If it’s your world, it’s your problem!

I conducted a little test today before I went to class…. I took 3 plastic soda bottles and placed them next to a garbage can which happens to be on the corner of a crowded walk way.

When the 8:30am crowd was walking to their class… people simply disregarded the bottles were even there… one cadet actually kicked a bottle against the sea wall on the other side of the street…

My friends…. Honestly…. What would you have done?

You see a bottle on the side of the road… and 95% of you wouldn’t even stop to pick it up and throw it away.

Now when you think about it…. That’s sad

Another scenario…

I was in DC a few months ago with my roommate…

We were walking around trying to figure out what to do…

We decided to go into the local CVS next to our hotel an get a few snacks for that night, and I couldn’t help but notice the man sitting next to the garbage can outside the door to CVS… he wasn’t holding a sign… he wasn’t asking for money… it almost looked like he had given up on life and simply threw himself away…

I walked into CVS and without saying anything to my roommate… I put in a BIG tuna sandwich, two yogurts, a granola bar, and one of those wicked long waters that you need two hands to carry…

My roommate laughed and said “man you must be hungry”

I simply smiled at him knowing very well that I was not only going to bless this man with a huge meal… I was going to teach my roommate a lesson about the value of life and how everyone should be treated equally

We walk outside and sure enough… the man was still leaning on the trash can…

I walk over to him, got on my knees so I could be at eye level to him… and presented him with his feast…

I could tell he was extremely grateful because his eyes widened and almost seemed relieved that he wouldn’t go hungry that day.

Friends… brothers… sisters

we see on the news everyday that we are fighting a war overseas, we see every day on the news poverty in Africa, South America, and other parts of the world. Still, for some reason we feel utterly guilty because we don’t have the time or the money to fly over and give these kids the hugs they so desperately need, the clothing to teenagers so they can walk about society not feeling ashamed, the homes to parents who just want to see their children succeed…

so we do nothing

we leave it up for others…. The “more fortunate” to take care of

the people who have the means to help…. We let them take care of it

WAKE UP!!!! FRIENDS THERE IS POVERTY IN OUR OWN BACK YARDS!!! You think the on terrorism is the only one we are fighting?!?!?! WHAT ABOUT THE KKK! THE BLOODS! KRIPS! Gangs are KILLING the young generations’ people! And we aren’t doing anything because we

DON’T

THINK

WE

CAN

Well I’ll tell you what…. And it might be cheesy …. But I believe in a god who says ALL things are possible! Not one who says that only if you have money you can help

Why don’t you take a straw and suck up your disgusting ego a little bit and volunteer at the local soup kitchen

Trust me… once a month feeding the less fortunate is a good start to ending world hunger

Did you know that if 10% .... TEN PERCENT… of professing Christians in this world adopted ONE! Child…. There wouldn’t be any orphanages…

Now I bet your sitting down right now on your Mac Laptop in your heated home on a nice chair, sipping a cup of coffee…. Reading this blog…. Thinking to yourself “I do my fair share… I help out plenty”

Why stop there? Don’t settle for “comfortable” strive every day to get better

Pick up the garbage you see on the side of the road…. ITS NOT GOING TO KILL YOU

Walk into a CVS and pick up an extra sandwich… maybe a $2 bus pass…

God forbid you don’t get your fourth Starbucks that day…

Listen friends

We all live in this world together

If you’re not going to contribute to our cause ….

If you’re not going to help fight the good fight…

Why are you here?

*Special thanks to Sean Comer for giving me this blog idea.

I'll do that Tomorrow

I believe Americans are faced with this problem on a daily basis! (some on a weekly basis)

It’s called the "tomorrow complex" 

now, I'm no doctor, but i definitely know this complex well enough to diagnose it to anyone who says the words "I’ll do it tomorrow"

"I’ll start tomorrow"

well listen my brothers and sisters! if you don’t start today... you might not get tomorrow!! I hate to be rash and extremely blunt but its the 100% truth. 

