Soul-Searching
Yeah, I need to do some of that, to find myself and to find direction. Toronto has not been feeling right ever since I returned. I fear a lot of the good things that has happened within me and to me while I was away is being undone by the poor environment at home and by being fragmented away from community.
Toronto in the distant past has been host to many of the unkind events in my life. Either I face the demons or become insignificant and lost in the shuffle. Feeling a lot like Brooks Hadlin...well, minus the hanging myself part.
Or maybe... Toronto just sucks (i.e., sports teams and the TTC), and it's finally getting to my head, haha.
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The UN can talk all it wants. Iran's centrifuges will keep spinning... and before long, in a moment of human weakness, none of what I want, what I have, or what is in my wallet will have any meaning. Something drastic needs to happen.
Write the Future
This is an amazing Nike Ad that really hypes up the World Cup and football in general. Featuring appearances by Ronaldo, Rooney, Homer Simpson, and even Kobe Bryant, this commercial is, in my opinion, three minutes of epic awesomeness. It really shows how the direction of an athlete's future can be defined by a single moment.
It is not only athletes that experience these moments. I have and I am sure everyone else has as well. From deciding which university or college to attend, whether or not you passed an exam, to saying 'hi' to that girl or guy, these moments can all define the direction of our future. The decisions we make all have butterfly effects that can lead us on paths to happiness and prosperity or misery and poverty.
But this begs the eternal and unsolved question: Do we have the agency to "write the future" or has it already been written? No one knows with absolute certainty but it is evident Nike believes in the former. For me, this has always been a point of contention, especially now for those who know me.
The Pursuit of Awesomeness
I heard this song on the radio and it made my day. Spose - I'm Awesome.
When I say I don't want to be that guy, the guy in this video is that guy.
When I say I am training, I am training to not be that guy. But to be truly awesome instead.
Or to be awesomesauce: a sauce of equal parts of awesome, amazing, and breath-taking slowly cooked with small parts of uncanny, extraordinary, and magnificent added. (Urbandictionary.com, 2008).
Ok, here is the video:
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Medicine is as much an art as it is science. It's time I worked on my arts.
How to Train Your Dragon
Go see it. That is all. I have exam tomorrow. Haha.
But really, this movie made me feel younger again. Nothing like flying sequences in 3D with majestic landscapes and epic soundtrack to make you feel alive again.
The adult world with all its institutions and rules will never kill my youth!
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I can't wait to break free from this busy shuffle and let my imagination run wild. And just be myself again. 12 days.
101 Strong
Just wanted to give a quick shoutout to my great grandma for celebrating her 101st birthday this past Thursday.
That's living through the super old-school two-handed telephones, both World Wars, and the Great Depression. So much history.
The lady who daringly threw me up in the air and caught me when I was a little child.
May our telomeres remain super elongated and our superoxide dismutases remain ever so protective. You are cool (i.e., not a nerd) if you get that. Yeah!
Andrew is …
Been seeing images of this around Facebook and such so I gave my own name a spin:
So, going by the top leading ones by number of results:
I am music.
I am cool.
I am not the father (phew!). 
I am awesome.
Good to see the insulting ones score substantially lower.
Oh, and give "Justin Bieber is " a try as well for some funny results of what the world is searching on him.
Joke Intro for a Joke Team
Am I right? Shared from my little brother, this is an actual intro for a college hockey team.
Yeah. So random. Random awesomeness. 5 stars for Top Gun music and cosmic laser space bears and explosions.
This team is SERIOUS BUSINESS. Oh, look for the older years as well. Those intros are just as awesome.
Edit: Original video was removed by user. Replaced with video in link provided by Chris in the comments.
The Onion: Facebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk…
...their college-aged kids:
Funny thing is, this satire is more on the side of being accurate. Use these sites responsibly, kids!
Beware the E-Mom's! They are real. Trust me; I've seen them first-hand.
"DEAR JEFF, YOU DIDN'T CALL THIS WEEKEND BUT THAT'S OK. I HOPE YOU ARE HAVING FUN WITH YOUR FRIENDS. SINCERELY, MOM."
Dos Equis: The Most Interesting Man in the World
Yes, it may seem like I have too much time on my hands but really, I don't. It's just nice to write something to take my mind of the pedantic drivel I've been reading and answering confusing questions on. Oh, don't get me wrong. Children's novels are a nice break too. It's this other thing I'm dreading. =P
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Now, on to the topic of this post. These are all the ones I've heard on TV and radio. Exactly the kind of awesome I want to be. Maybe.
People hang on his every word - even the prepositions.
He could disarm you with his looks - or his hands. Either way.
He can speak French - in Russian.
He is the most interesting man in the world.
His reputation is expanding faster than the universe.
He once had an awkward moment - just to see how it feels.
He lives vicariously through himself.
He is the most interesting man in the world.
He's been known to cure narcolepsy - just by walking into a room.
His organ donation card also lists his beard.
He's a lover - not a fighter.
But he's also a fighter so don't get any ideas.
He is the most interesting man in the world.
The police often question him - just because they find him interesting.
His beard alone has experienced more than a lesser man's entire body.
His blood smells like cologne.
He is the most interesting man in the world.
His personality is so magnetic - he is unable to carry credit cards.
Even his enemies list him as their emergency contact number.
He never says something tastes like chicken - not even chicken.
He is the most interesting man in the world.
His charm is so contagious - vaccines have been created for it.
Years ago, he built a city out of blocks.
Today, over six hundred thousand people live and work there.
He is the only man to ever ace a Rorschach test.
Every time he goes for a swim, dolphins appear.
Alien abductors have asked him to probe them.
If he were to give you directions, you'd never get lost
and you'd arive at least five minutes early.
His legend preced him, the way lightning precedes thunder.
He is the most interesting man in the world.
And of course... the awesome finish:
"I don't always drink beer. But when I do, I prefer Dos Equis. Stay thirsty, my friends."
Bill O’Reilly on Michael Jackson
All I have to say is: "Oh no you didn't!!!"
Bill O'Reilly is not known for his impeccable timing (or maybe he is depending on how you look at it).
With all the anger being expressed on Twitter right now, I am not going to touch this one with a ten-foot pole. I have no comment.
Watch out! Here it comes...
This is what everyone is raging about (and it really shouldn't come as a surprise if you know who he is):
Though, with no reference to the above video, I will say that the least a country's media could do is spend a respectable amount of time to honor their recently fallen soldiers...
