Random Thoughts From People 25-35 years old..

I am one to admit that when I see "FWD" in a subject line I delete the email. However when I receive fab emails from Kalyn at work I know she screens what she fwd's so it must be funny. This email speaks to my soul-from the facebook quotes to things I remember growing up...ENJOY
'DONT MIND IF I DO'


-I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

-Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you
realize you're wrong.

-I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink to
have fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and
sticks when they've invented the lighter?

-Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're
going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to
be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the
direction from which you came, you have to first do something like
check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to
yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're
crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

-That's enough, Nickelback.

-I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

-Is it just me, or are 80% of the people in the "people you may know"
feature on Facebook people that I do know, but I deliberately choose
not to be friends with?

-Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't
work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically
fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all
know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards
or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.

-There is a great need for sarcasm font.

-Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and
suddenly realize I had no idea what the f was going on when I first
saw it.

-I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually
becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting
90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's
laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little
bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the
only one who really, really gets it.

-How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

-I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than
take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

- I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear
your computer history if you die.

-The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to
finish a text.

- A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the
spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.

- LOL has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".

- I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

- Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron
test is absolutely petrifying.

- Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart",
all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".

- How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod
and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?

- I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up
to prevent a dick from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!

- Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in'
examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete
idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and
said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies"

-What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?

- While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and
instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.

- MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I
know how to get out of my neighborhood.

- Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the
person died.

- I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the
shower first and THEN turn on the water.

-Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty,
and you can wear them forever.

- I would like to officially coin the phrase 'catching the swine flu'
to be used as a way to make fun of a friend for hooking up with an
overweight woman. Example: "Dave caught the swine flu last night."

-I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

- Bad decisions make good stories

-Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their
profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got
the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if
I do!

- Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?

-If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring
would probably just be completely invisible.

-Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go
around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly
nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be
a problem....

-You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work
when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything
productive for the rest of the day.

-Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't
want to have to restart my collection.

-There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are
going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

-I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me
if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I
swear I did not make any changes to.

- "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.

-I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people
watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will
they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't
watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and
leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'

-I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello?
Dammit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and
goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone
and run away?

- I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not
seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

-When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she
hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light
internet stalking.

-I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle,
then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.

-Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising
speed for pedophiles...

- As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers,
but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.

-Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still
not know what time it is.

-It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.

-I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to
answer when they call.

-Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.

-Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car
keys in a pocket and Pinning the Tail on the
Donkey - but I’d bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze
button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time
every time...

-My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would
happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?

-It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and
the link takes me to a video instead of text.

-I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they
drive behind obeys the speed limit.

-I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

-I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or
Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.

-The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw
they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words,
someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think
about it, and then estimated that there must be at least four people
eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by
myself. There's nothing like being made to feel like a fat bastard
before dinner.

RANDOM MAN YELLS AT FAU STUDENTS ON CAMPUS

FAU Owl's can not welcome Brother Micah AGAIN to our campus! Yes everybody the crazy man who yells that we are going to hell and sinners is back in action! But you might not have spotted him in the familiar spot near the SO building. He has now moved towards the new freshman dorms Glades Park Towers and also near the University Center. So get your shouting voices out and your paper balls ready to make this man leave us college students alone!

FAU PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES

Florida Atlantic University hosts the NBC Republican Presidential Debates just before Jan. 29 when Florida holds their Presidential Primary elections. When driving into FAU, the 'hidden parking lot' that guests are unaware of was empty. Several of my friends and I park there and walk towards the FAU Breezeway Cafe to grab a quick bite, again no security. However, as we walk about 900 feet towards the area the debates would take place, we start to see the huge MSNBC and NBC symbols posted up against the walls. Then as we get closer, we hear some cheering and see the political show Hardball being filmed live in the parking lot. So as we walk over, we notice the metal dectors at all of the doors. I felt that we were in the airport about to go through security. So we walk over and pick up our tickets from will call. It seemed like none of us would be sitting together having our seats range from ROW JJ to ROW HH so we definitely thought we would not be seeing each other anymore. As we approach our seats inside, we see that our seats are in the same section and our seats are next to each other. But as we turn to the stage, we notice that NONE of us can see the candidates podium much less the mini flat screen television. So we notice that not alot of people had shown up so we moved seats to a higher level to the left.

My friend Ana did a piece for the university press television on what to expect on the debates:


We have such an amazing view now of the candidates and the televisions. We never had to move and enjoyed the debates. As you know, the debates were broadcasted live on NBC. The candidates had some very strong quotes that left viewers shocked.

