XP

windows XP is no longer for sale. stupid microsoft. Vista=shoot yourself in the face.

new person

today's fascinating person is Henrietta Lacks.

when she died, a person doing the autopsy took a unauthorized sample of the cancer, and sent it to a lab to get it looked at. it never died. it continues to divide and grow to this day.

it contributed to the cure of polio.

the amount of HeLa cells, as they are known, outweighs her original mass many times over.
they have disrupted other studies because they got into the samples.


she lives forever.

in awe

google norman borlaug. be in awe. this man saved over a Billion people. A BILLION. do you get it? a billion.


more than 3x the population of USA.
1/6th of the world.
BILLION
you or i will never do something this awesome. ever. in 100 lifetimes.

word of the day is

the word of the day is right before you.


found a new artist that i really enjoy. Busdriver & Radioinactive.

Bus Driver And Radioinactive With Daedelus - Weather Locklear


Now I remember why I lived by myself. Oh the drama of living with other people. It is super hard not to snap at someone else, when they aren't related to you. cause then i do it out of love? i haven't gotten mad at andy yet. you can't get mad at andy.


so that's why i think that i like the studio. very few people to interact with. not completely isolated, but pretty close.

today's special treat is links to my friend's blogs. so maybe you will read them. too.

A Heart in Flight

Music Mamas

SWB-crew

Question of the Week

Not Like Crazy

SayRah

i went outside 2x

i feel like i need to climb some spiritual stairs.

honestly. that's about the most outside time i got today. just really didn't want to go outside. that and my knee still hurts. the knee cap bone and tibia still are sore. there is some serious bruising that went on there.


i did the dishes today and cleaned the bathroom. now it's my roommates responsibility for the month of july. (i did it twice in june)

i ordered about 20 or 30 free things in the mail today. like laundry detergent, golf balls, a pedometer, food. so i'm excited for those to be sent in the mail :)

i watched this show called 'hip hop vs. america' it was rap artists talking with pastors. it was interesting. made me think about the type of music that i listen to. and what effect it has on my outlook. there is some movements out there to get rid of hip hop because it glorifies satan or something. i think rock and roll had the same problem. i think that there is some meat in the idea of the different leaders getting together and talking.

i worked on my ab.

spain beat russian in the euro cup, 3-0. nice.

i feel dismembered not living in a dorm, cause i feel like i can't keep in touch with everyone.

i need to start eating more balanced meals. i eat a lot of cereal.

it grew by awesome

my music collection just got an increase in awesomeness. i increased the bit rates of my mp3s. they sound a lot better.


we had a meeting today for work. it was kinda interesting because i was kinda looked upon as a leader of the student workers, knowing everything that was organized and have progress reports. it was nice to get some recognition, although it was very little.

severe T-storm warning tonight.

we had the gas shut off today cause daniel wasn't organized and just slacked off on his part. so we are without hot water and a stove/oven for a day. nice one!

i am working some, and it is nice cause i'm able to pay bills.

i'll make the music if you make it look good.

i'll plug myself here too. do you want to record in a professional studio? i practically have unlimited amount of time in a Neve, API, and SSL studio. We can record to Protools, RADAR, or Tape. Respond if you would like to.


5 things I miss about home

my familia

not having to pay bills :)

the slower pace of it all

the cooler weather

my momma's food

without

without money, we'd all be rich

advanced degree in compromise

it has been said that college is an advanced degree in compromise.

humor

so the other night, me and my friend gerg and andy were talking about different comedians that we liked and such. so i'd thought i document some of the points i can remember.

one thing that i noticed was that i enjoy comedians that are clean. i find that the dirty ones just aren't as funny. i think that some of the humor is this "look where i just went with this joke" type of thing that doesn't always show true humor. there is more of a shock value to it. people don't normally talk about these types of things, be it sexist jokes, or racist jokes, or jokes that involve a lot of hate speech, so there is this laughter because people are uncomfortable with the topic. i notice that some of my friends are like that, they laugh when the situation gets uncomfortable. the defuse the situation with laughter instead of facing the problem or issue. i do it when i'm really in a bind. for example, insurmountable assignment due tomorrow at 8? spend 2 hours laughing about it. got a ticket for speeding? tell a joke. i try not to defuse the situation when others are involve. i try to respect what they are saying.

