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I was driving on the freeway a few days ago when I came upon a truck with a business name on the door that caught my attention; "A American Dream Landscaping". I thought perhaps the "n" had fallen off, but upon closer inspection (as I paced the truck staring at this curiosity) there was no such space available. When I got home I went straight to the internet to do some "research", there had to be a good explanation for this. Perhaps "An American Dream Landscape", "American Dream Landscape", "A Really Bad American Dream Landscape" or all business names using proper English were taken. I went to the Oregon Business Registry and found the sad truth. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! How is this possible? How many people must have seen this name before it became official? Friends, family, people processing the application; not one person suggests an alternative? I have a American dream, if you're business name isn't in a proper form of it's language you can't register it. Have a awesome day.

My latest crazy plan.

I've decided to make some changes in my life and give myself another ridiculous goal to shoot for. As of 3/16/09 I won't be eating any ice cream or soda pop for at least 3 months. During this 3 month period I'll be training to be in the best shape of my life using a program called P90X. I'll be taking some before and after pictures to document my progress. My love for ice cream has been well documented and has become a regular part of my life (perhaps what took out my gallbladder). Instead of dying from a heart attack at a young age I'd rather live to be a crazy old man that yells at kids from my front porch, pretends not to hear my wife, wears velcro shoes, shops at Bimart and eats Wurther's Originals. Wish me luck, I'm going to need it.

Red Robin, yum?

This weekend I drove Kristy to Seattle for a workshop about the business side of art stuff. It was great except I was by myself during the day without a car in a part of Seattle I'm not familiar with. Fortunately I brought my Xbox with me to pass away the time, the part that sucks is, I get hungry.... After about 8 hours of gaming my banana had worn off and I needed some food so I put on my jacket and headed out. The first place I came to was a fancy bar & grill on the waterfront, the cheapest thing on the menu was $12, that's not happening. I carried on past a few more swanky places until I got to a Red Robin, the familiar scent of endless steak fries filled my senses and I decided it was my best bet. I walked in and was greeted by the hostess. "What do you need?" she asks as if I'm lost or possibly homeless. "I'm hungry and you serve food here right?" I respond, slightly perturbed. I'm seated at a booth right next to the entrance with my head up against the balloons they hand out to the kiddies. I promptly switch seats and begin noticing people talking about the loner at the booth with the balloons. After looking around I realize that Red Robin isn't the best place to eat a meal by yourself. I get my food, sit through a couple crappy birthday songs and more uncomfortable glances. I would have told them it was my birthday if I hadn't already ordered a milkshake and a lot of steak fries. To spite them I'm tinkering with the idea of creating a restaurant for loners and recluses.

Hey, a new post.

I admit, I suck at updating, which brings me to something I've been thinking about lately. I feel that all people are equal and the only thing that sets them apart from one another is the amount of drive, determination and purpose to achieve something greater.

Everyone is born with a certain amount of natural ability and a set of physical characteristics. It's generally accepted that some of our greatest minds are not attractive people and vice versa which leads me to believe that people generally take the path of least resistance. If you're born a good looking individual, you can go a long way with just your looks. If you can't rely on your looks, the easiest path through life may be to use your brain to open doors through humor or the specialization of a certain skill. Over the course of your life you may try various paths but generally I believe people stick with what works. This of course is an overly simplified example, but could also be broken down into individual skills/traits such as comedic timing, cookie baking, blog updating, fashion sense, sexy walking, public speaking, foreign languages spoken, perfect feet, psychic ability, sending thank you cards, having a huge penis, being organized, ect. If you were able to document and rank these skills (mental, physical & spiritual) I feel that most people would have about the same level of overall skill.

What makes people great is when they have the drive to hone skills they naturally possess or develop skills in areas they are weakest. I don't think this is possible without a greater life purpose, which would vary by individual.

I'll give a made-up example of my hypothesis:

12 year old boy with 2 heads- Everyone thinks this kid is a freak because of his physical appearance. He's forced to outwit and insult the kids that make fun of him and comes up with an idea to grill things while knocking out the fat during one of his many lonely nights at home. He sells his idea to George Foreman and retires at the age of 21.