YOU! Yea YOU! I see you fatty! Reading this blog thinking about when you should eat your next meal or watch the next episode of the office! i bet you have thought to yourself "man, this weight could kill me" or maybe even your doctor told you that you need to lose weight! WHAT ARE YOU "WEIGHTING" FOR! 

listen, i know.... it’s hard to get up and go to the gym.... its hard to get up and physically MAKE yourself walk around the block.... and since its so hard you decide that your probably going to have more energy TOMORROW.... so you put it off.....

and then,

when tomorrow rolls around

your tired again.... so you BRILLIANTLY realize that the next day... your going to have more energy...and then you know what happens..... its RAINING! 

noooo you can’t walk in the rain.... so its the next day

But wait... you have work the next day =) 

so you put it off another day... then another.... then another

UNTIL

you’re on a hospital bed because your so fat you fell down and couldn't get back up 

next scenario

you are with the girl of your dreams

you have been with her for a long long long time... so long even though you aren't married, it sure feels like it!

I have a question for you ya knuckle head....

why don’t you poop the question out of your butt and POP the question! 

So what if you don’t have a ring! She’s going to love you more then the ring anyways

Stop and shop has ring vending machines for 25 cents.... if you cant afford a 25 cent ring.... give me a call 

I’ll buy it for you!

i really dont know why people put things off until tomorrow.... because really.... today could be your last day

FATTY! you still reading?? ohh you better be! because check this out 

before you go to McDonald for your hourly dollar menu... 

There is a term... it’s called Carpe Diem

Seize the Day

Are you going to watch an opportunity that will potentially better your future…

Slip right through your finger tips?

There are people out there WISHING they could be fortunate enough to walk outside and jog around their block!

Ghettos

Slums

There are places where walking amlisley just isn’t an option.. for fear you might be shot… or worse

Other wish they could WALK

How selfish are WE that WE take every little thing for granted!

In some countries woman ….. girls…. as young as 12 years old are FORCED

To marry 40 year old men…

And if they don’t want to … or fight against it… they are KILLED

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET

Its called

HONOR killing!

(girls as young as 12 years old) 

 (GIRLS murdered in the streets because they chose not to be forced into marriage)

(this is allowed by law.....Sharia Law)

People we have the wrong mindset

We think that we have tomorrow… we think that we are owed another chance…

A chance to make up where we failed

Friends… we aren’t owed a thing….

Tomorrow is a GIFT

Never forget that

“Hmmm…..Ill order the… no wait…”

Going out to dinner can be frustrating at times, especially when you don’t know what you want to eat.

Men deal with this problem all too often… “So babe, decide what you want to order?” This is a question that haunts restaurants nation-wide… no…. world-wide!

Well I have two solutions for you MEN

If you decide to go out to dinner… heed my warning

If you want your date night to be a successful one, I have two simple words… PRE PLAN

When you wake up that morning maybe ask your significant other what she wants to do that night, where she wants to go…. This isn’t to get an answer quite yet, this is just to get the ball rolling.

Then mid day shoot her a text “dinner 2night, any ideas?”

Yes it’s as simple as that

Now…. If your spouse knows exactly what she wants trust me…. You will find out

But let’s say throughout the day she doesn’t give you an answer, or says “it’s up to you”… this doesn’t give you carte blanche to go to the local Applebee’s because they have cheep beer and big burgers…. Men…. This is a test….If you pass the test… 9 out of 10 you’re going to be a happy….very happy (because when she’s happy you’re happy… duh)….  If you fail this test, and your spouse is feeling generous… you might be sleeping in the comfort of your dog house.

