This past week was a rough one when it comes to drinking. My friend came and visited and we ended up going out for like 6 days in a row. It seems this has been happening a lot this year with all of the visitors I have been having.

However, yesterday I decided it is time to make some major life changes. I am going to take some time off from the whole party/nighlife scene and find better things to do. I realized it is pointless to keep drinking this much and it is not helping me become the person I want to be. I am going to get back to my fitness goals which I completely abandoned the last few months. I am going to exercise a lot more and eat a very healthy diet like I used to.

While I was making this decision, I got to thinking about alcohol and wanted to come up with a list of the 5 reasons that drinking alcohol is not the answer to any of life’s questions. So here is what I came up with:

1. It is Unhealthy

Alcohol has a lot of negative impacts on your health. It wrecks havoc on all of your organs, especially the liver. It dehydrates you like no other. But worst of all. it contains empty calories that add up REAL quick! You may not thing a 110 calories for a beer is a lot, but what happens when you drink 12 of them? Thats over 1300 calories that provide no nutritional value what so ever. So what happens is you start gaining weight. It also increases your appetite which causes you too eat more than usual.

2. It Costs A Lot

Alcohol can cause you to blow more money in less time than you ever thought possible. Especially when you go out to expensive bars and clubs. Drinks can run as high as 25 dollars a piece depending on where you live. VIP bottle service takes it to a whole new level and can cost anywhere from one hundred dollars up to a few thousand.

The cost of the alcohol alone isn’t even everything. When drinking alcohol, you are also more likely to buy things you do not need. You start buying drinks for a strangers and before you know it your wallet is empty and your standing at the ATM machine. Add in a late night snack after bar close and your spending even more money.

Alcohol can also get you in trouble with the law, which always costs a lot of money. Whether it is driving while intoxicated or drunk in public, it will surely help drain your bank account.

3. It Becomes “Easy To Do”

Drinking in moderation is fine in my opinion. But when you start bingeing it becomes a problem. At first it is tough to stay functional since you are always hungover. But what I have realized, is it actually gets easier to drink as time goes on. If you binge on a nightly basis, it becomes very easy to drink a ton of alcohol and still show up at work on time. You may think this is the way to do it, but I promise it isn’t. Eventually it catches up with you in some shape or form.

4. It Makes You Send Tons of Text Messages

I just had to throw this one in there. Drinking a lot of alcohol can cause you to do a lot of stupid things. One of these things just happens to be text messaging. Countless times I have found myself texting up a storm at 3 in the morning for no good apparent reason other than it sounded like a good idea at the time. The next thing I knew, I had sent 12 messages to the same person in a matter of 5 minutes (you know who you are). And most of them barely resembled the English language in any way, shape, or form.

5. It Prevents You From Getting Things Done

This is one of the things that I really start to notice if I drink a lot. You lose your motivation to actually do something, and before you know it you have given up on your goals. Fitness and financial goals are always the first ones to go for me. It’s really hard to stay motivated in life if you drink often. So the real solution is too cut out drinking, or at least the amount you drink.

So please, wish me luck on the new journey. I am going to find more adventurous things to do that I can blog about since I am sure people are getting sick of the drinking stories. The next decision is the really big one, what am I doing in 2 months when my lease is up? We will save that for a future post…

If you haven’t noticed, people across the internet have been Rick Rolling one another. It spread across YouTube and has even made it on television lately.

So, what is the Rick Roll?

According to Yahoo Answers, Rick Rolling is an internet prank or joke. Rick Roll, rick Roll’d, or Rick Rolling is an internet spam trick in which people post a link to a Rick Astley Video on YouTube, but say the viewers of the video are being let to another video.

I have no idea what actually started this prank, but now Rick Astley’s video has over 8 million YouTube views. Not bad if I say so myself. Now if only this video I made of my website could get that many views.

You Have Just Been Rick Rolled! haha.

If that wasn’t enough, a few people even decided to perform a real-life Rick Roll by doing it at a college basketball game. Check it out:

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There you have it, the real-life Rick Roll.

Since I move around a lot and travel often, I meet a lot of interesting people. However I also meet people with personality traits that almost drive me to insanity.

So here is a little list I put together of 5 personality traits that annoy the hell out of me:

1. They think they’re funny, but they’re really not. They are just downright annoying.

I am not trying to be mean, but some people are just not funny. Not everyone is a comedian, which is why not everyone should act like one. Some people think they are the most hysterical person to walk the face of Earth but in all reality, you are the most annoying person I have ever met. Lame jokes and stupid one liners just drive me bonkers. So please, just stop acting funny already. Unless your name is Doug Stanhope, he actually is funny.

2. They are their careers and lack substance in anything else.

I am not saying it is a bad thing to be career driven. There are a lot of successful people that have had great careers. But what I hate is when people devote 110% of their lives to moving up the corporate ladder and forget everything else. Family, hobbies, and relaxation all take a back seat to this type of person. This person will throw away dreams of moving new places and trying new things because they are too concerned with the great job they have. It is time to start living and not worrying so much about jobs. Yes we are in rough times and the economy is hurting right now, but it doesn’t change the fact we only get one short life to live.

