Saturday, June 28, 2008
Fall of the Roman Empire
We are a good people. We are peace loving, congenial, generous and forgiving. We care more about others than ourselves. Our government, seen by some as having a dubious agenda, gives money, supplies and good will to numerous countries through out the world. Even though we are a democracy, our citizens do not have alot of control over what our government, a huge sprawling behemeth, does. There are so many things that we don't know. Saturated with Headline news and talking heads that spew a party line, a vaugue overview of what is really going on, we hve been reduced to armchair politics. We have placed out trust in our congressmen and Senators to do the right thing as our representatives. We are a soft people. Eased by the material sprawl that provides even the poorest americans with all the comforts of the first in first world countries. Video games, CNN, FoxNews, Reality TV have desenitised us to the realities of the politics of Europe, the wars of the Middle East & the History and future of Africa. Our dollar is depressed which is casing us economic hardship. America at this time should be a tourist attraction. Cheap for Europeans and Asians to visit the great light of Democracy. Soon we may only have our history to sell, much as other great Empires have sold their history in their twilight years to a young emerging America. The Shop keepers do not have a sense of Citizenship. They have only a menial understanding of our History and where we came from as a nation and the ideas that we are founded on. This knowledge is garnered by a small percentage of the nation, even fewer who are determined to keep the light burning in this age of encrouching darness. History is made, it seems, of nights and days, mornings and evenings. America is in a late afternoon nap, snoozing after having an afternoon love fest. We need to prepare for our "retirement" as the next countries rise up around us, not militarily but economically. We need to hedge our selves and our people as the evening grows upon us, and keep our lights of liberty, knowlege and freedom burning. We need to establish an infrastructure in Iraq: Banks that are secure, Post office, Civil Law courts. We need to encurage the same in the West bank to show that a civilised coutry is better than a Terror State. We need to clean up our college and University systems. Teach more science in High School. A mandatory civil rights course. Home Economics: Dry cleaning, patching, cooking and cleaning skills. Messy unorganised kids are messy unorganised adults. Kids associate Freedom with Messiness. Freedomcomes with responsability. Government does not control what we do to each other. Families teach moral responsability and a sense of history and tradition, even if it is secular. Communities are built on trust and commerce and trade with your neighbors. These are things that America needs to work on.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
The Nissan Roadster
Today is Sunday April 06th and I have moved into the Mill House Apartments. It is so cool. I'll tell you all about it later. My classes are going well and I am dating a girl named Claire - she is HOT! She has small breasts and I told her that was OK, I LIKED girls with small breasts. which isn't really true but I wanted a girlfriend. We hang out alot. She is studying for her SATs and I have been helping her. (I got 800/850 on mine) and she is SUPERCOOL. She has a little Nissan Convertable roadster that she tools around in, and we go on long drives into the north country and up to the Ski villages. I'll tell you more about her later,Cheers for now!
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Thou, O G-d! knowest our down-sitting and our uprising, and understandest our thoughts afar off. Shield and defend us from the evil intentions of our enemies, and support us under the trials and afflictions we are destined to endure while traveling through this vale of tears. Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continue not. Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee; Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass. Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish his day. For there is hope of a tre, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. But man dieth, and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up; so man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake. Yet, O Lord! have compassion on the children of thy creation; administer them comfort in time of trouble, and save them with an everlasting salvation. Amen!
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Couple thousands homeless retards gather for Ham-ass anniversary in Gaza, celebrate common hatred of Jews and Americans
GAZA CITY (std) - A couple of thousand arab stooges rallied in central Gaza City on Saturday to mark Hamas's 20th anniversary, in a "show of force" six months after the Islamist movement seized control of the territory. Every participant received a free Ham,(1 per family).
Waving puke green flags and banners with catchy slogans of hate, crowds of Palestinians poured into Kataba Square ahead of the rally at which Hamas leader Ishmail Hynie and other fat rich government officials reaffirmed their commitment to wage war with Israel.
"blowing up Israeli civilians and refusal to compromise with our neighbors is the best path to the liberation of Palestine, not negotiations and meetings with the Jews and the Americans" Haniya told the mindless crowd of hungry, poor, unwashed brainwashed peasant serfs.
The rally was the largest show of strength since the new terrorist government seized control of Gaza in June, routing forces loyal to president Mahmud Abbas and further deepening the economic and political isolation of the coastal strip.
It came just a month after a similar mass rally by Abbas's Fatah movement ended in bloodshed when Hamas forces opened fire, killing several Innocent civilians.
But speaking from the main podium and wearing a green Hamas baseball cap and a "Tomorrows Pioneer" shirt, Haniya again called for dialogue with his Fatah rivals "without conditions,without compromise" He blamed Abbas's government in the West Bank town of Ramallah for preventing a return to unity.
"We are for dialogue and we call for it and welcome it, but only when the dialogue agrees with what we want. We say there should be an unconditional dialogue," he said.
Abbas has said he is willing to return to the negotiating table with Hamas but only on the condition that it reverses what he calls its "coup" and gives control of Gaza back to the Palestinian Authority.
"We are ready to explore any issue," Haniya said, "but I say Allah Akbar, we will not accept any conditions to return to negotiations."
Meanwhile Palestinian security forces said they arrested at least 26 Hamas supporters in raids across the West Bank, the latest in a series of measures aimed at dampening the Palestinian Authorities power in the territory Abbas controls.
Hamas state controlled television said that supporters in Gaza streamed in from towns and villages all across the coastal territory, home to some 1.5 million people, in cars and horse-drawn wagons, blocking streets throughout the city centre. Which must be hard since there is a ban on gasoline.
Tens of thousands of veiled women, masked men, goats, pigs and children waving Farfur the Rat flags mixed in the crowd, but the exact number of people attending the rally remained unclear.
