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So... as a departure from what I usually find to spew about, here's something different (but not really at all).

Every single person, will do everything they do, in the same exact way.

Okay, let me clarify by starting off with Ratatouille. Personally, I hate Pixar movies and I think they have a social agenda for all their movies that is designed to (through a cute and cuddly protagonist) warp the impressionable little minds of it's target audience and it's starting to piss me off. For example:

Toy Story - Hidden Social Agenda: Next generation depreciation of classic culture (Throwing Woody away and embracing new technology)
Finding Nemo - Hidden Social Agenda: Don't pollute the ocean and humans are awful.
Cars - Hidden Social Agenda: Anti-romanticization of the American landscape (The highway that cuts straight through the desert prevents people from visiting the small local town)

Alright... sorry. So anyway, in Ratatouille at the end, they say something like "It's not that everyone can cook... but any one can cook" as in any schmoe can cook, even if you're a mouse....

Crap. I forgot how I was gonna bring this full circle. That's gonna piss me off. Okay, anyway, back to the original thought: "Every single person, will do everything they do, in the same exact way." By this I mean that every person has a flair or way of doing things. Whether it's very flamboyantly or militaristic or with superfluous arm movements, it's interesting to see how people will recreate movements from other activities into the one the are currently doing.

This all stems from Cornhole, or what I like to call, Redneck Bocce. If you don't know what it is,



So, Josh and I built a set in our backyard and the bags arrived Thursday night. Suffice it to say, Friday was a complete shit show because instead of eating dinner before going out, I pounded PBR's and played Cornhole. Mission successful. Anyway, watching a variety of people play the game, I noticed similarities between the way they toss the bags and other things. For example, when I played against Julia (Win 21-5), I noticed she threw the bags very similarly to how she threw a backhand in Ultimate. When I played against Josh (up 3 games to 1, the last win was lefty), I noticed he threw like a disjointed uncoordinated spaz who never played a sport in his life. [Yes Josh, this is a challenge. Defeat me in Cornhole and I shall never again tarnish your good name in regards to Cornhole].

But beyond a silly bag throwing competition, many people have a way of approaching conflict, ordering food or even hitting on the ladyfolk that would align up respectively with being down by three with the bases loaded, identity theft or cutting into a tough steak. Now, those make no sense but when you put them next to each other, it's possible to extrapolate out personality similarities.

Approaching conflict + Down by 3 with bases loaded = Calm, cool demeanor with ice in your veins
Ordering food + Identity theft = Finding proper channels to facilitate change
Hitting on ladyfolk + Cutting into a tough steak = Determination and potentially administering foreign agents... err....

Anyway, like most topics, that got a little away from me and leaves a lot of open ends, loopholes and Swiss cheese arguments. And obviously, it's easy to apply this method to physical attributes.

Like how Shiel throws bullets for flicks and also throws bullets for Cornhole. That's just an easy one...

Well, maybe that's just the way I see it but lately, things haven't been that interesting for me. Maybe that's why I haven't felt the overwhelming need to post something on here; you know, one of my typical jaunts into incoherent rambling and spelling errors. I haven't been to a National tournament (ala Mr. Spears and Mr. Faust), conquered the 11 year old mind (ala Mr. Van Leer), or even broke down a day into Victories and Defeats (ala Mr. Stira).

Nope, it's been pretty boring here since the last time we spoke, dear reader. Not much has happened... but just for those interested in the minutia that may come into my daily life, here goes (strap in). For your convenience, I've broken it down into categories.

Job: I am good at it. Spreadsheets are my weapon and Alt E, S, V is my ammunition. (If you know what that does in Excel, throw up a comment). Economy goes in the toilet but we're still making dollas (and I have a job) so there ain't much to complain about here. Oh, and come January 1st, my office moves to a location only 4 blocks from my house. Hello, lethargy.

House: With a simple 90 degree rotation of my dresser, I've freed up approximately 7 more square feet of space in my room. Now this may not seem like a lot but considering my room is about 60 square feet to begin with, that's a spicy meatball... er, substantial.

In addition, the new project de semana has been the Cornhole boards I've created. If you don't know, here's a picture and here's what it is: It's a backyard game where two people stand 26 feet away from a slightly angled board with a hole in it and throw bean bags at it to get points. Bags are ordered (Blue and Gold, to bring a little g-dub over here) and hopefully the first game commences by Saturday.