Recently I realized that all my socks have holes in them. I do not wear my socks on my feet while I'm outside, or purposely in any way create holes in the bottom of my socks. Holey socks are extremely frustrating because of the uneven feeling that I get while I'm wearing them. I think it's time for me to get new socks.
I figured out one cause for holey socks: the woods. I commonly go out into the woods. In the woods I climb trees, knock down semi-dead trees, and cross rivers. After I got back from the woods I took off my shoes. Debris from the wilderness poured out of my shoes. I looked down at my once clean and nicely woven socks and saw a terrible thing: a big hole.
Due to the fact that there are many different types of socks, there are also certain socks that are comfortable and certain socks that look/feel right. For me the socks that look right and the socks that feel right are not the same. I personally like the above-ankle socks for comfort and overall feeling. I think that those socks are extremely unfashionable and just don't exactly look right. Ankle socks however, look better. When I wear the above-ankle socks with shorts I always think that they look like they shouldn't be there. Ankle socks are also more of a summer sock and they are almost more comfortable on those extremely warm days. The reason I think that ankle socks are less comfortable because they always slide down to the bottom of my foot and that position of my sock is uncomfortable.
In class today Erin Palmer contributed to this blog by providing the idea to write about socks; however, all of the content was supplied by yours truely, Grant Johnson.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Steamboat Springs
Over spring break my family and I took a vacation to Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Overall my vacation was a great success. I spent the majority of the vacation skiing and hanging out with my relatives. We stayed at my relatives and drove out to Colorado with our skies in a torpedo shaped object strapped down to the top of our car.
The first day we skied without my good local skiing cousins. We skied instead with their dad, who is also a pretty godlike skier. As a local he guided us down the main resort mountains best runs. We mainly skied upper mountain because that's where the good snow was at. To me the snow was either 3 categories, powder, (the best for skiing, fresh snow) ice, (slippery and a workout to ski on) and normal snow (no ice just snow but it's not fresh snow, been skied a lot). All the time i there it was just normal snow. The day right after we left they got two feet of snow, which would have been awesome to ski.
The extreme part of the trip was when my cousins come in. Both of them are around my age and they're really good skiers. They go straight down even the steepest runs and call people "moving gates". They also know all the good back country skiing routes to take my brother and I on. The last day their we went back country skiing in trees, by all sorts of cliffs, and steep parts. It was really sweet to have a local skier to take us skiing that way. I had a tremendous amount of fun.
The first day we skied without my good local skiing cousins. We skied instead with their dad, who is also a pretty godlike skier. As a local he guided us down the main resort mountains best runs. We mainly skied upper mountain because that's where the good snow was at. To me the snow was either 3 categories, powder, (the best for skiing, fresh snow) ice, (slippery and a workout to ski on) and normal snow (no ice just snow but it's not fresh snow, been skied a lot). All the time i there it was just normal snow. The day right after we left they got two feet of snow, which would have been awesome to ski.
The extreme part of the trip was when my cousins come in. Both of them are around my age and they're really good skiers. They go straight down even the steepest runs and call people "moving gates". They also know all the good back country skiing routes to take my brother and I on. The last day their we went back country skiing in trees, by all sorts of cliffs, and steep parts. It was really sweet to have a local skier to take us skiing that way. I had a tremendous amount of fun.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Don't Have Kids
Why on earth would anybody want to have kids? Sounds like a tremendously terrible idea to me. My aunt and uncle came up to visit tonight. During dinner their youngest, who is about a year old, sat in his high chair randomly yelling and screaming the entire supper. He would also cry for his water bottle, take a drink, and then throw it on the floor. The best part? My aunt and uncle buy that kid everything he needs. I could not pay for something that's annoying. That's like buying a TV that ALWAYS plays a loud screeching noise that only actually works as a TV once in a great while.
Kids are also extremely stressful and provide much less entertainment then they're worth. I know for a fact that my brother and I combined produce at least 90% of the problems in my parents life. Also, if I choose to not have kids I would need to work much less than somebody with kids for the same amount of money. So, I plan to not have kids and to travel the world with the money I save not raising kids. My parents always ask me who will take care of me when I'm older; my response comes easy and swift, "Money."
