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Relocating...?

As of late, I have been getting some complaints from people saying that they are having trouble either following me or commenting on my posts. Seeing as the point of having a blog is to share it with the world, I will be relocating to Tumblr. My new address will be http://18nstillnotsovereign.tumblr.com ...and i hope that you all will switch over to the new website with me. Thank you very much!

Let There Be...No Chance for the Class of 2010

I don't know about you forum, but I'm pissed off. Why am I pissed off, you ask? I'm pissed off because ever since we began grade school, the school districts have been trying to get us ready for college, and up 'til now it's been very doable. You just had to do it, didn't you economy? You just had to crash the year before I started applying to college. I'm not a fantastic student or anything, but for quite some time I've had my eyes on UC Santa Barbara. It was a good school in an absolutely breath-taking area that I definitely had a good chance of getting into. In researching the school, the Collegeboard gave me all sorts of statistics that I'd look at and say "Wow, I'm above average in most of these categories. I can do this." Even worse, my counselor at Bullard High School gave me a UC pamphlet last year that said that the students at UCSB had an average cumulative gpa of 3.7 in high school, and an average SAT score of 1750. About a week before I received my rejection from UCSB, they sent me a letter giving me the statistics for the class of 2010...the real ones. Real Average gpa: 4.1 Real Average SAT 1950. Wow. For those of you that aren't very good at math, that's a .4 raise in gpa and a 200 point raise on the SAT...in one year! When I saw this letter, I immediately knew that I no longer had any shot at getting in. 46,000 Class of 2010 students applied to UCSB for about 3,500 spots. Just my luck.

Woohoo: My woohoo of the day goes to me. Contrary to what you may believe from reading this post, I'm one of the luckier ones. Despite being rejected from UCSB and a lot of other UCs, I still got into my second choice of school in UCR. A large number of people I know are stuck going to city college for two years, hoping that the honors program there will guide them into a UC. I hate to break it to you guys, but you're members of the Class of 2010. I guarantee you, more people than ever before are doing the EXACT same thing as you and the UCs aren't adding spots at their schools...they're cutting them. Transferring, no doubt, will help some of you out...but a lot more people will be turned down than ever before...I promise you that.

Boohoo: My boohoo for today goes to the Class of 2009. I want you all to know that I hate you with a burning passion and you couldn't be luckier to have been accepted to the schools of your dreams.

For those of you who actually follow this blog, I'd like to apologize for my two week vacation from writing it. I've been very lazy lately with the whole spring break thing and time kind of flew. I'm back though, and hoping to continue to post at least once a week. Sovereignty, hurry your ass up.

How Mad Can March Madness Get?

Mad Hatter mad. I don't know for sure if this is true or not, but I heard that espn.com doesn't have a single person who has a perfect bracket anymore. That's insane! There are over 308 million people living in the United States! Of course, most people don't fill out a bracket, but even if just 1 in 308 people did, 1 million people would have filled out a bracket. It's ridiculous to even think random probability wouldn't allow at least one winner. I have chosen not to post my bracket here today purely out of embarrassment. I will, however, tell you that I had Georgetown in the Elite 8, as well as Kansas and Villanova in the Final Four. I am proud to say that I predicted Cal to beat Louisville and Washington to beat Marquette and New Mexico. I now think that Kentucky will probably win the championship, but I wouldn't be surprised if Washington, Northern Iowa, and Saint Mary's gave them some trouble along the way.

Woohoo: Today's woohoo goes to UC Riverside because, much like a highly sought-after football recruit, I am now verbally committing to attend the University this fall.

Boohoo: My boohoo of the day goes to everyone who is making such a big deal about David Beckham missing the World Cup. How is that news? David Beckham is honestly not even good anymore, and is definitely too old to keep up with the likes of Lionel Messi, Kaka, and Samuel Et'o. I like how Salvador Cabanas, Paraguay's leading scorer, got shot in the head and hardly made any headlines. The guy is in a coma, and if he ever wakes up, he will never be able to play soccer again. That's news. Sovereignty, hurry your ass up.

10 Reasons to Watch a 5 Win Over a 10

I went to visit UC Riverside this weekend and although there was tons to do during the day, there was absolutely nothing to do at night. Although I didn't think it looked that good, I decided to catch the 7:50 showing of She's Out of My League in Redlands. The commercials did not do this movie justice at all! There were points during this movie that I literally thought that I was going to pee myself (and not because of my cherry icee). For those of you who have no intention of seeing it, I have decided to make a list of the 10 reasons you should definitely spend the money to catch this flick.

1. It's hysterical: I can't emphasize this enough...I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO PEE MYSELF!

2. It's also a feel good movie: It's pretty hard to frown when the good guy actually wins

3. It's a whole lot better than Remember Me: Robert Pattinson's attempt to avoid being typecast as a vampire has come too little too late

4. It takes place in Pittsburgh: Please name one other movie that takes place in Steel Town

5. Fresh faces: The most famous actor in the movie is the lady who played Eric Forman's mom in That 70's Show

6. Jay Baruchel: In his first role as a leading man, Jay does an outstanding job. Mark my words, we'll be seeing him a lot in the future.

7. The most relatable character EVER!: I've never wanted any character to get the girl so badly before

8. T.J. Miller: As the goofball friend who is obsessed with people's ratings, T.J. Miller hardly says a thing that doesn't make you ROTFL (Roll on the floor laughing)

9. Less typical plot structure: Where all romantic comedies have a pretty much flawless relationship, other then one hiccup at the movie's climax, She's Out of My League does a much better job of depicting a real-life relationship

10. Disney references: For those of us that grew up during the time that movies like Aladdin and Beauty and The Beast were coming out, it's refreshing to get every reference made in a movie.

