E-Social Norms

I just googled my name. Most of the hits have to do with me, including my google profile, my facebook page, my twitter page, my old myspace page , (how embarrassing) and some classmates.com page for my old elementary school that I don't remember making. I remember the first time I was introduced to the internet I was told that you weren't even supposed to tell people your first name because even with that they could send you viruses, steal your identity, and then track you down and rape you. Now maybe they just told us that because we were kids and the internet was a relatively new and scary place, and I've seen enough episodes of To Catch A Predator to know that shit is totally possible. But I think that the social aspects and safety of the internet, while still being quite dangerous, have changed a lot since I was a kid. Let's talk about it NOW!

People In My Life

This isn't going to be a countdown list because I don't really like to pick favorites. I realize you must be thinking "hey now Mike, by making this list aren't you doing just that? Hmm? What about that shit asshat?" Well first of all, don't call me names, and secondly, I may be picking favorites, but just because you're left off of this list doesn't mean I don't think you kick ass. It just means that I either I just plain forgot (and everyone knows you only forget the important things) or couldn't come up with a paragraph of praise for you. It's just best to assume that you kick ass of your own merits. Anyways her are the fab nine I could think of.

The Adventures of Mike the Outlaw: Episode 2

This story of my unlawful exploits contains some police work that is slightly impressive and some that is slightly disgraceful. Now I know I make it seem like I hate the police but the truth is I don't. I just really dislike the police. I think that it's strange that people that have one of the highest paying jobs that require arguably one of the smallest amounts of actually education get to walk around with handguns and handcuffs barking orders at everyone else and intimidating anyone who slightly annoys them. Not that there aren't damn good cops out there, I just feel like I don't get to meet many of them.

End of Semester Slacking

Well I've officially sunken into the worst of the school lethargy. I'm sick of my homework,  my classes, I just don't want to do it. I've had a talk with a few friends and it would seem that most of them share my pain and wish that some sort of Hogwarts scenario would go down where we didn't have to take finals because some kid found the chamber of secrets. Despite my nerdy hopes of school cancellations,  the classes will continue and the exams will undoubtedly plague for at least a week. But I don't know, I can think of other reasons why the last couple months of school are particularly the worst.

Reconnections

I was inspired today by a blog I did a couple weeks ago where I mentioned losing touch with your friends. The reason I was reminded about it was actually a person. When I lived in Madison I had this friend named Casandra. We met in a (composition?) class at Herzing University and became friends quickly. We once went on an adventure around Madison in the middle of the night, getting lost several times, but also finding one of the coolest overlooks of the city there is. Casandra and I lost touch about three months before I left for Duluth, but recently she found me out of the blue and it was really nice to hear from her.