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-J
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Monday, April 7, 2014
Business Management capstone
For my Bachelor's degree in Business Management I need to create a business plan for a venture of my own invention. The whole project is something between 40 and 50 pages, and they recommend - prudently - that each student pick something that they are passionate about to build a hypothetical business around. I am passionate about 1) sandwiches and 2) not leaving my house.
The idea might reasonably be compared to the Dollar Shave Club or the rideshare company Uber. My company will deliver a sandwich to your door on the day of your choosing each week. You pick the sandwich, the 15-minute time window, whether you want it heated or heatable (with simple instructions), and whether you want the delivery sandwichman to knock/ring or just leave it there. The entire process is signed up for monthly, and billed online so there is never anything to sign or pay at delivery time. I am personally ridiculously frugal, but I would be tempted by a service like this. Between 9 and 9:15 every Saturday morning there would be a piping hot bacon and egg sandwich on toasted sourdough waiting for me at my front door. That feels like an easy sell. I'm in love with this logo too. I want it on a ringer tee. I made it chiefly with a program called "hipster logo generator" and I don't even care how played out it is.
-J
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Watching the 2013 Seahawks on DVD: Game 3: Jacksonville @ Seattle
I didn't watch the Seahawks this year because I care too much. Now that I know how the season ends, I bought the games on DVD and I'm enjoying all the wins without the stress (and commercials).
Man, I'm bummed we've lost Golden Tate in this offseason. I'm happy for him that he's gonna get paid cuz the dude can play, but he was such an amazing secret weapon for us because no one knew the dude can play. RW is at 9 home wins in a row going into this one, he'll rack u a few more before the season's done. Marshawn makin' em look foolish. 27 yards... season high? I wouldn't have guessed. Ridiculous fake by RW. Now Lynch again, down to the 5. And again, down to the 1 inch line. Pete challenges. I LOVE HAVING NO COMMERCIALS.
Man, this game looks moist. We lose the challenge. No worries, though, right? 3rd down and nothing, right? HAAAAAA. SAME FAKE. Zach Miller getting POINTS. Hands the ball to the fans, I love this team.
Hauschka runs right by the ball without kicking it. Haven't seen that before... I guess he wanted another run at it. Ugh, Chad Henne looks terrible in this game. I kind of feel bad for the Jags since they have 1) a terrible team name and 2) ugly uniforms and 3) one of the worst cumulative records in football, but I also kind of don't feel bad for them because I don't like states that have three football teams. Florida has Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and Miami. That's too much for such a small state. Give a team to someone else. New York has the Jets, the Giants, and the Yankees. No wait, the Bills. But who cares about the Bills. California is the most populous state so you can kind of make an argument there. I like the Chargers since they're sort of a hard luck team like us. My friend Dustin described them as a team whose steadfast refusal to be bad is only matched by their steadfast refusal to be good. Henne gets thwomped again.
2nd quarter, Tate again. Guy is a monster. Miller again! Do work, son! 14 unanswered now. Hawks haven't started a season with three straight wins since 2006. That's ridiculous. Seven rough years, mang. False start on a punt attempt by Jacksonville kind of sums up this game for them. Hawks take over on the Jags' 46. They aren't even a real NFL team - just some unfortunate guys who happen to be standing inbetween us and a win. Kearse, now Williams gets a million yard PI call. Jax holds us to 3, so I guess they can sorta celebrate something. Wagner with the pick at the end of the 1st half. Rice, Rice, baby. 79 yards in 5 plays covering 34 seconds. 24-0.
Even without commercials this game isn't going as fast as I need it to. Time for bed, we'll pick up the rest later.
- Jeremy
Man, I'm bummed we've lost Golden Tate in this offseason. I'm happy for him that he's gonna get paid cuz the dude can play, but he was such an amazing secret weapon for us because no one knew the dude can play. RW is at 9 home wins in a row going into this one, he'll rack u a few more before the season's done. Marshawn makin' em look foolish. 27 yards... season high? I wouldn't have guessed. Ridiculous fake by RW. Now Lynch again, down to the 5. And again, down to the 1 inch line. Pete challenges. I LOVE HAVING NO COMMERCIALS.
Man, this game looks moist. We lose the challenge. No worries, though, right? 3rd down and nothing, right? HAAAAAA. SAME FAKE. Zach Miller getting POINTS. Hands the ball to the fans, I love this team.
