My Coffee Pot is a Liar

So my roommate Darren rarely drinks coffee. His dad recently came over to visit us and saw that I had bought a new coffee maker. Darren's dad even made a comment about it because it was the cheapest coffee maker ever and doesn't even have automatic shut-off. So basically it's a coffee maker/house fire starter. I didn't even know that they made coffee makers without automatic shut off anymore. How much could that tiny little addition really add to the cost? I used to work in electronics so I'll tell you how much, probably less than $0.25 including additional programing cost per unit.
So for Christmas what does Darren's dad give him, knowing that Darren doesn't drink coffee and that I recently bought a new coffee maker? A brand new coffee maker. This rant really isn't supposed to be about Darren's dad's motivation for buying his son presents that are so useless to him it borders on taunting. This rant is about our new coffee maker, which is in use if for no other reason than it is cool looking and it actually does have an automatic shut off and if I was to burn Darren's house down with the coffee pot he didn't even want, I would feel a little bad.
The stainless steel coffee pots look so cool, I was really pretty excited about it initially. But now that I've had a few days to use it, I gotta say it's pretty retarded. The stainless steel looks expensive and classy and the pot is heavy because, well, it's made of bloody metal, unlike my old cheap ass pot which was made of nice, light, see-through glass. So when I've been drinking coffee all morning and I keep picking up that heavy pot thinking that there's plenty of coffee left in it, and it turns out to be empty, it feels like I've been deceived. And that makes me angry. So I take it out on Darren.

Personal Note
I am so sore. I limped my way into class this morning thinking "This is ridiculous. If I would just be the tiniest bit consistent about my workouts and lifestyle I wouldn't have to go through this every few months, I just need to dedicate myself to the idea that I am going to have a lifestyle centered around health... or just give up entirely and go for the coveted title of World's Fattest Man." I am getting too old for this get in shape for summer, and get super fat over the Winter and Holidays.
I am actively looking for a job for when I get done with school and I know that there are going to be physical fitness tests that I need to excel at. I am trying to use that, to really motivate me. So far it's been a slow start to my lifestyle change, but I feel like I've got a more permanent and therefore, healthier attitude about the future.
Today was Kid's Day in school, which means I spent most of the morning just coloring and making conversation with a bunch of toddlers, occasionally taking the time to get a blood pressure or listen to breath sounds. I pretend to hate it, but it's actually pretty uplifting. It did make me miss my kids though.

I Am the King of Apathy Mountain

Rants
Why is it rude if I'm on the phone with someone, and say my roommate walks in and I interrupt my conversation with whoever I'm on the phone with (we'll call her Janice) to say "Hey dude, did you pick up some more cereal? Because we've been out for like two months and I am craving me some Lucky Charms." But it's perfectly ok for someone (we'll still call her Janice) to be talking to me and every few minutes she will interrupt the conversation to talk all cutsey to her cat or dog?
A better question is, why is it more rude for me to interrupt our conversation talk to an actual sentient coherant person who can undestand what the hell I am saying and may, possibly offer some beneficial feedback, compared to Janice who might as well be interrupting me to talk to a pillow or toaster.

I bought my parents one of those digital photo frames for Christmas. I even had the foresight to load a bunch of pictures of the family on it, because I was worried that they would just look at it think it's too hard to work, and put it out in the garage. It's actually really easy to use, and I think it's a pretty amazing little invention. All it does is display pictures, and it does it beautifully.
The other day I went over to visit my parents, and I noticed that the frame was still on the bookshelf, and my dad had gone to all the trouble of running the power cable behind the furniture, but the frame itself was off. I was on my way out and nobody was home, so I just went over and pushed the button to turn it back on.
A couple days later I came back to the house and again, the stupid picture frame was off again. This time my mom was watching TV out in the living room and so I asked her "Do you turn this off?"
"Yes" she looked at me quizzically
"You know it's not a TV, you can just leave it on all the time"
"But...it uses power"
"Well, yes mom, but it uses very little, and it's like a picture, it's just there to show off pictures."
"Well, your father doesn't like it on all the time."
"Ugh"
This is just like when I had to explain to them that half the reason to have a cell phone is to have it on. For the longest time my mom would carry her cell phone (Dad refused to get one) in her purse turned off. Which is a little nutty I know, but the worst part is that she would occasionally call me from it, asking some question on my voicemail, and if I missed the call, there was no calling her back. It seemed as soon as she finished her conversation she would hang up and immediately power down the phone and put it back in her purse. In frustration I would usually end up leaving a voicemail on the house phone, which she would call me back from, completely bewildered as to why I sounded so frustrated on the answering machine.
"Mom, just leave the cell phone on"
"It runs down"
"Since you never call anyone, it should take days to run down"
"But then I have to charge it"
"Yes, that is why you have the plug in at the house"
"But....that uses power"
"Ugh"

Personal Update
School started again. It's been tough to get excited about it, but I am doing ok. I hit the gym for the first time in weeks again yesterday, so I know I'm going to be sore tomorrow. I am writing this on my lunch at school, so I am going to go before I misuse any more commas.

2010: it's gonna get weird people

First; Some Random Thoughts

Of course the 80's were awesome. We didn't have facebook, and email and twittering to distract us from all the awesome things we could do with our clothes, hair and music.

There are three stories I probably don't want to hear unless it directly references me somehow. The story about your dog. The story about your kid. And the story about the dream you had last night.

I think my favorite reference book that sounds like a dinosaur is Thesaurus.

Second; Something Personal

Well the great race to see how much weight I can gain before the new year is officially over. I have to say, I'm a little relieved. Eating all that fast food was getting expensive, and doing some serious damage to my ego. I am actually looking forward to getting back into the gym and eating healthy again. Of course I say that now...
One thing I am definitely not looking forward to is school. Oh man, I was going over my schedule tonight and I almost had an anxiety attack, and I haven't even had my first day back yet. I am really trying to be positive about this term, but it's hard right now.

New Year's Resolutions:
I need to get something set in stone, but I'm just not ready yet. Here's a list of areas that I would like to cover:

• Fitness/Weight
• Doing more hobbies like martial arts, skateboarding and so on
• Reading for pleasure more
• Writing on this thing
• Writing my bucket list on Jott.com (one of the most helpful websites ever)

I will think of more later. So on that note, I will have my Resolutions planned by the beginning of next week. Hopefully once all this junk food is out of my system I will be a littel more clear headed.