A huge banner reading "We will not recognise the elephant in the room" was placed on the backdrop of the stage in defiance of Israel's closing of Gaza to all but essential humanitarian supplies after Hamas's bloody seizure of power.
Below it hung portraits glorifying past Hamas bomb makers and child killers who had been killed by Israeli forces.
Former minister and senior Hamas member Said that Siam told STD that the massive turnout "is the answer to those who say Hamas is losing ground."
And top Hamas leader Mamud baal-Zahairy said that "our message to the world is that this bowel movement cannot be destroyed because we will never forgive or forget that that bitch whore Sarah was mean to our great, great, great, great, great, great great, great, great, great, aunt Hagar and that is why the Jews are responsible for all our bad luck and the reason that we are poor and jobless and like to sit in our own feces." at that point Zahairy started to cry like a little girl and wet his pants.
"This celebration shows how in 20 years we have grown from a bowel movement of 1,000 people to huge numbers more than a thousand by having more children than we kill." he told STD.
"The roots (of Hatred) stretch into the heart of the nation and into every part of the land," Mushie baal-Masri, a former Palestinian, shouted to the crowd from the podium.
"Twenty years -- from the stone to the knife, from the bullet to the bomb, from the mortar to the rocket, and from the martyrdom operations (suicide bombings) to the tunnels of Hell." You've come a long way baby! Good job!
Hamas's exiled leader Kubaal Menstrual said in comments published on the bowel movement's website on Saturday that the Palestinians are capable of launching a new uprising against Israeli occupation like the intifada of 1987 and 2000 as soon as they get more money from Iran, Syria, the EU, UN and bleeding heart liberal Americans because they have no jobs of their own and it hasn't dawned on them to print their own money now that they are their very own "country."
"Our people are capable of launching a third or even a fourth intifada until victory is ours or everyone is dead or they give up and move to the west bank," the blind Damascus-based Hamas chief said.
baal-Menstrual admitted that his bowel movement's 20th anniversary came amid "difficult circumstances and a painful situation for the besieged Palestinians in Gaza."
In September Israel declared the territory a "hostile environment" and the following month began restricting fuel supplies, creating what WHO described on Monday as an "intolerable" humanitarian situation because Hamass doesn't have any infrastructure and spends all its time destroying and teaching hatred instead of building there own cities, growing their own food and teaching their children pliable trades and crafts.
Israel, along with the European Union and the United States, recognise that Hamas is a terrorist organization, but in January 2006 Hamas won an overwhelming victory when voters chose Terror and Hatred in democratic parliamentary elections.
Waving puke green flags and banners with catchy slogans of hate, crowds of Palestinians poured into Kataba Square ahead of the rally at which Hamas leader Ishmail Hynie and other fat rich government officials reaffirmed their commitment to wage war with Israel.
"blowing up Israeli civilians and refusal to compromise with our neighbors is the best path to the liberation of Palestine, not negotiations and meetings with the Jews and the Americans" Haniya told the mindless crowd of hungry, poor, unwashed brainwashed peasant serfs.
The rally was the largest show of strength since the new terrorist government seized control of Gaza in June, routing forces loyal to president Mahmud Abbas and further deepening the economic and political isolation of the coastal strip.
It came just a month after a similar mass rally by Abbas's Fatah movement ended in bloodshed when Hamas forces opened fire, killing several Innocent civilians.
But speaking from the main podium and wearing a green Hamas baseball cap and a "Tomorrows Pioneer" shirt, Haniya again called for dialogue with his Fatah rivals "without conditions,without compromise" He blamed Abbas's government in the West Bank town of Ramallah for preventing a return to unity.
"We are for dialogue and we call for it and welcome it, but only when the dialogue agrees with what we want. We say there should be an unconditional dialogue," he said.
Abbas has said he is willing to return to the negotiating table with Hamas but only on the condition that it reverses what he calls its "coup" and gives control of Gaza back to the Palestinian Authority.
"We are ready to explore any issue," Haniya said, "but I say Allah Akbar, we will not accept any conditions to return to negotiations."
Meanwhile Palestinian security forces said they arrested at least 26 Hamas supporters in raids across the West Bank, the latest in a series of measures aimed at dampening the Palestinian Authorities power in the territory Abbas controls.
Hamas state controlled television said that supporters in Gaza streamed in from towns and villages all across the coastal territory, home to some 1.5 million people, in cars and horse-drawn wagons, blocking streets throughout the city centre. Which must be hard since there is a ban on gasoline.
Tens of thousands of veiled women, masked men, goats, pigs and children waving Farfur the Rat flags mixed in the crowd, but the exact number of people attending the rally remained unclear.
A huge banner reading "We will not recognise the elephant in the room" was placed on the backdrop of the stage in defiance of Israel's closing of Gaza to all but essential humanitarian supplies after Hamas's bloody seizure of power.
Below it hung portraits glorifying past Hamas bomb makers and child killers who had been killed by Israeli forces.
Former minister and senior Hamas member Said that Siam told STD that the massive turnout "is the answer to those who say Hamas is losing ground."
And top Hamas leader Mamud baal-Zahairy said that "our message to the world is that this bowel movement cannot be destroyed because we will never forgive or forget that that bitch whore Sarah was mean to our great, great, great, great, great, great great, great, great, great, aunt Hagar and that is why the Jews are responsible for all our bad luck and the reason that we are poor and jobless and like to sit in our own feces." at that point Zahairy started to cry like a little girl and wet his pants.
"This celebration shows how in 20 years we have grown from a bowel movement of 1,000 people to huge numbers more than a thousand by having more children than we kill." he told STD.
"The roots (of Hatred) stretch into the heart of the nation and into every part of the land," Mushie baal-Masri, a former Palestinian, shouted to the crowd from the podium.