Hauschka runs right by the ball without kicking it. Haven't seen that before... I guess he wanted another run at it. Ugh, Chad Henne looks terrible in this game. I kind of feel bad for the Jags since they have 1) a terrible team name and 2) ugly uniforms and 3) one of the worst cumulative records in football, but I also kind of don't feel bad for them because I don't like states that have three football teams. Florida has Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and Miami. That's too much for such a small state. Give a team to someone else. New York has the Jets, the Giants, and the Yankees. No wait, the Bills. But who cares about the Bills. California is the most populous state so you can kind of make an argument there. I like the Chargers since they're sort of a hard luck team like us. My friend Dustin described them as a team whose steadfast refusal to be bad is only matched by their steadfast refusal to be good. Henne gets thwomped again.
look at that tiny slice of Florida that cares about the Jaguars. The Jags have actually made a deal to play one game per season in London to try to increase their fanbase.
2nd quarter, Tate again. Guy is a monster. Miller again! Do work, son! 14 unanswered now. Hawks haven't started a season with three straight wins since 2006. That's ridiculous. Seven rough years, mang. False start on a punt attempt by Jacksonville kind of sums up this game for them. Hawks take over on the Jags' 46. They aren't even a real NFL team - just some unfortunate guys who happen to be standing inbetween us and a win. Kearse, now Williams gets a million yard PI call. Jax holds us to 3, so I guess they can sorta celebrate something. Wagner with the pick at the end of the 1st half. Rice, Rice, baby. 79 yards in 5 plays covering 34 seconds. 24-0.
Even without commercials this game isn't going as fast as I need it to. Time for bed, we'll pick up the rest later.
- Jeremy
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Watching the 2013 Seahawks on DVD: Game 2: San Francisco @ Seattle
I didn't watch the Seahawks this year because I care too much. Now that I know how the season ends, I bought the games on DVD and I'm enjoying all the wins without the stress (and commercials).
Man, this crowd is HYPE. Frank Gore went to "The U", apparently. I could see that causing confusion if there was more than one possible thing that could be called that, but fortunately for him there isn't so it's perfectly clear what he's referring to. We open by trading 3&outs. Someone blows a whistle and Seattle's line stands up like meerkats; SF blows by them and blocks the punt. Oy... SF marches down to our 9... 2nd & goal... 3rd & goal... deflected by Thurmond! Caught by Thomas! That's one way to end a drive. Pete Carroll is 62 today. Lynch says "I'll take 20 yards, thanks." Then nothing happens until 3 minutes left in the 1st quarter when the refs halt the game due to dangerous weather. Yeesh, lightning. I did not remember this happening.
Man, this crowd is HYPE. Frank Gore went to "The U", apparently. I could see that causing confusion if there was more than one possible thing that could be called that, but fortunately for him there isn't so it's perfectly clear what he's referring to. We open by trading 3&outs. Someone blows a whistle and Seattle's line stands up like meerkats; SF blows by them and blocks the punt. Oy... SF marches down to our 9... 2nd & goal... 3rd & goal... deflected by Thurmond! Caught by Thomas! That's one way to end a drive. Pete Carroll is 62 today. Lynch says "I'll take 20 yards, thanks." Then nothing happens until 3 minutes left in the 1st quarter when the refs halt the game due to dangerous weather. Yeesh, lightning. I did not remember this happening.
2nd quarter, and the Hawks are methodically alternating between amazing amazingness and brow-furrowing bunglation. Kaep has gone to 100% hand signals. Doesn't work out for him, safety. Woo, two-nothing lead! Then a lot more nothing.
Cliff Avril forces a fumble, Wright recovers; 3rd turnover if you count the safety. Field goal makes it 5-0. Lots more nothing. Taunting penalty on Seattle, 15 yards.
Nothing happens until 11:something in the 3rd quarter when RW throws a 50-yarder to Baldwin. That guy is a beeftank. S l o w a c t i o n a n d t h e n Lynch! Touchdown! 5 more minutes and SF gets 3 on the board. DOPE shovel pass to Tate for 20 yards... erased by a holding call. By a receiver. Oy. Then a 40 yard pass int penalty on the 49ers, so I guess that works out. Another 15 for crown of the helmet and we're in good position. Ha ha; I laugh every time they show Harbaugh getting mad. 4th quarter. Lynch again! Catches the ball one inch from the endzone then waits for a full second before taking a tiny step in.
Sherman with a huge interception! I wondered where he was this game. Aaaaand dancing with the SeaGals. Delicious. According to the announcers Sherman blames Harbaugh's badmouthing for Sherman being taken later in the draft. I guess that would explain the animosity. Field goal makes it 22-3. 11:30 to go. Biggest crowd ever at the CLink, they're saying. Thurmond with a big deflection, he's goin' crazy tonight. Ridiculous tackle by Sherman. Boldin makes his first catch 50 minutes into the game. Then we pull a keystone cops trying to tackle Kaepernick. Ugh, c'mon guys.