Teens also break your stuff and don't appreciate anything you do. Parents have to work all day to provide for their families while their offspring are at home breaking stuff and making a mess. Plus, the things that parents want their kids to do, is the exact same stuff that they despise doing. DON'T HAVE KIDS and you surely can't go wrong.
Kids are also extremely stressful and provide much less entertainment then they're worth. I know for a fact that my brother and I combined produce at least 90% of the problems in my parents life. Also, if I choose to not have kids I would need to work much less than somebody with kids for the same amount of money. So, I plan to not have kids and to travel the world with the money I save not raising kids. My parents always ask me who will take care of me when I'm older; my response comes easy and swift, "Money."
Teens also break your stuff and don't appreciate anything you do. Parents have to work all day to provide for their families while their offspring are at home breaking stuff and making a mess. Plus, the things that parents want their kids to do, is the exact same stuff that they despise doing. DON'T HAVE KIDS and you surely can't go wrong.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Steamboat SpringsBREAK
The plans official, I will be going skiing this spring break. The destination is Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The time is over spring break, believe it or not you can still ski there in march. I can't complain. I find it funny that other people commonly spend spring break trying to snag a tan or enjoying the snow that is finally melting while I will be in Colorado hoping for snow every night.
My parents believe that I should be the one to drive there. I only want to drive in Colorado because there are mountains. Mountains are supposedly really scary to drive on. My mother can only go 20 miles per hour without freaking out, but my dad likes to go really fast and drive just next to the edges of cliffs in attempt to scare everyone. I think it would be fun to drive in the mountains because I do things for the thrill of it, If it can't kill you, it's probably not fun. Take school for example, a persons chance of dying in school is very low thus the level of entertainment it provides is also very low.
Anyways I am extremely excited to go skiing. I will leave the Thursday before spring break, be gone all week, and be back the next Sunday. I plan on skiing the most challenging runs with my dad, my brother, and my two uncles, who are my age, Taylor and Austin. Taylor and Austin are both extremely skilled skiers and it's always a struggle for my family to keep up. My mom just rides down the easiest runs the entire time.
My parents believe that I should be the one to drive there. I only want to drive in Colorado because there are mountains. Mountains are supposedly really scary to drive on. My mother can only go 20 miles per hour without freaking out, but my dad likes to go really fast and drive just next to the edges of cliffs in attempt to scare everyone. I think it would be fun to drive in the mountains because I do things for the thrill of it, If it can't kill you, it's probably not fun. Take school for example, a persons chance of dying in school is very low thus the level of entertainment it provides is also very low.
Anyways I am extremely excited to go skiing. I will leave the Thursday before spring break, be gone all week, and be back the next Sunday. I plan on skiing the most challenging runs with my dad, my brother, and my two uncles, who are my age, Taylor and Austin. Taylor and Austin are both extremely skilled skiers and it's always a struggle for my family to keep up. My mom just rides down the easiest runs the entire time.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Video Games
It's been said that video games make people stupid. While this may be true, you certainly can't be stupid and good at video games. Starcraft II, a game by Blizzard Entertainment requires tremendous amounts of skill. The skill is required because this game is a real-time-strategy game. Games of this genre usually involve a player creating massive armies and using war techniques to beat the other player.
The techniques are very similar to fighting strategies that may be used today. In one game, I may hit and run my opponent, expand my base to boost my economy and produce more units, and destroy my opponents economy. Professional ( yes people make money by being good at this game) players have up to two hundred actions-per-minute. That means that the player is clicking his mouse or using key binds more than once every second.
Real time strategy games are very skill dependent unlike a majority of video games. For example, Farmville, a game that can be played on facebook, involves planting various plants on a farm, letting them grow, and coming back to check on them later. A game like that has no skill required and could easily be used to teach a young child what various plants look like. There are other genres of games, one is called massive multi-player online role playing game. A person who enjoys playing games of this type are judged by how much time they spend playing the game. The more time one spends playing a game of this sort, the more levels they acquire. Levels make players stronger and are symbolized by a number. The higher the number the stronger any given player is. People who play these games are commonly considered "nerds" and "no-lifers". So before you judge a video gamer, make sure you figure out which type of game he plays first.
