Misc.

Here’s a small compilation of thoughts floating around in my twisted jungle of synapses:

My mother kills me sometimes. A few years ago she sounded just like the mom from the movie Waterboy when she would say: “That Internet is the DEVIL!!” She would go on about how she would NEVER use a computer, and about how much time my father wasted using them. My, my… how things have changed. Last week I’m sitting in my room and I hear “DING” and a GoogleTalk message pops up. “Mom: Hey Levi… I’m going to need you to put a load of your clothes on… if you could just do that….that be great, thanks”. A minute later I hear a ding from my sister’s room. Then I hear Jenna yell “OK! I’ll come clean the kitchen in a minute!” Yea, she was sitting in the living room on her laptop wirelessly surfing the web whilst dishing out work assignments from her “mobile command center”.

I must say that I love drinking lukewarm water. I'm not sure when, but some years ago I stopped drinking cold water altogether, and I cant really think of why. The only reasons that I can come up with is that I wanted to subconsciously prepare myself to face the hardships of living on a deserted island in case I happened to crash land somewhere over the pacific. Without electricity, refrigeration would be very difficult and among other things, I would be forced to drink warm water. Or it could be that fact that I like the idea that your body can use warm water faster than cold since it doesn't require heating, thus bringing the refreshing, hydrating effects of water to your system sooner. Either way ice cold water is highly overrated. This reminds me that in restaurants I will often order my beverage without ice so that I can drink the maximum amount of soda that the volume of the cup will allow. The beauty of this is the fact the fountain drinks are already cold… you don't need ice…GENIUS!!! Now normally you could just order a refill, BUT… what if the restaurant charges for refills… OR if you're driving through say a Burger King, refills just aren't an option. And when everyone else is still thirsty and trying to drink melted ice water, you can savor the victory in the form of 10 extra fl oz that came in place of the ice.