Woohoo: Today's woohoo, ironically, goes to Oregon football coach Chip Kelly. Although I said a lot of bad things about him in my last post, he actually did something very impressive recently...he suspended QB Jeremiah Masoli for one year for his recent off-the-field problems. Now, I would have kicked him off the team for good, but at least he's doing something to prevent future problems.

Boohoo: My boohoo of the day goes to Ladanian Tomlinson. Lt, what are you doing? You said you wanted to sign with a team that had a real shot at winning a Super Bowl. You said you wanted a team with an established quarterback running the offense. So why the hell did you sign a 2 year contract with the New York Jets? This makes absolutely no sense to me. The New York Jets went 9-7 last year and barely made the playoffs. In reality, they only truly won 7 games before their last two opponents (who had already qualified for the playoffs and didn't want to injure their starters) played them with their bench-warmers. New York also has a second-year starting quarterback who threw twice as many interceptions as he threw touchdowns last year and a second year coach who is the biggest crybaby I've ever seen coach football. When your contract in New York runs out you'll be almost 33 and will have nothing decorating your fingers, I promise you that. Sovereignty, hurry your ass up.

It Sucks To Be Chip Kelly Right Now

Look at this still frame. This exact moment marks the beginning of the downfall of the University of Oregon's football team. Now, some of you might be saying, "Hey, Oregon won the Pac 10 this year! How can you say that their football program is declining?" It is true that after starting 0-1 in a loss to Boise State, 'The U of O' recovered and finished with a 10-3 record and a Rose bowl berth. However, the incident that is depicted above, involving Legarrette Blount punching a Boise State lineman in the face, was the first criminal charge that faced Head Coach Chip Kelly's football team. The first of many. Since then, 5 Oregon football players have been arrested and one has been kicked off the team. Surprisingly, the one that was kicked off the team, WR Jamere Holland, was not one of the players that has been arrested. I have a problem with that. These men are supposed to be students that are involved in sports, not the other way around. In college, football is a privilege, and that privilege should be taken away from any student who is involved in illegal activities while on that team. Among the players arrested were QB Jeremiah Masoli, All Pac 10 RB LaMichael James, WR Garrett Embry, LB Kiko Alonso, and K Rob Beard. I understand that Chip Kelly has only been the Duck's coach since last year, but he needs to get control of his football team. I honestly think that the only reason that they won the Pac 10 this year is because these players, despite their obvious athletic talent, would have been kicked off of any other school's football team, even though it would have cost that team wins.

Woohoo: Today's woohoo goes to the pop singer Ke$ha. I just found out that she almost scored a 2400 out of 2400 on the SAT when she was a junior. I'm flabbergasted. I honestly thought that the reason her name was spelled 'Ke$ha' was because she couldn't find the 'S' key on her computer. Who would of thought that a singer, who's current single is entitled "Blah, Blah, Blah," could actually have grown up to be a doctor or something? I know that I couldn't.

Boohoo: Today's boohoo goes to whoever started this rumor about Abraham Lincoln actually being more black then Barack Obama. Are you effing kidding me? I've done no research on this topic, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that the fact that his father was born in Kenya makes Barack Obama EXACTLY 50% Kenyan. In being 50% Kenyan, Obama is clearly 50% black. In order for Abraham Lincoln to have been 50% black, one of his parents would have had to been a slave, since slavery was not abolished until Lincoln's presidency. I believe that is enough proof that Abraham Lincoln couldn't possibly be as black as Barack Obama, let alone more black. Try to think before you talk.

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James Cameron V. Kathryn Bigelow

I didn't actually watch the Academy Awards last night because there were very few movies that actually could have been nominated alongside last year's 5 nominees. Because of last year's infamous snub of The Dark Knight, the Academy decided that it would be best to nominate 10 films for the category of Best Movie. This would've been a solid idea had it come last year, when there were so many good films, that one of the most memorable movies of all time didn't make it onto the ballot. Out of this year's crop Avatar and The Hurt Locker were the only two movies that really had any shot at winning an Oscar. Now, this showdown would've been great, if the audiences didn't have to wade through 8 subpar films to get to the ones that stood a chance. These two titan directors were actually married between 1989 and 1991, at which point they filed for divorced. If I was Kathryn Bigelow, I would have felt pretty good about myself as I kicked the shit out of my Ex-Beau's 300 million dollar project, winning 6 of the 8 categories that the two director's films were associated with.

I'd also like to say that starting with today's blog, I'm adding a new segment called Woohoo & Boohoo that is pretty self explanatory...

Woohoo: I'd like to give the first ever Woohoo to my girlfriend's father, Azzam Alwash. Yesterday I found out that he's on the ballot for Iraq's current Presidential election, and despite the fact that he has done no campaigning and has absolutely no desire to win, that's still an incredibly feat.

Boohoo: I'm going to give my first Boohoo to (R-Ok) Senator James Inhofe for his recent comments on global climate change. He made the point that because of the recent 'snow-pocalypse' and 'snow-mageddon' that hit the Washington D.C. area, there is clearly no such thing as global warming. Listen Inhofe, you clearly weren't paying attention in your science classes or you'd know that these snow storms are actually defined as 'weather,' not 'climate.' Sure, it was colder in D.C. during those storms, but if you would just do a little research, you'd see that the average temperature in that area has risen over the past year. That's called looking at the big picture, but you wouldn't know anything about that, would you?

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Sovereignty, hurry your ass up.