To pass this test…. No… to BAIRLY pass this test… make reservations…. Doesn’t matter where …. Just make them! If you tell her “we have reservations for 6” trust me, that’s alot better than sorry babe… I forgot… or….. The place didn’t take reservations because they are a franchised chain like Bertucci’s, Chili’s, or Friendly’s…..(unless they like Bertuccie’s)  which really all your saying is that you’re a cheap date

Okay so you’ve told your spouse about the reservations… you and her get all dazzled up… you go out…. Buy wine by the bottle… not the glasses (it’s classier) (if the place is expensive, the carafe or half carafe are close alternatives)

Then the waiter comes over to take your order… MEN PLEASE DON’T MESS THIS ONE UP! Women are sometimes embarrassed they haven’t decided on what they want to order…. For you pro husbands out there you can always order for them… if you are unsure about what they would like… simply throw yourself under the buss and say something funny “ya know, im so bad at this, I can’t even read what is on the menu, Pasta E Fagioli, is that French or Italian?  Can you recommend something that’s delicious nutritious and made in the USA?” That cute little diversion just won the night… trust me.

After dinner:

All your hard work pays off and you decide to take her for a walk… you pass a movie theater and you ask if she wants to see a movie… excited, she starts reading the 50 different movie titles that are all playing in the next 10 minutes…. you decide to take the initiative to suggest a movie you will love and think she will love also…. “How about we see **** staring ****” she doesn't know how to decline so she pretends she doesnt hear you …

you, being well aware that she heard you decides to ask the daring question 

“what do you want to see?” and she says:

“Hmmm…..I want to see… no wait…”

Play nice children

-dev

EUREKA! and coffee???

so i have decided what I'm going to base my blog off of...

Have you ever woken up on the wrong side of the bed? gone through the day facing pointless problem after problem? well thats exactly what this blog is going to be about =) problems...

now not just big problems... but little problems... really LITTLE problem that you and i and the rest of the readers face every day!
a few examples of these problems would be:
no toilet paper in your house or
the cat pooped on the floor and not the litter box
and even as basic as "what am i going to make for dinner"

these are just a few problems people face throughout their every day lives, and I'm going to try to resolve them for you.....

so the first problem i tackle this morning is:

I LOVE coffee, I NEED coffee...... but don't "got milk"

now believe it or not, this is a problem millions of Americans face on a daily basis

maybe its because your refrigerator is broken, or maybe its because 90% of your family is lactose intolerant 

well let me start by telling you this... 

i HATE black coffee

cant STAND it

soo what do i do when there is no milk in the house... no cream in the house....

i simply spice things up a little bit

LITERALLY!

putting different spices in coffee take the bitter blahh taste away

get your cup of Joe.... then get a tsp of nutmeg or cinnamon 

and simply stir the two together... 

its so simple right? YES

not being able to have coffee in the morning brings out the monster in me ha and ... its just not cool

so in the end... not having milk in your coffee isn't the worst thing that could happen... 

you just need to spice things up

just pray your coffee maker doesn't break!

hope this starts your morning off right =)

-dev

Sooo much pressure, not enough time

REALLY??? why is it that from the second year of high school people..... YOUNG PEOPLE...... are expected by SOCIETY to know what they want to do when they are FORTY!
people ask the question alll the time "what do you want to be when you grow up" and they ask it so frequently that it becomes a mind set in the young people that they think "ohh snap, ive been asked this question for the past 16 years of my little puny little life that.. hmmmm... maybe i should take it seriously" and "maybe my 15 year old brain has gathered enough wisdom to plan out my entire life"

come on people! do you really think TV brain washes civilization? its ME its YOU its your BEST FRIEND we all corrupt each other!

now really... putting things in perspective...  maybe having a GENERALIZED idea of what you wanna do is a good thing... but friends... its a general idea

i asked my 8 month old niece what she wanted to be when she got older.... she looked at me.. pooped her pants.. and banged pots and pans together because they made noise!
i started laughing because i thought it was so cute (minus the poop part)

we need to just take one giant chill pill  =)

there is this man i know pretty well now... known him all my life actually.... i guess hes a pretty cool guy, kinda old... he can walk on water tho, which i think is pretty cool... and the whole thing he did with the wine at the party... well... lets just say being 21... I'm a wine connoisseur.... (just kidding)...

what my point is... there is a passage in the bible (for all you who didn't know i was describing Jesus.... i was describing Jesus.... =) now you know) that talks about your purpose in life.... kinda like the metaphor "if god gives you lemons, make lemonade"... almost exactly like that actually... although it reads "if god gives you a purpose, make a purpose driven life" sounds catchy right?
try something that is actually in the BIBLE or basic instructions before leaving earth for all my Sunday schoolers out there ;)


proverbs 16:9
In a mans heart he plans his course, 
   but the LORD directs his footsteps. 