"Twenty years -- from the stone to the knife, from the bullet to the bomb, from the mortar to the rocket, and from the martyrdom operations (suicide bombings) to the tunnels of Hell." You've come a long way baby! Good job!
Hamas's exiled leader Kubaal Menstrual said in comments published on the bowel movement's website on Saturday that the Palestinians are capable of launching a new uprising against Israeli occupation like the intifada of 1987 and 2000 as soon as they get more money from Iran, Syria, the EU, UN and bleeding heart liberal Americans because they have no jobs of their own and it hasn't dawned on them to print their own money now that they are their very own "country."
"Our people are capable of launching a third or even a fourth intifada until victory is ours or everyone is dead or they give up and move to the west bank," the blind Damascus-based Hamas chief said.
baal-Menstrual admitted that his bowel movement's 20th anniversary came amid "difficult circumstances and a painful situation for the besieged Palestinians in Gaza."
In September Israel declared the territory a "hostile environment" and the following month began restricting fuel supplies, creating what WHO described on Monday as an "intolerable" humanitarian situation because Hamass doesn't have any infrastructure and spends all its time destroying and teaching hatred instead of building there own cities, growing their own food and teaching their children pliable trades and crafts.
Israel, along with the European Union and the United States, recognise that Hamas is a terrorist organization, but in January 2006 Hamas won an overwhelming victory when voters chose Terror and Hatred in democratic parliamentary elections.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Pax Americana
Absolutely we want a new world order, we want one world at
peace that can live together with justice and equity on a
sustainable planet with free trade and economics that lead to
prosperity. There will always be social class, family drama,
germs, but the poor will not be poor in spirit, they will have
education, heath care, freedoms to make choices, they will
have a fighting chance. We want them to choose life, choose
to live together, choose family planning, choose savings and
retirement plans, choose to stand on their own 2 feet, to
give their children a better life. We want those who have
more than enough, to reach out a helping hand and help their
neighbors who are down trodden. Not because they have to,
but because it is the right thing to do.
We want to make America strong again. When America is strong
and stable, the world will be strong and stable, and the new
era of Pax Americana will be the golden age of the planet Earth.
peace that can live together with justice and equity on a
sustainable planet with free trade and economics that lead to
prosperity. There will always be social class, family drama,
germs, but the poor will not be poor in spirit, they will have
education, heath care, freedoms to make choices, they will
have a fighting chance. We want them to choose life, choose
to live together, choose family planning, choose savings and
retirement plans, choose to stand on their own 2 feet, to
give their children a better life. We want those who have
more than enough, to reach out a helping hand and help their
neighbors who are down trodden. Not because they have to,
but because it is the right thing to do.
We want to make America strong again. When America is strong
and stable, the world will be strong and stable, and the new
era of Pax Americana will be the golden age of the planet Earth.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Things I learned my Freshman Year at College
These are all things that happened to me so far:
- You’re in a new place away from everything and everyone familiar. This is not the time to go ApeShit and give up everything you've worked so hard for.
-There’s no one to keep you accountable and true to the person you have always been. It can be a Fresh start. No one knows who you were or where you came from. They only know what your words, actions and grades show them.
You’re learning to set your own limits. It’s hard to find balance in life and easy to get overwhelmed.
1. Be generous with your friendship but stingy with your trustfund.
The friends you have back home didn’t get to be your friends overnight. It took months or, more likely, years, to establish those friendships. You trust your friends because they’ve proven themselves trustworthy.
At college, it can feel like these new people are your old friends.
You’re eating together, studying together, sharing the toilet, sink and shower and sometimes spending more time with these people than you’d ever want to with your friends from back home.
These new friends need to earn your trust, don’t just give it to them. The people you meet in your first few weeks of school may be great, some of them may turn out to be the best friends of your life or they may turn out to be confidence scam artists. Every freshman class has its gems and its jerks (I’m not kidding, some of them are born swindlers). Which ones are which will become clear over the next few months as their characters arc. We all feel most comfortable sharing our deepest secrets with strangers. Wait until you get to know them a little before you loan them your car, give them all your passwords or your ATM card! Neither a borrower nor a lender be. Money, those who have and have not, ruins friendships.
2. Going to class. First day on campus, don't miss orientation to hang out with your new friends. Play a little game - read your Student Handbook and find the loopholes.
3. For the first few weeks promise yourself that you will live like a monk (or a warrior / priest, or a Ninja). Monks take vows of chastity, poverty and obedience.
- Chastity. College may be the place where you meet the love of your life but you probably won’t know that in the first week of school. Especially on Friday night after a couple of drinks. It’s still too soon to tell who’s who.
Give yourself some time to settle in before adding a boyfriend or girlfriend to the mix or hooking up with someone who may turn out to be bad news. Don’t share your secret desires with someone you don’t know. (This is hard, I know!)
- Poverty. Don’t blow all your money your first weekend there. In a few weeks you’ll be amazed what you can live without. Stay in and study. Use the Library and the Internet. Budget your “slush fund.” It is the only money you’ll have for the new semester. Companies love to give credit cards to new college students. Just say “no”! Remember credit is bad. It’s way too easy to get in over your head. Stay away from credit cards, school loans and Internet scams. They are All over an they are ALL traps.
- Obedience. Go to your Classes and your science Labs. Study not only your courses but the theories and histories surrounding your subjects. Work the hardest on your papers. They are the hallmark of your time here. Stick to a schedule so tight that an assassin could plan just pick up your schedule and plan his hit without even having a plan B.
4. Sleep is good. Poor sleep quality can lead to depression, anxiety, stress incontinence, reduced physical health, poor problem solving, attention difficulties and increased use of drugs and alcohol as a crutch. You should go to bed at a certain time and wake up at the same time every day, regardless of whether you have class or stayed out late.