Some quotes that stood out to me were:

In regards to talking about the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq: "Just because we didnt find every easter egg doesnt mean it wasn't hidden."-Huckabee

In regards to Hilary running: "We don't want a married couple running the White House. And we don't want Bill in the White House having nothing to do, again"
In regards to not pulling out of the debate: "We can't have Al Quida take over and they will if we leave. General Hilary Clinton has done nothing for anything in Iraq, it is President Bush." -Romney


"I'm not going to change my opinion when polls change like some (in reference to Hilary Clinton. In order to be President of the United States you have to be able to read polls but not let them push u around." -Giuliani

As for the debates though, I feel that several candidates were much stronger now then they ever had before. One candidate would have been Romney, whom was actually answering alot of the questions he was asked and was straight to the point. As for the topics that ranged from the War in Iraq to immigration. One candidate Giuliani who's policy on immigration is that one must learn the English language 'know how to read and write English before becoming a citizen.' As for the two candidates would came out of the hidden dark zone would be Romney and Giuliani.

During the debate, the first time ever, the candidates were able to ask each other questions. Candidate Ron Paul was not asked any questions from the other candidates nor was he addressed too much when it came to questions from the hosts.
Now for Giuliani, he was attacked several times especially getting questioned on why his home newspaper the New York Times doesn't support him.


As I conclude, I will post pictures and videos later on. So go out and vote early! Florida's early voting is still going on until Sunday, January 27.
Friday's early voting hours is 10am-6pm at the Boca Raton Community Center, in the same parking lot as Boca Raton City Hall off Palmetto Park Road and NW 2nd St/Boca Raton Avenue. Saturday and Sunday the polls are open from 10am-2pm. If you are registered in Florida you can come vote! If you are not registered, you can still come and register to vote in the August 29 primary election on the Senate and House of Rep's. Please visit www.pbcelections.org for information on working the elections as a poll worker! You make awesome money and its a great experience. My generation is getting looked down upon because we are not out there showing our face that we DO care about our future! Email me at tmay@fau.edu if you need anymore information! :)

You can tell from this youtube video of the Florida Governor Crist being interviewed and then FAU students starting to cheer in the background for HardBall.

KEITH URBAN SELLS OUT YET ANOTHER SOUTH FLORIDA CONCERT

Keith Urban has made yet another stop on his 2007 concert tour to stop at the Bank Atlantic Center on Saturday, Decemeber 8. With fans ranging from teenagers up to the elderly, with everybody very excited to see his opening act Taylor Swift. She is an amazing eighteen year old country singer famously known for her song Tears on My Guitar.

Fans never sat down the entire show, having Taylor open the show with her adorable smile and guitar slung over shoulder there is no possible way fans couldn't love her. After Taylor, Keith Urban had some of his music videos play on the screen for the audience to view while they setup his stage.

When the lights went low and you heard his voice, the screams were so loud like you were at a Hannah Montana concert. I will admit, this was my first time seeing Keith in concert and I had no idea what songs he sang. But he is such an amazing performer and has alot of hits. He seemed so down to earth and kept talking to the audience like we were his friends.

Here is Keith performing:


After his show, I fell in love with his song called Stupid Boy. I attached his music video. Enjoy and next time he is in concert, I recommend to go see him!

LOCAL RADIO STATION ATTRACTS THOUSANDS TO FREE CONCERT

Local radio station WRMF 97.9 offered to listeners to attend a free concert at City Place in West Palm Beach. The weather for the free concert called Snow Ball was anything but cold. Having the concert start on Friday, Nov. 30 with Grammy nominated artist Vanessa Carlton and Ingrid Michaelson.

Then Colbie Caillat with special guests Graham Colton and The Last Goodnight performed on Saturday, Dec. 1. Colbie Caillat is famously known for her song called 'Bubbly' and has been all over VH1 with her music video. The Last Goodnight is a more modern rock band that has a combination of Daughtry and Green Day combined. Over 8,500 listeners arrived to rock out with these artists for the free concert in the courtyard in between Starbucks and the waterfall bridge. After the concert, the fans were able to meet and greet the artists. My friend stayed and got to meet both artists and said they signed autographs for every fan that was in line. I hope they will stay that humble once they are winning Grammys.

Check out the band The Last Goodnight below:

DAUGHTRY LEAVES AMA'S WITH HANDFUL OF AWARDS

Daughtry takes home every American Music Award he was nominated for this year. Between Carrie Underwood and Daughtry, what would the AMA's done if these American Idol contestants were not discovered?

Here is the video of Daughtry performing at the American Music Awards:


Daugthry was nominated and took home best pop rock album, breakthrough artist of the year and adult contemporary artist. Daughtry was nominated in the same category with Justin Timberlake for best pop rock album and he said he was shocked when he even knew he was up against Timberlake.

After the big win, Daughtry, his wife and children come to Miami to vacation for about two days before he hits the road on tour. Daughtry has already been in concert down here three times in the past year, so lets hope the next time he comes around you are able to catch him on tour! His live performance is something to see and he has the 3 AMAs to back it up!

