The Site Has Merged

It's not the end but we are taking on a collaborative project for the moment and are posting on notasgoodasyouthink.blogspot.com

Red Flags for Women

If your like me you have a certain list of qualifications in your head when your dating. Mine are here. http://ragecage35.blogspot.com/2009/10/girlfriend-qualifications.html There are also several red flags that should go off in your head to get the fuck out of there. A grenade has been thrown in your bunker, bail.
-She smokes weed or does any other drugs
-She doesn't return the favor
-She doesn't say thank you after dinner or movie
-She is an only child and lives in a nice area
-She is determined to live in NYC without a chance of a decent job
-She was or is in the hot sorority at school
-She wants to try modeling and bartending for a while without a real job

Women in Sports Apparel

When I see a woman wearing nothing but a Michigan Jersey or a Team USA jersey I get excited but why? I don't want to bang Mike Hart or Landon Donovan, but the idea that the girl may very well share some type of common interest to you is appealing. If you see a woman in your team sports team apparel is it sexier to you? Does she look that much more appealing to you? Is this weird? For me its real cool to see at first but that shit would have to come off asap if things were about to go down.

Favorite Bands

This list is every fluctuating because of changes in preferences and discovery of new music. But here goes...

1. TOOL- The band has five albums and I have been listening to them non stop since the spring. They seem to fit just about every mood.
Listen to : Bottom- Undertow
Jambi- 10,000 Days
Parabola, Parabola- Lateralus
Forty Six & 2, Pushit- Enima

2. Black Label Society- A spin off of Ozzy Osbourne sure, but Zakk Wylde is the man. Anyone who can play the Star Spangled Banner on Guitar to perfection rules.
Listen to: Bleed for Me, Stillborn, Stronger than Death, Spoke in the Wheel.

3. Metallica- Do you really need any info here? They should probably be number 1 but I don't listen as much right now.
Listen to: Anything from the Black Album, Ride the Lightining, Seek and Destroy, The Call of Ktulu, Fade to Black, St.Anger

4. Nine Inch Nails - Creative, passionate, heartfelt lyrics. Songs seems to reach many moods as well.
Listen to: Hurt, Everyday is Exactly the Same, Right Where it Belongs, My Violent Heart, Closer

5. Iron Maiden- Made it big in Europe first, but they rule the globe now. An 80s act like Metallica but they can still bring it.
Listen to: Fear of the Dark (Live), Sign of the Cross, The Number of the Beast, Run to the Hills

6. Rob Zombie- An older favorite from the high school days but it's still good. Creepy plus hot beats meets sex and equals weird. Zombie can either be humorous or hardcore and sometimes both.
Listen to: Dragula, Superbeast, Feel So Numb, Sic Bubble Gum

7. Nirvana - Would be higher on the list but radio seems to want to kill their legacy. It's a shame that grunge wasn't popular when I was in high school, then again I'm sure I wouldn't have liked it. Some people believe Cobain killed himself in part because he had become too popular and that's exactly what he didn't want to happen.
Listen to: Smells like Teen Spirit, Lake of Fire, Something in the Way, Come as you are, Lithium

8. Slipknot- Can go real heavy and can slow it down.
Listen to: Snuff, Vermilion Parts 1,2. Pulse of the Maggots, The Nameless

What? Is it a rule there has to be 10?

But They Will Never Have Rome

College Football scholarships are great because they allow those who would ordinarily be unable to attend prestigious universities because of grades or monetary issues an opportunity. They force students who would ordinarily skate their way through high school, to focus on a goal of going to school to get a free education and an opportunity to compete at a high level. The NCAA has certain minimum guidelines to pass through the NCAA Clearinghouse and enroll in college. The guidelines are modest to the majority of students and chances are you never had to consider them. But what about those can't qualify despite their best efforts. Either they just started going to school, or they are mentally incapable of successfully completing their school work. So what happens if kid is blessed with natural talent and needs a couple of years of seasoning in college football to take his skills to the next level except their is no way in. Now Juco is a route to go and it works for some kids, but not all. Is it fair for these kids not to play football at a major program where they can be noticed by pro scouts?

I am not outright arguing for kids to be "pushed through" high school and college to afford them the chance to play professionally. I realize that kids would take advantage of this worse then people take advantage of welfare (nothing could be that bad). I am merely stating that the system is imperfect and that football is the only major sport without a realistic option of making it to the big leagues without going the college route. Look no further than Brandon Jacobs a kid that could not qualify to play at USC and instead opted to play pro ball in Rome for a year to meet the ludicrous NBA Draft requirements. He was able to work around going to college and now he is averaging 19 Points and 6 assits per game as a rookie.

Hundreds of kids each year are unable to qualify in college football. Some are able to go to Junior College and work on their grades and end up playing big time college football eventually, others never make it and thats a shame. It's just as wrong for athletic gifts to wasted just as it is for mental gifts to be wasted. If football is your sport, you don't have Rome. You can't play internationally to earn a living. Our country focuses on grades to a fault sometimes. Instead of going into specialized training programs for atheltes that afford the opportunity to earn yourself a living in sports, you are faced with uncessary roadblocks. To play on the NCAA's favorite commerical during tournament time, what happens to the kids whose only option to go pro...is in sports?

Life of a Salesman...Death of Auditor

I'm young and stupid but auditors and bank examiners lead boring lives. They get caught in these jobs because its steady pay with good benefits with the slim hope of upper management or partner. We sit in a room in a bank far away from our house and stare at our computers all day. We get excited if we are given enough space to work comfortable or if an assignment is 45 minutes away from our house instead of 2 hours. We rack up hotel points and platinum status but we'd rather be home then use them.
Mom... Dad.... it wasn't supposed to be like this. I know you want what is best for me, ( steady job, paycheck, security) but don't expect me to heed your advice for long. I see the pitfalls and traps that people get stuck in here and at the Big 4. I am going to chances and go for broke because I am not afraid to fail. I have failed before and will again but this 9-5 safety is not gonna cut it. I'll live with the ups and down. Because you see I want to chances because being the average Joe is still my fear.
Spread the field, put me out in space, and Ill make something happen. Put in a little more time here and then it's time to reopen the search. Book smarts may not be my strengths but I am too pretty for this job anyways. Time to sell myself, maybe as a realtor, salesman, or agent. Chances are I'd fit in better there.

Pre Marital Sex- Contributing Cause of Divorce?

Recently it was discussed that pre 1960s people didn't sleep around too much so when people got married they usually stayed married. There are alot of factors that kept divorce low; religious beliefs discouraged people from divorcing, women were still fighting for equal footing in society, and it was not the popular thing to do. However, another possible reason could be that people did not thing it was proper to sleep around and perhaps some even saved themselves for marriage. Therefore when the weeding night rolled around, what they were experiencing was the greatest thing ever.
Fast forward to present day and divorce rates are hovering around 50%. Is it possible that when people get married they find it difficult to remain committed to one individual and resist the urge to have sex with someone else? It's definitely possible, how much is it a contributing factor to the divorce rate is impossible to know.
So should we go back to the the days of our grandparents and save ourselves? The choice is yours, but I know which way I'm going(gone). I think its best to work your desires out of your system as best as you can before (if you) you decide to get married. A wise person once said "its better to test drive the car before you buy it."