Kam Chancellor with a pick returned to the 2. Man, he didn't even have to move. Announcer says Kam bought his mom a car. And a house to park it in. Cool. Lynch! Again! Extra point makes it 29-3. Special teams force a fumble on the kickoff and this game is rad. Should have been another 7 on the board for us, but the refs called it dead incorrectly. We run out the clock on the SF 10 and there's your ballgame. I woulda liked to hang another 7 on them because 49ers, but I really respect that Pete isn't me, and he makes the right choice there.
The first half was pretty dorfy, but we came out like a murderer's row in the second thirty. Enjoy your flight home, San Fran.
-J
Friday, March 7, 2014
Drawing a blank
I love a blank piece of paper. It's so clean and white. Nothing is wrong with it. If I start to draw, there will be lines and shading and angles that I don't like, that make it wrong, but a blank page is so peaceful. There's nothing to criticize. A blank "new post" page feels the same. I'm going to slop a lot of words on there and hope for the best, but it was ultimately fine before I messed it up.
I know that not everyone feels this way. To many a blank page represents possibility. And to me it does too. But just because it's quiet doesn't mean that someone has to make noise. Sometimes the blank is nice. A lot of times, to me.
... you've got to start with something. Nothing can't really be improved upon, but something can. Do something, then come back and fix it up better than it was. You may never get back to the peace of a blank page, but maybe the trade-off will be worth it with the new fixed-up thing you've chaperoned into the world.
-J
I know that not everyone feels this way. To many a blank page represents possibility. And to me it does too. But just because it's quiet doesn't mean that someone has to make noise. Sometimes the blank is nice. A lot of times, to me.
... you've got to start with something. Nothing can't really be improved upon, but something can. Do something, then come back and fix it up better than it was. You may never get back to the peace of a blank page, but maybe the trade-off will be worth it with the new fixed-up thing you've chaperoned into the world.
-J
Monday, March 3, 2014
Watching the 2013 Seahawks on DVD: Game 1: Seattle @ Carolina
I didn't watch the Seahawks this year because I care too much. Now that I know how the season ends, I bought the games on DVD and I'm enjoying all the wins without the stress (and commercials).
Man, we look pretty sketchy in this game. Doug Baldwin caught an impossible throw, and Sidney Rice had a nice reception, but a Carolina punt reception turnover and a Carolina Unsportsmanlike penalty are the only reason we're in this one at all. Trailing 6-7 after 45 minutes and the Panthers look like they're just mowing us down. Cam has thrown some bad ones, but is always a running threat. Russell has coughed up a fumble in the red zone and killed another red zone possession with an Intentional Grounding. Wow, another Unsportsmanlike on Carolina; both of them were out-of-bounds players not immediately returning inbounds on the kickoff.
"There is a correction on the previous penalty enforcement." Whaaat. Ref awkwardly tries to explain the rules. Never seen that before. OK, re-kickoff, slightly better field position. Lynch is getting swallowed this game. Our whole team looks smaller than theirs. Nice catch by Tate. Woo, big run by Turbin! 15 yards, feels like a mile compared to what we've been doing. Wilson goes looooooonnnng.... Steven Williams gets two hands on it but can't complete. Doggone it man... How many chances like that are you gonna have? Oh, nevermind. Next down, Kearse - touchdown! Kearse's first NFL touchdown, says the announcers. Hawks go for two? Against this Carolina defense? I don't see this happening... throw is high, no good. Great touchdown throw, though. What was that, 40 yards of air? 43 say the announcers. Awesome.
Ted Ginn Jr. watches another kickoff bounce through the endzone. That would make... all of them so far. Maybe he's tired. Also I hear they sometimes hit you in football so I can see why he wouldn't like that. Ten minutes to go.
Facemask against Seattle. Yards yards yards. Sherman & Thomas knock it out! Seattle almost gets stood up behind their own 10 but Baldwin saves the day again. This Carolina audience keeps hooting. It's very odd. Not cheers or boos... just... hoots. Tate showing off. Wilson's first 300+ yard game ever? Really? He's been getting roughed up, too. Nice pass to Coleman for a first down. Lynch with a very pro run. Scrambling around, getting a few, running down time and getting tackled inbounds. Supastaah. A buck thirty left.
Now under a minute. Russ takes a knee and there's your ballgame.