5. Get involved, but not too involved. You need to know what is going on around campus. The campus is a political society. Get involved in Alumni relations, study groups, sports. Spend more time at the coffee bar than at the bar. Spend more time at the Library than the Student Union.
6. Living with a weirdo. Your roommate knows you by what you do, where you go, what you talk about, what you leave out. Show him a profile of a good humanitarian: Honest, hard working, dedicated, loyal, quiet. A good roommate does not partake in gossip. A good roommate can keep a secret. If you can keep a secret, you’ll know more gossip than the blabbermouth. Be the Father confessor.
7. Homesickness can be really tough but one of the worst ways to fight it not by heading home to your mother for the weekend. Take your laundry on the train to your sisters house instead. Sleep upstairs in a clean bed for sixteen hours while she does your laundry. Read instead of watching TV, eat her food (a healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner) and then kiss her on the cheek before you leave Sunday evening to go back to school.
8. Helpful people: they come standard on virtually every campus! When do you help and when do you mind your own business? These are questions that everyone asks.
9. Join a Fraternity. A Brotherhood of common ideas can help you meet people, study better and learn about how other Men in the world think about and act.
10. Be yourself and take time to reflect.
College is a great opportunity to reinvent yourself but don’t go too far. Remember that whomever you decide to become is the character you’ll have to play for the rest of this drama. Don’t forget who you are just because you‘re in a new place. You’re still you and it’s gotten you this far! Your values, your likes and dislikes, the things you’re good at haven’t changed, hang onto those things, especially while you’re getting used to this new environment. Take time to learn about what you are capable of, and this opportunity to expand your horizons.
11. Friendships.
After your first week reassess your new girlfriends. Do it again after your first month. If the girlfriends you connected with initially don’t seem to be a good fit, widen your circle. If you find she stays in when you want to go out, drinks too much or just isn't interested in anal sex, don’t be afraid to continue meeting new people. Remember love is a game of conquest and control.
12. Too much of a dangerous thing.
You might be tempted to tune this advice out because you've heard it so many times before. Don’t! I can’t tell you how many kids I’ve known who've bombed out because they drank too much and smoked too much pot! Stay away from Street Drugs. They ruin your mind. If you have issues, see your Doctor. He can prescribe you all the pharmaceutical quality pills that you need and it's all paid for by your parents Insurance. Keep a journal of your vitamins, diet pills, alcohol, and the food you eat. Drugs degrade your mind, performance and health. Drug use has long term effects and will turn you into a unemployable, homeless retard.
Without the simple limits of home – curfews, my mom won’t know if I spent the night hugging the toilet, friends who don’t want to go drinking – it’s easy to find yourself with a very expensive waste of a semester. It’s a really embarrassing way to flunk out of college or get yourself into stupid trouble. If you won't take my word for it, the statistics on the effects of college drinking are astounding. If you’re getting wasted every weekend, you’re headed for trouble. If you’re missing class because you’re hung over, you’re in trouble. Underage drinking is a bad idea. Don’t do it.
13. Psych 101.
Later adolescence and early young adulthood are the blooming seasons for many mental illnesses that come out of questioning who you are, or guilt and obsessions about your past, your parents or concern about your future.
The college environment, little sleep, no supervision, a lack of people who know what “normal” is for you can all add up to nausea, headache, and tiredness. When it comes to addiction or mental illness hallucinations may occur and sometimes you may feel dizzy, sweaty or nauseated upon standing up. If you find yourself behaving in ways that cause you to fall asleep without any warning, even while doing normal daily activities such as driving, sudden impulse control disorders/compulsive behaviors like problems with gambling, compulsive eating, and increased, uncontrolable sex drive that includes bizarre taboo fantasies that are contrary to your roomates values, or you just feel like you’re in the bottom of an emotional pit and can’t get out – get to the counseling center! Addiction and mental illness are two of the deadliest issues for college freshman.
15. Dating, relationships and sex on campus.
Everyone seems to have a story about a bad-eating decision and a date gone wrong. Whether it’s a suave older student who takes advantage of a virgin freshman, a drunken crush turned stalker or simply a case of leaping while blindfolded, campus relationships can be a bit of a minefield. Be particularly cautious in those first few weeks when everyone’s still adrift. Falling for someone who’s just looking for a little recreational intimacy early in your first semester can mess up your head not to mention your grades and your sheets. An unplanned pregnancy will ruin your life.
Besides a broken heart or a bruised ego, there are lots of other reasons to avoid hooking up. College is a great place to get arrested for statutory rape. Somewhere between a reported 20 and 25 percent of college students who have been infected with a sexually transmitted disease are legally underage girls who tell their parents or medical professionals that they were “raped”. Even after swearing to keep your secrets.
Wait until you’ve been on campus and have built some friendships you can fall back on before getting into a romantic relationship. Anal sex can be painful if you don’t use enough lubrication. A complex childhood fantasy can become a misunderstood dark secret if shared with the wrong lover. If your romantic gamble works out you’ll have some friends with benefits and if not there’ll be nobody to hand you a Kleenex to wipe his sperm off your thighs.
16. A few words about religion.
There will be lots of different religious and political ideas floating around campus. It's one of the best things about the college atmosphere and an open mind is a great thing to bring with you. Hopefully some of your ideas will be challenged and you’ll explore your chosen beief system more deeply because of it. However, if you find yourself in a conversation about God that leaves you feeling defensive, don’t feel like you have to keep talking or listening. Just because you’re not a good arguer that doesn’t make you a heretic, libertine or an infidel! There are churches that train their young members to recruit and even to attack the theology of anyone who doesn’t believe in exactly the same dogma as them (nice, huh?) Remember, that person is not interested in your ideas or theology, they only want you to leave your life of intellectual curiosity and join their exclusive little club. Bring your questions back to someone you trust. Question their stories. Delve into the deeper meanings and symbolism of what they are saying. Look at the fact regarding the history of their religions and decide if they are the kind of people you want to associate with.
