iPad 2 Just Confirmed Delivery

I know what you're thinking, iPad, why do you need an iPad, I will answer that simply with, "cause it's freakin sweet." Sure the iPad might not be the most necessary $500 purchase for you to make but hey sometimes you have to splurge and treat yourself to something. A lot of people say "iPad is just an oversized iPhone or iPod touch," and I would say, "perhaps the iPhone is an undersized iPad." Okay I'll stop with the question and answer portion, but seriously, yes the iPad might be a bit of a luxury, something I do not NEED right now, but I bought one anyway haha. I'm actually really interested in using it, and not just for playing a blown up version of Angry Birds or Fruit Ninja. There are some functions I am really looking forward to, like tethering it to my HTC Thunderbolt, and the ability to even plug my guitar into the iPad and edit songs on the new Garage Band for iPad. Like I mentioned, it might be totally unnecessary at this point, but I did wait through the release of the original iPad and now I'm ready to jump on the bandwagon

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Bad Teacher

This is something that I think most students can relate to, getting a bad professor. I am currently in a class this semester that simply put is miserable. The professor is a high leveled professor at this University but let me assure you, her ability to teach is lacking. The class is long, haha, lets just say two and half hours feels like forever. Throughout the semester there have been several assignments where she simply has the assignment written on our syllabus but absolutely no explanation or outline of what she wants. It really has soured my opinion on some of the classes at Fordham. It really takes away from the experience that college is supposed to deliver, us students pay a lot of money to attend and learn at an institution like Fordham, and it really is a major let down when a professor who has clearly been here for years has simply stopped caring it seems. Sure she is smart, she is knowledgeable, but is it so hard to comprehend that not everyone is cut out to teach no matter how smart they are. Not everyone is cut out to be a professional athlete, or medical professional, so why think that everyone that gets a Masters Degree or PhD is cut out to teach our nations young people. Bottom line, not everyone is a great teacher and this course has really made my semester less than stellar.

ps Professor Leshi, this is not an entry about you haha

New Photo I Took-HDR Photo Of Keating Hall

New Look and Name

Since I decided to give in to the critics and start using super duper swell grammar, I have decided to clean up the look and change the name of the blog as well. All of us really like it!

*Cast members of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia are in no way affiliated with this blog haha

-john

Giving In :( Haha

So, I like to think of my writing style as something casual, something people can read almost as if they are having a simple conversation with me. As many of my followers and classmates have pointed out I tended to shy away from using proper grammar in my blog, and today I am officially making the transition to proper grammar, per request of many who reviewed my blog.I will even edit some previous posts to bring them up to the grammar code that is drilled into our tiny heads as grade school students.
This brings me to my topic for the day which is the idea of growing up, the fact that last week ws my birthday and I turned a whopping 23 years of age. It finally seems to be hitting me that my days of being a young kid are over, when it comes to reality. I have a simple philosophy that I live by and that is just to be happy, don't let people bring you down. It's important to realize that everyday you live can't be an amazing day. Everyday you wake up can't be a beautiful warm sunny day. People don't realize that you need crappy rainy days, and cold winter nights, so that those beautiful warm days are like paradise to us. Moving forward it's weird to move onto a totally new stage of your life, and whether you want to admit it or not, you tend to leave part of your last stage behind, not everyone and everything can make that transition. I, however, am going to make sure some things stay with me for as long as possible, my best friends from grade school I still am in constant contact with, despite being hundreds of miles away and only seeing each other a few times a year. I also am going to make sure I don't lose my childlike personality and idea of just being happy. One of my good friends has a great quote that we constantly say, "being mature is over-rated." I know, I know, kind of childish but I really do believe the happiest people I know that are adults, really show an immature side to them, now I'm not saying to make fart jokes in the middle of a business meeting, or anything of that nature.
I do think that men especially need sometime to just let loose and be "a kid" again, whether its playing paintball, or going out drinking like you're in college again, no matter how awful you might feel the next day. I really believe that this type of behavior is necessary for men to stay stress free and on top of everything else in their lives. I've met a lot of successful businessmen and a large majority of them seem absolutely miserable, despite being very successful, I guarantee these guys have been acting "proper" and 100% mature for decades and it really an show. Now everything I'm saying here has no scientific support, or any support at all for that matter, but it is simply something I've noticed. You might think, "why the hell would I listen to this guys crazy observations about life?" I mean you don't have to, this is all something I am simply just throwing out there, but just because you might not agree with me, doesn't mean I'm not right.

-john