This blog would be a lot better if I had something to say.

Hoy está miércoles. No tengo mucho a decir.

Well, that takes care of that. I’ve been paying attention lately to the advertisement at the top of my blog and for some reason it always amazes me when the advertisement changes to something that’s almost relevant to my posts.

For instance, after playing Spot the Fake Proverb last Friday, my advertisement changed to Christian related things – one of the links was for Christian Book Distributors. Funnily enough, I ordered something from them on Monday after clicking on the link from my own blog. They have some great prices. No, this isn’t an advertisement.

Then, I noticed yesterday that the advertisement changed to bottled water for a little while. I’m assuming this is because I used the words “bottled water” in my post and not because I posted the picture of Fiji water.

So, I’ve decided to see what advertisements will show up when I choose certain words – and I will type it several times in order to trick Google into thinking my website pertains to the chosen words.

chimichanga con carne
chimichanga con carne
chimichanga con carne
chimichanga con carne
chimichanga con carne

(I decided to go with the Spanish theme)

Let’s see what happens.

Since it's Tuesday and all, I decided to check AmericanGreetings.com again. Today happens to be Floral Design Day. I'm not sure of the best way to make fun of this. Seriously, they only had to come up with 365 things and one of them is in appreciation of Floral Designs. The e-card says "Remember to stop and arrange the roses." Right.

So that you don't think that I'm all talk, I've decided to come up with some meaningful things to celebrate. My first inclination is to make a list of 365 things that would be way better than Floral Design Day, but I have to remind myself I'm in law school and really don't have time for that. So, here's 10 things for which I'd like to set aside a day.

10. Fiji bottled water Day - you gotta love that natural Artesian water that comes from springs thousands of miles away from industrial pollution (or so they say)

9. Sauteed Onions Day - I don't care what you're cooking, sauteed onions really liven things up.

8. Spanish Language Day - check the blog tomorrow

7. Protein Shake Day - there's nothing like getting all the protein you need from a drink

6. Johnny Lingo Day - we all need to believe in ourselves (see yesterday's post)

5. Seinfeld Day - I think we'd all agree

4. Lord of the Rings Trilogy Day - since it would take almost a whole day to watch the extended edition trilogy, I think it's very appropriate, and I love that Samwise Gamgee

3. Animal Cracker Day - I'll eat anything that's in the shape of animals, letters, or people

2. Toilet Paper Day - it's #2 for a good reason

1. Punter Day - professional punters deserve a lot more credit than they get, and it's my dream job

And, with that said, happy Floral Design Day.

I didn't want to post again because I didn't want to push down my Office Space post, but I figure I have to post again sometime, so it might as well be now. I just read a blurb on MSNBC about a soccer team that traded a player in exchange for 33 lbs. of meat. This reminds of me something that probably isn't relevant at all.

In 10th grade health class, we had to watch the movie Johnny Lingo for some reason. I'm not going to summarize the movie (much). It was apparently produced by the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as tool used for teaching people about their value as humans. Actually, I think we had to watch this movie in health class at the same time we were learning about eating disorders.

The only reasons this movie has stuck with me since 10th grade are because it was incredibly cheesy and I enjoyed telling girls their value as approximated by the number of cows they would be worth. In the movie, Mahana turns out to be worth eight cows - which happened to be the largest number of cows ever offered for a bride on that particular island (which shocked everyone because Mahana was "ugly," or at least everyone thought she was until she realized her beauty when she was traded for eight cows).

Also, as luck would have it (?), Kim and I watched the movie on our honeymoon on the cruise ship. I don't know why Carnival Cruise Lines was playing this movie on the in-room televisions, but it worked out great because now Kim knows what I'm talking about when I call her a 10-cow woman. (thank goodness)

I also like to say she looks like a million crispy chicken nuggets, but that's totally irrelevant to this post.

Anyway, I feel bad for the soccer player because 33 lbs. of meat is way less than 1 full cow. I hope that doesn't make him feel less valuable as a person.

Looks like someone's got a case of the Mondays.

I'm headed over to Chotchky's for some shrimp poppers and extreme fajitas.

I guess that paragraph in Spanish took so much out of me that I needed 48 hours of recovery time. Apparently I'm all better.

In thinking about friendship, I decided to look up some Bible verses online. As it turns out, there's only 52 verses in the Bible that use the word "friend" (at least in the American Standard version, and I'm assuming the website is accurate). So, based on what I found, I've decided to play Spot the Fake Proverb!

The rules are as follows: one of the five phrases below isn't really from the book of Proverbs. Please no cheating, by either looking below or searching the Bible.

1. Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.
2. Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
3. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
4. Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.
5. A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.


Game Intermission Picture:


And the answers:

1. Proverbs 19:4 - Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.
2. Proverbs 19:6 - Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
3. Proverbs 27:6 - Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
4. James 4:4 - Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.
5. Proverbs 17:17 - A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

Yeah, you probably thought I was going to make up a proverb on my own and throw it in. I thought about it but I couldn't think of anything non-funny that wouldn't have been obvious. So, I hope you have enjoyed this round of Spot the Fake Proverb!

¡Feliz Miércoles! He pensado que miércoles es el día de español. No tengo razón por esto actividad, pero pienso que lo ayúdame con mis habilidades de la lengua de español. Yo reconoce que mis habilidades están muy insuficientes, ¡pero yo perseveraré! Yo disfruto la lengua de español y quiero que continuar a actualizar mi “blog” en español todos los miércoles. Así, otra vez, ¡feliz miércoles!

With that said, I'll also say that I won't write entirely in Spanish on Wednesdays. Also, for any of my hispanic readers, I'm sorry if I butchered your language...I'm really trying to get better. And, the below picture has absolutely nothing to do with this post, it's just a random picture I found in Google images and I think it's kind of funny.

Still thinking about the friendship thing. I'm sure I'll have something later today.

According to AmericanGreetings.com, February 21st is Pizza Delivery Day. Actually, every day is some kind of day according to American Greetings. It's hard to keep up with the schedule since every day is something new, but I feel like Tuesdays are good days to check out the site and see what's so special about today. Had I known last night that today was going to be Pizza Delivery Day, I would have woken up a much happier man this morning. That's really not true at all, I'm just trying to make it seem like today is special. I do wonder, however, if something as cheesy as American Greetings declaring today Pizza Delivery Day actually causes a spike in pizza deliveries. I'm going to call Papa John's later today and see if they have any comments.

Also, February is apparently Friendship month as well. I can only assume that this is another American Greetings ploy, but I think friendship is a good thing, so cheers to February and friendship. Writing about friendship makes me wonder about my "friendship skills" - those characteristics that make me a good friend, or the lack of those skills that make me a poor friend to have. For those of you who read my survey below, I've recently stated that I doubt that I'm a good friend.

Quite randomly, I'm reminded of a quote from Batman Begins (great movie, by the way, much better than the other Batman movies). "It's not who you are inside, but what you do that defines you."

I think that would apply very well to this whole friendship discussion. I feel that way because it really doesn't matter how much I enjoy another person's company or how great I feel about someone, my actions are really what defines the friendship. I realize that I have tons of "friends" to whom I probably don't show friendship - at least not as well as I could.

While recognizing these things, I don't really know what else to say or do about it. So, I'll keep you posted throughout the remaining days of February on my insights on friendship - however un-valuable they may be.