Rockstar voice Dec 8, 2005
I wish I had a rockstar voice.  A rockstar voice is that gritty, angry sound that rockstars use that makes anything sound cool.  It's what's holding me back from becoming a rockstar.  Well, that and the fact that I don't really want to be a rockstar.  I don't think it would fit my current lifestyle. 

I listen to some bands and I'm amazed at their lead singer's rockstar voice.  Take Jet, for example.  That guy has the best "Yeah!" I've ever heard.  All they needed to do was put some guitars and drums behind it, and they'd have instant success.  And that's exactly what they did.  Another example is AC/DC.  Sure, the guy constantly screams, but you can't beat it.  Anything he says is screamed with a rockstar voice.  A newer example that I stumbled upon recently is Audioslave.  I don't really like Audioslave.  I think they're weak and overrated.  But there's this song called "Doesn't Remind Me" and it's awesome.  Chris Cornell definitely has a rockstar voice.  Kurt Cobain is another guy who could make anything sound cool with his rockstar voice. 

Phish is an example of a band who's lead singer doesn't have a rockstar voice.  But their strong point isn't really vocals; it's live energy.  But that's a different story. #music
Mom said no Dec 8, 2005
I just realized this yesterday:  Pretty much everything I buy is based on what my mom wouldn't buy me when I was a kid.  Not to diss my mom.  She's great.  But she denied me like most moms would.  I can definitely say that it helped shape who I am today.  Since I'm still that same 6-year-old kid in a 23-year-old's body (and 45-year-old's clothes), I bought some cookies from the food store yesterday.  But in addition to the cookies, I got a few boxes of fruit snacks and a package of those pumpkin-shaped candies that have the same consistency as candy corn.  These are things that my mom would've said no to.  And that's part of the reason I bought them.  I'm in a phase in my life where I'm doing everything I couldn't do when I was a kid.  I'm buying candy, playing video games, staying up late [not anymore], etc.  I wonder when this phase will end?  When will I become a real grownup? #psychology
Milk Dec 8, 2005
I wonder who the first dude was who came to the conclusion that it would be acceptable and beneficial to milk an animal and drink the associated product.  How did this come about?  I wonder if there were two caveman hicks sitting on a porch who decided, "Hey let's go pull on those protrusions coming out of the pouch on the bottom of that cow!"  How did they get to that point?  Some might question how they got to the point of eating animals in the first place.  Ignoring the idea of God creating the universe and telling people what to do, I think we can assume that early people did things out of instinct.  They ate animals, they drank water, they ate fruits and berries.  But where did the milking come from?  That follows no logical progression.  Milk from animals isn't something that's required for us to get by in life.  We can get the same vitamins and minerals from food.  Weird. 

This is the kind of question that keeps me up at night. #food