DIDDY IS RELYING ON MIAMI TO HELP HIS NEW BAND

Sean ''Diddy'' Combs has been creating yet another reality show. Now he is going to have another season of Making the Band 4, Season 2, which throws winners from past incarnations together to make an album.

The band members have been living since late November in an $8.5 million bayfront mansion in Miami Beach that includes a rooftop pool, dance floor, listening room and mini-golf course: Danity Kane, the platinum-selling that was the show's third season band. Then Diddy added the five member all male group from Making the Band 4 to live together. So will the all boy or all girl group win?

The groups have been spotted out partying with Diddy at South Beach's club Mansion. Now keep in mind, one member in the boy group is underage, so how is he able to attend a strict 21 and older night club? I hope Diddy is aware of the laws for providing alcohol to minors.

Members of the girl band have been spotted together out shopping and laying out at the beach. Camera crews follow them everywhere and there one shot at fame is almost over. According to sources, the girls are barely recognized and nobody seems to pay attention to them but because of cameras they are getting some attention.

MTV finish's filming in late December and the show premieres on the ten spot on Jan. 28. I know this show sounds so exciting, so go set your tivo now!

NICK LACHEY COMES TO MIAMI FOR ALL WORK AND NO PLAY

In town working on his new collection of ballads, Nick Lachey checked into the Delano on Tuesday night sans girlfriend Vanessa Minillo.

Instead of hitting the Tuesday night Tommy Pooch-Alan Roth scenefest, Lachey politely declined Pooch's invite to party and instead headed up to his room.

Nick woke up bright and early Wednesday and headed to the Hit Factory where he spent most of the day before checking out on Friday afternoon. What we wonder is: does the Hit Factory always turn out hits? We hope so for Nick's sake!

With rumors floating around that his ex wife Jessica Simpson has been having alot of second thoughts on whether or not getting a divorce was a good idea. According to US Weekly, Jessica thought by now she would be an A List celebrity who was dating all the celebrities. However she has yet to understand that Nick and her together is what made her famous. Let's hope that Lachey is over Jessica and can prove it on his upcoming album with some love songs!

Here is a video of Lachey's sad love songs he wrote about Jessica.

MTV SCOOPS UP ANOTHER LOCAL FOR AN MTV REALITY SHOW

If you even turn on MTV once a day, you are bond to catch MTV's new reality show A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila. The show is basically about Tila Tequila a well known model of Penthouse, Maxim and Stuff Magazine. MTV granted Tila her own reality show having her unsure of her sexuality. She recently discovered she was bisexual so the show has half the contestants that are straight guys and half lesbians that are given 'a shot at love.'

The show is down to the final two contestants and one of them is from Deerfield Beach, FL. Her name is Dani Campbell and she is a lesbian who is trying to show Tila that her shot at love is with her. As a contestant on the show, Dani has been very quiet and not into the fights and arguments the other girls were having daily. She did speak her mind but when it came to drama, she stayed away.

Now in the final two, Dani has stepped up her game. She is in competition with another guy named Bobby; both of which Tila has met their families. When Tila came down to meet Dani’s family in Deerfield, she gave her Grandma Betty a lap dance in the living room! It was quite shocking to me and probably a lot of other viewers of the show too. Also when Tila came to visit Dani, they showed Dani’s workplace which is the fire station off i95 and 10th Street in Deerfield Beach. It is just very exciting to see how the cameras spiced up how everything is on the beach when we all know that fire house is nowhere near the beach.

This is the video of the trip Tila took to visit Dani in Deerfield.


So will Tila chose Dani who offers her happiness and has the sporty and girly side all together? Or will she choose Bobby a very wealthy, buff man who has been raised to the proper and upmost manners unlike her. We shall see this week in the season finale!

LOCAL MODEL GETS THE HEAT ON VH1 REALITY SHOW

As I mentioned before in my blog, I interned this summer at Irene Marie Modeling Agency in Miami Beach. Irene Marie has a model named Brett Novek who was casted on the VH1 new reality show America's Most Smartest Model. Each week the models have to compete in competitions to prove they have 'brains and beauty.'

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Each week Brett showed he had what it took to be America's Most Smartest Model. He even had a little battle with one of the judges when they stated to him 'You obviously have never done runway before because your walk sucked and your serious face is pathetic.' Obviously Brett did give them a piece of his mind, having the judges look very shocked that he spoke back to them. In the end, Brett was not eliminated from that episode but VH1 had you fooled to think he was going to be.

Sadly in episode 9, Brett was not able to win a competition of putting together a go-cart engine so he lost the challenge. Since Brett had lost the challenge when he went to the judges table, they had eliminated him stating that he did not have what it takes to be America's Most Smartest Model.

Since the show, Brett has had so much exposure that his myspace friend requests are in the hundreds with fans wishing he was still on the show. In my heart, I will always know that Brett Novek is America's Smartest and Hottest Model.

