Sounds and Silence of Laughter

I grew up loving Speed Racer. My bed frame was his car, and I woke up every Saturday for the cartoons to watch it. My favorite part was all the different buttons his car had for every situation. He could flip his car into the air to hurtle objects on the track or use spikes to pop the tires of other racers. I was also a big fan of Spirtle and his pet monkey Chim-Chim. They provided some good humor to every episode with their shenanigans. 

Napolean Dynamite Caddyshack Step Brothers Borat Superbad Watching the silent film scenes, it was interesting to see what was considered very humourous at that time. The bit where the characters have the little feet they control with their hands must have been a big deal but I did not understand why. They also loved people in distress hanging from buildings or outside of windows that was another big theme. The one I liked the most was the Harold Lloyd scenes, he had the most creative ones. My favorite was the hiding on the coat rack in their own jackets from the woman.  

One of my favorite childhood books about the greatest presidential election of all time...Duck for President. I hope everybody is staying safe and is healthy. 

This is about a tactic I like to use when it seems like my life is getting hectic and out of control. Especially at TCU, there is such an emphasis on being involved and if you have down time, you're probably doing something wrong. Which is really unfortunate as having down time every once in a while is crucial to making sure your mental health is in a good spot. When I get really stressed over anything and it feels like life is going at 1,000mph I think back to this fishing trip vacation my grandpa and cousins took to Canada. We took a pair of hopper plans to get to this lodge way out in the middle of nowhere, Canada. Cell phone service was so bad they only worked when you were inside. At night, if all the lights were out in the house, it was so naturally dark that you couldn't see your hand an inch away from your face. I've never breathed oxygen that pure before. It's as if you were constantly breathing through an oxygen tank 24/7. We'd go fish in the mornings, a...

We have a roommate who says some of the most random, dumb, yet extremely funny quotes imaginable. This being the case, fits of laughter occur quite frequently if one hangs around our house long enough. There was one quote recently that sent everyone into the kind of laughter where it's so funny that you can't breathe so for moments it's actually quiet because everyone is laughing so hard they can't breathe. That is the best kind of laughter in my opinion. We were all watching the Colorado Boulder college basketball game vs the Oregon Ducks on T.V. On of our roommates is from Colorado, and so he was really into it. The conversation went as follows. Brad-"I told you Colorado at home is unreal" Tyler-"Yeah cause nobody can breathe" Rob-They're probably like "Quick! Everyone hotbox the arena!" After he said this, we all looked at each other for a second and then burst out laughing. Thinking the breathing comment was about Colo...

A recent fit of laughter came from a frisbee game I was playing with a few other friends. There are two people on a team, and they stand by a pole in the ground with a beer bottle on top. The object of the game is to knock the other team's bottle off of the pole. The defending team must catch the Frisbee and if the bottle falls off, can catch the bottle as well to save points. This is more difficult than it seems. One, I am a poor frisbee player and controlling where it goes can be a challenge. Two, you are only playing with one hand as the other holds a delicious cold beverage of your choosing. And finally, we were playing in February when the sun had gone down so the nice day turned chilly real quick. This made catching the frisbee hurt if you didn't have soft hands. Our friend Gino was playing on the other team, and does not have the best hands out of the friend group. I tossed the frisbee over, missing the pole and hitting Gino right in the hands. He dropped it and let ou...

The job/internship search is the number one stressor of college life. Not really the tests/personations for class, those aren't too bad most of the time. The search is a different beast because it vaults you into the unknown. Trying to determine where you will be for the summer and once the great college time comes to an end is a scary thought. It's also frustrating when you see your friends figuring it out and landing jobs before you, and you ask yourself "What am I doing wrong? I've applied to more than 15 jobs this month and haven't heard a thing!" This was my approach for quite a while. Running into dead ends at every turn it seemed like. Everyone always gives the advice to use your connections, but as a young college kid, I didn't think I had many connections. With that closed mindset, I just dropped as many resumes as I could and prayed to get lucky. But junior year I decided to find/make my own connections. I really wanted a finance job from Alcon...