MS

On April 28 I am walking in the MS (Multiple Sclerosis) walk to help raise awareness and fund research of the disease. I am part of the HASNU (Honorary Accounting Society of Northwood University) team and we are looking for help in raising money for this event. My personal goal is $150 but am sure that we can blow this out of the water. Please give whatever you can and tell your friends also because the more people know about it the easier it will be.

About MS

Duty is a very personal thing. It is what comes from knowing the need to take action and not just a need to urge others to do something.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta

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Jump to Conclusions

Today I zoned out in class because my teacher is an idiot and I started to think about how the guy made millions off of the pet-rock. I'm all for making them at camp and what not but to actually buy them would be stupid. After I started thinking about that I transitioned into 'Office Space' mode and the whole jump to conclusions mat.

"Success, not greatness, was the only god the entire world served."
-Drew Baylor, Elizabethtown

I would have to say the pet-rock is a prime example of this quote.

Peter Gibbons: Let me ask you something. When you come in on Monday, and you're not feelin' real well, does anyone ever say to you, 'Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays'?
Lawrence: No. No, man. Shit, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' something like that, man.

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Quote

"Some choices will choose you. How you face these choices...is what will define the context of your life."
-Dana Reeves

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Heart Message

Valentines day went by with nothing extraordinary as usual. But since there is a million pounds of candy on that day I got some from the cafeteria. I received one of the message heart candy's with a message of "GO HOME." Either the messages are now being directed to singles or they have some really lonely people working for them. Anyway, it was a good time and luckily my roommate brought an annoying person over and we were able to share the love of the message.

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Stupid Accounting

Yesterday I went into Flint and experienced a new thing, 'Hairspray.' If you have never heard of it, like I never did before getting invited, it is a great play. It pinpoints self-confidence, appearance vs. reality, racial discrimination and had a lot to do with overweight people. It is a new age look on the old problems of the 60's. It is a comical musical but it get a little awkward at times as an overweight African-American family sat right next to us. Luckily they didn't take any offense so all is good. Actually if you look at it all the jokes kind of make fun of the white people for thinking so narrowly and shut-off during that time period. Even though we still face some discrimination today we have come a long way from what it used to be.

If you enjoy musicals you will enjoy this one and I hope you have a chance to see it.

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P.S. (can you even use P.S. on a blog?, eh why not?) It is almost six in the morning and I have yet to go to sleep, still trying to do my accounting homework which gives further confirmation about the Artichoke's post on procrastination on homework.

NOLS

If you love to travel and want an excuse that will help rationalize an amazing expenditure I have the answer for you. The National Outdoor Leadership School is a place that takes you around the world and teaches you very valuable skills needed to be a leader. You can choose between backpacking, rock climbing, kayaking, fishing and many other activities. They have experts take you away from civilization and you have to learn the skill and then learn to teach the class. Not only do you become an expert at the activity but you actually learn how to lead others because you are given a day where you lead the whole class on a day trip. I believe that the best way to learn about anything is to be given the opportunity to do it yourself, and this school seems to have taken that principle and revolved around it. You do what you love and you grow.

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You Tube!

After posting that last one I realized how much YouTube is actually used in blogs and every aspect of life. My friends and I were watching the Superbowl game and after a commercial was aired that was funny we all wished it would air again. Well, thanks to YouTube every commercial aired is viewable.

Speaking of which, one of my favorite commercials was the first Doritos commercial with the cashier. Wait what am I doing? Why would I tell you about it, when I can show you it?



The second one was the K-Fed one.



If you watched the Superbowl, what commercial was your favorite?

I am glade YouTube came along.

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Just imagine

I am just sitting here reading up on John Lennon and learning to play some of his songs on my guitar. One song in particular has always spoke to me. In the times that we are in where people are blaming everyone else and war is very predominant. "Imagine" is a powerful anti-war pro-peace and love. It is such a Utopian picture that he paints in his image but it would be great.





When I listen to it I always start to dream what a perfect world would be like. Would it be too boring because everything is great? Or would that matter since everyone would be too happy?

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Words

Eddie: Just remember, kid, you can quicker get back a million dollars that was stole than a word that you gave away.
-Arthur Miller's, A View from the Bridge

Good play. It is only about a hundred pages so if you have time I recommend reading it.

I think this quote is very strong in our culture, meaning that people are very loose with the words that they use. Everyone is so wrapped up in money that they forget about the damage that words can do. The English language has so many words and so many of them go unused.

Altogether it is good advice.

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