Jon Furniss

I didn’t go to the gym today.

That was to be expected.

I am terrible at motivating myself to do almost anything that will better my life.

Haha.

Oh well, it’s my own fault and I guess I’ll just have to live with it, and myself, and whatnot.

I’m getting to that point where I’m really tired of school again.

But I think I’ve learned my lesson and I won’t try to drop out this semester (like I almost did at least once per semester before this…).

Most pointless post ever? Quite possibly.

The world is constantly spinning and revolving inside a solar system that is spinning and revolving inside a galaxy that is spinning and revolving inside a universe that we’re not even sure exists.

It’s a wonder we’re not all more dizzy all the time.

I want to write a book.

Am I too lazy?

Probably.

I want to start going to the gym again tomorrow.

Am I too lazy?

Almost definitely.

I need someone who will constantly stand behind me and push me and kick me and make me do things, and then run around in front of me and tempt me with treats.

Anybody want the job? I can’t pay very well, but I make some damn good brownies (from damn good mix, of course).

So the other day I was feeling bored and poetic and big dreaming and such so I e-mailed the guy who I want to be when I grow up, Rives. I said:

Dear Rives,

I am an aspiring something, and I admire you to no end.

I love your poetry, your writing, and who you are.

How did you do it?

How can I do it?

How can I get myself into the dream life you seem to be living?

I’ve got a lot of heart, and a couple words, and I want the chance to be able

to intertwine them together to make the world a better place.

I don’t know if I’m looking for advice, for options, for a let down, for a

chance to dream more, or for nothing at all, but there’s nothing I’d love more

than if you just said something to me.

I dream, and I daydream, and a lot of times I write them.

If you want to check out my blog (if you have time, of course) that would be

awesome:

http://jonfurniss.wordpress.com

Thanks for being awesome, and keep it up.

And I was kind of upset that NPR didn’t mention you on the page of that Super

Tuesday song.

Thanks,

Jon
A couple days later he responded:

I did it the hard way, the very hard way:

1) Never whine

2) Make more eye contact

That took years to master. Good luck.

–Rives
That  made me happy. So I’ve been trying to whine less (not always working) and make more eye contact.

Spring break is in two weeks.

Whoo.

I’m not going to Mexico, or Florida, or anywhere but work really.

I lead an exciting life, don’t let me tell you otherwise.

Speaking of work, it’s time for it.

Readership is starting to drop off again… I wonder if it has anything to do with my incessant ability not to update often enough?

Sorry about that, I’ll try to change that soon.

But right now, I’ve got other things on my mind.

I should play with Legos more.

I should work less.

I should pay more attention to school.

And I should have some sense of where I’m going and what I’m planning.

I’ll get right on that.

Or probably not, since I suck at doing, well, just about anything.

Okay, pause.

(Be happy, be happy, be happy, be happy.)

Okay, life is good. It’s really better than it has been in a long time.

I am happy. Right now I’m just a little bit less happy.

But I am happy.

Yes.

I am happy.

I’ve been negligent lately, I’m sorry.

But my life has been busy, and I have lots of stuff to do. Half my time is spent with school and school work, half my time is spent at work, and half my time is spent doing other stuff. And yes, I do work at 150% efficiency. But still, not quite enough time for doing all the blogging I’d like to need.

So Blu-ray has officially won the format war. That’s exciting. I’m glad I never bought my HD-DVD player. And that increases the reasons for me getting a PS3. Ah, I need to start robbing banks, or dealing drugs, because I almost certainly do not have enough money for any of the things that I want. But, you know, that’s how I roll.

So going back to work hasn’t been that bad. I go there and pretty much do nothing, just like I’ve always done. I’m a bit bored with job and whatnot, but I’ll survive. I’m thinking of possibly quitting Best Buy at the end of this semester, or at least moving down to part time. But probably quitting, unless I get a promotion or  a raise or something like that. But for serious, that place drains the life out of me like… a drain drains the water out of whatever it is draining, and  it drains my wallet like, well… the same simile as before.

I skipped an entire day of school yesterday for the first time this semester. That’s a record for how long I’ve gone without skipping a whole day of school. Go me. But when I got home at 5:30 in the morning and realized that my alarm was set for 20 minutes later, it was one of those “Screw that” moments, which everyone is so fond of. Or whatevs.

For my Organizational Behavior class, we took this personality tests, and found out our personalities and such. I don’t really get it, but there’s all these different type modes and such, and everybody’s everything to a certain degree and whatnot. I have no idea what I’m talking about. Here. But anyway, my assignment over last weekend was to choose two of my weaker type modes and create goals to strengthen them. So I did. But I haven’t been doing them. Go me, laziness, and procrastination. We make an awesome team.

I saw Jumper on Tuesday night. I liked it, it wasn’t fantastic, but I didn’t think it was going to be. But I thought it was good, and I think a sequel has a lot of potential, if they do it right. I also heard that the book is awesome, so I’m going to have to check that out sometime. On that note, I think Hayden Christensen (AKA Anakin Skywalker) is a terrible actor. Oh well.

That is all.

Or maybe not, we’ll see.

First, some brand new Thoughts from Dead Stick Figures:

The Text:
Panel 1:
USED CARS
“I want a car that can fly!”
“This car can fly.”
Panel 2:
CLIFF
“I’m flying!”
Panel Three:
Bottom of CLIFF
“It couldn’t fly…”

The Text:

“Reincarnation:
A bitch to be reckoned with
Suicide is bad.”

The Text:

Panel 1:
“Gnarly! Hard core windsurfing!”
Panel 2:
IMPALED!
“In Soviet Tornado, wind surfs you…”

I just couldn’t resist the Soviet Russia joke you know? Because, well, I’m a sucker for that sort of thing…

I’ve also been haiku crazy (the official name of this is Haiku Syndrom) the last few days, with the most exciting part of this being that I learned “Mexican Baby” is five syllables long, and well, awesome.

So here’s one that I wrote this morning:

beauty is precious
trees and flowers don’t wonder
humming birds hover

So, why haven’t I been updating for real lately?

Mainly because I’m lazy. Secondarily because I’ve been doing a lot of reading. I’m rereading the Dune series. I am currently on book four out of five. This is my first time reading the sequals to Dune since about seventh or eighth grade, and I now understand how the whole thing went completely over my head. These books really are a work of genius, and the plots and idea behind the whole thing are masterful. Frank Herbert was the man.

So today was the first day back to work after my vacation. It wasn’t too bad. We were a bit busy because of the pseudo-holidy of President’s Day, but I survived. Yeah, now I’m basically aiming for cruise control towards the summer. I will go into robot mode at work and school and just deal with it. My goal is to make this be the first semester that I don’t seriously consider dropping out, and I think that I can do it! And then there’s my social life, which I intend to work on, and you know, have it be cool and fun and social. And such.

As for Lego building. I cleaned up my room on Saturday and no longer have a “massacre of Legos” on my floor, so I’m not as tempted to build awesome creations. But you know, I don’t want to completely abandon Legos, like I pretty much did the past three or four years of my life. So if anybody has any suggestion of things I should build, I am down for that.

And that’s all I’ve got today.

Ever heard of Improv Everywhere?

They’re pretty awesome, check out more of their stuff over at their website.

An important graffiti message on the way home from school yesterday:

This made me really happy, check it out:

Lava Boats

You know who you are:

And yes… he is very, very cuddly!

Happy Valentine’s Day! =)

Happy Valentine’s Day!