I openly admit my faults. Some people aren't mature enough to do that, but I am not part of that crowd. However, I am very proud of my strengths - I'm unflappably confident and like to give some of that confidence to other people through encouragement. (e:jessbob) - stop freaking out about your test - you're a smart guy and you are going to do well... being nervous about an exam is going to hurt you rather than help you. Do your work, study hard, cram every bit of your brain with the information you need to know, go take your exam, get an A, then go to sleep. Have you ever seen "What The Bleep Do We Know?" Theres a study they talk about in the movie where people can make water react differently based solely on mental power. They have people concentrate on being happy, mad, nervous, the entire spectrum of emotions. Your body is made up almost entirely of water - when you are angry or nervous remember that!

Anyhow, back to me (Haha!). Besides my natural instinct to bring people up when they are down, I dislike it when people say they can't do things. BULLSHIT! I had a guy say to me once that he wished he could go back to school and become an accountant. I turned to him and said, "of course you can do it - just do what needs to be done, get your degree, get that job and enjoy what you reap from your hard work!" To me when people are worried about whether or not they can achieve something they are thinking of the steps they need to take as BARRIERS rather than OBSTACLES that require necessary steps that can and will be overcome if you put honest hard work into it.

I serve as a confidant to my closest friends because they know that they are going to get an interesting and positive bit of advice from me. When my brother or other friends of mine are depressed I tell them that negative energy is making it impossible for them to have positive energy. Think about that for a minute. Once upon a tiime Joshypoo had a nervous breakdown over a girl - this girl had me wrangled up so badly that I literally left Buffalo for 3 weeks and didn't come back until I had the right frame of mind. I stayed with my dad and cooked together with him, worked in the yard at my grandmas house, went for runs... there was also a point in time where I didn't leave my dads living room for an entire week. What I learned during those 3 weeks was that NEVER AGAIN would I let something like that unwind me and make me forget about who I am. How insane was it for me to let somebody do that to me? Why should somebody or something make me lose my center and sense of self? I came back to Buffalo a new man with a new, meaner leaner attitude. The negative energy made it impossible for me to have positive energy - AKA I couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel because I was too absorbed with mulling over what was wrong rather than everything that was right. Know thyself. Any other thing thats wrong is irrelevant because its temporary.

What I'm leading to in a rather longwinded way is this - what happens when the eternally confident and optimistic guy feels down for once? Does he not talk about it? I'm kind of blue today. My personal solution to this today is to make apple crisp and listen to Belle & Sebastian. What I really want to to is sit on my porch and drink heavily but I know that won't get me anywhere!

Today I read a report concerning liberal White House correspondent Helen Thomas. She says that if Dick Cheney runs for President (which he vehemently claimed he would NOT do back in February) she would kill herself. Honey don't let a silly thing like a Cheney candidacy stop you!

Al Ulthman (or whatever he is) wrote a laughable article concerning Charles Krauthammer in the latest issue of The Beast. I think Al needs a reminder that he is fucking Al Ulthman and not a legitimate journalist that could even carry Krauthammer's jock strap. The thing I found most hysterical was that he claimed that liberals are not actively engaging in forcing liberalism on America, and that all liberals wanted was for people to choose what they wanted.

Well, Al, if thats the case then explain -

1. The 9th Circuit in San Fran

2. Roe vs. Wade. I support womens right to choose, but abortion was a states rights issue in the 70's and women got them back then... don't be fooled. Its universally agreed upon by lawmakers both on the left and the right that Roe was horrible law and set precedent for the Supreme Court to commit judicial activism from that point onward.

3. If you want Americans to choose, then why the fuck do liberals actively pursue said legislating from the bench instead of going to the ballot box? Answer: they don't want Americans to vote on their issues because they will lose. So much for offering Americans a choice!

4. This is unrelated but is worth pointing out - why are people like Al concerned with a judicial activism from the right when hypocritically enough they themselves have been conducting that behavior for 30 years now? Answer - liberal activism = good and anything else is bad and wrong.

Case closed.

Today is a lazy day at 750. I'm "procuring music legally" - The Shins, Arcade Fire, Franz Ferdinand... I need new stuff for my iPod.

I think I'm going to grab some food over at our new and fabulous food store.

I highly recommend the vanilla almond cereal from Peace Cereals - damn that stuff is delicious!

(e:noobiebrothero)fmine had better not try to hijack my cereal - I will boobytrap that shit!

I can't sleep, so I decided to check out Winamp TV streams. The one I'm watching is about the Illuminati, or in their words, "Bush's Brotherhood of Death" - AKA Skull and Bones. Conveniently they forget to mention that John Kerry was initiated too... typical. If this tepid effort at entertainment wasn't so pathetic it would be a little funny.

Tonight I also found the Gitmo Menu. Everything is on a 14- day cycle. Atrocities at Gitmo continue, such as these -

Terrorist #1 - "Where the fuck are my glazed carrots?"

Terrorist #2 - "Tandoori chicken breast? What about my acid reflux disease, you infidels?"

Terrorist #3 - "Celery without peanut butter?"

Terrorist #4 - "My lemon pepper fish is cold!"

Now that the relocation is done and its open, I have to say that its truly magnificent. The only thing they are missing are my various tailgating supplies... otherwise Wegman's can officially kiss my balloon knot. <3 Their fantastic produce has expanded, they have a great pre-made food selection, a cold bar, all kinds of breads, an expanded hippie soap selection, all kinds of dairy and soy-based things - KUDOS to Lexington Co-Op and best wishes for continued success!

I came home with some instant pad thai, refried black beans, whole wheat tortillas, southwestern style salsa, blue corn tortillas (played out but so good!), shredded monty jack cheese, 1/2 gallon of 2%, vanilla almond cereal and an espresso chip cookie - all organic/vegan. Not bad!

Now for the downside - the place wreaks like patchouli and B.O. and is absolutely crawling with pencildicks and budding econazis. Seriously, the aisles were so crowded that it was truly maddening. I'm happy for the business for the Co-Op's sake, but this shop will be much better when all the posers GTFO of my new grocery store.

Anyhow, with all kidding aside about the crunchy granola contingent (where I practically get ALL of my play from females... can't bite the hand that feeds me!) I'm very happy that we have something so cool in our neighborhood. I am going to vow to shop here whenever I'm home.

This is my new place to pick up chicks and randomly shop for different things I've wanted to try but never have. I think for lunch tomorrow I am going to swing by there and pick up this cool coconut curry sauce and some basmati rice. Or maybe that great looking pastrami sandiwch. Oh, and the vegan cookie - the BEST I've had. Props to you, Alternative Baking Company! Its the first vegan cookie I've had that didn't taste like cardboard and dirt.

9/10 rating from me - please go check it out and support your local food store!