Not to get all philosophical and all, but...

You ever wonder if any of this is real? Not that I think we're all living in some dream world, when in reality we're enslaved by robots.

I'm not dodging bullets anytime soon

The world is so big, yet life is such an individual experience.

Latest Words of Wisdom (via Darren)

Its about knowing what you want vs what other people want

My Own Breakfast Creation

2 Cups Multigrain Cheerios
1 Fairly Rip Banana sliced
Chocolate Milk
Crushed Walnuts (optional)

I've been making this for awhile now, but thought I should share. It's soooooooo good.

Question. (said like Dwight Schrute)

I find as time goes on, I'm becoming, I don't know if indifferent is the right world, but my expectations are lower. Anyway, here's the question.

Better to be "All or Nothing!" or "Well, this is alright."?

You Know You're Getting Old When...

1) You don't recover physically as quickly.
This is both big and small, from major injuries to minor scrapes. Even papercuts take longer to heal!

2) You worry about things that you never worried about before.
Things like the weather, politics, price of gas, price of milk, etc...

3) Going to bed past midnight counts as a late night.
Even if it's on the weekend.

4) Waking up late is waking up past 9 in the morning.
Even if it's on the weekend.

5) Music you listen to is played on Adult Contemporary radio.
I shake my fist at you CHUM 104.5

6) You can't wear certain things anymore.
Not without feeling juvenile anyway.

7) People around you are getting old.
This happens all the time, but now you notice it. Your parents are less capable, your friends are more grown up, and "little kids" aren't so little anymore.

8) Developing a sense of nostalgia.
Awwwwww, remember when...?

9) You don't get the new/newest trends.
Justin Bieber, Auto-tune, The Hills, Twitter, Vampires, among others.

I wonder...

Is Sarah Chalke destined to only play the dorky guy's love interest in sitcoms forever?

MadLove - starring Sarah Chalke and Jason Biggs

Pimping Yourself Out

That's what it feels like, this whole dating thing. Not in the Xzibit, pimping out rides kind of way. I'm talking street walker, fishnet wearing, smeared mascara kind of way.

I've had quite a few discussions on this topic, and the opinions on it vary quite greatly. But generally there are two camps when it comes to this, and of course both are widely apart from each other. While they both sound good in theory, neither are both flawed in their own ways.

1) Sell Yourself
Basically you're going to do your best to show yourself in the best light possible. Hiding all your flaws, and exaggerating all your strengths. Selling yourself to somebody how great you are. You're trying to get somebody to like you. In this form, you're treating dating like a competition that is to be conquered.
I don't really like selling myself, it just feels gross. It feels too much like a sales pitch, like some sleazy used car salesman trying to get one by the customer. And why should I "try" to get somebody to like me? Aren't they suppose to like you for who you are regardless? And really, is this act sustainable long term?

2) Be Yourself
You don't really try too hard, no real song and dance, just let things happen as they may. Things will work out if they're suppose to, the thinking being that somebody will like you for just being you. This is more the "letting nature take its course" approach.
This seems more utopian and idealistic, but in some ways, highly unrealistic. Will anything really get done if you don't really try? It feels like you're waiting around helplessly for something to happen. People are also generally not super interesting if you really think about it, we're different, but mostly we're in a large group of average. We all eat, sleep, drink, have friends, hobbies and so on. Can anybody get excited by that?

Is there a right way or a wrong way? Is it an individual decision? Is it really a matter of effort?
Thoughts?