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Wall exchange

This is from Facebook with fellow blogger (http://donzisbasement.blogspot.com)and Lehigh alumni Don Fanelli:
Don has to stop paying to hear Burning Down the House at bars.

Marty Jenkinsat 12:47pm November 26
I can't decide if you are a monster or a saint...a saint for playing that song, or a monster for not paying to hear it anymore.

Don Fanelli at 1:52pm November 26
i am a monster, with the heart of a saint

Marty Jenkins at 2:40pm November 26
I think it would be cooler if you were a monster with the still beating heart of a saint in your hands. Alternatively, you could be the patron saint of monsters, grunge rock, and soft drink straws that aren't long enough for the cup you are using it on (which is inherently monstrous).

I think Don is a great writer, and his blog is interesting, I wish he would write more.

Guess what I did today

Today I got to play with $3,280,191K dollars, or 3.28 Billion. What did you do today you layabout? Did you watch the news? Make breakfast? Sit at your desk and watch the clock? You make me sick. How about you call me when you play with more then $100 Million in a day. Punk!

My core, is sore

If you are drawn into a class,
And they want you to flex your abs.
Run as fast as you can the other way,
If you don't you will have to stay.

If you stay you will have to work,
Then you will feel like a fat jerk.
The pretty girls they all will scowl,
As you sweat right through your towel.

The gay instructor he will chuckle,
As your knees continue to buckle.
When you sit there, like a whale,
Others succeed while you fail.

At the end you will be a pile,
That will match your self exile.
Fifteen minutes will have past,
And you'll wish you were a ghast.

Then you feel sore when you arise,
Oh god I can't move my thighs.
But then you feel like a geek,
And realize you'll be back again next week.

Commonalities

You know how sometimes you hear something random, and then something links that random reference or whatever again soon. You know like, you hear a really odd cultural reference on a show or something, and then someone brings up that same random cultural reference in conversation that is completely unrelated, or you read a news article that also references it. I guess I should explain in much more detail what I'm talking about since the previous two sentences didn't make any sense (which is about par for the course in my writings ha ha ha). I was watching 'Califonication' on Monday and during the show Fox Mulder's character made a reference to Harry Chapin's famous song "Cat's in the Cradle" about the cycle of father son relationships and how there is a common error in that father's don't spend enough time with their sons until it is too late. Anyway I saw that reference and then this week 'The Onion' had this article: http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/if_only_someone_had_written_a Kinda odd coincidence perhaps. But on Tuesday someone at work was telling me about how fast his kid was growing up and he said something about Harry Chapin being right. It's likely that all three of these events are completely unrelated since I doubt the folks at 'The Onion' knew that a episode of some TV show would make a similar reference as they did since they were probably made so far apart, and I'm not discounting that this co-worker might have seen either of these, it's just unlikely that he would, especially given that they are somewhat obscure media outlets.

It's odd that I would hear about that song 3 times in a week, kinda creepy in a way. But that is the way of people, I think your mind can hang on to little reminders or things that have risen to the forefront of your mind. Maybe if I hadn't of recognized or seen 'Californication' I wouldn't have picked up on the other two references. Maybe I would have moved any thoughts of that song to the back of my head never to think about them again until I heard the song on the radio or something, and who knows maybe I would get like 5 or six random tie ins to that song when that would happen. I guess what I'm trying to say (poorly) is that sometimes random things can bring buried memories back to life. And once those things are brought back you begin to notice them more, or pay attention to them more when they were in plain sight to begin with. Which is why I'm going to start thinking about space lazers, and maybe by random coincidence I'll somehow learn to make said lazers, and shoot them at people's cars when I need a parking spot.

The other common theme of this week was people I haven't talked to in forever asking me if I was flying back to Pennsylvania for the big Lehigh/Lafayette game. I don't talk to many folks from Lehigh, partly because I'm terrible at staying in touch, but partly because I was extremely disliked (for good reasons) while I went there. So it's somewhat odd to me that suddenly I get a couple phone calls and a bunch of e-mail asking if I'm coming back. It's not that I've had no fun the last couple times I went back, which is now over a year ago. It's just that, at this point all the people who were with me at school have graduated now, my sister who started the year after I left is a senior! So weird. But I'm not sure if I went back what it would be like, would it be cool or would I just feel kinda like a dork. Although maybe if I was seeing old friends it would be kinda cool, the problem is that I've really changed quite a bit from when I was in school, and for the most part that's not what people see. People see the 20-22 year old Martin who was a different person. It's somewhat tough to react to roles and things that no longer suit you, I don't really like it, but I also don't spend enough time talking to or hanging out with people so they can see how I've changed. I think I just need to wear a space suit the next time I go to one of these things. I've been dwelling a bit on space…hmm

Instead of going to the ole alma mater, I'll be meeting a bunch of strangers at a bar near my house for some Alumni get together on Saturday morning. Should be interesting, but I'm curious as to why I feel a bit nervous about it. I shouldn't, heck I graduated (barely) it shouldn't be cause for nervousness right?

