My first post

Wow. I never could have imagined that posting a first blog entry could be so frustrating just sitting here for what seems to me like an eternity. By the time I finish this sentence, it would have been twenty minutes. Wow. So, what's hip to write about these days?

Although I am tempted to write about celebrities, world news, or some other important thing like Lindsey Lohan's DUI arrest, I will instead post something more essential for all your daily lives. No, I will not ramble on about my life (not too much anyway). Instead, I will try to post some helpful stuff pertaining to life in general and even engineering (because I am a student). Who knows? Maybe I'll even throw in some naked pictures of Vanessa Hudgens (which are very much coveted by perverts alike). JUST PLAYING..please don't sue me Mr. Lawyer sir. No really, stay tuned.

It's amazing what you learn even in a trivial class (at least to me) like English. Something that happened at work today reminded me of the phrase "We seek to confirm not to question our ideas". You see, we're reading this book "Don't Believe Everything You Think" by Thomas Kida and rather than bore you with the summary of this book, I will just cut to the chase.

Basically, that phrase applies to our everyday lives. For example, once we hate someone, we think everything they do is annoying. Really, that's true. Your brother punches you in the face and you think everything he does is annoying-walking, talking, smiling-even breathing. So how does this apply to me?

At work today, I made this really, really small mistake of confusing a Schwinn Sierra GS and Schwinn Voyageur when I was showing it to a customer. Basically, I got lectured in front of another employee which PISSED the heck out of me. Seriously, this guy said, "You should shadow me one weekend so I can show you things b/c I'm the best at everything at this store, I know everything." Geez, for those of you that are not familiar with a Schwinn Sierra and a Schwinn Voyageur-they are nearly identical. One is a hybrid and the other is a comfort bike. That's basically an orange and a tangerine. Was it so difficult to pull me to the office and lecture me there. I got a little pissed off but I didn't say anything. Actually, for a week now, he's been pissing me off but I just meditated every time to relieve my anger. Uh huh..."meditation" =).

A few minutes later, this same guy walks up to me and brags about how he screwed over Home Depot by returning an item that was two years old. Then, I got to thinking. Subconsciously, within the recesses of my mind, I remembered a week ago that the same b@#tard told us about a guy who tried to return a worn-out shoe that had been used for at least a year. Our store, having a satisfaction guarantee policy, accepted it. This same b$#tard reluctantly accepted the worn-out shoe and later told us about "karma" and how it's going to affect this customer's life from now on. Then, it occured to me, this b$%tard evinced hypocrisy. I mean come on, you can't lecture us about "karma" one week and brag to us about how you screwed over Home Depot. Well, it happens.

Bottom line is, it's weird when you are surrounded w/ people you dislike (not necessarily hate). Weird things starts happening in your head and everything they do seems to piss you off. Such is the significance of "not questioning our own ideas".

Well, until next time folks. I'll try to post something as much as possible but having seven classes plus work is just a tidbit exhausting. See you soon.