I'm Going Back to Cali

Well, it was time for me to fly back out to California. Even though I live in Tennessee, I spend a lot of time in Los Angeles. At first, I was dreading it, but it turns out my best friend had to come out too! I am super excited because we never get to see each other. He lives in a different part of TN and he sometimes lives in Florida, so we pretty much only see each other if we both happen to be in California.

Anyway, now it's time for my rant. I hate flying! It's not that I'm afraid of it or anything, it's just SO stressful. First of all, there's security. They always test my hands for bomb residue! I mean, I appreciate the fact that they think I'm smart enough to make a bomb, but I'm also very agitated because it takes extra time that I don't need to waste. Then when I finally got out of security, my guitar case fell on my hand and made me break a blood vessel.

All in all, it's been a pretty bad day. I hope when I see my friend, everything will get better. :)

-- B

Selfie Sunday?

Selfies, the bane of my existence... Why can't I take a good selfie?!

I suppose I haven't had much practice. I just got a phone with a front-facing camera about a month ago. Still, every time I try to take a selfie, it ends up looking REALLY bad. So, I decided to start studying my friend's selfies.

Everyone seems to have their signature pose and facial expression that they use for all of their selfies. I've tried using some of them, but it just ends up looking wrong! So, I decided to further analyze why I don't like my selfies. I'm doing everything exactly the way they're doing it so why don't mine look good?

Poof! I was struck with an epiphany! I don't like my selfies, because I don't like any selfies! The reason being that there are two types of selfies per gender.

• Guys
• The Douchebag - We've all seen this one before. These are the guys who are so completely and utterly taken with themselves that they don't realize how stupid they look. They usually wear a snapback, are shirtless and make a face that reminds me of a constipated donkey.
• The Comedian - These are the guys who make fun of the douchebags. They take the most douchey pictures possible to make a statement. These are tolerable, in my opinion.
• Girls
• The Slut - These are the kinds of pictures where girls make a "come hither" look and place the camera just right so their boobs look bigger than they actually are. If you are going to take a selfie, I recommend that you completely avoid this type of picture. It will give off the wrong impression!
• The "Call Me Pretty" Picture - These are the kinds of pictures where girls take a stunningly gorgeous picture that they know looks incredible (mainly because they put a filter on it) and then in the description put something along the lines of "Ugh, I look so ugly in this picture!" This makes all of her friends feel the need to call her pretty in the comments. Just a note, if she didn't think she looked good in the picture, she wouldn't have posted it.

Obviously, I don't want to take any of the above girl pictures as they would both make me look conceited which is not something I want to have happen. I'm thinking the closest thing to what I want is the comedian but somehow when girls do it, they just look stupid. Why is it that guys can get away with anything?

Well, back to the drawing board. Looks like I won't be taking any selfies any time soon. Maybe I should just stick to nature pics.

-- B

We are Family

Last night, I drove down with my family to Georgia to see the rest of my family for a family reunion. Wow, how many times can you say "family" in a sentence? Anyway, this time I am seeing my, um, what do you call them? It's my dad's half-sister's kids... For now, I'm going to call them my... half-cousins. That makes sense, right? Yeah.

Like I was saying, I am seeing my half-cousins and I realized just how weird it is to see family that you don't really know. It's possibly more awkward than meeting a complete stranger. At least with a complete stranger, you have a reason not to know them. With family, it's different. You feel like you should know them and you shouldn't be awkward around them but the fact that you're trying not to be awkward makes everything more awkward! Or even worse, when you run into like a great aunt or something and she talks about all this time you spent together when you were a baby but you don't remember them and then they get all offended and you're like, "Sorry, I don't remember the times I was in diapers!"

...........

Obviously this happens to me a lot. The thing is I live in Tennessee and none of my other family lives there so I never really get a chance to see my extended family. I see each set of grandparents and cousins once a year and that's it, so on the rare occasion that I see any other family members, chances are I don't remember them.

Perhaps, I'm being a little dramatic. I mean, it's family, they can't be but so bad... right?

-- B

How to Blog

Well, for some reason, I got the sudden urge to create my own blog. Okay, maybe it wasn't so sudden. I had been thinking about it for a while. I mean, who doesn't want a not-so-personal journal? There's only one problem... I don't know how to blog. I mean, what am I supposed to write about?!

I guess what I'm saying is that I'm not exactly used to this... yet. However, I am always up for learning new things. I am a nerd after all. ;)

Time to do some research...

-- B