The Negative list.

                 THINGS I HATE

• Waking up knowing it's going to be a hard day.
• Shoes coming untied almost immediately after tying them.
• Useless, lazy, busy work.
• Cold mornings.
• When my name get's spelled wrong.
• Waiting for a girl to reply to a text.
• When she never does.
• When my dog eats my food.
• Group assignments.
• Not knowing what to talk about.
• When I tell a joke and no one laughs, or worse, when they think I'm serious.
• That the smell of broccoli makes me gag.
• When a light is left on at night.
• Red lights.
• When I over-analyze what someone says.
• Cinnamon candy.
• That I don't have very good grades.
• People who judge someone's character based on athletic ability.
• That the new Star Wars isn't coming out until next year.
• Random musical numbers outside of a musical. 
• Having to wear a tie.
• Casual, unnecessary swearing.
• People that think anonymity means they can be a jerk.
• Computer crashes.
• Spending money.
• Not spending money.
• Remembering embarrassing moments as I fall asleep.
• When I see people kissing in the halls.
• Power outages.
• The taste of gluten-free bread.
• Deadlines.
• Writer's block.
• When something doesn't live up to it's hype.
• Feeling tired even when it's not that late.
• Feelings of inadequacy. 
• Being ignored.
• Getting treated as if I have low intelligence or have some sort of mental disorder.
• That that last thing seems to happen a lot and I don't know why.
• That my cousin's a drunk and some other's have lost there way.
• That my grandfather hates my faith and church, and no longer wants anything to do with me or my family.
• Negative lists.
• Forced irony.  

Only Contact

Imagine aliens landed on earth and you have been chosen to be the ambassador for all of humanity. As you arrive they explain to you that they have never visited earth before and for whatever reason they have no plans to return. They ask of you for only one simple thing, what it means to be human. What would you tell them? They will never have the chance to hear anything else, and what is said will define humanity for them for millennium. 

Would you tell them about our cultures or our history? Explain our physical capabilities or handicaps? Perhaps how we think or feel, the simple things that make up our day to day life? What does it mean? 

Well crap, I have no idea. That's why I'm asking you.

Though if I would have to guess, on a most basic level some of it would be striving to be something better. Desires and needs to be known and heard. To love and be loved. The need to create our masterpieces our legacies. To me, it seems that throughout our history and our cultures are inspired by, at least in part, by these basic necessities.

Of course this is just one human's opinion, and a great thing about us is that we all have different ones. Agree with me or not, how would you describe humanity?

Obligatory Introduction

I've thought about using a long thought out, deep and insightful message to kick off this blog here, but I've decided against it. I'm not one for formal greetings, so why should my blog? I doubt creating inspired quotes like that can be forced, they should come naturally.

The name I have chosen for myself is Calvin Watterson. Those of you who have read the comic Calvin and Hobbes might have an idea of where I am going with it. If you haven't... WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?! ARE YOU SOME SORT OF UNCULTURED SWINE? GET OUT OF HERE! 

Wait, I'm sorry, please don't click away. I'm only kidding of course. If you don't know who Calvin is, let me tell you about him. Calvin to me is a character who epitomizes the idea of creativity. He is only six years old and so his imagination is still very much at the forefront of his life and he is very capable of thinking profoundly. At least half of the comic is seen through the eyes of his imagination. While Calvin is pretty rambunctious and would honestly be a terror to raise and can have outbursts far worse than mine was earlier, he is tempered by his best friend Hobbes. Hobbes himself is really just another facet of Calvin's personality. To everyone else Hobbes is just a stuffed tiger doll, but to Calvin he is a wise creature of experience. He really just represents the more relaxed, considerate, and reserved side of Calvin... except when he's excited or angry, then it's a different story. 

The point I'm trying to get at here is that the two of them together create lovable stories and inspire those to think more about simple things a little more, as best a child can do. I like to think that Calvin would have made a great writer one day.

I suppose in this blog I want to emulate that a little bit. Create something that maybe will make you laugh or think or disturb or blah blah blah, you probably get the idea by now. I think we've had enough of the boring formalities by now, so how about some comics?

This is kind of how I felt today...