The brand is expanding

Although I doubt my readership has increased that much (here's looking at you Erica B. even though I'm not sure you actually read my blog), I think I've got something special that will be a great addition to the brysonthinks brand. I have posted a couple of coversations that I have had with my brother Caleb on here before, and since he's joined twitter (@BelacTieAffair) we have had that many more opportunities to shoot the shit and just be the hilarious people we are together. But these conversations need a forum of their own to be appreciated. So I am pleased to announce that there will be a companion blog "Me and My Brother" (official title still in the works), that will showcase these lovely conversations and hopefully get some analysis from the participants (namely, me and my brother). So that's something to look forward to.

Function realized?

On the train to SLO for the last time and I accidentally closed the Pandora app on my iPhone in the middle of Beyonce's "Sweet Dreams" and I was crushed. Luckily I was able to reopen it without missing much of the song. Bullet dodged.

I felt that this happening needed to be documented, but it didn't feel right to post on twitter or facebook, so it goes on this blog. Is this what a blog is for? I guess this is where my random musings go. So this is why I started this blog. Cool.

Just Can't Get Enough...Switch-Up

It's May, classes are over yet again (it's been a whole year since I "graduated" from college) but I'm in a much better place so no reason to get sad. The weather has been fantastic. I love that I get to tutor and that people seem to appreciate my time. And I see huge things coming this summer and going forward, I think some relationships are going to morph into something even greater. I just can't get enough of all these blessings.
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People neve seem to understand why I choose the train over flying (my reasons aren't many: it's cheaper, I like the scenery, you get to meet people, I don't plan trips well sonbeing able to buy a ticket the day of is great, I don't mind spending a chunk of my day traveling, and I met one of my best friends on the train), but it's never done me wrong. It offers an opportunity to reflect and to breathe that isn't there when you fly. Even though I've bagged on the people I encounter on the Metro, people that take Amtrak seem to be of a higher caliber. They have more colorful back stories and better reasons for why they're going where they're going. While the close quarters are less than ideal for such a long duration, Amtrak has become my preferred method to travel through California. Too bad the main reason for many of my trips is moving down to LA, so maybe it's time for a switch-up.

Who decided...

Who decided that they are the cool people? The people that deserve our time, attention, admiration or respect?

Oh and I have a bunch of draft posts that will never see the light of day. Just read most of them, I only blog when I'm depressed. Bummer.

Coming Back...March Madness

Just like the name of the NCAA Tournament, March has truly been madness. I am starting to realize that this is near the end of the semester and my time as a lovely student is almost up again. Time to get my life on track. But before I get all morose and pathetic, I am going to try and get back to somewhat regular posting. I will do a nice retroactive look and explanation of all my picks in my terrible brackets (which have been destroyed). That will be healing.

Path to 6 Pack - Pretest

So for my Physiology of Exercise class we have to complete a project in lab about muscle specificity and how isolated training will affect a muscle group. I got placed in the group looking at abdominals. So starting this Monday I will be training 3 days a week. I am going to
use this blog to track my progress (complete with pictures!). Today was my pretest day to see where I'm starting. 64 crunches (in rhythm to 60 bpm) and 3:01.8 on the plank.

Happy

It's crazy that it's already February and this is my first post of 2011. Happy New Year to everyone out there. Let's make 2011 something special. I'm bummed because although I've been sporadic with my posts I've been able to put at least one post every month since March 2010; guess this is the beginning of the new streak. But considering how crazy the last 2 months have been it makes perfect sense that I haven't posted since December 14th. But you know what? Despite all of that, I'm in a great place. Things have come together in such a way that all I can do is praise the Lord. I can't anything other than smile and be grateful.

No matter how bad it looked back then, I'm happy now.