Hawks win 12-7. Yay. =)
-J
Man, we look pretty sketchy in this game. Doug Baldwin caught an impossible throw, and Sidney Rice had a nice reception, but a Carolina punt reception turnover and a Carolina Unsportsmanlike penalty are the only reason we're in this one at all. Trailing 6-7 after 45 minutes and the Panthers look like they're just mowing us down. Cam has thrown some bad ones, but is always a running threat. Russell has coughed up a fumble in the red zone and killed another red zone possession with an Intentional Grounding. Wow, another Unsportsmanlike on Carolina; both of them were out-of-bounds players not immediately returning inbounds on the kickoff.
"There is a correction on the previous penalty enforcement." Whaaat. Ref awkwardly tries to explain the rules. Never seen that before. OK, re-kickoff, slightly better field position. Lynch is getting swallowed this game. Our whole team looks smaller than theirs. Nice catch by Tate. Woo, big run by Turbin! 15 yards, feels like a mile compared to what we've been doing. Wilson goes looooooonnnng.... Steven Williams gets two hands on it but can't complete. Doggone it man... How many chances like that are you gonna have? Oh, nevermind. Next down, Kearse - touchdown! Kearse's first NFL touchdown, says the announcers. Hawks go for two? Against this Carolina defense? I don't see this happening... throw is high, no good. Great touchdown throw, though. What was that, 40 yards of air? 43 say the announcers. Awesome.
Ted Ginn Jr. watches another kickoff bounce through the endzone. That would make... all of them so far. Maybe he's tired. Also I hear they sometimes hit you in football so I can see why he wouldn't like that. Ten minutes to go.
Facemask against Seattle. Yards yards yards. Sherman & Thomas knock it out! Seattle almost gets stood up behind their own 10 but Baldwin saves the day again. This Carolina audience keeps hooting. It's very odd. Not cheers or boos... just... hoots. Tate showing off. Wilson's first 300+ yard game ever? Really? He's been getting roughed up, too. Nice pass to Coleman for a first down. Lynch with a very pro run. Scrambling around, getting a few, running down time and getting tackled inbounds. Supastaah. A buck thirty left.
Now under a minute. Russ takes a knee and there's your ballgame.
Hawks win 12-7. Yay. =)
-J
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Blurred minds
Robin Thicke did an interview with GQ last May re: his video for "Blurred Lines".
"A lot of my videos and songs have been so serious—about love and pride and relationships and hope and getting over insecurities and vulnerabilities. But lately, I've just wanted to have fun and enjoy my life, really appreciate all the great things that I have, like a great wife, a great child, and a great career. That shows up in the music with more humor and light-heartedness.
...
We tried to do everything that was taboo. Bestiality, drug injections, and everything that is completely derogatory towards women. Because all three of us are happily married with children, we were like, "We're the perfect guys to make fun of this." People say, "Hey, do you think this is degrading to women?" I'm like, "Of course it is. What a pleasure it is to degrade a woman. I've never gotten to do that before. I've always respected women." So we just wanted to turn it over on its head and make people go, "Women and their bodies are beautiful. Men are always gonna want to follow them around." After the video got banned on YouTube, my wife tweeted, "Violence is ugly. Nudity is beautiful. And the 'Blurred Lines' video makes me wanna..." You know."
Makes her want to get a divorce, apparently.
Robin Thicke and Paula Patton Separate
Back in September I speculated that If I made a video in which naked women dance for me while I sing "I know you want it" "You the hottest bitch in this place", I'm not convinced that would be the most effective way to show my wife that I love her. After some time reflecting, I still stand by that position.
After a photo hit the web last fall showing a reflection of Thicke's hand grabbing a helping of another woman's bum (at a party his wife was at), he told Star Magazine, "“My only comment about the so-called scandalous photo would be that my wife are I are perfectly in love and very happily married. So, no complaints there.” Right. No complaints. Or apologies. Or contrition. Or self-awareness.
I try hard not to engage in Schadenfreude, and I can honestly say that I don't extract any pleasure the from this iceberg/Titanic interaction, but I can't help but feel that a lot of people are going to be startled out of bed tomorrow when the sun once again rises in the East. As it turns out, disrespecting your wife in public - as humorous and light-hearted as you feel it may be - is a very effective way to lose your wife. We anoint ourselves invincible and beyond statistics. We are unique snowflakes. Haters gonna hate. The tragedy to me is to watch it slowly, repeatedly unfold. Cognitive dissonance sets in so firmly.
“It’s the greatest love of the century... ...As a relationship progresses, you fall in love again in so many deeper ways. You realize that you need each other and you can’t live without each other.”