Coupons and co-workers

This is an old post from my time at ONR I decided to publish the funny thing is that this still very much applies to SPAWAR and I'm sure the reaction will be the same when my mom comes to work with me in the beginning of December:

My co-workers are aware that I'm a youngish 20 something with no girlfriend or mother to look after me and therefore the reasoning goes I must not be able to fend for myself when it comes to food. I'm also the only young male of that age in the office so for all the women in the office that have children who have moved out, they see me as an opportunity to get some of that last minute parenting in. Normally the perks are tremendous, don't want their piece of cake? Give it to Marty. Didn't want those chips they got at lunch? Give it to Marty. Haven't mothered someone in a little while, Marty! Actually the mothering is quite cute, they all take an interest in what I eat, who I date, what I do on the weekends, my hair, my posture etc etc. It's like being at the office with 8 mothers every day (sometimes it's a living hell).

When I first got here my mom had just moved to Bahrain, and upon finding this out all of the would me surrogate mothers in the office took my collectively under their wing. It was as if my own mother had never left! But when my mom came to visit me and I brought her to the office the attitude became palpably cold. Sure there were smiles all around, but you could just see my office moms thinking, "Oh, so you're the negligent mother who left her son alone to fend for himself, look who showed up late to the party." It was really funny how the all fluffed up their feathers, but it was quite entertaining and cute. It eventually led to more mothering once my mom left the office.

The coupons thing is great though, because it doesn't even have to be the mother's who gives me coupons. See all the people in my office get coupons in the mail they can't use, for restaurants or food deals or something that they have no use for but think that a 25ish year old could use. So I get all these coupons that suit me just fine because I would never actively seek them out. So I get free stuff or discounted stuff all the time and it's the generosity of my co-workers that allows it to happen, they are so thoughtful! It's especially striking because sometimes they will give me the same book of coupons, which means two or more people had the exact same thought when they were going through their coupon mail..."Hey Marty could probably use this!" It's nice sometimes that they are considerate enough to think of me, or maybe they are trying to fatten me up to cook me! AHHHH!

This is what happens and you are tired and don't realize you are posting on the wrong blog

This was supposed to be for here: http://fatkidmusings.blogspot.com/ but I screwed that up so the two people who read this can just skim over it or not.

First I'd like to apologize to last week, it was lower then even my low standards of excellence have come to accept, I will never again work nursery stories or fables or whatever into my column, not by the hair on my chinny chin chin. I will also need to stop making guarantees, after this one: The only guarantee that I will make is that only things that can disappoint me will happen ala Penn State making me sad. That was the worst pass interference call of all time. The refs hate Penn State. So if we apply the logic that only things that disappoint me will happen then you will see Utah, Boise, and Ball State all lose, Penn State doesn't go to a BCS game, and Ohio State somehow leapfrogs it's way to the title game against Alabama and afterwards, when Alabama has won, they both decide to join one another to form THE University of Alabama State Crimson Buckeyes, and they higher Bobby Petrino as their QB's coach and Chuck "The Chest" Amato becomes their linebackers coach. Then they make a law that there can never be a playoff and furthermore all non-BCS conferences will not be eligible for BCS games. Then they will outlaw the option and mandate scholarships for all football teams. To switch topics really fast I may be completely wrong minded about this but I think that losing to a lesser opponent is less of a deal then losing to a big name. Take Oklahoma and Texas, and then USC, Penn State and Florida as examples. The last three got caught in trap games where they lost, barely, and they have won handily every other game they've played. Whereas Texas and Oklahoma both lost to quality opponents and they have beaten all the lesser teams they've played. But in my mind I grade them as worse losses then the three teams that got trapped. Am I just dead wrong about this? Probably. Lastly, Why couldn't Penn State not just win out? I mean how many times do they have to get jobbed by the refs in their one loss? The last time they did it granted it was during the Texas/USC national title game but still. Anyways, this week has a pretty weak slate of games, we're talking puppy dog weak, which in football is not nearly as cute and cuddly.

