people should have it

Common sense is anything but common. Which is sad because it should be. Yet time and time again people all over the world do stupid and dangerous things. The evidence is all over the internet, literally everywhere: Break.com, youtube, devolution spots on G4TV, it's practically suffocating. I believe this to be a problem because the current evidence shows that each generation is getting more stupid. This means that eventually we're going to experience a generation that is unable to support the next upcoming generation. I think this will be the end of the world. There was someone famous that said "the world will not end with a bang, but with a whimper." The only hope I have is that Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest will bring us back from the brink of destruction and will start breeding a race of super geniuses and Olympic athletes.

Humility

I think of humility as graceful victory, not bragging and such. I think this is lost on the younger generations these days. I volunteer at a board game convention, at which we have a video game room. this room is for the most part filled with children, and it's on rare occasions that I see a mature and humble win. Most the time the tournaments end with "you got raped" or "never play this again", and half the time the losers end up crying. It's sad that as volunteers we can't teach these kids proper values, but on the other hand it shouldn't be our job to raise other people's kids. I guess what i'm trying to say is that humility is following close on the heels of chivalry. I think this is mostly because of the online video gaming mind set. The "I'm never going to see you so I might as well shove it in your face" kind of thing. I may not be able to change the world but that doesn't mean I'm going to give up on being humilitous. <---Pretty sure that's not a word xD

Who throws a shoe?! I mean, honestly!

Honesty is the best thing ever.  There is nothing like having a truly honest relationship with someone, that you can be your true self with.  Being completely honest is something I strive for, not always a successful endeavor but no one can win every battle.  But what is honesty?  It's speaking your mind,  it's integrity, it's honorable.  I think it's sad that lying and deceitfulness has perverted our daily lives so fully.  A Stanford article said that "Lying has been described as one of the most fundamental human activities." But this is something we're always going to have to deal with.  To my knowledge there isn't a super truth serum and even so it'd probably be bad to slip it into the water supply.  So the best that we can do is try to be honest people and hope that others start following our example.

Goals

My main goal in life is to be happy and to have fun. Lucky for everyone else, I find great enjoyment in helping others and being a good guy. I try to donate blood on a regular basis. If you ask me a favor I'll say yes. I also want to finish college, find a job I love, find a girl I love, and to have great friends. I don't want to ever lose my inner child, I want to enjoy the things I enjoy now forever. I want to be more outgoing. I want to travel the world, specifically Japan, Greece, Russia, Germany...most European places actually. Would really like to live in Europe. I want to eat every type of food I can, despite how strange it might be. Goals are fantastic, don't know how pointless life would be without them but I'm guessing pretty pointless (lol, Harry Nilsson). So if you don't have goals, make some. I have lots I want to do, and I'm so very glad I'm young. That's about all I have to say about that, so peace.

Working hard is essential to living a fulfilling life, but I don't think it's a life worth living unless you're having an equal amount of fun. I've read many times that hard work is the key to success, which is true, but it's not the key to happiness. To quote a fictional psychopath, "all work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy." Being a nice person also helps one to be successful.

I'm not a great worker. I procrastinate and have trouble finding motivation, but when I start a project that I love I can really get into it (or when I'm getting paid). I like to make paperclip sculpture things, and I love doing tech stuff, volunteering at church running cameras and projectors, and I really like to cook but I need to practice much more. One thing I'm very grateful for is I'm young and have a lot of time to work on working harder. Other things I'd like to work harder on: learning bass guitar, working out, making more friends, getting a job. Anyways, I got my work cut out for me. 

Hi everyone,
My name is Sam, Sam I am. I am 20 years young, and I love tea, reading, comics, board games, video games, racket ball, and Frisbee golf. I welcome you, my readers, to my blog. My goal is to present to you interesting and humorous internet material, as well as anything else this assignment entails.

This is a picture of me playing a fairly new card game called Ascension at a LA board game convention known as Strategicon. This tournament was against the creators of the game, ridiculously fun. I beat one of the designers in the first round. I attribute that victory to my intimidating game face (in picture).