breaks down between what they say (I want a nice guy!) and what they do (I’m going to sleep with this complete ass now!). But one thing I can do, is say that the nice-guy-finishes-last phenomenon doesn’t last forever. There are definitely many girls who grow out of that train of thought and realize they should be dating the nice guys, not taking them for granted. The tricky part is finding those girls, and even trickier, finding the ones that are single. 

So, until those girls are found, I propose a toast to all the nice guys. You know who you are, and I know you’re sick of hearing yourself described as ubiquitously nice. But the truth of the matter is, the world needs your patience in the department store, your holding open of doors, your party escorting services, your propensity to be a sucker for a pretty smile. For all the crazy, inane, absurd things you tolerate, for all the situations where you are the faceless, nameless hero, my accolades, my acknowledgement, and my gratitude go out to you. You do have credibility in this society, and your well deserved vindication is coming.

I have the perfect girl, and you will have one too.

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Venting and Air Conditioning

Hey guys. 

How are you doing, Mr. LB? Well, I don't know. I really don't know how my life is right now.

In the past few days, it's been a little hectic. Everything has been making me feel a little sad. I think it's just me but I'll try to figure it out. 

I feel hurt though. This is the most hurt I've felt in a long time....I always try to keep a chin up no matter what. I thought everything was fixed but no more than 3 minutes later, I feel the most hurt of them all.

Here's a story.

A girl and a boy like each other. They fall in love. 

How was the story?

Well, here's the thing, while they're in love, they're fighting. The boy starts noticing things that seems odd. She isn't thinking of him the same as before. Things that are a usual with her when thoughts of him are disappearing. Boy thinks that she is trying to forget about him. Is it true? Is she gradually trying to let him go?

Well, who knows. It's just a story. When feeling sad, we read sad things just so we know that we're not the only ones sad out there in the world. Run-on, but enough said.

Let's look on the bright side though. I got a 96 on my biology test xD Pretty good for only three days of class, huh? haha

Well, you guys have a good day - hopefully better than mine.

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Glee's Journey

I just saw Glee's last episode of Season 1.

I'm.......

So.......

Happy.....

:')

Can't wait for the next season...

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I like...GLEE....I think.

That's right....I like Glee now....sorta

I'm on episode 21 right now on Netflix though.

I bet half of you are saying, “really? Would have never expected that from me” (the other half is saying they totally expected it, so hey, everybody’s happy!)  ’Glee’ is a show about a high school glee club (show choir) that could have taken place at most any of our high schools. As with everything, this is my opinion, and I welcome comments and criticisms, of me/the show/this review.

Why I like it…

It’s fresh.  Who would have thought that a show about glee club would be in prime time on a major network.  I mean, maybe Bravo or TNT, but Fox?

It’s funny.  I like shows that have a narrator to them, and the show is usually narrated at the beginning and the end, as well as the transitions.  The writing is great!  Whoever writes it is witty, but not over the top.  They make jokes, but most of them have been PG at worst, with the occasional R rated one to remind me I’m not watching ABC Family.

It’s real.  For those of you who went to high school, can’t you relate to this show?  I read something about how the reviewer thought the show was boring because it has all the stereotypes that we’ve already seen before in tons of shows before this one.  But that’s why people like it.  People can relate to the show.  people remember what it was like to be popular, and to be unpopular.  People remember what it was like to have to deal with the changes in body image, the first loves and break-ups, the hormonal rage that is jr/high school, all of it.  It may be PG-13 or R, but isn’t life?

It paints teen pregnancy as something difficult to work through, but not impossible.  If the head of a high school cheerleading team, President of the Chastity Club at the school (which is a joke, because they gush about pushing the line with their boyfriends) can get pregnant and decide not to have an abortion but bear the weight of her decision, what about teenagers these days?  Why can’t they?  If we would learn to accept the consequences of our decisions and make the best of our situations, I  think we could move forward

I like to sing.  This shouldn’t be a shock to anyone who knows me, but I love music.  I love good music, whatever genre it is.  I love theater.  I love shows.  I was in choir from when I was “this” high to now.  I’ve been in “Broadway” shows (not on Broadway, of course).  I’ve been in show choir.  I’ve been in church choir that was basically a show choir.  So I can get into a show that puts a premium on good music, strong performances and the like.

Why I DON’T like it…

It celebrates adultery.  The main character, William Shuester, is a spanish teacher and the leader of the high school glee club.  His wife is kind of annoying, and has a “Miss Priss” attitude about her.  But she does not deserve to be cheated on by her husband, who has developed an emotional affair with the guidance counselor at the school he works at.  The guidance counselor, Emma, has done nothing to stop the relationship from progressing.  I am waiting when they consummate the relationship.  This is HUGE… At some point, I hope that his students start to catch onto the relationship and call him out on it.  They know it’s not right, but why doesn’t he?

It celebrates and promotes lying.  Shue and his wife want to be pregnant, but they are having trouble getting pregnant.  They had a false pregnancy test and his wife has not told him about it yet.  So she is going to try and get Shue’s pregnant student who is in the glee club to give her the baby… ALL SO SHE DOESN’T HAVE TO BE TRUTHFUL WITH HER HUSBAND!!!!! Also tied into this is the fact that Quinn, the pregnant teenager, has not told her boyfriend, Finn, that he is not the dad.  Finn’s best friend on the football field is the dad, and she won;t tell the truth, nor will he.

I can’t think of any other reason right now that I don’t like it, although I can probably think of more.  Hopefully, I’ll have some time to extrapolate this out and describe some of the social and spiritual ramifications of this show… for now, though, if you haven’t watched ‘Glee’, watch it.  It’ll make you think, so long as you DO think.  Don’t NOT watch it just because it has some racy themes.  Life is racy.  Life is tough.  How you view it and how you respond to it makes all the difference in the world.

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I'm Weird and I like It!

 

I was bored at my friend's house. The end. lols

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College Placement Exams

I took Mrs. LB to her math placement exam at the college she is going to next semester. I hope she does really well and does not have to do anymore math in college haha. I had to take precal my first year because since that was the only math in my major (Environmental Health Science in Public Health), I couldn't exempt it. Sucks....But the math wasn't hard at all haha.

As of right now, Mrs. LB is in her testing room and I'm just sitting in the hallway blogging. I couldn't get on the internet though. I asked Mrs. LB for her username and password, but it didn't work. She gave me her number ID which didn't work. I applied to this college before so I just wanted to see if M username and password would work. VOILA! My name and stuff is still in the system haha. Pretty neat xP

I wish her the best of luck in her placement exam, but she doesn't really need it much. She is sooooo smart! Did you guys know that? She is the brightest girl ever to walk upon this world xP

I may be exaggerating, but she is ONE of the brightest people on this Earth. That leads me to a thought. I wish I had her determination and perky attitude. her having that will always, and I mean ALWAYS, have a positive impact on her life and future career. That's just one of her greatest attributes I would love to have rub off from her xD

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She got out and she did well on her placement exam xD

Well, we went to eat at a food court where it is basically a town underground haha.

Subways was what me and Mrs. LB got. Her friends went to, I think, Wendy's Dairy Queen.

After that her friends left and I took her to this ice cream place she really really liked. xD

Then we went home. The end haha

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