So this year I've decided stop writing about trivial things in my life. I'm only going to post on Thursdays and it's going to be on a specific subject. I'm just going to give my personal opinions and maybe you'll be a little shocked about what I write. For the first month of the year, I've decided to write about some of the more risque topics, the non-polite dinner talk.

January 8: RELIGION

January 15: POLITICS

January 22: SEX

January 29: DRUGS

I have been become very bored with LiveJournal because no one ever has anything to say about what people write. When I write these articles I really encourage you guys to comment, give your own opinion, and in the case of me being ignorant about something, please enlighten me. Usually people don't share their opinions because they have no one else's to compare to. So I'm stepping in. Also, I'm taking the leap into Friends Only because although this is a public affair, I'm not sure I want the world to see this yet.

Oh last thing, since this is the last post I get to be whiny about my life: I've gone vegetarian this year and it is INSUFFERABLE. That is all.

So far Christmas has been a success. I've only gotten 3 gifts so far, but I love them. Plus I plan on going shopping tomorrow for clothes for me, hurrah for post-Christmas sales!!

And now the gifts I got for my friends are ready to be given. So exciting.

I am so tired. I could live without seeing another mall for months.

I lost my glasses. As far as I can figure, they're either at Miccosukee, Dan's car, James' house, or somewhere along 142nd Avenue. I am going to feel really bad about telling this to my mom. It's like an anti-present.

So like, I'd make a great boyfriend. I write love letters, I buy overpriced pieces of cloth from Coach, I'm apparently an adorable drunk. Who needs tall, dark, and handsome anyway?

Honesty, I think the dangers of walking at night are highly exaggerated.

I have so much left to do.

In other news, my older brother and sister are excellent chefs.
I want to be a culinary master like them.

So Jaclyn has returned from Gainesville with a boyfriend and resentment towards me.

Let's see if she gets any gifts for Christmas.



Hint: No.

Also, jeeeez. You win one game of Monopoly and suddenly everyone becomes a hater.
These are awesome best friends I have.

If I drink as much I thought I was going to at DJ's party I'm going to become an emotional wreck. Hello closet.

So far the my most favorite recent year of life was 2007. I'm hoping 2009 will surpass it.

I think I'm going to like Christmas this year. Mostly because I'm actually going to buy people gifts. Maybe the reason I've never really enjoyed the holiday wasn't because I was not getting presents, but because I wasn't giving them. How horribly cliché.

Last night I won a game of Monopoly. Wait I don't think you understand. I WON A GAME OF MONOPOLY. I can check that off my list of impossible feats.

It is 2:25 AM. The moon looks amazing.

I am high on... well, it doesn't matter.

My life is doing fine except for the lack of plans for the future. What do I do with a BFA?

I think my heart is on the verge of dying from misuse.

It is the perfect temperature in my room.

This month of freedom I will dedicate to: Working out, making figurines, writing a love letter (with my dying heart), reading the rest of my Japanese textbook, trying to speak truthfully to my friends new and old, and filming.

I apparently picked a good time to subscribe to GQ.

Living forever is the most awesome thing ever, don't believe Tuck Everlasting.

I want to kiss somebody. Upside down. In the rain.

My lips are too full.

This semester I got 3 A's and an F. I'm so annoyed by core classes.

I like my nicknames much better than my first name. Tico, Green Lantern, Mr. O... Al, even. But not Mcberto. Worst Mcname ever. Lol, te quiero Debbi.

Just wanted everyone on here to know that I'm wishing you guys luck, from those suffering emotionally to those recovering from finals, from those who feel they've got it all to those who feel they have enough, my thoughts are with you.

On Tuesday many of you return here, your hometown of Miami (whether you like it or not) and I can't wait to see you.

It is 3:05 AM. How did that happen?

Just came back from taking down my art installation. I think it was successful. Then again when isn't hanging people from buildings successful?

