It is....ALIIIVEEEEE!

hey sports fans, those that I have left anyway, sorry for such a long sabbatical. I got very busy with the local sports team and I had no room left in my very tiny pea brain for keeping blog thoughts. Nonetheless, I am back and in full attack. Expect to have your usual "at least once a week" post back in your daily routine. I find a lot of what I say redundant and I don't know how you put up with it, but just as I won't question Bea's sexual preference, I won't question success. Let the sleeping tiger sleep I guess.

In my daily pursuit of greatness, I often need to use an exorbinant amount of caffiene. Thus, I explore all options of coffee and energy drinks. It seems that new products come out as fast as I can consume them. It has lead me to wonder where it all started. We used to have folgers thorugh a peice of paper and be happy with that. Most will argue that this whole trend started with the explosion of Starbucks. However, coffee houses have been around for a pretty long time before Starbucks (which was a coffee house in Seattle turned franchise). Somehow, our culture demanded this to occur otherwise it would have never taken off. This "coffee style" made its way into the clothes/wine/cigar/food/cars lifestyle area and now we all want to be in the club. Somehow these days, you have to express yourself through your coffee. It is a cheap and easy way to be hip. All of sudden coffee is like wine with blends and aging and location growing. People all want to be coneseurs, and 3 dollars a cup doesn't seem to be too much to ask. Plus, with the addictive powers of caffiene, we can't help but be addicted to it. Coffee is the new cigarettes. Roll that one over in your brain for a little while. As a country, people need to be sold and we all think we can be something greater than we were. It's all part of what makes this country great and terrible. The belief that the oppertunity is out there and is a right protected by the government. We all think that something we buy can make us better than we are and that we deserve it, instead of how we feel and our compassion for others. It gets our selfish confidence up and we think that because we have "this" education, make "that" much money, and "drive" that car, and read "that" book, live in "that" area, and date "that" guy that we are some kind of elite and our opinions are somehow better and truer than even our own people. The freedom of individualism, like anything else has its pros and cons too.

Haha, like how I turned coffee into a discussion on socio-political America? Since I hate politics, lets not talk about coffee again.

This past month, I haven't been working out nearly as much as I should, but let this post be the declaration of the "Summer of S.Vincent". I intend to rebound like a super ball and jump back into my former self only greater than in the past. I think everyone tells themselves this, but never doubt a masochist when it comes to exercise. Little peice of advice for you.

Do you ever notice that people make a LOT of promises to themselves? I think happens like once a day for most people. I wonder what the success rate is on those? 1 out of 10? Someone should do a study and publish the results. Just everyday stuff like "I am going to get up at 6am and workout" or "before I watch TV, I'll do the dishes" or "after this commerical, I'll fold my laundry". I know that might be my success rate anyway.

For those of you iTunes people. I figured out how to put togethor an iMix and it is currently in the Music store for you to purchase. It is under the title of "Po-Vegas Mix". Now I will tell you that it is quite expensive considereing that it is a complete mix of the Mayors favorite tunes to date. But, you can browse it and maybe pick out some of your favorites. I may turn out a few more and keep you updated on those, since I know all you "starbucks/abercrombie/BMW" need to keep your egos up.

Whatever happened to flip-up head lights? Remember when those were all the rage back in the mid-late 80's? Someone should do that again on something other than a Miata, cause those were awesome.

Keep aware of the fact that one of my links is my blogger of the week. I will be changing that up as often as I can. A very entertaining way of keeping you further distracted from your responsibilities, after my blog has taken up some of your time.

This post written while listening to: The Po-Vegas iMix of course! (hahaha, I'll give you a new album next time)