Plugs

Share Buttons: So, blogger has come a long way since I joined.  The new template and design features make it so you don't really have to know any html, yet you can make your blog highly customized.  I love the new features that can be placed @ the bottom of each post:  share to popular social websites, reactions (like, dislike), and I've started using labels lately too.  Sarah, if you're reading this anymore, I stole one of your labels, because it is soo awesome.  "Is this real life?"

other plugs:
Rockstar: No, this will not help you stay up late to finish your school work or TPS reports.  I like this product, but it could do with some sort of amplifier, because multiple inserts split the signal, and in turn split the volume.

Dual USB Car Charger: This product is incredibly handy since all phones and mp3 players of every brand come with a usb cord, you can plug ANY of them into this device and plug this device into the cigarette lighter outlet to charge a your gadget in a pinch.  Usb wall chargers are more common and actually come with a lot of devices now of days.

Thermostat: This particular model has 4 modes during the day so you can have it be warm only when your getting up in the morning and while you're home during the evening.  It also has different settings for the weekend as appose to the week days.  So if you're home during most of the day on weekends, you can have it set to be a little warmer than you would usually have on week days.  My mother says it saves you more money if you set the heat @ 60 and leave it there all the time.  But that's just down right cold, and I'd have to get bundled up to go to the bathroom (5 ft from my room).  lol, no I guess it's not that bad, I lived with it all the way up until I moved out for college.

I wish I was getting paid for this, but I only posted these because I really enjoy them.

Gasping for Air

It's happened to me twice in the past couple of days. I've had it before but not so frequently.

"paralysis sufferers tend to fixate on reestablishing operation of the body" and then I come out of it kicking and punching and gasping for air. It really sucks when it happens and I'm sleeping on my stomach because sometimes a blanket or pillow gets in the way of my breathing and feel like i'm going suffocate if I can't regain control of my body soon enough. Who knows, maybe I would have if I hadn't pulled out of it. My most recent experiences, this morning and two mornings ago, were not so bad since I was sleeping on my side and back respectively.

On a side note, I've also had dreams where I'm drowning, but usually what happens there is that my body will naturally gasp for air. And even though it would probably cause me to drown in a real situation, I'm saved in the dream. Suddenly the dream adapts so that I have the magic ability to breathe under water.

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subway rap back

I was thinking about the subway rap i wrote a couple of posts ago.  here are some more lyrics:

Whoa. Stop! All I heard was "mumble"

I stood here and watched you stumble

over ur words.  The gloves are off, figuratively.

I can't take these off (*holds up hands*). Now, stick with me.

You got ur bread ur meat, then cheese.

N you can get it toasted, just say please

After that, pick your vegetables.

You'll prolly get the works if you're reputable.

Any sauce or seasoning?

Add a meal, 'cording to reasoning.

Now you're done, get gone.

You can go cry home to ur Mom.

Ways to say: "No, thank you"

Just a cooky thought I was having as I walked back from class yesterday.  There are three ways to say it in my opinion.  

1.  I respectfully decline your offer/request, but appreciate it none the less.

2.  On the contrary, it is I who am grateful to you.  

3.  Please, your gratitude is not required.  (this could be wrong, and is probably the least used version)  

Also, I note that the phrase seems to be used/pronounced as if it were one compound word such as notepad, or rattrap.  Or at least, that is how I think about the phrase.  

Ad reviews

Does anybody know any good online community type websites where a person could review and comment on advertisements?  I don't want to comment on products, just the ad itself.  Eh, probably doesn't exist.  And if it does, there would be too many people worried about the product itself or just trying to make fun of companies, brand loyalty and all that considered.  I doubt the internet community could handle seriously and objectively critiquing an advertisement.  Besides, what am I thinking, why would we want to tell the advertisers the best way to manipulate and convince ourselves.  That's like telling them our weakness and saying, "okay, give it a shot.  Now see if I can't resist."  But maybe we, as consumers, would be alright with a system like that, as long as we're smart enough to also check out customer reviews of the actual products and services, to see whether their products are worth what the ads say they are.  I guess what I'm getting at is, it is quite unpleasant to be forced to view ads all over the place when so many ads are poorly constructed or conveyed.  It's kind of like that "watching a train wreck" feeling.  It's soo horrible, but you're watching it anyway.  I was just kind of pondering ways to change that.