The techniques are very similar to fighting strategies that may be used today. In one game, I may hit and run my opponent, expand my base to boost my economy and produce more units, and destroy my opponents economy. Professional ( yes people make money by being good at this game) players have up to two hundred actions-per-minute. That means that the player is clicking his mouse or using key binds more than once every second.
Real time strategy games are very skill dependent unlike a majority of video games. For example, Farmville, a game that can be played on facebook, involves planting various plants on a farm, letting them grow, and coming back to check on them later. A game like that has no skill required and could easily be used to teach a young child what various plants look like. There are other genres of games, one is called massive multi-player online role playing game. A person who enjoys playing games of this type are judged by how much time they spend playing the game. The more time one spends playing a game of this sort, the more levels they acquire. Levels make players stronger and are symbolized by a number. The higher the number the stronger any given player is. People who play these games are commonly considered "nerds" and "no-lifers". So before you judge a video gamer, make sure you figure out which type of game he plays first.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Colds, Melting Snow, and Indoor Rock Climbing
I absolutely hate being sick. I hate being weak and achy. I would rather have the flue than the cold because the flue is just like one and done. The cold is like a slow death... the flue is like a quick and painless death. I also dislike missing school because I'm sick. I have to work on all of the assignments that I've missed and sometimes the extra work is stressful. A perk of being sick is that my mom will cook or buy me pretty much anything to make me feel better though.
The winter's snow is finally melting. I can see the grass in my backyard. I just hope that mother nature doesn't pull anything crazy and whip up a blizzard anytime soon. By the time spring break comes around there will be no more snow in Iowa. My plans to go skiing over spring break still hold. There will still be snow on the mountains but my dad said that there will be people skiing in T-shirts, shorts, and bikinis. That sounds completely awesome to me.
This coming weekend a few friends and I are driving up to Minnesota to a place called Vertical Endeavors. I am pretty excited to try indoor rock climbing on this scale. The website for it brags about 18,200 square feet of climbing surface. There are even rocks on the ceiling but, I cannot even imagine how that is maneuverable. Just hope I don't suck and/or bust my body up by falling and slamming into the walls. I am excited though!
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Goat Milk
Has anyone ever had goat milk? I've drank goat milk for the as long as I can remember and I believe goat milk isn't just good, that it's better. My reasoning goes beyond the taste. My unpasteurized milk is far better than your processed milk. Goat milk proteins are more like human body proteins because goats weigh less while cows weigh a lot more. Some lactose intolerant people are able to drink goat milk. The reason for that is because goat milk contains less lactose too. The fat molecules are also less complex and digest easier than cows milk. Goat milk is also more popular across the world than cows milk, completely opposite of american belief. The places where goat milk is more popular is places such as India and China.
There is also economic value. Just for producing milk, goats are cheaper to make milk. They eat less and take up less space than a cow. Also for some families in america a backyard goat supplies milk for the entire family. Goats are increasing in popularity in america for these reasons.
Last but not least, I could not forget about the taste. "Normal" pasteurized cows milk tastes like cardboard to me now. I just want to know where our region of the planet went wrong when picking a milk. Why not peek the animal that eats less to supply us with milk? Could it be for cows beef potential? I would believe that, but why not just have two animals one for milk the other for beef? I think it is time that Americans should change to goat milk for the better!
p.s. I'm sure it's really not that big of a deal though.
There is also economic value. Just for producing milk, goats are cheaper to make milk. They eat less and take up less space than a cow. Also for some families in america a backyard goat supplies milk for the entire family. Goats are increasing in popularity in america for these reasons.
Last but not least, I could not forget about the taste. "Normal" pasteurized cows milk tastes like cardboard to me now. I just want to know where our region of the planet went wrong when picking a milk. Why not peek the animal that eats less to supply us with milk? Could it be for cows beef potential? I would believe that, but why not just have two animals one for milk the other for beef? I think it is time that Americans should change to goat milk for the better!
p.s. I'm sure it's really not that big of a deal though.
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