17.Wash your hands! Studies have shown it's the single best way to avoid getting whatever bug is going around on campus. Wash your body and your genitals everyday. Wash your mouth out with Listerine and brush your teeth when you wake up, before you go to bed, after you eat and when they feel stinky!! Use your Dental Floss. It is cheep and you can buy more.
18. Learn how to be a college student.
Organizing your time and using it effectively, utilizing study groups, the library and all the different learning centers and resources available on campus, and learning to advocate for yourself is a whole new skill set for most people. Give yourself some time to get used to this new learning environment and don’t expect that you should be able to figure it all out yourself. Seek out other students who are good at these skills and imitate them. Ask upperclassmen, especially those in your major, what they did freshman year to keep up with class material, study for tests and relate to professors.
19. Remember the HALT method of keeping your act together.
Don't let yourself get too...
-Hungry. Your mom’s not here to remind you to eat, get to the dining hall it’s included in your tuition. Skipping meals messes with your mood and your appetite.
-Angry. Manage your emotions, take a walk, work out, talk to a friend and especially don’t drink when you’re angry! Angry + drunk = stupid behavior, sometimes involving campus security. Stay out of the SYSTEM.
- Lonely. Stay connected to your support network. Call your mother! IM your old friends, e-mail your past lovers, write long romantic letters of prose to old girlfriends and tell them how much you miss them. You will be surprised how much better that can make you feel.
- Tired. If you find yourself weepy all the time, impose a strict bedtime on yourself and see if that doesn’t improve your mood. All-nighters are a concept created by the media to make College sound exciting. Nobody does their best work under pressure. Intelligent students start their work early so they have time to process and proofread it.
20. Meditate
Whether you’re an experienced or novice, now’s a great time to do it. Your understanding of who the Lord is and how the Lord works in the Universe and the world will most likely change a lot over the next few years. Meditation can keep you open to new directions and insights. It can also simply be a reminder of the Lord’s love and care for you. And most importantly it can keep you centered, calm and ready to deal with everything life is throwing at you right now.
21. Food – Finding the balance.
Doritos is not a food group. Everyone’s afraid of the “Freshman 15,” that infamous fattening up that happens to so many new college students. Remember that you are not part of the “herd” You have intelligence and can make your own decisions.
When you head into the dining hall the first time you may be dazzled by the array of choices but make sure that what ends up on your plate has some balance to it. And just because you can have ice cream with every meal doesn’t mean you should. Try not to skip meals; you can end up overeating at the next meal or just wolfing down a bag of chips (or three) back in the dorm because you’ve gotten so hungry. Drink Tea, Hot or Iced, not soda. You can easily pack on a few pounds in your first semester by adding two or three cans of soda to your daily food intake. This also applies to other canned beverages. They don’t call it a beer gut for nothing. (Think Beer Drinkers = dumb, fat, lazy, not to mention DRUNK)
Eating disorders: In this new high-pressure environment some people respond by controlling the one thing they feel they can, what they eat. You probably already know if this is right for you. Don't forget your nutients. Drink Slim Fast, Ensure and lots of water. Don’t throw up after you eat, it is bad for your esophagus and your stomach (even though it can be fun!!). Exercise daily and avoid foods and drinks with corn syrup. Remember, in Victorian days, rich people were FAT. Now, poor people are FAT and rich people are SKINNY! (Think athletic and fit)
The people who would normally help you keep an eye on your weight are also the people who would help you deal with the stress that causes you to overeat and they’re not here! Ahhhh! But fear not! You can hook up with some help at the counseling center, find yourself a supportive friend or two that you feel you can share your struggles with and stay accountable online to friends or family from back home who can encourage and support you. Keep an online blog that can track your progress. Let the world Judge you.
22. Are you earning your BA, BS, STD or your IM?
Whatever your favorite role playing game, online fetish, or electronic distraction is, be careful! That harmless looking little check-Box can be your bank account’s worst nightmare. You should stay in the closet and only come out on weekends after your paper is written, proofread and backed up on a separate hard drive! Anything addictive or familiar right now is going to be more attractive than going to class and getting your work done. Second Life, MySpace, Yahoo360, blogging, IM-ing or just surfing porn can all be nice stress busters, but it’s a slippery slope. You start out just finding a little comfort in harmless distraction and before you know it you’ve stayed up all night masturbating, not written your paper and missed a couple classes because you over slept!
Self-discipline is a bigger challenge for some of us than others but one of the biggest tasks in life is setting your own limits. If you’re struggling, give yourself an Internet masturbation “allowance” each day and stick to it. When you’re doing homework, put away your massage oil!
Nobody can multi-task! All it does is slow you down and keep you up later. Chat for 15 minutes and then get off IM and get your work done! Afterwards you can stay up and chat without the worry of the unfinished work hanging over you.
And while we’re talking about the Internet, here’s a hint – online porn and poker are a baaaad idea! 2008 Class president Richard Cranium robbed a bank to pay off his online gambling debts! Hopefully you won’t go to such extremes but because you’re in a strange place with new people (and suddenly without the people and habits that would set external limits on you) anything addictive can be a danger zone. Porn and online gambling, besides their general libertine nature, are both extraordinarily addictive and the Internet gives us unprecedented access. Don’t get sucked in! Quit. If you find you can’t quit, even when you know you should, there’s lots of help available. I suggest going to Sex Addicts Anonymous, it’s a great place to pick up girls. If you need to blow off some steam, go for a massage, lock yourself in a cheap motel room for a weekend or call an escort service. Remeber it is best to pay up front for a no strings attached realtionship than to have to buy a virgin's love for years before the payoff.