That was the rest of Thicke's statement to Star. That was post-butt-grab-photograph. Post-Miley-Cy-rub. There's really no difference between me and this guy; I love my wife with all of my heart. But if I ever start believing that I am above... I don't know. Above my capacity to make bad decisions, humanity... This guy had things that he wanted to do, and he crafted an internal narrative to justify those things. That's what we usually do, as humans: we decide what we are going to do, and then we come up with the reasons. And I'm sure he had a lot of people around him encouraging him to do those things. I believe he really did feel totally "in love" (whatever his working definition was) with his wife, and I believe he felt totally okay with doing all the other nonsense he was getting up to. But your wife doesn't live in the world you create. That's where it all falls down... when it intersects with another human being who has the power to tell you "no". No amount of cognitive dissonance can bridge the gap to another person's heart.
My old pastor used to say "sin will always take you further than you expected to stray, and keep you longer than you wanted to stay, and cost you more than you ever meant to pay." I always thought it was kind of rhymey-trite, but I still remember it six years later so I guess he wins that one. Anyway, Robin Thicke had an idol, and now one more thing has been sacrificed to it. Sin kills. One thing it kills is relationships. Also, watch for the sunrise tomorrow.
-J
"A lot of my videos and songs have been so serious—about love and pride and relationships and hope and getting over insecurities and vulnerabilities. But lately, I've just wanted to have fun and enjoy my life, really appreciate all the great things that I have, like a great wife, a great child, and a great career. That shows up in the music with more humor and light-heartedness.
...
We tried to do everything that was taboo. Bestiality, drug injections, and everything that is completely derogatory towards women. Because all three of us are happily married with children, we were like, "We're the perfect guys to make fun of this." People say, "Hey, do you think this is degrading to women?" I'm like, "Of course it is. What a pleasure it is to degrade a woman. I've never gotten to do that before. I've always respected women." So we just wanted to turn it over on its head and make people go, "Women and their bodies are beautiful. Men are always gonna want to follow them around." After the video got banned on YouTube, my wife tweeted, "Violence is ugly. Nudity is beautiful. And the 'Blurred Lines' video makes me wanna..." You know."
Makes her want to get a divorce, apparently.
Robin Thicke and Paula Patton Separate
Back in September I speculated that If I made a video in which naked women dance for me while I sing "I know you want it" "You the hottest bitch in this place", I'm not convinced that would be the most effective way to show my wife that I love her. After some time reflecting, I still stand by that position.
After a photo hit the web last fall showing a reflection of Thicke's hand grabbing a helping of another woman's bum (at a party his wife was at), he told Star Magazine, "“My only comment about the so-called scandalous photo would be that my wife are I are perfectly in love and very happily married. So, no complaints there.” Right. No complaints. Or apologies. Or contrition. Or self-awareness.
I try hard not to engage in Schadenfreude, and I can honestly say that I don't extract any pleasure the from this iceberg/Titanic interaction, but I can't help but feel that a lot of people are going to be startled out of bed tomorrow when the sun once again rises in the East. As it turns out, disrespecting your wife in public - as humorous and light-hearted as you feel it may be - is a very effective way to lose your wife. We anoint ourselves invincible and beyond statistics. We are unique snowflakes. Haters gonna hate. The tragedy to me is to watch it slowly, repeatedly unfold. Cognitive dissonance sets in so firmly.
“It’s the greatest love of the century... ...As a relationship progresses, you fall in love again in so many deeper ways. You realize that you need each other and you can’t live without each other.”
That was the rest of Thicke's statement to Star. That was post-butt-grab-photograph. Post-Miley-Cy-rub. There's really no difference between me and this guy; I love my wife with all of my heart. But if I ever start believing that I am above... I don't know. Above my capacity to make bad decisions, humanity... This guy had things that he wanted to do, and he crafted an internal narrative to justify those things. That's what we usually do, as humans: we decide what we are going to do, and then we come up with the reasons. And I'm sure he had a lot of people around him encouraging him to do those things. I believe he really did feel totally "in love" (whatever his working definition was) with his wife, and I believe he felt totally okay with doing all the other nonsense he was getting up to. But your wife doesn't live in the world you create. That's where it all falls down... when it intersects with another human being who has the power to tell you "no". No amount of cognitive dissonance can bridge the gap to another person's heart.
My old pastor used to say "sin will always take you further than you expected to stray, and keep you longer than you wanted to stay, and cost you more than you ever meant to pay." I always thought it was kind of rhymey-trite, but I still remember it six years later so I guess he wins that one. Anyway, Robin Thicke had an idol, and now one more thing has been sacrificed to it. Sin kills. One thing it kills is relationships. Also, watch for the sunrise tomorrow.
-J
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