"I gotta admit that I am fairly disappointed with LSU this weekend. They certainly played a great game against a great team, but I just cannot believe that a Les Miles coached team has dropped a 3rd conference game. I expected them to come out and take it to Alabama. I guess this means that LSU is really down this year as a team.
Look for Florida to show up in the national championship game. There is no player in the land more focused and more determined than Tim Tebow right now. They are really spreading the ball around this year, so he may not put up Heisman numbers, but no QB in the nation leads an offense like Tim Tebow. Urban Meyer has these guys poised to make a run. Florida versus Alabama for the SEC title and the right to play for a national championship. The upcoming weeks should be fun! - Darius"
LSU I think is just missing that killer instinct. There is no way they should have lost 3 conference games, and they got blown up by Georgia, a team that I haven't thought was that good all year. So we'll see what happens, it's certainly going to be exciting. I'm not so sure about Florida either.

"So the number 1 team in the nation goes to a place where they have given up over 50 points twice and have no QB and needs overtime to win and that guarantees them to go undefeated in your mind? No way, The Fighting Tebows are going to knock them of in Hotlanta. Texas Tech is ridiculously good on offense and I think their offensive line should win the heisman. I am serious, why shouldn't they? Graham Harrell could take a nap in the pocket wake up make pancakes and the complete 75% of his passes without anyone breathing on him.- Forrest"
They are good, but he's going to need to squeeze some fresh orange juice with those pancakes, and what about making a sandwich for later? I want to see them beat Oklahoma in Norman, and then I'll have faith. LSU may have gotten blown out.in those other two games but they were a couple plays away from being very very close. So in a way my perception of Alabama has changed so that I actually think they have a chance to go undefeated the rest of the year. They took everything LSU had to offer and still won.

Games:
#25 South Carolina at #4 Florida - Lots of people have said that they think Florida has a great shot to get to the national title game if they can beat Alabama. Well it's not quite so simple, first they have to beat the Gamecocks and former Florida coach Steve Spurrier, who has won only once in the three times he's played Florida, but he's kept the games interesting every time, so who knows what the "Ole Ball Coach" has cooked up, maybe some pizza! South Carolina is lead by QBs Chris Smelley and Stephen Garcia, who split time at the position last week, Garcia is a better athlete while Smelley is a better student of the game, which basically means he's bad but he knows the offense. The Florida Gators, are of course lead by former Heisman winner Tim Tebow who is as much a threat to run as he is to pass, and WR/RB/Butcher/Baker/Candlestickmaker Percy Harvin. This game is billed as the South Carolina defense versus the amazing Fighting Tebows offense, and although the Gamecocks might have the better defense, their offense is severely lacking and the last time I checked (last week) the Gators defense was pretty darn spiffy themselves. What confuses me is how a 7-3 team who hasn't beaten any ranked teams this year is back into the top 25? The only winning teams they've beaten were Wofford, who is a division below them, and they only won by 10 points, and umm Kentucky and Ole Miss both of whom have padded their schedules for the most part more then my sister padded her bra in middle school (although to be fair Ole Miss did beat Florida, but I wanted to make that joke work). But enough run on sentences. Florida has the firepower, they have the will power, and they have the…power power? Florida should win this game with ease, which would set them up for a final 2 games against Florida State and then Alabama in the SEC title game, hopefully for all the marbles and a chance to play for the BCS title.

The ACC - Rather than talk about all these games individually, I thought I would just have a quick prospective on the nation's most confused conference. As of now the ACC is still completely wide open with 9 teams that could possibly win the conference. In the Atlantic you have Florida State, Wake Forest, Maryland and even Boston College who could win that part of the conference and end up in the title game. On the coastal side there's North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Virgina, and Miami who could all with the conference, so basically as long as you don't go to Duke you are still in this thing. I can't tell you the ins and outs of who needs to win what and go dancing with whom while somebody else gets stood up for a lunch date to win it all. The only thing I've been able to learn is that Boston College, Maryland, and Virginia Tech all control their own destinies and if they win out they are in. It's a confusing league, with a plethora of possibilities and trying to predict what is going to happen is like herding cats, or trying to control a rambunctious puppy. Noth Carolina plays Maryland this week and all I can tell you is that Maryland is the least consistent team in the country, winning all their games against ranked opponents but getting stomped by Middle Tennessee State and the two big schools from Virginia. So if you go by that trend then the Terrapins are going to beat the 16th ranked Tarheels. Thursday night the VT Hokies play at Miami, a venue which has traditionally cause much stress and heartbreak for Tech fans, but who knows this year. A black cat could run across the field when Miami has the ball and then an errant pass gets intercepted by the ball boy who takes it to the house for 42 points and a Tech win. All possibilities are open, we just have to hope that there aren't any holes in the fabric of the universe during that game. BC also plays at Florida State in prime time, for that game I predict the Cinncinnati Bengals will be victorious.

