RVCA Sale on the Mall

Lemme start this off by saying RVCA has been my favorite clothing company for a couple years now. Having lived in San Diego my entire life, thats not really saying much. RVCA is everywhere in San Diego and if you know the right places you can get a grip of tees for like $10 a piece.

There are a couple reasons that RVCA is really sick though. The first one being that they're shirts are ridiculously comfortable, lightweight, and durable. The only shirt's I've ever felt that have been nearly as comfortable as RVCA are affliction shirts and those are pretty expensive. Theyre also extremely durable for some reason, I would have thought that they would shrink easy and fall apart easier considering how lightweight they are, but they are my shirts that never shrink and never stretch out or fade, even when I throw one on fresh out of a surf session and my skin is all wet and salty still.

The other sick thing about RVCA is that they design their clothing for thin and tall people. A lot of clothing companies their shirts are a certain length in size Large, and then going up in sizes doesnt make them longer it just makes them wider. Other companies design their shirts for fat people, but RVCA tries to cater to the surfer/skater crowd and they know none of us are fat. Being 6'4" after most shirts shrink they look dumb because of how short they are. With RVCA I can pickup a XL or 2XL and they only get longer, not wider. That way when they shrink a little in the wash they still fit perfect instead of just barely reaching my belt.

These are the reasons RVCA is the best company to buy tees from. Period.

Campus Health

It takes forever to get through campus health. I got up at 8:30 am and went into campus health to get my throat checked out because its been killing me lately. First you have to wait to see a nurse to see if your sick enough to see a doctor, then you gotta see another nurse to ask you all sorts of questions to really make sure if you can see a doctor. Then finally you get to see a doctor. Inbetween all of these stages are waiting periods of like 45 minutes. This was early in the morning on a rainy day when Campus Health looked nearly dead. I cant imagine trying to go to Campus Health on any regular day or around noon. When all was said and done I got my perscriptions and am on my way to healing my sinus infection but it took 3 and a half hours just to get out of there. I ended up signing the papers for my perscriptions and walking out at 11:55 when I had arrived at 8:30. I feel like it would be cool if they put a little money into improving campus health.

Time managmenet

Whenever I have an assigned paper or project that I know I should be doing everyday and getting little parts done I just dont do it. Not because Im busy or any other reason, but just because I'd rather go do something more fun.

And then I say to myself like "Im gonna wake up early tomorrow morning and do my homework." But then all of a sudden its 4am and I get home and crash. Then its 2pm by the time I get up eat its time for class. Class goes by and all of a sudden its 6pm and once Im done there I'd rather go do something fun than go home and do homework.

Its a repeating cycle and I need to figure out a way to beat the cycle and just get things done anyways.

Iphones are a love hate relationship

When I first got my Iphone, I thought it was the sickest thing ever. The pure amount of things you can do with apps is priceless. I can do literally everything I can do on my computer right from my Iphone. Its a little inconvenient to do some things, but I can surf the internet whenever I have a couple minutes to kill. The best part is the entertainment value. If I have 5 minutes to kill or 50 minutes, I can always count on my Iphone to make it go by quick.

All of this being said, Theres one huge drawback.

You cant get insurance on an Iphone. This sucks, because while I may not be particularly prone to breaking phones, every once in a while I have one of those "Dude, Wheres my Car?" nights....

You know, one of those nights where for some reason you lose all the things in your pockets you normally hold onto no matter what and wake up in a strange place.

1. Dropped it and shattered the whole screen. Got a new one for $299
2. Got pushed into a pool with the Iphone. Bought a new one for $200
3. Dropped it again, cracked the screen, got the screen replaced for $80
4. Got some 'water' on it playing 'water' pong. Now it wont charge.

All in all I've gone through four Iphones since they first came out. I hate them for making me buy so many but I love the Iphone

Why does Tucson always smell so bad?

I'll just be walking along enjoying my day when all of a sudden a disgusting smell invades my airspace. I've come to know this terrifying smell as the smell of Tucson. I've been trying to locate the exact source of the smell for the longest time, but so far I only have a few possible reasons. They are that Tucson is so dirty the smell comes off the streets, or maybe its the pollution. I dunno. It could be a sewage smell, or maybe just dirty people.

Either way, Im sick of walking outside only to be punched in the face by the odor of Tucson. It doesn't seem to be such a problem on Campus as it does pretty much everywhere else in the city. This might be because campus is fairly clean while the rest of the city probably never has anyone to maintain it.

I guess I gotta take the good with the bad, to go to U of A you gotta put up with the smell of Tucson

Journal #2 - Analysis

The piece i chose to analyze is a movie called Friday starring Ice Cube and Christ Tucker. I was bored and hungover on Sunday trying to do some homework so I popped in Friday and laid in bed so I could come up with a proper analysis of the movie.

First of all, the entire cast of the movie Friday is black. This was a popular trend among black directors in the 90's and a few directors continue to produce shows this way. Its safe to say that the intended audience would be primarily black people considering the type of movie it is. However, the intended audience is not the actual audience. The actual audience is very diverse with people of all races loving this movie.

In the movie, Craig and Smoky are two homies that get laid off from their jobs on Thursday night. Smokey owes a drug dealer $200 and the movie focuses on their antics in trying to come up with the money. They get jacked, run from a drive by, get in a fight, and continually mess up every opportunity to get the money.

Their antics can be related to something three stooge like, only in a poor black neighborhood in '95 instead of white people in the 20's and 30's. Every time they have an opportunity to get the money one of them manages to do something unbelievably dumb to lose it. The relationships among character can also be related to the three stooges in that you have a fairly responsible character who comes up with plans and sticks to them, and a sidekick who ruins every plan. They stick together anyways because they're homies, much like the three stooges stuck together despite their mess ups. This movie is a perfect example of the way the art of comedy relates to even the most diverse populations over the span of 60 years in much the same way. This movie will continue to be a classic forever.