Greetings from the Popcorn Factory

Christmas brings many gifts to your direction, whether they’re good or bad.  I’ve received a few gifts already, ranging from a calendar, a season of the Office (love that show), and…paperclips (no lie).  Just so you know, all these gifts are from my Aunts, Uncles, and Family Friends (I have not opened my family’s presents yet and won’t until the 25th).

Anyways, no gift from out of family sources can compare to the one we get every year: a huge tub of popcorn from the Popcorn Factory.  Yes, a 6 and 1/2 gallon tin can of caramel, butter, and cheese popcorn.  This is always one gift that wins my vote.  Ah, to get fat long before Christmas Day is an amazing feat.

A shorter post than most, but I’ll say something again soon!

Pepsi’s Great…Until December 31st

Well, I love Pepsi, and I drink it all the time, but I have a feeling that their current promotion, PepsiStuff, is greatly influencing me.  As of right now, I just downloaded a new P!nk song from Amazon for 5 Pepsi points, and am adding it to MediaMonkey (long story which I should tell, but I broke iTunes).

Well, I don’t know, but I’m listening to P!nk’s new song It’s Not My Fault, from her album Funhouse.  Ah, songs are only good if their explicit, right?

There’s good and bad things about these soda promotions, though.

Good	Bad
You get free mp3’s from Amazon, my current favorite music download site	It makes you realize just how much soda you drink
You won’t become a felon by using LimeWire as your music download source	You spend more money buying the soda then it would ever cost you to buy the songs direct

I have no doubt there’s more, but I’m so buzzed on Pepsi right now I can’t think.  Ha, I drink so much soda, I get like short term ADHD or something.  It’s all good though, because I get a legal high (if you believe caffeine is a drug).  But, yeah, this song is good.

That’s about it for tonight, so thanks for bearin’ with me!

Web Sites Can See Like Fun

When I get bored, I’m all about surfing the internet.  I mean, when I go to Google, good luck trying to stop me.  But, I hate those sites that are always a disappointment.  Everyone’s been to them.  The sites that suck in both appearance and content, but then want you to tell other people about their site.  I mean, I would, and I am, but it’s not in a positive way.

The sad part is, not everyone that has a website should have a website.  So, I’ve created a rating system that might help you when searching the internet.  It’s called the ‘if it’s hidden on Google, then it’s not a good site’ system.  It’s pretty easy to work, too.

You see, if you have to go through 10 Google pages just to get to the listing, then it’s not a good site.  If I understand anything about Google, it’s that pages are rated by a special tool called (wouldn’t you believe it) Page Rank (or Google Rank).  What happens is, the more popular a site is, the higher it’ll appear in the eyes of Google.

Remember that joke that ran a while back?  Where when you Googled Miserable Failure, George W. Bush’s biography came up?  Well, that’s called a Google Bomb, where people can alter the page rank of a website by searching and clicking on it.  It’ll then slowly rise to the top of the Google Results.

But back to the matter at hand, web sites are bi-polar.  They say one thing in the Google Search Description, and then when you click on them their ugly, tacky, and have no purpose (whether to play games, watch videos, or…dare I say it…do homework).

That’s about all I have to say on this matter, but it’ll probably come up again when I find another site that sucks.  And, if Google lies to me again, it shouldn’t be too long from now!

Monday Nights Suck

So, homework takes about an hour to do, and that's never fun.  But I thought, hmm, homework sucks.  But now I get to waste the rest of the night talking to my friends and stuff, so that's fun.  Also, I had this idea for a website, but I'm not sure it'll go too far.  We'll see how much money I get first, before I jump into any 'major' details.

Anyways, it seems like forever since I listened to good music.  I mean, I'm always on top of the latest music and stuff, because I'm always readin' the latest music news.  But, after you listen to the same stuff over and over again, it starts to get old.  Anyways, I could stomach 'I Kissed a Girl' once or twice, but how many times can a guy listen to a song about that?

Weird part is, it seems relationships have taken over music.  I mean, even Akon is singing about gettin' back together with his girlfriend.

Economic Troubles = Soft Artists + Britney Becoming Somewhat Normal + Games You Can Play With Your Butt

For that last one, just google it.  I'm sure you'll find what I'm talking about (it's on YouTube).  Well, there's nothin' else to say, so buh bye.

Pepsi and 5 Gum

Well, I told myself I would start a blog today, see what it's all about.  You hear about it on the news all the time about how reporters find stories off peoples' blogs.  So, who knows, maybe I could be on the news...doubt it.  But I wanted to see why people like to blog, because to me it's just like allowing stalkers to see every intimate detail about you.

To introduce myself, my name is Brian (couldn't you tell), and I'm a freshman at Lemon Bay High School.  I'm pretty much a normal teen, except I have red hair, am a lil' bit of a nerd, and doesn't do drugs or drink.  Okay, so I'm different, but that's okay because people say I'm special.

Anyways, it's not like I'm new to the internet: I've spent my days with YouTube, MySpace, and good old IDKWTF.  One of the only things I don't do is Twitter.  I mean, if I wanted to post my where-abouts to everyone 24/7, I'd rather be with those people than tell them about it.  What does a Twitter log look like, anyways?

10:22am: eating a sandwich

10:23am: putting my sandwich down so I can drink my soda

10:24am: picking up my sandwich to eat it again, then crying because I realize my life has gone nowhere

10:25am: regained all my self-esteem and am holding back my tears

Being a Twitterer means you have a lot of dedication, I'll give you that.  But how many people are actual dedicated Twitter users?  Good thing none of my friends Twitter, because then I'd be a little scared.  More than a little...a lot.

I guess that's it, except for one thing: 5 Gum's Rain doesn't taste good when you're drinking Pepsi.  It's really disgusting.  Although, it's not as disgusting as Taco Bell and Dairy Queen.  That's some gross stuff!