Harvard at Pennsylvania - In the old nasty haunts of Franklin Field in Philadelphia these two Ivy league foes will face off to determine who will be most likely to take second place in the conference. Both teams lost to Brown so if Brown wins out then they would win the Ivy league. But that doesn't take away from this game, where the 5-3 Quakers face the 7-1 Crimson. Harvard are lead by Senior QB Chris Pizzotti who's highlights this year include him paying off the refs against Lehigh, and that time the guy he wanted to win the presidential election won. Penn on the other hand are lead by their defense, and a reasonably stout running game that goes for about 100 yards a game. As in all Ivy league games, this contest will be a game of wits, grit, strategy, grade inflation, and undersized athletes. If Harvard puts up over 27 points the game is won, because Penn has not once this year broken the 27 point barrier. Harvard has beaten most everyone Penn lost to pretty easily, so I look for the Crimson to roll in this game.

There aren't really too many other games that stick out to me as really sexy to watch. Which usually means there are going to be upsets, could be in any number of games but if I had to guess I'd go with these:
Mississippi State at #1 Alabama - Alabama is going to lose a game this year or so help me I will get a tattoo of Nick Saban on my chest
#6 USC at Stanford - A terrible Stanford team shocked USC last year, is this team terrible enough to be overlooked by USC?#
7 Utah at San Diego State - You don't just come in here and try to enjoy our beautiful weather without paying for it…oh you do, everyone does…ok then have fun then, get a fish taco.
#9 Boise State at Idaho - Boise is in the unenviable position of bing behind Utah in the rankings, which means if they both go undefeated then only Utah is guaranteed a spot in a BCS game.
#3 Texas at Kansas - If Kansas hadn't lost to Nebraska last week I would have wrote about this game, but they did and I'm lazy so you know how that goes.

$50,000 to kill yourself

So somehow yesterday during a conversation about how I was going ot put a $50,000 bounty on someone's head it came out that he would in fact kill himself for $50,000 dollars. Well that morphed into a group discussion on how you would kill yourself if you had $50,000 dollars to do it with (it's odd how these things sometimes go). The first thing that was suggested was that you could buy 50K worht of cocaine and snort it all till you OD'd. That's ok I guess but I thought that buying 50 $1000 bottles of champagne and bathing in it was a good way to go. But then my mind wandered back to a delightful time when I was walking back from lunch to ONR and I told the story of how I wanted to be santa and then get assasinated in front of a bunch of children. So that's what I would spend $50,000 dollars on to get myself killed, become a mall santa and then get shot in front of a crowd of children by a hitman. Even better would be if I could be the Macy's day parade santa and get shot while on TV, that way you traumatize 44 million people.

There are other great ways to kill yourself with $50,000 that I came up with yesterday, and yes I know I'm morbid but deal with it:
-Rent a plane, and crash it into the stage at halftime of this years Super Bowl killing Bruce Springsteen.

- Put a down payment on an extremely expensive car and then drive it at high speed off a cliff, or into a wall, or something I haven't ironed out all the details of that one yet.

- Pay 1000 really high priced hookers to beat you to death in an hour. Or pay 10000 really low priced hookers to do it.

- Spend $50 on poison and leave it all to your kids.

- Purchase a week at an expensive spa and then drown yourself.

God this is depressing, it started out funny, not so much any more. I'm out.

Blargle

I wish that it could be tomorrow morining already. I would have somethign productive to do with my time, something meaningful. I need a new book or something, something to occupy my time. I don't really like watching TV, and I'm already over my quota today. I'd go to bed but it's too early to sit and think about life until 3 am. So yeah, I'm bored, and I don't have any other things to do, my laundry is folded, my room is clean my bed is made, the kitchen, the bathrooms, the living room and the dishes are all clean. Sigh.

Late Halloween

Halloween came and went again this year and as always I'm kinda confused and overwhelmed. I didn't get crazy or even drunk, in fact all I did was drive my roomates and some friends to a house party. The party was at this extremely nice house, right on the bay, huge, big back yard and large garage. I couldn't believe we were walking into this place to start with it was that nice. But as it turns out it was rented (I have no idea how to rent a house that nice) by 4 guys who periodically throw huge parties. And this was no exception. It was packed both inside and outside with tons and tons of people. I stood there and people watched most of the night until I carted everyone home. But these were some of my observations.

Firstly, just like every year, Halloween is an excuse for girls to wear the absolute trashiest stuff they can find and then go out and get hammered. But I'm not going to dwell on that because it rarely has anything to do with me and it also doesn't affect me at all so why bother complaining or even commenting? I guess it has to be said! But now that I've said it that's all I've got.