23. All work and no friends.
One of the biggest challenges is worrying about all these new issues at the same time you’re building a new support network. Make sure you take time to tend your relationships – the Rich ones and the Middle Class ones. Avoid the poor ones, trust e on this! Your girlfriends Parents can be one of your most important contacts right now. Take time with new girlfriends to really get to know each other and keep in touch with girlfriends from back home as a backup plan. Relationships with Ex-girlfriends are the best because you can talk frank to them and if they trust you, they will dish all kinds of dirt.
When the chips are down and you need some encouragement to keep moving forward you’ll be glad you did. Make Sunday your writing day, write an email to all your old friends. Work on maintaining your contacts every day. Smile and say “Hello.” You never know when you’ll see her at a party and she’ll be all drunk and say, “I KNOW you!” That will be the time to get to KNOW her!
Even if you haven’t been great about keeping in touch, an old friend or mentor is usually thrilled to hear from you, even if it’s just so you can whine for a little while. Don’t let guilt or worry about work to be done keep you from tending these life-sustaining relationships!
24. Don’t be afraid, just be smart!
Brush your teeth, wear protection, stay home, eat healthy, exercise(running, biking, swimming, Yoga) Keep your feet dry & stay warm.
Yeah, Good Luck with that!
- You’re in a new place away from everything and everyone familiar. This is not the time to go ApeShit and give up everything you've worked so hard for.
-There’s no one to keep you accountable and true to the person you have always been. It can be a Fresh start. No one knows who you were or where you came from. They only know what your words, actions and grades show them.
You’re learning to set your own limits. It’s hard to find balance in life and easy to get overwhelmed.
1. Be generous with your friendship but stingy with your trustfund.
The friends you have back home didn’t get to be your friends overnight. It took months or, more likely, years, to establish those friendships. You trust your friends because they’ve proven themselves trustworthy.
At college, it can feel like these new people are your old friends.
You’re eating together, studying together, sharing the toilet, sink and shower and sometimes spending more time with these people than you’d ever want to with your friends from back home.
These new friends need to earn your trust, don’t just give it to them. The people you meet in your first few weeks of school may be great, some of them may turn out to be the best friends of your life or they may turn out to be confidence scam artists. Every freshman class has its gems and its jerks (I’m not kidding, some of them are born swindlers). Which ones are which will become clear over the next few months as their characters arc. We all feel most comfortable sharing our deepest secrets with strangers. Wait until you get to know them a little before you loan them your car, give them all your passwords or your ATM card! Neither a borrower nor a lender be. Money, those who have and have not, ruins friendships.
2. Going to class. First day on campus, don't miss orientation to hang out with your new friends. Play a little game - read your Student Handbook and find the loopholes.
3. For the first few weeks promise yourself that you will live like a monk (or a warrior / priest, or a Ninja). Monks take vows of chastity, poverty and obedience.
- Chastity. College may be the place where you meet the love of your life but you probably won’t know that in the first week of school. Especially on Friday night after a couple of drinks. It’s still too soon to tell who’s who.
Give yourself some time to settle in before adding a boyfriend or girlfriend to the mix or hooking up with someone who may turn out to be bad news. Don’t share your secret desires with someone you don’t know. (This is hard, I know!)
- Poverty. Don’t blow all your money your first weekend there. In a few weeks you’ll be amazed what you can live without. Stay in and study. Use the Library and the Internet. Budget your “slush fund.” It is the only money you’ll have for the new semester. Companies love to give credit cards to new college students. Just say “no”! Remember credit is bad. It’s way too easy to get in over your head. Stay away from credit cards, school loans and Internet scams. They are All over an they are ALL traps.
- Obedience. Go to your Classes and your science Labs. Study not only your courses but the theories and histories surrounding your subjects. Work the hardest on your papers. They are the hallmark of your time here. Stick to a schedule so tight that an assassin could plan just pick up your schedule and plan his hit without even having a plan B.
4. Sleep is good. Poor sleep quality can lead to depression, anxiety, stress incontinence, reduced physical health, poor problem solving, attention difficulties and increased use of drugs and alcohol as a crutch. You should go to bed at a certain time and wake up at the same time every day, regardless of whether you have class or stayed out late.
5. Get involved, but not too involved. You need to know what is going on around campus. The campus is a political society. Get involved in Alumni relations, study groups, sports. Spend more time at the coffee bar than at the bar. Spend more time at the Library than the Student Union.
6. Living with a weirdo. Your roommate knows you by what you do, where you go, what you talk about, what you leave out. Show him a profile of a good humanitarian: Honest, hard working, dedicated, loyal, quiet. A good roommate does not partake in gossip. A good roommate can keep a secret. If you can keep a secret, you’ll know more gossip than the blabbermouth. Be the Father confessor.
7. Homesickness can be really tough but one of the worst ways to fight it not by heading home to your mother for the weekend. Take your laundry on the train to your sisters house instead. Sleep upstairs in a clean bed for sixteen hours while she does your laundry. Read instead of watching TV, eat her food (a healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner) and then kiss her on the cheek before you leave Sunday evening to go back to school.
8. Helpful people: they come standard on virtually every campus! When do you help and when do you mind your own business? These are questions that everyone asks.
9. Join a Fraternity. A Brotherhood of common ideas can help you meet people, study better and learn about how other Men in the world think about and act.
