Johnny Rockstar

Twinkies turned 75 today. We all know the delicious pleasures brought on from the taste explosion that is a deep fried Twinkie, but what about this recipe?

The Fizzlewinkie
1 Twinkie
1 cup of cola

Directions:
1. Throw the Twinkie in the cola.
2. Eat cola soaked Twinkie.
3. Drink remaining cola.

I say it would be uber-yummy while the Barefoot Warrior contends it would be horribly disgusting. What do you think?

Posted by Johnny Rockstar at 03:28 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I got a B in Latin II! That means two important things. The first is, because I needed at least a C to graduate, I will in fact be able to graduate. The second is that it turns out I'm an over achiever and could stand to slack off a bit. I would also like to point out that I got a D in Latin I and therefore came to Latin II a little behind. But I actually did my homework every night and that seemed to help with my quiz and test scores. Who knew homework actually helped?

Posted by Johnny Rockstar at 09:58 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I added two more images into my little art show. I also changed one of the images slightly. I'll throw two points to anyone who can tell me what that change was.

On a completely different topic: I love the cyberpunk genre. I'm reading a book of short stories by William Gibson right now. In the mid 1980's Gibson wrote a book, set in the future, that alluded to that foreign body builder/action movie star that was governor of California before becoming president. I don't think Arnie will ever become president, but how freaky is that? The thing about cyberpunk is that a lot of the crazy technology probably isn't that crazy and will one day be common place. The cyberpunk concept of the internet is awesome, and I truly believe it will one day be a much more virtualistic internet. Hopefully before I die. I've tried several times to work in that genre, but I just can't seem to do it. Alas, I'll just have to keep reading Gibson while I write my less futuristic shorts.

Posted by Johnny Rockstar at 04:27 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I took my last exam yesterday and today marks the end of the semester. One week off then I start my independant study with one of the coolest English teachers I've ever had. TO celebrate not having to study for an exam or do homework during my free time at work today I started a series of images. Believe it or not, I'm actually working up to making a real statement with them. But here's a preview and probably the bulk of the exhibit.

Posted by Johnny Rockstar at 03:55 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Part of the joy of being an English major is that I end up with a lot portfolios instead of exams. Last night my Eng 566 class met at our prof's house to turn in our portfolios and read our last assignments to the rest of the class. We started at 6:00 p.m. and didn't get done until 10:40 p.m. That's almost a five-hour class for anyone who's counting. It didn't leave me anytime to study for my Latin exam this morning but I feel pretty confident that I pulled off a C so I should still be graduating. But back to my English class, my prof supplied pizza, salad, cookies, snack food, beer and wine. It ran way too late but it was actually a good time and the piece I read made everyone laugh. I could tell who was reading ahead because they started to giggle before I read a line out loud that made everyone laugh. Eng 566 is one of those classes that I'm actually going to miss. Not just the material but the people in it too. You tend to get pretty tight with the people you expose your writing soul to.

P.S. Sorry about the PDF format. I don't like it but I don't feel comfortable putting my work up in a text format.

P.P.S. I know it's long but don't worry, I don't expect many of you to read it. You should check out the last section though, the class seemed to really like that one.

Posted by Johnny Rockstar at 02:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

For the hundreds of dollars I spent this year on books for school, I returned five today and got $36 back. Each of the four Latin books that cost me $25 a pop gave me $3 in return. After buying portfolio supplies, a blue book, some stamps and envelopes and refilling two prescriptions it's all gone but a few coins. Everyone knows textbooks are a racket so why don't we do something about it? Ah, who cares I'm graduating.

Posted by Johnny Rockstar at 12:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Despite what Old Navy commercials have been telling me, short shorts seem to be in style this spring. I've seen a few girls around campus whose shorts just barely covered their asses. I don't know exactly how fashion trends start or who decides what's hot, but I think Old Navy missed the boat on this one. I'm pretty sure they're going to take a hit with their Bermuda shorts.

Also, it's been a while since my last geo-science class, but doesn't this unusually warm spring weather point to the fact the global warming does exist and maybe we shouldn't have backed out of the Kyoto Accord. This morning I got sweaty walking from my car to the building I work in. At this time of year, that's just not right.

Posted by Johnny Rockstar at 01:11 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

My Xbox has been slowly dying over the past year or so, which has made reviewing games for the Herald quite difficult. Yesterday it finally hit the point where it was basically impossible to play and my review was due in the morning. Without having the cash to buy a new Xbox, I got online and did some poking around for a fix. I found a solution that would either fix it or destroy it and with cautious optimism I grabbed my toolbox and dug in. Let me tell you, there is no feeling quite like that of dissecting an expensive electronic toy to the point where one slip of the finger could destroy everything. Sure, I worked on some expensive machines at Print Makers, but there’s something different when it’s mine. I don't know exactly what I did, but basically I turned a tiny screw about 1/8th of a turn counter-clockwise. Whatever the screw was regulating seems to have a profound effect on how well the Xbox works. It didn't completely fix the problem but I would say I went from about a 90% crash rate to about a 10% crash rate. And I only had two screws left over when I was done. Take that Microsoft and your refusal to admit you used shoddy CD/DVD drives so you can continue to charge hundreds of dollars to fix the problem.

Posted by Johnny Rockstar at 03:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Congratulations go to myself because this Saturday will mark 100 days without fast food. It may shock some of you to know but I've also all but stopped drinking caffeine and alcohol, though that has more to do with regulating the chemicals in my brain than anything else. The point is, months without fast food combined with my ordinary aversion to junk food, a trait instilled by my mother as I grew up, and my gut has drastically decreased in size. Now if I could only get myself to exercise I would be one healthy boy. Maybe when I get out of school and into the real world I'll find the time and money to get back into Tai Chi or Yoga. For being so slow, they both kicked my ass. Especially that time I pulled both my Achilles tendons. That was a rough couple days.

Posted by Johnny Rockstar at 11:39 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I love the combination of wireless internet and beautiful weather. I'm sitting on my front porch right now watching a group of people play croquet in the park while I surf the internet. It's great having a park for a front yard because I get do a lot of good people watching and who doesn't like people watching? Especially when there's cute girls involved like that little brunette who doesn't seem to be very good at croquet.

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While my parents are away in California I have Uncus with me in Kalamazoo. When I got home last night from school, one of my roommates told me she took Uncus for a walk that afternoon. It was completely unexpected but I'm glad everyone is getting along. It's fun having a dog around, even if she is neurotic because she's in a new setting without her usual caretakers. However, I don't think I'll ever get used to the idea of picking up her poo.

Posted by Johnny Rockstar at 09:39 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Despite the fact I have a few serious problems in my life right now, which include money, a sick ferret that will probably need surgery, and figuring out what to do after my impending graduation, I feel pretty damn good. It's been months since I've felt this good. The new meds have finally worked their way into my system and it's awesome. Contentment never felt so good. Plus I get Uncus for a week while my parents fly out to California to visit my sister.

I'm coming home this weekend to get the dog, who's going to see Sin City with me tonight?

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