100th Blog Post

This is my 100th post!! I finally made it! In celebration, I am going to revisit some of my greatest hits. This is a SUPER POST!! Be prepared for a huge amount of assorted greatness as we stroll down memory lane.

Life Lesson #53: It is easy to lose your vision. Going blind is easy, just look at a solar eclipse! Stop eating carrots, stop wearing glasses, turn off the lights. What I really mean is that two years ago I wrote about my various learning experiences on this blog with occasional detours into the realm of he ridiculous. It seems I haven't posted a "life lesson" since 2010.

Life Lesson #54: It's okay to transition to something new, especially when it comes to the format of your blog.

Links to the best things:

He-Man: What's Goin' On?
Batman uses Apple Maps...
How the Avengers Should Have Ended
Disapproving Baby

More Baby Names:
I am voting for Harrison Fjord and Mister Tee as my absolute favorite names ever. These guys have some more suggestions:

Top 60 Ghetto Names
Other Top Ghetto Names
Utah Names (sadly, all of them are REAL)

I think I will share some posts from my favorite tumblr, Reasoning with Vampires!

Just a reminder that Rifftrax exist and they are wonderful! Here is a clip of one that I am very excited to watch!

Rifftrax: Spider-man 3

Some other favorites that I recommend: All the Twilight riffs are hilarious, Troll 2, The Fifth Element, The Hunger Games, The Phantom Menace, High School Musical, Captain America, Jurassic Park, and Inception.

Here are some random pictures that will appease those of you who don't like words or funnies:

We rented a canoe for our anniversary last spring and took it to Bear Lake.

I did jump in the water once. Bad idea

It snowed later that day.

I made cheesecake.

I was very proud of how the cheesecake turned out.

And now, a brief exploration of the mind:

I know I am a nerd. I know the stuff that makes me geek out. I hope everyone is a total nerd about at least one thing. Being a nerd is a simple way of saying you are knowledgeable and passionate about a specific, sometimes obscure, topic.

I am a History Nerd. I love reading biographies, watching documentaries, and my favorite classes have always been history classes. Best classes I ever took? Music History (all three semesters) and AP European History.

I am a Music Nerd. I'd better be! I hate when people use musical terms incorrectly or when they pretend they know how singing works. Guys, if after five years of study I am not an expert, hows about you with zero years of study just shuts up and let's the real experts do the talking?

I am a Sci-fi Nerd. I was raised watching Star Wars. The originals are wonderful films that fire the imagination. That led to Firefly fandom (which leads to Joss Whedon fandom in general), and now I've gotten to really enjoy Doctor Who. I guess I could include "fantasy" in here to and discuss Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. The point is, I like a good story that gets me wrapped up in an adventure, teaches me some life lessons, and then sends me on my merry way with my imagination astir. Who doesn't like to get swept up by a good story?

I am an Improv Nerd. This is similar to a Theatre Nerd, but so much more relaxed; so much less competitive. I don't have to memorize lines, just live in the moment and be real. Improv has helped me with my substitute teaching more than anything else because sometimes you really don't have anything prepared. You don't know where you are supposed to be, what the kids are doing, and you don't understand the teachers vague notes. In that situation, just relax and wing it. The kids can't tell the difference.