another form of humor that i don't find enjoyable is the embarrasing type of humor. one example that many people would know is The Office. Micheal Scott, the manager of employees, puts himself in some very odd and very uncomfortable situations. like when he talks to Stanley about being from the hood, or when he hits on Pam. things that if they happened in front of me, i would get out of there as quick as possible. i think the concept is emotional intelligence. being able to put yourself in someone else's shoes, and thinking through what they might be feeling. when they happen in movies, i find myself looking away, or if it is on TV, i usually change the channel.

so clark, what are some forms you do like? to answer that question, i'll point to comedians that i enjoy. not saying i enjoy all of their material, but i enjoy over 75% of it.

Bill Cosby
Jim Gaffigan
Dimetri Martin
Flight of the Conchords
Steve Corell

I don't like Jack Black. he doesn't do it for me.


Oh, i need to make my playlist. So i've listened to pandora radio a lot this past week, so i'll pick from there

California Soul- Marlina Shaw
Uncle Sam Goddamn - Brother Ali
4000 Miles - Blackalicious
Breathe - Anna Nalick
I'm Just Raw - Lyrics Born



As a side note, what is up with me leaving NW Iowa, and then they get all these bands that I'm into. Pigeon John, Brother Ali, 311, even Pandora.com is making stops in Des Moines.

I might end up in Omaha...

bike

i am in need of a road bike. 62 or 64cm from crank to seat post. under or around 150. it probably will be vintage. ebay, craigslist, show me your treasures.


5 favorite things to do with a bike
going fast
riding with friends
coasting
no gas
zig zaging through a traffic jam.


EDIT:
bought i bike this morning at 7am. ebay ID: 230262306880

outlet

I NEED TO RUN. my legs feel like springs tightly wound. i hate being injured.

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3 pieces of cheese

i want more. I want more teachers that inspire students to succeed. i want more days of sunshine and less days of rain. I want more masterpieces from artists, i want more people to appreciate each other. i want more time to get together and less time working away. i want more honest politicians, i want more scandals exposed. i want more coverage of wars being raged and less time spent on the latest celebrity tirade. i want more medicine and less starvation. i want to see people to celebrate this nation. i want more.

i want more. i want more listening and less speaking. i want more hand-holding and less divorce, i want less war and more discourse. i want more people with jobs and more people drug-free. i want more honesty and more truth. i want more me and i want more you.

i want less death and more life, i want more cause this might be the right time. i want more critics and more people to diss me. i want more haters to hate me and i want more choices. i want more strength, more love, and more power. i want less religion and more lifestyle choices, i want more people to move me to where the noise is. i want less sales gunpoweder and more showers. i want more hours in a day and i want more gas in the tank. i want more family and i want more truth. i want more.

No officer, i didn't

Tonight. Andrew and i rode our bikes down the Vandy and Belmont parking garages. i enjoyed all of them. they each presented their challenges. trying to find the right direction. making the inertia last as long as possible. staying away from the popo.

this might be worth $50

i got some advice from an acquaintance. he said to make a mixtape each week if you can't journal or blog. okay, so mixtape day is here. (i'll try to make this a weekly occurrence with no holds barred.)

Money Song by LA Symphony
Life Goes On by Pigeon John f. Abstract Rude
Running by The Pharcyde
Loves Not by Mars Ill
Who Cares by Gnarls Barkley

the comment was made last night that there is a sort of conversation here in nashville. a frothy lightness, in which someone who brings heavy ideas doesn't have a hard wall to get a rebound from. instead, what they encounter is a type of cool whip that just absorbs the statements because there isn't the toughness or the educational fiber to stand firm and have a counterstatment.