School is over for me. I can't believe I have basically a month of freedom.

The question is: What do I do with all this time?

I remembered I was going to do one of those anonymous friend things.


1. I wish we had met under different circumstances. You are a sweet, fun person which I would have tried to get romantically closer to, if it weren't for our other friends.

2. You say you think highly of me, but it's probably nothing compared to what I think of you. You say you're under appreciated, and that may be true, but you're definitely loved. I'd enjoy spending years of my life just talking with you.

3. You're cool. All my friends seem to agree on that. Am I jealous? Probably.

4. I can't seem to get my life together, and I blame you for it. Yet, I still turn to you whenever I feel depressed. We know so little about each other, and I want to call you out on it, but then I see your eyes and I can't bring myself to do it.

5. I hear your life's been a mess lately. Of course, I heard this from other people. I can't say that I'm glad that you're having trouble, but honestly, I should be.

6. You seem to really enjoy my company, and I can't seem to find a reason why. I act the most sarcastic towards you, and I find it entertaining when you're angry. There must be something wrong with you, buddy. I appreciate it though.

7. Mistress of passive aggressiveness I bow to thee. Seriously though, I think you are amazing. Your sarcasm is on point, and when you giggle at my attempts at humor I feel vindicated. I must admit though, that your love life is weird. But it really doesn't affect me one way or the other.

8. You're living my dream life right now, but I don't think I'm ready for it yet. I'm kinda worried for your health though. Please don't over do it.

9. I don't know what you're doing at all times. It sounds a bit stalker-ish but I'm always suspicious that I don't hold the same position in your life that you do in mine and that you're off having adventures with your real friends while I look out my window. It hurts.

10. Look, you're nice and all, but I have no clue why my friends adore you so much. Maybe it's just that we aren't directly friends that bothers me. Or maybe you should just disappear.

11. I find you hilarious and I really want to be closer with you. It doesn't help that you always act surprised when I talk to you or hug you. Besides being on opposite sides of enemy lines, I think you and I have things in common that you don't even realize.

12. Little miss PERFECT. Okay maybe that just threw anonymous out the window. How about you stop taunting me with your awesomeness? I get it okay? You have the perfect looks, the perfect friends, the perfect personality... what was my point? Please don't forget me when you write the perfect movie script.




As far as the title for this goes, participation grades for an online class ranks high as the stupidest reason for me not to get an A.

If I don't end up launching myself off the Green Library's roof, I'll consider next semester a success.

Update on life: Dumb.

Have an exam tomorrow morning.
Have a paper and an exam due Friday for my online class.
Going to Art Basel Wednesday afternoon.
Deciding on whether or not to fail my IR class Friday.
A 10 page paper for that same class due next Wednesday.
And don't get me started on the art installation.

Getting together at Jessica's was fun. Beyonce is awesome. Mira is still lame.
The guys have a new obsession with MK vs DC, which is great because I'm going to master Green Lantern.
I suck at billiards. Or maybe I just can't play with an overbearing partner.

Linnett's birthday is coming up. Unfortunately she gave me a present so I have to return the favor. I'm no good at choosing presents. I don't like giving clothes. And drawings are sucky unless they're huge. Remember the good old days when Barbies were totally acceptable gifts?

And now an excerpt from a Weezer song I can relate to:

I'm growing out my hair
I'm movin' out to Cherokee
I'm gonna be a rock star
And you will go to bed with me
'Cos I can't work a job
Like any other slob
Punchin' in and punchin' out
And suckin' up to Bob

I can't wait to see all my friends from the north.

"This world is spinning inside me
The whole world is spinning inside of me
Every day sends future to past
Every step brings me closer to my last"

EVERYONE GET HAPPY. I DEMAND IT.

Anyway, I just wanted to write about what's been going on for me this week. Monday was my birthday, nothing much happened besides the (alleged) death of my childhood. I got some neat stuff, and I bought my self Guitar Hero World Tour, since everyone else has gotten tired of playing but I haven't.

