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My beef with Jordans

I do not understand the value of Jordan's beyond the fact that they've been trendy for 20+ years. To this day I am many things, but a shoe nerd I am not. To this day I can literally only tell maybe 5-6 pair of Jordan's by their specific name. That's lame for someone who's played basketball their whole life, I know, but I've never really understood the trend. Like I literally never look at the shoes on people's feet, ever!

Speaking of feet, since were already down there, I've also don't fully understand socks! Like why would you spend 16 dollars on one pair of socks, when you could but 6 pairs of socks for 14 dollars, minus the Nike swoosh? It's just bad business.

I am a business major at my college and I often think of things strictly in terms of money. It's a gift and a curse because it's made me a healthy combination of cheap but financially responsible as well. I pride myself on my economic decision making. Which is again, why I don't see how someone can spend  an entire rent check on two pairs of shoes!

Now, if you're rich already, by all means, spend your money. My beef comes more with people who waste the little money they have, on things they can not afford i.e Jordans, elite socks, etc.

Call me cheap, I know you will. But it's just my thoughts on the ridiculously overrated sneakers.

They are pretty cool though, so what do I know?

Survivor Cagayan

Wednesday night, the 28th season of Survivor concluded.

Confession time folks,

I still love Survivor. Not quite as much as I love Big Brother, but definitely more then I like any other reality TV show. When I was a kid growing up with my sister and mom in California, we used to bond regularly over reality TV. I don't understand the hate on reality TV, if you don't like it, don't watch it. I approach reality TV in a way that I think everyone should. I watch it purely as a source of entertainment. The way these shows are edited and produced, is to entertain us. We're suppose to watch and end up loving certain people, hating certain people, and hoping our favorite contestants will win, but in actual reality, we really know very little about any of the people.

Anyways, this season of Survivor was one of my favorites in a few years. It was nice because I was actually able to watch it not loving any of the contestants, but liking them all just enough I could see the excitement in all of their success. I will avoid posting any spoilers because to be honest, there's not reason to spoil it if you haven't watched the end yet.

But since there really isn't anything to discuss without spoilers I'm going to make a list of my favorite contestants 1-18 - just for fun.

1. Woo
2. Alexis
3. Tony
4. Kass
5. Tasha
6. Spencer
7. Cliff
8. Jefra
9. LJ
10. Jeremiah
11. Trish
12. Sarah
13. Morgan
14. David
15. Brice
16. Garrett
17. J'tia
18. Lindsey

I am excited for this season of Big Brother as well. 

All in all, I think that reality TV is just as entertaining as scripted TV. I despise when people blindly hate on it, but at the end of the day, it's their loss I guess. 

Bring on Survivor season 29, I know I'll be tuning in like always. 

PS: Jeff Probst may have the best job of all time

Why Cooking Rice Sucks

I've accomplished a lot of things in my life. 

Well,

in comparison to people with actual achievements, I guess I haven't. But to people my age, I have accomplished a lot of things. But one thing I've never done is be able to cook rice. It seems simple right?

"Exact directions on the package of rice" 

For two cups of rice bring 5 cups of water to a boil*

Stir in rice

Let cook covered for 45 minutes

*add butter and salt if desired 

Should have been simple right? 

Wrong. Cooking rice sucks. It never comes out good, ever. It's never as good as any teriyaki place's rice either. Here's a list of some things I'd rather do then cook rice. 

1. Drag my feet through a pile of nails
2. Re-watch the Spurs vs. the Heat Game 6 of the NBA Finals
3. Buy cooked rice
4. Pay anyone up to cook me rice
5. Eat rainbow sherbet ice cream (not a fan, in case the sarcasm wasn't detected)

You know what the worst part about it was? 

Right after the rice was ruined, I found a rice cooker in the depths of my cabinet. 

Family Guy vs. South Park I

I've always loved both shows, ever since I was a kid. 

A while back the question was proposed to me, which is better, Family Guy or South Park? 

I had to take a step back and really think about this for a moment. First of all, the question is flawed fundamentally. Obviously we all love to compare and contrast because we're a society that's based on merit rather then consistent performance.

At first thought, I'd say South Park. I think that across the board South Park has better characters. I think that it has more quality episodes - (the early Family Guy years have some duds, where as the early South Park episodes are arguably as funny as the current ones). But then after I think for a moment, I can't help but think about Family Guy. I laughed so hard at Family Guy's 200th episode where Brian and Stewie are locked in a vault, I nearly cried. 

I'm going to let this debate simmer for a while and discuss with my friends, so I'll probably come back to this one. Comment below if you have any opinions or preferences you'd like to enlighten me on. 

Game of Thrones Pt. IV

"What do we say to the god of death?"

"Not today" 

P.S. this will be the last time I post something that isn't worthwhile...(at least to my best efforts) 

Facebook Unfriending Spree

I think it's time I go on a Facebook unfriending spree.

The reasons for which are complicated but also relatively simple at the same time. Facebook sucks now. It used to be my favorite form of social media. It used to be the only site where I could stay in touch with a lot of my friends. Speaking of "friends," I have 785. I'd say among social media members my age who aren't famous, incredibly good looking, or incredibly outgoing that's pretty good.

But how many of those people are my friend?

I used to swear to people that I could explain my legitimate friendship with every person on my social media accounts. Confession: I lied. I did honestly believe that when I said it, honest. But then it got out of hand.

I have to delete a lot of you on Facebook today and I sincerely don't want anyone to be offended. See, here's the thing guys...

Facebook really did used to be my favorite social media. But today, even with the immense amount of money Facebook commands, they still can't seem to figure out my newsfeed.

Listen, I have to delete a lot of you today not because we aren't friends, or I don't care about your well being in every day life. I have to delete a lot of you today because I don't like the things that you post. I actually am sorry, because I wish that I did. But today is the day I snapped. I never want to see:

• another post complaining about someone who you may or may not beat up
• another "tbh" like my status
• another shared article from Upworthy
• ANYTHING FROM BUZZFEED
• an online quiz that can tell me which character I would be from a Disney movie
• constant pictures and posts about you getting high or drinking
• another post that includes the phrase 'and what happened next will amaze you' 
• shared news articles over 48 hours old - I really stay up on current events, pop culture, etc. I am a blogger after all guys

I really love Facebook because I can keep up with friends who's lives I probably wouldn't otherwise get updates from. If they get a new car, I can see how lame or awesome it is. If they get engaged, get a new job, or win the lottery I'll know! The only way that I will be able to see the posts from the people I want is the trim the hedges a bit. 

For the record, I used to joke all the time about how serious I took Facebook, and how annoying it was when people didn't add me and such, I officially declare - "I do not care" 

I need to save my Facebook, because it's on life support. The unfriend button will be my path to making Facebook an enjoyable experience again.