3. They live in their own little bubble and don’t go anywhere.

I know some people enjoy living in their own little worlds, but it is time to get out and see what is out there. There is so much to see in this World that it blows my mind how many people have never left their hometowns. Traveling is a great way to meet new people, experience new cultures, and learn new things. Best of all, traveling is not as expensive as some people make it out to be. Their are so many discounts and deals available on the internet if you look hard enough.

4. They assume everything they hear is right and don’t do research themselves.

Some people really will believe anything you tell them. There mind is like a sponge and anything it absorbs is instantly labeled correct information. It really bothers me that people are too lazy to do research on their own to learn new things and broaden their horizons. I once had a five minute conversation with someone like this and told them nothing but made up information. To my surprise, they believed every word of it like I was reading it from a text book. You could really mess with some people’s minds if you were a mean person, fortunately I am not.

5. They use the words “That’s just the way it is.”

This trait hurts my head more than all the others combined. I start having a conversation with someone about something interesting and give my opinion on why it should be done differently. Then the person responds with “you can’t change that, that’s just the way it is.” I usually respond with, “Yeah, I guess people could of told Henry Ford that. You can try all you want to move that buggy without a horse but it won’t work, that’s just the way it is.” Then it comes, “Who’s Henry Ford?” And that’s my queue to exit…

Please feel free to comment, I would really love to hear some other annoying personality traits people have discovered.

You read that title right. Today’s debate is between Rock of Love 2 and Tuesdays.

I have officially changed my mind and now believe that Tuesday is the worst day of the week. I used to think Monday’s were the worst, but not so much anymore. Monday is just a slow transition from the weekend to the work week. I really do not put forth much effort until at least Tuesday.

The nightlife on Tuesday sucks here. I wanted to go out last night in Phoenix but could not find a good place to go to save my life. When I lived in Wisconsin and Hawaii, Tuesdays were always a great night out. So please, if you know of a good place to go out in the Phoenix area on Tuesdays, let me know. Otherwise Tuesday will continue to be known as the worst day of the week.

Rock of Love 2…don’t even get me started on this show. If you missed my post yesterday about The Hills, you’ll see that I devoted the whole post to the show and how much I hate it. Well last night, I ended up watching the Rock of Love 2 since I could not find a single thing on television worth watching.

The really sad thing is it is the second season of the show. Like one wasn’t enough. I mean do we really need to watch a bunch of girls compete to win Bret’s heart? Is this really where society is going? I thought love was something you found on your own, not by winning a reality TV show.

I just hate the fact all of these reality shows are obviously scripted. You can tell a lot of the “contestants” are actors because they have been on other reality shows. Why can’t they just put some “real people” on a show and see what happens. I would rather watch a bunch of drunk people try and find their way out of a corn maze.

Feel free to voice your opinion and vote on today’s poll:

PS. A new “Ask Me A Question” feature has been added to my site. So please, feel free to ask me ANY type of question about ANYTHING. I will pick a few to answer on a post every week.

Last night was The Hills Season Premiere on MTV and of course, I watched it.

Why? I have no idea. Probably because I’ve seen a thousand commercials for it this week and see the characters on every magazine at the grocery store.

Anyways, I can sum up last nights premiere in one simple word…crap.

Seriously, what was the point of it? The plot was terrible. It started with Spencer going up to Colorado to try and win his girlfriend back. I’m still trying to figure out what they actually do for “jobs.” Seems like their days consist of nothing but going out to eat and having a few drinks. It must be nice to not have to spend 50 hours a week in a cubicle pretending to care about your job. What made me happy was finding a post titled Everyone Hates Spencer on another blog.

Watching Spencer and Heidi going out to eat every night really does make some terrible television. I would rather watch Heidi Montag’s music video for “Higher” on repeat. At least I could get a good laugh out of it. If you haven’t seen the Best Week Ever’s version, check it out:

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If that wasn’t entertaining enough, the rest of the show consisted of Lauren and her coworker going to Paris for some work events. Basically it was the story of 2 American bimbo’s going to Paris. The highlight of the show was when Lauren discovers that she burned the hell of out her dress with a curling iron. Who would think press a blazing hot curling iron against a dress would cause it to turn brown?

Luckily, a prince comes to the rescue and finds her a new dress just in time for her to make it to her ball. Man, I sure wish my problems were this pathetic. I thought I was watching The Hills, not A Cinderella Story.

Lauren then ends up going on a date with a pretty bad ass looking dude. They zoom in on him smoking cigarettes on his motorcycle, only to find out it’s a scooter. Is this seriously on television right now?

He takes her around the city and shows her what Paris has to offer. This really is some of the worst television I have ever seen. This is nothing like reality, unless I am living in the wrong one.

So basically, the entire episode of The Hills was about 2 girls going to Paris and a guy trying to get his girlfriend back. What a waste of time. I really do not understand why everyone thinks this show is so great. I’d rather watch Tila Tequila try and find a boyfriend/girlfriend for the 7th time.

PS. Please feel free to comment, I would love to hear other people’s views of this show.