now i dont know about you my friend.... but trusting god... its prob a good idea...
and for those who dont have a relationship with god and dont really know if they can trust him... im gunna ask you one simple question:


when you get into your car what is the first thing you do
A) go to the bathroom
B) pick your nose
C) build a catwalk
D) put on your seatbelt 


if you chose D) my friends .... lets just say trusting god is a little more important then putting on your seat belt




thank you all for listening


and for Mike Zuckerberg
LATER!


Seacrest out 

Will you be mine?

Happy Valentines day to all..
there are a few things exciting about valentines day...
pink heart shaped cookies and brownies on the mess deck... 40 degree weather walking too and from classes... finding out my professor was dumped by his girlfriend 5 years ago and he never found anyone else because hes still an emotional wreck...
and then thinks he can find pleasure in assigning us all a 5 page paper due the day after tomorrow just because he hates love and everything to do with it... but i guess thats life

(My girlfriend took this picture with the Nikon p90 i got her for her birthday last year)

on the flip side,
i just spent $65 sending a dozen roses to my sweetheart.... alot of money for a college student, yea... but ill tell you what... when you realize how crazy you are about that one person in your life, nothing else matters.... nothing..
including money!
$65 on a bunch of flowers.... hopefully some day that $65 turns into $6500 and those roses turn into a nice ring =)
(and when that time comes ill give it to her AFTER 3pm... not 2:20pm and ruin the surprise.... i hate flower people)
but enough about that...
there are plenty of people out there that hate this day... simply because they don't have anyone special to spend it with.... well people out there in internet world i have a nice little lesson for you all...
you don't need a significant other to have an amazing valentines day... you simply need a friend
go out to lunch... catch a movie... doesn't matter if they are same sex... after all... its called valentines day... not sex day...

have a good one

just me

I guess since i started my blog today i should give you readers a little background into my life. 

Thats me at the family timeshare in  Massachusetts

I am currently 21 and lets just say its pretty fun! 

I have an amazing girlfriend, we have been together for about three years now, and let me tell you what... its been the best three years of my life! 

College is fun, kinda really lame tho because i go to a military college... although its not really the military .... its confusing.... so im not gunna try to explain....

have to wake up every morning at 6:30 am go to formation at 7:10am and then we have classes until 9:45pm... not your normal college life, i know

use to have a bunch of friends, dont really anymore.... guess thats what happens when you realize certain people in your life are temporary and others are forever.... 

and then you realize that there are only 1 or 2 of them that are actually going to last forever and you thank god they are in your life. 

I had cancer when i was wicked young, and am blessed to be cynically cured from that.... Acute Lymphocytic  Leukemia is what i was diagnosed with when i was three years old... i was in the hospital for about 2 and a half years... 

I like to lead... i think I'm good at it... 

i dont believe leaders are just born, they are made... 

Andd thats about it.... 

there is plenty of more i could tell you... because like stated before... ive been on this earth for 21 years.... but writing 21 years of information into one blog post is impossible...  unless i was mark zuckerberg... he can do anything

PEACE!

What the heck is a blog?

So writing a blog shouldn't be that hard right? I guess I really never saw the point in these things ha, people writing back and forth commenting on each others posts, cant you do that on Facebook?
I just saw the social network last night with my roommate and the main character had a blog and he was writing junk about his ex girlfriend. I thought, is that what a blog is all about? just writing about what your feeling? kinda like a journal right?

Well basically, I started this blog because someday I want to rule the internet like Facebook or Amazon or maybe even Google! so I'm taking the advise of my good friend Mark Zuckerberg and getting started.

Not sure how this is going to turn out in the end, or if anyone is going to read it.... but hey... its worth a try right? every dynasty that ever existed came from a little ripple in the water and soon grew into a massive title wave.

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here it goes!
wish me luck.