on 3 things you should try

alright, so dont get too excited about this post, pretty sure i went a little overboard the last few times and im putting my couch-induced Socrates episodes on hold for a bit. really all i wanted to do today was to do absolutely nothing, and i succeeded. flying colors. could have starred in office space today. rather i watched inglorious basterds, (phe-nominal) and had some serious dude time with my dad.
but the reason i felt compelled to throw another one of these out there today is that i had a couple of recommendations that are simply awesome. thats all. no big life changers or wild ragers or park rangers or immanent dangers or airplane hangers or rhyming lessons. the last one might be a lie, fly guy. god im an idiot.
ok, recommendations. these are things that ive found in my quest for awesome to be, well, just that, awesome. ill get into detail later, but take these, read em, give it a thought, call me a dumbass and continue your day.

NUMBER 1: Go to a hockey game
alright, this one is simple, the other two are a little out there, but this one's beauty is in is simplicity. hockey is badass, first of all. and the game is REALLY easy to understand. only 2 speed bumps, offsides and icing, once you have those down the rest is groovy. EASY. connect 4, i swear. alright im not completely clueless, i realize guys who read this like Nasty, BR, Taco, Big Country and the Ville are sports fans who combined could probably produce an episode of Sportscenter, but this is mostly for anyone who either 1. has not been, or 2. in fact qualifies as a girl. a third option, if you are so fortunate and exponentially cooler that i am, is a date. its constant action, hard hitting, and pretty darn saucy live and in person. on the flipside, baseball a great game, but high risk in this situation. its long, slow, and when the guy is admiring the greatest of pitching duals, the girl is wondering if text messages are cool to break up by. add that to possible sun burn and the obese superfan flinging his nachos and falling over your date to grab the beachball (thanks dodgerblues.com) and you could spell disaster if you arent careful, and lucky enough to spell. football is confusing, straight up. i really have got nothing on basketball except that the clippers are sad, you go to watch the other team, and my left arm for a laker game is considerable, but i look long term. hockey is unique, and you could possibly create a new fan, just dont forget to give her your sweater.

LETTER B: Meditation
so i stumbled upon this one from Mrs. Hawthorne, my mother, a saint. she's into some pretty cool stuff, stars, the Dalai Lama, cooking, theater, and is a dead eye at the shooting range. stud. she was watching her programs one evening, i got sucked in despite my best efforts, and this is the result. meditiation. we already know about my Yes Man tendencies, but nobody even had to ask me for this, i was just down. the Lama and friends were just so stoked on everything it seemed. as i watched these scientists try to figure out how these little asian dudes could get to be twice as awesome as them, i decided to proclaim my room that night to be meditation station. i did the research, and here's how to do it like an all-star: http://www.how-to-meditate.org/. all you need are the Breathing Meditation and Meditation Posture links on the left and youre cash. i got in the zone after like 30 something breaths and literally went places, and felt like a hundred bucks after. give it a shot, make up your mind, and let me know.

NUMBER 3: Shakespeare
i can hear the collective sighs, groans and laptops closing at the very mention of that guy, but you've got to read shakespeare. now i know that a lot of people say, "i dont get it. sorry i dont speak jive or whatever the hell that is" but not even kidding, he's the most intuitive author to grace god's green earth. the guy knows more about people's minds than mr. t knows about pitying fools, and any situation you've even been in your entire life HE'S WRITTEN ABOUT. love, hate, reputation, backstabbing, betrayal, power, subversion, parents, children, death, war, life, strife and booze this guy's forgotten more about all of them than you'll ever know. think about that last comment, pure fact. now here's the rub (bonus: that's shakespeare quote by the way, and when you start throwing those out routinely in daily interaction, ladies will want to be with you and guys will want to be you), its flippin maddening to understand. you'll have to work at it, but its literature, and every little hidden gem of genious is whatever you make it! its as much yours as old William's. your guess as to what many things mean is as good as any nerd Stanford professor's. read deep, this is the hardest recommendation by far i know, but possibly the most rewarding. granted i had an incredible high school teacher who helped me understand this guy like no other, but if you give it a try you'll pretty much be able to read minds (or as zoolander so eloquently put, you'll become bulimic).

if you give any a try, please let me know how it goes so i'll have proof that i should just shut my mouth and never recommend so much as a snickers bar to anyone. in closing, keep reading, let me know if you like this thing, and live awesome party animals.