Flavor of the Bi-week

Welcome back for this unprecedented 2nd blog post in a single week!  Things of this stature have never been heard of before in the modern world!  Laughs, fear, and a love story unfolds?  Stay tuned to find out - only right here do things one might consider "colossal" happen on a weekly (or bi-weekly) basis.  This is the place to get that "raw and dirty" news you actually care about up-front and personal.  You know, "stuff" that matters.  After all, they always say (who's "they"?), everything happens in New York affects the rest of the country.  (google search "financial crisis")

Hipster Look of the Week

As you know New York is arguably the "hippest" place on the East Coast.  I regularly see people acting too-cool-for-school, and see people who won't admit it, but care deeply about their "look."  This author does not fall into this category and would never care about looks or clothes or being "cool."  Ok, so maybe I do, but I'm "above" the hipsters here.  So maybe that comment just made me be considered a "hipster."  I digress....

My hip-ness probably isn't as cool as other people.  There are two major reasons

 for this:  1) I'm an engineer.  I basically have no hope of ever being "cool" or "accepted" or "that guy" or suave.  It's just engraved into our DNA that we're destined to be the dorks of the world that drive on the video game industry.  But I am engaged to a fashion designer - so I have some, though slim, hope.  2) I'm a runner.  We don't generally care about our looks, hygiene, newness of clothing, etc.  And let's be honest: short shorts are not cool for dudes.  They weren't even that cool in the 70's and 80's.  

So if you want to be "hip" this week, hit up your local Old Navy, they have the sales that will drive all the girls wild!!

Manly Feature (of all time)

The Beard.  If you haven't realized it yet, you've one way or another seen a nice, burly gentlemen with a indistinguishable full beard and thought, "If only all men were like him, our world 

would surely be a more enjoyable place."  Great men of note who had/have a beard:  Chuck Norris, Paul Bunyan, Grizzly Adams, and Jesus.  The beard is not just a fashion statement - it is a way of life.  This author knows a thing or two about the "Way of the Beard" and argues - "if the savior of the world can wear a beard, why can't YOU?

Crazy thing(s) that's happened in the last few days

Wow, this gives me some pressure to come up with something.  It's honestly been a pretty normal past few days - I haven't even gone out to eat (besides Maui Tacos = crazy de-li-cious!)  I suppose the "craziest" occurrence in the past few days has been me staying up to 11:00 one night and not falling asleep on the couch.  Crazy, huh?

Post Script

If you haven't caught on to the "Office-phenomenon" then you seriously should.  Thursday nights at 9 - what else are you doing?  Don't even give me that: "But I watch Grey's Anatomy instead!"  I will compare that to going to a "uppity" restaurant for a burger rather than the pub next door.  You think you're "better" than the pubbies, yet you notice your burger (show) is lacking and you paid too much (wasted too much time) and people are having more fun in the pub (watching the Office) anyway.  Plus, the Office is "cool" so you can make some new friends around the coffee pot/water cooler in the morning discussing Jim and Pam's relationship, or the newest antic from Michael Scott.  Just watch out, you might get "Nard-dawg'ed."

I giggle like a young school girl when I get the ever-so-desired email saying "Your blog has received a comment!"  So feel free to talk, discuss, argue, make fun of, cherish and blabber on in the "comments" section below.  Trust me - I read them (thanks mom and em!) and will most probably respond in a timely manner since I check my email every 2.48 minutes.  

"...and that's all she wrote!" or in this case, it's a "he" but it doesn't sound the same to put "....and that's all he wrote!" because it's just a classic finishing touch.  Or "the fat lady has sung!"  or some other cheesy form of dismissing everyone until after the weekend.  Adios!