Below is a video of Brett working at the Irene Marie Modeling Agency.

JENNIFER LOPEZ ADMITS SHES PREGNANT

At the final date of Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez's tour in Miami, J. Lo admits she's expecting. With speculation whirling around for months that she is pregnant, she finally admits it! I think she had done this because she wanted the media's attention by keeping it a secret. The media watched every outfit she wore and what she bought when shopping to create gossip. J. Lo has not had alot of media attention since she married Marc Anthony.

I feel that the couple not telling the press much about their love life made them more wanted for interviews and photoshoots. Obviously it worked but I am not sure what they will do once the baby is born.

Will it be another Tom and Katie mystery of what the baby looks like? Or will we have a Britney Spears baby that is always shown in the media? The world shall soon find out, since J. Lo is about 6 months pregnant!

NEW HOLLYWOOD COUPLE GETS COZY IN THE VERSACE MANSION

According to my sources actress Rachel Bilson and boyfriend Hayden Christensen checked in Casa Casuarina Tuesday night where, according to our snitch, “They had a romantic night that was planned by Bilson--- the couple stayed in the Mansion’s $4,000 a night Safari suite."

Rachel Bilson was dating Adam Brody, former co-star from The OC for over three years and recently split. Since the split, Rachel has been seen on dates with several actors but Hayden has been the one she has chosen.

The couple has kept their relationship very private which is not something Bilson has done with previous relationships.

I found a really funny video of Bilson in her car telling jokes. Beware it's very cheesy yet comical at the same time.

SHAQ AND WIFE SHAUNIE ARE HEADING TO SPLITVILLE

With four children and five years of marriage, Shaq and Shaunie are calling it quits. According to documents, the couple has a prenupital agreement and sealed under court request. In Shaq's decision for a divorce, he claims that Shaunie has been 'secretive about her assets..having alot of certain properties made in only her name.' O'Neil currently makes about $20 million a year playing for the Miami Heat and that is not including all his endorsements. The couple's home in Miami Beach's private Star Island is on the market for $32 million.



I think that Shaq should divorce Shaunie especially if she is being sneaky about investments she is putting in her name. If he caught her doing this, what else has she done without him knowing? A marriage is based upon trust and if you can't trust your wife with your money then you should get a divorce. It is sad that it had to come to a divorce but she caused the marriage to get to this point.

I posted a video of Shaq slam dunking a basket and having the hoop break on him. This is why he is paid the big bucks.

THE REAL GOSSIP GIRL STAR IN TOWN FOR PHOTOSHOOT

Blake Lively, star of CW hit show Gossip Girl checked into the Ritz Carlton in Miami Beach. Lively was in town for the weekend to shoot the cover of Teen Vogue. This will be her second magazine cover for the show Gossip Girl, her first cover was Cosmo Girl.


Blake Lively is best known for playing Bridget in “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” but is now being identified from Gossip Girl as Serena van der Woodsen, a troubled, socialite teen. Gossip Girl is based off the popular book series written by Cecily von Ziegesar.

In recent gossip, Lively and co-star Leighton Meester who plays Blake Waldorf rival of Lively is jealous that Lively is receiving more media attention then her. Originally Meester was casted as the main character but Lively has blown producers away with her performance that she has received more lines.

Time will show whether the two are true friends at the upcoming award shows in Decemeber.

A fun fact, Chance Crawford who plays Nate Archibald on the show is dating country singer Carrie Underwood. Not bad for Gossip Girl to only have 7 episodes aired and already getting a Grammy winner girlfriend. So obviously people do watch shows on smaller networks not just ABC or NBC; the CW has now shown they have potential in competing ratings.

Learn more about the characters:


And have a sneak peak at the show:

ROSIE MIGHT MAKE A COMEBACK TO TV

Our hometown Miami diva Rosie O’Donnell is rumored that she is in negotiations with MSNBC for her own show. Rosie is in talks to have a primetime 9pm slot which puts her in competition with Fox News “Hannity and Colmes" and CNN's "Larry King Live." Currently Rosie does not contain a popular reputation with the public post her few months working on The View.

Since Rosie has been off the View, she has been very busy taking care of her four adopted children. All of them ranging in ages from 6 to 13. Rosie was also spotted with former member of *nsync Lance Bass book signing in South Beach this past weekend.



Only time will tell us whether or not Rosie is able to redeem her reputation by receiving her own television show.

Rosie did have her own television show for a few years, somewhat like Ellen DeGeneres very comical. Then a few years later Rosie was on the View, she no longer was solo and having an entertainment styled show. Having Rosie's opinion on topics come out shocked America but she probably had these views all along but had no reason to discuss them on The Rosie Show.

Fingers crossed to see if Rosie is going to give Larry King a run for his money on ratings.