>> THINGS I HATE PART 3

- the abbreviation "frosh" for freshmen.

-the abbreviation "prez" for President (pres or Pres is acceptable).

-when people put a logo or an animal or an actor instead of an ACTUAL picture of themselves as a facebook profile picture.

-mother and son tandem who wear matching karate outfits in public (didn't know i hated it until i saw it for the first time at costco).

-panhandlers that are obviously not poor. example, someone who drove up to me in a brand new mazda3 and said they needed money for gas. example, when you can see the homeless man checking his cellphone behind his cardboard sign.

-secondhand smoke.

-secondhand garlic breath.

-secondhand seranade.

-customers who expect the impossible and are thoroughly surprised that we can't come through for them (for example, making a color copy from a black and white original).

-emo music. screamo music. and nickelback.

-swamp coolers.

-the background music at albertsons.

-frosted tips. besides being tacky and flat out ugly, they were last cool at least 7 or 8 years ago.

-people who spell ridiculous, "rediculous". they miss the irony of how ridiculous they look.

-having to drive a minivan. trying to sleep in a minivan. minivans.

>>PIXAR POWER RANKINGS

this is probably one of the toughest, most nerve wracking thing i've ever had to decide. but now that i've seen Up, and consequently, all the Pixar movies, i am going to rank the ten movies in order, from most favorite to least favorite. you can argue with me but i'm pretty sure i'm right. (note: it was so hard to decide these, that for all intents and purposes, 1 through 8 are pretty much interchangeable).


1. The Incredibles - the most action filled of them all, and still managed to pull off the humor and suspense. Classic superhero characters. this movie pretty much blew me away.

2. Finding Nemo - just a great story, and classic hilarious characters and situations. debatably the most quotable of all the pixars.

3. Toy Story 2 - better than the first i think, also managed to create action and drama even with a plot so seemingly juvenile (toys?). funny, also some great parody of older movies.

4. Up - in my opinion probably the most well made of all the movies, and the saddest and most character driven.

5. Monster's Inc. - super funny and super quotable, sad moments, best duo of characters, with Mike and Sully.

6. A Bug's Life - I loved this one as a kid, just a classic underdog tale, also pulls off some exciting and funny moments.

7. Toy Story - you can't deny how classic and revolutionary this one was for it's time, also considering this was their first one.

8. Ratatouille - the most beautiful looking of all of them, and while a bit slow at times, still had an excellent story and well crafted characters.

9. WALL-E - i was dissapointed by this movie. While i'll admit it's look and animation was fantastic, i found it boring and nauseatingly nostaligic. i fell asleep when i saw it in theaters.

10. Cars - dumb humor, and not enough heart to get by as a cute underdog story. Dissapointing to me by pixar standards. also, i don't know about having owen wilson as the lead voice, he can get annoying...

>>SCOUT CAMP FT. SHAWN CARTER

okay. here's a tale for you, back story. a kid by the name of shawn carter goes from homegrown bountiful boy and suddenly he's a background dancer in high school musical 1, 2, 3. Fast forward to Scout Camp, his first starring role. omfrikingg. worst acted movie i've seen all summer, but gosh darn if it didn't depict scout camp fairly well. but i've never laughed so hard at how dumb a movie was before in my life. but i personally think dumb movies are fun. This movie was also one of the more dumbly quotable movies i've seen since Nacho Libre. this one satisfied by those standards. i'm not trying to bash shawn carter, he's a cool nice kid, was in my history class, funny. i'm not trying to bash anyone. but the movie sucked. but by sucking it was awesome.

that is all. see it. also the scout rap "Born To Be A Scout" featured in the movie is a must hear. throw em up for the bsa.

>>THE FACEBOOK STATUS UPDATERS ENCYCLOPEDIA

just my observation on what is cluttering my feed these days! ha ha not that i'm saying any one of the following categories below is bad (i fall into many of them myself a lot), just observing. we could all do to take facebook a little less seriously, no?.....