The most popular costumes were Michael Phelps (saw 6 people dressed as him), The Joker, and pirates. The best was though that there were two dudes at the party dressed as steve prefontaine, and two dressed as mr. t one with black face on, and one without. My friend went dressed as the devil, all black suit with black tie and small black horns and red eye contacts, and there was a dude at the party dressed as god, completely unplanned, in an all white suit. That was hilarious. There was also a dude dressed as a pedo, he had a hat and creepy moustache and glasses, and a manufactured shirt that had a car and , "My other ride is your 8 year old". As always I'm reminded that if I'm going to dress up I really ought to put more thought into my costume, I'm also reminded how awkward I feel at house parties most of the time. That last bit has nothing to do with Halloween, it's just an observation.

I like Halloween in theory but people tend to get too crazy. I agree with what most people I talked to said which is that its best left to the crazies and going to a house party and drinking lightly or not at all is quite acceptable. I certainly like it more than what I saw, which sometimes involved people getting too much into character and having pseudo confrontations and those kinds of things. I enjoy seeing people be creative with costumes, but I'm glad it only comes once a year. I can only take so much Michael Phelps, and seeing 200 of him is a bit disconcerting.

Keepin it free as hell

Don't tell my co-workers, but I'm not wearing any underwear for the rest of the day. It's not on purpose, I don't deliberately do this just to be sneaky and or feel better. Sadly it's only because I forgot to pack an extra pair of undies when I came to work this morning, and when I got done working out at lunch time I decided to not put on my sweaty clothes. This doesn't happen often, in fact only once or twice as far as I can tell. But it is funny to me to be walking around all day, one zipper slip away from being sent home forever. So I'll have to maintain extra zipper security so that I don't get fired when I go get a drink or something like that.

There have been other instances of this that were highly amusing to me. One time after SPIIN class I went on a date with no underwear on. That date didn't go anywhere because I'm a huge prude and extremely unaggressive but if it had gone somewhere you have to assume that at some point she might have wondered why I wasn't wearing boxers or anything. Then I would have had to tell my sad sack story about how I forgot to bring an extra pair. Actually that's the only time I can think of, my life is so not exciting.

Anyhow, I don't think I'd enjoy the difference everyday, certainly it would change the way I do laundry but after awhile the novelty would wear off. There are other more disgusting side effects that I'm just not going to talk about, but you can think about them. Think about them now, I'll give you some adjectives to help:
Hairy
Overly Disgusting Smell
Skid marks
Norman Rockwell Painting
Cankles
Lack of Fundamental Decency
Pale
Small and Useless

Election Day '08

Thank god it's finally here. For fucking ever I have been sick of all the campaigning and forced commercials, and stupid media forced down my throat. This presidential campaign in particular has dragged on for what seems like 3 years. I'm tired of it. I was tired of it 2 years and 9 months ago. Finally the day of release is upon us and I can stop seeing goddamn political adds everywhere I go.

I don't hate politics, in fact far from it. But I educate myself, going out and finding what I need to know and what the changes and ebbs and flows in the political landscape. I keep myself well versed in the affairs of state both in this country and in others. I can, if pressed, speak knowledgeably about both or many sides of any political argument or discussion (note: all discussions always turn into arguments when it comes to politics). All that being said, I hate talking about politics. I hate being drawn into to someones fervor or opinion and having to hear them preach about how partisan they are and how the other side is wrong. See that's the thing, you don't hear much reasonable discourse on political matters in this country, talking about politics turns almost everyone partisan as heck and unable to talk without venom in their fangs. I hate it, there's very few people I know that can talk about politics without puffing out their chest and trying to convert all those around them.

The other thing I dislike is that people oftentimes feel like they are entitled to what you think. Entitled to know how you feel on every subject involving an election. I on the other hand don't tell anyone how I really feel politically, with the exception of 1 person (and that person knows who she is). It's not in my best interests to be so open with how I feel about political matters pretty frequently, so I shut it all down. I'll talk about topics, but I'll play both sides of the argument, to some I'm quite the contrarian, always being opposite of whom I'm in the room with or being opposite of everyone at the same time. People usually guess wrong when they guess who I want to win, and depending on who is in the room they'll be surprised when someone else guesses the exact opposite of them. The point is that I keep it very close to my vest when it comes to politics, and I become agitated when someone presses me after I tell them that. It happens slightly less here than it did in DC, but it happens. Some people even feel hurt when I take that approach, but I don't feel like I need to tell people how I'm going to vote.

Thankfully all this political frenzy will die down in a couple days. People for the most part will return to their reasonable selves and things will be better for awhile. That is, until a year from now when the next presidential campaign starts gearing up.