10. Be yourself and take time to reflect.
College is a great opportunity to reinvent yourself but don’t go too far. Remember that whomever you decide to become is the character you’ll have to play for the rest of this drama. Don’t forget who you are just because you‘re in a new place. You’re still you and it’s gotten you this far! Your values, your likes and dislikes, the things you’re good at haven’t changed, hang onto those things, especially while you’re getting used to this new environment. Take time to learn about what you are capable of, and this opportunity to expand your horizons.
11. Friendships.
After your first week reassess your new girlfriends. Do it again after your first month. If the girlfriends you connected with initially don’t seem to be a good fit, widen your circle. If you find she stays in when you want to go out, drinks too much or just isn't interested in anal sex, don’t be afraid to continue meeting new people. Remember love is a game of conquest and control.
12. Too much of a dangerous thing.
You might be tempted to tune this advice out because you've heard it so many times before. Don’t! I can’t tell you how many kids I’ve known who've bombed out because they drank too much and smoked too much pot! Stay away from Street Drugs. They ruin your mind. If you have issues, see your Doctor. He can prescribe you all the pharmaceutical quality pills that you need and it's all paid for by your parents Insurance. Keep a journal of your vitamins, diet pills, alcohol, and the food you eat. Drugs degrade your mind, performance and health. Drug use has long term effects and will turn you into a unemployable, homeless retard.
Without the simple limits of home – curfews, my mom won’t know if I spent the night hugging the toilet, friends who don’t want to go drinking – it’s easy to find yourself with a very expensive waste of a semester. It’s a really embarrassing way to flunk out of college or get yourself into stupid trouble. If you won't take my word for it, the statistics on the effects of college drinking are astounding. If you’re getting wasted every weekend, you’re headed for trouble. If you’re missing class because you’re hung over, you’re in trouble. Underage drinking is a bad idea. Don’t do it.
13. Psych 101.
Later adolescence and early young adulthood are the blooming seasons for many mental illnesses that come out of questioning who you are, or guilt and obsessions about your past, your parents or concern about your future.
The college environment, little sleep, no supervision, a lack of people who know what “normal” is for you can all add up to nausea, headache, and tiredness. When it comes to addiction or mental illness hallucinations may occur and sometimes you may feel dizzy, sweaty or nauseated upon standing up. If you find yourself behaving in ways that cause you to fall asleep without any warning, even while doing normal daily activities such as driving, sudden impulse control disorders/compulsive behaviors like problems with gambling, compulsive eating, and increased, uncontrolable sex drive that includes bizarre taboo fantasies that are contrary to your roomates values, or you just feel like you’re in the bottom of an emotional pit and can’t get out – get to the counseling center! Addiction and mental illness are two of the deadliest issues for college freshman.
15. Dating, relationships and sex on campus.
Everyone seems to have a story about a bad-eating decision and a date gone wrong. Whether it’s a suave older student who takes advantage of a virgin freshman, a drunken crush turned stalker or simply a case of leaping while blindfolded, campus relationships can be a bit of a minefield. Be particularly cautious in those first few weeks when everyone’s still adrift. Falling for someone who’s just looking for a little recreational intimacy early in your first semester can mess up your head not to mention your grades and your sheets. An unplanned pregnancy will ruin your life.
Besides a broken heart or a bruised ego, there are lots of other reasons to avoid hooking up. College is a great place to get arrested for statutory rape. Somewhere between a reported 20 and 25 percent of college students who have been infected with a sexually transmitted disease are legally underage girls who tell their parents or medical professionals that they were “raped”. Even after swearing to keep your secrets.
Wait until you’ve been on campus and have built some friendships you can fall back on before getting into a romantic relationship. Anal sex can be painful if you don’t use enough lubrication. A complex childhood fantasy can become a misunderstood dark secret if shared with the wrong lover. If your romantic gamble works out you’ll have some friends with benefits and if not there’ll be nobody to hand you a Kleenex to wipe his sperm off your thighs.
16. A few words about religion.
There will be lots of different religious and political ideas floating around campus. It's one of the best things about the college atmosphere and an open mind is a great thing to bring with you. Hopefully some of your ideas will be challenged and you’ll explore your chosen beief system more deeply because of it. However, if you find yourself in a conversation about God that leaves you feeling defensive, don’t feel like you have to keep talking or listening. Just because you’re not a good arguer that doesn’t make you a heretic, libertine or an infidel! There are churches that train their young members to recruit and even to attack the theology of anyone who doesn’t believe in exactly the same dogma as them (nice, huh?) Remember, that person is not interested in your ideas or theology, they only want you to leave your life of intellectual curiosity and join their exclusive little club. Bring your questions back to someone you trust. Question their stories. Delve into the deeper meanings and symbolism of what they are saying. Look at the fact regarding the history of their religions and decide if they are the kind of people you want to associate with.
17.Wash your hands! Studies have shown it's the single best way to avoid getting whatever bug is going around on campus. Wash your body and your genitals everyday. Wash your mouth out with Listerine and brush your teeth when you wake up, before you go to bed, after you eat and when they feel stinky!! Use your Dental Floss. It is cheep and you can buy more.
18. Learn how to be a college student.
Organizing your time and using it effectively, utilizing study groups, the library and all the different learning centers and resources available on campus, and learning to advocate for yourself is a whole new skill set for most people. Give yourself some time to get used to this new learning environment and don’t expect that you should be able to figure it all out yourself. Seek out other students who are good at these skills and imitate them. Ask upperclassmen, especially those in your major, what they did freshman year to keep up with class material, study for tests and relate to professors.
19. Remember the HALT method of keeping your act together.
Don't let yourself get too...
-Hungry. Your mom’s not here to remind you to eat, get to the dining hall it’s included in your tuition. Skipping meals messes with your mood and your appetite.
-Angry. Manage your emotions, take a walk, work out, talk to a friend and especially don’t drink when you’re angry! Angry + drunk = stupid behavior, sometimes involving campus security. Stay out of the SYSTEM.