THE EMOTICON-OMIST - after you get past all the cute symbols and smilies and frownies, there may actually be something there. "Seth Merrill~~~~;););););) best night ever!!!!!:D:D:D:D:D:D:D~~~

~~~~~"

THE LINKER - no status is complete without a super long hyperlink or video. "Seth Merrill funniest thing i've seen all day! check it out. www.video.com/irirnlslk539;llekht'--eiro3ijo/dlfihalilkn2343><;'''odfapi.htm

THE QUOTER - may be inspirational, may be witty, may be wise. you never know. "Seth Merrill 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

THE LYRICIST - song lyrics that mean usually nothing to anyone but the updater. "Seth Merrill p p p p poker face p p p poker face. can't read minds, can't read minds."

THE NEWS ANCHOR - breaking news straight from the tv to facebook updates! if it's epic enough (michael jackson, swine flu) you become.....

THE BANDWAGONER - "Seth Merrill ...OMG. Michael Jackson RIP. the music lives on."

THE OBSERVER - observation on something that has happened during the day, often sarcastic. "Seth Merrill funny how the lady in front of me at the grocery store checkout had no money even after she checked her purse three times. i didn't mind standing there for half an hour."

THE ONE WORD-ER - ...short and to the point. "Seth Merrill pizza."

THE VAGUE - ....short and not to the point... "Seth Merrill...wow......just wow......"

THE VAGUE AND LENGTHY - telling your whole life story without ever using a proper noun. truly an art. "Seth Merrill doesn't know why he acts this way. I'm done, i'm just done with the whole thing. i can't stand feeling this way about that person anymore. What they've done...i never thought that would happen. I think the thing is over, and then somethng happens to someone and everything is back to the way it was before it happened..." well you get the idea

THE VAGUE AND HEARTBROKEN - sharing every detail of your personal life without really saying anything at all. "Seth Merrill misses her, so much...." or "Seth merrill...why do these sort of things always happen to me?"

THE ETERNAL OPTIMIST - the happiness sure rubs off:). "Seth Merrill had the best day ever!!! oh i don't want this week to end!!!"

THE COMPLAINER - ooooo the negativity rubs off worse. "Seth Merrill has the suckiest life. wow the only thing that could make my day better is if i pounded myself in the head with a medium sized rock."

THE CAP LOCKER/ WORD EXTENDER - similar to the emoticonomist. you find it's not really as long a read as you anticipated. "Seth Merrill WOOOOOAHHHHHH YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH THAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTT WASSSSSSS AWWWWEEEEESSSSOMMMMMMEEEEEE!!!!"

THE COUNTDOWN - hm. "Seth Merrill ...3 days left till college!"

THE VAGUE COUNTDOWN - "Seth Merrill.....can't wait for 5 days from now!"

THE INSIDE JOKE-STER - are we supposed to understand? no. "Seth Merrill the llama isn't hungry anymore:) hahaha! oh man!"

THE BORED - apparently telling everyone on facebook that you have nothing to do qualifies as something to do. "Seth Merrill has nothing to do...."

THE CONSTANT UPDATERS/ FACEBOOK OBSESSED - you know the people. excited by the day's normal activity. Again. and again. and again. "Seth Merrill totally just got done chopping broccoli for dinner tonight." "Seth Merrill totally just got done driving home from Centerville to go to my aunts house." "Seth Merrill okay i'm home now. i think i want some ice cream. what do you guys think: ice cream or smoothie? mmm they both sound good."

THE MATHEMATICIAN - one fun thing + one fun thing + one food item = one really really fun event. "Seth Merrill john burning his hand in the fire + having to run away from that bear + s'mores = best campout ever!!!!"

THE FRUSTRATED PARENT (submitted by Colton Packard) - "Seth Merrill anyone want to borrow three children to tear up their house for the night?" No. no one does.

THE LONELY AND DESPERATE (submitted by Adam Jones) - i could call a friend to hang out. or i could ask all 284 of my friends on facebook, one of them is bound to want to do something. "Seth Merrill okay i have an extra ticket to the fair, and i don't know why but my girlfriend doesn't want to come. Who is free from 3-8:30 today? Also i'm thinking of throwing a party tomorrow, if i can get 8 people to come."

THE SARCASMASTER/ DRY HUMOR (submitted by Clark Nielson) - no one understands your humor, so everyone takes you seriously and you come off like an insensitive jerk. "Seth Merrill bad news - michael jackson died. but just look on the bright side - michael jackson died."

and the ultimate facebook conundrum: is saying you have nothing to say qualify as saying something??? "Seth Merrill has nothing to put in my status update."



-seth macbeth

>>MOVIES AT MEGAN'S

...don't ask me why, because i don't think i can really give you an answer:) it's like global warming - it just happened. I can tell you though, Megan has introduced me to a whole new category of entertainment:)

anyways, here they are (plus a mini review for each one):


HAIRSPRAY: colorful, energetic, and mildly disturbing

HSM1: peppy, laughable at times, almost too energetic, and Shawn Carter.

HSM2: redundant, summerful, better than the first (still doesn't do it for me though:). Shawn Carter.

TAKE THE LEAD: Ethically diverse, hispanic, good dancing though. and it had Rufio in it.