I haven't had a lot of those deep conversations. There isn't a lot of depth here in Nashville. I feel that all of my friends haven't had to wrestle with some of the deeper stuff of life. Sure, they think about ideas such as social justice or enviromentalism, but there isn't a internal struggle with those issues. Too much of their background influences their decision making. they just default to a previously said statement by their parents or preacher.

What do i mean by this? Well, for example, i have struggled with my stance on creation vs. evolution. and not just what does the Bible say, but how does science support creation. how does science support evolution. how does the Bible support evolution. how does the bible support creation. what are some of the common arguement around both of these camps, what are the falicies, what are their loopholes. how does each side deal with the other side. how does the other side adjust to the other side. and facts for all these questions.

well, the moon is out. the sun is leaving. i will leave you with my train song.

Heirhead

i am an introvert. i have decided this after much thought and observation. i enjoy being by myself more than i enjoy large groups of people. i f can be around large groups of people, but i find it draining i need alone time to recharge my batteries. i get uncomfortable being in front of crowds. i would much rather be behind the scenes doing jobs that only a few people recognize my contribution, if any. not to say that i don't like control. i find it worrisome when i do not know what is going on. for instance, every trip that i go on, i have the route planned out before i go. that includes running, going to the grocery store, or spring break.

i think that this is part of why i don't want to work in a corporate environment. i am not my own boss. sure, if i am self employed, the client is my boss, but i still can decide what i want to do and who i contract myself out to and other things to do.

i think that if i don't succeed at audio engineering, i will go into the field of ecology. i really like plants. i like to look at them. i think that the DNR job that i had was the nicest job, if you exclude the people i had to work with. People with no ambitions.

right now, i am lying on top of my roof of my house, looking at the sky, not watching my fingers typing, kinda like keyboarding class. so i apologize for the spelling mistakes that i don't catch when i proof read this. the sky is perfect. it is mostly cloudy, i wish that every day was mostly cloudy. i find that the best working environment to be in is outdoors. okay, i didn't think through the last sentence.

there are patches of sun breaking through the trees. and the trees are at least 30 feet above my head. i really really like it. the sun is setting in the west, and the birds are chirping, flying around my head along with the insects. the cars are far below on the street. they are limited to 2 dimensions. oh, for that 3rd dimension to remain unspoiled. i'm not a huge fan of flying cars. i think that there are other says to get to places faster. i don't have anything to prove up here on my rooftop. i have no standards to meet, i have nothing to hide behind. no one is imposing their fantasies on me. i don't have to blindly accept authority.

you can drink your elitist lattes. i will just drink my milk.

The best things in life

The best things in life aren't things.

Cliche, but so is your mom. Um, I just want to shout out to all my home-people who drew pictures tonight. I definitely won the most dedication trophy. You all rulez, especially the people i only know on the internet. Thank you. the others, i'll see face 2 face. It's a network of people that make eye-contact with each other.

5 favorite trees:

Weeping Willow

Magnolia

Shade

Flowering

Giant

Dirty Words

Okay children, today's word that you can never tell your parents is Muslim and Islam. Cause see, today we can say Negro, Native American, sometimes Mexican, but today's hate will be directed towards another group of people that looks different than us, eats different foods, speaks a different language. See, they are all the same, each one hates America, loves nothing but Allah and killing Jews and wear turbans that posses special powers. We must fear each man that wears a turban and bows toward the East 3 times a day.

They are different.

Everyone of them wants to see USA military men die in combat, don't believe in woman's rights. They enjoy it. They will torture men, not like USA. We have morals, ethics, committees, democracy, and SUVs. Only the Muslims have waged war in the name of religion, and practice ancient customs that seem barbaric in today's world. They want to take our oil, cause then it will hurt our economy. No, our incredibly smarter-than-the-rest-of-the-world scientists and economists only want to help the middle class American, they are always thinking about the blue collar workers during the political off season. The Muslims are the only one's that want to impose their religion on the world.