Sometimes I feel like out of all my friends, I'm the only one who doesn't care much for adulthood. Everyone's all serious business. Screw that.

School's going great. I keep making my art projects literally the morning before class and getting A's.

Yesterday I went with Heidi to the Latin Jazz Festival and got this uber-cool light up maraca. I did NOT go watch Twilight because it looked pretty dumb before I even heard people bad mouth it. I'd rather just go ahead and read the books and ignore the films altogether.

Tomorrow I'm going to be onboard a cruise. It won't be going anywhere.

Lastly, but most importantly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JESSICA SARGO, who has apparently been partying nonstop since Friday. I fear for her safety.

EDIT: THURSDAY -_____-

All my classes got canceled today. How... appropriate.


(and really, really weird)

I LOVE YOU D:<

A few weeks ago, a girl said 3 magical words.

I realized these words were the key to my heart.

If she wasn't a complete stranger, I would have embraced her passionately right there.

So ladies, if you ever think I'm the guy for you, all you have to say is:


"I hate Nickelback."

And I'm yours.

A Shapeshifting Skyscraper in Miami's Skyline?
Mon Nov 10, 2008 at 10:04:22 AM


Courtesy David Fisher
It's like a skyscraper that moves, man.
A PR flak in New York left a cryptic voicemail on Riptide's machine late last week: Florence-based superstar architect David Fisher is planning a "major press conference" in Miami on Tuesday, she said, to announce plans for a project here.

The mysterious news is even more intriguing given the project Fisher's been shilling in a few other major cities for the past year: an insane-looking rotating skyscraper. Each floor in the building would spin independently, creating a constantly changing shape on the skyline.

Fisher told the New York Times a couple weeks ago that he's looking for a place in Manhattan to build a rotating tower. And he's supposedly breaking ground for another one in Dubai in a few weeks.

Could Miami be next? Has Fisher heard about the little condo bust that's left half-built towers packed with empty units up and down the bayfront?

We'll get some answers tomorrow.

-- Tim Elfrink

I WOULD TOTALLY MOVE DOWNTOWN AND STAY HERE.

UPDATE: More cockroaches expected in Florida

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Florida researchers say a hissing cockroach that grows as big as 5 inches inadvertently could be released in the state and, if so, would thrive.
The Madagascar hissing cockroach is one of four species of roach readily available on the Internet to lizard owners who purchase them illegally, said Phil Hoehler, an entomologist with the University of Florida.



Roaches are a good replacement for crickets as reptile food because they are less expensive and don't smell as bad as crickets, Hoehler told the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel in a story published Sunday.

The Turkestan cockroach, lobster roach and the orange spotted roach also are potential invaders, though they have yet to be spotted, Koehler warned pest-control operators in a recent magazine article.

"This is not good news for anybody," said Hoehler, noting where there are cockroaches, there will be escapees and Florida has the perfect climate for them.

I AM LEAVING.

I got an "A" on my huge paper :D

I got a "D" on my tiny midterm D:

I got a nice loan deposited to my account :D

I have to pay it back D:

Smallville is awesome again :D

Prison Break is not so great D:

Twilight is a great book :D

The Scarlet Letter still sucks.

isn't that weird? Thought he'd be in Gainesville.

Anyway, today was excellent.

My installation for art class was approved by my professor, now I just hope the school committee lets me put it up.

I spent about an hour with Linnett, she showed me her new G1 phone, and I got to eat her leftover Halloween candy. It's still obvious that we're losing touch with each other but that just motivates me into seeing her more often.

What am I gonna do for my birthday?! I don't want to be 20 yet =(

Obama won. We did it. We'll be able to help our children with their history homework and say "I helped make that happen"

But Obama wasn't the only thing on the ballot.

I'm kinda dissapointed in Florida. Especially Amendment-wise.