Opposing viewpoints

Who is the hotter Australian Supermodel? Miranda Kerr, or Gemma Ward?

These models have lots of things in common, they are both Australian, they're both models on the petite side, and they are both tens on and heterosexual male's "one to ten" scale.

Let's break it down:

Gemma Ward
She's blonde, which is the dealbreaker for many dudes, but not for me. She is younger, 22 as opposed to Kerr's 26, but the difference is minimal. In accordance with her blonde hair, she has blue eyes. Making her the ultimate Aryan woman. But compared to Kerr, she seems a little on the less-desirable side.

Miranda Kerr
She's a brunette, which I happen to be a fan of. Kerr, like Ward also has blue eyes, because god knows that brown eyes don't make it in this world anymore. She is bigger than Gemma, but not by too much, but she makes Ward look a bit malnourished, whish is a turn off for me. She's also married, keeping in mind that Ward is only 22, but it proves that her personality is good enough for a man to stand. Even if that man is Orlando Bloom, and has the money to buy Kerr's personality.

All in all, I'd go with Miranda Kerr. She has more qualities that I look for, and, in my opinion, is just all around hotter.

Friday Piece

This video made me feel many different things. Please watch it before reading on, if the link doesn't work for some reason, it's the first one of the AJC videos.

So there's this guy who wants to start an all white basketball league, it's not an incredibly bad idea, but he is sticking to his guns and claiming that it's not a racist move. He goes on and on about "the good old days" of basketball, and how you used to be able to go and enjoy yourself and how white players have more of the fundamentals, implying that black ball players are just born with basketball skills.

My favorite part is when he says that he wants [white] people to be able to go and relax at a game just as [black] people can go to a Lil' Wayne concert and "have a good time and forget about all your troubles." (when really, the only think Lil' Wayne raps about is his troubles)

Later, he just happens to menntion that people have already contacted him about turning his idea into a reality show, which, for me makes it seem like that was the only reason he was doing any of this in the first place. The show will show the white league, and at the end have an all star game against all black all stars. The show is to be called "Snow Ball ve. Bro Ball."

Today was a nice day.

I'll start out with a picture of the weather- granted that when I thought about why the weather added to the goodness of the day, it was less cloudy, but by the time I was both around my cell phone and outside, it got kinda cloudy outside.



With the image of the weather setting the mood, I've realized that I've been kind of a bad person lately. Bad, not like I go around pillaging and plundering (however, that would make a blog much more interesting)I've just had lots of opportunities to take an emotional step back and look at my life, and I've been a little unhappy with the results from time to time.

For instance, I've become too comfortable with hurting people, emotionally, that is. I have lots of friends that I've done some crappy things to, but in my own defense, this also can be weighed out by who my friends actually are (by the way, that was my second italicized word today, two's enough). Being at Georgia State has exposed me to literally hundreds of people that I've become acquainted with, but having coffee, or a few drinks with someone doesn't by any means make them my friends. Over the years, I've built myself up a nice "friend" portfolio, and I am content with the people in my life that are my regulars. This isn't really going anywhere, and I need to stop it.

Also, back to me being bad. I lie a lot. I lie to people, most of the time for no reason. On Tuesday, I went to get coffee with a girl I met at the bar (TnS Bar in East Atlanta- best thing to happen to me since the bar I was going to before that (Slice, right near Aderhold. Always a good choice)). But instead of telling my friend what I was doing, for some reason, out of the blue, I said I was just going to buy a pack of cigarettes. I couldn't say why, but when I hear the lies come out of my mouth, I think "how ridiculous of me, that wasn't even cool."

I'm really not in the writing mood today.

Friday Op/Ed Piece

I'm responding to this article.

First of all, I think that this answers the fundamental question that has been on everyone's mind for centuries: what the hell is mesquite? You know, every thing in the snack aisle in a grocery store comes in mesquite flavor, but what is it? Is it made from mesquiteos? But I think this desert food might have found it's place in cuisine.

I did, however, find myself disappointed while reading the article titled : Eating Locally in the Desert, It gives the appearance of some new way to grow food in the desert and solve the world food problem, although, flour can be made from mesquite, so maybe this is the solution, but Keith Goetzman fails to offer this as a possibility.

Question of the day

What would you do if this happened in D.C.?

Honestly, I don't think I would do much. Let's face it, if the president were near the area, I'm sure he would be protected at all costs, so nothing too bad would happen to him, but what I would do is kind of irrelevant. Nothing about my daily life really changed when 9/11 happened, other than hassles in airports, and nothing really affected me when Katrina hit, other than making sure my family in that area was okay, but I, personally, didn't really do anything.

I am a college student from a middle class family, I don't have the extra money to buy 1,000 gallons of water, or to build a house or anything. The most I would do if a catastrophic earthquake hit Washington D.C. would be to text "whatever" to "whatever phone number" and donate the ten dollars, just as I did for Haiti. It's really all I can afford, and it doesn't take any time away from me that I can't earn back, so it's something completely plausible that I could do, and it's probably all I would do if an earthquake were to hit Washington D.C.

Blog #1

Even though this will be the third time that Mr. Miller is hearing and/or reading this information about me, here it is:

I am David J. Brown, or sometimes DJ Brown, I was born in Ft. Lauderdale Florida and moved to Atlanta in late '96, I am an Atlantian, loud and proud. I did well in high school, English always being my favorite subject, and also did lots of work with photography. I was the winner of many photo contests around the area, with my work being displayed in numerous places around Atlanta, including Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, and The High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

I've always liked to write, I was on board with websites like Livejournal and Xanga from the get go, and I have kept personal journals since I had the ability to write. Last November, I participated in NaNoWriMo, where I wrote a novel, upwards of 60,000 words, which is soon to be published.

As far as academic writing goes, I have typically always enjoyed writing essays for my classes, I believe that writing is a skill that many American students don't possess.

In terms of other interests, I like music; I am a fan of Bill Evans, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, they are probably my top three musicians of all time. Also, I have been a fan of 90's alternative since it was fresh in the 90's.

I like to read, my favorite writers are Charles Bukowski and Kurt Vonnegut. I got into these authors at a young age when my grandfather died and left me his book collection. My favorite book as of today is Sirens of Titan.

I look forward to Mr. Miller's class, I will prove to be a capable student, and add flavor to the class, yadda yadda, and I know that he has to read lots of these, so I'll do my best to keep them interesting and thought provoking.

DB

P.S. I hate semi-colons. I think I only used one in this post, but that may be the last one seen for a while.

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