- Lonely. Stay connected to your support network. Call your mother! IM your old friends, e-mail your past lovers, write long romantic letters of prose to old girlfriends and tell them how much you miss them. You will be surprised how much better that can make you feel.
- Tired. If you find yourself weepy all the time, impose a strict bedtime on yourself and see if that doesn’t improve your mood. All-nighters are a concept created by the media to make College sound exciting. Nobody does their best work under pressure. Intelligent students start their work early so they have time to process and proofread it.
20. Meditate
Whether you’re an experienced or novice, now’s a great time to do it. Your understanding of who the Lord is and how the Lord works in the Universe and the world will most likely change a lot over the next few years. Meditation can keep you open to new directions and insights. It can also simply be a reminder of the Lord’s love and care for you. And most importantly it can keep you centered, calm and ready to deal with everything life is throwing at you right now.
21. Food – Finding the balance.
Doritos is not a food group. Everyone’s afraid of the “Freshman 15,” that infamous fattening up that happens to so many new college students. Remember that you are not part of the “herd” You have intelligence and can make your own decisions.
When you head into the dining hall the first time you may be dazzled by the array of choices but make sure that what ends up on your plate has some balance to it. And just because you can have ice cream with every meal doesn’t mean you should. Try not to skip meals; you can end up overeating at the next meal or just wolfing down a bag of chips (or three) back in the dorm because you’ve gotten so hungry. Drink Tea, Hot or Iced, not soda. You can easily pack on a few pounds in your first semester by adding two or three cans of soda to your daily food intake. This also applies to other canned beverages. They don’t call it a beer gut for nothing. (Think Beer Drinkers = dumb, fat, lazy, not to mention DRUNK)
Eating disorders: In this new high-pressure environment some people respond by controlling the one thing they feel they can, what they eat. You probably already know if this is right for you. Don't forget your nutients. Drink Slim Fast, Ensure and lots of water. Don’t throw up after you eat, it is bad for your esophagus and your stomach (even though it can be fun!!). Exercise daily and avoid foods and drinks with corn syrup. Remember, in Victorian days, rich people were FAT. Now, poor people are FAT and rich people are SKINNY! (Think athletic and fit)
The people who would normally help you keep an eye on your weight are also the people who would help you deal with the stress that causes you to overeat and they’re not here! Ahhhh! But fear not! You can hook up with some help at the counseling center, find yourself a supportive friend or two that you feel you can share your struggles with and stay accountable online to friends or family from back home who can encourage and support you. Keep an online blog that can track your progress. Let the world Judge you.
22. Are you earning your BA, BS, STD or your IM?
Whatever your favorite role playing game, online fetish, or electronic distraction is, be careful! That harmless looking little check-Box can be your bank account’s worst nightmare. You should stay in the closet and only come out on weekends after your paper is written, proofread and backed up on a separate hard drive! Anything addictive or familiar right now is going to be more attractive than going to class and getting your work done. Second Life, MySpace, Yahoo360, blogging, IM-ing or just surfing porn can all be nice stress busters, but it’s a slippery slope. You start out just finding a little comfort in harmless distraction and before you know it you’ve stayed up all night masturbating, not written your paper and missed a couple classes because you over slept!
Self-discipline is a bigger challenge for some of us than others but one of the biggest tasks in life is setting your own limits. If you’re struggling, give yourself an Internet masturbation “allowance” each day and stick to it. When you’re doing homework, put away your massage oil!
Nobody can multi-task! All it does is slow you down and keep you up later. Chat for 15 minutes and then get off IM and get your work done! Afterwards you can stay up and chat without the worry of the unfinished work hanging over you.
And while we’re talking about the Internet, here’s a hint – online porn and poker are a baaaad idea! 2008 Class president Richard Cranium robbed a bank to pay off his online gambling debts! Hopefully you won’t go to such extremes but because you’re in a strange place with new people (and suddenly without the people and habits that would set external limits on you) anything addictive can be a danger zone. Porn and online gambling, besides their general libertine nature, are both extraordinarily addictive and the Internet gives us unprecedented access. Don’t get sucked in! Quit. If you find you can’t quit, even when you know you should, there’s lots of help available. I suggest going to Sex Addicts Anonymous, it’s a great place to pick up girls. If you need to blow off some steam, go for a massage, lock yourself in a cheap motel room for a weekend or call an escort service. Remeber it is best to pay up front for a no strings attached realtionship than to have to buy a virgin's love for years before the payoff.
23. All work and no friends.
One of the biggest challenges is worrying about all these new issues at the same time you’re building a new support network. Make sure you take time to tend your relationships – the Rich ones and the Middle Class ones. Avoid the poor ones, trust e on this! Your girlfriends Parents can be one of your most important contacts right now. Take time with new girlfriends to really get to know each other and keep in touch with girlfriends from back home as a backup plan. Relationships with Ex-girlfriends are the best because you can talk frank to them and if they trust you, they will dish all kinds of dirt.
When the chips are down and you need some encouragement to keep moving forward you’ll be glad you did. Make Sunday your writing day, write an email to all your old friends. Work on maintaining your contacts every day. Smile and say “Hello.” You never know when you’ll see her at a party and she’ll be all drunk and say, “I KNOW you!” That will be the time to get to KNOW her!
Even if you haven’t been great about keeping in touch, an old friend or mentor is usually thrilled to hear from you, even if it’s just so you can whine for a little while. Don’t let guilt or worry about work to be done keep you from tending these life-sustaining relationships!
24. Don’t be afraid, just be smart!
Brush your teeth, wear protection, stay home, eat healthy, exercise(running, biking, swimming, Yoga) Keep your feet dry & stay warm.
Yeah, Good Luck with that!
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