From the Desk of a Smart-Alec

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Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:09:49 -0400

Ahhh...?

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:32:24 -0400

The world is good, the grass is green, the roses are red, and apparently humans are basically good. That is one way of looking at things, it is easier said than done though. Being a cynic is just so much easier…thinking humans are basically evil, that the grass is greener on the other side, realizing roses are to smelly to be pretty, and that the world is really a dark place. HA! It’s just easier to see the negative than to ever see the positive. If someone is rude to you, you will remember it one-hundred times over before you ever consider the thousands of nicer things they have also done. It has been a while since my last post, and it has come to my attention that people tend to be more negative, even in the face of a positive situation. It is easier to frown than to smile, to cry than to laugh, and to be angry than to turn the other cheek. To put it bluntly people look for the easy way out, which means being a cynic. It’s time people look at things from a newer perspective for a while. look at the glass as all the way full, even if half of it is just air! See the fact that your toast isn’t burnt, it’s just visible flavor. And if someone pisses in your Cheerios, get a new bowl! I have been jaded for a while, but there wasn’t really a point to it, it didn’t get anything done, and it really didn’t make me feel any better about my life, or the lives of those around me. I changed that, I see the world brighter, and the people happier. No, this is not some childish naivety, this is a new outlook for a more joyful and fulfilling life. Why not give it a try?

I am loud, I am proud, I am Smart-Alec Inc.

Zachary N. Sims

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Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:09:00 -0400

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Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:19:22 -0400

"I’m open to bribes…just nothing illegal, that’s bad."

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:17:00 -0500

““I’m open to bribes…just nothing illegal, that’s bad.””

- wickedpopular

Good Times

Oh dear…and with this 3rd found on the internet post, i...

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:45:01 -0500

Oh dear…and with this 3rd found on the internet post, i shall be done with my around the interwebs segment…

…and this is what to much video games does to a...

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:57:00 -0500

…and this is what to much video games does to a person…my apologies, there is a small use of profanity at the start and somewhere near 4:25, but the rest is clean.

This is awesome.

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:43:17 -0500

This is awesome.

" We run the supermarket"

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:53:02 -0500

“” We run the supermarket””

- Epic Mealtime, best show on Youtube ever!

" They can take your job, your home, your family, but they can never take away your education-get..."

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:04:35 -0500

“” They can take your job, your home, your family, but they can never take away your education-get one.””

- David J. Jepsen, History teacher at Pierce College, even he has flashes of brilliance.

Well, it seems work just got a little more interesting; I just...

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:06:56 -0500

Well, it seems work just got a little more interesting; I just wish they had this on The Office, Dwight would use it effectively.

"Save me the first dance in your dreams tonight"

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:36:29 -0500

““Save me the first dance in your dreams tonight””

- Frank Sinatra, The Last Dance

"So there I am, in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, at about 3 o’clock in the morning, looking..."

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:37:00 -0500

““So there I am, in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, at about 3 o’clock in the morning, looking for one thousand brown M&Ms to fill a brandy glass, or Ozzy wouldn’t go on stage that night. So, Jeff Beck pops his head ‘round the door, and mentions there’s a little sweets shop on the edge of town. So - we go. And - it’s closed. So there’s me, and Keith Moon, and David Crosby, breaking into that little sweets shop, eh. Well, instead of a guard dog, they’ve got this bloody great big Bengal tiger. I managed to take out the tiger with a can of mace, but the shop owner and his son… that’s a different story altogether. I had to beat them to death with their own shoes. Nasty business, really. But, sure enough, I got the M&Ms, and Ozzy went on stage and did a great show.””

- Del Preston (Played by Ralph Brown) in Wayne’s World 2

Ah, Grandparents

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:50:07 -0500

It was really the sweetest thing I have seen in my seventeen years of life. It was one of those corny, almost cliche, moments that only seem to ever happen in movies, but still make you believe in true love.

My Grandparents anniversary was just this last weekend. They went away and spent it together finally, which is to be expected on anyone’s anniversary. That happens in real life, and invokes neither thoughts of true love or cliched moments in life. The really interesting part of it were the cards that they got for one another. I did not happen to read the cards, nor the personal message written within, but just by looking at them you could see that there must be some form of deeper love between people. The cards were bought at completely separate times, and in separate stores by my understanding. When they exchanged and opened their respective cards they learned something quite astonishing. The cards were the exact same cards. There are thousands upon thousands of cards for people to choose from for anniversaries, many different words are used to describe a single date. Yet they chose the exact same ones to describe their feelings for one-another. I just can’t see a better example of “true” love…

I am loud, I am proud, I am Smart-Alec Inc.

Zachary N. Sims

A Poison Tree

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:26:15 -0500

I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.

And I watered it in fears,
Night and morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.

And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it shine.
And he knew that it was mine,

And into my garden stole
When the night had veiled the pole;
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.

William Blake

"I’ll tell you a riddle. You’re waiting for a train, a train that will take you far away...."

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:02:53 -0500

““I’ll tell you a riddle. You’re waiting for a train, a train that will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you, but you don’t know for sure. But it doesn’t matter. How can it not matter to you where that train will take you?
Because you’ll be together.””

- Inception, Mal speaking to Cobb

WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:38:32 -0500

Sticking a comb into the disk drive of my mothers computer, it didn’t turn out to well.

Well, here I am...

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:26:29 -0500

It may sound terrible, but I am late to the party.

I had heard about tumblr. a while ago, but I didn’t find any need to let the whole world know my thoughts, it was unnecessary, but now I decided to give it a go. Whether the world is ready for me or not, I am here…

I am loud, I am proud, I am Smart-Alec Inc.

Zachary N. Sims