Remember that. Only Muslims are different.

i fell down

i fell down. and hurt my knee. it's bruised real good. it hurts me so! oh! i rode the power wheelchair today at costco cause it hurts me so bad.

i don't care

i don't care about the cost of friendship. the laws of life say that whatever you put into something, you are destined to get from it. that is a selfish point of view. but i don't care about the returns, for if i was only going to worry about what i got in return, i would be an investor in the stock market and such. i don't care about the cost of friendship because i can't put a price on a smile, hug, or photo.

i don't care how old you are. heck, i really don't care how old i am. people have different experiences through their life, and i find that those instances shape them more than their age. someone who hasn't spent life in different enviroments are those who haven't matured. they have a bubble mindset and their focus is on themselves. i would rather live with someone who is 25 and traveled the world than a 40 year old who has lived in isolation, and visa versa. but i think that you can travel the world in isolation.

i don't care what your income is. i will still be your friend. i have friends from both sides of the tracks, and i will say that living on one side won't cause you to act some certain way. it has more to do with your parents and genes. so, you can have my friendship if you want it.

i don't care what time it is. i hate wearing a watch. i like to camp for that very reason. you move with the sun and your stomach. each thing pulls you and the 4th dimension can just suck it.

5 quirky things that i do notice
-how you walk. do your feet point in the direction you are walking. do your feet drag on the ground. do you walk on your toes. how clean are your shoes.

-do you interrupt. extremely frustrating. irritating. annoying.

-your sense of humor. is it rude, dry, non-existent, does it leave a bad taste in your mouth, is it funny. can you laugh at yourself. what do you laugh at.

-sentence structure. subject verb agreement, prepositional phrases, modifiers, slang, and like, whatever

-how you argue with someone. passive aggressive. in your face. don't bring up conflict, or shy away from it. bratty, guerrilla warfare.

jobs and steve

jobs. steve. only of those words relate to this post.

jobs.

so i didn't get the job at oceanway, which is fine.

the problem right now is that i have too many hours. i picked up 40 hours at the studios. and i have about 20-30 hours at MPAC. i don't know what i'm going to do. i think i have to quit MPAC. sorry MPAC, but you ain't my thing.



Clark Johnson

Pet Peeve

Hello, Mr. Sexy's Pizza. Today's special is sexaroini. Oh, you would like some? Oh... Sorry, we are closed.


I have come to the realization that I despise self deprecating humor. I do not find it funny, especially when people reference their abilities. First of all, if I am your friend, I don't really care if you don't know the capital of Norway (Oslo). So making fun of yourself because you don't know it is pointless. Some people say that it shows humility. NO. It shows that you don't have faith in yourself and that you lack confidence in your abilities.

I also find that when a guy puts himself down, particularly in front of a girl that he likes, sends the wrong message. The guy is supposed to be strong, masculine, courageous, empowering, inspiring. When he feels the need to say shit about how he can't cook or he can't throw a football, or make a campfire, and continually does that when he can't overcome an obstacle, it undermines his role in that relationship. He throws away his leadership role. He becomes dependent on the girl to inspire him to be better and for him to try his hardest. Which is messed up. If he needs external motivation for something that should come from his spirit, what does that say about his character? What does that say about his will? It puts both of those on sand, that they do not have a firm foundation and we fail when the time comes that he won't be able to rely on others.

Sorry, this isn't going to have much of a conclusion.

5 other pet peeves:

1. My name is not 'kid', 'buddy', or 'man'. I hate them in that order.

2. The over use of amplified adjectives and adverbs. Eg: awesome, great, really, really, very, very. For example, the word awesome. Does it really inspire awe that I got a raise? Or made cookies? (Which i did tonight.)

3. O. 'n A. Obesity in America. The way the human body was designed, it is kinda hard to get to the point of obesity. But wait, people are here to help. Our over processed food will be cheaper than whole food, and we will eliminate P.E. from our schools so that we can meet No Child Left Behind. We will instill a lifestyle of pampered dogs and the right not to have to interact with another person. We will call this America.

4. Living in a bubble. To the college student who can tell me who is going out with whom, and what song is No. 1 on the charts, but can't locate Iraq. To the voter who chooses their representative without researching the facts. To the Christian the votes Republican because Pat Robertson said so.

