Peace of Mind

Today... was a bit of a rough day for me.
It may or may not have had something to do with the copious amount of drink I consumed last night to celebrate my departure from teenage-dom.
Or maybe the physical consequences of what those drinks made me do...
But either way I went through the day feeling kind of like a zombie.
BUT around 6 o clock, I had some tea upstairs with John and Tim. And I had some yummy curry at dinner. And I felt better.

After dinner, I went to the CMC, where I am now, to import the hours and hours of footage I am going to try to edit this term. The footage is mostly from various trips I've been on with friends, but I like to think of them as home movies.

But importing the damn footage brought upon all types of problems. First my hard drive wan't mac compatible, then the footage was importing in a chopped up/inefficient fashion, then i had to reimport it all because it was in the wrong folder and it wouldn't let me move it.
Long story short, I've been here for about 3 hours now and I don't even have 1 tape on the damn hard drive, because I have to import it to the scratch disk, and then move it to the harddrive from there, which takes twice as long to do.

Needless to say, I'm pissed off. Which sucks, cause it was right when I was feeling better physically. But, I took a deep breath, watched this video and felt better about my life. His guitar playing is very peaceful, not to mention fucking mind boggling. He's incredibly talented. Make sure you watch the whole thing - he doesn't really get going until 1:45...

So I thought I would share this awesome video with you. And maybe next time you have a bad day after a drunken evening of hurdles, vomit, and getting your ass kicked (I deserved it, fyi) by your roommate, you can come back to the video and find some peace of mind. It worked for me!

The Olson Manifesto

That’s right. A manifesto. I can hear the naysayers now, “A manifesto? Don’t you think that is a little extreme? A little ridiculous? I mean, Mark, you're no Karl Marx or the Unibomber or someone trying to promote humanism!” And I say, no. Not really. But Wikipedia says a manifesto is “a public declaration of principles and intentions.” So that’s what my first post is going to be – a statement of my principles and intentions in regards to this blog. Because I cannot speak for my fellow stadium dwellers… only for myself.

First off, I hope to share a little bit of what living in Stadium 110 is like to the greater Carleton community, nay the whole fuckin internet. Because some people only know the wonderful people who live under the bleachers. Others have been in the room due to our parties, but have no idea who we are. And some people just don’t know shit. So I’ll try to help ya’ll get a better sense of what living in a stadium next to the Ski Room (where we hide shit when we move our couches for a party), next to the cannon (where Alfredo and I saw two cats fighting TO THE DEATH), next to the cage (where we get huge), and under the bleachers (where I will one day get a wingsuit and jump off of and fly like Toto’s video below).

Secondly, I’ll be posting stupid, amusing, awesome, weird internet videos. In fact, I’ll post one right now. Here is a video called Adventure Time. I often tell people of how random some of shit that goes through my head is. Well, this is the world I wished I lived in; the world I see when I close my eyes at night. It’s 7 min long, but its so worth it. Enjoy. Also here is a link to some more info on the show in case you end the video with that “wtf?” thought in your head.

Thirdly, I guess I’ll be sharing some of my thoughts. And while often my thoughts will be related to youtube videos and talking about how annoying the guys upstairs are when they practice their ratatat and kanye west cover “band,” believe it or not, I do have other things to think about.

On the subject of principles… I believe few things are more important than being a badass, eating really yummy tasting food, and living a life of satisfaction. Take that how you wish.

So that’s me and my manifesto. Let’s give this blog the ol` college try.

Some things to look forward to:
-A Beginners Guide to First Mate Charlie
-A discussion on the consideration of turning the common room into a ball pit
-My thoughts on Chocolate and Peanut Butter
-Things Carleton need (besides a lighthouse)
-Cartoons Now and Cartoons Then