Lucky Bugger

No Means No?

Logan — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:09:56 +0000

As I sit here on my flight back to Baylor, shaking back and forth due to turbulence, I have seen some very interesting character traits that are present in some people, but the man two rows in front of me seated in 14B is the center of this observation. It is common knowledge that cellphones are not permitted once the doors have been closed. There are signs, there are announcements, and the flight attendants even come down the isle and personally remind anybody who has by some chance missed the seemingly unmistakable warnings and requests. I boarded my flight early, and quickly proceeded to fall asleep for a short nap before take-off; it was 8:30 and the plane wasn’t due to take off until 9. I woke up suddenly to a flight attendant very sternly telling the man in 14B to turn off his phone. At first it just seemed like the attendant was just having a bad morning and was taking it out on the passenger, However, after listening to the conversation further, I soon discovered my assumption could not have been further from the truth. Now it is almost understandable that someone could miss all the warnings and requests for no cellphones if they were pre-occupied with their cellphone making last minute business calls and whatnot. But how do you explain the personal request from the flight attendant? The man in 14B had apparently been asked four times before to turn it off and stow it away. I should think that once would be enough, but obviously it took this man five times that. And what is even more surprising is the attitude that he took upon receiving his fifth and much more stern request from the attendant; he seemed put off and disrespected. I am awed by the fact that this man can justify to himself that he was the one disrespected. Not only was he too preoccupied with himself to read all the signs and listen to the announcements, but he was either disrespectful enough or ignorant enough, or both to ignore the first, second, third, and fourth requests from the flight attendant. It is interesting to me how people seem to think that no doesn’t actually mean no.

College Withdrawals

Logan — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:49:48 +0000

As a college freshman entering his second semester of school, I find that there is a bit of withdrawal syndrome taking place inside of me. I am not quite sure what brought this about, maybe the fact that since my parents have moved I know nobody, or maybe it is the fact that I had to actually work to get into this school. Either way, all I know is that for the first time in my life, I want Christmas break to be over. I cannot think of another instance where I actually wanted to go back to school. It seems that college as brought about a whole other level of maturity that one cannot find in high school. The freedom that comes with attending college is probably the most obvious draw, especially when one goes home for break and suddenly is asked to do chores and whatnot. It is definitely time to go back. I can say for the first time in my life that I actually miss going to school, I miss the friends that I have there and the coffee that we drink for those late nighters. There is a community that one finds in college that really does make even the darkest of days enjoyable. God has truly blessed me in this sense.

Started Up With Upstart

Logan — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:12:19 +0000

I am still very new to blogging, but with the help of a friends blog, I was able to find this awesome site to learn how. Upstart Blogger is a site that tells all about blogging. There are hints and trick laced throughout the blog. Experiences like researching porn to make a better blog really show just how dedicated and genuine Upstart Blogger is. 

Backup Brawl

Logan — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:37:30 +0000

Today was not a pleasant experience for me in the electronics department. As computers become more and more important to the world, the information stored on them also has great importance. Thus the external hard drive was invented. No longer are the days of losing an entire years worth of work because of a computer melt down, you no longer need to worry about saving your work to 400 floppy disks in order to protect your valuable work, there is no possible way to lose data if you use an external hard drive…unless you have a faulty external hard drive. It seems that to prevent the loss of data from your external hard drive which is protecting you from the sudden loss of data from you computer, you now need and external hard drive for your external hard drive. Computer users of the world BEWARE, your information is not safe no matter how much you try to protect it. And yes, even you worry warts out there who already have 5 external hard drives, there is still a chance that all of them will fail at the same time. Clearly the only solution is to buy 5 more externals and hope that the odds are in your favor. 

Unreasonable Objections

Logan — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:05:09 +0000

It has come to my attention recently that people enjoy having products simply to have them. And though it started as just products, the unnecessary lust can be found for almost anything. For most people in America, there are several rights that fall under this category. Recently I have noticed that people flaunt their rights, with little or no knowledge about how or why they have them. The right to privacy is the most common in current events due to the Patriot Act. People are in an outrage, but why? What have they really lost? People have lost the right to plot terrorist attacks over the phone and email and not get caught. That is all the Patriot Act is meant for. Now, I see nothing wrong with that. Having a right simply to have it accomplishes nothing. If the country can be better protected if that right is infringed upon slightly, then I find no reason why the citizens of the country should be against it. This is even more important in todays environment. Oh no, the government can actually catch a criminal red handed without being held up by bureaucracy. 

Expectations

Logan — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:15:10 +0000

So this is my first real blog post, so bare with me.As teenagers and students, we are often expected to act mature and like adults. I personally can be mature and often fit in quite well with adults. Because of this, I am usually treated how I act. If I am acting mature, the people around me treat me as such. However, there are some exceptions to the rule, and frankly, they make me livid. I am on a sports team at my school. As a senior, sports are nothing new to me, and most of the coaches at my school do a pretty good job of treating us like the young adults that we are. There is one coach, however, that is not so good at doing this. He treats the entire team like little children and sometimes even worse. He seems to have absolutely no respect for anyone under the age of 25 (I say this because he seems to give as much respect to his 20 year old assistant coach as he does to the athletes). I have talked to numerous adults about my dilemma, and most of the responses are the same, “He is just being cautious and trying to prevent stuff from happening.” This answer just doesn’t do it for me. There has got to be another solution to this problem other than treating us like ignorant children. Why does he feel it necessary to treat us like young children, but then expect us to act like we are 20? It just doesn’t make sense.