Some Observations- ten to be exact

1. Rutgers football will forever toy with my emotions, leading me on to believe that they have changed their habits and will begin winning on a regular basis. Then they squash me in the 4th quarter and remind me that they are RU after all, what should I expect. Go back to tailgating. All the action is there.

2. Either I am getting smarter (doubtful since I spent the last month of the summer reading trash novels, talking to myself, drinking iced coffee) or people around me are getting dumber.(hint-it's the latter). I sat in on a conversation between Doug and a liquor rep. She used the word "littler" in context, oblivious to her mistake. For example, "When I was littler I always thought I'd end up with a different guy." I shook my head in disbelief. She thought I was being compassionate. Idiot.

3. The apostrophe is used incorrectly everywhere! Pay attention and you will be surprised. People still don't know the difference between they're and there or its and it's. How about Lilys Hair Salon. The salon that belongs to Lily (just down the street. No apostrophe. What are they too cool? )

4. Greasy guys who wear tight Armani t-shirts loose blood flow to their brains, in turn they tend to use monosyllabic words in conversation. Example- "Eh, yo, two beer. yeah. six? coo."

5. The last two books I have read have fallen short of my expectations. Two lessons learned- don't read anything but classics 2- Stop having expectations.

6. The best temperature has got to between 75-80 with relative humidity of 25-45%.

7. Breakfast is the best meal of the day. What's not to love? Eggs, bacon, milk, cereal, waffles, potatoes, sausage, pop tarts, orange juice, English muffins with jelly, the list goes on. I will invent the breakfast diet. Everything you need to stay healthy all stemming from breakfast foods. It can be done. Stay tuned.

8. Everyone should have a theme song. It could be a tv theme song applied to your life. Like "You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of life, the facts of life." Perhaps a song that tells your story, "I have climbed highest mountain, I have run through the fields only to be with you, only to be with you...I still haven't found what I'm looking for..." I'm working on mine. I think I like "Bicycle" by Queen. Not in the Lance Armstrong kind of way, but in the shit, all I want to do is ride. How pure and simplistic. That's what life should be. Eliminate the drama people. "I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike. I want to ride my bicycle. I want to ride my bike/" Powerful. Provocative. Beautiful. Nuff said.

9. I like people watching, but I'll be damned-- I don't like very many of them. I don't like talking to random people in the mall or engaging in small talk to neighbors I bump into twice a year. I'll wave, say hi, that'll do. Say what you will. I'll be sociable if I must, but I'd prefer few words, and those should be far between.

10. Sitting is so underrated. It's one of those small pleasures in life we need to take advantage of more often. More of use should enjoy a good sit. Before the day is over, tell yourself, "Damn it, today was a trying one and what I deserve is a good sit. That's what I'm going to do. Sit." And do it.