5. To the person with the limelight/microphone giving advice on shit they know nothing about. Actors, musicians, politicians, even scientists talking about things that are not related to anything they have experience in. Politicians talking about science, music, or movies. Actors talking about politics or science. Basically, A talking about not A.

Barack Obama

so the other day, i got an email from my aunt Deb, and it was about "A Black Columnist on Obama".

First thing that got was, why they hell do i care if the guy is black or white or Native American? Why does the color of his skin give him any more power to criticize Obama? That was just the title.

The first point that it brings up is Obama's plan for foreign policy. It points to his ideas about meeting with 'The Axis of Evil' (simmering rage about that phrase). He wants to meet with them, and he doesn't want to bring nuclear weapons to the table to talk about. This has never been done since nuclear weapons were invented. Okay, but look how great our foreign policy is right now. Maybe talking with our enemies might not be such a great thing, but war is worse. We might even boost our relationships with other countries because they see our effort to become less of the jock-bully and we could use our strength to make the world a better place.

The next thing he looks at is his economic policy. Obama wants to raise taxes to fund different programs such as SS and free college and such. Okay, I understand that raising taxes isn't as fun as skinny dipping, but lets look at where we are right now. So gas prices are at a high, food prices are at a high. But why? Look deeper. It's not the gas companies who should be shouldering 100% of the blame. It is our weak dollar. It is shitty. 1.5 dollars for every 1 euro. It used to be .75 dollars for every 1 euro. Notice something? The dollar is horrible. It is the cancer cell of the economy, that and the sub-prime lending, which those are interlinked. But so we eliminate some of our foreign debt, say trillions of dollars. We educate some of our young people. Maybe give incentives for going into the hard sciences :) We increase the value of our work. We make the banks suffer for their sub-prime lending, which will hurt the economy because banks will not be able to offer such nice intrest rates on their loans, but I believe we will recover.

Then they address his social issues. Okay, this is where i get hung up some of the time with the democrats. I'm against humans taking human life, at all stages in life. Not 100% on the homosexual issues yet, but I think that I welcome the discussions. My thought on that is if it is such a big deal for them to get married, then maybe we should eliminate the legal incentives to get married. Level out the playing field a little bit.

The one thing that I'll straight out say is fucked up is their allusion to the anti-Christ. First of all, the anti-Christ doesn't show up in Revalations. Ever! It is in 1 John and 2 John. The beast shows up in Revelations, but they are straight talking about the devil. Not a plot device for the end times, but the actual fallen angel.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=svogqpLuXyI&feature=related

elephant

i've had some good blog ideas these last couple of days, but i can never remember to write them down and blog about it later.

i like this game.

http://www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/rclaserwarrior.jsp

The mind of a

of a what? who really knows. I have so many labels, but do they envelope my identity? I think not.

sorry for the lack of updating. I've been dating. Just kidding mom, dad, other people. the interwebs have been off. I pirate wireless from out neighbors, and they decided to put a password on the wireless i think. But i like to think that i hacked it. BA all the way.

so last night i went for a run cause i got off work early at 8! whoo hoo. but then i watched star trek till 10:30. it was the one that they meet the inventor of the warp drive. i liked it.

so after that i went for a run. but i couldn't. i wasn't ready mentally. i ususally don't know where i'm going when i start off and i make a mental goal to push myself to get there. that's how i usually run. anyway, it started off with i'll do 5 miles. then 4. then 3. it ended up being a little less than 1.5 miles. then i walked for the next hour or so. seeing different areas of the neighborhood that i hadn't seen before.

but the thing that kept me from running was my mental state. i was in a cloud. i couldn't think straight. i had trouble focusing and thinking through one thought. i tried to relax and just run and maybe it would work itself out. but it didn't. it troubled me. i was nowhere thinking about nothing and i didn't have much of a choice. bummer.

5 favorite technological changes I'm looking forward to:

Change in fuel sources for america

Manned missions to Mars

Medical treatment for genetic diseases on a genetic level

Increased adoption of broadband internet access in the USA

Flying cars