I kinda like how my brain works during the times in which I blog regularly.

For instance, today in my Com 265 class, instead of zoning out and thinking about pointless irrelevant junk, I thought about pointless irrelevant junk I can scribe online that people will read and (sort of) laugh at.

Speaking of my Com 265 class, we happen to have a rough version of one of these:

For those of you that aren't aware, this a relatively common internet joke concerning a senior citizen taking college classes. While I have no real issue sharing a classroom with pretty much anyone, I do get rather annoyed when someone from the generation who has labeled my own age group as one that is "entitled," thinks as though they are somehow above or more important that 19 or 20 year old students.

Oh well.

Still on the subject of my class, we watched this video in class today, I recommend you do the same:

Doesn't some of that kind of blow your mind?

I can clearly recall speaking with older members of my family, and hearing them completely talk down about myspace, facebook, blogs, etc. and how they are all a passing phase, and will soon be forgotten. This is kind of a wakeup call as to how much the world is in fact differing from its old self on a daily basis.

Two things really stood out to me from this video:

The first is this kid:

As the picture states, he plays the kid in this hugely popular VW advertisement:

He got the chance to play as a (mini) Darth Vader on national television, and according to the video above he has never actually seen the any of the Star Wars movies?

I am (a) not legitimately offended by this and (b) am not a massive Star Wars fan really, but I just truly struggle to grasp this concept of making such an impact on the internet community without really knowing what exactly you are doing, or why the impact is being made.

Moving on while maintaining the same rough subject, (and that is how I do a transition English teachers, suck it.) the fact that young children are now being taught with things such as iPads as opposed to chalkboards is something that I am kind of torn about. Before I go further,

The fact that the child depicted in the video above is clearly not a kindergarten student is one that is quite clear to me, but the message persists: the coming generations will view technology and learn in ways completely foreign to our elders, and possibly even to us. With this "change" will come what always accompanies change- people not liking it, due simply to the fact that it is different.

I'd like to point out that a few centuries ago, we didn't have chalk boards. Writing was relatively new, and the introduction of the chalk board probably had a few people whining about that damn confunded new technology those damn kids are using nowadays. Or something.

Then white boards came along, eventually smart boards, and not its looking like iPads.

While I still am not a huge fan of the iPad, I can't deny its simplicity. In a world that is becoming continually more digital I don't really have a huge issue with schoolchildren using them for educational purposes.

And if you were somehow offended or distraught by the video of the 1 year old's inability to properly use a magazine, please keep in mind she is indeed 1 and likely has little to absolutely not concept of what a magazine or an iPad is.

That's about it for today. Here is something that made me laugh over the course of this fine Tuesday:

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Well I just checked my entire blog history, and realized I have started 5 unfinished blogs in the past few months.

All of them seemed to begin in roughly the same manner: I spend a few paragraphs trying to explain my lack of blogging, make witty comments as to why I stopped, and then I completely lose interest.

So I apologize for the lack of explanation as to why I haven't kept you all informed with every detail of my life for the past several months, and I'm going to pretend as if this is just another regular blog post from being a senior in high school, or something.

Actually jk I'm going to do a quick recap:

Currently 19

Still rockin' the Spec V

Still in a very happy relationship (8.5 months as of this post)

Still at WSU, currently a sophomore majoring in communications*

Currently living off campus in a house with four bros: Randy, Ben, Robert, and Uris (pronounced yoo-ris)

Coffee. I've tried a few times in my younger years (primarily during the high school days*) to drink the stuff. Here is an organized list as to why I used to hate it:

1. Its kind of a jerk. It fools you into thinking it will taste absolutely delicious with its nothing short of incredible* smell. Then you have a sip, and it tastes like pain, anger, and yourparentsnotgivingyouapuppy.

2. What is with the insane digestive issues that seem to follow in its wake?

3. After the first two reasons, I assumed it should have some sort of effect on me. It didn't.

While I can't say this with absolute confidence, I am relatively certain that coffee's complete lack of effect on me during my attempts at utilizing its abilities was largely due to the fact that this was also the time when knocking back a monster or four at midnight would have caused me to stay awake for maybe another twenty minutes or so.

I mean seriously, the fact that I am not dead from heart failure or whatev kind of blows my mind sometimes.

As for the taste, this calls for a long winded explanation involving my girlfriend, cooking, and my non-confrontational personality.

Mallory is great- and extremely tolerant of a lot of my bullshit habits, quirks, etc. One of the things she is slightly less tolerant of is my extreme and immature picky-ness when it comes to food.

So when she comes around my place to prepare a dish of some sort, and I find that it has onions or something in it, I tend to just suck it up, and suck up the food.

And you know what? I'm starting to like a lot more stuff.

That being said, when it was 8 in the morning on a Monday and the world was dangerously near receiving a kick to the face from me, I instead accepted a cup of some awesome smelling dark liquid, and proceeded to down that stuff like keystone light water.

I have to say, I was shocked by how friggin effective it was.

With this new discovery came a new habit: having a few shots of espresso on Sunday night around 9pm, and getting pretty much all of my homework done for the week.

It's worked pretty well up until now, and seeing how this is the second week I've attempted it, it may be rather short lived.

*Communications major: Please, send all of the shit talk now. I'd really love to get it out of the way, I don't say this at all because I find it offensive, but just because I've heard it all before and it has completely lost its humorous effect. Someday when I'm a bartender getting by on the tips all of my engineer majoring friends are leaving me, I may regret my decision to go with a major that I am legitimately enjoying at the moment, which will hopefully land me a job in a field that I will have a slight passion for. Kthx

*High school: I'm not gonna be "that guy." I promise- that guy who, after being on a college campus for a few hours excitedly proclaims "WHOA college is so much cooler than high school was bro! Its like I can do whatever I want and stuff because my parents aren't here bro! Bro! BRO!"

I will however speak for a moment or two about how much I don't miss high school. Yes, there are a few things that I will fully admit were enjoyable- parking lot lunches, hanging out in Turner's room actually getting shit done, not having to walk 20 minutes uphill to get to class, etc.

What I think I miss least is the people.

What I like most about the change is the difference I have seen in myself. As opposed to sweaty awkward red faced Sean who cares deeply about what everyone in my immediate vicinity is thinking about me, I am now sweaty awkward red faced Sean who really couldn't give a fuck about what people around me are thinking.

So when I walk into class with my gym shorts (g)aviators, blue vans, and unkempt hair, I just kinda feel like this guy.

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