360

Got my XBOX 360 in the mail today.
Note: This is not going back on my previous post. I ordered it last week. No more spending. Really

Assessments:
Madden 09 will be hard to learn.
Call of Duty 3 makes me dizzy.

PLAYTIME!

Budget!

Other than food, no more unplanned spending.
This is more of a note to self than anything.
Feel free to comment though.

Are you spending too much?

The Best Series I've Ever Seen.

If you haven't watched The West Wing, I suggest you do. I mean, yeah, I am a huge fan of the Wire and it's become one of my favorite shows of all time. But if you were inspired/thought-provoked by the Wire, watch The West Wing.

Here's a scene from season 4 of the show. The president is on a campain for re-election and two of his top aides, Toby Zeigler and Josh Lyman are discussing the election.

Toby: "If our job teaches us anything, it's that we don't know what the next president's gonna face. If we choose someone with vision, someone with guts, someone with...gravi tas, whose connected to other people's lives and cares about making them better. If we choose someone to inspire us, then we'll be able to face what comes our way, and achieve things we can't imagine yet. Intead of telling people who's the most qualified, instead of telling people who's got the better ideas, let's make it obvious."

It's gonna be hard."

Josh: "Then we'll do what's hard."

A president that inspires. The cynic in me thought I could only find it in a TV show.

Coach.

An addendum to the Hope post. I saw Coach Carter today at the store for $4. Hell yeah I bought it. Plus it has the the Hope music video on the special features. So sick.

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."

A Good Read.

The Power of One by Bruce Courtenay is an incredibly inspirational book. It's about a young boy, Peekay, who grows up in South Africa during the Apartheid movement. He faces a lot of oppression and goes through a lot of hardships. Still not finished yet, but here's a passage that I found to be particularly thought-provoking.

The scene is of a German music professor, Doc, who teaches Peekay not only how to play the piano, but also many other life lessons.

'His piercing blue eyes looked into mine. "Always listen to yourself, Peekay. It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention. If you are wrong, no matter, you have learned something and you will grow stronger. If you are right, you have taken another step toward a fulfilling life."'

Something I Don't Quite Understand.

My dad's infatuation with black and white westerns. Maybe it's because he's a staunch Republican. Should I tell him that I'm voting for Senator Obama? Hrm.

White guy always wins in westerns. And the minorities are always in servitude. Sound familiar?

Make Your Move.

Yesterday I had a good conversation with a good friend. Two things I love.

I asked if my blog was kinda emo. Her response, "Well, you've almost died twice. So if anyone has an excuse to be emo, it's you." We both laughed.

But as I think about it, I'm pretty far from emo. Or at least what I perceive as emo. I always try to have hope. Look at the bright side of things. Because that's all any of us can do. Right? Hope that the best is yet to come. Yeah! It is. We're all still pretty young. No matter what mistakes or what missed opportunities we might have made in the past, the cool thing is that on any given day, we can try and wipe our slate clean by forgetting about it and by saying we won't make those mistakes in the future. I'm sure we will repeat some of the same mistakes and miss some more opportunities. But we'll also learn from our past and do better on some other things.

Dwelling on the past makes for unhappy present and an unstable future.

On a side note. A special shout-out to Quiz.
Damn, she probably woulda given me her number if I asked for it. Oh those missed opportunities! Haha.

Love you all. (I know that was kinda emo. But hell. I almost died twice :P)