Thirty days.

I can't really rant too much about my day because well, I did absolutely nothing today.

But while I was grabbing my coffee in the Union today, I walked past a group of people with FREE HUGS signs.

Honestly, I couldn't believe it. That youtube video I had watched so long ago, well it was happening right here, in the college I'm attending. To the point that when one of the girls said "Free hug?" I laughed. I really hope she didn't think I was laughing at her, I really couldn't believe she was asking me. And I would have come back and asked for a hug, but today... I just didn't want to be touched.

I realized how many different things I'm interested in. A quick wiki introduced me to a martial art called "Aikido". This one is interesting. While other arts aim to attack and inflict damage, Aikido is more of the "disarming" of an opponent. Think self-defense classes with 40 year old women trying to disarm a knifeman meets grappling. As wiki puts it:

"Aikido is performed by blending with the motion of the attacker and redirecting the force of the attack rather than opposing it head-on."

So say someone punches you straight on, you would push the arm away as it came at you, expelling much less energy than he used to throw it at you. Now times that by a hundred and apply to every another person can try to harm you. Kicks, punches, grabs, knives, close-range firearms, etc. Perfect for the not-so-defenseless women and perfect for me, who'd prefer not to smash your face in. Much like my choice to join wrestling in high school and my dislike in boxing and other striking sports.

Also on my list of interests today, cars. More specifically, fast cars.
I watched 2 Fast 2 Furious and Toyko Drift for the first time today. This is after I've start playing Need For Speed: Most Wanted again. And while I nearly died at the terrible acting in 2 Fast I found a new love for muscle cars, or as they called it "American Muscle". And then Toyko drift introduced me to a much better storyline, acting, and drifting.

Personally, I've always had a thing against import tuners. As Clint Eastwood put it: "Don't put a damn spoiler or anything on it [the Gran Torino] like the rest of those zipperheads . It looks fine the way it is." To me, those punks that like to have flames and spoilers and all sorts of shits to make their car look "sick", they're doing the opposite. Denzel Washington said something in American Gangster that I really agree with. "The loudest one in the room, is usually the weakest one." He proceeded to go about his gangster business in nothing more than a simple business suit, and met his demise only after he accepted an extragent coat from his girlfriend.

The same applies to cars. In my Most Wanted game, I'm currently driving a Lamborgini Gallardo, all the best parts, maxed out stats and everything. I could have easily given it slick wheels, a flashy paint job, and decals all over so you can't even see the paint. But no, I gave it a bold yellow coat, simple black rims, black window tint, black spoiler (it looked naked without it).
The end result? A simple color scheme that absolutely fit the car. I'll post a picture of it later.

One of my close friends who live in Georgia is currently picking up cars as a hobby. As much as I hate to admit it, he probably knows more about cars than I do. I definitely spent a good portion of today imagining going down there, buying a car, tuning the shit of it, winning a few races and living life.

But then I remembered I'm a student.

I think I've written enough. Even with an hour nap at 9, I'm exhausted. I'm too specific in these blogs. And I haven't even written close to as much as I want to... whatever.

Also, here's to the three new friends I made on DC++ who are probably all reading this and talking to me at the same time.

And to Roxanne, who doesn't deserve the shit I give her on certain nights. Happy anniversary babe.

And to the growing number of people who care in this world, you're proving me wrong every single day.

Song: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Teenager in Love (cover)
Mood: Content.
Food for Thought: "Being a gemini is all about going where ever the wind takes you."